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The the mediator, in what is being alliance’ mainstay RJD will -      6    seen as a last-ditch attempt to contest 20 seats, seven less PNS: BJP MP forge a pre-poll alliance than it fought in 2014 thus    may be pit- between the two parties in paving the way for the accom- -  ted on a Congress ticket from to take on the BJP, which modation of other smaller par-  # Sahib against Union holds all the seven Lok Sabha ties in the grouping. $ ## #  Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. seats in the Capital. ’s RLSP      The confusion over After a series of flip-flops will fight on four seats and Jitan 9   Darbhanga seat is also under- between both the parties,  P    Ram Majhi’s HAM on three 0-,    stood to be cleared as Kirti sources said Congress Central             seats. RJD leader Tejashwi Azad will be the Congress leadership has started a rethink     Yadav, who is spearheading  #  candidate from the seat. While on the insistence of their the formation of the much-     Azad was suspended from alliance partners’ tallest leader  hyped grand alliance, has BJP and he joined Congress, Pawar, who met Congress chief        rushed to Ranchi to brief and Sinha has kept it a secret on his and Mallikarjun      further deliberate with RJD part but has made his inten- Kharge first and then AAP’s !  P  patriarch Lalu Prasad, cur- tions obvious by criticising his Sanjay Singh, also a Rajya  " # rently cooling his heels in jail parent party BJP and Prime Sabha member. The Maratha $ % &!  in a multi-crore fodder scam. by RJD which had field- what the other was Minister Narendra Modi on strongman had last month P%   "( The Mahagathbandhan in ed him on its ticket five to get. The cur- several occasions. hosted a mega Opposition Bihar formally acknowledges years ago but expelled rent impasse sur- meeting that starred Rahul Congress, RJD, RLSP, HAM, him later on disciplinary joint Press conference by rep- faced following Tejashwi indi- Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and her party colleagues at her also urged the leadership to Sharad Yadav’s Loktantrik grounds. resentatives of all the grand cating “fissures” as crisis over Mamata Banerjee. home to reconsider a tie-up spell out its stand to avoid con- and Mukesh Sahnis “RJD is to contest on 20 alliance partners. seat-sharing deepened in the Following Pawar’s media- with AAP — an idea that she fusion among party workers. Vikasheel Insaan Party as its seats, Congress on 9 seats, Sharing of seats in the Bihar Mahagathbandhan. tion, Delhi Congress president has resisted vehemently so far. While Dikshit has strong- constituents. While Congress RLSP on 4, HAM on 3, LJD Grand Alliance was hampered Amid hard bargaining by Sheila Dikshit convened an Sources said 13 former ly opposed a tie-up with the wants to take on board and VIP on 2 seats each,” said by squabbles between smaller smaller parties, the major play- urgent meeting with the three Congress district presidents AAP, Congress incharge of MP , AICC sources, adding that a partners like the RLSP and the ers — RJD and Congress — working presidents — have written a letter to party Delhi PC Chacko made it whose wife Ranjeet Ranjan is a formal announcement would HAM with each party demand- locked horns over the seat Devender Yadav, Haroon Yusuf chief Rahul Gandhi asking for clear on Tuesday that “Delhi Congress MP, it was opposed come up on Wednesday at a ing a share that was bigger than sharing arrangements. and Rajesh Lilothia — of Delhi an alliance with the AAP. leaders have to follow the Pradesh Congress Committee Dikshit, a three-time Chief Congress’ policy decision to go  (DPCC), which had opposed an Minister whose rule ended for alliances with parties R alliance with AAP. The leaders with AAP’s rise in Delhi, had opposed to the BJP”. Even     did not divulge any details and on Monday warned in a letter after Pawar’s intervention,      only stated that the meeting was to Rahul and UPA chairperson Sheila said she was against the      over decision of candidates for that an alliance alliance but will follow what-       the Lok Sabha elections. with the AAP will hurt the ever the party leadership       Sources said Sheila met Congress in the long run. She decides.        O      !  "       # !    -4-'  ! %'*+  R   $ %  he BJP-led Government in          TGoa will face the floor test !,! %'!' )        on Wednesay, a day after it was   !   formed. Governor Mridula   456&5 0'7,8,(-'    &  O Sinha has convened a special      session of the Assembly on #!  )'- n more trouble for cash-  #' Wednesday at 11.30 am to Istrapped Jet Airways, an #(   # enable Chief Minister Pramod   456&5 0' umbrella body of its domestic   !  Sawant to prove his majority in pilots on Tuesday threatened to      # the House, an official said. he all-powerful GST stop flying from April 1 if  # % " Sawant on Tuesday said TCouncil on Tuesday their dues are not paid by his Government had sought a allowed builders an option to March-end even as aviation #    $  floor test on Wednesday to choose between old tax rates regulator DGCA said only 41     prove its strength in the and the new ones for under- aircraft of the airline were in  !%&'&    Assembly. The Government construction residential pro- operation and more attrition is       in the coastal State claims jects to help resolve input tax likely soon.  "  " support of 21 MLAs — 12 credit issues. As situation at the belea-    #     from the BJP, three each of The council, headed by builders — who were worried guered airline deteriorated,  & +  allies Goa Forward Party Union Finance Minister Arun about loss of input tax credit in Civil Aviation Minister Suresh  !  % "         P       ! (GFP) and Maharashtrawadi Jaitley and including repre- the new tax regime. Prabhu directed senior officials "# $  !   %  ' (    () Gomantak Party (MGP) and sentatives of all States, at its The new tax rate of 1 per of his Ministry to continuous-  (    three Independents. 34th meeting here laid out cent for affordable houses and ly monitor developments relat-     )     456&5 0' leaders, met here to deliberate polls last year. The strength of the 40- transition rules for the imple- 5 per cent for others, without ing to the crisis.     ,! over its candidates for the The Congress had won 68 member House has been mentation of new tax rates for ITC, will apply on new pro- In a related development, #  #  n a major decision, the BJP polls. seats, reducing the tally of the reduced to 36 due to the the real estate sector. jects. the Jet Airways’ Aircraft   ''- ./ Ion Tuesday announced it “We have decided to fight BJP, which was in power in the death of Chief Minister Builders will get a one-time The move will help address Maintenance Engineers’ Union   %0!  will drop its all 10 incumbent the elections with new candi- State for 15 years, to a mere 15. Manohar Parrikar, BJP MLA option to continue paying tax apprehensions as well as poten- wrote to the DGCA on Tuesday  #1/#  MPs from Chhattisgarh and dates and new zeal,” Jain told The difference in the vote share Francis D’Souza and resigna- at the old rates (effective rate of tial disputes on various com- morning saying they were not   1/  replace them with new faces in reporters. of the two parties was a huge tions of two Congress MLAs 8 per cent or 12 per cent with putational and transitional paid salaries for last three #  ./  % " the Lok Sabha polls, a decision The party decision means 10 per cent. Subhash Shirodkar and Input Tax Credit or ITC) on issues such as the loss of input months and that their “adverse that comes in the wake of the that Union Minister Vishnu The BJP is also considering Dayanand Sopte. ongoing projects (buildings credits and pricing that were psychological” condition has      party’s drubbing in the recent Deo Sai and seven times Lok not fielding any family mem- The Congress is the sin- where construction and actu- bound to arise on account of put flight safety at risk.   *+  Assembly elections. Sabha member and former ber of these sitting MPs, gle largest party in the State al booking have both started the change. “GST Council However, the Aircraft ,-%.%-   BJP general secretary Anil Union Minister Ramesh Bais sources said. If the party indeed with 14 MLAs. There is also before April 1, 2019, but which today has approved transition Maintenance Engineers’ Union    Jain, also the party affairs will not be fielded in the polls. adopts this criterion, the like- an NCP legislator in the will not be completed by March plan for the new rate structure issued a clarification hours       incharge for the State, made the The announcement under- ly candidature of former Chief House. 31, 2019), Revenue Secretary A for real estate residential pro- later saying Jet Airways aircraft  &2 announcement as the BJP’s scores the BJP’s bid to wrest its Minister Raman Singh, whose Sawant, 45, who succeeds B Pandey told reporters here. jects... From April 1, builders are safe to fly and are being 4+- '  Central Election Committee, lost territory back from the son Abhishek Singh is a sitting Parrikar, was sworn in along Real estate industry hailed have to choose either of the maintained at highest levels of !  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side Delhi while speaking with     posted photographs of eco- tiliser?” In another tweet,   456&5 0' people from 500 destinations. nomic offenders and abscon- Yadav appeared to be referring Replying to a question if ders — Nirav Modi, Vijay to the controversial Rafale jet s the “Chai pe Charcha” the campaign was a counter to  R  Mallya, Lalit Modi — with a deal. “Has the chowkidar Aand “Abki Baar Modi Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s caption “Main Bhi Chowkidar”. responsible for the theft of file Sarkar” struck a chord with the “Chowkidar chor hai” barb, he    Opposition parties in from the Ministry been pun- voters in 2014, the BJP, five rejected the suggestion and Uttar Pradesh also took a dig. ished,” he asked. years down the line, is now try- asserted that Modi in his cam-   456&5 0' Leading the Opposition ing to enlarge and intensify its paign for the 2014 Lok Sabha attack, Mayawati said on “Main Bhi Chowkidar” cam- polls had projected himself as iming to check fake and Twitter, “After BJP launched paign in the run-up to the the “first servant” and “chowki- Aprovocative content being ‘Mai Bhi Chowkidar’ cam- tough Lok Sabha polls with dar” of the country. spread on social media plat- paign, PM Modi and others Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Saturday, Modi had forms during the upcoming added the prefix ‘chowkidar’ to interacting with people who urged his supporters to take the Lok Sabha polls, social media their Twitter handles. So now have pledged their support to chowkidar pledge, saying he is giants and Internet and Mobile Narendra Modi is Chowkidar the campaign on March 31, not alone in the fight against Association of (IAMAI) and no more ‘chaiwala’ which from 500 places across the graft and social evils. will come up with a “code of he was at the time of last Lok country. Following his appeal, all ethics” by Wednesday evening. Sabha election. What a change More so, since it is buoyed BJP leaders, including party This was decided in a high- India is witnessing under the by the massive response to the Chowkidar” hashtag has been The BJP has sensed that the president Rahul Gandhi’s chief Amit Shah and Union level meeting convened by the BJP rule. Bravo!” “Main Bhi Chowkidar” cam- tweeted 20 lakh times and had “Main Bhi Chowkidar” cam- riposte “Chowkidar chor hai” Ministers, prefixed the word Election Commission (EC) on Incidentally, Mayawati paign launched by the Prime 1,680 crore impressions. paign could be a winning as also to appropriate and “chowkidar” to their names in Tuesday with representatives of has only recently joined the Minister on March 16. Senior Prior to the mega show, proposition in the multiple include one and all in its gamut their Twitter profile as they Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, twitter fraternity after shun- BJP leader and Union Law taking the social media connect cross-firings of slogans and and render it an egalitarian sought people’s support in the Google, Sharechat, BigoTV ning it for long. Minister Ravishakar Prasad to the next level, the PM will catchy shouts of electioneering colour. Lok Sabha elections. and Tiktok. Her ally Samajwadi Party Minister said the campaign also address 25 lakh “chowki- from a range of political parties. Prasad, who addressed a Social media is abuzz with Detailed report on P5 chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted has become a “people’s move- dars” on March 20 on the eve The campaign is in a way Press conference here, said witty take-offs on the cam- in Hindi, “Is there any chowki- ment” as the “Main Bhi of Holi. aimed at deflating Congress Modi would be stationed out- paign. In one instance people dar to check the theft of fer- %# ! $#( )#%*+,*+-. )* %    R  2 !  !   %! % /!' 3.!!   &509-&84 effective policy '%)!  / -4 should be in $' ) ) !" nless the reasons and con- place to  !  %   Usequences of destruction enhance the of the forests are brought into income of the !  3) ' focus, a transformative think- tribals and for- ing cannot be formed. Noted est dependent   &509-&84 environmentalist and Chipko communities, movement leader Chandi added Bhatt. n a breakthrough, police Prasad Bhatt said this while Speaking as Iarrested two persons involved delivering the keynote address the chief guest, in the murder of a property at the International Day of Ministry of dealer within twenty four hours Forests programme at Forest Environment, of the crime on Tuesday. The Research Institute (FRI) here Forests and police claimed that the proper- on Tuesday. Climate Change ty dealer had been bumped off Addressing the gathering, secretary CK in connection with a land dis- Bhatt said that the role of Mishra stressed pute with his partners. Notably, forests has increased mani- on the need to the bullet-ridden body of the folds given the pressure of ris- rethink and ini- property dealer, Jai Karan ing population and associated tiate actions for Rautela had been found near a developmental activities. “We educating the common man for for concerted and consolidat- roblems afflicting the forests. primary school of Shuklapur in have perhaps forgotten our their effective linking to the ed efforts by all for enhancing He also urged all those con- Basant Vihar police station area was having a dispute with his amount of Rs 15 lakh to him. the weapon used in the mur- age old traditional relations forests and to make hassle free the quality and productivity of nected with forestry to intro- on Monday. The deceased was partners- Purnanand Godiyal As per Godiyal, on March 17, der and slapped a case of mur- with the forests and hence approach of the government the forests. He advocated con- spect about the course of the the maternal cousin of Kotwali alias Bablu and Surjeet Singh- he, Rautela and Surjeet drank der on the accused. The police there is an urgent need to towards sustainable utilisation fluence of the traditional journey and take stock of chal- police station in-charge SS Negi. in a property deal. On Tuesday, alcohol at a snooker point after team was led by SP city Sweta revive it. Educating the com- of forests. Awareness should knowledge and science, evolv- lenges lying ahead, in spite of Addressing the media per- the police arrested the duo on which the trio went a place near Chaubey, deputy superinten- mon man has become imper- not only be confined to the ing a workable framework and numerous scientific and tech- sons, the senior superintendent a tip- off, SSP said. “On inter- the power house. Meanwhile, dent of police (DSP) Shekar ative for this purpose,” he said. community in and around the educating the people to over- nological advances made in of police (SSP) Dehradun rogation, Godiyal told the an altercation between Godiyal Suyal, SOG in-charge The Government of India, forests but should also be cre- come related issues. forestry. Nivedita Kukreti said that in police that Rautela, Surjeet and Rautela occurred on pay- Aishwarya Pal, in-charge of Forest departments and insti- ated outside the forests, he Speaking on the occasion, MoEFCC ADG Saibal view of the sensitivity of the and he were partners in the ment of Rs 15 lakh after which Basant Vihar police station tutions like Indian Council of added. Appreciating the efforts the ICFRE director general SC Dasgupta, Forest Survey of crime, she had directed the SP business of property. He further Godiyal shot Rautela with a pis- Hemant Khanduri, in-charge Forestry Research and of entire forestry fraternity in Gairola presented an overview India director general Subhash city Sweta Chaubey to consti- said that the dispute with tol he had purchased four of Ranipokhari police station Education (ICFRE) and FRI India, including people grow- of the efforts and resources of Ashutosh, and FRI director tute a team to nab the culprits. Rautela had occurred on sale months ago from P D Bhatt and sub-inspector should organise more such ing trees on land outside the the ICFRE for promoting Arjun Singh Rawat were also On investigation, the police of a property in which he was Muzaffarnagar district.” Basant Vihar police station events to educate and sensitise forests for increasing the forest forestry research, education among those present on the team found that the deceased showing reluctance to pay an The police has recovered Sunil Negi. people for conservation and cover, he emphasised the need and extension in tackling thep- occasion.      Q        - D%DB "#$%&'(   0-9'&6-9 plaint that PAL located at Padartha village has incurred he general manager of loss to the tune of Rs 15 crore TPatanjali Ayurved Limited till date on account of the (PAL) Kavendra Singh lodged delay in software implementa- a complaint against Gofrugal tion by the company. Technologies Limited, a The complaint had been Chennai –based software mak- lodged against the director and ing company, at Bahadrabad the chief marketing officer of police station on Tuesday, alleg- the company, citing forgery, ing that the company had deception, wrong modus duped Patanjali Ayurved operandi and extortion of Limited of Rs 2.25 crore. It was money through threats, PAL further alleged in the com- sources said.

  &509-&84 Tuesday. The wife of the MLA charged from the hospital. who had undergone a minor The Rajpur MLA Khajan Das, o inquire into the health surgery is currently admitted principal of the GDMC Dr Tof the wife of Rajpur Road at the VIP ward of the biggest Ashutosh Sayana and medical MLA Khajan Das, the chief hospital of the State. superintendent (MS) of minister Trivendra Singh The CM asked the doc- GDMC Hospital Dr KK Rawat visited the tors about the health of the Tamta were with the CM dur- Government Doon Medical wife of the MLA and hoped ing his visit to the hospital College (GDMC) hospital on that she would soon get dis- among others. , & "    #  

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The BJP State Trivendra Singh Rawat will ,$*- media in-charge address public rallies on March   Devendra Bhasin 23 at Okhalkanda in Bhimtal informed that and Betalghat, on March 24 at  preparations have Tanakpur, Gauchar and (  been started for Jwalapur and on March 26 at public rally to be Deghat in Salt, Purola and   addressed by the Sahaspur. Further, on March prime minister 24, the party’s State in-charge    Narendra Modi at Shyam Jaju will address a pub-      Rudrapur. Bhasin lic rally at Gauchar in Chamoli further informed district while former CM and !  that the BJP has Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar decided to hold 500 MP Bhagat Singh Koshyari $*+ *. public rallies across will address a public rally at the nation on March Sitarganj in Udham Singh 24 and 26 as part of Nagar district. On March 26,   &509-&84 which large public Union minister Thaawar rallies will be held at Chand Gehlot will address a rime Minister Narendra more than half a public rally in Karnpur area of PModi will be addressing a dozen locations in Dehradun which falls under public rally at Rudrapur in Uttarakhand. These the Tehri parliamentary con- Udham Singh Nagar district on public rallies will be stituency while Shyam Jaju will March 28. Earlier, on March 23, spread across the address a rally in the 24 and 26 Chief Minister five Lok Sabha con- Dharmpur area of Dehradun Trivendra Singh Rawat and stituencies in the which falls under the Haridwar senior party leaders will be in the State on March 28. He is state and be addressed by chief parliamentary constituency. addressing public rallies in slated to address a large public minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, The BJP State media in- various parts of the state. rally at Rudrapur. In addition Union minister Thaawar Chand charge further informed that According to the Bharatiya to the prime minister’s rally, Gehlot, BJP State in-charge public rallies will also be held Janata Party state office, ahead public rallies will also be Shyam Jaju and former chief on the day when party candi- of polling for the Lok Sabha addressed by senior party lead- minister and MP Bhagat Singh dates file their nomination. elections, the prime minister ers from March 23 to 26 in var- Koshyari. Senior party leaders will also Narendra Modi will be arriving ious parts of the state. The chief minister participate in these rallies.   !  !    / 0      '  '  (      !! #     ! -. 

