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  !    678*79: “The FATF notes with nary where India submitted counter-terrorist financing- that remedial actions and sanc- grave concern and condemns new information about related deficiencies. tions are applied in cases of he international terror the terrorist attack last week Pakistan-based terrorist At the start of its delibera- Anti-Money Laundering "    Tfinancing watchdog that killed at least 44 Indian groups, including Jaish-e- tions, all FATF members (AML) and Combating Financial Action Task Force security forces in Pulwama,” it Mohammad, responsible for observed a minute of silence for Financing of Terrorism (CFT)   678*79: (FATF) on Friday condemned said after the week-long FATF the Pulwama attack. the 44 CRPF jawans who were violations and that these the Pulwama terror attack that plenary held in Paris. The FATF continuing martyred. The President of actions have an effect on he UN Security Council martyred 44 CRPF jawans and “Pakistan has revised its Pakistan with the ‘Grey’ listing FATF expressed sincere con- AML/CFT compliance by T(UNSC) statement on decided to continue the ‘Grey’ terror financing risk assess- means downgrading of the dolences to the people and the financial institutions. Pulwama attack was delayed listing of Pakistan for its failure ment. However, it does not country by multilateral lenders Government of India. The Pakistan should demon- nearly by one week due to to stop funding of terrorist demonstrate a proper under- like IMF, World Bank, ADB, FATF currently has 35 mem- strate that competent authori- China’s opposition. The con- groups such as Jaish-e- standing of the TF risks posed EU and also a reduction in risk bers and two regional organi- ties are cooperating and taking demnation by the UN’s most Mohammad, Lashkar-e- by Da’esh (ISIS), Al-Qaida, rating by Moody’s, S&P and sations — European action to identify and take powerful 15-nation body Tayyeba and Jamat-ul-Dawa. JuD, FIF (Falah-e-Insaniat Fitch, a security official said. Commission and Gulf enforcement action against ille- named the Pakistan-based ter- The Paris headquartered Foundation), LeT, JeM (Jaish- Pakistan was nominated for a Cooperation Council. gal money or value transfer ser- ror group Jaish-e-Mohammad demned the Pulwama strike as FATF observed that Pakistan is e-Mohammad), HQN detailed review of its “serious The FATF also said vices (MVTS), demonstrating (JeM). “terrorism” China continued to not properly understanding (Haqqani Network) and per- deficiencies” in countering ter- Pakistan should continue to that authorities are identifying A day after it emerged that oppose any mention of terror- the risks of terror financing and sons affiliated with the Taliban,” ror financing in February 2018. work on implementing its cash couriers and enforcing China, an all weather ally of ism in the statement, said a there are many deficiencies in the statement said. This nomination was support- action plan to address its strate- controls on illicit movement of Pakistan, did not want a refer- person familiar with the diplo- maintaining proper actions to Given the limited progress        ed by the US, the United gic deficiencies, including by currency and understanding ence to JeM in the UNSC matic parleys on the issue at curb terror financing. on action plan items due in        Kingdom, France, Germany adequately demonstrating its the risk of cash couriers being statement which strongly con- the UN headquarters. In a statement, the FATF January 2019, the FATF urged       and India, the official said. proper understanding of the used for TF, improving inter- demned the Pulwama terror China, a permanent mem- said Pakistan should continue Pakistan to swiftly complete its At the end of this plenary, terror financing risks posed by agency coordination including attack, Beijing has tried to ber of the UN Security to work on implementing its action plan, particularly those placed in the ‘Grey’ list and the FATF has observed that the terrorist groups and con- between provincial and feder- downplay the resolution and Council, has over the years action plan to address its strate- with timelines of May 2019. given a 27-point action plan by several deficiencies remain in ducting supervision on a risk- al authorities on combating TF said the mention of the used its veto power to scuttle gic deficiencies, including by An Indian official, who attend- the FATF. This plan was Pakistan’s legal regime in deal- sensitive basis, demonstrating risks besides others. Pakistan-based terror group a move by India at the UN to adequately demonstrating its ed the FATF plenary, explained reviewed as the last Plenary in ing with terror financing. does not represent a judgement put Jaish-e-Mohammed proper understanding of the that placement in compliance October 2018 and for the sec- Since June 2018, Pakistan and was only in “general terms.” founder Masood Azhar on a terror financing risks posed by document means putting the ond time in this week-long has made a high-level political    The UN condemnation global terror list. the terrorist groups and con- country in ‘Grey’ list and it will meeting. The decision has been commitment (statement by its  (           came a day after Pakistan’s The UNSC comprising 15 ducting supervision on a risk- be reviewed again in June 2019. taken after several rounds of Minister of Finance) to work     Permanent Representative to permanent and non-perma- sensitive basis. In June 2018, Pakistan was deliberations during the ple- with and address its strategic the UN Maleeha Lodhi met nent members, including  :        N O       top UN leaders, including with China on Thursday con-          !9 (  * Secretary-General Antonio demned in the “strongest  1("
              Guterres to brief them about terms” the “heinous and cow-                 the escalating tensions in the ardly” terror attack perpetrat-       "   region in the wake of the ed by Pakistan-based terror  1:     1(      Pulwama attack but her efforts group Jaish-e-Mohammed    678*79: high tariff for sending con-               did not bear any fruit. (JeM), in a show of solidarity signments to Gwadar port. The N O   " 
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     attack but a well-calibrated and on the Chabahar port of Iran calculated tactical decision which being new has a lower     aimed at squeezing Pakistan not tariff base. Same is the case for      only economically but also to Gwadar.”        
               increase its dependence on third With a sizeable investment country ports for import of con- in development of Chabahar      
  sumer items like fruits, vegeta- port, India will gain by getting  pendent to take its own deci-    
    bles and wheat flour besides tariffs on the goods exported to sion. We have called a party     !  medicines and raw materials for especially daily consumer goods supplies for the companies Pakistan. Once this trade course meeting and we will do what    "  the textile industry among oth- like vegetables and grains lead- owned by Pakistan army amid takes shape, the Chinese, who 

 ! is decided. Whatever will be       ers which in turn will lead to ing to scarcity and subsequent- soaring prices and the general own the Gwadar port will also decided in the meeting, you   ##$%  & cost escalation in the Pakistani ly unrest. Before, the removal of people will be bound to suffer ultimately benefit by handling   9+$.658 will be informed,” she said, market. Pakistan from the MFN status, due to unavailability of daily such cargo from the Iranian clarifying that there was no      Dependence on ports of the goods were sent from India need consumables. port. pna Dal (Sonelal), a key conflict with the BJP over       other countries will lead to cost via land ports and transport cost When unrest will increase With an increasing cargo ABJP ally in Uttar Pradesh, seat-sharing.  !' ( )$   escalation of consumer items was negligible with a nominal on the issue of scarcity of the receipts by the Gwadar port, the has convened a meeting of its In an effort to keep the         tax by Islamabad on imports consumer items, the Pakistan- Baloch groups may also leaders on February 28 to take flock together, BJP chief Amit * )   +(    from India, making such prod- based insurgent groups and the demand royalty on such a final call on continuing Shah reached out to another L  M  
 ucts cheaper for the Pakistanis. miffed locals may start hitting imports for exploiting the port alliance with the BJP for the NDA ally from UP, Om       " Due to MFN, Pakistani the logistics chain for such infrastructure. In such a situa- coming Lok Sabha polls. Prakash Rajbhar. Rajbhar’s  
   .   exports to India were duty free imports, sources here said. tion, Al Qaeda affiliates JeM Party founder and Union Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj    & but now India has slapped a As much as 85 per cent of and LeT will also start target- Minister of State for Health districts around Allahabad, Party has influence in eastern duty of 200 per cent, dissuading the medicine market in Pakistan ing the logistics chain as their Anupriya Patel, along with her Mirzapur, Sonebhadra and UP districts bordering Bihar. "      the importers here from picking was dependent on Indian funding will be hit amid a neg- husband and MLC Ashish Varanasi. The Apna Dal also The smaller NDA allies    up the goods. This will also exports and the textile industry ative economic environment. Patel, met Congress general contested the 2017 Assembly have upped the ante after the !#$ (    adversely hit the Pakistani was dependent cent per cent on Increased trade via secretary Priyanka Gandhi polls and won nine seats. BJP in the last two months     /.O exporters negatively as they raw material imports from Chabahar-Gwadar ports will Vadra and her colleague “Some differences cropped conceded a considerable space    & will be deprived of a sizeable India. After the removal from create a win-win situation for Jyotriditya Scindia in New up and we gave them time to to its partners in Bihar and consumer base here. the MFN list, goods will be both India and China to the Delhi on Thursday and had a answer our questions till Maharashtra for stitching a    %  While India had unilateral- exported to Iran and then re- detriment of Pakistan, sources long talk to explore the possi- February 20. But they did not larger coalition for the gener-   &  ly extended the MFN status exported to Pakistan and in the said. bility of a pre-poll tie-up. have any answers. So it appears al elections. The party has '()#' ( +     treating Pakistan as a SAARC process the items will be cost- In the backdrop of eco- The NDA ally had con- that the BJP is not interested in agreed to contest only 17 seats 1  (   )2 31()4 member, Islamabad had not lier. nomic measures against terror tested and won two seats in the listening to or replying to our in Bihar, five less than it won      ! reciprocated. Counter-terrorism expert sponsor Pakistan, Indian con- 2014 Lok Sabha elections in UP. complaints,” Anupriya said in in 2014, in order to bring 3 !4    * "  Assessments here suggest, Dr Rituraj Mate said, “UAE sumers have turned dead It has a support base in the Bareilly on Thursday. Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal )  *      the imports will be limited to the ports may not be viable due to against Pakistan. OBC Kurmi community in “Now Apna Dal is inde- (United) on board.  5)    &  
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       1%:*81% while some reactions could be them raising patriotic slogans if as citizens do our bit, work hard izens need to understand that it termed illogical and not practi- their actions continue to actu- and honestly in the interest of is not the army alone which is ollowing cally patriotic at all. However, ally damage the nation and its the nation. responsible for protecting the Fthe orders this made one muse on the con- people?” Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, nation and that enemies of the of the chief cept and sentiment of patrio- The dictionary defines the first vice president and sec- nation are not always foreigners judicial mag- tism. patriotism as the quality of ond president of India had and stereotypical. istrate court, A few days after the terror being patriotic: devotion to and observed, “Nationalism is a Our actions that are detri- a case has attack, one was at a place in vigorous support to one’s coun- political religion which stirs the mental to the nation, its envi- been lodged Dehradun where citizens try. However, with emotions hearts and wills of men and ronment and society are no less against a approach one of the four pillars being inflamed by situations and rouses them to service and self damaging than the actions of an host of offi- of democracy. While at the politics the general public ends sacrifice in a way that no pure- enemy nation though the degree cials of the parking near where a destitute up doing deeds they think are ly religious movements have of damage may vary. The more district, man lives in an abandoned and righteous but which in reality done in recent times.” dangerous enemies are the ones including the dilapidated official quarter I contribute little to the intended Vivekananda had said, “The eating us from inside, while pre- then district      was appreciating the scene of aim of national welfare. Mind soil of India is my highest heav- tending to be doing the oppo- magistrate him deferring his lunch to give you, it is very good and also en; the good of India is my site.who were he latest big incident-the milk to a lactating bitch when required that citizens feel for the good.” However, such senti- And this does not mean the deputed dur- Tterror attack on Indian sol- a group of professionals nation and its interests. But, the ments appear to be missing in usual shifting of blame on the ing the peri- diers in Kashmir has continued involved with one of the pillars view should not be narrow if action when one views a lot of system and politicians because od between 2003 and 2011 in opportunities to the unem- manager of a bank which to guide the sentimental expres- of democracy took out a ‘protest one is actually serious about what the general public is doing nobody has stopped the citizens connection with the charges ployed youths. However, as per gave loans, general manager sions and actions of many march’. They were raising slo- attaining the stated objective. in response to the terror attack. from using their minds and dis- of embezzlement of funds the complaint, the actual ben- of district industries centre, across the nation. It is only nat- gans against Pakistan and shout- To understand this, one Simply taking out marches, charging their responsibilities. It and favouritism shown in eficiaries had been political NABARD representative and ural for the people to feel angry ing ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, ‘Vande must comprehend some facts lighting candles, raising slo- is true that Pakistan has been distribution of loans under a leaders, MLAs and income tax a transport officer. and even frustrated after such Mataram’ and so on. Conversing and rise above fallacies. One of gans praising the nation and acting like an enemy but it is government scheme. payers who had been given Mention worthy, the pre- an attack which one veteran with the gent fallen on hard the often quoted sentences is deriding the enemy are little also true that we need to know Informing, the advocate who loans in the place of the unem- condition of availing the general debating on a promi- times, one asked him why he that soldiers risk their lives on more than lip service if actions and act against the other real had moved court on the mat- ployed youths, the advocate scheme is submission of an nent news channel opined was was not marching along with the borders away from their don’t match the sentiments enemies too. ter Arun Bhadauria said that said. Under the scheme, a sub- affidavit declaring that the akin to a slap on our face by the those raising nationalistic slo- families so that the rest of the expressed. The enemies of the nation the case has been registered sidy of 25% is given on the total applicant for the loan is enemy. The martyrdom of sol- gans like others who were car- Indians may sleep peacefully at The inflammatory mes- aren’t always persons-they also against the officials under loan amount at a minimal unemployed and is a perma- diers in the terror attack elicit- ried in the wave of emotions. night. I beg to differ, because I sages on social media, armchair include the corruption, the the IPC420 and 120B. interest rate. nent resident of Haridwar. ed nationalist fervour and anti- His reply was, “After this march, believe that the braves do not do activism probably to compen- hypocrisy, disdain for the law total of 252 beneficiaries Notably, Bhadauria had Besides, the applicant must Pakistan sentiments among the these fellows raising patriotic their bit only to ensure that we sate for utter hypocrisy and and many such practices that had been shown under the moved CJM court on state that he is not defaulter of general public. slogans are going to continue sleep well at night. other such modes of expression continue to hold us back from scheme of Vir Chandra Singh December 23 2011 against any financial institution and Some of the reactions are taking bribes and even subvert Their risk taking and sacri- have evidently done little good achieving our actual potential as Gadhwali Swarozgar Yojna- then DM , CDO, district he must also declare his natural and also good in a way the laws. What’s the point of fices are also to ensure that we for society and nation. We as cit- a nation and society. meant to provide employment tourism officer, the district salary, if any. !      
