BJP Gets Down to Business to Pick Cms BJP Cobbles Manohar Parrikar to Be Chief Minister of Goa; Legislature Parties in U.P

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NEARBY In Manipur, BJP gets down to business to pick CMs BJP cobbles Manohar Parrikar to be Chief Minister of Goa; Legislature Parties in U.P. and Uttarakhand to meet on March 16 up numbers

Nistula Hebbar Shiv Sahay Singh NEW DELHI Amarinder Imphal After registering massive In a controversial finale of BMW hits cab and auto, electoral victories in Uttar gets all-clear the Assembly elections in four injured Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Manipur, the BJP is all set NEW DELHI the BJP’s highest decision- Punjab Pradesh Congress to form the government in In yet another incident making body, the Parlia- president Amarinder Singh the State with the support involving a high-value car, mentary Board, got down to will take the oath as Chief of three regional parties — four persons, including a the business of nominating Minister on March 16. On Naga People’s Front (NPF) pregnant woman, were Chief Ministers for these Sunday, he met Governor National Peoples Party injured when a BMW States, with the surprise en- V.P. Singh Badnore here and (NPP) and the Lok Jan- rammedan Uber cab and an dorsement of a decision by staked claim to form the shakti Party (LJP) — and the autorickshaw in South Delhi. DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 Goa BJP MLAs that Defence government, after he was support of another MLA, DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Minister Manohar Parrikar unanimously elected leader whose name the party has BJP suspends 11 for stake claim to be Chief Minis- of the Congress Legislature kept under wraps. assaulting party leader ter of that State. Party. “A few Cabinet BJP leaders along with BHUBANESWAR/SAMBALPUR Union Minister for Health members will also take their representatives of the re- Senior BJP leader J.P. Nadda, briefing reporters oath of office,” he said, gional parties met Gov- Jayanarayan Mishra and 10 after the meeting, said his though he did not give any ernor Najma Heptulla late others were suspended from Cabinet colleague, Informa- names. Ī PAGE 11 on Sunday evening, giving the party for allegedly tion and Broadcasting minis- DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD her a list of 31 MLAs, and assaulting Odisha party unit ter M. Venkaiah Naidu, and pendents, thus having a total staking claim to form the vice-president Sameer party general secretary Bhu- strength of 21 MLAs in the government in the 60- Mohanty during Sambalpur pendra Yadav would be sent House of 40. The Governor member Assembly. ZP election on Sunday as Central observers to Uttar invited Mr. Parrikar to form The day began with the EAST Ī PAGE 3 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Pradesh for the Legislature the government and asked alleged dramatic abduction Party meeting to be held on him to prove majority within of Independent MLA March 16. For Uttarakhand, 15 days of taking oath. Ashad Uddin, who the Con- Union Rural Development The Congress protested Triumphant march: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a road show in New Delhi on Sunday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA gress said was on its side. Minister Narendra Tomar against the BJP’s moves to In the evening, Congress and party general secretary form the governments in Goa MLA T. Shyamkumar, elec- Saroj Pande have been ap- and Manipur. “The Modi gov- My vision is a New India, says PM after victory ted from Andro, surprised pointed observers for the Le- ernment through Governors, everyone by visiting the Raj gislature Party meeting, who are acting as its stooges, Bhawan with BJP leader Hi- scheduled for the same day. is subverting the law and Nistula Hebbar tory in Uttar Pradesh, he Mr. been few... it is tough for process and in this, I can see manta Biswa Sarma and of- NEW DELHI Meanwhile, events in Goa democracy,” spokesperson Modi said the potential for a political parties to fight polls the foundations of a ‘New In- fering a letter of support to moved fast with Mr. Parrikar Randeep Surjewala said. Prime Minister Narendra “New India” was evident in on the plank of develop- dia’. A ‘New India’ where the BJP-led combine. Fur- meeting Governor Mridula Congress leader Digvijaya Modi unveiled his vision for the verdict in Uttar Pradesh, ment. In Uttar Pradesh and 65% of the population is un- ther weakening the Con- Sinha on Sunday evening. Singh accused Mr. Parrikar of what he termed a “New In- an election, he said, that was in other States that went to der 35 years old, where wo- gress’s chances, T. Robin- hijacking the popular dia” based on development fought on the issue of devel- the polls recently, there was men actively work towards dro Singh of the Trinamool Parrikar invited mandate. opportunities, empowering opment rather than high- a lack of emotional issues; empowerment, of a genera- Congress also moved to the In a communication released (With Prakash Kamat the poor rather than keeping voltage emotions. yet there was heavy polling tion that is looking for op- BJP camp. BJP leader Ram late on Sunday, the Governor in Panaji) them dependent on doles. and a huge, decisive verdict, portunities to contribute Madhav said the party said Mr. Parrikar submitted Mr Modi was speaking to BJP ‘No emotional issues’ especially in Uttar Pradesh, a rather than wait around for would decide its Chief Min- evidence of the support of 13 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 workers at the party “In this country, there have State that is so big that it doles,” Mr Modi said, after a ister at a meeting on MLAs of the BJP, three each U.P. WIN WILL BOOST BJP TALLY headquarters here on been several ‘waves’ in elec- gives direction to the dis- road show in Central Delhi. Monday in the presence of of Maharashtrawadi Go- IN RAJYA SABHA Ī PAGE 10 Sunday. tions based on emotional is- course in the country. It central observers. mantak Party and Goa For- FIRST AMONG UNEQUALS Thanking party workers sues. Elections fought on is- demonstrates a faith in MODI SETS 2022 AS A EDGE Ī 4 PAGES ward Party and two Inde- Ī EDITORIAL and supporters for the vic- sues of development have democracy and the electoral MILESTOINE Ī PAGE 10 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10

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No candidate was ielded for elections to the CLCS Press Trust of India Etawah (UP) Dinakar Peri According to officials of was not addressed, the Samajwadi Party leader Jacob Koshy the Ministry of Earth Sci- source said. MoES Secretary Mulayam Singh on Sunday NEW DELHI ences (MoES), the date to Madhavan Rajeevan didn’t defended his son Akhilesh Even as India strenuously send a nomination lapsed on comment on The Hindu’s Yadav after the party’s hu- lobbies for seats in global March 7. Multiple sources queries. miliating loss in the Uttar high tables such as the said the Ministry of External The CLCS has a five-year Pradesh Assembly elec- United Nations Security Affairs (MEA), which form- tenure and elections are due tions, saying “no one per- Council and the Nuclear Sup- ally nominates Indian can- in June for the 2017-2022 son is responsible for the pliers Group, it will — for the didates, chose to nominate a term. defeat”. first time in two decades — person to another U.N. body, Not having an Indian in “No one person is re- not have a member in a pres- called the International this 21-member group would sponsible for the defeat. tigious, U.N. scientific body Tribunal for the Law of the mean that China and We failed to convince that decides what portions of Sea (ITLOS). Pakistan would likely “grab” voters,” Mr. Singh, who the seabed can be exclus- two of the five seats allotted was ousted by Akhilesh as ively mined for natural re- Sea-related issues to the so-called Asia-Pacific party chief after the power sources such as oil, precious “The MoES is the nodal Min- group, Rasik Ravindra, In- tussle in the family, told re- metals and minerals. istry for the Law of the Sea- dia’s current member of the porters here. India’s current member to related issues. However, the CLCS, said from New York. “Everyone is responsible the 21-person body, called MEA went on to nominate a Apart from signalling for the loss. A single person Commission on Legal Con- retired Joint Secretary-level prestige, a membership of cannot be blamed,” he said tinental Shelf (CLCS) and officer for ITLOS member- the commission allows India on arriving at Saifai, his part of the United Nations ship, whereas the MoES can- to gauge the scientific native village, for Holi. “It Convention on the Law of didate for CLCS was not strength of claims by coun- was people’s inclination to- the Sea (UNCLOS), told The agreed to by the MEA,” an of- tries to parts of the seabed wards the BJP as it has Hindu that he was “an- ficial source said. that, like territorial waters, made a lot of promises. Let guished” by India’s decision Despite several represent- are often hard to demarcate. us see how many promises not to field a candidate for ations by the MoES Secretary Such information is privy they fulfil,” he said. the upcoming election. at various levels, the issue only to participants. Holi is here: Girls play with colours during Holi festival in Bengaluru on Sunday. K. MURALI KUMAR Tax row drains varsity research funds ‘Saifullah was a caliphate soldier’ Karnataka technological university faces Income Tax penalty notice of ₹127 crore Indian oicials verifying message from pro-Islamic State Telegram channel Tanu Kulkarni partment initiated seizure of Vijaita Singh was inspired by the IS. by the U.P. police.” BENGALURU its funds. However, the ad- New Delhi Home Minister Rajnath The police said the ac- The cash-strapped Vis- ministrators said VTU had Indian officials said they Singh also did not mention IS cused were self-proclaimed vesvaraya Technological Uni- not paid the taxes because were verifying a message in his statement to Parlia- members of the IS and had versity (VTU) in Karnataka, all State-funded universities posted by a pro-Islamic State ment. He however, de- even recovered a hand- with 217 affiliated engineer- were exempt under section (IS) Telegram channel which scribed Saifullah as a “sus- painted signature black flag ing colleges having over four 12 (A) of the IT Act (for char- identified Saifullah, who was pected terrorist.” of the IS from the rented lakh students, has halted re- itable trusts). But VTU had killed in an encounter in Luc- U.S.-based intelligence house on the outskirts of search grants and develop- failed to claim this exemp- know earlier this week, as a website Site Intel Group pos- Lucknow, where Saifullah mental activities as it faces a tion till 2016. soldier of the ‘caliphate.’ ted a screen grab of the Tele- was killed. demand for ₹127 crore as A senior official in the In- gram message on Twitter, “IS Telegram channels are penalty from the Income Out of funds: The Jnana Sangama Campus of Visvesvaraya Hoping for leniency telligence establishment told which said, “Pro-#ISIS Tele- not necessarily run by the IS Tax authorities. Technological University in Belagavi. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Officials of the Higher The Hindu that the “time gram Channel Incites for At- hierarchy itself,”said Kabir The university has been Education department are gap” between the Lucknow Saifullah tacks in #India, Points to Sus- Taneja, associate fellow, Ob- struggling to pay salaries to versity’s account. sible to sustain ourselves,” hoping the Central Board of encounter and the time pected IS Fighter Saifullah as server Research Foundation. its staff for some time now. VTU Vice-Chancellor Kari- he said. Direct Taxes (CBDT) will when the message was circuit was not posted by the offi- Example.” The website also While the Home Minister Since 2013, the Income dasappa said the university show “leniency” and exempt lated on the Telegram chan- cial channels of the IS, but by posted a photo of Saifullah avoided naming any outfit Tax department has seized was currently not giving any Fees as revenue the university from taxes nels showed that the IS was a group supporting the ter- describing him as a “soldier for the alleged terror attack ₹441 crore of the university’s research grants to students One source of income for the with retrospective effect not directly behind it. ror organisation and was of the Khilafah from India.” on a passenger train, Madhya funds as it had not paid taxes due to the funds crunch. university is from semester from April 1998. Saifullah was part of the part of “casual conversation” A security establishment Pradesh Chief Minister Shiv- since it was established in “We have funds that will sus- exam fees, which will come Higher Education Minister alleged terror module, which among its sympathisers. official said: “ We are verify- raj Singh Chouhan told a 1998. The I-T department tain us only till the end of only in July. Basavaraj Rayaraddi met Fin- planted a bomb on a train ing the message but we have news agency on Wednesday has now set a deadline of April. We incur a monthly The VTU is likely to pass ance Minister Arun Jaitley on near Bhopal on March 7. The Police backtracked seen in the past that that the accused belonged to March 31 for the institution expenditure of ₹6 crore and on the burden of shortage of Friday. Mr Rayareddi told messages have been circulat- After initially claiming that whenever IS has claimed an the IS and had even sent the to pay ₹127 crore as penalty we will be left with no funds to the students, by The Hindu that Mr. Jaitely ing on mobile application the nine-member module be- attack, it posts pictures of its photograph of the bomb to and interest for the non-pay- money in two months. If the doubling the present exam had said he would arrange a Telegram since March 9, two longed to the IS, the Uttar members taken much before their handler in Syria. ment of taxes from 2004 to Income Tax department also fee from ₹560 to ₹1,200. meeting between officials of days after the incident. Pradesh police retracted the they are killed. In this case, Eight people have been ar- 2015. The department had seizes whatever little money The VTU’s problems star- the State Higher Education An official said they were statement and said the group they have posted a photo- rested so far in raids across earlier frozen the uni- we have, it will not be posted in 2013, when the I-T De- Department and the CBDT. suspicious of the message as was “self radicalised” and graph, which was released M.P and U.P. CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Delhi Weather max min Delhi City 24 10 Haryana notiication Safdarjang 24 10 Voices of dissent in SP after DELHI Timings Palam 24 10 Monday, March 13 on pension revision Delhi Palam Today RISE 06:33 SET 18:28 26ºC A cold morning can be Press Trust of India RISE 19:15 SET 06:59 expected. The day will become Chandigarh release said. warm and sunny. Pensions for those who party’s rout in UP polls Tuesday, March 14 The Haryana government retired before January 1, RISE 06:32 SET 18:29 on Sunday notified revisions 2016, will be determined by RISE 20:09 SET 07:35 Delhi Palam Tomorrow in individual and family multiplying the existing “Akhilesh Yadav should hand over the party leadership to Netaji” Wednesday, March 15 27ºC Marginal rise in day and pensions for employees pension basic by 2.57, it RISE 06:31 SET 18:29 night temperature is expected. Press Trust of India A sunny sky to prevail. who retired or died on duty said. with a pre-poll alliance with played the development ones who had been given RISE 21:03 SET 08:10 either on or after January 1, For this purpose, the ex- Lucknow the Congress with an aim of card to the hilt, assuming tickets by Mulayam and 2016. isting pensions would be the With Akhilesh Yadav’s exper- undoing the damage caused that the electorate specially Shivpal. © Copyright Skymet Weather 2017 All rights reserved. The notifications are basic. This does not include iments at the hustings back- to the party’s public image youth will fall for it. “Barring the two or three based on the recommenda- additional pension that is firing, voices of dissent have after the long-run family “Wehadtakencareofthe candidates all those who tions of the 7th Central Pay provided to old pensioners, started surfacing in the feud. party after big reverses in have won are those who had Commission’s Pension Revi- attaining 80 years age, the Samajwadi Party with some the wake of Ayodhya move- been picked up by Netaji and sion Committee, an official release said. leaders demanding that the Muslim vote ment and we can do it once Shivpalji ... ticket distribu- old order under party pat- Akhilesh felt that the Con- again ... we also promise to tion was also an issue of con- ron Mulayam Singh be gress could help it consolid- take care of Akhilesh’s fu- tention ...Shivpal won the restored. ate the crucial Muslim vote, ture”, he said adding that the seat comfortably even The Samajwadi Party which accounts for over 18 party should be allowed to though all out efforts were could manage only 47 seats, per cent of the population work in the directions and made to stop his march to 177 down from its 2012 tally and check the march of BJP guidance of netaji. the vidhan sabha,” Rai said. of 224 seats. led by Prime Minister Naren- Former SP spokesman “The SP patron’s rally in Party leaders, specially dra Modi. and founder member of the Jaunpur for Parasnath Yadav the ones who have been It was also Akhilesh who party C.P. Rai said those who helped him win the seat des- close to Mulayam and shunned the mafias and have won the elections for pite the fact that he was not Shivpal Singh, want Akhilesh criminal elements and the party are mostly the comfortably placed to hand over the reins of the earlier...this goes on to prove party to his father. the hold of Mulayam Singh,” “Akhileshji had asked for Mr. Rai said. The party, how- control of the party only till Shivpal vows to ight back ever, lost the Lucknow Cantt elections, citing them as his seat where the former SP exam and now that he has Press Trust of India State. A day after winning chief addressed a rally for his failed in it he should hand Lucknow the Jaswant Nagar seat, daughter-in-law Aparna Ya- over the leadership to Net- Sidelined SP leader the warring uncle of dav but the party had no aji,” a senior party leader Shivpal Yadav, who won Akhilesh Yadav tweeted a base, Mr. Rai said. said on condition of from his seat in Uttar Pra- 41-second video cap- Another SP leader anonymity. desh where his party tioned . “Hum phir ladkar Madhukar Jaitely also aired Despite reservations ex- suffered a rout, has jeetenge” (We will fight similar views demanding pressed by his father, vowed to fight back in the again to win). more power to party Akhilesh had gone ahead founder Mulayam.

Press Trust of India Lucknow Samajwadi Party leader and Minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government Ravidas Mehrotra, who lost to the BJP candidate in the Lucknow Central seat, on Sunday said he would have won the election, but for the Congress. “After I had filed my nomination, the Congress candidate also filed his nomination papers. I lost due to the Congress. Had the Congress candidate withdrawn, I would have won,” he told PTI. “If a party’s candidate wins from the State capital, a positive message goes out in the entire State. The Congress should have Devotees celebrating Holi at the historic Govind Devji Temple in Jaipur on Sunday. asked its nominee to with- ROHIT JAIN PARAS draw,” he said. Asked about his views on the SP-Congress alliance, Mr. Mehrotra said he 322 new UP MLAs are crorepatis IANS would put forth his views Watch, the list of multi-mil- Of the 143 new legislaors New Delhi in the party forum. lionaires elected members who have declared Mr. Mehrotra lost to A whopping 322 of the 403 is headed by the Bharatiya pending criminal cases BJP’s Brijesh Pathak by a new lawmakers elected to Janata Party’s Ajay Pratap against them, 107 face seri- margin of 5,094 votes. the Uttar Pradesh As- Singh elected from the Col- ous charges including of While Mr. Pathak se- sembly are ‘crorepatis’ ( onelganj constituency in murder and crimes against cured 78,400 votes, Mr. while as many as 143 have Gonda. women. Mehrotra polled 73,306. criminal cases, including of As many as 1,455 multi— BSP’s Rajeev Srivastava got murder, pending against millionaires contested the 40 women 24,313 votes while Con- them. assembly polls, the results On the gender side, among gress’s Abdul Maroof Khan According to a report by of which were declared on the newly elected legislat- secured 12,921 votes only. the National Election Saturday. ors only 40 are women.

One killed as truck hits vehicles, shop

Press Trust of India Jaipur A shopkeeper was killed and seven were injured on Sunday when an allegedly speeding truck hit three vehicles and rammed a shop in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district. The incident took place at Manglana chauraha on Sunday morning when the truck coming from Kuchaman side hit a sta- tionary bus and lost balance, the police said. It also hit a truck and a tractor and rammed a sweets shop, they said. Eight injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where the shopkeeper, Durgaram Mali, was declared dead. Six critically injured persons have been admitted to JLN hospital, the police said, adding, the truck driver has been arrested.

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Staff Reporter Arunachal Governor, CM ‘Colleges must produce educational leaders, not political leaders’ suspended from the party. already chosen Mr. Barik as BHUBANESWAR BJP State unit president ZP chairman on Sunday greet people on Holi Press Trust of India demic session from this July, dent is now able to study Internal strife took the sheen Basant Panda announced morning. But when Mr. Mo- ITANAGAR I am distressed Kolkata <> said. from primary level to post- off the Bharatiya Janata suspension of 11 party mem- hanty opened sealed envel- Arunachal Governor P. B. when I see Vice-Chancellor of the The Bill for setting up the graduate level in St Xavier’s, Party’s unprecedented suc- bers after party vice-presid- ope and announced that Acharya and CM Pema students studying Khandu greeted people of newly-formed St Xavier’s new university, which is op- Fr Felix Raj, who is also Prin- cess in the recent Zilla Par- ent Sameer Mohanty, who Pramod Sahu would be University Fr Felix Raj has for 10% of total erational from February 8, cipal of St Xavier’s College, ishad elections in Odisha on had gone to Sambalpur as party’s candidate for chair- the State on the occasion of hours Holi. The Governor expressed said the government must the date of notification, was said. Sunday when nine of the 13 observer for nomination of manship, all hell broke hope that the festival would take a ‘bold step’ to stop stu- Fr Felix Raj unanimously passed by the elected ZP members were ZP chairman, was attacked. loose. Shoes were hurled at promote communal harmony dent unrest in colleges. St Xavier’s University V-C Assembly on December 15. Session in July suspended in Sambalpur Mr. Mohanty sustained Mr Mohanty and he was also and happiness in society. “Let “I am distressed when I tion”, he told PTI. Governor K. N. Tripathi gave He added, “We will start in district. injuries. beaten up. the festival of colours inspire see students studying for College campuses have his consent to the Bill on July 2017 with 650 students Radheshyam Barik, “Eleven party members, us to follow the cherished 10% of total hours and agitat- been rocked by student un- January 16. for two undergraduate and newly-elected ZP chairman including former Minister Fissures in BJD too principles of secularism, ing for the rest 90%. Colleges rest across West Bengal in re- Fr Felix Raj said it would four post-graduate courses.” of Sambalpur, was also sus- Mr. Mishra and former dis- Rivalry within the party did peace, love and universal must produce educational cent times. have exchange programme Besides getting land from the pended for going against trict president Nauri Nayak, not hurt the BJP only. The brotherhood,” he said. leaders, not political lead- with Jesuit universities in the government, Fr Felix Raj party’s nominated candidate were suspended for going ruling Biju Janata Dal faced Mr Khandu expressed that ers,” Fr Felix Raj said. ‘CM’s wish’ US, Europe, Australia, India said the university got help for ZP. against party’s decision. Be- dissidence at Koraput where the festival would usher in The government must The government must take a and Japan. from 11 chapters of St Xavi- sides, attack on Mr. Mohanty former MP Jayaram Pangi ac- peace and prosperity as well take a decision to depoliti- ‘bold step’ and “I know the Despite being a university, er’s Alumni Associations in Dissident group was another reason behind cused other party leaders of as accelerated development cise the education system as CM (Chief Minister Mamata he said, St Xavier’s would the US, Canada, Dubai, Senior BJP leader and the suspension,” said Mr. taking bribes in election of in the State. PTI colleges should be con- Banerjee) wants that”, the continue to have its own Europe, Bangladesh, Singa- former Minister Jaynarayan Panda. ZP chairman. sidered as “temples of wis- V-C of the new university school and college -- both pore, Thailand and others in Mishra, who was leading to Tension was simmering Tension was prevailing in Mechanic electrocuted dom, not temples of agita- which will open its first aca- were 157 years old. So, a stu- raising funds. the dissident group, and prior to election of ZP chair- Jagatsinghpur district also while repairing motor former district president of man at Sambalpur. Mr. during nomination of ZP KENDRAPARA (ODISHA) CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC the party, Nauri Nayak, were Mishra-led fraction had chairman. A mechanic was electrocuted at Suniti village in Kendrapara Spring is in the air district on Sunday while repairing a motor pump in his Man arrested with ive house. The deceased Laxman Samanta (28) died on the spot, police said. The wire of IEDs in Assam the switch board connected to the motor pump was wet and charged. The victim came Explosives to be sent for analysis in contact with it, which later turned fatal, the police Press Trust of India said. added. PTI Guwahati The accused was al- A man was arrested after legedly involved in manu- Body of missing man five IEDs (Improvised Ex- facturing of IED at his shop, found in pond plosive Device) were seized they said. HOWRAH from his possession by a “During the search opera- The body of a 22-year-old joint team of Indian Army tion, five explosives, each man was recovered from a and Assam police in Barpeta weighing approximately pond in Sanuria village here district here. 500 grams, were seized,” on Sunday, the police said. “Acting on a tip-off, Red the officials said. The youth had gone to attend Horns Division under Gajraj “The explosives will be a festival during which he was Corps and Barpeta police sent for forensic analysis. allegedly beaten up by some launched a joint operation The accused was yesterday locals, they said. An FIR has yesterday and seized the ex- handed over to Barpeta po- been registered and plosives from his shop in lice station,” they said. investigation is underway, Goraimari,” the officials police said. In another incident, a 35-year-old man, who had gone to take bath at a canal in Jadurberia village here went missing, police said, adding efforts are on to find him. PTI Colouful day : Students of Visva Bharati University performing during ‘Basanta Utsav’ at Santiniketan in West Bengal. PTI Bodos on hunger strike Cuttack ATM looters held in U.P. decline medical help Fake ATM, PAN, press, voter Id and Aadhaar cards seized Also threaten economic blockade Correspondent identity cards and Aadhaar interruption of power CUTTACK cards from them. supply. IANS have alleged that the gov- The City police have cracked The Cantonment police After examining the CCTV Kokrajhar (Assam) ernments are deliberately a cyber crime involving eco- here last month received a footages and bank transac- On the third day of their staying away from taking up nomic offence and have ar- complaint from a cash dis- tions, the city police zeroed hunger strike to press for a the separate State demand rested two youths from Uttar pensing agency that man- in on one Gafur Malik and separate State for the com- so that the issue dies down. Pradesh in this connection. ages several ATM kiosks in his accomplice Sonu Malik of munity, the Bodos on “Since the movement has The police have seized the city, alleging that about Ghaziabad district in UP. Sunday said they would not started, the Centre is play- over ₹2 lakh in cash and sev- ₹1.7 lakh cash went missing “Both had earlier worked as accept any medical aid until ing truant, not conceding eral fake ATM cards, PAN in two city ATMs on Febru- ATM operators,” said city the government accepts the separate State demand cards, press cards, voter ary 5 evening during a short DCP Sanjib Arora. their long-pending for Bodos,” said ABSU pres- demands. ident Pramod Bodo. “It has been decided that Over 2,000 people parti- despite deteriorating health cipated in the hunger strike of many protesters, we in Kokrajhar and other parts won’t take any medical of the Bodo Territorial Area help. Both the Centre and Districts, which also include the Assam government need Chirang, Baksha and to address the Bodo issue Udalguri. immediately,” said a statement issued jointly by the Shortcomings Bodo groups leading the The Bodo groups also hunger strike. threatened economic blockade on the lines of the Ma- ‘Govt apathy’ nipur economic blockade. The All Bodo Students’ According to them, the Union, National Democratic Bodo Territorial Council -- Front of Bodoland (Pro- formed to give autonomy to gressive) and the People the Bodo people -- has sev- Joint Action Committee for eral shortcomings in terms Bodoland Movement are to- of executing the monetary gether holding the indefinite schemes of the central gov- hunger strike. The groups ernment for their welfare.