O      '  ) " ! (%'%  ! ( !   ) # '!' )    (       tion duty. He further informed that the neighbouring states have already    17,500 home guards would be taken place and a common action ( !  deployed during the election out of plan for the upcoming elections has     which 4,500 are from Uttarakhand been firmed up. For fast flow of  P while the remaining 13,000 would information whatsApp groups have  ! be brought from the neighbouring been created, he said. Seth further   &509-&84 states like Uttar Pradesh, Himachal informed that the state police have  ! 0)1 Pradesh and Rajasthan. Similarly, identified 350 shadow areas which The chief electoral officer (CEO) 5000 personnel of PRD and forest are not covered with normal mode Uttarakhand Sowjanya has said  (  guards would also be deployed in of communications and alternate that election commission is keeping the election. arrangements are being made in a close eye on the suspicious trans- 2*))   Seth informed the 300 person- these predominately remote and actions with the banks being asked nel of SDRF and 21 companies of snow- covered areas. He said that to report transactions in excess of Rs  (  PAC would also be deployed to after the enforcement of the model 10 lakh to the commission. ensure glitch-free poll. He said that code of conduct, action against 215 Addressing media persons here P the state has already received 30 persons under Gunda Act has been on Tuesday, she said that the com- companies of Central Armed Police taken. mission has deployed nine expen- Forces (CAPF) and the Union gov- diture observers in all the five Lok   &509-&84 ernment would send 35 more com- 3#  Sabha constituencies of the state. In panies for the state.     ! Almora, the commission has or optimum utilisation of the IG said that the commission has  ! 0)1 (  appointed one observer while in Favailable police force and so far identified 704 vulnerable and 2*))     other constituencies, two overseers 0    which are keeping a constant vigil state has 11,235 polling booths and requirement of additional forces for 1200 critical polling booths in the (  43 each have been appointed for the on the expenditure. She said that the their number might increase. the upcoming Lok Sabha election, state. In the vulnerable booths,  ( (  purpose, she said. She further said after the enforcement of the model Sowjanya further said that reserve Uttarakhand police have conducted CAF personnel would be deployed     ( that after assessing the past records, PNS: The employees working in the code of conduct, the commission EVMs have been kept at the strate- a manpower audit in all the districts apart from the local police person- the commission has identified ten private offices, business establish- has so far received 857 complaints gic locations so that in case of their of the state. The inspector general nel while in the critical booths  !  Assembly segments where chances ments, shops and factories must be on the C- vigil App of the commis- malfunctioning, new machines can (IG) police, Deepam Seth said that PAC would be deployed. He further     of election spending are more. allowed leave on April 11 so as to sion and all of them have been dis- be used promptly. She informed that based on the finding of the audit, said that 98 police barriers have been      Nainital- Udham Singh Nagar par- enable them to exercise their fran- posed off within the stipulated time the vehicles used to transport the 16000 personnel belonging to state placed on the interstate boundaries. (  ( liamentary seat has six such expen- chise. The CEO Uttarakhand, period of 100 minutes. EVMs would be tracked by GPS police, CID, vigilance, fire and traf- IG said that many rounds of   diture- sensitive segments while Sowjanya has directed all the district CEO Uttarakhand informed technology. Sowjanya said that the fic have been drawn in for the elec- meetings with the police officers of Haridwar has two and Tehri and magistrates and district electoral offi- that the arrangements of webcast- first phase of randomization of the Pauri have one such segment each. cers to ensure that all commercial ing from all vulnerable and critical EVMs has been completed. A total code of conduct, she said and added been made to keep an eye on Intelligence Units at Jollygrant, Sowjanya said that the com- shops and business establishments in polling booths have been made for of 13656 litre of liquor has been that the coordination with the expenditure and flow of cash. The Pantnagar and Pithoragarh, she mission has deployed 730 teams the state remain closed on election day. the polling day. She said that the seized after enforcement of model income tax department has also commission has set up Air informed.  % $%* /! )" %$)#&&'(+ 5 ' %!/ ! ),-&'.) %) !%!6! ).   4-'4'- er, the State government had informed that court that it was going to start the he High Court of Uttarakhand has recruitment process soon. Tdirected the government to submit The court had then disposed of the its reply by March 27 in a petition filed petition on this basis at that time. regarding recruitment process not However, the state government still did starting three years after recruitment not start the recruitment process. advertisement for more than 600 posts Following this, Pauri resident of pharmacists in the health depart- Roshan Kumar Kala again filed a peti- ment. tion in the high court. As per the case details, the state Hearing on this petition, the sin- government had issued recruitment gle bench of justice Manoj Kumar advertisement in 2016 for filling 600 Tiwari directed the state government posts of pharmacists on contract basis. to clarify the status of the matter in According to the petition, thousands question. In response, the state gov- of unemployed pharmacists had ernment informed the court that it applied in response to the advertise- would be cancelling the earlier ment. recruitment advertisement and issuing However, when the government a new recruitment advertisement. did not take the process forward a year The court has now directed the later, Pauri resident Manoj Tripathi had state government to submit its reply by filed a petition in the high court. March 27. The petition is slated to be During hearing on the petition earli- taken up for hearing next on March 27.

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  &509-&84 /  R  he late Chief Minister of Goa Tand former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was a person with a gentle person- ality but strong will power.      Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said this while recalling his experience with Parrikar at   &509-&84 almost ready. Quizzed over the delay in the sub- a meet held to pay tribute to the mission of the charge-sheet, the Congress late BJP leader here on Tuesday. he State Congress is planning to include the leader said that the Pulwama attack had result- Sharing his experiences with Tperformance of the Centre along with that ed in postponement of the meetings of the com- the party workers, the chief of the State Government in the chargesheet it mittee. minister recalled that once when is now preparing. The party was supposed to “After the announcement of the dates of the he had gone to meet Parrikar at submit the chargesheet on the failure of the state election, I feel that the party should also his Goa residence, there was no government to the Governor Baby Rani Maurya include the failure of the Centre along with the security there. on March 18, the day the Trivendra Singh Rawat same of the state government in the party’s “I thought he was not at had completed his two years in office as the chief charge-sheet. It would then be comprehensive, home but on sending a message keeping various schemes distant Bhatt recalled the late CM of bly constituency. ‘ army,” said Bhatt. Tehri MP minister. presenting the whole dismal picture of the dou- inside, he himself came out to from the sea. Stating that simi- Goa as a genuine human being. While visiting the Pithsain Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, State The chairman of the charge-sheet commit- ble-engine government,” he said. receive us. While talking on lar issues must be cropping up “During his tenure as the village of Veer Chandra Singh minister Dhan Singh Rawat, tee and a former minister Navprabhat said that While Navprabhat is the convener of the environment related issues in in Uttarakhand too due to Defence minister, he visited Garhwali, he had also BJP state vice president Jyoti he would request the party leadership to include charge- sheet committee the former minister execution of developmental forests, he also gave me the num- Uttarakhand on many occa- announced a relaxation of three Gairola, Dehradun mayor Sunil the poor performance of the Centre in the charge Tilak Raj Behed, MLA Manoj Rawat and senior schemes in Goa and ber of an advocate who is an sions and during his last visit inches in the height standards Uniyal ‘Gama’ and other party -sheet with the Lok Sabha election inching clos- leaders- Dhirendra Pratap and Rajeshwar Uttarakhand, he said that said expert in this field,” said Rawat. also got the plan for Shaurya for the youth of Uttarakhand office bearers were also present er. He said that the draft of the charge -sheet is Painyuli -are the members of the committee. that problems were faced in BJP State president Ajay Sthal made in Mussoorie assem- seeking recruitment in the on the occasion. 5+ )!  !% # !  / '  #    !

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     0-4&'-90 Gurdaspur ticket. tions. BJP had also lost the seat 9:   %( “He is not happy in the in 2017 byelection. star-studded contest Congress and is vocal against A BJP leader said names of Aappears to be on the anvil the Government. He could be a Indian cricketer Harbhajan in Amritsar with the saffron in alliance with the Sharing close strong candidate against Jakhar Singh, popularly known as party planning to cast either Shiromani Akali Dal ties with the party’s if talks materialise. He has Bhajji, Bollywood superstars Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon (SAD) which fields its national president expressed his willingness Sunny Deol and Poonam or Harbhajan Singh in the candidates on the remain- Rahul Gandhi, he through our leader. Dhillon were considered for forthcoming political block- ing 10 seats. The BJP con- was later accommo- But everything is in initial the party ticket from the holy buster, releasing on May 19. tests on Amritsar, dated in the Rajya stages. We have to talk to the city. The great political thriller Hoshiarpur, and Sabha. high command before taking Besides, the names of may also star Congress Rajya Gurdaspur seats. The State unit any decision,” a senior BJP Punjab JP president Shwet Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa Presently, BJP has just president Sunil leader told The Pioneer request- Malik, Rajinder Mohan Singh as (BJP) one MP in the Lok Sabha, Jakhar was selected ing anonymity. Other than Chhina who unsuccessfully candidate from Gurdaspur. Vijay Sampla from over him for Bajwa, names of Vinod contested 2017 byelection, BJP The names came up for Hoshiarpur, who is also Gurdaspur byelec- Khanna’s wife Kavita Khanna, national secretary Tarun Chugh, discussion during the election the Union Minister of tion who succeeded. businessman-cum-politician and former Minister Anil Joshi panel meeting of the state BJP State for Social Justice and Now, he has Swarna Salaria, BJP’s former was also in the reckoning. on Tuesday to decide on its Empowerment. Sampla, the again staked claims for the state president Ashwani Sharma, The names would be “per- candidates for the Lok Sabha former state unit chief who is party ticket from his home former Minister Master Mohan sonally” handed over to the elections held under the lead- the frontrunner for the seat, is constituency. But the party, it Lal, MLA Dinesh Babbu, party high command which ership of state party affairs’ in- facing challenge from his bête has been learnt, has finalised Narinder Parmar and Jagdish would take the final call. charge Capt Abhimanyu. noire Som Parkash — party Jakhar as its candidate. Bajwa, Sahani were discussed. “We have discussed candi- Punjab BJP president Shwet MLA from Phagwara. a fierce critic of Chief Minister After suffering a defeat by dates’ names for Lok Sabha Malik, Union Minister Vijay The saffron brigade had Capt Amarinder, has all along more than two lakh votes in elections. We have prepared a Sampla, former state unit chiefs won Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat edly decided to re-nominate president, Bajwa was removed been openly speaking against 2014 elections, the saffron party panel of names for three Lok Ashwani Sharma, Kamal in 2014. But after its sitting MP Jakhar from Gurdaspur, anoth- from the post and was replaced the Congress Government in is preparing to field a strong can- Sabha seats and we will send it Sharma, Prof Rajinder and former Union Minister er ticket aspirant and by Capt Amarinder Singh after the State. And sources in the didate for Amritsar seat, which to the party high command Bhandari, among others were Vinod Khanna’s death, the party Gurdaspur’s former MP Partap the party’s poor performance in state BJP unit maintained that witnessed a top-notch electoral and the party’s central parlia- present in the meeting. lost the seat to Congress’ Sunil Singh Bajwa appeared to have 2014 elections with the sitting he was in touch with the party fight between Capt Amarinder mentary board will be finalise The BJP contests on three Jakhar in 2017 by-election. been left aggrieved. Gurdaspur MP himself failing to and ready to give up “hand” and and BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley the name of the candidates,” seats, out of total 13 in Punjab As the Congress has report- Congress’ former State unit secure his own seat. hold “lotus” in case he was given during previous general elec- said Malik after the meeting.  . $   O$   P$ !23/    2 #   5  . ( $4  $          ! ='22 ! 20>? % - !'@ %3 3 -%3 0@ 0!%P2 %'%, 3  !  3 %? %>30 6 3 @  23' %23 !3 33- 2      state leaders together in view of     P  )  % !' 0-4&'-90 Lok Sabha polls. %  #!  !, !  !   0-4&'-90 Such bus yatras have earli- 9!, o put up a united face in er been conducted in states of unjab Chief Minister Capt THaryana and reach out to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka % # ,!&!(!0! PAmarinder Singh on the voters, the faction-ridden to quell the infighting in the 0!- ! Tuesday directed the Defence Congress State party unit is all State party units. % : ! #!4!!+  Services Welfare Department set to kick start its election Azad was also present dur- Tanwar, a dalit leader, and March 26 from Faridabad and % " -# !4!: ! to extend financial assistance of campaign with a “bus yatra” ing the 15-member coordina- Hooda, an upper caste Jat, do will cover Palwal, Mewat, + Rs 12 lakh to the family of the from March 26. tion committee meeting head- not see eye to eye on most mat- Gurugram, Rewari and %  + !  !!9 !  Sep Karamjeet Singh, who was Aiming to halt the BJP’s ed by Hooda. All committee ters and have been at logger- Mahendragarh on the first day. killed by the Pakistani troops juggernaut in 2019 Lok Sabha members except MLA Kuldeep heads since 2014 polls. Apart All members of coordina- nation committee while talking MLAs had later increased to 17 who violated the Line of polls, the Haryana Congress’ Bishnoi was present in the first from the two factions headed tion committee have been to The Pioneer. after Kuldeep Control in Rajouri district of bus yatra will begin from meeting of the committee, by Tanwar and Hooda, senior directed to be present during Sharma, who is a former Bishnoi’s HJC’s merger in the Jammu & Kashmir on Monday. Faridabad on March 26 with announced by the party high party leaders including Kumari the Congress roadshow for Haryana Assembly Speaker party in 2016. The relief includes Rs. 7 all senior party leaders travel- command a day before. Selja, Randeep Surjewala, five days. The night halts will and Ganaur MLA said that it This time, three-time lakh as ex-gratia and Rs 5 lakh ling in a bus together for elec- Haryana party chief Ashok Kuldeep Bishnoi, Kiran be at Mahendragarh, Sirsa, has also been decided to con- Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda, in lieu of land, to be given to tioneering. Tanwar, CLP leader Kiran Choudhry also head other fac- Kaithal and Karnal. vene a meeting of all former son of former Haryana Chief the next of kin of the martyr, as The coordination commit- Choudhry, MLA Randeep tions within the party. After the conclusion of the MLAs and MPs, current MP Minister Bhupinder Singh per the existing policy, accord- tee of Haryana Congress which Surjewala, Rajya Sabha MP The coordination commit- bus yatra, all senior leaders will and MLAs, ticket aspirants, Hooda, and former MP Shruti ing to an official spokesperson. met under the former Chief Kumari Selja, MP Deepender tee meeting has also decided to begin conducting their election party-office bearers and Choudhry, daughter of CLP Expressing shock and grief Minister Bhupinder Singh Singh Hooda, MLA Kuldeep convene a meeting of state programmes in 10 parliamen- other party leaders on March leader Kiran Choudhry, are at the death of Moga’s Hooda on Tuesday in New Sharma, MLA Jaivir Singh party leaders and workers on tary constituencies of Haryana. 23 in AICC headquarters, likely to bag Congress nomi- Karamjeet Singh in the Pak Delhi decided to undertake Balmiki, former MP Navin March 23 in New Delhi. The voting to 10 Lok Sabha New Delhi. nations from Rohtak and action, the Chief Minister last the five-day bus yatra which Jindal, former Minister Ajay Ghulam Nabi Azad was seats of Haryana is scheduled They will be apprised Bhiwani-Mahendragarh night tweeted his anger. will begin from Faridabad and Singh Yadav among others are present in the meeting for a to be held on May 12. about party’s election strategy, respectively. Among other con- “Pakistan shamelessly con- conclude at Jhajjar, covering its members. brief period on Tuesday and “The coordination com- he added. tenders, Ashok Tanwar is fron- tinues to violate all principles major parts of the state. While the party has asked the State party leaders to mittee in its first meeting has Notably, the Congress trunner for Sirsa seat, Rajya of international & humanitar- The decision came a day planned to put a united face in forget their differences and finalized the plan for carrying could retain only one Lok Sabha MP Kumari Selja for ian law with its repeated cease- after Congress general secre- the bus yatra, it remains to be work together for the party’s out a bus yatra in the state. All Sabha seat out of 10 in Lok Ambala, MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi fire violations. Punjab has once tary in-charge of party affairs seen whether all these Congress victory in Lok Sabha polls. senior leaders will be present Sabha polls 2014. In assembly for Hisar sear, Capt. Ajay Yadav again lost a young soldier from in Haryana, Ghulab Nabi Azad leaders will travel together dur- As per the plan chalked out during the five days yatra start- polls held later that year, the for Gurugram, former MP Moga due to Pak firing. My had announced to launch a bus ing the campaign. by the Congress, the bus yatra ing on March 26,” said Kuldeep party was reduced to 15 seats Naveen Jindal from heart goes out to the family of yatra to bring all its warring It is no secret that Ashok (roadshow) will begin on Sharma, a member of coordi- only. The number of Congress Kurukshetra. Karamjeet Singh,” he wrote. %# ! $#( )#%*+,*+-.  )?

