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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . 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 nullified a Committee on Wednesday. among the UNSC members, and a civilian in Maharash­ controversial March 20 Significantly, 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 traffic 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 traffic 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 intensified 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 officials on edge mining sexual harassment official 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 officer 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 officials 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 fillip for DD Kashir SP nominated Tej Bahadur in Varanasi Highlights unsung heroes, says official

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&K­specific 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 filed, Banega Crorepati (KBC)’ to Varanasi District Magis­ first 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 conflict­ridden State. show on DD Kashir. * Yadav had failed to submit notice was then issued to him The inaugural episode of the necessary certificate is­ to submit the EC certificate ‘Kus Bani Koshur Crorepati’, a It would be the first 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 certificate 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. Singh said. him. His lawyer Rajesh Gupta Kashir, a quantum leap from it difficult for local private

The DM, also the Return­ said they would approach A vehicle stuck on a road due to heavy snowfall at Rohtang Pass in Kullu district on Wednesday. * ANI ₹1 to ₹1.5 crore annually. “Of producers to compete for ing Officer of the Varanasi the Supreme Court. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC the amount allocated, ₹20 producing any entertainment crore will be spent on the lo­ programme in J&K”, a pro­ cal KBC,” said an official on ducer told The Hindu. the condition of anonymity. Studio Next, a production BJP offered ₹10 crore each to 7 MLAs to quit party: AAP Clean chit to “The show gives us the op­ house of Sony Pictures Net­ portunity to highlight the lo­ works which holds the li­ Modi on Latur cal unsung heroes and bring cence of the format, has pro­ Sisodia claims party offering money to more AAP legislators, but won’t be successful their untold stories to the rest duced more than 1,800 speech too of the country,” said Director episodes of the show in eight Staff Reporter have told us,” he said. but people taught the BJP a riwal, who took out his first General, Doordarshan, Supri­ languages so far. New Delhi “I want to tell the BJP, lesson. If you have any agen­ election roadshow in Delhi Devesh k. Pandey ya Sahu. “We are extremely happy The Aam Aadmi Party on [party president] Amit Shah da to change the country, on Wednesday, said, “In the new delhi The show is hosted by to bring the show to the peo­ Wednesday alleged that se­ and [Prime Minister Naren­ then fight the election on it,” last three days seven of our The Election Commission Kashmiri actor Rayees Mohi­ ple of J&K. We have main­ ven of its MLAs were ap­ dra] Modi ji, don’t try to buy Mr. Sisodia said. “Modi ji, if MLAs have said that BJP peo­ on Wednesday said Prime uddin. “A diverse set of con­ tained the same ethos of the proached with an offer of ₹10 AAP MLAs and fight election; you have done anything for ple have contacted them and Minister Narendra Modi’s testants have been drawn show as in other languages, crore each by the BJP to if you have courage, fight the people in the last five offered ₹10 crore to break speech at Latur in Maha­ from all corners of the State. followed strict and transpa­ leave the party before the election on issues. You will years, then fight the election them. This is not becoming rashtra on April 9, in which It is about the people of Kash­ rent process for contestant Lok Sabha election. try to buy them and they will Manish Sisodia on it,” he added. of a Prime Minister.” When he had appealed to the mir and its identity. It will selection. The show will cele­ Deputy Chief Minister tell us [about it]. You can't AAP leader Gopal Rai said asked whether AAP had any first­time electors to dedi­ bring out tear­jerking peo­ brate our society via know­ Manish Sisodia claimed that buy AAP MLAs,” he asserted. buy 40 MLAs. He should be the alleged attempt to buy le­ proof, Mr. Kejriwal said, cate their vote to Pulwama ple’s stories,” said Mr. Mohi­ ledge,” said Indranil Chakra­ the BJP was talking to more Mr. Sisodia said Mr. Modi ashamed. There [West Ben­ gislators showed that the “Will give all proof on time.” martyrs and to the soldiers uddin. borty, head of Studio Next. AAP MLAs, but insisted that should be “ashamed”, refer­ gal] he wants to buy TMC BJP’s seven candidates in Delhi BJP president Manoj who carried out the Bala­ DD Kashir has been the on­ its mission would not be suc­ ring to the latter’s earlier MLAs, in Delhi, the BJP Delhi are going to lose. “The Tiwari dismissed AAP’s kot air strike, did not vio­ Runaway hit ly official station in J&K to cessful. “People from the BJP comment that 40 Trinamool wants to buy AAP MLAs,” the BJP’s actions show that it claim as a “joke”. “Are they late the Model Code of The programme evoked im­ promote local languages contacted seven AAP MLAs Congress MLAs in West Ben­ AAP leader said. does not believe in democra­ the same seven [AAP MLAs] Conduct. The Commission mense response on the social through serials, short movies and said that if they leave the gal were in touch with him. He said the BJP has no is­ cy. Delhiites will reply like who beat up Kejriwal a week had earlier received multi­ media platforms from the lo­ and documentaries. The plat­ party before the [Lok Sabha] “Is it right for the Prime sues to fight the election in they did in Bawana [bypoll ago,” he said, denying any ple complaints seeking ac­ cals. The DD had stopped form was also used to wean election, they will give them Minister to say that? He is Delhi. “They were able to get which AAP won by a huge such attempt by the BJP to tion against Mr. Modi for al­ producing Kashmiri language away the alienated popula­ ₹10 crore each. They are talk­ saying it openly that to wea­ one of our MLAs from Bawa­ margin],” he said. poach seven AAP legislators. legedly violating the code. serials or songs nearly for a tion by focusing on a counter ing to more, but the seven ken democracy he is going to na before the MCD elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kej­ SEE ASLO Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1 DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 10 decade now. narrative.

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DELHI THE HINDU 2 EAST THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Manipur boat capsize: 14­member Navy team joins search operation Iboyaima Laithangbam The Navy team, including by rain, poor visibility and travelling on the boat in the initiated the rescue tion in this regard. IMPHAL 12 divers and two hydrogra­ strong winds. The officers Eco Park Lake near the Ma­ operation. However, the tribal villag­ A 14­member Indian Navy phers (survey sailors), were said they would resume the phou dam on Sunday after­ Following the incident, the ers around the Eco Park, who team on Wednesday joined airlifted from Visakhapatnam search on Thursday morning. noon when a sudden storm Chief Minister announced use the makeshift boats for the search operations to trace by an IAF aircraft to Imphal Chief Minister N. Biren upturned it in the middle of that only boats manufactured transporting items and visit­ three people, including a girl, on Tuesday evening. Singh thanked Defence Minis­ the lake. Rani, Rajiv and Ro­ by government­approved ing each other in different vil­ who were reported missing They started the search on ter Nirmala Sitharaman for men of the same family went companies will be allowed in lages, said that they will not after their boat capsized in Wednesday morning but had sending the team of deep wa­ missing in the incident while all the lakes and waterbodies be able to afford the costly the Eco Park Lake in Ukhrul to halt the operation due to ter diving experts. the others survived. Teams of in Manipur. The government mechanised boats. district of Manipur. inclement weather triggered A total of 12 tourists were NDRF, SDRF and fire service has already issued a notifica­ (With PTI inputs)

Leading from the front: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee DELHI Timings greets supporters during a roadshow in Howrah. * PTI Thursday, May 02 RISE 05:40 SET 18:57 RISE 04:18 SET 16:35 Friday, May 03 ‘TMC will win all 42, RISE 05:40 SET 18:57 RISE 04:51 SET 17:30 Saturday, May 04 RISE 05:39 SET 18:58 BJP zero in Bengal’ RISE 05:25 SET 18:26 Declares Mamata at Howrah rally Press Trust of India comes to power. Let them Andul (West Bengal) [BJP] come to power first Trinamool Congress presi­ and then we will show how dent and West Bengal Chief they dare do it.” Mr. Shah Minister Mamata Banerjee had said that NRC would be on Wednesday claimed that implemented in Bengal to her party will win all the 42 “weed out infiltrators”. seats Lok Sabha seats in the The Chief Minister said State and the BJP will draw a that election to 300 Lok blank. Sabha seats is already over “I am sure that the BJP and the BJP is staring at de­ will not come to power in feat in Rajasthan, Uttar Pra­ the country and in Bengal it desh, Bihar, Punjab, Guja­ will draw a blank this time, rat, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. down from two seats it got “The BJP is not putting its in the last Lok Sabha polls,” ears to the ground and feel­ Ms. Banerjee said while ad­ ing the pulse of the people. dressing a public rally at An­ Twelve thousand farmers dul in Howrah district in have committed suicide and support of TMC candidate three lakh jobs have been footballer­turned­politician done away with,” she said. Prasun Banerjee. Referring to the Ram temple issue, she said the NRC dare BJP is in the habit of raising Referring to BJP president it during elections. “In the Amit Shah’s statement at a last five years has the party rally at Kalyani in the State had been able to build even during the day, Ms. Baner­ a miniature Ram temple?” jee without naming him she asked. “Now [PM] Na­ said: “A person has come rendra Modi is coming to and said the National Regis­ Bengal often and asking for ter of Citizens will be imple­ votes. Modi does not know mented in the State [West anything about the State,” Bengal]when his party she said. ‘Close down Vedanta refinery without delay’ Fact­finding team urges Odisha govt. Special Correspondent judicial inquiry into the sus­ BHUBANESWAR picious death of Havildar A 16­member fact­finding Major Sujit Minz by a sitting team comprising members judge of the High Court, and of the Coordination of De­ requested for no arrest till mocratic Rights Organisa­ the inquiry is over. Minz had tions that investigated viola­ died during a clash between tion of human rights in the villagers and security per­ villages in Niyamgiri hills in sonnel outside the refinery Kalahandi district has urged gate on March 18. the Odisha government to The team members de­ close down the Vedanta alu­ manded that the tribals mina refinery at Lanjigarh should be provided basic without delay. necessities such as school, The members of the teachers, drinking water team, which visited several and healthcare. villages from April 26 to 28, Alleging “brutalities by said in their report that Ve­ industrial security forces at danta had earlier planned the plant site and repression to set up its alumina plant at of tribals by paramilitary Lanjigarh and mine bauxite forces”, the team demand­ from Niyamgiri. The refin­ ed that the government be ery should be closed down more attentive towards its since the tribals had reject­ own citizens than the multi­ ed the mining plan and the national company. Supreme Court had upheld The fact­finding team the decision of the gram concluded that the villagers sabhas, the team said. living near the refinery were facing severe health pro­ ‘Withdraw false cases’ blems because of dust com­ The team has further de­ ing from the red mud pond manded that the govern­ (waste generated by the re­ ment should withdraw all finery) site. It asked that the “false cases foisted against government should set up a the tribals” and also close committee to evaluate the down the CRPF camp at Tri­ pond’s impact on environ­ lochanpur village which ment and order closure of was set up against the reso­ the refinery to avoid a lution of the gram sabha. Thoothukudi­like situation The team demanded a in Kalahandi. Nepali, Rohingya girls rescued Indo-Asian News Service Aizawl The Mizoram police have rescued 31 teenage Nepali and Rohingya Muslim girls, suspected to be victims of human trafficking. “Police last week rescued 23 Nepa­ li and eight Rohingya Mus­ lim girls. We suspect these girls, aged between 15 to 22 years, are victims of hu­ man trafficking,” IG of Miz­ oram Police (law and or­ der), L.H. Shanliana said. The Nepali girls were rescued from Champhai in eastern Mizoram while the Rohingya girls were de­ tained at Vairengte in northern Mizoram. One Lal Bahadur, who was ac­ companying the 23 Nepali girls, has been arrested.

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Press Trust of India Gandhi will become the Salon (Uttar Pradesh) Prime Minister, Ms. Vadra Dismissing suggestions that said, “My brother will prove the Congress will cut into to be a good Prime Minister. votes of the Samajwadi Par­ Whether he will become the ty, the Bahujan Samaj Party Prime Minister or not, the and the Rashtriya Lok Dal al­ public has to decide.” liance, Priyanka Gandhi Va­ Training her guns on the dra on Wednesday said that BJP, Ms. Vadra alleged that her party has fielded candi­ the government at the dates either with prospects Centre has not given “ nyay” of victory or having potential (justice) to people. to damage the BJP’s chances. “People are harassed. Asked whether she was This government has lost the afraid of contesting against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a roadshow in Amethi trust of the people who vot­ Prime Minister Narendra constituency on Wednesday. * PTI ed them on hopes which Modi from Varanasi, the have been dashed,” she ad­ Congress general secretary in Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Vadra ween the Congress and the ded. “You have to under­ said she was not scared at all said, “We have carefully cho­ U.P. alliance, benefiting the stand their niyat (intention) and that she joined politics sen candidates so that either BJP. “This is not a prepara­ and neeti (policy). They have “for good”. Congress wins or they cut in­ tion for (Assembly poll) in done nothing to solve the to BJP’s votes. Congress is U.P. in 2022. This is about de­ menace of stray cattle. ‘In politics for good’ not at all cutting into votes of feating BJP in 2019,” she said, Gaushalas are yet to be set “If Priyanka Gandhi gets the U.P. gathbandhan.” adding, “Congress party is up,” she said. scared, she will sit at home She was talking to the me­ weak in U.P., we need to Ms. Vadra also took a and not do politics. I am in dia during her campaign strengthen it here. I am swipe at government over politics for good and will be trail in Amethi where her working towards it.” the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi there,” she said. brother Rahul Gandhi is Reacting on her com­ Yojana, under which a farm­ The Congress general se­ seeking re­election. ments, BJP national spokes­ er will get ₹6,000 annually, cretary in­charge of eastern The SP, BSP and RLD person Sambit Patra said, saying it’s “a kisan apman Uttar Pradesh also hit out at forged an alliance months “The Congress party is not (insult) yojana”. the BJP for what she called before the Lok Sabha poll, contesting elections to win Salon Assembly segment its “obsession” with the but kept out the Congress as but to cut into votes of BJP. in Rae Bareli district falls un­ Gandhi family when the fo­ there was no agreement on Today the grand old party der the Amethi parliamen­ cus should be on solving pe­ seat­sharing. According to has become a vote katua tary constituency. Amethi ople’s problems. political observers, the anti­ party.” and Rae Bareli will vote on On the political landscape BJP vote could get split bet­ Asked whether Rahul May 6 in the fifth phase. Cong. glorifying Zakir Naik, says PM

‘They have so much hatred that they have started dreaming of killing Modi’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, Itarsi (M.P.) the Prime Minister said, “I Prime Minister Narendra heard that a Congress motor­ Modi on Wednesday alleged mouth leader came here and that the Congress praised said hit Modi for such a six controversial Islamic preach­ that he lands out of the er Zakir Naik, “whose words boundary dead. This was the have triggered blasts in Sri statement of a Congress Lanka killing 300 people”, leader. Think. They have so and its leaders were baying much hatred for your Modi, for his blood in their dream. so much hatred that they Addressing an election have started dreaming of rally here in Madhya Pra­ Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Itarsi, Madhya killing Modi.” desh, he said the Rahul Pradesh, on Wednesday. * A.M. FARUQUI Gandhi­led party has noth­ ‘India batting for Modi’ ing but hatred for him, but eran) Digvijaya Singh used to Naik and calling him an “But they are forgetting that he has support of the entire glorify unabashedly. You will apostle of peace,” he added. from Modi’s side, not just the country. be shocked to learn that Za­ Naik, a Mumbai­based te­ people of Madhya Pradesh “Zakir Naik’s words have kir Naik addressed Indian levangelist accused of incit­ but of entire India are bat­ caused blasts in Sri Lanka, police officers, that too on ing youth for terror activities ting,” Mr. Modi said. leaving 300 people dead. His terrorism, under the (pre­ and giving inflammatory The PM said the Congress TV channel was banned two vious) Congress dispensa­ speeches, is said to be cur­ has to now clarify its posi­ or three days ago,” Mr. Modi tion,” he said. rently residing in Malaysia. tion on terrorism. “The Con­ said. “Shame on Congress... Apparently referring to a gress people should reveal “Who is Zakir Naik? He is and its vote bank politics. reported statement of Con­ whether they are playing for the one whom (Congress vet­ They are glorifying Zakir gress leader and former India or Pakistan,” he said. M.P. CM’s Three youths taking selfies letter sparks controversy crushed by train in Haryana

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Bhopal Deceased, all relatives, were in the age group of 18-20: GRP At a time when the Lok Sabha election is under Press Trust of India track located behind it to way, Madhya Pradesh Chief Chandigarh click selfies, Mr. Dabas said. Minister Kamal Nath, who Three youths were killed also heads the State Con­ when they were clicking sel­ Miraculous escape gress unit, has written to fies on a railway track, about “All the four were sitting on a the party office­bearers 2 km from Panipat railway track and on seeing an ap­ asking them to prepare station in Haryana, a senior proaching train jumped to­ lists of those government Government Railway Police wards the other track with­ employees who they feel official said on Wednesday. out realising that are “not unbiased”. They were clicking selfies Delhi­Kalka passenger train on the track between Pani­ was fast approaching on it,” ‘Model code violation’ pat and Babarpur railway he said. Reacting angrily, the oppo­ stations on the Delhi­Ambala While three of them were sition BJP said that it route on Monday evening, crushed, Dinesh had a mi­ amounted to violation of he said. raculous escape as he the model code of con­ The deceased were identi­ jumped on the other side of duct. The party also said it fied as Sunny, Chaman and the track, the GRP official would file a complaint with Kishan, all relatives, in age said, adding the body parts the Election Commission. group of 18­20 years, GRP lay strewn 10­20 metres In the letter, written in (Panipat) Station House Of­ The three had gone to a from the incident site. his capacity as the State ficer M.S. Dabas said. park along with another re­ The mortal remains were president of the Congress, Sunny and Chaman were lative Dinesh, from Delhi, handed over to the respec­ Mr. Nath has sought details residents of a colony in Pani­ who had a miraculous es­ tive families of the deceased about those government pat while Kishan belonged to cape. From the park, the after the post­mortem exam­ officials and employees Uttar Pradesh, he said. four moved on to the railway inations on Tuesday. who according to Congress leaders are “biased”. The letter, dated April 29 and signed by the Chief Minis­ ter, is addressed to the Congress candidates, who are contesting the Lok Sab­ ha election, and the dis­ trict presidents of the par­ ty. “ ...You are being asked to submit details like names, posts and depart­ ments of those officials and employees who are care­ less and not unbiased dur­ ing the poll duty, to the MPCC.” While six LS seats in M.P. went to the polls on April 29, the remaining 23 constituencies will vote on May 6, 12 and 19. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Press Trust of India said. The contribution of Mumbai Mumbai in making Maha­ Maharashtra Governor Ch. rashtra the No.1 State cannot Vidyasagar Rao said on Wed­ be overstated, Mr. Rao said. nesday that the State is the The metropolis houses the economic engine of the headquarters of most of the country and has played a sig­ banks, corporate and finan­ nificant role in development cial institutions and is also of its infrastructure. home to India’s largest stock Mr. Rao appealed to citi­ exchange, and the film in­ zens to join hands in build­ dustry, Mr. Rao added. ing a new and vibrant The Governor said Mum­ Maharashtra. bai, home to India’s most im­ Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao inspecting the ceremonial The Governor was ad­ parade by Mumbai Police, SRPF, Home Guards and firemen as portant ports, handles an dressing a gathering after part of Maharashtra Day celebration at Shivaji Park on enormous foreign trade.

hoisting the Tricolour and Wednesday. * EMMANUAL YOGINI Other cities have also inspecting the ceremonial emerged as centres of parade at Shivaji Park in Cen­ tained its position as one of tra is also a leading state in growth and excellence, he tral Mumbai on the 59th an­ the most attractive destina­ the country in terms of agri­ said. “It (Mumbai) is a hub of niversary of the formation of tions for domestic as well as culture, industrial produc­ manufacturing, finance and Maharashtra. foreign investment, he said. tion, trade and transport,” service sector. Pune has Mr. Rao said Maharashtra “The State is the econom­ the Governor said. emerged as an IT and auto­ has traditionally enjoyed ge­ ic engine of the nation and “As a result, Maharashtra mobile hub. Nagpur, Kolha­ Members of the transgender community come together under the banner of Baliraja Party to stage a rasta roko at Samvidhan ographical advantage in has played a significant role remains one of the most de­ pur and Solapur are other

Chowk in Nagpur on Wednesday in support of their demand for a separate State of Vidarbha.* S SUDARSHAN terms of industrial develop­ in the country’s infrastructu­ veloped and prosperous dynamic centres of growth,” CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ment. The State has main­ ral development. Maharash­ States in the country,” he the Governor added. SUV hits three BJP hits out at Pawar’s ‘absurd logic’ on EVMs Goa tourism minister motorcycles, five killed ‘If 200 Opposition MPs are elected, then there is no tampering… But if BJP is re-elected, there is manipulation?’ defends foreign tour Shoumojit Banerjee said that it was only a ques­ introduced the EVMs? It was cussions to this effect, I have prakash kamat based on its indigenous pune Press Trust of India tion of counting the victory­ the Congress party. We [the no authentic information.” panaji identity. “All my official fo­ Pune The Bharatiya Janata Party margins now. BJP] have no problem to sup­ Mr. Pawar’s daughter and Facing criticism for his Tou­ reign tours are undertaken Five men were killed after (BJP) on Wednesday hit out at Mr. Pawar had expressed plant it with the ballot sys­ sitting MP Supriya Sule, is rism Ministry­funded tour only after prior approvals an SUV hit their motorcy­ Nationalist Congress Party his doubts in a recent inter­ tem. And why ballots, we are seeking reelection for the to the UAE, Goa Deputy and permissions from the cles at Chakan in Pune dis­ (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for view to a Marathi TV channel. even open to the system third time from Baramati. Chief Minister and Tourism concerned authorities,” he trict. The accident took questioning the efficacy of “If 200 Opposition [Con­ where the electorate in each Her opponent is Kanchan Kul Minister Manohar Ajgaon­ said. “My family members place around 11.30 p.m. on electronic voting machines gress, NCP and their allies] constituency votes by a show (BJP­Sena). kar on Wednesday said the have taken care of their tour Tuesday, police said on (EVMs) and the election pro­ MPs are elected, then there is of hands.” Meanwhile, other State un­ overseas tour was underta­ expenditure individually Wednesday. cess in general. The party no EVM tampering… But if In his interview, Mr. Pawar it BJP leaders including Vinod ken after seeking permis­ and the government has not All five victims worked said that this indicated his the BJP is re­elected, then Mr. had said: “When persons like Tawde and Girish Mahajan sion from the government. spent anything on them. at a fabrication unit and party’s anticipated defeat in Pawar thinks that EVMs have Chandrakant Patil, who nev­ joined forces in targeting Mr. Mr. Ajgaonkar, who has Those who seek clarifica­ were returning home after Baramati. Sharad Pawar been manipulated. What sort er contested Assembly or Par­ Pawar. “Sharad Pawar can also been accused by the tions can file RTI and get all work on three “By pointing a finger to the of absurd logic is this?” asked liamentary polls, claim with see defeat staring him in the Congress, of promoting Goa information,” he said. motorcycles. tampering of EVMs, Mr. Pa­ Chandrakant Patil in Jalgaon. Mr. Patil, who oversaw the such confidence that BJP will face. He has received his as a destination for cheap al­ Criticising industry stake­ “The SUV hit the divider war has already started pre­ Expressing confidence BJP’s strategy in the keenly win these seats [like Baramati feedback from the Barmati cohol and casinos at the holders for slamming his fo­ and landed on the other paring his excuses as he has that the BJP would win not contested seats in western and Madha Lok Sabha seats], constituency and perhaps Arabian Tourism Mart held reign trip Mr. Ajgaonkar told side of the road before col­ sensed that not a single mem­ only Baramati but also other Maharashtra. it raises doubts in the minds senses that Ms. Sule cannot in the United Arab Emirates, them to work hard to bring liding with the three bikes. ber of his family is going to be western Maharashtra consti­ Stating that the BJP had no of many people as to whether win. Hence, he has already said efforts were on to make discipline in tourism busi­ All five died on the spot,” a elected,” said senior BJP lead­ tuencies of Madha, Hatka­ problem in doing away with EVMs have been manipulat­ started blaming the EVMs,” Goa one of the best destina­ nessand make the State police officer said. er and State Revenue Minister nangale and Satara, Mr. Patil EVMs, Mr. Patil said, “Who ed… While I have heard dis­ said Mr. Tawde. tions in the world, purely tourist­friendly. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 SOUTH 5 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I N BRIEF Fishermen warned of high Chandrayaan­2 gets new waves as ‘Fani’ nears coast launch window in July Justice Subhashan Reddy passes away Odisha directs administration to ensure 100% evacuation in vulnerable areas India’s second moon mission has been put off many times HYDERABAD Staff Reporter Subrahmanyam told Union T.K. Rohit The Chandrayaan­2 Former Chief Justice of the Hyderabad/Vijayawada/ CHENNAI Kerala and Madras High Bhubaneswar Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha weighs around 3,290 kg, ac­ Courts B. Subhashan Reddy, that Collectors were alerted India’s much­delayed se­ cording to ISRO. It would or­ who died on Wednesday In view of the severe cyclon­ and special officers were de­ cond lunar mission, Chan­ bit around the moon and morning, following a brief ic storm ‘Fani’ closing in on ployed in all mandals in Sri­ drayaan­2, has got yet anoth­ carry out remote sensing of illness, was given a state Odisha, the Ocean State Fo­ kakulam, Vizianagaram and er launch window. The the moon. “The payloads funeral with a police gun recast Operations Centre in Visakhapatnam districts. mission is now set to be will collect scientific infor­ salute in the evening. Hyderabad on Wednesday He said the impact of ‘Fa­ launched any time between mation on lunar topogra­ The noted jurist was 76 and is issued warnings of high ni’ could be significant on July 5 and July 16 this year. phy, mineralogy, elemental survived by wife and three waves to fishermen along 200 villages and precaution­ The moon landing is likely to abundance, lunar exosphere sons, two of whom are Odisha, West Bengal and Sri­ ary measures were taken be around September 6, and signatures of hydroxyl advocates. Justice Reddy was kakulam, Vizianagaram and while the cyclone was being 2019, nearly two months af­ The engineering model of and water­ice,” says ISRO. the first chairman of the Visakhapatnam districts of tracked by Doppler radars in ter the launch, close to the the rover of Chandrayaan­2. Andhra Pradesh State Human Andhra Pradesh, according Chennai, Visakhapatnam lunar South Pole, the Indian * K. MURALI KUMAR Integrated module Rights Commission and Lok to Balakrishnan Nair, Head, and Machilipatnam. Space Research Organisa­ The Orbiter and the Lander Ayukta besides being a judge Ocean Information and Fo­ The Odisha government tion (ISRO) said. be completed and in the fi­ will be stacked together as of the A.P. High Court. recast Services Group (ISG). on Wednesday took all pos­ nal stages, ISRO has now fi­ an integrated module, while An upward trend in high­ isha coast. At Visakhapat­ the south of Puri around 3rd sible measures to face ‘Fani’, Global plans nalised another launch win­ the Rover will be housed in­ F our B.Tech students er waves along the coastline nam, maximum wave height May afternoon with maxi­ which is likely to hit the The lunar South Pole is be­ dow in July. side the Lander. According killed in car accident has started registering at Vi­ of around 5.8 mts is likely mum sustained wind of State’s coast in Puri district lieved to contain ice and oth­ to ISRO, once the Orbiter BOMMALARAMARAM Four final­year B.Tech sakhapatnam and Gopalpur. during the early hours on speed 175­185 kmph gusting on Friday evening. er minerals, and internation­ 3 modules reaches the 100 km lunar or­ students, including two girls, The nearshore waves are May 2; at Gopalpur, around to 205 kmph. Stating that every life is al space expedition plans are Chandrayaan­2 is a fully­in­ bit, the Lander will separate were killed when their car being measured using WA­ 8.7 mts, early afternoon of The observations and fo­ precious, Odisha Chief Mi­ hotting up with NASA plan­ digenous mission that com­ from it and ISRO will carry flipped over and crashed into MAN (Wave Monitoring May 3 and at Digha around recast model outputs are in nister Naveen Patnaik, who ning to land astronauts there prises three modules — an out a controlled descent at a a field here late on Tuesday. Along Near­shore) buoy net­ 5.4 mts, early morning of good agreement in the open reviewed the cyclone prepa­ by 2024, while China report­ Orbiter, a Lander named specific site and deploy the The victims, all from work, with real­time com­ May 4. This is for locations ocean and near­shore. redness at a high­level meet­ edly plans to build a scientif­ ‘Vikram’, and a Rover Rover. Hyderabad, were students of munication of the data, de­ where Wave Rider Buoys This suggests maximum ing at the State Secretariat, ic research station on the lu­ named ‘Pragyan’ — and will The six­wheeled Rover the Sri Indu College of ployed at Puducherry, have been deployed,” he caution to be exercised by directed the administration nar South Pole within the be launched on board a will “move around the land­ Engineering & Technology, Krishnapatnam, Visakhapat­ said. Odisha, Andhra Pradesh to ensure 100% evacuation next decade. GSLV­MkIII rocket. The ing site in semi­autonomous Ibrahimpatnam. Police said nam, Gopalpur and Digha, and West Bengal coasts, he in the vulnerable areas. The launch of India’s se­ GSLV­MkIII is a three­stage mode as decided by the the driver appeared to have Dr. Nair said. Caution advised maintained. Mr. Patnaik also laid em­ cond moon mission, which heavy lift launch vehicle that ground commands. The in­ attempted to avoid an “Higher waves are likely The system is likely to move Meanwhile, during a vi­ phasis on early restoration has been put off multiple has been designed to carry struments on the rover will oncoming vehicle at a curve. to be experienced along the northwestwards during the deo conference on the cy­ of power, water supply and times, was scheduled for four­tonne class satellites in­ observe the lunar surface north Andhra Pradesh next 12 hours and recurve clone preparedness in And­ road communication in the launch between January 3 to Geosynchronous Transfer and send back data, which ‘Caught’ in bribe case, coast, Odisha and West Ben­ north­northeastwards and hra Pradesh, Odisha and affected areas. and February 16 this year Orbit (GTO). The Chan­ will be useful for analysis of I-T officer stabs himself gal coasts with maximum cross Odisha coast between West Bengal, Andhra Pra­ Evacuation and free kitch­ but was again pushed to drayaan­1 mission was the lunar soil,” according to VISAKHAPATNAM waves being along the Od­ Gopalpur and Chandbali, to desh Chief Secretary L.V. en start from Thursday. April. With various tests to launched on board a PSLV. ISRO. An Income­Tax officer attempted to stab himself with a pair of scissors after reportedly being caught ‘Some JD(S) workers voted for BJP’ accepting a bribe in a trap laid We will decide PM candidate after results: Naidu by CBI officers in Tenali on Karnataka Minister G.T. Deve Gowda’s remark kicks up row Wednesday. A.S. Chandra ‘Unseating Modi a parties would choose their sensed the anti­BJP mood of him a clean chit ignoring the Sekhar Reddy also reportedly Special Correspondent into damage control mode gress will win the election. candidate for the Prime Mi­ the electorate. He is asking slew of complaints lodged by injured a CBI officer who MYSURU by claiming that the JD(S) He told reporters in Mysu­ democratic nister’s post after the results who our Prime Ministerial Opposition parties. The EC attempted to stop him from The Janata Dal (Secular) workers’ voting in favour of ru that there was absence of compulsion’ were declared on May 23. candidate is. It will be clear had adopted a partisan atti­ stabbing himself. CBI officials leader and Karnataka Minis­ BJP candidate Pratap Simha complete understanding He asserted that Mr. Modi after the announcement of tude towards the States said Mr. Chandra Sekhar ter for Higher Education G.T. was restricted to just one vil­ between the grassroots Staff Reporter had achieved nothing signifi­ results,” Mr. Naidu said. ruled by non­BJP parties and demanded a bribe of ₹7.5 lakh Deve Gowda kicked up a lage of Udbur in Chamun­ workers of the alliance VIJAYAWADA cant in five years and that Addressing a press confe­ it had even tried to create to favourably dispose of an controversy on Wednesday deshwari Assembly consti­ partners — the JD(S) and the Reiterating that it was a de­ the economy was in dol­ rence at Praja Vedika on hurdles in administration, appeal posted before the mocratic compulsion to un­ drums due to the policies of Wednesday, Mr. Naidu said he alleged. The EC failed to Commissioner of Income Tax, by admitting that his party tuency, which is part of Congress. seat Prime Minister Naren­ the NDA government. Demo­ though Mr. Modi violated the act though 23 Opposition Appeal, Guntur, by a workers in a few parts of My­ Mysuru Lok Sabha segment, Voting in favour of the BJP complainant against an suru Lok Sabha constituen­ and expressed confidence candidate was on account of dra Modi, Andhra Pradesh netisation, especially, was a Model Code of Conduct sev­ parties had filed 40 com­ Assessment Order raising a cy had voted in favour of the that the alliance candidate the enmity between the two Chief Minister N. Chandraba­ big farce. “Mr. Modi is frus­ eral times, the Election Com­ plaints on violation of the demand of ₹83 lakh. BJP. However, he soon went C.H. Vijayshankar from Con­ alliance partners. bu Naidu said the non­BJP trated as he seemed to have mission of India (EC) gave code of conduct, he said. 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Press trust of india Bhubaneswar Five of a family killed in fire in Lucknow Senior BJP leader and Union LUCKNOW Minister Dharmendra Prad­ Five members of a family, han on Wednesday strongly including a six-month-old opposed the move by Od­ girl, died when a fire broke isha Chief Minister Naveen out in a house here on Patnaik for postponement Wednesday. The fire broke of Patkura Assembly poll in out at about 6 a.m. when view of the impending Cy­ small cooking gas cylinders clone Fani. caught fire in the house in Mr. Pradhan met the Ram Vihar Phase-II locality, Election Commission in killing Sumit Singh (31), his Delhi during the day and wife Vandana, their daughter urged it not to postpone the and other family members poll as the cyclone is likely identified as Julie (42) and Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 17.00 Hrs) Dablu Singh (50), police said. to hit somewhere in Puri PTI district. Forecast for Thursday: Heavy to very heavy rain likely at isol- “The Chief Minister in his ated places over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Two killed as truck falls Odisha. Heat wave conditions likely in many parts of Vidarbha, into river in Chamoli letter to the EC has men­ tioned that the cyclone is some parts of east Madhya Pradesh and isolated pockets of west GOPESHWAR Madhya Pradesh. Two persons were killed in likely to hit Rajnagar block city rain max min city rain max min the wee hours of Wednesday in Kendrapara district. This Agartala...... _.... 37.6.... 27.6 Kozhikode ...... _.... 34.0.... 27.0 when their truck fell into the is not correct. The cyclone Ahmedabad...... _.... 41.9.... 27.7 Kurnool...... 1.6.... 39.4.... 26.2 Aizawl ...... _.... 37.3.... 16.8 Lucknow...... _.... 42.0.... 26.4 Pindar river in Uttarakhand’s Labourers carrying rice sacks in a godown in Srinagar on Wednesday, which happens to be the International Workers’ Day. is likely to hit Krushna Pra­ Allahabad ...... _.... 46.6.... 27.0 Madurai...... _.... 39.8.... 28.5 Chamoli district.. The * NISSAR AHMAD sad block under Brahmagiri Bengaluru...... _.... 30.1.... 20.5 Mangaluru...... _.... 32.6.... 25.6 accident occurred at Mauna CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Assembly segment, which is Bhopal...... _.... 41.8.... 25.7 Mumbai...... _.... 33.3.... 25.7 Bhubaneswar ...... _.... 38.4.... 26.8 Mysuru...... _.... 34.4.... 20.8 Cheena in Narayanbagar block 150 km from Patkura,” Mr. Chandigarh ...... _.... 39.6.... 27.6 New Delhi ...... _.... 41.3.... 24.4 on the Karnaprayag-Gwaldam Pradhan said in a Chennai ...... _.... 36.3.... 29.4 Patna ...... _.... 39.6.... 27.0 national highway at 2 a.m., statement. Coimbatore...... _.... 34.5.... 25.0 Port Blair ...... 24.4.... 32.2.... 23.8 Revenue Officer Sohan Singh Dehradun...... _.... 37.8.... 23.2 Puducherry...... _.... 38.4.... 29.0 Curbs on civilian traffic between Gangtok...... 54.4.... 22.9.... 14.2 Pune ...... _.... 36.7.... 23.3 Rangad said. PTI No justification Goa ...... _.... 34.0.... 26.8 Raipur ...... _.... 42.0.... 29.0 Stating that there is no justi­ Guwahati ...... 33.3.... 30.5.... 21.4 Ranchi...... 11.... 38.0.... 24.6 Two drug peddlers Hubballi...... _.... 35.0.... 23.0 Shillong...... 1.4.... 25.0.... 15.0 arrested in Doda fication to postpone the Hyderabad ...... _.... 41.6.... 27.6 Shimla...... 12.... 25.4.... 10.4 JAMMU poll, which is scheduled to Imphal...... _.... 24.0.... 20.9 Srinagar ...... 4.8.... 20.3...... 9.4 Srinagar and Baramulla lifted Jaipur...... _.... 40.8.... 28.6 Trivandrum ...... 36.3.... 33.1.... 25.1 be held on May 19 which Two alleged drug peddlers Kochi...... 6.8.... 30.4.... 25.8 Tiruchi ...... _.... 38.7.... 28.4 were arrested on Wednesday will be about 15 days after Kohima...... 3.... 25.8.... 13.8 Vijayawada...... _.... 38.0.... 27.6 in Doda district of J&K and Restrictions were imposed after the February 14 Pulwama attack the cyclone’s possible land­ Kolkata...... _.... 35.6.... 28.0 Visakhapatnam ...... _.... 35.2.... 29.2 lodged in a jail for a period of fall in the State, Mr. Pradhan (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) one month under preventive Press trust of india movement had been restrict­ happy with the decision, week between 4 a.m. to 5 said: “The EC has assured Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday Srinagar detention, the police said. ed on Wednesday and Sunday which was taken by J&K Chief p.m. me that it will take right de­ CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Mohammad Saleem and Asim Ahmedabad..... 66 .83 36 ..286 ...... _ ....* Under immense pressure to allow movement of securi­ Secretary B.V.R. Subrahma­ However, the restriction cision at the right time.” Bengaluru ...... 7 .32 95 ...... _ .107 ....* In observation made at 4.00 Bhat, both residents of Kotli from various quarters, the ty forces’ convoy,” an official nyam. between Srinagar and Bar­ On Mr. Patnaik’s demand * p.m., Loni Dehat, Uttar Chennai ...... 8 ...6 41 ....77 ...... _ .... Pradesh, recorded an overall village, were arrested from Jammu and Kashmir adminis­ spokesman said. The Central Reserve Police mulla was limited to only Sun­ for removal of the model Delhi ...... 50 .87 64 ..234 .349 ....* air quality index (AQI) score Bhaderwah town, they added. Hyderabad ...... 5 .31 15 ....66 .118 ....* of 401, indicating an PTI tration on Wednesday an­ Force and police also felt that day from April 22. code of conduct in coastal Kolkata...... 5 .22 24 ....24 ...28 ....* unhealthy level of pollution. districts in view of the cy­ * In contrast, Kolkata, West nounced complete withdra­ Protests against move movement of convoys cannot “The government has once Lucknow...... 22 .64 92 ..360 ...... _ .... Bengal, recorded a healthy Three men drown in wal of restrictions on civilian Several politicians, including be restricted to a particular again reviewed the require­ clone, he said the EC has Mumbai ...... 29 .16 87 ....31 ...87 ....* AQI score of 32. river in Uttarakhand Pune...... 30 .14 30 ..131 .107 ....* traffic movement between National Conference presi­ day. The State administration ment of security forces. Fol­ made it clear that it has Visakhapatnam ..6 .22 29 ....18 ...48 ....* PAURI Srinagar and Baramulla. dent Farooq Abdullah and his had imposed restriction on ci­ lowing the successful conduct been relaxed only for cy­ Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) Three men, including an Army The restrictions were put son Omar Abdullah, and Peo­ vilian traffic movement after of elections in Kulgam and clone­related activities. jawan, drowned while bathing SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, in place last month to facili­ ples Democratic Party patron the February 14 Pulwama at­ Anantnag districts and as the The State government, making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air in the Poorvi Nayar river in tate movement of convoys of Mehbooba Mufti, had staged tack in which 40 CRPF per­ requirement of security forc­ he alleged, has been con­ particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues Uttarakhand’s Pauri district and monuments. security forces on the Jammu­ protests against the State go­ sonnel lost their lives when es is now reducing as they are spiring to prepare false bills on Wednesday, the police NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by Srinagar national highway vernment for imposing the an explosive­laden vehicle hit de­inducted... the restriction of ₹1,000 crore in the name reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. said. Army jawan Gurudev (NH­44). restriction. a bus in their convoy. on civilian movement bet­ of spending for the natural CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to Singh, Navin Singh and critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause Pradeep Singh had gone for a “There will be no restric­ Officials in the State admi­ The government had or­ ween Srinagar and Baramulla calamity. “We will not allow dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. picnic along with four of their tion on movement of civilian nistration, on the condition of dered that no civilian traffic on the NH­44 will be com­ the government to loot pu­ PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, traffic from tomorrow (Thurs­ anonymity, said even Gover­ would be there on Wednes­ pletely lifted” from tomorrow blic money,” Mr. Pradhan nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced friends when the mishap lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and occurred, they added. PTI day). 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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CJI appears before panel probing sexual harassment charge Bobde Committee had sent a ‘letter of request’ as is the case with high constitutional office­holders; complainant has declined to attend hearing without lawyer