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IN BRIEF CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Cong says it has the numbers, Homage to a martyr accuses BJP of horse-trading Digvijaya Singh asks Manohar Parikkar to be ‘magnanimous and accept defeat’ Complaint against ‘darshan’ fees Special Correspondent feat,” said Mr. Singh. On the MUMBAI PANAJI strategy to reach the major- The Bombay High Court has asked the Charity The Congress on Sunday ity mark, he said: “We are Commissioner in Mumbai to claimed that it has the num- also in touch with non-BJP look into a complaint filed by bers to form the government MLAs and we are absolutely a trustee of Trimbakeshwar in Goa and alleged that the confident that we have the shrine in Nashik against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) number on our side and they levy of ₹200 as ‘darshan was indulging in “horse-trad- are more than 21.” fees’. The complaint, filed by ing” to reach the majority “We don’t take anyone for Lalita Shinde, a trustee of mark in the 40-member granted. We had discussion Trimbakeshwar shrine, states Assembly. with both [GFP and MGP] that the charge is “The BJP has been in- Grand welcome: AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh and they have told us, ‘you “discriminatory in nature”. PTI volved in horse-trading, being felicitated by party workers near the Congress elect your leader and we will promising sums, ministries, headquarters in Panaji on Sunday. VIJAY SONEJI respond’,” Mr. Singh added. corporations and SUVs to the Declare holiday on ‘Cheti non-BJP MLAs to get sup- (CLP) ahead of staking claim ger for power of Mr. Parikkar ‘Nothing to offer’ Chand’: Sindhi outfit port,” Congress general sec- to form government. and the BJP. I have never When asked what the Con- MUMBAI retary Digvijaya Singh said. seen in any other State gress was offering them, he Last journey: CRPF jawans carry the body of Premdas Mendhe, who was killed in an ambush by An organisation representing Mr. Singh, who presided ‘Power-hungry’ where a political party, said: “We have offered noth- Naxals in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, in Nagpur on Sunday. The Maharashtra government has the Sindhi community has over a meeting of newly elec- The Congress, which has which has been outrightly ing. We don’t believe in announced inancial support of ₹10 lakh each to the kin of Mendhe, and Mahesh Balpande and urged Prime Minister ted Congress legislators on won 17 seats in the elections, rejected, where a Chief Min- horse-trading.” Nandkumar Atram, the other two jawans from the State who were killed. S SUDARSHAN Narendra Modi to declare Sunday morning, said that and has emerged as the ister has lost, six of the min- Earlier in the day, Mr. Sindhi New Year ‘Cheti Chand’ the party has unanimously single largest party in Goa. isters have lost and many of Singh had tweeted: “Con- as a general holiday every resolved to request the party At the Congress headquar- the MLAs have lost, is still gress should also understand year, just as other minority president Sonia Gandhi and ters, Mr. Singh launched a staking the claim to form the that the people of Goa have Fine slapped on Shirdi temple trust communities have been given vice-president Rahul Gandhi scathing attack on former next government.” given us last chance to per- this facility. This year, Cheti to advise them on the issue Chief Minister Manohar “They should be magnan- form or else perish. May God Chand falls on March 29. PTI of choosing the leader of the Parikkar saying: “We are all imous in their approach. help us [sic].” Govt. lags revenue dues of land dating to colonial times Congress Legislative Party very surprised over the hun- They should accept the de- (With inputs from PTI) Shoumojit Banerjee to legalise the possession of Lion cub rescued from Pune this land by paying back the village well in Gujarat The Revenue Department revenue due to the govern- VADODARA RPI(A) to lose presence in Pune civic body has slapped a whopping ₹4 ment,” Mr. Sonawane said. A one-and-a-half-years-old crore fine on the Shri He informed that the neb- lion cub was rescued from a Saibaba Sansthan (trust) for ulous ownership of the dis- well after a four-hour Divisional Commissioner rejects party plea for separate political identity allegedly defaulting on rev- puted land was unearthed operation by forest enue dues on a portion of by local journalist Pramod department officials in Amreli Shoumojit Banerjee sional Commissioner in a bid Kamble, was awarded with land dating to the times of Aher while the latter was re- district. The cub had fallen Pune to change the directive. the Deputy Mayor’s post. the British Raj. searching his book ‘Shirdi into a 60-feet-deep well The Republican Party of In- As per the pre-poll alli- Being recognised as a dis- Speaking to The Hindu, At the Saibaba temple in Gazeteer: untold stories’. filled with water in Aadsanda dia (Athawale) is set to lose ance, the BJP had requested tinct political entity within Shirdi Sub-Divisional Officer Shirdi. FILE PHOTO: PTI Mr. Aher then brought the village in Savarkundla tehsil its political moorings in the Ramdas Athawale’s RPI can- the PMC entails various priv- Kundan Sonawane con- matter to the attention of on Friday. The animal, Pune Municipal Corporation didates to contest on the ileges for RPI(A). firmed that his office had 1918. Revenue Department. however, did not suffer any (PMC) after the Pune Divi- BJP’s symbol, much to Mr. First, the party cannot be sent the notice to the injuries, said the officials. PTI sional Commissioner rejec- Athawale’s chagrin. subjected to any whip issued Saibaba Sansthan Trust. Violation of rules Legal probe likely ted a plea of five of its mem- RPI(A) president Ramdas The BJP had apparently by the BJP in the event it dif- According to Mr. Son- “A few years after Sai Baba’s Mr. Sonawane further said Athawale. FILE PHOTO GRA on compensation to bers to be recognised as RPI agreed that after the results, fers on policy matters. awane, the disputed land of ‘Mahasamadhi’ in 1918, that if the trust failed to cla- (A) corporators. the RPI(A) would be given a Second, the RPI will have 27 gunthas (less than one these devotees either rify the matter within a Narmada oustees set up This implies that there fication’ is that since these chance to register on their a separate office on the acre) was acquired by some donated or sold it off week, a legal probe would NEW DELHI will be no RPI (A) represent- five RPI candidates, who had own party symbol. premises of the cash-rich of the devotees on rent near without due permission be initiated into the affair. The grievance redressal ation in the newly consti- contested the PMC election PMC. the temple complex from the State. The land in Officials at the trust could authority 0(GRA) to decide on disputes over compensation tuted 162-seat Pune Muni- on the Bharatiya Janata Being the privileged The city’s RPI(A) chief, premises during colonial question encompasses the not be reached for to the oustees of Sardar cipal Corporation (PMC), Party’s symbol and won, Unlike the BJP’s other smal- Mahendra Kamble, said the times. iconic Dikshit wada, the comment. Sarovar Project (SSP) on river which comes into being on they will be considered BJP ler, more fractious constitu- BJP’s Pune unit head, Yogesh While the land belonged Lendi Baug [the garden cre- The trust will celebrate Narmada, has been set up, March 15. members and cannot re- ents Mr. Athawale had sided Gogawale, had given his per- to the State, the devotees ated and watered by Sai the centenary year of the the Madhya Pradesh gister as a separate political with the BJP. mission for the former to re- had either given it to the Baba himself] and the mu- saint’s ‘Mahasamadhi’ from government has told the Bone of contention entity. RPI(A) leaders now Subsequently, senior RPI gister as a separate party in trust or sold it off a few years seum. So, we have sent the October 1 this year to Octo- Supreme Court. PTI The reason for this ‘disquali- plan to approach the Divi- (A) leader in Pune, Navnath the PMC. after Saint Sai Baba died in notice to the Sai Baba trust ber 18, 2018.

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IN BRIEF One more Sea of humanity at Mylar Endosulfan victims dies of food poisoning cattle festival in Chittoor threaten fresh stir Staff Reporter Tumakuru Ramesh M, who worked as Two bulls were killed in the event held after seven years Govt. going slow in implementing relief schemes, says group a watchman at Vidya Var- Staff Reporter idhi International School, CHITTOOR Staff Reporter Tumakuru, and had taken After a hiatus of seven years, KASARAGOD ill after eating dinner at the the frenzied mass cattle fest- Tobacco growers of Endosulfan Peeditha Jan- hostel dining hall on March ival Mylar returned to the A.P. a worried lot keeya Munnani (EPJM), an 8, died of cardiac arrest at Baireddipalle mandal ONGOLE organisation fighting for the Tumakuru district govern- headquarters, 60 km from Tobacco growers in the cause of victims of the ment hospital on Sunday Chittoor, on Sunday. drought-prone Prakasam deadly pesticide, has ac- morning. The event witnessed the district are a worried lot cused the Kerala government This brings the death participation of over 50,000 ahead of the commencement of tardy implementation of toll to four — three students people, not only from all of e-auctions later this week. A key cigarette manufacturer various relief schemes for of the private residential over the Palamaner and the has given indication that the the affected families and school, who also ate the Kuppam Assembly constitu- growers cannot expect more threatened to launch fresh same meal and died on encies, but also from several than 5% spike in the prices agitation in April. March 9. villages of Karnataka and for F1 to F10 grades over the Despite the Supreme The police, who suspect Tamil Nadu. ones realised last year. Court verdict on disbursing food poisoning to be the the remaining National Hu- For a cause: A ile picture of Endosulfan victims staging a fast cause, are waiting for the Ten injured Forest fire destroys large man Rights Commission re- in Thiruvananthapuram. S. MAHINSHA forensic lab reports. The mob frenzy left two Enthusiastic crowd: Youth participating in the Mylar festival at tracts near Mudigere commended compensation Former BJP MLA Kiran bulls killed, while about 10 Baireddipalle near Chittoor on Sunday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT CHIKKAMAGALURU within three months, the ible approach adopted by pesticide, the organisers Kumar, president of the youth received minor injur- A large extent of vegetation State has moved slowly even the medical officials, the said, though the State gov- CBSE school, and his wife, ies as they ran after the ultaneously. The traditional weeks galvanised the spirit in Balur Reserve Forest near as it has earmarked ₹10 crore meeting said. ernment had assured that Kavitha Kiran Kumar, animals. contest of bulls was suspen- of the villagers of the mandal Mudigere in Karnataka was in the Budget, an EPJM meet- the moratorium on the loans school secretary, were The organisers observed ded seven years ago, re- in the tri-State junction to re- damaged owing to forest fire ing said on Sunday. No respite would be extended. granted bail on Saturday that the presence of police portedly due to feuds among vive it. on Friday and Saturday. The Forest Department staff have Stating that the last med- It was quite unfortunate that The victims are continued night. personnel had led to its some of the villages in the Soon, the word had been making efforts to stop ical camp to identify fresh there was no respite from to be deprived of life-saving The Central Board of peaceful conclusion. mandal. spread to the villages of the its spread. The fire, according victims was held in 2013, the frequent property attach- medicines and pensions and Secondary Education has Mylar is a unique festival The public support to bordering States. to officials, occurred continuing delay in holding ment threats to those forced hence the EPJM was con- decided to issue a show of Baireddipalle — celebrat- Tamil Nadu’s Jallikattu and Enthusiastic farmers and following a spark in a high- the assured medical camps to take loans to meet mount- strained to launch an indef- cause notice seeking an ex- ing the cattle festival and the Supreme Court’s condu- youth converged on the tension wire passing through on flimsy reasons should be ing medical expenses as a inite agitation from April, the planation from the man- local Gangamma jatara (a cive verdict on the tradi- streets of Baireddipalle with the area on Friday. construed as an irrespons- result of exposure to the meeting said. agement of the school. mass devotional ritual) sim- tional event have in recent hundreds of cattle. Monkey fever claims one more life in Karnataka SHIVAMOGGA With the death of Janardhan, 334 km of Kerala roads to become NH A.P. MLA Bhuma Nagi 51, because of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, the Union Ministry has given in-principle approval for expansion of 10 corridors death toll due to this tick- Reddy dies of cardiac arrest borne viral infection in S. Anil Radhakrishnan Tirthahalli taluk of from Kazhakuttam to Karode anamthitta district, also fig- Formalities such as the pre- Shivamogga this year has THIRUVANANTHAPURAM in Tamil Nadu, which is be- ure in the list. paration of the detailed pro- reached four. A total 44 As part of the expansion of ing four-laned, and the NH66 The stretch from ject report (DPR) have com- The three-time Member of Parliament collapses at home positive cases of KFD have the National Highways (NH), Karamana-Kaliyikkavila. Kayamkulam on NH66 to menced for adding the 334 been reported in Tirthahalli 334 km of road stretches The 55 km from Kannur to NH183 near Thiruvalla (23 km of roads. Special Correspondent cardiopulmonary resuscita- Chandrababu Naidu in Vijay- taluk so far this year. now under Kerala’s Public Madikeri-Virajpet-Makutta is km), the 45-km corridor With the ten corridors KURNOOL tion and ventilator support awada on Saturday and had Works Department (PWD) the longest corridor to make from Vijaypuram to Oo- making it to the NH network, Three-time Member of Par- before being rushed to a returned to Allagadda in the Stray dogs kill spotted will be declared as NHs. it to the NH network. The nukal, and the 17 km from the present 1,781-km NH cor- liament and sitting MLA of hospital at Nandyal. He did night. deer in Tirupati The 10 corridors ap- 50-km corridor of NH766 NH183A near Adoor up to ridors in the State will go up Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, not respond to medication Mr. Nagi Reddy, who was CHITTOOR proved in-principle by the near Kalpetta, connecting the Titanium junction Chav- to 2,115 km. Bhuma Nagi Reddy, 53, died and was declared dead. also elected MLA twice, lost A sub-adult female spotted Ministry of Road Transport Manathavady to H.D. Hote- ara via Bharanikavu, will A 11-point criteria forms of cardiac arrest on Sunday. his wife, Sobha Nagi Reddy deer was killed by stray dogs and Highways, include the Jayapura and terminating in now form part of the NH the basis for the declaration He collapsed while read- History of heart attacks in a road accident during the on the Hotel Management 26 km Kannur-Mattannur Mysuru, is another corridor network. of State Highways (SH) and ing a newspaper at his house Mr. Nagi Reddy underwent campaign for the 2014 elec- and Catering Institute campus road that links the upcoming that will get the NH tag. State roads as NH. The main in Allagadda and his daugh- bypass surgery in the past tions. Thereafter, his daugh- in Tirupati on Sunday. The deer strayed from the wild of Kannur International The 30 km Alappuzha- State govt. reccomends criteria is that the existing ters Bhuma Akhilapriya, but the third heart attack ter Akhilapriya was elected the Seshachalam foothills in Airport. Changanacherry stretch, the The in-principle decision to Right of Way (RoW) should who is the MLA for proved fatal. He suffered an Allagadda MLA in her place. search of water. Divisional Also on the list is the 45 18 km corridor from Chan- increase the NH network is be the property of the State Allagadda, and attack recently and was ad- His body was placed at Forest Officer T.V. Subba km that links the ambitious ganacherry to Karukachal to based on the recommenda- and must be generally free Nagamounika rushed him to mitted to a private hospital the Telugu Desam Party of- Reddy said the carcass was Vizhinjam International Vazhoor on the NH183, and tion by the State government from encroachments. NH a private hospital. in Hyderabad. fice at Nandyal and would be burnt after conducting post- Multi-purpose Deepwater the 25 km stretch from two years ago, official specifications are stipulated As the MLA’s condition On discharge, he called shifted to Allagadda for the mortem. Seaport to the NH66 Bypass Pampa to Laha in the Path- sources told The Hindu. by Indian Roads Congress. was critical, he was given on Chief Minister N. funeral on Monday.

The boulders chipped away from here are used for construction of buildings

Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao They offer beautiful spir- WARANGAL itual and natural solace to The majestic hillocks that are those who have been visiting found at several places in them for centuries to till Hanamkonda city that lend date. their name to the cities of Hanamkonda and Warangal ‘Catchment area’ are facing threat, though Environment activist and sci- slowly. ence teacher V. Gurunadha Unemployed labourers Rao of Mahabubabad said and those wielding influence chiselling away the excellent are razing these magnificent rock formations that have hillocks to ground, chip by been existing for centuries chip. amounted to spoiling nature. The activity takes place “These huge hillocks serve near the Padmakshi temple many purposes, particularly and on the outskirts near they form a catchment area Ursu gutta. The boulders are for the water bodies at the being used for construction foot. of houses. Mr. Gurunadha Rao fur- There are many hillocks ther said man should stop across Warangal, robbing nature of its essen- Hanamkonda and Kazipet tial elements such as forest, that present a beautiful Unchecked destruction: Labourers break rocks at the hillock in rock formations and wild life sight. Two huge boulders at Hanamkonda. M. MURALI so as to preserve the natural Madikonda are an example bio-diversity. of their beauty. However itage the district was en- Interestingly, every hil- “A man looks good with they are now facing threat. dowed with. They should be lock has got a sprawling wa- well groomed hair and looks protected and preserved for ter body and a temple at- unpleasant with tonsured Natural heritage posterity. “The hillocks are tached to it, be at Padmakshi head. Similarly, if you take Civil engineering professor exploited for granite. How- temple, Fort Warangal, away trees and rocks from formerly with NIT, Prof. M. ever, the authorities should Bhadrakali temple, nature, it not only looks ugly Panduranga Rao said they stop meddling with them,” Madikonda and at other but poses threat to very life Ritual dance: A Theyyam dancer passes through a sacred grove at Neeliyar Kottam near Kannur in north Kerala. The dance form, were invaluable natural her- he said. spots as well. of man,” he opined. exclusive to the region, celebrates people’s connect with nature. THULASI KAKKAT For them, price of freedom is health risks i-school to come up on Activists highlight the health hazards posed to women by commercial sanitary napkins IIT Hyderabad campus

Aabha Anoop Menstruation Kerala (SMK), napkin, Mr Vijaykumar said skin irritations and rashes the conventional cloth pads. Kozhikode a collective. Several they had a top layer of that the menstruating The difficulty in maintaining Collaborative educational project to foster innovation “How many here are students, both men and plastic fleece, a padding women often develop. cloth pads was another menstruating today?” A women, took part in the usually of wood pulp mixed “They use chlorine bleach factor. The price they had to R. Avadhani ors needed to think ahead cessing of information by a deafening silence greeted discussions that on some of with super absorbent to whiten the products. The pay for the switch was their KANDI/Hyderabad and possess the nature of group of people. There are the question. The gathering the lesser known facts about polymers, and a leak-proof cotton, if inorganically health,” Arjun A school for innovations on risk-taking. three types of creativity — of around fifty just looked at menstruation and layer made of polyethelene. grown, will have traces of Unnikrishnan, founder of the lines of the University of i.school is an educational combination, exploration each other. It took around menstrual hygiene. Odour neutralisers are used pesticides in it.. The dioxins Red Cycle said. Tokyo’s i.school will come project established in 2009 and transformation — that two minutes for a girl to to reduce the pungent smell emitted can cause up on the premises of Indian by the Centre for Knowledge turns an idea into reality. In- hesitantly raise her hand. Plastic fleece of blood. “So whatever reproductive and Alternative products Institute of Technology-Hy- Structuring, University of novators should have the The girl was rewarded with Gopi Vijayakumar, an flowery name they call it, developmental problems, The environmental hazards derabad (IIT-H). While the Tokyo, with the aim of fos- skill sets, the mindset and applause from a panel of activist known for his fight and however comfortable it interfere with hormones posed by sanitary napkins IIT-H will act as the nodal tering innovative leaders. the motivation [for it],” said experts on menstrual against the manufacturers makes the users feel, and cause cancer,” she said. were discussed and agency and take the lead This institute has been con- Professor Horri, while ad- hygiene. “The courage to of sanitary napkins to force ultimately, it’s a bunch of Mr. Gopi said only four alternative sanitary role, it would rope in some ducting workshops at IIT-H dressing the students. say out loud that you are them to take up plastic and chemicals, both crore of the 36 crore women products such as menstrual other institutes from across for the past five years with a Professor Horii also ex- menstruating is the first step responsibility for the health harmful to the human in India use branded cups, tampons and organic the nation to make this idea mix of students from IIT-H plained how ‘creative de- to fight taboos,” the and environmental hazards body,” Mr. Gopi said. sanitary napkins — the rest cotton and cloth pads were a reality. This was an- and the University of Tokyo. struction’ — breaking a questioner said. caused by the products, was Shradha Sreejaya, an continue to use cloth, mud introduced. ‘Womenses,’ a nounced by Professor U.B. The workshop is being facil- device to learn its inner The panel discussion on a key speaker. ecologist and founder of or sawdust. documentary by Desai, Director, IIT-H, while itated by Professor Hideyuki workings — has transformed menstruation was organised Explaining the SMK, pointed out that the “Women switched to Unnikrishnan Avala, on the addressing students at a Horii, Executive Director, the way students think. He here recently by The Red composition of a standard, plastics used in sanitary sanitary pads that offer menstrual taboos was three-day workshop on the i.school. stressed the need for hu- Cycle and Sustainable commercial sanitary napkins were the reason for them more freedom than screened. i.school, held at the institute “The innovation work- man-centred innovations. on Sunday. He said innovat- shop is nothing but the pro- CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Raje condoles death Press Trust of India of CRPF jawan Rourkela JAIPUR Unique methods like use of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Sunday LED lights with siren and condoled the death of CRPF bio-acoustics are being used head constable Jagdish by the forest department to Vishnoi in a naxal attack in keep elephants away from Chhattisgarh. Vishnoi human settlements in the in- belonged to Bikaner district. terior areas of Odisha’s Sun- She said Vishnoi made the dergarh district. supreme sacrifice for the The new techniques are nation. put to use as the wild anim- Twelve CRPF personnel were als have made life miserable killed when Naxals ambushed for the residents in several their patrol party in Sukma areas like Hemgiri, Sabdega on Saturday. PTI Sunny day: Tourists locked Srinagar’s Dal Lake on Sunday after ive days of rain and snow. PTI and other places, forest offi- Man-animal conlict: The new techniques have been put to use cials said. as the animals have made life miserable for residents of The jumbos demolish Odisha’s Sundergarh district. FILE PHOTO 17 forest staffers houses and destroy standing hurt in bee attack crops like paddy and veget- lights along with sirens are “This helps but has to be ASHOKNAGAR (MADHYA PRADESH) Srinagar-Jammu highway ables. The farmers appear to helping in scaring away the used in isolation because Seventeen forest department be more worried about pro- jumbos. However, these elephants are very clever staffers were on Sunday tecting paddy and other have limited effect. when they listen to human injured in a bee attack in the farm produces. What really helped was voices along with this they district’s Budhi Chanderi opens to one-way traic “We are now using some the scare-away guns. The do not go away as they un- jungle. new techniques and plans scare-away gun is nothing derstand no one is in prob- DFO Sanjay Chauhan and SDO are afoot to introduce some but a big look alike of an old lem,” said Mishra. S.L. Bhargav were bitten The nearly 300-km highway was shut for four days after heavy snowfall and rain badly by a swarm of bees, other methods for which we artillery gun kept at forts need government’s ap- along with a gas cylinder. In Some limitations even as 15 others sustained Press Trust of India rain and snowfall. were cleared and one-way sectors. proval,” said Divisional 45 seconds it will fire one This was used in Athagarh, minor bites. They were on Srinagar their way to attend a State “Traffic has been allowed traffic from Jammu was al- Fresh snowfall over the Forest Officer (DFO), Sun- shot making a deafening he said, adding these three government function at Budhi The nearly 300-km-long to ply on the national high- lowed to ply,” the official past three days had also ad- dergarh, Arun Kumar sound of enough decibel to methods have limitations. Chanderi, about 70 km from Srinagar- Jammu National way after the road was said. ded to the problems of the Mishra. scare away the elephants, he Another method which is in here, Forest Ranger Monica Highway was on Sunday cleared of debris of land- Border Roads Organisation said. use in the US is called the ra- Thakur said, adding that the thrown open to one-way slides,” an official of the All-weather road link personnel in making the High-power lights “This is not 100% success- dio collar use. they are out of danger. PTI traffic, four days after heavy Traffic Department said. The highway, the only all- road traffic worthy. Among the techniques being ful but so far it has scared “A radio collar is put on snowfall and rain led to its weather road link between used are LED lights with the elephants away,” said the elephant after tranquil- closure. Stranded vehicles the Kashmir Valley and the Efforts on sirens, scare-away guns and Mr. Mishra. ising it,” said the DFO. Ex-cop among 2 persons He said one-way traffic from rest of the country, was The Traffic Department offi- bio-acoustics. “The LED The bio-acoustics is noth- The collar will prevent shot dead in clash Debris cleared Jammu to Srinagar was al- closed on Wednesday due to cial said efforts were on to lights and sirens are being ing but a machine, which the jumbo from crossing cer- MANSA (PUNJAB) Meanwhile, the sun shone lowed to ply on the highway heavy rain which triggered make the National Highway used after the experience in has sounds of animals like tain limit by sending some A former policeman and bright on Sunday across today. landslides at many places in worthy of two-way traffic as Jaspur in Chhattisgarh,” said boar and elephants when electric shocks. As a result it another person were shot Kashmir after the days of “The stranded vehicles Banihal and Ramban soon as possible. the DFO. The high-power they are in stress or distress. will come back, he said. dead on Sunday after a clash broke out between members of a truck union in Bareta here, the police said. The clash within the union Police probe into Ramjas violence likely to be completed by March-end members took place over the president’s post, Mansa Senior Superintendent of The Crime Branch has, so far, recorded statements of 17 people, including teachers from the Faculty of Arts and the Delhi School of Economics Police Viveksheel Soni said. The victims have been Press Trust of India of 17 students and teachers. a senior police officer. against policemen who al- tioned to by the probe team. ter simultaneously. A second Children), has to submit its identified as Raj Tejinder (26), New Delhi a dismissed constable of the These 17 people include legedly assaulted students Another team, set up by inquiry team, headed by report to Mr. Patnaik by the Haryana Police, and Raju (25), The Delhi Police investiga- Crime Branch team teachers from the Faculty of and journalists during the vi- Delhi Police Commissioner Joint Commissioner of Police end of this month. he said. tion into the violence at Ram- A Crime Branch team, which Arts and the Delhi School of olence, also recorded his Amulya Patnaik following a (Crime) Praveer Ranjan and The team has cross-ex- A person was also injured in jas College is expected to be was handed over the invest- Economics, said a source. A statement, added the source. notice by the National Hu- comprising the Deputy Com- amined some of the students the incident and had been complete by the end of this igation into last month’s viol- law student who had filed a Students from St. Stephen’s man Rights Commission over missioner of Police (Vigil- questioned by the Crime hospitalised here, Mr. Soni month. The police have, so ence, has so far recorded the petition in the Delhi High College and Deshbandhu allegations of “police ex- ance) and the DCP (Special Branch and both teams are said. PTI far, recorded the statements statements of 17 people, said Court demanding action College have also been ques- cesses”, is probing the mat- Police Unit for Women and sharing inputs.

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF SC cracks down on judicial delays Jethmalani asks Karnan to apologise In a slew of guidelines for High Courts, it sets deadlines for hearing, disposing of criminal cases

Krishnadas Rajagopal Don’t destroy judiciary, says advocate NEW DELHI formers among the subor- concluded within six months nual confidential reports of dinate judiciary. “Public in- and sessions trials, with ac- judicial officers. Legal Correspondent Non-performers and “dead- terest is above individual cused in custody, within two Noting that 50% of the NEW DELHI Mumbai gets its first wood” among judges should interest,” Justice Goel wrote. years. population in jails consists of Senior advocate and Rajya ‘floating hotel’ be weeded out as the judicial The Supreme Court asked undertrial prisoners and Sabha member Ram Jeth- MUMBAI service is not just a job to be ‘Weed out deadwood’ the High Courts to ensure long periods of incarceration malani has written to Cal- Dining is no longer going to done with but a mission to “Judicial service as well as that subordinate courts dis- without bail or trial is human cutta High Court judge, be conventional, as the serve the cause of justice, the legal service are not like any pose of cases pending for rights violation, the judg- Justice C.S. Karnan, against megapolis got its first floating hotel — ‘AB Celestial’ Supreme Court held. other services. They are mis- five years by the end of 2017. ment said those undertrials whom bailable warrants — where one can enjoy a Highlighting the import- sions for serving the soci- In case of High Courts, the who have already completed were issued by a Bench of relaxing evening in the ance of having men and wo- ety... Posting of suitable of- judgment said criminal ap- their entire period of their the Supreme Court, advising backdrop of the iconic Bandra men with leadership qualit- ficers in key leadership peals, where accused are in sentence had they been him not to destroy the judi- -Worli sea link. It was ies among the subordinate positions of Session Judges custody for more than five found guilty should be re- ciary, and to end his flurry Ram Jethmalani inaugurated by Maharashtra judiciary, which has over and Chief Judicial Magis- years, should be concluded leased on personal bond. of allegations and apologise. Chief Minister Devendra two crore pending cases, the trates may perhaps go a long at the earliest. The court held that liberal Justice Karnan was issued The signed letter, written on Fadnavis on Saturday. Supreme Court said subor- way in dealing with the situ- bail applications. adjournments of cases must the warrants by a Bench of the official letterhead as an dinate judiciary “cannot rest ation. Non performers/dead- The Supreme Court sug- ‘Monitor actions’ be avoided and witnesses seven senior-most judges MP, contained sharp com- Diverted PDS wheat, rice in a state of helplessness” as wood must be weeded out as gested that bail applications Noting that High Courts once produced must be ex- led by Chief Justice of India ments against Justice worth ₹15.8 lakh seized litigants wait in snaking, per rules,” the Supreme be decided in a week by sub- should monitor action plans amined on consecutive J.S. Khehar in a suo motu Karnan. The Hindu contac- PALANPUR (GUJARAT) ever-longer queues for their Court said. ordinate courts, while High for lower courts and keep a dates. It held that suspension contempt case for remarks ted Mr. Jethmalani’s office to Wheat and rice, worth ₹ 15.8 turn. In a slew of guidelines for Courts do the same within a constant watch, the Supreme of work or strikes were denigrating the judicial insti- confirm the authenticity of lakh, allegedly being diverted to the black market, were A Bench of Justices A.K. High Courts, the Supreme month. Court said the timelines pre- “clearly illegal and it is high tution and fellow judges. the letter, which has been seized on Sunday, a district Goel and U.U. Lalit, in their Court fixed a time-bound The court said magisterial scribed in the judgment time that the legal fraternity The Supreme Court dir- circulating on social media. oicial said. The two trucks 22-page judgment, said there hearing and disposing of trials, where accused are in would be used to assess judi- realises its duty to the soci- ected the Director-General were carrying 127 quintal was no room for non-per- criminal cases, especially in custody, should normally be cial performance in the an- ety which is the foremost”. of Police, West Bengal, to ‘The only protection’ sacks of wheat and 303 sacks personally serve the war- Mr. Jethmalani wrote that he with 50 kg rice each from a rant on the judge and secure was advising Justice Karnan CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC government godown in his presence before it on as a “senior member of the Deesa town in the Lion hit by March 31. Bar and living in the depar- Banaskantha district.. Colourful start However, Justice Karnan ture lounge of God’s train dies had retaliated, saying he airport.” Six persons die in was targeted because of his He asked the judge to Bihar bus accident in Gujarat Dalit identity. He termed the withdraw “every word that MUZAFFARPUR (BIHAR) contempt proceedings you have uttered and Six persons were killed and Press Trust of India several injured after the bus against him humbly pray for pardon…” Ahmedabad they were travelling in “unconstitutional”. “In this corruption-dom- overturned at Gopalpur A lion that was knocked Mr. Jethmalani’s letter, inated country, our judi- chowk here, police said. The down by a train in Sav- dated March 11, is the first ciary is the only protection. driver lost control of the arkudla tehsil of Amreli dis- such opinion from a senior Do not destroy it or even vehicle after which the bus trict in Gujarat on March 3, member of the Bar, also dir- weaken it,” Mr. Jethmalani overturned. Six died on the died at a care centre in Jas- ectly addressing the judge. said. spot while about two dozen adhar village on Sunday, a passengers sustained injuries, Forest official said. police said. The bus was The three-year-old male headed to Madhubani. PTI big cat was hit by a goods Sukma operation reviewed train near Badhada village 13-foot-long python when it was crossing rescued tracks, the official said, 12 paramilitary personnel were killed KENDRAPARA (ODISHA) adding the train was on its A 13-foot-long python was way from Savarkundla to Press Trust of India Lakhtakia and other officials Raipur rescued by the Forest the port town of Pipavav. visited the spot and took personnel in Batighar village The area is located near Gir A top official in the Union stock of the situation, a here. The oicials rushed to Wildlife Sanctuary. Home Ministry and acting senior police official said. the spot on being informed “The lion was first spot- about its presence by the DG of CRPF Sudeep Lakh- A Court of Inquiry (CoI) ted by a farmer who in- locals near the Bhitarkanika takia on Sunday visited Ch- has been ordered by the wildlife sanctuary. The formed us. We rushed a hattisgarh’s Sukma district, force to find out how the at- reptile was rescued and team and tranquillised the where 12 paramilitary per- tack happened in the area released in the forest area. feline and brought it to our sonnel were killed in a which is close to the camp “The python would have animal care centre in Jas- Maoist ambush, and re- of a paramilitary force. Be- died. It is good that the adhar village where it suc- viewed the anti—Naxal oper- sides, the CoI has been people took initiative to save cumbed to injuries,” said ations. Senior Security Ad- ordered to find out lapses it,” Mahakalpada forest range Waiting for the moment: Brides wait to take their wedding vows during a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad on Sunday. In Savarkundla Range Forest viser in the Union Home and shortcomings if any, the oicer said. PTI all, 201 Muslim couples and two Hindu couples took their vows. PTI Officer RJ More. Ministry K. Vijay Kumar, official said. Indo-Russian transport plane JV grounded MTAL was to build India’s own military transport aircraft