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The strike was car- Lok Sabha polls, social media post leaves our platform with political advertisements in the seven-phased 2019 Lok said India has neither forgot- ried out by the Indian Air giants and Internet and Mobile the original creator's user ID India. WhatsApp — a social Sabha elections, kicking off -'&05 =8 & ten nor will forget the Force (IAF) in retaliation to Association of India (IAMAI) ShareChat can easily identify messaging platform with over the process of filing of nomi- &=,8 0 Pulwama terror attack and the the Pulwama terror incident, will come up with a 'code of who has originally shared the 200 million users in India — nations for another 97 con- country's leadership is "capa- which was one of the worst ethics' by Wednesday evening. content. introduced product changes stituencies across 13 States and (559'4 ble and courageous" to for- attack on security personnel in This was decided after a high- "Everyone who signs up on and undertook roadshows after Union Territories. mulate effective responses to Kashmir in the three decades level meeting convened by the ShareChat's platform requires false messages circulated on it Voting in the second phase (= :6==& such acts. of Islamist terrorism in the Election Commission (EC) on a registered mobile number. As fanned communal tensions will take place on April 18, said While speaking at a CRPF State. Tuesday to discuss social media per request, ShareChat can and sparked mob violence. the notification, which comes -4&6=8 & function in Gurgaon, the NSA The Pulwama attack was content post implementation of assist local low enforcement Twitter has also overhauled its a day after the poll panel noti- 0-25 50' also asked the paramilitary a "very sad incident", Doval the Model Code of Conduct. authorities and to identify indi- policies to boost transparency fied the first phase covering 91 force to "constantly" enhance said, adding that the country The EC had summoned viduals if they are proved to be and rein in misinformation. constituencies. '4&5 '( 5 their professionalism, training, will always be indebted to the representatives of Facebook, involved in spreading any kind By the evening of March physical capabilities and quick martyrs and their families. WhatsApp, Twitter, Google, of fake news or hate speech," 29, a clear picture on the num- ,-9+'4- '4 response skills. He asked CRPF to "not Sharechat, BigoTV and Tiktok said the sources. 1    ber of candidates in each of the New Delhi: India may not see "What should we do? look back" as they have a gold- for the meeting. "Representatives of Google 97 constituencies will emerge. another election if Narendra What should be our way, our en future ahead. The issues discussed assured the poll body that it can   All parliamentary constituen- Modi is re-elected as Prime that he was a "master in mar- aim and our response and "If your morale is high, included the appointment of set up a system to fight fake cies in Tamil Nadu (39 seats) Minister, Rajasthan Chief keting false promises". time to respond? The coun- then the country's future is dedicated grievance channel for news in 24 hours," sources    and Puducherry (one seat) will Minister and senior Congress "If people re-elect Modi, try's leadership is both capa- safe," Doval, a former chief of expeditious action by the added. go for polling in the second leader Ashok Gehlot has then there is no surety on ble and courageous to (do) Intelligence Bureau, said. organisations, pre-certification Besides installing safe- PNS: The Election Commission phase. claimed, suggesting that the whether elections will be held that," Doval said. World history is replete of all political advertisements guards, the EC wants social on Tuesday issued a show-cause Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and country may go the way of in the country or not. 'Chunav "The country will tackle with examples when weak on social media platforms by media platforms to voluntari- notice to Union Minister Babul West Bengal will see polling in China and Russia. honge bhi, aur nahin bhi all such challenges and we internal security mechanisms the Media Certification And ly inform users about the con- Supriyo for putting out a cam- all the seven phases. In the sec- Gehlot also said both honge...Jaise China, Russia have the courage to do this," led to loss of independence, Monitoring Committee of the sequences of indulging in paign song, composed and sung ond phase, eight UP con- democracy and the country mein hota hai' (Elections will he said while addressing 80th constitutional crises and col- EC and the "evolution of a "unlawful conduct during the by him, without prior permis- stituencies including Agra, were in danger under Modi, be held in the country and yet raising day celebrations at the lapse of Governments, he said. mechanism by social media elections and, in particular, sion and against which TMC has Aligarh and Mathura, three in who he said would "do any- not be held, like what happens Group Centre of the CRPF Doval said after World platforms to prevent abuse on the 48-hour silent period" submitted a complaint. The West Bengal, including thing" to get back to power. in China, Russia)," Gehlot said Gurgaon. War II, out of the 37 nations their platforms". Sources in the immediately preceding polling music-video was posted in social Darjeeling and five in Bihar will People felt he could even go to during an interaction with Doval began his 16- that faced constitutional cri- EC said the meeting also day. It has also asked social media and some local TV news go for polls. war with Pakistan to achieve PTI. minute speech by paying trib- sis, 28 suffered it because of focused on evolving a notifi- media intermediaries to adopt channels aired it without certi- UP has 80 seats, while this goal, the Congress leader He was suggesting that utes to the 40 personnel who internal security problems. cation mechanism by social a general code of ethics in view fication from the EC. "The West Bengal and Bihar have 42 said. polls will be held on the lines were killed when a suicide As the lead internal secu- media platforms for acting of the electoral contest. singer-turned-politician, who is and 40 Lok Sabha seats respec- Dubbing Modi a "good of those in China and Russia, bomber of Jaish-e- rity force of the country, the upon the violations of Section According to sources, an MP from Asansol, has been tively. The Srinagar and actor", Gehlot said he could do where only one party rules and Mohammed (JeM) collided CRPF has an important role 126 of Representation of the social media platforms, for asked to reply within 48 hours Udhampur seats in Jammu & much better in Bollywood and who becomes the president or his explosives-laden vehicle and onerous responsibility in People Act, 1951 and prevent- their part, have taken various of receiving the notice," the EC Kashmir will also go for polling would have left his indelible the Prime Minister is decided with a bus of the paramilitary ensuring peace, and law and ing misuse of these platforms. steps to curb the circulation of said. in the second phase. mark in acting. He also alleged beforehand. PTI convoy on February 14. order, he added.  #   85    #   : !!

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Shaurya Chakra When Sheikh, the eldest Acasualties suffered by its the festival and the seniormost months ago, whether they get the bodies recovered. is usually awarded to armed son of Mohammad Ramzan, personnel in Pulwama, the official of the force in all the wanted to recover the bodies "The petitioner is directed forces and paramilitary opened the door, he found CRPF has decided against offi- formations meet all the per- which might have been to ascertain from the relatives personnel for "gallantry oth- three terrorists in the veran- cially celebrating Holi this sonnel under his or her com- "decomposed" by now. of the deceased if they wish to erwise in the face of the dah of the house armed with year and directed all the for- mand, wishes them and offers 15 miners were trapped on have the bodies recovered enemy". rifles and grenades. Sheikh, mations across the country not sweets and snacks. December 13 last year in an having regard to the fact that This apart, Kirti Chakras who was 14 years old then, to celebrate the festival of However, the programme illegal coal mine at Ksan in they may be already in a com- were awarded to Sowar Vijay put a brave fight with the ter- colours. has been cancelled this year as East Jaintia Hills district of pletely decomposed condi- Kumar of the Armoured rorists by pouncing on them, "As a mark of solidarity a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide Meghalaya, about 3.7 km deep tion," the bench said in its Corps and Constable Pradip which led to the terrorists to with the families of our 40 bomber hit his explosive-laden inside a forest, when water order. Kumar Panda of the Central run away from area. brave jawans who attained car into a bus of the CRPF con- from the nearby Lytein river The top court also direct- Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Currently, studying in Class martyrdom in Pulwama on voy on February 14 killing 40 gushed into it. ed Dr Sudhir Kumar, The two died in two separate X, Sheikh aspires to become 14/02/2019, the Competent men which triggered air raid by Only two bodies have Hydrologist of Roorkee's operations in Jammu & an Indian Police Service (IPS) Authority has desired that the Indian Air Force in Balakot been recovered from the mine National Institute of Kashmir. Besides Sheikh, rifle- officer. there will be no official Holi at the terror group's facility. so far. Hydrologist to visit the site and man Jaiprakash Oraon and The terrorists resorted to celebrations this year in all our Union Home Minister The top court is hearing a after re-appraisal, submit a Sepoy Ajay Kumar were also indiscriminate firing, result-  +  5!    #    ) +   formations," reads an internal Rajnath Singh has also decid- plea which had sought urgent report pointing out if pumping awarded Shaurya Chakras for ing in severe injury to #  85     !#$     message circulated to all the ed to skip Holi celebrations as steps for rescuing the miners of water being done there for their role in counter terror Sheikh's father, who later 2 : '!)  6)) +     formations of the CRPF on a mark of respect to the trapped in the rat-hole mine. de-watering is adequate. PTI operations in Manipur and died. ' (    () Tuesday. Pulwama martyrs. +#   %!' * % '%5 ';%'%! $) 2&2 $-  New Delhi: Former Supreme 2017. He is a member of the for meeting of the selection ceedings, a meeting of selection $2%%    Court judge Justice Pinaki National Human Rights committee. panel was held on March 15. "&Q(3 Chandra Ghose was on Tuesday Commission (NHRC) since A bench of Chief Justice The Supreme Court had on      appointed as the country's first June 29, 2017. Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A January 17 set up a February- Lokpal, the anti-corruption These appointments are Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna was end deadline for the Lokpal 0 ombudsman, according to an likely to trigger a political con- on March 7 informed by search committee to send a   456&5 0' official communique. troversy as Congress leader Venugopal that the Lokpal panel of names who could be   456&5 0' state with due diligence.Talking Former Sashastra Seema Mallikarjun Kharge, who is search committee headed by for- considered for the appointment about Parrikar's tenure as he Enforcement Bal (SSB) chief Archana member of the Lokpal selection mer apex court judge Ranjana as its chairman and members. SS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Defence Minister, Bhagwat said TDirectorate (ED) on Ramasundaram, ex- panel, had boycotted its latest Prakash Desai recommended According to rules, there is RTuesday paid tributes to late he guided the defence estab- Tuesday said it has attached 13 Maharashtra Chief Secretary Rashtrapati Bhavan said. meet on Friday. three panels of names to the provision for a chairperson and BJP leader and former Goa lishment in a new direction. properties worth 1.22 crore Dinesh Kumar Jain, Mahender These appointments were The Lokpal and Lokayukta selection committee for appoint- a maximum of eight members Chief Minister Manohar "Amiable, studious, strong- owned by Mohammad Shafi Singh and Indrajeet Prasad recommended by Prime Act, which envisages appoint- ment of chairperson, judicial in the Lokpal panel. Of these, Parrikar describing him as a willed, work-oriented and some- Shah and six other terrorists Gautam have been appointed as Minister Narendra Modi-led ment of a Lokpal at the Centre and non-judicial members in the four need to be judicial mem- political personality who always one who had no other thought of Hizbul Mujahideen in ter- non-judicial members of Lokpal, selection committee and and Lokayuktas in states to look anti-graft body. bers. worked for national interest. in his mind except national ror financing case against it said. approved by President Ram into cases of corruption against The attorney general had Not less than 50 per cent of Parrikar was diligent, com- interest, Manohar Parrikar was, Pakistan-based chief of the Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Nath Kovind. certain categories of public ser- told the bench that he will ask the members of the Lokpal shall mitted and focused in his goals, indeed, a rare public figure," outfit Mohammad Syed Pradip Kumar Mohanty, "The above appointments vants, was passed on 2013. the secretary of the Department be from amongst the persons Bhagwat said in a statement Bhagwat said, adding that he will Salahuddin. Abhilasha Kumari and Ajay will take effect from the dates The Appointments comes a of Personnel and Training to belonging to the Scheduled issued by the RSS. always be remembered as an The ED said the proper- Kumar Tripathi have been they assume charge of their fortnight after the Supreme ensure that the meeting of the Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, He said Parrikar, the former ideal social, political worker. ties belonged to Mohammad appointed as judicial members respective offices," it said. Court asked Attorney General K selection committee is con- Other Backward Classes, head of Sangh's Goa unit, was a Parrikar, 63, passed away on Shafi Shah, a resident of in the anti-corruption ombuds- Justice Ghose, 66, retired as K Venugopal to inform it with- vened as early as possible. minorities and women, the rules leader who dedicated every- March 17. He was battling with Bandipora, and six other res- man, the communique issued by Supreme Court judge in May in 10 days about a possible date Following the court's pro- say. PTI thing for development of his cancer for more than a year. idents of Jammu & Kashmir, who allegedly worked for the terror outfit. &";"",""3," The agency said it filed a 5 '% ! %  ' % 35 criminal case of money laun- dering after taking cogni- 5 '$ !  '  sance of a National Investigating Agency (NIA)   456&5 0' for Hilly regions. June," the IMD report said. tropical cyclones all over the like conditions will prevail over charge sheet filed against !$%'% %%'%% % The regions falling under According to report, there world, while the long term the country's core heat wave Salahuddin, Shah and others he India Meteorological the core heat wave zone are were many underlying mech- average is 53. Due to impacts zone. Central and northern under the Unlawful Activities New Delhi: India and in the follow up to the deci- TDepartment (IMD) has Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, anisms which contribute to of warmer surface tempera- India are generally considered Prevention Action (UAPA) Pakistan on Tuesday held a sion reached on the March 14 found that in 2018 citizens Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, the development of a heat tures and more ocean heat the core heat wave zones," and other sections of the meeting of technical experts meeting, the sources said. across a vast swathe of India Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, wave. "It can form when a will be greater occurrence of IMD officials said. Indian Penal Code. to discuss issues related to the India has been seeking suffered from heat wave for Gujarat, , warm high pressure system extreme weather events such as The past four years, from "Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, the Kartarpur corridor, includ- this meeting for long time and over 50 days spanning April, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, stalls in a region. The high and tropical cyclones, heat waves, 2015 to 2018, were the warmest most active terror outfit in ing its alignment, coordinates, had even suggested to hold it May and June. The heatwave West Bengal, Orissa and the associated anti cyclonic floods and droughts. ever recorded years. In fact, the Kashmir, has been responsible and other engineering aspects on February 15, 2019. days were 25 in May and 17 in Telangana, and meteorological flow cause a sinking motion The IMD has predicted 20 warmest years on record for funding terrorist and of the proposed crossing Pakistan, however, had linked June. Interestingly, April also subdivisions of Marathwada, which leads to increased sur- the average temperature in have occurred in the last 22 secessionist activities in points, sources said. it to the meeting on the draft reported 12 days of heatwave Vidarbha, central Maharashtra face temperatures due to adia- most parts of north India years. This trend also sits in Jammu & Kashmir. The meeting comes days agreement. last year. The IMD had forecast and coastal Andhra Pradesh. batic compression. The out- northeast regions, northwest perfectly with the emission "Headed by Syed after the two countries held The experts discussed the last year that in 2019, along "The heat wave was report- ward anti cyclonic flow makes India and southern parts of rates of greenhouse gases Salahuddin, its self-styled talks to finalise the modalities alignment of the corridor, the with expected increase in the ed over some parts of it difficult for other systems to west coast to remain higher (GHGs), which were at a record commander based out of for the corridor linking coordinates, and the engi- duration and frequency of heat Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, enter the area. Variations in jet than normal by 0.5-1.0 degree high in 2018 according to the Rawalpindi in Pakistan, it Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in neering aspects of the pro- waves, numbers of hot days are Vidarbha, northeast, Jammu & stream, flow of air that steers Celsius during March, April, World Meteorological funds terrorism on Indian the Pakistani town of posed crossing points, the also expected to increase. Kashmir, Odisha, cCoastal movement of high and low May this year. The rest part of Organisation (WMO). soil through monies organised Kartarpur with the Gurdaspur sources said. As per the IMD, heatwave Andhra Pradesh and along pressure areas which trans- the country is expected to see As per latest Global climate by a trust called JKART district in Punjab. The outcomes from is considered if maximum tem- west coast. Over some parts of ports hot dry air into a region normal temperature during risk index 2019 report, the (Jammu & Kashmir Affectees The technical meeting at Tuesday's site visit and survey perature of a station reaches at Kerala, maximum tempera- were favorable conditions for summer. "The heat wave is world lost more than 5 lakh Relief Trust) in alleged con- the level of experts, including would be further discussed at least 40°C or more for plains, ture was greater than 90th per- development of heat wave," it expected to hit 16 States due to people to such events in the last nivance with the ISI and other engineers and surveyors, was a meeting on April 2, they 37°C or more for coastal sta- centile for more than 50 to 60 said. various reasons in 2019. 20 years along with an economic Pakistan-based entities," the held at "proposed zero points" said. 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he coalition partners       TCongress and the JD(S) in Karnataka announced a slew of measures to take on the BJP, in Karnataka. In a joint Press con-     -,,8 know about his custodial death. ference in Bengaluru on Strongly condemning the Tuesday the Congress and JD(S) ustodial killing of a private incident several Kashmir based leaders decided to work togeth- Cschoolteacher, picked up by political parties, including the er to decimate the BJP. Former the police in pursuance of a ter- National Conference, Peoples prime minister and JDs chief ror case investigation few days Democratic Party, People's HD Devegowda who was part ago, sparked off fresh protests Conference, the CPI-M, of the discussion on working in Awantipora area of South Congress, Awami Attehad out strategies to counter BJP has Kashmir's Pulwama district on Party and others have demand- vowed to reduce them to a sin- Tuesday soon after news of his ed exemplary punishment to gle digit. The leaders including death spread like wild fire in those found guilty in the cus- former chief minister and chair-  6';<6     the area. todial death of the youth. man of coordination committee 5   #        #  ';< /' Large number of local res- The Separatist conglomer- Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister '7 ;+< 5   #  /'5     idents took to streets and raised ate, Joint Resistance Leadership HD Kumaraswamy and other #  . !!  (    () 'provocative' slogans. +    (JRL) headed by Syed Ali leaders jointly announced a To contain public anger, a Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq slew of measures to ensure So if I'm able to do even a bit myself about my usefulness in Amid lack of clarity on might retain Hassan where he magisterial probe was In this matter while following and Yasin Malik have called for their alliance worked without for this country under the lead- Delhi, I'm watching it…I will contesting polls, speculations is confidant of sailing through. announced in addition to sep- the procedure laid down in sec- a Valley-wide protest shut- any glitches. ership of Rahul Gandhi, I can decide," Gowda said. are rife that Deve Gowda, who Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha arate police investigation in the tion 176 of CrPC a magisteri- down on Wednesday against Maintaining suspense stand along with him… Still I Pointing out that a few days has conceded his constituency seats and will go to polls on April case. al enquiry is underway. the custodial death. about contesting Lok Sabha have not made up my mind. I'm ago while speaking in the Hassan to grandson Prajwal 18 and April 23. As part of a pre- Clashes, however, contin- Separately, police investigation Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, polls, JD(S) patriarch H D still thinking, from other states Parliament, he had indicated Revanna will be contesting poll alliance, the Congress will ued in the Awantipora town has also been initiated in the district magistrate Srinagar has Deve Gowda said he is yet to also leaders are saying- you are that it was his last speech, he from either Bangalore North or contest 20 seats and the JD(S) between the security forces jurisdictional area of incident". said that the magisterial inquiry decide, and was thinking about an elderly person, having the said, but a few friends had Tumkur constituency. His eight. He said "Nominations and stone-throwing youths for Meanwhile, local reports is being held by additional his "usefulness" in the nation- experience of governing the asked him to contest this time. another grandson and Chief have started and time is very less. several hours. and family members of the deputy commissioner Srinagar al capital. The 85-year-old for- country- it is a different mat- "I'm yet to decide." Minister Kumaraswamy's son Whatever misunderstanding we In a statement, police deceased school teacher who has already visited the spot mer Prime Minister citing his ter, we will sit and decide…." . On deciding to contest, he Nikhil Kumaraswamy is con- have between us, we have to spokesman said, "the school claimed local police officers where the youth was held in age said, he lacks the strength "From where should I be along with coalition leaders testing from Mandya Lok Sabha resolve them now without letting teacher identified as Rizwan had picked Rizwan Pandit from custody. that he had in 1996, when he contesting or not to, I think I including Chief Minister HD seat, another party bastion. them to continue." Asad Pandit, was in police his house few days ago.They The district magistrate has became the Prime Minister, but have that much of basic free- Kumaraswamy and former There is also speculation in the However senior dalit leader custody in pursuance of terror said, Tuesday morning when said the inquiry would be com- there is "enthusiasm". dom to decide….let's decide on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah political circles that he may not and deputy chief minister G case investigation. The said they went to see him in the pleted soon and its findings will He said “Our opponents it within a few days, there is no will decide on the constituen- contest at all. JDs sources say Parameshwara was conspicu- person died in police custody. police station they came to be made public. today are not Congress, it is BJP. problem. But, I'm thinking to cy, he added. that in view of the backlash he ous of his absence.