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Continuing with his speech, he which the Minister assured   *7%1*+6 been purportedly seen doing total of nine bills were passed Tstaged a walkout while with the pen drives of the The State Parliamentary said that likewise, 11,172 fam- that the Government would deals. Kedarnath MLA by the State Assembly during protesting against their not Budget on Friday. “How can Affairs and Peyjal Minister ilies-the number has increased look into the complaints of ttarakhand Assembly Manoj Rawat said that the the session. being provided the hard copy we then go through the Prakash Pant said, while reply- after the survey of 2012 in corruption. Uwitnessed uproarious people of Uttarakhand have The important bills passed of the Budget. Budget?” she asked. The ing to a question in the State Haridwar district-also do not In response to another scene as soon as the pro- suffered a lot due to corrup- by the Assembly in course of As soon as the depart- Congress members argued Assembly, on Friday that the have toilets. Pant informed question during the question ceedings started for the day tion. But they did not have the Budget Session included ment-wise Budget were placed that since they had not gone State had been declared Open that the Centre provides an hour, the State Agriculture on Friday. The Opposition any forum to register their Uttarakhand Public Services ( for discussion in the Assembly through the Budget docu- Defecation Free (ODF) on the incentive of 12,000 under Minister Subodh Uniyal said members demanded work protest, he said. He further reservation for economically on the day the Congress mem- ment, they were not in a posi- basis of the base line survey– Swachch Bharat Mission that the State Government is adjournment (under Rule said that a case of sedition weaker sections) Ordinance- bers were up on their feet, tion to participate in the dis- 2012. He further said that (Rural). committed to promoting 310) on the charges of cor- had been slapped against the 2019 granting 10 percent reser- claiming that the Government cussion on it. when the BJP Government Participating in the dis- organic farming in the State. ruption against the Chief journalist who had released vation for upper castes, had not cared to provide them The Congress members had taken over, 67.14 percent cussion, the Bhimtal MLA He said that organic farming is Minister in the alleged CD the sting CD in Jharkhand by Uttarakhand Subordinate with the hard copy of the stormed out of the House and of the total 15,51,416 families Ram Singh Kaida alleged that now being promoted in 3,900 episode. They even stormed a person who had trans- Services Selection Commission Budget. remained away from the had toilets in their homes. In at Ukhna village of Oklakanda clusters across the State. to the well of the House. ferred money in some (amendment) Bill-2019 and Leading the Congress remainder of the proceedings On the demand of the accounts to become head of The Indian partnership show in the House, the leader of the day. Congress members, the Cow Service Commission. (Uttarakhand amendment) He said that a total of 112 % 31 out of which 17 had been Speaker ordered that the Ranikhet MLA Karan bill-2019. One of the highlights chair. should be constituted to look notices under Rule 300 had ''! ! accepted. He further informed issue would be discussed Mahra demanded the con- of the Session was acceptance The Speaker ordered con- into the functioning of District been received out of which 29 that a total of 710 questions had under rule 58. tents of CD be played in the of the Congress’ proposal for a stitution of a committee to Development Authority. had been accepted. '%&!#% been placed by the members Participating in the dis- House. He demanded that discussion under Rule 310 on investigate the illicit liquor Talking to the media per- Similarly, 72 notices were 00'%21 for the Session. He added that cussions on acceptability of either CBI or SIT inquiry, the hooch tragedy in Haridwar tragedy. The committee sub- sons after adjournment of the received under Rule 53 out of 101 out of 170 starred questions the proposal, senior headed by a retired High district. mitted its report to the Speaker Assembly, Agarwal said that the which 10 were accepted. The !% and 340 out of 493 un-starred Congress leader Pritam Court (HC) judge, should be During the Session, two on February 21. The Speaker House had worked for 33 hours Speaker added that 31 notices '!! questions had been answered Singh said that the State constituted to probe the directives were passed by the also directed that a committee 49 minutes during the Session. had been received under rule in course of the Session. Government should clear issue. The leader of the stand on the issue. He said Opposition Indira Hridayesh that the charges are very reminded the House of the serious and the Government Chief Minister throwing a *+ , $   $ should inform the House dare to anybody having such about its intention to imple- CDs to present them in an ment Lokayukt in the State. open show in the Parade   *7%1*+6 have not even provided infor- Stating that there are cur- the investors summit held last industrialists and influential Former Speaker Govind Ground. mation about how many self rently about nine lakh regis- year but the Government does persons. Singh Kunjwal reminded that In his reply, the State he Congress Working help groups have been revived. tered unemployed persons in not mention how much invest- This shows the actual the BJP had come to the Parliamentary Affairs TCommittee member, AICC There is no sign of the State, he said that while the ment has come and where it intention of the Government,” power on the crest of the cor- Minister Prakash Pant general secretary and former Uttarakhand, its spirit or the rate of rise in unemployment has been placed. he said. The former Chief ruption issue. “It is, thus, a strongly defended the CM Chief Minister Harish Rawat youth in the Budget. The registration rate is nine per cent Since the investors summit, Minister also lambasted the matter of grave concern that and said that the demand of said that the Budget presented Finance Minister Prakash Pant at present, during the Congress at least a dozen industrial State Government for its deci- the charges have been made the opposition is baseless. in the Vidhan Sabha by the spoke as if the growth rate is Government’s tenure in 2015- enterprises in the State have sions and steps taken in the against the head of a He said that Ayush Gaur, State Government is disap- running as fast as Prime 16 and 2016-17 the either shut down or are near agricultural sector, public Government which vows to the editor, investigation in a pointing and one that will Minister Narendra Modi’s bul- Government had succeeded in closure. health and other important follow zero tolerance on cor- news channel, had lodged a actually fuel unemployment. let train. However, the agricul- bringing this rate down to The Government brags sectors. He alleged that the ruption policy,” he said. He police complaint against his Addressing the media, tural growth rate is minimal, about 2.5 per cent. He said, about ease of doing business State was not even sending nec- recalled that the CBI inquiry CEO for threatening him for Rawat said that the State’s and his first speech some years the manufacturing sector has “This Budget will actually raise whereas in reality, during our essary proposals to the Centre had been ordered when the conducting a sting on the Budget for 2019-20 is quite dis- ago. The State Government seen a downturn while even the unemployment. This is because tenure, the State was in ninth to derive the full benefit of cen- same person who has CM of Uttarakhand. “On his appointing. “There is a bit of has changed the names of some service sector is experiencing the infrastructure-especially in position while now it is ranked trally sponsored schemes. He released this sting CD had complaint, the CEO was Deendayal Upadhyay, bit of schemes. stagnation. rural areas has been ignored 11th in ease of doing business. also questioned the zero-toler- done a sting on the former arrested and many things Modi, a bit of ‘Mr Zero Like during our tenure, How can the growth rate while the budgetary outlay has In addition to this, the big sin ance stance of the Government. Chief Minister. were found from his posses- Tolerance’ and some old pro- we had a revolving fund for be rising if all the major sectors been decreased for social wel- committed by this Government He said, “What kind of zero tol- Bhagwanpur MLA sion,” he said and added that posals. If you listen to the assisting self help groups while are experiencing a downturn?” fare and other important sec- has been to amend the Act that erance is this in which you are Mamta Rakesh demanded the CM is present nowhere in Finance Minister’s Budget now the State Government has He further questioned why the tors including public works, will now result in the remain- one and all-the inspector, CBI inquiry into the sting the purported CD. He speech there is hardly any dif- simply named the scheme after Government was not succeed- industry, transport and irriga- ing lands left with the natives commission, court and judge CD episode in which a rela- claimed that the Government ference between this speech Deendayal Upadhyay. They ing in tackling unemployment. tion. There is a lot of talk about to be sold for cheap rates to but there is no Lokayukta?” tive of Chief Minister has is transparent and clean. ' 
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!%!#% ine councillors from the people of these wards are facing complaints made on this are Assuring the councillors of more than 2,500 crore out of sanctions. It has specifically Management Authority and ! Nnewly added wards of the are so huge that we cannot falling on deaf years. The peo- full cooperation, the municipal total approved outlay of mentioned that the State other entities are yet to be taken Municipal Corporation of believe that solutions would ple are not happy,” he said. commissioner Pandey said that 6,259.84 crore under Medium Government had not sanc- up. 3! Dehradun said that the civic come out of the first board meet- Another councillor said that solution to all the problems the and Long Term Reconstruction tioned funds for construction It has also blamed the State !%! body is not taking adequate ing. We, at least, hope that a pos- the fused street lights are being newly included wards are facing (MLTR) package of of ropeway between Gaurikund Government for setting into care of the newly added wards. itive initiative would be taken in replaced by sodium bulbs from would be solved soon. “Sodium Government of India. It was and Kedarnath. The CAG has place no separate and cen- 3!%! They met the municipal com- the direction of solving the the old 60 wards where the lights would not be used in any revealed in the report that out also pulled up the work exe- tralised mechanism for super- !3'#% missioner Vinay Shankar problems,” a councillor of one process of replacing sodium pole in these wards. We have of approved outlay of 6,259.84 cution agencies of the State vision, monitoring and quali- !%
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He has said he is being before the ED twice in Jaipur in bating terrorism and there December 14 verdict that had money-laundering case related way. The agency had told the “hounded and harassed” to connection with another were no differences between dismissed pleas challenging to purchase of alleged illegal court that it had received infor- subserve political ends. money-laundering case related them on the issue, it’s envoy the deal between India and assets abroad, officials said. mation about various new His first appearance before to an alleged land scam in said here on Friday. France for procurement of 36 Vadra reached the agency’s properties in London that the ED earlier this month Bikaner. His mother Maureen Rafale fighter jets. office at Jamnagar House in belonged to Vadra. These acquired political overtones too was questioned by the  +)!+!. #.! The review petition has central Delhi shortly before 11 include two houses — one after his wife Priyanka Gandhi agency once during the same #., ' . been filed by former Union am, they said. worth 5 million pounds and Vadra, recently appointed deposition. ministers Yashwant Sinha and He has been grilled in this +,#$,#(:,!# Arun Shourie as also activist case four times in the past, the !#(<-,!#$,!+< lawyer Prashant Bhushan. last being February 20. The hearing of the pleas Officials said the agency is Referring to the February will be conducted in chambers confronting Vadra with docu- 14 terror attack by the Jaish-e- and not in open court. ments and statements of other Mohammed at Pulwama that The trio said the top court accused being investigated in left 40 CRPF jawans dead, EU had relied upon “patently “really doubt the decision mak- which, we have none”. the case and his statement is Ambassador Tomasz incorrect” claims made by the ing process” warranting setting The apex court had said being recorded section 50 Kozlowski said its members government in an unsigned aside of the contract. Thursday that it would consid- (powers of authorities regard- had strongly condemned the note given in a sealed cover in It had rejected the pleas er hearing pleas seeking review ing summons, production of incident and “and as a partner the court. seeking lodging of an FIR and of its December 14 verdict. It documents and to give evi- of India, we reaffirm our soli- Sinha, Shourie and the court-monitored probe had considered the submis- dence) of the Prevention of darity”. Bhushan have claimed that the alleging irregularities in the Rs sion of Bhushan that his review Money Laundering Act He said the EU stood by judgement was based on 58,000 crore deal, in which plea and a separate application, (PMLA). India in fighting terrorism and “errors apparent on the face of both the countries have entered seeking perjury prosecution of During the last session, against any terror act regardless the record” and non-consider- into an inter-governmental some government officials for the businessman had told the of the motivation. ation of subsequent informa- agreement (IGA). “misleading” the court be list- investigating officer (IO) of Kozlowski told reporters tion which has come to light A bench headed by Chief ed urgently. the case that he was not well that the Jaish-e-Mohammed would cause a grave miscar- Justice Ranjan Gogoi had dealt “We believe there are four and hence, the recording of his had been listed by the EU as a riage of justice. with “three broad areas of con- petitions in the matter. One by statement was discontinued, terror outfit along with Besides seeking review of cern” raised in the petitions — Union of India... Some peti- the officials had said. Lashkar-e-Tayeeba and sever- the judgement, they have also the decision-making process, tions (having defects) are lying Vadra’s appearance before al others. sought hearing of the plea in an pricing and the choice of with the registry,” the bench the ED is related to a criminal “EU has an autonomous open court. Indian offset partners (IOP) — said. complaint related to allega- terrorist list. We have our own The top court will also and said there was no reason “The combination (of the tions of money laundering to procedures independent of the hear the petition filed by AAP’s for intervention by the court on judges) of bench will have to be purchase assets abroad, in an UN,” he said. Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh the “sensitive issue” of purchase changed. It is very difficult. We alleged illegal manner. The UN Security Council through advocate Dheeraj of 36 jets. will do something for it,” the He has been questioned by had on Thursday condemned Singh seeking review of the It had said the Indian Air bench had said. the ED sleuths in this case for in the “strongest terms” the December 14 verdict. Force (IAF) needs advanced The December verdict was about 26 hours over four days “heinous and cowardly” terror On December 14, 2018, the fighter jets as the country can- delivered by the bench com- of deposition earlier this attack perpetrated by Pakistan- apex court had dismissed var- not afford to be “unprepared” prising the CJI and Justices S K month. based Jaish-e-Mohammed in ious pleas challenging the deal or “under prepared” in a situ- Kaul and K M Joseph. He has been asked by a Pulwama. between India and France for ation where adversaries have The two Justices are cur- Delhi court to cooperate in the Kozlowski said India and procurement of 36 Rafale jets acquired fourth and fifth gen- rently part of different bench probe being conducted by the    #& 5 