Madhumathi D.S. its closure once it gets the and produced at its transport BENGALURU nod, it is learnt. division in Kanpur. The project cost was estimated at It may now be just a matter Not entirely unexpected $600 million (then around of time before Multi-role A hint of this came during ₹2,700 crore). Transport Aircraft Ltd. the February Aero India In 2012, over two dozen (MTAL), the Indo-Russian 2017, when HAL chairman HAL engineers spent several company that was to have and managing director T. months in Russia studying spawned India’s own milit- Suvarna Raju said, “The MTA the project. Until March ary transport aircraft, is (Multi-role Transport Air- 2014, designers of either side wound up. craft) project is not progress- had together completed the The closure of the coming well. As of now, no work preliminary project design. pany, when it happens, will is going on and it is currently Subsequent reports said formally bury a decade-old in the ‘stop’ mode. We will problems such as an incom- plan to co-design and co-de- be knowing about its future Suvarna Raju patible engine design, per- velop a cargo/transport in the current year.” It was formance issues at higher plane for the armed forces of up to the two governments Aircraft (UAC-TA) and altitudes and cost escalation the two nations. to look at options, he said. Rosoboronexport — signed a had cropped up. The project appears to The Indian Air Force (IAF) is general contract to form the While the An-32s are now have gone cold at least a year yet to respond to a query on special purpose MTAL, with proposed to be upgraded, back and there has been no the project. a 50:25:25 equity split to take this can only be done with official word on the status of “No Indian company has the project forward. Each the help of Ukraine, which is the government-to-govern- designed a transport plane. side put in $20 million as in conflict with Russia. The ment deal, whereas Russia is We lost that opportunity,” paid-up capital. first An-32 upgraded earlier reportedly going ahead with said a person familiar with According to the old plan, was lost over the sea near its new plane for its armed aircraft design, who did not the 15-20-tonne medium lift Chennai last July. forces, according to sources. wish to be named. plane would replace the age- In December 2015, three MTAL, which has been Joint development of the ing Antonov /An-32 transport joint projects were alive idle for almost two years, has plane, MTA, was conceived planes. The demand was es- between the two countries: a CEO, a company secretary around 2006-07 and firmed timated at 205 MTAs — 45 for the MTA, the Fifth Genera- and a head of finance. The up in 2010 via an inter-gov- the Indian Air Force, 100 for tion Fighter Aircraft and the board of Hindustan Aero- ernmental agreement. Two the Russian Air Force and an- light helicopter Kamov nautics Ltd (HAL), which is years later, HAL and Russian other 60 for exports. The In- Ka-226. But the line for the an equal partner in the ven- military entities — United Air- dian aircraft was to be de- MTA appears to have died, ture, may take the matter to craft Corporation-Transport signed by HAL in Bengaluru the sources said. Mercury Over 400 J&K roads deptt oicials plummets in Himachal at same posting beyond tenure

Press Trust of India Afecting department’s working, pace of work on projects Shimla Intense cold wave condi- Press Trust of India gineers, Assistant Engin- PTI. tions further aggravated in Srinagar eers, Junior Engineers and As per a Cabinet decision Himachal Pradesh on Over 400 officials of the Draftsmen, have been pos- in 2010, the minimum ten- Sunday as minimum tem- Jammu and Kashmir Roads ted at the same place for ure of a government em- peratures dropped sharply and Buildings Department more than three years and ployee, except those in the and stayed five to 11 de- have been enjoying posting in some case even more Education Department, on grees Celsius below at the same place beyond than 10 years, the depart- a particular post should be normal. the government-stipulated ment said in response to a at least two years and max- The dip in mercury led tenure of three years. series of RTI queries. imum three years. to freezing and bursting of Official sources said in As many as 196 engineers water pipes in mid and the majority of such cases, Issues facing the deptt of various ranks in the higher hills, affecting water overstaying of engineers Roads and Buildings Minis- Roads and Buildings Depart- supply. and other officials was due ter Naeem Akhtar, who was ment have been posted at Thick ground frost oc- to political pressure or given the portfolio in the re- the same place for more curred in mid and higher corruption. cent reshuffle, said there than three years while an- hills and frozen, slippery The practice was affect- were many issues facing the other 102 such officials have roads hampered vehicular ing the overall working of department, including pro- not been moved from their traffic in morning hours. the department and the motions and transfers. place of posting for the past Shimla and Manali pace of work on various “These are priority areas four years. shivered under sub—zero projects, they said. for me and I have sought Over 50 engineers have temperature with a low of As many as 406 officials necessary information. We not been shifted from their minus 3.8 and minus 0.9 of the department, includ- will be addressing these is- place of posting for over five degree Celsius. ing Assistant Executive En- sues very soon,” he told years. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Modi’s U.P. wave and after His mandate comes with the twin challenges of sky-high expectations and a communally groomed polity

broadcasts, during speeches de- via the Chief Minister he appoints, livered abroad and in India, or towards speedy delivery of prom- more recently while on the stump, ises. But equally, any failure can First among unequals almost all of it beamed live and breach the trust to devastating ef- therefore made that much more fect. impactful. Mr. Modi’s address to A more worrying aspect, The Assembly elections suggest the BJP has the nation on demonetisation, brushed over in the exclamations Vidya Subrahmaniam emerged as the natural party of government watched and heard by millions of caused by the size of the verdict, is people, turned out to be history-al- the communal grooming of the ive Assembly elections in ive diferent States can- he following statistical nug- tering. Mr. Modi’s casting of note- polity. Travelling in west U.P., I not possibly have one running national theme. gets should help to capture bandi as a class war resonated so found perfectly sane discussions But when one of them is in Uttar Pradesh, with the Tthe superhuman size of Prime strongly with the poor that they be- turn into hate talk and Muslim- F Minister Narendra Modi’s victory came his captive vote bank over- bashing. At mid-point, Mr. Modi largest electorate in the country by far, the debate inev- in Uttar Pradesh. riding caste lines. brought in references to kabristan itably moves to the possible pointers for the 2019 Lok In the 1984 Lok Sabha election, and shamshan and his party chief, Sabha election. Even if the Bharatiya Janata Party’s vic- the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress won Voices on the ground Amit Shah, denounced his oppon- tory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand was expected, 83 of 85 seats from U.P. for a phe- At a grocery shop in Garhi Kanoura ents as “Kasab”, all of which be- the more than three-fourths majority was a surprise to nomenal vote share of 51%. How- in Lucknow, owner Shashi Gupta came licence to shame communit- supporters and detractors alike. Nearly three years ever, in the subsequent Assembly lavished praise upon Mr. Modi, ies, and in language unprintably after the Lok Sabha election, nothing much seems to election to U.P., the Congress’s calling him ‘nek’ (good), ‘saaf dil’ coarse in some places. The share of seats and votes dropped to (clean of heart) and ‘garibon ka Akhilesh Yadav government’s per- have changed on the electoral ground. The biggest 269 of 425 and 39.25%, masiha’ (messiah of the poor). ceived partisanship towards takeaway is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains respectively. Notebandi expectedly topped her Muslims and Yadavs was already an the pan-Indian face of the BJP, and the combination of In the 1991 Lok Sabha election, list of achievements by Mr. Modi, issue with voters who seized on the the promise of economic development and the the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but a surprise inclusion was the words of encouragement from Mr. propagation of a muscular nationalism is hard to beat. then riding the Ram temple wave, SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA 104 satellites sent up by ISRO. I Modi to openly air their prejudices. Those who thought that Mr. Modi’s popularity had won 51 seats from U.P., polling What these igures establish is alienated veterans, all vaporised tried to argue that the achievement A group of schoolboys on the peaked in 2014 were probably right, but instead of a 32.82%. The party continued its that in U.P, as perhaps elsewhere, under the force and energy that was the cumulative result of years road from Allahabad to Varanasi winning streak in the Lok Sabha, there is often a mismatch between Mr. Modi brought into the cam- of hard work and research. But she said temples in their villages had sharp decline from then on, his acceptance among getting 52 seats for 33.44% in 1996 the Lok Sabha and Assembly elec- paign. There was Mr. Modi and was adamant. Mr. Modi had said he been razed to build grand new voters seems to have reached a comfortable plateau. and 57 seats for 36.49% in 1998. tion performances of parties nothing beyond Mr. Modi. The had done it, so he had done it. Even mosques. A quick check revealed In both U.P. and Uttarakhand, the BJP’s vote share The BJP’s victory run ended eight primarily because the Assembly Prime Minister made every calcu- if it was a lie or an exaggeration, it this to be a dangerous exaggera- dipped only marginally, from 43.6% (together with years later in 1999 when its share of ield gets queered — both by factors lation, every estimate, the wildest didn’t matter. tion. At a wayside teashop in smaller allies) in 2014 to 41.4% in the former, and from seats and votes dropped to 29 and locally unique and relevant and by predictions irrelevant in a story The Prime Minister might have Sursanda village in Barabanki dis- 55.9% to 46.5% in Uttarakhand. In the absence of a 27.64%, respectively. the stronger presence of regional where he played all the parts. On become the butt of social media trict, Rajesh Yadav said he had united opposition, as in Bihar in 2015, the elections in actors. the campaign, the Congress vice- jokes for his frequent overseas vis- voted the SP but mentioned Ram A mismatch Rajiv Gandhi who was unstop- president, Rahul Gandhi, would its. But for the faithful, the travels mandir as a top priority. “We are both States were a stroll in the park. Any gains the Yet it was a diferent picture in the pable in 1984 was forced to con- joke that Mr. Modi was all about had raised the proile of the coun- Hindustan, not Kabristan or Samajwadi Party and the Congress made through an al- Assembly elections. In the 1991 As- front the Lok Dal, which had its himself: in the ilm he produced he try and brought it ‘samman’ (hon- Pakistan.” liance were lost because of the inighting in the SP, and sembly election, the BJP won 221 own sphere of inluence, in the was hero, director, writer, photo- our) — again a repeat of Mr. Modi’s At the Allahabad High Court owing to a slightly improved performance by the Bahu- seats for a vote share of 31.45%. But 1985 Assembly election. The Lok grapher all rolled into one. Ironic- own words without engagement where I met 30-odd lawyers, there jan Samaj Party, which at 22.2% polled 2.4% more of the this was a one-of performance. Dal picked up 84 seats then. In fact, ally, this came true but with a twist. with what these trips might have was near consensus on voting Mr. total votes in 2017 over 2014 despite inishing a poor The BJP lost all ive Assembly elec- most psephologists treat a gap of The ilm Mr. Modi produced was so actually achieved. The country’s Modi. But almost immediately, the tions held between 1993 and 2012. ive percentage points between the completely about himself that his prestige igured frequently in con- conversation degenerated into third. The SP leader and outgoing Chief Minister of Ut- Importantly, it lost the elections of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections own party became an extra in it versations, and in some places, xenophobic excoriation of tar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, did try to shed some of the 1993 and 1996 at a time when it as a given for any party on the pre- while all Mr. Gandhi could manage people simply said they liked Muslims. A woman lawyer associ- anti-incumbency baggage by distancing himself from held a majority of seats from the sumption of a preponderance of was a place in the audience. everything about Mr. Modi. What ated with the SP said that while she the old guard in the party, but in the process his party State in the Lok Sabha. The 1993 local factors in the latter. A day after a verdict that is in it- was everything? “Everything.” did not care for Mr. Modi, she liked came across as a divided house. Voters quite rightly re- loss was particularly noteworthy self a testament to Mr. Modi’s phe- The voices on the ground were him for not having ielded any fused to buy into the narrative that the failures on the because that election was held in The Modi imprint nomenal popularity, any recollec- too loud to miss. But who could Muslim on the 403 Assembly seats. law and order front and the shortcomings in gov- the backdrop of the December This long-held trend stands tion of the popular mood might have known that a Prime Minister When the winning party con- 1992 destruction of the Babri smashed with Mr. Modi’s stagger- appear redundant. But the recapit- would use the Lok Sabha format to sciously excludes Muslims from its ernance were entirely on account of an earlier genera- Masjid, which was thought to have ing haul of 312 seats for a vote share ulation is necessary if only to un- steamroll all local variations and calculations, what message does tion of leaders. If he was attempting to appeal to the placed the Hindutva-inspired BJP of 39.7% in the 2017 Assembly elec- derscore the extraordinary nature conlicts and wrest the biggest that send? When voters approv- youth, projecting himself and Congress vice-president in an unassailable position. Logic tion. How did this happen? The SP of the Prime Minister’s relation- mandate since the Janata Party ingly quote that decision as the Rahul Gandhi as the face of the campaign, he did not dictated that the BJP should have and the BSP, whose turn it was to ship with U.P. voters. On a tour of wave of 1977? That this happened reason for Mr. Modi’s impending quite succeed in it. A grand alliance of the kind that saw beneited from the post-Babri stand up and ight, collapsed in the the State, I met with people whose breaking past trends is a warning victory, what does it portend for In- the BJP lose in Bihar would have had to include the BSP, Masjid Hindu consolidation. How- face of the Modi machine. A host of faith in Mr. Modi was so absolute sign for more than one reason. The dia’s future? As Mr. Modi celebrates unthinkable though it is given the caste dynamics at ever, the party was stopped in its imponderables, among them local that they parroted his every line faith Mr. Modi’s voters have placed his victory, he should also relect tracks in the Assembly by the preferences, absence of a Chief with conviction, refusing to even in him would frighten anyone not on the true essence of the BJP’s play. But BSP supremo Mayawati did herself no favours emergence of the identity-based Ministerial face, rebel contestants, consider the possibility that there as supremely self-conident as he election slogan, sabka saath sabka by continuing to be averse to a pre-poll tie-up, while dis- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and not to mention the 100-odd dal- might be exaggerations in his is. Surrender on this scale can be vikas. playing an unseemly readiness to align after the elec- Samajwadi Party (SP) as powerful badlus (party hoppers) ielded by claims — whether made in the both empowering and disem- tion without any ideological compunctions. The BSP, regional players. the BJP overlooking the claims of course of his ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio powering. It can nudge Mr. Modi, [email protected] which has allied with the SP and the BJP at diferent points, needs to reconsider this strategy if it wants to expand beyond its core Dalit constituency. The party may not have held much appeal for minorities, despite ield- ing Muslims in about one-fourth of the total seats. In the The Congress’s Punjab lifeline present political climate, in the absence of a Bihar-type grand alliance it would appear that the BJP’s rivals can Its traditional support base and the Akali supporters’ votes helped the party fend of the AAP threat do little but hope that Prime Minister Modi squanders his goodwill over the next two years in a series of polit- Punjab across the three electoral re- sembly constituencies when it was ency/booth levels, which are ical missteps and administrative failures in delivering gions. It also got the traditional not considered a party that could important, as local issues and Akali supporters’ vote that was sup- win. However, instead of presenting factors dominated the elections. It on promises. posed to go to the Aam Aadmi Party itself as a real alternative, AAP’s showed as the party focussed on as (AAP) due to Operation Blue Star as Delhi-based leadership allowed the many as 69 seats in the Malwa re- f Uttarakhand, as in the case of Uttar Pradesh, stuck to I well as the anti-Sikh riots, followed dominance of the non-Punjabi lead- gion in the hope of a sweep and in the 2014 script, Punjab voted very diferently. The BJP by widespread human rights viola- ership during the whole process of the process ignored the other two was only a junior partner in the alliance led by the Shir- ashutosh kumar tions targeting Sikh youth. The fact campaigning and also resorted to electoral regions — 25 seats in Majha omani Akali Dal. Also, the alliance sufered greatly from that the AAP failed to gain signiic- reckless expulsion of its Punjab and 23 seats in the Doaba regions. the anti-incumbency factor, having completed two he unprecedented victory in ant support in the southern Malwa State leaders and workers on limsy As the result shows, the party failed terms in oice. Actually, Punjab was more important Punjab has come as a major region shows that the party has charges. This not only demoralised to sweep the Malwa region, winning been unable to corner the anti-Akali the party workers but also disen- only 18 seats, got only two seats for the Congress than it was for the BJP. A loss to the Tmorale booster for the Con- gress party, which has been strug- vote as this belt has been bufeted chanted regionally rooted Punjabi from Doaba and no seat from Ma- emerging Aam Aadmi Party would have been dis- gling since its debacle in the 2014 by large-scale farmer indebtedness, voters. In the Congress’s Amarinder jha. Nevertheless, the AAP as the astrous, with long-term implications across the coun- general election followed by a series cash crop failures and farmer sui- Singh, these voters looking for main Opposition party is a good try. But the fact that the party held of the challenge of defeats in the States where it once cides. The Akalis have lost their tra- change saw not only the possibility omen for the beleaguered State from Arvind Kejriwal’s party is in no small measure held power. Punjab may not be a ditional voters due to the party be- AKHILESH KUMAR of getting rid of the corrupt Akali ighting not only economic decline thanks to Captain Amarinder Singh, its chief ministerial large State in terms of the number of ing held responsible for taking away Sacha Sauda and seeking their sup- government but also a sense of con- but also the drug menace and candidate. In recent years, the Congress and the BJP Lok Sabha constituencies, but as a the autonomy of the sacred Akal port in search of the sizeable Dalit tinuity in the form of a stable gov- crime. The party has shown that it borderland, Sikh majority State Takht and politicising/manipulat- ernment led by a strong, experi- can efectively use social media and have reversed their roles. The Congress, which once vote, a segment the party failed to with a troubled past, it is much ing the Shiromani Gurdwara Parb- accommodate in its power enced Punjabi leader with a mobilise youth to pressure the Con- boasted of strong national leaders and little-known re- more important than the numbers andhak Committee to further its structure. relatively clean image. He had stood gress government to fulil its poll gional satraps, is now in a situation where it needs speak. political ends. The party’s failure to up to the Congress top leadership promises and set right governance. strong leaders at the State level to make up for Rahul Looking at the massive victory of punish the culprits who desecrated Losing the plot on regional issues such as the Sutlej The AAP efect was visible in the Gandhi’s relative lack of charismatic appeal at the na- the Congress, it is quite clear that the holy Guru Granth Sahib has The Congress’s massive victory is Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal. Congress’s manifesto and during tional level. The Congress cannot aford to be in the the party has not only been able to been another reason. This was com- also due to the failure of the AAP to The AAP also sufered in terms of the campaign. pounded by the party openly hob- resources as well as a lack of know- hands of a small and insular coterie. If it is to replicate manage its traditional support base cash on its impressive debut in 2014 that comes from both Hindus and nobbing with the various Deras in- when the party not only got 24% of ledge of the relevant social and eco- elsewhere its success in Punjab, the party needs to Ashutosh Kumar is Professor, Department Sikhs but also from rural and urban cluding the controversial Dera the vote share but also led in 33 As- nomic determinants at the constitu- of Political Science, Panjab University learn from Amarinder Singh, who was much more alive to the threat from the AAP than the national leadership was. As the BJP concentrates power in the hands of one LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. person, a risky as well as undesirable approach to adopt for any party, the Congress needs to do exactly the op- The inal tally is an enviable feat. The It appears that the BJP its grassroots, purge itself of social cause (“Will never Staving of de-growth posite. No matter what it believes of itself, the Congress The BJP’s landslide victory people of Uttar Pradesh learnt its lessons from the power-brokers and contest polls again: Irom”, The warning on the dire is no longer the natural party of government. It is the in Uttar Pradesh has clearly might have believed that a Bihar debacle. The positive sycophants, and conduct March 12). straits in which the IT BJP that has emerged to occupy this space in the altered stamped its presence there stable government headed outcome of these elections organisational elections in a S.P.A. Ganesh, industry is in today is timely political environment. Whether the party likes it or not, after it gained a strong by a single party would help has been the fact that it has free and fair manner. The Madurai (‘Columnwidth’ page – “IT’s the Congress will have to build a credible opposition to foothold with the 2014 them in development. The sounded the death knell of Aam Aadmi Party which new, improved skills the BJP, little by little, State by State, instead of trying to general election. The result erosion of the Indian caste, identity and sectarian lattered to deceived has ■ The Nehru-Gandhi problem”, March 12). The pit Mr. Gandhi against the vastly more experienced Mr. has also put an end to the National Congress’s base politics. It is an undisputed also came a cropper. family’s hold on the forecast that 65% would be negativity surrounding should be cause for fact that the electoral Like in every other election, Congress is so strong that no left without a job or become Modi in what is clearly an unequal battle. demonetisation and concern. As its vice- fortunes of the Grand Old the voter has proved that he other leader barring Rahul redundant in the near For the Congress, there is little comfort to be had in demonstrated people’s president has said, the Party, the Indian National cannot be taken for granted. Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi future is scary. IT provides inishing as the single largest party in Manipur and Goa. unlinching faith in the party’s ight has to continue Congress, is at a low. The B. Suresh Kumar, Vadra can think of leading the bulk of employment in Given that the BJP is in power at the Centre, the smaller Prime Minister and his to win back the hearts and consolation win in Punjab is Coimbatore the party. Strong regional India in the private sector parties might be more inclined to back a non-Congress assurance of development. minds of the people. It is insuicient to ofset the rout satraps such as Captain and IT professionals should ■ government in the two States. Even if it does manage to The caste-based calculus going to be an uphill task. in U.P. and Uttarakhand. The elections have thrown Amarinder Singh are hard hone their skills. At no time form the government in one or both States, the Con- that the major Opposition Jiji Panicker K., The defeat of its candidates diferent perspectives for to come by. There will be should they take their job parties tried to use in Uttar Chengannur, Kerala in the Assembly segments of the future political war few takers for the BJP’s for granted, especially when gress will ind it diicult to ensure political stability. Pradesh has apparently not Amethi and Rai Bareili, room manager. E.V.R shibboleth of a ‘Congress- ofshore opportunities are That the BJP was able to substantially increase its pres- worked, as can be seen in ■ The BJP’s emphatic considered to be its Periyar, V.O. Chidambaram Mukt Bharat’ as it is evident likely to shrink. The ence in Manipur is perhaps an indication of things to the wide-ranging support victory can be attributed to bastions, has added insult to Pillai and Mahakavi C. that the two-party system mushrooming of IT colleges come in the rest of northeastern India. However, while the BJP has received from a the continued and unabated injury. Subramania Bharati, who works well in a democracy should be curbed as most of it can claim it did well in Manipur despite inishing be- cross-section of society. The popularity of Prime The Congress refuses to pushed for social change, to provide the much-needed them lack basic hind the Congress, the BJP will be hard put to explain its Uttarakhand result has also Minister Narendra Modi, the learn from history which did not use the election checks and balances. The infrastructural facilities. reinforced the BJP’s coordinated strategy by can be attributed to its route to drive their question, however, arises: The government cannot somewhat lacklustre performance in Goa, where it was standing. The only verdict party president Amit Shah disconnect with the ideology. Had they can Rahul and Priyanka aford a situation where in power and sufered a steep fall in votes in comparison that has come as a face saver and a battery of Union grassroots coupled with its contested, they too would work together? He needs to there is a surge in to 2014. But even if the Modi magic has its limits and for the beleaguered Ministers who campaigned obstinate obsession to have lost miserably, but introspect and pursue unemployment in a vast cannot work at the same level everywhere, 2017 Congress is Punjab. Here extensively in the State. invoke dynastic politics. perhaps not on the scale politics as a full-time country like India and must showed that 2014 was no lash in the pan. The BJP is now too it is because of the Undoubtedly, the prime However, it would be that the Iron lady of occupation or hand over the be proactive by investing in the natural party of government, and the performance incumbency factor. architect of the glorious and premature to script the Manipur has faced. As reins of power to his sister other key industries. of the Congress will depend on how well it is able to B. Gurumurthy, authoritative win has been epitaph of the Congress someone referred to her to keep the wheels of the V. Subramanian, Madurai Mr. Modi who struck a party which has bounced loss on Twitter, it’s clear party moving. Chennai combine with other Opposition parties. chord with the vast back strongly from crises. that elections cannot Kangayam R. Narasimhan, more letters online: ■ The BJP’s landslide victory multitude of people. The party needs to nourish adjudicate the ight for a Chennai www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

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supported the BJP in good numbers, as no party has got such a huge ma- fruitful reportage jority in the State since 1980. The unprincipled SP-Congress alli- An opinion poll is an inadequate tool to comprehend ance, the personal attacks on the Prime Minister by the BJP’s rivals, the will of the people M. Venkaiah Naidu poor governance, lack of development, and the side-lining of SP patri- jections from the day on which the survey arch Mulayam Singh Yadav have ap- was conducted to the swing forward into vot- By completely rejecting the politics parently not gone down well with ing day. I tend to agree with sociologist Her- of negativism adopted by the Con- voters in U.P. The BJP juggernaut also bert Gans: “Polls are not the best represent- gress and its allies, the people in Ut- decimated the Bahujan Samaj Party, ative of the popular will, for people’s tar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have which was a formidable force. The answers to pollster questions are not quite hugely endorsed the historic demon- BSP’s caste and communal politics A.S. Panneerselvan the same as their opinions — or, for that mat- etisation drive to curb the twin evils and its corrupt image cost the party ter, public opinion.” The electoral outcome of black money and corruption. At dearly in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls is an organic manifestation of the people’s the same time, the verdict of the As- and again now. Journalists try to explain political dynamics will. An opinion poll is an inadequate tool to sembly elections in these States Anti-incumbency apparently during elections through electoral arithmetic comprehend this democratic spirit. shows that the people are in full sync played its part in Punjab. However, it and electoral chemistry. While they rely on a The Pew Research Center published an with the National Democratic Alli- was a remarkable performance by range of statistics for the former, they try to article, ‘Why 2016 election polls missed their ance’s development agenda of ‘Sabka the BJP in Manipur where its vote gauge the popular mood of the people mark’, listing three major factors: non-re- Saath, Sabka Vikas’. share increased from 2.12% in 2012 to through field reporting to discern the latter. sponse bias, many of those who were polled The election results have shown over 34% now. Similarly, in Ut- However, over the last two decades, opinion were simply not honest about whom they in- that the ‘Modi magic’ continues un- tarakhand, it went up from 33.13% in polls seem to have replaced conventional tended to vote for, and the way pollsters abated. The charisma of Prime Minis- 2012 to over 45% now. The inroads journalistic wisdom. Media houses, espe- identify likely voters. The Pew Research Cen- ter Narendra Modi and the political made by the party in the Northeast- cially television channels, began giving ter explains non-response bias: “It is possible stratagem of Amit Shah have proved ern States — Assam earlier and now primacy to surveys — both pre-poll and post- that the frustration and anti-institutional to be too good for the Bharatiya Manipur — is noteworthy. poll — to capture the political trend. feelings that drove the Trump campaign may Janata Party’s political opponents to The Congress was so desperate in Relying on opinion polls to get an idea of also have aligned with an unwillingness to throw a spanner in the BJP’s unstop- Jubilance: “These results show a total and overwhelming support for the war U.P. that it readily accepted the SP’s which way the political wind is blowing has respond to polls.” The article concedes that pable march as a true pan-India against corruption and black money.” BJP supporters and workers celebrating invitation to join hands after having turned out to be a futile exercise since the identifying likely voters is “is a notoriously party. With some political observers the Assembly election results at the party headquarters in New Delhi. PTI declared Sheila Dikshit as the chief ‘India Shining’ campaign of the National difficult task”. describing the just-concluded elec- ministerial candidate. This kind of Democratic Alliance in 2004. Barring excep- tions in five States as the semi-finals the BJP in the Hindi heartland leadership of Mr. Modi. opportunism certainly did not go tions, most polls have got their numbers round for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, against the backdrop of the game- Since 2014, the Prime Minister has well with the people and added to wrong. The astounding victory crafted by the BJP is confident that the NDA will changing decision to invalidate high- changed the mindset of the people. the existential crisis that the Con- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya comfortably clinch the final too. value currency is all the more sweet They are now giving top priority to gress is facing. In fact, political ob- Janata Party president Amit Shah in Uttar since many political and media pun- development and treating it as the servers are crediting the victory of Pradesh was not captured by any poll. Response from rivals dits treated the elections as a referen- new religion. Mr. Modi proved to be the Congress in Punjab solely to the While the people once again dis- dum on demonetisation. The glee on the greatest unifier of all sections in image of former Chief Minister Am- Getting it wrong played their wisdom and dismissed the faces of the critics of demonetisa- the country while exposing the real arinder Singh and not to Rahul The Indian media is not alone in this conun- the opportunistic alliance of the tion must be lost, as their assump- face of the pseudo-secularists. Gandhi. That in itself casts a long drum called opinion polls. Most polls in the Samajwadi Party and the Congress in tion that it would spell disaster for The groundswell of support to the shadow on the future of the current U.K. did not predict the Brexit result and the U.P., and also voted in favour of the the BJP has been proved wrong. In- BJP reflects the fact that several pro- Congress leadership and the policies American polls failed to predict Donald GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO BJP in Uttarakhand, a similar kind of stead of ‘votebandi’, it was total and poor schemes launched by the NDA it has pushed in recent years. Trump’s victory. In India, recent examples Many questions maturity and grace was lacking from overwhelming support for the war government are yielding dividends at Interestingly, the Aam Aadmi have been the failure to predict the victory of The problem with journalism, which is akin the BJP’s political rivals. Instead of against corruption and black money. the grassroots level. Schemes such as Party, which hoped to spread its the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra to the social sciences, is that it wants to accepting the mandate for what it is, Almost in every election from the the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, wings, could not make significant in- Kazhagam (AIADMK) in Tamil Nadu in 2016 mimic the fundamental sciences. Why the leaders of some of the political Panchayat to the Lok Sabha after under which LPG connections are roads because of its cheap politics and the victory of the grand alliance of the should it strive for a number? Is it not parties mocked the people’s choice November 8, people have unambigu- given to BPL families, have made a and lacklustre performance in Delhi. Janata Dal (United), the Rashtriya Janata Dal enough if it explains the processes, the play- and charged the BJP with polarising ously endorsed demonetisation. Be it huge impact in U.P. and elsewhere. The splendid showing by the BJP is and the Congress in Bihar in 2015. David ers and the different possible outcomes? the elections in U.P. Does this mean the by-elections to the Lok Sabha or Overall, 1,89,07,427 connections a huge endorsement of its develop- Uberti of Columbia Journalism Review in an What is the place for guesstimates that mas- that all those who voted for the BJP Assemblies, or the series of muni- were given all over the country till ment agenda and total negation of essay, ‘How polling data can be dangerous querade as scientific predictions in daily have suddenly become communal, cipal elections in Maharashtra, March 10, 2017. Similarly, 6,53,32,419 the obstructionist politics. The res- for political journalists’, explained the pit- journalism? Some questions for which I have but were secular earlier? Odisha, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattis- loans were sanctioned under the Pra- ults have shown that BJP has estab- falls in relying on opinion polls to gauge the not got convincing answers are: Is there an One leader went to the extent of garh and Chandigarh, people have dhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, which lished supremacy in around 60% of political mood. ideal sample size? Is there a proven formula outrageously attributing the BJP’s supported the BJP provides micro credit of up to ₹10 the constituencies that went to polls. I had a humbling experience with pre- to convert the vote share to the number of historic win to the tampering of Elec- post-demonetisation. lakh to small entrepreneurs. A big message from this round of election opinion polls in 1998. I was working seats? Is it possible to extrapolate the vote tronic Voting Machines. Can any- The mandate in U.P. clearly elections is that the BJP has emerged for Outlook magazine and we commissioned share pattern of one region to a larger unit, thing be more illogical or puerile? showed the mood of the nation — Support across sections as a true national party of the com- AC Nielsen to do the survey. We predicted a say, a State or the country? Apart from the Prime Minister’s people preferred the leadership, With a huge increase in the vote mon man, a huge shift from being landslide victory for the Dravida Munnetra In this context, I am delighted with this magnetism, the dedication and hard credibility and experience of Prime share of the BJP in U.P. — from 15% in viewed only as a nationalist party in Kazhagam and Tamil Manila Congress front. newspaper’s decision to deploy its resources work of the rank and file of the party Minister Modi to the unprincipled 2012 to about 40% now — the results the past. Instead, the AIADMK-led front made a dra- in extensive reportage and to not commis- and the numerous pro-poor, pro- SP-Congress alliance and the inex- show that the Modi-led BJP has won matic comeback. I had to write an article ex- sion election surveys. Surveys have a specu- farmer and pro-women schemes of perience of its leaders. The results re- the confidence of various sections, M. Venkaiah Naidu is Minister for plaining our failure. Partha Rakshit, Man- lative quality to them. Good reports, on the the NDA government contributed to flect the endorsement of three including the minorities, Dalits and Information and Broadcasting, Urban aging Director of AC Nielsen, wrote a other hand, always capture a sliver of life. the BJP’s win. MODIs — Mood of Developing India, backward classes across U.P. It is ob- Development, Housing and Urban Poverty supplementary piece, ‘Hazards of Forecast- The spectacular performance of Making of Developed India, and the vious that Muslims across U.P. also Alleviation, Government of India ing’, that talked about the problems in pro- [email protected]