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But there are some people end with the latter deciding to announced a list of another 13 Behrampore that “the Left had came under fire from Mamata Banerjee said reminding the who do politics on jawans death go it alone in the general elec- candidates leaving aside 4 seats done a big mistake by unilat- Banerjee for failing to construct Modi Government’s failure to which is not right.” tions a desperate Left Front on currently held by the Congress. erally declaring its first list of Ram Temple in Ayodhya and construct the Ram Temple. Asking the Marwari, Tuesday extended its deadline “We still want that the two 25 candidates when the talk “yet trying to lecture others on “I have constructed and ren- Gujrati and Punjabi business by another 24 hours for the tri- parties should come to an under- process was on. Now they are how they should practice their ovated so many temples in community to “keep in touch colour outfit to reconsider its standing so that the anti-TMC trying to apply some balm on religions.” Bengal but you (Modi) not been with me,” Banerjee said “I want stance. “Till that time we will and anti-BJP votes can be con- that injury. I wonder this balm The Bengal Chief Minister able to construct a single temple to visit your faces more often not announce candidates for solidated in one place. For that will work now.” was addressing a select audi- that you promised… You failed but that I cannot do because if the 4 seats that the Congress we are not announcing our can- Meanwhile, the political ence of the Marwari commu- to build the Ram Temple.” I visit your places then they had won in 2014.” didates for the four seats that they experts said that the TMC and nity which has a sizeable pres- Attacking the BJP for dividing (BJP) will sent ED and CBI to The Left had at the outset won last time. Now it is up to the the BJP will benefit the most ence in North Kolkata and the people in the name of Faith, your houses. I am not afraid of of alliance talks said the two Congress. If they fail to respond from a four-cornered contest. Howrah constituencies. Banerjee said, “those who come central agencies but I cannot see sides should not contest on favourably then we will be forced “Instead of wasting their votes “Some people have been from Delhi to lecture us on reli- you being harassed by them so seats they won in 2014. The to go ahead with our list unilat- the voters will either vote for lecturing me on religion. They gion set people of one people I do not visit you often.” CPI(M) had won Raiganj and erally,” Left Front chairman the BJP or the TMC in that (BJP) say that Hindus are not against the other. This is anything The ruling Trinamool Murshidabad seats while the Biman Bose said on Tuesday. case. Currently the Left voters free to practice their faith freely but religion. Bengal is the most Congress is going all alone in the Congress had bagged, The Congress however are so much annoyed with the in Bengal but I want to ask you peaceful State where we practice general elections with Banerjee Behrampore, North and South reacted sharply saying the pos- TMC that they will finally vote whether you celebrate Durga only one religion which is the vowing to win all the 42 parlia- Malda and Jangipur. sibility of alliance had ended. for the BJP. But the Muslim Puja, Holi, Navaratra, Guru religion of humanity that unites mentary seats. The BJP has This time round the “We also know that there is a supporters of the Parab freely or not. and does not divide people.” emerged as the main contender Congress had been demanding need to defeat the TMC and the Left will vote for the TMC “I want you to tell them how Attacking the BJP replacing the Left Front with its 17-18 seats while the Left was BJP but we cannot ally with the in which case both these par- splendidly my Government has Government for playing politics all-India president Amit Shah not willing to leave them more Left at the cost of our party’s dig- ties will benefit from the Left- renovated the temples in Bengal. over the death CRPF jawans the setting a target of at least 23 seats than 11-13 seats. nity. They are trying to black- Congress divide,” said political   !   O7 =         ! What is your experience about Chief Minister said “I was very from the State. Against this backdrop the mail us which is not acceptable analyst BN Majumdar. /   7   (    () !!   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Slamming the ruling BJP the middle of Lok Sabha polls accused the former of weak- However, during the BJP      ,8,(-' for whipping nationalist fer- and the ruling BJP would try to ening the fight against the BJP regime, the work done has vour among the people using exploit the incident by whip- by spreading confusion. His been contrary to what they ooting for “Modi Mukt the Pulwama terror strike and ping up patriotic sentiments. response came after Congress claim. The meaning of RBharat”, MNS chief Raj subsequent air strikes on terror Addressing party workers general secretary Priyanka Akhilesh is God of Gods. Will Thackeray said here on camps in Pakistan, Raj said: at Rangsharada auditorium on Gandhi Vadra reminded the SP that make me one,” he quipped. Tuesday all the Opposition “Here’s government that asked the occasion of 13th anniver- and BSP chiefs that their com- The SP chief’s remarks should come together to show partyworkers: “But whatever ple from the destruction that 3 lakh crore from the RBI and sary of his party, Raj said: “I mon objective was to defeat the were directed at BJP leaders like the door to Prime Minister the election rallies I will hold Modi has wreaked in the coun- received 28,000 crore. Then have a strong hunch that in the BJP. Narendra Modi, Amit Shah Narendra Modi in the 2019 Lok will be against Modi and Amit try during the last five years. RBI Governor Urjit opposed next month or two—right in “Earlier there used to be a field candidates on seven seats and Piyush Goyal, who prefixed Sabha polls and exhorted the Shah. Even whatever you say or The BJP wants you to get the Government’s demand and the middle of Lok Sabha elec- lot of time, almost a year for to be contested by important ‘chowkidar’ to their names on voters not to fall into the “trap” do anything, it should be trapped in this campaign. But, resigned from the post The tions, one more Pulwama-like fighting elections and cam- leaders of the SP and BSP. Twitter on Sunday. Akhilesh of "Main Bhi Chowkidar” cam- against Modi-Amit Shah and I am advising you and all oth- Government tried to create a attack will be engineered... I paigning. But at a time when Mayawati dismissed the also slammed the ruling party paign which has been launched the BJP”. ers not to get carried away by bogie of war with Pakistan. You repeat the attack will be engi- elections are around the corner, Congress offer saying that the for weaving a narrative around by the BJP to divert the atten- Ridiculing the ruling BJP this campaign”. need money for the waging a neered. Once again, the atten- your creating confusion weak- alliance was competent to the recent Pulwama attacks tion from the “failures” of the for launching the "Main Bhi “I am appealing to the tra- war”. tion of the people will be ens the fight against a common defeat the BJP on its own and and the release of Wing Modi Government. Chowkidar” campaign ahead of ditional voters of the MNS “The Government does diverted and we will once again enemy, an enemy who is an they did not need the help of Commander Abhinandan by Addressing his party work- the Lok Sabha polls, the MNS that the country is currently not have money and it is beg- to get see speeches on patrio- expert in diverting people from the Congress. “It is really dif- Pakistan ‘for political gains’. ers two days after his party chief said: “What is "Main Bhi passing through a critical peri- ging the RBI for assistance. tism”. core issues,” Akhilesh said in ficult to say how much the “It is unfortunate that so announced that it would not Chowkidar”? Are we witness- od. It is important that we Where would it have mobilised Attributing the need to Lucknow on Tuesday. Priyanka factor will work in many soldiers were martyred, contest the Lok Sabha polls, Raj ing elections in India or Nepal?. should get over this phase. money... No wonder the atmos- create a war-like situation in the The SP-BSP alliance has Uttar Pradesh. The Congress intelligence agencies failed, said, “I have all along told the How can a Prime Minister The BJP workers will come to phere of war is no longer there country to the Modi govern- been at loggerheads with the might have a separate strategy RDX was used in such a huge Opposition parties that I have have such a tiny mindset?. The you with money bags. You may and no one is now speaking ment’s “failure” to deliver on its Congress ever since they for defeating the BJP, but their quantity, but the BJP is busy no interest in contesting the Prime Minister should have a take the money from these about either Pulwama attack or various promises, Raj charged announced their tie-up on candidate selection tells a dif- building a narrative out of it for Lok Sabha but whatever I do larger vision for the country people. After all they looted the the subsequent air strikes. that the BJP was trying to January 12, leaving only ferent story,” said Akhilesh. political gains. The BJP gov- will be beneficial to you. This instead of going around and country for the last five years. Modi realised that the BJP will “divert” the attention of the Amethi and Rae Bareli for the The former UP CM also hit out ernment lathicharged former election is: Modi-Amit Shah vs calling himself as a chowkidar”. It is time for us to loot them. not get votes by whipping people from its failure on var- grand old party. at the BJP saying that merely soldiers demanding ‘One rank, the entire country. Like I had Advising his party workers Mind you, this is not my direc- nationalistic fervour. That’s the ious fronts. “The BJP has The situation aggravated prefixing ‘chowkidar’ to party one pension’. They should tell earlier in my Gudi Padva rally, not fall into the “trap” of "Main tive to you,” the MNS chief said. BJP stopped campaigning on realised now that it has failed after the Congress returned the leaders’ Twitter handles would what they have done for the the country should be become Bhi Chowkidar” campaign, Raj “This election is not about these issues,” the MNS chief to deliver on all its promises— favour on March 17 and not yield political dividends for Army personnel in the last five ‘Modi Mukt Bharat’ and for the said: “I am telling all of you not any political party. Even the said. be it “Make in India”, “Start up announced that it would not the ruling party. years,” the SP chief said. purpose, all the parties should to get involved in the whole people in the BJP are fed up Raj, who devoted his entire India”, or “2 crore employ- come together". thing. This campaign is a farce with the happenings within the speech to castigate the Modi ment a year promise” etc ..... Reiterating that his party and a trap. The BJP has party. The moment these two government and the BJP, said The BJP could not use the would not field candidates in launched this campaign to persons (Modi and Shah) are that he would speak at length Dawood deportation issue and the Lok Sabha polls, Raj told his divert the attention of the peo- removed from the political at his Gudi Padva rally. Ram Mandir issue.....”

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Yet, it must be understood that                   such decisions are often based on emotion and cultural values. 7  S B            For those in South Asia, who dismay at                  *  the collapse of any cooperation between like the UK, which, too, cannot of the EU, and this in future UK is able to implement Brexit,                     ( Saarc nations, the EU still evokes consider- be taken as a foregone conclu- could have implications for would come up with tech-                      able admiration. Today’s EU started with the sion just yet. The important the exportability of products nologies and products which formation of a European coal and steel com- issue to keep in mind is the need from the UK since the tech- would be far more ambitious   2     ! % =         munity with only six countries. This was for a successful Union which nologies and systems that they and far more in keeping with             1    then followed by what was designated as the may apply to other regions of develop will, no doubt, drop the 1.5oC goal than Britain is                      ( European Economic Community, but now the world as well. behind what the rest of the EU able to achieve through its the EU, including Britain, covers 28 differ- One major issue seldom is able to establish, given the own legislation.     S   $         ent nations in Europe. What has been par- discussed is the power of the '25405-  strong commitment that exists If that were to happen,                       ticularly significant is the fact that several EU and its collective efforts to 0-05' 0- at least on the part of the coun- there would, no doubt, be        1  )        countries of Europe, which were not as pros- deal with global issues beyond tries like France, Germany, restrictions in trade between perous as some of the more dynamic those of economic growth, (9=80=8- Belgium and the Netherlands the UK and the EU in vital sec-          S    !  9     economies such as West Germany, Britain such as climate change. There 5 '- 95=9 towards much more pro-active tors of the economy and more                9S  ( and even Italy, have prospered substantial- is now no doubt in the minds  and ambitious plans. significantly, there would also    ,       ly not only due to open trade policies with- of sane and rational individu- =4.%B -(5'4 It was in 2008 that Britain be an impact in terms of glob- in the EU but also because of the collective als that the developed world enacted its Climate Change al emissions of GHGs because economic support provided to economies has for long been pursuing an 05-950- Act, which has some remark- the UK collectively with other less prosperous than theirs in terms of unsustainable path, with con- ,'0(55=9 able and forward-looking members of the EU would   grants, capacity building for human capital sumption and production sys- objectives, such as an 80 per certainly have a much more and investments in infrastructure. tems, which unfortunately are 055,59-895 cent reduction in greenhouse profound impact on the glob- "/  '/ ! ) %  #'! (! The result is that today, many countries, being emulated universally. '4 95-5(:05 gas emissions (GHGs) by 2050 al situation than if the UK were which 30 years ago were lagging behind, It, therefore, makes much over 1990 levels. In that sense, to follow its own approach, # ''% ( ! )) )'!' '!! '%/ ! appear to have progressed significantly, greater sense for a large group 54&=0' the UK has been ahead of the even though it has an ambi- including Portugal, Spain and those mem- of countries that is bringing 5489:!0558 curve in making sure that tious Climate Change Act          bers that are now in the Balkans. about a transformation towards there is not only bipartisan and which has been in existence         * + ( Significantly, therefore, Western Balkan sustainable practices and forms ' '+5 :=,-+5 secular support for this legis- over 10 years now. )     S  countries now clearly aspire to becoming of consumption and produc- '-95,8 0 lation but has also inspired It is obvious that if the UK members of the EU. However, they would tion through common policies other nations to do likewise. were to remain within the EU              have to attain a certain set of conditions and than for individual nations, to '59- However, given the fact it would not only be able to            standards before they qualify and before they do so in isolation. Despite sev- =,-95&=05 that the Intergovernmental match trading opportunities         * , get accepted into the Union. Some would eral problems, the EU has Panel on Climate Change within the Union but also require the firm establishment of democra- shown the will not only to meet ',-5 0-45 (IPCC) has brought out a spe- expand its markets beyond. -./0         ( cy in these countries, an established rule of the Sustainable Development cial report on 1.5oC as being Hence, there are important          law and, therefore, institutions such as a Goals (SDGs) but to also bring - =058+ the target that might be set for long-term considerations           robust judiciary. Also necessary would be about implementation of the the temperature increase by the which, perhaps, the Brexiteers a much greater growth in GDP because if Paris agreement on climate end of this century, the EU is need to evaluate and climate        ( there are major disparities in the economies change. likely to make its targets much change, which impacts all of        1     of these countries and existing EU nations, To that extent, it is some- stiffer as compared to the Europe, is certainly an issue to    2       ( there would obviously be serious problems what incongruous that the UK, Climate Change Act of the UK. consider. on their being inducted. which has had a strong policy If this were to happen, then (The writer is former chair-   ! %                  It is likely that over time, the EU is like- on climate change, may actu- there is the possibility that the man, Intergovernmental Panel                    ly to grow unless we have more departures ally fall out of step with the rest members of the EU, in case the on Climate Change, 2002-15)    ,3$S hpupurqv  †hixh†hh‡u         !     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In the sad demise of pu‚xvqh    pu‚xvqh 9     Q      ( supremacist crowd would be   #  %  Manohar Parrikar, the Chief  !  7          pu‚xvqh pu‚    proud of Brenton Harrison    !'J ''"    Minister of Goa and former Tarrant, the alleged Christchurch , (     % Defence Minister, India has lost    S   S              shooter, while the rest of human- '    !! one of the most compassionate,   +             2       ( ity feels devastated by the spread  (  %(      highly educated and tallest lead-  $   % <       ,3$S     ( of a destructive ideology spewing      #     ers of the country. hate and violence against people  !       Despite his connect with       O P8u‚xvqh †   Q ,     ,3$ of colour and religions. In this car-  "  , %    %0N J  the Rashtriya Swayamsevak                   nage, what also stood out was the (   ( , !      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The gruesome act       # "   was, therefore, widely acclaimed      2           only confirms the danger posed as the people’s Chief Minister. ,3$            +     ,3$   by fanatic ideology and extrem- Besides, Parrikar was also a       ,              ism worldwide, irrespective of any   The Congress is the single largest ciless, nature of power politics very humble and down to earth region or religion. Worst, by party in Goa but the BJP braved was also on display with the person. He always bore an invit-                    using a helmet camera, the killer questions of ethics and managed Congress openly asserting its ing smile on his face, which      pu‚xvqh      S        posted a racist manifesto online Sir — This refers to the editori- to form a Government with right to form the Government in most of his colleagues fail to pos- $      2        =       and streamed “live: video of the al, “Death of an icon” (March 19). other parties. Parrikar’s indis- Goa as Parrikar battled illness, sess. In his demise, the nation indiscriminate shooting on In Manohar Parrikar’s untimely pensability was showcased when even on the day before he has lost a true nationalist par              $         Facebook. The terrible attack death, the national polity has lost the BJP persuaded him to contin- breathed his last. Parrikar’s death excellence.  