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The Home continued shooting for a film Hindi. after the Pulwama attack on tioning the timing of the attack. Ministry will now revisit the issue with the con- till even three hours after news Rahul went on to say, “A February 14 as “fake news” and The neighbouring country has cerned state governments, which apparently of the Pulwama terror strike river of mourning in the hearts maintained that photographs tried to link the attack with the opposed the move to give sweeping powers to came in. of the nation and the homes of displayed by the Opposition upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the paramilitary force. There was an ocean of the martyrs and he [PM party were clicked in the morn- India, he said, accusing the It has been decided that the enabling noti- pain in the country’s hearts and Modi] was laughing and ing ahead of the terror strikes. Trinamool Congress president fications issued on February 19, giving powers in the homes of martyrs and he getting a photo shoot done next “Rahul Ji, India is tired of of making similar comments. to Assam Rifles be kept in abeyance and the was smiling and doing a photo to a river.” your fake news. Stop sharing He referred to the UN entire matter be revisited in consultation with shoot in the waters, Rahul said This was a reference to photos from that morning to Security Council’s strong con- the state governments concerned, a Home on Twitter with photos that show the prime shamelessly mislead the nation. demnation of the terror attack Ministry official said. #’PhotoShootSarkar’. minister in a motorboat in the Maybe you knew in advance of and naming of Pakistan-based While giving the powers to the Assam Rifles, Adding to the controversy Jim Corbett national park. the attack but people of India terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad a Home Ministry notification had said, “An offi- surrounding PM Modi’s where- Congress’ chief spokesper- got to know in the evening. Try by the global body to under- cer of the rank corresponding to that of the low- abouts after the Pulwama son Randeep Surjewala, a better stunt next time, where score the Modi Government’s est rank of members of the Assam Rifles” has attack, Rahul tweeted four pho- addressing a Press conference, sacrifice of soldiers isn’t efforts to isolate Pakistan. been given these powers under the Code of tographs of the Prime Minister also claimed that the Prime involved,” the BJP tweeted. “On the one hand all coun- Criminal Procedure. Assam Rifles personnel will in Jim Corbett Park. Minister continued to “have tea The BJP hit back after the tries are standing with India... exercise these powers and discharge their Accompanying the pho- and samosas at seven o’clock in Congress president called Modi Humanity is standing with us, duties “under sub-section(1) of section 41, sec- tographs, Rahul wrote, “Even a PWD guest house when “prime time minister” and said some political parties for their tions 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 149, 150, 151 and three hours after the martyr- every single Indian household he continued shooting for a petty politics are not standing 152 of the CrPC within the local limits of the dom of 40 soldiers in Pulwama, didn’t eat food (that day)”. film in Uttarakhand even three with the country,” Patra said, area comprised within the border districts of hours after news of the attacking the Congress. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland Pulwama terror strike came in. Condemning media reports and Mizoram”, the notification had said. He also attached pho- that had done a caste-wise Officials said on Friday that powers under tographs of Modi attending analysis of the 40 CRPF per- CrPC were available to the Assam Rifles under the photo-shoot and taking a sonnel who were killed in the the Assam Rifles Act, 1941. However, after com- boat ride. BJP spokesperson attack, Patra alleged that the ing into operation of the new Assam Rifles Act Sambit Patra dismissed as lies Congress was behind it. “What 2006, the issue of re-conferring these powers has the Congress’s claim that Prime kind of articles the Congress is remained under consideration since then. Minister was “completely getting printed,” he asked, say- Recently, the issue has acquired urgency for oblivious” to the terror strike or ing that Pakistan sees “casteism” effective enforcement of Free Movement Regime “insensitive” as he “continued” and “Hindu-Muslim” issues as on the Indo-Myanmar border (on the 16 km belt with his prior engagements “faultlines” to weaken India. on either side).  8  &    &  

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Hindu. Even we have seen issued in the name of the persons in Pune, even as three like “Vande Mataram”, The Chief Minister who pujas in our houses since we “woman head of the family” the Yuv Sena office bearers “Hindustan zindabad” and was speaking at a mass gather- were children but our parents newly devised smart health were arrested by the local “Bharatmata ki Jai” at Yavatmal ing at Tarakeshwar in Hooghly never taught to hate other reli- card would take care of health police at Yavatmal in eastern on Wednesday night. district on Friday accused the gions,” she said asking “who are expenses of up to Rs 5 lakh in Maharashtra on Friday The victim students were Centre of neglecting the secu- these people to dictate food a given family. The card issued in connection with from Dayabhai Patel College of rity issue that allowed the ter- habits among others.” to the woman would take care Wednesday’s assault on five Physical Education. The Yuv rorists to launch one of the Even the “monks of not only of her marital family Kashmiri students. Sena activists accosted them most dreaded attacks on the Ramakrishna Mission and but also of her biological par- Zibran Nazeer, a copy edi- near their rented homes in Indian security forces in the Bharat Sevashram Sangha wear ents, she said. tor working with a national Waghapur Road area of the history of free India. only know how to fan riots by saffron attire but they never “This is a great step for- English newspaper published town and physically harassed Wondering as to “what the spreading rumors. But I will not attack others’ religions because ward towards women’s empow- from Pune, was roughed up by them as a mark of “protest” Government was doing before allow them to do so in Bengal,” they like true Hindus believe in erment,” Banerjee said, adding some unidentified persons. against the Pulwama terror strike the attack” and “why they did she said complaining how the the unity of religions,” she said. the person who would be The Pune police have not yet in which 44 CRPF jawans were   .3  32   ..3 not take adequate measures” agents of the RSS and BJP were In the eight years of TMC issued the card would be con- identified the culprits behind killed. Two of the jawans from $7661:  5 $      despite having prior reports spreading rumor of child-lifters rule “not a single temple, sidered as the head of the fam- the incident. the neighbouring Buldhana dis- !     ' Banerjee said “they were all in parts of the State. mosque or church was touched ily and “it would not only take The Yavatmal police, trict were among those killed in ijayakanth, convalescing doing politics and nothing else “As the Chief Minister I in Bengal,” she said reminding care of her marital family but meanwhile, arrested three Yuv the Pulwama attack. Vat his house in Chennai Vijayakanth told reporters that over the issue.” have specific information that how her government helped in also of her parents as often such Sena office bearers, including A clip of video footage suburb has become the most there was no politics in his visit Accusing the BJP and the they have let loose burqa-clad renovating temples in the State,” parents become helpless in the one Ajinkya Motke, for shot by the Yuv Sena activists sought after person in Tamil to the actor’s residence. “We are RSS of fomenting communal people in the market to pass off unlike the BJP which was pre- their old age.” allegedly beating up four themselves went viral on social Nadu politics. MK Stalin, pres- good friends for the last 35 tension in Bengal by spreading as child-lifters. Then they are occupied with religious divide. Listing how her Kashmiri students in media on Thursday. The ident of the DMK and Tamil years and imy visit was to rumors Banerjee said, “I will do spreading rumors about these Accusing the Centre of play- Government’s achievements Waghapur Road area of the footage showed a local Yuv film’s all time great Rajnikanth enquire about the health of everything for the people but I child-lifters so as to incite peo- ing political game with partial- have been acknowledged inter- eastern Maharashtra town. Sena leader beating the called on the ailing actor at his Vijayakanth,” said Stalin after will never allow riots to take ple and create a communal ly State-funded health schemes nationally Banerjee said the On its part, the Shiv Sena Kashmiri students and asking residence on Friday as political the meet. place in our State,” adding, disharmony,” Banerjee said like Ayushman Bharat Banerjee Utkarsh Bangla scheme like the has expelled from the party the them questions like to from alliance formation in the State As usual grapevines in how a band of half-literate referring to the recent spate of said, “We don’t need Centre’s earlier Kanyashree plan had Yuva Sena’s office-bears where they were, as to why they for the Lok Sabha election Chennai worked overtime and people were feigning as cham- mass thrashing of alleged child- dole … Ayushman Bharat letters won UN awards. On social wel- involved in the assault incident. had come to Yavatmal and reached a feverish pitch. came out with stories claiming pions of Hindu religion in the lifters in parts of Bengal. which come with pictures (of fare she said how “about 8 crore In tweets put out on Friday, whether were they linked with Vijayakanth, founder of the that Rajnikanth’s visit was as an garb of saffron clothes. Attacking the BJP political parties) will not run in people of the State get Rs 2 per Yuva Sena president Aditya terrorists. “What is your name? DMDK has not opened his emissary of the BJP and he had “They have no sense of the Government for creating a mass Bengal,” reminding half of the kg rice” and her Government Thackeray said, “There was an Why have you come here? You mind to the media. But news requested Vijayakanth to join Hindu ethos, no knowledge of hysteria to turn the public atten- central health scheme was fund- had waived the taxes on farm unfortunate incident yest in should not come here.... What trickling out of his the AIADMK-led front. the true Hindu scriptures. They tion from its failed promises ed by the State Government. land. Yavatmal, with some students connection do you with the ter- Virugambakkam residence “There is not a drop of pol- of Jammu & Kashmir. The rorists there?... You relatives are through emissaries of the itics in my visit to Vijayakanth’s @ShivSena had issued a press killing our jawans there. Why AIADMK, the DMK and the house,” said Rajnikanth.   !
 note yesterday itself which has- have you come here? How BJP who met him to court him Sources close to the the DMDK (37 0- 
 n’t been printed today, may be many students are here like you to their fronts said that the actor first family (which include to further sensationalise the in Yavatmal”. is adamant that he should get at Premalaltha Vijayakanth and 
  9 issue or defame us, while ignor- The replies from a student least seven seats and a Rajya her brother T S Sudhhes) said    ing our disciplinary action” like “I have to come to study Sabha seat from the AIADMK. that the actor has demanded 6 “As of last evening, the here... I am the son of a doctor. This is what the AIADMK seven Lok Sabha seats and 4  
Party has sacked those involved I have not been to Kashmir for allocated to the PMK on would not settle for anything   9+$.658 in the act. J&K is a part of India the last one and a half Tuesday to ensure the Vanniyar less. “He may come round and  )" and no Indian, or for that years...There are 15 to 20 dominated party stays with the join the front which pays him ongress general secretary in .- matter, nobody should face Kashmiri students in Yavatmal ( front led by the ruling dispen- the pound of flesh he demands. Ccharge of UP east, Priyanka   9+$.658 the brunt of anger that is the Yuv Sena leader tells the stu- sation in Tamil Nadu. This could be Lok Sabha seats Gandhi Vadra, has rejected a proposal towards terrorism. We under- dent: Tell them not to be here),” Stalin who called on or in kind” said the source. to replace UPCC chief Raj Babbar, wo suspects with alleged links with terror outfit Jaish- stand the angst but it must be would not satisfy the Yuv Sena saying he will continue till the Lok Te-Mohammad were arrested from Deoband, in against terror, not innocent leader who continued to beat Sabha polls are over. Saharanpur in a swoop by an Anti-Terrorist Squad led by people,” Aditya added. him and other students up. Sources in the party said that IG Aseem Arun in the intervening night of Thursday- Priyanka also shot down a proposal Friday. Posing as students without taking admission any- for appointing another party chief to where, the duo were staying in Deoband and were engaged oversee east UP. in recruiting new faces for their organisation. At a meeting convened to discuss Chats linked to jehad, videos, pictures linked with JeM Lok Sabha elections at Congress War and two 30 calibre pistols and 30 cartridges were also recov- Room at 15, Gurudwara ered from their possession. Rakabganj Road in New Delhi on DGP OP Singh told the media in Lucknow on Friday Thursday, Priyanka along with that the UP ATS had arrested Shahnawaz Ahmad Teli of Congress general secretary in charge Kulgam district and Aquib Ahmad Malik from Pulwama .!! -
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It has no representation offices and residences of Health Minister C itself is a contradiction because the latter is for the fident that his brethren in south and south-west       #   (   in the Tamil Nadu Assembly since 2011 and its Vijaya Baskar and his department heads, the gutkha immediate release of all the seven assassins under- Tamil Nadu would stand with him because he is leaders have been losing successively since 2009. scam, which led to CBI raids in the houses of top going life imprisonment in the 1991 assassination the first Chief Minister from this community. The #  S      )   ) )  ( The communists are also facing uncertainty in police officers in the State and the vigilance probe of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The other inclusion of PMK was also not without reason. The        (    ( the State after they failed to win at least a single into the civil contracts given by the AIADMK constituents in the DMK front have made it known Vanniyars are an influential lot in the districts —             ( seat either in the Lok Sabha or in the Assembly Government to a cartel of contractors, successive- that they would fight for the release of the seven ranging from Tiruvallur to Kanchipuram, Velloor            +  $ since 2014. But they claim that they are the ones ly added to the worries of the Chief Minister. Stalin assassins, leaving the Congress flabbergasted. to Tiruvannamalai and from Viluppuram to       )S %$    ) ( who determine the future of Tamil Nadu. had been claiming that the Government would not The AIADMK front, too, has contradictions Cuddalore. Though the PMK and the DMDK failed *   ;  %   DBBA )  HIAH    2?K2 Till the AIADMK succeeded in making deals last for more than a month. and weaknesses. The PMK is in the forefront, fight- to win at least a single seat in the 2016 Assembly    ?HBBB         )  with the PMK and the BJP, by allocating seven and The DMK chief’s agony can be understood. ing for exempting Tamil Nadu from NEET. M election, results show that they retained their vote   )        # (2?K2   five seats to them respectively, it was widely believed The party has been out of the corridors of power Thambi Durai of the AIADMK, who is the percentage in the State, which fluctuates between    )     2H       that the DMK was in for a big win in the Lok Sabha in Chennai since 2011 and out of the Delhi power deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha, was against any five per cent to six per cent. The caste factor plays   #          ( election. The AIADMK has been fretting and floun- circle since 2013. It is a struggle for survival for kind of alliance with the BJP, which he describes an important role in Tamil Nadu despite claims dering since the passing away of party supremo, J him and his party. The 2014 Lok Sabha election as a communal party. Anwhar Raajhaa, the made by the Dravidians that theirs is a casteless soci- #     2??B        ( Jayalalithaa, in December 2016. The group led by saw a political tsunami with Jayalalithaa devas- Muslim face of the AIADMK, has declared that he ety. The AIADMK was staging a ‘coup’ when it   O    /   /    2???  Sasikala (former aide of Jayalalithaa), popularly tating the DMK in all 39 constituencies in Tamil would fight against the triple talaq Bill till his last signed the deal with the PMK. $     DBB2  DBBI .     ( known as the ‘Mannargudi Mafia’, had walked away Nadu. Interestingly, the Congress and the DMK breath. It may sound interesting but the truth The DMK front looks formidable on paper, like "        .    ( with one faction of the party while the official fac- fought the election separately with the latter for- remains that Anbumani Ramadoss, the chief min- the Brazilian team for the 2018 World Cup         (      2?GL  2?K2 tion led by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami feiting its security deposits in all constituencies isterial candidate of the PMK, had submitted a mas- Football Championship. Stalin reminds one of )         DBB2    looked vulnerable, fragile and weak. While Sasikala except Kanyakumari, where the party finished sec- sive memorandum to Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Neymar, a paper tiger. The DMK president is a pale FGBB                $S had to surrender to the Parappana Agrahara Central ond to the BJP. The DMK is facing a series of dis- listing nearly 30 corruption charges against the shadow of his late father Karunanidhi. Add to this                  ( Prison in Bengaluru in February 2017, following advantages from within as well as outside. The AIADMK Government. But the PMK and the the Periarites and Dravidian intelligentsia of       %$       # ;   a Supreme Court order which quashed the major issue hanging like a sword of Damocles over AIADMK are strong alliance partners now. Chennai, which has spread the ‘news’ that the DMK  ) +   +   )     Karnataka High Court’s verdict that had acquitted Stalin’s head is his own elder brother, MK Alagiri. Then there are issues like education. Tamil front would win all the 39 seats from the State. They Jayalalithaa, Ilavarasi and VN Sudhakaran in the Though Alagiri has been expelled from the DMK Nadu is the only State in the country which does also spread the news that the BJP high command       )($      disproportionate asset case, TTV Dinakaran, following the machinations of Stalin, the Madurai- not have a single Navodaya Vidyalaya, a public was threatening the AIADMK for 20 seats. The allo-   )       .;   $  Sasikala’s nephew, emerged as the de facto leader based son of late M Karunanidhi is a force to reck- school concept introduced by the Rajiv Gandhi cation of five seats by the AIADMK, which was     of the AIADMK, much to the anguish of the cadre. on with in many pockets of Tamil Nadu. The Government in 1986. Reason? Dravidian par- accepted by the BJP, demolishes a part of the false- *    $ 5    )    But within months, the Mannargudi clan was media in the State has never been a fan of the ties are against teaching of Hindi and Sanskrit hood spread by media and intelligentsia.        8    <*  eased out of the AIADMK and Chief Minister blunt-talking Alagiri. If one has to know the influ- in schools. What has happened is that students It is true that the AIADMK has failed in coun-  8  # <*    8  #  #  ( Palaniswami slowly but steadily started taking ence wielded by Alagiri, all one has to do is to in Tamil Nadu have fallen behind in the stan- tering the propaganda by Dravidians. But by   $        .    control of the party and the Government. check the results of the 2001 Assembly election, dard of education because the State-level school Tuesday, when the AIADMK-BJP-PMK alliance  7     $    #       Though he is yet to emerge as a charismatic which the DMK was widely believed to have won syllabus is poor, compared to the quality of edu- was announced, it had become clear that the DMK )(      "       ;  leader who could match the prowess of Amma easily. Alagiri is a veteran expert in tilting the scales cation in other standards. The children of Tamil would not have a smooth sailing in the bout. The              (as Jayalalithaa is addressed by the cadre), of electoral battles. Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanithi chauvinist politicians learn Hindi and English AIADMK looked like a party which would be out- Palaniswami has proved that he is not a Maran, the grand nephews of late Karunanidhi, in high-end schools. The non-teaching of played by the DMK with a tennis score (40-0). But +              pushover. As he completed two years in office are running from court to court to derail the trial Hindi in the State has created a sense of alien- not any more. There is some interesting action in          )      on February 17, the small-time politician from in the illegal telephone exchange case in which ation in the minds of the people. store as the AIADMK, the DMK and Dinakaran                   the Edappadi village in Salem has tightened his the brothers are the prime accused. The split in the party and the absence of a pow- take to the field. To add to the glamour, there is             8    ( grip over the party and Government apparatus. Then there are inherent problems. The DMK erful leader like Jayalalithaa has made the AIADMK Kamal Haasan, who thinks he is the greatest of all $5 )   (       Since day one of his swearing in as the Chief itself is a secessionist party as Stalin had declared vulnerable. TTV Dinakaran hopes that the Thevar politicians. Let the game begin!             Minister, Palaniswami was under attack by Stalin, in March 2018 that the idea of a separate Dravida community would vote for him, which would fur- (The writer is Special Correspondent,            the Leader of the Opposition. The Income Tax and nation was still alive in the constitution of the party. ther weaken the AIADMK. But Palaniswami, who The Pioneer) +'   $   '                     

written by the late professor of pol- Khomeini as the revolution’s central Khomeini was being hassled by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. forces holding differing (even oppos- power between the two, the commu- itics Sepehr Zabih. Writing just three figure, they did so to keep the move- clerics to dismiss Banisadar “because But in the book, Foucault and the Iran ing) ideologies coming together to nists managed to grab power. years after the revolution, Zabih ment intact and, more so, because he was acting against the clergy.” In Revolution, Jennet Afary and KB uproot a common enemy and then The ‘Islamist’ Muslim said that the revolution was driven they believed Khomeini did not have June 1981, after realising that he had Anderson wrote that, in his “post- competing with each other in a grab Brotherhood collaborated with sec- by a wide coalition of anti-Shah any overt political ambitions. lost Khomeini’s backing, Banisadar modernist” pursuit of challenging the for power. Had the post-modernists ular Egyptian nationalists during forces, which included democrats, Just before leaving for Tehran managed to escape abroad. idea of “materialistic” rationale, bothered to look beneath the meta- the 1952 uprising in Egypt which liberals, secular-nationalists, commu- from Paris (where he had been in Political scientist John Limbert, Foucault fell for “the seductions of narratives of 20th century revolu- overthrew the Egyptian monarchy. In nists, socialists and “Islamists.” exile) Khomeini told the French in his book, Iran: At War With militant Islam.” They wrote that in his tions, they would not have ignored the post-1952 tussle between the two, According to Zabih, after the Shah daily, Le Monde, that it was not his History, wrote that Iran was ravaged search for “political spirituality”, he the following facts: The October the nationalists managed to oust the   9  dictatorship collapsed in January intent to make religious leaders run by violence between various groups ended up romanticising an idea 1917 “Bolshevik/communist revolu- Brotherhood from the equation. 1979, there was a “power grab” the Government. What’s more, as that had taken part in the revolution. which was totalitarian in nature. tion” in Russia was the outcome of The 1959 Cuban revolution was leventh February, 2019, among various groups that worked Bowden notes in his 2006 book, After Banisadar’s escape, the nation- It was Foucault’s romanticised a more broad-based revolution in a nationalist uprising. It wasn’t until marked the 40th anniversary of in unison during the revolution. Guests of the Ayatollah, on his alist and liberal groups were system- reading of the Iranian revolution February 1917 in which revolu- two years later, in 1961, that Fidel Ethe Iranian Revolution, which However, some historians contin- return to Iran after the Shah’s fall, the atically eliminated by pro-Khomeini which made most post-modernists tionary and democratic groups of Castro — after consolidating his is also remembered as an “Islamic ued to explain the revolution as Ayatollah retired to his home in Islamic militias. The Leftist outfits claim that Iran’s revolution was various shades of left Russian nation- power — declared that his was a com- revolution” by some historians. But “Islamic”. While dealing with the Qom after agreeing to form an inter- picked up arms to push back the “unique” in the context of 20th cen- alists and urban middle-class groups munist regime. During the 1979 was it? Not according to celebrated immediate pre-revolution scenario, im set-up of “secular technocrats” influence of the clerics. But after tury revolutions because it was reli- collaborated to overthrow the Tsar. Nicaraguan revolution, the commu- American journalist and author however, even they agree that multi- led by the anti-Shah “liberal-demo- ordering a purge in Iran’s universi- gious in character. But since post- The ‘hard-left’ group (the nist ‘Sandinistas’ were overtly support- Mark Bowden. In a November 18, ple forces, advocating a diverse range crat” Mehdi Bazargan. ties, which had been hotbeds of modernism often gets caught up in Bolsheviks) led by Marxist ideo- ed by that country’s Catholic priests. 2009 piece for the Wall Street Journal, of ideologies, were involved during According to Wright, just a year Leftist student agitation during the attacking grand narratives as an end logue Vladimir Lenin, grabbed The post-modernists in their Bowden wrote that “the movement the upheaval. They agree upon the after the revolution, Khomeini revolution, the emerging Islamic product alone, it often fails to inves- power in late 1917 through a coup haste to declare the Iranian which ousted the Shah dictatorship point that Iran’s senior religious decreed that no cleric was allowed to regime went all out against the tigate the more complex historicity of d’etat. Lenin wasn’t even present Revolution unique not only ignored was primarily a nationalist one.” He leader Ayatollah Khomeini was the run in Iran’s first post-revolution elec- Leftists. By December 1983, the pro- events and forces which are present during the February revolution. the uniform patterns of 20th-centu- added that many of those, who took most widely accepted figure of tions in 1980, even though he had Khomeini Islamic Republican Party beneath the meta-narratives. He returned to Russia from exile in ry revolutions, but they also missed part in the commotion, “were not authority during the revolution — already declared Iran to be an Islamic had managed to grab absolute power For example, to Foucault, in an Switzerland in April 1917. the ‘political spirituality’ present in the motivated by the desire to establish even by those who hold the claim that republic. A centre-right liberal, Syed and turn Iran into a theocracy. The era of communist revolutions, the The 1949 Communist revolution Nicaraguan revolution and the 1952 a theocracy, but a desire to cast off the clergy hijacked the revolution. Banisadar, won the election, attract- irony of it all is that many clerics Iranian revolution was unique in China emerged during a tussle Egyptian uprising. What’s more, to authoritarianism.” But foreign affairs expert Robin ing 75.6 per cent of the popular vote. were some of the last to join the because it was driven by “political between Mao Tse Tung’s communists challenge the whole idea of the meta- Bowden is not the only promi- Wright in her book The Last Great The candidate of the Islamic movement against the Shah. spirituality.” This was a naïve and Chinese nationalists. Both had narrative, they eventually created nent writer to hold this view. This Revolution wrote that even though Republican Party, which was pushing One important commentator of account. The Iranian Revolution collaborated to oust the occupying their own meta-narrative, by declar- assessment first emerged in 1982 in many secular, liberal and even some for an entirely theocratic set-up, the revolution who called it Islamic actually unfolded like most 20th- Japanese forces during World War II. ing the revolution in Iran as ‘Islamic.’ the book, Iran Since the Revolution, Leftist forces agreed to accept bagged just 3.35 per cent. But by 1981, was the famous post-modernist century revolutions did — different But in the post-War conflict for (Courtesy: The Dawn) %# $#(%#) "%#%) *+,*-./ !.(

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According to traders, shares worth a net Rs 55.48 The weapon is the first, The 30-share Sensex settled despite positive global cues, crore on Thursday, provision- long-rang artillery gun to be 26.87 points, or 0.07 per cent investor sentiment turned al data available with BSE produced in India and is con- he chaircum-cum-manag- reeling under economic slow- lower at 35,871.48. The broad- weak after the Reserve Bank of showed. sidered to be a major success Ting director of the National down, with the metal sector er NSE Nifty inched up 1.80 India (RBI) released the min- Global markets rose as top story of the ‘Make in India’, ini- Aluminium Company being affected the worst; points, or 0.01 per cent, to utes of its latest monetary trade officials from the US tiative. The gun is equipped (NALCO), Dr Tapan Kumar NALCO took a conscious deci- 10,791.65. policy meet after market hours and China started their latest, with inertial navigation-based Chand belives that achieve- sion of introducing an all During the week, Sensex Thursday. and possibly the last round of sighting system, auto-laying ments give motivation and weather business model that rose 62.53 points or 0.17 per The central bank's talks to negotiate a compre- facility, on-board ballistic purpose gives objectivity to focuses on benchmarking and cent, while the Nifty Monetary Policy Committee hensive trade deal before their computation and an advanced any organisation but to remain quantification. With the busi- advanced 67.25 points or 0.62 noted the "weakened growth self-imposed deadline of March day and night direct firing sys- sustainable and successful, ness model in place, the com- per cent. momentum" amidst inflation 1. tem. The self-propulsion unit business organisations need to pany doubled its net profit Kotak Bank was the biggest cooling off as it delivered a sur- In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang allows the gun to negotiate and have insulation from detri- from 669 crore in FY 2016-17 loser in the Sensex pack Friday, prise rate cut earlier this month. Seng rose 0.65 per cent, deploy itself in mountainous under arduous conditions in documents pertaining to the mental effects of business envi- to 1342 crore in FY 2017-18. falling 3.71 per cent, followed In his debut policy review Shanghai Composite Index terrains with ease. several phases. The guns trav- 155x39 calibre and then con- ronment. Now the company is all set to by RIL, HDFC Bank, Bajaj as RBI Governor, Shaktikanta jumped 1.91 per cent and ‘Dhanush’ has been elled extensively in towed and verted it to 155x45 calibre “One must remain well scale higher on financial front Finance, PowerGrid, IndusInd Das argued that there was a Korea's Kospi gained 0.08 per mechanically upgraded to fire self-propelled mode in all ter- successfully. aware in advance of the and envisages achieving a net Bank, Asian Paints, HDFC and need to look at growth con- cent. Japan's Nikkei ended 0.18 standard NATO 155 mm rains viz desert and high alti- ‘Dhanush’ is the product of changes in technology, statu- profit of more than 2000 ITC. cerns. per cent lower. ammunition and can accom- tude with each gun clocking joint efforts by the OFB and tory regulations and prefer- crore by 2020 and 2500 crore On the other hand, Yes "Market turned range In the Eurozone, modate both, boll bags and over 1600 km. Such an exten- the Indian Army with contri- ences of the customers”, he said. in the next three years. Bank was the top gainer, spurt- bound after the release of RBI Frankfurt's DAX was up 0.17 the bi-modular charge system sive exercise was carried out by butions from Defence Dr Chand was speaking at the Besides, to retain business ing 3.23 per cent. minutes which hints at con- per cent, Paris CAC 40 rose (BMCS), which have resulted the user for the first time for Research and Development inauguration of the two-day excellence, the company has Other winners were cerns of elevated core inflation 0.27 per cent, and London's in increasing the range. The any gun system under the Organisation (DRDO), the long 5th National Management consistently been working on Vedanta, Tata Motors, NTPC, and threat of global growth FTSE gained 0.17 per cent in gun has also been electroni- process of induction. Directorate General of Quality Conference (NamCon-2019) with focus on sustainability M&M, Maruti, ONGC and slowdown. early deals. cally upgraded to enhance The manufacture of a 155 Assurance (DGQA), Defence on ‘Weatherproof organisa- through innovation, adoption Hero MotorCorp, rising up to "Additionally, 10-year yield The benchmark Brent the firing accuracies, laying mm modern artillery gun was Public Sector Undertakings tion: Challenging the of new technology, lower pro- 2.86 per cent. inched higher while bank index crude futures rose 0.34 per cent speeds of the existing gun and initially seen as a challenge for (DPSUs) such as Bharat Challenge’ at the Asian School duction cost and nurturing its Sectorally, the BSE bankex underperformed. Inflow of to USD 67.30 per barrel. to provide compatibility with OFB as it was to change the Electronics Limited, public of Business Management human resources, added Dr and finance indices fell up to domestic funds to market Meanwhile, the rupee various kinds of ammo as vision parameters from 155 x sector undertakings such as (ASBM). Chand. During the event, the 0.43 per cent. Energy and con- remains positive while tepid appreciated 5 paise to 71.19 well. 39 cilibre to 155 x 45 calibre. Steel Authority of India Sharing the success story of conference compendium and sumer durables too ended in reaction from FIIs and lack of against the US dollar The performance of The organisation received the Limited and several other pri- NALCO, he elaborated that newsletter of ASBM was also the red. major triggers are impacting intra-day. ‘Dhanush’ has been evaluated transfer of technology (ToT) vate sector enterprises. when the global economy was released.

