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Sources in the responsibility for a suicide Islamabad for his release. Conventions.” lation” should not be miscon- China, France, Russia, the In Islamabad, Foreign Kapoor, who addressed the Government said more than 20 attack on a CRPF convoy in Khan made the announce- The joint session of strued as its weakness. United Kingdom and the Minister Shah Mehmood media, along with the repre- Pakistani aircraft had Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir, ment during a joint session of Pakistan Parliament was held “Our armed forces are bat- United States, on the Pakistan Qureshi said his Government sentatives of the Army and the approached the Indian air- killing 40 paramilitary men. Parliament soon after Foreign on Thursday to discuss rising tle-hardened and they are fully Air Force targeting Indian mil- was willing to consider return- Navy, said a variety of aircraft space. The IAF also nailed the The IAF showed parts of Minister Shah Mehmood tension with India. The prepared to respond to any itary installations in an aggres- ing the captured IAF pilot if it was used by Pakistan Air Force misinformation by the Pakistan Amraam missiles as proof that Qureshi said Khan is ready to Pakistani Air Force on aggression,” he said. sive manner, resulting in the leads to “de-escalation” of ten- — F-16s, JF 17 Thunder and military that it shot down two Pakistan used F-16 aircraft to talk to his Indian counterpart Wednesday carried out a retal- Khan said he “tried to call” escalation of tensions. sions with India. Mirages. This rejects Pakistan’s Indian aircraft and captured attack Indian military estab- Narendra Modi to de-escalate iatory strike, a day after Indian the Indian Prime Minister on On US President Donald According to the sources, claims that its air force did not three Indian pilots which was lishments on Wednesday. Indo-Pak tensions. struck inside Pakistan, destroy- the phone Wednesday because Trump’s suggesting that the Khan has to walk the talk on target the Indian military instal- later claimed to be two and by Pakistan lied that no F-16 “In our desire for peace, I ing the biggest terrorist train- “escalation is not in our inter- situation between India and investigating the February 14 lations during Wednesday’s air the evening on Wednesday was used but there was enough announce that tomorrow ing camp of the Jaish-e- ests nor in India’s”. The Prime Pakistan was de-escalating, the Pulwama attack. India, they intrusion. they said just one pilot was in evidence, Kapoor said. (Friday), and as a first step to Mohammed (JeM). Minister urged the interna- sources said New Delhi has no stressed, wants immediate, Asserting that the IAF their custody. Stating that Pakistan air- open negotiations, Pakistan Addressing the House, tional community to play its idea what he was referring to. credible and verifiable action strikes hit the intended target The Army and Navy rep- craft targeted military installa- will be releasing the Indian Air Khan said, “The only purpose role in de-escalation for peace Pakistan’s efforts to link the against terrorists and their and achieved the mission, resentatives asserted that the tions, he added PAF bombs Force officer in our custody,” of our strike was to demon- and stability in the region. release of the pilot with “de- proxies. Kapoor said it’s up to the polit- Armed forces are on high alert were unable to damage any of ical leadership to decide when and ready to meet any securi- India’s defence installations. and how to release evidence of ty challenge on land and sea. Addressing the media,     the Balakot strike’s success. But the sources added there has Indian Army’s Major General      %   P    He was responding to a been no mobilisation of ground SS Mahal said escalation of ten- question on the scepticism in forces yet. Tensions between the sions had been done by   some quarters about whether two countries escalated after Pakistan but India was prepared    my nephews who was also IAF fighters had hit the intend- Indian fighters bombed banned for any contingency if the   armed shot him in the leg,” ed targets. Kapoor said there is terror group Jaish-e- enemy provoked it. ing Commander Chaudhry said. New Delhi: India on Thursday WAbhinandan Varthaman The pilot was then asked to decided to suspend operations raised patriotic slogans, fired in drop his pistol, and was pinned of the Indo-Pak Samjhauta the air and stuffed his mouth down by a villager to prevent Express from March 4, on its with documents when he land- him from using any other side due to drastic decline in ed on Pakistani soil after eject- weapon that he might have occupancy especially after the ing from his fighter jet, says the had. The pilot attempted to Pulwama terror attack and the headman of a village on the destroy the documents in his suspension of the decade-old other side of the border. possession by stuffing them in train services from across the The Indian Air Force pilot, his mouth. However, the vil- border. who has been the centre of lagers managed to get hold of Sources said that the global attention since his cap- in India, Chaudhry said, dis- raise patriotic slogans about some papers which were later Railway Board has decided to ture on Wednesday, will be closing that the pilot was pelt- India. However, he was in for handed over to the army, the cancel all operations from the released on Friday, Pakistan ed with stones and