everal Opposition parties Sled by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Sunday said they will move the Supreme Court again to demand verification of at least 50 per cent of votes by paper trail since credibility of EVMs are still doubted. Opposition parties, includ- aunching a “blistering” ing the Congress, Telugu Lattack on the dynastic rulers Desam Party (TDP), Samajwadi of Jammu & Kashmir, Prime Party, CPI and CPI(M) came Minister Narendra Modi on together to highlight the issue Sunday said he won’t allow the of transparency in the election two families of Jammu & process and protection of voter Kashmir to divide India. rights with a call to “save “Two families have ruined democracy”. three generations of Jammu and The ruling dispensation Kashmir. For better future of BJP however termed the State, they need to be voted out,” Opposition parties meeting an exercise “to find excuses for their impending massive defeat” in the Lok Sabha polls. The party said Opposition approach the Supreme Court per Assembly constituency. He VVPAT slips with EVMs to five instead of 7 seconds,” Singhvi over his remarks at a rally in Ex-Chief Minister alliance is a misnomer because seeking a direction to the EC for said a fresh petition will be filed polling booths per assembly said. Kathua in Jammu region of the Mehbooba, whose party was in most of them are fighting elec- counting of at least 50 per cent in the matter. “We are raising segment, from one at present, The BJP said people are he BJP, with its “noxious State. power in the State from 2015- tions separately. Opposition of the VVPAT slips with the doubts about the EVMs. The in the Lok Sabha polls, saying delivering a massive blow to Tagenda” of “banishing” Also, NC president Farooq 2018 in an alliance with the BJP, parties, including the Congress, EVMs in every Assembly seg- confidence of the voter can only it will provide greater satisfac- “this negative Opposition” and Muslims and minorities wants Abdullah dubbed Modi and said the PM bashes political have been demanding that all ment. “If the EC will ignore this be restored through paper trail tion not just to political parties their attempts to really come to “divide” the country, PDP BJP president Amit Shah families before the elections and votes polled through EVMs be issue then we will take other machines. We want the EC to but the entire electorate. together are only “to express president Mehbooba Mufti said “biggest enemies of people”, then sends envoys to verified with at least 50 per cent measures. We will not sit qui- ensure 50 per cent counter Singhvi said the Opposition confession of their defeat in the on Sunday as she hit back at alleging that they want to stitch alliance with them after- voter verifiable paper audit etly. We will approach the check of paper trail of all the parties will carry out a nation- ongoing elections”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi divide the country. wards. trail (VVPATs). Supreme Court,” said Sibal, EVMs,” Naidu said. wide campaign on the issue of A VVPAT is intended as an also a Rajya Sabh member. Naidu on Saturday had met discrepancies in EVMs and independent verification system Andhra Pradesh Chief Chief Election Commissioner alleged that the EC was not for voting machines designed to Minister and TDP supremo N Sunil Arora to raise the issue of doing enough to address issue allow voters to verify that their Chandrababu Naidu, a key EVM malfunctioning. The of EVM malfunctioning. vote was cast correctly and will interlocutor of the Opposition, demand by the parties comes in “Questions were raised after help detect any possible election said EVMs are not reliable and the peak of the election season. the first phase of elections, we fraud or malfunction of EVMs. Opposition parties are not sat- The first of the seven phases of don’t think the EC is paying Congress leaders and isfied with the Supreme Court the Lok Sabha polls was held on adequate attention. If you press senior advocates Kapil Sibal and order directing the EC to April 11. The Supreme Court the button before X party, vote Abhishek Singhvi said increase the number of EVM’s on Monday directed the EC to goes to Y party. VVPAT dis- Opposition parties will randomly verified from 1 to 5 increase random matching of plays only for 3 seconds, as Congress leader and Rajya and Deputy Chief Minister Sabha member Abhishek Manu Manish Sisodia said on mid speculations over an Singhvi said, “You know the Saturday that his party was Aalliance with the Congress stand of Congress. The alliance ready to form an alliance with in the Lok Sabha polls still rife, was almost done in Delhi but the Congress in Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind linking it with other States is not Haryana and Chandigarh but Kejriwal on Sunday said his right.” The uncertainty over an it would not agree for a tie-up party will do anything to “save alliance between the AAP and just in the national Capital. the country” from Narendra the Congress has been contin- Despite all the talk about Modi (Prime Minister) and and Amit Shah will continue,” uing for some time now. The the proposed alliance, Amit Shah (BJP president). Kejriwal said. talks between the two sides Congress has not cleared its Addressing media persons Congress leader Kapil Sibal, derailed after they failed to stand on the possible coalition after a meeting of Opposition who were also present on the reach an agreement over seat- and that has resulted in over- parties to discuss the issue of occasion, however, dodged sharing in Delhi and Haryana. all confusion among party EVM malfunctioning in the questions on an alliance with Congress’ in-charge for workers. ongoing parliamentary elec- the AAP and threw the ball in Delhi P C Chacko had said on A party insider said the tion, he said the country is in Kejriwal’s court saying, “He Friday the Congress would go inordinate delay in clearing the danger. “We will do anything to knows better”. “You ask him it alone in Delhi since the AAP air over an alliance is queering save it. Our effort to save the about the alliance. He knows had taken an “impractical the pitch for the party as work- country from Narendra Modi better than us,” Sibal said, even stand”. On Saturday, AAP leader ers are getting disheartened. BHUBANESWAR: Chief Ministers India has had”. Minister and BJD president Patnaik reiterated his stand Celsius. Naveen Patnaik is of the view that the BJD would support any Bhubaneswar and Cuttack that Prime Minister Narendra side in Lok Sabha that “sup- ormal life was thrown out recorded the day’s maximum Modi does not deserve a sec- ports the just demands of Nof gear across the State on temperature of 41 degree and ond term. Odisha”. Sunday as the ongoing intense 39.4 degree, said the Regional “I don’t really think so. No,” Taking a dig at Modi’s heat wave continued gripping Office of the Indian Patnaik told a news channel on statement that Odisha would many places. As many as 11 Metrological Department being asked whether Modi become another Tripura where stations recorded maximum (IMD). deserves another chance as the BJP would form govern- temperature above 40 degree The IMD said the heat Prime Minister. ment, Patnaik said, “In his Celsius. wave conditions are likely to “Modi has not been suc- (Modi’s) dreams.” Titilagarh recorded the prevail for another three to cessful. During the last five Naveen also exuded confi- highest temperature of 43.5 four days. The interior and years, there has been no dence that the BJD would have degree Celsius followed by southern regions are likely to improvement in unemploy- “a comfortable majority in this Angul and Balangir at 42.7 and be lashed by thunderstorms ment, irrigation and railways,” election”. 42.5 degree respectively. within the period. Patnaik said. Asked about his perception Talcher recorded 42.3 degree, Notably, nine places of However, he described late of Rahul Gandhi as the leader Jharsuguda 41.8 degree, the State had recorded tem- BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Congress, Patnaik said, Sonepur 41.4 degree and peratures above 40 degree as “one of the best Prime “He still has to mature.” PNS Sambalpur 41.1 degree Celsius on Saturday. Tuna Dash of Charichauwk. Dash said that both the issues also cropped up before hold a road show from the Biju Besides, Uttar Pradesh Patra when the BJP candidate Patnaik International Airport Chief Minister Yogi was having his road show here (BPIA) to the meeting venue Adityanath would also hit the hile barely a week is left on Friday. via Siripur Square, Mohanty BJP election campaign trail in Wto elections, a neck- and- Worthy to mention here, said. Odisha on Monday. He would neck fight between BJD and that sitting MP Pinaki Misra is On the day, before coming attend public rallies in BJP is going on in Brahmagiri facing a tight fight from Patra to Bhubaneswar, Modi would Rourkela, Angul and constituency. Parikud which is surrounded While boat is only source mandis. of BJD in the Puri visit Sambalpur and address an Phulbani. While scarcity of fish from by Chilka lake. of communication for people, That has generated a major Parliamentary constituency, rime Minister Narendra election rally there, informed This was informed by BJP Chilka lake has become a major Among two blocks, the a long-standing bridge has job loss resulting in distress which will go to polls on April PModi is scheduled to visit Union Minister Dharmendra State spokesperson Golak issue, the distress sale of lake surrounding Parikud com- remained a daydream since migration of farmers to other 23. Bhubaneswar on Tuesday Pradhan. Mohapatra on Sunday. groundnut, has emerged to be prises 14 Panchayats with a independence. Sources said States for livelihood. “We have MLA Dasburma and BJP’s (April 16) to address a BJP elec- Notably, both Earlier a few days ago, another key issue for farmers in population over fifty thou- due to a problem in trans- been demanding a bridge over Lalitendu Bidhaydhar tion meeting at the Baramunda Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur Adityanath had to return with- this island block of the con- sands. It has always been key to portation, the hugely grown Chilka since long. This time Mohapatra are in the fray for Ground at 2 pm, informed Parliamentary constituencies out joining an election cam- stituency. win and loss of a candidate. As groundnut farming is facing too, we have raised the issue the Brahmagiri Assembly seat. BJP State vice-president will go to polls in the third paign in Ganjam As per pre-poll scenario, the area has remained cut off sale problem in Parikud. Now before BJP MP nominee Lalitendu is brother of late Samir Mohanty here on phase of the simultaneous Lok and Kandhamal districts as the voters would choose a can- from rest of the Puri district, farmers are selling ground- Sambit Patra after failing to get veteran Congress leader and Sunday. Sabha and Assembly elections his aircraft lacked night flight didate who can assure to solve people have a communication nuts at Rs 20 a kg instead of an assurance from the sitting former MLA Lalatendu (Lulu) Prior to this, Modi would in Odisha on April 23. fitness. the two key problems of problem always. marketed price Rs 60 to local MLA Sanjay Dasburma,” said Mohapatra. Tarini Temple, in the 2014 elections after defeating a powerful Nepak of Congress by a margin of Shakti Pitha, nion Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on he Bargarh Assembly con- 13,204 votes. where he per- USunday alleged that Chief Minister Tstituency will go to polls in the This election, the BJD will get BHUBANESWAR: Temples formed puja Naveen Patnaik is resorting to check the pop- second phase on April 18. BJD can- more benefits by the help of new BJD have now become the starting before going to ularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in didate and sitting MLA Debesh entrants, veteran Subash Chauhan, point of political shows and the Sub- Odisha by making vague statements against Acharya is fighting BJP candidate Debadatta Misha and Nepak, politi- leaders follow it with all sin- Collector’s him. Ashwini Sarangi who is the party’s cal observer opined. cerity. office at “The Chief Minister has put a question State unit vice president. The Congress is raking up issues More than the blessings of Chhatrapur in as to where Prime Minister Modi and Delhi In the seat, Congress has nomi- like over all development of Bargarh gods and goddesses, the lead- Ganjam district. engine were. Let the jealous Chief Minister nated Nipon Dash after denying town to woo the urban voters besides ers want to show their voters People found curse Modi time and again so that Odisha ticket to former Bargarh MLA Sadhu farm loan waiver and minimum sup- that they too believe in the him with a red people’s trust on the latter will be strength- Nepak. Now Nepak has joined port price of Rs 2,600 per quintal of almighty and therefore start ‘tilak’ on his ened,” Pradhan posted in the social media in BJD. paddy in rural pockets of the con- their work from the temple Patnaik is also no different. forehead while filing nomina- response to the Patnaik’s question. Nipon is unlikely to pose a sig- stituency. gates. Though it is considered tion papers for Hinjili. He slammed Patnaik for “failing to pro- nificant threat to his rivals. Besides his Thus, visiting temple is no that Patnaik is not like a per- A Chief Minister for 19 vide basic facilities to people and dearth of own image, Debesh will present the more the unique selling propo- son to frequent temples or years and a popular leader, teachers in schools and doctors in hospitals. clean image of CM Naveen sition (USP) of BJP, primarily perform puja at home, he has Patnaik used to refrain from Having no answer to these questions, the Chief Patnaik and various developmental known as a Hindu party. Apart also visited several temples putting ‘tilak’ or ‘chandan’ on Minister is now making all efforts to create works undertaken during his stint as from Prime Minister Narendra during the election campaign his forehead. While almost hurdles between Modi and people of Odisha,” Bargarh MLA to woo voters. Modi and BJP president Amit and ahead of filing nomination most political leaders are seen Pradhan alleged. Asserting that Modi has no Sarangi is trying to woo the vot- Shah, Congress president paper. putting garlands around their political prejudices, Pradhan said the PM’s ers by highlighting the failure of the Rahul Gandhi also adorned When Patnaik went to file shoulders, Patnaik never gets “Sabka Saath, Sabka Bikash’ programme also BJD Government and success of BJP ‘dhoti’ and offered puja at Shree his nomination papers seeking such things. However, he includes ideas to effect development in Government at Centre led by PM Mahakal temple recently. election for fifth time from receives flower bouquets from Odisha, to provide employments to Odia Narendra Modi. BJD president Naveen Hinjili, he visited Maa Tara visitors. PNS youths and to provide security to women. Debesh was elected from the seat reethought Party of FIndia (FPI) general secretary Biswanath Ramachandra, who is contesting polls for the Bhubaneswar Lok rime Minister Narendra Sabha seat on party tick- PModi and Chief Minister et, campaigned in differ- Naveen Patnaik on Sunday ent localities of greeted the people of the State Bhubaneswar. on the occasion of Maha At the Kargil Tarini Vishub Sankranti or Pana Busti near airport area, he Sankranti, which heralds the along with his colleagues, Odia New Year. including Swapna “Wishing the vibrant Odia Bijayini, also a candidate community a Happy New Year for Ekamra Assembly ! This Maha Vishub Sankranti, seat, met the people and may all your wishes come true. interacted with them and Praying for everyone’s wellbe- explained to them ing and happiness,” Tweeted Lord Jagannath. He wrote in The festival marks the which is also celebrated as the their party ideologies and Modi. Odia. introduction of new Panjika, birth anniversary of Lord also about the need to Similarly, the Chief Odisha celebrates Odia which is an almanac of Hindu Hanuman. People marked the bring some changes Minister took to the micro- New Year with gaiety People religious festivals, timings and advent of the New Year by in the democratic blogging site and wished for across the State thronged tem- predictions for the year. drinking pana, a sweet-sour structures of the Party leaders and workers, Prasanna Kumar Behera, Bijay Begunia Assembly seat, among everyone’s happiness and pros- ples of various gods and god- Devotees also performed drink made with Bel (wood country. namely Babaji Kumar, Kumar Swain, candidate for others, were present. perity with the blessings of desses on the day. special puja on the occasion, apple), fruits and sugar.
legal provision for giving death dents would be given geted for undertaking devel- punishment to culprits for sex- Rs 50,000 for pursuing higher opment works in rural ually assaulting girls under the education. areas. Salaries of Anganwadi Sunday announced to provide age of 15. The BJP would waive all Workers and Helpers would be a scooty to each of Plus Two Addressing election rallies loans of the women self-help increased to Rs 15,000 per dding to his party’s list of pass-out girl in the State if the at different places in Sundargah groups (SHGs), he said. month and Rs 9, 000 pm, if Apoll sops, Union Minister BJP is voted to power. district, Pradhan also promised He said whopping amount BJP forms Government in the Dharmandra Pradhan on Besides, there would be that the Plus Two pass out stu- of Rs 1 lakh crore will be bud- State. programme providing a package of ser- In Odisha out of 72,587 AWCs, vices, including supplementary nutrition, 34,651 AWCs do not have their own healthcare, pre-school non formal edu- infrastructure. cation etc. Most of these are running from rent- Under this backdrop, the Ministry of ed building or even from the houses of o enable small kids to go to school, Women and Child Development Anganwadi workers. hief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Ta move is on to relocate the (MoWCD) and the Ministry of Human Officials say that in Ganjam district, CSunday paid homage to chief Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) to the cam- Resources Development have joined 2,964 AWCs do not have their own infra- architect of Constitution of India pus of primary schools. This will facili- hands to scale up universal enrolment. structure, followed by Baleswar (2,854), and Bharat Ratna Bhimrao Ramji tate universal enrolment. Accordingly, Department of School Cuttack (2,325), Bhadrak (1,605) and Ambedkar on the occasion of his The Union Government has advised Education and Literacy along with Bargarh (1,586). While 13,566 AWC 128th birth anniversary. the State Government to take up relo- MoWCD have worked out strategies for buildings are under construction, the under the Potangi Assembly Sekhar Gadanayak, Pratap Taking to the Twitter, he cation of the AWCs so that more and taking up activities in this regard. State Government has sanctioned money constituency. They participat- Kumar Nanda, Pratap Kumar referred Ambedkar as the “champi- more kids will be smoothly shifted to pri- Many AWCs are running in rented for the construction of 12,156 buildings. he Utkal Sammilani ed in voting in Potangi during Nanda, Maheshwar Biswal, on of social justice”. mary schools. buildings and are far from the primary With the Government of India insisting TMancheswar Industrial morning hours and in Salur Kshetra Mohan Nayak, Er “Humble tributes to Bharat Women and Child Development schools, which comes as a deterrent for for relocation of AWCs to the campus- Estate Branch observed the Assembly seat in Andhra Nalini Kumar Mohanty, Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar, the archi- Secretary Rakesh Srivastava has written smooth transition from AWC to prima- es of the primary schools, now the State Mahavishub and Pana Pradesh in the afternoon. The Diptimayee Nayak, Ajay tect of Indian Constitution and to the State Government in this regard. ry schools learning. Government will have to work out in Sannkranti and Odia New Year Election Commission should Kumar Kanungo, Subrat champion of social justice on his Srivastava said the Union Government So the State Government has been details, said an officer. amid much religious fervour conduct a probe,” demanded Mohapatra and Akshay Kumar birth anniversary,” tweeted has sanctioned 14 lakh AWCs to various advised to chalk out a detailed pro- The Union Government has also and gaiety here on Sunday. Dashsharma. Jethi participated in the dis- Patnaik. Notably, Ambedkar is States, including Odisha. Out of these, gramme to relocate the AWCs to the insisted that the primary schools, where Presiding over the meeting, Senior member Dr cussion. remembered for his triumphant 13.53 AWCs are operational as on today, campus of the nearby primary schools. to the AWCs are to be relocated, should branch president Dillip Dwarikanath Mohanty talked At the outset, secretary struggle against age-old social dis- said he. The relocation of AWCs to the cam- be present in same habitation, where the Dashsharma expressed con- on developmental aspects of Gobinda Chandra Subuddhi crimination against Dalits, women The AWCs are run through pus of primary school would also facil- AWCs were previously present. cern over the report of bor- Odisha. Among others, vice- read out the report, while the and labour classes. He was a social Integrated Child Development Scheme itate child preparedness for going to A time bound action and State dering Kotia villagers partici- president Pratap Swain, joint- programme concluded a vote reformer, an economist and a jurist. (ICDS), which is the largest child care schools and help in improving efficacy report will be sent to the MoWCD by the pating in voting in Andhra secretary Ashok Palatasingh, of thanks proposed by vice- He was the force behind the Dalit programme in the world. of both the flagship schemes like ICDS State Government in this regard, said Pradesh, besides Odisha. executive members Er Shiba president Sheetal Chandra Buddhist Movement in India. This is the most unique outreach and Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan (SSA). sources. “Kotia village is located Prasad Mishra, Siddhartha Mohanty. ! " # $ % S ' " (
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BALANGIR PRE-POLL VIOLENCE 5-yr-old raped Police conduct JSpur home guard Unguarded bank ATM by married held on rape slur Case registered; probe on flag march; 30 man in Ganjam PNS n JAGATSINGHPUR stolen in Jajpur ome Guard Bikram Swain was arrest- PNS n JAJPUR Hed by Naugaon police on the charge of PNS n BRAHMAPUR kidnapping and raping a fellow Home n ATM of a private bank platoons deployed Guard’s wife on Sunday. Awas stolen by some five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a mar- A case has been registered at the unidentified miscreants at PNS n BALANGIR sustained grievous injuries in Aried man in Buguda of Ganjam district. Naugaon police station basing on the com- Chandikhol under the the attack, was admitted to the Though the incident took place on April 11, the plaint of the victim woman. Both the Dharmasala police station of olice on Sunday conducted District Headquarters Hospital matter came to light after the family members of accused and the victim woman were med- Jajpur district on Saturday Pa flag march and deployed (DHH). victim lodged a complaint with police on Sunday. ically examined in Naugaon hospital on night. as many as 30 platoons of “I was sitting in the BJD As per the complaint, the accused took the Sunday, said DSP Prakash Chandra Pal, who Some persons informed forces as tension prevailed after office when a group of 20 to 25 minor girl, a Class-I student, to his house and raped was supervising the case. the police after they found on pre-poll violence erupted in the Congress workers barged into her. According to the complainant, on April Sunday morning that the ATM district on Saturday, injuring a the office and beat me up,” Following the incident, locals tried to settle the 9, accused Bikram reached her residence at of HDFC Bank was missing. BJD worker. BJD members led alleged Meher. matter, but as no action was taken against the Naugaon, forcibly took her to Konark and The ATM had no security by Balangir MLA candidate After getting information accused, the family members of the girl lodged an kept her in a village where he had guard in the night. Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo about the clash between the FIR at the Buguda police station. maintained physical relationship despite her On Sunday the Bank also held a rally in the town on two groups in Chandanbhati, Later, police sent the minor girl to the Buguda protest Manager filed as FIR with the the day appealing to everybody the local police station IIC Community Health Centre (CHC) for medical On receiving a complaint, the police first police and alleged that some to maintain peace. along with his team rushed to examination after receiving the complaint. Police tried to settle the matter amicably. But the persons looted the Reports said that some the spot and brought the situ- said efforts are on to nab the accused, who is victim did not agree with the proposal and ATM. Acting on the com- Congress workers allegedly ation under control. absconding. later met SP Sudha Singh on April 12 and plaint, the police rushed to the barged into the BJD office at Sensitised and non-sensi- “The family members of the girl and villagers apprised her about the incident, seeking jus- spot and conducted a spot Chandanbhati village under tised booths have been cate- tried to settle the matter. A police complaint was tice. inquiry with help of a removed the screen and Section- 3 of the the Sadar police station in the gorised and police arrange- registered only after the parties failed to reach any Following instruction from Singh, DSP scientific team, said of the area camera of the Prevention of Damage to district late on Saturday night ments have been done accord- consensus. We have registered a case and started Prakash Chandra Pal conducted a probe and Dharmasala police station IIC ATM. Public Property Act and and attacked a BJD worker, ingly,” said Balangir SP K Siva investigation into the matter,” informed Buguda PS instructed the Naugaon police to register a Saroj Sahoo. “The miscreants We have registered a case launched an investigation," Prafulla Meher. Meher, who Subramani. IIC SS Mandhata. case. masked the CCTV camera and under various Sections of IPC Sahoo added. Ram Navami: Devotees rush to B’pur temples HIGH-HANDEDNESS No water for irrigation; BY ANGUL COPS Khariar farmers upset PNS n BRAHMAPUR queue in front of the temples and the Patanjali Yoga Samiti NHRC with variety of fruits and sweets organized a blood donation PNS n NUAPADA against the callousness of the evotees in huge numbers to offer puja to Godess Sri Ram camp here in Bank Colony Government," farmers have Dthronged various temples to mark the event and obtain Kalyan Mandap to mark the seeks report he people of Sanmaheswar said. "Our villages are located of Lord Sri Ram across blessings of the Lord. event. Subrat Pujari, Sisir Tgram panchayat of Khariar nearer to the LIIP and most of the silk city to offer prayers on Notably, the city fruit ven- Kumar Das, Abhi Pradhan, K from DGP block in Nuapada district have the farmers in these villages the occasion of Sri dors sold fruits at much high- Rabi Babu, been demanding irrigation have provided their lands for Ram Navami here on er rates taking advantage of the Sunil Kumar Sahu, BHUBANESWAR:The facility through laying of construction of the canal. Saturday. rush on the day. Brundaban Pattnaik, Sitaram National Human Rights pipelines to connect their farm- However unfortunately, the The temples across the silk Elaborate security Panda, Narasingh Sethi, Rishi Commission has directed the lands to the canal of the Lower lands of the farmers are not get- city were crowded with devo- arrangements were made by Gouda, Chittaranjan Das, Odisha Director General of Indra Irrigation Project (LIIP) ting a single drop of water of tees since early hours of the administration and the Sanjukta Prusty, Anjali Sahu, Police (DGP) to submit a since long. this irrigation project. Saturday. Special programmes local police for smooth darshan Santunu Padhi, Sudarsan Sabat, report within eight weeks about Construction of mega pipe Therefore, we are going to including musical and to prevent any untoward Dr Rashmita Panigrahi and the alleged highhandedness by irrigation points is now going hold this peaceful protest near recitals of Sri Ram Charit incidents. Ranjan Kumar Nanda joined police officials of Angul district. on, but the demand of the the worksite at Sanmaheswar Manas and Ram Katha Amrit The Ram Navami festival the event and inspired the The NHRC passed the farmers has not been consid- village on Monday under the were organised in some of the also marks the end of nine days donors. More than 30 units of order taking cognisance of a ered. They have now decided to banner of the Anchalika temples. of Navaratri festival, during blood were collected. Patanjali report filed by civil society stop the pipe-laying work near Krushak Sangathana to express The oldest Ram temple in temple in Panabika street, places across the city witnessed which a large number of devo- doctor Debaraj Panigrahi, organisation Human Rights the village Sanmaheswar. our resentment," said Gautam City High School Road, Mandiapalli Hanuman temple big turnout of devotees. A tees observe fast in reverence of Pradip Sahu and Rashmiranjan Watch secretary Sangita Swain. "We are going to stop the Tandi and Bidura Sabar, mem- Hanuman Temple in near Berhampur large number of female devo- Goddess Durga. Sahu coordinated the pro- Swain in her petition work near our village to protest bers of the Sangathana. Ramalingam Tank Road, Ram University and several such tees were seen standing in The Patanjali Yuva Bharat gramme. alleged that around 50 people of a village under the Samal Barriage police station in Angul Organization for Animal district were duped by some Odisha, Bihar, Health (OIE) in this regard. fraudsters, who promised them Bird flu hits egg, poultry products exports The Qatar Government to sanction agricultural loans J’khand farmers has imposed the ban due to from cooperative banks. But bird flu, the Qatar National Not only Qatar but also Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand are banned eggs and poultry prod- contain the avian influenza prevalence of highly patho- when the victims went to Samal worst-affected Health Authority (QNHA) has Saudia Arabia, Kuwait and the major suppliers of eggs and ucts from Puri district and and set the export system in genic avian influenza based on PS to register a complaint, the banned all sorts of eggs and Hong Kong have also imposed frozen chickens to Qatar, Saudi Munger district of Bihar. Qatar proper place. latest report of the OIE. Inspector–in-Charge instead PNS n BHUBANESWAR poultry products from India. ban on import of eggs, poultry Arabia, Kuwait and Hong Kong has also banned poultry prod- Due to such ban, bilateral Under this backdrop, dis- of registerering the complaint, The Ministry of products from India and ucts and Saudi Arabia has trade between India and these tressed exporters have threatened them of dire con- pread of avian influenza in Commerce and Industry has exporters based in India are a as a big blow for the poultry banned live birds, hatching countries has received a serious approached the Union sequences. Swain alleged that Sthe State has choked the informed the State worried lot. industry. eggs and day-old chicks from setback. In fact these countries Government to request the the IIC is actively sup[pported scope of exports of eggs and Government in this regard. While now these coun- Odisha, Bihar and the country. are significant trade partners of State Governments concerned by the Angul SP. She prayed the poultry products from Odisha Outbreak of avian influen- tries are not accepting poultry Jharkhand are the major sup- Joint Secretary Commerce, India, especially for poultry to contain avian influenza and NHRC to take action against as a number of countries have za in Odisha, Bihar and products from India, at the pliers of eggs and frozen chick- Keshav Chandra has brought to products, said Chandra. take precaution in this regard, the guilty police officials, recov- banned import of these food Jharkhand has resulted in such same time they are sending ens to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the notice of the Odisha These countries imposed so that these countries will er the money of the victims of items from India. ban, which has caused havoc back these food products ear- Kuwait and Hong Kong. Government about the ban the ban as they received report revoke ban and suspension on the fraud and compensate With reports of break of for the poultry industry sector. lier imported, which is coming Hong Kong has especially and urged for taking steps to from World Health imports. them. PNS Debt burden: Farmer ends life in Jajpur Bomb hurled in B’pur; youth hurt JAJPUR: A farmer committed Gantayat had consumed PNS n BRAHMAPUR suicide by consuming poison in pois on Friday and was the district allegedly due to admitted to the SCB anic gripped the crop loss. Medical College PBijipur-Ambikanagar The deceased was identi- Hospital in Cuttack area here after a bomb fied as Sushant Gantayat (42) of was hurled at a youth in Dihanarasinghpur village of due to water shortage and pest the locality on Saturday Dharmasala block. attack. night. But the youth, Gantayat had consumed Family members said Manoj Behera, miracu- pois on Friday and was admit- Gantayat had taken loans from lously escaped with only ted to the SCB Medical College a Self Help Group and other minor injuries. Hospital in Cuttack. However, creditors. He took the extreme Monoj was going on a his condition deteriorated on step after realising that he bike when three bike- Sunday and he breathed his wouldn’t be able to repay the borne youths coming from last. loan. the opposite side threw a Sources said the deceased Neither the district admin- bomb at him. had cultivated paddy on two istration nor any other However, the bomb acres of land, black gram and Government representative fell on the ground and went off. The reason behind the Bishnu Prasad Pati. The Town green gram on one acre of land. met Sushant’s family till filing Monoj received injuries in the incident is past enmity, said police have started searching But the crops were damaged of the report. PNS leg. Brahmapur Twon SDPO the miscreants. Dacoity Raju nominated as R’gada ‘Nabin’ celebrates Vishub Meelan Poetry recital held was held to mark the “Nabin Maharana recited poetries. chairman Bhagirathi Maharana bid foiled; Visub Meelan” and “Saraswat MKCG Medical College’s delivered the welcome address. Lok Adalat member Samabesh-2019” as well. former Medicine Department Library secretary Dr PNS n BRAHMAPUR “Kabita Pathotsav” was held in Professor PC Sahu, poet Bipin Chandramani Swain coordi- PNS n RAYAGADA the first session of the event. Nayak and retired Judge Abani nated the programme. 3 held in ewspaper “Nabin” cele- Noted litterateurs Dr Sribastcha Ranjan Das graced the Vishub Litterateurs lik Swarnaprabha, fter being recommended by a select Nbrated its 21st “Vishub Dalai and Dr Kartika Chandra Samaroh as guests. “Nabin” educationist Brundavan Nayak Acommittee, Dr K Salava Raju, retired Meelan Samaroh” with tradi- Rout joined guests. Poets like editor and “Nabin Pathagara ‘O’ , writer Er Ladu Kishore Sabat, Principal of the Rayagada Autonomous tional rituals at Nabin Bhavan Neelakantha Sahu, Chinmaya Sahitya Pratisthan” president scribe Rankanath Sethi and Ganjam College, has been nominated by State here on Sunday morning. Ranjan Mishra, Padmini Rabi Rath presided over the poet Kapil Chandra Mohanty Legal Services Authority and approved A galaxy of programmes Mishra and Bhagirathi meeting. Reception committee were felicitated. PNS n BRAHMAPUR by Law Department of Government of Odisha as a permanent Lok Adalat he Khallikote police foiled a dacoity bid member in Rayagada district. Tand arrested three persons from a cashew He will officiate under the aegis of orchard at Manikyapur while they were District Legal Services Authority and the hatching a plan for loot on Sunday morning. District Judge as its Chairman from The arrestees were identified as Bukhari April 20. Nahak (35), Tuna Parida (20) and Samir Dr Raju is born to K Bheema, a well Behera (18). known socialite of Muniguda. After During his stint as Principal, Acting on a tipoff, a police team con- schooling at Muniguda, he completed he was able to open MCom, ducted a raid in the cashew forest early morn- his entire college education at GM ing while the seven accused College at Sambalpur. He topped to the MA, MSc in nine subjects and persons had assembled and were planning the second position in MCom. After com- five new courses in degree loot. pleting his LLB, MBA and PhD, he level by creating a history in During the raid, cops managed to nab joined as a Lecturer in Commerce at the 52 years of Rayagada three persons while four other members of the Rayagada College during the year 1982 College dacoity gang fled from the spot. Three sharp and retired as its Principal recently. weapons, two motorcycles, mobile phones, During his stint as Principal, he was development and mobilised a grant of and three masks were seized from their pos- able to open MCom, MA, MSc in nine Rs 12 crore. He was felicitated by Chief session. subjects and five new courses in degree Minister Naveen Patnaik as Best Three of the arrestees were later forwarded level by creating a history in 52 years of Coordinator for Self Defense for ren- to court after a case was registered against Rayagada College. He signed an MOU dering training to eight thousand girls them under relevant sections of IPC. with World Bank for infrastructure from different colleges of Rayagada. ! <= > "# "$% 7 8 3 3 Phulbani: The Kandhamal Sankar Prasad Mishra, district District Chess Association association Gyana Kumar organised the Odisha State U- Dora, secretary Bijaya Kumar 13 Open and Girls Chess Mohanty, working president he Bhubaneswar Talim Championship here from April Arup Kumar Jena, CEC chair- TSangam celebrated Odia 11 to 13. man Ashok Kumar Behera, Naba Barsha and Tamil Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, and social activist Ashok Chithiraj Thiubhija (New State Chess Association secre- Kumar Parida attended as Years) here amid much fervour tary Debabrata Bhatta, cashier guests. PNS here on Sunday. A cultural programme was organised under the guidance of Sangam president M 4 67 ?@ Durauswami to mark the cel- ebrations. Internationally- acclaimed sand artist Sudarsha Pattnaik, MCL Economic C Advisor (Director) Basudeven, Forest and Environment Director Dr K Murugesan and Sand artist Pattnaik was came to an end with a vote of speaking people attended the social activist Sudha Nararajan, felicitated on the occasion. At thanks proposed Maragadha event. Cultural programmes who were guests, highlighted the outset, Sangam general Raja. performed by Odia and Tamil about cultural links between secretary TBT Ansari delivered A large number of Odia, children enthralled the Odisha and Tamil Nadu. the welcome address. The event Telugu, Kannada and Bengali audience. ? & ( s many as three girls from Odisha have inched for- A ?@ truck laden with refriger- ward in the Femina Miss India- + 6 7 ators and mixer grinders 2019 national beauty pageant A C was seized near Chupring by securing berths in the East $ under Kanas block in the dis- Zonal Crowning ceremony trict by a poll flying squad on scheduled to be held in Kolkata Miss India West Bengal, Miss Sunday evening. on April 23. India Jharkhand and Miss While the staffs of the tributed among the voters so as Tamanna Vyas, Sheetal India Odisha along with the vehicle could not come up to influence them in favour of Sahu and Arupa Rath have State winners of Assam, with satisfactory answers, the a particular candidate,” an offi- been selected to the next round Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, officials seized the electronic cial said. during the Odisha auditions Meghalaya, Mizoram, gadgets. Puri Collector Jyoti which were held at the Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim “We suspect that the refrig- Prakash Das said further inves- Esplanade one mall here. More participated in the auditions for from each of the five States of will represent at the grand erators and mixer grinders tigation is on into the than 100 participants from the coveted crown. the East Zone i.e. Miss India finale which is going to be held were being brought to be dis- incident. various parts of the State had Most deserving candidate Chhattisgarh, Miss India Bihar, in Mumbai on June 15.
3 the lifestyle of the poor and Prime Minister, he added. Manohar Lal added. downtrodden during the five Taking a dig at the Jannayak He said that the BJP gov- aryana Chief Minister year BJP rule. Ayushman Yojna, Janta Party, the Chief Minister ernment in Haryana during its HManohar Lal on Sunday Ujjawala Yojna were among the said that when the leaders of regime gave 60,000 jobs to 4 67 K O targeted the opposition’s maha- welfare schemes launched, he JJP come to seek your votes, unemployed youth on merit. ?@ gathbandhan saying that their said. give them the symbol (chap- Those who lacked merit, for financing terror activities in baraat is without a groom and Since the opposition does pals) of their party. them courses were started in India from Canada, he said. cannot take on Prime Minister not have a strong Prime Referring to the Congress Skill Development C oining the chorus of protests Pointing to the well-known Narendra Modi. Ministerial nominee, the peo- nominee Lalit Nagar from University so that they could Jagainst the Justin Trudeau fact that Trudeau’s party was Manohar Lal while ple have made up their mind to Faridabad, he said that the get jobs in private sector, he administration’s decision to suc- inundated by such activists and addressing ‘a Vijay Sankalp’ re-elect Modi as the Prime opposition party has given the added. 8 9 6 7 K O cumb to domestic political pres- separatists, the Chief Minister rally of the BJP in village Minister for all round nomination to the brother of The Chief Minister further sure to remove all references to dubbed the erasure of various Aurangabad in Palwal which is development of the country their favourite middleman of said that 1.50 lakh youth got Q Khalistani extremism in its references to Khalistan and part of Faridabad Lok Sabha and protecting the security party’s son-in-law (Robert jobs in the private sector while K O 2018 report on terrorist threats, Khalistani organisations from constituency, said that the and integrity of the country, he Vadra). loan upto Rs one crore for C Punjab Chief Minister the latest threat report as an opposition is without a Prime said. Leave aside getting the unemployed had been made a V Capt Amarinder Singh on unpardonable act in the eyes of Ministerial nominee. Manohar Lal said that the lead in nine assembly seg- reality. Sunday described the move as the peace-loving global com- The Chief Minister said entire world has seen the lead- ments in the Faridabad Lok As far as investment is a threat to Indian and global munity. that everyone know the reali- ership qualities of the Prime Sabha constituency, I will concerned, Haryana had C security. “Such an act amounted to ty of Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati, Minister. accept his strength even if Lalit improved its ranking and Peeved, Capt Amarinder endorsement of the terror activ- Chandrababu Naidu, Mamta Today, terrorists and those Nagar manages a win in his vil- reached the 3rd position from expressed shock at the ruling ities and de-facto promotion of Banerjee – the contenders for who give shelter to them fear lage Tigaon, he said. 14th spot. 6 8 9 67 Q C Canadian Liberal Party’s knee- extremism,” said Capt the post of Prime Minister from the name of Modi who Targeting the opposition, In case the people wanted jerk decision “clearly aimed at Amarinder, condemning out- from the opposition which has had adopted a tough stand the Chief Minister further said inclusive development of all Z protecting its political interests right the selective changes made failed to reach a consensus on against terrorists and sepa- that the regime of parchi and sections of the society they K O C in an election year’. He said that by the Canadian government in one person. “It’s a baraat with- ratist elements, he said. kharcha (slips and corruption) should on May 12 press the it could have “serious conse- its report on threats. out the groom,” he said. The country has emerged is over. The BJP has given a cor- Lotus symbol to ensure victo- quences for Indo-Canadian Only references with He said that the Prime as a super power due to the ruption free and transparent ry of all the 10 BJP candidates P ; relations in the long run. respect to Khalistan and relat- Minister worked for changing policies and programmes of the administration to the people, in Haryana, he added. 6 8 9 67 Trudeau is playing with fire with ed terms had been targeted by his decision to assuage inflamed Trudeau administration, he domestic passions through this noted, adding that it appeared ill-considered move”. to be a clear case of the Capt Amarinder pointed Canadian government giving in out that he himself had given to political compulsions. their woman accomplice Aamna 25), they tor. She further told the complainant that proof to the Canadian Prime Capt Amarinder warned said adding that the Cyber Crime Cell of an amount of Rs. 10/- is to be paid to sign Minister, during the latter’s the Canadian government he Delhi Police have arrested three West District has claimed to bust a gang of up on the website. Aadhar card and PAN K O ? Z India visit, of his country’s soil against encouraging hardliners Tcheats including a woman who used to online job fraudsters prior to their arrest. card number of the complainant was also C being used to spread the sepa- through such actions, which he dupe job aspirants by creating fake website DCP (West) Monika Bharadwaj said, asked for filling in the field. ratist Khalistani ideology against said were detrimental to the of a renowned online job portal, said the a complaint alleged that he in search of a Complainant made payment of Rs. 10 a friendly country. Trudeau interest of both India and police on Sunday. The arrested trio were new job visited a job portal. When he logged through his credit card, thereafter; he had been informed of Khalistani Canada, as well as the global identified as, Raju Kumar (24), Ravi Kumar in the website a lady called him and noticed that his credit card has been deb- activists being involved in community. (21) a native of Aara district in Bihar and offered job opportunities in banking sec- ited with almost Rs 10 thousand. 1 P @ He had however lost to voters, with over 6 lakh Jat vot- didate later that year and also 3 BJP’s Ashwini Kumar Chopra ers while other voters com- registered victory in civic body in 2014 general elections on prised of non-Jat communities polls there last year, making nding suspense over field- Karnal seat. like Brahmins, Baniyas, OBCs, the electoral fight on the par- Eing its candidates in two Sharma had then quit the Dalits and Punjabis. liamentary seat this time a Chander Mohan Thakur told high-profile constituencies in Congress ahead of 2014 Notably, Rohtak was the prestige issue for both the IANS: "Anil Sharma should Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Haryana assembly polls to epicenter of violent Jat reser- national parties. he Bharatiya Janata Party either rise above 'putra moh' or Party has fielded former MP join Bahujan Samaj Party vation stir 2016, which had T(BJP) in Himachal Pradesh he should resign (from the Arvind Sharma from Rohtak (BSP), which had named him resulted in bitterly divided is gunning its own party leader, party)." Lok Sabha seat and political as its Chief Ministerial candi- Haryana on caste lines and is who resigned from the Jai Ram Popularly known as 'Pandit- greenhorn, IAS Brijendra date. The BSP had fielded now likely to play a key role in P Thakur-led cabinet two ji' in his bastion of Mandi, the Singh, son of Union Minister him from two seats, but he had shaping the public opinion in The BJP has sprung a sur- days ago. six-time MLA and three-time Birender Singh from Hisar failed to score a win on both deciding the fate of candidates prise by fielding Brijender The BJP is asking its former MP Sukh Ram and his grandson parliamentary seat. the seats in assembly elections. in ensuing Lok Sabha polls. Singh, a Haryana cadre IAS Power Minister Anil Sharma to Ashray Sharma rejoined the The BJP, which had last Sharma will now take on Political observers say that officer from Hisar parliamen- quit from the party over his love Congress on March 25 after week announced its candi- three-time MP Deepender by fielding a Brahmin candi- tary constituency. for his son. quitting the BJP. dates on eight seats, on Singh Hooda, the lone date, the BJP has made its Brijender’s father Union Congress greenhorn Ashray Countering its rivals, state 9 67 Sunday, announced the names Congress candidate in strategy clear to consolidate Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Sharma, who learnt politics for Congress unit President Kuldeep of candidates in remaining Haryana who had withstood the non-Jat votes to wrest the Birender Singh had been lob- years from his father Anil Rathore told IANS that by field- C two seats in Haryana, which the Narendra Modi wave in Rohtak seat. BJP’s support bying for his son’s candidature Sharma, is in the fray from the ing Anil Sharma's son from goes to polling on May 12. 2014 Lok Sabha polls. base largely comprises urban from Hisar since long. Mandi Lok Sabha seat. He is pit- Mandi the party is trying to bowl C Focusing on the strategy of Deepender, son of former non-Jat voters and traders in 46-year old Brijender will ted against first-time BJP MP out the BJP with a googly. C consolidating the non-Jat Chief Minister Bhupinder Rohtak. now make his political debut Ram Swaroop Sharma. Political observers say the votes, which had helped the Singh Hooda has been re- The split in Jat votes had in the Lok Sabha polls from The father and son belong to decision to nominate Anil saffron party to register its nominated by his party from benefited the saffron party in Hisar constituency, which his the political dynasty of former Sharma's son is just a shrewd 3 3 maiden victory in 2014 Rohtak seat, known as the Jind bypoll. The BJP is now father had won in 1984 by Union Telecom Minister Sukh move by the Congress to push 9 67 K O Haryana assembly polls and Congress’ bastion. Deepender banking on the same equation defeating former Chief Ram, 91. The BJP has raised the the ruling BJP onto a slippery Jind bypoll, the BJP has field- faces a tough task ahead to win in Rohtak. Minister Om Prakash battle cry of dynastic politics. wicket as Mandi is the home turf ed a prominent Brahmin the seat for the fourth time and Another factor that is seen Chautala. BJP Chief Minister Thakur, of Chief Minister Thakur. leader Arvind Sharma from is toiling day and night to as favorable for BJP would be A Haryana cadre IAS offi- who is leading the poll campaign, Also Anil Sharma's father C Jat-dominated Rohtak seat. reach out to the voters of his split in Jat vote bank in the cer of 1998 batch, Brijendra is never forgets to tell voters that Sukh Ram played a crucial role C Three-time MP Arvind constituency. state with the formation of posted as the Managing "his former Cabinet minister in winning all 10 Assembly seats Sharma had recently joined In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Jananyak Janta Party, a splin- Director (MD) of the has love for 'putra' (son) Ashray in Mandi district. the BJP and was previously Deepender had won for the ter group of INLD, which is a Haryana State Cooperative Sharma and that is why he's not Taking a jibe at his rivals, seen as a contender for third consecutive time from Jat-centric party. JJP and INLD Supply and Marketing campaigning in Mandi for BJP Ashray Sharma said that "his 6 7 Sonepat and Karnal parlia- Rohtak by a margin of more are also likely to field Jat can- Federation. candidate Ram Swaroop father's soul is in the Congress mentary seats. He had earlier than 1.7 lakh votes against didates in Rohak, political He had last year addressed Sharma". while only the body is in the C won the Jat dominated BJP’s Jat candidate Om analysts say. a non-political state-level "If he has to remain in the BJP". Sonepat Lok Sabha seat in Prakash Dhankar, now a While the Congress had in farmers’ meet at Jind. His party, he has to campaign for the At the launch of the C ? 1996 as an independent can- Cabinet Minister in the 2014 won the Rohtak Lok mother, Prem Lata is a sitting party even from where his son Congress campaign, Anil didate and later, won Karnal Manohar Lal Khattar Sabha seat, the BJP had man- MLA from Uchana Kalan, is contesting," he said during Sharma announced that he Lok Sabha seat in 2004 and Government in Haryana. aged to wrest Rohtak assembly which falls in Hisar Lok Sabha public meetings. would campaign for his party but 2009 on Congress’ ticket. Rohtak has around 16 lakh seat by fielding a Punjabi can- constituency. BJP General Secretary not against his son. .