Krishnadas Rajagopal India and he responded to it ceedings. “She declined to ed in the proceedings. statement citing that one of sexual harassment against a websites published the wo­ NEW DELHI and met the panel, a highly­ participate following which The committee also com­ the reasons for her withdra­ sitting CJI,” she had stated in man’s allegations against the In an unprecedented deve­ rated source told The Hindu the committee conveyed to prises Justices Indira Baner­ wal was that the panel alleg­ a press release. CJI on Easter Day morning. lopment, Chief Justice of In­ on Wednesday. her that the consequences of jee and Indu Malhotra as edly refused her request to The source said that it was Within an hour of the arti­ dia Ranjan Gogoi has ap­ High constitutional office­ her decision would be that members, while Justice have a lawyer or a support a sensitive issue and gave no cles coming online on April peared before the Justice holders like the CJI are not is­ the committee would have to Bobde is the chair. person accompany her dur­ deadline by which the com­ 20, the Chief Justice Ranjan S.A. Bobde in­house inquiry sued summons as is the usual continue the hearings ex It has been holding the ing the hearings. mittee would submit its re­ Gogoi held an “extraordinary committee examining sexual case. They are sent a 'letter of parte. She agreed,” the hearings on a daily basis “I was compelled to walk port. The report, when and unusual hearing” in the harassment allegations le­ request' to participate in the source said. from Monday. On the third out of the committee pro­ done, would likely be placed Supreme Court, during the velled against the top judge proceedings. hearing on April 30, the com­ ceedings today (April 30) be­ before a Full Court and vet­ course of which he claimed by a former Supreme Court The development has Not known plainant had refused to cause the committee seemed ted by all the Supreme Court the allegations were part of a employee. come to light a day after the The source however refused further participate in the ‘in­ not to appreciate the fact judges. larger plot to “deactivate the A letter of request was is­ complainant declined to par­ to divulge when exactly, formal’ proceedings. that this was not an ordinary The crisis in the Supreme office of the Chief Justice of sued to the Chief Justice of ticipate in the in­house pro­ what day, the CJI participat­ She had issued a press complaint but a complaint of Court began when a clutch of India.” Ranjan Gogoi ‘There is a need for immediate remedial steps to deliver justice to victim’ ‘‘Supreme Court must heed its own judgments in the CJI sexual harassment hearings; It should also be fair to the judge concerned, and restore public confidence’

Dushyant Dave they, without professing the and not free from prejudices verse consequences would witnesses”. itiation of inquiry, suspen­ neously proceeds to deny against her and her family Four centuries ago, Chief Jus­ tradition of judicial lockjaw, and bias. The Supreme Court be against the complainant, Therefore the Supreme sion and ultimate dismissal such legal representation to which are nothing short of tice Sir Edward Coke during must speak out……” in Addl. District & Sessions for it would be assumed that Court should have appointed in the most bizarre manner, the delinquent employee, sexual harassment com­ King James I’s reign demol­ The court unhesitatingly Judge ‘X’ v. High Court of she had levelled unfounded a fiercely independent com­ followed by suspension of when he declined the per­ pelled her to make the com­ ished the theory that “the spoke in Visakha against sex­ M.P. speaking through Jus­ allegations. It is therefore im­ mittee. All this is singularly her husband and his brother mission to the 1st respondent plaint on April 19. king can do no wrong”. He ual harassment at workplac­ tice J.S. Khehar and Justice perative that the procedure forgotten by the committee and initiation of departmen­ to appear through a legal Can she be doubted for held that the “king should be es and commanded that till Arun Mishra, when they jus­ adopted for the investigative presided by Hon’ble Justice tal enquiries against them, practitioner. Does this dis­ this? Let me remind the na­ under god and the law”. the time Parliament enacted tified the constitution of a process is absolutely fair for Bobde. The victim’s state­ summoning of the victim close a fair attitude or fair tion what the Supreme Court Thus was established the su­ the law, its judgment laying committee excluding judges all concerned. The proce­ ment to the press published and the husband by the SHO, play in action? Can one ima­ itself speaking through Jus­ premacy of the law or the down guidelines to prevent of the same court, stated: dure should be such as widely in newspapers de­ Tilak Marg Police Station, re­ gine how the scales were tice Nariman in Assam San- rule of law. sexual harassment and to “….The exclusion of judges would ensure, that it would monstrates that the commit­ gistration of FIR on absurd weighted and thereby tilted milita Mahasangha v. Union Yet, the Supreme Court of punish those guilty, must of the same court from the be shorn of favouritism, pre­ tee’s constitution, its proce­ charges, arrest of the victim in favour of the prosecuting of India, to which Justice India appears to think that it hold the field. Years later, investigative process, was al­ judice or bias. Presence of dure and its functioning are and her husband and inhu­ officer...” Ranjan Gogoi was party, has is above the law as an institu­ parliament stepped in and so well thought out. In cer­ any one of the above would far from being fair and just. man treatment including held, “Given the contentions tion on its administrative enacted the ‘Sexual Harass­ tain situations it may be true, vitiate the entire investigative The very constitution of the hand cuffing, are all serious Procedural safeguards raised specifically with re­ side. It is acting clearly as if ment of Women at Work­ as pointed out by the learned process. Recording of state­ committee raises serious pointers at a possible conspi­ Pertinently in Nandlal Bajaj gard to pleas under Articles the judges and not the law is place (Prevention, Prohibi­ counsel for the petitioner, ments of individuals, who question marks even if it be racy by the officials of the Su­ vs State of Punjab, the SC 21 and 29, of a whole class of supreme. The ‘in­house pro­ tion and Redressal) Act, that judges of the same court are subservient to Respon­ under the declared proce­ preme Court Registry, the held that “the history of per­ people, namely, the tribal cedure’ committee of three 2013’. being colleagues of the judge dent 3 Justice A, irrespective dure. The law declared as police and those in power to sonal liberty is largely the and non­tribal citizens of As­ honourable and distin­ Yet, the Supreme Court concerned, would endea­ of whether the statements above makes this legal posi­ protect the Chief Justice. history of procedural safe­ sam and given the fact that guished judges is proceeding has singularly failed to apply vour to exculpate him from are recorded on behalf of the tion abundantly clear. Justic­ In such circumstances, guards” and held: “Funda­ agitations on this score are post­haste to complete its that law to itself and prohibit his predicament. It is not as if complainant or the judge es should have been mindful the committee was expected mental Right in Article 21 car­ ongoing, we do not feel that task. In the process, it is ne­ sexual harassment in its own the position could not be concerned, would most defi­ of their own law. to allow the victim to be re­ ries with it the inherent right petitions of this kind can be gating everything that the Su­ workplace. By excluding the otherwise. Animosity nitely render the investiga­ The Chief Justice, during presented by a lawyer irres­ to legal assistance”. dismissed at the threshold preme Court has stood for on employees and themselves amongst colleagues is not tive process unsustainable in the fateful hearing on April pective of a procedure adopt­ The committee consisted on the ground of delay/lach­ its judicial side. Irrespective from its purview, the victim’s law. The influence of the 20 proclaimed from a judi­ ed by them. Lord Denning in of three of the most respect­ es. Indeed, if we were to do of the report it submits, the complaint against Chief Jus­ COMMENT judge concerned, over the cial dais his innocence, de­ Pett vs. Greyhound Racing ed jurists and judges with so, we would be guilty of conduct of the in­house in­ tice Ranjan Gogoi is there­ witnesses to be produced, scribed the victim as a crimi­ Association Ltd. made a pro­ vast knowledge and expe­ shirking our constitutional quiry by the committee rais­ fore left at the whims of the unknown. Reasons of com­ either by the complainant or nal and spoke of a conspiracy found statement on the law rience in law. Could the vic­ duty to protect the lives of es extremely disturbing and judges. In the absence of a petitiveness, jealousy and by the judge concerned him­ against himself and the judi­ as to the representation of a tim have got a fair chance be­ our own citizens and their far reaching questions. defined procedure for re­ the like are known amongst self, will have to be removed. ciary. Equally relevant is that lawyer in a domestic enqui­ fore the committee without culture. In fact, the time has dressal, the judges have fol­ colleague judges, especially It will be for the complainant following the alleged inci­ ry, “….when a man’s reputa­ being represented by a la­ come to have a relook at the ‘Constitutional mandate’ lowed the in­house proce­ from the same High Court...” to raise a grievance of the na­ dents of sexual harassment tion or livelihood is at stake, wyer? She asked for it and doctrine of laches altogether The Supreme Court has con­ dure in a stereotypical While declining to go into ture referred to above.….. on October 11, 2018, the vic­ he not only has a right to the committee declined it. when it comes to violations sistently prided itself as “a fashion. the contention of the peti­ And whenever necessary, re­ tim has been visited with in­ speak by his own mouth, he One aspect must be re­ of Articles 21 and 29”. court which stands as a ‘sen­ True, this procedure to in­ tioner that inquiry by the medial steps will be taken”. human treatment beginning also has a right to speak by membered: the status of wo­ Sceptics must remember tinel of the qui vive’ over the quire against a judge of the two­judge committee consti­ Accordingly the Supreme with a series of transfers counsel or solicitor…even a men in this country is still right to life includes right to rights of the people of this Supreme Court provides for tuted by the Chief Justice of Court held “that the Investi­ within the court’s precincts prisoner can have his not equal to that of men. As a reputation, right to life with­ country”. In the celebrated constituting ‘a Committee the High Court cannot be ex­ gative Process under In­ from one desk to another, in­ friend”. He observed that “a result more often than not out fear, right to employ­ Indra Sawhney vs. Union of consisting of three judges of pected to arrive at a fair con­ House Procedure must take domestic Tribunal is not at li­ sexual harassment victims ment, right to fair treatment India in 1992, a Constitution the Supreme Court’ while in clusion, the Justices yet went into account the Rights of the berty to lay down an abso­ suffer more than the perpe­ and of course right to dignity. Bench of nine judges held: respect of the judges of the ahead and responded for it Complainant, the judge con­ lute Rule: “We will never al­ trators. The committee Its expansion by the Su­ “therefore, judges who are High Court and the Chief Jus­ being ‘just and proper’ and cerned by adopting a fair low a lawyer to appear for should have been mindful of preme Court is historical. Let entrusted with the task of tice of the High Court, the ‘for future reference’. procedure and safeguards, him”. The Tribunal must be realities prevailing in the so­ us hope the committee and fostering an advance social committee comprises ‘two “There can be no doubt, the integrity of the Institu­ ready in a proper case to al­ ciety. The victim has every the justices of the Supreme policy in terms of the consti­ Chief Justices of High Courts that an investigation, would tion”. In that judgment the low it”. reason to demand greater Court rethink the whole is­ tutional mandates cannot af­ other than the High Court to lead to consequences. The Supreme Court ordered, “to In Port of Bombay Vs Dilip fairness from the committee. sue and take remedial steps ford to sit in ivory towers which the judge belongs and judge concerned may be make the process ‘fair and Kumar Nadkarni, the Su­ Sadly, the committee failed so as to deliver justice to the keeping Olympian silence one High Court judge’ or ‘a found remiss, or alternative­ just’, it is imperative to preme Court justified repre­ to respond. The victim made victim, while being fair to the unnoticed and uncaring of judge of the Supreme Court ly, he may be exculpated of divest the judge con­ sentation by a lawyer de­ the complaint at the end of judge concerned, and res­ the storms and stresses that or two Chief Justices of other the charges. Whilst in the cerned (against whom claring, “Now examine the road, when she and her tore public confidence and affect the Society”. High Courts’ respectively. former eventuality, the judge allegations have been the approach of the Chair­ family were pushed to the faith. It also reminded itself: Fundamentally, the proce­ concerned against whom the levelled), of his admi­ man. While he directed wall. She could have forgot­ (The author is a senior ad- “When societal conditions dure to inquire into a com­ findings are recorded, would nistrative and supervi­ two of his law officers to ten the incidents of October vocate and the former Presi- and factual situations de­ plaint against a judge of the be the obvious sufferer, in sory authority and conduct the enquiry as 11, but successive and contin­ dent of Supreme Court Bar mand the judges to speak, Supreme Court is defective the latter eventuality, the ad­ control over Dushyant Dave. prosecutor, he simulta­ uous acts of oppression Association.)