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FIFTY YEARS AGO MARCH 13, 1967 Allowing for a sibling Suharto made acting President Army leader General Suharto was sworn in as acting President How the Chinese took advantage of the of Indonesia to-night [March 12] in a ceremony broadcast live easing of the one-child policy would over Radio Jakarta. General Suharto was sworn in by General Abdul Haris Nasution, Chairman of the supreme policy-mak- ascertain the two-child policy’s impact ing People’s Consultative Congress. Applause broke out in the Garimella Subramaniam packed Istora Senayan Stadium when General Nasution announced to the Congress that the oath was about to be admin- istered. General Suharto in his first speech as acting President This January, China’s National told Congress that the decision of the session to install him as Health and Family Planning Com- acting Head of State is the result of the unity of the New Order mission (NHFPC) announced that (new administration) which he should implement with a full there were 17.86 million births in sense of responsibility. 2016, a 7.9% increase from 2015 when the country’s controversial one-child policy came to an end. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO MARCH 13, 1917 About 45% of babies were born to families that already had one child, Burglaries in Calcutta it said. The NHFPC also anticipates

AFP a baby boom, estimating the num- On Sunday night an unknown person entered a house in Ri- ber of births annually to be pon Street occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Pereira. The man effected between 17 and 20 million by 2020. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC entrance in to the bed room of Mrs. Pereira. She noticed the In February, the NHFPC said the government was contem- CONCEPTUAL SHELF HELP intruder but before she could raise an alarm the man threw a plating incentives to parents so that they would not be de- blanket over her face which had the effect of producing un- terred by the economic burdens that would result from having consciousness. On regaining her senses she found that her a second baby. Providing maternity and paternity leave and Noumenon/ The limits of identity politics wardrobe had been rifled and approximately Rs. 100 in cash provisions for parents to attend to sick children are among the Philosophy and notes and about Rs. 300 worth of jewellery were stolen. proposals. A reading list to understanding this juncture in U.P. On an examination being made, a quantity of white powder The two claims may seem contradictory, but they are not. Is it possible for human be- was found sprinkled over the blanket that had been thrown The confusion can be ascribed largely to the relegation in re- ings to know noumenon, Srinivasan Ramani Other Backward Classes the Jatavs, there was al- over her face. The miscreant, it is said, again visited the house portage, over the decades, of the regional variations in the en- not the phenomenon that occupying centre-stage in ways the possibility of re- on two succeeding nights. He is described as a tall dark Indian. forcement of the one-child norm, which was always selective is accessible to their senses The BJP’s victory in U.P. is politics, a process that was sentment among other in its application, with several signiicant exemptions under- and perception, but the quite a watershed. The accelerated after the im- communities limiting the pinning the rule. thing-in-itself, the object in party has come to power plementation of the Man- chances for these parties. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC existence outside of their in the State before, but dal Commission recom- In the run-up to the Wrestling with old virtues experience? Immanuel never with such a high mendations in politics. 2017 elections, the SP no- DATA POINT In the 1970s and ’80s, the Chinese were schooled in the virtues Kant posited that humans vote share (more than 41% The rise of the BSP, from ticed this frailty and of not adding to the number of children to be fed and clothed. could infer through ra- along with allies). Yet, be- an interest group repres- sought to project Chief Correspondingly, ofspring of the one-child era have become tional faculties the nature sides the BJP’s win, what is enting the Dalits to a polit- Minister Akhilesh Yadav as alive to the opportunity cost of raising a larger family. of objects and events in significant in this election ical force, is also docu- the face of development, Moreover, oicial surveys point to a large number of women the universe, but we will is the rout of the SP and mented in the book. taking a leaf from Prime who are not particularly keen to have a second child. Also, not be able to know the the BSP, two representat- ‘Ethnic parties’, as Minister Narendra Modi’s there is an estimated decline of a few million in the number of “things-in-themselves” dir- ives of the ‘Mandal era’ or, political scientist Kanchan book. The BSP, on the women in the child-bearing age in the coming years. This is the ectly other than as repres- more accurately, lower Chandra termed them in other hand, attempted context for additional incentives to sustain the recent rise in entations. This “unknow- caste assertion in Indian her book, Why Ethnic something new, a coali- child births. ability” not only politics. Parties Succeed, managed tion of the “underpriv- Regarding the selective nature of the one-child policy, the circumscribes the limits of As political scientist to do well in States where ileged” in a Dalit-Muslim 2015 shift removed its last remnant. Under a 2013 relaxation, a human understanding, it Christophe Jaffrelot ar- voters registered their alliance, but which couple was permitted to have two children if either parent was also collapses dualisms of gues in his book, India’s Si- political choice based on echoed the same paramet- an only child. That was an improvement on the 2000 exemp- subject-object, appear- lent Revolution, the evolu- the ethnic head count of ers that were set for ethnic tion, which allowed couples to have a second child only if both ance-reality and idealism- tion of India’s support for the party. This identity politics in U.P. parents had no siblings. There were other concessions too, in materialism. There can post-Independence polity choice was also because The reasons for the suc- rural areas, such as the option to have a second child if the irst- only be relative perception — from being dominated U.P. and other parts of In- cess of the BJP needs to be born was either a girl or a disabled infant. A still less noticed, of things, not absolute by a single party (the Con- dia had a patronage demo- studied more thoroughly. but nonetheless important, exemption was the freedom na- perception. gress) to a multifarious, cracy, where the govern- But it is clear that the tional minorities were allowed from the population control deeply “regionalised” sys- ment could monopolise politics practised by the policy. tem — was made possible resource distribution on SP and the BSP has Thus, the prospects of the current approach would neces- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC by a “silent revolution” of an ethnic basis. But polit- reached a cul-de-sac and sarily vary, depending on the extent to which people in difer- the lower castes. This re- ics of this kind is limiting. requires reinvention. Per- ent regions took advantage of the easing of the earlier norm. A MORE ON volution played itself out With the SP’s strongest haps these parties could challenge for the Chinese government would be to raise invest- THE WEB distinctly and during a dif- support and dominant go beyond ethnic head ment in the provision of child-care services, when it is already ferent time period but ethnic base restricting it- counts and address the faced with a large ageing population and shrinking numbers in That Holi feeling surely in south and north self to the Yadavs and real reasons for lower the working-age population. http://bit.ly/holiceleb India. It resulted in the Muslims, and the BSP’s to caste assertion.

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE U.P. to boost BJP tally in RS Modi sets 2022 In Manipur, BJP From April 2018, the balance in the Upper House will tilt in favour of the party as a milestone cobbles up numbers Nistula Hebbar Congress tally of 59. The NEW DELHI Congress numbers are often Lauds BJP president Amit Shah Though the Congress support of 32 MLAs instead Come April 2018, the Union boosted by oppositional emerged as the single of 31. According to Manipur government can look for- unity on certain issues. The Nistula Hebbar loan waiver for farmers and largest party in Manipur Congress leadership 55- ward to easier passage of le- large number of members NEW DELHI no interest on agricultural winning 28 seats, seven year-old Ashad Uddin, an in- gislation. The spectacular being rotated from the States “I am not a person who only credit, Mr. Modi had some more than the BJP, both dependent MLA who won victory of the Bharatiya where the BJP is now in does things with a mind to words of solace for the were equally poised till from Jiribam Assembly seat Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh power will change that situ- elections. I have a milestone middle class, whose burden, Sunday morning with the securing 8189 votes, had as- and Uttarakhand will give ation. of 2022 when India com- he said, could only be BJP having support of re- sured his support to Con- the party all the elbow room pletes 75 years of Independ- lightened by an empowered gional parties. However, the gress. However, when he it needs in the Rajya Sabha, Presidential polls ence. We all should take a poor. “In many cases, the mysterious disappearance reached Imphal Airport where it has been impaired When it comes to the presid- pledge of something good middle class has to bear the of Mr Ashad Uddin from Im- with another Congress by a lack of numbers thus ential election too, the BJP that we want to contribute burden of paying taxes, of phal Airport during the day leader Abdul Nasir, he was far. has nearly covered the gap to the country and promise maintaining public services which Congress claimed taken snatched away by the In almost a year from to the magic number. to fulfil that pledge by etc. That burden must be was an “ abduction” turned BJP leaders, Congress now, elections will be held to The presidential polls are 2022,” Prime Minister Nar- lightened, and that can only tables in the favour of the alleged. 58 Rajya Sahba seats, includ- held based on an electoral endra Modi said, addressing happen when the poor are BJP. “We have the support of According to reports the ing the largest chunk of 10 college of MPs of both party workers here. empowered. My vision for 31 members required to independent MLA was taken from Uttar Pradesh, eight of Houses of Parliament and His personal app, NaMo ‘New India’ is about em- form the Government. The away from Manipur in a which the BJP is in a position MLAs of State legislatures, app, has been running this powering the poor with op- letter from the 31st MLA will private chartered flight. to win. Numbers game: The BJP will get all the elbow room it needs with each vote accorded pledge since late on Sunday portunities, the only thing reach the Governor soon,” In the changed circum- in the Rajya Sabha, where it has been impaired by a lack of weight according to the pop- afternoon, with subscribers that will propel India for- BJP general secretary Ram stances Congress MLA T. Current numbers numbers thus far. ulation of the State and other being asked to dedicate five ward,” he said. Madhav said at a press con- Shyamkumar faces disquali- Now, the Samajwadi Party calculations. years to the cause of their Lauding BJP president ference where the repres- fication bringing the num- holds six of those 10 seats, The SP will be reduced to 13 (five seats), Maharashtra The electoral college has choice, ranging from wo- Amit Shah, Mr. Modi tried to entatives of the regional ber strength to the house to the Bahujan Samaj Party seats from the current 18, (six), Gujarat (four) and Ra- 10,98,882 votes. After Sat- men’s empowerment to allay fears of a majoritarian parties were also present. 59 so the BJP can manage (BSP) two (including the seat and the BSP to four from six. jasthan (three), all of which urday’s verdict, the NDA is fighting corruption, to pro- government in Uttar Pra- He however, refused to dis- majority with 30 seats. Ac- of party chief Mayawati), and Pramod Tiwari of the Con- ruled by the BJP. Andhra Pra- only short of 24,552 votes, moting cashless transac- desh and Uttarakhand close the name of the 31 st cording to reports certain the BJP and the Congress gress too will retire from the desh will send in three new where the gap was 79,274 tions. (where the party did not MLA. other Congress members one each. Upper House next April. members in that round of earlier. With this, some long- After taking a decisive field a single Muslim candid- Emerging from Raj may also announce there The retirement of these Some of the other States polls. The BJP, at present, delayed policy changes pro-poor shift in policy and ate), saying that once elec- Bhawan Mr Biswa Sarma, support to the BJP on MPs means the BJP’s kitty that will be sending in mem- has 56 seats in the Upper might be pushed through by in campaign rhetoric in the ted, governments had “no said that the party now has Monday. going up in the Rajya Sabha. bers are Madhya Pradesh House, three short of the the government. recent elections, including a right to discriminate”.

BJP revokes Dissipated Jat anger lets RLD down Dayashankar More than doubles vote share but only wins Chhaprauli by a small margin suspension

Mohammad Ali which was “more than Press Trust of India MEERUT double its vote share in Lok Lucknow “This time, we have shown Sabha polls”, its poor per- The BJP on Sunday revoked our anger to the BJP (Bhar- formance in its strongholds the suspension of Day- atiya Janata Party). If was just the beginning of a ashankar Singh, who had Muslims side with us, then fresh crisis for survival for allegedly made derogatory the BJP will be wiped out the party. remarks against Bahujan from Jat land,” Kapil, a 38- “The audio recording of Samaj Party supremo year-old Jat voter in the Amit Shah’s meeting with Mayawati. Hathikaronda village of the the Jat leadership, which was Mr. Dayashankar’s wife BJP gets down to Thana Bhawan constituency strategically leaked, had Swati Singh, who is also the in Shamli, had told The quite an impact on the com- head of the BJP women’s business to pick CMs Hindu after voting on Febru- munity. It actually scared the wing, won the Assembly ary 11. When the result came community and got at least polls from the Sarojini In the case of U.P., things ister, a position he has held out on Saturday, it turned half of the Jats to its side by Nagar seat of Lucknow. had already swung into mo- before. However, no senior out that he was only a part of the time the Jat[-dominated] “Suspension of Day- tion in the top echelons of leader was willing to con- a section of the community, lands went to polls on Febru- ashankar Singh has been the party and the Sangh firm any name. albeit a significant part, ary 11. Finally it was Hindu revoked by party State parivar on Saturday morn- Other front runners in- which remained with the consolidation in the BJP’s fa- president Keshav Prasad ing even as results were clude State BJP chief Keshav Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) till Impacting minds: BJP president Amit Shah during an election roadshow in Meerut. PTI vour. So even though we did Maurya,” party spokesman coming in. According to Prasad Maurya and Union the day of voting. The manage to get a significant Harish Chandra Srivastava senior sources in the BJP, Minister for Telecommunic- Muslim candidate of the ing. Over half of the com- Shamli. In the Baraut seat in the community at the begin- share of Jat votes, that was said. Prime Minister Narendra ations Manoj Sinha. party, Javed Rao, could get munity, especially its young, Baghpat, and Mant and ning of the campaign, had by certainly not enough to win,” After Mr. Singh had Modi spoke to RSS joint gen- In the case of Ut- only 31,275 votes in a seat chose to side with the BJP by Baldev in Mathura, the party the end of it successfully said a senior party leader on made remarks against Ms. eral secretary Krishna Go- tarakhand too, no confirma- that has over 50,000 Jat the time the election day managed to take the second managed to communicate to condition of anonymity, Mayawati, an FIR was re- pal, in charge of co-ordinat- tions were forthcoming. votes. came. spot. The RLD lost the Mant the Jat community that their even as the top RLD leader- gistered against him on ing between the BJP and the “Under the Hindu calendar, So the party that had nine seat by just 432 votes. In the vote against the BJP would ship kept mum. July 20 last year under the RSS, on various names be- especially in north India, Not sustained MLAs in the previous Uttar rest of the seats, it came a only “aid and ensure forma- Ashok Baliyan, a Jat Scheduled Castes and ing considered for the post the period before Holi is not According to leaders of the Pradesh Assembly ended up distant third or even several tion of a government by farmer activist in Muzaf- Scheduled Tribes (Preven- of U.P. chief minister. considered auspicious for RLD, the full-steam party with just one MLA from its notches down. Its vote share Muslims”. farnagar told The Hindu that tion of Atrocities) Act and Mr. Shah met Union any such big announce- campaign, which was traditional bastion of Ch- varied between 40,000- making Jat anger central to other provisions. Home Minister Rajnath ments. The situation in Goa centred on Jat anger against haprauli in Baghpat, which 20,000 in areas that used to Vote share rises its campaign, the RLD had The issue was taken up Singh on Sunday before the was such that decisions had the BJP for not providing re- the party managed to win be its strongholds. Though party workers high- sent across a message of de- by Ms. Mayawati in the Lok parliamentary board, set- to be made fast. In U.P. and servation to the community with a small margin of 3,842 Several party leaders at lighted that the only consola- feating the BJP, but it did not Sabha and later the BJP had ting off speculation that Mr Uttarakhand there is no and “exploiting” it in the af- votes. It fared badly in its the district level told The tion to the RLD leadership offer anything concrete to suspended Mr. Singh, who Singh could be a front run- such hurry,” said a senior termath of the riots, could bastions of Baghpat, Math- Hindu that the BJP, which was that the party increased the Jat youth, which led to was the vice-president in ner in the race for chief min- party leader. not sustain till the day of vot- ura, Muzaffarnagar and had a poor relationship with its vote share to 15,45,676 their desertion of the party. BJP’s State unit. Modi arrives to a hero’s Split Muslim vote sees BJP Our struggle will welcome at BJP head oice home in many U.P. seats continue: Akhilesh Ecstatic supporters join roadshow of Prime Minister Community members voted either for SP or BSP Urges party to reach out to people