O 3 3 P P 3 7 9 Trali, who was also instru- mental in reviving the outfit in 9 9 he National Investigation the Valley. The attack on the TAgency (NIA) on Sunday CRPF centre was carried out in 3 arrested the fifth accused in the intervening night of connection with terror attack December 30 and 31 in 2017 by on the CRPF group centre at three terrorists belonging he Congress on Sunday Lethpora village in Pulwama in to the JeM. Tdemanded a probe into the December 2017 that killed five The terrorists were identi- alleged transportation of a personnel. fied as Fardeen Ahmad “suspicious black trunk” in Irshad Ahmad Reshi was Noor Trali, a little over four-feet shelter and transport for the Khandey, Manzoor Baba and a Prime Minister Narendra picked up from Pulwama in tall, a NIA spokesperson said. terrorists and conducting Pakistani, Abdul Shakoor, a res- Modi’s helicopter during his South Kashmir after the inter- The attack on CRPF Group reconnaissance of the CRPF ident of the Rawalakot area of visit to Chitradurg in rogation of Nisar Ahmed Centre, Lethpora was executed Group centre, Lethpora before Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Karnataka for election cam- Tantray and Syed Hilal under a conspiracy to avenge the terrorist attack. Five CRPF personnel were paign. Congress spokesperson Andrabi, arrested earlier by the the death of Noor Trali, who Four accused — killed in the attack. The three Anand Sharma asked the probe agency. was killed in an encounter Fayaz Ahmad Magrey terrorists were also eliminated. Prime Minister to come clean Reshi was an over ground with security forces in (Lethpora), Manzoor Ahmed Reshi will be produced and said the Election worker (OGW) of the pro- December 2017, he said. Bhat (Pampore), Nisar Ahmed before the Special NIA court in Commission should enquire scribed Jaish-e-Mohammed The spokesperson said Tantray (Tral) and Syed Hilal Jammu on Monday with a into the contents of the “trunk”. (JeM) terror group and a close Reshi has been found to be a Andrabi (Ratnipora, Pulwama) request for grant of police cus- He said the Congress’ L associate of slain terrorist Noor key conspirator who provided — were arrested earlier tody for further investigation, Karnataka unit has already M Mohammad Tantray, alias logistic support in form of by the NIA. the spokesman added. filed a complaint with the Election Commission in this regard. The Prime Minister Z 3 had addressed an election rally in Karnataka’s Chitradurga on April 9. V “We saw there were three [ more choppers escorting the & ' ' ( ) Prime Minister’s helicopter. After landing, a black trunk was taken out and whisked rule to the people of the coun- Francois Hollande on the the Republic of India,” he said. away in a private car which try as a tribute to Dr BR Rafale deal public by tomorrow. Sharma also slammed BJP ( ( was not part of the SPG car- Ambedkar on his birth As there has been a controver- leader and Union Minister cade,” he alleged. anniversary. sy, it would help settle it once General VK Singh (Retd). Sharma suggested there “The Prime Minister is for all,” he said. “There is Prime Minister’s was cash stashed in the trunk. trying to control and change The Prime Minister in his defence and his apology * “What was there in the trunk. the narrative because he has no “desperation to win has done Minister, including one of his If there was no cash in it, let courage to face real issues,” enormous disservice to the Ministers, who should have there an enquiry be held,” said he alleged. nation by dragging in the been made literate in the mil- 1 Sharma. The Congress also Raising the issue of Rafale, Armed Forces for Partisan itary history of the country. I played a video clip claiming Sharma asked Modi to make political propaganda”, Sharma am referring to retired General that the purported trunk, after public the minutes of a meet- further alleged. VK Singh, he said — Indira being unloaded from the PM’s ing held last year between him “Seeking votes for the Gandhi benefitted electorally P helicopter, was shipped to a pri- and former French President courageous action and sacri- from the Bangladesh war.” vate Innova car, that Sharma Francois Hollande on the fight- fices of our soldiers is an “Is he ignorant of history alleged was not a part of the er jet deal. unpardonable transgression when he himself was a com- SPG carcade, and taken away. “Why is he (PM) silent on and also an insult to the Armed missioned officer?” Sharma : Reacting to Congress’ his role in Rafale scam? Make forces who defend the moth- asked. “To reeducate him, these demand for a thorough probe, the minutes of the meeting erland under the tricolour and are the facts: General Singh got BJP spokesman GVL between Prime Minister and not under one person or party. commissioned in June 1970, Narasimhan Rao said these are former French Pesident The Indian Army belongs to Smt Indira Gandhi recorded a elhi High Court has issued baseless allegations and the massive electoral win in March Dnotice to Cabinet Secretary “Congress party which is syn- 1971 and India won the 13-day on the issue of dual control over onymous to corruption” should war with Pakistan on 16 6 6 7 Assam Rifles by Home come out clean on their issues. December 1971. VK Singh 8 Ministry and Defence Ministry. appropriate decision. Sharma also asked Modi to should extend an uncondi- 1 1 The Bench headed by “In effect the Ministry of give an account of his five-year tional apology,” he said. Justices S Muralidhar and IS Home Affairs (MHA) has Mehta expressed displeasure on washed its hands off the issue the reply of Home Ministry on and placed it at the doorstep of the petition filed by Assam the Cabinet Committee on Rifles Ex-Servicemen Welfare Security (CCS). The Court is Association detailing the prob- therefore constrained to issue New Delhi: Congress leader ' ' ( ' national’,” Pitroda said. lems due to the dual control on a notice to the CCS to explain Sam Pitroda said party chief ) ( ' ) + ) “Who has given BJP leaders the force by Ministries of Home what decision it has taken on Rahul Gandhi has experienced ' , - ' ) + . the right to declare others as and Defence. the note forwarded to it by the the trauma of terrorism and ' , ( ))() traitors?” he said. On being Assam Rifle is administra- MHA on March 20, 2019,” those questioning him in the ' ' ) asked about Congress’ prospects tively controlled by Home said the High Court order matter should feel ashamed. ) ' ) in this election, the senior party Ministry and operationally dated April 9, directing Cabinet The remarks come at a -- ) ( leader said, “The elections may controlled by Defence Ministry. Secretary to respond. time when Prime Minister ' 1 ( ) throw many surprises this time. The petitioners preferred con- Advocate Neha Rathi Narendra Modi and other BJP Voters should remember that trol of Defence Ministry citing appearing for the Assam Rifle leaders had often attacked the Gandhi) to terrorism and that their votes can make or mar the good pay and perks and welfare Ex-Servicemen Welfare Congress president on the issue the leader understands the country’s future.” measures to pensioners. In Association argued that lack- nion Steel Minister of terrorism and national secu- trauma and suffering associat- The long-time Gandhi fam- December 2018, the Court adaisical approach of the UChaudhary Birender rity in the run up to Lok Sabha ed with it. ily advisor said Narendra Modi directed to both Secretaries of Government on the critical Singh, a prominent Jat leader of elections. He said those doubting from the veteran leader. “I dis- and Rahul Gandhi are two dif- Home and Defence to convene questions when lakhs of fami- BJP in Haryana, on Sunday said In an interview to PTI, Rahul Gandhi’s nationalism agree with Advani on many ferent personalities. One leader a meeting on this regard and lies are suffering is extremely he has offered to resign from Pitroda said Rahul Gandhi lost should be ashamed of them- issues, but respect him as a per- (Modi) has a manufactured directed to inform the decision. unfortunate. The petitioners the Cabinet and from Rajya his grandmother (Indira selves. Referring to senior BJP son. BJP leaders must learn image, while the other (Rahul) In March, 2019, Home pointed out that due of the dual Sabha as his son has got a Lok Gandhi) and father (Rajiv leader LK Advani’s recent from Advani who has advised is an honest young leader who Secretary informed the Court control, the serving as well as Sabha ticket and he wants to remarks in a blog post, the chief against excess self-promotion understands people’s problems that they had sent a note to retired soldiers are deprived of send across a message against of Indian Overseas Congress and calling people with differ- and has overcome many chal- Cabinet Committee on many benefits like other Army dynasty politics. said BJP leaders must learn ent political views as ‘anti- lenges, he said. PTI Security (CCS) to take an and Para-Military forces. The announcement, made by the 73-year-old Minister during a Press conference at his official residence here, fol- < lowed selection of his son 6 4 6 4= 9 : < 9 Brijendra Singh as the BJP 96 4> 9 ? 4 candidate from Hisar in New Delhi: Congress president New Delhi: The Khadi and ceeded in surpassing the targets. “Surprisingly, the KVIC Narendra Modi’s vision of He said the online portal Haryana. The senior leader 96 8 4 9 8 4 ? = Rahul Gandhi on Sunday paid Village Industries Commission “Incredible it may sound, achieved 105.05 per cent success Digital India. The KVIC as the has brought transparency and said he has informed BJP’s = 4 4 6 4 tribute to BR Ambedkar on his has created over 20 lakh new amid much debate about job in this process as it had set up nodal agency of the PMEGP expedited disbursement of president Amit Shah about his > 4 6 =4 4 4 birth anniversary and said those jobs in the last five fiscals crisis in the nation, the Khadi 73,408 new projects, disbursing scheme, had taken various margin money subsidy under resignation offer and it was up who weaken the principles of under the ambitious Prime and Village Industries margin money of Rs 2068.31 steps of digitalisation — to the PMEGP. to the party chief to take the 9 6 P 96 4> 9 justice, liberty, equality and fra- Minister Employment Commission, leading from the crore and creating 5,87,264 new increase organisational capac- “The KVIC has introduced final call. ternity are doing disservice to Generation Programme front, has created 20,63,152 employments,” He said. ity to meet the various online submission of applica- Singh, grandson of Jat icon families. the memory of the architect of (PMEGP), the commission’s new jobs and set up 2,67,226 “Surpassing the target, how- requirements towards imple- tion by the prospective benefi- and farmer leader Sir Chotu Sharma has been a two- the Indian Constitution. “On Dr top official has said. new projects under its ambitious ever, is not a new phenomenon mentation of this scheme. ciaries and the payment of Ram, said he wants to send time MP from Karnal between Babasaheb Ambedkar’s jayanti, KVIC chairman Vinai Prime Minister Employment for KVIC in the last five finan- “Earlier PMEGP was Margin Money subsidy is across a message of anti- 2004 and 2009 and has also let us re-dedicate ourselves to the Kumar Saxena said the Generation Programme cial year. Barring 2015-16, it has implemented off-line. But from directly made into the benefi- dynasty politics as his son has represented Sonipat as an 4 universal values of JUSTICE, Commission has always (PMEGP) in the last five fiscals, always achieved more than 100 July 1 2016, KVIC launched ciary account through Direct got the Lok Sabha ticket. “I Independent MP. He will take LIBERTY, EQUALITY & FRA- achieved more than 100 per i.e. between 2014-15 to 2018- per cent success in execution of online portal. The software Benefit Transfer (DBT). With have offered my resignation on Congress’ sitting MP TERNITY enshrined in our cent success rate in execution of 19,” Saxena said. PMEGP,” He said. used for digitalisation of the digitalization of the whole from both Union Cabinet and Deepender Singh Hooda, the Constitution. Those who pay the PMEGP.He said prior to In 2018-19, the KVIC, the While in the 2014-15 the PMEGP was developed in- process, not only the applicants Rajya Sabha and I have son of former Chief Minister him tributes on this day, while 2014-15, the achievement rate nodal agency of PMEGP, had achievement percent was house by the IT team of the can now track the status of their informed the party chief Amit Bhupinder Singh Hooda, from insidiously weakening these val- was never over the stipulated been given a target of setting up 102.70 per cent, it was 118.29 KVIC, saving approximately Rs applications at any point of Shahji about this,” Singh told Rohtak. ues, do his memory disservice,” target. But in the last five fiscals, 70,386 new PMEGP projects and 112.17 per cent in 2016-17 20 crore of the government time, it had also taken out even reporters. The BJP has now named he said in a tweet, which is being due to the push given by Prime disbursing margin money of Rs and 2017-18 respectively. exchequers as some external the minor chance for middle- Singh said it is the princi- candidates for all the 10 Lok viewed as an attack on the BJP Minister Narendra Modi, to 1,968.80 crore for creating “Success in PMEGP is mani- agency could have charged this men — to bluff the appli- ple of the BJP not to promote Sabha seats in Haryana, where leadership. PTI digital India, the KVIC suc- 5,62,351 employments, he said. festation of Prime Minister for it,” Saxena said. cants,” he said. PTI nepotism and fight against polling will be held in the dynasty rule and his decision to sixth phase on May 12. resign is in line with the party’s The bureaucrat-turned- principles. Singh, who was politician sees similarities with the Congress for almost between his previous job and 34 four decades before switching his future assignment, saying to the saffron party in 2014, the purpose of both is 3 tant for India as the world given advantages over ad valorem the clear and growing body of Development, Kaushik Basu, was once in reckoning for to serve people, the State and that tobacco use, obesity and excises and over complex and evidence, industry opposition professor of economics, Cornell Haryana’s chief ministership. the country. evying taxes on unhealthy risky alcohol consumption have multi-tiered taxes. These taxes to smart health policies will University, Helen Clark, former Currently, he is a Rajya He felt that in politics there Lproducts particularly tobac- become three leading risk fac- should be regularly adjusted for continue to mislead the public UNDP Administrator, former Sabha member of the BJP from is a more direct connect with co, alcohol and sugary bever- tors for the development of inflation and income growth to about the harmful effects of Prime Minister of New Haryana and his wife is an the people and said that a ages by 50 per cent over the NCDs, killing 40 million peo- make sure that products their products. That makes it all Zealand, Margaret Chan, for- MLA in Haryana assembly. MP’s vision should not be lim- next five decades will be a win- ple each year and representing become less affordable over the more important for the mer director general, WHO, His son Brijendra, who has ited to his constituency, but win situation for the nations as 70 per cent of all annual deaths. time,” as per the report. international community to Bent Høie, Minister of health been nominated as the BJP should extend to the whole not only over 50 million pre- The report ‘Health Taxes to Larry Summers was of the support countries in adopting and care services, Norway candidate for Lok Sabha from country. mature deaths due to soaring Save Lives’ is prepared by task opinion that “if we want to effective, evidence-based health pointed out that policies to dis- Hisar, was an IAS officer. Replying to a question, non-communicable diseases force on fiscal policy for health improve global health, we need taxes that will save lives.” courage consumption of these In 2016, Singh was shifted Brijendra said he was hopeful (NCDs) could be prevented, — co-chaired by Mike to tax the things that are killing While obesity has many three key risk factors — tobac- to Steel Ministry from the that people of Hisar would the impact of these taxes is pro- Bloomberg and economist mended that taxes on tobacco, us. Taxing things that are bad for causes, one significant factor is co, alcohol and sugar-sweet- Ministry of Rural make the BJP victorious with a jected to yield over $20 trillion Larry Summers, former alcohol, and sugary beverages your health, like tobacco, over the growth of consumption of ened beverages — are central to Development, Panchayati Raj big margin. Brijendra said that in revenue, according to a Secretary of the US Treasury should be set high enough, and things like savings and income highly processed foods and achieving the SDG Goals that and Drinking Water and he supports and respects his global report released recently. and former Director of the raised quickly enough, to is as close to a free lunch as you sugary beverages worldwide, call for a one-third reduction in Sanitation. father’s decision but the same The recommendations of National Economic Council. reduce consumption and can get in economics. The eco- similarly, more than 1 billion premature mortality from The BJP also cleared the time, “it puts more responsi- the report ‘Health Taxes to Save Asserting that the Finance improve health. nomic rationale for taxing these people in the world smoke NCDs by 2030. name of former Congress MP bility on my shoulders”. Lives’ holds Ministry controls a Also, “Countries should products is strong if we want to while about 3.3 million people Stating that the report Arvind Sharma, who joined the On the legacy of his great impor- powerful tool i.e. design their health taxes to be save lives and make a better, die each year from alcohol makes sense, Dr Arun Gupta, BJP recently, from Rohtak seat. grandfather, Sir Chottu Ram, tax policy to easy to administer, hard to healthier world.” use, approximately 5 per cent Central Coordinator BPNI, Both Hisar and Rohtak are he said it was not just limited reduce the harmful manipulate, and difficult to Echoing similar views, of all deaths worldwide also called for the need to end high-stakes constituencies, to Haryana. “Since childhood, use of these prod- game. This generally means Mike Bloomberg said, The task force members marketing of harmful food considered strongholds of I was impacted by his ideolo- ucts, the task force applying simple uniform spe- “Countries can save millions of including Masood Ahmed, which have high sugar and are Bhajan Lal and the Hooda gy,” he said. members recom- cific taxes, which have many lives if they take action. Despite president, Center for Global ultra processed. / = > > 9 A Aligarh (UP): Attacking the the Government or anyone else communal division is leaving anti-BJP alliance formed for the to stop us and feel the conse- little space for the democratic, ongoing Lok Sabha polls, Prime n what could put even the quence,” he said even as he rat- secular politics which is an Minister Narendra Modi on IHindi heartland to shame, tled the saber and mace in air. alarming trend for a State like Sunday said while people want- Bengal watched two of the At Birbhum the parlia- Bengal,” he said holding Chief ed to get rid of terrorism, those State’s most formidable political mentary constituency presided Minister Mamata Banerjee sole- in the “maha milawat” wanted opponents competing each over by TMC strongman ly responsible for “degeneration to remove him from power. other over the Ram Navmi pie Anubrata Mandal the TMC of the State politics.” Addressing a poll rally here, ahead of the second round of leaders including a State Meanwhile, the BJP on Modi asked the crowd, “Tell me general elections. Minister performed public Sunday demanded a foolproof whether terrorism should be In an unprecedented show offerings of the pooja even as his measure to enable voters to cast eliminated or not, whether we of affection for the God of val- followers took out long proces- their votes in the remaining six should enter Pakistan and kill our, both Trinamool Congress sions down the windy streets of phases of polling in Bengal. the terrorists, whether we pen to Modi later on, should the nate terrorism, corruption and and BJP on Saturday and Siuri and Bolpur. “We have seen how the should conduct surgical strikes decision be based on this? Modi illness, and alleviate poverty". Sunday descended on the Ram Navami not a major voters were stopped from com- and airstrikes, whether our never thinks about himself, he The Prime Minister also streets, clad in saffron dresses, festival in Bengal until its elec- ing to booths, how polling was jawans should get a free hand thinks about the country." He said it was his dream to see the even as a confused lot of voters toral value was driven home a rigged in booths manned by the or not? Has your chowkidar said his mission was to "elimi- defence corridor. PTI watched genuine electoral issues couple of years ago was cele- State police,” both in done the right thing?” The shifting to the backburner. brated with much fanfare in Coochbehar and Alipurduar crowd replied, “Yes.” While in Kanthi, TMC MP, Bankura, Purulia and Howrah while the armed TMC gangs Hitting out at the anti-BJP = Dibyebdu Adhikary, performed too where the politicians played took control of the streets, BJP Thanjavur: A 75-year old sup- In a fit of rage, Gopinath alliance, the Prime Minister said, a public puja before his sup- to the gallery as never before observer for Bengal Kailash porter of Prime Minister attacked Govindarajan who "You are saying terrorism should porters took out processions even as the Left and the Vijaybargiya said demanding Narendra Modi died after he was also a fan of AIADMK be eliminated, but those in the chanting religious songs in the Congress cried foul. full CCTV coverage for the elec- was allegedly attacked by a sus- founder late M G maha milawat say Modi should Aligarh (UP): Three persons, dentally caught fire.” neighbouring Kharagpur. State Apparently cramped by toral sites. pected supporter of the DMK- Ramachandran. be removed. This will help them including an electricity con- He said the security staff BJP president, Dilip Ghosh, Marxist agnosticism CPI(M) “We want all the pooling Congress alliance following a The man collapsed and run their politics, but will it be tractor, were booked on Sunday immediately doused the fire threw electoral norms to the general Sitaram Yechury on stations to be covered by CCTV wordy duel near here, police died on the spot, police said. beneficial for the country? for "negligence" after a short before any damage could be winds even as he publicly exhib- Sunday cried out seeking and all of them to be manned said on Sunday. Gopinath was arrested on "Imagine only for a second circuit caused a minor fire done. ited his capabilities with the Election Commission’s attention by central forces in the subse- Police said they arrested Sunday and produced before that if there was a small goof-up under the stage on which Prime The Prime Minister's con- sword and mace. to "blatant breaking of model quent phases of polling,” he said. Gopinath who got into an court which remanded him to in the surgical strike or airstrikes Minister Narendra Modi was tinued his speech uninterrupt- “This is our tradition. We code of conduct." The BJP leaders had earlier argument with the elderly man judicial custody, they added. carried out by us, wouldn't all of delivering his speech here. ed while the security personnel are Hindus and worshippers of “Most unfortunately” the staged a dharna at the Chief while the latter was seeking Police said Gopinath was them have ripped Modi apart Senior superintendent of tackled the mishap without Lord Rama the God of valour BJP and the Trinamool Elect oral Officer’s office in votes for the AIADMK-BJP stated to be a supporter of (Modi ki chamdhi udhedh dete police Akash Kulhari said, “The anyone knowing about it, he and power. We have all the right Congress are feeding each other Kolkata demanding re-poll in alliance at Orthanadu late DMK-Congress alliance sup- ki nahi, Modi ke baal noch lete wiring of air-conditioning cir- said, adding an enquiry has to follow our tradition with fan- and dividing the electorate along more than 300 booths of Saturday. porter. PTI ki nahi)?.... But what would hap- cuit got overheated and acci- been ordered. PTI fare: elections or not. We dare communal lines, he said. “This Alipurduar and Coochbehar.