also shot in a shock. “The boys around him BBC reported. train’s next scheduled run. Prime Minister Imran Khan the leg while fleeing. responded by saying, ‘Long Varthaman was also The Samjhauta Express has announced in Parliament. “My objective was to cap- live Pakistan’!” Chaudhury told thrashed by the “angry” mob runs from New Delhi on Recounting the dramatic ture the pilot alive. I had seen the BBC, adding that until the Pakistani Army came Wednesdays and Sundays. events leading to his capture, the Indian flag on his parachute Varthaman then pulled out to his rescue. “Our boys were From Pakistan side, the train Mohammad Razzaq Chaudhry, and knew he was Indian,” his gun and fired in the air to angry and continued to force departs from Lahore on the chief of Horran village in Chaudhry was quoted as saying. intimidate them. their way closer to him to Mondays and Thursdays. Pakistan, told the BBC that he According to the 58-year- The move led to more hos- punch and slap him, though On Wednesday, only 27 ran to the spot along with other old eyewitness, Varthaman tility and the villagers began some of them tried to stop the passengers boarded the train. villagers when he saw the MiG asked some of the villagers if he pelting stones at Varthaman aggressors. I also told them not As many as 375 passengers 21 crashing to the ground. was in India, and the villagers who by then was on the run. to harm him, to leave him availed the train service in Varthaman’s first question tricked him with an affirmative “The boys chased him until alone until the army officers February. The sources said the on landing was whether he was response, leading the pilot to he fell into a stream and one of arrived,” Chaudhry said. footfall on the train, which gen- erally records an occupancy of around 70 per cent, has fallen drastically post the Pulwama P
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  4147 $ ;47 $  proposal submitted by the three However, the regulatory calculated the cost as 6.32 per members. It is the fourth such authority has not altered with unit and fixed the tariff accord- we have declined and segregat- on Thursday informing about bid at the UN in the last 10 the fixed charges which remain ingly. They had proposed 6 ed rural and urban consumers the approval of new power tar- years to list Azhar as a global at 20 and  75 per month for per unit for domestic con- by fixing 5.75 and 6.25, iff. terrorist. rural and urban consumers sumers across the board which respectively,” said the Chairman Continued on Page 4 #!$% %# %#( )#%*+,-*. /   R



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The Chief Minister Oraon was stopped for five district, the CM ordered the maiden visit of its national participation of ours if the volunteers to ensure the per- Dhan Yojana, which started for plaints of 16 people and most ordered him to immediately years. On this, the Deputy concerned department to com- president Rahul Gandhi of the seats were finalised. Not much formance of the applications pension of unorganized sector cases were settled on the spot. suspend the police officer giv- Commissioner of Ranchi pensate all the affected farmers State first time after he took time is left in the elections. It submitted for caste and income workers. Every worker of the Virendra Mahato, a resident of ing incorrect report stating the informed that due to non-ver- through insurance. charge of the top Congress should have been done and for- certificate on priority basis. unorganized sector who has Kuju in Ramgarh district, com- matter of serious negligence. ification of the dead person’s Principal Secretary to Chief post, but its partners of the mally announced. The rally The CM was speaking to been enrolled in this scheme plained that he had applied for Khunti resident Manju service book, the pension was Minister Sunil Kumar Barnwal ‘grand alliance’ are not feeling could have been joint com- senior government officials, has to be paid Rs 3,000 pension a passport, but in the course of Devi complained that her son stopped. Within a week, the informed on the occasion that the same buzz. Their chips are prising all the alliance part- Deputy Commissioners and per month after completion of police verification, in-charge of was killed on March 28, 2018, pension will be started by com- 3,32,211 complaints were down where unfinished seat ners,” said party vice president Superintendents of Police of all 60 years of age. He also asked Kuju OP has given incorrect at a distance of just 300 meters pleting this process. lodged in Jan Samvad out of sharing formula is primarily to Saba Ahmed. districts alongwith Secretaries the Deputy Commissioners to report of lodging four criminal from the police station, but no Satyakinkar Verma of which 2.91 lakh have been blame. Though the formula to and heads of different depart- ensure that the campaign being cases against him. For this rea- action has been taken against Seraikela-Kharsawan had filed found to be fit for taking Nevertheless, the party has distribute 14 Lok Sabha seats ments through video confer- run for backward caste survey son his passport was not the accused till now. When a complaint that his three acres action. A total of 2.61 lakh sent formal invitation to all its among its partners is more or encing here on Thursday. in the State is completed with- released. The SP of Ramgarh asked about this, the SP said of land situated in Asagi village complaints (90.14%) were partners, namely the JMM, the less settled between the Appreciating the role of in a month. admitted that the Kuju OP in that two militants of the PLFI was not acquired by the solved till date. JVM, the RJD and also from the Congress and the JMM but Left parties urging their leaders smaller participants coming to attend the March 2 rally in in the form of the JVM, the Ranchi, participation is yet to be RJD and the Left are far from confirmed. satisfied with just three seats ./ /!