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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY UN Security Council designates 15 jawans killed as Maoists Masood Azhar as global terrorist trigger IED in Gadchiroli SC reserves verdict on They were on their way to provide security at police station changes to SC/ST law Reasons for the decision however do not mention the Pulwama attack NEW DELHI Sharad Vyas The Supreme Court on Sriram Lakshman/ months — on March 13. This Mumbai Suhasini Haidar Wednesday reserved for was the fourth such attempt In one of the worst attacks Washington/New Delhi judgment a batch of petitions to designate Azhar, over a on the anti­naxal security challenging the Scheduled Jaish­e­Mohammad chief Ma­ decade, that had gone awry. forces in the last 15 years, Castes and the Scheduled sood Azhar was listed as a At the end of March, the Maoist insurgents blew up Tribes (Prevention of designated terrorist by the U.S. circulated a draft resolu­ an Improvised Explosive Atrocities) Amendment Act UN Security Council 1267 tion (to sanction Azhar) Device (IED) killing 15 jawans of 2018 which nullified a Committee on Wednesday. among the UNSC members, and a civilian in Maharash­ controversial March 20 Significantly, the reasons for i.e., outside the 1267 Com­ tra’s Gadchiroli district on Supreme Court judgment listing did not mention the mittee, presumably to pres­ Wednesday afternoon. diluting the stringent Pulwama attack of February sure China into either sup­ A unit of the Quick provisions of the Dalit 14, for which the JeM had porting the listing or having Response Team protection law. claimed responsibility, and to take a stand in open pro­ (QRT) of the Gad­ NATION Ī PAGE 10 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD which found mention in the ceedings and risk being seen chiroli police was latest (February 27) listing as supporting terror. on its way to pro­ Curbs on civilian request for Azhar. Earlier this week, China vide reinforce­ The mangled remains of the police traffic in J&K lifted Nevertheless, the listing is had said “some progress” ments to the pol­ vehicle blasted by militants. * PTI SRINAGAR a victory for India in a de­ had been made and indicat­ ice station in the Under immense pressure cade­old diplomatic battle ed it was willing to change its Kurkheda taluk, previous cadre of the rebels, Manku from various quarters, the waged primarily by it and decade­long position. nearly 60 km north of night in Norate and Manu Dasru, by Jammu and Kashmir supported by its friends at Welcoming the decision, Gadchiroli, when the blast which naxals the anti­naxal forces in an administration on Wednesday the UNSC, as it would mean India called it a “step in the was triggered near Lendali had torched 36 vehicles encounter in the forests of announced complete a travel ban, arms embargo listing request at the Com­ access to, reads, “…JeM right direction.” Nullah, in Jamburkheda vil­ meant to assist road con­ Etapalli taluk, South Gadchi­ withdrawal of restrictions on and asset freeze on Azhar. mittee on February 27, claimed responsibility for a lage, six kilometres from the struction work in Dadpur roli, on April 27. civilian traffic movement AZHAR LISTING NOT A VICTORY between Srinagar and The P­3 or group of three weeks after the Pulwama at­ suicide attack in Pulwama”. police station. village. FOR INDIA: PAKISTAN PAGE 10 Baramulla. permanent UNSC members, tack that killed over 40 se­ However, China placed a Ī The police said security The latest ambush seems ‘GOVT. LEARNT NO LESSONS LIFTED ‘HOLD’ BASED ON REVISED FROM PULWAMA’ PAGE 7 NATION Ī PAGE 6 the U.S., the U.K. and curity personnel. That re­ hold on the request — which had been intensified in the to be in retaliation for the Ī DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD France, had co­sponsored a quest, which The Hindu has normally lasts for three REQUEST: CHINA Ī PAGE 10 taluk following an attack the killing of two senior women PROTOCOL IGNORED Ī PAGE 7 Woman doctor found dead in Delhi home NEW DELHI Record GST revenue EC places bar Chief Justice A 25­year­old woman doctor Odisha, A.P. brace for ‘Fani’ landfall was found dead with her on Pragya’s 8 lakh people being evacuated as storm heads towards coast appears before throat slit in her rented collections in April accommodation in the Ranjit campaign Staff Reporter centred about 610 km south­ Bobde panel Nagar area of Central Delhi, Bhubaneswar/Vijayawada/ south west of Puri was omi­ police said on Wednesday. Amount touched ₹1,13,865 crore Special Correspondent