E < 7 ? 1 ? 8 @ Badaun (UP): Seeking to drive Bengaluru: Defence Minister Balakot and mentioning the a wedge between alliance part- Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday valour of the armed forces in ners SP and BSP, Union Kolkata: Slamming the BJP- said neither Prime Minister defending the country. Minister Rajnath Singh on led Government, CPI(M) gen- O = Narendra Modi nor any other The Congress on Friday Sunday said Samajwadi Party eral secretary, Sitaram NDA leader wanted to politicise moved the Election will have to bear the conse- Yechury, on Sunday said it Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief soldiers will have their inter- armed forces and there was Commission against Modi and quences of teaming up with the stands on the twin pillars of Minister Ashok Gehlot sug- ference here like Pakistan?" nothing wrong in talking about BJP chief Amit Shah for Mayawati-led party in the Lok loot of natural resources and gested on Sunday that his Gehlot asked. He said Pakistan the political will giving freedom allegedly "dragging" the armed Sabha elections. more misery for the poor. Uttar Pradesh counterpart, had military rule several times, to the forces to take action as forces in the political domain by Addressing an election Yechury also accused the Yogi Adityanath, should be but the defence forces were they deem fit. using them to seek votes. meeting at Dataganj here, he camps were destroyed... Had it Narendra Modi-led NDA booked for sedition for kept separate from politics in At an informal interactive Over 150 military veterans said, "... Samajwadi Party (SP) been one or two, we could have Government of trying to use labelling the military as Prime India for the past 70 years. session with intellectuals, aca- Action was taken after have written to President Ram does not know what big mis- counted them. the armed forces to polarise Minister Narendra Modi's "Our Army protects the demicians and young thinkers Pulwama because we felt the Nath Kovind, expressing out- take it has committed by forg- "But, they were so many, to the elections in the face of its Army. nation and fulfil duties," the here, she said the Opposition heat from the people saying Is rage over what they called "use" ing an alliance with the BSP. It what extent could have we imminent defeat. "Yogi ji is saying, 'this is Congress leader said, claiming had been constantly coming up this India? Is this the govern- of the armed forces for "politi- will have to bear the conse- counted? The job of IAF is not He said it is "quite evident" Modi sena'. There should be a that it was for the first time the with the allegation that armed ment we voted for? Are you cal purposes" and sought his quences." to count the bodies," he said. from the anger against the case of sedition on Yogi ji. If armed forces were being forces were being politicised. incapable of taking action? intervention in preserving apo- Earlier this year, BSP supre- Singh was referring to the present dispensation at the someone criticises the gov- politicised. "Nobody wants to politicise "And then the political will, litical character of the services. mo Mayawati and SP chief air strikes carried out by the grassroots that a secular ernment, the person is direct- The Rajasthan chief min- the armed forces, not particu- based on sound intelligence Referring to the Rafale deal, Akhilesh Yadav announced Indian Air Force (IAF) on ter- democratic Government will ly called anti-national. But ister cautioned that the youth larly myself or Prime Minister information, gives the freedom Sitharaman charged with that they will fight from 38 and ror camps in Balakot. come to power after the elec- the anti-national person is he should be aware of the politi- or anybody from here to the armed forces to take the Congress with spreading lies 37 seats, respectively while The senior BJP leader also tions. who, while being the chief cal propaganda on social (Government). We dont want necessary action as they despite the Supreme Court's leaving two for the Congress in underlined the Centre's resolve "Recently, a report came minister, says 'Modi ji ki sena' media. "Our countrymen, par- to politicise the armed forces, deemed fit. Is it wrong to say it? order and the report of the Uttar Pradesh. The seats that in providing best security appa- out where it stated that bank (Modi's army)," Gehlot told ticularly the youth, should she said. That is not politicisation of the Comptroller and Auditor were left out by the SP-BSP ratus to the armed forces. loans of corporates worth 5.5 reporters here.At a rally in not be misled. Modi and his Sitharaman sought to know armed forces, the Defence General (CAG). alliance included the Gandhi He said the soldiers had lakh crore were waived off in Ghaziabad on March 31, team are brainwashing youths whether it was wrong to com- Minister asserted. "In spite of supreme court family's stronghold of Amethi been demanding bulletproof the last five years. This only Adityanath had dubbed the through social media. If you pare how "weak" the She asked the people to dif- decision, In spite of the CAG and Raebareli. jackets since 2009, but in vain. sums up from where the BJP Army "Modi ji ki sena", trig- are misled, this will be dan- Manmohan Singh-led govern- ferentiate between politicisation report, in spite of former The Union home minister "As soon as Prime Minister is getting so much money in gering a political firestorm gerous for the country," he ment was in 2008 post Mumbai and talking about the political Raksha Mantri Arun Jaitley, in also said that barely 13 days Narendra Modi came to know terms of electoral bonds. with the Opposition attacking said. attacks and the how "strong" the will. spite of me all of us making in after the Pulwama terror attack, about this, he immediately "This Modi Government the Uttar Pradesh chief min- Gehlot later addressed a Modi government was now in Congress and other oppo- the Parliament point by point 'revenge' was taken. gave orders for providing bul- rests on twin pillars of loot of ister for "insulting and humil- rally in Gangapur city of Sawai 2019 after the Pulwama terror sition parties have objected to answer, if the Congress party is "Congress and other oppo- letproof jackets to Army natural resources, cronyism iating" the armed forces. Madhopur district and alleged attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed Modi and several other BJP going about saying the same sition parties started demand- jawans. Such jackets have been and more misery for poor and "Where do you want to that Modi had won the 2014 which killed 40 CRPF Jawans in leaders referring to IAF's air things all over again, it is pure- ing proof as to how many ter- given to 1.86 lakh soldiers," the common masses," Yechury take the nation? What will Lok Sabha election on false February. strikes on terror camp in ly false”, she said. PTI rorists were killed, how many Minister added. PTI told reporters here. PTI happen in the country when promises. PTI > @ 1 7 O = P
A Manju, another power- coalition politics of Congress dates in the other 21 con- tions the future of the party. ? ful vokkaliga leader of the and JDs. This is also a test on stituencies. In all these elections the JD(S) BJP, is taking on 29-year-old how people and party work- A senior politician from and the Congress were bitter Sambhal (UP): Pragatisheel election. "You will see that this assan in Karnataka is one Prajwal Revanna who hails ers respond to the dynasty Hassan Gandasi Shivaram a rivals in many constituencies Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief alliance will not be able to cross Hof the constituencies from a powerful Vokkaliga politics. A peek in to the former congress minister who and Hassan is facing the wrath Shivpal Yadav on Sunday the double-digit mark," he said. where BJP is fighting Prajwal family of Deve Gowda. His political history of the state had taken the Gowda family of rebellion of rank and file. described the SP-BSP-RLD Pointing out that the Revanna of the Deve Gowda father HD Revanna is the shows that in south Karnataka head on says he is campaigning In Hassan, former combine as an "alliance of Samajwadi Party was fighting clan. A cat has nine lives, but PWD Minister in that the Janata Dal-Secular for JD(S) Congress candidate as Congress Minister A Manu crooks" and claimed that it on 35 Lok Sabha seats this time, Deve Gowda has 10!" is a Kumaraswamy’s Cabinet. He is (JD-S) and Congress had part of the diktat of the high who joined the BJP in protest would not be able to cross the Shivpal Yadav said: "But when phrase people use in the elder brother of fought bitterly against each command. However he refused against the alliance and is double-digit mark in the Lok the reins of party were in 'neta- Karnataka, as the former Kumaraswamy. Deve Gowda, other in the Assembly election to comment on the rebellion in contesting on a saffron ticket. Sabha election. ji's' hand, the SP used to fight Prime Minister and ruling who fought many elections less than a year ago. the Congress. He says as a con- This rebellion was primarily Addressing a public meet- Akhilesh had shook hands on all 80 Lok Sabha seats." Janata Dal-Secular (JD(S) from Hassan, has sacrificed his However the alliance of gress worker he was to only fol- against JDS candidate Prajwal ing in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal with the same Mayawati. This He claimed that the PSPL supremo battles at the age of seat to his grandson Prajwal JD(S) and Congress hasn't low the coalition dharma. Revanna, grandson of Deve district, Shivpal Yadav said: is not a 'gathbandhan' of the SP- was a bigger party than the 86 to give political births to Revanna — a well-thought gone down well with the rank A Congress district level Gowda. Manju said “ I am "(BSP chief) Mayawati, during BSP, it is 'thagbandhan' Samajwadi Party, saying the two of his grandsons in his strategy to baptise the third and file in the State. According functionary at Hassan said confident of winning with her stint as the chief minister (alliance of crooks)," said former was fighting on 60 Lok political terra firma. In generation into politics. The to a pre-poll agreement even if the party dismissed the Modi wave and rebellion of UP, had got cases registered Shivpal Yadav, who is the Sabha seats in the state and on Hassan, the JD(S)-Congress JD(S), a family party, has been between the two parties, the him he will not work for in the Congress and JD(S). All against 'netaji' (Samajwadi estranged uncle of Akhilesh 27 seats across 11 states. coalition is facing the rebel- surviving on the caste and JD(S) has fielded its candi- JD(S) candidate Prajwal the grass root workers are with Party patriarch Mulayam Yadav. "We will win 15 seats and lion. The workers of both the Deve Gowda’s shrewd politics. dates in seven of the 28 Lok Revanna. He says the alliance me and I am fighting against Yadav). She had unleashed The PSPL leader said the be a part of the government at parties are refusing to obey The fight is also signifi- Sabha seats, while the has doomed the prospects of the dynastic politics of atrocities on SP workers." SP-BSP-RLD combine would the Centre," Shivpal Yadav the diktat of alliance. cant and a litmus test for the Congress has its own candi- Congress at Hassan and ques- Devegowda.” "And, now, (SP chief) not succeed in the general added. PTI < Kolkata: The Triple Talaq Bill Ironically, anti-triple talaq faces of the party in Bengal. It central governments to look has been a major poll plank of champions — Ishrat Jahan, was also speculated that she into the early disposal of the case. the BJP, with the party trying its Shayara Bano and Atiya Sabri — would figure in BJP's list of Lok "My sister stays with me. She best to woo a section of minori- who had moved the Supreme Sabha candidates in the state. is part of my family. We don't ties with the legislation, even as Court to seek an end to the prac- "Things appear to have want any financial help, we just those who had led the crusade tice of instant divorce continue changed. I am not in touch want this matter to end soon," against the practice continue to to live in abject poverty, with lit- with the party any more. At times Rizwan said. fight for their survival. tle or no means of income. I visit party meetings, but that's Two other petitioners, In its recently released The court, in a landmark about it," she said, when asked if Afreen Rahman and Gulshan manifesto for Lok Sabha polls, judgment in 2017, held the the BJP leaders inquire about her. Parween, could not be con- the saffron party, which failed practice "void" and "unconsti- The story is no different for tacted. Rahatkar, when to legislate the bill in Parliament tutional". Shayara Bano and Atiya Sabri, apprised of the condition of the due to stiff resistance by the Divorced in April 2015, who live under stressful financial three women, said she had Opposition, has pledged to Ishrat Jahan lives with her two conditions with no help from met Jahan and assured her of eliminate the practices of children in neighbouring their divorced husbands. financial assistance. instant talaq and nikah halala Howrah district. "She doesn't have any "We should always stand by if re-elected to power. "I am struggling to make income of her own ... We try to those women who have suffered Vijaya Rahatkar, the nation- both ends meet. I don't have help her in whatever way we but not given up. I spoke to Ishrat al president of the party's Mahila money to send my children to can," Bano's brother Arshad told and told her that we will provide Morcha, said the efforts of the school. As of now, I depend on PTI from Uttar Pradesh. assistance if she needed to send Narendra Modi Government to my relatives for financial assis- Sabri's brother Rizwan, who her children to school. We are pass the Triple Talaq Bill "will tance," she told PTI. is a resident of Uttarakhand, said also willing to give her loan surely yield positive results for Jahan had joined the BJP in the family wants the court mat- under the Government's Mudra the BJP" in the ongoing Lok 2018 and was initially expected ter to be disposed off soon. He scheme to help her start a busi- Sabha polls. to be one of the major minority appealed to both the state and ness," Rahatkar told PTI. PTI 1C 7 @ 1 ( 1 ' ' * Q (- ( 2 )((3 * ' 9 Srinagar: NC president Farooq N Abdullah on Sunday dubbed Silchar (Assam): Coming down Prime Minister Narendra Modi heavily on the BJP, Congress Thiruvananthapuram: The have intervened in the name of and BJP president Amit Shah leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Opposition Congress in Kerala faith. But they didn’t. “biggest enemies of people”, on Sunday said the Constitution Sunday attacked the BJP and Modi said his party and alleging that they want to divide is not respected and an attempt Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government will approach the the country. is being made to destroy it by on the Sabarimala issue, saying Supreme Court, explaining the The former Jammu & the present dispensation. people would not tolerate the traditions of Sabarimala. They Kashmir Chief Minister made Holding a roadshow in ‘drama’ being played by the could’ve have done this long the remarks at a public meeting Silchar in support of Congress saffron party in the name of ago. But they didn’t. in Mir Bahri Dal. candidate and sitting MP Lord Ayyappa and that the People will tolerate all kinds “PM Modi and Shah are the Sushmita Dev, she also said that devotees have been “cheated”. of drama, but using the name of biggest enemies of people who the identity of the State. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Hitting out at Modi and the Swami Ayyappa for election believe in dividing the nation on “They have forcefully has toured the world over, but BJP, AICC General Secretary drama is beyond limits, “ basis of caste, creed and religion. vowed to do away with the pro- hardly spent time in his own (Organisation) K C Venugopal Venugopal said at a meet the But the people have made it a visions of Article 370, Article 35 constituency in Varanasi. alleged that the party had press programme here. point not to fall prey to the divi- A in that manifesto. Their sole “It is ‘Mahapurush’ (BR) “cheated” the devotees and “are The Congress has official- sive agenda of the BJP,” agenda is to change the demog- Ambedkar ji’s birth anniversary. @ sincere to Sabarimala only when ly asked in Parliament for leg- Abdullah said. raphy of our State. However, let He laid the foundation of this 9 it comes to election and voting”. islative intervention on the The National Conference me tell them that they are play- country through the The senior Congress leader Sabarimala matter, he said. (NC) patron accused the BJP of ing with fire,” he said. cial status their right place. Constitution. It is the duty of did not spend even five minutes Speaking highly of alleged that the Centre and the Attacking the Left govern- trying to divert people’s atten- Alluding to the Peoples They can go to any extent to every leader to respect that with anyone there in the last five Sushmita Dev, Gandhi likened state were hand-in-glove for ment in the state, he said it could tion by propping up emotive Democratic Party (PDP) and grind their axe, they will use Constitution. years. the Congress lawmaker with her having worsened the Sabarimala have sought time to implement issues. People’s Conference (PC), men, money and machinery to “Today, you are seeing that “He went to America and grandmother and former Prime issue. the Supreme Court verdict, but “These people want to Abdullah said the BJP was coerce the voters,” Abdullah the Constitution is not respect- hugged there, went to China Minister Indira Gandhi. “Why is the Prime Minister did not do so. change the very framework of using its “cronies” to weaken the said. ed and an attempt is being and hugged there, too. He went “If you remember Indira playing a drama over “The RSS/sangh parivar the Constitution of India, which special status of Jammu & “However, the need of the made to destroy it,” said Gandhi, and hugged in Russia and Gandhi even today, it is because Sabarimala? I had brought up tried to disrupt the peace an grants equal rights and oppor- Kashmir. hour demands us to remain who is Congress’s general sec- Africa. He went to Japan and she worked for you. I have the matter in Parliament on tranquillity at the hilltop shrine. tunities to everyone. It is the “To meet this purpose, they united and vigilant of their retary in-charge of Uttar played the drum. In Pakistan, he come here for Sushmita. She has January 4. I had sought legisla- Sincere devotees were denied Constitution of India which have employed various hench- machinations. This time we are Pradesh East. had biriyani. that courage which Indira ji had. tive intervention to protect the their right to pray. grants rights to profess any men in our State, such cronies voting for our identity and the Slamming the the BJP man- “But in his own con- Sushmita has that honest and rights of the believers.Has the Both the state and the cen- faith. It is the same Constitution can be seen holding inkpot integrity of our state,” he said. ifesto, she said there is no space stituency, he did not go once to good intention, and wants to Prime Minister or his minister tre Governments were hand-in- that confers upon our state cer- (PDP’s party symbol) and apple He warned any mistakes for different cultures and reli- a family’s house to enquire work for you from the heart,” ever uttered a single word on the glove in making the situation tain constitutional safeguards,” (PC’s party symbol) in their will have serious repercussions gions in it, as well as any respect about their condition,” she she said. issue in Parliament?,” Venugopal worsen. Abdullah said. hands. The sole aim of BJP and for the coming generations. for the Constitution. alleged. Gandhi also criticised the asked. Both the Governments “It is the same Constitution its cronies is to make non-state Abdullah said the National “On the other hand, the The Congress leader BJP-led NDA Government for Recalling that the NDA were responsible for worsening which grants our state a special subjects buy land and property Conference would not allow Congress manifesto has the appealed to people to defeat the its “flawed policies and inten- had brought forward an ordi- the Sabarimala issue,” status by means of Article 35 A in our state,” he said. anybody to fiddle with the ‘NYAY’ scheme, under which a BJP-led Government, which tions” in the last five years, and nance to validate the lapsed Bill Venugopal alleged. and Article 370. These people The NC president said these state’s special status. poor family will get 72,000 she said does not listen to pub- cited the withdrawal of the on Triple Talaq, he sought to Venugopal said the AICC have always shown abhorrence polls would decide if India “We have been (protecting) annually... In every word, there lic voice, does not try to under- Special Status to Assam, snap- know why the same enthusiasm decision to appoint a special for our special status and spe- remains secular or not. and will continue to protect the is respect for the Constitution,” stand their problems, does not ping of the north east-specific was lacking in the case of observer in cial constitutional position,” he “Our fight is with the divi- identity, integrity and pluralis- she said. believe it is peoples’ gover- industrial policy and suspen- Sabarimala. Thiruvananthapuram was to added. sive forces. We should utilise our tic character of our state. We Gandhi said she was told by nance, and only wants to enjoy sion of two paper mills in the “An ordinance would have monitor the poll activities in the Abdullah said the BJP man- power of vote to show such would not allow anyone to people in Varanasi that Modi power. State. PTI been enough. The Centre could major constituencies. PTI ifesto reflects the BJP’s hatred for forces as are inimical to our spe- abridge our rights,” he said. PTI P A B 6 Thiruvananthapuram: done by his Government. Chowkidar chor hi hai (the Gaya: A group of Maoists shot Congress general secretary KC “Nothing on development, watchman is indeed a thief). dead a former cadre here sus- Venugopal accused Prime nothing on black money, noth- We have evidence. It is rare that Srinagar: A Hurriyat leader pecting him to be a police Minister Narendra Modi on ing on farmers or jobs. His the Supreme Court hears a was intercepted at the Srinagar informer, police said on Sunday. Sunday of running away from only weapon is polarisation. review petition. But it is, now, airport on Sunday for alleged- The incident happened in real issues and trying to divide But he got it wrong this time. in this case. This was because ly carrying over 14 lakh “unac- Khaira village under the juris- people, and said his only Just because it happened once, the Centre had misled the counted” cash, officials said. diction of Dumriya police sta- weapon in the ongoing Lok does not mean it may happen Supreme Court,” he alleged. Aga Syed Hasan Mosavi, a tion on Saturday night when the Sabha polls was “polarisation”. again,” he said. The defence ministry has noted Shia leader, was briefly man was sleeping on the rooftop The Congress was raising Raising the Rafale issue, said that any connection drawn detained by the Jammu & of a relative’s place, the police the concerns related to jobs, the Congress leader alleged between the tax issue and the Kashmir police after he landed said. agrarian crisis, women’s safe- that the Prime Minister over- Rafale deal is totally “inaccu- here from Delhi with the cash The deceased has been ty, development of all, but ruled the defence secretary’s rate” and “tendentious”. of 14.38 lakh. It is suspected to identified as Raghu Ravindra Modi was running away from opinion