IN BRIEF Ambushed jawans ignored protocol ‘Despite talk, govt. learnt no lessons from Pulwama’ The road recce was not done, nor did they wait for the arrival of anti­landmine vehicle Congress seeks accountability for ‘failure’ Sharad Vyas naxal attacks were well Mumbai Press Trust of India conscience if not shame of planned, coordinated and Mumbai/ New Delhi The Gadchiroli police have had managed to fox the pol­ public opinion would have Bedi could appeal The Congress on Wednes­ resigned. But the people against HC order come under criticism for ice. their failure to enforce stan­ “This has been in the day attacked the BJP­led who are in power today are PUDUCHERRY Central government over not going to do so,” Mr. Pa­ Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi has dard operating procedures works for a year and not inci­ (SOPs) which would have dental to any events of the the Naxal attack and said war added. not ruled out the possibility that despite its “tall talk” no Prime Minister Narendra of appealing against the prevented the killing of 15 recent past. They (naxals) lessons from Pulwama have Modi condemned the attack Madras High Court order men of the Quick Response have been waiting to strike at been learnt. saying perpetrators of such restricting her interference in Team in a Maoist ambush on an opportune moment,” said the day­to­day Wednesday. local activist Manohar Bor­ Senior Congress leader violence will not be spared. administration of the Union The men travelling in a kar, who had participated in Ahmed Patel said the coun­ He tweeted, “Strongly con­ Territory. When asked by The private mini truck were am­ protests against the district try needs preventive action, demn the despicable attack Hindu whether she had bushed and killed in an Im­ administration last year. accountability for this fai­ on our security personnel in planned to go for an appeal, provised Explosive Device lure and not ‘jumlas’ (rhe­ Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. I she said, “Right now I can (IED) blast. Police version toric) and lectures. “We salute all the brave person­ only say the matter is being They were heading out of The white­coloured vehicle condemn the brutal terror nel. Their sacrifices will nev­ closely examined.” the Kurkheda police station. (MH33T0483) was blown up attack on our jawans in Mah­ er be forgotten.” arashtra. India stands firmly Meanwhile, Union Minis­ Goa court summons Ignoring the protocol of naxals had the previous ambushes but fail to under­ tive zone. into pieces in the attack. The behind their families, well ter of State for Home Hans­ Minister in cheating case sending an area domination night torched 36 vehicles stand what was the hurry for The 40­year­old doctor, blast left a deep hole on the wishers & friends in this raj Ahir said the government PANAJI unit to recce the road ahead meant to assist the road con­ them to reach the spot (Dad­ hailing from Punjab, has par­ Kurkheda­Korchi road, eye­ A Panaji court has summoned — which is the usual practice struction work, eyewitness­ pur) when such an incident ticipated in crucial encoun­ witnesses said. The police of­ hour of grief,” Mr. Patel will ensure that such inci­ Union Ayush Minister Shripad — the QRT unit did not also es said. had taken place on Tuesday ters in the region including ficials denied lapses on the tweeted. Chief spokesper­ dents do not recur. Mr. Ahir Y. Naik to depose as a witness wait for an anti­landmine “This was nothing but hu­ night,” said Dr. Charanjeet the attack on May 4, 2017 in part of the forces. “It is not son of Congress Randeep is the MP from Chandrapur on June 3 in a cheating case vehicle to arrive before de­ bris and a complete failure of Singh Saluja, who this year the Bhamaraghad tehsil. true. We took all the neces­ Surjewala, tweeted, which borders Gadchiroli in filed against his former staff ciding to travel in a private intelligence since the men received a President’s Medal Locals involved in the sary precautions,” said Addi­ “Strongly condemn the at­ eastern Maharashtra. Vinod Desai. The case relates vehicle. They were headed did not follow the basic pro­ for his services to the jawans torching of vehicles last year tional Superintendent of Pol­ tack on C­60 Commandos in “We have yet to get com­ to a cheque that bounced to Dadpur village where the tocol. I have seen so many serving in the highly sensi­ at the Etapalli taluka said the ice, Gadchiroli, Hari Balaji. Gadchiroli. My condolenc­ plete information about the given by Mr. Desai in 2014 to es. Their sacrifice would not incident. “We will definitely one Mervin Fernandes, who go in vain.” give a befitting reply,” the was seeking a government job Meanwhile, Nationalist Minister said. and had paid ₹2 lakh as An act of cowardice and desperation: Rajnath Singh Congress Party president advance. Sharad Pawar demanded Rahul’s version Special correspondent Chief Minister Devendra Fad­ attack and we will fight this losing only two jawans, com­ official said enough intelli­ Indo-French naval the resignation of Maha­ Citing terror attacks such as Mumbai navis regarding the tragic in­ menace with even more and pared to 11 in the previous gence inputs were available exercise begins rashtra Chief Minister De­ those in Pulwama, Uri, and Soon after the Naxal attack cident in Gadchiroli and ex­ stronger efforts in the fu­ year, asking the forces to of a possible strike in the PANAJI vendra Fadnavis following Wednesday’s blast by Nax­ The first part of the Indo­ on policemen in Gadchiroli pressed my grief at the loss ture,” he said. The latest at­ concentrate on the Southern Northern parts during the the IED blast by Naxals in als, Congress president Ra­ French joint naval on Wednesday, Union Home of brave police personnel. tack takes the total death toll parts of Gadchiroli. Lok Sabha elections, sources Gadchiroli in which 15 poli­ hul Gandhi hit out at Prime exercise,Varuna 19.1, began Minister Rajnath Singh spoke The MHA is in constant of security forces in naxal­re­ “It is observed the naxal said. cemen and a civilian lost Minister Narendra Modi’s off the Goa coast on to Maharashtra Chief Minis­ touch with the State adminis­ lated violence in Maharash­ activities have shifted from Denying any intelligence their lives. remarks that since 2014 the Wednesday and will continue ter Devendra Fadnavis pro­ tration,” the Minister said. tra to 166 since 1991. North to the South. Hence failure, Director General of Mr. Fadnavis holds the sounds of blasts can’t be till May 10. The exercise aims mising all help and calling Mr. Fadnavis said all help In 2015, an internal secur­ the redeployment of security Police Subodh Kumar Jaiswal Home portfolio and “he heard in India, saying the at developing interoperability the attack an “act of cowar­ will be provided to the fami­ ity report of the Maharashtra forces is towards southern said the attack was ‘indige­ should step down imme­ Prime Minister Narendra between the two navies and dice and desperation.” lies of the jawans. Police had assessed the se­ side,” the report reads. nous’ and was not supported diately”, Mr. Pawar tweeted. Modi needs to open his ears mutual cooperation. “Spoke to Maharashtra “I strongly condemn this curity threat as ‘low’ after However, a senior police from external organisations. “Those who feel shame of and listen. 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DELHI THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The saviour’s burden The SP-BSP combine has willy-nilly emerged as the strongest opposition to the BJP the behemoth. stered by the unexpected induc­ sion that tensions had cooled bet­ Though the SP and the BSP tion of Congress general secretary, ween Jats and Muslims and the ma- Power shift teamed up to a collective rhetoric Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, into the houl (atmosphere) had improved of national interest, the truth was U.P. campaign. considerably from the time of the Inspired by the ruling on Delhi, the Madras HC that Ms. Mayawati and Mr. Yadav Undoubtedly piqued by the 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal bats in favour of elected regime in Puducherry needed a way out of the existential Congress’s exclusion from the Op­ conflagration. One often heard re­ crisis they faced. Yet today, the position alliance, Congress presi­ frain was that the RLD had made a V idya Subrahmaniam he Madras High Court verdict that the Lieutenant rhetoric has got invested with an dent Rahul Gandhi had declared at political compromise and there Governor of Puducherry should not interfere in urgency, a larger meaning beyond the time that the Congress wasn’t a had been no real change of heart. Tthe day­to­day administration of the Union Terri­ t’s a wonder of this Lok Sabha the borders of U.P., more so in the pushover and would play on the This is a warning sign equally to tory is a serious setback to the incumbent Administra­ election that the most unex­ context of the Congress irresponsi­ front foot. This was clearly not an the SP­BSP pact. The alliance’s fu­ pected of alliances, between bly wrecking alliance possibilities PTI idle boast as could be seen from ture depends upon a lasting un­ tor, Kiran Bedi. She has been locked in a prolonged dis­ I the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the in other S tates. With Opposition date from Kannauj, and the adopt­ the Congress choosing to field can­ derstanding between the partners pute over the extent of her powers with Chief Minister Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar unity in shameful disarray across ed “daughter­in­law” sealed the didates who could cut into the al­ and a seamless transfer of votes V. Narayanasamy, who says she has been disregarding Pradesh, is holding up against the country, the SP­BSP partner­ deal by touching the senior wo­ liance votes, especially where the between their respective consti­ the elected regime and seeking to run the Union Terri­ multiple challenges while elsewh­ ship has willy­nilly become the man’s feet. There was a time when party’s candidate was a Muslim, as tuencies. The alliance has been tory on her own. The court has laid down that “the de­ ere in the country, the national sole stumbling block between the Ms. Mayawati and Mr. Akhilesh Ya­ in Saharanpur, Moradabad, Ba­ helped in this election by a con­ cision taken by the Council of Ministers and the Chief Opposition presents a fragmented BJP and its ambition to wrest a se­ dav were bua­bhatija (aunt and ne­ daun, Bijnore and so forth. The fluence of factors, among them Minister is binding on the Secretaries and other offi­ picture. cond term via a bounty of seats in phew) to their opponents who obvious gainer from this would be farmer distress across communi­ cials.” Inspired by the Supreme Court’s appeal to consti­ U.P. The SP­BSP combine is a spec­ used the term as a taunt, to indi­ the BJP, unless Muslim voters were ties, and a feeling, among Muslims Overcoming the odds tacular force capable of inflicting cate they were a quarrelsome pair. able to muster extraordinary acu­ and Dalits, of being overrun by the tutional morality and trust among high dignitaries, the Indeed, the responsibility of shor­ heavy losses on the BJP. And consi­ Surreally, the BSP chief has now men and decide overwhelmingly Yogi Adityanath Government. High Court has also reminded the Centre and the Admi­ ing up the Opposition against the dering 71 of the BJP’s 2014 Lok Sab­ not only appropriated the insult in favour of the alliance. Past data Farmers, both Jats and Muslims, nistrator that they should be true to the concept of de­ powerhouse combination of ha seat share of 282 came from but made the Yadav family her shows that a united Muslim vote is are facing the triple whammy of mocratic principles, lest the constitutional scheme Prime Minister Narendra Modi U.P, the significance of a reversal own. a myth. A split Jat vote across west­ delayed payment for sugar cane, based on democracy and republicanism be defeated. and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here cannot be overemphasised. ern U.P. posed a similar threat to mounting debt and an inability to The judgment is based mainly on the principles that chief Amit Shah has come to rest As the Lok Sabha election en­ Specific challenges the alliance. dispose of their unproductive cat­ were laid down in last year’s Constitution Bench deci­ on the shoulders of Akhilesh Ya­ ters mid­point in U.P., the alliance Will the bonhomie last? For all the When I travelled in the same tle. This commonality is one rea­ dav and Mayawati who helm the looks in no hurry to unravel. On serial photo­ops by the mint­fresh parts in February 2017, ahead of son for the reduction of Jat­Muslim sion on the conflict between the elected regime in the SP and the BSP, respectively. His­ the contrary, the partners have extended family, the alliance is in the A ssembly election, it was to tensions. National Capital Territory (NCT) and its Lt.Governor. tory and conventional wisdom stunned audiences at their joint fact extremely fragile and stalked find the community still trapped As against this there is the loom­ The five­judge Bench had ruled that the L­G has to eith­ suggested that the alliance was an rallies with a crackling chemistry at every stage by myriad challeng­ in the spell cast by Mr. Modi in ing Modi factor, and the mesmeric er act on the ‘aid and advice’ of the Council of Minis­ impossibility, and if it happened, it that might have appeared scripted es. On a recent tour of Western 2014. The assumption that Jats felt pull of toxic Hindutva, now repre­ ters, or refer to the President for a decision any matter would collapse under the weight were it not for the fact that at least U.P, I found that the formidable remorse for betraying the RLD and sented by the likes of terror­ac­ on which there is a difference with the Ministry, but has of its contradictions. The bitter one of the actors, the mercurial arithmetic of the alliance wasn’t their leader Ajit Singh, was not cused Pragya Singh Thakur. The no independent decision­making powers. The High past between Ms. Mayawati and Mayawati, is too much of her own necessarily making its fight easy. borne out. Two years on, it was alliance has to hold strong, and Mulayam Singh Yadav (Akhilesh person to perform to command. Each seat was hotly contested and evident that community loyalties prove that it is an alliance of sub­ Court also says the Administrator is bound by the ‘aid Yadav’s father and founder of the In itself it was a surprise that the prognosis in local parlance had not fully returned. Jat vote stance and not merely a one­off and advice’ clause in matters over which the Assembly SP) aside, the SP and the BSP had Ms. Mayawati agreed to campaign was 50­50 — meaning the BJP and consolidation was visible only on arithmetical wonder. It needs to is competent to enact laws. The L­G’s power to refer any also to contend with decades of for Mulayam Singh Yadav. But she the alliance were equally placed the two seats contested by Mr. do this for itself, and even more matter to the President to resolve differences should debilitating hostilities between did more. A quarter century of en­ for a victory. Two factors ap­ Singh and his son, Jayant Chowd­ because failure is not a option. not mean “every matter”, the court has cautioned. their core voters, the Yadavs and mity got erased as she shared the peared to have complicated what hary. The vote was split vertically Against all expectations, the SP Justice R. Mahadevan, who delivered the Madras the Jatavs. That all this baggage stage with him and lavished praise on paper was a walkover. First, the on other seats despite the three­ and the BSP have come to repre­ High Court judgment, is conscious of the difference in was overcome, and a big push for on Yadav senior’s stellar leader­ Jats, a community that had voted way alliance between the SP, the sent the only viable Opposition to the alliance came surprisingly ship qualities. At another rally, a nearly en masse for the BJP in 2014 BSP and the RLD. The Jat attrac­ the BJP and it is a responsibility status between Delhi and Puducherry. The Puducherry from the rank and file of the two charming scene between Ms. and 2017, were not fully on board tion to Mr. Modi was strong, and that cannot be carried lightly. legislature is the creation of a parliamentary law, based parties, speaks to the survival im­ Mayawati and Dimple Yadav attest­ with the alliance despite its seat­ distressingly, most conversations on an enabling provision in Article 239A of the Consti­ peratives confronting the partners ed to the blossoming of new rela­ sharing deal with the Ajit Singh­led with community leaders and vo­ V idya Subrahmaniam is Senior Fellow at tution, whereas the NCT legislature has been created by and their cadre. The BJP had dri­ tionships and the well­being of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). The pitch ters, deceptively cordial in the be­ The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public the Constitution itself under Article 239AA. The Su­ ven each party to ruin and they alliance. The BSP chief embraced was queered further by the pre­ ginning, ended in a tirade against Policy. E-mail: vidya.subrahmaniam@ preme Court had described the NCT as sui generis. At had no choice but to unite against Yadav junior’s wife, also a candi­ sence of the Congress, now bol­ Muslims. This despite an admis­ thehinducentre.com the same time, the NCT Assembly is limited in the ex­ tent of its legislative powers, as it is barred from dealing with the subjects of public order, police and land. Ho­ Standing up for Julian Assange wever, looking at the Business Rules as well as other statutory provisions on Puducherry, the judge has Ensuring his freedom is essential to uphold free speech and media freedom on a global scale sought to give greater credence to the concept of a re­ presentative government. He has set aside two clarifica­ across the worldon the diplomatic refused to allow WikiLeaks to seek Even in Sweden, there is no lon­ cables. These include The Guar- donations using the service. ger a case against Mr. Assange. The tions issued by the Centre in 2017 to the effect that the dian, The New York Times, Der So what is the crime that Mr. As­ fact is the international arrest war­ L­G enjoys more power than the Governor of a State Spiegel, Le Monde, El Pais and The sange has actually committed? His rant over allegations of sexual as­ and can act without aid and advice. In view of the Con­ Hindu. lawyer Barry Pollack says: “The sault and rape that Sweden had stitution Bench judgment on Delhi, he has differed with WikiLeaks has thrown light on factual allegations … boil down to put out against Mr. Assange was another Madras High Court decision of 2018 in which S ubhash Rai how war can dehumanise people encouraging a source to provide suspended by Swedish prosecu­ the LG’s power to act irrespective of the Cabinet’s ad­ with the release of footage of the him information and taking efforts tors. They suspended the investi­ vice was upheld. In the event that the latest judgment is 2007 ‘Collateral Murder’ video to protect the identity of that gation and applied to revoke the taken up on appeal, a key question may be how far the he arrest of Julian Assange, that showed U.S. soldiers in Iraq source... Journalists around the European arrest warrant way back the publisher of WikiLeaks, laughing at hapless civilians and world should be deeply troubled in May 2017. Sweden is, however, decision of the five­judge Bench on the limits of the Del­ Tin early April in London, is journalists from a military helicop­ by these unprecedented criminal considering reopening the hi L­G’s powers would indeed apply to Puducherry. an attack on free speech and me­ ter even as they continued raining charges.” investigation. dia freedom on a global scale. Ex­ bullets on their victims. This riled Closer home, in early March, At­ His complex legal issues conti­ The cost of resistance cept for a statement by some pro­ the U.S. administration, as did the AFP torney General of India K.K. Venu­ nue. A British court, on Wednes­ minent Indians condemning his other exposés by WikiLeaks, be it grappled with the aftermath of a gopal told the Supreme Court that day, May 1, sentenced Mr. Assange India must brace for the economic shocks arrest and few other voices of con­ with the Iraq or the Afghanistan failed military coup. the Rafale documents that were to 50 weeks in jail for jumping bail from uncontrolled antimicrobial resistance demnation, reaction in India has war logs. These ‘benign’ wars The couple of expos és around published by this newspaper had when he took refuge in the Ecua­ been muted. were proven by WikiL eaks to not the Democratic Party in the U.S. in been “stolen” from the Defence dorian Embassy. On Thursday, ven though antimicrobial resistance is acknow­ The near silence could well be be so benign after all, and this ob­ 2016, as a tranche of emails sent Ministry. Mr. Venugopal had May 2, the U.S. will also begin its ledged by policymakers as a major health crisis, the result of the lack of informa­ viously didn’t go down well in and received by U.S. presidential sought an investigation to find out attempt to extradite him, which is Efew have considered its economic impact. Now, a tion about Mr. Assange and the Washington. contender Hillary Clinton, and, if their publication should be said to be a protracted process. report from the Interagency Coordination Group on kind of journalism WikiL eaks has But it has not always been about then emails of Mrs Clinton’s cam­ deemed a crime, and a violation of But it is encouraging that British Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG) puts the financial fall­ spearheaded since its inception in the U.S and the wars. The story on paign manager John Podesta, had the Official Secrets Act. The Edi­ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has out in perspective. Titled “No Time to Wait: Securing 2006. It is equally possible that the Daniel Arap Moi , former Kenyan a significant impact not only on tors Guild, separately, and the unequivocally said: “The extradi­ The Future From Drug Resistant Infections”, it says in Indian public too has fallen prey, President and his family’s corrup­ U.S. domestic politics, but also ex­ Press Club of India, the Indian Wo­ tion of Julian Assange to the US for hook, line and sinker, to the veno­ tion was the anti­secrecy website’s posed the faultlines in the Demo­ men’s Press Corps and the Press exposing evidence of atrocities in about three decades from now uncontrolled antimicro­ mous and disingenuous disinfor­ first big story, which received in­ cratic Party’s ruling clique. But Association said his statements Iraq and Afghanistan should be bial resistance will cause global economic shocks on the mation campaign unleashed ternational attention when Mr. As­ some of these exposé s which had “the potential of sending out a opposed by the British scale of the 2008­09 financial crisis. With nearly 10 mil­ against Mr. Assange even before he sange gave the story to The lacked editorial discretion did lead chilling effect to one and all in the government.” lion people estimated to die annually from resistant in­ was granted asylum in the Ecua­ Guardian. to some erosion of support for Mr. media”. If therefore Mr. Assange should fections by 2050, health­care costs and the cost of food dorian Embassy in London seven WikiLeaks also published a Assange and WikiLeaks around It is precisely this “chilling ef­ be a free man, there is need to production will spike, while income inequality will wi­ years ago. cache of emails of the Syrian go­ the world. fect” that the U.S. is hoping to have build an international campaign den. In the worst­case scenario, the world will lose 3.8% vernment and its opponents. The on every single journalist across against his continued incarcera­ Incisive breaks release of emails sent by the top Multiple attacks the globe by attempting to have tion. It is after all to ensure that of its annual GDP by 2050, while 24 million people will Mr. Assange, the latest inmate of echelons of the government and Mr. Assange is a veteran of some Mr. Assange in solitary confine­ journalism, free, fair and courage­ be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030. Nations must Belmarsh Prison (also known as even its opponents has caused a bruising battles against organised ment in a maximum security pri­ ous, cannot be allowed to be tram­ acknowledge this eventuality, the IACG says, and act to the “British version of Guantána­ lot of embarrassment to both war­ attacks, institutional, technologi­ son in the U.S. for years. For the pled upon by the U.S. and the U.K., fight it. For high­ and mid­income nations, the price of mo Bay”) is, for his supporters, the ring parties. cal and propaganda. That the web­ exposés that Mr. Assange has two democracies, which other­ prevention, at $2 per head a year, is extremely afforda­ “first media hero of the 21st Centu­ The website, in 2016, released site has been the target of relent­ spearheaded, the U.S. intends to wise claim to be the best of the ble. For poorer countries, the price is higher but still ry”. In its daring attempts to hit at almost 300,000 emails of Turkish less attacks would not come as a make him an example, asserting breed. modest compared to the costs of an antibiotic the powerful, WikiLeaks has col­ President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s surprise, but it has also weathered its prosecutorial authority over a apocalypse. laborated with some of the best and his ruling Justice and Develop­ boycotts and a denial of service by person who is not even a U.S. citi­ S ubhash Rai is Digital Editor, The India mainstream media organisations ment (AK) Party, even as Ankara companies such as PayPal, which zen. Forum India first published almost nine years ago the broad contours of a plan to fight antimicrobial resistance. The difficulty has been in implementing it, given the twin LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. challenges of antibiotic overuse and underuse . On the one hand, many Indians still die of diseases like sepsis Apologise, says court Gandhi but I feel it is dead horse? issue. Rather than take 1950s, professor M.S. Mani, a environment. We must learn and pneumonia because they don’t get the right drug at By insisting that Congress strangely convenient for the Vidhya B. Ragunath, refuge under the argument famous zoologist (also not to endanger species that the right time. On the other hand, a poorly regulated president Rahul Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party to T hanjavur, Tamil Nadu that the case was dismissed founder of the school of have been living and pharmaceutical industry means that antibiotics are should offer a clear­cut have suddenly woken up to earlier, Mr. Gandhi should entomology, St. John’s surviving in the lap of nature. apology, the Supreme the need for him to provide ■ It was the very same BJP come clean on his College, Agra and former Some things are best left freely available to those who can afford them. The IACG Court has made it crystal the “factual position” on that had raised objections citizenship. deputy director of the alone. report acknowledges these obstacles, and calls for ef­ clear that it will not tolerate his citizenship, and in the when Sonia Gandhi began to Raghavendran Ragothaman, Zoological Survey of India), M. Pradyu, forts to overcome them. Some steps can be initiated irresponsible behaviour middle of the general make her presence felt in Udhagamandalam established that the “large T halikavu, Kannur, Kerala right away, it says, such as phasing out critical human­ (Page 1, “SC insists on election (Page 1, “MHA politics, citing her foreign footprints” sighted in the use antibiotics in the animal husbandry sector, such as apology from Rahul”, May raises issue of Rahul’s origin. Now, the BJP appears The elusive snowman higher reaches of the Exam fiasco quinolones. But these steps cannot be driven by regula­ 1). Mr. Gandhi should have citizenship”, May 1). If this to be resorting to the same I was amused by the report, Himalaya and attributed to The serious errors tion alone. A multi­stakeholder approach, involving put the matter to rest by complaint goes back to trick. The BJP’s greed for “Army claims its climbers the so­called snowman/yeti, committed in the Telangana admitting his mistake and 2015, why didn’t the Home power has also been proved spotted Yeti footprints” are actually those of the State Board of Intermediate private industry, philanthropic groups and citizen acti­ offering an unconditional Ministry highlight it till by the Prime Minister’s (Inside pages, May 1). The brown bear. He was a Education results this year vists is needed. Private pharmaceutical industries must apology. Instead, the now? Is the ruling statement in West Bengal statement by an Indian Army pioneer in the field of should be an eye opener to take it upon themselves to distribute drugs in a respon­ attempt to be clever by half dispensation running out of recently when at an election official who says the claims research on ‘high altitude all policymakers and sible manner. Philanthropic charities must fund the de­ in his affidavit, by having better issues? rally he said “that 40 have evidence and that this insects’. There is no scientific bureaucrats in all velopment of new antibiotics, while citizen activists the word “regret” in Kshitij Mani Tripathi, Trinamool MLAs” could be will “excite scientific temper evidence on the snowman. educational boards must drive awareness. These stakeholders must appre­ brackets has only landed L ucknow, Uttar Pradesh with him. Have we ever and rekindle interest” in the The Indian Army should (Editorial, “Off the mark”, ciate that the only way to postpone resistance is him in a soup. The top heard any of our Prime subject seems strange. have checked itself from May 1). These inexcusable court’s stand will also act as ■ It is strange that the ruling Ministers making such “Exciting scientific temper” spreading misinformation. errors not only affect through improved hygiene and vaccinations. It is a for­ a deterrent against being party is resorting to every distasteful statements? about a mythical subject S.K. Kulshrestha, students but also jeopardise midable task as India still struggles with low immunisa­ irresponsible. trick in the trade to retain D. Sethuraman, issue is not only funny but Dehradun, Uttarakhand the hard work put in by their tion rates and drinking water contamination. But it Preetham K., power. After having accused Chennai also stretching things a bit teachers throughout the must consider the consequences of a failure. While the G ajanur, Shivamogga, Karnataka the Congress of working in too far. Many ■ Even is there is solid academic year. 2008­09 financial crisis caused global hardships, its ef­ favour of Pakistan, it appears ■ There cannot be smoke mountaineering expeditions evidence to “prove” that the S. Anantharaj Abraham, fects began to wear off by 2011. Once crucial antibiotics ‘Prove citizenship’ to resurrected the issue of without fire. There are have claimed to have sighted being is the elusive Yeti, let Chennai are lost to humankind, they may be lost for decades. I do not intend to advocate “citizenship”. Why is the records to show some such evidence in the past. In us, for Nature’s sake, not more letters online: the candidacy of Rahul Home Ministry flogging a evidence and it is a sensitive a research paper back in the disturb a pristine www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 OPED 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The smokescreen of an infiltrator­free India Fighting polio in Pakistan The real aim of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is to segregate non­citizens on the basis of religion Instead of insisting on the oral polio vaccine, using the inactivated polio vaccine along with other vaccines will help tan and present­day Bangladesh. Though it has not taken any official OPV and has excluded the alternate inactiv­ position on reviewing the Assam Ac­ ated polio vaccine (IPV) to eradicate WPVs. cord for fear of antagonising the As­ The OPV is cheap and easy to give to chil­ samese, it has been pushing the cam­ dren, but it has to be given to them again and paign in a desperate bid to make again in pulse campaigns since its efficacy is Sushanta Talukdar them accept religion as the basis in poor. On the other hand, the IPV is highly ef­ place of language, culture and eth­ T. Jacob John & Dhanya Dharmapalan ficacious and needs to be given just two­ nicity for construction of an Assa­ three times as part of routine immunisation. The BJP’s poll promise to implement mese identity. the National Register of Citizens The Assam government recently Last month, the polio eradication pro­ Risk of polio outbreaks (NRC) in a phased manner in other informed the Supreme Court that it gramme in Pakistan was in the news for all The OPV has another problem. If coverage parts of the country is only a smoke­ has submitted a ₹900 crore proposal the wrong reasons. On April 22, a govern­ declines (as is bound to happen in Pakistan), screen to hide its real agenda of using to the Ministry of Home Affairs for ment hospital in Mashokhel in Peshawar dis­ vaccine viruses will spread to children who the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to sanctioning 1,000 Foreigners Tribu­ trict was set on fire after many children alleg­ are not vaccinated, back­mutate, de­atten­ segregate non­citizens on the basis of nals to decide the cases of those to be edly fell sick after being given the anti­polio uate and become virulent. Such viruses are religion and subjecting only the Mus­ excluded from the final NRC list. The vaccine. On April 23 and 24, in called circulating vaccine­de­ lims among them to anti­immigra­ State has a hundred Foreigners Tri­ two separate incidents, two police rived polioviruses (cVDPV). tion laws of the country. bunals at present. officers guarding vaccinators They can cause polio out­ At present, Assam is the only State were shot dead. On April 25, in breaks. Thus Pakistan will in the country to have an NRC, which A legal shield Chaman, which borders Afghan­ soon be at risk of polio out­ was compiled way back in 1951. The The BJP, however, needs the Bill to be istan, a polio worker was shot breaks by both WPV1 and process of updating the 1951 NRC in first enacted as a legal shield for the dead and her helper injured. cVDPV. Assam has been on since 2015 under large number of Bengali Hindus in Since December 2012, nearly 90 It is to avoid the emergence constant monitoring by the Supreme Assam, in other northeastern States, people have been killed in the of cVDPV that India strives to Court. The complete draft of the up­ and in West Bengal, who migrated country for working to eradicate maintain high OPV coverage AFP dated NRC in Assam published on Ju­ from erstwhile East Bengal and after polio. Due to recurrent threats through routine immunisa­ ly 30, 2018 excluded the names of ov­ the creation of Bangladesh. to workers, the Pakistan government has tion, Mission Indradhanush and annual na­ er 40 lakh of the total 3.29 crore The BJP pushed the Citizenship now suspended the anti­polio drive. tional pulse campaigns. In 2018, Papua New applicants. The Supreme Court has At present, Assam is the only State in the country to have a National Register (Amendment) Bill, 2019, notwith­ Guinea developed a cVDPV polio outbreak fixed July 31 for publication of the fi­ of Citizens. Villagers whose names were left out in the NRC draft list in their standing widespread protests in the Cases of wild poliovirus type 1 as OPV coverage fell to 60%. In 2017, as OPV nal NRC list after disposal of all village in Howly block, Barpeta district, Assam in August 2018. * RITU RAJ KONWAR northeastern States and got it passed This is the worst time to take this decision. coverage fell to 53%, Syria had an outbreak of claims and objections. in the Lok Sabha. But it did not push This year alone, eight paralysed children cVDPV polio. dropped Parsis from the list. “Hin­ Assam Accord for implementation of it in the Rajya Sabha for lack of with wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) have been There is yet another problem in Pakistan. No definition of infiltrators dus, Jains, Buddhists, Sikhs and the core clause, Clause 5, which calls numbers. found in Pakistan. Environmental surveil­ With the OPV being identified as the weapon The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in­ Christians escaping persecution for identification, deletion of names To prevent its poll arithmetic go­ lance by testing sewage samples has shown in the war on polio and with some in Pakis­ corporates the BJP’s articulated ideo­ from India’s neighbouring countries and expulsion of “illegal migrants” ing haywire in the Northeast on ac­ 91 WPV1­positive samples, in the provinces tan believing that the aim of eradication is to logical position vis­à­vis undocu­ will be given citizenship in India,” the from Bangladesh, irrespective of count of apprehensions that the Bill of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Pun­ reduce fertility, a vaccine is given only three mented immigrants in respect of manifesto promises. their religion. The Accord facilitated would make the NRC infructuous jab and Sindh. In the past week alone, 13 or four times, not 15­20 times. three countries — Bangladesh, Pakis­ Prime Minister Narendra Modi acceptance of undocumented mi­ and trigger an influx of more “illegal sewage samples were found to be positive for Hope is not lost for polio eradication pro­ tan and Afghanistan. The ideological and BJP president Amit Shah have grants from erstwhile East Pakistan migrants” from Bangladesh, the BJP WPV1. vided that the GPEI relents on its insistence position of the ruling party is that un­ been harping on updating the NRC in who came until this cut­off date as In­ in its manifesto promises “to protect This is a worrying sign. With suspended on the OPV and uses the IPV along with oth­ documented immigrants belonging their election rallies “to identify the dian citizens, except in respect of the the linguistic, cultural and social immunisation activities, WPV1 will spread er common vaccines. IPV­containing vac­ to Hindu and other religious minori­ infiltrators”, and on the Bill. This is stream of people who came in 1966­ identity of the people of Northeast.” fast and the number of polio cases could in­ cines could be included in the routine immu­ ty groups in these three countries an attempt to manufacture consent 71 and who are to remain disenfran­ Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah’s promises crease and cause an outbreak. If Pakistan nisation programme and given without cannot be treated as “illegal mi­ of the people on the definition of “in­ chised for a period of 10 years from on the Bill cannot be discounted as cannot eliminate polio, the global eradica­ attracting the attention of militants. The grants” in India and need to be grant­ filtrator” according to the ideological the date of their registration as fo­ mere poll rhetoric as the Ministry of tion programme is sure to stall. false propaganda about polio vaccination in ed citizenship, while the Muslims lexicon of the saffron party. reigners. Home Affairs on October 18, 2018 When India eliminated WPV1 in January Pakistan will then lose its sting. While among them are “infiltrators” must Updating the NRC in Assam on the notified the Citizenship (Amend­ 2011, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative near­100% coverage with the OPV is neces­ be identified and driven out. The problem of cut­off date basis of this core clause led to a broad ment) Rules, 2018 making it manda­ (GPEI), a public­private partnership led by sary, 85­90% coverage with the IPV given in a The BJP introduced the Bill in Par­ However, the NRC smokescreen has political consensus in the State that tory for a person applying for Indian national governments with five partners, did routine schedule would be sufficient. liament in 2016 when the NRC was thickened as the BJP has not spelt out the updated register will be a critical citizenship to declare her or his reli­ not ask if Pakistan would be able to follow If the GPEI insists on the OPV as the only being updated in Assam. The objec­ in its manifesto the cut­off date for document for implementing this gion. However, the smokescreen of suit; it simply assumed it would. This was un­ weapon against polio, we have hit the end of tive of the Bill is very clear: to remove the proposed NRC for the entire clause and addressing the apprehen­ an infiltrator­free India without expli­ realistic. In Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, oral po­ the road in Pakistan. But the world cannot af­ the “illegal migrant” tag on members country. If the cut­off date is going to sion of the Assamese and other eth­ citly defining an infiltrator will not be lio vaccine (OPV) coverage of 98­99% was ford to lose this war on polio. India could of six religious groups — Hindus, be different from that taken for up­ nic communities in the State of losing able hide the real threat posed to the sustained with an average of 15 doses per show the way forward by giving the IPV in its Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, dating the NRC in Assam, what will their linguistic, cultural and ethnic country’s secular fabric. If the Bill is child from 2003. There was full cooperation universal immunisation programme (at least and Parsis — from these three coun­ be the legal status of those included identities due to unabated migration made into an Act, it poses the threat from the health workers and the public. The two doses and preferably three) and then tries and reduce the requirement of in the updated register in Assam in from Bangladesh. of abusing the NRC to divide people war on polio requires such intensity and cov­ discontinuing the infectious OPV altogether. residency in India to six years to the rest of the country, and vice The BJP has been pushing the on religious lines. The country can ill erage and it is unrealistic to expect this in Pa­ make them eligible to apply for In­ versa? campaign in Assam that 1951 should afford such a divisive agenda. kistan, where polio eradication is falsely T. Jacob John, a retired professor of Clinical Virology, dian citizenship. The cut­off date for updating the have been the cut­off date in the As­ depicted as a Western agenda with the sinis­ taught at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, and However, in its manifesto for the NRC in Assam is March 24, 1971, sam Accord for identification of “in­ Sushanta Talukdar is the editor of Nezine, an ter motive of reducing fertility. Dhanya Dharmapalan is a Paediatric Infectious 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the party has which is also the cut­off date in the filtrators” from erstwhile East Pakis­ online magazine focusing on the Northeast The GPEI has pinned all its hopes on the Disease Specialist in Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai

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FIFTY YEARS AGO MAY 2, 1969 Beyond Khalistan Three killed in police firing in Hyderabad By focussing only on this issue, New Three persons were killed and 12 others were injured accord­ ing to official sources when police opened fire at three places Delhi risks alienating the Sikh diaspora in the city [Hyderabad] to­day [May 1] to disperse violent crowds which indulged in stoning and arson. The Tele ngana Tridivesh Singh Maini Praja Samithi, which has been spear­heading the separate Te­ lengana State agitation, however, claimed that besides th e India­Canada ties have deterio­ three killed, 15 persons including a woman had received bullet rated in recent years, especial­ injuries. According to them, over 30 persons had been admit­ ly given the view that the cur­ ted in various hospitals with lathi­injuries. An unspecifi ed rent Justin Trudeau number of persons, including policemen and some office rs, administration is soft on indivi­ were injured in lathi­charges and stone­throwing at seve ral duals and organisations that places. A number of vehicles, including a military van and Go­ support the demand for Khalis­ vernment jeeps, a police station and a post office were set tan, a separate Sikh homeland. ablaze by mobs in various localities of the city. The Telengana Members of Mr. Trudeau’s Ca­ Praja Samithi and the Students’ Action Committee had given a R.V. MOORTHY binet, especially Defence Mi­ call for observance of “Telengana Demands Day” to­day all ov­ nister Harjit Singh Sajjan, have er the region to press their demand for a separate Telengana. been accused of having links with Sikh separatists. Wh en Mr. Sajjan visited India in April 2017, Punjab Chief Minister A HUNDRED YEARS AGO Captain Amarinder Singh refused to meet him for this rea­ MAY 2, 1919. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC son. Similarly, Mr. Trudeau received the cold shoulder dur­ Rice in Bombay. ing his India visit in February 2018. When Mr. Singh met Mr. DATA POINT Trudeau, their discussion was on the Khalistan issue, rather than on areas of mutual cooperation. Recently, Mr. Trudeau A notification in to­day’s [May 1] ‘Gazette’ states: T he Gover­ drew the ire of the Indian government when a report on ter­ nor­in­Council is pleased to declare that rice, an article of com­ ror threats avoided the words ‘Khalistani extremism’. merce which in city of Bombay is being unreasonably wi th­ There is no doubt that some overseas Sikhs support a sep­ held from the market. The Governor­in­Council is ple ased to arate Sikh homeland, and that there is not much appetite for empower the Hon’ble Mr. Keatinge, Director of Civil Supplies, the same in Punjab. However, it is important to not link crit­ and any person specially authorized in writing by Mr. Keatinge icism of India on human rights issues, such as the S ikh po­ in that behalf to take possession of any supplies of rice, which grom of 1984 and extrajudicial killings in the 1980s a nd may be found in the city of Bombay on paying the owner of 1990s, with Sikh separatism. The Indian media, the govern­ such supplies such compensation as may be determined by an ment and even politicians in Punjab need to realise th at agreement between the person herein before empowered and Sikhs based in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. may have diffe­ such owner, or in default of agreement on payment or tender rent political views. Similarly, non­violent support for a of payment of such compensation as the person so empo­ cause cannot be labelled as a militant activity. wered considers reasonable.

If there is evidence of support for any violent activity , CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC New Delhi and Canada must work together to tackle the pro­ blem. By focusing only on the Khalistan issue, New Delhi POLL CALL risks alienating the Sikh diaspora. India should instead reach out to the Sikh diaspora in a year when Sikhs and all Independent candidate other followers of Guru Nanak will be commemorating his An independent candidate is one who contests polls without 550th birth anniversary. being affiliated to any political party. Independents often sup­ Critics of the Canadian government must also bear in port policies that are different from major political pa rties. mind that like all relationships, this is a multi­la yered one. More and more independents have been contesting Lok Sab­ While New Delhi may be uncomfortable with the Canadian ha elections since the first general election of 1951­52, but the government’s approach towards the activities of certain number of winners has been decreasing. The vote percentage Sikh hard­liners, it is important to bear in mind that for the polled by them has also been decreasing. It is difficult for in­ year 2017, Indian students received well over 25% (ov er dependent candidates to campaign and influence large num­ 80,000) of the available study permits. In 2017, well o ver bers of voters in India with little money and influen ce. In its 40% of the 86,022 people who received invitations fo r per­ 255th report, the Law Commission of India sparked a debate manent residency were Indians. During 2018, this rose by a when it recommended that independent candidates be staggering 13% to 41,000. barred from contesting elections as “they are either n ot se­ It is important to handle ties with Canada with nuance . rious or contest elections just to confuse the voters.” First, members of the Sikh diaspora and Sikh politicia ns who are vocal on human rights issues shouldn’t be labelled CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Khalistani sympathisers. Second, it should be remembered that the New Delhi­Ottawa relationship goes well beyond the MORE ON THE WEB 3 Khalistan issue. Remembering Ayrton Senna on his 25th death anniversary The writer is a New Delhi-based policy analyst associated with O.P. Jindal Global University http://bit.ly/AyrtonSenna25

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DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Azhar listing not a In line with India’s position, says Ministry ‘Designation the Chairperson of the UN based on evidence Security Council. Lifted ‘hold’ based on victory for India: Pak. The French government shared with was the first to issue an offi­ sanctions panel’ cial reaction to the listing, revised request: China ‘References to link it with Pulwama attack were removed’ calling it the “successful real­ Sriram Lakshman/ isation” of its efforts of sever­ Atul Aneja Mehmal Sarfraz “This was the fifth at­ Suhasini Haidar al years. BEIJING Lahore tempt to list Masood Azhar. Washington/New Delhi Syed Akbaruddin, India’s China on Wednesday said it A spokesperson of Pakistan’s Our concern was that his al­ The decision to designate Permanent Representative at had reversed its earlier Ministry of Foreign Affairs leged linkage with the strug­ Masood Azhar a global terro­ the UN, said the listing was a stance on Masood Azhar as said on Wednesday Jaish­e­ gle in Jammu & Kashmir, this rist is in accordance with In­ Masood Azhar significant outcome for In­ “revised” material was now Mohammed chief Masood was not agreeable to us. dia’s position, the External dia. “This is, for us, a signifi­ available which substantiat­ Azhar was listed as an inter­ Hence, he could not be list­ Affairs Ministry said in New “mischievous”. “Pulwama cant outcome because we ed the grounds for listing national terrorist after “all ed previously. This time, we Delhi on Wednesday. happened to be the latest act have been at it for several the head of the Pakistan­ political references” were were able to have that re­ “This is in accordance of terror but the designation years. The first effort that we based Jaish­e­Mohammed as removed from the resolution moved. Once that is re­ with India’s position and in was not based on a specific have made in this regard was a global terrorist. and it was not a victory for moved ... then we have no line with the information incident but on the basis of in 2009. More recently, we “A few days ago, the rele­ Geng Shuang India. Pakistan Foreign Ministry objection,” he said. that India has shared with evidence shared with mem­ have been persistent, dili­ vant countries revised the “The current listing pro­ spokesman Mohammad Asked if China consulted the members of the Sanc­ bers of the 1267 Sanctions gent and in a subterranean application form of Ma­ Mr. Geng made it plain posal has been agreed after Faisal briefing the press. * AP Pakistan before lifting its tions Committee regarding Committee linking Masood manner, making all our ef­ sood’s listing and submitted that despite agreeing to list all political references, in­ “hold” on the listing, Mr. Fai­ terrorist activities of Masood Azhar to terrorism,” the forts towards this goal. To­ it to the 1267 Committee. Azhar, China would conti­ cluding removal of attempts presspersons in Islamabad. sal said: “It is a consultative Azhar and the JeM. India will sources said. Sources said day, that goal stands The Chinese side has care­ nue to maintain its special to link it with [the] Pulwama “Our position is in line process. You must have seen continue with its efforts Azhar’s role in the past de­ achieved.” Asked why the fully studied the revised ma­ ties with Pakistan. “I would [attack] and maligning the with the statements of Prime the press release or a reply through international fo­ cade was “known to all”. Pulwama reference was terials, taken into account like to emphasise that Pakis­ legitimate struggle of the Minister Imran Khan who to a question that has come rums to ensure that terrorist A western diplomat said dropped, he said: “That is a the opinions of all the par­ tan has made tremendous Kashmiris”, were removed clearly stated that there is no out yesterday from the Chi­ organisations and their lead­ the listing was a result of di­ settled issue following the ties concerned and made no contributions to the fight from the resolution,” said space for any proscribed or­ nese spokesperson, he also ers who cause harm to our plomacy by many partners Security Council statement objection to this listing,” Fo­ against terrorism, which Mohammad Faisal. ganisation or its affiliates to has spoken of it — consulta­ citizens are brought to jus­ and took concerns from all of February 21.” The Security reign Ministry spokesper­ should be fully recognised “The Indian media’s at­ operate from Pakistani terri­ tive, coordinated process tice,” said Raveesh Kumar, countries on board. Accord­ Council had condemned the son Geng Shuang said in res­ by the international com­ tempts to build a narrative tory, our resolve for counter­ within the framework of the Ministry spokesperson. ing to the diplomat, the U.S. Pulwama attack and asked ponse to a question. munity.” He added: “China claiming it as a victory for In­ ing terrorism in all its forms 1267 Committee that has led Sources in the govern­ was key to pushing it all states, without naming Mr. Geng’s observations will continue to firmly sup­ dia and validation of its and manifestations and our to this decision and of ment called Pakistan’s state­ through, aided by the U.K. any, to cooperate with India followed the visit of Foreign port Pakistan’s efforts to stance are thus absolutely National Action Plan,” said course when there is no ob­ ment on the dropping of Pul­ and France, while Indonesia and combat threats to inter­ Secretary Vijay Gokhale to fight terrorism and extre­ false and baseless,” he told the spokesperson. jection, then this happens.” wama references played an important role as national peace. Beijing on April 22. mist forces.” Bengal: CBI plea for Clean chit on Latur speech too Rahul gets EC notice Rajeev Kumar custody PM had appealed to first­time electors to dedicate their vote to Pulwama martyrs for speech in M.P. a political game Devesh Pandey di’s speech at Wardha on He must furnish reply within 48 hours NEW DELHI April 1 did not violate the Legal Correspondent cused in the Saradha chit The Election Commission on MCC and the Representation Special Correspondent NEW DELHI fund scam case. The agency Wednesday said Prime Mi­ of the People Act provisions, New Delhi The West Bengal govern­ handed over to a Bench, led nister Narendra Modi’s as alleged by the Congress. The Election Commission ment told the Supreme by Chief Justice Ranjan Go­ speech at Latur in Maharash­ The decision was taken at a on Wednesday served a not­ Court on Wednesday that goi, two sealed covers con­ tra on April 9, in which he meeting attended by Chief ice on Congress president the CBI’s plea for the custo­ taining case records. had appealed to the first­ Election Commissioner Su­ Rahul Gandhi for a speech dial interrogation of former The agency said a compa­ time electors to dedicate nil Arora and two Election at Shahdol in Madhya Pra­ Kolkata Police Commission­ rison of the CDRs given by their vote to Pulwama mar­ Commissioners. desh on April 23. He has er Rajeev Kumar in a ponzi Mr. Kumar to the CBI after tyrs and to the soldiers who been asked to reply within scam case was a “political the probe was transferred to carried out the Balakot air Kamal Nath’s speech 48 hours. game”. it from the police and the strike, did not violate the The Election Commission The Commission re­ “The whole episode is a ones collected by the agen­ Model Code of Conduct. said on Wednesday that ceived a complaint from the Rahul Gandhi political game to keep the cy from the telecom service The Commission had ear­ All clear: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at a Madhya Pradesh Chief Minis­ BJP against Mr. Gandhi on pot boiling and paint people provider showed that the lier received multiple com­ campaign rally in Latur, Maharashtra, on April 9. * VIVEK BENDRE ter Kamal Nath’s statement April 27, alleging that he had Kerala, and indicated that black,” senior advocate A.M. former records were “tam­ plaints seeking action on April 14 did not violate said that Prime Minister Na­ the constituency had more Singhvi, for the State go­ pered with”. against Mr. Modi for alleged­ sought a detailed report ficer, 40­Osmanabad parlia­ the Model Code of Conduct. rendra Modi had brought in voters from the minority vernment, submitted. The CBI alleged that both ly violating the Code and its from the Maharashtra CEO. mentary constituency, the A complaint had been a new law for tribal com­ community. The EC on But Solicitor­General “big ponzi” Saradha and advisory to the political par­ A certified transcript of the Commission is of the consi­ filed against the Chief Minis­ munities, which had a line Tuesday held that the Tushar Mehta, for the CBI, Rose Valley companies were ties, their candidates and speech was submitted to the dered view that in this mat­ ter’s speech at Harsud in providing that the tribal pe­ speech did not violate the denied the allegation. He “flourishing” when Mr. Ku­ cadres to desist from indulg­ Commission on April 16. ter no such violation of the Khandwa district of Madhya ople could be shot at. provisions of the model said the agency had evi­ mar served at the Commis­ ing in any propaganda in­ “After examination of the extant advisories/provisions Pradesh following which the Mr. Gandhi allegedly said code. dence that Mr. Kumar had sioner of Police at the Bid­ volving activities of the de­ transcript of speech of 11 is attracted,” said the EC. EC had sought a report from the law provided that the tri­ “Disappointed that the suppressed crucial evidence han Nagar Police fence forces. pages, as per the certified co­ On Tuesday, the Commis­ the State Chief Electoral Of­ bal groups would be at­ PM of India is permitted to like call data records (CDRs) Commissionerate from 2012 Taking cognisance, the EC py sent by the Returning Of­ sion had ruled that Mr. Mo­ ficer. tacked. “They snatch away go scot­free after rampant and connived with the ac­ to 2015. your land, jungle and water violation of Article 324 & …and then, say that the tri­ MCC. It is now crystal clear bal people can be shot at,” that MCC has become ‘Modi ED: Deepak lobbied for he said, according to the Code of Conduct’!” Con­ EC treating Modi differently: Yechury complaint. gress’s chief spokesperson The EC sought a report Randeep Surjewala tweet­ three foreign airlines from the Madhya Pradesh ed. “There cannot be two Poll panel’s clean chit to PM causing concern across the country, he tells CEC Chief Electoral Officer, who sets of laws for Prime Minis­ ‘Used influence in seat allocation scam’ submitted the transcript of ter Modi and the rest of the Special Correspondent ture and machinery had justice’ amounting to its ac­ the speech and his com­ country,” he said. Special Correspondent A special court on Tues­ New Delhi been allegedly used by the tual ‘denial’!” he wrote. ments on Tuesday. After ex­ The party has also moved NEW DELHI day took cognisance of the CPI(M) general secretary Sit­ Prime Minister’s Office for He quoted reports that amining them, the Commis­ the Election Commission The Enforcement Directo­ chargesheet filed under the aram Yechury, in a letter to securing information from showed that the violations sion issued the notice. against alleged misuse of the rate said on Wednesday that Prevention of Money Laun­ Chief Election Commission­ various Ministries and State attributed to Mr. Gandhi Prime Minister’s Office to Deepak Talwar, who along dering Act and issued a non­ er Sunil Arora, has asked if and district administrations were of far less import than ‘Is it Modi code?’ collect advance information with his son, has been bailable warrant against Tal­ the Election Commission to provide inputs for prepar­ the current violations. Earlier, expressing disap­ about places where Mr. Mo­ charge­sheeted in the air­ war’s son Aditya, who is al­ was treating Prime Minister ing his election speeches. “Therefore the question pointment over the Election di is set to campaign. lines seat allocation scam leged to have taken the Narendra Modi differently “We would like to pose is, is Narendra Modi, a BJP Commission’s clean chit to The Opposition also case, lobbied with politi­ citizenship of Antigua. The from other candidates. the same question that we candidate from Varanasi in Prime Minister Narendra asked the poll watchdog to cians, Ministers and officials court also dismissed a bail He lashed out at the EC ov­ Sitaram Yechury have done in the past. In Uttar Pradesh and a star Modi for his recent speech issue directives against the of the Civil Aviation Ministry application moved by Tal­ er the clean chit given to Mr. dealing with violations of campaigner for the BJP, is in Wardha, the Congress holding of a rally by the for Emirates, Air Arabia and war, the Enforcement Direc­ Modi for his Wardha speech. ing gross violation of the Mo­ Model Code of Conduct, the needed to be treated diffe­ asked, “Is it model code of Prime Minister at Sagar in Qatar Airways to secure torate. “Across the country, there del Code of Conduct by Mr. EC appears to be not only rently from enforcement of conduct or ‘Modi code of Madhya Pradesh on May 6. “undue” benefits for them. “The chargesheet con­ is a growing concern about Modi,” Mr. Yechury said in halting, but carrying on at a MCC for the simple reason conduct?.’” The Congress claimed that It has also questioned Tal­ tains some e­mail exchanges the manner in which the the letter. Citing news re­ pace which is emboldening that he happens to be the in­ In the speech, Mr. Modi the rally in Sagar could in­ war’s wife Deepa, a senior between Talwar and a form­ Election Commission is deal­ ports, he highlighted how perpetrators and exempli­ cumbent Prime Minister,” slammed Mr. Gandhi for fluence polling in the adjoin­ official said. er Minister,” said the official. ing with complaints regard­ the government infrastruc­ fies the notion of ‘delayed Mr. Yechury asked. contesting from Wayanad in ing Damoh seat. Tax base SC reserves verdict on Religious freedom on the SC may settle petition on increasing, changes to SC/ST law pension scheme in July says analyst decline in India: U.S. panel People continue to face stigma: Centre Legal Correspondent The EPFO had, mean­ Special Correspondent NEW DELHI while, filed an application NEW DELHI Legal Correspondent nal 1989 Act bars anticipato­ But Chairman, in dissenting view, says harmony prevails The Supreme Court is likely for deferment of the case to “The fact that the [GST] re­ NEW DELHI ry bail. The apex court ver­ to post for final disposal in the end of October or in No­ venue collections in April The Supreme Court on Wed­ dict saw a huge backlash Sriram Lakshman seek to discriminate against early July a petition filed by vember. 2019 are over 10% higher nesday reserved for judg­ across the country. Several Washington DC and restrict the rights of cer­ retirees and members of the The court rejected the ap­ than April 2018 is encou­ ment a batch of petitions died in ensuing protests and The U.S. Commission on In­ tain religious communities.” Employees Pension Scheme plication, assuring the reti­ raging and indicates that challenging the Scheduled crores worth of property ternational Religious Free­ The report says condi­ (EPS), 1995, against the go­ rees that the matter would the tax base is increasing Castes and the Scheduled was destroyed. The govern­ dom, a bipartisan, indepen­ tions for minorities have de­ vernment and the Em­ be put up for final disposal gradually with GST getting Tribes (Prevention of Atroci­ ment reacted by filing a re­ dent federal government teriorated over the last de­ ployees Provident Fund Or­ immediately after the court stabilised, measures such ties) Amendment Act of view petition and subse­ commission, has said there cade, adding that a ganisation (EPFO). reconvenes after the vaca­ as the e­waybills, and effec­ 2018 which nullified a con­ quently amended the 1989 is an “overall deterioration “multifaceted campaign by Senior advocate Ajit Sin­ tion beginning May 10. tive data mining,” Pratik troversial March 20 Su­ Act back to its original form. of religious freedom condi­ Hindu nationalist groups ha, for the petitioners, in an The petitioners have Jain, Partner and Leader of preme Court verdict dilut­ Several petitions were tions in 2018” in India, in its like the RSS, Sangh Parivar urgent mentioning before a claimed that a 2014 amend­ Indirect Tax at PwC India ing the stringent provisions filed last year challenging 2019 report released earlier and Vishva Hindu Parishad Bench led by Chief Justice ment and a 2017 circular ex­ said. of the law. the amendments. The lead this week. India continues to to alienate non­Hindus or Ranjan Gogoi on Wednes­ clude thousands from re­ “The [GST] revenue col­ A Bench of Justices Arun petitioner, advocate Prithvi remain a Tier 2 country, ac­ Tenzin Dorjee lower­caste Hindus is a sig­ day, submitted that the mat­ ceiving their rightful lections reported relate to Mishra and U.U. Lalit heard Raj Chauhan, even called cording to the Commission, nificant contributor to the ter was listed for May 2. benefits under EPS 95. transactions in March, arguments raised by the the amendments a “blun­ a list it has been unable to the latest list, from Novem­ rise of religious violence and which would typically be Centre that the amend­ der” and a violation of the get off of since 2009. ber 2018, contains 10 coun­ persecution”. higher being the last ments were necessary as the fundamental right to equali­ Tier 2 countries are those tries. In these countries the Tenzin Dorjee, Commis­ month of the fiscal where SCs and the STs continue to ty and personal liberty. The in which “violations en­ government has tolerated or sion Chairperson, dissented all businesses would be face the same social stigma, Supreme Court however re­ gaged in or tolerated by the engaged in “particularly sev­ with the view that India’s re­ keen to achieve sales tar­ poverty and humiliation fused to stay the implemen­ government during 2018 are ere religious freedom viola­ ligious freedoms continued gets for the year,” said MS which they had been sub­ tation of the amendments. serious and characterised by tions, meaning those are sys­ to decline in 2018. “India is Mani, Partner at Deloitte jected to for centuries. “The SC/ST (Prevention at least one of the elements tematic, ongoing, and an open society with a ro­ India. “However an in­ The 2018 Act nullified the of Atrocities) Act of 1989 is of the ‘systematic, ongoing, egregious. bust democratic and judici­ crease of over 16% on the March 20 judgment which the least which the country and egregious’ CPC [Coun­ “In countries like India, it ary system,” he writes in the annual average does indi­ allowed anticipatory bail to owes to this section... who try of Particular Concern] is increasingly difficult to report. “As I commented last cate that GST revenues those booked for commit­ have been denied civil rights standard”. separate religion and polit­ year, overall, I believe reli­ have now stabilised,” he ting atrocities against the since generations,” the The CPCs are designated ics, a tactic that is sometimes gious harmony exists in In­ added. SCs and the STs. The origi­ Centre argued. by the State Department and intentional by those who dia [sic],” Mr. Dorjee says.