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PHILIPCARB 148.7 151.1 147 148.55 HEIDELBERG 150 154.65 150 150.7 HINDALCO 194.3 197 192.3 196.8 2.4 APOLLOHOSP 1,146.60 1,156.55 1,135.25 1,143.20 LTTS 1,496.05 1,504.00 1,486.00 1,490.90 AJANTPHARM 994.65 1,004.40 981 984.35 SHREECEM 16,148.00 16,326.00 15,800.55 16,167.15 ONGC 148.6 150.5 147.1 148.75 1.8 STAR 423 426.25 417.3 419.35 SRF 2,161.50 2,210.00 2,161.50 2,196.40 ENGINERSIN 106.5 107.1 105.7 106.1 VGUARD 190 193.1 189.65 191.75 WIPRO 375 380 373.5 379.05 4.5 ZEEL 448.9 450.8 441.2 448.6 JSLHISAR 79.8 84 79.15 83.3 NAUKRI 1,677.70 1,715.00 1,639.10 1,657.50 JSL 31.35 33.5 31.35 33.2 SBIN 267.9 271.9 267.6 270.8 2.8 INDUSINDBK 1,475.00 1,487.05 1,460.10 1,463.35 SPICEJET 76.35 78.25 76.1 77.35 CUMMINSIND 705 705 682.3 695.1 ADANIGREEN 30.35 32.85 30.35 32.7 EICHERMOT 20,577.00 20,700.00 20,300.00 20,660.00 212.55 TATAMOTORS 170 175.25 168 174.55 VENKYS 2,061.05 2,154.85 2,053.00 2,094.10 GODREJPROP 711.1 733.8 709.15 728.45 MANPASAND 75 77.85 74.1 76.25 TCS 1,917.20 1,930.00 1,905.10 1,929.00 14.8 QUESS 675.75 694.25 675.75 683.5 MINDTREE 837.4 910.7 837.4 901.6 CORPBANK 30.65 31.3 29.1 30.25 ALKEM 1,812.00 1,830.90 1,759.90 1,791.10 HINDUNILVR 1,760.00 1,773.00 1,751.95 1,767.65 12.95 ITC 276 276 273.25 274.3 MANAPPURAM 114.5 114.9 111.35 112.9 PIDILITIND 1,080.00 1,085.70 1,066.05 1,075.95 LAKSHVILAS 56.6 56.8 55 56.4 AXISBANK 697.45 704.45 691.2 702 4.8 KSCL 419.7 424.25 399.85 404.35 WIPRO 374.4 380 373 379 CONCOR 485 485 472 476.35 CYIENT* 600 606 599 603.45 TATASTEEL 497 504 492.1 502 3.15 TECHM 828.9 830.8 818.3 825.2 GNFC 252.5 263.5 252.2 258.15 ABFRL 219 221.3 217.55 220.3 FINCABLES 373.6 385 372.75 378.3 GICRE 224.4 224.75 219.7 223.3 SHILPAMED 349.55 355 348 351.3 COALINDIA 214.85 216.9 213.45 214.95 1.25 DHFL 137.35 142.4 137.35 139.25 SYNGENE 587.55 600 587.55 595.9 TATAPOWER 67.4 67.8 66.85 67.1 MOIL 141.8 146.1 141.65 143.8 FINOLEXIND 459.45 462.55 446.95 458.3 TECHM 824.9 829.75 818.1 825 4.35 AXISBANK 696.3 704.95 691.4 703.05 SRTRANSFIN 1,053.80 1,079.90 1,051.45 1,071.90 HDFCLIFE 357 364.5 356.35 362.5 KEI 324.85 325.65 319 319.75 KNRCON 201 201 192 194.75 BAJAJFINSV 6,170.00 6,272.70 6,146.95 6,199.00 29.9 JINDALSTEL 156.05 160 152.55 159.1 REPCOHOME 326.9 336.4 323 325.55 PERSISTENT* 633.2 637.65 603.05 608.55 GUJALKALI 438.4 450 438.4 448.4 ZENSARTECH 202.05 209.6 202.05 207.1 INFRATEL 311.45 321.8 309 313.45 0.9 SBIN 268 271.8 267.25 270.75 IGL 288 290 283.65 285.85 VIPIND 433 436.8 426.75 429.5 ESSELPRO 110.25 110.25 106.15 107.25 DRREDDY 2,614.80 2,649.95 2,558.00 2,637.40 FEDERALBNK 79.7 80.2 78.4 79.45 COROMANDEL 432.5 449.75 432.5 441.3 AIAENG 1,622.60 1,730.00 1,620.00 1,670.25 TVTODAY 319 320.05 313.3 315.35 ZEEL 443.75 450.8 441.25 447.5 1 CENTRUM 33 33.6 33 33.45 INFY 732.5 738.2 728 734.9 1.45 IOC 131.7 137.45 131.7 136.2 M&MFIN 395 401.15 379.85 398.55 CASTROLIND 152.55 156.65 147.55 154.25 REDINGTON 82.15 84.5 81 82.5 ASIANPAINT 1,400.00 1,406.95 1,383.95 1,398.30 CANBK 221.6 223.7 219 221.9 PVR 1,489.60 1,503.20 1,468.50 1,491.50 CHAMBLFERT 158 161.7 157.4 160.25 BDL 254 255.05 251.2 253.05 ICICIBANK 351.4 354.1 351.3 352 0.7 RCOM 6.38 7.53 6.28 6.54 BHEL 62.85 64.1 62.45 63.6 TV18BRDCST 33.1 33.5 32.75 33.15 ASTRAL 1,066.20 1,110.00 1,061.70 1,101.75 J&KBANK 39.95 39.95 39.1 39.1 UPL 825.9 829.9 819.3 827.35 1.1 VEDL 164.8 170 160 169.3 NBCC 51.6 53.4 51.2 53.05 OBEROIRLTY 489.85 508.45 489.85 502.6 FORTIS 135.1 136.55 135.1 135.45 TIINDIA 352 353.3 346.75 352.3 BAJAJ-AUTO 2,825.00 2,847.00 2,801.85 2,817.00 3.05 ADANIPORTS 355.5 358.6 352.4 354.1 SWANENERGY 96.8 98 96.5 97.4 ISEC 198.6 202.25 198.4 198.95 IOB 13.14 13.6 13 13.23 ITC 275.6 275.95 273.1 274.8 -0.25 EICHERMOT 20,469.90 20,613.95 20,300.00 20,540.10 GODREJCP 665.15 671.55 665.1 667.55 DEEPAKNI 216.9 221.4 216.3 216.8 FORBESCO 1,965.00 1,965.00 1,900.00 1,950.05 POWERGRID 181.7 182.6 180.5 181.55 -0.25 INFRATEL 312.85 321.75 309.6 315 HSCL 101.4 108.5 99.6 104.95 TIMETECHNO 88.7 89.4 87.5 88.4 SCHAEFFLER 5,175.00 5,285.00 5,175.00 5,207.20 SUNPHARMA 431 436.75 428.45 428.95 -0.75 RPOWER 11.25 11.9 11.05 11.35 TATAMTRDVR 88.5 89.9 86.8 89.2 EVEREADY 201 204 199 200.45 SUNCLAYLTD 2,419.00 2,518.60 2,354.00 2,495.00 TITAN 1,035.50 1,044.00 1,030.30 1,040.20 -2.3 INFY 733.9 736.65 728 733.35 MFSL 410.7 410.7 400.5 403.6 MOTILALOFS 607.35 625 605.05 612.3 JKLAKSHMI 312.5 313.95 311.45 312.75 HDFC 1,893.95 1,899.00 1,877.50 1,887.00 -4.45 M&M 634.5 648 632.2 646.1 GSFC 91 93.35 91 92.95 CROMPTON 208.5 212 205.6 209.05 VMART 2,565.10 2,599.95 2,524.30 2,540.35 LT 1,282.00 1,283.40 1,265.50 1,280.80 -3.3 BEML 795 822 795 817.65 BAJAJELEC 450 470 450 462.15 TNPL 186.55 191.5 186.55 190.65 GMDCLTD 75 76.7 74.5 75.95 IBULHSGFIN 688 712 675.55 681.3 -2.65 BRITANNIA 3,015.00 3,054.45 2,972.15 3,014.30 IDFC 36.8 37.35 36.15 37.1 TRIDENT 61.35 61.8 61 61.5 NIACL 176.5 180 173.15 174.3 ULTRACEMCO 3,631.00 3,664.50 3,604.85 3,615.10 -16.15 ASHOKLEY 81.1 82.95 80.65 81.85 CHENNPETRO 218.9 220 212.8 214.25 MAHLIFE 377.5 385 372 375.25 TIMKEN 551.5 563 551.5 559.65 ADANIPORTS 353.55 358.6 352.7 354.05 -1.7 SUZLON 4.53 6.15 4.5 5.8 BHARATFIN 922.3 931.4 919.3 920.75 CARERATING 962.25 962.25 953.5 955.85 SADBHAV 173.8 175.55 172.8 173.4 INDUSINDBK 1,474.00 1,486.95 1,458.10 1,464.00 -7.55 JSWSTEEL 276.85 286.05 271.95 285.15 HINDZINC 256.8 261.6 253.5 259.75 GILLETTE 6,508.60 6,560.05 6,450.00 6,506.45 THYROCARE 558.4 563.4 548.45 551.7 BLUESTARCO 602.45 613.4 600 608.15 ASIANPAINT 1,399.00 1,407.75 1,384.20 1,389.00 -8.8 JETAIRWAYS 238.5 242.45 235.4 236.7 SUVEN 237 240.1 233.05 235.3 DCMSHRIRAM 358 370 358 365.6 INDOSTAR 336.95 343.15 334.65 341.4 CIPLA 543.8 546.1 539.1 541.5 -4 SUNPHARMA 431.75 436.8 428 430.4 ITI 94.7 95.35 92.95 93.55 HSIL 222.8 225.4 221.15 223.55 COFFEEDAY 277.15 279 277 277.85 BAJFINANCE 2,652.55 2,674.00 2,632.40 2,632.40 -22.3 TCS 1,920.00 1,930.50 1,905.00 1,925.90 KTKBANK 115 116.25 113.55 114.7 TATACOFFEE 82.2 84.9 82.2 84.05 JKCEMENT 722.7 730.5 715 719 HDFCBANK 2,119.40 2,128.10 2,089.10 2,091.00 -24.9 RNAM 193.75 224.45 191 198.45 AMARAJABAT 737.95 739.15 727 730.15 SCHNEIDER 87.4 92 87.4 89.7 ONGC 148.25 150.35 147 148.55 HFCL 21.65 22.3 21.65 21.8 TATAMETALI 591 596.05 583.3 586.15 IEX 160.3 160.9 158.1 159.35 RELIANCE 1,244.60 1,245.30 1,226.00 1,231.70 -15.2 MINDACORP 127.15 127.55 125.3 126 GAIL 335 335 325.65 326.5 -5.2 JUSTDIAL 510.05 515.35 497.05 501.3 INOXWIND 64 74.6 64 71.4 GREAVESCOT 118.05 119.3 117.2 118.8 SHK 154.95 155.55 146.4 146.9 CHOLAFIN 1,178.00 1,204.25 1,170.15 1,187.70 KRBL 318 319.6 314 315.5 CRISIL 1,555.50 1,562.05 1,524.00 1,537.80 KOTAKBANK 1,251.00 1,258.00 1,225.00 1,238.25 -50.9 MOTHERSUMI 136.8 145.4 135.15 142.85 SOUTHBANK 13.3 13.62 13.2 13.56 FRETAIL 429.4 433.75 425.45 426.25 SANOFI 6,094.30 6,106.90 5,960.10 5,975.95 DISHTV 36.6 37.7 34.65 37.25 RBLBANK 563.6 565.8 559.05 564 PNBHOUSING 916.9 942 908 916.2 NILKAMAL 1,287.95 1,287.95 1,244.05 1,247.95 MHRIL 192.75 195.55 192.2 193.3   IBVENTURES 297.8 324.5 295.4 302.65 IDBI 44.8 44.8 43.05 43.2 TATACOMM 528 537.85 519.25 534.45 SUPPETRO 207.8 210 204.75 209.95 EIHOTEL 186.75 187.9 185.05 185.65 PNB 72.9 73.95 72.6 73.2 RAJESHEXPO 564.9 573.45 561.65 567.85 MGL 877 883.35 866 868.5 RALLIS 152.05 155.85 152.05 154.65 APLLTD 517 528.75 517 524.9 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE GAIL 333 334.05 325.15 327.3 INDIACEM 86 87.05 85.05 86.55 JKTYRE 86 88.35 86 87.7 BAJAJHLDNG 3,130.00 3,185.00 3,111.05 3,125.60 NBVENTURES 102 104.4 102 102.6 NIFTY NEXT 50 25,930.20 26,124.00 25,867.35 26,097.55 200.6 HEROMOTOCO 2,640.75 2,735.55 2,629.95 2,687.35 CEATLTD 1,057.95 1,075.55 1,055.20 1,062.20 CADILAHC 312 317 311.9 314.5 AKZOINDIA 1,719.00 1,734.90 1,673.70 1,718.10 SUPREMEIND 1,046.50 1,046.50 1,029.95 1,032.75 ABCAPITAL 81.6 88 81.55 88 6.05 HAVELLS 700 706.15 691.8 694.25 AVANTI 334.5 358.2 332.05 341.85 GODREJAGRO 478.05 480.45 475.35 477.85 SJVN 24.4 24.85 24.4 24.7 NESCO 429.45 432 426.75 427.4 MOTHERSUMI 136.05 145.5 135.5 143.2 7.45 BATAINDIA 1,286.00 1,320.55 1,285.65 1,311.10 ISGEC 4,929.95 4,929.95 4,750.00 4,765.30 TATAINVEST 835 835 822.5 826 ITDC 251.55 265 251.5 255.4 BALMLAWRIE 170.45 172.95 169.6 172.5 PEL 2,255.00 2,315.15 2,243.15 2,302.00 61.75 SUNTV 586 598.4 581.2 584.7 OIL 173.45 177.3 172.5 176.9 GODREJIND 473.15 484.8 473.15 480.9 NAVINFLUOR 600.05 601.95 595 598.5 SOMANYCERA 321.4 325 315 320.2 OIL 173 177.5 172.65 177.05 4.65 HINDPETRO 223.15 232.3 223.15 230.4 DIVISLAB 1,546.00 1,574.95 1,546.00 1,565.05 HUDCO 39.5 41.1 38.9 40.8 JSWENERGY 65.7 66.35 65.6 65.8 SHRIRAMCIT 1,556.20 1,740.00 1,554.00 1,617.00 DLF 165.5 170 164.7 169.3 4 HINDUNILVR 1,761.95 1,771.20 1,753.50 1,767.80 EXIDEIND 217.2 217.2 212 213.4 MRPL 64 64.25 62.5 62.9 NLCINDIA 63.5 64.95 63.15 64.5 FDC 150.7 157.4 150.7 155.85 DABUR 426.15 436.2 425.4 436.1 9.55 LICHSGFIN 465.05 477.15 465.05 469.8 IBREALEST 74.25 75.95 74.05 74.75 FCONSUMER 46.3 46.5 45.65 45.9 CENTRALBK 31.65 31.95 30.95 31.65 THERMAX 961 969.5 957 963.45 SRTRANSFIN 1,058.00 1,079.90 1,051.50 1,077.00 21.5 CGPOWER 30.8 31.65 30.5 31.2 ICICIPRULI 317 319.2 313.05 314.25 3MINDIA 22,250.00 23,380.00 22,250.00 23,285.60 UCOBANK 18.65 19 18.5 18.9 GRINDWELL 521 527.45 515.85 519.95 DMART 1,467.95 1,494.00 1,451.50 1,487.50 26.45 BAJAJFINSV 6,170.00 6,270.00 6,156.20 6,182.55 GMRINFRA 16.2 16.6 16.05 16.45 WELSPUNIND 52 53.4 51 51.65 LUXIND 1,088.00 1,107.30 1,080.00 1,080.65 ASTERDM 150.5 154 150.5 151.1 NMDC 95.2 97.2 94.7 96.85 1.65 GRAPHITE 420 425 411.45 415.5 WELCORP 105 115 104.8 112.8 LINDEINDIA 428 437.75 425.05 427.85 HONAUT 21,700.00 21,806.25 21,405.00 21,639.35 GAYAPROJ 150.45 152.6 148.15 149.3 LICHSGFIN 468 477.4 465 470.25 7.4 RECLTD 129 133.45 128.65 132.8 DELTACORP 229 235 228.95 231.7 NOCIL 124.7 126.85 122 126.25 PRSMJOHNSN 70.6 73 70.25 71.1 LEMONTREE 74.65 75.9 74.5 74.95 COLPAL 1,240.00 1,259.00 1,232.00 1,259.00 19.8 ADANIPOWER 39.6 40.45 39.3 39.85 LAXMIMACH 5,499.95 5,595.00 5,451.00 5,503.35 TEJASNET 159 167.5 156 164.1 BLUEDART 3,009.35 3,164.00 2,896.00 3,087.65 GEPIL 756.5 769.9 752.05 756.95 HDFCLIFE 358.35 364 356.15 362.25 5.4 L&TFH 127.95 128.95 125.7 126.45 APOLLOTYRE 210 212.1 206.5 210.25 DCBBANK 174.05 174.7 172 173.05 NAVKARCORP 39.35 42.1 39.35 40.95 MAHLOG 433.9 439.5 432 436.7 BEL 78.8 79.25 78 78.5 1.05 BANKBARODA 102.6 103.65 102.3 102.85 MRF 54,800.00 55,138.00 54,687.35 54,860.95 NHPC 23.75 23.9 23.45 23.55 GHCL 222.5 226.2 219.6 222.2 RELAXO 727.15 737.3 727.15 730.2 ASHOKLEY 81 82.85 80.75 82.1 0.95 BPCL 336.5 346.85 336.45 344.85 NESTLEIND 10,534.70 10,709.95 10,534.70 10,687.30 UFLEX 196 210.3 196 208.3 JYOTHYLAB 178 182.2 178 180.15 SOLARINDS 948.95 948.95 929.05 938 BHEL 62.9 64.15 62.45 63.65 0.7 JAICORPLTD 94 97.2 91.05 94.15 TATAELXSI 907.4 914 900 905.15 GICHSGFIN 237.95 243.15 236.95 241.35 SUNDRMFAST 516.6 517.9 506.5 508.25 DHANUKA 400 410 398 408.65 PGHH 10,198.75 10,200.00 10,054.25 10,199.00 86.95 CUB 179.65 179.8 176.9 179.1 CIPLA 541.05 545 539.1 541.75 SYNDIBANK 32.9 33.65 32.75 33.35 ADANITRANS 213.05 217.1 212.1 213.3 VTL 968.1 984.15 968.1 976.55 MARICO 337 343 335.75 339.6 2.85 BANKINDIA 83.1 84.6 82.6 82.95 SIEMENS 989 999 973.3 990.85 BERGEPAINT 293.9 296 292 294.3 DENABANK 11.45 11.45 11.21 11.29 THOMASCOOK 213.5 213.85 211.4 213.2 HINDZINC 258.2 261 253.05 257.65 1.85 LUPIN 771 782.55 766.9 776.85 BHARATFORG 481.85 489.65 477.3 487.95 NATCOPHARM* 600.95 600.95 572 588.15 BAYERCROP 4,270.00 4,322.35 4,265.50 4,293.85 KIOCL 126.8 133.95 126.8 130.95 BOSCHLTD 17,915.00 18,184.00 17,751.50 18,167.10 118.55 TVSMOTOR 462.5 475 462.5 471.3 DABUR 431 435.95 425.45 434.2 JINDALSAW 80.2 82.35 80.15 81.45 AEGISLOG 192.6 198 190 197.15 ASAHIINDIA 255.85 255.85 250.2 251.5 CADILAHC 314 317.5 312.45 315.1 1.95 IDFCFIRSTB 45 45.8 44.8 45.45 FORCEMOT 1,394.40 1,421.40 1,370.40 1,402.15 KAJARIACER 513.3 527.45 505 517 HERITGFOOD 442 452.05 441 446.1 SHARDACROP 345.4 351.75 345.4 350.35 AMBUJACEM 209.95 211.45 208.15 210.9 1.3 PFC 109.9 111.55 109.9 111 ADVENZYMES 159.95 159.95 151.3 156 PARAGMILK 204.8 213.5 204.8 212.35 GET&D 293 306 290 299.3 MONSANTO 2,577.30 2,625.00 2,569.80 2,585.60 LUPIN 771.95 782.65 767.05 774.5 4.7 BEL 78.85 79.3 78.25 78.7 EMAMILTD 388.8 402 388.8 397.2 JUBILANT 745.5 759 745.5 754.45 MAHABANK 12.5 12.9 12.5 12.73 TRITURBINE 101.95 105.95 100 104.7 WABCOINDIA 5,892.80 5,951.70 5,873.75 5,942.30 SAIL 49 49.4 48.5 49.3 0.3 JISLJALEQS 57.1 58.65 56.6 57.7 GSKCONS 7,270.85 7,292.40 7,260.00 7,276.60 LTI 1,730.00 1,737.00 1,713.00 1,718.30 PRESTIGE 213.95 214 209 211.85 ZYDUSWELL 1,264.80 1,280.00 1,257.50 1,261.25 MRF 54,720.00 55,150.00 54,553.50 54,998.00 287.35 BHARTIARTL 309.7 316.2 308.05 313 NMDC 95.5 97.1 94.8 96.7 HAL 670 696 650.7 664.75 SYMPHONY 1,157.75 1,165.00 1,150.05 1,158.70 CCL 276 278.2 274.95 277.9 GODREJCP 666 672 665.4 667.2 2.65 ESCORTS 648 661.9 648 655.7 SREINFRA 28 28.9 26.5 27.7 INTELLECT 169 170.7 165.1 167.05 COCHINSHIP 342 345.85 338.25 344.55 ECLERX 976.15 997 976.15 995.8 INDIGO 1,113.00 1,128.65 1,107.35 1,115.80 4.15 HEG 2,140.00 2,160.90 2,110.00 2,118.70 MARICO 336.95 343 336.6 339.45 MAHINDCIE 224 231.3 223.65 229.15 BIRLACORPN 454.3 462.6 453.8 460.4 FLFL 424 435 424 429.25 ABB 1,248.80 1,264.55 1,240.00 1,250.00 4.3 HINDALCO 194.15 197.1 192.6 196.6 GODFRYPHLP 888.8 940 886.25 925.4 MERCK 2,921.10 2,967.90 2,900.05 2,904.90 SCI 35.5 36.3 35.5 36.25 JAGRAN 93.7 94.7 93.05 93.8 BRITANNIA 3,008.00 3,057.30 2,972.70 3,012.00 10.4 TITAN 1,045.00 1,045.00 1,031.70 1,040.05 VOLTAS 528.5 532.95 524.4 530.6 SHANKARA 439 442 426 428.55 GLAXO 1,335.40 1,354.90 1,325.10 1,343.30 SIEMENS 984 999.4 971.65 988.8 2.35 PHOENIXLTD 590.45 599.7 587 590.2 RAYMOND 705 730 695.15 726.85 IBULISL 248 267.75 248 261.95 NETWORK18 33.9 34.35 33.3 33.55 ELGIEQUIP 251.75 253.75 250.5 251.7 SHOPERSTOP 483.2 492 483 491.65 PIDILITIND 1,071.40 1,086.85 1,065.50 1,074.95 1 DLF 164 170.5 164 169.3 CENTURYTEX 770 778.8 763.35 777.4 KALPATPOWR 347.65 356.1 345.35 352.7 LAURUSLABS 332.1 336.9 331.5 336.05 PETRONET 215.55 219.4 214.5 215.35 0.15 CERA 2,205.00 2,216.25 2,192.00 2,197.85 BOMDYEING 112 117.5 110.1 114.9 FSL 40.85 42.7 40.2 42.35 WABAG 275 288.05 275 284.95 IFBIND 770.5 844 770.5 823.2 GREENPLY 130 133.95 129.5 131.05 