# 0&$ !& $ # 1$0 # %22 Sources in the Congress left alone for them. However said that JMM executive pres- with ‘mighty BJP’ back of their &5('86,'& 3 " development and housing min- new votes, or young voters or PM was enriched with new ident Hemant Soren, JVM mind, the issue is unlikely to ister CP Singh at Sukhdeo women voters to come and vote thoughts and motivation for supremo Babulal Marandi and snowball much. rime Minister Narendra Nagar in State capital among during the elections. BJP cadres. It is the potential of RJD State chief Annapurna Congress on its part is also PModi today addressed BJP others. Energizing the BJP cadres, Modi jee that while on one Devi along with others have in no mood to give much leaders and cadres through The video conferencing of Modi asked the BJP members hand he can talk about country been invited for the public space to the partners in the video conferencing across the PM Modi billed as ‘world to utilize their full potential in foreign policy on the other meeting which is considered as rally. “We have sent formal country, mobilizing them for largest video conferencing’ by upcoming next general election. hand he can give guidelines and the Opposition hitting elec- invitation to likeminded parties upcoming general elections. BJP where the PM interacted He said, “The centre has initi- directions to booth level work- tion gong against the BJP-led who are partnering us into the The BJP function was part of with 1 crore BJP workers and ated several development works ers.” dispensation. One of main anti-BJP alliance under party ‘Mera Booth Sabse volunteers from nearly 15,000 and the party leaders should Echoing the views of components of the Congress leadership. The stage Mazboot’ programme, through locations across the country, the reach out to people with the Pathak, BJP Ranchi Mahanagar Mahagathbandhan- the JMM- is going to be purely of the which Modi interacted with functions was held at 513 BJP 2#
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The voter would have with the existing system of two-way postal bal- ight months old Amit panchayats in this block. nearest primary health sub to download the ballot, fill it in and send it back lots which caused significant delays. The EOraon of Panso village in Meanwhile, regular health centre and provide them doses From page 1 the hike done. It is now for the through postal service. Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot’ also Gumla has defeated malnour- checkups of children are being of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic He further added that the Government to take a call,” he State Chief Electoral Officer, L Khiangtey aimed at easing the difficulty faced by service ishment in three months and is held at other 15 panchayats on Food (RUTF)." JBVNL’s revenue requirement replied. said, “Stressing on the use of IT in next gener- voters in casting their votes from remote loca- now a healthy baby. Ayush a monthly basis. The children given the for 2019-20 is going to be in the The Commission for the al elections, the ECI has decided to introduce tions.” Under the new system voters will enable Kumar Mahato, nine months A total of 5490 children doses for not more than three tune of Rs 7164 crore, which is first time has come up with ‘Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot’ in elec- voters to download a postal ballot sent though old, has reached from severe were covered in the screening months as if the dose does not 17 per cent more than the pre- ‘power index’ that would be tions for the voters staying outside the State. mail, print the same, mark their vote and then acute malnutrition (SAM) to between November 2018 to help in improvement of health vious year. “The company had based on the hours of power They can participate in the festival of democ- send it though postal service to the returning moderately acute malnutrition January 2019 in which 285 chil- during the said time, it usual- demanded Rs 8,375 as rev- supplied to the consumers in a racy through exercising their franchise through officer. (MAM) during the same time dren were found malnour- ly implies that there is a need enue. day. The JBVNL would be period. ished, 76 SAM and 209 MAM. of medical intervention in such The revenue has to be releasing the index in every These are among few such After intervention, of the 76 cases. "We do not ask parents arranged to ensure better per- three months on its website. If children who have managed to SAM children identified, three to depend on the RUTF but formance and quality power the discom is found supplying fight malnutrition with the have reached normal health, encourage them to use the supply in future. We have tried power less than 20 hours a day support of Karuna, a project of and 27 children have improved locally available nutritious food to keep tariff closer to the cost it has to lose certain amount Vikas Bharti and Save the from SAM to MAM already. like rice, wheat, ragi, vegetables, coming