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AMIT BARUAH committee at the booth level and Kannauj,” the SP leader BARABANKI to coordinate their strategies. said. Their arrivals and departures “These Lok Sabha results will Mr. Yadav takes a potshot at are coordinated. They arrive surprise you,” Mr. Yadav told the BJP’s claims that the No­ separately by helicopter, but The Hindu, dismissing allega­ vember 2016 demonetisation climb the stairs together to the tions made by Prime Minister decision would end terrorism, stage from their respective Narendra Modi that the SP and and refers to the deaths of 16 Sitapur “green rooms” at their joint the BSP will part ways as soon security personnel at the Congress president Rahul Gandhi on rally in Barabanki on a searing as the results are declared on hands of Naxalites in Gadchi­ Wednesday termed the NYAY scheme as an hot Wednesday afternoon. March 23. roli, Maharashtra, on Wednes­ answer to the wrong policies of the BJP Samajwadi Party president At his rally, the SP chief day. He is also scathing about government which have “annihilated” the Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan echoes what Ms. Mayawati had Mr. Modi’s claims that the country’s economy. Addressing an election Samaj Party supremo Mayawa­ just said — that there is little “gatbandhan” was “mahami- rally for party candidate Kaiser Jahan in ti’s messages seem coordinat­ difference between the BJP lawat”, or a grand adultera­ Biswan, Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Gandhi said, ed — right from the invocation and the Congress. His suppor­ tion. “They [the BJP] have 38 “Modiji favoured a group of 15 people by of Bhimrao Ambedkar to Ram ters at this SP bastion, howev­ parties in their coalition. Isn’t giving them ₹5,55,000 crore but the Manohar Lohia — and their er, lustily chant a Rahul Gand­ it maha, mahamilawat,” he Congress will take this amount back from sharp attacks on both the BJP hi slogan — “ chowkidar chor asked the crowd. them and use it for benefitting 25 crore poor and the Congress. hai.” families of this country.” PTI And, both leaders repeated­ Interestingly, he doesn’t re­ Green rooms ly talk about their symbols, the peat the slogan from the stage, After he ends his speech, Mr. EC serves show cause on Sidhu cycle and the elephant, and but picks up on the “ chowki,” Yadav and Ms. Mayawati go NEW DELHI the need for the right buttons or station, part of chowkidar. down to their respective green The Election Commission to be pressed for “ gatband- “This is a battle to snatch the rooms again. After a while, Mr. on Wednesday served a han”, or coalition, candidates. chowki — not just one [Delhi], Yadav emerges and goes to show cause notice on They parade three candidates Devising strategy: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav talking to Bahujan Samaj Party leader Satish but also in Lucknow,” he said meet Ms. Mayawati in her Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu for allegedly before the crowd from Faiza­ Chandra Mishra ahead of his joint rally with BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday.* AMIT BARUAH to cheers from the audience. green room for confabula­ violating the Model Code of bad, Bahraich and Barabanki; tions. He emerges after about Conduct (MCC). He has all three of them from the SP. but you must come out in the Opposition that they are major 1952 and ensured his defeat Stray cattle 20 minutes; Ms. Mayawati been told to respond within Ms. Mayawati specifically morning and vote first.” contenders for power. from Mumbai, while warning Both Mr. Yadav, and earlier, then leaves in a bullet­proof 24 hours. The BJP had lodged a complaint refers to the heat wave in the The four­time former Chief those attending the rally not to Ms. Mayawati make a refe­ Ambassador car, closely fol­ with the Commission against Mr. Sidhu’s region. Minister said three times that Antipathy for Cong. get taken in by tall promises rence to the menace of “awara lowed by Mr. Yadav. Though speech in Ahmedabad on April 17, in which he “Don’t get disturbed by the the “ gatbandhan” will form Her antipathy for the Congress made in the manifestos. pashu or chutta janwar” the rally has ended, the targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and heat. And, don’t get bogged the next government at the is evident. The Congress, she The SP and the BSP are to (stray cattle) at their rally. crowds brave the heat to wave allegedly used indecent language. down by your need to eat. You Centre, sending a signal to said, even put up a candidate hold as many as 13 rallies to­ “These animals were in full at Mr. Yadav as he boards his have to fast for a few hours, both the BJP and the rest of the against Bhimrao Ambedkar in gether and even have a joint flight at our helipads in Hardoi chopper back to Lucknow. War of words over Deol Chandigarh A war of words erupted CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC between the Congress and Air strike changes Cut from the same cloth the BJP in Punjab on Wednesday over the candidature of Sunny Deol from Gurdaspur seat. mood in Shekhawati Sitting Congress MP Sunil Jakhar questioned the Region sends scores to armed forces actor’s knowledge about the constituency, while Punjab BJP chief Shwait Malik dared the Mohammed Iqbal MLA Balwan Singh Poonia Amarinder Singh government to show its Sikar from Churu. Mr. Ram, who report card. Accusing Mr. Deol of having “no In an arena of intense farm­ is the AIKS vice­president, understanding” of issues in Punjab, Mr. Jakhar said “politics is a serious business and not a er struggles mostly led by has been at the forefront of time pass activity”. Coming out in support of the CPI(M)­affiliated All In­ farmers’ agitation and has the actor, Mr. Malik said the Gurdaspur MP dia Kisan Sabha (AIKS), the contested all the Lok Sabha was “scared” of Mr. Deol because of his BJP’s attempts to raise the elections since 1996, but has popularity among people of Punjab. PTI nationalism issue with refe­ never won. rences to the Balakot air BJP leader and Sikar MP strike have heated up the Sumedhanand Saraswati, Candidate takes a donkey ride electoral battle. Rajasthan’s who is contesting the polls Jehanabad Shekhawati region, north of again, is pitted against Sub­ He rode a donkey to file his Jaipur, is witnessing a gra­ hash Maharia of the Con­ nomination papers to dual shift in public opinion gress. Mr. Maharia had ear­ contest the Lok Sabha ahead of the May 6 Lok Sab­ lier represented the Sikar election, only to be booked ha election. constituency thrice in the under the Prevention of While India’s reprisal ac­ Lok Sabha as a BJP nomi­ Cruelty to Animals Act. tion after the Pulwama ter­ nee, and was a Union Minis­ Mani Bhushan Sharma, a ror attack has impressed the ter of State from 1999 to 44­year­old resident of families of youth recruited 2004. He joined the Con­ Hulasnagar locality here, has a penchant for in large numbers every year gress in 2016. contesting polls and went to submit his nomination papers as an Independent from Shekhawati’s villages candidate on Monday, the last day for doing to the Army and paramili­ Crisis unresolved so in the Jehanabad seat. Mr. Sharma said he tary forces, farmers are un­ CPI(M) district secretary rode the donkey as he wanted to show a happy over incomplete Kishan Pareek told The Hin- mirror to mainstream politicians who consider waiver of loans by the Con­ du that the BJP MP had done the common people stupid like donkeys. PTI gress government in the nothing for farmers in his Symbolic march: Trinamool workers in saris with the party symbol taking part in a rally in support of their candidate for the Kolkata­North State despite its promise. five­year term; nor had the Lok Sabha seat, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, on Wednesday. * PTI Farmers in the three Jat­ Congress come up with any CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Gadkari complains of uneasiness dominated Lok Sabha con­ vision for development of Shimla stituencies have com­ the region. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari plained of banks rejecting “Agrarian crisis remains complained of uneasiness their waiver claims. unresolved and the people Singur’s never-ending saga of misfortune as his blood pressure shot The Shekhawati region are struggling for water. up during an election rally largely comprises Sikar, Farm loan waiver is the ma­ in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district on Churu and Jhunjhunu dis­ jor issue on which both the For farmers, the land returned after Tata Motors exit has become worthless Wednesday, a State BJP tricts and parts of Jaipur and parties have deceived the leader said. The Road Indrani Dutta Nagaur. A 13­day State High­ electorate.” to return the land,” he adds. Transport and Highways Minister was Singur way blockade over the loan As Mahendra Singh, an Following a village path in immediately attended to by a team of doctors. waiver issue led by the AIKS onion farmer visiting the As the residents of Singur Joymolla Mouza leads one to Later, a tweet on his official handle stated: in September 2017 had re­ Krishi Upaj Mandi, pointed brace for another Lok Sabha the area where the Tata Motors “Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is doing fine. ceived widespread support out, the Congress had election, the overriding emo­ factory once stood, signifying Doctors in Shimla have conducted a routine and forced the then BJP go­ reaped benefit of people’s tion is one of despondency. the aspirations of the youth of a examination. Misleading reports on Gadkari’s vernment to write off part of anger against the BJP in the The voters say leaders of all State where the lack of major health are being spread. Do not pay any heed the loans obtained by the 2018 Assembly election, but major political parties have for­ new investments since the to them.” PTI farmers. it did not fulfil its promise gotten them after having 1970s has led to shrinking em­ for loan waiver. No­objec­ drawn mileage from an epic ployment opportunities. Be­ Renewed agitations tion certificates were not is­ land battle. side the jagged edges of the Rayka barred for three days During the four months sued to the intended benefi­ And while the historic Su­ torn­down boundary wall of NEW DELHI since the Congress came to ciaries and the Market preme Court verdict of August the 997­acre project site, patch­ The Election Commission has restrained Surat power in December 2018, Intervention Scheme was 31, 2016, may have ensured Green shrubs protrude from amid the mortar and concrete beneath es of green shrubs protrude Congress chief Babubhai farmers’ unrest led to re­ dropped on the pretext of that Singur’s farmers got back which lies the earth that was once fertile. * SUBHAM DUTTA from amid the mortar and con­ Rayka from campaigning newed agitations twice, as a model code of conduct. the land acquired for Tata Mo­ crete beneath which lies the for three days for using 15­day Mahapadaav (stay) Political analyst Ashfaq tors’ Nano car project, a lack of In the town, the campaign is retain his position, given resi­ earth that was once fertile agri­ “intemperate and abusive was held in front of the Sikar Kayamkhani said though jobs and the difficulty in grow­ muted and barring a few flags dents’ displeasure over his cultural land. language transgressing the Collector’s office following a Jats and Muslims in Shekha­ ing crops on the plots where of the Trinamool, the BJP and lacklustre presence over the Much of the vast tract of limits of decency” during a crash in onion prices and wati were considered tradi­ the factory once stood, point to the Communist Party of India, past five years. land that had been given to the rally on April 11. In another case pertaining to the alleged failure of the tional supporters of the a growing disenchantment there is little sign of poll­relat­ Tatas is currently not cultiva­ the “booth jitao, naukri pao” remark by Market Intervention Congress, the issues raised with the Trinamool. ed activity. Ratna De (Nag) of ‘Left to perish’ ble, notwithstanding Ms. Ba­ Madhya Pradesh Minister P. C. Sharma in Scheme. Against this back­ by the CPI(M) candidates Hooghly district, which in­ the Trinamool, the incumbent “Who is interested in Singur nerjee’s ceremonial dispersal Bhopal on April 3, the EC said no further drop, the candidature of the may lead to a division in sec­ cludes Singur, goes to the polls two­time MP, will have to de­ any more,” asks Prasenjit Mal, of seeds after the 2016 Su­ action was required as an FIR had already CPI(M) nominees in Sikar ular votes. The region’s on May 6. It was in this rural fend her seat in an election whose father had given up his preme Court verdict. However, been registered against him and others. and Churu has turned the farmers, who were an “un­ town that Trinamool chief Ma­ where unemployment and land for the project. “They efforts to extricate the concrete fight triangular in happy lot”, had made their mata Banerjee waged a fierce farm distress, especially over have all taken their mileage and mortar and reclaim the POCKET | SURENDRA Shekhawati. choice clear, while the BJP’s agitation against forcible land poor procurement prices, have and now we are left to perish land continue, either with the CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The party has fielded its sustained emphasis on na­ acquisition for the Nano pro­ emerged as two major issues. here — either jobless or trying State’s help or by individual fa­ State secretary and four­ tionalism would make an ject, pushing Tata Motors to ex­ The internal battles within the our best to eke out a living.” Ru­ milies employing labour. time MLA, Amra Ram, from impact on fence­sitters, he it the State in 2008. Trinamool may end up helping ing the lack of any industrial While the “unwilling” farm­ Sikar and sitting Bhadra said. the BJP’s Locket Chatterjee, employment opportunity, Mr. ers, who had opposed the State Waning visits who is contesting the seat for Mal says the land is no longer government’s efforts to acquire Ms. Banerjee swept to power in the first time. cultivable despite promises their land for the Nano project, 2011, and at her very first press “The exit of the Tatas was made to that effect by the now get a monthly dole of conference promised to ensure more a failure of the Left than a Trinamool. ₹2,000 and 16 kg of rice, the the return of land to the farm­ success of the Trinamool,” says The Trinamool’s Singur rest, comprising about 3,300 ers in Singur. Over the years, Udayan Das, whose family had working president Mahadeb farmers and their families, are however, the frequency of her willingly surrendered about 10 Das acknowledges the pro­ left without either their agricul­ visits to Singur has waned, and acres for the Nano project. blems, and says the party is tural produce or gainful em­ in the run­up to the election, “Land has been returned to all, working to remove the con­ ployment. Some had trained at she had, at least till April 30, the willing and unwilling farm­ crete poured over the fields Tata Motors hoping to get a only addressed voters in Bha­ ers. But how much of this land and set up wells for irrigation well­paying job but now work dreswar, about 40 minutes is cultivable,” he asked. to make the land cultivable. for much less elsewhere. For away by road. Pradip Saha of the CPI(M), “There has been develop­ most politicians, Singur now Other national leaders too who got 31.5% of the votes to ment,” Mr. Das says. “We have poses more uncomfortable Bridging gaps: Subhash Maharia, the Congress candidate from have so far skirted Singur while emerge as the first runner­up built roads, provided water, questions than they would like That was a wonderful speech, sir. The EC will defi­ Sikar, engaging with voters. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT campaigning. in 2014, may find it difficult to and we made good a promise — to contend with. nitely send us a notice!

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Vidya Ram extent of your cooperation Mr. Assange on April 11. U.S. prepared for military action to stem the crisis: Pompeo London with the investigations,’ she The Home Office con­ Agence France-Presse Julian Assange, the founder told the court. firmed the arrest had taken Caracas of WikiLeaks who took re­ place in relation to the provi­ fuge in the Ecuadorian Em­ Swedish investigation sional extradition request Demonstrators clashed with bassy in London in 2012 to The defence team had con­ from the U.S. Later that day, police on the streets of the avoid being extradited to tended that Mr. Assange and Mr. Assange was convicted of Venezuelan capital on Tues­ Sweden over sexual assault his Swedish legal team had breaking bail conditions re­ day, spurred by Opposition charges, has been sentenced been “proactive” in attempt­ lating to the Swedish allega­ leader Juan Guaidó’s call on to 50 weeks in jail for flout­ ing to progress the Swedish tions, to which he pleaded the military to rise up ing bail conditions by a court investigation, including by not guilty. against President Nicolás in London. facilitating an interview with Supporters of Mr. Assange Maduro — who said he had It comes ahead of a hear­ him in the U.K. They had also gathered inside and outside defeated an attempted coup. ing due to take place later argued that as a result of the the court room to protest the An apparently carefully this week at Westminster Ma­ confinement in the Embassy legal proceedings, while Wi­ planned attempt by Mr. gistrates Court as part of ef­ Mr. Assange had suffered kiLeaks described the sen­ Guaidó to demonstrate forts to extradite him to the “significant consequences” tence as “shocking” and growing military support U.S. himself that were “punitive, “vindictive”. “We have grave disintegrated into rioting as Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro stand in front of the During the sentencing Legal tangle: Julian Assange leaving the Southwark Crown significant and enduring in concerns as to whether he palls of black smoke rose ov­ Presidential Palace in Caracas on Wednesday. * AFP hearing at Southwark Crown Court, London, on Wednesday after being sentenced. * REUTERS their nature”. will receive a fair extradition er eastern Caracas. Court, Judge Deborah Taylor Mr. Assange sought and hearing in the U.K.,” the base, where he asked the black smoke rose from an rejected arguments by de­ vernment computer by ing your privileged position was granted asylum in the whistleblowing organisation Maduro declares victory armed forces inside to join area near a helicopter han­ fence barrister Mark Sum­ cracking a Department of to flout the law and advertise Ecuadorian Embassy in 2012 said in a statement. Tuesday evening, Mr. Madu­ him. The video had the extra gar on the base, where de­ mers (who led the prosecu­ Defence password. internationally your disdain after his appeal to the U.K. The issue of Mr. Assange’s ro declared victory over the shock value of featuring key monstrators who briefly tion team in the Vijay Mallya Judge Taylor told the for the law of this country... Supreme Court was rejected, extradition to the U.S. has uprising — congratulating Opposition figure Leopoldo managed to enter were extradition proceedings) court that it was difficult to You could have left at any and a warrant was issued for become the subject of politi­ the armed forces for having López at his side, saying sol­ pushed back. that Mr. Assange had been find a “more serious exam­ time to face due process with his extradition to Sweden to cal debate in the U.K., with “defeated this small group diers had released him from gripped by a well­founded ple” of breach of bail condi­ the rights and protection face allegations of sexual of­ Labour expressing its oppo­ that intended to spread vio­ years of house arrest. Pompeo’s assertion fear of potential extradition tions. “This was in terms of which the legal system in this fending, including rape. sition to those effort. In lence through putschist Mr. López later entered Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of to the U.S. (and thence on to culpability a deliberate at­ country provides.” However, in April — as re­ April, Labour’s Shadow skirmishes.” the Chilean Embassy with State Mike Pompeo said on Guantanamo Bay) when he tempt to evade or delay jus­ His residence had cost the lations between Mr. Assange Home Secretary Diane Ab­ “This will not go unpun­ his wife and one of his chil­ Wednesday that the admi­ sought refuge in the Embas­ tice.” Mr. Assange had had a U.K. tax payer £16 million, and Ecuadorian authorities bott said Mr. Assange was be­ ished,” Mr. Maduro said in dren to claim asylum, before nistration of President sy in 2012. The U.S. Justice “choice” to enter and remain while proceedings in Sweden broke down amid accusa­ ing pursued by the U.S. not an address broadcast on te­ moving to the Spanish Em­ Trump was prepared to take Department has charged Mr. within the Embassy in cir­ were discontinued because tions and counter­accusa­ to protect U.S. national se­ levision and the radio. “(Pro­ bassy, Chile’s Foreign Minis­ military action to stem the Assange with conspiring cumstances that did not of his action, she concluded. tions — the asylum was re­ curity but because he had secutors) will launch crimi­ ter Roberto Ampuero an­ crisis in Venezuela. with Chelsea Manning, the amount to prison condition. “Even though you did coop­ voked and Metropolitan “exposed wrongdoing by US nal prosecutions for the nounced in Santiago. “The President has been former intelligence analyst, “You remained there for erate initially, it was not for Police officers were invited administrations and their serious crimes that have Soldiers backing Mr. Guai­ crystal clear and incredibly to break into a classified go­ nearly seven years, exploit­ you to decide the nature of into the Embassy to arrest military forces...” . been committed against the dó wore blue armbands to consistent. Military action is Constitution, the rule of law demonstrate their all possible. If that’s what's re­ and the right to peace.” egiance to the Opposition quired, that’s what the Unit­ Mr. Guaidó had been im­ leader but there appeared to ed States will do,” Mr. Pom­ Leave my country alone, President Sirisena tells IS mediately backed by the Un­ be few of them. peo said on Fox Business ited States, where President Brazil said later a number Network. Reuters A government source said Investigations revealed corded statements from sev­ Minister Ranil Wickremes­ Donald Trump said in a of Venezuelan troops had Mr. Pompeo said the U.S. Press Trust of India on April 30 that police and the bombs used in the Easter eral top state authorities, inghe and Opposition leader tweet that Washington was sought asylum at its Caracas would prefer a peaceful Colombo other security forces across attacks were made locally, including the former De­ Mahinda Rajapaksa are standing behind the Vene­ Embassy. Brazilian media transition of power, with Sri Lankan President Maith­ the country had been or­ the President said in the in­ fence Secretary and the sus­ among the leaders who have zuelan people and their put that number at 25. President Mr. Maduro leav­ ripala Sirisena said a foreign dered to remain on high al­ terview. In the Sky News in­ pended police chief. received the cautionary ad­ “freedom.” But Mr. Maduro had ing and new elections held mastermind may have ert because the militants terview, Mr. Sirisena said he vice. The political leaders Mr. Guaidó rallied his sup­ called on his forces to show to choose new leaders. planned the Easter Sunday were expected to try to had a message for the IS: Warning to top leaders have also been asked to re­ porters with an early morn­ “nerves of steel” and troops “But the President has bombings, claimed by Islam­ strike again before the holy “Leave my country alone.” Further, a media report said frain from attending events, ing video message that in riot gear, backed by ar­ made clear in the event that ic State (IS), telling the mili­ month of Ramzan, which Meanwhile, a three­mem­ on Wednesday that Sri Lan­ especially held in churches, showed him — for the first mored vehicles and water there comes a moment — tant group to “leave my starts on May 6. ber investigation committee ka’s intelligence agency has temples and other religious time — with armed troops he tankers, lined up against the and we will all have to make country alone”. Mr. Sirisena Mr. Sirisena said authori­ appointed to look into the warned the country’s top places, The Daily Mirror said had heeded months of demonstrators. Several vehi­ decisions about when that also warned it may be possi­ ties were aware of “a small terror attacks on Wednesday leaders not to travel together reported. urging to join his campaign cles plowed into the crowd, moment is and the President ble that IS had launched a group” of Sri Lankans who submitted an interim report during the coming few They have been advised to to oust Mr. Maduro. injuring some of the protes­ will ultimately have to make “new strategy” by targeting had travelled abroad to re­ to Mr. Sirisena. The special weeks after information was use helicopters to commute The 35­year­old National ters. Rioters later blocked that decision — he’s pre­ smaller countries, Sky News ceive training from the IS ov­ panel will release its full re­ received of possible terror to any place where their pre­ Assembly leader was filmed the highway with a bus and pared to do that if that’s said on May 1. er the past decade. port on May 6 and has re­ attacks. Mr. Sirisena, Prime sence is unavoidable. outside the La Carlota air set it on fire. A plume of what’s required.” ELSEWHERE William Barr defends handling of Mueller report U.K. Defense Secretary Attorney­General testifies before Senate Committee, says Russia still poses a threat to future elections fired over Huawei leaks Reuters showed that Congress mittee said an agreement Accused of ‘unauthorised disclosure’ Washington should focus on protecting had been reached to have Under pressure from Senate the coming 2020 election, in Mr. Mueller testify to Con­ Associated Press Democrats, Attorney­Gener­ which Mr. Trump is seeking gress on the probe. Repre­ London Iran slams plan to al William Barr defended his re­election, from foreign in­ sentative Jerry Nadler told British Defence Secretary blacklist Brotherhood handling of Special Counsel terference after Russian reporters the agreement was Gavin Williamson was sum­ DOHA Iranian Foreign Minister Robert Mueller’s report on meddling in the 2016 race. for Mr. Mueller to testify so­ marily fired on Wednesday Mohammad Javad Zarif on Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. Democrats on the Senate­ metime in May, but that a after an investigation into Wednesday criticised the U.S. election, saying Mr. Mueller led panel began to grill Mr. specific date had yet to be leaks from a secret govern­ for seeking to blacklist the was given broad authority to Barr in his first appearance agreed upon. Mr. Barr has ment meeting about Chi­ Muslim Brotherhood as a conduct his investigation. before lawmakers since he said that he will not block nese telecommunications terror group. “The United “As you see, Bob Mueller released the 448­page report Mueller from testifying. firm Huawei. In a letter to States is supporting the was allowed to complete his on April 18. “Contrary to de­ Mr. Mueller complained Mr. Williamson, Prime Mi­ biggest terrorist in our work as he saw fit,” Mr. Barr clarations of total and com­ that Mr. Barr did not “fully nister Theresa May said she region, and that is Israel,” he told a Senate Judiciary Com­ plete exoneration, the Spe­ capture the context, nature “can no longer have full con­ Gavin Williamson. * REUTERS said, on the sidelines of the mittee hearing, adding that Attorney General William Barr is sworn in to testify before the cial Counsel’s report and substance of this Office’s fidence” in Mr. Williamson Asian Cooperation Dialogue Mr. Mueller had the time, Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. * AP contained substantial evi­ work” shortly after Mr. Barr in the wake of the investiga­ the first woman to hold the in Doha. AFP money and resources need­ dence of misconduct,” said released a four­page letter in tion. In the letter , Ms. May post. An investigation was ed to conduct his 22­month made by the Justice Depart­ fore becoming Attorney­ Senator Dianne Feinstein, March stating the inquiry’s told Mr. Williamson that launched last week after New round of U.S. talks inquiry. ment removing parts of the General that he would make the committee’s top main conclusions. The letter, there was “compelling evi­ newspapers reported that with Taliban begin document to protect sensi­ as much of the report availa­ Democrat. first reported by The Wash- dence” suggesting his “res­ the security council, which KABUL Release and redactions tive information. Mr. Barr al­ ble to the public and Con­ It marks first time a mem­ ington Post, was released on ponsibility for the unauthor­ meets in private, had agreed A new round of peace talks Democrats have accused Mr. so told the panel he believed gress as possible under the ber of the Trump adminis­ Wednesday. Democrats are ized disclosure” from the to let Huawei participate in between the Taliban and the Barr, the top U.S. law enfor­ Russia and other countries law. “This has been done,” tration is testifying about the now debating whether the National Security Council. some aspects of Britain’s U.S. got under way in Qatar cement official, of trying to were still a threat to future Mr. Barr said. contents of Mr. Mueller’s report serves as a suitable Penny Mordaunt, the In­ new 5G wireless communi­ on Wednesday. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid protect President Donald U.S. elections. At the outset of the hear­ report. basis to begin impeachment ternational Development cations network. said the “sixth round of Trump. Mr. Barr defended Mr. Barr noted that he had ing, Judiciary Committee Also on Wednesday, the proceedings in Congress to Secretary, has been appoint­ The government insists talks... will start in Doha the way he dealt with the re­ told the committee during Chairman Lindsey Graham, Democratic chairman of the try to remove Mr. Trump ed as Mr. Williamson’s re­ that no decision has been today”. The U.S. Embassy in port’s release and redactions his confirmation hearing be­ a Republican, said the report U.S. House Judiciary Com­ from office. placement. She becomes made about Huawei. Kabul confirmed the talks “are occurring”. Peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted ‘Anti-Semitic that he was in Doha and had Somali­American officer Naruhito pledges to be ‘symbol of unity’ met with the Indonesian Foreign Minister, who offered attacks rose by AFP convicted of killing woman support for the talks. New Japanese Emperor ascended the throne in a mid­morning ceremony 13% in 2018’ Putin fast-tracks Verdict sparks race­related concerns Reuters privy seals into the hall along citizenship for Ukrainians Tokyo with two of Japan’s “Three Reuters MOSCOW Associated Press Japanese Emperor Naruhito Sacred Treasures” — a sword Jerusalem Russian President Vladimir Minneapolis formally took up his post on and a jewel — which together Anti­Semitic attacks world­ Putin has signed a new After three weeks of testi­ Wednesday a day after the with a mirror are symbols of wide rose 13% in 2018 from decree fast­tracking Russian mony, a jury convicted a abdication of his father, say­ the throne. the previous year, with the citizenship for some Ukrainians despite concerns Minneapolis police officer of ing he felt a “sense of solem­ Emperor Naruhito was highest number of inci­ the move will exacerbate the murder in the fatal shooting nity” but pledging to work as flanked by his brother and dents reported in Western crisis between the countries. of an unarmed woman who a symbol of the nation and heir, Crown Prince Akishino, democracies, including the Under a decree published on had called 911 to report a the unity of its people. during the ceremony, which U.S., France, Britain and Wednesday, several possible crime, delivering a Ex­Emperor Akihito and lasted about five minutes. Germany, a study showed. categories of Ukrainian guilty verdict that imme­ Empress Michiko stepped His wife, Empress Masa­ The report, by Tel Aviv nationals will have the right diately sparked questions down after three decades in ko, was not in the room in University’s Kantor Center to a simplified nationality about whether race played a their roles on Tuesday in a Son rise: Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by wife accordance with custom bar­ for the Study of Contem­ process. AFP role. brief and simple ceremony, Masako, making his first address on Wednesday. * AP ring women royals, but for porary European Jewry, Mohamed Noor was also with Akihito thanking the the first time a woman did said far­right and far­left Four members of Sikh convicted on Tuesday of Mohamed Noor. * AP people of Japan and saying the first Emperor born after in accordance with the Con­ watch — Satsuki Katayama, activists and Islamists were family shot dead in Ohio manslaughter in the 2017 he prayed for peace. the Second World War and stitution,” Emperor Naruhi­ who was taking part as a behind many attacks but WASHINGTON death of Justine Ruszczyk bang happened and at­ the first to be raised solely by to, wearing a tailcoat and member of Prime Minister said there was also evi­ Four members of a Sikh family, including three Damond, 40, a dual citizen tacked Noor for not seeing a Mid-morning ceremony his parents, expressed grati­ several large medals, said Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet. dence of anti­Semitism go­ women, were on Sunday shot of the U.S. and Australia. weapon or Damond’s hands Emperor Naruhito, 59, tech­ tude for their work and said with a smile. Given the backgrounds of ing more mainstream. at their home in Ohio, U.S., Noor, 33, testified that he before he fired. nically succeeded his father he felt solemn at the thought “I sincerely hope for the Emperor Naruhito and his It catalogued 387 anti­ authorities said. External and his partner heard a loud It’s rare for police officers just as Tuesday became of the burden he is taking happiness of the people and wife, Ms. Masako, 55, a form­ Semitic attacks worldwide Affairs Minister Sushma bang on their squad car that to be convicted after assert­ Wednesday but his ascen­ on. further progress of the coun­ er diplomat — which include and cited among the caus­ Swaraj on Tuesday tweeted startled them, and that he ing they fired in a life­or­ sion to the Chrysanthemum “I pledge that I will always try, and for world peace,” he extended experience study­ es growing fears in Europe that she did not believe it to fired “to stop the threat” af­ death situation, but some Throne was formalised in a think of the people, and said in the Imperial Palace’s ing and living overseas — and elsewhere linked to be a hate crime. She said that ter he saw a woman appear Minnesota community mid­morning ceremony, the while drawing close to them, “Matsu no Ma,” or Hall of hopes are high they may be mass immigration, eco­ one of the victims was an at his partner’s window rais­ members said they saw it first part of which his wife fulfill my duties as a symbol Pine. In the first stage of the more international in their nomic hardship and oppo­ Indian resident in the U.S. on ing her arm. Prosecutors coming for Noor because he and other royal women of the Japanese state and the ceremony, imperial cham­ outlook and closer to the sition to Israel’s policies to­ a visit. PTI questioned whether the is Somali American . could not attend. Naruhito, unity of the Japanese people berlains carried state and lives of many Japanese. wards the Palestinians.