Soumya Pillai Mohammad Ali Press Trust of India New Delhi Meerut Lucknow Saffron banners jostled with A split in the Muslim votes After suffering a crushing BJP flags as thousands of en- and confusion on the ability defeat in the Uttar Pradesh thusiastic supporters of candidates to take on the Assembly elections, SP chief cheered and celebrated on BJP are key reasons for the Akhilesh Yadav and party Sunday at Prime Minister disastrous performance of partron Mulayam Singh Ya- Narendra Modi’s roadshow both the Bahujan Samaj dav on Sunday met party to mark the party’s victory Party (BSP) and Samajwadi workers and leaders and in Uttar Pradesh and Party-Congress alliance. This asked them to reach out to Uttarakhand. was true especially in west- the people and strengthen Crowds in saffron caps ern Uttar Pradesh, where the outfit. seats, could only win 47 and kurtas started marching the minority community is During the meet, Mr. seats this time despite the towards the BJP office at dominant in many districts. Akhilesh told party men party’s aggressive campaign Ashoka Road from 3 p.m. — In more than two dozen that the Samajwadi Party against its rival BJP. some danced to the beat of seats, the division of Muslim was not only a party, but an In the days preceding the drums, others smeared gulal votes benefited the saffron ideology, and that “our elections, an internal feud [red color] over fellow sup- Euphoria prevails: PM Narendra Modi being welcomed at the party — even in communally Path to victory: Brijesh Pathak, left, who won the Deoband struggle will continue”. erupted in the SP with Mr. porters and many stopped party headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI polarised areas of Muzaf- seat in U.P., during election campaigning. RAJEEV BHATT Akhilesh on one side and to click selfies with life-size farnagar and Shamli, the Will analyse results Mr. Mulayam on the other. cut-outs of Mr. Modi and have seen him on TV many Mr. Modi started his walk to minority community did not 689 votes. These results be- Ali and BSP’s Majid Ali. As a “You all should reach out to Though a semblance of or- party president Amit Shah. times. He is helping our na- the office from the Le Me- make up its mind about the lie expectations that result the BJP’s Brijesh the people and strengthen der was re-established dur- “Modiji is the leader of tion so that I can get good ridian Hotel. While his se- winning candidate. Muslims vote en mass in a Pathak got 1,02,244 votes, the party again. I will review ing the campaigning, it was the people and he has education and a good job,” curity detail walked ahead, communally polarised area. with Mr. Majid Ali coming the party’s performance not like old times. proved this through his said Meenakshi, prompted Mr. Modi waved to the Turns saffron In Sardhana, where riot- second at 72,844 votes. The and analyse the results. A The party entered into an work in the past three years. by her father. crowds, as supporters In Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, accused BJP leader and incumbent MLA and SP can- meeting of all the party can- alliance with the Congress That is the reason the party cheered and chanted the fa- Saharanpur, Bareilly, Bijnor, Hindutva poster boy Sangeet didate Maviya Ali also seen didates and MLAs will be for the elections, but it did showed such a great per- Behind the barricades miliar Har, har Modi, ghar, Sardhana in Meerut, Khalil- Som was facing a tough chal- as a popular minority face, held next week after which not help change its fortunes. formance in U.P. It is all be- As the clock struck 5, the po- ghar Modi. abad in Gorakhpur, Tanda in lenge from Samajwadi came distant third with 55, we will devise our new Driven by the Modi wave, cause of him and his effect- lice started preparing the Even as he entered the Ambedkar Nagar, Gainsari Party's Atul Pradhan and 385 votes. strategy,” he said. the BJP stormed to power in ive leadership,” said Mr. stretch outside the office for party office, the crowds and Shrawasti seats in BSP’s Imran Quraishi, again In Kanth Assembly con- The SP, which got an ab- Uttar Pradesh after 14 years, Gurubaksh Singh, a sup- Mr. Modi’s arrival. The road stayed on, glued to the large Shrawasti district, and the votes were split between stituency in Muslim domin- solute majority in the 2012 securing a three-fourths porter who had come from was sanitised and people display screen outside. As Moradabad, the Muslim- Quraishi and Pradhan. ated Moradabad rural area State polls by winning 224 majority. south Delhi’s Dakshinpuri. were moved to the pave- the PM addressed party dominated pockets of west- Mr. Som thus won with which had chosen Aneesur- Groups of women sup- ments behind the barri- workers, the crowd roared ern U.P. have hence turned 97,921 votes, while Mr. Pra- rehman in 2012, the votes porters also poured in. One cades. The excitement grew ‘Vande Mataram’ and saffron. dhan came second with 76, were divided between sev- from Malviya Nagar sat in and the crowd cheered ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ at his Nowhere is this more ob- 296 votes. Mr. Quraishi, who eral Muslim candidates of the middle of the road to every VIP vehicle that every message to the cadre. vious than Meerapur, the As- was popularly seen during the SP, BSP, AIMIM and the sing and play music. passed by, hoping to see the “This is the first PM in sembly constituency in Muz- the campaign as “best suited Peace Party. “Modiji has given us the PM. Someone from the years who has talked about affarnagar, which was the to defeat the Hindutva Mr. Aneesurrehman lost biggest gift a brother can crowd called out several the poor and the import- epicentre of the 2013 com- poster boy” as he also ex- by small margin of just 2, give to his sisters before times that Mr. Modi would ance of their uplift. I particu- munal riots. pected Jatav votes, came 348 votes. Holi. His work has spoken walk down the stretch, but larly liked how he said that In the three-way division, third with 57, 239 votes. The While the BJP’s Rajesh Ku- for him,” said Kavita Pandit, supporters did not want to this government belongs to the Samajwadi Party lost the same script played out in mar Singh got 76, 307, Mr. a BJP worker. Straining to take chances. The police everyone, even the people seat to the BJP by a mere 193 Deoband which has over Aneesurrehman got 73, 959, catch a glimpse of her “fa- and the paramilitary forces who did not vote for them, votes — the BJP's Avtar Singh 1.25 lakh Muslim voters and BSP’s Mohd. Nasir got 43, vourite uncle”, eight-year- struggled to manage the even for those who oppose Bhadana got 69,035 votes, posted a voter turnout of 820, the AIMIM’s Fizuallah old Meenakshi Upadhyay crowd. the party. This is a sign of an the SP’s Liyakat Ali got about 50%. Chaudhary 22, 908 and the was hoisted on her father’s By 6:10 p.m., the excite- inclusive government,” said 68,842, while the BSP's The community was di- Peace Party got 13, 931 votes. shoulders. “I know him. I ment reached fever pitch as Vinod Tripathy from Noida. Nawazish Alam Khan got 39, vided between SP’s Maviya CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 NEWS 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Amarinder gets the all-clear It’s oicial: Parrikar Elected head of the Congress Legislature Party, swearing-in on Thursday to return as Goa CM VIKAS VASUDEVA CHANDIGARH Amarinder Singh, Punjab Gets support of six MGP, GFP MLAs, two Independents Badal submits Congress president, will take oath as Chief Minister on Prakash Kamat resignation March 16. PANAJI CHANDIGARH On Sunday, he met Gov- At the end of a day of fast- A day after the defeat in the Assembly elections, Punjab ernor V.P. Singh Badnore paced developments, 21 Chief Minister Parkash Singh here and staked claim to newly elected MLAs, led by Badal submitted his form the government, after Union Surface Transport resignation to Governor V.P. being unanimously elected Minister Nitin Gadkari and Singh Badnore on Sunday. leader of the Congress Legis- Defence Minister Manohar Earlier, the Cabinet met and lature Party. Parrikar, called on Governor decided to recommend the “We have been invited [to Mridula Sinha at the Raj dissolution of the Assembly, form the government] and Bhavanat7.30p.m.on under Article 174 (2) (b) of the swearing-in ceremony Sunday. the Constitution, an official will take place on March 16,” The BJP won 13 seats and spokesman said. Capt. (Retd) Amarinder said. the Congress 17 in the 40- “A few Cabinet members member Assembly. Mr. Par- Sena attributes win to will also take their oath of of- rikar submitted evidence of Back to home turf: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar prays loan waiver promise fice,” he said, though he did support of 13 MLAs of the at a temple in Panaji on the day of counting. VIJAY SONEJI MUMBAI not give any names. He Bharatiya Janata Party, three The Shiv Sena on Sunday would visit New Delhi to At the helm: Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh being greeted by party State in-charge each of the Maha- for hours over finalisation of ident Vinay Tendulkar said attributed BJP’s big win in meet Congress vice-presid- Asha Kumari, party leaders Charanjit Singh Channi, Harish Chaudhary and AICC observer Ashok rashtrawadi Gomantak Party the party’s legislature party the newly elected BJP legis- Uttar Pradesh to the “carrot” ent Rahul Gandhi on March Gehlot after his election as CLP leader, in Chandigarh on Sunday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT and the Goa Forward Party leader. lature party met on Sunday of loan waiver dangled to farmers by Prime Minister 14. and two Independent MLAs, Earlier in the day, the 13 morning at the BJP Narendra Modi ahead of polls authorising Congress presid- tee for Punjab elections, and identify with the people of thus having a strength of 21 BJP MLAs sent a resolution headquarters and by a unan- and said it was not a vote on Rahul to decide on Sidhu ent Sonia Gandhi and vice- Harish Chaudhary, AICC sec- the region,” he said. MLAs in the House of 40. to party president Amit imous resolution, author- demonetisation. The ties To a question on Navjot president Rahul Gandhi to retary, were present. The Congress leader ruled The eights MLAs not be- Shah saying they want Mr. ised and requested the party between the two allies, who Singh Sidhu’s role in the new take a decision on the new out any vendetta politics by longing to the BJP submitted Parrikar to head the new leadership to nominate a fought the recent civic polls Congress dispensation, he CLP leader. Regional politics his government, saying separate signed letters that government. leader. The letter said the in Maharashtra separately, said the decision rested with “I called up Mr. Gandhi to Earlier in Patiala, Capt. proper investigations would they had decided to support GFP president Prabhakar party had received a letter of have been strained and the Mr. Gandhi. apprise him of the CLP de- Singh took a dig at the Aam be conducted into the the BJP, provided it formed a Timble, who earlier told The support from the MGP and Sena has often needled the Governor Badnore cision ... I informed the Aadmi Party, saying the ab- rampant drug problem and government under the lead- Hindu that the decision to others. The national presid- BJP and Mr. Modi. PTI ordered the dissolution of MLAs that Mr. Gandhi had sence of a regional face was other crimes, and suitable ership of Mr. Parrikar. join the Ministry was taken ent of the BJP communic- the current Punjab As- proposed the name of Capt. one of reasons for the drub- action taken against the by the leader of party’s legis- ated the decision naming Rajnath won’t play Holi in sembly, paving the way for Amarinder as the new CLP bing the party received. guilty. Congress plan lature wing, Vijay Sardesai, Mr. Parrikar as leader of the view of Sukma tragedy the formation of the new leader. The Congress MLAs Capt. Amarinder said it On the controversial wa- Even as the delegation was without his knowledge, legislature party. The BJP NEW DELHI government. then unanimously elected was important to promote ter sharing issue of the Sut- in the Raj Bhavan, the newly resigned, saying he did not claimed the support of NCP Union Home Minister Rajnath Asha Kumari, AICC secret- Capt. Amarinder their leader regional leaders to counter lej-Yamuna Link canal, Capt. elected Congress MLAs and desire to embarrass any- MLA from Benaulim, Singh will not be playing Holi ary in charge of Punjab party by a show of hands,” she the regional parties in the Amarinder stressed the need the party’s top leadership, body by recording reasons Churchill Alemao, stating on Monday in view of the affairs, told presspersons said. States. to first ascertain the including AICC general sec- for the sudden decision. that his letter of support killing of 12 CRPF personnel that the newly elected MLAs Ashok Gehlot, head of the “It was vital to project a quantum of water available retary Digvijaya Singh, were In the letter submitted to would be sent to the Gov- by Maoists in Chhattisgarh a passed a one-line resolution Congress screening commit- regional face that could with Punjab. in a city hotel, deliberating the Governor, BJP State pres- ernor soon. day ago. The incident occurred on Saturday in Sukma. Mr. Singh had visited Raipur on Saturday where he paid respect to the killed personnel. The Minister has Many contenders muddy The endgame too belongs to BJP described the attack on CRPF personnel as a “cowardly act”. search for Uttarakhand CM In Goa and Manipur, the party outwits Congress which had superior numbers Jaitley slips while Special Correspondent charge to look into govern- boarding copter BJP had fought polls without a chief ministerial candidate NEW DELHI ment formation,” a Congress HARIDWAR Soon after the election res- leader who did not wish to Union Finance Minister Arun Kavita Upadhyay dra Modi and BJP chief Amit ults were out on Saturday, be identified, said. Jaitley on Sunday slipped Dehradun Shah. “The core cadre is the BJP scaled up efforts to Another leader, however, while boarding a helicopter in After winning the Ut- more in favour of Trivendraji cobble together a majority in said the general secretary in the Padartha area in the tarakhand Assembly polls, than Maharajji,” a BJP le ader Manipur and Goa. charge of a State and other district where he had gone to the Bharatiya Janata Party, told The Hindu. Despite being the single central observers take part visit Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Herbal which had not declared a On Sunday, senior BJP largest party in both States, in legislature party meetings Food Park. The Minister “is chief ministerial candidate, leader Prakash Pant’s name the Congress did not seem to in such matters, while stay- perfectly all right and has is now faced with the chal- also emerged as a possible have a counter-strategy ing in touch with the Central returned to New Delhi by the lenge of choosing a leader candidate. Mr. Pant won the ready. leadership. same chopper,” Haridwar SSP acceptable to the party’s Pithoragarh seat. “Pantji be- While party president So- Krishna Kumar V.K. said. PTI central and State leadership, ing called by the party for nia Gandhi is abroad for Mandate talk as well as the Rashtriya the Parliamentary Board medical treatment, vice- Meanwhile, BJP leader Ram Indian-origin officer Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Satpal Maharaj is on meeting [in New Delhi] is an president Rahul Gandhi has Madhav said the mandate sues Scotland Yard According to highly the list of probables. indication that he is being not spelt out his response to was against the Congress in LONDON placed sources in the BJP, considered,” another source the fast-paced develop- Manipur. In Manipur, the BJP An Indian-origin woman three names — Satpal Maha- campaigned vigorously for in the BJP said. ments. won 21 seats, seven behind officer is among three raj, Prakash Pant, and Triv- the party across the country. Since the party has four Tense camp: Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh the ruling Congress. Thirty- policewomen suing Scotland endra Singh Rawat — are be- However, the party cadre former Chief Ministers — Abduction drama leaves the Congress head oice after being elected one seats are needed to form Yard over racism and sexism ing considered by the in Uttarakhand is opposed to B.C. Khanduri, Bhagat Singh Though party communica- legislature party leader. RITU RAJ KONWAR the government. claims, a media report said on party’s central leadership. Mr. Maharaj’s leadership as Koshyari, Ramesh Pokhar- tion department chief In the 40-member Goa As- Sunday. Police constable Usha Mr. Maharaj, who won the are the 13 MLAs from the iyal Nishank, and Vijay Randeep Surjewala tweeted Asabuddin at Imphal Airport While there was no word sembly, the BJP bagged 13 Evans, and detective constable Nighat Hubbard Chaubattakhal seat, is, ac- Congress who had crossed Bahuguna — sources said that the BJP had “whisked and take him to Calcutta,” from the Central leadership, and the Congress 17. The Ma- and her colleague Catherine cording to party sources, the over to the BJP last year. their names are also likely to away” an MLA from Ma- Mr. Surjewala tweeted. Congress leaders said Digvi- harashtrawadi Gomantak Bell alleged they had faced foremost choice of the RSS A former Minister and figure among the choices. nipur, there was no word “Modi Govt is playing a dan- jaya Singh as Goa in-charge Party (MGP) won three seats discrimination from white and the central leadership. party’s Jharkhand in-charge, On Saturday, BJP’s Ut- from Mr. Gandhi’s Twitter gerous game of subverting and C.P. Joshi as Manipur in- and the NCP one. The MGP, male officers, The Sunday He had crossed over to the Trivendra Singh Rawat, who tarakhand in-charge Shyam handle. democracy & abducting charge were closely follow- which had severed ties with Times reported. A judge had BJP prior to the 2014 Lok won the Doiwala seat, is Jaju said the final decision “BJP now misusing CISF & MLAs by misusing CISF at ing developments. the Congress before the ruled that Ms. Hubbard can Sabha polls and though he known to have close links would be announced in a Airport authorities to detain Imphal Airport despite elect- “In our system, it is the re- polls, said it would support a bring legal claim. PTI did not contest then, he had with Prime Minister Naren- few days. & abduct Independent MLA, oral loss,” he said. sponsibility of the State in- BJP government. MEA cuts funds to one CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ‘Address Minutiae of regime change allegation more China think tank of EVMs tampering’ Scholars fear negative impact on important area of study Press Trust of India Kallol Bhattacherjee some accountability into the fund cut came because of Dehradun Suhasini Haidar system, in an effort to get what one official called “dia- The Uttarakhand Congress NEW DELHI more results from the think metrically opposite posi- on Sunday asked the Elec- After cancelling a fund for tanks,” the official ex- tions to the government” on tion Commission of India the prestigious Delhi-based plained, defending the gov- important issues like China’s to address BSP chief May- Institute for Chinese Studies ernment’s decision. Belt & Road initiative as well awati’s allegation that the (ICS), the Ministry of Ex- as on border talks. EVMs have been tampered ternal Affairs (MEA) has re- ‘Project by project’ A senior China scholar, with in Uttar Pradesh As- portedly informed another While the ICS had seen an however, said such differ- sembly polls. research group on China annual fund outlay of ₹1 ences are a sign of academic The suspicion raised by that it will not be able to sup- crore cancelled and re- dynamism and creativity. Ms Mayawati about pos- port their programmes. placed with funding on a “Funding from the govern- sible tampering of EVMs “We will overcome the “project by project” basis, ment does not make a think questions the credibility of challenges posed by the sources said the AAS was tank into an advocacy group. the poll panel which it fund cut, but such an atti- told its seminars and pro- Our difference of opinion is must address, outgoing tude towards conducting grammes could not be fun- based on the study of a par- Chief Minister of Ut- comprehensive academic re- ded as they were too “aca- ticular project and therefore tarakhand Harish Rawat search on China would hurt demic in nature, and not there is no question of agree- and State Congress chief the foreign policy debates helpful in the government’s ing on all issues with the Kishore Upadhyay said on China in India,” said policy design”. MEA,” he said. during a joint press confer- Jawaharlal Nehru University Speaking out against the Responding to other criti- ence here. Professor B.R. Deepak, who government’s decision on cism on the government’s BSP chief Mayawati had has been one of the scholars the ICS, which was started in decision to support pro- yesterday alleged that the of the Association of Asia 1969 and is one of the most grammes organised by for- EVMs were tampered with Scholars (AAS). respected think tanks in the eign think tanks, including a in such a way that In the past few weeks, the field, outgoing director Alka Global Technology Summit whichever button was MEA has come under criti- Acharya told The Hindu: conducted by the India arm pressed, the vote went to cism for its decision to revise “Project-based funding is ef- of the Carnegie think tank in Moving house: Workers move belongings from the oicial residence of Ramlal Akela, sitting MLA who lost the elections, in the BJP. many of the grants and ficient in that it focuses on Bangalore, the MEA official Lucknow on Sunday. The State Estates Department has set up a control room to help new MLAs ind accommodation. RAJEEV BHATT “The Election Commis- funds it disburses to think specific outcomes or out- said recent entrants to India sion must address the tanks. While the ministry de- puts. However, that alone like Carnegie, Brookings In- doubts being cast on its clined to comment on the cannot substitute the sus- stitution etc., are no longer credibility. I hope the Com- criticism, a senior MEA offi- tained core support required considered foreign. Saudi King likely to visit India later this year mission will soon do some- cial told The Hindu that the to nurture the high-quality “These are hardly foreign thing about it,” said Mr cuts were not the outcome human-resources necessary think tanks any more, as Rawat. of larger budget cuts from — not only to pursue those they are staffed mostly by In- Fresh investments in infrastructure, manufacturing on the cards Mr Upadhyay said he the government, but had projects but to build the dians,” the official said, ac- will tour the State along been taken on the basis of range and depth of know- knowledging that the de- Indo-Asian News Service countries, an Indian official Sinha, said at an event or- tries have intensified joint with Mr Rawat to boost the “the performance and deliv- ledge and expertise about cisions mark a shift from New Delhi said. ganised by the Saudi petro- production and investment, morale of Congress work- ery” of think tanks that have China that India needs previous MEA policy and India on Sunday said it looks “We are looking forward chemicals giant SABIC. we are looking at new invest- ers. “The party will play been allocated a combined today.” were part of a “revamp” of forward to the first official to the visit of the King of “Our historical and deep ments in infrastructure, the role of a constructive ₹6.5 crore in the Budget. Fellows of the ICS as well the policy planning division visit by King Salman of Saudi Saudi Arabia later this year,” relations have been growing manufacturing and pooling Opposition and cooperate “Over the past few years, as the AAS did not wish to that now handles all think Arabia to further deepen the Secretary, External Affairs rapidly over the last couple of technical resources and with the State govern- we have been trying to inject speak about whether their tank funding. strategic ties between both (Economic Relations), Amar of years. While both coun- skills,” he said. ment,” he said. CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 12 WORLD MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE Bharara ‘ired’ after refusing to quit Netherlands will pay a price, says Erdogan Trump administration had demanded resignation of 46 Obama appointees, including the NY attorney Agence France-Presse The Dutch expel Turkey’s Minister New York 134 experts Jordan releases soldier High-profile New York pro- Agence France-Presse who killed Israeli girls secutor Preet Bharara — who denounce Istanbul AMMAN was among the federal attor- Turkish President Recep A Jordanian soldier who neys asked to resign by the new travel ban Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday killed seven Israeli schoolgirls White House — said on Sat- warned the Netherlands it in a 1997 shooting rampage urday that he has been fired. Agence France-Presse would pay a price for pre- was released on Sunday, after U.S. President Donald Washington venting top Ministers from serving 20 years in prison. Trump’s administration on Over 130 U.S. foreign policy holding rallies ahead of a Ahmed Daqamseh opened Friday demanded the resig- experts have denounced referendum on expanding fire on the eighth graders nation of 46 U.S. prosecutors President Donald Trump’s his powers, as a crisis escal- while they were on a class revised travel ban, saying it trip, killing seven girls and — including Mr. Bharara — ated with Turkey’s key EU wounding seven others. A appointed during the two undermines U.S.’s national partners. Mr. Erdogan re- Jordanian court later deemed terms of his predecessor security and interests as newed accusations that the him mentally unstable and Barack Obama. much as the original order Netherlands — occupied by sentenced him to life in The federal attorney’s fir- signed earlier. the Germans in World War II prison, rather than imposing ing capped a stand-off with Among the 134 signator- — was behaving like the the death penalty. AP the Trump administration ies were former Secretary Nazis in its treatment of that started when Mr. Bhar- of State Madeleine Al- Turkish Ministers. Saeed’s brother-in-law is ara refused the White House bright, ex-National Secur- Analysts are predicting a A protester near the Turkish now in charge of JuD order to resign. “I did not ity Advisor Susan Rice and tight outcome to the April 16 consulate in Rotterdam, LAHORE resign. Moments ago I was Unexpected exit: Preet Bharara in New York on Nov. 30; (right) former Homeland Security referendum and key Turkish on Saturday. AP Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law fired,” Mr. Bharara tweeted Protests against the new travel ban in Washington. REUTERS, AFP Secretary Janet Napolitano. Ministers have planned ma- Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, on Saturday using his re- jor rallies in key EU cities to later taken down and Turk- who carries a $2 million cently created personal ac- but the abrupt nature of the win votes from millions of ish officials insisted the con- bounty on his head, has been count. “Being the U.S. Attor- move caught some by sur- Turks resident abroad. sulate had not been entered given the charge of the head ney in SDNY will forever be prise — especially given that But Turkey’s Family Min- from the outside and “con- of Jamaat-ud-Dawah after White House intruder faces Saeed was put under the the greatest honour of my so many were asked to leave ister Fatma Betul Sayan sular officials” had hoisted house arrest by Pakistan’s professional life,” he added. at one time. Kaya was expelled after be- the flag on their own initiat- Punjab government, an The Southern District of Mr. Trump’s request that a 10-year sentence ing prevented from address- ive. The consulate declined official said. Makki has led New York, the prominent Mr. Bharara leave came as a ing a rally in the Dutch port to comment. over half-a-dozen rallies since post to which Mr. Obama ap- particular jolt because the at- Reuters city of Rotterdam. A Dutch Foreign Ministry the detention of Saeed. PTI U.S. Attorney for the District Tran was apprehended pointed Mr. Bharara in 2009, torney had met with the U.S. Washington Also this weekend, The spokeswoman told AFP that includes the Manhattan and President shortly after his of Columbia said. near the south portico en- Hague refused to allow For- the situation “remains un- Beijing says it uses death Bronx boroughs as well as November election at Man- An intruder carrying a back- Mr. Trump earlier trance, where Presidents of- eign Minister Mevlut clear” and the Netherlands penalty sparingly neighbouring areas just hattan’s Trump Tower. He pack was arrested after scal- thanked the Secret Service ten address the public, U.S. Cavusoglu’s plane to land had “protested to the Turk- BEIJING north of the city. Mr. Bharara told journalists then that Mr. ing a fence around the White and commended the agents authorities said in court doc- ahead of a planned rally. ish authorities” over the in- China’s Chief Justice Zhou began working there in the Trump asked him to stay on. House and entering the for apprehending the in- uments released on Sat- “Hey Holland! If you are cident. The latest row came Qiang said on Sunday that his thick of the mortgage crisis, “The President-elect grounds, the U.S. Secret Ser- truder. “Secret Service did a urday. The entrance is near sacrificing Turkish-Dutch re- after NATO allies Turkey country gave the death and rose to prominence after asked”, the New York attor- vice said on Saturday, in the fantastic job,” Mr. Trump the part of the White House lations for the sake of the and Germany sparred over penalty “to an extremely overseeing a number of in- ney had said at the time. latest breach of security at told reporters at the start of where the President resides. elections on Wednesday, the cancellation of a series small number of criminals for sider trading and public cor- “Presumably because he's a the President’s official resid- a working lunch on Saturday Tran told agents he was a you will pay a price,” an of referendum campaign extremely serious offences” ence. afternoon with several Cab- friend of the President and in the past 10 years, without ruption cases. New Yorker and is aware of angry Erdogan told a cere- events there. the great work that our office President Donald Trump inet members at his golf had an appointment with mony in Istanbul, referring The President indicated giving any numbers. China is was inside the White House course outside Washington. him, according to the docu- believed to execute more ‘Busted Wall Street’ has done over the past seven to the March 15 election in that he himself plans to when the male suspect Tran was charged with ments. He was carrying two people than the rest of the Time magazine famously years,” he said, adding that Turkey’s NATO ally. travel to Europe for rallies, a climbed over the fence on entering or remaining in re- cans of mace as well as a U.S. world combined. AP lauded the prosecutor on its he had agreed to stay on. move that could potentially cover as the man who is Several officials had the complex’s South stricted grounds while using passport, a computer and ‘Behaving like Nazis’ create an even greater row. Landslide at Ethiopia’s “busting Wall Street”. Last jumped to Mr. Bharara’s de- Grounds at 11:38 p.m. on Fri- or carrying a dangerous one of the President’s books, Mr. Erdogan reaffirmed his Mr. Cavusoglu, mean- garbage dump kills 46 year he announced charges fence following the White day, and uniformed officers weapon, and faces a max- authorities said. accusations from Saturday while, was set to address a ADDIS ABABA against 120 people from rival House demand that he step arrested him, the Secret Ser- imum of 10 years in prison, He also carried a letter he that the Dutch behaviour rally in the eastern French At least 46 people died and New York street gangs who down, praising him for refus- vice said in a statement. said Bill Miller, a spokesman had written to Mr. Trump over the Turkish visits was city of Metz on Sunday. dozens more were hurt in a were snared in an operation ing to do so. When he was The suspect, identified in for the U.S. Attorney’s office. that mentioned “Russian “Nazism, fascism”. The French Foreign Min- landslide at Ethiopia’s largest Mr. Bharara had said was asked to step down, Mr. court documents as Califor- The incident unfolded des- hackers,” and said he had Police clashed with pro- istry has cleared his visit, a rubbish dump outside Addis “believed to be the largest Bharara had been overseeing nia resident Jonathan Tran pite a series of recommend- relevant information, U.S. Erdogan demonstrators in French official said. Ababa, a tragedy squatters (26) is scheduled to appear ations to tighten security authorities said in the docu- living there blamed on a gang take-down in New York probes into associates of the Netherlands overnight Ms. Kaya was stopped just City history”. New York’s Governor An- in federal court on Monday after a 2014 intrusion that ments. According to the while in Istanbul on Sunday outside the Turkish consu- biogas plant being built after a judge on Saturday led to the resignation of Secret Service, the suspect nearby. It flattened dozens of Presidents often order drew Cuomo, a Democrat, as a man climbed onto the roof late by Dutch police, and ordered him held without Secret Service Director Julia had no arrest record or his- homes of people when part of political appointees from the well as the administration of of the Dutch consulate and after several hours of negoti- the largest pile of rubbish previous administration to the city’s Democratic Mayor, bond, a spokesman for the Pierson. tory with the agency. replaced the Dutch flag with ations escorted back to the collapsed. AFP resign when they take office, Bill de Blasio. a Turkish flag. The flag was German border. Bangladesh declares Haiti: 34 killed as bus March 25 as ‘Genocide Day’ plows into musicians 15 injured in the accident at Gonaives

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Army began ‘Operation Searchlight’ on that day in 1971 Reuters The driver then rammed PORT-AU-PRINCE into three groups of street Haroon Habib have the Day recognised A bus speeding away from musicians as he tried to Dhaka internationally.” the scene of a hit-and-run speed away, leaving 33 of Bangladesh’s unanimously The Pakistan Army accident plowed into them dead in a scene of adopted a resolution declar- swooped on unarmed civil- dozens of street musicians ghastly carnage. ing March 25 as Genocide ians on the night of March in the Haitian city of Gona- Emergency workers Day, in remembrance of the 25, 1971, to crush the Bengali ives on Sunday, killing a transported the injured to atrocities carried out by the rebellion following refusal total of 34 people, officials the hospital, while police Pakistani Army in the night by the military leadership to said. tried to control an angry of March 25, 1971. accept the election results of Fifteen people also were crowd. “The people who Condemning the denial of 1970 in which the Awami injured in the incident in were not victims of the acci- Towards safe zone: A displaced man from western Mosul. More than 65,000 people have been history by Pakistan, the League got thumping major- Gonaives, a city of some dent tried to burn the bus displaced by the ighting in the past two weeks alone. REUTERS Bangladeshi legislators ity . ‘Operation Searchlight’ 300,000 people located with the passengers inside, passed the motion unanim- began in the first hours of about 150 km northwest of said Faustin Joseph, civic ously after a marathon The National Monument for March 25 in Dhaka. the capital Port-au-Prince. protection coordinator for seven-hour discussion on the Martyrs in Savar, near MPs also suggested that the department of Artibon- 30% of west Mosul captured Saturday night. Dhaka. AFP the government take initiat- Groups of musicians ite, where Gonaives, the re- A total of 56 MPs, includ- ive so that December 9, “First, the bus plowed into gional capital, is located. ing Prime Minister Sheikh commemorate the genocide marked by the UN as inter- two pedestrians, killing one “The bus, the passengers from IS, says Iraqi general Hasina, took part. The resol- conducted by the atrocious national day of commemora- of them, and injuring the and the driver were all ution read: “It is Parlia- Pakistani forces on the black tion of genocide, sees the other,” Marie-Alta Jean Bap- placed into the care” of the ment's opinion that Mar 25 night of Mar 25, 1971, and ne- the March 25 victims being tiste, head of Haiti’s civil local authorities, Joseph 6,00,000 civilians still trapped inside the city be declared Genocide Day to cessary steps are taken to commemorate as well. protection office, told AFP. said. Reuters Associated press Death toll in Damascus Mosul Iraqi forces have retaken bombings rises to 74 A life of struggle for Zika-afected families around 30% of west Mosul Agence France-Presse monitor said that 11 from Islamic State (IS) milit- Beirut ants, a commander of the bystanders and eight Though WHO has lifted its emergency designation, the efects are only deepening for Brazil’s families elite Counter Terrorism Ser- The toll from twin children were among those vice (CTS) said on Sunday, as bombings targeting Shia killed, as well as 20 pilgrims in the centre of members of pro- Pam Belluck walk to the van. A doctor a child with very comprom- soldiers pushed into more Damascus has risen to 74 government security forces. Tania Franco had explained what that ised visual, auditory and mo- districts. dead, a monitor said on Syrian state television on ESCADA (Brazil) medical report meant. “She tor skills,” concluded Kyrla Federal police and Rapid Sunday. Among the victims Saturday gave a toll of 40 Vera Lúcia da Silva was is going to choke,” Vera Lúcia Melo, a physical therapist. Response units said they had of Saturday’s blasts were 43 killed and 120 wounded by readying her baby for a jour- da Silva said, twisting her fin- “She has no head control, entered the Bab al-Tob area Iraqi pilgrims who had “two bombs detonated by ney to the city of Recife, 2 1/2 gers anxiously. “Food is go- she does not roll over, she of the Old City, where the come to the Syrian capital terrorists”. hours away. They make the ing to go to her lungs.” does not sit.” fight is expected to be to visit Shia shrines in Iraq's Foreign Ministry arduous trip several times a Sophia had serious dys- toughest due to narrow al- Damascus’s famed Old City, said around 40 of its week. It is the only way to phagia, swallowing problems Praying for health leyways through which ar- according to the Syrian nationals had died. No get the treatment and ther- afflicting older Zika babies Benches were filling with moured vehicles cannot Observatory for Human group has so far claimed apy Sophia needs for an whose brains cannot co- Zika mothers outside the As- pass. The militants are vastly Rights. The Britain-based responsibility for the attack. ominous array of problems ordinate skills for eating. sociation for the Assistance outnumbered and out- caused by the Zika virus. Doctors advised adding of Disabled Children in Re- gunned by Iraqi forces Now more than a year old, thickener to her formula, but cife when Jaqueline Vieira ar- backed by a U.S.-led coali- The IS has begun to lose think that tunnels dug by IS Sophia is a child of the Zika if unsuccessful, she would rived, cradling her son tion and are defending their command and control, he militants under a destroyed epidemic, one of nearly need a feeding tube Daniel, his head too small for last major stronghold in Iraq said, adding that around 17 shrine in Mosul have re- 2,500 babies in Brazil born Congenital syndrome: Jacqueline threaded through her nose. his toddler-size body, his fin- using suicide car bombs, out of 40 western districts vealed the palace of an an- to infected mothers, with Vieira with her son Daniel, who A previous feeding tube had gers folded into fists. snipers and mortars. had been retaken. cient Assyrian king who brain damage so profound was born with the Zika infection; caused Sophia to vomit black Blue eyeglasses were As many as 6,00,000 ci- Mr. Saadi said he expec- ruled some 2,700 years ago. the consequences are only (above) Richarlisson Evaristo da blood. strapped to his head, and vilians are trapped with the ted it would take less time to IS fighters blew up the beginning to be understood. Silva with his baby sister Soia After another dead-of- blue braces were strapped to militants inside the city recapture the western half of shrine of the biblical Jonah’s Valentina. NYT night van ride to Recife and his legs. which Iraqi forces have ef- the city than the east, which tomb in 2014 after taking Disastrous impact hours of waiting, Sophia was Since Daniel’s birth 16 fectively sealed off from the was cleared in January after control of the city. They star- In November, the World their condition “congenital small enough to be held, fed placed on an elevated mat at months ago, Vieira has sep- rest of the territory that IS 100 days of fighting. ted digging tunnels into the Health Organization lifted its Zika syndrome”. and carried, ultimately, the Altino Ventura Founda- arated from her husband, controls in Syria and Iraq. More than 65,000 people side of the hill under the emergency designation from They can have seizures, many may be unable to tion clinic. lost monthly government as- have been displaced by the shrine, leading to the discov- the mosquito-borne virus, breathing problems, trouble walk, attend regular schools, Five therapists examined sistance, relinquished a job 17 districts retaken fighting in the past two ery. but Zika has hardly disap- swallowing, weakness and or live on their own as her. One shook a yellow and now patches together a CTS troops stormed the al- weeks alone, bringing the Ancient inscriptions and peared. stiffness in muscles and adults. rattle by her ear. Another re- livelihood with other govern- Jadida and al-Aghawat dis- total number to more than winged bulls and lions were For families of Zika ba- joints preventing them from “Grave risk of aspiration,” moved Sophia’s tiny lav- ment help. tricts on Sunday, Major Gen- 200,000 since the campaign found deep in the tunnels, bies, however, the disastrous even lifting their heads, read the piece of paper near ender eyeglasses, waved a “I still pray to God so that eral Maan al-Saadi told re- to recapture Mosul began, thought to be part of the effects are only deepening. clubbed feet, vision and the bed where Vera Lúcia da shiny silver pompom and he can be a healthy and per- porters in Mosul, saying the according to the Interna- palace of King Esarhaddon, Many babies also have a hearing problems, and fero- Silva was wrapping Sophia in flickered a flashlight, but her fect child,” he said. “I keep militants were showing signs tional Organisation for who ruled the Neo-Assyrian long list of varied symptoms, cious irritability. a pink hooded fleece for eyes seemed barely able to asking, keep asking, keep of weakness despite initial Migration empire in the 7th century leading experts to rename While the children are still their middle-of-the-night follow the stimuli. “Sophia is asking.” NYT “fierce” resistance. 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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 BUSINESS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Markets may rise over Idea to INTERVIEW | SAMIR ARORA ofer free ‘Uttar Pradesh afterglow poll results, fund lows roaming PRESS TRUST OF INDIA should herald long bull run’ NEW DELHI Fed meet keenly watched over expectations of rate hike Telecom operator Idea Cel- lular on Sunday an- ‘This poll result is a signiicant positive for the Indian market’ Ashish Rukhaiyar nounced free incoming MUMBAI calls on domestic roaming Vikas Dhoot BSNL to install 28,000 With the poll results out for and unveiled international NEW DELHI mobile base stations the five states, the market is roaming value packs that, The BJP’s emergence to power NEW DELHI expected to continue its up- it claimed, would prevent in Uttar Pradesh sets the stage State-run BSNL will install for a sustained bull run on about 28,000 new mobile ward march on the back of “bill shocks” to those trav- base stations to replace all the strong mandate that the elling abroad. Dalal Street, but may not ne- 2G sites with 3G and roll out BJP has got in the politically The offers come on the cessarily translate into a re- 4G services at select crucial and sensitive state of heels of larger rival Bharti vival of reforms put on hold locations by end 2017-18. Uttar Pradesh. The poll res- Airtel announcing removal by the Centre, a leading India- “Under phase-8 expansion, ults were being keenly of all roaming charges for dedicated hedge fund man- we are replacing all 2G base watched as a strong vote for outgoing and incoming ager Samir Arora told The stations with modern base the BJP is expected to give calls as well as SMSs and Hindu. Mr Arora, founder stations which can provide fillip to the ongoing policy data usage within India, to and fund manager of Singa- 3G and 4G services. At select reforms. take on competition from pore-based Helios Capital, locations, we are planning to “The stock market will newcomer Reliance Jio. said that the U.S. Fed rate hike start 4G services. We expect surely rejoice on Tuesday “Effective April 1, 2017, is no longer something equity to complete phase-8 by with a possible 150 points Idea’s 200 million custom- investors fret about, though FY18,” BSNL CMD Anupam rally on the Nifty. This firmly ers will enjoy free incom- the prospect of U.S. President <> The only worry now is U.S. President Donald Shrivastava said. PTI puts the central govern- ing calls while roaming on Donald Trump’s policies Trump is doing whatever he says ment’s focus back on the re- the company’s 2G, 3G and matching his election rhetoric Welspun Steel gets nod form path, which will en- Upward ho: The markets also stand to gain from the bullish 4G networks across could bring negative shocks. ficant additional positive for changed. for ₹14,690 cr. project thuse market,” said Amar stance of overseas investors. 400,000 towns and vil- Edited excerpts: the Indian market. NEW DELHI Ambani, Head of Research, lages in the country,” ac- Do you expect economic Welspun Steel Ltd (WSL) has IIFL. have been volatile in the re- also impact foreign liquidity cording to a statement What are the negative reforms to get a greater received environmental Stock markets are This assumes significance cent past, the benchmark in all emerging markets, in- from Idea. shocks that could pose a push now? clearance for setting up an expected to give a as the GST Council is sched- 30-share Sensex gained cluding India. “Idea customers will be risk from here? integrated steel plant with thumbs-up to the 5 state uled to meet on March 16. about 115 points last week. Data shows that foreign able to make outgoing ■ Well, on one hand, there is production capacity of three poll results, particularly ■ The only worry now is the promise of a farm loan million tonnes per annum in The last meet held on March The coming week would be portfolio investors (FPIs) calls, SMS freely at afford- the boost for the NDA in Gujarat at an estimated cost 5 gave in-principle approval a truncated one as the mar- have been net buyers at able rates while roaming U.P. and Uttarakhand. Donald Trump is doing waiver for U.P., and on the of ₹14,690 crore. The to two key draft laws. kets would be shut on ₹9,629 crore in March after anywhere in India,” the What’s your take? whatever he says. For ex- other, you have reforms such proposed steel plant, to be This week would also see Monday on account of Holi. pumping in ₹9,902 crore in statement added. ample, if he is going to imple- as GST or resolution of NPAs ■ set up in Anjar tehsil in Kutch the listing of Music Broad- February. Meanwhile, do- Mobile data tariffs and Markets will be up, of ment the corporate tax cut, it which don’t change course district, aims to provide cast, the company that runs Eye on U.S. rates mestic institutional investors data pack benefits of the course… and it could be a has to be seen how it will be with state assembly out- steady supply of slabs to Radio City. The company The week would also see the (DIIs), that include banks home circle will be avail- sustained bull run ahead. balanced. Will it be a border comes. I think the reforms group company Welspun saw a huge interest from in- U.S. Federal Reserve meet- and insurance companies, able while roaming within Everybody feels that de- tax imposed on all or some they couldn’t do earlier, they Corp Ltd (WCL) which makes vestors that led to the public ing on this week to decide sold shares worth more than India at no extra charge. veloped economies are now from select geographies? wouldn’t do now either. So if heavy plates and hot rolled issue getting subscribed on increasing interest rates. ₹4,000 crore in the previous The facility of free in- seeing a growth uptick be- I don’t think interest rate they want to amend the land coils. WCL currently sources close to 40 times. The seg- Interestingly, mortgage rates week. coming calls on domestic cause commodity prices are hikes (in the U.S.) is a negat- acquisition law, I don’t think slabs from the market. PTI ment reserved for high net- in U.S., especially those for Even the technical ana- roaming will be extended neither too high nor too low. ive any more. The rate is too it will be touched before the worth individuals was sub- 30-year home loans, have lysts are expecting an up- to both prepaid and post- Even Russia and Brazil are no low and hikes will help in- 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Sona Group lines up scribed 110 times while that already risen to their highest ward rally in the week if the paid customers. longer under stress. It’s the surers, banks and pension There’s no need to take on ₹400 cr. investment for institutional investors level this year ahead of the benchmark indices are able For global travellers, same thing in India too. funds who are struggling to everybody on such issues. NEW DELHI was subscribed 40 times. Fed meeting. to hold on to crucial levels. Idea is offering interna- Nobody’s making further generate returns. A small But reforms and policies that Auto components maker While the shares of Av- Rakesh Tarway, Head of “Nifty has been consolid- tional roaming value packs losses, non-performing as- hike in interest rates can they want to pursue, they Sona Group plans to invest enue Supermarts, which Research, Reliance Securit- ating in the 8,860 to 9,000 with free bundled usage of sets (NPAs) are not going up boost their incomes and abil- can now pursue them much ₹300-400 crore over the manages the D Mart chain of ies said that the open in- zone in the last thirteen up to 400 outgoing and banks are beginning to ity to invest by billions of dol- more expeditiously. next four years in the supermarkets, will be listed terest data confirms that the trading sessions and is await- minutes, 100 SMSs per day, get interest on their loans. lars… Bank of America is up Bringing a synergy country. The irm plans to on March 21, the week could market is in for a bigger ing a decisive range break- 3GB bundled data and un- Many people feel that the 100% since Trump came to between the Centre and the expand its forging and see investor interest in move in the coming week out to commence the next limited incoming calls for bull run has gone on for too office and talked of an in- state government of U.P., electric axle businesses, shares of retail chains and and the Fed meeting would leg of rally,” said Chandan ₹2,499 for Asia, and ₹5,999 long, but I think only the U.S. terest rate hike. Between with over 200 million besides developing new even FMCG companies that also provide some direction Taparia, Derivatives & Tech- for Europe for 30-day has seen a bull market. In- 2005 and 2007, the U.S. Fed people, can be a significant products. It aims to increase dia’s mid-cap stocks may hiked interest rates on at focus area. We must realise quantum of supplies to the see a large chunk of their to the markets. nical Analyst, Motilal Oswal validity. “These packs also U.S. market.“We are looking sales through such modern The markets also stand to Securities. “Now, a hold come bundled with free have risen, but the Index as a least ten consecutive occa- that be it in infrastructure or to invest ₹300-400 crore retail stores. gain from the bullish stance above 9,000 could start a 1GB/2GB/3GB data and whole, especially in dollar sions, but it didn’t matter job creation, being able to over the next four years and The initial public offer of of overseas investors that freshupmovetowards9,119 overage charges as low as terms, has given virtually no then. It’s only after a certain impact such a large number most of it will happen in Avenue Supermarts was sub- have turned net buyers in and then 9,250 while on the ₹3 per MB, to avoid bill returns since 2011 largely due tipping point that they mat- of people with one stroke India,” said Sona Group CEO scribed close to 105 times. the equity market. Incident- downside, multiple supports shock to customers,” ac- to currency movements. So ter. So, there is no more fear can be a big deal for the Sunjay J. Kapur. PTI While the equity markets ally, the Fed decision could are seen at the 8,860 level.” cording to the statement. this election result is a signi- of Fed hikes. The mood has economy. India may be third-biggest car ICICI, SBI Post note ban, gold imports Iron ore witnessed output market by 2020, Suzuki says most frauds fall sharply after November rises 27%