barring agriculture from the fixed charges as penal- Children, operating in Gumla A nutrition counselor has green leaves and others so that users where it is about 19 per ty. This apart, consumers of 5 district. been appointed in each of the the child gets habituated of eat- cent lower than the actual cost,” kWA capacity need not take Malnourishment has come 10 panchayats who visits every ing these things and his or added the Chairman. Revenue another connection for running up as one of the major concerns household and measures the health does not deteriorate gap of the company has been cottage industries or smaller for the State as data of National Middle Upper Arm when RUTF is stopped," calculated at Rs 692.70 crore as commercial activities. Family Health Survey (NFHS)- Circumference (MUAC) of a Sharma said. per the existing rate. Direction to complete the 4 show that 45.3 percent of chil- child, which is the World However, the complete When asked about burden metering exercise all over the dren under the age of five Health Organization's success of the project is based coming on the consumers, State by June this year has also years being stunted, 29 percent approved parameter for check- on regular follow-ups and especially in rural areas, Arvind been given to the JBVNL. Also wasted and 47.8 percent being ing malnourishment. counseling of parents. Sharma Prasad put the ball in the JSERC has provided fillip to underweight, which is much Chandra Kishore Sharma, said, “The parents have to be Government’s court. “Last year solar rooftop by approving rate higher than the national aver- project coordinator of Vikas counseled on a regular basis to the subsidy requirement was of Rs 4.16 per unit for gross age of 38.4 percent, 21 percent Bharati said, "The SAM chil- make them understand that estimated to be Rs 1,040 crore metering and Rs 3.80 per unit and 35.7 percent, respectively. dren are immediately referred malnutrition is a real problem but actually about Rs 700 crore for net metering producers. With this concern, the to malnutrition treatment cen- and they should be concerned was availed. 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&'1(6'(' 8 take necessary precautions in view of budget sessions by two days. the situation in the country. This ses- In a tweet put out later in the after- mid concerns arising out of the sion would have gone on for next two noon, Fadnavis said: “In view of the Aongoing military conflict with to three days. In view of the involve- developments in country and to keep Pakistan, the Maharashtra ment of property like Vidhan Bhavan, availability of our forces free from Government on Thursday curtailed we deploy as many 6,000 police per- other responsibilities, it is unani- the ongoing Budget session of the State sonnel during the legislature ses- mously decided to end legislature, by two days. sions,” Fadnavis said. #MaharashtraBudget session. No rea- Prefacing his announcement “After getting feedback from the son to get panic, this decision is only about the curtailment of the budget top police officials that they need more to make available forces with police session of the Maharashtra Legislature, force to take care of security issues, I dept:CM @Dev_Fadnavis”. chief minister Devendra Fadnavis deliberated the matter with leaders of The budget session, which com- alluded to the surgical strike carried various political parties yesterday. menced on Monday, was earlier out by Indian Air Force (IAF) on ter- Top police officials briefed us about the scheduled to end on Saturday. ror camps in Pakistan and said in the situation. I had one more meeting with Maharashtra’s Finance Minister State Assembly: “In view of the IAF’s the leaders of the Opposition in the Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday airstrike and yesterday’s develop- morning today. At that meeting, we presented an interim budget for 2019- ments, there is tension on the Pakistani unanimously decided to complete all 20 which showed an estimated rev- border.. While the Army is capable the pending business today and cur- enue deficit of 19,784 crore and made enough to look after the country’s tail the session by two days so as to a provision of special fund for farm security needs, it is but necessary that make available more police personnel loan waiver. we take care of internal security in the to take care of the security needs in the The vote-on-account budget, country. In cities like Mumbai, we have city,” the Chief Minister said. which has fiscal provisions for four to maintain extra vigil security mat- Fadnavis thanked leaders of the months of the next financial year — ters”. Opposition and leaders of various from April to July 2019, was passed by “There is no situation or need for political parties in both the Houses for both the Houses of State Legislature us to panic. It is but essential that we their co-operation in curtailing the on Thursday, without any debate. A!   )  D     C=+