SHREECEM 16,000.15 16,340.00 15,809.60 16,112.10 7.45 WESTLIFE 350 357 349.95 354.8 NTPC 137.75 140.7 135.2 139.7 PFIZER 2,923.00 3,016.60 2,904.00 2,998.60 GUJGAS 118.6 118.75 116.7 117.25 MAXINDIA 77.95 79.15 77.95 78.65 BIOCON 622.4 627.8 618.6 621.9 0.25 PCJEWELLER 68.5 69.75 68 68.35 SPARC 165 173.05 163.35 167.8 ABBOTINDIA 7,210.00 7,277.00 7,151.20 7,227.05 BASF 1,305.00 1,334.40 1,267.20 1,316.00 DBCORP 179.45 180.65 178.85 179.9 AUROPHARMA 731.1 736.5 726.8 730.85 -0.25 DMART 1,459.95 1,492.00 1,453.75 1,484.90 ENDURANCE 1,267.30 1,286.30 1,251.25 1,258.65 HINDCOPPER 44.8 45.5 44.7 45.1 SKFINDIA 1,967.20 1,970.00 1,955.75 1,964.90 NAVNETEDUL 103.45 104.15 103 103.2 BANKBARODA 103.05 103.65 102.25 102.9 -0.1 BLISSGVS 170.8 179.7 168.2 177.95 ORIENTBANK 81.1 84.4 81.1 83.05 ASHOKA 121 125.3 121 123.3 GPPL 78.5 80.4 78.25 78.95 ERIS 619.95 620 608.9 611 SUNTV 588 598.5 582.3 586.95 -0.65 PAGEIND 21,325.00 21,590.00 21,013.70 21,477.90 INDHOTEL 142 144.4 140.85 142.65 BBTC 1,214.95 1,225.40 1,195.05 1,198.60 ITDCEM 102.15 105.5 102 104.7 TVSSRICHAK 2,221.05 2,268.40 2,220.00 2,255.85 NIACL 178 179 173.15 175.95 -0.5 BALKRISIND 834.6 862.8 827.9 855.35 EDELWEISS 150.25 151 145.35 146.25 VBL 806.35 819 797.9 801.65 ATUL 3,350.00 3,379.75 3,340.00 3,350.95 TIFHL 450 452.5 438.2 445 ACC 1,391.65 1,391.65 1,371.30 1,384.60 -4.45 AUROPHARMA 729.95 736.85 726.6 729.5 RADICO 370 379.5 366 371.1 KEC 240 242.85 237.5 238.4 HIMATSEIDE 167 170 167 168.7 KPRMILL 533 540 532.05 539.7 SBILIFE 565.25 570 556.75 559.7 -2.2 ICICIGI 905.15 937.85 905.1 932.1 TORNTPOWER 230.6 235 230.5 232.9 JBCHEPHARM 319.75 333.65 319.75 328.9 KANSAINER 433.1 445.95 433.1 442.8 BAJAJCON 345.7 354.8 345.7 352.8 OFSS 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However, when you go coaches and enabling them to reach their poten- out with friends or family, it is more likely tial. The platform gives an opportunity for tal- that you would opt for something which is ent to work with their dream coaches and a comedy or is light-hearted.” that is a massive opportunity for any aspir- Talking about why formula or big stars ing singer. For the first time ever in the his- are no longer a guarantee of success as was tory of the show, the format has been obvious from the flops that most of the altered to introduce the concept of a super major stars had to face last year, he says, guru with the one and only A R Rahman “Actors now need to know that they can stepping into the shoes. I am joined by no longer fool the audience. Earlier, it was popular singers Harshdeep Kaur, Kanika possible to work around with the same for- Kapoor and Armaan Malik as coaches. mula but it is not happening any longer. Charisma won’t work until the content is  Could you elaborate on your role as good. Besides, the audience, which is more a coach and what you plan to bring to educated and exposed to different experi- the show? ences now, is more discerning and is con- As a coach, I will nurture the con- jay Devgn has found quite the spot. stantly evolving.” That’s what he misses for testants and help them in unleashing their While the rest of the cast of Total two milestone performances of his career. “If potential as a singer. I will not only play the ADhamaal is cooped up inside a hall in I did something like Zakhm (1998) today or role of music coach but will be a life coach a hotel, he has a small set-up just outside, for that matter Raincoat (2004), the audience as well, sharing my own experiences and open to the sky, which is certainly pleasant would have been more receptive and appre- never-give-up stories to keep them motivat- given the weather. “Oh, that’s because I ciated me better. Both the films got a lot of ed. Out of all the coaches, I think I will be smoke,” he says with a laugh and one can’t critical appreciation and were praised but the the surprise package and bring a lot of musi- help but notice a pack of cigarettes lying box office collections did not really match up. cal input to the show, right from playing prominently on the table. As is wont, I try Today, they would have got the money too,” instruments to giving technical comments. to put on the recorder on my phone for the he says. interview while Ajay narrates that he was For somewhere who has traversed a wide  What do you think differentiates The born in Delhi but does not know much of it, arc of creativity, filling out different charac- Voice from other reality singing shows? even as I keep fiddling with the device wait- ters, he has his keen eyes on the script as well I mentioned the blind auditions ing for it to switch on. When I confess that as his instincts to invest each role with orig- before. I also like that there are no it has frozen, Ajay asks me if he can help and inality. “I played a gangster in Company and judges but only coaches who tries to, but clearly the app has a mind of its then repeated it again in Once Upon A Time provide contestants with the own and won’t succumb even to the charms in Mumbai but no one can say that the char- technical know-how and skills for them to grow. of a celebrity actor who has more than a hun- acters were similar,” says the intelligent dred films to boot. Casting it aside, I decide actor.  How challenging is it to judge a reality show? How excited to go the old fashioned way and jot down Ajay is starring next in De De Pyaar De, or nervous have you been? what he says. which is scheduled to release tentatively I am very excited to be a coach on this show that airs on StarPlus Ajay explains that the film is called an around May this year. Also on the cards is as the talent pool is remarkable and amazing. I am a guiding force adventure comedy as there is hardly a Neeraj Pandey’s Chanakya where he embod- on the show, providing feedback and perspectives to the contes- moment where the cast is in a situation which ies the role of the political thinker, economist tants based on my own experiences and facilitate them to take their cannot be classified as an escapade. “Except and royal advisor. Another historical that he musical prowess a step ahead. for one court scene with Anil Kapoor and is producing and starring in is Tanaji – The Madhuri Dixit, the entire cast is either Unsung Warrior. “My reason for taking up  How does it feel to share space with the maestro A R Rahman? mid-air or in water or in trouble. It has an Tanaji is primarily because I liked the script. It is always a pleasure to work with A R Rahman and for the Indiana Jones like feel,” says the actor who He was a great historical figure and sacrificed first time I will be seeing him from the lens of a superguru. He will rode astride two bikes into collective nation- a lot but many people in Maharashtra and be seen sharing valuable feedback and perspectives which are truly al conscience with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 most outside have not heard of him. This inspiring. His insights about the entire process of creating music for which he got the best Filmfare Male Debut makes our effort to bring his story to the big and his personal life changing stories are remarkable. Award. screen worthy,” says he. However, many his- However, it is Ajay’s funny bone that has toricals have invited the ire of self-appoint-  How is your rapport with the other coaches on the show? given him huge career hits and is on display ed censors of history. So does he fear con- We get along really well and it reflects on the show. There is in the third installment of the Dhamaal fran- troversies? Reasons Ajay, “The problem with a great variety of different types of musicians who bring some- chise. “The content in comedies is what our country is that it is really diverse and one thing distinct with them. Each coach has come from a different makes you laugh. That depth has been there group or the other might find something school of music, had prolific musical experiences and achieved in the Golmaal series. Making people laugh offensive. The final say should be that of the immense success. So there is a one-stop shop of expertise. is not easy in general. Add to it the fact that court if there is any difference of opinion and you can’t tickle them twice with the same people should just go with the verdict.”  What kind of voice on the show will stand out and catch your joke, the humour loses punch. So the A connected citizen, Ajay has taken a clear attention? content has to be fresh. Then as stand on issues. When #MeToo rocked the I am not in search of any specific voice. A voice which influ- performers, after the gag N: Hindi film industry last year, he wrote on his ences and touches my heart will earn a chair. Everything else can has been written, it is Twitter handle, “I’m disturbed by all the hap- be taught if the quality of the voice is great. also essential to :*:*)5!7(:6 penings with regards to #MeToo. My compa- understand how 9:.7 3?@@R4 ny and I believe in providing women with much to stretch utmost respect and safety. If anyone has the joke, the (5*1D5%5%(1(!1((7% wronged even a single woman, neither ADF appropriate (Ajay Devgn Films) nor I will stand for it.” amount of   3=>>#4(71+*:76$7 And he makes no bones about it even now energy need- 85+9*1C7776!5%7 and says, “We respect women. We always ed to perform believed in this. 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endi paid understated tribute to Karl Lagerfeld, who died this Fweek and was the Rome-based fashion house’s creative director for 54 years. The fashion house said in notes for its Milan Fashion Week show that the Fall/Winter 2019-2020 col- lection “is the final collection designed by Karl Lagerfeld, repre- senting a lifetime of dedication and

 creation from 1965 until today.” Reproductions of five of Lagerfeld’s sketches accompanied + 7' the notes, summing up the looks. A small card came printed with his sig- nature and the Fendi “F? that had a heart forming the cross-stroke. The     +:)1.916:O date of the designer’s death was on the back: 19-02-2019.     "  A video recorded before his death showed Lagerfeld being asked       to draw himself as he appeared on his first day at Fendi. or photographer Juhi “Well, that’s prehistoric,” the Saklani, life can persist in designer said. “In the 1960s, we did- Fmost unexpected places n’t hold back.” like a grand tree braving traf- His personal Fendi preview fic, pollution, and dirt of a busy look: a Cerruti hat over his long hair, Delhi road, what she exclaims dark sunglasses, a printed Lavalliere as almost a “national monu- tie, a yellow-and-red English hunt- ment”. Displayed in 2019 ing jacket in Scottish tweed, French- Habitat Photosphere on style culottes and a bag that he had ‘Bhu/Earth’, among many oth- found in Milan. ers, the trees photograph “That was my style. reminds humans of their one- Disreputable,” the late designer told ness with nature. the camera in French. Habitat Photosphere, an Other highlights from the sec- India Habitat Centre (IHC) ond day of Milan Fashion Week: initiative, is geared towards sensitisation of a sustainable LAGERFELD’S FENDI FINALE environment and cultural sus- Karl Lagerfeld’s grand finale at tainability through the medium Fendi emulated the designer’s signa- of photography. ture style, with striking high collars With this year’s theme as and the models wearing ponytails at ‘Bhu/Earth’, the ongoing exhi- the nape. bition is currently blooming The opening look featured a with photographs, installations huge bow tie and a double-breast- and interactive events. ed jacket with white accents, worn Saklani, one of the four with a mini-skirt showing off Fendi awardees of the Photosphere tights. That look was elaborated on Fellowship, is exploring art to show the same jacket as a long The collection included a series of and ecology through pho- overcoat, then paired with wide- MAX MARA CELEBRATES THE red looks, perhaps a tribute to the tographs of trees growing legged pleated trousers with white POLITICS OF GLAMOR growing Chinese market. through old walls and build- stripe accents. A neat, point-collared Max Mara dedicated its collection Red, along with black and white, ings, and inhabiting books, shirt buttoned to the top unified the to the “boss lady,” a nod to the “resets everything you see around, maps and newspapers. which were to be “redevel- outfits. . women who have strode to power in that is so much, too much,” Armani Some exhibited works in oped” to host commercial A series of wide-pleated skirts in their luxury outerwear and business said. her series ‘Human/Nature’ use spaces. shiny finishes or sheers, as well as attire. “regular headlines about trees “In face of official reports structured dresses with pagoda The show title, “the politics of PRADA EXPLORES LOVE AND being felled for buildings, roads, which said Sarojini Nagar was shoulders, pointy collars and glamor,” was also a not-so-hidden ref- WAR river interlinking, smart city a place of ‘no significant biodi- cinched waists feminized the collec- erence to the brick-red “Fire Coat” Prada’s collection for next fall and projects, parking and more” as versity’, experts found 26 bird tion. that U.S. House Minority leader winter explores the dichotomy images. species and 11 types of butter- Coats were luxurious furs with Nancy Pelosi wore to a White House between war and romance, the tug The series emerged from flies in just a two-day survey. the elegant double-F logo in cursive showdown with President Donald between better and baser impulses. her “reading and conversations “Activists conducted tree - known as Lagerfeld’s curling Trump. A flurry of social media The collection veers from military around deep ecology and the surveys in Netaji Nagar and “Karligraphy” - and laser-cut leather attention prompted the fashion house looks in Loden textiles with combat nature of the ecological crisis found an irreplaceable wealth with zippers that opened the sleeves to reissue the high-neck coat. boots but softened with furry back- we find ourselves in today — of bargads, peepals, semals, and the back. Shiny leather coats Most of the looks in the latest col- packs to romantic styles with dress- how to live with climate change, neems, jamuns, amaltas...,” a were shaped like capes and had lection for next fall and winter