Bhthxv7r‡v               indicates the rising tide of violent an able leader. Parrikar has left ue in office after he was diag- leaves Goa in political uncertain- Tharcius S Fernando                       Islamophobia. The world must behind a fragile Government in nosed with a pancreatic condi- ty that it needs to emerge from Chennai take note of this as well. Goa, which survived this long tion and had to move between at the earliest.            2 1       Padmini Raghavendra solely because he acted as the glue hospitals in multiple cities. 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A pall of gloom      5716D 1        descended over the country as soonG as President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted                (       -.   @.    -..   =    about his sad demise. The entire nation is              #      mourning his untimely death at a comparative- ly young age of 63, leading to an outpouring            9     of condolences from people from all walks of           #    ( life and even his political opponents. For he                  represented what politics needs most today, an       71      $    71  honest sense of mission.           )         In an era when all and sundry join politics 71                after failing in many ventures, Parrikar,                    Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak    71             9  71 and a brilliant IITian, was pushed into politics          9           in 1988 when he was asked to join the Bharatiya          5126D #  Janata Party (BJP). Ever since he joined poli- tics, he followed his conviction of becoming a                    true servant of the people by practising what        #         he believed. He was a staunch nationalist and  71          9       a true patriot with a secular mind, groomed in       12         pure Indian culture of respecting the feelings ?    "  #           of all religions, caste and creed without any trace                   ( of bias and hatred against anyone.             12       Parrikar’s simplicity, humble nature, hon-               esty, straightforwardness and good ethics of gov-     #            ernance, including his no-nonsense attitude in     12    ?       administering what he believed, is necessary for the larger good of people and was writ large on Advisory Committee (FAC), to Panaji for As Defence Minister, he was responsible   ?         7    12      his smiling face all the time. People will never deciding the mining cases of Goa. This was a for bringing professionalism, removing deci-   ?       )         forget the Chief Minister and the workaholic rare occasion when this committee held its sion paralysis in procurement and trans- ?         presenting the budget in the Goa Assembly on meeting outside Delhi. parency in the overall working of the crucial     5!796D #       January 30 this year with a nasal tube on, a cap This writer was the Member-Secretary of Defence Ministry. He will be remembered by                and assisted by his staff. During his political FAC by virtue of working as Inspector- -99'+-96' (5 ex-soldiers among others for allowing one rank       (     (    sojourn, he exuded hope and unbound energy General of Forests in the Ministry. The then one pension for the defence personnel.          #       ?   /.. in his personal gaiety which made him Director-General of Forests and other mem- 95,5,(595&=9 The Rafale procurement was one that he      (      E.   ( immensely popular all over the country. bers were having dinner in the hotel garden - =4',5=9 very deftly handled, including killing the note     F. #             ( He outgrew his tiny State of Goa and in Panaji when we noticed one informally engineered by his then Defence Secretary. The          #            became a colossus in Indian politics. He served dressed man coming towards us along with one 0'=95'0'4 deal was sealed ultimately. However, he will be Goa with full dedication and made it a very of his colleagues and before we could guess most remembered for providing astute lead-                 well-administered State by setting personal who he was, he walked straight to us and shook 894'405 ership during the 2016 surgical strikes by the         9      examples like riding pillion on scooters, hands with all of us even as he said as the Chief Indian Army across the Line of Control             !79 # standing in queue at the airports, shops and Minister of Goa, he had come to welcome us &5'4:= against Pakistan-sponsored terror camps.        !79           collecting his own baggage from the airport to his State. He was none other than Manohar '4&'-O= ''  Parrikar had personally monitored the surgi-   # !79         (     belt and elsewhere. These were some of the Parrikar, accompanied by his Forest Minister cal strikes. His conviction as the country’s       9            high marks of his belief in disdainfully trash- Vinay Tendulkar. -4&0-=05 Defence Minister can be best explained in his            #  ( ing the thriving VIP culture in our country. He We could never imagine that the Chief (O(: own words. He once said, “I gave instructions      /G( !79     !79      fought his pancreatic cancer, which was Minister of a State would walk in his Kolhapuri to the armed forces personnel to shoot at any                 detected in an advanced stage, with courage slippers with his untucked half-sleeve shirt and 9=='405 one possessing an AK-47 machine gun as it is                and fortitude not seen in ordinary mortals, and of course, without the customary security of obvious that they do not have any good inten- till his last breath was fully engaged in running a VIP. He never talked about any proposal of 4-,5= tions.” It is this conviction that made Prime , ,  2 7          the state administration. the State and was with us for half an hour, hav- Minister Modi’s task easy to conduct the sur- #         (      Parrikar was the saving grace of Indian ing just a glass of water. 4-954&9-,=&' gical strike. His death is an irreparable loss for      "          polity in which many politicians have scant Parrikar will be remembered for a long -05-9:O the country and more so for Prime Minister                ( regard for probity and genuine welfare of peo- time for his foresight in turning the destiny of Narendra Modi and his party. His successor to   7            ple and the country. His death has created a India’s politics and that of the BJP’s by propos- 9',5 the Goa Chief Minister’s chair, Pramod Sawant,      #            big void which will be difficult to fill. Erudite ing the name of Narendra Modi as the party’s ,'4'59'- will have very large boots to fill.             5  6 and brilliant politicians like Manohar Parrikar prime ministerial candidate in the BJP’s Apart from other achievements, this    7        (     ( with exceptional charisma are born once in a September 2013 National Executive meeting -4&'&-5%-4& four-time Goa Chief Minister brought the                     century. They are the saving grace for their in Goa. It has been a history since then. - = =9 0' State’s Christian lobby in the BJP’s fold, which        #          ( class as people’s hopes and aspirations hinge As soon as the BJP won the 2014 election, is not a mean achievement. It was also his on them rather than on lesser mortals in their he was uprooted from Goa and made the coun- '4 8'2': charismatic personality that was largely respon-              fraternity. try’s Defence Minister, an anointment which sible for arresting the infamous Aayaram- 3    (         ( This writer had a personal encounter with spoke how the Modi-led team held him in high Gayaram political culture in Goa for a while.        "        ( his simplicity and ethics in 2003 when Parrikar regard for his integrity and simplicity. But all The entire country is in shock and tears on  ,                was the Chief Minister of Goa and the then the while, his heart was in Goa where he the departure of this prodigious son of India.             Environment and Forest Minister, TR Baalu, eventually went back ultimately in 2017 as the Rest in peace Manohar Parrikar. Uur v‡r v†6††v†‡h‡Q ‚sr††‚ 6€v‡’Vv‰r †v‡’ took the Ministry’s statutory body, Forest Chief Minister. 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Anti-incumbency can be an important be wooed and cajoled if Modi wants to Congress has set aside 41 per cent of factor for Modi as his report card is not come back. the seats while Congress chief Rahul very flattering. The bottomline is Jobs might be yet another determi- Gandhi has announced 33 per cent whether people are willing to give him nant as the youth are disillusioned reservation for women in one more chance or not. ahead of polls. Modi has not been able Government jobs. The BJP, too, is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the latest to provide the number of jobs he had wooing the women through many entrant into politics as the Congress’ promised in 2014. The unemployment Government programmes. 955954&8, general secretary, has also emerged as rate rose to a 45-year high during 2017- World over, many leaders have a significant factor. There is a kind of 2018. This issue could overtake all other won and lost the election on the econ- 5 =59 6  86&" newness and untested quality about her issues for young people. omy factor. In fact, Modi came to power 5(  and through her articulation, pre- Then the 130 million first-time vot- riding on economic issues. However,   '#   ith high-stake polls round the sentable persona and the Gandhi fam- ers are crucial. In 2014, about 150 mil- initiatives like demonetisation and corner, several important fac- ily’s mystique, she can play a disruptive lion first-time voters chose Modi. GST did not go down well with the    Wtors come into play for an role. However, political analysts feel About 1.5 lakh first-time voters have electorate. The Opposition is hoping to 8+"58     electoral victory for any party. These Priyanka Vadra will have a “limited ministerial ambitions. months as the Opposition wants to registered for each seat and most of pin him down on economic issues.    !  components often influence the voters impact” as political arithmetic, caste chief Lalu bring back real issues like jobs, demon- them are not tied to any ideology. Most Caste is a reality in every election     but are not constant as they keep chang- politics and alliance challenges might Prasad, though serving his sentence in etisation, Goods and Services Tax and political parties have made them their and the electoral arithmetic is mainly   % ing according to the political situation make the going tough for her. Also, she Ranchi jail, is an astute player in Bihar. agrarian distress among others. focus group for the coming polls. based on this. Most parties select their at a particular period of time. joined politics too late. Feedback from the State is that the jail Rural distress is expected to tilt the Women voters, too, have become candidates based on their caste. Above  #   ! As in every election, several impor- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supre- sentence has created sympathy for the scales too. Though the BJP is seen as important for political parties. all, social media has become an impor-        tant aspects are emerging in the com- mo Mayawati has been in politics for leader and using this, he is planning to an urban party, rural voters played a big According to data from the Election tant factor for the campaign and influ-   ( # ing polls, too. For instance, the ‘Modi decades now but she has emerged as a turn the tide in favour of the RJD- role in 2014 and endorsed Modi. But Commission of India, the average encing voters. All parties used this  %!   factor’ could play a key role. The BJP force this time because the BSP is being Congress alliance. they all stand disenchanted with the turnout in general elections increased medium in 2014 and more so now. The      believes that ‘Modi magic’ will work this touted as an important player. Many National security has become a party after five years. Agrarian distress significantly in 2014 and the gender interplay of these factors or a combi- time too as India is gradually accept- parties are turning to Mayawati because crucial factor, which the BJP wants to is an equally important component in gap in terms of voter turnout was also nation of them would be important for #%4D/.P!  ing of personality politics. However, the the BSP’s votes are transferable. In Uttar milk to the full extent as Pulwama and view of the increasing number of lowest in the last general elections the results of the poll. Parties have to  !  Modi of 2014 was a relatively new phe- Pradesh, if the gathbandhan wins a size- the retaliatory Balakot air strikes have farmers’ suicides. This was said to be since independence. Significantly, develop a multi-pronged strategy to !# nomenon. After five years of the BJP’s able number of seats, she will play the become the pivot of the party’s poll nar- one of the reasons for the BJP’s defeat the BJD has announced 33 per cent emerge victorious.   ( % rule, the people have seen him, heard role of a king-maker in case there is a rative. However, it may be difficult to in the three States in the Hindi heart- reservation for women in the com- (The writer is a senior political com-     him and assessed his performance. hung Parliament. She also has prime sustain the momentum for the next two land in December. The farmers must ing Lok Sabha polls. The Trinamool mentator and syndicated columnist) %# ! $#( )#%*+,*+-.  2)

      $ ) P   9        ,8,(-' 4    P   # !# -'7 he umbrella body of the   DA?E Tdomestic pilots of the nearly crippled Jet Airways   456&5 0' woes, the carrier has been relevant provisions of the fleet “whether in operation or on Tuesday threatened to looking at ways to raise fresh applicable CARs (Civil Aviation on ground” are maintained in stop flying from April 1, if viation watchdog DGCA funds. Requirements) for facilitation accordance with Approved 4$ the resolution plan is delayed Asaid on Tuesday 41 Jet DGCA spokesperson said of passengers regarding time- Maintenance Programme and salary dues are not Airways flights are currently Tuesday,”The DGCA reviewed ly communication, compensa- (AMP).   456&5 0' cleared by the end of this available for operation and the performance of Jet Airways tion, refunds and providing “The operator was also month. there may be “further attrition” on operational, airworthiness & alternate flights wherever directed to ensure that no ndia’s fuel demand rose 3.8 The decision was taken at of flights “in coming weeks” as passenger facilitation today. applicable”. pilots/cabin crew/AMEs be Iper cent in February as free the annual meeting of Jet it observed the situation as Current availability of aircraft He said the data is being rostered on duty who had cooking gas connections *> +7+)'! $ )  >P   "  ? ! Airways domestic pilots body “dynamic”. in the fleet for operation is 41 monitored by the DGCA on a reported stress of any nature. spurred LPG consumption 2 @A(/+'     $      National Aviators Guild after As per the Jet Airways’ and accordingly scheduled for regular basis. Additionally, all such staff while petrol and diesel use   A 7  '!;*   < a meeting here lasting for website, it has a fleet of 119 air- 603 domestic flights and 382 The Jet Airways’ Aircraft should be current with all continued to rise. *> +7+)'    #$    over 90 minutes. craft in total. For the past few international flights has been Maintenance Engineers’ Union mandatory training require- Fuel consumption in  #     A( !   The guild, which came weeks, passengers have been drawn. However, it is a dynam- wrote to the aviation regulator ments. February totalled 17.41 million  ! $+ '*> +7+)' 7  '!;*   < into being almost a decade venting their ire on social ic situation and there may be on Tuesday morning that three “The DGCA is continu- tonnes as compared to 16.77 +5  '!;.! <   $  ';/+'< !!  ago, represents around 1,000 media as the airline’s flight further attrition in coming months’ salary was overdue to ously monitoring overall situ- million tonnes in the same domestic pilots at the airline. cancellations have increased weeks.” them and flight safety “is at risk”. ation and based on the same, month last year, data from the “If there is no proper gradually due to the rising The spokesperson added The DGCA spokesperson will take appropriate steps by Petroleum Planning and clarity on the resolution number of grounded aircraft. that the DGCA has instructed said the aviation watchdog is the end of the month, if need- Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Oil process and salary payments, Grappling with financial the airline to comply with “the ensuring that all aircraft in the ed,” the spokesperson added. Ministry showed. by March 31, we will stop fly- Consumption rose for ing from April 1,” the guild the third month in a row as said. . $%"' %  %) /'  ensuing general elections are The pilots and other # -  likely to spike demand fur- senior staff have not RPT not < %   %)  % % ther. been getting their full salaries With retail prices moder- since December.   New Delhi: Banks are likely to infuse fresh funds into ating, petrol consumption Having failed to get any cash-strapped Jet Airways provided major sharehold- soared 8 per cent to 2.25 mil- assurance from the manage-   ,8,(-' Airways, advance bookings, can- ers of the airline, including Gulf carrier Etihad Airways, lion tonnes while the ment on salaries, the guild cellations, refunds and safety issues, pledge their shares as collateral, sources said. Government push to give every 0' $'!7 *  # M+ 2 @ # last week had written to viation Minister Suresh Prabhu on if any,” Prabhu said in a tweet. With the airline unable to get fresh funds, the household a cooking gas con-   N  $ 7 A/ !  Union labor minister Santosh ATuesday directed his Ministry’s “Asked him (civil aviation sec- options are limited now, they added. nection led to LPG demand   !!  !  !!   Gangwar, seeking his inter- secretary to hold an emergency meet- retary) to get a report on Jet com- The full service carrier is grappling with acute finan- spiking by 14.2 per cent to 2.2     !  !    #   vention. ing on the debt-ridden Jet Airways pliance issues immediately from cial woes that has resulted in grounding of a significant million tonnes.  !    