Hyderabad nously rolling towards the Legal Correspondent DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 Special Correspondent crore of which CGST is NEW DELHI Defence forces are on high Odisha coast at a speed of 6 NEW DELHI DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD NEW DELHI ₹21,163 crore, SGST is The Election Commission alert, educational institu­ kmph, the India Meteorolog­ Chief Justice of India Ran­ Revenue collections from ₹28,801 crore, IGST is on Wednesday put a 72­ tions ordered shut and over ical Department (IMD) said jan Gogoi has appeared be­ the Goods and Services Tax ₹54,733 crore and cess is ₹ hour bar on the campaign­ 8 lakh people in coastal dis­ in a bulletin. fore the Justice S.A. Bobde hit a record ₹1.13 lakh crore 9,168 crore,” the govern­ ing by BJP candidate for tricts are being evacuated as Heavy winds and dark clouds ‘Fani’ has also kept And­ in­house inquiry panel exa­ in April 2019, according to ment said. Bhopal Pragya Singh Tha­ Odisha braces for cyclone signalling the approaching hra Pradesh officials on edge mining sexual harassment official data released on “The revenue in April kur for her comments ‘Fani’, the extremely severe Fani at Jalaripeta in as it is expected to move charges made against him Wednesday. The govern­ 2018 was ₹1,03,459 crore against late IPS officer He­ cyclonic storm likely to make Visakhapatnam on close to Srikakulam, Vizia­ by a former court em­ ment had collected ₹1.06 and the revenue during mant Karkare and on her landfall near Puri on Friday, Wednesday. * K.R. DEEPAK nagaram and Visakhapat­ ployee. lakh crore in March. April 2019 is a growth of role in the demolition of officials said. nam districts A letter of request was “The total gross GST reve­ 10.05%,” it added. the Babri Masjid. It is expected to cross the winds up to 175 kmph before (With inputs from PTI) issued to the Chief Justice. nue collected in the month It cautioned her against holy town of Puri in the after­ landfall. The storm over the DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES of April 2019 is ₹1,13,865 TAX BASE INCREASING Ī PAGE 10 such misconduct in future. noon of May 3, packing Bay of Bengal that lay FISHERMEN WARNED Ī PAGE 5 FULL REPORT ON Ī PAGE 7 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Sacked BSF jawan’s White walker Local KBC version a papers rejected fillip for DD Kashir SP nominated Tej Bahadur in Varanasi Highlights unsung heroes, says official Peerzada Ashiq Omar Rashid Lok Sabha constituency, said Srinagar LUCKNOW Mr. Yadav’s nomination was Sacked BSF constable Tej Ba­ rejected as it failed to meet Cash­strapped DD Kashir, a hadur Yadav’s nomination as Section 9 and 33(3) of the Re­ J&K­specific television chan­ a Samajwadi Party candidate presentation of the People nel of Prasar Bharati in Varanasi, where he would Act, 1951. launched by Prime Minister have faced PM Narendra Mo­ Mr. Yadav’s nomination Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2000, di, was on Wednesday reject­ from Varanasi was deferred has received a shot in the arm ed on grounds that he did not after a discrepancy over his with the launch of the local submit proper documents dismissal was found in the language version of the ‘Kaun explaining his dismissal. two nominations he filed, Banega Crorepati (KBC)’ to Varanasi District Magis­ first as an Independent and win the “hearts and minds” A screen grab from the trate Surendra Singh said Mr. then as the SP candidate. A in the conflict­ridden State. show on DD Kashir. * Yadav had failed to submit notice was then issued to him The inaugural episode of the necessary certificate is­ to submit the EC certificate ‘Kus Bani Koshur Crorepati’, a It would be the first such sued by the Election Com­ by 11 a.m. on May 1. vernacular name of the show entertainment programme mission that he had not been produced by Sony Entertain­ on DD Kashir, where fund al­ dismissed for corruption or Conspiracy, says Yadav ment Television, was aired on location was slashed in 2012 disloyalty to the state. Mr. Ya­ In his reply to the notice, Mr. Monday evening at the local following the CBI raids on lo­ dav was given “a chance” till Yadav said he had not been Doordarshan centre in Srina­ cal producers in an alleged 11 a.m. on May 1 but he did dismissed for disloyalty or gar. In a major revamp in over embezzlement case. not submit the certificate corruption and that Sections a decade, Prasar Bharati has In its wake, Prasar Bharati within the stipulated time, 9 and 33(3) did not apply to allocated ₹40 crore for DD changed rules, “which made Mr.