and went forward In its reaction, Reliance be unaccounted and has been alias Sunil Singh Bhokta, the these real issues and trying to with the agreement to pur- Communications has rejected seized in view of the election Superintendent of Police (SP) of divide the people of the coun- chase the French fighter jets. any wrongdoing and said the season, the officials said. Gaya, Sushil Kumar, said. try, Venugopal alleged at a The defence secretary had tax dispute was settled under The case has been trans- Bhokta was earlier associat- meet-the-press programme said a direct negotiation by the the legal framework which ferred to the Income Tax ed with the CPI(Maoist), the SP here. prime minister would “weak- was available for all companies Department and Mousavi has said. The CPI (Maoist) cadres, “Modi had promised acche en” India’s position, he claimed. operating in France. been summoned before an in a leaflet left behind at the spot, din (good days) to the people. Venugopal also referred Venugopal said the investigating tax officer on charged Bhokta of being a police This election verdict is going to to a report published in a Congress was confident of Monday, the officials said. informer, he said. be a referendum on the BJP French daily that claimed that forming the Government at the The Income Tax Bhokta had left the government’s performance. Anil Ambani’s Reliance Centre as the strongholds of Department is looking to ascer- CPI(Maoist) around three years Modi’s performance is zero. Communications was given the ruling Bharatiya Janata tain the source of the cash, ago and had joined Tritiya One can analyse his speeches tax waivers. Party (BJP) were “trembling” which is primarily believed to be Prastuti Committee (TPC), a and see that he has not men- “Who is Anil Ambani to after the first phase of the Lok from a Shia organisation based < police officer said. PTI tioned anything that has been the French government? Sabha polls. PTI in Iran, the officials added. PTI ' 4 ' ) ))() Palghar: Vasai MLA Hitendra Gavit, who is contesting as a Shiv Court for falling prey to the Thakur, whose party— Bahujan Sena candidate. pressure by the ruling parties.” Vikas Aghadi (BVA)— failed to The Election Commission “We have got the auto-rick- get its regular poll symbol ‘whis- had allotted the ‘whistle’ symbol shaw symbol. There are thou- 5 tle’, on Sunday blamed leaders of to the newly-formed Bahujan sands of autos running in Vasai the ruling parties, and accused Maha Party (BMP) this time. belt and each and every auto is identified its owner also,” them of pressuring the election However, after its Palghar can- our campaigner. Symbol is sec- Inspector General of Police machinery. didate withdrew from the elec- ondary for us, but the manner olice have seized the car (IGP), Jammu Zone, M K Sinha He also threatened to tion, the BVA staked claim to the in which they pressurised the Pused in the Kishtwar terror told PTI. approach the Supreme Court symbol. administration and ensured that attack in which a senior RSS Hussain has reportedly against the returning officer However, returning officer the symbol is snatched from functionary and his PSO were joined terror outfit Hizb-ul- and the election machinery for Prashant Narnavre told Thakur us...I want to drag them to killed, an officer said on Sunday. Mujahideen recently but police bowing to pressure of the early on Saturday that since the court,” he said. The vehicle was recovered did not confirm this. ruling parties. ‘whistle’ symbol has already “They thought that symbol from an area in Kishtwar dis- According to sources, the The BVA, which had lost its been allotted to the BMP, it is our strength, but our work and trict, he said. Police have car had a false number plate election symbol of ‘whistle’ to a could not be given to his or any workers are our real strength. released a photograph of the and had changed hands four newly-formed outfit, Friday other party. The BVA has been Our work will speak for itself owner of the vehicle, Zahid times. made a last-ditch effort to get it allotted the ‘auto-rickshaw’ sym- and we will make every effort to Hussain, who had been Senior RSS leader back, but could not succeed in bol. Peeved at not getting BVA’s win the seat this time. The rul- absconding since the attack, the Chanderkant Sharma and his it. The BVA has fielded former regular poll symbol, Thakur ing party has done nothing officer said. security guard were killed on MP Baliram Jadhav from Sunday said, “I will drag the great, but only snatched the “We have identified and April 9 when a militant opened Palghar Lok Sabha constituen- returning officer and the elec- whistle from us,” he alleged. PTI tracked down a vehicle (used in fire inside a health centre in 1 9 cy against sitting MP Rajendra tion machinery to the Supreme the terror attack). We have Kishtwar town. PTI > C A I I : 1 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief tos were not put up at Jamnagar (Gujarat): A month joined the Bharatiya Janata Party @ Minister Yogi Adityanath on Government offices. “When after Ravindra Jadeja’s wife on March 3 in Jamnagar in the Sunday said the BJP we assumed office, the first Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): A joined the BJP, the cricketer’s presence sitting MP Poonamben session of the state Legislative new infrastructure in the Government in the State had thing we did was put up 10-year old male tiger was father and sister joined the Maadam, who was renominat- Assembly. coastal state. started the process of educating Babasaheb’s photographs at all found dead in the Dudhwa Congress in Gujarat on Sunday ed by the saffron party. he BJP-led Goa Parrikar had read out the Sawant further said the the Dalits. the Government offices,” he range of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in the presence of party leader Hardik Patel was expected TGovernment would imple- financial statement of the Government would tap new Speaking at a programme said. (DTR) on Sunday morning. and Patidar quota spearhead to be fielded by the Congress ment the Budget drafted by Budget in the Legislative resources for generation of held here to celebrate the birth Adityanath later tweeted “The dead tiger had serious Hardik Patel. from Jamnagar, but the Patidar former Chief Minister Assembly in January with a revenue. anniversary of Babasaheb saying, “I bow down in rever- puncture wounds on its head, Jadeja’s father, Anirudhsinh, leader’s chances were scuttled Manohar Parrikar who could tube inserted through his He also said that the state Bhimrao Ambedkar, Adityanath ence of Bharat Ratna Babasaheb one of its eyes was completely and sister, Nainaba, joined the after the Supreme Court had on not table it in the State nose. government wanted to usher said, “Babasaheb used to say Dr BR Ambedkar, an apostle of damaged and the claws were Congress at an election rally in April 2 rejected the plea to stay Legislative Assembly due to “The last Budget was in human development along that the Dalit society’s uplift will equality & freedom, and whose injured, which indicated that it Kalavad city of Jamnagar district. his conviction in a case in which his ill health earlier this year. already prepared by Manohar the infrastructure develop- be possible when they become work left an indelible mark on had to face a tough fight with Jadeja hails from Jamnagar and he was sentenced to two years in Incumbent Chief Minister Parrikar but it was not placed. ment. educated.... We have started making of New India. I draw some other big cat,” Field the Congress candidate for jail. Pramod Sawant, who took During the next Assembly “The human development working in that direction.” supreme inspiration from your Director Ramesh Pandey told Jamnagar Lok Sabha seat, Mulu Polls to all the 26 Lok Sabha the charge after the death of session, we will implement will encompass everything. It He added that prior to the ideals, which constantly guide PTI. Kandoriya, was also present. seats in the state will be held in Parrikar last month, on that budget,” Sawant told PTI. will touch lives of people of all formation of the BJP me to work for welfare & dig- He ruled out any foul play The Chennai Super Kings the third phase of the general Sunday said the budget would He said thrust of the bud- ages and from various strata of Government, Ambedkar’s pho- nity of our people.” PTI behind the tiger’s death. PTI all-rounder’s wife, Rivaba, had election on April 23. PTI be implemented in the next get would be the creation of the society,” he added. 4 7 ( )7 (
D A D J K S # N ?@ 7 ( # 8 S # , * ( 7 +S ( ( 7 S 4 .@. 8 9 & "# # akistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was too clever by half in sug- ( / 7 + gesting that his supposedly ‘Naya Pakistan’ could teach India “how to treat its minorities.” The genealog- 7 4 ( " / ( icalP basis for Pakistan (literally “land of the # pure”) was conceptualised in the 1933 pam- ( phlet presented by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who sowed his “two-nation theory” by insti- ( + tutionalising the spirit of “others” or minori- + ( ties by observing: “These differences are not 8 (< ( confined to broad, basic principles. Far from it, they extend to the minutest details of our O < < B + < 7 lives. We do not inter-dine; we do not inter- ( < S marry. Our national customs and calendars, " even our diet and dress are different.” Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s speech on August 11, 1947 to the Constituent Assembly of # " % C / 7 Pakistan, however, had sent a contradictory / ( sense with, “You are free. You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your C D mosques or to any other place of worship in ( this state of Pakistan.” But our neighbour has C ? % knowingly, steadily and violently walked towards its puritanical moorings. No amount S + of sophistry in ‘Naya Pakistan’ can cover the same. The drift towards religious extremism % was a project-in-making that was temporar- Pakistan and three million in cumbed to the fanatical group routinely hit targets across India, E 0 1 7 ily contained during the direct military years Afghanistan were also systemat- Tehreek-i-Labaak. Imran Khan’s Afghanistan and Iran. These of the Ayub-Yahya era and revived in full ically targetted by the Pakistan- own federal Government is also extremist forces can often turn ( " earnest with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s advent in supported Taliban regime in the guilty of funding Darul Uloom their attention towards Pakistan’s ( Pakistani leadership. Thereafter, all leaders of 1990s. Their distinct Central Haqqania (infamous as the hapless minorities and exert vio- 4 Pakistan, be it military or civilian, have pan- Asian features make them easi- “University of Jihad”) that has the lent intolerance and sectarianism dered dangerously to the clergy and the ly recognisable and easy targets most notorious terrorists, like against them. Unfortunately, % accompanying religious sentiments, thereby of militant groups like Lashkar- Mullah Omar and Jalaluddin Pakistan’s own track record on O + O spiralling the narrative of religious importance e-Jhangvi, who have reduced the Haqqani among others, as its willingly controlling these + 7 S ( to metamorphose into the “terror nursery” Hazaras to a ghettoised existence alumni. This instinctive tilt extremist forces was in full dis- of the world. in Pakistan. Last year, the Hazara towards extremist thought has play with its initial and natural + ( Today, the concept of minority or the community had to go on a pub- led Ministers of ‘Naya Pakistan’ reluctance to ban Hafiz Saeed’s # % “other” in Pakistan is not just its shrinking lic hunger strike and seek assur- to share public platforms with Jamaat-ud-Dawa’ah and Falah-e- 7 + minorities of Hindus, Christians, Zoroastrians ances of protection from the real terrorists like Hafeez Saeed, who Insaniat. and even Jews, but also includes the severe- seat of power in Pakistan, ie, its have been proscribed by the Beyond the posturing of ( ly persecuted Ahmadiyas, who are con- Army Chief Gen Bajwa, after the United Nations. Little wonder ‘Naya Pakistan’, the issue of pro- # + demned from preaching or professing their spate of Hazara killings had that global-watch agencies like tecting minorities needs belief, besides being declared as “non- become chillingly commonplace. the Financial Action Task Force Constitutional cover that does Muslims”, following Ordinance XX that was Pakistanis are paying the have kept relentless pressure on not diminish, decry or indigni- passed by the ultra-religious General Zia-ul- price for patronising extremist Islamabad to mend its sovereign fy the credentials of any faith. Haq in 1984. For all practical purposes, the elements and the parallel margin- behaviour that nurtures terror, Basic amendments to laws con- 9 simmering sectarian tensions of the Sunni- alisation of their moderate, sec- both externally and internally, as cerning blasphemy are realistical- Shia divide have regressed into unprecedent- ular and democratic forces. With indeed leading to more insecu- ly a “no-go” for Imran Khan’s ed levels of polarisation and violence with a virtual immunity afforded to rity for its vulnerable minorities. Government, given its track supremacist militia targetting the “minority” the likes of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, Herein routine news like the record of either supporting or ( Shias and their offshoot adherents with and Jaish-e-Muhammad among forcible conversions of minorities capitulating to the regressive either utter impunity or even indirect state- others, it is hardly surprising that no longer make headlines. forces. The societal divide and support. A far cry from the days when General Pakistan is recognised as a con- Fact is, both in Pakistan tensions for “minorities” are a ) Muhammad Musa Khan, a Hazara Shia, was fessional state, despite the feeble and India, there is a societal reality and not a matter of polit- ( the Pakistani Army Chief during 1958- attempts of nomenclaturising churn and regression towards ical one-upmanship or point- 1966. Contrast this with the uproar of the itself as ‘Naya Pakistan’. It is majoritarianism and hardening scoring between Pakistan and # ostensible Ahmadiya/Qadiani link that sur- under Imran Khan’s watch that of religious opinions. Ironically, India. Pakistan (‘Naya’ or other- * rounded the appointment of the current the Princeton University econo- in both countries, religious sen- wise) has to redefine and legis- + + ( Pakistani Army Chief Qamar Bajwa, which mist, Atif Mian, was dropped timents are pandered and har- late its corrective agenda within expectedly had to be rebutted and squashed. from his Economic Advisory nessed for their electoral curren- its Constitutional tenets, else ( + ( Recently, the ongoing and bloody saga of Council (EAC) on account of his cy. However, in Pakistan, there is horrific incidents like the latest ,- .-- ( societal irreconcilability within Pakistan’s belonging to the “minority” an additional angularity of state Hazara massacre will continue / imploding mainstream claimed at least 20 Ahmadiya faith. Imran Khan sanctification afforded by way of unabated. innocent lives in a terror attack that was seen then failed to change the narra- its perceived utility in cross- (The writer, a military veter- + ( to be targetting the “minority” Hazara Shia tive with his feeble handling of border leverage that is sought by an, is a former Lt Governor of 01 community in restive Quetta. These verita- the Asia Bibi (of Christian faith) sheltering certain religion- Andaman & Nicobar Islands and 23 4 S ble “minority” groups of nearly a million in blasphemy case, where he suc- inspired terrorist groups that Puducherry) * " ( / + 6 # 7 " $ C + S 5 (6 ZZ 7 8 + 0 C 99 5(6 6 > ? 4 4 4 6 3 ? 4 6 > 6 8 0 K K K K ( ( ( 8 $ $ + $ $7" + Indira Gandhi, which declared $ ( Q Emergency in June 1975, ( breached democracy and the Sir —The Election Commission rule of the law. Freedom of P* (EC) should strive for an inno- K O speech and expression was + vative solution to restore miss- undoubtedly curbed. In some + Q ing names on voter lists, a fac- respect, cruelties were inflicted tor which did impact turnout in upon some adversaries. This 4 ( the first phase of elections. It is does not need any elaboration. ( ironical that despite successive The Congress’ dastardly act of # ( and extensive campaigns, quite cruelty and barbarity was well a few voters were still confused manifested when more than about voter slips and identity 3,000 innocent Sikhs were killed ( ( cards. There was enough time allegedly at the behest of party- for technological solutions to men after the assassination of 4 quickly identify missing/deleted Qb Q Indira Gandhi. names. But perhaps an over- Recall the Bhopal gas #S ( worked EC was busy with the tragedy, which caused the death ( many issues to be resolved under of lakhs of people and was the 4 S the Model Code of Conduct. worst disaster in the history of Varun SD 6 4 F 4 India. Still, the then Prime (+ < Bangalore Minister Rajiv Gandhi, being 4 ( callous about the horrendous /#<8 = devastation, allowed the owner work after they are elected. help their careers in the long- commitment. They gave back. of the factory, Warren Anderson, > ( Not only are they unaware of run. What is needed to stay on M Pradyu to escape from India. * Sir — Most political parties give the people’s needs in their in the hearts of the people is ser- Kanpur Did the Congress tickets to members from the film respective constituencies, they vice to the ordinary citizens. Government preserve national fraternity in order to woo the vot- are also least interested in the There are some good examples interest by allowing the accused $ ( ers. Television and film stars are betterment of the party they rep- of celebrities who have done escape unpunished? Can the # also employed to campaign for resent. As such, they turn out to some genuine public service. party undo past wrongs? ) various political parties. While be a liability. Further, what these Stars of today must learn from Sir — This refers to the article, Nimai Charan Swain some celebrities are genuinely personalities do not understand the likes of J Jayalalithaa and “Making false promises” (April Bhubaneswar interested in furthering interests is that while they can gain the Sunil Dutt, who carved a place 9) by A Surya Prakash. It is an / of parties and working for the voters’ support with their glam- in the hearts of the people by indubitable fact that the people, others do little productive our and popularity, these do not sheer dint of hard work and Congress Government under 6 9 4 6M=8 > 8
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6 < O + ( 6 0/ $ 4 D E ( ( $ $ F E < + ( ( <( ( " + + 6 $ + 8 =6$+(8>> * 4 # 6 $ ( 6$+=8> % # ( < =6<7 S ( eft by her parents to fend for herself at a 6 F S S ( residential school for poor children # G P8 when she was just five, this was proba- QH P QH bly the best thing that happened to Jyoti. One of seven siblings, she showed no P QH P Q signsL of heartbreak at being abandoned by her fam- # ( ily. Instead, she displayed surprising maturity at that 0 young age and understood that this was her big chance to do what she wanted the most — to study. + So, unlike other girls of her age, Jyoti did not run away to escape the rigours of the spartan life there. + She embraced life at the ashram and used the opportunity to improve her knowledge and skills. 8 ( Little did she know that this wisdom and resilience # would help her become a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the ruling Janata Dal (United) # [JD(U)] in Bihar. However, not many know how Jyoti was catapulted to the political centre-stage. # G 6 As we celebrated the 129th birth anniversary of B # ( ( R Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution " on April 14, it is also time to laud the achievements ( of the unknown and unheard Dalit women, who overcame caste barriers with their courage and f / * determination to fulfill their dreams. Jyoti’s win as the JD(U) candidate from the E D reserved seat (Scheduled Caste) of Barachatti in Gaya district, Bihar, was remarkable for many rea- Besides motivating them to stand up Government’s national rural employ- Dignity and Elimination of Manual + ( ( sons. Before she received a call from Chief against violence, both within and outside ment guarantee scheme. Scavenging), a coalition of 30 commu- # Minister Nitesh Kumar to contest the Assembly their homes, she trained them to look Phoolmati has also inspired confi- nity-based organisations from 13 Indian * poll in 2010, Jyoti and her husband used to teach after their own health, using a new farm- dence among women in the communi- States, working to improve the lives of E ( children in Bapu Gram, a remote village in Gaya ing technique, a system of rice intensi- ty to stand up against violence. Women these marginalised communities. Once district. Both husband and wife saw this as an cation or SRI, after learning it from are ready to file complaints against per- Choti Bai decided to give up manual < # opportunity to give back to their Musahar com- Pradan, a not-for-profit organisation petrators, including their husbands. In a scavenging, she braved opposition from / ( munity although salaries were low — Jyoti’s hus- working with the community. It was State where patriarchy keeps women her husband and mother-in-law. She # ( band received 110 while she got a paltry 90. Jyoti’s success in turning vast barren lands closeted in their houses and violence turned to work as a daily wage labour- When they subsequently moved to a more back- into green belts with the SRI technique against women is the highest in the coun- er in the fields and took to sewing clothes. + K O ? " ward block, Fatehpur, in the same district and and other indigenous methods that try, this is a big step. Statistics reveal that When campaign activists saw her found there were no schools, they decided to open caught the attention of Chief Minister between April 1, 2017, and January 31, determination, they asked her to work one so that more children from the Musahar com- Nitish Kumar. And it was these efforts 2018, there was a 25 per cent increase in with them. In 2012, she joined the cam- " + munity could be educated that contributed to her victory in the polls rapes, 40 per cent rise in incidents of paign as a motivator, earning a month- The Musahar community in Bihar is one of ?g — she defeated her opponent by a mar- molestation, 35 per cent jump in cases ly salary of 1,700, far more than she E ( the most deprived and socially disadvantaged gin of over 24,000 votes. Although she of kidnappings of women and a 50 per ever earned as a manual scavenger. Her + + groups in India. Literacy rate in this community did not contest for a second term in 2015, cent increase in cases of eve-teasing, com- new life has brought her dignity and 6 is just 9.8 per cent, the lowest among Dalits in the Jyoti did not let her experience as MLA pared to the corresponding period in respect, especially from those who # country. Only about one per cent of the Musahar go waste. She continues to work for the 2016-17. once considered her untouchable. She ( women is literate. community and inspire other women. Not just in violence, Uttar Pradesh has helped persuade 112 women work- ( The couple began classes under a tree until the Just as Phoolmati is doing in Nebua has another dubious distinction. Here ing as manual scavengers in her district D village gifted some land. The community pitched Naurangia, a remote block in one in every five girls is a child bride. to give up this work. While some of in by donating labour for the construction of a Gorakhpur district in neighbouring Phoolmati was one of them. Married these women have been helped to start modest building. Since then, all children go to Uttar Pradesh. Here, she is empower- young to a much older man, Phoolmati a small poultry business, others have school. In fact, 10 neighbouring villages were so ing women in her Dalit community to managed to study only till Class V. When been helped to get job cards under ( inspired by this community effort that they, too, stand up for their rights. One of the big she got a chance to learn about her rights MNREGA. Now, thanks to Choti Bai, got together to do the same. When the State changes that she brought about was and entitlements after becoming a SHG there are no more female manual scav- ( Government opened a primary school and an motivating women in this backward member, thanks to the Rajiv Gandhi engers in her village. R S anganwadi in Fatehpur block in Gaya, Jyoti was block to launch an anti-liquor agitation. Mahila Vikas Pariyojana, a not-for- This is a big achievement consider- D the natural choice as an anganwadi worker, being Their determination and courage in profit working for women’s empower- ing in India, manual scavengers are most- + the only active woman from the community. She standing up against the powerful lobby ment, she decided to share this with other ly women. Men from this community + not only inspired women to bring their children that promoted alcohol bhattis (small- marginalised women. She has helped clean septic tanks and sewers. The ( ( to the anganwadi, she was also able to debunk sev- scale production units) led to the clo- over 750 women step out of their hous- Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011 eral myths related to maternal and child health. sure of such units. The women over- es and transform their lives with the help counted over 1.82 lakh families that had Realising that the lack of information held back came their fear of a backlash from of knowledge and training disseminat- at least one member employed in man- + ( Musahar women from immunising their children, upper caste men running these units, ed through the SHGs. ual scavenging. Jyoti said she first got her own children vaccinat- thanks to their collectivisation as SHGs But for Choti Bai, a resident of Changes being brought about by ed and then asked other women to follow her facilitated by Phoolmati. She has sin- Chittorgarh district in Rajasthan, reali- women like Choti Bai, Phoolmati and * C + example. gle-handedly helped the formation of sation of her rights came late. It was only Jyoti need to be recognised and cele- Realising that women’s empowerment was the over 50 SHGs in the block. This is why after 22 years of cleaning toilets with her brated. They have broken the shackles ( ( key to improving maternal and infant health, she women here have come together to bare hands that she discovered manual of caste and patriarchy and reclaimed # began organising them into self-help groups demand roads and demonstrate in scavenging was illegal. This was in 2008 their rights, especially to live with dig- (SHGs). Over the next 10 years, the number of front of the district magistrate for when she met activists of the Rashtriya nity. SHGs increased from 10 to 350. employment under MNREGA, the Garima Abhiyan (National Campaign for (The writer is a senior journalist) @ K E %+ $" # $>$ !"# # $ # %$