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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 BUSINESS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ‘Huawei beats Apple to tap India ‘with all its might’: Cook Jet collapse: pilots ask PM Apple in to probe Etihad’s ‘role’ phone sales’ Keen on opening retail stores, growing manufacturing capability, says CEO of iPhone maker Claim another airline is ‘biggest gainer’ Press Trust of India Special Correspondent Systems Market in India re­ call, that the Indian govern­ San Francisco Bengaluru leased in April, Android ac­ ment would at some point Lalatendu Mishra China­based Huawei out­ Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook counts for 63.99%, and Win­ agree to allow the company MUMBAI sold Apple’s iPhones in the said his company has plans dows 24.95%, while other to open its stores. The Jet Airways pilots’ un­ first quarter of this year, to tap into the Indian market operating systems used in It was in May 2017 that Ap­ ion has written to Prime Mi­ seizing the California com­ ‘with all its might’. Respond­ the country include KaiOS, ple had decided to take the nister Narendra Modi to or­ pany’s second place spot in ing to a query on Apple’s iOS, OSX, etc. much­hyped ‘Make in India’ der a probe if Etihad a tightening smartphone plans for India (predomi­ route with its iPhones. As a Airways, the strategic inves­ market dominated by Sam­ nantly an Android market) ‘Pricing change helped’ precursor to its manufactur­ tor in Jet Airways, and sung, a tracker said on during its second quarter The Apple CEO also said the ing foray, it set up an as­ another private Indian car­ Tuesday. 2019 earnings call, Mr. Cook pricing change on some of its sembly unit at Peenya, on rier had any role in the col­ A total of 310.8 million said: “I think India is a very iPhone models in India had the outskirts of Bengaluru, to lapse of the airline. smartphones were shipped important market in the long improved results for Apple in assemble iPhone SE (Apple’s This is the first time that globally during the first term. It’s a challenging mar­ the country. most popular and low­cost Etihad’s role has come un­ The pilots sought to know if three months of this year ket in the short term but Last November, respond­ phone), in collaboration der question. there was a conspiracy to in a 6.6% decline from the we’re learning a lot.” No dampener: Tim Cook says it doesn’t bother him that India ing to a question on whether with Wistron Infocomm Ma­ delay the bids’ declaration. same period in 2018, ac­ “We have started manu­ is primarily an Android market. * REUTERS Apple was at a disadvantage nufacturing India, a subsidi­ Similar patterns cording to preliminary da­ facturing there, which is ve­ in India compared to other ary of Taipei­based Wistron Citing similar patterns of fused to put in the funds and ta from the Chinese­owned ry important to be able to of our might,” he added. be an overnight huge busi­ markets in terms of ability to Corporation. The unit also closure of Etihad­invested claimed that it could not put International Data serve the market in a reason­ The top executive of the ness. But I think the growth run its own stores and manu­ assembles iPhone 6S now. airlines such as AirBerlin, in public money in the ab­ Corporation. able way. And we’re growing Cupertino­based tech major potential is phenomenal and facture products, Mr. Cook Recently, Taiwan’s Fox­ Alitalia and Jet Airways, the sence of binding guarantees It was the sixth consecu­ that capability there and further said, “We’ve opened it doesn’t bother me that it’s had said he was bullish on conn had reportedly said letter said, “What we don’t and collaterals. This led to tive quarter of decline for would like to place retail a developer accelerator primarily an Android busi­ the Indian market and was that with the China market know is the extent of the Jet Airways suspending op­ global smartphone ship­ stores there,” Mr. Cook said. there (India). We’re very ness at the moment, because very optimistic about Ap­ saturating for iPhones, the role played by Etihad in the erations on April 17, 2019,” it ments, the market tracker “We were working with the happy with some of the that just means there’s a lot ple’s future growth in the contract manufacturer for events leading to the com­ added. added. government to seek approval things coming out of there.” of opportunities there.” market. He had also ex­ Apple would begin mass ma­ plete collapse of Jet “Since the suspension of IDC saw the results as a to do that and so we plan on “It’s a long­term play. It’s As per a Statcounter Glo­ pressed hope, during the nufacturing high­end iPhone Airways.” operations, a lot is being re­ sign that 2019 will be going in there with sort of all not something that’s going to balStats report on Operating fourth quarter 2018 earnings models in India in 2019. “We urge you to inter­ vealed which, alludes to another down year overall vene in the matter and or­ conspiracy, collusion and for smartphone ship­ der a probe to establish downright dismemberment ments, apart from strong whether a larger conspiracy of Jet Airways in a systemat­ growth by Huawei. Patanjali gets more Maruti, Hyundai April sales decline was at play, or of any collu­ ic and planned manner,” the “It is becoming increas­ sion between State Bank of letter said. ingly clear that Huawei is India (SBI) and Etihad, as It added that while the laser focused on growing time for Ruchi Soya bid Honda Cars posts 23% increase in domestic sales the only one decimated ‘biggest losers’ had been Jet its stature in the world of here are Jet Airways em­ Airways employees and the mobile devices, with NCLT posts next hearing for May 7 Press Trust of India as against 9,143 units in the ployees and Jet Airways,” travelling public, “the big­ smartphones being its lead New delhi same month last year. the letter signed by Captain gest gainer in this sordid sa­ horse,” said IDC mobile Press Trust of India huge haircut of over 51% of Maruti Suzuki, the country’s Sales growth in April is Karan Chopra, president, ga is an [unnamed] airline.” device program director Mumbai the debt. largest car maker, on Wed­ primarily due to lower base National Aviator’s Guild Till such time the probe is Ryan Reith. Patanjali Ayurved on Wed­ When contacted, Patanja­ nesday reported a 17.2% de­ effect, as there was no (NAG), the Jet Airways’ pi­ completed, the Prime Minis­ “The overall smart­ nesday sought more time li spokesman S.K. Tijarawala cline in sales to 1,43,245 un­ ‘Amaze’ in the correspond­ lots’ union, said. ter should prevail upon Eti­ phone market continues to from the National Company confirmed the bid approval. its in April. It sold 1,72,986 ing month last year during An e­mail to Etihad seek­ had and SBI to infuse critical be challenged in almost all Law Tribunal (NCLT) to file Granting time to Patanja­ units in April last year. model run­out, HCIL senior ing its comment on the alle­ funds to help Jet meet its areas, yet Huawei was able a detailed resolution plan li, the tribunal comprising Domestic sales declined vice­president and director gations remained unan­ statutory obligations of PF, to grow shipments by for edible oil firm Ruchi V.P. Singh and Ravikumar by 18.7% to 1,34,068 units (sales and marketing) Rajesh swered till the time of going taxes and gratuity, ascertain 50%.” South Korean con­ Soya, which it has agreed to Duraisamy posted the mat­ last month (1,64,978). Sales Goel said. “The ongoing to press. the legality of 50.1% holding sumer electronics behe­ take over for ₹4,325 crore. ter for further hearing on of mini cars, comprising Al­ elections and overall sub­ Pointing out the frequent of Etihad in Jet Privilege, moth Samsung saw smart­ May 7. to, declined by 39.8% to 22,035 units (20,804). Ex­ dued market sentiment con­ changed stance of Etihad in and review the bilaterals phone shipments drop ₹9,345 crore owed Patanjali almost got a wal­ 22,766 units (37,794). Sales ports in April were up by tinue to affect the sales mo­ the execution of a resolution awarded to Etihad afresh, 8.1% to 71.9 million in the The target company owes kover after rival Adani Wil­ of compact segment, includ­ 14.6% to 9,177 units (8,008). mentum,” he said. plan starting January, the the union wrote. first quarter. ₹9,345 crore to lenders led mar decided to pull out ing models such as Swift, Ce­ Hyundai registered sales The industry was heading letter said though chairman The pilots also asked the Huawei, meanwhile, by SBI, which on Tuesday from the race late last year lerio, Ignis, Baleno and of 42,005 units in April in towards a tougher year im­ Naresh Goyal stepped down Prime Minister to ascertain weighed in with 50.3% agreed, with about 96% despite being the highest Dzire, were down 13.9% to the domestic market against pacting sales due to volatili­ and pledged his shares to whether any premeditated growth to ship 59.1 million vote, to go with the second bidder. In December 2017, 72,146 units (83,834). 46,735 units in the year­ago ty in fuel prices, increase in avail the much­needed life conspiracy was at play to de­ smartphones and put it revised bid by Patanjali. the NCLT referred Ruchi Mid­sized sedan Ciaz sold period. car prices owing to new reg­ support of ₹1,500 crore, Eti­ lay the bids’ declaration or within “striking distance” Its initial offer was ₹4,160 Soya for insolvency on ap­ 2,789 units (5,116). Sales of Honda Cars India Ltd. ulations and stricter inven­ had had not put any funds any illegal move to allow in­ of Samsung, according to crore along with ₹1,700 plications moved by Stan­ utility vehicles, including (HCIL), however, reported a tory control for smooth or pledged any of its shares dividuals who have bid as in­ International Data crore working capital. The dard Chartered Bank and Vitara Brezza, S­Cross and 23% increase in domestic switch­over to BS VI regime till date. dividuals to now team up as Corporation. deal leaves the banks with a DBS Bank. Ertiga, were up 5.9% to sales to 11,272 units in April by year­ end, he added. “Not surprisingly, SBI re­ a consortium. Iraq remains top oil supplier to India BASF India reorganises business BlackBuck bags $150 mn Contributes a fifth of India’s needs; imports from U.S. rise fourfold from 2017­18 segments in line with parent firm in funding Press Trust of India la had supplied 18.34 mt and New Delhi UAE 14.29 mt. Nigeria was New structure to enable ‘differentiated steering’ of business Special Correspondent Iraq has, for the second year the next biggest supplier Bengaluru in a row, become India’s top with 16.83 mt of exports in Special Correspondent the fourth quarter of MUMBAI BlackBuck, an online mar­ crude oil supplier, meeting 2018­19, down from 18.11 mt FY2018­19. ketplace for trucking, has more than a fifth of the coun­ in the previous year. Kuwait BASF India has reorganised The rise in profits came closed a $150 million round try’s oil needs in 2018­19 fis­ supplied 10.78 mt of oil and its businesses in six key seg­ despite a fall in total income of equity funding. cal year. Mexico another 10.28 mt. ments as per the new corpo­ to ₹1,321.3 crore during the With this, the total According to data sourced The U.S., which began rate strategy of its parent quarter from ₹1,354.3 crore amount raised by the com­ from the Directorate General selling crude oil to India in BASF Societas Europaea, in the same period of the pany has risen to $230 of Commercial Intelligence 2017, is fast becoming a ma­ Germany. previous fiscal. million. and Statistics, Iraq sold 46.61 jor source. “The business segments Fresh investors who par­ million tonnes (mt) of crude of the company for the quar­ Special dividend ticipated in the round in­ oil to India during April 2018 6.4 mt from U.S. ter and financial year ended In view of the 75th anniver­ clude Wellington, Sequoia and March 2019, 2% more Supplies from the U.S. March 31, 2019 have been re­ sary milestone, the compa­ Capital, B Capital and than 45.74 mt it had supplied Less greasy: India imported 207.3 mt of crude oil in 2018­19, jumped more than fourfold organised,” the company ny’s board has recommend­ LightStreet. in 2017­18 fiscal. down from 220.4 mt in the previous financial year. * REUTERS to 6.4 mt in the 2018­19 fiscal said in a statement. BASF India says the new ed a special dividend of ₹2 The round also saw par­ India provisionally im­ year. In 2017­18, the first year “The new segment struc­ strategy will increase per equity share in addition ticipation from existing in­ ported 207.3 mt of crude oil fiscal year. In 2018­19, Saudi third largest crude oil sup­ of imports from the U.S., the ture will enable an even transparency of results. to a final dividend of ₹3 per vestors Sands Capital and in 2018­19, down from 220.4 exported 40.33 mt of crude plier to India. It sold 23.9 mt supplies were at 1.4 mt. more differentiated steering share subject to sharehol­ International Finance Cor­ mt in the previous financial oil, up from 36.16 mt of oil of crude in 2018­19, up from Iran was India’s second of the business, taking into ments are agricultural, ma­ ders’ approval, the company poration, the investment year. sold in the previous year. 22.59 mt in the previous biggest supplier of crude oil account market­specific re­ terials, industrial solutions, said in a regulatory filing. arm of the World Bank. While India stopped im­ year, according to the data. after Saudi Arabia till 2010­ quirements and the compet­ surface technologies, nutri­ BASF India shares on the Employees of BlackBuck Saudi dethroned porting crude oil from Iran UAE topped Venezuela to 11, but western sanctions ov­ itive environment,” it said, tion and care, and BSE rose 2.72% to close at will now be able to liqui­ Saudi Arabia has traditional­ following reimposition of become India’s fourth­lar­ er its suspected nuclear pro­ adding that this would furth­ chemicals. ₹1,368.35 in an almost flat date 25% of their total vest­ ly been India’s top oil source, economic sanctions this gest crude supplier. gramme relegated it to the er increase the transparency The company on Tuesday Mumbai market on Tuesday, ed stocks, at the current but it was for the first time month by the U.S., the Per­ It sold 17.49 mt of crude oil seventh spot in subsequent of the segment results. posted a 9.77% jump in its valuing the company at stock price of the dethroned by Iraq in 2017­18 sian Gulf nation was the to India. In 2017­18, Venezue­ years. The six business seg­ net profit at ₹86.27 crore for ₹5,923 crore. company.

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Special Correspondent Agence France-Presse considered a power Press Trust of India Bengaluru San Francisco triumvirate in control of New Delhi Larsen & Toubro has bought Google­parent Alphabet said Google. Google unveiled a Britannia Industries Wed­ about 20% stake held by that Eric Schmidt, who was surprise corporate overhaul nesday reported an 11.82% V.G. Siddhartha and Coffee chief of the Internet giant in 2015, forming a new increase in consolidated net Day in Mindtree through a for a decade, will leave the parent company dubbed profit at ₹294.27 crore for block deal for about ₹3,210 board in June. Alphabet to include internet the fourth quarter ended crore. L&T has bought 32.7 Mr. Schmidt, who turned search and a handful of March 31, 2019. million shares at ₹980 64 this month, stepped independent companies. The company had posted apiece. down as chairman of the Mr. Page became the CEO a net profit of ₹263.16 crore The infrastructure and Alphabet board at the start at Alphabet, a holding in the corresponding quar­ engineering major had said of last year, remaining a company for the tech giant’s ter of the previous fiscal, in March that it would make V.G. Siddhartha member but shifting to a search products and “other Britannia Industries said in Varun Berry an open offer to buy an ad­ role as a technical adviser. bets” such Waymo self­ a regulatory filing. ditional 31% stake in Mind­ and termed it a “hostile ac­ driving car unit and Google Total income stood at March 2019, the company’s tree after it entered into an quisition bid” on a “cultural­ To continue as adviser Soft power: Eric Schmidt was the chief executive of Google Fiber Internet service. ₹2,860.75 crore as against net profit was at ₹1,155.46 agreement with Mr. Sidd­ ly different” company. Mr. Schmidt will not seek from 2001 to 2011. * PTI Sundar Pichai was promoted ₹2,581.93 crore in the year­ crore as against ₹1,003.96 hartha to buy his 20.32% Following this develop­ re­election to the board, to chief of Google. ago quarter, it added. crore, up 15%. equity in the company for ment, Mindtree had set up a when his term expires in statement. recruited the proven Mr. Schmidt was at Commenting on the per­ Total income from opera­ ₹3,269 crore. committee of independent June, but will continue to Mr. Schmidt was on the businessman and skilled Google’s helm in the pivotal formance, Britannia Indus­ tions for fiscal year 2018­19 Since then, the acquirer directors to evaluate the advise on technical matters, board for more than 18 software engineer as the years during which it grew tries MD Varun Berry said, was at ₹11,261.12 crore as has been actively exploring open offer. according to Alphabet. years, joining in March chief executive in 2001, into an online advertising “We continued the momen­ against ₹10,156.47 crore in ways to buy up to 66% stake The committee is expect­ “Eric has made an 2001. He was the chief bringing a mature hand to and search juggernaut, the tum in the base business FY18. in Mindtree for about ed to take its recommenda­ extraordinary contribution executive of Google from the the helm of the then three­ company name becoming a through distribution expan­ The company said its ₹10,800 crore. tions to its stakeholders by to Google and Alphabet as middle of that same year year­old internet search verb in the process. sion, heightened innovation board of directors has re­ Mindtree founders and May 10 before L&T’s open CEO, chairman, and board until March 2011. company. His net worth was and cost­efficiency pro­ commended a dividend of the management called offer begins on May 14. The member,” board chairman Google founders Larry Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Page estimated to be around $14 grammes.” 1,500% (₹15 per share of face L&T's offer “unsolicited” offer will close on May 27. John Hennessy said in a Page and Sergey Brin and Mr. Brin were billion by Forbes. For the fiscal ended value ₹1 each).

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DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I N BRIEF ADB steps up metro rail funding UDS buys 75% stake in Matrix Kotak Mahindra Investments, M&M Contech exit acquiree In talks with State governments for financing Bhopal, Bengaluru metro projects K.T. Jagannathan Founded in 1985, UDS has Raghuvir Srinivasan pointing to the Vizag­Chen­ Chennai grown to a leading business Nadi, Fiji nai and the Chennai­Kanya­ City­based UDS (Updater services specialist, manag­ Asian Development Bank kumari industrial corridors, Services Private Limited ), a ing 250 million sq ft com­ (ADB), traditionally strong in where the ADB is involved in facilities management ser­ mercial space across India funding social sector pro­ financing the preparation of vices firm, has acquired a for about 700 clients with jects in education, water and the master plan. 75% stake in Matrix Business more than 46,000 perma­ Open market quota for irrigation in India, is moving Tamil Nadu is emerging as Services, another city­based nent employees. May sugar sales raised into financing metro rail pro­ a major ‘client’ of the bank. firm which is operating in The new owners have NEW DELHI jects in the country in a big “We will be lending $500 the business assurance and made it clear that the exist­ Sugar mills can sell 2.1 way. million each for energy pro­ background verification ser­ ing management would con­ million tonnes of the “Transport and energy jects, and urban projects, vices space. tinue at Matrix. P.C. Balasu­ sweetener in the open are two of our biggest areas apart from the Chennai Me­ UDS gained entry into Ma­ Raghunandana Tangirala bramanian, MD and CEO of market in the current month, for funding. We’re now mov­ tro Phase II,” Mr. Kim said. trix by buying out the entire Matrix, felt that the entry of higher than the April quota ing into metro rail financing Big ticket: Funding for the Mumbai project is the largest He said that all these pro­ 19.77% stake of Kotak Mahin­ member board of Matrix. UDS would bring about a of 1.8 million tonne, * in a big way,” said Hun Kim, extended to India by the development bank. PAUL NORONHA jects had been agreed to in­ dra Investments and 2.67% The induction of UDS as host of synergies in terms of according to a Food Ministry of Mahindra & Mahindra strategic investor has given business offerings and order. The quota also Director General, South Asia principle with the Centre, includes additional quantity Department, ADB. He was extend assistance to Chennai well. The bank is also work­ the guarantor. “It depends Contech. It acquired the ba­ the two long­time investors clients. given as incentive to mills for addressing journalists from Metro Phase II — possibly ing with the Centre to fi­ on the client,” he said, ad­ lance 52.56% from non­exec­ — Kotak Mahindra Invest­ Matrix is currently servic­ achieving more than 75% of South Asia at the 52nd An­ even subsequent phases — nance the newly­announced ding that delays often hap­ utive shareholders. ments and M&M Cotech — an ing more than 350 custom­ their export target and also nual Meeting of the ADB. and the new Indore metro. Delhi­Meerut Rapid Rail pro­ pened at the borrowers’ end. The acquisition, it is be­ exit option. “The acquisition ers with over 1,000 em­ for producing ethanol from The bank is involved with Funding for the Mumbai ject cleared by the Cabinet in The ADB is working close­ lieved, values Matrix a little of Matrix will help UDS ex­ ployees spread across 70 B­heavy molasses instead of the $1 billion Mumbai metro, project is the largest extend­ February. ly with the AIIB, which is over ₹50 crore. Veda Corpo­ pand its service range and cities. UDS has a revenue sugar, it said. PTI and is in talks with the res­ ed to India by the ADB, said Mr. Kim emphasised that “still in the initial phase” of rate Advisors acted as the fi­ position it as a complete bu­ base of around ₹1,000 crore, pective State governments Diwesh N. Sharan, Deputy financing logistics projects its operations, and has raised nancial adviser to the deal. siness services group,” said according to Mr. Tangirala. Hero launches three for funding the Bhopal Metro Director General, South Asia would also be a priority area a lot of funds to on­lend. Following the deal, UDS Raghunandana Tangirala, The revenue of Matrix at premium bikes and Bengaluru Metro. It is al­ Department. ADB has fi­ for the bank. “We want to be (The correspondent is in gets to nominate three re­ founder and managing di­ the end of March 2018 stood NEW DELHI so engaged in discussions to nanced the Jaipur Metro as a bank for logistics,” he said, Fiji at the invitation of ADB) presentatives on the five­ rector of UDS. at about ₹57 crore. Hero MotoCorp on Wednesday launched three new premium bikes priced between ₹94,000 and ₹1.05 OYO to acquire lakh, with an eye on the Bengal Chemicals FY19 profit Lulu Group arm plans to lleadership position in the the @Leisure segment. The 200­cc X Pulse 200T is priced at ₹94,000, jumps 150% to ₹25 crore Group adventure bike X Pulse 200 open 20 toy stores in India is tagged at ₹97,000 and Press trust of india ₹1.05 lakh (with fuel Helped by better show, lower finance costs, says official New Delhi injection), while the Xtreme Each Toys ‘R’ Us store entails ₹20 cr. investment: Ahamed 200S is priced at ₹98,500 Special Correspondent at ₹115 crore, is aiming to be­ Hospitality firm OYO has (all prices ex­showroom KOLKATA come debt­free by 2022, the agreed to acquire Amster­ N. Anand Toys ‘R’ Us to introduce Toys Delhi). PTI Almost written off as a sick firm said. dam­based vacation rental CHENNAI ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us company,the 118­year­old Founded by Acharya Pra­ company @Leisure Group Tablez, the brand retailing branded outlets to India. In Non-bank lender Happy Bengal Chemicals & Pharma­ fulla Chandra Ray in 1901, from Axel Springer for an arm of Dubai­based LuLu the last 12 months, we have raises $20 million ceuticals Ltd. (BCPL) closed BCPL was the first Indian estimated $415 million (ov­ Group International, is plan­ opened six stores.” MUMBAI FY19 with a total income of company to make chemi­ er ₹2,885 crore). ning to set up 20 Toys ‘R’ Us The Chennai store, which Non­bank lender ‘Happy’ on ₹119.7 crore against ₹94.8 cals, drugs, pharmaceuticals The @Leisure Group is a shops across the country, is the seventh in the series, is Wednesday said it had raised crore the previous year . and home products. vacation rental company in said a top official. spread over 6,000 sq ft. It $20 million (about ₹140 Profit stood at ₹25.3 crore BCPL was taken over in Europe and manages holi­ “As part of the plan, we offers a range of toys for crore) in fresh capital at an against ₹10.1 crore in 2017­18. 1977 by the government and day homes, holiday parks opened the first store in both boys and girls in the age undisclosed valuation to BCPL’s improved opera­ referred to the Board for In­ and holiday apartments, Chennai at Phoenix Market group of 3­11 years and has a grow its small business­ tional performance and re­ P. M. Chandraiah dustrial and Financial Re­ the statement added. focussed portfolio. The City recently ,” said Adeeb dedicated section for each Commenting on the de­ two­year­old company has a duced finance costs enabled construction in 1992. Losses Ahamed, managing director, Adeeb Ahamed category of toys, he said. velopment, OYO founder & loan book of ₹140 crore to it to turn in better results, years till 2018­19. “We are continued, peaking at more Tablez. On the performance of 32,000 borrowers. The latest P.M. Chandraiah, director, fi­ now hoping to make it to the than ₹40 crore in 2013­14. Group CEO Ritesh Agarwal “The rest will be opened would be met through inter­ the new stores, Mr. Ahamed funding will help the nance, and officiating ma­ list of top 100 PSUs in 2018­ The firm reported its first said, “We see vacation in different parts of the nal resources. When point­ said: “All the stores are do­ company grow its loan naging director, said. 19,” he said. The ranking, by profit since nationalisation homes as [an] opportunity, country within a year,” he ed out that Toys ‘R’ Us had ing brisk business. That’s portfolio to over 1 million It paid off ₹28 crore in profit, is among the top 400 in 2017. It now carries ₹221 with 115,000 units of said. filed bankruptcy during why we have three stores in loans over the next fiscal and bank loans between 2016­17 PSUs (including crore accumulated loss. “We homes now getting added According to him, each 2017, he said: “We have Bengaluru. Roughly, it will reduce loan fulfilment times and 2017­18 and an ₹18 crore subsidiaries). hope to wipe this off by to our already growing store entailed an investment signed a master­franchise take 12­24 months for a store to below one minute. PTI government loan over two BCPL, whose debt stands 2023,” Mr. Chandraiah said. count.” of ₹20 crore each, which agreement with U.S. brand to achieve break­even.” EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Captain Cool swings the contest Super Kings’ way yet again Dhoni comes up with a characteristic show with the bat and behind the stumps; Jadeja, Tahir tie up Delhi Capitals in knots

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C HENNAI SUPER KINGS Faf du Plessis c Dhawan b Ax­ ar 39 (41b, 2x4, 2x6), Shane Watson c Axar b Suchith 0 (9b), Suresh Raina c Dhawan b Su­ chith 59 (37b, 8x4, 1x6), M.S. S. Dipak Ragav Dhoni (not out) 44 (22b, 4x4, : Chennai 3x6), Ravindra Jadeja c & b Mor­ It wouldn’t be wrong to say ris 25 (10b, 2x4, 2x6), Ambati that no player wields as Rayudu (not out) 5 (2b, 1x4); much influence on a team’s Extras (lb­1, nb­1, w­5): 7; Total fortunes as Mahendra Singh (for four wkts. in 20 overs): 179. FALL OF WICKETS Dhoni has on Chennai Super 1­4 (Watson, 3.2 overs), 2­87 Kings. He showed again on (du Plessis, 13.3), 3­102 (Raina, Wednesday why he is so vital 14.5), 4­145 (Jadeja, 18.3). to the side. DELHI CAPITALS BOWLING After missing the last Boult 4­0­37­0, Suchith 4­ game against Mumbai In­ 0­28­2, Morris 4­0­47­1, Axar dians due to fever, the Super 3­0­31­1, Mishra 3­0­16­0, Kings skipper admitted at the Rutherford 2­0­19­0. toss that he was far from DELHI CAPITALS 100% fit to take the field, but Prithvi Shaw c Raina b Cha­ har 4 (5b, 1x4), Shikhar Dhawan showed no signs of illness b Harbhajan 19 (13b, 1x4, 1x6), hampering his brilliant form Shreyas Iyer st. Dhoni b Jadeja with the bat as he yet again 44 (31b, 4x4, 1x6), Rishabh Pant played a key role in helping c Bravo b Tahir 5 (3b, 1x4), Colin his side post a thumping 80­ Ingram lbw b Jadeja 1 (5b), Axar run win over Delhi Capitals Patel c Watson b Tahir 9 (9b, at the MAC Stadium. 1x4), Sherfane Rutherford c Chahar b Tahir 2 (4b), Chris Mor­ Brilliant stumpings ris st. Dhoni b Jadeja 0 (1b), Ja­ The skipper first starred with gadeesha Suchith run out 6 (15b), Amit Mishra c Dhoni b Ta­ an unbeaten 44 off just 22 hir 8 (11b, 1x4), Trent Boult (not balls to help Super Kings post out) 1 (1b); Total (in 16.2 overs): a competitive score from a 99. precarious situation and FALL OF WICKETS then effected two brilliant 1­4 (Shaw, 0.5 overs), 2­52 ‘blink­and­you­miss’ stump­ (Dhawan, 5.3), 3­63 (Pant, 6.2), ings to dismiss Delhi’s two 4­66 (Ingram, 7.4), 5­81 (Axar, key batsmen. 10.2), 6­83 (Rutherford, 10.6), The victory, which helped 7­84 (Morris, 11.4), 8­85 Super Kings move to the top (Shreyas, 11.6), 9­92 (Suchith, of the table again, also gave 15.2). SUPER KINGS BOWLING the Chennai side a much­ Chahar 3­0­32­1, Harbhajan needed boost to its Net Run Firing away: M.S. Dhoni exploded at the back end of the innings to put up what turned out to be a winning total.* K. PICHUMANI 4­0­28­1, Tahir 3.2­0­12­4, Ja­ Rate which should help in a deja 3­0­9­3, Bravo 3­0­18­0. fight­to­the­finish for the top started off with a couple of skipper started with three overs. dismissed just before the end (three for nine) struck. Toss: Capitals. two slots. boundaries off Axar Patel in boundaries, all through the The final flourish took the of the PowerPlay, bowled by While Tahir sent back MoM: Dhoni. Earlier, put in to bat, Sup­ the fifth over. Raina then leg­side, before a beamer team to a competitive 179 af­ Harbhajan, as the visitors three left­handers (Rishabh Super Kings won by 80 runs. er Kings got off to a poor start went after Suchith with two from Morris sailed over the ter just 53 came in the first 10 scored 59 for two in six Pant, Axar Patel and Sher­ with just three runs coming fours and a six, bringing up fine­leg fence. overs. overs. fane Rutherford), all caught in the first three overs and his 50, before holing out at In reply, Capitals started driving wide half­volleys, Ja­ Watson back in the pavilion backward point. Big over strongly with Shikhar Dha­ The spin web deja removed Chris Morris too. Suresh Raina stepped up From 102 for three in 15 ov­ In the final over, Dhoni wan and skipper Shreyas Iyer Over the next six, Capitals and Shreyas Iyer. The skip­ with a 37­ball 59 at a time ers, Dhoni and Ravindra Ja­ smashed Boult for 21 runs, scoring at 10 runs an over af­ slumped to 85 for eight as the per played well for 44 before when the innings looked rud­ deja (25, 10b), who got a pro­ including two sixes. As many ter losing Prithvi Shaw in the spinners Imran Tahir (four being stumped, thanks to derless. He looked good and motion, ran amok. The as 126 came off the last 10 first over. Dhawan was then for 12) and Ravindra Jadeja Dhoni’s brilliant glovework. Shreyas Gopal, the complete package Not had enough [game] time this year: Umesh

Special Correspondent “He has been terrific for us,” Feels downturn in form is part of the game for every bowler Bengaluru he said. “Every time we have Ahead of Tuesday’s meeting given him the ball, he has Special Correspondent teams had affected him, with RCB at the M. Chinnas­ done a job for us. He has ta­ Bengaluru Umesh felt. wamy Stadium, it was point­ ken wickets, big wickets This has been a difficult IPL “Last two years, I conti­ ed out to Shreyas Gopal that mind you. He’s confident in season for Umesh Yadav. nued playing all formats but he had enjoyed some success his skill­set and bowling good Last year, the Vidarbha pacer still after that I’m not playing against A.B. de Villiers and variations — googlies and was RCB’s principal weapon too many ODI or T20 (sic),” Virat Kohli. “It would be sliders and leg­spinners. I in the powerplay overs, fin­ he said. “I’m just getting great to have that again,” he think his batting is underrat­ ishing the campaign as the picked for two­three games laughed. “But they’re world ed as well. side’s highest wicket­taker, and then dropped again be­ class players and they’re go­ “He has played some very with 20 scalps in 14 matches cause everyone is thinking­ ing to come hard.” handy cameos that have at an economy rate of 7.86. ...because I’m not giving my They did go hard at him helped us get over the line on This time around, his num­ best. That will happen to any eventually, but Shreyas On fire: Shreyas Gopal is one of the highest wicket­takers this a couple of occasions, and ta­ bers make for tough reading. fast bowler. It will happen in wasn’t complaining. The Kar­ season. * G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR ken some really good catches Umesh has eight wickets in the game. Last year, I was the nataka leg­spinner dismissed throughout the tournament. 10 games, at an economy highest wicket taker for RCB. both batsmen in the space of Royals. With 18 wickets (at an ter finding opportunities He is a complete package rate of 9.6. His downturn in The problem: Umesh Yadav feels the absence of a consistent This year it’s not happening. two balls, Kohli picking out economy rate of 7.4), Shreyas hard to come by at Mumbai that’s been huge for us this form has been one of several run in the limited­overs teams has affected him. * AFP I’m definitely feeling bad. long­on and de Villiers slicing is the second­highest wicket­ Indians, where he managed year.” factors in RCB’s bowling I’m hurting. Whatever the to deep cover. A hat­trick taker this IPL season (as of only two games in his final After the match, Shreyas troubles this season. phase [I have been going — some 21 months ago now — team wants from me I’m not would follow, Marcus Stoinis the morning of May 1), ahead three seasons, Shreyas has laughed off talk of Kohli and through] for four to six Umesh has played only five delivering properly.” thumping the ball to mid­off. of leg­spinners of the ilk of enjoyed himself at Rajasthan de Villiers now being wor­ ‘A phase’ months. I’m not that accu­ ODIs. Umesh added: “Some­ Shreyas has now account­ Imran Tahir, Yuzvendra Cha­ Royals, where he moved in ried about facing him. “Hon­ “It’s difficult to elaborate be­ rate and everybody is talking He has featured in six times there are too many ed for de Villiers four times hal and Rashid Khan. 2018. estly, I have a lot more nerves cause it’s part of the game for about my bowling, saying T20Is over the last 10 things going on in your head, and Kohli three, in his last It is just reward for a bow­ bowling to them than they every bowler,” he said of his ‘I’m not bowling well. Why months, but only three of so [it affects] confidence. I’ve four outings against RCB. His ler who has done consistent­ All praise would ever have batting form after Tuesday’s game this all is happening?’” these matches — in England not had enough [game] time display on Tuesday was his ly well for Karnataka in four­ Royals captain Steve Smith against me,” he said. “But it against RR here. “Sometimes Since the end of the West — were played back­to­back. this year so I feel that’s a pro­ latest in a series of fine per­ day cricket but had struggled showered praise on feels good to be getting them you have a good day, some­ Indies tour which followed The absence of a consistent blem with rhythm not going formances for Rajasthan to make a mark in the IPL. Af­ Shreyas’s all­round efforts. out.” times a bad day. This is a the 2017 Champions Trophy run in the limited­overs my way.”