Meanwhile, Aviation massively cancelling flights after DGCA,” he added. number of planes, defaulting on debt repayments Hectic campaigning is like- Minister Suresh Prabhu on grounding of a large part of its fleet. Earlier Monday, Jet Airways And delay in payment of salaries to pilots and other ly as India goes to poll over the Tuesday also directed his the The Minister’s direction came in engineers’ body wrote to aviation senior officials. next two months, which will secretary to hold an emer- the wake of the airliner drastically regulator DGCA, seeking its inter- Founder Chairman Naresh Goyal and his family boost the use of transportation $',. gency meeting on the debt- reducing its operations due to liq- vention in the recovery of their owns around 52 per cent stake in Jet Airways while fuel as political parties traverse ridden airline that has been uidity crunch. salary dues, saying non-payment Etihad, a strategic partner, has 24 per cent sharehold- the country courting voters. cancelling flights abruptly “Directed Secretary, @MOCA was affecting their psychological ing. The sources said that banks can provide further General elections will be held 9 #$& following grounding of a GOI to hold an emergency meeting condition which, in turn, was a “risk” loans if major stakeholders — Goyal and Etihad — agree in seven phases starting on large part of its fleet. on grounding of flights by Jet to the airline’s flight operations. to pledge their shares as security. PTI April 11. )&&,:   456&5 0' meeting has been convened on +) #  )% %! A&""%')% 7  ! March 23 to consider and tate-owned Indian Oil Corp declare an interim dividend. S(IOC) on Tuesday declared Grappling with a possible !  )'%  ' %!7  a second interim dividend of 80,000 crore shortfall in direct F7 !  1,412 crore for the current and indirect tax revenues that financial year and ONGC will make it difficult to meet a "(   ,8,(-' foreign fund inflows in the debt trading at $68.02 per barrel, agreed to do so next week to revised fiscal deficit target, the and equity market. In the near higher by 0.71 per cent. help the Government meet its Government has been tapping )"84!  alting its six-day winning term, the rupee may trade in “Bargain buying from 0/  tax revenue target. cash-rich PSUs for second Hrun, the Indian rupee the range of 68 and 69.50,” said importers and profit booking In a stock exchange filing, interim dividend.   456&5 0' Tuesday edged lower by 43 Rushabh Maru, Research after the recent rally ahead of IOC, the nation’s biggest oil Coal India Ltd on March paise to close at 68.96 to the US Analyst - Currency and the financial year closing   (59 '4 German company specialising firm, said its board at a meet- 14 declared a second interim he Reserve Bank of India dollar on emergence of Commodity, Anand Rathi could be the one of the reason in internet services. ing on Tuesday approved pay- dividend of 5.85 per share. Thas moved the National demand for the greenback Shares and Stock Brokers. for depreciation,” said VK ermany launches its auc- Chinese firm Huawei is not ment of 1.50 per share of 15 The Government holds Company Law Appellate from importers. Meanwhile, the dollar Sharma, Head PCG & Capital Gtion on Tuesday for the one of the bidders but provides per cent in second interim 72.91 per cent stake in Coal Tribunal (NCLAT) over the The local currency also index, which gauges the green- Markets Strategy, HDFC construction of an ultra-fast 5G the four German companies dividend for 2018-19 to share- India and stands to get 2,647 order passed regarding classi- came under pressure due to back’s strength against a basket Securities. mobile network as a transat- with essential hardware — holders. crore, excluding dividend tax. fication of debt of IL&FS group rising crude pressure and a of six currencies, fell 0.18 per Foreign institutional lantic dispute rages over secu- such as antennas and routers. “The dividend will be cred- Initially, ONGC had resist- companies as NPA. caution ahead of the out- cent to 96.35, ahead of the investors (FIIs) put in 2,132.36 rity concerns surrounding The US has accused Beijing ited to the account of the ed paying a second interim div- A two-member NCLAT come of the Federal Open Federal Reserve policy decision crore on a net basis on Tuesday, giant Chinese telecoms equip- of using Huawei’s 5G network shareholders or the dividend idend on grounds that it does bench, headed by Justice S J Market Committee (FOMC) tomorrow. provisional data showed. ment maker Huawei. gear as a Trojan horse, forcing warrant in respect thereof will not have surplus cash to make Mukhopadhaya, has said that it meeting. The euro traded near a Benchmark equity indices The United States has operators to transmit data to be dispatched on or before such payments within a month would hear the RBI on the At the Interbank Foreign more than two-week high as continued their winning run threatened to end intelligence the regime, but Washington has April 10, 2019,” it said. of an interim dividend payout, issue. Exchange (forex), the domes- front-end calls were in for the seventh consecutive sharing with Berlin if it does not provided evidence to sup- The Government owns sources with direct knowledge The RBI is seeking modi- tic currency opened at 68.53 a demand, while the pound rose session Tuesday. The 30-share not exclude hardware made by port their suspicions. 53.88 per cent stake in IOC and of the development said. fication of the order passed by dollar and fell further to touch as UK Prime Minister Theresa BSE Sensex closed at 38,363.47, Huawei from the infrastruc- Huawei has strenuously stands to get about 761 crore, According to regulations, a the tribunal which has provid- the day’s low of 69.05. It final- May looks set to seek a long recording a rise of 268.40, or ture, arguing that Chinese denied allegations its equip- excluding dividend distribution company cannot declare a sec- ed moratorium on repayment ly settled at 68.96 per dollar, extension to the Brexit dead- 0.70 per cent. The 50-share equipment could help Beijing ment could be used for espi- tax. ond dividend within a month of loans regarding the accounts down 43 paise over its previous line. NSE Nifty closed at 11,509.80, spy on Western companies and onage. Separately, Oil and Natural of the previous payout and of IL&FS and its over 300 close. According to Vinod Nair, higher by 70.20 points, or 0.61 governments. Chinese Foreign Minister Gas Corp (ONGC), which had companies like ONGC would group companies. The Indian rupee on Head of Research, Geojit per cent. Attempting to play down the Wang Yi on Monday lashed out initially resisted a government need to seek approval of mar- During the proceedings, Monday had surged by 57 Financial Services, “The rupee Meanwhile, the Financial row on Monday, Jochen at what he called “abnormal, demand seeking a second inter- kets regulator Sebi to make RBI’s counsel said that there paise to close at an over seven- witnessed selling pressure fol- Benchmark India Private Ltd Homann, chairman of the immoral” attacks on Huawei im dividend, said a board such a payment. was a overlap of power on the month high of 68.53 against the lowing a continuous surge (FBIL) set the reference rate for German Federal Network and demanded a “fair and just issue. US dollar. while domestic bond yields the rupee/dollar at 68.5847 Agency (BNA), said: “No matter competition environment” for The tribunal has also asked “The rupee has depreciat- inched higher as investors and for rupee/euro at 77.8185. whether a supplier comes from Chinese firms. the Ministry of Corporate ed today on account of awaited the US FED policy out- The reference rate for Sweden or China, companies US-led attempts to encour- %  ' % Affairs about the progress importers demand at lower come.” rupee/British pound was fixed must meet certification require- age other nations to ban made with respect to resolution levels. However broad senti- Meanwhile, brent crude, at 91.0069 and for rupee/100 ments and security checks.” Huawei equipment from their of IL&FS issues. ments remain positive due to the global oil benchmark, was Japanese yen at 61.66. ‘5G’ — ‘fifth generation’ — telecoms infrastructure suf- is the latest, high-speed gener- fered a setback when ! %!' $! ation of cellular mobile com- Chancellor Angela Merkel’s munications and Berlin will government decided against require winning bidders to imposing company specific- offer 5G service to at least 98 restrictions on the 5G auction. '% ! !% percent of German households, US ambassador to motorways and rail lines. Germany Richard Grenell last Germany, Europe’s biggest week warned that Washington economy whose wireless net- could stifle intelligence coop-   ,8,(-' targets by 10 bps in the outgoing works rank 46th in the world eration unless Berlin agreed a fiscal year. Many analysts fear that for download speeds, wants to Huawei ban. eserve Bank governor even the upwardly revised fiscal close the sizeable digital gap by In a letter, Grenell told RShaktikanta Das on Tuesday deficit target of 3.4 percent may making the shift to the ultra- Peter Altmaier, Germany’s underlined the need for sticking be difficult to meet given the fast 5G system. economy minister, that intelli- to the fiscal roadmap by adopt- massive shortfall indirect tax The BNA starts the auction gence-sharing cooperation ing a commonly agreed expen- collection and also shortfall in in Mainz at 0900 GMT on could cease if Berlin allows the diture code-based spending other budgeted non-tax revenue. Tuesday and the process will Chinese firm to be part of the plan to address the socioeco- Das, speaking at the launch allocate 41 different frequency 5G network. nomic challenges. He also advo- of a book ‘Indian Fiscal blocks. The threat escalated last cated giving permanent status Federalism’, by former RBI Four operators are in the week when NATO’s Supreme to the finance commission. governor YV Reddy along with running, among them Allied Commander in Europe, The comments from the GR Reddy here this evening, Germany’s three main mobile US General Curtis Scaparrotti, former-economic-affairs- secre- Das said there is now general network providers — Deutsche warned Germany that NATO tary-turned-central banker agreement about the impor- Telekom, Vodafone and forces would cut communica- assume importance as the tance of fiscal consolidation Telefonica Germany (O2) — tions if Berlin works with Government for two consecutive roadmaps both at national and plus United Internet (1&1), a Huawei. terms have missed it fiscal deficit state levels. %# ! $#( )#%*+,*+-.  22

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:;;.("&8             (1 $$:;<< New Delhi: Jaguar Land Rover India Tuesday said it will increase prices of   456&5 0' operation and mobility services, it select products by up to 4 per cent with effect from April 1. The company, how- added. ever, did not specify which models will be affected by the price hike. “This increase   ,8,(-' market is gradually catching up index fell 0.61 per cent and outh Korean automobile major Already, Hyundai has invested in in price is purely inflationary and we are certain that the two global iconic brands, with the other markets, he metal 0.11 per cent. SHyundai Motor group Tuesday said car-sharing startup Revv, which had last Jaguar and Land Rover, will continue to attract existing and new customers,” Jaguar enchmark equity indices added. The broader markets too it is investing USD 300 million in ride year raised 100 crore in a new fund- Land Rover India President & Managing Director Rohit Suri said in a statement. Bcontinued their winning In the Sensex kitty, ITC depicted a better trend as hailing service provider Ola, identify- ing round led by the South Korean auto JLR India's products under the two brands Jaguar and Land Rover ranges from run for the seventh consecutive turned star performer by surg- investors raised bets. The mid- ing India as the centrepiece in its major. Jaguar XE with price starting at 40.61 lakh to Range Rover tagged at 1.79 crore. session Tuesday closing at an ing 2.45 per cent, followed by cap index rose 0.52 per cent strategy to gain leadership in global Revv plans to plans to increase its Last week, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) had also announced that it would over six-month high led by NTPC rising 2.19 per cent. and small-cap index was up mobility market. geographical footprint to 30 cities in increase prices of some of its products from next month in order to offset rise gains in index heavyweights Other gainers that finished 0.37 per cent. The investment will be jointly India within a year from 11 cities. in input cost. TKM, however, did not disclose the quantum of hike and the mod- like ITC, RIL and Infosys amid higher were HCL Tech, RIL, Shares of Reliance made by group firms -- Hyundai Motor Starting from this month, Hyundai els that would become costlier. positive domestic cues and Bharti Airtel, ONGC, SBI, Yes Communications zoomed 10 Company and Kia Motors Corporation Motor India has launched a pilot pro- sustained foreign fund inflow. Bank, PowerGrid, Axis Bank, per cent after the company -- and under a tripartite agreement with ject offering customers to experience its              The 30-share BSE Sensex M&M, Sun Pharma, Asian cleared dues of Swedish service Ola, the companies will jointly devel- products through a subscription model New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has moved the National Company touched a high of 38,396.06 Paint, HUL, HDFC, Tata Steel, provider Ericsson. op electric vehicles ecosystem and fleet in partnership with Revv. The initiative Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) over the order passed regarding classifica- before winding up at 38,363.47, HDFC Bank, Tata Motors, The scrip jumped 10 per services for global markets. will cover six cities -- Delhi-NCR, tion of debt of IL&FS group companies as NPA. A two-member NCLAT bench, recording a rise of 268.40, or IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank cent to 4.40, its upper circuit Under the partnership, the three Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Bengaluru headed by Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, has said that it would hear the RBI on the 0.70 per cent. Intra-day it also and Kotak Bank, rising up to limit, on the BSE. firms will also aim to develop electric and Hyderabad. issue. The RBI is seeking modification of the order passed by the tribunal which hit a low of 38,078.23. 2.18 per cent. Brokers said sustained for- vehicles (EVs) and charging infra- As part of the investment in Ola, the has provided moratorium on repayment of loans regarding the accounts of IL&FS The gauge had climbed Software exporter stocks eign fund inflows, widening of structure customised for Indian mar- group said the companies have agreed and its over 300 group companies. During the proceedings, RBI's counsel said over 1,420 points points in the such as Infosys and TCS were portfolios by retail investors ket, the companies said in joint state- to co-create solutions to operate and that there was a overlap of power on the issue. The tribunal has also asked the previous six sessions. back in demand, gaining up to and a mixed global cues ahead ment. manage fleet vehicles, marking the Ministry of Corporate Affairs about the progress made with respect to resolu- The 50-share NSE Nifty 1.66 per cent, after the USD of the US Federal policy meet, “Hyundai and Kia will invest a total Hyundai's first foray into the industry, tion of IL&FS issues. Further, the tribunal has sought company-wise updates from closed at 11,509.80, higher by dollar recovered against the influenced the market here. of USD 300 million in Ola,” it said. as they expand operations from auto- the Committee of Creditors (CoC) and Resolution Professional (RP). 70.20 points, or 0.61 per cent, rupee. On a net basis, foreign This will be the biggest combined mobile manufacturing and sales to total after hovering between In contrast, Hero institutional investors (FIIs) investment as on date by the two auto- fleet solutions.      / C 6(:"      11,543.85 and 11,451.55. MotoCorp, L&T, Maruti bought shares worth Rs 1,823 mobile companies. Ola co-founder and CEO Bhavish   These are the highest lev- Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, Coal India, crore, while domestic institu- Commenting on the development, Aggarwal said the partners will bring New Delhi: Realty firm Parsvnath Ltd Tuesday said the Delhi High Court els for both indices since Vedanta and Bajaj Finance tional investors (DIIs) Hyundai Motor Group Executive Vice- to market a new generation of mobili- has upheld its claim of 1,034 crore in a dispute with Rail Land Development September 7, 2018. ended in the red due to profit- offloaded equities to the tune Chairman Euisun Chung said: “India is ty solutions, and constantly expand Authority related to a project in the national capital. In February 2016, Parsvnath “Better liquidity condi- booking and lost up to 2.10 per of 1,269 crore Monday, pro- the centrepiece of Hyundai Motor their range of offerings for consumers. Developers had terminated its development agreement with RLDA due to a title tions, stable rupee, and positive cent. visional data showed. Group's strategy to gain leadership in “This partnership will also signif- dispute related to a 38-acre land stretch that the company had bought for 1,651 movements in all major glob- Sector-wise, BSE PSU Participants continued to the global mobility market, and our icantly benefit driver-partners on our crore. Parsvnath Rail Land Project Pvt Ltd (PRLPPL), a special purpose vehicle al markets have been the sup- gained the most rising 1.88 per remain bullish despite profit- partnership with Ola will certainly platform, as we collaborate with (SPV) created to develop this project, had gone into the arbitration process to portive factors for the domes- cent, followed by power index booking at current levels by accelerate our efforts to transform into Hyundai to build vehicles and solutions settle the issue. In a regulatory filing, Parsvnath Tuesday informed that the divi- tic markets,” said Joseph 1.32 per cent, FMCG 1.14 per speculators, traders added. a smart mobility solutions provider.” that enable sustainable earnings for mil- sion bench of the Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of RLDA, which had chal- Thomas, Head Research- cent, oil and gas 1.0 per cent, Most other Asian markets Hyundai Motor Group expects to lions of them, in the time to come,” he lenged a single judge order that upheld arbitral award of 1,034 crore. “We have Emkay Wealth Management. teck 1.03 per cent, IT 0.94 per held steady ahead of a Federal accelerate its transition from a car man- added. perused all the submissions and findings of the court and find no infirmity in Besides, it may be noted cent, bankex 0.62 percent and Reserve policy meeting later ufacturer into a smart mobility solutions Hyundai, Kia and Ola have also the decision of the learned Single Judge. Accordingly, the appeal stands dismissed," that when the global markets consumer durable 0.62 per this week, but were broadly at provider, as the partnership initiatives agreed to coordinate efforts to develop the division bench said in its recent judgement while dismissing RLDA's appeal. were rising almost a month cent. near six-month highs on expec- will allow it to engage in all aspects cars and specifications that reflect the The division bench of Justices G S Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, in its March back, the domestic markets However, capital goods tations the US central bank across the entire mobility value chain needs of the ride hailing market (both 14 order, has dismissed the RLDA’s appeal and upheld the arbitral award dated were sliding. The domestic dropped by 0.61 per cent, auto might strike a dovish tone. including vehicle production, fleet users and drivers), the statement said. November 25, 2017 and the judgment of single Judge of Delhi High Court.