Of course, the militia didn’t real- under Haftar’s thumb. bid for power and Serraj is practical- ly do the heavy lifting in that revolu- This is Haftar’s only plausible ly irrelevant. The various militias of tion. They were colourful extras fight- claim to legitimacy. Once a colleague Tripolitania that are coming togeth- ing little local battles, but the real exe- of Gaddafi’s, he fled the country, er to resist him undoubtedly out- cution was done by French, British and ended up in exile in the United States number him but they have no joint Canadian aircraft operating under for 15 years and is an American cit- command structure and Serraj can- NATO command that bombed izen but returned to Libya in 2014 not provide one. Gaddafi’s troops almost to extinction and gradually united the militias of The ‘smart money’, says Haftar, in a six-month campaign in 2011. the east under his command as the is bound to lose but that remains to 7>$ The militias’ main role was to ‘Libyan National Army’ (LNA). be seen. He has both Egyptian and put a Libyan face on the whole He cleared the Islamist extrem- Russian support (although it’s unlike- Q ith Khalifa Haftar’s forces operation but when NATO walked ists out of Benghazi, the big city in ly that either of them authorised this Z Z stalled outside the capital, away after Gaddafi was killed, they Cyrenaica, in a bloody two-year adventure). And ordinary Libyans WTripoli, the eight-year were left in charge. They split war and then set out to take the rest face a choice between a new 75-year- omnishambles in Libya is approach- repeatedly as their quarrels over of the country. His troops reached the old dictator and continuing chaos, ing a climax. It’s not clear yet which local extortion rights became acute outskirts of Tripoli early this month. poverty and intermittent low-level side is going to win but at least the but they are united in resisting the The ‘internationally recognised’, violence as the militias squabble over dozens of rival militias in the coun- re-establishment of Central control spoke Latin. like of being ruled by the east. That’s United Nations-backed Government the spoils. Not that they will actual- try are now lined up in two recog- by a national Government. It is not It persists today, even though why the western militias are coming of National Accord (GNA) inside the ly be asked about the choice, of nisable sides. Haftar does have the in their interest. everybody now speaks Arabic. The together now, and why his offensive city is equally unconvincing as a course. gift of bringing clarity to a situation. There is, however, a basic divi- two parts of Libya live largely sepa- against Tripoli is at least temporari- national saviour. It was not elected, How much does this matter to Alas, he achieves this mainly by sion between eastern Libya rate lives, divided by the central strip ly stalled. but cobbled together by UN media- other Arab countries? Not a lot. How making so many Libyans hate him. (Cyrenaica) and western Libya of coast where the desert reaches the As for the rights and wrongs of tors in 2015. Its leader, ‘Prime much does it matter to the rest of the V To them, he is Gaddafi 2.0, a would- (Tripolitania) that underlies the sea — and the west has two-thirds of the situation, there’s plenty of blame Minister’ Fayez al-Sarraj, didn’t even world? Not at all. As Janis Joplin once be military dictator, who aspires to manifold rivalries of tribes and clans the country’s six million people. on both sides. Haftar ostensibly rep- arrive in Tripoli from abroad until remarked in a radically different con- be a Libyan counterpart to Egypt’s in both parts of the country. It’s a Haftar controls Cyrenaica and resents the Parliament elected in 2016 and he has struggled to estab- text, freedom’s just another word for General al-Sisi (and is generously division that goes all the way back to the vast and largely unpopulated 2014, which fled to the east later that lish his authority over the city, let “nothing left to lose.” backed by the Egyptian dictator). Roman times, when the east spoke desert south of Libya (where most of year when Islamist militias seized alone over the militias or the entire (The writer’s new book is That’s not what they fought the Greek (the language of the eastern the oil is) but the west has the advan- control of Tripoli. It now sits in country. Growing Pains: The Future of 2011 revolution for. part of the empire) and the west tage of numbers and a profound dis- Tobruk in the east and is entirely So now Haftar is making his big Democracy and Work) ?
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Q Besides, mutual fund ayments network ndian capital market out- asset under PNPCI is consid- Iperformed several major management ering using highly global markets, including the grew by 11.4 per et Airways scalable blockchain developed ones like the US and cent to nearly Jpilots body, the solution to further the UK as well as developing 24 lakh crore National strengthen digital economies such as China and and Foreign Aviator’s Guild payments, which Brazil, with double-digit Portfolio (NAG), on have seen an expo- returns in the fiscal ended Investors’ asset Sunday deferred nential growth in March 2019 despite numerous under custody its “no flying” recent times. global and domestic head- expanded by 8.6 call to a later A blockchain or winds, data shows. per cent to close date, particularly distributed ledger is a contin- As per a recent report of The Indian market benck- to 30 lakh when the man- uously growing list of encrypt- global consultancy firm PwC, mark indices also improved on crore. 2018-19 as against 2.84 lakh agement is ed transactions called blocks. A India would be one of the their own performance in the This is despite the fact that crore in 2017-18 and 1.30 lakh scheduled to block may contain any type of world’s blockchain leaders by previous fiscal, with the BSE’s 2018-19 was relatively a diffi- crore in 2016-17. meet the lenders data such as unique digital 2023. Sensex (17.3 per cent) giving cult and challenging year on The year also saw the on Monday. identifiers of physical products “Blockchain stores infor- relatively better returns than account of global and domes- much-awaited REIT (Real Earlier in the The National Payments mation about transactions the NSE’s Nifty (14.9 per cent) tic headwinds. Estate Investment Trust) final- day, the Guild, Corporation of India (NPCI) is between users in a way that can in 2018-19. Fundraising from the cap- ly taking off in India. which has an umbrella organisation for all be tracked by any user for for- This is much better than ital market also continued its REITs have been used around 1,100 retail payments in India. It ever for maximum trans- the equity market returns positive trend during 2018-19, worldwide as a vehicle for pilots as its was set up with the guidance parency. This gives visibility recorded in the US (7.6 per with funds raised through debt monetisation of assets by real members, decided to stop fly- 15 in their uniforms, it said. we have decided to go ahead and support of the Reserve which can lead to greater effi- cent), the UK (3.2 per cent), and equity rising by 5.3 per estate developers. As an instru- ing from April 15 in protest Siroya Centre is Jet with our call of no-flying from Bank of India and the Indian ciency by automating or con- China (minus 2.5 per cent), cent to nearly 9 lakh crore. ment class, it provides to against non-payment of salaries Airways headquarters in April 15. All 1,100 pilots of Banks Association (IBA). firming transactions and Brazil (11.8 per cent), Japan The double-digit returns investors stable and predictable since March. Andheri suburb in Mumbai. NAG will stop flying from 10 Promoted by 10 banks in increasing liquidity in the sup- (minus 1.2 per cent), South came in despite subdued sen- returns, matching those and “It is come to our notice According to NAG, it has am Monday,” a Guild source India under the aegis of the ply chain,” said Innefu Labs Co- Korea (minus 12.5 per cent) timents at times in view of cer- often exceeding returns from that there is a critical meeting also called upon other depart- said earlier in the day. IBA, it aims to become the Founder Tarun Wig. and Hong Kong (minus 3.5 per tain negative developments other alternative investments. planned tomorrow (Monday) ments to join the gathering at The NAG, which claims “best payments network glob- NPCI has invited bids for cent) in 2018-19. since September 2018, partic- Capital market regulator morning with the airline man- the headquarters as a show of representation of around 1,100 ally”. Presently, 56 banks are selection of Liaisoning An analysis of equity mar- ularly on the fixed-income Sebi had issued REIT regulations agement and SBI. unity. pilots of the total 1,600 with the shareholders of NPCI. Consultant (LC) to acquire ket returns for these countries securities front. in 2014 to give impetus to this “In light of the meeting, the An Open House will be full service carrier, had in late “NPCI intends to develop various End-to-End Statutory shows that the Indian bench- On the mutual fund front, instrument and, in turn, to the members have requested, called shortly as per the avail- March called for no flying a resilient, real time and high- permissions for Construction mark indices had underper- debt-oriented funds witnessed real estate sector in the country. through their team leaders, ability of the venue and the from April 1 over non-payment ly scalable blockchain solu- of Captive Data Center (CDC) formed those in the US, Brazil, net outflows on the back of cer- The Government has also pro- that the call of ‘No Pay No committee members, the com- of salaries. tion. It is proposed to develop in Chennai and Hyderabad. Japan, South Korea and Hong tain developments in debt mar- vided pass-through tax status to Work’ be deferred to give the munication added. However, on March 31, it this solution using an open NPCI provides services Kong in 2017-18, though the ket since September 2018. REITs registered with Sebi. airline a chance of survival. The pilots, along with engi- deferred the agitation to April source technology/ frame- like cheque clearance and facil- performance was better than the But, equity-oriented mutu- In March, the first REIT Accordingly, as requested, the neers and senior management, 15, saying it wanted to give work/solution,” it said in a itates digital payments. UK and China even in that year. al funds continued to receive public offer came and it has list- Committee would like to have not received salaries since more time to the new man- notification. It has developed Unified With positive performance positive net inflows across all ed units worth about 4,750 inform all that the decision January. The debt-ridden car- agement. In this regard, the NPCI Payments Interface (UPI), an by benchmark indices and months during 2018-19 and crore. The issue was well stands deferred for the time rier has also not paid the Jet Airways is at present has floated an Express of instant payment system. increasing fund raising from other mutual funds received received with oversubscription being,” the Guild committee March salary to employees of under the management control Interest (EOI) in order to UPI is fast gaining traction the market, the size of the cap- positive net inflows in 10 out of of two times in institutional said in a late evening commu- other categories as well. of SBI-led consortium of enable bidders to propose their in the country with total pay- ital market in India also con- 12 months of the financial year. category and upwards of three nication to its members. “As on today, we have not lenders after the approval of a capability for developing dis- ments through it soaring to tinued to expand during 2018- Net fund inflows in equi- times in retail category. All pilots are still requested, been paid for nearly three-and- debt-rejig plan last month, tributed ledger technology/ 1.33 lakh crore in March 2019 19, with the market capitalisa- ty-oriented and other types of This is the largest listed however, to be present at Siroya a-half months and we do not which also led its founder blockchain in the payment from a meagre 3.1 crore in tion rising by over 6 per cent to mutual funds together were to REIT in Asia in terms of area Centre at 0930 hours on April know when we will be paid. So chairman Naresh Goyal to quit. domain. August 2016. over 151 lakh crore. the tune of 1.58 lakh crore in of assets. > I 19 @@ itors and operational creditors crore. Of this, financial credi- stood at 65,635 crore and 3,131 tors received 63.49 per cent of early half of their total crore, respectively, as per data. claims, while the operational EFD G On questioning the credi- Nadmitted claims worth The IBBI, a key institution creditors’ realisation stood at bility of statistical data by over 100 over 1.42 lakh crore have set up under the IBC, provid- 80.94 per cent. ormer Niti Aayog vice chair- economists and social scientists, been recovered by financial and ed the figures in an affidavit With regard to Electrosteel, Fman Arvind Panagariya has Panagariya said unless such crit- operational creditors from as submitted to the National total admitted claims for both he Reserve Bank remained zation’s 189 members, recog- said the Modi Government has ics identify precisely what part of many as 88 debt-ridden com- Company Law Appellate financial and operational cred- Ta net buyer of the US dol- nized the need to “resolve achieved ‘major successes’ in the CSO/MOSPI methodology, panies under the insolvency Tribunal (NCLAT) last week. itors were 13,958 crore. In this lar for the third consecutive rade frictions are seen as a trade tensions” and support social sector programmes like described in detail in a 40-page law, according to official data. On March 27, the tribunal resolution process, in which month in February, when Tthe main source of uncer- reforms of the World Trade Ayushman Bharat, PM-Kisan document, they find problemat- The Insolvency and directed the IBBI to file an affi- Vedanta group got control of itbought $825 million from tainty for a slowing global Organization that have been and rural electrification. ic, their statements only amount Bankruptcy Code (IBC) seeks davit, with details about aver- the company, financial creditors the spot market, according to economy, but there are more demanded by the United States. Besides, this Government to assertions. to provide market-determined age percentage of distribution got 40.38 per cent of admitted the data from the central bank. glimmers of hope for a US- While the IMF itself has has made an ‘unprecedented “None of the international resolution for stressed assets in of realised amount between claims, while the operational In the reporting month, the China agreement. warned against the “self-inflict- progress’ in tackling corruption, institutions including the World a time-bound manner. financial creditors and opera- creditors’ share was nil. central bank bought $2.086 While there is no deadline ed wounds” of tariffs and trade he added. Bank, IMF and the United Claims totalling a little tional creditors subsequent to In the matter of Monnet billion and sold $1.261 billion for ending the protracted trade barriers, the committee itself On the reforms undertak- Nations, have expressed any over 1.42 lakh crore were insolvency resolution process. Ispat & Energey, total admitted in the spot market as the rupee war with China, US Treasury steered clear of what has en by the Narendra Modi-led doubt in the integrity of our sta- admitted in 88 cases under the According to the affidavit, claims were 11,478.08 crore, of was under pressure. Secretary Steven Mnuchin said become an unexpected hot NDA Government, he said the tistical institutions or the num- IBC till February 28, data col- the realised amount was more which financial creditors got The central bank had Saturday the talks are nearing button in a forum once devot- three major areas of initiatives bers these institutions generate. lected by the Insolvency and than 100 per cent in some 26.26 per cent and operational turned net buyer of dollar for their conclusion, a fresh signal ed to trade liberalisation. were implementation of the Nor have I seen any objective Bankruptcy Board of India cases. creditors received 5.40 per cent. the first time in fiscal 2019 in of progress. IMF chief Christine Goods and Services Tax (GST), evidence that the institutions (IBBI) showed. In the 88 cases, financial The NCLAT had asked December 2018 buying Mnuchin’s remarks came Lagarde said many officials at Insolvency and Bankruptcy have tried to fudge their data on Of the total admitted creditors got 100 per cent real- IBBI to give data in the reso- $607million. In January 2019, on the margins of Spring meet- the meetings in Washington Code (IBC) and direct benefit their own or at the behest of any claims, financial creditors isation of admitted claims in 11 lution process of Essar Steel, the RBI had net purchased ings of the International “actually made their views well transfer (DBT). other Government depart- sought to recover dues worth resolution plans, while opera- where operational creditors $293 million. Monetary Fund and World known about the benefits of In an interview to PTI, the ments,” he asserted. 1.36 lakh crore and opera- tional creditors got only full and some financial creditors It had bought $1.025 bil- Bank, which were once again trade” for economic growth. eminent economist said The Columbia University tional creditors 6,469 crore. realisation in only 6 cases. are opposing the resolution lion from the spot market and dominated by fears US trade China’s deputy central bank “...Ayushman Bharat, PM-Kisan, professor also noted that revi- Financial creditors recov- In three cases, financial plan approved by the sold $732 million. policy could upset global eco- governor, Chen Yulu, warned that cooking gas, rural roads and sion of GDP estimates is noth- ered 48.24 per cent of their creditors got more than 100 per Committee of Creditors (CoC) In February 2018, the nomic growth. “the protectionism of some coun- rural electrification represent ing new and this has been a well admitted claims and opera- cent realisation of admitted and are seeking a higher share. apex bank was also a net The IMF predicted this tries has harmed mutual trust major successes of the Modi established practice. tional creditors got 48.41 per claims. As per the resolution plan buyer of $1.665 billion pur- week that the slowing world among countries,” although he Government. Unprecedented Former RBI Governor cent of their admitted claims. Among the 88 cases were approved by CoC, chasing $3.320 billion and economy should begin to did not name the United States. progress has also been made in Raghuram Rajan recently had The figures are with respect to big-ticket takeovers, including ArcelorMittal, the successful selling $1.655 billion in the rebound in the latter part of In the meantime, combating corruption.” expressed doubts over Indian 88 cases, including those where Tata Steel acquiring over resolution applicant, would spot market. 2019 - provided in part that the Washington this week rattled Talking about infrastructure economy growing 7 per cent resolution has been completed, Bhushan Steel and Vedanta’s pay Essar Steel lenders 41,987 In the forward dollar mar- world’s top two economies EU nations by threatening a sector, he said the Government when not enough jobs were cre- for the period till February 28. acquisition of Electrosteel. crore for their total dues of ket, the outstanding forward resolve their differences. new set of tariffs in retaliation has managed to greatly accel- ated and said the current cloud Creditors realised 68,766 In the Bhushan Steel mat- 49,395 crore. Operational sales at end February was In a final statement from for subsidies to the aviation erate outcomes in sectors like over the GDP numbers must be crore of the total admitted ter, total admitted claims of creditors would get only 214 $4.372 billion, compared to a the meetings Saturday, the manufacturer Airbus while roads, railways, waterways, civil cleared by appointing an impar- claims in those 88 cases. operational and financial cred- crore against their outstanding sale of $3.032 billion in January, IMF’s steering committee, separately prepare for new aviation and digitisation. tial look at the data. The share of financial cred- itors amounted to 57,505.05 of 4,976 crore. according to the RBI data. which represents’ the organi- trade talks with Japan.