were es strewn with floral appliques or lay- species extinction, dramatic note on the section said. open-zip arms and fur collars. for serious day dressing, with a focus ered with lace accents. loss of biodiversity, depletion of Thanks to the efforts of the Beyond neutral tones, Lagerfeld on short skirts or longer versions that “It is about romance, but romance water, massive deforestation, protesters, “the company included flashes of daffodil yellow, appeared cut from trousers, but with and fear,” the designer said after the critical levels of pollution”, she NBCC has to redesign its pro- seafoam green and tangerine. The deep slits to show off knee-high, faux show. “In the sense that the two forces said. jects to minimise tree loss”, the looks were finished with fur riding croc boots. I feel at the moment are fear and dan- “I am still a student of eco- writer, who feels meditative caps, the Fendi Peekaboo bag with Outwear varied from ankle- ger, but at the same time romance is logical issues and philosophies, while clicking trees, said. perforated detailing or the updated length sleeveless coats with oversized the solution. So these are pieces of love but some of it has seeped into ‘A Window Into Baguette bag with a multi-strap pockets and to poncho coats with stories, introducing good in a world the photographs. I truly feel Redevelopment’, interestingly, harness. furry collars. Zips and pockets gave that has a lot of bad. that humans need to start has been curated as a combina- Gigi Hadid closed the show in a sense of utility. thinking of themselves as a part tion of photographs and rustic- a diaphanous mango dress with a Max Mara punctuated its trade- THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT of nature, as opposed to con- looking wooden windows snug Fendi-logoed bodysuit. A big mark neutral monotones with trios of MOSCHINO trollers or ‘conquerors’ of allowing one to peep at the col- bow floated on the back. colors and prints, opening the show Jeremy Scott staged a tongue-in- nature,” Saklani, who has pre- lages in which the threatened with identical mini-skirt, business cheek Moschino game show to show off viously been an editor and trees and demolished houses of FENDI’S PUBLIC FAREWELL looks in an emerald green, sky blue his collection of slinky dresses and gold writer with Outlook Traveller these colonies are still trying to Silvia Venturini Fendi, who was and canary yellow. The outfits were ite textured coat that was mined booties or knee-high evening sock lame on women with 1970s bouffants. for nearly a decade, said. co-exist. a child when Lagerfeld joined Fendi topped with large, enveloping alpaca from the depths of fashion. Kaia boots, because “the low heel gave a The collection fully embraced the Saklani, whose passion for “It’s also a protest against and revolutionized fur at her fami- cardigans. Gerber rocked a layered off-white sense of freedom.” early television era, with handbags photography started with tak- the top heavy planning that ly’s fashion house, thanked the fash- Wools mixed with technical fab- look with a rich, furry overcoat and He said a faux crocodile jacket shaped as TV dinners, toothpaste tubes ing photographs to support does not involve people in the ion crowd and took a bow, then rics, leathers and fur for contempo- single-button suit coat. could give an older woman an edgi- and champagne bottles, reflecting the her articles, believes trees to be decisions about their city’s clenched her fists and stepped back- rary styling. Neutral monotones in er touch at a price tag not out of this reality of home cuisine, a major TV-era companions and healers that future. And a reminder that stage. ivory, camel and caramel toast gave EMPORIO ARMANI FOR EVERY world. advertising force and the millionaire give solace. For her, the images people need to stay informed A screen descended: Backstage way to animal prints and heritage AGE The Emporio Armani freestyle dreams of the television audience. featuring trees are not works of about what is happening to was kept private. prints with heart motifs. Emporio Armani is Giorgio styling included a sweatshirt with a Models shimmied up against a red art - what is art are trees them- their city.” Venturini Fendi in a note said Accessories included an innova- Armani’s line for youthful dressers, new gold-embossed EA logo pairs Ferrari, a grandfather clock, kitchen selves. Along with other awardees the bond between Lagerfeld and tive bag that draped around the neck but the designer sent an older model with fluid, elegant trousers. An off- appliances and a La-Z-Boy recliner — A special section ‘A and more varied exhibitors, Fendi “is fashion’s longest love story.” like a scarf and incorporated two down the runway to emphasize that shoulder jumpsuit with a decon- the latter of which boasted price tags Window Into Redevelopment’ Saklani’s earthy take on the “When we called just a few days compartments on each end, or a small age is not the defining measure. structed jacket top projected a day-to- below most present-day luxury brand is a tribute to the people of Photosphere theme of ‘Bhu’ is before the show, his only thoughts clutch attached to the body with a har- For this collection, shapely legs evening derring-do. Pretty dresses apparel. Delhi who in June-July 2018 open for the public to view till were on the richness and the beau- ness. certainly were. 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Topening ceremony this and the money budgeted for that no big tournament be awarded to and revoked just two after visas were There has been a call to year after the Committee of that goes to the martyrs' fam- it. denied to Pakistani shooters in the boycott the June 16 World Cup Administrators (CoA) run- ilies," said Committee of India denied visas to Pakistani aftermath of the Pulwama terror face-off against Pakistan at the ning Indian cricket on Friday Administrators chairman shooters for the World Cup attack. "This happened in the interest of Old Trafford in the aftermath decided to allocate the money Vinod Rai. that starts on Saturday in Within hours of the other 500 athletes from 61 coun- of the Pulwama terror attack, set aside for it to the families It was BCCI acting presi- the wake of the Pulwama International Shooting tries participating in the other events which killed more than 40 of the CRPF personnel killed dent CK Khanna, who had terror attack. As a result, Federation (ISSF) President who are already in India for their com- CRPF personnel. in the Pulwama terror attack. officially made the proposal to the IOC revoked the two Vladimir Lisin's declaration petition," it added.   678*79: In a meeting to address the The opening ceremonies donate at least 5 crore for the Olympic quotas on offer in the that all the 16 quotas have been The National Rifles Association of spiralling speculation around of the cash-rich T20 league are martyr's families. men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol com- revoked due to the situation with India (NRAI) heaved a sigh of relief njum Moudgil, Apurvi the match, the CoA deliberat- a heady mix glitz and glamour It is learnt that 2018 IPL petition of the event. Pakistan, the IOC said the Olympic a day before the start of the competi- AChandela and Elavenil ed on the matter but did not with performances by opening ceremony's budget However, the bigger repercussion qualification status has been with- tion. Valaraivan will lead India's take any position for now. Bollywood stars being the was in the tune of 15 crore was the world body's declaration that it drawn from only the men's 25m Rapid "The Organising Committee of charge in women's 10m air rifle "The 16th of June is very far highlight. and something similar to that would not engage with India on discus- Fire Pistol event. This event had two the New Delhi World Cup wishes to event on the first day of compe- away. We will take a call on that However, as a mark of amount will be donated. sions to host major events. The coun- spots on offer. unequivocally thank the ISSF tition at the season-opening ISSF much later and in consultation try aspires to host the 2026 Youth "The IOC restricted the with- President Vladimir Lisin, the ISSF shooting World Cup on Saturday. with the government," CoA The ICC meeting is sched- provided to players, match Olympics, the 2032 Summer Olympics drawal of recognition as an Olympic Secretary General Alexander Ratner, The immensely chief Vinod Rai said after the uled to be held from officials and fans of Indian and the 2030 Asian Games. qualification event to the 25m rapid the IOA President Dr Narinder Batra, talented Mehuli meeting. February 26 to March 2. cricket for the upcoming World The Indian Olympic Association fire pistol competition in which the and the Minister for Youth Affairs and Ghosh will shoot in Asked if players have In the mail sent to Cup," it said. (IOA) has already sent an expression of two Pakistani athletes were supposed Sports Col (Retd) RVS Rathore for Minimum been consulted on the the world body, BCCI It was a foregone conclu- interest to the IOC for the 2032 Games to participate," the IOC said in a state- ensuring the best possible outcome to Qualification Score issue, Rai replied in the said it is concerned sion that CoA would not take and the bidding process for the 2026 ment after its executive board meet- a vexed and complexed scenario," (MQS) at the Dr negative. about the security of any decision on the matter as showpiece is expected to start next year. ing in Lausanne, Switzerland. NRAI President Raninder Singh said. Karni Singh Range. "In an e-mail to the Indian players heading the ICC can't ban Pakistan as The IOC said its stand against the They are among ICC, we have expressed into the World Cup. per rules. country will remain until clear "written 102 competitors from 44 nations our concerns about the "BCCI fears for the "We can never win a floor guarantees are obtained from the Indian cations for hosting future sports and Delhi. in the fray in the women's 10m terrorist attack that has safety and security of Test if we try and pass a reso- government to ensure the entry of all Olympic-related events in India...," it "In addition to not being able to host event. India have secured both taken place. We are players and match offi- lution to ban Pakistan from the participants in such events in full com- added. events in India, there may be problems their Olympic quotas in the telling them that security cials participating in World Cup. We currently don't pliance with the rules of the Olympic The world body also urged the for our athletes to take part in interna- event through Moudgil and of players and match offi- upcoming ICC events have majority in ICC. In fact, charter." international federations to neither tional events. We will approach the gov- Chandela at the World cials should be appropriately including the ICC Cricket ICC chairman Shashank "This situation (at the ISSF World award nor hold sports events in India ernment again so that the situation does Championships last September. taken care of," Rai said. World Cup 2019. Most coun- Manohar, in his individual Cup) goes against the fundamental until the "guarantees are obtained." not reach that far. Besides the men's 25m rapid "And number two, we must tries from which the members capacity, has more votes than principles of the Olympic charter, in par- The Indian Olympic Association "It is a violation of Olympic Charter fire pistol and the two 10m sever ties with nations from of the ICC hail (including BCCI at the present moment," ticular the principles of non-discrimi- expressed helplessness but did say that and the country's image has been low- mixed team air rifle and air pis- which such terrorism United Kingdom) have strong- a senior BCCI official said. nation...," the IOC stated after a meet- the current situation does not look good ered. If the Indian government does not tol events, the rest of the seven emanates. We will express our ly condemned this terrorist It is understood that BCCI ing of its executive board in Lausanne for the country's sporting future. give guarantees within 15 to 20 days, events in the five-day competi- concern on an appropriate attack and expressed solidari- officials are also concerned on Thursday evening. "We have tried our best but ulti- another letter may come from IOC," he tion will distribute two Olympic forum," Rai said indicating ty with India," the letter stated. that such a stand might cost "As a result, the IOC executive mately it is the government (which has added. Besides their aspiration to host quotas each. that the matter will be raised at "The BCCI trusts that the them the hosting rights of the board also decided to suspend all dis- to grant visas). It is a dangerous situa- the Olympics, India already have the India will compete for 12 the ICC quarterly Board meet- ICC and ECB will ensure that 2021 Champions Trophy and cussions with the Indian NOC and gov- tion for all sport in the country," IOA hosting rights of the 2021 men's world quotas in six events, besides try- ing in Dubai. the most robust security is the 2023 World Cup. ernment regarding the potential appli- Secretary General Rajeev Mehta said in boxing championships. ing to win medals.  , $  <<*  >    ""# * *3#         !+!1:  , *3 eft-arm spinner Ekta Bisht '>!    