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The company plans to introduce more products in India NEW DELHI Imports fell to 53.2 tonnes in Jan. from 119.2 tonnes in Nov. NEW DELHI ICICI Bank topped the list India’s iron ore output PRESS TRUST OF INDIA of banks that witnessed the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA surged 27% to 154.48 mil- GENEVA most number of frauds in NEW DELHI lion tonnes (mt) during Suzuki Motor Corporation the April-December period The Centre’s demonetisation April-January of this fiscal expects India to grow into of 2016 with state-owned drive seems to have had a following lifting of the min- the third-biggest car market SBI taking the second spot, significant impact on gold ing ban. in the world by 2020 and is RBI data showed. demand in the country as It stood at 122 mt in the “determined” to play a big During the first nine imports of the metal same period of 2015-16. part in that growth. months of the current dropped sharply in Decem- “The country’s iron ore The company, whose arm fiscal, as many as 455 fraud ber and January. production has increased Maruti Suzuki India com- cases involving ₹1 lakh and Gold imports fell to 54.1 significantly to 154.48 mt mands close to 50% of the above were detected in tonnes in December and during April-January of passenger vehicle market in ICICI Bank, closely fol- 53.2 tonnes in January from 2016-17. The percentage in- the country, has already lowed by SBI (429), Stand- a high of 119.2 tonnes in crease is 26.63% while in started operations at its new ard Chartered (244) and November, the month dur- Losing lustre: Cash shortage has afected the demand for gold. value terms, the increase is plant in Gujarat as part of HDFC Bank (237). ing which the government 7.79%,” Mines Secretary the plan to raise its total pro- Racing ahead: The company plans to raise its total production The other banks which scrapped the old ₹500 and “buyers reportedly willing” mand was reported to have Arun Kumar said. duction to two million units to two million units by 2020. reported a large number of ₹1,000 notes. The decline in to pay huge premiums to dis- been impacted due to the The total value of the by 2020. frauds to the apex bank January is 43% from the gold pose of old currency notes cash shortage. ore produced during the 10 “India is expected to grow leader for decades, with Gujarat plant is envisaged to during the period include imported in the correspond- with jewellers. India is one of the largest months stood at ₹19,417 into the third-biggest car nearly 50% share. have an installed capacity of Axis Bank (189), Bank of ing month in 2016. “Reflecting this develop- gold importers in the world, crore. market in the world by 2020 The company plans to in- 7.5 lakh units annually. Baroda (176) and Citibank The sudden decision to ment as well as the seasonal and imports mainly take Iron ore output had and we are determined to troduce more new products Maruti Suzuki India’s (MSI) (150). demonetise the old, high- jump, the volume of gold im- care of demand from the nosedived with an average play a big part in that in India even as it gears up two units at Gurugram, In value terms, frauds value notes led to a massive ports surged in November, jewellery industry. annual contraction of 9.4% growth,” said Kinji Saito, ex- to meet additional demand earlier known as Gurgaon, involving ₹2,236.81 crore cash crunch in the country even above the elevated Oc- In volume terms, the in 2012-16 following the ecutive general manager and by increasing its production and Manesar have a total were reported in SBI, fol- impacting demand for vari- tober level. Gold imports, country’s total gold imports mining ban in the three managing officer (Global capacity. production capacity of 1.5 lowed by Punjab National ous commodities, including however, declined sharply in declined to 546 tonnes in largest iron-ore producing Automotive Operations), Su- “In fact, we started opera- million units annually. MSI is Bank (₹2,250.34 crore) and precious metals. December 2016 and January April-January of this fiscal, states — Goa, Odisha and zuki Motor Corporation, at tions at a new plant last accelerating product intro- Axis Bank (₹1,998.49 According to an RBI as- 2017,” the paper said. much lower than the 892.9 Karnataka — which has the Geneva Motor Show month on the way to in- ductions to strengthen its crore). sessment paper, after de- The RBI said that around tonnes in the year-earlier since been lifted. A Fitch here. creasing our total capacity hold in the market. It had The RBI data also re- monetisation, the domestic 80% of gems and jewellery period. Total gold imports arm last month projected He said that in India, Su- in India to two million earlier said it would bring in vealed the involvement of demand for gold (or gold purchases in India are made had totalled 968 tonnes in ouput to grow to 185 mt in zuki had been the market units,” Mr. Saito said. The 15 models by 2020. bank staff in frauds. items) spiked suddenly, with in cash and consumer de- 2015-16. the next four years. China poses security threat in power sector: trade body Cost overrun for infra projects hits ₹1.7 lakh cr. Several Chinese irms are gearing up to participate in bids invited by Central and State sector utilities for transmission Details available for 1,186 projects Lalatendu Mishra ing the nascent transmission The long-term nature of guard the transmission sys- MUMBAI sector where multi-billion the contracts ensures that tem operation from grid sta- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tion. A bid by Chinese, state- dollar contracts are up for the successful bidder will bility, grid security as well as NEW DELHI “In April 2016, out of owned companies to enter grabs. have ownership over the data security perspective,” As many as 287 infrastruc- 1,061 projects on the mon- India’s power transmission China Southern Power projects during the entire IEEMA said in letters written ture projects worth ₹150 itor of this ministry, 241 re- sector has raised national se- Grid International (HK Com- duration, people familiar to various government de- crore or above each, includ- ported cost and 326 time curity concerns in Indian pany Ltd.), a subsidiary of with the development said. partments. ing those delayed, have seen overrun while during power gear circles. Local state-owned China Southern According to IEEMA, elec- “As a nation, we are not a cost overrun of ₹1.66 lakh December 2016, out of 1,186 power gear makers’ lobby Power Grid Co Ltd., has tricity transmission is a crit- [on] good terms with China. . crore. projects, 287 reported cost group, the Indian Electrical partnered with CLP India ical infrastructure for the We must take extreme cau- Total original cost of im- and 336 time overrun,” ac- Equipment Manufacturers Private Ltd. to build power economy and has significant tion as it involves the crucial plementation of 1,186 pro- cording to the report. Association (IEEMA), has transmission networks in In- bearing on the national se- power sector,” said Sunil jects was ₹14,60,099.70 The flash report provides raised a red flag over the dia. Several Chinese firms curity. The outage of one Misra, Director General, crore and their anticipated details on the status of the issue. are gearing up to participate transmission element can IEEMA. completion cost is likely to 1,186 central infrastructure IEEMA has cautioned in bids invited by Central sec- Power stronghold: The nature of the contracts ensures that the have a cascading impact and “Power is a critical infra- be ₹16,26,445.47 crore, projects that cost ₹150 crore against the associated risks if tor and State sector utilities successful bidder will own the project for the entire duration. can lead to a grid blackout structure. It is difficult to which reflects cost overrun and above. The Ministry of Chinese firms are allowed to for establishment, operation situation, putting the milit- imagine what will happen if of ₹1,66,345.77 crore (11.39% Statistics and Programme bid and operate transmission and maintenance of trans- ern Power has submitted which bids were invited. ary establishment, internal the grid collapses [due to] of the original cost), accord- Implementation keeps track projects in India. mission lines for periods ran- qualification documents to The projects are: trans- law and security and hospit- some ulterior motive. We ing to the Statistics Min- of such projects on time and ging from 25 to 35 years. build, own and operate mission systems for an ultra- als at a great risk, need to have safeguards,” istry’s latest flash report for cost overruns through its Huge contracts In bids called for the inter- power transmission net- mega solar park in Jaisalmer, It said that from the points Mr. Misra added. “Any nation December 2016. online computerisation After entering the consumer state transmission system works in India. Rajasthan, Eastern Region of view of data security and or company where the rela- The 1,186 projects in monitoring system (OCMS) goods and power generation projects involving invest- The consortium has sub- Strengthening Scheme control on data communica- tionship is suspect, we question include 287 that re- based on information equipment market in India, ments worth more than mitted qualification docu- (ERSS)-XXI and the New WR- tion, these are critical assets. should not be dealing with ported cost overrun and 336 provided by project imple- Chinese firms are now eye- ₹3,000 crore, China South- ments for three projects for NR Inter-Regional Corridor. “It is very important to safe- them.” that reported time escala- mentation agencies.

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GUEST COLUMN Casting a hopeful eye to the future Reforming trade The forging industry is looking at doubling growth rates, spurred by imminent demand from emerging sectors in agri-products Lalatendu Mishra margin industry and unless MUMBAI people do value addition it With manufacturing gradu- would be difficult to survive,” Vijay Veerachamy grain over a period of time. ally picking up and several Dr. Devaraaj said. The government could con- emerging sectors opening up Besides, large corporate Trading of agricultural com- sider enhancing the MSP new opportunities, the more and OEMs, which are profit- modities in India has been with more contracting op- than $18 billion Indian ing through the Make in In- crippled by multiple struc- tions to allow the farmer to foundry or casting industry dia policy, are seen not tural and regulatory issues. participate in the market is looking to double growth passing on the benefits to the Traditionally, the lack of li- movement. rates. value chain. quidity, quality testing and The sector, which has “Most MNCs in the SEZs assurance, and guarantee of Private participation been reporting a growth of are raking in the profits and delivery kept small farmers Market intervention by the 5-7 % in the last few years, is business is not coming to In- as well as institutional government is a major de- expected to clock 13-14% dian foundries,” alleged Dr. traders sceptical of the mar- terrent to private participa- growth in the next couple of Devaraaj. ket. The grant of repository tion. The suspension of for- years, said top industry “The OEMs must start to licences to CDSL and NC- wards contracts, ban on officials. nurture the casting industry. DEX and the ongoing dis- trading of chana and castor India is the world’s third- The government has done its cussions by SEBI to intro- in 2016 have had an impact largest casting producer after bit. Now it is for the OEMs to duce commodity options on the volumes and market China and the U.S. While support with better sourcing are positive signs. confidence. China accounts for 40% of and pricing,” he added. Currently, a farmer can The other issue is that the the world’s 105 million Trade protectionism is an- take the produce from the storage cost at certified tonnes casting production, other issue that the that the farm to a certified ware- warehouses is higher than the U.S. and India each do industry needs to deal with. house, get the quality in- the cost at the non-certified between 11 and 12 million Today, there is a significant spected and receive a nego- ones, this directly impacts tonnes per year. amount of exports to the U.S. tiable warehouse receipt the percentage of produce “Pan India, the targeted as well as Europe. (WR) with a unique identity that gets dematerialised. growth rate is 13% to 14% as If, under the Donald (ISIN). This WR can be Finally, in order to en- compared with about 5% to Trump administration, the traded on the exchange like courage private companies 7% currently. This is due to U.S. bans import of casting any other negotiable to directly buy from the Make in India and other ef- or if it steeply increases im- instrument. farmers, the rules for pur- forts made by the govern- port duties, the industry Theoretically, this works chase and payments at vari- ment to rejuvenate the eco- Chunk of the problem: The absence of skill development and technology upgradation is deterring the progress of the industry. would then have a challenge fine and has several advant- ous APMCs need to be nomy,” said Ravi Sehgal, an Industry players said that these should be addressed on a priority basis. AFP to deal. ages. It provides better price industry veteran who re- In that case, Europe will realisation for farmers, safer Government th <> cently organised the 65 edi- turbines, automotive, rail- Growth in dustry caters to only 4% of foundry industry is not typ- become a major destination collateral for lenders like intervention deters tion of the Foundry ways, defence and oil & gas <> the global market. We can ically sought out by aspiring automotives, for exports followed by other banks and NBFCs, a more ef- private Congress. sectors, industry players scale up the exports further youth entering the work- counties in Latin America ficient market place for participation “Growth in the auto in- said. agriculture and and do good for the sector. If force, attracting new talent and Africa. hedgers and speculators, dustry, agriculture sector “Emerging opportunities earth-moving we can achieve 6-7%, we will has become a challenge. So, Coimbatore is the largest and better quality and lower standardised and the gov- and the earth moving in- are investment in infrastruc- has given us be almost doubling the capa- the perception on the foundry cluster in India hav- disruptions in supply for the ernment should consider industry has given us new ture, in oil and gas within the city. So, there is huge poten- foundry industry has to new hope ing 300 to 400 foundries fo- end customer. But, in prac- troducing standard price ad- hopes. Once the mines re- country, mining sector, rail- tial for exports,” Mr. Seghal change and the industry cusing on technology and tice, the system faces many justments based on location open, business is set to ways and defence. These sec- Ravi Sehgal said. needs to be profitable to pay value-addition. The cluster is issues, as below: of the farm and the quality Industry veteran grow,” he added. tors will drive the future of higher wages. focused on steel castings, parameters. This will help A couple of years ago, the the industry,” said Dr. Nithy- Challenges ahead Companies need to up- pump bodiesand forging Participation by farmers the farmer sell goods at the industry was passing anandan Devaraaj, National growth as India had a good Despite the opportunities, grade the technology and components. Second comes The typical farm size in In- farm gate conveniently with through a tough time with Secretary of IIF. harvest this year. the industry is faced with make their foundries clean, the Kolhapur cluster, fo- dia is very small and the minimum wastage, and will many units shutting down “The money that will More mechanised meth- several challenges and these non-polluting, and provide cused on automotives. total produce of a farm help private companies ad- due to lack of business. But come into manufacturing ods of farming to improve need to be addressed on a worker-friendly While Rajkot is emerging would probably be lower just the MSP based on the now, there is optimism. will drive the growth of the yield will be required to priority basis. environments. as another cluster, Belgaum than a single tradable lot at pre-set transportation costs foundry industry. This will double the income of farm- The main challenge bog- Indian players are facing and Shimoga are also rising the exchange. Creating a and quality of produce. ‘Bloodshed has stopped’ also help in employment ers as set by the government. ging the industry down is huge quality issues in the ex- in a big way in the South. pool of farmers through ini- Currently, due to the “The bloodshed has generation as well,” he said. The budget’s thrust on farm- lack of resources for techno- port markets. Other clusters include those tiatives like Farmer Produ- above issues, only a niche stopped. In the future there Industry players said the ers will help the foundry in- logy upgradation and access Cost of fuel and power in in Howrah, Faridabad, Agra, cer Companies (FPC) is a set of private companies use are more opportunities and first two years of the NDA dustry, officials said. to quality manpower. India is almost double that in Jalandhar and Batala. India good idea, but the initiatives the agriculture contracts on people have understood that government did not deliver Earth-moving equipment “The biggest challenge China, Germany and even has about 5,000 foundries have been slow to take off. the exchanges. they would focus on techno- any major infrastructure pro- is set to get a boost from that we are facing is from the Turkey. The government has making all types of castings. Usually the farmer, either In summary, our current logy as new opportunities jects. But now that the gov- mid-2017. consumer durable industry to address this problem to While 5-10% of them are directly or through a broker, state is a reflection of the are going to provide growth,” ernment has actually settled The central government’s which is not paying the right make India internationally very large foundries, about sells the produce based on journey we have chosen said said Anil Vaswani, Pres- in, it is kick starting infra- decision to provide clean price. The consumer durable competitive, players said. 30% are medium-sized ones the prevailing MSP. Storing based on our needs as a ident, Institute of Indian structure development, they drinking water in every vil- industry has to be more sup- “If skill development and with an annual turnover of produce in a warehouse is country. Food security and Foundrymen (IIF), the apex said. lage will also augment busi- portive,” said Dr. Devaraaj. technology upgradation are ₹100 -150 crore. The rest are often not an option for these rural economy have rightly body of the Indian foundry Large orders are expected ness for the sector. “If we get better prices in taken up urgently, we can small and micro units. farmers. The main reason been the main factors influ- industry. from the railways sector as Thousands of kilometres the market, we will be able take care of 60% of the prob- “A majority of the for this is that the MSP has encing government policies “Though the industry is more than 2,000 locomot- of pipes will be laid. The to upgrade the technology. lem,” said Mr. Vaswani. foundries in India are SME become the market price in- in this sector. The govern- hit by demonetisation and ives are to be manufactured pipes will need lot of fittings, As long as the foundries do foundries. These are very stead of being the minimum ment now needs to create the effect of GST is yet to in India. New rail lines also valves and controls. These not get the right prices, in- SMEs lagging small and very valuable. assured price. It means that an efficient and robust mar- come, still, there is a sense of provide opportunities for the will give a boost for the cast- vestment will not come. Sim- Today, the situation is such They are the ones in max- the farmer is not incentiv- ket to attract investments positivity. With the oppor- foundries, industry executing industry for the next 5 ilarly, we need to pay more that while the large imum need of assistance ised to carry the goods. and talent required for en- tunities, we are doubling the ives said. years, sources said. to attract talent and earn foundries are succeeding, from the Government in In countries like Australia suring a bright future for ag- growth targets,” he said. While automotive, the Companies in the sector more to make it attractive for the small and medium-sized terms of technology, automa- and Canada, there are riculture in India. The growth is expected to main stay of the sector, is are expecting to boost their the next generation to join ones are struggling to tion, rejection reduction and “pool” programs that allow (The author is director, come from agriculture, infra- picking up, the tractor in- exports as well. the business,” he added. survive. efficiency improvement,” the farmer to sell their har- business consulting, Sapient structure, water pipes, wind dustry is also poised for “The Indian casting in- Since a career in the “Casting industry is a low said Mr. Vaswani. vest at the average price of Global Markets)

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC EXPLAINER CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC INTERVIEW | GOPICHAND HINDUJA & ASHOK HINUDJA What is hyperloop? ‘Delay in government decisions is still a concern’ When can we see it? ‘Banks are lush with funds, but see no credit oftake due to lack of economic growth’ TCA Sharad Raghavan NEW DELHI Piyush Pandey ment because of its long- Bank or Ashok Leyland (all worth of bad loans. The whether I will invest in infra- The term hyperloop has MUMBAI term potential. If they (the Hinduja subsidiaries) are do- credit offtake will depend on structure, the answer is ‘no’ suddenly taken the India by With more than 20 companies under its banner bringing in rev- government) make our lives ing good. We need to get the economic growth. We storm, with everybody hav- enues in excess of $25 billion, the London-headquartered easier and if the slogan fear out of the business haven’t seen big capital ex- The government says it ing an opinion on the best Hinduja Group is one of the most influential business conglom- ‘Make in India’ is changed to people to help our economy penditure happening. If that has periodic reviews for route in India to deploy the erates in the U.K.and India. Gopichand Hinduja, co-chairman ‘Made for India’, it will make grow. had been the case, the credit clearances to futuristic transportation sys- of the group, accompanied by Ashok Hinduja, the chairman, India’s economy stronger. offtake would have also infrastructure projects. tem. But the question re- spoke to The Hindu recently on the Trump presidency’s effect on What is that fear? happened. As a result, banks mains: what is a hyperloop American businesses, the global economic environment, and the Wouldn’t policy changes have money, but are not will- ■ Who is conducting those and when can we get one? post-demonetised Indian economy. affect ground reality? ■ The system of black money ing to take decisions. Our reviews? The bureaucrats. If in sectors such as luxury group had committed to in- the ones holding up projects What is a hyperloop? ■ ½ When can we see it in ac- Donald Trump was Your thoughts on Today, when I meet Indian goods and jewellery ensured vest $10 billion in distressed for bureaucratic delays are It was entrepreneur Elon ½tion in India? elected President of the demonetisation? industrialists visiting Lon- that these areas did not assets. Unless these assets the same ones to conduct a Musk who came up with the Hyperloop One has an- U.S. with the promise of don, I don’t see happy faces. grow. Without adequate cash are economically viable, why survey, what results do you ■ idea for a hyperloop. It is a nounced its intentions to be- creating millions of jobs, Well, there was some con- They all feel nothing is hap- at their disposal, they are will any new investor come expect? At least once a system where magnetically gin operations in India by and of reinvigorating the troversy in the media and in pening. I (myself ) don’t get heavily impacted. But there and invest? To make it eco- month, the PM should re- levitating capsules are sent 2021. There are also reports American economy. What political circles, but a major- the same feeling because is a dire need for long-term nomic viable, no bank is will- view big turnkey projects. at high speeds through low- that the company has has been the “Trump ity of the people still admire wherever we have invested, balance. We have to have pa- ing to take a decision. They pressure tubes, thereby po- already begun talks with the Effect” on global (Prime Minister Narendra) the returns have been sub- tience. are scared to take decisions Your commitment to tentially reducing transport Indian government to see business? Modi. He had the courage to stantial. Gulf Oil, IndusInd Ashok: Demonetisation is because of investigations. investing $10 billion in time — of people and goods how to make this possible, take a political risk for what a bold decision. Nobody has distressed assets in India? — by more than 80%. and how to combine this ■ Politically and economic- he thought was for the good taken such a decision in a Promoters also need to Such a system is now be- with the Make in India mis- ally, we have a certain degree of the country. Some people vast economy like India. The get their skin in the game. ■ If the policies are clear and ing developed to connect sion by sourcing the neces- of uncertainty. In the pre- say his planning was not economy’s cash component Why should banks take all I don’t have to come here Abu Dhabi and Dubai. sary material locally. Trump era, we spoke about good, while some say they has gone into the bank- the risk? again and again to change advancing globalisation. suffered, and many others ing system. Traders my shoes, yes, we will. Oth- But why is India so ex- Any pros and cons? With Trump in the White say the GDP has gone used cash to do busi- ■ Ashok: If the cost of erwise, no. There is no cited about it? ½ If approved, such plans House, the narrative has down by one per- ness. Now, that will money is, say, 11-12% and un- dearth of money. Everyone ½ Hyperloop One, the would enable India to jump changed to protectionism. centage point. I feel also become part of less the buyer makes 5-8% in knows that India is a good company developing the forward in its transport in- The scene is changing. this will help to the formal eco- returns, why will he take the destination with great poten- technology, has begun an frastructure and could re- U.K. Prime Minister widen the tax base. nomy. There will risk? So, who takes that de- tial and opportunity. The online vote for people to volutionise the way business Theresa May went to the U.S. be some initial im- cision of the haircut? And a concern is of delay and how suggest and choose the best is conducted. wanting their bilateral rela- Is India Inc. pact as people’s majority of that is lying in the to do business. route to deploy a hyperloop Businesses are likely to tions to be intact. This would feeling the heat habits will need to public sector and public sec- in their countries. It said the pay for the premium have helped her negotiate following change. But we will tor banks will not take any Are delays the only Hyperloop One Global chal- charged to be able to sched- better with the European demonetisation? have to wait and decision. They don’t want to concern? lenge received 2,600 regis- ule meetings and presenta- Union. But the U.S. won’t watch. I also feel tax get into trouble. If they take trants from 90 countries. It tions cities apart, all in the commit to the U.K. before ■ Industrialists and generation will be- any decision to exit, tomor- ■ Yes, delay is the only con- then selected 35 semi-final- same day. And this doesn’t the European Union exit. business people are come much better. row they will be investigated. cern. If there were no delays ists from across the world, even factor in the potential The complexities are only scared. It was a shock Gopichand: They (pro- and the policies were clear, five of which are from India. benefits to the goods trans- growing. to the system, and they What has been the moters) are scared and we would have loved to The route choices for India port industry. are not confident of in- impact on banks? prefer to wait and watch. Tell make all our investments are: Bengaluru-to-Chennai But in a country like In- Will Trump’s policies vesting more money. me one infrastructure de- here. Even today, NRI invest- (334 km in 20 minutes), dia, the flip side of such a have a large-scale impact Similarly, bankers are ■ Gopichand: Banks cision that has been fast and ments are not treated on par Bengaluru-to- system is also clearly visible. on India? worried of investigations. are flush with funds, quick. Well, the ease of doing with domestic investments. Thiruvananthapuram (736 At a time when railway in- So, where it would lead to, but remember that business has improved, but Is Ashok Leyland an Indian km in 41 minutes), Delhi-to- frastructure is abysmal and ■ India will be in a much bet- nobody knows. they are also sitting still has a long way to go. Cur- company or a foreign com- Mumbai via Jaipur and In- the airline industry is priced ter situation because it’s the with ₹5 lakh crore rently, if someone asks me pany? The whole world says dore (1,317 km in 55 beyond the abilities of most second-largest democracy Then, is the India story it is Indian, but when you go minutes), Mumbai-to-Chen- of the populace, can India and the U.S. wants to grow hitting a road-bump? to government, they say 51% If there were no delays and the policies nai via Bengaluru (1,102 km really afford another trans- its defence business in India, <> is foreign as it’s held by in 50 minutes), and port system only to be used and India is one of the ■ Despite all uncertain- were clear, we would have loved to make Hinduja Automative. 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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Tamil Nadu cruises into the semiinals Fluent knock by Ganga Sridhar Raju after the bowlers restrict Gujarat