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'" taken in dealing with the issue at hand, the fact              propriately or work at cross purposes to what certainly made a serious miscalculation. as to what led to the Pulwama attack must not            ( its mentors may be wishing to achieve. The Regardless of the number of casualties that  <    be lost sight of. For this serious lapse on the        (     Pulwama suicide attack falls in this category. the Indian Air Force’s attack on terror camps part of our intelligence services, it is impera- There have been numerous statements over the deep inside Pakistan may have caused, the very <  8  tive that heads must roll. 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With elections as sheer hyperbole and bluster.  <  They had consequently lost their ability to          ( around the corner and with the BJP facing the More importantly, the initiative has final- dominate the countryside, thereby losing out        *      very real likelihood of a serious decline, if the ly shifted in India’s favour along with world 3 <' <83 on intelligence. These aspects continued to be                ( recent State elections were any indication, it opinion, which has had enough of Pakistan’s   , " ignored by the Central Government and the             ( would have been in Pakistan’s best interest to duplicitous behaviour. Moreover, any escala- military hierarchy. Little thought was given to maintain a low profile. tion above a perfunctory retaliation, which was  3$" .   the necessity for reviewing either counter              Masood Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammed to be expected to assuage domestic opinion, insurgency strategies or tactical procedures and ! (         S (JeM) supremo, obviously had a different view. by Pakistan would destroy the fig leaf of deni-  3$  the leadership continued to be swayed by tac-               Not only did his organisation carry out the sui- ability it has used over the years. Crucially, it tical successes with little attempt to resolve the          #  .( cide attack that led to the death of 44 CRPF would force their military into a direct con-   8 3< growing disillusionment and radicalisation /  !             ( jawans but also went on to take credit for the frontation, something that the proxy war within the population, especially the youth.               ( action. Thus, in one thoughtless act, he not waged by them over the years allowed them This must certainly change.             only destroyed the Pakistan Government’s to avoid. (The writer is a military veteran, a consul-       attempts at deniability but also made Imran In this context, one can only hope better tant with the Observer Research Foundation and Uur v‡r v†Srtv‚hy9v rp‡‚ XCPT‚ˆ‡u@h†‡6†vh Khan’s call for India to provide credible evi- sense will prevail and we will be able to avoid Visiting Senior Fellow with The Peninsula dence infructuous. serious escalation of the conflict, which can Foundation, Chennai) 6      D ˆƒ‘‚qy„wqs xu‰y’uqss ‘„ vFy„t‘„qy „q‚y‰ƒq„t† ‚y•y„G„tyqxq‰ruu„xqƒ†uˆutr•xuˆuq‚y• vxy‰ ˆ•

the British. Eminent historian beliefs which sprang up in the people of the Indus. reformers of India to work with an had no roots in antiquity. Then, theological. Ayesha Jalal in her book, Self and region. But this synthesis was JT O’Connell, in his 1973 essay, established monotheist faith with there was the case of American his- After word got out about the Sovereignty, wrote that at least more cultural and geographical in ‘The Word Hindu’, published in an organised “history” to express torian James Laine’s 2004 book, contents of his book, its appoint- one of the reasons behind the nature. It wasn’t tied together by a Gaudiya Vaisnava Texts, wrote their cultural and political sepa- Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic ed publishing house was threat- emergence of Hindu and Muslim single, over-arching theological that it was only in the 16th centu- rateness, Hindu reformers had to India, on the 17th century “warrior ened. The publisher withdrew and nationalism was the introduction thread. ry CE that the word “Hindu” ini- start almost from scratch. king” hailed as an unmatched Jha had to look for another pub- of the holding of a nation-wide The British scholar of compar- tially emerged in the context of Therefore, early Hindu hero by Hindu nationalists. But lisher. The book was finally pub- census by the British, who insist- ative religion, GD Flood, wrote in being a faith. According to him, it reformist organisations such as the Laine did not treat any of the lished, but Hindu nationalist / ' .  ed that the natives declare their his tome, An Introduction to is described as a religion in the Arya Samaj (formed in 1875) myths related to the king as facts. groups demanded that Jha be faith. Hinduism, that the word “Hindu” 16th century Bengali tome based their Hindu reformism on A group of men belonging to the arrested for heresy. As threats n his 1934 book, The Story of Bhai Parmanand should not was first used as a geographical Chaitanya Charitamrita, which the idea that Hinduism, too, was a far-right Shiv Sena stormed the grew, Jha secretly left India. My Life, the early Hindu nation- have been surprised by what the term in the Persian texts of 6th uses the term “Hindu dharma.” monotheistic faith, which had just library where Laine had done his The Muslim religious-nation- Ialist and author, Bhai Americans asked him. The idea of century BCE to describe people Pandey wrote that to overcome one God and that all other deities research. They broke its windows alist narrative in Pakistan, too, has Parmanand, lamented that when defining the Hindus and Muslims who lived beyond River Indus (in this realisation, early Hindu worshipped in India were just and doors and set fire to a number caused fissures. But ever since the he visited the United States in 1914, as separate communities of India present-day Pakistan). nationalists claimed that a major- manifestations of this one God. of books. 