Lsnared four wickets as  3/ $   Indian bowlers dished out a   .1%1$: clinical effort to beat England by 66 runs in the first ODI of he National Olympic Association of   .1%1$: taken as sports," Sarfaraz the ICC Women's TPakistan (POA) on Friday support- added. Championship here on ed its parent body IOC for removing arfaraz Ahmed is "disap- The call to boycott the Friday. Olympic quotas in the men's 25m Spointed" that cricket is match has come from some Bisht returned with rapid fire pistol event of the ongoing being targeted after the prominent names in Indian impressive figures of four for ISSF World Cup in Delhi, where its Pulwama terror attack and cricket such as senior off- 25 to help Indian women country's shooters could not compete said the high-profile India- spinner Harbhajan Singh and defend a modest a 203-run due to visa issues. Pakistan World Cup game former captain Mohammed target by bundling out POA President, General (retd) Arif should go ahead as planned Azharuddin. England women for a paltry Hasan, said it was disappointing that despite calls for the match's But offering a different 136 in 41 overs to take a 1-0 two Pakistani shooters were not allowed boycott from several quarters view, batting great Sunil lead in the three-match series. to participate in the ISSF event in Delhi. of the neighbouring country. Gavaskar and Sachin Bisht was ably supported The Indian High Commission did- The Pakistan captain Tendulkar have stated that by pacer Shikha Pandey n't issue visa to the two shooters and insisted that sports should India should not hand over (2/21), Deepti Sharma (2/33) team manager after the Indian Shooting never be mixed with politics points to Pakistan by boy- and veteran Jhulan Goswami body, NRAI, had assured the and said in the interest of the cotting the game. They, how- (1/19) as India comfortably International Shooting Federation cricket crazy fans of both the ever, advocated continued grabbed two points in the (ISSF) that it had got clearance from the countries, the match should be shunning of bilateral cricket ICC Women's host country's home ministry for the played. ties. Championship. visa. "The India and Pakistan Former Pakistan captain For the visitors, Natalie "We were very disappointed once match should be played as per and batting great Javed Sciver top-scored with a 66- our athletes were not allowed to partic- schedule as there are millions Miandad too was of the view ball 44, while skipper Heather ipate for an event for which they had of people who want to watch that the game shouldn't be tar- Knight remained unbeaten been preparing for a very long time. We this game. I just don't think geted. on 39. have always been of the view that cricket should be targeted for "I felt bad after hearing Chasing the modest tar- sports must be used as a means to build political gains," Sarfaraz told about our pictures being get, England, in fact, were in bridges between communities and the CricketPakistan.Com.Pk removed from their (Indian) a comfortable position at 111 countries," Arif Hasan said in a state- website. stadiums. Now this talk of for three by the end of the ment. "It is disappointing to see boycotting the World Cup. I 30th over before the visitors "Greatly disappointed we had no cricket being targeted after think India need to understand crumbled like a pack of cards, option left but to refer the matter to the the Pulwama incident. I don't they can face consequences of losing their last seven 58 balls while skipper Mithali while going for a pull. removing debutant Harleen another fifty before she was IOC. As a consequence, the IOC recall Pakistan ever mixing such an action," Miandad said. batswomen for just 24 runs to Raj made 44 off 77 deliveries. India then lost Deepti Deol (2) and then Mona trapped in front of the wick- Executive Board took a very prudent sports with politics," he said. "I don't understand the surrender the match. Asked to bat, openers Sharma (7), who was Meshram (0) as India looked et by Elwiss in the 42nd over. and balanced decision," he said. We are The fate of the much- mindset. Do they really think Bisht wrecked England Smriti Mandhana (24) and stumped by Sarah Taylor off in a spot of bother. After Raj's dismissal, very grateful to the IOC for this very anticipated World Cup match they (India) can get away with- women by taking three wick- Rodrigues (48) gave a steady Sophie Ecclestone. But Raj and wicket-keep- wickets kept tumbling at the well considered decision whereby the to be held on June 16 at the out playing the World Cup ets in a span of five balls in the start to India's innings shar- Ecclestone, stuck in her er Bhatia then joined hands other end before Goswami right of athletes to participate without Old Trafford lies in limbo match?" he asked. 41st over to register the com- ing 69 runs for the opening very next over, removing a and steadied the ship with a chipped in with a handy 30- any let or hindrance has been upheld." after several former Indian He said India need to fortable win for her side. wicket. well-set Jemimah as India 54-run stand off 94 balls for run knock off 37 balls, which Pakistan had nominated Ghulam cricketers called for its boycott change its policy of mixing Earlier, young Jemimah But just after the drinks slumped to 92 for 3. the sixth wicket. included three fours and a six, Mustafa Bashir and Muhammad Khalil in the aftermath of the ghast- sports with politics. Rodrigues top-scored for break, Mandhana played on Then Sciver struck twice Raj, who struck four to take the hosts past the 200- Akhtar, to contest in the 25m rapid fire ly terror attack. "I just hope better sense Indian women, scoring 48 off a Georgia Elwiss delivery in the 22nd over -- first boundaries, was poised for run mark. pistol event. "Sports should just be prevails." )-
 

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           678*79:   !795+%67 Hurricanes this season ricket icon Sachin Tendulkar besides amassing 637 Con Friday said he would "hate" to  )5  ashing Australian bats- runs at 53.08 and a see India concede two points to Dman D'Arcy Short is strike rate of 140.61. Pakistan by not playing them in the working on his left-arm spin Sriram said Short upcoming World Cup as such a move   678*79: bowling with former India can offer a lot to the would only help the arch-rivals in the tweaker Sridharan Sriram to team with his spin mega-event. anuma Vihari has been punching above his weight ever enhance selection in the bowling. Tendulkar endorsed Sunil Hsince he made his India debut and that's why he is ready team for the limited over "We've seen in the Gavaskar's view that India would be to deal with "low expectations" in a bid to change the pop- series starting with the first Big Bash, he's bowled a better off beating Pakistan in the ular perception of not being good enough for the T20 for- T20I in Vizag on Sunday. lot more than the pre- World Cup than forfeiting the June mat in the upcoming IPL. "I did a lot of work with vious years which I 16 tie in the wake of the Pulwama Vihari is back in the IPL, which starts March 23, with him (Sriram) in the A tour think is a very good terror attack. the Delhi Capitals after going unsold at the auction for three in August and September. sign for our cricket "India has always come up years primarily due to an unimpressive strike rate of sub That was good then and I've team going forward," trumps against Pakistan in the World 100. done a bit of work with him he said. Cup. Time to beat them once again. "I think because of the slow strike-rate of the past, peo- yesterday and today, just "He's come a long Would personally hate to give them ple won't have expectations from me, which can be a great refining things and getting a way. One of the main two points and help them in the thing. I take it positively, because now I have a chance to little bit better," he was quot- things we talked about tournament," said Tendulkar. prove them all wrong," Vihari said. ed as saying by was aligning his tech- "Having said that, for me India The Delhi Capitals have a star-studded top order with cricket.Com.Au. nique and then consis- always comes first, so whatever my Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi "If I can give two or tency of length. country decides, I will back that deci- Shaw, skipper Shreyas Iyer three overs or even four or "If he can do that sion with all my heart," the legendary 2         J  K and the indomitable five in one-day cricket then and spin the ball both batsman added. Rishabh Pant in the ranks. it's always going to help my ways, which he does, While the likes of Harbhajan "Who wins if India decide "India have so far beaten Vihari knows it will be selection in the end and when he's bowling at Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal have against playing Pakistan in the World Pakistan every time in a World Cup, a fight to get into the play- hopefully it goes in my favour," added his best I think he offers a lot to the team called for complete cricketing boy- Cup? And I am not even talking so we are actually conceding two ing XI but he is ready to Short, who is in the 15-man squad as along with his batting." cott of Pakistan, Gavaskar on about the semis and the finals. Who points when by beating Pakistan, we don the role of a finisher cover for Shaun Marsh. Australia will play second T20I on Thursday said India will be the wins? Pakistan win because they get could make sure that they don't the same way he agreed to The 28-year-old has claimed 10 February 27 at Bangalore, before compet- loser if they decide to not play two points," Gavaskar had told 'India advance in the competition," he had open in unfamiliar condi- wickets in 15 games for Hobart ing in the five-ODI series next month. against Pakistan on June 16. Today'. said. tions in Melbourne. "Honestly, given that I am playing the IPL after a 75' 227 65 three-year gap, I am ready ,  7 -R
  to go out there and bat any- where the management   :6*5%7 asks me to, whether it's at   !+911*+ The 24-year-old, who made his the top of the order, or in debut against Assam on Thursday, ed by pacer Dhawal Kulkarni, the role of a finisher. kipper Ishan Kishan blasted a 55- smashed two sixes and 10 fours during LMumbai defended a modest 156-run "On my part, I am really in a great mental space and Sball 100 (8X4, 7X6) to power his 55-ball knock as Karnataka chased target as they defeated Punjab by 35 runs a great position as far as my game is concerned. I am real- Jharkhand to a facile nine-wicket win down the modest target of 132 in 15.5 in their Group C match, registering their ly well-prepared for everything right now," the 25-year-old over Jammu and Kashmir in a Group overs. second successive win. Andhra batsman said. 'A' match on Friday. Giving him company was wicket- In another Group C game, Test spe- He was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013 but a In other matches, Delhi routed keeper-batsman BR Sharath, who got cialist Cheteshwar Pujara, who had hit lot has changed since then. He has scored loads of runs Manipur by 10 wickets while Andhra out after completing his 50 off 37 balls an unbeaten 100 in 61 balls against for India A and also struck a fifty against England on his Pradesh thrashed Nagaland by 179 with. The duo laid down a solid ! Railways, continued his good Test debut. runs to notch up four points. opening partnership of 117 runs *'4 form as he scored 68 to help "I am excited, and fully ready for the season ahead with Sent into bat by Jharkhand, J&K in 14.3 overs for Karnataka.  Saurashtra defeat Madhya Delhi Capitals. Mainly because in these three years, I have made 168 for 9 in 20 overs with Jatin Opting to bat, Bengal bats- Pradesh by 6 wickets. After Iyer's dismissal, `crisis man' developed so much as a player. Wadhwan making the top-score of 47 men faltered to be bundled out 37& This was Saurashtra's first Siddhesh Lad went for a duck and then "I am much more confident of performing now. Also, while Rahul Shukla took five wickets. for 131 inside 19.4 overs with win in the tournament. Mumbai lost wickets in a heap and even- we have a great mix of Indian and foreign players. I am The talented Kishan took the J&K opener Shreevats Goswami top-scoring On Thursday, Mumbai had kicked- tually folded up for 155. really looking forward to playing under Shreyas and Ricky's attack by the scruff of the neck, ham- with a 29-ball 40 (6x4s, 1x6). off their campaign on a winning note, Unheralded 18-year-old Punjab (Ricky Ponting) leadership," Vihari said. mering boundaries and sixers at will. Earlier at the same venue, thrashing minnows Sikkim by a stagger- opener Prabhsimran Singh, who has Vihari feels his India stint will make a difference as He lashed shots to all parts of the Chhattisgarh toyed Arunachal Pradesh ing 154 runs. been picked by Mumbai Indians, gave it has upped his confidence so necessary in a slam-bang ground, taking the team home in the attack to notch up a massive 215 for Asked to bat first, Punjab bowlers Mumbai a scare with a blazing 54 in just tournament. "It gives me a huge boost for sure. I think things 17th over, for its second straight win. three en route to a 96-run win for their led by Baltej Singh (3-30) and left-arm 20 balls, an innings studded with six have worked out quite timely for me. The IPL opportuni- Meanwhile, Delhi bounced back back-to-back victories. seamer Barinder Sran (3-34) dished out boundaries and four sixes. ty could not have come to me at a better time." after losing to Jharkhand on Thursday, Rishabh Tiwary top-scored for a clinical performance as they bundled But he lacked support from other He is most comfortable in the middle order but won't by racing to the target of 119 in just Chhattisgarh with a 52-ball 81, while out a formidable Mumbai for a modest end. All other Punjab batsmen, includ- mind facing the red cherry at the start of an innings if asked 11.4 overs after Manipur was restrict-     Amandeep Khare was at his explosive 155 in their 20 overs Friday. ing Yuvraj Singh, had an off-day in office to do so once again. ed to 113 for 6 in 20 overs.  Young Rohan Kadam struck best in a 23-ball unbeaten 61. Surya Kumar Yadav was Mumbai's as their innings folded up at 120. "Yes, I will do whatever is needed for the team. These Ricky Bhui hammered a 42-ball an unbeaten 81 as Karnataka cantered In reply Arunachal Pradesh were top-scorer as he hit a quick-fire 80 in just Kulkarni (4-22) was ably support- are situations you face as a sportsman, and you have got 108 to power Andhra to 244 for 4 in to a nine-wicket win over Bengal to reg- restricted to 118 for eight. Vishal 49 balls and stitched a crucial 126- run ed by Shubham Ranjane (2-14), while to learn to accept it. I don't want to be tagged as the guy the quota of 20 overs before Nagaland ister their second successive Group D Kushwah starred with the ball fopr stand for the third wicket with in-form Shams Mulani , Shardul Thakur picked who is not a team man," Vihari said with conviction. was shot out for 65 in 13.1 overs. win. Chhatisgarh with fine figures of 4 for 16. Shreyas Iyer (46). a wicket each.