Kamesh Srinivasan Raju, Dinesh Karthik and B. overs): 211. NEW DELHI HAZARE TROPHY Indrajith in the space of five Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-49-3-70, Javelin champion Neeraj A fluent knock of 85 by speedster Jasprit Bumrah, runs. 4-98, 5-110, 6-145, 7-169, 8- 185, 9-210. gets Army job opener Ganga Sridhar Raju Tamil Nadu stuck to its task, At 172 for five in the 34th NEW DELHI Tamil Nadu bowling: Aswin Crist and M. Mohammed’s brisk, taking the skiers in windy over, there was some tension. World under-20 javelin 5-0-32-0, M. Mohammed 5-0- unbeaten 35 helped Tamil conditions with aplomb. But Mohammed hammered 21-0, Rahil Shah 10-0-34-2, Sai champion Neeraj Chopra, Nadu ease past Gujarat by five two sixes and three fours to India’s lone World record- Only Rujul Bhatt (83 not Kishore 9.4-0-35-2, B. Aparajith wickets in the quarterfinals of bring the curtain down on holding athlete, has been the Vijay Hazare one-day out, 5x4, 2x6) and opener 5-1-18-1, Vijay Shankar 10-0- appointed a Junior Samit Gohil (39) could Gujarat’s challenge, in the 48-3, Washington Sundar cricket tournament at the company of Vijay Shankar, Commissioned Officer by the Palam ground here on provide substance to the Gu- 5-0-22-1. Indian Army, but will be on who remained unbeaten on 11 Sunday. jaratinnings,evenasevery Tamil Nadu: Kaushik Gandhi c leave for the time being to off 27 balls. It was, of course, On a windy day that had a Tamil Nadu bowler got Het b Axar 18, Ganga Sridhar train at the National camp at Ganga Raju’s foundation wet start, owing to rain over amongst the wickets except Raju c Karia b Panchal 85, B. Apa- the SAI Centre in Bengaluru. work with 12 fours in 95 balls rajith b Rujul 34, Dinesh Karthik c three days, Tamil Nadu capit- for the two opening bowlers He wants to take part in some Aswin Crist and Mohammed. that made Tamil Nadu enjoy Het b Chaudhary 21, Vijay top-level competitions like alised on the conditions after the warmth of the afternoon Skipper Vijay Shankar was Shankar (not out) 11, B. Indrajith the Diamond League Gujarat had opted to bat. and look ahead. c Karia b Dahiya 1, M. Mo- meetings before the World Superb catching and sharp the pick of the lot, claiming three wickets that applied the The scores: Gujarat: Samit Gohil hammed (not out) 35; Extras championships in August. PTI bowling saw Tamil Nadu re- (lb-3, w-9): 12; Total (for five brakes to the Gujarat innings. c Rahil b Aparajith 39, Priyank strict the reigning Ranji wkts. in 42.2 overs): 217. Rahil Shah made the initial in- Panchal b Rahil 14, Bhargav Trophy champion to 211, Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-125, 3- roads with two wickets and Merai lbw b Rahil 7, Rujul Bhatt bundling the team out in the 167, 4-171, 5-172. Sai Kishore chipped in with a (not out) 83, Het Patel lbw b Vi- 50th over. jay Shankar 16, Chirag Gandhi Gujarat bowling: Ishwar Chaud- couple. The ground had been lbw b Vijay Shankar 3, Axar Patel hary 9-0-45-1, Chintan Gaja 5.2- maintained well and, except c Kaushik Gandhi b Sundar 18, 0-41-0, Rohit Dahiya 9-1-34-1, for a wet patch that delayed Mini collapse Jesal Karia c Sai Kishore b Vijay Axar Patel 10-0-53-1, Rujul the start by 15 minutes, it en- With Ganga Raju toying with Shankar 12, Rohit Dahiya c Crist b Bhatt 7-0-33-1, Priyank Panchal Shakespeare to manage couraged good cricket. the bowling, things looked to Sai Kishore 9, Chintan Gaja c 2-0-8-1. While Gujarat was handi- be in control till Gujarat for remainder of season Crist b Sai Kishore 5, Ishwar Toss: Gujarat. capped by the absence of struck three blows with sharp Chaudhary run out 0; Extras TN won by five wickets with 46 Stepping up: Ganga Sridhar Raju’s solid innings at the top of the order helped Tamil Nadu LEICESTER skipper Parthiv Patel and catches — dismissing Ganga (b-1, w-4): 5; Total (in 49.4 balls to spare. overhaul Gujarat’s total with ease. KAMESH SRINIVASAN Premier League champion Leicester City confirmed on Sunday that Craig Shakespeare will continue as manager until the end of the season. du Plessis surprised at ICC Baroda stuns Karnataka He has been in charge since the club sacked Claudio Ranieri last month. REUTERS inaction over DRS imbroglio Krunal Pandya shines with bat and ball to set up seven-wicket win Leipzig’s Keita recovering Special Correspondent runs on the leg-side, includ- 4-170, 5-182, 6-188, 7-215, 8- after collapsing Agence France-Presse “Definitely, it was differ- NEW DELHI ing two sixes — off Arvind and 221, 9-230. BERLIN Dunedin ent. I’m surprised by the Unbeaten in the group Pavan Deshpande — Pandya Baroda bowling: Irfan Pathan RB Leipzig’s coach Ralph South Africa captain Faf du way it happened,” he said. stages, Karnataka faltered preferred to stick to the ‘V’ in 8.5-0-39-1, Atit Sheth 10-0- Hasenhuettl said on Sunday it Plessis said on Sunday he “Maybe it’s because I when it mattered most to front, scoring most of his 55-1, Lukman Meriwala 6-0- is investigating why Guinea was surprised no one had speak on a personal point crash out of the Vijay Hazare boundaries and his lone six, 16-1, Soaeb Tai 4-0-29-0, midfielder Naby Keita been charged by the ICC of view and felt I was Trophy with a seven-wicket off J. Suchith, in that area. Swapnil Singh 10-1-40-1, Yusuf collapsed in the dressing after the ugly spat which treated very harsh. When defeat to Baroda in the Devdhar was bowled by Pathan4-0-18-0,KrunalPandya room following a Bundesliga has blighted the Australia- you see something like that quarterfinals at the Feroze- Suchith for 78, with Baroda 6-0-32-3. game. Baroda: Kedar Devdhar b Having played the 90 India Test series. you’d hope it (the treat- shah Kotla on Sunday. still 77 runs behind. “Purely from the reason ment) would be exactly the Kedar Devdhar and Krunal That did not stop Pandya Suchith 78, Aditya Waghmode c minutes of Leipzig’s loss to Joshi b Arvind 26, Krunal Pandya of what I went through in same.” Pandya scored half-centuries from going for his shots, with Wolfsburg on Saturday, the c Uthappa b Arvind 70, Deepak Australia for something, I du Plessis said it was and added 92 runs for the an equally attacking Deepak 22-year-old Keita lost Hooda (not out) 33, Yusuf feel, was a lot smaller... I’m very unlikely there would second wicket as Baroda Hooda for company. Arvind Krunal Pandya. FILE PHOTO consciousness shortly after Pathan (not out) 11, Extras (nb-1, Faf du Plessis. FILE PHOTO leaving the dressing room surprised with it,” he said be a similar dust-up chased down 234 with 25 got him caught behind for 70 w-7, lb-8) 16; Total (for three and was taken to hospital. Uthappa c Tai b Meriwala 24, in Dunedin. between the South African balls to spare. in the 41st over. Hooda and wickets in 45.5 overs) 234. On Sunday, the club said all MayankAgarwallbwbSheth40, du Plessis was fined his However, the ICC de- and New Zealand players. Devdhar and Aditya Wagh- Yusuf Pathan completed the Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-156, his test results are in order R. Samath c Swapnil b Pandya match fee during a Test cided not to take action “When you play teams mode put on 64 for the open- formalities five overs later. 3-203. and it is thought he suffered a 44, Manish Pandey run out 10, against Australia in against Virat Kohli and like India and Australia ob- ing wicket before S. Arvind Apart from a 64-run open- Karnatakabowling:R.VinayKu- circulatory collapse brought Pavan Deshpande run out 54, November for sucking on a Steve Smith following ac- viously that can happen sent the latter packing for 26. ing stand between Robin mar 7-0-31-0, M. Prasidh on by exertion. AFP mint and rubbing saliva cusations of cheating dur- and it’s easy for something That brought out Pandya, Uthappa and Mayank Agar- Stuart Binny st Shah b Swapnil 4, Aniruddha Joshi b Pandya 18, J. Krishna 7.5-0-37-0, Stuart Binny into the ball. ing the Bengaluru Test. like that to blow up,” he and he wasted no time wrest- wal, and one for 87 runs from Suchith c & b Pandya 18, R. Vinay 5-0-20-0, S. Arvind 7-0-42-2, ICC chief executive du Plessis has always said. ing the initiative. R. Samarth and Pavan Desh- TV PICKS Kumar run out 10, S. Arvind b Ir- Suchith 9-0-48-0, Pavan Desh- David Richardson had de- denied ball-tampering and “For me, it’s just been Pandya and Devdhar pande, there was little of note fan 2, M. Prasidh Krishna (not pande 7-0-36-0, Aniruddha scribed it as “an obvious said the reaction from the good to be on the other played sensible cricket, going Serie A: Sony ESPN & ESPN in Karnataka’s innings. out) 2, Extras (nb-1, w-2, lb-4) 7; Joshi 3-0-12-0. HD, 1.30 a.m. (Tuesday) breach” of the ball-tamper- ICC was different to the side of it this time and see aerial with the loose balls and Three run-outs did not Total (in 48.5 overs) 233. Toss: Baroda NBA: Sony Six & Six HD, 5.30 ing law. way he was treated. how things unfold.” rotating the strike. While help either. Baroda won by seven wickets a.m. (Tuesday) Devdhar scored most of his The scores: Karnataka: Robin Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-70, 3-83, with 25 balls to spare. ‘Kohli frustrated at inability to score’ Wade to bank on skill Sacchitt pulls India level Mitchell Johnson reckons the Indian skipper might be getting a little too ired up Press Trust of India come out pretty hard, to get Ranchi away. Indian teams are al- Special Correspondent Press Trust of India The fast bowler spoke Australia wicketkeeper Mat- ways quite aggressive. Dhoni NEW DELHI Melbourne about a specific incident thew Wade on Sunday said was a different captain to Sacchitt Sharma pulled one Mitchell Johnson has said he from the Boxing Day Test of his side would look to beat Kohli, but that’s just person- back to put India 1-1 against is of the opinion that Virat 2014. “He hasn’t had any an aggressive Indian team in ality.” Hong Kong in a Group D Kohli is “frustrated” at not time for me since the Boxing the third cricket Test “on About his own approach league match of the Asia- being able to score big runs Day Test in 2014, when he skill”. to the game, Wade said: “I Oceania Junior Davis Cup in the ongoing Test series. finished the day saying he “Indian teams always go feel like I play my best under-16 tennis tourna- “He’s obviously quite pas- had no respect for me. quite hard, if you give them a cricket when I get in the con- ment here on Sunday. sionate, but I just think he’s “The moment that sniff they’ll run with it. Our test. When you’re back’s Sacchitt beat Ki Lung frustrated because he hasn’t changed everything was job is to make sure they can’t against the wall you’ve gotta Roger Ng 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 in scored [too many runs] and when he blocked a ball back get in the game so they can’t Matthew Wade. FILE PHOTO find a way to get up and the second singles, after he’s letting his emotions get to me and I threw it back at get aggressive with us, and about, so I still feel like that’s Shashank Theertha was the better of him,” Johnson the stumps, seeing Virat was then really take the mo- “The change from the first a big part of my game. beaten 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 by Wai wrote in his blog on out of his crease and think- mentum away from us. But Test to the second Test was “Getting older I probably Yu Kai. foxsports.com.au. ing it was a chance of a run it’s not really our issue. probably the initial shock. tamed it down a little bit and Matches began at 2 p.m. “Obviously, whenever out. The only problem was We’ve got to play good They certainly came out a I probably know when to use on Sunday to make room there’s a wicket, the cameras Heat of battle: Mitchell Johnson says things have not been the that Virat was in the way. cricket, and beat them on little harder on day three (at it a little bit more now, and for rest on Monday (Holi). go straight to Kohli — they same between Virat Kohli and him since this incident during the “He got hit in the back, skill,”Wade said. Bengaluru), but we expect when I need it myself. The groupings: Pool A: know they’re going to get Boxing Day Test of 2014. FILE PHOTO: SCOTT BARBOUR/GETTY IMAGES and I apologised straight them to come hard,” Wade “I probably don’t use it a Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, those kind of reactions from away because it was a com- Change in approach said of the Test that was hundred per cent of the time Chinese Taipei, Syria. Pool B: him. Johnson recalled the tralia and India went toe-to- plete accident, but that mes- He said he was shocked by a marked by controversy over any more, but I’ve still got it China, Thailand, the Philip- “And they did! He was giv- verbal duels he had with toe in the second Test be- sage didn’t seem to get distinct change in India’s ap- skipper Steve Smith’s there if I need it. If there’s a pines, Malaysia. Pool C: Aus- ing a send-off to just about Kohli in the past. cause of one man: Virat through. There were plenty proach between the first and dismissal. time I think it can be an ad- tralia, Singapore, Korea, In- every player, which you’ve “I felt completely at home Kohli. He was in the thick of of verbals after that and he second cricket Test in the on- “When you’ve got a caged vantage for us, sure — I’ll go donesia. Pool D: Japan, Hong got to be very careful with.” watching the action as Aus- everything,” Johnson wrote. hasn’t really stopped since.” going series. lion you expect them to for it.” Kong, New Zealand, India. Lee Chong Wei reigns Chennai City stuns East Bengal Barcelona upset at Deportivo Malaysian’s fourth All England crown Prasanth’s stoppage-time strike does the trick Alex Bergantinos scores of a corner to clinch it

Agencies S. Dipak Ragav Agencies Birmingham Chennai MADRID Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei Chennai City FC gave the Barcelona suffered a Liga let- beat China’s Shi Yuqi 21-12, best parting gift to its fans in down on Sunday, a 2-1 defeat 21-10 to win his fourth All- its last home match by pro- to Deportivo la Coruna. England badminton singles ducing one of the biggest up- Alex Bergantinos’ winner title at the Barclaycard sets of the I-League this year 16 minutes from time Arena here on Sunday. when it beat East Bengal 2-1 clinched Deportivo’s first The top-seeded Malay- with an injury-time winner victory over Barcelona since sian, playing his seventh fi- from K. Prasanth. 2008. nal, had previously tri- With 10 minutes remain- Joselu had fired Deportivo umphed in 2010, 2011 and ing and the scores level, East Gung ho: K. Prasanth (centre) celebrates after scoring the into a first-half lead before 2014. Shi Yuqi, who was un- Bengal went all out in attack winner against East Bengal. M. VEDHAN Luis Suarez levelled in the seeded here, had made the and created quite a few first minute of the second summit clash by dethroning Lee Chong Wei. AFP chances. This also gave City the 42nd minute when Me- henesh’s legs. period. compatriot Lin Dan, the a chance on the counter. In htab Hussain released Rahul Earlier, City made only A famous win: Alex Bergantinos’ 74th-minute strike gave The results: La Liga: Real So- sixth seed, 24-22, 21-11. bt Shi Yuqi (Chn) 21-12, 21-10; the 93rd minute Prasanth Bheke from the midfield. Deportivo la Coruna its irst victory over Barcelona since one change to the starting ciedad0losttoAthleticBilbao2 Doubles: Marcus Gideon & 2008. REUTERS capitalised on a goalkeeping Bheke found himself in line-up that took the field (García 28, Williams 56); De- Kevin Sukamuljo (Ina) bt Li Tzu Ying takes title error from Rehenesh to net a space on the right and put in against defending champion portivo la Coruna 2 (Joselu 40, Junhui & Liu Yuchen (Chn) 21- In the women’s singles final, rebound off Charles De an inch-perfect cross to Trin- Bengaluru FC with Marcos Bergantinos 74) bt Barcelona 1 Cagliari 0; Inter Milan 7 (Icardi (Lezcano 42, Bregerie 69) drew 19, 21-14. top-seeded Tai Tzu Ying de- Souza’s shot. idadian Willis Deon Plaza Vinicius coming in for Rae- (Suarez 46). Saturday: Sevilla 1 17, 23-pen, 26, Banega 31, 34, with Cologne 2 (Modeste 15- feated fifth-seeded Women’s singles: Tai Tzu Ying City’s third win in its who headed it in. gan. (Jovetic 43) drew with Leganes 68, Gagliardini 52) bt Atalanta 1 pen, 61). Ratchanok Intanon 21-16, 22- (Tpe) bt Ratchanok Intanon maiden season was even City came back fighting in With this win, Chennai 1 (Gabriel Pires 2); Malaga 1 (Freuler 42); Napoli 3 (Insigne Premier League: Liverpool 2 20 in a 51-minute battle. (Tha) 21-16, 22-20; Doubles: sweeter as the side showed the second half and won a City moves to eighth place (Juankar 71) lost to Alaves 2 32-pen, 70, Mertens 66-pen) bt (Wijnaldum 45, Can 61) bt Burn- In the mixed doubles fi- Chang Ye Na & Lee So Hee tremendous spirit to come few free-kicks in the first 10 with 13 points from 14 (Feddal 39, Mendez 90+1); Crotone 0; Pescara 1 (Muntari ley 1 (Barnes 7). 83)losttoUdinese3(Zapata20, nal, China’s Lu Kai and (Kor) bt Kamilla Rytter Juhl & from behind at half-time. minutes. It equalised in the matches. Granada 0 lost to Atletico Mad- FA Cup: Quarterfinals: Totten- Jankto 51, Thereau 55). Sat- Huang Yaqiong beat the Christinna Pedersen (Den) 21- City has been a bit of a giant 57th when Zakeer Mundam- The results: Chennai City FC 2 rid 1 (Griezmann 84). ham 6 (Eriksen 31, Son 41, 54, urday: Genoa 0 lost to Samp- Malaysian pair of Chan Peng 18, 21-13. killer having already beaten para released a cross from (S. Nandhakumar 57, K. Serie A: Sassuolo 0 lost to Bo- 90, Alli 72, Janssen 79) bt Mill- doria 1 (Muriel 71). Soon and Goh Liu Ying 18- Mixed doubles: Lu Kai & Huang leader Aizawl and Sunday’s the left to Raegan Albernas Prasanth 90+3) bt East Bengal logna 1 (Destro 58); Chievo 4 wall 0; Arsenal 5 (Walcott 45+1, 21, 21-19, 21-16. Yaqiong (Chn) bt Chan Peng win has blunted East inside the box, who then re- 1 (Willis Deon Plaza 42). (Inglese 22, Pellissier 40, Birsa Bundesliga: Schalke 04 3 Giroud 53, Waterfall 58-og, The results (finals): Men’s Soon & Goh Liu Ying (Mas) 18- Bengal’s title hopes. layed it to S. Nandhakumar At Vasco: Churchill Brothers 0 75, Cesar 89) bt Empoli 0; (Burgstaller 4, 29, Caligiuri 34) Sanchez 72, Ramsey 75) bt Lin- singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) 21, 21-19, 21-16. East Bengal went ahead in to finish between Re- drew with Shillong Lajong 0. Fiorentina 1 (Kalinic 90+2) bt bt Augsburg 0; Ingolstadt 2 coln City 0. CM A ND-ND YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 16 SPORT MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Pospisil takes out Murray Rain washes out inal day Both captains claim psychological edge Paes & del Porto crash out; Sania & Strycova in last eight Agence France-Presse attack they have was a good been replaced by debutant Agencies Dunedin Indian Wells and Alicja Rosolska 6-2, 6-3 effort,” he said after play was Neil Broom for the second to enter the women’s South Africa and New Zeal- abandoned without a ball Test which starts in Welling- Injured Ross Taylor World No. 1 Andy Murray doubles quarterfinals. and’s captains both claimed bowled on Sunday, leaving ton on Thursday. out of second Test crashed out of the ATP In- The results: to have gained a psycholo- South Africa on 224 for six in Pace bowler Matt Henry DUNEDIN dian Wells Masters on Sat- Men: Second round: Vasek Pos- gical edge after rain washed the second innings, a lead of has also been added to the New Zealand’s Ross Taylor urday, losing to Canadian pisil bt Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 out the final day of the first 191 runs. squad with Trent Boult nurs- has been ruled out of the qualifier Vasek Pospisil in (5); Dusan Lajovic bt Feliciano Test here on Sunday. “You always want more, ing a leg injury. second Test against South straight sets. Lopez 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(2); Pablo Despite New Zealand suf- which never goes away no South African captain Faf Africa, starting in Wellington Pospisil, ranked 129th in Carreũo-Busta bt Peter Gojow- fering the loss of batsman matter how many you get, du Plessis felt the rain had on Thursday. Taylor suffered the world, triumphed 6-4, 7- czyk 7-5, 6-2; Roberto Bautista Ross Taylor for the second but it was nice to get a little ruined a potential victory, a calf tear in his first innings 6(5), sealing the triumph on Agut bt Adrian Mannarino 7-5, Test, captain Kane William- lead going into that second with the Proteas set to capit- of the first Test. AFP his fourth match point to de- 6-2; David Goffin bt Karen son felt buoyed by his side innings.” alise on New Zealand’s in- light a stadium court crowd Khachanov 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. being able to establish a 33- jury woes. Seven Indian boxers for won over by the underdog. Albert Ramos Vinolas bt run first innings lead. Broom in “When a Test match fin- Thailand tournament For Britain’s Murray, it Damir Dzumhur 6-4, 5-7, 7-5; “To put partnerships to- Taylor, who suffered a calf ishes on a day like today it’s NEW DELHI was yet another disappoint- Pablo Cuevas bt Martin Klizan gether against the very good tear early in his innings, has very frustrating,” he said. 7-6(3), 7-6(5); Fabio Fognini bt World Championship bronze- ing performance in the Cali- medallists Vikas Krishan Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4), 3-6, fornia desert, where his best (75kg) and Shiva Thapa 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka bt showing is a 2009 runner-up (60kg) are among seven Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-4. finish to Rafael Nadal. Madan Lal to Indian boxers selected for the Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Al- Herath aiming for Thailand international Last year Murray was exandr Dolgopolov 6-7(3), 1-1 tournament to be held in bundled out in the third retd.; Yoshihito Nishioka bt Ivo head panel Bangkok from April 1. round, but he was hoping for Karlovic 6-4, 6-3; Tomas 400 Test wickets The squad: K. Shyam Kumar much better as he arrived Berdych bt Bjorn Fratangelo 7- Special Correspondent NEW DELHI (49kg), L. Devendro Singh fresh off his 45th career ATP 6(4), 6-4; Gael Monfils bt Says he is happy with his achievements (52kg), Mohamed title in Dubai. Darian King 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. Agence France-Presse Former coach and Test all- Hussamuddin (56kg), Shiva Pospisil had never beaten John Isner bt Mikhail Galle rounder Madan Lal has Thapa (60kg), Rohit Tokas Murray in four prior encoun- Kukushkin 7-6(0), 7-6(6); Mis- been named as the chair- (64kg), Manoj Kumar (69kg) ters. The 26-year-old, who cha Zverev bt Joao Sousa 6-4, Sri Lankan spinner Rangana man of a three-member and Vikas Krishan (75kg). PTI defeated Taiwan’s Lu Yen- 6-3; Dominic Thiem bt Jeremy Herath said he is aiming for committee to look into the Hsun in the first round as Chardy 6-2, 6-4. a career total of 400 Test recent altercation between Murray enjoyed a bye, Doubles: First round: Gilles wickets after leading his side former Delhi captain notched his fourth career Muller & Sam Querry bt to a 259-run win over Gautam Gambhir and the victory over a top-10 player Leander Paes & Juan Martin del Bangladesh in the first Test team coach K.P. Bhaskar. and his first since 2014. Porto 6-3, 6-4. in Galle on Saturday. Herath Ambassador Rajendra S. Leander Paes and Juan Women: Madison Keys bt Mari- claimed six for 59 in the Rathore and advocate Ms. Martin del Porto crashed out ana Duque 6-1, 7-5; Naomi second innings as host Sri Soni Singh will be the other in the opening round of the Osaka bt Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-2; Lanka dismissed Bangladesh members of the commit- men’s doubles event suffer- Katerina Siniakova bt Carla for 197 runs in less than two tee, appointed by adminis- ing a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Gilles Big scalp: Vasek Pospisil’s stunning win over Andy Murray Suarez 6-3, 7-5; Caroline Woz- sessions to claim a crushing trator Justice Vikramjit Muller and Sam Querry. was his irst over a top-10 player since 2014. AFP niacki bt Magda Linette 6-3, win, giving it a 1-0 lead in the Sen. Rangana Herath. AFP Mills shines as Spurs 6-0; Julia Goerges bt Samantha two-Test series. The committee has been defeat Warriors Venus roars back former World No. 1, broke in Stosur 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. His 23rd five or more next week, said he would asked to submit its findings ousted 27th-seeded Yulia LOS ANGELES Venus Williams saved three the 10th game to pull level at Kristina Mladenovic bt An- wicket haul in an innings like to finish his career with and recommendations Putintseva of Kazakhstan Patty Mills scored 21 points match points as she roared 5-5. nika Beck 6-0, 7-5; Simona took his Tests tally to 366 400 wickets. within a fortnight. 6-2, 6-3. as San Antonio Spurs back for a 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-1 vic- Serving to save the match, Halep bt Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-1; wickets, allowing him to “I have already played 79 Agnieszka Radwanska bt Sara dominated Golden State tory over old foe Jelena Williams was on the ropes in Women’s fourth-seed Si- leapfrog New Zealand’s Tests and I am happy with Sorribes 6-3, 6-4; Peng Shuai bt Warriors 107-85 on Saturday Jankovic for a place in the the 12th game but she saved mona Halep of Romania Daniel Vettori, who has 362 whatever I have achieved so in an NBA showdown. Ana Konjuh 6-4, 6-2. women’s third round. three match points to force cruised through her opener, wickets to his name, to be- far,” Herath said after the Bhambri Other results: Thunder 112 bt Venus Williams bt Jelena The seven-time Grand the decider. downing Croatian wild card come Test cricket’s most Bangladesh win. “I don’t Jazz 104; Pistons 112 bt Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-1. Jankovic 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-1; Elena bows out Slam champion, her right Once she came through it, Vesnina bt Shelby Rogers 6-4, successful left-arm spinner. know how long I will go on Knicks 92; Clippers 112 bt Sixth-seeded Agnieszka Sixers 100; Hawks 107 bt arm bandaged and her serve she ran away with the third, 7-5; Timea Babos bt Varvara Herath took the record- and how long I will have my Sports Bureau Radwanska beat Spain’s Sara ZHUHAI Grizzlies 90; Suns 100 bt speed down, surrendered buoyed by an enthusiastic Lepchenko 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2; breaking wicket haul in just form. But I would like to get Sorribes 6-3, 6-4 and ninth- Mavericks 98; Bucks 102 bt the first set in just 20 crowd. Pauline Parmentier bt Yulia 79 Tests, compared to Vet- to 400 wickets,” he said. Yuki Bhambri bowed out of seeded American Madison Timberwolves 95; Heat 104 minutes and was quickly Second-seeded Angelique Putintseva 6-2, 6-3; Angelique tori’s 113 Tests. “Only a few legends of the the $50,000 Challenger Keys made a successful re- bt Raptors 89; Pelicans 125 down a break at 3-1 in the Kerber raced into the third Kerber bt Andrea Petkovic 6-2, Among all left-arm bowl- game have taken 400 Test tennis tournament here, turn to competition with a bt Hornets 122 (OT); second. round with a 6-2, 6-1 victory 6-1 ers, only Pakistani fast wickets. So that will be losing 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday 6-1, 7-5 victory over Colom- Cavaliers 116 bt Magic 104; She broke Jankovic twice over fellow German Andrea Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: bowler Wasim Akram is great. I don’t know if I will to the top seed and even- bian Mariana Duque. Wizards 125 bt Trail Blazers to take a 5-4 lead in the Petkovic. Sania Mirza & Barbora Strycova ahead of Herath, with 414 have this form always. I am tual champion Evgeny 124; Nuggets 105 bt Kings second set before the Serb Kerber next faces France’s Sania Mirza and Barbora bt Sara Errani & Alicja Rosolska wickets. Herath, who will looking forward to do my Donskoy. 92. AGENCIES veteran, like Williams a Pauline Parmentier, who Strycova beat Sara Errani 6-2, 6-3. celebrate his 39th birthday job for the team.” The results: Semifinals: Ev- geny Donskoy (Rus) bt Yuki Bhambri 6-3, 7-5. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Jack Frost claims main event CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC MUMBAI: Jack Frost, ridden by A. (p). SHP: ₹33, FP: ₹96, Q: ₹48, (Neeraj) 3 and Eiger’s Tiger Voiceless inspiration Former DSA Sandesh, claimed the C.N. Wadia Tanala: ₹325 and ₹171. Favourite: (Sandesh)4.3-1/4,2-3/4,3/4.2m Gold Cup (Gr.2), the chief event of Pugnacious. Owners: Mr. & Mrs. I. 05.68s. ₹31 (w), 15, 12 and 16 (p). Sunday’s (March 12) races here. Nathani, M/s. Murad I. Nathani & SHP: ₹41, FP: ₹101, Q: ₹75, Tanala: Cancer forces Kadhim Flayeh to have his larynx removed chief Sood The winner is owned by M/s. Zain I. Nathani rep. Alpha Stud ₹209 and ₹86. Favourite: Sussex Peter Deubet, Xerxes A. Shahi- and Farms Pvt Ltd. Trainer: Re- Pride. Owner: Mr. Ketan R. Me- Agence France-Presse crisis. passes away walla & Mr. Farzin V. Gaekwad hanullah Khan. hta. Trainer: Subhag Singh. Baghdad “The players have contin- and trained by Vinesh Gaekwad. C.N. WADIA GOLD CUP THE RESULTS: INDIAN NAVY TROPHY,Div.II (Gr.2) Kadhim Flayeh taps three ued their training without Special Correspondent (2,400m), 4-y-o & over: JACK 4 (1,000m) Cl. IV, rated 20 to 7 fingers on his watch. It’s the getting paid and I haven’t re- NEW DELHI W BUCKLEY PLATE (2,400m), 46: DEMOCRAT (Parmar) 1, Pet- FROST (Sandesh) 1, Commodore 1 Cl. V, rated 1 to 26: RITZ (C.S. ronius (Neeraj) 2, Sporto (S.Amit) (Neeraj) 2, Cameron (Trevor) 3 sign for kick-off: one of Iraq’s ceived my salary (about The former president of Jodha) 1, Red Fort (Nirmal Jodha) 3 and Philadelphia (Sandesh) 4. 1- and Alaindair (Srinath) 4. 1, 2-1/4, top football coaches has lost $400) for two months be- the Delhi Soccer Associ- 2, Star Scholar (Sandesh) 3 and Sh. 2m 33.50s. ₹52 (w), 28 and 14 3/4, 1, Snk. 59.49s. ₹106 (w), 27, 15 his voice. cause of the club’s financial ation (DSA) Umesh Sood Roman Gold (Bhawani) 4. Snk, 2, and 14 (p). SHP: ₹30, FP: ₹974, Q: (p). SHP: ₹40, FP: ₹172, Q: ₹108, 16. 2m 39.77s. ₹18 (w), 13 and 19 ₹155, Tanala: ₹1,085 and ₹537. Fa- Tanala: ₹256 and ₹82. Favourite: Cancer forced the 57-year- situation,” he says. died of cardiac arrest at his (p). SHP: ₹27, FP: ₹43, Q: ₹20, vourite: Philadelphia. Owners: Cameron. Owners: M/s. Peter old to have his larynx re- Last year he was forced to home on Sunday morning. Tanala: ₹54 and ₹16. Favourite: M/s. Akhtar Adamji Peerbhoy, Deubet, Xerxes A. Shaiwalla & moved last year, but it did sell his car and some per- He was 73. Ritz. Owners: Mr. Vikram D. Shah Mrs. Farzin V. Gaekwad. Trainer: Mustafa M. Pardiwala, Pramod not stop him coaching Bagh- sonal belongings to finance An efficient organiser & M₹ Ameeta V. Shah. Trainer: Gajanan Churi & Ajay K. Arora. Vinesh Gaekwad. Imtiaz Sait. Trainer: M.K. Jadhav. INDIAN NAVY TROPHY,Div.I dad’s Air Force Club youth Beyond words: Kadhim Flayeh, a cancer-afected Iraqi coach, his laryngectomy in Beirut. who conducted many na- MULRAJ GOCULDAS TROPHY (1,000m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to team. uses sign language and hand gestures to train players. AFP To restore his voice, he tional football events in DESIGN ONE STAKES 8 2 (1,200m), Cl. I, rated 80 and 46: MOTHERLAND (Sandesh) 1, Sometimes he communic- would need a $50,000 the Capital, Umesh Sood upward: BRAHMACHARI 5 (1,400m), Maiden, 3-y-o only: Fabio (S.J. Sunil) 2, El Tycoon CERRADO (Sandesh) 1, Paramour (Trevor) 2, (Neeraj) 1, Solo Mission (Agarwal) 3 and Divine Magic ates using an electro-larynx, “The key thing I have to the gap and they adopt a (€47,000) operation in Ger- had played basketball, Brynhill (Santosh) 3 and (P.S. Chouhan) 2, Anniversary (Pereira) 4. Not run: Riot Of Col- a small device whose vibra- tell them is not to argue with more compact formation. many — but he says that is hockey and football for Valentino (Parmar) 4. 2-1/4, 1-3/4, Girl (Agarwal) 3 and Emotionless ours. Snk, Snk, 3/4, 59.77s. ₹31 (Prasad) 4. 7, 1/2 , 3-3/4.1m 24.83s. tions produce a synthetic the referee. When I raise four He raises two fingers on beyond his means. Hindu College. He 2. 1m 11.15s. ₹69 (w), 28 and 10 (p). (w), 12, 29 and 15 (p). SHP: ₹84, voice. fingers on one hand it means one hand and one on the His former players have played football for Delhi SHP: ₹44, FP: ₹83, Q: ₹29, Tanala: ₹16 (w), 10, 13 and 60 (p). SHP: FP: ₹287, Q: ₹278, Tanala: ₹494 ₹185 and ₹96. Favourite: Para- ₹35, FP: ₹38, Q: ₹41, Tanala: ₹481 and ₹122. Favourite: Motherland. When that becomes un- they need to press the op- other: two against one, the launched a fundraising cam- University. He had served mour. Owners: M/s. Mohan Chat- and ₹422. Favourite: Cerrado. Owners: M/s. Deepak U. Satav & comfortable he resorts to ponent — they understand players mark their paign to help finance his op- as the manager of the In- Owners: Mr. & Mrs. Vijay B. taram, Kishore M. Dingra & G. Vazhparambil J. Joseph. Trainer: writing on paper, letting an that well.” opponents. eration. So far they have dian football team. Shewakramani. Trainer: Imtiaz Shirke, Mr. Jay V. Shirke & Mr. Dallas Todywalla. K.N. Dhunjibhoy rep. Five Stars assistant read out his Throughout training ses- Coaching the Air Force managed to raise $3,500. He is survived by wife, Sait. Jackpot: 70 per cent: ₹41,369 (20 Shipping Co. Pvt. Ltd. Trainer: tkts.) and 30 per cent: ₹4,272 (83 instructions. sions and matches, he issues Club youth team since 1998, But players say the club’s son and daughter. BEHRAM A ENGINEER Vishal Gaikwad. 3 TROPHY (1,600m), Cl. III, tkts.). “Sometimes a look is instructions with his arms, Flayeh has become one of financial difficulties and The football, hockey and rated 40 to 66: VICE ADMIRAL JAYRAMDAS PATEL GOLD Treble (i): ₹356 (46 tkts.); (ii): ₹661 enough to put across what I one gesture after another. the most popular coaches in Flayeh’s illness have basketball fraternity atten- (Sandesh) 1, Pugnacious (A. 6 TROPHY (2,000m), Cl. IV, (56 tkts.). want to say,” he says. He opens his arms wide Iraq. strengthened the relation- ded the cremation Gaikwad) 2, Volantis (Trevor) 3 rated 20 to 46: SUSSEX PRIDE Super Jackpot: 70 per cent: and Makino (Neeraj) 4. Nk, LNK, (Trevor) 1, Flashing Honour ₹88,889 (1 tkt.) and 30 per cent: But on the pitch, hand sig- and the players spread out But that has not prevented ship between the young re- at the Lodhi Cremat- 1. 1m 37.91s. ₹42 (w), 16, 12 and 18 (Srinath) 2, Thor Of Asgard ₹12,698 (3 tkts.). nals are key. across the pitch. He reduces the club from facing financial cruits and their coach. orium in the evening.