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91.25 89.70 90.15 MAHABANK 13.40 13.73 13.33 13.42 IFBIND 948.00 976.45 939.45 952.95 UPL 929.00 935.00 918.35 934.00 6.90 CGPOWER 44.30 46.95 44.30 46.55 LICHSGFIN 517.00 524.00 514.75 521.95 APOLLOHOSP 1124.25 1143.60 1124.20 1137.70 LUXIND 1297.55 1320.00 1294.00 1312.55 MRF 57500.80 57535.00 57100.00 57406.20 INDUSINDBK 1730.00 1735.00 1718.20 1731.00 11.90 BANKBARODA 121.75 125.85 121.00 124.30 NMDC 116.00 118.45 115.45 117.95 GMRINFRA 17.35 17.65 17.00 17.40 CRISIL 1489.15 1520.50 1476.00 1488.60 JBCHEPHARM 328.00 334.75 328.00 330.00 GAIL 362.60 366.50 360.25 361.90 2.05 INFY 713.00 725.90 707.80 721.50 ICICIGI 983.00 991.95 969.70 973.45 SHANKARA 435.00 453.20 434.55 440.20 JSLHISAR 89.95 92.75 89.90 91.25 SUPREMEIND 1106.50 1106.50 1080.00 1085.00 ASIANPAINT 1442.00 1459.85 1440.00 1453.45 7.85 NTPC 134.90 137.25 130.65 135.10 VIPIND 443.60 457.40 440.30 448.15 UJJIVAN 339.65 342.00 337.60 339.75 FINCABLES 489.95 504.00 489.95 498.40 ZENSARTECH 227.00 235.55 226.40 231.30 TATAMOTORS 182.00 184.50 180.75 182.85 0.60 DHFL 137.25 137.95 134.20 136.25 TECHM 791.00 796.95 783.65 794.50 MUTHOOTFIN 596.00 602.90 594.60 597.95 LAKSHVILAS 65.00 65.00 62.60 62.80 PGHH 10315.00 10410.00 10250.00 10334.40 GRASIM 820.00 832.80 815.10 821.00 2.45 RECLTD 145.00 150.30 144.70 148.40 MCX 784.45 807.00 783.00 801.00 EQUITAS 138.50 138.90 135.50 136.35 NHPC 25.50 25.60 25.30 25.40 SUDARSCHEM 340.85 345.95 337.15 344.00 TATASTEEL 527.80 531.90 520.65 526.70 1.50 ONGC 156.90 163.15 155.25 157.00 MANAPPURAM 124.15 125.20 122.70 123.25 PEL 2631.05 2675.75 2631.05 2646.30 ENDURANCE 1151.65 1163.80 1141.60 1145.60 UNITEDBNK 10.92 11.14 10.76 11.05 HDFCBANK 2269.50 2275.90 2251.00 2268.00 6.55 UNIONBANK 84.90 89.30 84.00 87.75 IPCALAB 899.45 928.35 896.85 920.00 AMBUJACEM 226.70 231.20 226.70 229.80 PHOENIXLTD 677.75 685.05 669.65 682.90 EIHOTEL 198.80 202.30 195.25 196.10 ULTRACEMCO 3970.20 4012.00 3960.05 3981.25 11.05 BEL 94.60 97.00 93.50 96.40 INDIANB 269.60 275.35 267.45 273.00 SUNTECK 471.45 471.45 459.75 464.20 GUJALKALI 512.50 512.50 503.20 508.30 SJVN 24.50 24.55 24.40 24.50 IDBI 43.75 43.80 43.20 43.35 HFCL 22.15 22.55 21.95 22.15 SYMPHONY 1310.00 1310.00 1285.65 1292.55 TCS 2030.00 2030.00 1995.10 2028.50 5.70 IGL 290.05 303.75 289.65 300.80 AARTIIND 1438.40 1475.00 1429.95 1460.80 SUPRAJIT 229.00 230.00 222.80 229.75 HDFC 1972.90 1978.55 1962.10 1967.00 4.60 EICHERMOT 22251.10 22251.10 21589.15 21750.55 AUBANK 597.90 597.90 576.50 582.65 CUB 191.95 193.50 189.00 192.55 HINDUNILVR 1697.60 1709.40 1688.20 1701.00 3.45 ICICIPRULI 347.20 350.70 342.45 344.65 CENTURYPLY 199.90 206.00 197.00 203.90 GET&D 285.00 286.90 278.00 280.30 IBULHSGFIN 704.00 708.90 693.80 701.90 0.95 MMTC 27.90 29.60 27.50 28.80 ISEC 252.95 259.30 248.10 258.50 BIRLACORPN 531.00 537.60 530.00 533.80 WIPRO 257.80 258.90 255.10 257.90 0.30 DRREDDY 2669.65 2715.00 2669.65 2704.55 JSL 38.30 41.80 37.50 40.40 INDOSTAR 342.25 350.00 341.65 349.30 KOTAKBANK 1350.00 1355.00 1338.55 1343.55 -0.10 CENTURYTEX 885.00 916.00 881.95 906.40 BALKRISIND 923.45 933.75 914.15 918.50 GUJFLUORO 1050.30 1056.95 1027.10 1038.30 IOC 166.00 166.00 161.75 162.75 -0.05 SUNTV 624.00 630.00 616.80 623.35 GPPL 95.00 101.00 94.40 99.05 APLAPOLLO 1390.05 1397.10 1370.85 1381.60 ICICIBANK 398.40 400.95 393.90 397.85 -0.20 DISHTV 39.60 39.85 38.00 38.35 HSCL 112.30 119.20 112.30 117.95 BLUESTARCO 673.15 684.95 666.05 682.55 CIPLA 537.15 537.70 530.20 533.40 -1.10 HCLTECH 1022.00 1040.00 1013.60 1034.60 DCMSHRIRAM 432.20 434.00 419.25 425.50 HERITGFOOD 523.75 540.00 523.70 537.90 VEDL 172.10 175.20 171.55 172.90 -0.40 HINDCOPPER 49.45 51.60 48.80 50.65 RALLIS 161.30 162.75 160.05 160.85 GESHIP 291.70 291.70 286.95 290.40 BAJFINANCE 2930.00 2962.90 2910.05 2922.00 -7.55 TITAN 1104.00 1111.50 1099.50 1109.15 GICRE 246.05 254.85 245.30 252.30 RELAXO 761.00 764.05 756.05 758.95 COALINDIA 244.55 247.90 241.35 243.50 -0.70 INFIBEAM 44.10 44.15 42.70 43.25 THERMAX 1001.00 1001.00 986.05 989.20 TIMETECHNO 101.10 104.70 100.15 102.95 BAJAJFINSV 7000.00 7036.00 6950.00 6950.00 -56.80 LTTS 1496.00 1527.00 1473.25 1486.80 CIPLA 538.95 538.95 530.50 533.00 SHOPERSTOP 476.95 478.65 472.00 474.45 ADANIPORTS 370.00 372.00 362.50 366.00 -3.00 BIOCON 633.00 633.20 624.05 628.15 PARAGMILK 256.20 260.00 254.75 255.45 TEJASNET 177.00 177.05 172.60 172.85 BAJAJ-AUTO 3008.00 3008.00 2945.00 2974.00 -31.15 HDFC 1970.20 1978.00 1960.75 1967.85 DMART 1483.95 1483.95 1470.05 1478.35 CENTRUM 34.10 34.50 33.80 34.05 MARUTI 6900.00 6901.95 6809.25 6816.00 -93.10 RBLBANK 638.00 651.45 636.20 648.90 MAXINDIA 65.90 68.85 65.85 67.95 COROMANDEL 476.40 476.40 468.20 472.00 LT 1371.00 1374.95 1346.50 1359.95 -18.95 KTKBANK 130.50 132.30 128.35 130.30 CEATLTD 1150.00 1165.00 1134.30 1152.10 MINDACORP 139.50 140.05 137.15 137.80 HEROMOTOCO 2659.00 2659.00 2601.00 2615.00 -54.50 SOUTHBANK 15.90 16.08 15.86 16.03 NLCINDIA 79.50 79.50 77.90 78.75 GULFOILLUB 840.25 840.25 828.00 831.00 JSWSTEEL 296.10 296.75 287.35 288.20 -6.75 ULTRACEMCO 3974.00 4015.95 3964.80 3981.00 EMAMILTD 402.30 402.75 395.00 396.85 GEPIL 834.25 835.00 810.05 819.10 TATAMOTORS 182.00 184.50 180.90 182.80 WOCKPHARMA 430.00 436.50 429.50 430.75 ADANITRANS 228.90 228.90 222.55 223.80 NBVENTURES 111.00 111.00 104.45 106.20 EICHERMOT 22240.00 22240.00 21579.55 21660.00 -591.40 ICICIBANK 397.50 400.60 394.00 398.15 MPHASIS 969.80 986.00 961.15 975.20 NESTLEIND 10465.00 10719.95 10420.70 10677.00 GSKCONS 7046.05 7115.90 7045.05 7051.50   NBCC 68.00 68.35 66.25 67.60 HEXAWARE 338.50 342.00 334.00 339.85 GLENMARK 642.75 651.30 641.35 645.75 TVSSRICHAK 2250.05 2250.05 2199.00 2203.65 HEROMOTOCO 2671.70 2672.00 2603.35 2615.40 KSCL 440.95 462.00 439.50 459.05 GUJGAS 148.00 150.30 144.80 147.00 BAJAJCON 315.90 320.00 311.60 315.50 APLLTD 542.60 546.00 538.00 540.15 LTI 1580.00 1671.10 1542.05 1636.05 JISLJALEQS 61.35 64.65 61.10 63.40 SCI 37.10 38.30 36.95 37.65 CORPBANK 29.20 29.80 28.80 29.10 TATAINVEST 837.95 838.00 835.00 837.30 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE JMFINANCIL 87.70 98.70 87.70 92.50 L&TFH 149.90 149.90 145.80 146.80 ADVENZYMES 179.50 183.00 178.80 179.85 EIDPARRY 211.40 215.00 207.25 208.95 TIFHL 488.00 494.90 475.00 478.10 NIFTY NEXT 50 28066.65 28105.35 27953.40 28058.65 87.95 STRTECH 220.00 225.85 218.10 220.75 HINDALCO 201.95 204.20 199.50 202.45 BRITANNIA 3139.00 3139.00 3086.25 3124.15 NIACL 190.15 195.40 189.50 191.35 IEX 161.30 163.00 160.50 161.85 BANKBARODA 121.20 125.85 121.05 125.00 4.45 SPICEJET 78.20 80.00 77.65 78.75 NAVKARCORP 41.80 44.10 41.80 43.70 INTELLECT 201.40 206.40 200.05 203.50 BBTC 1315.00 1324.00 1301.15 1310.40 MAHLOG 495.50 501.00 490.40 499.00 ABCAPITAL 102.70 107.95 102.30 104.50 3.15 TCS 2026.00 2030.00 1996.40 2024.70 FORTIS 135.70 137.50 135.20 136.25 MOIL 157.10 162.05 155.85 161.00 HINDZINC 278.90 278.90 274.50 277.50 SADBHAV 243.10 243.10 239.10 241.55 BEL 94.45 97.00 93.45 96.45 2.80 GRANULES 112.05 118.25 112.05 117.60 TATAGLOBAL 201.05 205.60 200.45 203.55 NOCIL 144.95 146.85 144.15 144.90 GHCL 233.00 241.20 233.00 239.85 GAYAPROJ 152.50 154.25 150.00 150.50 OIL 179.85 187.20 178.35 183.00 3.90 MEGH 60.80 67.00 60.80 65.80 POWERGRID 196.80 200.10 195.40 198.70 BHARATFIN 1090.80 1090.80 1076.60 1083.10 ISGEC 5479.00 5550.00 5401.00 5437.80 ASAHIINDIA 273.00 277.00 270.00 275.10 HAVELLS 754.50 768.30 742.15 764.05 15.75 TATASTEEL 526.60 531.80 520.65 526.25 GAIL 362.90 366.40 360.40 362.55 SREINFRA 30.40 30.55 29.90 30.05 ECLERX 1131.00 1148.70 1130.05 1138.00 SKFINDIA 1905.80 1915.00 1891.05 1905.40 GICRE 246.00 254.85 244.05 252.00 5.15 ANDHRABANK 25.70 27.00 25.70 26.25 INDIGO 1322.00 1339.50 1321.00 1326.20 ABFRL 230.55 230.85 228.00 229.20 MERCK 3318.10 3362.95 3300.00 3312.45 CCL 293.65 293.65 285.15 286.80 NMDC 115.65 118.00 115.15 117.95 2.30 MARUTI 6910.50 6910.50 6810.00 6832.55 COFFEEDAY 312.25 315.00 296.20 297.90 PNCINFRA 159.70 160.25 157.60 158.60 CYIENT* 662.00 663.15 649.10 655.35 ASTERDM 154.10 156.80 154.05 155.25 BANDHANBNK 493.00 503.30 487.45 501.50 9.10 SUNPHARMA 466.50 475.15 466.50 469.35 KEC 305.00 305.00 297.00 301.80 SHK 157.00 162.00 154.80 159.15 SUNDRMFAST 576.00 576.00 566.90 570.95 CAPPL 415.00 415.00 401.15 405.75 SHREECEM 17800.00 18184.85 17725.05 18080.00 291.35 IBREALEST 89.20 92.50 88.60 91.35 IBVENTURES 276.70 278.25 270.70 273.00 OMAXE 208.95 208.95 206.60 207.90 MHRIL 245.10 256.00 245.10 249.55 SUPPETRO 227.10 234.00 227.05 231.90 LICHSGFIN 517.20 524.00 511.75 523.00 8.40 ITC 294.50 300.00 293.35 299.40 SOBHA 440.05 462.00 440.05 457.10 MARICO 340.90 343.50 338.75 340.05 AEGISLOG 210.00 210.00 202.50 203.60 TIMKEN 567.00 571.00 558.00 570.15 AMBUJACEM 226.55 231.35 226.55 229.90 3.45 CANBK 272.10 281.50 271.50 276.65 EXIDEIND 228.00 228.50 226.20 227.50 NIITTECH 1321.15 1335.00 1314.55 1330.45 BALMLAWRIE 190.20 196.40 189.90 191.20 NESCO 467.10 469.00 452.95 456.50 BHEL 67.50 68.45 67.15 68.10 0.95 ENGINERSIN 115.00 120.20 114.50 117.60 CUMMINSIND 749.70 757.80 742.90 752.20 WELCORP 117.15 121.60 116.45 121.10 PFIZER 3219.40 3253.00 3167.00 3180.95 CARERATING 996.70 1000.00 995.65 999.35 SIEMENS 1036.00 1057.45 1018.10 1049.50 13.25 NCC 105.70 110.40 105.20 108.80 ASIANPAINT 1446.00 1458.95 1440.20 1453.90 OFSS 3356.70 3370.00 3327.00 3352.65 NETWORK18 35.00 35.50 34.50 34.75 KIOCL 142.45 144.80 138.50 143.25 ABB 1308.75 1325.00 1301.05 1320.00 14.25 SAIL 54.35 55.00 53.20 53.60 HAVELLS 753.20 767.80 742.50 766.00 ASHOKA 137.90 139.30 133.25 134.40 NAVINFLUOR 708.10 714.10 700.00 704.40 SUNCLAYLTD 3065.05 3065.05 2929.00 2954.60 ACC 1565.40 1578.45 1547.10 1565.05 16.15 INFRATEL 318.50 331.40 315.00 326.90 DELTACORP 241.45 244.90 241.45 242.25 HAL 706.25 715.85 704.40 710.90 KALPATPOWR 432.55 439.45 425.90 437.25 GILLETTE 6471.05 6502.40 6425.80 6440.95 PETRONET 247.95 247.95 242.50 243.90 2.45 BAJFINANCE 2933.00 2962.00 2910.45 2921.65 NAUKRI 1852.00 1905.00 1849.15 1897.65 KRBL 353.55 360.00 337.00 355.05 ATUL 3308.20 3379.90 3280.90 3322.20 NH 217.00 219.95 216.05 217.15 PGHH 10400.00 10500.00 10251.00 10457.00 92.30 EDELWEISS 187.00 197.80 187.00 197.20 ACC 1553.00 1577.80 1549.35 1564.60 BERGEPAINT 307.55 311.90 306.75 311.00 ADANIGREEN 37.95 37.95 36.90 37.05 SOMANYCERA 387.25 389.40 381.95 389.00 INDIGO 1320.00 1339.50 1320.00 1330.00 9.25 FSL 44.90 47.60 44.30 46.90 OBEROIRLTY 505.00 511.00 492.10 495.70 FRETAIL 441.00 441.00 430.00 437.35 ASTRAL 1129.65 1140.05 1105.70 1125.50 VTL 1085.05 1090.30 1071.20 1079.85 PEL 2643.90 2678.00 2640.00 2651.00 11.60 ORIENTBANK 104.00 107.80 103.05 105.00 JUBILANT 873.60 875.40 840.00 843.35 MFSL 453.05 456.65 447.00 450.15 TATAMETALI 630.60 640.00 626.00 636.75 GALAXYSURF 1135.35 1135.70 1125.35 1129.20 ICICIPRULI 344.95 351.80 342.95 344.60 1.00 IBULHSGFIN 703.00 709.25 694.25 698.15 VENKYS 2231.05 2280.00 2227.50 2244.75 TRIDENT 68.40 69.70 67.90 68.25 SONATSOFTW 319.50 327.30 318.90 322.30 ORIENTCEM 86.15 89.05 85.20 86.45 OFSS 3379.00 3379.00 3325.80 3358.00 9.65 PRESTIGE 251.00 257.00 241.85 245.35 TATAELXSI 986.00 993.35 977.75 985.25 MAGMA 115.15 115.15 112.10 113.30 GMDCLTD 82.45 84.40 82.15 83.90 LAOPALA 211.00 211.60 207.70 209.45 COLPAL 1287.90 1297.90 1284.00 1289.00 3.10 HDFCBANK 2263.00 2276.00 2251.10 2267.70 RAYMOND 825.00 830.85 815.05 821.90 PRSMJOHNSN 89.25 92.70 89.20 90.65 HIMATSEIDE 211.50 215.55 207.05 208.75 TVTODAY 327.75 333.50 327.00 330.15 PIDILITIND 1175.25 1190.00 1170.10 1178.00 2.65 ESCORTS 790.00 815.25 786.00 811.35 BANDHANBNK 493.95 501.95 488.00 499.45 RAJESHEXPO 646.90 646.90 629.95 632.75 VINATIORGA 1648.00 1648.00 1605.70 1636.70 ELGIEQUIP 242.40 244.50 240.00 242.70 LUPIN 753.90 765.80 751.50 755.70 1.50 HINDPETRO 287.60 292.55 285.90 290.65 GODFRYPHLP 1128.40 1152.40 1120.55 1129.40 DEEPAKNI 273.00 274.35 265.00 272.40 LALPATHLAB 1061.55 1086.85 1045.85 1050.70 CERA 2703.00 2708.50 2683.45 2696.35 SAIL 54.15 55.10 53.25 53.60 0.10 M&MFIN 431.50 431.50 415.00 416.95 PIDILITIND 1178.00 1192.80 1170.90 1176.80 UBL 1400.00 1400.00 1378.45 1382.70 INOXLEISUR 311.00 311.55 305.10 305.70 SHARDACROP 362.40 366.55 352.05 358.90 DMART 1482.00 1485.00 1468.00 1479.95 1.15 BEML 1005.00 1013.55 985.00 993.25 NATIONALUM 54.85 55.10 54.30 54.70 NILKAMAL 1396.55 1445.00 1377.00 1423.60 TATACOMM 610.00 612.15 601.85 605.60 HONAUT 22167.45 22203.75 21934.50 22061.15 MCDOWELL-N 574.00 580.20 568.35 574.10 0.30 TORNTPOWER 267.00 272.10 261.40 263.00 MOTHERSUMI 164.00 164.00 161.00 161.65 LEMONTREE 80.10 83.80 80.10 83.35 MAHINDCIE 240.40 242.30 236.50 240.30 SCHAEFFLER 5441.75 5492.85 5410.00 5457.95 NHPC 25.20 25.65 25.20 25.40 0.00 ZEEL 463.75 468.00 457.65 466.55 SPARC 200.90 203.85 196.15 196.90 DCBBANK 200.20 202.55 200.20 201.10 SHREECEM 17800.00 18163.00 17800.00 18034.45 ASTRAZEN 1948.55 1966.00 1915.80 1937.65 BRITANNIA 3128.00 3138.85 3084.00 3122.00 -1.35 COALINDIA 244.00 247.70 241.95 243.10 TORNTPHARM 1876.50 1884.80 1854.90 1870.95 CENTRALBK 33.85 35.10 33.70 34.80 EVEREADY 205.95 208.00 204.45 205.40 APARINDS 635.00 636.80 626.10 634.05 SUNTV 622.90 630.55 616.50 620.15 -0.30 ASHOKLEY 92.60 92.70 91.00 91.50 BAJAJFINSV 6999.00 7030.00 6951.00 6974.95 ALKEM 1787.95 1815.60 1758.40 1780.60 BDL 295.70 299.75 287.00 287.20 SHILPAMED 369.00 372.40 364.65 366.05 AUROPHARMA 778.00 792.00 771.00 776.95 -0.40 RCOM 4.40 4.40 4.30 4.40 SYNDIBANK 39.90 40.50 39.30 39.90 DIVISLAB 1696.00 1712.45 1683.95 1696.30 JKLAKSHMI 348.00 348.00 336.00 342.70 JCHAC 1901.00 1930.00 1865.00 1914.05 BIOCON 633.00 633.25 623.60 628.50 -0.35 IDFCFIRSTB 52.50 53.15 52.05 52.60 SUVEN 255.00 261.40 252.10 254.45 MOTILALOFS 634.85 647.35 633.85 638.10 VMART 2635.20 2700.00 2602.00 2683.95 ABBOTINDIA 7344.00 7386.45 7327.00 7347.30 MRF 57688.95 57688.95 57020.00 57401.95 -31.80 JINDALSTEL 169.50 172.70 168.15 168.95 DABUR 429.00 429.80 425.15 426.70 BAJAJHLDNG 3320.00 3380.00 3286.25 3362.50 THOMASCOOK 223.60 223.60 220.60 221.90 KPRMILL 583.40 590.00 580.15 587.40 NIACL 191.00 194.00 190.10 190.50 -0.40 M&M 687.80 692.70 675.20 689.50 JKTYRE 93.80 94.00 91.85 93.10 WABAG 322.45 342.80 320.50 339.20 ALLCARGO 113.55 117.40 113.55 116.40 SOLARINDS 1043.55 1048.30 1034.30 1040.30 HINDZINC 278.50 278.50 274.40 276.70 -0.85 WIPRO 257.70 258.60 255.10 257.60 ADANIPORTS 369.10 371.85 362.70 365.90 FDC 179.25 182.00 178.25 179.25 REDINGTON 99.00 99.00 97.40 97.55 HATSUN 706.20 721.95 703.10 718.10 IDEA 32.35 32.60 31.20 32.20 -0.10 ALBK 56.30 57.30 55.60 56.00 AJANTPHARM 1018.00 1048.05 1018.00 1032.30 GSPL 178.85 184.70 176.20 180.65 CONCOR 512.20 515.50 510.00 511.35 RATNAMANI 899.90 900.00 880.55 895.10 DABUR 429.90 429.90 425.40 427.00 -1.40 KOTAKBANK 1349.00 1355.00 1338.50 1348.20 BATAINDIA 1343.00 1361.00 1336.50 1341.05 INOXWIND 70.00 70.20 67.00 68.00 QUESS 807.95 814.00 789.60 804.30 MAHSCOOTER 3358.55 3395.00 3336.00 3383.85 BOSCHLTD 18498.00 18526.45 18326.00 18405.10 -76.35 GODREJPROP 726.75 758.00 720.10 751.85 CADILAHC 340.10 344.00 336.00 337.30 AIAENG 1735.25 1735.25 1688.00 1718.35 IOB 14.25 14.27 13.96 14.14 ESSELPRO 118.10 118.95 117.05 117.80 CONCOR 515.00 515.90 509.00 509.50 -2.55 AVANTI 404.00 419.85 401.50 413.75 BAJAJELEC 513.00 525.90 509.25 519.20 COCHINSHIP 374.35 390.55 371.20 389.75 HEIDELBERG 172.10 174.80 170.30 171.20 THYROCARE 521.00 524.75 519.85 522.60 ICICIGI 989.00 992.00 970.00 974.95 -5.90 BPCL 407.10 410.00 402.70 407.65 TATAPOWER 73.10 74.25 72.75 73.00 ABB 1307.65 1322.00 1301.40 1316.35 CHAMBLFERT 162.10 165.60 161.80 162.25 TRITURBINE 112.00 113.35 111.00 111.25 CADILAHC 340.85 344.40 335.80 337.20 -2.05 CANFINHOME 316.00 328.75 314.20 319.60 RCF 57.70 59.60 57.35 58.40 COLPAL 1288.00 1298.00 1283.85 1288.10 TTKPRESTIG 8110.00 8289.05 8030.00 8153.45 3MINDIA 23372.30 23675.00 23372.30 23474.55 MARICO 341.45 344.75 337.85 339.00 -2.05 AUROPHARMA 777.00 792.50 771.25 777.65 GRUH 273.35 273.75 265.60 266.55 SWANENERGY 102.65 104.40 100.00 101.45 TNPL 210.00 214.55 208.70 213.35 NAVNETEDUL 108.45 108.50 108.00 108.05 SBILIFE 613.00 622.75 602.00 607.00 -3.80 FORCEMOT 1684.90 1775.05 1676.80 1736.10 TATACHEM 599.00 599.00 588.15 591.90 PTC 77.85 79.10 76.85 77.70 KAJARIACER 576.80 584.85 573.60 581.65 STARCEMENT 102.10 102.30 101.05 101.65 MOTHERSUMI 162.40 163.20 161.00 161.15 -1.10 INDIACEM 98.95 104.20 98.60 103.10 JINDALSAW 90.10 93.55 89.60 92.05 WELSPUNIND 60.50 61.90 60.10 60.30 CARBORUNIV 369.55 369.55 360.25 361.45 GRINDWELL 576.05 585.00 576.05 579.95 ASHOKLEY 92.40 92.65 90.90 91.50 -0.90 DLF 199.40 199.40 192.80 194.25 CHENNPETRO 269.20 273.45 267.05 268.70 UFLEX 222.45 224.80 220.65 222.95 MAHLIFE 365.35 371.60 365.35 367.80 MONSANTO 2592.05 2613.00 2592.05 2604.70 GODREJCP 719.00 719.00 707.10 709.40 -7.05 HDFCLIFE 369.95 369.95 362.60 364.45 SRTRANSFIN 1238.00 1238.00 1217.10 1223.95 TRENT 379.00 380.60 371.30 373.05 SCHNEIDER 107.40 108.05 106.10 106.30 ZYDUSWELL 1312.10 1314.45 1305.60 1313.30 SRTRANSFIN 1240.00 1247.90 1217.75 1224.00 -13.95 JSWSTEEL 295.00 296.20 286.70 288.25 APOLLOTYRE 219.95 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There student-to-student interaction, lis- and empowering teachers is the key Today a jour- has been a robust growth in dig- tening and aptitude skills but also for change and improvement. Co- nalist has to be able to ital news with over 200 million people enhance students’ involvement. learning should be encouraged keep up with the incredible speed with consuming news online. Owing to the This will effectively help them to education across few states, people across the Indian states, students’ rather than hyper-competitiveness. which readers access news. In the age of explosion of digital technology and grasp and understand the concept. have been losing faith in public performance in these exams seems Apart from learning, school should big data, it is imperative that aspiring upon logic, imagination, intuition, and social media, the growth is promising in The following benefits will help schools. Inadequate infrastructure awful. 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n international gathering of scientists (RSTMH), UK, aimed to provide a com- Prof V Samuel Raj, insisted on the need that one should only concentrate on, but Aand researchers at the SRM mon platform to research communities, of scientists to collaborate to seek solu- the scientific society should also work on University Delhi-NCR, discussed the policy makers, students, and pharma- tion and enhance surveillance of the development of vaccines. Prof Simon probable solutions regarding the menace ceutical industries to exchange experi- pathogens non-responsive to antibiotics. Croft of the London School of Hygiene of antimicrobial resistance and its rele- ences and challenges related to the Furthermore, he added that the problem and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United vant and effective drug discovery development and discovery of reliable of AMR pathogens is not a future men- Kingdom, reiterated the need for devel- The recently held second and effective AMR drugs and vaccines. ace, but it has already penetrated our opment of novel drugs and new treat- International Conference on The vice chancellor of SRM environment. ments. ‘Antimicrobial Resistance, Novel Drug University Delhi-NCR, Dr P Prakash, Prof Ada Yonath in her inaugural The inaugural function also saw the Discovery and Development: Challenges pointed out that this conference is a land- address highlighted the problem of the presence of the registrar of the universi- and Opportunities,’ was inaugurated by mark in the history of the SRM upsurge of antibiotic resistance and ty, Dr Manish Bhalla, as the international Prof Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate in University where eminent scientists gath- emphasised the need of research insti- conference on the very first day, marked Chemistry (2009). 