3 3 1 1 1 6 1 D H 3 C to make public rently, hopes to bag another sector banks 25,000 crore of contracts in tate-owned Bank of Baroda (PSBs) healthy, 8 iding high on the pace of the current financial year, S(BoB) is likely to complete robust and global- Rgrowth in the oil and gas, chief operating officer for the process of merger of Dena ly competitive. nuclear and urban infra- industrial systems Bank and Vijaya Bank with it As part of the structure sectors, Tata Satyanarayana K told PTI in two years, said a senior reform process, ebia Academy Global, an Projects, a part of the diver- here over the weekend. official of BoB. the government Xeducation business unit of sified Tata Group, is eyeing up He said the company is The merger of Dena Bank had also Xebiahas recently signed a to 16,000 crore worth of upbeat about the potential in and Vijaya Bank with BoB announced trans- Memorandum of revenue this fiscal. the oil and gas sector along became effective from April 1. fer of majority 51 Understanding (MoU) with The company, one of with the prospects of nuclear Information technology per cent stake to SRM University, Delhi-NCR, fastest growing infrastruc- power projects picking up as platform integration alone will Life Insurance Sonepat to launch a ture companies in the coun- thermal projects loses policy take about 12 months and Corporation in B.TechComputer Science try with an order book of thrust for a litany of reasons other processes and systems IDBI Bank in Engineering program around 50,000 crore cur- including pollution. may take another year or so, the August last year to Specialisation in DevOps for official said. transform the the academic session 2019-20. The process has been Mumbai-based In this collaborative under- designed to ensure that there is lender. taking, Xebia will design the minimum disruption of the on the balance sheet of the The consolidated entity Besides, the Department of course curriculum and creat- truggling carrier Jet customers during the transition bank during the first quarter started the operation with a Financial Services made a estudy modules containing SAirways Sunday said its period, the official said adding when the maximum impact of business mix of over 15 lakh record capital infusion of 1.06 high quality and industry-spe- Independent Director that the branding of the three the merger will play out and, crore on the balance sheet, with lakh crore in the PSBs in 2018- cific content along with place- Rajshree Pathy has quit the entities will be retained in the subsequently, the impact will deposits and advances of 8.75 19. As a result, five PSBs, ment support for the graduat- company, effective April 13, interim period and will be moderate, the official added. lakh crore and 6.25 lakh crore, including Bank of India, ing students. Xebia will also citing time constraints and transitioned to the new brand The maiden three-way respectively. Corporation Bank and help in strengthening their other commitments. in a phased manner to ensure amalgamation is the first step BoB, the second-largest Allahabad Bank, were out of faculty-building a team of com- “This is to inform you that minimum disruption to exist- in the consolidation of the public sector lender after State the prompt corrective action petent educators and subject Rajshree Pathy has submitted ing operations. public sector banking indus- Bank of India, now has over framework of the RBI earlier matter experts. her resignation as an As far as capital is con- try recommended in 1991 by 9,500 branches, 13,400 ATMs, this year. Non-performing The B.Tech program will Independent Director of the cerned, the official said, the the Narasimham Committee and 85,000 employees to serve assets showed a negative trend focus on the future-oriented company with effect from government has infused 5,042 report. Through this merger, 12 crore customers. in 2018-19 and reduced by field of DevOps. Its course April 13, owing to time con- crore in the bank taking care of the government has created The announcement of the 23,860 crore between April structure has been designed in straints and on account of her additional expenses and main- an institution of global scale three-way merger was among 2018 and September 2018. a way that it addresses the tal- other current commitments,” taining minimum regulatory and size, thereby providing several reforms initiatives Following the merger, the ent gap by providing relevant Jet Airways said in an capital requirement. significant benefit to all stake- undertaken by Financial number of PSBs has come knowledge and upskilling the 9 9 @ F exchange filing. There would be pressure holders. Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar down to 18. students. ??
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So do politicians on Britain is no further out publisher AEDIS. “public pressure” to respond, ABritain’s Brexit-era democ- both sides of the Brexit divide. the EU door or clearer about In a hangar that serves as explaining: “We were chal- racy, it could hardly be bet- “I am ashamed to be a its post-Brexit direction than it his firm’s logistic hub in lenged by some readers who tered. Lawmakers had to be member of this Parliament,” was at the start of the year. Lempdes, near Clermont- claimed our maps were wrong sent home in mid-debate last said pro-EU Liberal Democrat A divorce agreement Ferrand in central France, by including the UK.” week when water from a burst lawmaker Norman Lamb after struck between Prime Minister dozens of copies of laminated Then other clients com- pipe began gushing into the lawmakers once again failed to Theresa May’s government leaflets on “Europe at 27” rest plained, in emails that were House of Commons chamber. find a way forward on Brexit. and EU late in 2018 lays out on boxes. They reflect the “sometimes insulting”, saying The image perfectly illus- Bill Cash, a pro-Brexit the terms of an orderly UK number of countries that will that technically Britain remains trates Parliament’s problem as Conservative, said this week departure and promising close be part of the EU once Britain a member of the bloc. it tries to solve the puzzle that that Britain had been “humil- future ties. Since January, finally leaves. “So we added a box is Brexit. On the outside, the iated” by failing to leave the EU Parliament has rejected it three “We have at least ten books explaining Brexit,” he said. UK institution is resplendent, on time. times. Pro-Brexit lawmakers that have a map of Europe, of But the firm has sold at a world-famous symbol of The last few months in won’t vote for it because they the European Union. So it’s a most 6,000 documents showing democracy sitting majestical- Parliament, as lawmakers favour a more definitive break little complicated,” he told AFP. Europe as a union of 27 coun- ly on the River Thames. On the repeatedly tried and failed to with the bloc. “We have frozen the print tries, mostly in shops in motor- inside, it’s decrepit and increas- agree on a roadmap for Parliament has also voted run — we will start it as soon way rest areas. adding that he had received no removing maps if they will lectors’ item,” said manager ingly unfit for use. Britain’s departure, have pro- on other options including as we have certainty about “For a year and a half, we guidance from EU institutions. simply cause confusion.” Tamara Goldstein. She also The hidden flaws in duced close votes, late nights leaving without a deal and Brexit.” have mostly given up on sales In Britain, the Oxford In Brussels, at a souvenir has a jigsaw puzzle that is sell- Britain’s political system have and high drama. holding a new referendum on Britain was due to leave the in this area,” Medori said, University Press (OUP) has shop near the EU’s headquar- ing well, showing the European been laid bare — and televised It’s a political soap opera Britain’s EU membership. And avoided any radical changes to ters, some items showing Union as it will be after Brexit, worldwide — since voters that has sent the viewership of twice lawmakers have rejected its maps but it also has to adapt. Britain’s membership will dis- with “no sign of Britain”. chose, almost three years ago, Parliament’s live-streaming them all. “We’re monitoring the sit- appear with Brexit. And many But given the uncertainty to leave the European Union. website soaring and made an To avoid a chaotic no- uation but not making major of them, such as a badge with — with some politicians in Decision-making has international celebrity of deal departure that could dev- 8 @ changes until we have greater the EU and UK flags, are fly- London and Brussels still hop- ground to a standstill, even as House of Commons Speaker astate an economy already clarity,” a spokeswoman told ing off the shelves. ing Brexit might never happen business leaders and residents John Bercow, with his bellow- weighed down by Brexit uncer- AFP. “Anything with the UK on — some items remain alike cry out for certainty. ing cries of “Orderrrrr” and tainty, May has twice gone to 1 “But in some cases, we are it might one day become a col- unchanged. Many Britons feel a mix of “The ayes have it!” But all the the EU asking for more time. “But I don’t think that this > question can be allowed to he British Government drag out for much longer.” significant influence in the reported at some polling sta- mate hysteria” of other parties Twill resume talks with the May was forced to ask fel- talks to form the next govern- tions in the capital. seeking action against global main opposition Labour party low EU leaders this week to inns voted on Sunday in a ment, which in Finland is typ- Around lunchtime the warming. next week on how to resolve postpone Brexit for a second Fgeneral election where anti- ically a coalition of three or four leaders of the main parties At a Finns Party rally on the deadlock over Brexit, time, from April 12 to October austerity sentiment looked set parties. were seen casting their ballots the eve of the vote in Minister said on Sunday. 31. to propel the opposition Social The current government’s in their constituencies: Halla- Myyrmaki, a disadvantaged Prime Minister Theresa She has been unable to Democratic Party back to the cuts to Finland’s prized educa- aho in Helsinki, Rinne in the suburb of the capital, a crowd May’s effective deputy, David persuade MPs to back the head of government for the first tion system, and a tightening of town of Mantsala in the south, of people, young and old, clam- Lidington, said they wanted to withdrawal terms she has time in 16 years. unemployment benefit criteria, and Petteri Orpo in the south- oured around party leader Jussi be able to “take stock” of any struck with Brussels, but is also The left-wing party leads provoked loud and widespread west city of Turku. Halla-aho, asking for auto- progress when parliament unwilling to take Britain out of Finland’s two main opinion public opposition. Opinion polls suggest the graphs and congratulating him returns from its Easter break the EU with no deal at all. polls with about 19 percent of Outside a polling station in Social Democrats’ lead has on the campaign. on April 23. She is still hoping Brexit the vote, having campaigned central Helsinki on Sunday narrowed in recent weeks to as “You will be the next prime “What we have agreed is a can happen in time to avoid against the steep cost-cutting of morning, a local resident who little as two points, ahead of the minister,” one woman assured programme of meetings next Britain taking part in Centre Party Prime Minister gave her name as Jenny said National Coalition and Finns him. week on particular subjects European Parliament elections Juha Sipila and his Finance that she had only settled on Party which are battling it out Forecasts suggest no party with the ministers and shad- on May 23. Minister Petteri Orpo -- leader who to vote for at the last G for second place. is likely to draw more than 20 ow ministers concerned get- May met Labour leader of the conservative National minute. P P P Some have blamed the percent of the vote, meaning ting together,” he told the Jeremy Corbyn on April 3 and Coalition Party. “There have been a lot of G shrinking lead on the inability the result could be historically BBC. there have been further lower- But the far-right Finns cuts and some, like education, of party leader Antti Rinne, a close. They would discuss envi- level talks since then over Party, led by hardline MEP in areas they promised they gramme, has denounced the some more generous public 56-year-old former trade union This could make the nego- ronmental standards and Labour’s demand for a close Jussi Halla-aho, has seen a wouldn’t cut. Of course, the Social Democratic Party’s anti- spending. boss, to attract large numbers tiations to build a government workers’ rights after Brexit as future relationship with the surge in support in recent parties from the last govern- austerity plans as “irresponsi- The heated debate in the of new, younger voters. coalition particularly tricky. well as the future security EU. Lidington said there must months during an anti-immi- ment are going to suffer ble”. run-up to the vote led some The growing Finns Party The major parties have all relationship with the EU. be “compromise on both gration dominated campaign, because of that now,” she told However, in a tacit analysts to predict that turnout ratings, on the other hand, expressed strong reservations “Then we would hope to sides”, adding that if no agree- urging people to “Vote for AFP. acknowledgement that the will be high. A record 1.5 mil- appear to be driven by new about joining a government take stock of where we are as ment could be reached, they some borders”. Petteri Orpo, leader of the public mood is against further lion Finns — over a third of the supporters who have not voted with the Finns Party, whose soon as parliament gets back would put a series of Brexit Polls show the Finns Party conservative National Coalition belt-tightening, Orpo has electorate — had already cast in the past. policies lurched to the right after the Easter recess,” he options to parliament to ending up in second or third Party and co-architect of the insisted the economy is now their vote in advance of polling The anti-immigration after Halla-aho became leader said. decide. place, meaning it could hold government’s savings pro- strong enough to allow for day. On Sunday, queues were Finns Party also decries the “cli- in 2017. 8+ $ 9 P + "# 3 ; 3 3 I 8 4 7 Addis Ababa: Far from the din emony, visited with weavers of Washington, Ivanka Trump and announced new financial L A toured businesses run by support for businesses. udanese protesters demand- women in Ethiopia on Sunday “Investing in women is Sed new military rulers set up while promoting a White smart development policy and a civilian government as the In a letter signed by six ISIS House global economic pro- it’s smart business,” Trump foreign ministry called Sunday leaders and addressed to Abu gram for women. said, sitting in Dumerso Coffee, 3 for backing from the interna- he Islamic State terror Bakr al-Baghdadi — the group’s President Donald Trump’s a dimly lighted space with a 3 tional community to help the Tgroup is plotting deadly “caliph” — and his deputy, the daughter and senior adviser woven ceiling, tile floor and 4X 6 7 country’s “democratic transi- attacks across Europe along the authors break down ISIS strat- visited a coffee shop and textile colorful paintings. Alongside tion”. lines of the one carried out on egy abroad into two parts: company in Addis Ababa. It were women who work in the Thousands remained a concert hall in Paris in which operations and borders. was her first stop in Africa on industry. encamped outside Khartoum’s 130 people were killed four Operations abroad, they a four-day trip to Ethiopia and This is Ivanka Trump’s first army headquarters overnight to years ago, a leading British write, will be directed by an Ivory Coast on behalf of a visit to Africa since the presi- keep up pressure on a military newspaper has ISIS member called Abu White House project intended dent launched the Women’s council that took power after reported. Khabab al-Muhajir. to boost 50 million women in Global Development and ousting veteran leader Omar al- The November The document says he con- developing countries by 2025. Prosperity Initiative. It’s a pro- Z Bashir on Thursday. military council “to achieve the and that protesters detained 2015 Paris attacks trols three cells: one in Aiming to offer assistance gram she hopes will outlast an 3 A 10-member delegation Sudanese goal of democratic under a state of emergency were a series of coordi- Russia and two in and learn about the struggles of administration better known 44 6=7 representing the protesters transition,” it said in a state- imposed by Bashir during his nated terror attacks in Paris Germany. Another women in business, she took for “America First” isolation- delivered their demands during ment. final weeks in power would be and the city’s northern group will be based part in a traditional coffee cer- ism. AP jb talks with the council late The council chief General freed. suburb of Saint-Denis. in northeastern Saturday, according to a state- Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is Burhan took the oath of In the attacks, three Syria under sepa- ment by the Alliance for “committed to having a com- office on Friday after his pre- suicide bombers struck rate command. Freedom and Change umbrel- plete civilian government and decessor General Awad Ibn outside the Stade de The first aim of D la group spearheading the ral- the role of the council will be Ouf stepped down little more France stadium during a the cells would lies. to maintain the sovereignty of than 24 hours after ousting football match, followed by be to steal 7 “We will continue... Our the country”, it added. Bashir. several mass shootings and a money to fund 6 9 7 sit-in until all our demands are Talks between protest lead- Tens of thousands of peo- suicide bombing at restaurants. the caliphate. ? met,” including the formation ers and Sudan’s new rulers ple have massed non-stop out- A total of 130 people people “Killing infidel venture cap- Islamabad: An international gold and jewelry to banned j of a fully civilian government, were followed Sunday by a side the army headquarters were killed at the Bataclan italists, hacking banks through terror financing watchdog has outfits and terrorist organisa- said one of the alliance’s lead- meeting between Washington’s since April 6, initially to urge concert hall. bank accounts, bank robberies asked Pakistan to implement a tions. The FATF has urged ers, Omar al-Degier. top envoy to Khartoum, Steven the military to back their Documents seen by The or robberies of places that are new set of constraints in its Pakistan to collect data of all Later the military council Koutsis, and the military coun- demand that Bashir be Sunday Times reveal detailed pre-studied,” the letter said, crackdown against terror trusts operating across the met with political parties and cil’s deputy. removed. Burhan comes with plans of terrorist attacks in adding that “after any operation financing, including docu- country as well as their bank urged them to agree on an Mohammad Hamdan less baggage from Bashir’s Europe and the Middle East, of this kind, we will send the menting and regulating all gold accounts on the district level. It 3 “independent figure” to be the Daglo, widely known as deeply unpopular rule than funded and controlled by ISIS money as we procure it”. markets, a media report said on has also asked the country to 7 country’s prime minister, an Himeidti, told Koutsis “about Ibn Ouf, a former defence leaders who are “actively plan- The cells will also commit Sunday. ensure regulation of thousands AFP correspondent present at the measures taken by the mil- minister and long-time close ning” to recreate the Paris-style attacks including vehicle-ram- The finance ministry has of registered trust organisa- the meeting said. itary council to preserve the aide of the deposed president. attack of November 2015. ming operations, it said. reportedly received a new list tions. Pakistan is due to submit “We want to set up a civil- security and stability of the But while celebrating the “The operations in Europe Most importantly they will of recommendations from the a third report on the measures ian state based on freedom, jus- country,” the official SUNA fall of both men in quick suc- are only a fraction of the plans plan “special operations” with Paris-based Financial Action being taken by the government tice and democracy,” a mem- news agency reported. cession, protesters remain cau- outlined in the documents, a “determined goal and out- Task Force (FATF) which in compliance with the rec- ber of the military council Himeidti is a field com- tious. which were found on a hard come that are picked carefully”. requires documentation of all ommendations of the FATF Lieutenant General Yasser al- mander for the Rapid Support Protest leaders say their drive dropped by members of The authors list the Paris gold markets and purchase and its regional affiliate, the L Ata told several political par- Forces (RSF) counter-insur- demands include restructuring an ISIS cell in a firefight near massacre of 2015 and the and sale of gold in the country, Asia-Pacific Group (APG) till V ties, urging them to agree on gency unit, which rights groups the country’s feared National the militants’ final stronghold in “Manhattan attack” of 2017, in Geo TV reported. April 15. M the figures to sit in civilian gov- have accused of abuses in the Intelligence and Security Syria earlier this year,” it noted. which a terrorist-driven truck The FATF has asked The compliance report ernment. war-torn Darfur region. Service (NISS), whose chief The documents provide mowed down eight people to Islamabad to collect data of all would be taken up by the The protestors have insist- On Saturday, the military Salih Ghosh resigned on details of how, even with its so- death, as “inspiration”. gold markets in the country FATF review group in its meet- L ed that civilian representatives council’s new chief General Saturday. called caliphate destroyed in According to the newspa- and to restrict the sale and pur- ing scheduled to be held in must join the military council, Burhan vowed to dismantle Rights group Amnesty Syria, the ISIS terror group per, the picture that emerges chase of gold items using cash, May. In June last year, the and demanded that a fully Bashir’s regime, lifting a night- International on Saturday continues to run sophisticated from the documents is one of instead requiring payment to FATF had placed Pakistan on M civilian government be set up time curfew with immediate urged the military council to international networks, move the ISIS supporters in Europe be made with a debit or credit the ‘grey list’ of countries whose to run day-to-day affairs. effect. examine Ghosh’s actions dur- fighters over borders, fund oper- and other areas outside the so- card, it said. domestic laws are considered Meanwhile,the foreign He also pledged that indi- ing a crackdown against pro- ations and plan bank robberies, called caliphate being inti- The watchdog has also weak to tackle the challenges of ministry urged the interna- viduals implicated in killing testers during the final weeks of vehicle rammings, assassina- mately linked with the group’s demanded that the country money laundering and terror- ? ? tional community to back the protesters would face justice Bashir’s rule. tions and computer hacking. leadership in Syria and Iraq. ensure restriction on supply of ism financing. 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Starring for 60-90 minutes. a lot more. “I could feel the energy Melissa Joan Hart, Sean Astin and Siena Agudong, part one releas- Coming back to the session, I coursing through you. This happens es on Netflix on April 15. J had just heard how phenomenally it sometimes, but not necessarily had changed lives of people — a gen- always. This was because you were tleman had managed to better his them for another five minutes and ready for change,” Sangeeta said. 8 9 eyesight, another shrugged off cer- then turned her attention back to my However when I questioned the fact vical pain as if it had never existed forehead. For those who think it was that initially I was sceptical and unbe- K and yet another did not have to a massage, no, that wouldn’t quite fit lieving that this can bring about a worry about money. But then, it was in the description. 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I am sure you get the drift. itator takes longer. on their hands than they can utilise.” And I panicked. For the very idea of Coming back to me, I can say I aunted by eerie visions and sinister impulses after a heart But Sangeeta sure had other not having a thought sounds some- did sleep a lot better that night. But Htransplant, Chambers is a story a teenager, who tries to 66? 