KXIP’s Varun Tour of WI ruled out Warner-less Sunrisers take on Mumbai in a must-win game could start of IPL Rohit Sharma’s side will be desperate to end the league stage with twin wins at home and ensure a top-two position in first week Amol Karhadkar were without David Warner PRESS TRUST OF INDIA MUMBAI and we played the final,” of August MOHALI The last time Mumbai In­ Moody said on Wednesday. Kings XI Punjab’s Varun dians played at home, the “… as much as we miss Da­ Press Trust of India Chakaravarthy was on election fever in the island ci­ vid, it gives an opportunity New Delhi Wednesday ruled out of ty was at its peak, India’s as a side to play slightly diffe­ India’s tour of the West In­ the remainder of the IPL af­ World Cup squad was at the rently with different dies could start in the first ter failing to recover from a centre of every Indian Pre­ personnel.” week of August as Cricket finger injury. The mystery mier League­related discus­ While the Sunrisers’ think­ West Indies has agreed to spinner played just one sion and David Warner and tank will be in a quandary ov­ the BCCI’s request of push­ match, against KKR. He Jonny Bairstow were pum­ er filling Warner’s void for ing back the tour of the Ca­ was injured during KXIP’s melling virtually every bow­ virtually a must­win game, ribbean by a couple of visit to Chennai last month. ling attack for Sunrisers the Mumbai Indians camp weeks. Hyderabad. isn’t complaining at all. The Indian team was Cut to Wednesday, the eve placement for Warner. tentatively scheduled to of the penultimate league One guy less But considering the reach the Caribbean island game for both the teams, and “As an opponent, we feel bounce that the Wankhede immediately after the despite the other discussions good about it that he (War­ surface offers, if SRH is World Cup final on July 14. having relatively died down, ner) is not there. One less tempted to field lanky pacer However, the BCCI might Warner and Bairstow, espe­ guy who has been in form to Billy Stanlake, then captain have wanted the India cially the former, continued not to deal with, but am sure Williamson will have to walk players to have a break be­ to be the talk of the Wank­ they have in their armoury a in with Wriddhiman Saha at fore the tour, which the hede Stadium. lot of world­class talent to the top of the order. CWI was happy to

Big shoes: The SRH think­tank will be in a quandary over filling Warner’s void.* AFP back it up,” said all rounder­ While SRH will be eager to entertain. The impact Kieron Pollard. “Guptill has pip MI and go into the last As per the ICC’s Future It’s been a week since Bair­ join his Aussie mates for the ers’ campaign that his ab­ coach, preferred to look at done fantastically well at the game in a relatively comfor­ Tours Programme, India stow flew back to England for training camp. With nine fif­ sence for the last two crunch the positive side despite un­ international scene. Yes, table position, Rohit Shar­ were scheduled to tour the the World Cup preparations ty­plus scores, including a games will be the biggest derlining Warner’s remarka­ they have lost Warner but we ma’s troupe will be desper­ West Indies after the World and barely a couple of days hundred, in his 12 innings for challenge for Kane William­ ble achievement. are not taking them lightly.” ate to end the league stage Cup for a full tour compris­ since Warner had to cut SRH, so huge has Warner’s son and Co to deal with. “We were faced with a si­ In Martin Guptill, Sunris­ with twin wins at home and ing two Tests, three ODIs short his IPL dream run and impact been on the Sunris­ Tom Moody, the SRH head milar situation last year. We ers have a like­for­like re­ ensure a top­two position. and three T20Is.

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DELHI THE HINDU 16 SPORT THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Ajax closes in on Champions League final Semenya loses Beats an injury­hit Tottenham in the first leg of the semifinals, thanks to van de Beek’s goal court challenge Agence France-Presse Ajax had shown it is not came off worst as he contest­ London fazed on the road despite the ed a high ball with Ajax goal­ Judges voice concern over application Ajax closed in on a first tender age of many in its keeper Andre Onana. of ‘discriminatory’ regulations Champions League final in squad when it shcked Real 23 years as Donny van de Madrid and Juventus away to Unfit to continue Agence France-Presse <> Sometimes it’s Beek’s early goal beat an in­ reach the last four. The Belgian was patched up Lausanne better to react with jury­hit Tottenham 1­0 in the Spurs were happy to sit and briefly returned to the South African runner Caster no reaction first leg of their semifinal deep and wait for their field before having to be Semenya on Wednesday lost — Semenya clash on Tuesday. chances to counter­attack, helped down the tunnel with her court challenge against van de Beek’s opener on but that game plan was un­ questions sure to be asked the International Association But the three judge­panel 15 minutes was just reward done when Hakim Ziyech’s why the Spurs medical staff of Athletics Federations voiced “serious concerns” for the Dutch side’s first­half through ball picked out mid­ allowed him to continue. (IAAF) rules forcing female about the viability of rules dominance as Tottenham fielder van de Beek, who Despite that latest blow, athletes to regulate their tes­ moving forward. The IAAF badly missed the presence of took his time to leave Hugo the hosts reacted well to end tosterone levels, but judges said it was “grateful” for the the injured Harry Kane and Lloris prone before slotting the half on top with Vertong­ voiced concern with the ap­ CAS ruling and that the rules suspended Son Heung­min. into the bottom corner. hen’s replacement Moussa plication of the “discrimina­ — first adopted last year but Tottenham improved after Lloris kept his side in the Sissoko driving a long­range tory” regulations. suspended pending the legal the break despite another in­ game 10 minutes later from effort wide. Semenya was fighting battle — will come into effect jury blow as Jan Vertonghen another van de Beek effort as Pochettino’s half­time pep measures imposed by the on May 8. had to be helped down the Ajax threatened to run riot. talk had the desired effect as IAAF that compel “hyperan­ “Sometimes it’s better to tunnel after a sickening head Set­pieces provided Tot­ Spurs dug deep to raise the drogenic” athletes — or those react with no reaction,” Se­ knock, but lacked the inspi­ tenham’s best chance of tempo and intensity of their with “differences of sexual menya said on twitter after ration needed to get back on scoring before the break as display after the break. Yet, development” (DSD) — to the verdict was announced. level terms without its two Fernando Llorente headed the quality needed in the fi­ lower their testosterone le­ But her advocates — which top scorers. wide and Toby Alderweireld nal third to get back on level vels if they wish to compete include a global coalition of And Ajax could easily have over from Kieran Trippier terms was missing. as women. nations, scientific experts had an even greater lead to free­kicks. A three­judge panel at the and human rights defenders take back to the Johan Cruyff Apart from Kane and Son, Court of Arbitration for — are certain to be less res­ Arena for the second leg next Spurs were shorn of the in­ Sport (CAS) said even though trained. The IAAF insisted week when David Neres hit jured Erik Lamela and Harry the rules are “discriminato­ the rules were to preserve a the post 10 minutes from Winks and lost another key ry... such discrimination is a level­playing field and en­ Nailing it: Donny van de Beek’s early strike was just reward for Ajax’s first­half dominance.* AP time. player when Vertonghen necessary, reasonable and sure all female athletes can proportionate means of see “a path to success”. achieving the IAAF’s aim of Semenya has 30 days to A day to preserving the integrity of fe­ appeal, in a challenge that Sangakkara becomes first ‘Always strived to be the best’ male athletics in the Restrict­ would be heard by the Swiss remember for ed Events”. Federal Tribunal. non­British MCC President Gambhir clarifies on Upton’s comments about being weak Senna fans Huge honour, says the Lankan PRESS TRUST OF INDIA perfection and that he was NEW DELHI not “hurt” that Upton had AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Gautam Gambhir said on termed him “negative and SAO PAULO LONDON Wednesday that he “doesn’t pessimistic.” The Interlagos racing cir­ Former Sri Lanka captain see anything wrong” in Pad­ “It doesn’t hurt me, but I cuit held a ‘Senna Day’ to Kumar Sangakkara has been dy Upton’s assessment of his would like to put things in celebrate the life of Formu­ appointed as the first non­ insecurities, but asserted perspective. Look, what la One great Ayrton Senna British president of the Ma­ that he was not a vulnerable Paddy couldn’t say — maybe on Wednesday to mark the rylebone Cricket Club man, citing the 97 he made he didn’t know, or the pu­ 25th anniversary of the (MCC). in the 2011 World Cup final blisher of the book chose to Brazilian’s death.

The wicketkeeper­bat­ against Sri Lanka in Mumbai Gautam Gambhir. * FILE PHOTO edit it out — was that I want­ The event began with a sman, whose nomination to prove his point. ed the Indian team and my­ fun run around the circuit was announced by current In his new book The Bare- “I have full faith in him,” self to be the best in the where the three­time president Anthony Wreford foot Coach, India’s former said Gambhir. “In any case, world. World champion had twice Not the end: Though Semenya has lost the case against the on Wednesday, will begin mental conditioning coach my insecurities as a cricketer tasted victory at the Brazi­ IAAF, she has 30 days to appeal to a tribunal.* AP his one­year tenure in has written about notions of are well­documented. Hungry for more lian GP in 1991 and 1993. October. mental toughness and how “It is not as if Paddy has “That is why I was not satis­ Karting races were also The 41­year­old, who is al­ Gambhir, despite being one spoken about something fied even after scoring a 100 on the menu, as well as A big victory for ready an honorary life mem­ of the finest Indian batsmen that was not there in the pu­ and wanted to score 200 as laps of the track in a spe­ ber of the MCC and has sat Sangakkara. * FILE PHOTO of his time, was perhaps also blic domain,” said Gambhir, has been mentioned in Pad­ cially commissioned super­ on its influential world “one of the weakest and the hero of India’s 2007 dy’s book. I see nothing touring McLaren, the Brit­ women, says Usha cricket committee for the MCC, which owns Lord’s mentally most insecure.” World T20 and 2011 World wrong there. ish team with which Senna past seven years, said: “It is and acts as the guardian of “Paddy is a genuinely nice Cup victories. “As a driven individual, I won the world title in 1988, Stan Rayan “Now the timings may a huge honour to be named the laws of the game, was man and he won’t have done For Gambhir, the insecur­ have always strived to be the 1990 and 1991. Kochi not be spectacular as they the next president of MCC founded in 1787 and lists 168 anything with any sinful in­ ity, he said, stemmed from best and raise the bar for P.T. Usha has a strange feel­ had been in the recent past. and it is a role that I am tho­ presidents in its history. tentions. his burning desire to attain myself,” said the 37­year­old. Saina out ing that many girls, who We had come to a stage roughly looking forward to. “He is an outstanding in­ look like men and who ap­ when natural girls could not dividual both on and off the Press Trust on India pear to have high testoste­ do anything about it. So, Greatest club field and will make a huge Auckland rone levels, were suddenly this is a big victory for wo­ “For me, MCC is the greatest contribution. Hockey India recommends Saina Nehwal suffered a 21­ popping up at national ath­ men. I welcome this deci­ cricket club in the world, “In a World Cup and Ash­ 16, 21­23, 21­4 first­round letics meets in recent times. sion because women should with its global reach and es year he will also have a loss to World No. 212 Wang “There are a lot of ath­ only run against women.” continued progress for significant role to play,” said Sreejesh for Khel Ratna Award Zhiyi of China in the New letes like this in India and cricket on and off the pitch.” Wreford. Zealand Open badminton this has come up in recent No concrete evidence SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Major Dhyan Chand Award on Wednesday. times, especially in events C.K. Valson, secretary, Ath­ NEW DELHI for Lifetime Achievement In men’s singles, H.S. like the 200m, 400m and letics Federation of India, Hockey India has recom­ and coaches Baljeet Singh, Prannoy and B. Sai Pra­ 800m,” Usha told The Hin- felt the CAS verdict would Casillas stable after mended goalkeeper P.R. B.S. Chauhan and Romesh neeth advanced to the se­ du on Wednesday after not affect the country’s ath­ Sreejesh for the Rajiv Gandhi Pathania for the cond round. Prannoy de­ learning about the IAAF’s letes in a big way. Khel Ratna Award for 2019. Dronacharya. feated Kean Yew Loh 21­15, victory in the Caster Seme­ “I don’t find any problem heart attack Having made his national 21­14 while Praneeth edged nya case. as of now because Dutee team debut in 2006, the 30­ AFI nominates Neeraj Subhankar Dey 21­17, 19­21, “The new rules (that wo­ Chand runs only the 100m AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE tuguese club called an year­old has over 200 caps Press Trust of India adds: 21­15. Lakshya Sen, though, men athletes should take and 200m (the regulations LISBON “acute myocardial infrac­ for the country and was AFI has nominated javelin lost 21­15 18­21 10­21 to Tai­ medication to reduce their apply for events from the

Veteran goalkeeper Iker Ca­ tion” in training. awarded the Arjuna in 2015. P.R. Sreejesh. * FILE PHOTO thrower Neeraj Chopra for wan’s Wang Tzu Wei. testosterone levels if they 400m to the mile). In the sillas was stable in hospital In 2017, he was conferred the Rajiv Khel Ratna Award. The pair of Ashwini Pon­ want to compete at the in­ case of other athletes, there The club’s statement on after suffering a heart attack with the Padma Shri as well. for the Arjuna Award, as has Tejinder Pal Singh Toor nappa and N. Sikki Reddy ternational level) should be is no concrete evidence as of Wednesday said that “the during training, his club Sreejesh, if he wins it, will been veteran defender and (shot put), Arpinder Singh went down to China’s Liu enforced as soon as possible now,” said Valson. session was interrupted to Porto said on Wednesday. become only the third hock­ one of the key players of the (triple jump), Manjit Singh Xuanxuan and Xia Yuting in India before others start Bahadur Singh, the chief provide assistance”. The 37­year­old, who has ey player to receive the pres­ women’s team, Deepika (800m) and Swapna Barman 21­14, 21­23, 21­14. Manu At­ talking about it.” National coach, said he represented Spain in 167 It went on that Casillas tigious award. Thakur. (heptathlon), and Dutee tri and B. Sumeeth Reddy Once the rules are en­ would not like to comment games and in more than was in a Porto hospital Chinglensana Singh Kan­ The federation has also Chand (100m & 200m silver) registered a 21­17, 21­10 win forced, the timings in many on the issue as he did not 500 matches for Real Ma­ “well, stable and his heart gujam and Akashdeep Singh recommended R.P. Singh were also nominated for Ar­ over New Zealand’s Joshua events would slow down have detailed knowledge drid, suffered what the Por­ problem on the mend”. have been recommended and Sandeep Kaur for the juna Awards. Feng and Jack Jiang. too, felt Usha. about it.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12615 (set by Vulcan) SUDOKU FAITH 15 Observe something initially 4 Relative's uninitiated missing in attack (5) provocation (4) Power of penance

16 Withdraw from Ecstacy 5 Master menu is encrypted and In the vision of Valmiki and Kamban, Sita’s remarkable sta­ completely (5) well­protected (6) ture vies with Rama’s qualities and valour, pointed out Sri Mathivannan in a discourse. She is the epitome of chastity 18 In a hotel we gather finally, 6 Meeting in the inn organised got off to a place to drink for a birthday (9) and suffers captivity in Ravana’s Asoka Vana with extraor­ (5,4) dinary fortitude and patience. She tells Hanuman that his 7 Agriculturist's reference words about Rama’s love for her are like nectar mixed with 22 Benefit, say, as one with the brought up about authority poison. She forgets her own suffering thinking of Rama’s forecast (7) (6) grief. Out of his desire to give relief to her distress, Hanuman 23 Writer, male, digs both men 12 Small lump showing up as pale asks her get on his back so that he will take her to Rama in a and women — to live with and yellow (5) trice. Will it not take much effort and time for Rama and the drink (6) 14 George's ideal place mostly entire monkey army to cross the ocean and wage the war 26 Ideal diet, a moral alternative when in a group (9) with the rakshasas and then release her? While Sita smiling­ (6­4) ly accepts that nothing is beyond Hanuman’s courage and 17 State's incomplete road works capacity to achieve, she also points out that this suggestion 27 Steriliser essentially kept dry essentially resulting in is unthinkable and not practicable. In case he carried her, (4) protest (6) Hanuman would be under pressure trying to defend her if the rakshasas discovered his act and attacked him. But more 28 The old article is vague and 19 Patent contest I had than all this, if Sita agrees to be taken away from Asoka Vana speculative (11) participated in (7) S olution to puzzle 12614 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku by Hanuman, it would be no credit to Rama’s valour or for ■ ACROSS ■ DOWN 20 Progressive African country — the honour of the Kshatriya race. She tells Hanuman, “If I so 1 Stationed in New Haven (11) second one to go left (7) wished, I could have burnt Lanka and the whole world to 8 Purposes of warehouse service 1 Criticism directed at nuclear cinders with a deadly curse from my tongue. I have re­ (4) research centre, gets notice 21 For the most part, remain in frained only to ensure that the reputation of Rama’s victo­ 9 Fancy term given to religious (7) shock after last month's rious bow remains untarnished. It would be a theft of glory.” books in exam (10) order (6) The best thing is for him to return to Rama and tell Him all. 2 Portion of Tiramisu shines, it's 10 Average channel (6) Sita, in the throes of sorrow, conveys through her mes­ delicious (5) 24 Main flavouring ingredient not 11 No item remade basically even quite cold (5) sage to Rama that her penance in Asoka Vana will soon end, once (7) 3 One Irish guy winning medals irrespective of whether Rama rescues her or not. Hanuman 13 A certain creation eventually at the top level, remarkable 25 Duo appearing in the end of reassures her that Rama would surely rescue her and de­ turning out in bodily form (9) athlete (4,3) clip show (4) parts, promising to bring Rama at the earliest to Lanka.

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T V PICKS Advani stays on course Europa League: Semifinals, There’s a lot of potential in India: Henin Press Trust of India SS Select 1 & 2, 12.30 a.m. 100, 102(87)­64(56), 100 (Friday). Chandigarh (51)­0, 69­100, 100(99)­42, The 36­year­old feels that quality work has been done in honing the players’ skills and technique The only Indian to get past 103(71)­25) to march into the IN BRIEF the quarterfinal stage, de­ semifinals and confirm In­ Kamesh Srinivasan on the red dirt of Paris this fending champion Pankaj dia’s only medal in this NEW DELHI year, Henin picked defend­ Advani remained on course year’s Asian billiards Multiple Grand Slam cham­ ing champion Simona Halep to hold on to his Asian Bil­ edition. pion Justine Henin was hap­ as the “best prospect,” ad­ liards title here on He faces former cham­ py to watch and interact with ding that there were many Wednesday. pion Praput Chaithanasa­ some of the best Indian ju­ other contenders, including Dhruv Sitwala, Sourav kun of Thailand in last­four niors, and promote clay Naomi Osaka, the winner of Kothari and Dhvaj Haria lost stages while the other half court tennis at the French the last two Grand Slams — their quarterfinal ties. sees two Myanmar cueists — Open junior wild card tennis US Open and Australian Advani overcame Indian Nay Thway Oo and Chit Ko tournament in the Capital. Open. junior champion S. Shrik­ Ko — fight it out for a spot in The 36­year­old Henin “It is going to be interest­ rishna 5­2 (: 102(93)­11, 51­ the final. said she saw a “lot of poten­ ing. Simona has done well. A purvi Chandela is tial in the Indian players,” Clay demands a complete World No.1 and that some quality work game, patience and you have NEW DELHI had been done in terms of to work hard for the points. Joshna, Ghosal advance Indian shooting ace Apurvi their “technique.” All tournaments are being Chandela on Wednesday Henin said she loved talk­ won by different players. Sports Bureau pines. Abhishek Pradhan attained the World No.1 ing about Roland Garros as it That makes it interesting. KUALA LUMPUR went down to Iranian Sajad position in the women’s 10m was “so close to her heart.” That special feeling! It was a memorable day for the Indian juniors who had the privilege of Osaka has won the last two Reigning champion Joshna Zareian Jahromy 11­8, 13­11, air rifle event while She had won the Grand Slam playing and interacting with Justine Henin. * KAMESH SRINIVASAN Grand Slams. It will be Chinappa and men’s top 11­3. compatriot Anjum Moudgil four times after having ignit­ another chance for her. seed Saurav Ghosal breezed The results (second round): rose to No.2 after consistent past their second­round op­ Men: Saurav Ghosal bt David performances in recent years. ed the dream of being a the boys’ final for some time. mising to make another visit bourg, responsible for the There are many young champion by winning the ju­ It was a tactical game, and it to India in the future to see a development of brand Ro­ players who are ready to sur­ ponents to make a bright William Peline (Phi) 11­5, 11­2, The shooter took to twitter 11­2. to share her joy on achieving nior title. was interesting,” said Henin. little more of the country. land Garros around the prise, and this will be good start to their campaigns on Women: Joshna Chinappa bt the feat. “World Number 1 “I felt that the players here “It is a unique opportuni­ world, pointed out that it for the fans. There is still Ma­ Wednesday, the opening have a lot of passion. That is Inspiring presence ty for these kids to live their was a great opportunity for drid and Rome. Those events day of the Asian individual Hu Lu Yung Li (Tpe) 11­3, 11­3, Touched a milestone in my 11­3; Sunayna Kuruvilla bt the key. They want more for It was inspiring for the In­ passion and go through this the junior players to com­ will give us some idea,” said squash championships. shooting career today,” Choe Yu­Ra (Kor) 13­15, 11­5, Chandela wrote on her sure. It is not easy at that age. dian juniors to play with the experience as it will give pete in the French Open on Henin. Joshna got past Taipei’s 11­4, 11­7; Tanvi Khanna bt Kim twitter handle. PTI They aim to be professional former world No. 1 and inte­ them more motivation. They the main courts. The Belgian said it was a Hu Lu Yung Li 11­3, 11­3, 11­3 Ga Hye (Kor) 11­4, 11­5, 11­6; tennis players. They need all ract with her . “We all need will realise how precious it challenge for the girls to stay while Ghosal scripted a 11­5, Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Ye­ kind of support. I can see a inspiration. The kids really is,” said Henin. Picking Halep healthy and compete well in 11­2, 11­2 win over David Wil­ heni Kuruppu (SL) 11­3, 11­1, certain level. I also watched need that,” said Henin, pro­ For his part, Lucas Du­ Asked who the favourite was a “demanding calendar.” liam Peline of the Philip­ 11­1.

Myneni and Ramkumar progress to third round AAI chief Players won’t be affected, Joshua to defend titles SPORTS BUREAU 6­4, 7­6(4). First round: Anirudh Chandrase­ Alicia Barnett & Samantha Murray against Ruiz Jr. SEOUL $25,000 ITF men, Santa kar bt Savriyan Danilov (Rus) 6­2, (GBR) bt Risa Ushijima (Jpn) & Riya resigns says former archers NEW YORK Saketh Myneni reached the Margherita Di Pula, Italy: First 4­6, 6­1; Arnaud Bovy (Bel) bt Bhatia 6­1, 6­1; Ilona Georgiana Y.B. Sarangi Anthony Joshua will put his third round with a 6­2, 6­1 round: Luca Prevosto (Ita) bt Vijay Muthu Aadhitiya Senthilkumar 6­1, Ghioroaie (Rou) & Sowjanya Bavi­ Krishnadas Rajagopal planning and other activi­ 6­0; Vasil Kirkov (US) bt Tarun Ani­ setti w.o. Petia Arshinkova & Ger­ KOLKATA world heavyweight titles on victory over Hiroki Moriya of Sundar Prashanth 6­2, 6­2. NEW DELHI ties, Sanjeeva said, “As per rudh 6­1, 6­0; Adrian Andrzejczuk gana Topalova (Bul); Eudice Chong the line against Mexico’s Andy Japan in the $18,320 Challen­ $25,000 ITF men, Namangan, Archery Association of The Supreme Court decision the Supreme Court order, Uzbekistan: First round: Manish (Pol) bt V.M. Ranjeet 6­3, 6­3; Ye­ (Hkg) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Yuliya Ruiz Jr at Madison Square ger tennis tournament on India (AAI) President B.V.P. to set aside the Archery As­ the elections will be held in Garden on June 1, the British Sureshkumar bt Daniil Glinka (Est) ongseok Jeong (Kor) bt P.C. Vig­ Hatouka (Blr) & Ipek Oz (Tur) 5­7, Wednesday. Rao on Wednesday sociation of India (AAI) new four weeks and a new body boxer’s promoter announced 6­2, 6­0; Sidharth Rawat bt Aryan nesh 6­3, 6­1. 6­1, [10­6]. Ramkumar Ramanathan, resigned after the Supreme constitution and strike down will be in place to resume the on Wednesday. Ruiz Jr, who Goveas 6­2, 6­2; Tim Van Rijthoven Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): $15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Court’s ruling to set aside its elections, held in Decem­ work of the federation.” will be bidding to become too, progressed with a 6­3, 7­ (Ned) bt Rishab Agarwal 6­2, 6­1. Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vignesh bt Egypt: First round: Sravya Shiva­ the constitution of the ber last, may leave the Na­ Purnima Mahato, a Dro­ Mexico’s first heavyweight 6(6) victory over Nam Ji Sung Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): Anze Arh (Slo) & Ivan Krivic (Cro) ni bt Rana Sherif Ahmed (Egy) 0­6, 6­3, 6­3; Valentin Vanta (Rou) & tional federation without an nacharya award winning world champion, replaces of Korea. Ramkumar and Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin (Esp) & 6­4, 7­5; Saumya Vig bt Ilaria Spo­ National body of the sport Tarun Anirudh bt Muthu Aadhitiya elected body for a few Joshua’s scheduled opponent Brayden Schnur of Canada Aryan Goveas bt Naoki Takeda setti (Ita) 6­1, 7­5. as amended by Delhi High coach who is working at the Senthilkumar & V.M. Ranjeet 6­3, Jarrell Miller who was barred knocked out second seeds (Jpn) & Shahbaaz Khan 6­2, 6­2; Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): Court­appointed weeks, but it will not have National camp in Pune, ex­ 6­3. from fighting after failing a Jonathan Erlich and Sriram Yan Bondarevskiy (Rus) & Ivan Liu­ Elena Milovanovic (Srb) & Ilaria administrator S.Y. any impact on the archers, pressed similar views. “I $80,000 ITF women, Gifu, Ja­ drugs test. “The chills — I’m Balaji to make it to the tarevich (Blr) bt Kento Takeuchi Sposetti (Ita) bt Tamara Bizhukova Quraishi. feel some renowned yeste­ don’t see any immediate im­ (Jpn) & Rishab Agarwal 4­6, 6­2, pan: First round: Kurumi Nara really excited for this fight,” quarterfinals. (Rus) & Niditra Rajmohan 6­0, 6­1; The Supreme Court on ryear archers. pact as the teams will go for [10­8]; Konstantin Kravchuk (Jpn) bt Ankita Raina 6­0, 6­3. said Ruiz in a statement The results: Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (Egy) & Wednesday declared the According to Sanjeeva World Cup II and III. But let’s (Rus)& Edan Leshem (Isr) bt Sid­ Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): released by Matchroom $108,320 Challenger, Seoul, Sravya Shivani bt Anna Makhorkina amendments introduced Singh, an Arjuna and Drona­ see how the new body func­ harth Rawat & Manish Sureshku­ Ayaka Okuno (Jpn) & Lin Zhu (Chn) & Anastasia Zolotareva (Rus) 6­4, Boxing, Joshua’s promoter. Korea: Second round: Saketh by former chief election chrya award winner, there tions, whether it accepts the mar 7­5, 6­2. bt Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) & Ankita 6­4; Katya Malikova (Ukr) & Sau­ Myneni bt Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) 6­2, commissioner S.Y. Quraishi should not be any real con­ current calendar and pro­ $15,000 ITF men, Wuhan, Chi­ Raina 6­2, 6­2. mya Vig bt Farah Khalil & Zeina 6­1; Ramkumar Ramanathan bt cern as the Union Sports Mi­ gramme which are in place,” na: First round: Sho Shimabukuro $25,000 ITF women, Naman­ Shaaban (Egy) 6­1, 6­2. in the Constitution of the Nam Ji Sung (Kor) 6­3, 7­6(6). Archery Association of nistry and the Sports Auth­ said Purnima. (Jpn) bt Karunuday Singh 6­3, 6­3. gan, Uzbekistan: First round: $15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): India (AAI) as “null and ority of India (SAI) would Olympian and National se­ Max Purcell & Luke Saville (Aus) bt Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): Gergana Topalova (Bul) bt Y. Pran­ Turkey: Doubles (pre­quarter­ take care of the archers’ Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) & Vishnu Sora Fukuda & Yuki Mochizuki (Jpn) jala 6­3, 0­6, 4­3 retd.; Rutuja finals): Ramu Ueda (Jpn) & Jennif­ void”, while holding the lector Chhangte Lalremsan­ Vardhan 6­4, 6­2; Brayden Schnur bt Tyler Lu (US) & Karunuday Singh Bhosale bt Ilona Georgiana Ghio­ er Luikham bt Nicole Khirin (Isr) & December 22, 2018 polls needs. ga, however, was apprehen­ (Can) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt 6­3, 6­4. roaie (Rou) 6­4, 6­3. Sofia Haydee Nicolini (Arg) 6­2, conducted to the body as “After the federation was sive. “The court has given Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & Sriram Balaji $15,000 ITF men, Cairo, Egypt: Doubles (pre­quarterfinals): 6­1. “non est in law”. de­recognised (by the Minis­ four weeks for elections. If Gimelstob resigns A Bench of Justices A.M. try), the Sports Ministry and elections do not happen, from ATP board Khanwilkar and Ajay SAI did everything. So, there then for how long can SAI PARIS Rastogi said Mr. Quraishi, should not be any impact on and Ministry handle ar­ Justin Gimelstob resigned Mann outwits Madhwin to triumph as the Delhi High Court­ the archers’ camps and par­ chery? The performance of from his position on the ATP’s appointed administrator, ticipation in international the archers went down when board of directors after the Humera is the girls’ champion acted outside his given competitions,” said Sanjee­ there was no proper federa­ American was sentenced mandate. va. About the effect of the tion in place,” said Lalrem­ following assault charges, he Special Correspondent nal of the same tournament development on long­term sanga. announced on Wednesday. NEW DELHI to Mahak Jain in 2016. Gimelstob, a former Mann Maulik Shah handled professional player, pleaded Like Mann, Humera also the tricky first set with com­ did not drop a set in the no contest to felony battery posure and competence to charges and was given three eight­player knock­out Warriors down Rockets, take a 2­0 lead outwit fellow trainee from years’ probation and 60 hours event. Ahmedabad, Madhwin Ka­ of community service by a Los The two champions were Bucks fight back to level series against Celtics math, 7­6(1), 6­2 in the boys Angeles court on April 22. presented the Paris boarding AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE “I’m heartbroken to walk final of the French Open ju­ inadvertently swiped in the Giannis Antetokounmpo cards Justine Henin. Mann LOS ANGELES away from something I love nior wild card tennis tourna­ and Humera will compete face by Draymond Green as and Milwaukee Bucks so much, but given the ment on the clay courts of with champions from China Kevin Durant scored 29 they battled for the ball. bounced back with a ven­ current climate I do not the DLTA Complex here on and Brazil in a league format points and Klay Thompson Warriors guard Stephen geance, routing the Boston deserve to be in this position Wednesday. in Paris. The boys and girls added 21 as the Golden State Curry left briefly with a dis­ Celtics 123­102 to knot their of influence,” he said in a The tall and strongly built champions from that event Warriors downed the Hous­ located middle finger on his series at one game apiece. facebook post. AFP Mann had a high degree of Meeting a legend: Mann Maulik Shah and Humera Shaik with will get the wild card for the ton Rockets 115­109 in a left hand, returning with it The results: Eastern Confe­ concentration to play close Justine Henin on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT French Open junior event. bruising NBA playoff clash taped up before the quarter rence: Boston Celtics 102 (Mar­ Executive sacked after to his best against a strong on Tuesday. ended. cus Morris 17, Jaylen Brown 16, one day! In the last four years, Ab­ competitor who failed to which he eventually won. collaborated with Alexander Defending champion Harden returned in the Al Horford 15) lost to Milwau­ LOS ANGELES himanyu Vannem Reddy capitalise on the chances. Mann, ranked 84th in the Waske Tennis­University in Warriors never trailed, but second quarter, but ap­ kee Bucks 123 (Giannis Anteto­ USA Gymnastics, fighting for was the only Indian who had Interestingly, after being ITF junior list, held on to the Germany, where Prajnesh had to battle to take a 2­0 peared to feel discomfort kounmpo 29, Khris Middleton survival in the wake of the capitalised on the ticket to 28, Eric Bledsoe 21). down 2­4, Madhwin clawed momentum to run up a 3­0 Gunneswaran and other lead in the best­of­seven from the injury during the Larry Nassar sex abuse Paris to compete in the (Series tied 1­1). his way back and even held a lead with a break in the se­ leading Indians had trained Western Conference second­ game, sometimes squinting scandal, endured another French Open junior event, in set point in the 10th game. cond game. That looked to for many years. round series, which shifts to in the bright lights. Western Conference: Houston self­inflicted setback on 2017. Rockets 109 (James Harden 29, However, Mann came up have taken the sting away Houston for Game 3 on D’Antoni said he knew Tuesday with the firing of The results (finals): Boys: Chris Paul 18, Eric Gordon 15) with a service winner to from Madhwin’s challenge. Shaky start Saturday. Harden would return to the new director of sports Mann Maulik Shah bt Madhwin lost to Golden State Warriors medicine Edward Nyman. A wriggle out of the tight situa­ All the three coaches from Earlier, Humera Shaikh han­ Kamath 7­6(1), 6­2; Third Both teams had an injury contest unless the injury was 115 (Kevin Durant 29, Klay day after announcing Nyman tion. Ahmedabad — Jignesh Raval, dled a shaky start to beat Sa­ place: Kabir Hans w/o Dev scare in the first quarter, “catastrophic” but even with Thompson 21, Stephen Curry had been hired for the new Mann handled the stage Shrimal Bhat and Pawan Pa­ rah Dev 7­5, 6­3 in the girls Javia. when Houston’s 2018 NBA their superstar on the court, 20, Andre Iguodala 16, Dray­ post, the embattled well at 30­30 in the 12th tel — were on hand to watch final. Girls: Humera Shaikh bt Sarah MVP James Harden suffered the Rockets couldn’t find a mond Green 15). federation announced in a game when he was serving their wards in the final. It was an improvement for Dev 7­5, 6­3; Third place: Bhak­ a left eye injury after he was way past the Warriors. (Warriors lead series 2­0). statement posted on twitter to force the tie­breaker, Jignesh and Shrimal had Humera who had lost the fi­ ti Shah w/o Salsa Aher. that his “employment will not continue due to a conflict of interest”. No other details were given, nor was there any Himachal clinches junior girls’ title indication of why the conflict HFC issues a legal notice to Football Delhi was not discovered during the Posts a 3­1 win over Jharkhand hiring process. It’s the third The Club has objected to two teams being added to the Super League time since August that Vijay Lokapally been adapted by the present Maity, “We had no choice be­ ball will collapse,” he told Shyam Vasudevan someone hired by the box, who Anju coolly slotted a golden opportunity to put NEW DELHI regime. Decisions are being cause 12 of my players have The Hindu. Kolhapur federation has lasted less home. This was the first time her side back on level terms taken arbitrarily. It was nev­ gone to Kolkata. They have than a week. AFP A legal notice by Hindustan FD president Shaji Prab­ Himachal Pradesh produced the Jharkhand defence had in the 33rd minute. Football Club (HFC) has cast er so bad in the last 30 years better offers there and no hakaran assured things a flawless display to out­ conceded a goal through the She raced towards the WADA collects 2,200 a shadow of doubt on the or so,” complained Hindus­ one knows when the Delhi would fall in place. “There smart Jharkhand 3­1 and win tournament, and it was a goal and found herself in a samples from Moscow commencement of the Sup­ tan Club working president league would be are issues which have come the junior girls’ National sign of what was to come. one­on­one chance with just lab er League to be conducted D. K. Bose. The eight teams completed.” to this body as a legacy. We Football Championships at Jharkhand managed to the goalkeeper to beat, but a MONTREAL from May 4 by Football which had qualified for the City Club president Shara­ are trying to bring in reforms the Polo Ground here on restore parity three minutes last­ditch tackle from stop­ The World Anti­Doping Delhi. Super League were Ranger fat Ullah also threatened to and transparency. It won’t Wednesday. later when Kuwari Indwar per­back Ritu Devi prevent­ Agency (WADA) said on The Club has objected to FC, Friends United, Delhi take the legal course. “To happen overnight because Jharkhand, which scored nestled the ball into the top ed her from taking the shot. Tuesday it had retrieved two teams being added to United, Tarun Sangha from make it a 10­team league is a there is resistance from a staggering 38 goals on its corner of the net, but Hima­ Jharkhand would be left to 2,262 samples from Moscow’s the Super League against the Group­A and Garwal FC, Del­ horrible decision. How can some people who have been way to the final, was the un­ chal bounced back within rue its chances as Himachal former drug­testing “rules and regulations” of hi FC, Sudeva FC and Indian you disband the very com­ entrenched in the associa­ doubted favourite to lift the the next two minutes. made it 3­1 in off the very laboratory which will be the tournament. The notice Air Force (New Delhi) from mittee which was to conduct tion for more than three de­ title but struggled to find its Himachal Pradesh for­ next play. subjected to further analysis. Group­B. The two teams WADA said in a statement also questioned the legality the league. I demand disci­ cades. I am trying to cleanse way past a resolute Hima­ ward, Nisha, won the ball at Himachal’s Manisha, op­ which have been added are investigators had collected A behind “disbanding” of the plinary action against one of the system but the clubs chal defence. the edge of the box, got it on­ erating on the left, won the National United FC and and B samples from the league sub­committee. the clubs figuring in the have to be brought at par. I Himachal skipper Anju to her preferred right foot ball in the attacking third, former laboratory which were Among the objections Young Men FC. league. It will be best to call am not here to please peo­ gave her side the best of and struck a thunderous got past her marker and split into 4,524 collection raised by Hindustan Club are for a general body meeting ple. I want to impact the starts when she struck the drive past a flummoxed stormed into the box with bottles. The samples had no action being taken Tarun Sangha withdraws and sort out the issues be­ game but I will need time. I opening goal as early as the Jharkhand ‘keeper to give relative ease. With the goal been removed from Moscow against Sudeva Club for field­ Tarun Sangha, however, fore starting the Super am trying to improve a sys­ fifth minute. The goal was her side the lead once again. at her mercy, she placed it in for re­testing at a WADA­ ing players who were not re­ withdrew from the Super League. Issues can’t be al­ tem which has not known constructed off a string of Jharkhand’s ace forward the bottom right corner to accredited laboratory outside gistered. “There is an ap­ League. According to Tarun lowed to linger otherwise professionalism for close to neat, short passes, with the Sumati Kumari, who scored put her team in the driver’s of Russia. AFP peasement policy which has Sangha secretary Bibhas the structure of Delhi foot­ 40 years.” last one finding Anju in the 17 goals in four matches, had seat. CM A ND-NDE YK thursday ț may 2, 2019