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However, it has also been Tperceived by the aspirants. level of conceptual clarity? decide and prepare their study ronment (i.e. conducted on the practice in the recent past etc. would have to generate at least 10 lakh underlined by various surveys conduct- It is in fact different and highly That’s where technology can and revision plan. They will know same day, at the same time, at all  Detailed performance jobs every year if it is to successfully reap ed among the youth for whom the pro- competitive. In order to perform help to pin-point through exactly what to study; how much the cities just like an actual exam). report/analysis: Using tech based the much talked about demographic div- gramme was meant that certifications a high degree of accuracy is onlinechapter and topic based to study; when to study; at what By doing so, a student would be test platforms, marks can be cal- idend. and skills do not match their aspirations desired along with minimal mar- assignments. While solving an pace to study; when to revise; pre- able to : culated and reports can be gen- Skill India mission is pledged to facil- or their aptitudes. To resolve this dilem- gin of error. Technology can play online MCQ assignment, if a stu- pare milestones; concepts that Develop test taking strategy, erated quickly. The feedback can itate the entry of 104.62 million new ma, it has been suggested, that employ- a very important role to ensure dent marks a particular answer are weak and needs more atten- speed, accuracy, mind-eye-hand be instantaneously shared and stu- employees into industry by 2022. Under ability skills and attitudes be inculcated both the aspects are attained by option, whether it is correct or tion. coordination etc. dents can immediately imple- the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas in school-going children. helping students to optimise incorrect answer option, the algo- A student should solve online Acclimatise with test envi- ment the corrective steps. Yojana, the National Skill Development It is to be noted that policy disrup- their skills and resources; chan- rithm of the software will assess practice test after they have com- ronment, software & test interface Key stake holders in the jour- Council was expected to train 2.4 million tions to business such as the rapid nelise their energy in the right and predict the problem solving pleted certain portion of the syl- Gain insight to the time ney of an engineering aspirant are youth in 2015 in various short-term skill deployment of the GST and demoneti- direction; monitor progress and steps that the child would have labus. These are essentially MCQ taken to solve a question, an their parents and subject teachers. courses. sation, have presented bottlenecks to the raise a red flag whenever there is adopted which led to that answer based tests, administered on web extremely important insight. If With tech-based platforms, both To meet the targets of the Skill growth of MSMEs. The silver lining is a deviation from the desired path; option; post which it will create a or mobile platform anda great way students discover that they have teachers and parents get feedback India mission and alleviate the gap that hiring proportions from the ITI and quantify the gap between an aspi- report and recommend corrective to assess a student's retention taken unusually long time to and status updates on the between skills and labour supply, a more polytechnic bases have increased in rants's chosen goal and their pre- actions. Based on mistakes com- capability with the increase in syl- solve a particular question and progress, current and future chal- holistic approach encompassing longer- 2019 from 2018 according to the India sent status. Let us now understand mitted in few months/papers, labus volume. An unexpected depending upon whether they lenges, help and support that term skills and combinations with career- Skill Report 2019 conducted by CII and each of these aspects: technology can track the type of outcome in the test will raise a red finally got it right or wrong, they they might need. spanning competencies are needed. The Wheelbox. The IIT-JEE assesses a stu- mistake that a student is doing fre- flag thus enabling them to dis- will be able to take remedial steps They also get to know if a stu- NITI Aayog has correctly pointed out The top hirers last fiscal have been dent’s conceptual clarity along quently i.e the pattern of mistake. cover the reason for it so that they Right answer but took long dentis doing their task/revi- that a way to measure skill development the Banking, Financial Services and with their logical and analytical Usually students keep committing can be cautious the next time. time: It could be due to concept sion/homework on time; overall indicators is required to accurately gauge Insurance sector and software/hardware thinking ability. Deep thinking the same mistake due to igno- Mock Test (in simulated related issue or lack of practice or test report in pictorial form, atten- where society stands today. employers. These two sectors are large- and imaginative skills help enor- rance. Fixing these learning gaps environment): As JEE Advanced, lack of revision before the exam, dance report, all on their own The Government hopes to build vast ly fed by those who hold short to medi- mously while solving a question. helps to strengthen conceptual JEE Main, BITSAT, KVPY and hence long took time. mobile deviceon the go. banks of employable workers rapidly and um term skill certifications. School pas- A student can achieve perfection understanding. few others are Computer Based Wrong answer but took in a standard manner by strengthening souts and undergraduates could also find in these aspects if their basic con- Depending upon the goal of Test (CBT), a student should long time: It could be due to, did ( / 4))(  institutions and infrastructure, exploring early starting points in the workforce cepts are clear. 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".&.' nament's youngest winner Kerber, a former world since Serena Williams in number one who had  ■ 4&'-465  Double" of Indian Wells and Miami. ment. uncertainty. 1999 and just the fourth slipped to eighth in the But Federer, the 20-time Grand "I have been playing every single "Now it's totally different," Federer unseeded player to lift the rankings as she searched oger Federer departed Indian Slam winner who claimed a remarkable 0'5,!DB!&54'5& day for the last three weeks. 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Just ODI series against Australia, the find a way to get fresh," Ganguly said debate continues on who will during an event organised by IPL fran- finally board the flight to England chise Delhi Capitals. when the Indian team leaves for Ganguly was recently appointed the World Cup. advisor of the rechristened Delhi Delhi Capitals advisor Sourav Capitals. Ganguly said skipping match- Ganguly and coach Ricky Ponting es is not the way to go. believe that Rishabh Pant could be "... Because I have always said there the answer to India's woes as he is limited time to play this sport. has the temperament and talent to Getting opportunities at the internation- do the role in England. al level, at the IPL level, this will never "Look at how Pant played in come back, so find a way to get rest, find the last IPL. In ODIs, Pant is com- a way to stay fresh and keep playing. ing in and going out because MS "Not playing is not the solution, Dhoni is there and that doesn't even our generation played a lot of crick- help. Pant is your future. For the et. Yes IPL was not there as it came next 10 years you will see a lot of towards the end of our career but, crick- him. He will be a huge asset for et-wise, it was same. the Indian team," Ganguly said. "I keep saying that before you Echoing the sentiments, realise, you will see 10-12 years have just Ponting added: "I would be pick- flown away. Just make the most of it and ing him in the Indian team as the play every possible cricket match you batsman for No 4 as he can win can," Ganguly advised the present-day you the game with his talent. We +  $  !   !         '    ! !+!#    7   # !  cricketers. Skipper Virat Kohli recent- want him to focus on IPL because ly said it is up to the players to realise if the boys do well they will get a Commenting on Kohli's posi- (Jasprit) Bumrah, and others. I Ponting feel that he is bowling his the kind of load they are taking, and the call for the World Cup." tion in the line-up, he said: "Kohli have no advise for this team, I just best right now. iconic Sachin Tendulkar on Monday Ganguly said the Indian can play at any position and will ,-4: 0=' 5-950595(8'0'4+ hope they play freely. "Ishant is bowling his best at agreed with him. Premier League (IPL) will decide score runs. But I prefer No.3 for "Kohli is huge and all gener- the moment, the way he bowled According to Ganguly, the cricket the No 4 slot. "Many choices are him." 05' 6' '4-6-:&5 '&560= ations have had such class players. in England and Australia. He is boards would be better off with a little there but I think the IPL will in a Ganguly went on to add that Every generation has produced working really hard. Test bowling bit of flexibility, leaving the decision on way decide who will get that this Indian team doesn't rely 6' 50-=''=4%'0-&-'& champions and Kohli is a cham- is the highest level you have to players. "Decision should be left to the position. I had said (Cheteshwar) heavily on the skipper. "These 8-9-(5 -85050-(554'4==& pion but I honestly believe that achieve. Ishant has the ability to players. It's their career, you play at the Pujara because he has been in guys are really good. We didn't this Indian team has the arsenal adjust. You can see he is someone top level consistently and you can get good form. I saw (Rahul) Dravid think we will lose the final in the =9,'-6&9-2'&&=059= 56054 apart from Kohli to do well. This who is looking to turn it around," injured. And there is no guarantee that do the role when I was captain. If Champions Trophy. This team has '6- --'4%':=8&=4J0-25-4 is a very good side which doesn't the former India skipper said. when you play for the country you won't you don't have an option you can a lot of talent. They will be have too many weaknesses," he Ponting echoed the senti- get injured. try him. Pant or (Ambati) Rayudu favourites to win the trophy even ='=4:=8 -49:0',%-4=9 said. ments. "I think Ishant is bowling "So there is no hard and fast rule. I could be an option. We can give though I don't believe in the tag. 9-:8&8 =8 &(5-4='=4 Delhi bowler Ishant Sharma as good as ever. He is more believe in one thing, as a player, when our opinion, but somewhere I feel You have (Shikhar) Dhawan, has been on a roll in red-ball mature and slightly refined. He is you get an opportunity, play, never say Kohli knows who it should be." Rohit (Sharma), Dhoni, Kohli, cricket and both Ganguly and physically looking good," he said. 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The board has factored the contracts. said that Indian players' perfor- go into the tournament as 2019 Lok Sabha elections dates/phas- These three players in the A+ catego- mance in the IPL wouldn't have India's no.4," the source told es in the respective states and cities and ry receive 7 crore each. Kohli, who any bearing with selection in the IANS. clearance thereof. became the fastest to reach the milestone squad for the showpiece event. Interestingly, both Rahane Defending champions Chennai of 10,000 One-Day International (ODI) But with none of the batsmen and Iyer are ready for the chal- Super Kings (CSK) runs last year, reportedly earned an estimat- managing to secure the No 4 lenge and feel that a good show will take on Royal ed $20 million from brand endorsements. slot post the five ODIs against in the IPL will definitely make Challengers Rohit Sharma, who recently crossed the the Aussies, the players' perfor- them contenders for that No.4 Bangalore (RCB) in 8,000-run mark in ODIs, reportedly makes mance in the IPL will have a spot that has had players com- Chennai in the IPL around $8.6 million from brand endorse- bearing on the minds of the ing in and going out without opener, which will ments. selectors when they pick the consistent success. begin on March 23. Bumrah, the top-ranked ODI bowler in squad for the World Cup mid- "The approach won't be The schedule of this year's edition the ICC rankings, claimed 78 Test wickets, April. any different with the World has been released in parts by the Board 22 ODI wickets and 8 T20I wickets in 2018. The four primary con- Cup spot looming because at of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Introduced for the first time last year, tenders for the No 4 slot are 5    !  the end you are playing crick- in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha Kohli, Sharma, Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati et, be it the IPL or any other polls that would be a staggered process and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have made it to Rayudu, Shreyas Iyer and KL the squad for the World Cup. Cup," the official said. tournament. You have to score in seven phases stretched across April the 'A+' category in 2018. Kumar and Rahul. And it all now boils "With all the chopping and Echoing the sentiments, a runs and do well for the team. and May. Dhawan have now been demoted from the down to a consistent showing in changing and experimentation source in the team management The most important thing will Earlier, the BCCI announced the top bracket to the 'A' category. the first half of the cash-rich T20 and recent performances of the said that there are technically be to think about the Rajasthan schedule of the first 17 matches that will Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, league. A good run here and team, the No.4 slot is not yet four batsmen who will be fight- Royals rather than thinking be played during the two-week period Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, H 5     one of these four will be reward- sealed and if you ask me, a cou- ing it out for the slot and a good too much about the road ahead. from March 23 to April 5 across the Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mohammed ed with a ticket to England. ple of other positions are also IPL for one of them will defi- If I do well in the IPL, the World eight home venues of the respective Shami, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav and Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Speaking to IANS, a senior open since some players have nitely make that player a Cup (slot) will automatically franchises. Rishabh Pant are the other players in the Hardik Pandya. BCCI official said that recent not developed as well as one favourite to seal the position. come. I feel it is important to All teams are playing a minimum 'A' category. Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Ambati performances have meant that hoped over the last year. With "It was thought that the express yourself and not take of four matches with the newly-chris- The players in this category are paid 5 Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Hanuma Vihari, the first month of the 12th edi- the team selection slated for Australia series would help any undue pressure thinking tened Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal crore per year. Khaleel Ahmed and Wriddhiman Saha are tion of the IPL will have to be around April 20, the first month cement all spots for the World about things which aren't in Challengers Bangalore (RCB) playing The 'B' category, which is worth 3 in the 'C' category and take home 1 crore looked into when MSK Prasad of the IPL will be crucial for the Cup. But that hasn't happened your control. The focus is the five matches in that phase. crore annualy, includes Lokesh Rahul, each. and his team sit down to pick team selection for the World and technically you now have IPL," Rahane told IANS. 0(&&".& 6 '  ;!(  ) !  ' '!3*('

)+.4 .   456&5 0' "He has been a part of RCB, and captaining RCB for the last seven to "Playing alongside Buttler irat Kohli is not a "shrewd captain" eight years, and he has been very lucky will be great, batting with him Vwho could be compared to his and should be thanking the franchise makes things easier for me. He's national team deputy Rohit Sharma or that they stuck with him. Because not an exciting player and one of the former skipper Mahendra Singh many captains have got such a long most destructive batters around Dhoni, who have won three IPL titles rope where they haven't won a tour- the world. I'm really excited to each, feels former KKR captain nament," said Gambhir, who had to play with him," Smith said dur- Gautam Gambhir. part ways with KKR in 2018 after ing a live interaction on fran- The former India opener, who led seven long years and two titles. chise's social media platform on Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL tro- Gambhir's last IPL season was Monday. phies in 2012 and 2014, feels that in with Delhi Daredevils where he Smith returned the side result oriented franchise environ- stepped down from captaincy midway after serving out a one-year ment, Kohli has been "lucky" to have after his run in the tournament went international suspension for survived despite Royal Challengers from bad to worse. ball-tampering scandal. His Bangalore (RCB) never winning the However, another former skipper Australian teammate David coveted title in his eight years as skip- Sourav Ganguly, who had a tumul- Warner, who is also involved in per. tuous time as KKR captain, felt that the scandal, joined his respec- "I don't see him as a shrewd cap- there should be no questions about tive team. tain. I don't see him as a tactful cap- Kohli's captaincy.    456&5 0' destructive batsmen around Rajasthan will be playing tain (tactician). And he hasn't won the "If you talk about Virat Kohli and the world. their league opener against IPL. So ultimately, a captain is only as keeping him as a captain, just look at ajasthan Royals' Steve Smith, who has played two Kings XI Punjab at the Sawai good as his record," Gambhir told on what he has done. What he has done RSmith, who is gearing up for seasons for the Rajasthan Royals Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on host broadcasters' Star Sport show H 5  7  7 $        with the bat in every format of the the upcoming edition of the in the past and led them in March 26. 'GamePlan'. game. Absolute champion. Indian Premier League (IPL), 2015, said he is excited to play "The Rajasthan Royals are Gambhir's comments is specific to And he deserves to be captain of praised his teammate Jos Buttler alongside the prolific wicket- a great franchise... Great people Kohli's success as a leader in IPL since "There are people who have won way to go. You cannot compare him to RCB for whatever period of time. I am saying the England interna- keeper-batsman as he makes and hopefully we have a great he is the first captain who has led India the trophy three times. MS Dhoni and someone like Rohit or Dhoni at this sure he will turn it around," Ganguly tional is one of the most things easy in the middle. year," Smith said. to a Test series win on Australian soil. Rohit Sharma. So I think he has a long stage," Gambhir said. said.