1990s, it has developed a less reac- many Americans asked him, “Are was still new to those living thou- Flood also wrote that the ity of non-Hindu people living in The aim was to shape a dispersed One of Laine’s Indian collabo- tive tendency to absorb the all Hindus Muslim?” The Indian sands of miles away. To them, India Persians formulated this word the region had originally been cultural synthesis into an organised rators was thrashed and his face counter-narratives which chal- historian, Gyanendra Pandey, in was Hindustan and its citizens from the original local name of the Hindu and were converted. On the monotheist faith so that it could be blackened. The BJP Government lenge the “mythical” aspects of the his essay for the anthology, Hindus were Hindu just as America’s citi- Indus, which was Sindhu. other hand, also in the 19th cen- used to form a cohesive Hindu decided to ban the book in India. religious-nationalist narrative. In and Others, wrote that even till the zens were American — be they According to Indian historian tury, early Muslim nationalists nationalist narrative and polity. In 2002, prolific historian Prof DN India, the Hindu religious-nation- late 19th century, being a Hindu Christian or otherwise. But Romila Thapar, the term “Sindhu” claimed that their ancestors were In Modi’s India today, histori- Jha completed his book, Myth of alist narrative constituted a lesser largely meant being an inhabitant Parmanand was aware of the fact was derived from “Sapta Sindhu” non-Indian and had roots in ans who hold the above-men- the Holy Cow. Drawing from var- part of the overall Indian nation- of India, no matter what religion that unlike Islam, Judaism or mentioned in the Rig Veda — a Muslim Arabia and Central Asia. tioned view, are under attack. For ious historical sources, Jha estab- alist narrative. he or she belonged to. Christianity, Hinduism was a dis- book of Sanskrit hymns composed But the early Muslim nationalists example, a textbook authored by lished that the cow was not always It only began to assert itself in Both Hindu and Muslim persed faith, which did not have a between 1500 and 1200 BCE. The had an established monotheist Thapar was removed from the sacred in what became Hinduism the late 1980s. Challenging it caus- nationalisms in India have their centre. Sapta Sindhu is described as a river faith to help them concoct a social curriculum. The book was replaced and that ancient Hindus regularly es more bitterness and violence roots in the aftermath of the fail- According to author and his- in the Rig Veda. The post-seventh and political link with Muslim- by one authored by Meenakshi ate beef. He used the word “ancient there — especially by that section ure of the 1857 War of torian Craig A Lockhard, in his century Arabs picked up on the majority regions; early Hindu Jain, a political scientist and a vocal Hindus” because they were prob- of the polity which accuses the Independence. Nationalism as an book, Societies, Networks and word “Hindu”, first coined by the nationalists struggled to formulate supporter of Hindu nationalism. ably not called that at the time. To original Indian nationalist narra- idea was largely foreign to both Transitions, Hinduism emerged Persians to form the word “al- a coherent history of Hinduism. Jain accused Thapar of trying Jha, the issues of cow worship and tive of suppressing Hindu majori- communities. It was uncannily over centuries as a synthesis and Hind” or “Hindustan.” By this, they Whereas it was somewhat sim- to portray Hindu nationalism as a beef in India today are more polit- tarianism. introduced in the subcontinent by fusion of various cultures and meant a region inhabited by the pler for 19th century Muslim modern political construct which ical and ideological in nature than (Courtesy: The Dawn) %# %#( )#%*+,-*. -3$

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A lurcher is a sighthound such as a on Thursday, with President “We just like each other... ry, with “not enough time or Director of Korean Studies at the ment in which Kim pledged to poolside stroll Thursday Greyhound crossed with a terrier, herding breed, or large scen- Donald Trump saying he had There’s a warmth that we have staff” to work out a deal. Centre for the National Interest, “work toward complete denu- around the gardens of the lux- thound. Lurchers are primarily hunting dogs. decided to “walk” in the face of and I hope that stays, I think it Trump flew around the said that no agreement was bet- clearisation of the Korean penin- ury Metropole Hotel. Hundreds of people from all over the world offered to re- Kim Jong Un’s demands to will,” he said. The outcome in world for the meeting and Kim ter than a bad one. “The chal- sula”. Progress subsequently It was a far cry from the home him after a campaign by Little Valley Animal Shelter in drop sanctions. Hanoi fell far short of the pre- undertook a mammoth two- lenge is North Korea’s nuclear stalled, with the two sides dis- height of missile-testing ten- Exeter, Devon, went viral, the BBC reported. The lonely lurcher, The much-anticipated sec- meeting expectations and hopes, and-a-half-day trek through weapons are already a reality,” he agreeing on what that means, as sions in 2017 when Trump who spent more than 500 days at the shelter, had been its longest- ond meeting between the two after critics said their initial his- China in his