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CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC I N BRIEF Take money from other parties Vote for Modi as he has ensured but vote for AAP, says Kejriwal national security, urges Shah ‘Don’t vote for work done by party MPs or funds given by Centre’ South Delhi residents CM takes out his first roadshow in city; attacks PM for blocking development work Shinjini Ghosh with South Delhi and New itated several development­ parched for change NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Delhi BJP candidates Ra­ related projects in the Capi­ For many residents of the BJP president Amit Shah on mesh Bidhuri and Mee­ tal, including the expansion South Delhi Lok Sabha Wednesday appealed to vo­ nakshi Lekhi respectively, in of the Delhi metro network, constituency, shortage of ters to not vote for the in­ attendance among other upgradation of hospitals and drinking water and lack of cumbent MPs based on “the party leaders. solving water shortage is­ sanitation facilities are the Staff Reporter work they have done” but sues in areas like Sangam Vi­ major issues they will be New Delhi vote for the party as Prime Slams Kejriwal har and Deoli. keeping in mind when they AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal Minister Narendra Modi has Hitting out at Delhi Chief Mi­ Referring to the designa­ go to vote on May 12. while taking out his first ensured that the “nation is nister for opposing the erst­ tion of Masood Azhar as C ITY Ī PAGE 3 roadshow during the party’s secure”. while Congress government “global terrorist” by the Un­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD election campaign in Delhi Speaking at his first public in Delhi on corruption ited Nations, Mr. Shah said Vote for Modi, Rajnath on Wednesday, asked voters meeting in Delhi this elec­ charges and then seeking an that it is because of Prime appeals to voters not to deny money given by tion season, Mr. Shah said, alliance with the party to Minister Modi that the “en­ NEW DELHI other political parties, but “As the BJP chief, I am telling contest election, Mr. Shah tire world” has come togeth­ Union Home Minister Rajnath urged them to vote for AAP. you that do not vote for said, “First, Mr. Kejriwal said er while leaving Pakistan as Singh on Wednesday these two MP candidates for that the Sheila Dikshit go­ “globally isolated”. appealed to the Capital’s ‘Don’t deny it’ any of the work they have vernment is corrupt and ac­ voters to re­elect Prime “On the night of election, do done for you. Even the fact tion will be taken. How ma­ Human rights Minister Narendra Modi to they [other political parties] that Mr. Modi has spent over ny cases have they filed? “When the Balakot air ensure that India becomes a come to give money or not? ₹1 lakh crore for Delhi, Instead they were ready for strikes happened, both Mr. world super power in the What will you do? Take it, should not be the reason an alliance with the same Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi coming decade. don’t deny it, but vote for why you vote for him. Rath­ party.” raised questions regarding CITY Ī PAGE 3 Jhadu,” Mr. Kejriwal said, er you are supposed to vote “Mr. Kejriwal still hopes human rights and so on. But DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD while addressing a gathering for them because Mr. Modi that they [AAP] will win in do the widows and children at L Block in Wazirpur JJ clus­ has ensured that the country Delhi. If he takes a look at re­ of our soldiers who were ter, around 8 p.m. on Wed­ Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow at Lal Bagh in New Delhi on is secure.” sults of the civic body elec­ martyred in Pulwama have

nesday. But the AAP chief Wednesday. * ANUJ ARORA The statement came as tions, he will get an idea of no human rights? We will did not mention the BJP or Mr. Shah addressed a public what the Lok Sabha results not compromise national se­ the Congress in his speech. blocks in their development Chandni Chowk candidate Wazipur JJ cluster and was meeting in the South Delhi will be,” he added while stat­ curity because of vote­bank Mr. Kejriwal had made a works through Central go­ Pankaj Gupta and Health Mi­ under way at the time of fil­ constituency’s Vasant Kunj, ing that the Centre has facil­ politics,” Mr. Shah said. similar remark during the vernment­approved L­G. nister Satyendar Jain, among ing this report. 2015 Delhi Assembly elec­ “Harsh Vardhan is the MP others. Amidst drum beats “In the last three days, se­ tion and it became contro­ here and you won’t even and showering of flowers ven of our MLAs have said versial with both the BJP and know that. He hasn’t not and AAP’s poll song de­ that the BJP people have con­ the Congress attacking him. even come to ask for vote. manding full statehood blar­ tacted them and offered ₹10 Can’t give death penalty This time, vote for AAP and ing out of speakers, the AAP crore to break them. This is for corruption, says SC Attack on Modi make us more strong. If our chief moved from one area not becoming of a Prime Mi­ NEW DELHI Mr. Kejriwal attacked Prime seven MPs reach the Central to another, surrounded by nister,” he said. “We cannot give capital Minister Narendra Modi and government, our strength hundreds of party workers. “Day before yesterday, the punishment for corruption,” a peeved Supreme Court said on said he was blocking deve­ will increase and all of your Mr. Kejriwal waved, Prime Minister said he will Wednesday while referring to lopment works in Delhi. “If pending work will happen,” smiled and showed victory buy 40 MLAs of Mamata Ba­ the “misconduct” of realtors our seven MPs go to Parlia­ he said. sign to the people waiting on nerjee and will lead to the in cheating lakhs of people ment, Modi won’t have the Urging people to vote for the streets and on their bal­ fall of her government. Does across the country. The court courage to stop our files,” AAP, the Delhi Chief Minister conies, who were trying to it show Prime Minister in a said builders, in connivance Mr. Kejriwal said, while ad­ also said that he wants to catch a glimpse of the leader. good light? It’s wrong to buy with authorities and banks, dressing a roadshow in Lal build hospitals and lay pipe­ MLAs of elected government have flouted norms and Bagh in Model Town. lines to bring water for them, ‘BJP’s bid to poach MLAs’ and pull them down,” he constructed sky scrappers The AAP­led government but Mr. Modi was stopping The roadshow started said during the roadshow. side by side across India. has been alleging that the him. Mr. Kejriwal travelled in around 6 p.m. from Lal Bagh BJP president Amit Shah during an election rally in support of party candidates Ramesh CITY Ī PAGE 4 S EE ALSO Ī PAGE 3 * R.V. MOORTHY DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD BJP has been creating road­ an open jeep along with AAP and went to Shastri Park and Bidhuri and Meenakshi Lekhi, at Vasant Kunj on Wednesday. Court questions Atishi’s right to file Doctor found dead in rented flat; neighbour’s role suspected petition against Gautam Gambhir Multiple stab injuries on neck, broken knife found near body; victim was an MD aspirant Directs AAP leader to file more papers to prove locus standi STAFF REPORTER pleted her MBBS and was check on her as she was not state of panic when he re­ NEW DELHI preparing for MD. She had responding to his calls,” said turned. Dr. Verma told him Press Trust of India court) after her counsel said of East Delhi should not be A 25­year­old woman doctor been working as a junior re­ a police officer. that he was going to return a New Delhi there was a “prima facie” saddled with an MP who has was found dead with her sident doctor at Dr. N.C. Joshi During investigation, it book to his batchmate and A Delhi court on Wednesday case against Mr. Gambhir. no chance of survival in the throat slit at her rented ac­ Memorial Hospital in Karol was found that Chandra Pra­ would come back soon, but asked AAP’s Lok Sabha can­ “How you are affected by near future. Voters should commodation in Ranjit Na­ Bagh for the past few kash Verma, who is also an did not return. He took his ID didate from East Delhi, At­ this? If he has committed not be made to suffer,” she gar in central Delhi, the pol­ months, the police said. MD aspirant, and lived in an card along,” said a police ishi, to prove her locus stan­ any wrong, what’s your lo­ told the court. ice said on Wednesday. The The police said they re­ adjacent room was missing officer. di for filing a petition against cus?” the court asked. The court has posted the prime suspect is a doctor ceived a call around 11.30 after the incident. Mishra The deceased’s family said her BJP rival Gautam Gamb­ matter for further hearing who lives in an adjacent p.m. on Tuesday about a wo­ The flat where the woman and Dr. Verma, who were the MD examination is sche­ hir for allegedly enrolling as ‘Not eligible to vote’ on May 6, six days before room in the same building, man found dead in Ranjit Na­ doctor lived. preparing for MD examina­ duled for June. Her parents a voter in two Assembly Advocate Karuna Nundy, ap­ Delhi goes to polls. The plea, they said. gar. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT tion, used to attend the same had recently visited her segments. pearing for Ms. Atishi , told filed by advocate Mohd Ir­ The woman, identified as A police team reached the coaching in Karol Bagh. room. She had taken leave Metropolitan Magistrate the court that Mr. Gambhir shad on Thursday, alleged Garima Mishra, was an MD location and found the body was found near the body. from the hospital to prepare Viplav Dabas directed the was a “dead man walking. that Mr. Gambhir has en­ aspirant and hailed from Go­ lying in a pool of blood. The “We were informed by her State of panic for her exams. DCP (Central) AAP leader to file more doc­ He is not eligible to vote and rolled “deliberately” and “il­ rakhpur. Her body was body had multiple injuries [victim’s] landlord about the “Dr. Verma’s roommate, Vi­ M.S. Randhawa said a mur­ uments to prove her locus will be disqualified as a legally” as a voter in Karol found in her room located on the neck, they said, ad­ incident. The landlord was kas, also a doctor, had gone der case has been registered. standi (the right to bring an candidate”. Bagh and Rajinder Nagar As­ on the third floor of the ding that a broken kitchen alerted by Mishra’s cousin to the temple, and said he action or to appear in a “Even if he wins, people sembly segments. building. Mishra had com­ knife with bloodstains on it who had gone to her room to had found Dr. Verma in a S EE ALSO Ī PAGE 2 It’s nation first, say kin of murdered ‘promoter of Swachh Bharat’ Woman tells men at eatery to Family members are bitter over job promise, but think current govt has done well for the country rape girls wearing short dresses Hemani Bhandari wife’s name. The Delhi go­ Bharat”, he didn’t get the re­ NEW DELHI vernment also announced cognition he deserved. “I No formal complaint has been made in the case so far The family of a 32­year­old e­ relief of ₹5 lakh for the family think this happens with all rickshaw driver, who was and Prime Minister Naren­ the people who are poor; we Ashok Kumar and the video was then for wearing short clothes murdered for objecting to dra Modi announced an ex are forgotten after politics is GURUGRAM uploaded on Faceboo and bashing her unsolicited public urination on May 27 in gratia relief of ₹1 lakh. played on our deaths,” Ra­ The video clip of a group of No formal police com­ opinion...we took her on at a 2017, said that while they are Rajesh said that the job jesh said. women confronting a wo­ plaint has been made in the shopping centre, nearby. We bitter about a few things, was given to Ravinder’s wife Talking about the local is­ man inside a shopping mall case so far. Some of the com­ gave her the chance to apol­ “it’s nation first”. in North Delhi Municipal sues that plague their resi­ for allegedly making unsa­ ments online read: “She has ogise, to no avail, of course Speaking to The Hindu at Corporation but she quit it in dence, Rajesh said that the voury comments on their to much ego to apologize...i [sic]”. their residence in the narrow days and went back to her street outside his residence short dress and instigating hate auntys”, “I wish i was In the video, a woman can lanes of a slum dwelling near parents’ house in Agra. is broken, the drains are men to rape them has gone thr at shoping center woudl be seen supporting the vic­ the GTB Nagar metro station, “The job was for a family overflowing and public viral. have bashed this lady writ tim and her friends and ask­ Rajesh (39), brother of vic­ member. We had proposed Rajesh, brother of the victim, outside his residence in the washrooms have remained away”, “More power to you. ing the woman to apologise. tim Ravinder, said that when at that time also that it narrow lanes of a slum dwelling. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT closed for months. “No polit­ Video goes viral What you all did is totally Another woman can be seen it comes to electing the coun­ should be given to our youn­ icians or councillors visit With the video shared more corret!” and “Hats off to you arguing that if short dress try’s leader, “we’ll think ger brother Azad because ment has done well for the didn’t know about technolo­ here as if we don’t exist. Ear­ than 29,000 times in less girls!!!”. had been the reason for about the nation first”. the wife wasn’t inclined to­ country. “No government gy but now “even a rickshaw lier, the Congress MLA used than 24 hours, has received Recalling the incident on rapes, then why were the wards working. But nothing has had the courage to give a walla is using PayTM; eve­ to visit frequently and he was more than a thousand com­ her Facebook page, the wo­ toddlers and elderly women Assured job, relief happened,” he said adding fitting reply to Pakistan after ryone has bank accounts”. also approachable but the ments supporting the man, targeted by the lady for raped. But the lady, in no Vice­President Venkaiah Nai­ that they had gone to meet 26/11 terrorist attack and oth­ His father Surender Kumar, a AAP MLA hasn’t come at all,” women. wearing the short dress, mood to relent, justified her du had called Ravinder a the officials in the corpora­ er attacks but the Modi go­ retired Delhi police head he alleged. The incident took place at wrote: “Hey guys. Today my comments and also threa­ ‘promoter of Swachh Bha­ tion “but didn’t know whom vernment has given a good constable, sitting next to him “Ek looti huyi riyaasat ka Nukkadwala restaurant in friends and I were harassed tened to call the police. rat’. When Ravinder was to contact”. Rajesh said that response which was re­ nodded in agreement. raja hone se accha, ek tarak- Sector 48 here on Tuesday. by a woman at a restaurant Nukkadwala CEO and co­ murdered, Mr. Naidu and Mr. Tiwari had given him his quired,” he said. ki wale desh ka naagrik hona The women decided to fol­ for me wearing a short founder, Nitika Kapur said, BJP’s North­East Delhi candi­ contact number but it had Due recognition hai [It’s better to be a citizen low the lady to a home fur­ dress. This middle aged wo­ “Yes, we are aware of the in­ date Manoj Tiwari had visit­ got misplaced. Developing technology However, the family remains of a developing nation than nishings store, confront her man you’ll see in the video cident. The restaurant has ed the house and promised a While the family is bitter Lauding the current regime, disappointed that while Ra­ being the king of a looted and seek her apology. The addressed seven men at the also extended their support job to the family; a cheque of about the job situation, they the brother also said that till vinder was branded “as the one],” he said ending the entire conversation was re­ restaurant to rape us be­ to the girls who had been ₹50,000 was also given in his said that the current govern­ five­six years ago, people man who died for Swacch conversation. corded on the mobile phone cause she felt we deserved it shamed.” CM B ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Jet Airways gets High Court Doctor murder: CCTV footage notice over plea seeking refund shows suspect with backpack Bloodstains found on washbasin; roommate questioned S ignalling issue: snag on Activist says major crisis for passengers; court asks govt and DGCA to respond Delhi Metro Yellow Line SAURABH TRIVEDI works in Gurugarm. The used in the murder was NEW DELHI Staff Reporter mental agony. This has re­ NEW DELHI cousins had to leave for Go­ found broken. Commuters travelling on the New Delhi sulted in profiteering by oth­ Footage from CCTV camera rakhpur at 9 p.m. but she The police have found Yellow Line of the Delhi The Delhi High Court on er airlines at the cost of the installed at the entry of the had not reached ISBT. bloodstains on the washba­ Metro on Wednesday Monday issued notice to Jet passengers and till date no lane has shown that the sus­ Gautam Khurana, the vic­ sin in the common kitchen afternoon faced delays as Airways on a plea seeking re­ relief has been announced pect in the Ranjit Nagar mur­ tim’s landlord said that on the third floor of the there was a signalling issue fund or alternative mode of by the respondents [Centre der case left the building when the cousin reached the building. They suspect Dr. between 1.50 p.m. and 2.25 p.m. A DMRC statement said travel to passengers who and DGCA],” it added. with a backpack and was building, he found Garima’s Verma washed his hands that “there was a signalling had booked tickets with the “There is a complete wearing slippers. room was locked from out­ there before leaving. issue in a train approaching airways which has shut all chaotic aviation crisis loom­ Prime suspect Chandra side and the lights were off They also said that Dr. Saket metro station [towards domestic and international ing over the country where Prakash Verma’s last loca­ but the fan was on. He got Verma might have taken his Samaypur Badli], due to flights. the consumers/passengers tion was found in Mayur Vi­ suspicious and when he bloodstained clothes along which there was a minor The High Court addition­ are victim on account of ab­ har on Wednesday morning peeped inside the room while leaving since they bunching from HUDA City ally asked the Centre and sence of any robust and ef­ but by evening his location from a glass window, he have not found his clothes in Centre­Saket section of the the Directorate General of The plea said more than ₹360 crore of passengers’ money is fective regulator in the avia­ was in Uttar Pradesh, the found Garima lying on the his room or anywhere in the Yellow Line”. STAFF REPORTER Civil Aviation (DGCA) to also under threat due to non­refund of ticket value . Jet Airways tion sector in India to police revealed. floor. building.

respond to the plea by next * FILE PHOTO regulate the functioning of They said the lane in “The cousin, with the “The suspect met Garima th has shut all domestic and international flights. DU celebrates 97 date of hearing on July 16. the airlines in a fair and eth­ which the building is located help of Mr. Verma’s room­ at Dr. N.C. Joshi Memorial Foundation Day Activist Bejon Kumar Mis­ Aviation and the DGCA to their airfares and the tooth­ ical manner in order to mon­ has a dead end. The CCTV mate, Vikas, broke open the Hospital where they work NEW DELHI ra, in his application, said adopt prompt redress me­ less and vulnerable consum­ itor and regulate airfares,” installed in the lane has cap­ door and realised Garima together. He had also helped DU celebrated its 97th Foundation Day on the sudden suspension of all chanism for all affected pas­ ers are constrained to suffer the plea said. tured the movement of Mr. was dead. They informed her find an accommodation. Wednesday. Various flights of Jet Airways has re­ sengers to access full refund not only in terms of money, “It is submitted that as Verma when he was exiting the other people living in the The landlord said that Gari­ university and government sulted in a major crisis for of air tickets with reasonable but also in terms of mental per the report available in the building around 8.45 building. I informed the pol­ ma, Mr. Verma and Mr. Vikas officials presided over the the passengers who were compensation or arrange al­ harassment of unprecedent­ the public domain, approxi­ p.m. He hails from Bahraich ice about the incident and were on good terms,” said a event. ‘Distinguished Service not informed about it ternative mode of travel for ed scale,” the plea said. mately more than ₹360 district in UP. called an ambulance,” said police officer. Awards’ for retired teachers, earlier. them to reach their “The passengers have to crore of the passengers/con­ The police said that vic­ Mr. Khurana. The police have ques­ excellence awards for destination. not only purchase alterna­ sumers’ hard­earned money tim Garima’s cousin had Garima has been stabbed tioned Dr. Vikas who teachers in service and Redress mechanism “It is common knowledge tive tickets at highly exorbi­ is under threat due to non­ gone to her room around multiple times on the neck claimed to be unaware of the awards of appreciation were The plea has sought direc­ that all competitor airlines tant cost, but also go refund of the ticket value,” it 10.30 p.m. after she did not and several other parts of murder when Verma left the distributed. STAFF REPORTER tion to the Ministry of Civil have exorbitantly increased through lots of anxieties and said. answer his calls. The cousin her body. The kitchen knife building.

Man arrested for giving fake surety in Delhi court NEW DELHI Man jumps A 48­year­old man, identified Man killed by father­in­law for Youth held for abducting, killing as Omprakash Giri, has been in front of arrested for giving fake surety in a Delhi court. A robbery intervening in fight, accused held neighbour over personal enmity metro train accused had not appeared in court after which Giri, who STAFF REPORTER had given his surety was Accused was drunk, picked up fight with his wife: daughter Accused smashed victim’s face, dumped body; one at large NEW DELHI summoned but he did not Staff Reporter Staff Reporter turn up as well. The received a call from Safdar­ husband intervened, her son were on their way to buy arrested. A 50­year­old civic body NEW DELHI NEW DELHI documents he submitted jung Hospital and were told father attacked him with a milk when a car stopped “During interrogation, he worker allegedly jumped in were found forged after A 24­year­old man was that an man with a stab inju­ knife,” the officer said. A 20­year­old youth has near them. Two persons said that Ajay and Mohit had front of a metro train at which he was arrested. stabbed to death allegedly ry in his abdomen had been Dev got married to Bha­ been arrested for allegedly came out and abducted a fight over a trivial issue in Dwarka Sector 9 station on STAFF REPORTER by his father­in­law when he admitted. “We got a call gyashree in December 2018, kidnapping and killing a 22­ Ajay, she said. March. Ajay had beaten up the Blue Line on Wednes­ intervened in a fight bet­ again later and were in­ the police said. year­old neighbour over per­ The mother identified Bhupender and his friends day, the police said. ween the accused and his formed that the man, identi­ The couple had come to sonal enmity, the police said one of them as Mohit, a again on April 27, after The incident lead to dis­ wife in south Delhi’s Tigri on fied as Dev, had succumbed visit the woman’s parents on on Wednesday. neighbour. which Mohit and Bhupender ruption in metro services Two arrested Wednesday, the police said. to injuries around 8 a.m.,” Tuesday night when the inci­ Deputy Commissioner of A few hours later, a body decided to kill Ajay, with the that were resumed after The accused has been arrest­ Mr. Kumar said. dent happened, the police Police (Crime Branch) Ram with a smashed face was help of their common friend few minutes, said a DMRC for smuggling ed, they said. When the police visited added. Gopal Naik said that the ar­ found near the Kundli­Gha­ Golu,” Mr. Naik said. official. He jumped around Deputy Commissioner of the crime spot, they found They also said that a case rested accused has been ziabad Peripheral Express­ The accused abducted 10.18 a.m. and sustained drugs in city Police (South) Vijay Kumar blood on the street in front under Section 302 (punish­ identified as Bhupender way who was identified as Ajay, thrashed him in the severe injuries. He was said that the victim has been of the house in Tigri. “Victim ment for murder) of the In­ alias Rohit and the victim as Ajay. car. When the victim fell un­ rushed to a hospital, where STAFF REPORTER identified as Dev Kumar, Dev’s 21­year­old wife Bha­ dian Penal Code has been re­ Ajay Kumar, both residents Mr. Naik said that the pol­ conscious, they pulled him he succumbed to injuries. NEW DELHI who lived in Sukhdev Vihar gyashree told the police that gistered at Tigri police of Narela. ice received a tip­off on Wed­ out of the car and smashed He has left no note. Two foreign nationals have in New Friends Colony. The her father had killed her station and the accused has nesday morning that one of his face before dumping his Suicide prevention hel- been arrested for allegedly accused father­in­law has husband. Her father, she been arrested. Mother’s account the accused was roaming body and fleeing. pline: Sanjivini, Society for smuggling cocaine, the pol­ been identified as Narender said, had picked up a fight Further investigation into The police said that on April around the Mansa Devi tem­ Mr. Naik said that teams Mental Health, 011-4076 ice said on Wednesday. Kumar, he added. with her mother after get­ the matter is under way, Mr. 28, Ajay’s 50­yearold mother ple in Narela after which a are working to nab the ab­ 9002, Monday-Saturday, The accused, Tine Mus­ The police said that they ting drunk and when her Kumar said. told them that she and her trap was laid and he was sconding accused. 10 a.m. -7.30 p.m. tafa (29) and Innocent Agh­ adiobi (40), were living in Tilak Nagar. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The arrest was made fol­ AC technicians die as compressor lowing a tip­off that two fo­ Water baby reign nationals, alleged members of an illegal explodes in Gurugram apartment drugs syndicate, would come to Dwarka with a consignment of cocaine, Victims worked for app­based repair service; probe on A.K. Singla, Additional Commissioner of Police Special Correspondent Mahesh (25) had gone to re­ dents called and informed (Crime) said. He said 90 g GURUGRAM fill gas in the AC around 4.30 him about the incident. of cocaine was seized from A technician associated with p.m. after the tenant, Basu­ “The incident happened their possession. an app­based air­condition­ dev Saha, booked the ser­ with a deafening sound and Mustafa who belongs to er (AC) repair service provid­ vice through the app. was heard across the society. Senegal in West Africa er and his helper were killed While the two were work­ The residents called the pol­ came to India two years after the compressor of the ing on the window AC, the ice and the ambulance to ago. He wanted to start a machine burst while they compressor blasted and the take the injured to the hospi­ garment business but were refilling gas in a flat at two sustained serious inju­ tal,” said Mr. Malik. failed. He met some Niger­ Sare Homes, a group hous­ ries. One of them died on Mr. Saha was at some dis­ ian nationals and began ing society, in Sector 92 the spot and the other suc­ tance from the AC when the peddling drugs. Aghadiobi here. cumbed to injuries while he compressor burst. He sus­ belongs to Ghana in West The tenant of the flat also was being taken to the tained serious burns on his Africa and came to India sustained injuries in the inci­ hospital. face and hands. around a year ago. He met dent and was admitted to The pictures of the inci­ “...This is a huge loss. We Mr. Mustafa at a get­togeth­ Rockland Hospital in Mane­ dent, tweeted by RWA presi­ are with the victim’s families er and joined him in drug sar. The matter is under in­ dent Praveen Malik, present­ and are committed to sup­ peddling. The police are vestigation and a case will be ed a gory scene with blood port them in this difficult verifying their passports, registered soon, the police splattered on the floor. Mr. time,” said an official state­ visa documents, source of A child cools off under a flyover at Lodi Colony on a hot Wednesday afternoon.* V.V. KRISHNAN said. Malik said he was in his of­ ment by the AC repair ser­ supply of cocaine. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Ravi (30) and his nephew fice when a couple of resi­ vice provider. DU teachers protest reduced Plea seeking alternative plot Petition seeks forfeiture of retirement age of two professors from DDA dismissed by HC Gulshan Rai’s Padma Shri

Professors were told they will be retiring at the age of 62 ‘Petitioner cannot claim right to be allotted alternative plot’ For using it as prefix to name; HC refuses Staff Reporter placed on the faculty roster, Staff Reporter As the decision Staff Reporter <> New Delhi New Delhi it said. It also alleged that the New Delhi does not result in A ‘black flag’ demonstration principal of Vivekanand col­ The Delhi High Court has unconstitutional, The Delhi High Court has re­ was held by members of the lege misrepresented the col­ dismissed a plea by a city re­ unjust, deprivation fused to entertain a plea Delhi University Teacher’s lege governing body’s in­ seeking directions to the sident, seeking directions to of the right of the Association (DUTA) on Wed­ struction in the letter, the Delhi Development Centre to forfeit the ‘Padma citizen to property, nesday, which marked the stating that it had directed Authority (DDA) to allot him Shri’ award conferred on a university’s 97 th foundation her to seek “legal opinion”, an alternative plot at Dwar­ it remains person for allegedly using it day, to protest the lack of in­ a claim refuted by members ka, instead of Narela “at a times, essentially and funda­ substantially as a prefix to his name. tervention of the administra­ of the body, in a letter to the rate commensurate with the mentally a decision of poli­ immune from The High Court said the Mr. Rai, who is the presi­ tion in a case of alleged ha­ principal. rate” at which he had ac­ cy. So long, as the decision judicial review matter did not require inter­ dent of the club, was con­ rassment of physical The teacher’s union has quired the land. does not result in unconsti­ Justice C. Hari Shankar ference as a show­cause not­ ferred Padma Shri for cir­ education teachers at two of demanded that “illegal” let­ Justice C. Hari Shankar tutional, or unjust, depriva­ High Court judge ice has already been issued cumnavigating the world on its colleges. ters be withdrawn and step­ said the petitioner, Ram Ku­ tion of the right of the citizen by the government to the his yacht, Jaykus II. Two associate professors A ‘black flag’ demonstration ping down of the officiating mar, cannot claim any enfor­ to property, it remains sub­ for the said purpose, as it person seeking his explana­ The government had also of the Vivekanand and was held by Delhi University principals. ceable right to be allotted an stantially immune from judi­ thinks best,” the High Court tion on the issue. earlier said the national Shyamlal (E) College have re­ Teacher’s Association on It also said that it was dis­ alternative plot at Dwarka, cial review,” the judge said. also remarked. The court was hearing a awards such as Bharat Rat­ ceived letters from the prin­ Wednesday. * appointed that the V­C had or that such allotment “The ultimate duty of the “Even if, in a given case, plea filed by Ivan Barry na, Padma Vibhushan, Pad­ cipals of these colleges in­ refused to meet their repre­ should be at a price which is DDA is to ensure the deve­ the court was to feel that the Trayling, a member of the ma Bhushan and Padma forming them that they ly 2019, it said. sentatives despite holding “commensurate to the rate lopment of Delhi as efficient­ DDA could have acted other­ Royal Bombay Yacht Club, Shri “do not amount to titles would be retiring at the age By failing to intervene in dharnas in front of his resi­ at which” his land was ac­ ly, and in as optimum a man­ wise, restraint has, never­ alleging that Gulshan Rai, a within the meaning of Arti­ of 62 instead of 65, DUTA the matter, the university dence since April 23. It ad­ quired in 1981. ner, as is possible, and in theless, to be exercised, and Padma Shri awardee, has cle 18[1] of the Constitution said. The matter has as­ has failed to protect its own ded that it would intensify its “The decision of allot­ discharging the said duty, deference accorded to the been using the conferment and thus are not to be used sumed utmost urgency as resolutions which deter­ protests with public meet­ ment of alternative plots, to the DDA has necessarily to subjective discretion con­ as a prefix or suffix to his as prefixes or suffixes to the the professors concerned mined that physical educa­ ings and relay hunger strikes persons whose lands have be allowed the latitude to ex­ ferred, by law, on the DDA,” name, which is not name of the recipient in any will attain this in May and Ju­ tion teachers should be starting Thursday. been acquired, is, at all ercise discretion, vested in it it said. permissible. manner whatsoever”. 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EC’s app has received over South Delhi residents parched for change 2,000 plaints Water shortage and lack of sanitation facilities on voters’ mind, but some say ‘local issues’ need to take a back seat during general election