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FAITH The righteous Prithu

Prithu is an incarnation of the Lord to protect dharma which had declined due to the wickedness of his father Vena. The incident of Prithu’s performance of a hundred As- wamedha yagnas and the subsequent obstructions to it cap- tures the tensions and strife that prevails between theism and atheism besides highlighting the glory of devotion, pointed out Sri Damodhara Dikshitar in a discourse. It is said that Indra grows jealous of Prithu and interrupts the sacrifice repeatedly by stealing the consecrated horse. This act has an influence on people’s mind against Vedic rituals and strengthens the stance of the prevailing atheistic schools of thought. Brahma appears before him and says that no one should be killed during the sacrifice except the consecrated animal and that there is no need to complete the hundredth yagna, for already Prithu has become eligible for the highest attainment, Moksha, leave alone excelling In- dra. In fact, Prithu’s aim is not to rival Indra but only to per- form Yagna for its own sake and for the benefit of the universe. Brahma tells Prithu that he has overcome the false sense of dharma that atheists hold on to as true. Lord Narayana also appears and instructs Prithu not to be deluded by Maya and to excuse and accept Indra. Prithu does so without any tinge of enmity and Indra feels ashamed for his own cowardly act and touches Prithu’s feet with love and reverence. To the Lord’s offer of a boon, Prithu declares that he should always remain in devoted service to Him. He should be blessed with a thousand ears to listen to the glories of the Lord. He should not be affected by Maya that entices people to entertain desires for worthless and ephemeral things. He entreats the Lord to confer whatever is ultimately good for him just as a father works for the good of his child.

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Rakesh Rao not comfortable on this play my own game and don’t GURUGRAM course, I was nervous on look at others. I told him I’ll On Sunday, Shiv Shankar every single shot. When I fin- follow his advice and follow Chowrasia did more than ished the (third) round, (in the same routine,” said Ronaldinho all set to just retaining the $1.75 mil- the forenoon today), I knew I Chowrasia. visit Pakistan lion Hero Indian Open title. had a two-shot lead into the The scores: S.S.P. Chowrasia KARACHI He made a point on a course final round. I told myself, I (72, 67, 68, 71) 278; Gavin Brazillian Ronaldinho is all set where every regular from the didn’t need birdies, just aim- Green (Mas) (72, 73, 65, 75) to visit Pakistan in what looks European Tour struggled in ing for pars in the final 285; Scott Jamieson (Sco) (70, like an attempt to generate varying degrees. round.” 74, 70, 72), Matteo Manassero more interest in football Given the high degree of Chowrasia played 25 holes (Ita) (68, 73, 72, 73) 286; across the country. According difficulty presented by the on this day after being re- Anirban Lahiri (76, 73, 72, 73), to Geo TV, Ronaldinho has DLF Golf and Country Club quired to finish seven Rafa Cabrera Bello (Esp), (73, confirmed his visit Pakistan course, it was hardly surpris- pending holes from the pre- 73, 70, 71) and Carlos Pigem and has signed to play a ing to note that only six play- vious round. He started the (Esp) (69, 73, 67, 78) 287. match. Many experts believe Other Indians: Chiragh Kumar ers could break par on ag- final round with a two-stroke the event is going to be one (73, 75, 71, 74) 293; S. gregate. In this background, cushion after firing a hat- of the biggest in the country. Chikkarangapa (72, 76, 75, 72) ANI the 38-year-old Indian’s trick of birdies for a four-un- 295; Shubhankar Sharma (72, seven-stroke winning margin der 68. 76, 71, 78) 297; Shamim Khan Undisputed champion: S.S.P. Chowrasia, along with his better stood out. Right through the round, (74, 74, 73, 77) 298; Gaganjeet half, displays the reward for some scintillating golf. For his effort, Chowrasia Chowarsia led by two to Bhullar (74, 74, 76, 74) 298); STUART FRANKLIN/GETTY IMAGES won $291,660 while joint- eight strokes, thanks also to Arjun Atwal (74, 76, 72, 79) 301; fifth Anirban Lahiri received his nearest rivals Carlos Pi- Ajeetesh Sandhu (73, 77, 77, 74) $62,650. the course and conditions hard work, I gave my 100% gem and Gavin Green who 301; Digvijay Singh (77, 70, 75, was suitably rewarded. and I practised a lot on slowly fell back. 80), Deepinder Singh Kullar Predicting the score “I feel great as it’s one of everything.” (76, 74, 76, 76) 302; Jyoti Rand- What more, on Tuesday, the toughest courses I’ve He kept a calm exterior Jeev’s advice hawa (75, 70, 79, 79) 303; Chowrasia had put the win- played and won by seven and looked confident “I just played good this week, Rashid Khan (73, 76, 78, 81) ning score at -10. On Sunday, shots. This is the biggest vic- throughout his campaign but obviously some luck, too. 308; Rigel Fernandes (A) (72, ‘Sharapova should start this was exactly what he pos- tory of my career. The secret contrary to what appeared, Jeev (Milkha Singh) was 76, 84, 77) 309; Abhijit Chadha from the bottom’ ted. Clearly, his reading of (behind winning) is only the champion said, “I was telling me to calm down and (76, 73, 79, 82) 310. INDIAN WELLS Caroline Wozniacki says Maria Sharapova, who is returning to the game after a drugs Fiaz fetches winner in nick of time ban, should play her way Amalraj beats Sathiyan to triumph back into tournaments. “I feel like when a player is Chandigarh makes West Bengal sweat banned for drugs, I think that Manika Batra gets the better of Mouma Das, clinches women’s crown M.R. Praveen chandran someone should start from However, Chandigarh des- Chandigarh coach Margao the bottom and fight their Sports Reporter CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC pite its dominance couldn’t Mukesh Sharma was disap- CHENNAI way back, because it’s ț Amalraj pulled away from Substitute S.K. Faiz snatched create many goal-scoring pointed, but was proud of different from an injury.” AFP A. Amalraj of ONGC beat G. 2-2 at one stage a last-minute winner for chances. the way his boys performed. Sathiyan, also of ONGC, 4-2 West Bengal to end a spirited The winning goal came Host Goa started its cam- ț in the final to emerge the It was a come-from- challenge from Chandigarh against the run of play and paign with a 2-1 win over men’s singles champion of behind victory for Manika in a Group A match of the when Chandigarh was press- Meghalaya at GMC stadium the Indian Oil PSPB inter- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 71st Santosh Trophy football ing for the elusive goal in the in Dambolim. unit table tennis tournament championship at the Rosary dying minutes. After a goalless first half, win the next three, and the Sports Complex stadium here on Sunday. last game. The former champion the action picked up with all here on Sunday. created at least three good the goals coming fairly early Amalraj clinched the first The results (finals): game with a 4-point margin, chances. The best chance in the first 10 minutes of the Singles: Men: A. Amalraj Perfect pass lost the second narrowly by came in the 31st minute second. (ONGC) bt G. Sathiyan (ONGC) CL win will be Pep’s two points, played with high Faiz latched on to a perfect when Shaikom Singh’s cross Latesh Mandrekar biggest, says Toure 11-7, 13-15, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4, 14- pass from another substitute found Manvir in a good posi- intensity to grab the third 12. Women: Manika Batra (IOC) opened the scoring for Goa MANCHESTER Sannik Murmu and out tion to score but the striker’s and fifth games, and capped by Mouma Das (OIL) 4-11, 11-9, in the 49th minute whle Lis- If Manchester City head paced two defenders to header was wayward. the match off with a last- 13-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6; ton Colaco increased the coach Pep Guardiola manages game win. place the ball into the far lead in the 52nd minute. to win the Champions Doubles: Men: A. Amalraj & post and earned full points Tough match Manika Batra of IOC, also Harmeet Desai (ONGC) bt Enestar Malngiang re- League, it will be his biggest for the 31-time champion. West Bengal coach Mridul achievement, says Yaya Toure women’s National No.1, beat Sharath Kamal & Sudhanshu duced the margin in the Kanth Banjeree was a re- (left). “I think this could be Mouma Das of OIL 4-2 in the Grover (IOC) 9-11, 9-11, 11-6, It was heart break for 54th minute. Pep’s biggest achievement,” final to win the women’s 11-6, 12-10. Women: Riti Chandigarh, which had qual- lieved man. The results: West Bengal 1 (S.K. Toure said. City goes into the singles title. Shankar & Senohara D’ Souza ified for the National cham- “In any tournament the Faiz 90) bt Chandigarh 0; Goa 2 second leg with a 5-3 Though Manika lost the (GAIL) bt Mousumi Pal & Ankita pionship after 19 years, as it first match is important. It (Latesh Mandrekar 49, Liston advantage over French Ligue first game by a big margin, Das (ONGC) 11-13, 11-6, 16-14, We did it: Manika Batra and A. Amalraj, who triumphed on was the better side in the was a tough match for us Colaco 52) bt Meghalaya 1 (En- 1 outfit Monaco. IANS she came back strongly to 11-9. Sunday. M. VEDHAN second half. and full credit to the boys.” estar Malngiang 54).

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IN BRIEF Sweet spot in eye helps humans read Brazil’s President ‘Scientist couple’ deciphers the most important aspects of how our vision works at cellular level lees ‘spooky’ palace

Press Trust of India only humans and other old-fashioned CRT monitors) Agence France-Presse New Delhi primates have this dimple- from the corner of our eye, Rio de Janeiro Ever wondered why humans like structure in their Dr. Sinha explains. Brazil’s President Michel More great white sharks can read? A team led by retinas. Past recordings of foveal Temer blames bad vibes Kolkata-born scientists has Owls, some other predat- output signals in the living and even ghosts for driving appear off Cape Cod found that a special sweet ory birds, and some reptiles eye had demonstrated that him out of his sumptuous BOSTON spot in the eye called ‘fovea’ have a similar structure. The the perceptual specialisa- official residence in the Great white sharks are discovering what tourists plays a crucial role in hu- fovea is responsible for our tions of foveal vision origin- capital Brasilia, a Brazilian have known for years — Cape mans being able to focus on visual experiences that are ated largely in the retina it- news weekly reported on Cod in Massachussets is a computer screens and also rich in colourful spatial self, rather than in Saturday. great place to spend the read, an ability which is detail. subsequent brain circuits. Mr. Temer surprised summer. The latest data from unique to Homo sapiens. Nonetheless, Dr. Sinha Brazilian politics watchers Michel Temer a multi-year study found that The findings decipher the How fovea functions says, little was known about this week with the revela- the number of sharks in mechanism that lets humans Figuring out how the fovea the cellular and circuitry tion that he had decamped thing. Only Michelzinho waters off the vacation haven read the text, recognise functions is essential to the basis of these functional spe- from the Alvorada Palace [their son], who went run- appears to be on the rise. AP faces, enjoy colours, say the search for strategies to cor- cialisations due to a lack of and moved with his former ning from one end to the scientists. rect central vision loss, in- intracellular recordings from beauty queen wife and other, liked it.” Raunak Sinha and Mrina- cluding efforts to design foveal neurons. their seven-year-old son “We even started to lini Hoon describe them- visual prosthetics. The team from the down the road to the smal- wonder: could there be selves as a ‘scientist couple’ “Diseases such as macular Wonders of evolution: A region in the eye called the fovea is Howard Hughes Medical ler vice-presidential ghosts?” he reportedly who push the frontiers of degeneration are much responsible for visual experiences rich in colourful detail. AFP Center research team re- residence. quipped to Veja. neuroscience to better un- more debilitating than defi- cently made one of the first The modernist According to a report in derstand vision. cits in peripheral eyesight undergo rapid movements why central and peripheral direct comparisons of the Alvorada, which means Globo newspaper, Marcela Dr. Sinha says this “recent because of the importance to direct the fovea to various vision have different qualit- physiological properties of Dawn and was designed by Temer brought in a priest breakthrough in under- of the fovea to everyday vis- parts of the scene.” ies, he says. foveal and peripheral retinal Brazilian architect Oscar to drive out any evil spirits, standing how the most im- ion,” says Dr. Sinha of the The absence of a fovea in neurons and among the first Niemeyer, would be a but to no avail. Thief who stole from portant aspects of our vision Department of Physiology most mammals, he says, and For fine tasks correlations between struc- dream home for many. It The Temers then moved Drake jailed for a year works at a cellular level. This and Biophysics at the Uni- technical challenges associ- Located near the optic ture and function in the has a huge pool, football to the still luxurious but LOS ANGELES work illustrates the physiolo- versity of Washington’s, ated with recording from the nerve, the fovea is at its best fovea. field, chapel, medical smaller Jaburu Palace A 21-year-old homeless gical basis of how our cent- School of Medicine. primate fovea, led to a for fine tasks like reading. Publishing their work in centre and vast lawn. nearby. janitor who stole $3 million ral vision, mediated by the The fovea is a specialised paucity of information about Compared to the peripheral the journal CELL, their ex- But Mr. Temer, 76, and The house moving worth of jewels from singer region in the eye called fo- region that dominates our how the fovea operates at retina, however, the fovea is periments revealed how dif- his 33-year-old wife Mar- comes in the middle of a Drake’s tour bus has been sentenced to a year in county vea, works at a cellular level visual perception, he ex- the level of cellular circuits. less able to process rapidly ferences in the cellular and cela, find the cavernous, severe political crisis for jail. The 30-year-old singer and how it differs in its oper- plains. It provides more than Using advanced tech- changing visual signals. circuit mechanisms of foveal glass-fronted building Brazil, with many of Mr. had his tour bus broken into ation from the region that half of the input from the niques, Dr. Sinha helped This low sensitivity is and peripheral retina can ac- spooky. “I felt something Temer’s allies facing poten- whilst he was performing in mediates our peripheral eyes to the visual cortex of lead a study that revealed what makes us see motion in count for the well-estab- strange there. I wasn’t able tial corruption probe. The Phoenix, Arizona, last vision”. the brain. that the computational ar- flipbooks and movies. It’s lished differences in their to sleep right from the first President himself is bat- September as part of his Vision scientists have un- “When you look at a chitecture and basic visual also what prevents us from perceptual sensitivities. night. The energy wasn’t tling a case in the electoral ‘Summer Sixteen Tour’. PTI covered some of the reasons scene an arm’s length away,” processing of the fovea are seeing flicker when a com- The latest study provides good,” Mr. Temer was court, where he is accused behind the unusual percep- he says, “the fovea subtends distinct from other regions puter or TV screen re- one of the first glimpses into quoted as saying by Veja. of having benefited from il- tual properties of the eye’s a field only about the size of of the retina. freshes, unless we glance at how the fovea works at a cel- “Marcela felt the same legal donations in 2014. fovea. Among mammals, your thumbnail. Our eyes The results help explain the screen (especially the lular and circuit level. Antibiotic-free meat gets a foothold in U.S. as brands turn to organic

Agence-France Presse Analysts see the latest grim’s Pride and others. The age is far lower for pork and growth rates for animals, and in agriculture should be lim- said. Tyson, which has faced Shah Rukh, Aamir spend New York Tyson announcement as fur- announcements vary in beef. to prevent disease outbreaks ited to medically necessary shareholder resolutions on time with Netflix CEO Facing pressure from envir- ther evidence of a trend of scope, with some companies, Moreover, several leading on farms where animals are uses and not for weight gain. its water policy and other MUMBAI onmentalists and share- large companies limiting for example, still permitting companies have resisted ac- frequently packed in close The call by public officials sustainability issues, also Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir holder activists, major U.S. pharmaceuticals that scient- use of ionophores, antibiot- tion. Kentucky Fried quarters. has dovetailed with plans to limit antibiotics in Khan spent some time food companies and restaur- ists believe increases drug- ics not used in human Chicken, part of Yum Brands, But an April 2014 World heightened consciousness pork, beef and turkey. together with Internet TV ant chains are moving to limit resistance for treating pneu- medicine. currently scores an “F” on an Health Organization report about food in broader Amer- Advocates of stricter anti- network Netflix’s CEO Reed antibiotics in farm animals monia, infections and other “We’re seeing a cry from NRDC scorecard on antibiot- warned of the potential for a ican society that has also pro- biotic use are pressing for ac- Hastings and his team on Saturday night. Both SRK and raised for meat. illnesses in humans. consumers for meat that’s re- ics policy, while Sanderson “post-antibiotic era” in which pelled organic food. tion on beef and pork too. Hastings posted a Last month, Tyson Foods sponsibly raised,” said Lena Farms, a leading US chicken “common infections and Instead of antibiotics, Since beef already has more photograph. “Netflixed and announced a “no antibiotics Pledging support Brook, a food policy advocate producer, has lampooned the minor injuries can kill” as Tyson is turning to probiotics premium grades, adding anti- chilled. Thanks Reed ever” pledge for all Tyson- The wave started in 2014 with for the Natural Resources De- trend. drugs become ineffective. and to botanicals such as biotic-free products could be Hastings, Ted Sarandos and branded chicken products, Perdue Chicken and chicken- fense Council (NRDC). Experts in animal farm sci- In voluntary guidelines oregano and thyme for another opportunity to intro- team and my friend Aamir building on an earlier prom- based fast-food chain Chick- While an estimated 40 to ence say U.S. farmers for dec- that took effect in January, routine treatment, while still duce a pricier product, said Khan for breaking his regimen ise to restrict drug use on fil-A, followed by McDon- 50% of U.S. chicken now is ades routinely employed an- the U.S. Food and Drug Ad- employing antibiotics if birds Zain Akbari, a food industry for me,” SRK tweeted. PTI broiler chickens. ald’s, Wal-Mart Stores, Pil- antibiotic-free, the percent- tibiotics as a means to speed ministration said antibiotics become sick, a spokesman analyst at Morningstar.

Press Trust of India Washington Scientists, drawing inspiration from substances shell- fish create to stick to sur- faces, have developed a super strong adhesive that works under water. The bio-based glue performed better than 10 commercial adhesives when used to bond polished aluminium. “Our current adhesives are terrible at wet bonding, yet marine biology solved this problem eons ago,” said Jonathan Wilker, a professor at Purdue Uni- versity in the US. “Poly (catechol-styrene) is looking to be, possibly, one of the strongest under- Seeking divine help: The faithful pray at the famous Shwedagon Buddhist pagoda on the full water adhesives found to moon day of Tabaung, the last month of the Myanmarese calendar, in Yangon on Sunday. AP date,” he said. Excavation Google in talks with China unearths 350 relics in M.P. to stage a comeback: Report Press Trust of India Bhopal Beijing’s been in touch with the Internet giant since last year The excavation carried out in the Narmada valley at Press Trust of India Mehtakhedi village under Beijing Khargone district has led China and Google are in to the discovery of 350 ar- talks for the Internet giant’s chaeological remains return to the Chinese main- which the experts claim to land after it was pulled out be 50,000 years old. seven years ago following a Sunday. bitter spat with Beijing over “ 350 antiquities were censorship rules. found during excavation. “China has been in touch The work to explore micro with Google through vari- relics was being carried out ous channels. Last year, by dissolving and filtering leaders of our country’s im- the soil obtained from the portant department had excavation,” Anupam Ra- further communication jan, commissioner, Archae- with Google,” Liu Binjie, a ology Department of Mad- standing committee mem- Talking it out: If the parley succeeds, Google’s service for hya Pradesh, said on ber of China’s Parliament academics will be the irst to be allowed back in China. AP Sunday. the National People’s Con- Mr. Rajan said that the gress and former head of engine for scholarly literat- demic sector will be the development of human the General Administration ure, was among the services first to get through. China’s civilisation was studied on of Press and Publication, on Beijing’s priority list for focus is on [making] aca- the basis of underground said. re-entry, Mr. Liu was demic progress, such as deposition, ancient geo- At present, the Google quoted as saying by Hong academic exchanges as well graphical analysis and search engine as well other Kong-based the South China as [exchanges in] science types of apparatus. services, including e-mail Morning Post on Sunday. and culture, instead of “Human civilisation of services, are blocked in There was hope that a news, information or polit- Mehtakhedi area is related China and they can be ac- part of Google’s business ics,” he said. to African human group cessed only via virtual would return to China first, But no timetable had yet spread in the world over private networks (VPNs). gradually followed by oth- been set for Google’s re- 50,000 years ago,” Google Scholar, a search ers, Mr. Liu said. “The aca- turn, he added. CM A ND-ND YK