olive green train, said. “Getting a deal that does lit- the North sought relief from slammed Kim as “rocket man” staying resident. leaders was supposed to build toric meeting in Singapore was travelling 4,000 kms. tle to nothing to remove that sanctions and Washington and the younger man branded “We couldn’t be happier for him,” the shelter said. PTI on their historic first summit in more style over substance. Kim will stay on in threat would be far worse than pressed for concrete steps the American president a Singapore, but they failed to The leaders walked away Vietnam for a state visit, which a flawed deal.” In a phone call to towards it giving up its weapons. “mentally deranged US dotard”. sign a joint statement as ini- with no set plans for a third will include a wreath-laying South Korean President Moon As in Singapore, the two Meanwhile, Japan’s Prime tially scheduled and the talks meeting, though Trump said he ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Jae-in soon after the meeting men put on a Minister Shinzo Abe backed ended in deadlock. hopes to see Kim again soon. mausoleum, before his expect- ended, Trump “expressed regret” show of bon- Donald Trump on Thursday “Sometimes you have to Ankit Panda, from the ed departure on Saturday. at not striking a homie in after the US president’s talks walk and this was just one of Federation of American The US President, who deal with Kim, Vietnam, with North Korea’s leader those times,” an unusually Scientists, warned on Twitter touted his “special relation- the South’s appearing to ended without a deal. Tokyo downbeat Trump told reporters. that the White House’s expec- ship” with Kim, frequently has regarded the US-led diplo- “Basically they wanted the sanc- tation of further talks “does not dangled the prospect of a matic push with Pyongyang tions lifted in their entirety and have to be a perception shared brighter economic future for a with suspicion, and has we couldn’t do that,” Trump said in North Korea”. “Kim may nuclear-free North Korea, at sought to keep its interests before leaving Vietnam aboard have left irate, for all we know. one point saying there was on the table in the dis- Air Force One to head back to He may have no intention of “AWESOME” potential. cussions by coordinating Washington. continuing this,” added Panda. From the outset, he had closely with its ally But Trump insisted he was In the original White appeared to downplay expec- Washington. “optimistic that the progress we House programme, a “Joint tations of an immediate break- “Japan fully supports made” before and during the Agreement Signing Ceremony” through in nuclear talks, say- President Trump’s deci- summit left them “in position had been scheduled in Hanoi ing he was in “no rush” to sion to make no easy to have a really good outcome” and a working lunch for the clinch a rapid deal and was compromise and at the in the future. leaders. Instead both men left same time continue pro- “I’d much rather do it right the summit venue without ductive discussions, and than do it fast,” he added. 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Brought in tiny ceramic layer of butter over it, wouldn’t cups, these sweet spheres of what make you stop indulging for more. is essentially yogurt, have a stretchy There is nothing pretentious or yet silky outside and a liquid inside. twisted, it is just pure goodness. These small tangy spheres are cold The very last main is brought and refreshing. This dish is defi- in. This is the Fish Pullimunchi with nitely a smart and rejuvenating way onion ghee pulao. On a bed of rice, of starting a meal, as well as helps rests the deep-fried, crunch and in building an appetite. crispy fish and for the dramatics, In an era of ‘Avocado and the broth/curry of the fish is Toast’, how could we as Indians, be poured around the rice, on the left behind in picking up that table. The light and tangy broth, trend. Giving avocado a desi twist, mixed with ghee rice, is full-bod- cafe aims to cater to the Indian, ied in terms of its flavour. The fish more so, the North Indian palate. adds the texture to the dish and the The Avocado Chaat and Beetroot salt content of the fish, rightfully Gel, was the next dish in. Partly cut eggs were runny in the centre. The balances the plate. avocado topped with onions, toma- 6  - rice balls add a crunchy plus warm Lastly, for the desert, the Lemon toes, sev and the quintessential texture, the parmesan papad and Custard Tart is served with a rasp- chaat masalas, garnished with the mint chutney binds the dish berry splash and house-made vanil- pomegranate and beetroot gel, +  together spectacularly. la ice-cream. The dish is present- could not have gone wrong. While A9+ .+ .+ 9 Back to the North, the dish ed in the way that the tart shell eating it, you feel trendier but still brought in is Amritsari Fish Tacos hides the lemon custard and the strongly connected to our roots. 9., +  with sour cream salsa. The hot and vanilla ice-cream. This presentation Coming next to the table was  . 9' ..?9' 9 spicy Amritsari fish tucked in a is smart in a way that, once you Aloo Samosa Pinwheel Chaat. It is  =  crunchy taco shell with dollops of break the shell, it crumbles over the essentially a deconstructed samosa, the sour cream salsa. Every element custard and the ice cream, which with the deep-fried flour, covering ,    on that platter comes together nat- allows you to enjoy the dish. It is of the samosa, made into a pin-     ' "( (  =. 