Staff Reporter has proved that someone mind “national perspec­ Congress candidate boxer­ New Delhi cares about the country.” tive” rather than “local turned­politician Vijender The Election Commission’s Sixty­five­year­old Jagwa­ issues”. Singh’s star power would cVIGIL app has received ti, a housewife, said: “For help in the upcoming elec­ 2,004 complaints of Model the last four years we have ‘Not Assembly election’ tion, Mr. Niranjan Singh Code of Conduct violations been asking for proper wa­ “We have to realise that this said: “Voters are a lot more in Delhi up till Tuesday, ac­ Shinjini Ghosh ter connections and tube­ is not the Assembly election aware now and will not cording to a report from NEW DELHI wells [from the AAP govern­ and we should not focus so fooled by such celebrity the office of the Chief Elec­ For many residents of the ment] but have not got it much on the local issues. candidates.” toral Officer here. South Delhi Lok Sabha con­ yet. Why should we vote for The Kejriwal led­govern­ Neb Sarai resident Dar­ Out of these, 1,445 com­ stituency, shortage of drink­ them [AAP] if they cannot ment has worked in our shan Singh, however, had a plaints have been found to ing water and lack of sanita­ provide basic facilities like area by providing better fa­ different view: “Our local be correct by Assistant Re­ tion facilities are the major water? Now we are looking cilities, including good go­ MP [BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri] turning Officers (ARO) and issues they will be keeping above our local MP and will vernment schools. But in has not done anything Returning Officers (RO) of in mind when they go to bring back Mr. Modi to pow­ the Lok Sabha election, we much to improve our living the area. Among these, the vote on May 12. er who is working so hard will vote for Mr. Modi as we condition here. It is unfor­ highest number of cases For others, however, for the nation.” need to choose a PM and tunate that he got a ticket have been registered in the such “local issues” do not not a MLA,” said Ankit again. AAP is also not show­ New Delhi constituency, matter as much since the ‘An obvious choice’ Goyal, a resident of Tigri. ing much vigour and so we which has a sizeable popu­ general election “is for For Dilshad Babu, a grocery Forty­five­year­old Niran­ will vote for Vijender Singh. lation of government ser­ choosing the Prime store owner residing in Ma­ jan Kumar Singh, an insu­ After all he has some vants. Here, out of 561 Minister”. hipalpur, ‘jhadu [AAP sym­ rance agent, said that by achievements of his own complaints registered, 414 When Aam Aadmi Par­ bol]’ is the “obvious” choice questioning Mr. Modi on too.” have found to be correct. ty’s South Delhi candidate as the pipelines have the Balakot airstrikes, Mr. Sixty­two­year­old Ma­ The least number of cas­ Raghav Chadha took out a reached his area. “Mr. Kejri­ Kejriwal had “proved that hender Singh, a resident of es have been registered roadshow in Ghitorni vil­ wal has worked hard for our he was on Pakistan’s side”. Bijwasan and owner of a from North East Delhi at lage, residents expressed area and it is because of him “My family had voted for garment shop, said that 34, out of which 17 were displeasure over water that we have pipelines and Mr. Kejriwal in the Assemb­ “there is no other option found to be correct. Out of shortage in the area and regular water supply. Resi­ ly election but now that he but Modi”. “We have been all the complaints re­ lack of sanitation facilities. dents are happy and satis­ has become the spokesper­ Congress loyalists since the ceived, a total of 218 were Bulbul Singh, owner of a fied and we will vote for son for Pakistan, there is no Indira Gandhi era. Even in dropped at the level of the small vegetable shop, said: AAP. We are not concerned way that we will vote for Delhi, we supported it for 15 District Contact Centre “Do you see the open drain with who the other candi­ him. Now that the Prime Mi­ years when Sheila Dikshit while 337 were dropped by right next to the shop? The dates are,” he added. nister has proved that he was Chief Minister. But now the ARO or RO. In contrast, AAP leaders just walked Forty­year old Moham­ has the nation’s best inter­ there is hardly any Con­ 218 FIRs have been filed for past it yet they still hope mad Taufique, a resident of ests in mind, we will vote gress left. As for AAP, they violations of the Model that we will vote for them. Khanpur, echoed the senti­ for him. He has made a came to power by criticising Code of Conduct up till Do you think they care to ment and said that the Delhi place for India in the world, and attacking the erstwhile May 1. Among these, 143 notice the filth lying here, government is responsible which nobody ever did. The Congress government but FIRs or Daily Diary entries and the fact that we are liv­ for the “development” in them that the persistent ly achieved for the country? Kejriwal even as a PM BJP will get all seven seats in they were ready to get into have been filed against ing in such conditions? Our his area. “We are very satis­ problem of water shortage He is busy visiting other candidate. Delhi because it is all about an alliance with them. How non­political persons, vote is for Prime Minister fied with the AAP govern­ and lack of sanitation facili­ countries and making false Some residents, howev­ bringing Mr. Modi back to can we rely on them? It is while 75 have been filed Narendra Modi as at least ment and we are loyal vo­ ties have been solved. What promises,” he said, adding er, said they will vote in the power,” Mr. Singh said. Mr. Modi’s time and he will against political parties. with the Balakot attack he ters of AAP. It is because of has the Prime Minister real­ that he would support Mr. general election keeping in When asked whether be back as PM,” he added. Vote for Modi to ensure India ‘Waqf Board funds used for minority appeasement politics’ becomes super power: Rajnath BJP delegation meets CEC, files complaint against Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including Kejriwal Staff Reporter grouse is a hike in honorari­ ways there. The memoran­ Gambhir says he is ready for public debate with Atishi New Delhi um to Imams in January this dum of 2015 was a tempor­ The BJP on Wednesday filed year, from the existing ary arrangement. We passed Staff Reporter a complaint with the Elec­ ₹10,000 to ₹18000, and that the resolution to restore the New Delhi tion Commission against of Moazzins from ₹9,000 to earlier situation and there is Union Home Minister Raj­ Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ₹16,000. no violation of model code of nath Singh on Wednesday leaders, including party con­ “The BJP delegation de­ conduct in it,” Mr. Khan said. appealed to the Capital’s vo­ vener Arvind Kejriwal, alleg­ manded that the EC ban the He claimed that the BJP ters to re­elect Prime Minis­ ing that Delhi Waqf Board poll campaign of Mr. Kejri­ was “rattled” as it was “not ter Narendra Modi to ensure funds were being “used” for wal, Kailash Gahlot and Waqf getting votes” and was trying that India becomes a world their “minority appease­ board chairman Amanatul­ to raise the issue for “politi­ super power in the coming ment” politics. lah Khan till May 10 for ap­ cal polarisation”. “Their decade. A delegation of BJP lead­ Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan (centre) and other party peasement of a particular re­ complaint is politically mo­ Mr. Singh was speaking at ers, including Union Minis­ leaders come out of the EC office on Wednesday. * PTI ligious community,” Mr. tivated. They are losing the a public meeting in Shastri ter Dharmendra Pradhan, Gupta said. elections in Delhi as minori­ Park in support of the par­ Sambit Patra and Leader of drawal of money from bank orandum dated June 3, 2015, ties are strongly behind AAP ty’s North East Delhi candi­ Opposition in the Delhi As­ account of the board as per which the signature of ‘Temporary arrangement’ candidates,” Mr. Khan said. date Manoj Tiwari and East sembly Vijender Gupta, met through signatures of any the board’s CEO was neces­ Mr. Khan said that the mem­ Meanwhile, the Delhi Delhi candidate Gautam the Chief Election Commis­ two among the chairman, sary for such withdrawal of orandum for necessary sig­ Chief Electoral Officer issued Gambhir. While cricketer­ Home Minister Rajnath Singh with BJP’s East Delhi candidate sioner and filed the com­ any member and chief exec­ money. natures of CEO was issued in a notice to Mr. Kejriwal seek­ turned­politician Mr. Gamb­ Gautam Gambhir and North East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari plaint which alleged “mis­ap­ utive officer (CEO),” Mr. Gup­ Mr. Gupta claimed that af­ 2015 when the board was ing an explanation on a simi­ hir attacked Delhi Chief Mi­ during a rally at Shastri Park on Wednesday. propriation” of Waqf Board ta said. ter the resolution’s adoption, chaired by a person whose lar complaint filed by Mr. nister Arvind Kejriwal of * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA funds by AAP. The BJP leader said that the board issued cheques of authority was under dispute. Gupta on April 29, alleging “befooling” the people of “The Delhi Waqf Board this resolution was approved increased salaries of Imams “The provision of signa­ that AAP had distributed the Capital, Delhi BJP chief er,” he said. in the Capital. passed a resolution during by the Delhi Finance Minis­ and Moazzins of mosques on tures of any two out of the pamphlets in violation of the Mr. Tiwari termed the Aam Mr. Singh also took on the Stating that he sought the operation of model of code ter even though it allegedly April 25. Waqf board chairman, its model code of conduct at Aadmi Party convener “the Opposition’s slogan ‘ Chow- inspiration to enter politics of conduct authorising with­ violated a government mem­ At the core of the BJP’s members, and CEO, was al­ slum clusters in the Capital. greatest liar in the world”. kidar Chor Hai’. “I say Modi from Mr. Modi, Mr. Gambhir “Today India has become ka PM banna sure hai, ek took the opportunity to ac­ the fastest growing economy wahi samasyaon ka cure cept AAP’s East Delhi candi­ under the leadership of Mr. hai, chaaron ore shor hai ­ date Atishi’s challenge to a CPI(M) endorses AAP’s Delhi picks ‘Will make North West Modi and our vision is that Modi once more hai (Modi public debate on issues of re­ by 2030 we will become the will surely become PM, he is levance to the seat. Staff Reporter Modi­led government “had try and other toilers”. third super power replacing the cure for all problems, “I am not afraid of any de­ New Delhi promoted heinous attacks Rejecting the Congress Delhi most prosperous’ Russia, China or America,” everywhere there is one cry ­ bate... They may ask me for The Communist Party of In­ on Muslims and Dalits and as an electoral alternative, Mr. Singh said. Modi once more),” he said. a debate in public any time. dia (Marxist) in Delhi on had actively engaged in the CPI(M) said that the Staff Reporter “Mr. Kejriwal made many Mr. Kejriwal has befooled Wednesday endorsed the sharpening communal po­ party had played a negative New Delhi promises to the people of Central schemes the people for four years,” Aam Admi Party’s (AAP) larisation… It has sought to role with regard to the State The BJP’s North West Delhi Delhi, including Lokpal, but Taking the dais after the Mi­ Mr. Gambhir said. “We will candidates for all seven Lok subvert the secular and de­ government, “adopted soft candidate, Hans Raj Hans, remained silent for a long nister, Mr. Tiwari accused not make false promises... Sabha seats here. mocratic essence of the Hindutva tactics and target­ on Wednesday promised re­ time. Even after pressure Mr. Kejriwal and the Con­ we will do what we promise. In a statement, the CPI Constitution”. ed the Left by fielding Ra­ sidents he would make the from the BJP he formed a gress of seeking to get elect­ I will not change Delhi into (M) called upon the people It further added that the hul Gandhi from Waya­ seat “the most prosperous” weak Lokpal... we need a ed by “pleading the case of London or Paris but let Delhi of Delhi to “decisively de­ BJP “had pursued neo­lib­ nad”. constituency, if elected. strong government. I appeal terrorists”. He also accused remain Delhi; provide pure feat the BJP in all seven Lok eral policies that have led It also added that the The popular Punjabi sin­ to the people of Delhi and the AAP government of de­ drinking water, clean air. We Sabha seats in the State”. to unemployment and Congress could not provide ger addressed several public the country to help in form­ liberately blocking the im­ do not want power by play­ Attacking the BJP, the heaped severe economic a credible challenge “given meetings in the Mundka As­ Hans Raj Hans at a public ing a BJP government again plementation of “beneficial” ing with the emotions of the party said that in the last burdens and miseries on substantial erosion in its sembly constituency along meeting on Wednesday. and make India a super pow­ Centre­sponsored schemes people,” he added. five years, the Narendra the working class peasan­ mass base in the State”. with his son Navraj Hans. He * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT also held roadshows in Man­ golpuri and Sultanpuri. he was in campaign mode, “I come from the world of he was also “trying to un­ music... the way people en­ derstand” the fundamental ‘Kejriwal talks like a politician now, hardly discusses corruption issue’ joy the music in this Parlia­ problems of the North West mentary seat, I will not only Delhi constituency to which People at his first roadshow say AAP leader has become a mature and seasoned politician since his days in Anna’s movement win the hearts of the people “the Arvind Kejriwal­led go­ but also try to make this Lok vernment has done a lot of Nikhil M Babu he is from a political party, said that they will vote for itics,” Mr. Lal said. Sabha seat the best,” Mr. injustice”. New Delhi like other leaders do,” he the party. At L block in JJ cluster, Wa­ Hans told voters. “The AAP government From less talk on fight said. Mr. Khan said that he zirpur, Mr. Kejriwal had just “I have been impressed has done a lot of injustice in against corruption to becom­ has been following Mr. Kejri­ ‘More practical’ finished giving a speech out­ not only with Prime Minis­ this area. This is the failure ing a more mature, practical, wal since the time he was Harsh Mahajan, 55, said: side Suresh Chindeliya’s ter Narendra Modi but the of the Delhi government. and seasoned politician, pe­ with Anna Hazare and even “Earlier, he was very idealis­ gym. “In the last one year, he BJP and the millions of Because of this, the Narela ople at AAP convener Arvind voted for AAP during the last tic and used to say that he has not gotten into many workers who, when the PM Assembly seat is deprived of Kejriwal’s first roadshow dur­ Assembly polls. “Now the can do everything. But now controversies. He has be­ was taking tough decisions, the metro. Had the Kejriwal­ ing this election season said corruption issue is complete­ he has become practical and come more matured and his supported and streng­ led government not made that the leader has definitely ly over and he does not talk says that many things are agitation has also de­ thened the party further,” false promises, today the changed since the Anna Ha­ about it anymore,” he added. beyond his control.” The bu­ creased,” he said, adding he said. Centre would have brought zare movement in 2011. sinessman, who supports that the speeches have also Mr. Hans said that though the metro to it,” he said. As Mr. Kejriwal was over ‘Focus has changed’ the BJP, said that Mr. Kejriwal become better. an hour late to the roadshow, All the people The Hindu has moved away from “ hum Mr. Chindeliya, who said 39­year­old Aneesh Khan talked to agreed on this In his speeches at Lal Bagh and Wazirpur on Wednesday, Mr. (we)” to “ mein (I)” and that he had voted for AAP in the DELHI TODAY stood outside a shop in Lal point. Even AAP’s election Kejriwal hardly discussed corruption. * ANUJ ARORA was the reason for many pe­ last Assembly election, said Bagh. Mr. Khan said that he manifesto for Delhi focussed ople leaving the party. that Mr. Kejriwal had moved Talk: “NATO and Turkey” by Maj. Gen. that celebrates Delhi's unique heritage (Retd.) Vinod Saighal, VSM, author and by Soumen Dutta at Delhi 'o’ Delhi had gone from house to on “full statehood”. As Mr. Kejriwal’s caval­ “Earlier he did not know As the roadshow left San­ away from his primary issue Executive Director, Eco Monitors Soci­ Foyer, IHC, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. house to campaign for the Corruption found a small cade left Lal Bagh, C.P. Saha­ politics, he was like a com­ gam Park, 39­year­old of fighting against corrup­ ety. Introductory Observations: N.N. Exhibition: Art Konsult presents a Aam Aadmi Party when it mention among a dozen oth­ ni and Omkar Mathur were mon man. But now, after be­ Shyam Lal said that he does tion. Vohra, President, IIC at Conference group paintings and sculptures exhibi­ Room – I, India International Centre tion at Open Palm Court Gallery, India fought the election in Delhi er issues in the manifesto. standing along the road. ing among politicians, he has not know the local candi­ Mr. Kejriwal had taken (IIC), 6:30 p.m. Habitat Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. for the first time. Even in speeches Mr. Kej­ Both said that the AAP chief also learned [how to be a pol­ date, but he would vote for part in Mr. Hazare’s anti­cor­ Exhibition: Modern Art Gallery Exhibition: ‘Summer Symphony’, a “He [Kejriwal] has riwal gave in Lal Bagh and talks less about the Jan Lok­ itician],” said Mathur, an au­ Mr. Kejriwal. “Earlier he ruption movement in 2011. presents Forever Now, a group exhibi­ group art show at All India Fine Arts & tion by various artists at Visual Arts Craft Society (AIFACS), 1 Rafi Marg, 11 changed a lot now. Earlier, Wazirpur JJ cluster on Wed­ pal Bill, which was a major torickshaw driver. “His anger used to fight a lot, but now Subsequently, he parted Gallery, India Habitat Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. he used to talk like an ‘ aam nesday, corruption was demand while Mr. Kejriwal has also decreased,” Mr. Sa­ he knows that he has to com­ ways with Mr. Hazare and a.m. – 7 p.m. (Mail your listings for this column at [email protected]) aadmi’, but now he talks like hardly discussed. was with Mr. Hazare. hani said. But both of them promise a little as he is in pol­ launched AAP. Exhibition: A solo painting exhibition

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cumstances, it is clear that accused Ms. Sunita Kejriwal has committed offences pun­ ishable under Section 17 and Section 31 of the RP Act and Section 417 of the Indian Pe­ Nirnimesh Kumar nal Code,” the complaint New Delhi stated. A city court here on Wednes­ Section 17 of the Repre­ day issued summons to Chief sentation of the People Act Electoral Officers of Uttar says that no person is entit­ Pradesh and Delhi on a com­ led to be enrolled as a voter plaint alleging that Chief Mi­ in more than one constituen­ nister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, cy and its violation is a crimi­

Sunita Kejriwal, is having Arvind Kejriwal and his wife Sunita. * FILE nal offence punishable with two voter identity cards. a maximum imprisonment The complainant, Delhi in Uttar Pradesh and in the electoral processes and of one year. BJP spokesperson Harish Chandni Chowk Assembly norms and in order to Section 31 of the Act Khurana, alleged that Ms. seat in Delhi. wrongfully give advantage to makes false declaration in Kejriwal had violated Sec­ Metropolitan Magistrate the Aam Aadmi Party [AAP], the matter of inclusion or ex­ tions 17 and 31 of the Repre­ Shaifali Barnala Tondon took in which her husband is the clusion in voters’ list punish­ sentation of the People (RP) cognisance of the complaint national convener, the ac­ able with up to one year in Act, as well as committed and issued summons to the cused is deliberately and in­ prison. Mr. Khurana urged cheating under the Indian two election authorities to tentionally maintaining her the court to summon the ac­ Penal Code (IPC) by register­ appear before the court with name in the electoral rolls at cused and try her for the ing herself in the voters’ list all the relevant records by two different places,” the commission of offences pun­ at two places — in Shahiba­ June 3. complaint said. ishable under the relevant Women sell clothes on the streets of Sadar Bazar on a hot afternoon in Delhi. * ANUJ ARORA bad Assembly constituency “In complete disregard to “From the facts and cir­ laws. 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Lalit, hear­ BSP candidate Rajveer New Delhi Lok Sabha seat Staff Reporter tion to the poll panel in Fe­ parties during elections. new delhi ing a batch of petitions filed Singh, who is contesting Ajay Maken on Wednesday New Delhi bruary to file the affidavit The NGO has alleged in “We cannot give capital pun­ by home buyers who are from the North East Delhi led a delegation to the Na­ The Delhi High Court on has not been complied with its plea that since the pre­ ishment for corruption,” a seeking possession of Lok Sabha constituency, tional Human Rights Com­ Wednesday directed the till date. sent political system was peeved Supreme Court said around 42,000 flats booked said on Wednesday that his mission (NHRC) to complain Election Commission (EC) It posted the case for being “funded through va­ on Wednesday while refer­ in projects of the Amrapali party would provide legiti­ against the “high handed­ Scrap traders had thrown to clarify the powers it has further hearing on July 16. rious illegal means and also ring to the “misconduct” of Group, told the authorities mate minimum wages to ness/use of excessive force stones on officials during a to ensure implementation by the people and corpo­ realtors in cheating lakhs of that their timely actions workers and build shelter of authorities against trad­ sealing drive in Mayapuri on of its guidelines regarding Claim exemptions rate agencies with vested people across the country. could have saved several homes for them, if voted to ers in Mayapuri who were April 13. * FILE PHOTO disclosure of expenditure NGO Association for Demo­ interests, it [political sys­ The top court said buil­ projects. power. protesting against the arbi­ by political parties. cratic Reforms (ADR) has tem] does not seem to be ders, in connivance with “We know what kind of On Labour Day, Mr. trary actions by the civic bo­ were manhandled and bea­ A Bench of Chief Justice told the High Court that inclined to give effect to the authorities and banks, have corruption is going on in Singh greeted workers of dy during a recent sealing ten with rifle butts/shoes/ Rajendra Menon and Jus­ political parties do not file recommendations of the flouted norms and con­ real estate sector and how Delhi and raised the slogan drive”. bricks in a joint operation of tice A.J. Bhambhani asked income tax but claim ex­ Law Commission”. structed sky scrappers side officials have benefitted in of ‘Shramev Jayate’ (labour Accompanied by a dele­ the Delhi Pollution Control the poll panel to submit the emptions, requiring Earlier also, the High by side across India. connivance with the buil­ triumphs). Expressing gation of traders, Mr. Maken Committee, the Delhi Pol­ document and said if it fails intervention. Court had asked the poll It pulled up the Noida and ders. There are blatant viola­ deep anguish over the ne­ submitted a memorandum ice, paramilitary forces and to do so this time then the ADR has sought imple­ panel whether it was po­ Greater Noida authorities tions of norms. Public and glect of labourers and the on violation of human rights municipal officials,” Mr. Ma­ court could pass orders. mentation of the guidelines werless to take action and banks for turning a their trust are cheated at working class in the Na­ and demanded a high level ken said. as well as the Law Commis­ against political parties, blind eye towards irregulari­ large. “This mass­scale tional Capital Region, he inquiry into the incident He added that the sealing Pending for five years sion’s recommendation which do not comply with ties committed by the buil­ cheating can only happen in held the Centre and Aam that took place on April 13. was carried out without It remarked that the matter that a provision be enacted its instructions to disclose ders including Amrapali India but we can’t give capi­ Aadmi Party responsible “Traders protesting prior intimation or notice to has been pending for the to monitor and regulate the funding and expenditure Group. tal punishment for corrup­ for their plight. against sealing in Mayapuri the scrap dealers. last five years and the direc­ expenditure by political details. A Bench of Justices Arun tion,” the Bench said.

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PEOPLE Athlete Gomathi Marimuthu, who just won gold for dukottai district), Gomathi took up athletics seriously only at the age of India at the 23rd Asian Athletics Championship, is 20. From end­2008, when she was Like a dude home. And preparing for her next challenge: Tokyo a final year student of Economics at Holy Cross College, Tiruchi, she Sangram Singh talks about food, fitness, and the secret participated in several national to feeling at home at a fashion event events under Rajamani’s guidance. “I didn’t know the importance of a good diet when I began training. In fact, a gentleman from Tiruchi who used to watch me on the grounds decided to sponsor a weekly portion of fruits and nuts so that I could build my stamina,” she recalls.

The way forward At present, Gomathi stays in a hos­ tel in Bengaluru, and juggles her professional duties with training. “I am at the ground by 6 am, and if it’s a working day, I finish by 8 am. Oth­ erwise I extend my practice to 9.30 am,” she says. “The commuting to and from practice and work is the most time­consuming part of my day.” The demise of her father in 2016, coupled with her injury nearly forced Gomathi to quit athletics. “After my father, it was my friend Francis Mary, a policewoman and Feet in the fellow sportsperson who helped me stay focussed. She motivated and counselled me whenever I was depressed and kept telling me to never give up, no matter how hard life was.” Sangram Singh, the wrestler-reality-TV star sips on soda That focus will again be required water at the poolside of Hotel Metropolitan. We’re at a as Gomathi prepares for the 2020 fashion event, and people are drinking alcohol, but he feels Summer Olympics to be held in To­ no social pressure. “If you are fit and healthy then you kyo. “Sponsors have been more epitomise fashion. New trends emerge every now and then clouds in fashion but fitness will never go out of fashion,” he says. forthcoming after my victory in Do­ ha, so I am confident about aiming He’s happy to skip party food and eat khichri with ghee for international success,” she says. from his village Madina in Rohtak. What brings out his motivational-speaker side is the fact Nahla Nainar of 2:02:70. It was a huge improve­ gered a wave of adulation in Tamil while she was a student of St Tho­ Right now, she says she hopes to that his mother never gave up on his legs weakened by ment from her previous record at Nadu, but as she has often men­ mas Higher Secondary School, Na­ inspire women to take physical ex­ rheumatoid arthritis, massaging them daily with mustard As she patiently signs autographs at the AAC, where she finished 7th in tioned, none of it would have been zareth (in Kunnathur, Pu­ ercise more seriously. “If not for oil. His brother, a state-level wrestler pushed him into the her home in Mudikandam village in 2013 and 4th in 2015. possible without the support of competitions, dangal. “I worked three times harder than a regular Tiruchi (approximately 347 kilo­ Currently working in the busi­ well­wish­ sports helps person,” he says. metres from Chennai), Gomathi ness division of the Income Tax De­ ers, par­ one to stay During his wrestling career, he bought the rights to Marimuthu shows a glimpse of her partment in Bengaluru, Gomathi’s ticular­ healthy, make a movie on K. D. Jadhav, who won a bronze for unflagging spirit; it helped her win achievement at 30 is both impres­ ly her and also wrestling way back in 1952, at the Helsinki Olympics. the women’s 800 metres gold at the sive, and inspiring. father improves Shyam Bengal is directing the movie, for which Sangram 23rd Asian Athletics Championship Marimuthu, a how the lost 18 kg. He also hopes that someday, a biopic will be (AAC) in Doha, Qatar. Pillars to lean on farmer. “ Appa brain func­ made on his life. Despite a hectic schedule of felic­ She has sprung back from a groin would drive me to tions,” she “Eat less than your appetite and exercise three times itation events and an unrelentingly injury that robbed her of nearly the bus­stop on the Ti­ says. more than you would normally,” he says. “Stay jovial and hot day, the ‘Thanga Mangai’ or two years on the track. There is also ruchi­Madurai National “Parents unfortunately tend to keep smiling. This is my mantra of happiness and I want Golden Girl (as billboards outside the challenge of age. “I was deject­ Highway on his two­wheel­ think that allowing their children everyone to incorporate this in their daily routine,” he says, Mudikandam call her) is clearly in it ed when people said that I was too er, so that I could catch the 4.45 to play will have a negative effect after advising me to switch to vegetarianism and see the Unbroken: for the long run. old for competitive athletics,” says am bus to Chathiram bus stand in on their studies.” changes in my body. Gomathi’s MADHUR TANKHA On April 22, Gomathi opened In­ Gomathi. “But age doesn’t really Tiruchi. It was a daily 40­kilometre story is one Gomathi has high hopes for the dia’s tally of gold medals by racing matter if you are determined and commute (both ways) so that I of resilience next generation of athletes in In­ PRODUCTS past Wang Chunyu of China and work hard. After all, Mukasheva, could train under coach Rajamani and dia. “I am very happy to have suc­ Kazhakhstan’s Margarita Mukashe­ who won the bronzein my event, is at St Joseph’s College, Tiruchi,” she redemption ceeded at the international level. I va in the final lap to emerge the 33. If she can do it, why not I?” says. * M SRINATH hope more women athletes will Tiger, tiger winner with a personal best timing Gomathi’s victory may have trig­ Though her talent was spotted AND AP make Tamil Nadu and our country proud,” she says.

Showcasing his creative side: A B De Villiers with handcrafted bags at the Top event * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Onitsuka Tiger, the brand created by Kihachiro Onitsuka with the belief that sport had the power to transform lives, has launched the kids’ collection for the first time in India, along with its fifth mono-brand store. It is a part of the of the vegan collection and a rework of the classic Mexico 66 shoe. This is also the debut of the Mexico 66 SD collection. The series is inspired by Zen gardens, and is an updated version of the classic Mexico 66, with new features: leather world sans metal elements marries that contemporary and traditional. The brand’s staples and the SS’19 collection of apparel for men and women are also in stores. When you’re right At Ambience Mall, Gurugram;₹3,999 upwards up there, it’s time to be generous, feel South African T-20 everywhere cricketer A B De IPL fever is currently high. And Brune, the premium shoes and Villiers and luxury accessories brand, is cashing in on brand Mont Blanc the 2019 season with its exclusive IPL collection of backpacks with colours and design-schemes Uthra Ganesan be auctioned with the proceeds go­ signed by the South African and last 18 years that I have been com­ times bigger than what I can ever be. inspired by top teams like the ing to Tamahar Foundation, a Ban­ will be auctioned online at the end ing here, I am in love with this Growing up, I always saw this little lo­ Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight He’s stylish on and off the field, galore­based organisation that of May. place,” De Villiers said during the go of the summit and it came as a Riders, and Chennai Super Kings. which is why A B De Villiers fits works with children with special “Isn't that always the purpose of launch of the range. blessing, coming at a stage when I Each product is designed in 100 % leather quality with right in as the global brand ambas­ needs. life, to do things for others? I am De Villiers has been associated had played quite a bit and it just fitted patent texture. The bags have multiple sections to make it sador for Mont Blanc, the maker of With only 14 handcrafted pieces, lucky to be associated with them. with Mont Blanc for the past three exceptionally well,” he added. more spacious for travelling and studying, with bespoke luxury writing instruments, watch­ the trolleys have impressions of all The trolleys say 'AB loves India' and years and admits he likes to get in­ Another reason he loves it, he says, options as well. es, and more. As one of the world’s that De Villiers love about India: I really do. The first time I travelled to partnerships for the long­term. was the fact that actor Hugh Jackman most admired cricketers, he’s now the Taj Mahal, the food, cricket here was in 2001, with the Un­ “That's been kind of my trademark is also one of the ambassadors for it. Available on Voganow.com; ₹21,999 upwards doing his bit for charity in India. bats, Ganesha figure, lamps and der­19 side, and sort of simply fell throughout my career. I have been “I haven't met him yet; hopefully will A range of limited­edition lug­ more in a collage handpainted on­ in love with the place. It was a huge very picky about who I get involved one day, but sort of being associated For listing to be featured here, email us at gage trolleys from Mont Blanc will to the luggage. Each piece has been cultural shock, yes, but over the with and this brand is a million with him as well is a huge honour.” [email protected]

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RETAIL EXHIBIT FOOD THEATRE FILM Varun Bahl Prêt Paintings Japanese cuisine Opera screening Jaya Ganga The Overdressed is hosting a luxury shopping An ongoing art exhibition, Animals too deserve Kampai, a Japanese restaurant, is hosting an Theatre artist Sunit Tandon will introduce a video Alliance Française will screen Vijay Singh’s film, experience with Varun Bahl Prêt, an eponymous this planet, focusses on the effects of exciting summer menu with nostalgic flavours recording of Gaetano Donizetti’s La Fille du adapted from his novel Jaya Ganga, In Search Of ready-to-wear collection by the renowned deforestation and urbanisation on the flora and and traditions of the country incorporated in its Regiment. The comedy is about Marie, a young the River Goddess. The story revolves around designer. This one-day exhibition-cum-sale fauna. A solo by Meghna Agarwal, it seeks to menu. This summer menu includes mango sushi orphan girl raised by an army regiment and her Nishant, a young Indian writer who takes an offers a variety of garments such as kurtas, bring awareness about shrinking habitats of rare with tuna and cream cheese, prawns and love for Tonio, who joins the regiment to marry emotional journey along the river Ganga, right lehengas, sarees, cardigans, and culottes, species. Agarwal has worked with bright colours avocado ceviche, beetroot and avocado tartare, her. Complications ensue when her true identity from its source in the Himalayas, after he meets designed keeping in mind Indian body types. to make a striking visual appeal. . and a melon salad with plum ponzu dressing. is discovered. a mysterious woman in a Paris cemetery. Venue: The Leela Hotel, Chanakyapuri Venue: Gallery No-2, Lalit Kala Akademi Venue: Kampai G-02, Worldmark I, Aerocity Venue: Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre Venue: M L Bhartia Auditorium, Lodi Estate Time: 11:30 a.m. onwards Time: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Time: 12 noon - 11:30 p.m. Time: 7 p.m. Time: 7 p.m.

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Raise a glass of red at Virginia’s vineyards, wander through George Washington’s plantation house or GET, SET, GO amble along restored 19th­Century neighbourhoods... Discover the early history and culture of the United States at these places that make for great day trips from Washington DC It’s whales in winter Reds, whites and a bit of the blues Sydney is popular as a summer destination. But, in Reem Khokhar winter, the city sports a new hue and invites travellers to experience another side of the city. Visitors can spot humpback whales and check out some of Sydney’s secret underground bars. The city’s Mount Vernon coastline offers a unique vantage point to spot whales making their annual migration from the cold Virginia is home to several 18th and 19th­Century plantations, many of Southern ocean to the warmer Pacific for breeding. which are open to visitors to give them a glimpse into the life of Go on a whale watching tour, or try the Bondi-to- Southern plantations, slavery and aristocratic landowners. One of the Bronte walk. In June, the Bondi Winter Magic most famous estates, just 30 minutes from Washington DC, is Mount Festival includes an ice rink at Bondi Pavilion. If you Vernon — George Washington’s plantation house. love musicals, look out for Sydney playing host to The public has been allowed to view the estate since Washington’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Capitol time, as the first President welcomed curious visitors to take in the Theatre until June 23. For movie lovers, there’s Star grounds and buildings. Guests can stroll through the original 18th­ Wars Identities until June 10, showcasing 200 Century home, the tombs of Martha and George Washington, the original items used in the making of the blockbuster movie series. Pioneer Farm, and the distillery. Washington was once the largest whisky producer in the US, and whisky is still distilled here today. Getting there: Guided bus tours are available from Washington DC. Travel by road is about 30 minutes and from April to October, the Bottle trees Potomac Riverboat Company offers river cruises from Mount Vernon.

Wine country As the stately buildings and iced­coffee­clutching pedestrians of Washington DC peel away on your exit from the city, the landscape gets greener. Amid this beautiful Virginia countryside are expanses of vineyards, with charming stone buildings and sprawled seating overlooking the bunches of grapes. While California is considered the heart of American wine country, Virginia and New York also have pockets of vineyards, which include President Trump’s winery London’s Kew Gardens is attracting visitors with an in Charlottesville. Take your pick along the way — like at the Stone exhibition of glass sculptures titled Chihuly: Tower Winery. You can opt for a sampling menu at the bar, where Reflections on Nature. The multi-hued creations are you are served a succession of whites, reds and roses — all produce installations, sculptures and drawings from artist of the vineyard. If you feel light­headed after being in haste to Dale Chihuly’s five-decade-long career, and many of sample the menu, you can settle down in the sunshine overlooking them are being displayed for the first time in the beautiful spread of green. Visitors, sunglasses firmly in place, London. Kew Gardens has displayed these creations chat happily over their wine, with picnic baskets spread out on the in different locations, amid ancient plants and trees, wooden tables. You may even get to see a wedding, the groomsmen including greenhouses. One of the artworks is and family posing for pictures while a roof of stringed bulbs lights up suspended from the ceiling of the recently- as a starry canopy over their party. renovated cathedral-like Temperate House, the Getting there: Wine tours from Washington DC offer a chance to largest Victorian glasshouse, reports Lonely Planet. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park sample the wine, engage with the winemaker and take in the At the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, a beautiful countryside. film shows the behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the sculptures. A earmarked trail guides The most visited part of Harpers Ferry is the quaint town, a 19th­Century industrial visitors through the exhibition. hub and the setting of abolitionist John Brown’s seizure in 1859 of the US armory when he tried to lead a rebellion against slavery. Brown failed, but it lit the spark for the Civil War. The streets are lined with restored buildings that house museums. Wander into the old smithy, or the dry goods store or learn more about Brown at a Swedes love the trains museum dedicated to him. The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers converge here, and there are also plenty of outdoor activities like hiking, white water rafting, tubing and boating. Do stop to enjoy the spectacular scenery. Getting there: Trains from Washington DC into Harpers Ferry take approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.

Sweden is among the countries that go the extra The National Harbor mile to be environment friendly. Segregation and Just a half hour from Washington DC, is the picturesque recycling of waste is an integral part of their lifestyles. The Swedes are now looking at options to National Harbor area along the Potomac River, with reduce their ecological footprint when they travel. A shopping, hotels and restaurants. A spin on the Capital recent phenomenon that describes their preference Wheel provides great views of the area or you can choose to for train travel over air, is the Scandinavian term do some kayaking or paddleboating along the river. For those ‘flygskam’ or ‘flight shame’. The term signifies the looking for a good deal, the Tanger Outlets have a range of guilt that Swedes feel while choosing air travel, over 80 stores to choose from. The MGM National Harbor is a which produces more greenhouse gas emissions Vegas­style resort, where you can try your hand at the slot than a train journey. The ‘flight shame’ movement machines and gaming tables, or catch a show at their theatre. was initiated by 16-year-old climate change activist Kids will enjoy the Urban Pirates cruise, where passengers Greta Thunberg in 2018. Check the hashtag can dress up like pirates, fight with water cannons and look #stayontheground to see how Swedes have taken to for hidden treasure. her message. Further, in 2018, Sweden had an Getting there: Accessible via metro and bus services from unusually warm summer that made its citizens think Washington DC, though it is quicker and easier to take a cab. about global warming.

way. The spiral staircase in the centre of a prop sign saying ‘I need new under­ When the earth spins: the floor leads to AJ Hackett’s reception. wear’. I wondered if my expression Macao tower and The upbeat music and the presence of prompted Fredie to hold up the sign. the bungee jump fellow jumpers restored my enthusiasm Amused and at the same time wondering from the top * GETTY and I paid up and joined the queue to get ‘what if I actually need one’, I suppressed Gone in IMAGES/ISTOCK AND my body harness. If you want to, you can my second thoughts and to Fredie’s SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT also get a windcheater. “Chalo, chalo jaldi karo! Jai Mata Di!!” I stepped off. To the ramp The six­second fall gave me a taste of six seconds I am not sure if it was the harness or the Einstein’s theory of relativity. It felt like anxiety that seemed like a load. A few mi­ an eternity. How many times have we nutes later (which felt like an eternity), seen people scream while falling in a mo­ What it feels like to launch off the world’s three of us reached the jumping deck, vie? But when my moment came, the si­ where trainers Fredie and Ben welcomed lence was louder than the wind on my highest bungee­jumping site me with a warm smile. The first person in face. I just saw a grey blur, and my mind the queue was seated on a steel chair and was empty. I think they call this ‘living in briefed on how to jump. The other two of the moment’. us were ‘hooked’ to the railings safely. After the rebound, I released the har­ Only when I saw the first person jump, I ness, and everything returned into focus. got that ‘Oh my God!’ feeling. I wasn’t free­falling any more. I could see Archit Mehta company, started in 1988 by Alan John In another five minutes, it was my the harbour and skyscrapers. Two mi­ Hackett. Since then, Alan has expanded turn. Fredie cautioned me not to bend nutes later, I touched ground. My first It is not just at the Macao casinos that the his business to Australia, France, Russia, my knees and gave me more instruc­ words after the jump? ‘Big oof!’ stakes are high! The city is also home to Germany, the US, Mexico, Indonesia, and tions. With a go­pro camera attached to On my way back, strangers high­fived the Macao Tower, the highest bungee­ Macao. my right hand, I found myself two steps and congratulated me. I collected my jumping site. Have you tried bungee­ My excitement took a slight hit while away from the jumping base. souvenirs — a pen­drive with pictures and jumping from 233 metres? I did, and this going up the Macao Tower’s elevator that Every cell in my body was telling me to a video of the jump and a T­shirt. I can’t is what you need to know if you plan to travels at a speed of one­second­per­floor not go ahead with the jump, but Fredie’s wait to rock that T­shirt while doing my do the same. You can also skywalk, sky­ and my ears got blocked. On the 61st chatty and positive enforcements kept next jump. This time I know what I will jump or climb the Macao Tower. floor, there is an outer observation deck, me going instead of calling off the jump. scream... “Jai Mata Di!” The bungee jump is organised by AJ where you get a 360­degree view, and Ever so slowly, I inched forward. (The writer was in Macao at the invita- Hackett Bungy, a New Zealand­based you get to walk along a see­through path­ Just before the jump, Fredie pulled up tion of Macao Tourism)

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