2+  urally and is lip smackingly good. the best example of exemplary wheel. What surprised me is the It is an art to pick elements from cooking, execution and the right fact that, while eating a decon- ! #&  (  (     9  9'.9+ across the globe and blend them balance. 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He failed to get not as easy to go at the Responding to the tourists' mammoth games between the Spanish power- a shot off in a one-on-one situation, end. So it would be total of 418 for six, the highest ever in an houses at Santiago Bernabeu then missed over the crossbar from nice to bat higher up ODI in the Caribbean, the home side were Stadium, Barcelona weathered a close range. but it depends on set on course by a rampaging 162 off 97 dominant first half by Madrid and Barcelona took advantage of what happens in the balls by veteran opener Chris Gayle. then scored three times after the Madrid's misses and quickly struck top four or top five. They remained in the hunt until the 48th break for a 3-0 win Wednesday and after halftime, with Suarez firing a If the opportunity over when leg-spinner Rashid, who had taken a spot in the Copa del Rey final for low shot past goalkeeper Keylor does come up, I'd a fearful hammering in his first four overs, broke in the scheduled third match, also in Grenada, a sixth straight season. Navas after a cross by Ousmane like to take," he an 88-run seventh-wicket partnership between on Monday. Luis Suarez scored twice as hosts Real Betis after a 2-2 draw in Dembele, who made a run behind said. Carlos Brathwaite and Ashley Nurse. Setting a target for the first time in the series Barcelona advanced 4-1 on aggregate the first leg in Seville. the Madrid defenders following a Maxwell was He then scythed through the tail — taking after West Indies captain Jason Holder won the after being held to a 1-1 draw in the It was the second of three match- through ball by Jordi Alba on the left on a rampage, the last three wickets in the next four balls — to toss, England underscored the reputation first leg of the semifinals at Camp es between Real Madrid and flank. hitting bowlers finish with figures of five for 85 off his allotted acquired by their batting line-up since the dis- Nou three weeks ago. Barcelona in less than a month. The The second goal came less than to all corners of ten overs. appointments of the 2015 World Cup in racing The Catalan club also benefited rivals will also play each other on 10 minutes later, when Varane tried the park for nine Despite Rashid finishing as the match-win- to what looked an unassailable total. from an own goal by Madrid defend- Saturday in the Spanish league, with to intercept Dembele's cross for sixes and seven fours. However, he felt that he did ner with the last five wickets of the innings, it was Jos Buttler led the way with a rampaging er Raphael Varane. Barcelona nine points in front of Suarez and ended up finding his own not take any needless risk. fast bowler Mark Wood who prevented the home innings of 150 off just 77 balls with 12 sixes and Barcelona will be trying to win Madrid in the standings. net. "I think it's just got to be about picking your side from running away with the game as he com- 13 fours. Their fourth-wicket partnership of 204 an unprecedented fifth straight Copa Another setback against It didn't take long for Suarez to moments. I think a little bit of it is that I have to pleted his ten-over spell with excellent figures of came in less than 21 overs and followed an excel- title in the May 25 final in Seville. Barcelona will practically end add another with a Panenka-style go hard but I think I had been just picking off balls four for 60 on a pitch tailormade for batting. lent comeback innings of 82 by Alex Hales at the Madrid hasn't made it to the Madrid's title hopes in the league, penalty in the 73rd after he was I can hit the boundaries in. Windies’ total of 389 was their highest-ever top of the order. Copa final since it won its last title in leaving the Champions League as the fouled by midfielder Casemiro inside "Like today, I don't think I took too many in ODIs but it will be of little consolation given Having been selected to bat in the middle- 2014 against Barcelona. It hasn't only competition in which it can suc- the area. ridiculous risks and I feel I read the game really well the final capitulation which saw the last four wick- order for the abandoned third match, he defeated its rival in five matches in ceed in its first season without Gareth Bale came off the bench and was able to hit the ball in areas where the field- ets falling at the same score to leave Eng with an replaced the injured Jason Roy as opener and all competitions, since the Spanish Cristiano Ronaldo in nearly a decade. to replace Lucas Vazquez with ers weren't at all. There's not many times I hit the unbeatable 2-1 lead going into the final fixture made full use of the opportunity in ideal batting Super Cup in 2017. After conceding at home, Madrid down by a goal, but the ball straight over a fielder's head but just place it on Saturday in St Lucia. conditions, putting on exactly 100 with Jonny This year's other finalist will be Barcelona needed to score at the Wales forward wasn't able to help in the gap and I feel that's okay for me. Persistent rain prevented a ball being bowled Bairstow for the first wicket. decided on Thursday, when Valencia Bernabeu to have any chance of much.           3<