4 ideas. She asked me to move my thing almost akin to blasphemy to did it make much of a difference in unmask the truth behind her donor’s mysterious death. Starring 4 hands up with palms turned upward, me. So I reached out to the only other my life in the long run? The jury is Sivan Alyra Rose, Uma Thurman and Tony Goldwyn. The sea- applied the slightest pressure on person in the room questioned still out on that one. son 1 is slated to release on April 26. V e never intended to invent “wed- ? b ! ding rap.” It happened quite by $9 8T C L Haccident. Turns out Siddharth Sood popularly known as MC Sid was A making a living doing gigs when some- body asked him if he could perform at a G K O sangeet and engage with the guests who were attending it. “I told him I could even rap in the bathroom, if he wanted,” he ) ) && 99& < laughs, recalling the day he took up the ' ) ) * () ' C M challenge and how his livewire act in a grand Mumbai hotel gave him legitima- C cy as a wedding performer with a differ- ' ( ( = ' ' ) ' ) C ence. Siddharth feels that rap is the epito- So, I had to engage with the audience to me of pop culture and as a genre is glob- be able to make it engrossing so that peo- ally the biggest. He has been in the rap ple would enjoy it and follow it more.” scene for the last 15 years and when he It’s obvious, he says, that he faced a C had started, people told him that this was lot of criticism and struggled to make a just a phase, which would disappear once place for himself as an artist. He shares, he grew up. “But, it didn’t,” he says and “There was a lot of censure. My family adds that much before he started rapping, members wouldn’t understand what kind it was already a culture in the US. of work I was into. My grandfather, at one n a hint that Facebook CEO Mark “Whereas everybody here used to ask point, began to think that I am fooling IZuckerberg has begun taking steps when was this going to end? When is it people at weddings. They wondered if towards merging all his platforms into one, going to change? Is this even a genre of this was even a job. My father was very the social network is planning to bring music? But most people didn’t realise that concerned and thought I am a freeloader back chat right into its core mobile app. rap is here to stay,” says he. who just gatecrashes weddings. It was dif- According to a report in Engadget, Rap is an acronym for rhythm and ficult to make them understand.” App researcher Jane Manchun Wong has poetry, he explains. It is just a different He explains that even choosing the spotted the feature in the works. Currently, " # $ and musical form of poetry, which has type of content to rap on at weddings was the chat button on Facebook acts as a been in our lives since the very beginning difficult since it couldn’t be the ones from shortcut to a standalone Messenger app 6 4 6 of civilisation. And it’ll go on forever. Eminem or Yo Yo Honey Singh, which which has over 1.3 billion users. The rapper says, “This is going to stay were full of slangs. And weddings are If you do not have downloaded forever because it’s a form of true happy and fun. “So, it required a bit of Messenger on your smartphone, the short- expression where people are able to homework. I spent some time with the cut will take you to Google Play Store or voice what they want to even if it family members. They told me little Apple App Store. is in terms of negativity of oppres- details of the family and introduced me “Facebook’s Messenger app icon would sion. Earlier, rock and metal music to close relatives and friends. I had to remain but instead of launching a stand- used to have this kind of vibe. make it personalised to not sound like alone app, it would open Facebook and People who were rebellious used something readymade. Rapping without take you directly to a section called to listen to such music. Our par- expressing something doesn’t makes Chats,” the report claimed. L ents used to say, yeh kya bakvas sun sense,” he says. shown in the film. “They don’t come only that rap is something which people in Facebook upset millions of users raha hai? (What rubbish are you The rapper, who still raps at around from the slums or small, backward poverty rely on. It’s true to some extent. when it removed chat from its core listening to?) Now the difference is 50 weddings a year, feels that the film areas. It is not like what those rappers did I highly appreciate that Naezy and mobile app in 2014 and created a stand- that it has become a lot more vocal.” Gully Boy is one of the best things to have has been the purest and truest form of Divine have grown out of their situation. alone app called Messenger. Zuckerberg is %! More than just spontaneity and happened for people who express them- rap, they just belong to a backward area But that doesn’t mean that I will always planning to merge Facebook, WhatsApp having a freestyle, one also has to be selves in this genre. “It has given an and that is why they represented their call out to how ‘I have come with noth- and Instagram into a single messaging ser- musically inclined for the act to stay opportunity to many young rappers to problems like the angst of the youth ing and will leave with nothing,’” he vice by 2020. intact, he believes. He explains with an proudly take it up as a profession. The through their lyrics. They reflect the real- exclaims. In an earning call in January, example, “Just the way there are differ- film was evidence that rap is indeed ity of how they have faced exclusion Ask him about the evolution of rap Zuckerberg said, “The integration that ent styles of swimming — front crawl, something that could be seen and recog- throughout. Whereas, we belong to a culture in India, he apprises us, “I have we’re thinking about, we’re really early in back-stroke, butterfly-stroke, breast- nised as an art. Undoubtedly, it has moti- well-to-do family and we would repre- to give Yo Yo Honey Singh full marks. thinking through this. There’s a lot more stroke and freestyle — where the last one vated many children to follow their pas- sent the same through our lyrics — fun The story starts from there and then we need to figure out. I think it’s the direc- means that you can do it in any manner sion, which is great,” he says. and drama. What’s wrong with that? I’m Badshaah, Raftaar and now may be Gully tion we should be going with more things V you want. And that is the truest form,” However, Siddharth feels that Indian here for that. It’s just the difference of Boy.” He lauds Honey Singh when he in the future.” he says. rap has been a wholesome genre in the where we come from,” he explains. says, “He created the concept that there He added that “tens of millions” of The rapper’s first step to make the art north India and is 10 times bigger than Siddharth believes that it complete- could be rap in a song too. Gully Boy Android users who use Messenger as their M reachable to more people was audience it is in Maharashtra. But the differences ly depends on the society one belongs to. could be seen as an idea that threw light default app would benefit from having engagement. He tells us how, “Gully Boy arise only in the kind of backgrounds we “We all have freedom of speech and on the rap culture in India. Zoya Akhtar end-to-end encryption enabled as a has happened only recently. However, have. The culture has been the same all expression. There is nothing wrong. It is showed a different angle of it. So that the default. earlier, people did not know what rap was. around. And only one part of it has been just that the depiction of the film shows film became the story of an underdog.” L9 * ?! I 96I I ? 8 I C eaten up his land that his forefathers cultivated and lived a good life on. While these people have been liv- ing at the mercy of nature for ages, their plight has become more miser- able in recent times due to unpre- dictable climatic conditions that have severely affected their lives and liveli- hood. Once wealthy, Khan has become a marginal farmer due to erosion. He now works on the fields of others in the village to earn a minimum share of the paddy as his wage. His three oday, each of us is seek- sons left farming and now work as ing peace, aren’t we? daily-wage labourers in the nearby TThe prime reason for towns, earning 250-300 per day. this is our dilemma and dif- “I owned 32 bighas of land here. ficulty in surviving in a world The land was fertile and the produc- that seems to be riddled with tion was good before the river ate it all kinds of conflicts. One up. We grew three crops every year finds irreconcilable differ- of paddy, lentils, mustard, jute and ences at all levels of the soci- vegetables. Land here is so fertile that ety. Even a man’s mind is like one does not need to care much for a house divided against itself. the crops. What I earn now is not suf- Obviously, this is not a happy ficient to run a large family like ours. state of affairs. One, therefore, My sons have been forced to do low- wants to know what is wrong paying non-farm activities. What with the functioning of man can we do? This is our fate,” Khan that he has lost his peace? interaction with proximate said, blaming the river. When we make an attempt to matter and souls. When we Miah and Khan are among 25 understand the nature of the strip-off our original positive lakh people living on an estimated man and the state of society, we energies, negativity manifests 2,251 chars that dot the entire river find that all actions of man are in our minds, then our actions system in Assam. They have been hit goaded by one or the other of finally result in sufferings. hard by the changing climatic con- his four basic desires. One of When there is suffering, we uslim Miah finds it difficult ditions that have affected the hydro- the desires concerns the fulfill- seek our original, truly peace- to remember how many logical pattern of the Brahmaputra ment of physical or economic ful and blissful state of being. Mtimes he has built a home for and its tributaries, forcing them to needs that include food, cloth- However, our endeavours to his family. relocate — within a char or away ing and shelter. To fulfill these attain that peace are limited by A resident of Majidbhita Char, or from the river banks. desires, he requires money or certain human constraints of a river island, in Assam’s Barpeta dis- According to data provided by wealth. But the problem is which the first and foremost is trict, the 70-year-old Miah has been the Assam government during the that man never stops fulfilling the constraint of the human shifting from one place to another session of the 126-member these basic needs. His desires body. It is due to our attach- with his family for years due to ero- Legislative Assembly in October for comfort take the form of ment to the body and its rela- sion of the river banks and creation 2018, a total 4.27 lakh hectares of greed and that is when the real tions and possessions that five of chars. These chars keep shifting or land have been lost due to erosion in struggle begins. His excessive vices enter our minds. changing shape with the mood of the Assam. Former Minister of Assam and endless demands come The first fallout of this is river. Water Resources, Keshab Mahanta into clash with the longings of that we lose our peace of Erosion has been a perennial told the House that an average of other people. It also puts him mind, joy and power. All our problem for river Brahmaputra and its more than 25 per cent in the south- under water, there is no point in liv- 8,000 square km land is eroded by in conflict with the law of the actions are tainted by either tributaries such as Beki in Assam. ern parts of Assam. ing here,” he said. Brahmaputra and its tributaries every land, with his relatives and lust, ego, greed, anger or Char-dwellers say what has changed “I have built too many makeshift The 70-year-old farmer said that year. society and even with his own attachment. We get trapped in is the rate at which we are loosing our houses to remember. Our lives depend he had about 50 bighas of land to cul- “The change in temperature and self. This, therefore, becomes a circle of karmic bondages lands for more than a decade now. on the water of the river. I have been tivate when he was young. He now has rainfall pattern in the Northeast cause for his peacelessness. helplessly seeking out libera- Experts attribute this to climate in Majidbhita for the last 10 years but 12 bighas on the char that he has been indicates that climate change has It is mainly because of tion from these vices so that we change. UK-based website, Carbon I don’t know how long we can live living on for the past 10 years during impacted Assam and other parts of this that our planet, to-day, has can regain our peaceful state. Brief said that most of the areas in here. The river has become hungrier which he lost his house several times the region along with the rest of the millions of people whom the Even though if we wish to give Assam including Guwahati has for land, eating away the large chunks due to erosion. world. This change in the rainfall pat- World Bank calls the ‘absolute- up our vicious habits, we are already become warmer by 1.3 degrees N of earth around our homes in the past “I grow rice, lentils, mustard, tern has led to the recent volatility of ly poor.’ It is this unchecked unable to do so because our Celsius and it is projected to be few years. If this place is eroded, we vegetables and the like on my plot. But the rivers. The Himalayas are also desire of man which has spiritual power is depleted by warmer between 1.4 C to 4.8 C by would have to shift somewhere else,” productivity has reduced along with fragile and more rainfall triggers their caused the class war or the sinning repeatedly. Hence, we 2100. Miah, a farmer like his father and the cultivation area probably due to erosion. Besides, the Northeast is conflict between the ‘haves’ need to empower our soul by The climate projections of the grandfather, said. the change in weather. Sometimes, the located in Seismic Zone V and and the ‘have-nots.’ linking with the supreme Assam State Action Plan on Climate Members of his family learnt to weather is too dry and sometimes it hence, witnesses regular seismic Besides these, man also has source of unlimited power, Change also indicate that there is like- live with the floods since they began rains too much,” he said. activity, which also leads to erosion,” emotional needs, like love, the Supreme and also with the ly to be an increase in extreme rain fall cultivating the fertile char in the Some distance away from said Partha Jyoti Das, who heads the care, attention, understand- power of pure actions. Peace is events by five to 38 per cent with Beki river years ago. But times have Majidbhita, the people of Balapara water, climate and hazard division of ing and the desire for an hon- in fact a corollary of purity. respect to base line. The report fur- changed. “Earlier, we could predict the Char in Barpeta district face the Aaranyak, a Guwahati-based biodi- ourable life. But if he stretch- Hence, when the mind is ther projected that drought weeks are floods but now there is no pattern. same problem. Rahim Khan, a resi- versity and conservation organisa- es this desire to an inordinate cleared of all impurities, peace going to rise, with Southern districts Sometime there are three waves of dent, lost his cultivable land and hous- tion. extent, then his longing for and happiness dwell there nat- showing marginal reduction in floods, sometimes more now. The es several times due to erosion. Khan (The story is written as part of a prestige, position, privilege, urally. But the biggest question drought weeks but rest of the district tides erode the edges of our land very has not heard of climate change but fellowship offered by climate cell of and power takes the form of is — how does one achieve it? showing an increase by more than 75 fast depriving us of our only liveli- he is certain that his condition would Assam Science, Technology and jealousy and hatred. He again It is indeed very simple. First, per cent. Floods are going to rise by hood, agriculture. If the land goes not have been so bad had the river not Environment Council.) comes into conflict with oth- we need to understand that ers. So, it is because of this peace is a composite phenom- unbridled desire of the man enon. Hence, one cannot hope he idea of a smart home Organisation (WHO), great amount of man-made that there is power struggle to live in peace without hop- is no longer a futuristic International Agency for and natural radiations. These everything, and cold war, ing the same for his/her neigh- Tfantasy. One can control Research on Cancer (IARC) are called everyday radiations armed conflicts and endless bours. Therefore, our positive lights, air conditioning, TV had classified electromagnet- as they are affecting us 24x7. craving for military suprema- actions that ensure peace for and other household appli- ic radiations as possibly can- Despite the problems caused cy. self, society and the environ- ances from the comfort of K cerous to humans, based on an by these, we still do not take The peculiarity of all this ment alone can generate and your couch with the flick of increased risk of brain cancer care to protect ourselves. This is that man desires to be extri- sustain universal peace. the proverbial button. But are in recent years. During use, is because many people are not cated from the situation of con- However, such actions can smart homes also healthy wireless devices like mobile aware of what this radiation flict and peacelessness. He take place only when we homes? Even as smart tech- phones, for instance, emit pollution does to their brain desires peace, liberation or understand our relationship nologies transform our lives, electromagnetic radiations and body. freedom. It is for the fulfillment with the Supreme, who is the there is a downside that we and the brain becomes the tar- This reminds us of anoth- of this desire that different ‘reli- creator, director and actor often overlook. get. er environmental pollution — gious’ or ‘secular’ attempts are and who is beyond all limita- By adopting smart tech- Many people report health Apart from these electro- that of the air, which is afflict- made. Societies are formed, tions that bind us. He never nologies, we have also exposed issues like headaches, lower magnetic radiations, we are ing most of the country. This constitutions are framed and comes in bondage of matter ourselves to electromagnetic immunity, excessive fatigue, also enveloped by natural radi- has compelled many people to religious institutions are estab- and karma, of life and death. radiation. It is emitted by all hypersensitivity and depres- ations inside homes and buy air purifiers. However, lished. But with competing He has an abundance of peace, forms of technology, including sion, among other symptoms. offices, also known as geo- people are yet to fully realise desires, there again arises a love and happiness so he smart phones, smart homes, Moreover, these radiations are pathic stress, which emerge the repercussions of being conflict situation. There are never has any personal smart meters, smart appli- very damaging and suscepti- from the surface of the earth. around radiation pollution. It clashes between the majority desires. So, he can and does ances, smart TVs, laptops, ble especially for children and They are caused by natural is high time that we did. and minority communities or restore peace on earth when tablets and WiFi connections. can lead to the reduction of cavities, underground water We cannot run away from between oppositions. And so, all human endeavours at mak- Although radiation emanating brain cells, loss of cognitive streams and magnetic core of these everyday radiations but there has to be a rational ing peace fail. With this divine from smart gadgets and appli- abilities (like learning, mem- the Earth. Prolonged exposure we definitely can opt for radi- acceptance of self-control. knowledge the road to spiri- ances is of a lower frequency ory), hearing loss and more. to them is linked to health ation purification solutions Not many of us are aware tual endeavour and attain- but when you consider the Also, people who keep their issues like poor sleep quality, for homes and workplaces. that peace is our original ment of our original peaceful length of time that we are smartphones and tablets close aches and pains. (The writer is the nature, but when we arrive on state opens up! Remember, exposed to these, it can have to them while trying to sleep Stop. Now imagine, you Managing Director of a compa- earth, we act through human unless we make peace with a major negative impact on often complain of insomnia. and your loved ones are sitting ny which works for the creation bodies and lose our original ourselves, we cannot re-estab- human health. 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Sane returned among four changes when Sane's driven cross was turned London: ?b City must overturn a 1-0 first leg and City quickly settled into total con- home at the back post by Sterling. deficit against Spurs to progress to the trol of the game. City still had to survive a nervy Champions League semi-finals on Sterling should have opened the finale after Milivojevic's free-kick from Wednesday. scoring on 11 minutes when after a the edge of the box reduced the deficit ?Z Yet, Guardiola's starting line-up patient build-up, David Silva got to the to 2-1 nine minutes from time. seemed stronger than the one he named by-line and picked out the England But they withstood an aerial bom- in defeat to Mauricio Pochettino's men international who somehow sliced wide bardment and made the game safe when K in midweek. with an open goal at his mercy from substitute Jesus took his time before Captain Vincent Kompany, close range. beating Guaita at his near post. K L A L LA 3 3 3 Paris: Goretzka slotted in Bayern's fourth in injury time to put the cherry on the cake. ingsley Coman played his way out of the The win keeps Bayern a point ahead ?j ? @ Kdog house on Sunday, as his first-half of Dortmund with five games still to play. brace helped fire Bayern Munich back to the There was some bad news for the top of the Bundesliga with a comfortable 4- league leaders, however, as goalkeeper 1 win at Fortuna Duesseldorf. Manuel Neuer was forced off with an m French winger Coman was involved in injury early in the second half. a training ground punch-up with team Earlier on Sunday, Arsenal loanee m m mate Robert Lewandowski earlier in the Reiss Nelson scored his first goal since m m week, but he made the headlines for the right November as Hoffenheim secured a 2-0 m reasons on Sunday, keeping Bayern Munich win over Hertha Berlin to climb back into on course for a seventh successive league the Bundesliga top six. title. Nelson, 19, came off the bench to add m m Bayern, needing three points to stay top to Nadiem Amiri's first-half opener and after rivals Borussia Dortmund edged to a seal three crucial points in the race for \ \ 3 ; nervy win over Mainz on Saturday, barely European qualification. Turin: n broke a sweat as they cruised to victory on Only two points separate sixth-place the banks of the river Rhine. Hoffenheim from Wolfsburg in ninth, with Coman's first goal was unintentional, his Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen also inswinging cross just evading Thomas in the running for a Europa League spot. Mueller on its way into the bottom corner Amiri broke the deadlock near the half with just 14 minutes on the clock. hour mark, smashing the ball in off the n ? If the opener was briefly and incorrect- post with his side's 14th shot on goal. ly credited to Mueller, there was no doubt Nelson's 78th minute header, which about Coman's second, a well-placed finish was given by VAR after being initially ruled bg at the end of a delightful 41st minute move. out for offside, sealed the win for Serge Gnabry added a third 10 minutes Hoffenheim. after the break, turning the ball in at the far "We should have been ahead by much post after Mueller had flicked it on at a cor- more at half-time because we had so many ner. chances," Nelson told the club website. Dodi Lukebakio gave Duesseldorf a "It was a good performance from all late consolation goal from the penalty spot of us, and I'm pleased that my goal was = 4> after a Mats Hummels handball, but Leon given."
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Corominas was Fchampions of the a title winner in the 64th Goa started gaining a forcing Karanjit to make once again at the heart of Hero Super Cup after minute to seal the contest foothold in the game and a save. the action as he picked up defeating Chennaiyin 2-1 in Goa's favour. could have scored if not However, the the ball 30 yards from ewis Hamilton said that he in a tense final at the Despite Goa being for some questionable rebound fell perfectly to goal and released L"redeemed" himself with a Kalinga Stadium here on billed as the favourites to finishing from Jackichand the Spaniard, who had the Brandon with a perfectly lightning start to win the 1,000th Saturday. take home the crown, it Singh. simple task of tapping weighted through-ball. Formula One grand prix on Ferran Corominas was Chennaiyin, who In the second half, the ball home. The small-statured Sunday in a blustery Shanghai. opened the scoring in the started the game as the Goa drew first blood Just as it seemed that winger was quick on his Hamilton started from sec- 51st minute with a simple better of the two sides. through their mercurial Goa would run away with feet as he beat Mailson ond on the grid but grabbed the tap-in, while Raphael They created three forward Corominas. After the tie, Chennaiyin drew Alves and Karanjit to slide lead from Mercedes team-mate Augusto's deflected effort consecutive chances in a Thapa cheaply gave the level. Raphael Augusto the ball home — a truly Valtteri Bottas on the first cor- brought Chennaiyin back space of three minutes ball away near the pounced on a loose ball remarkable goal. ner and romped to a victory which gives him the world championship lead. The title-holder from Britain finished more than 6.5 apan's Kento Momota withstood a seconds ahead of Bottas in the Jbarrage of smashes from Indonesia's 7 third Mercedes one-two in as Anthony Sinisuka Ginting to rally for many races this season, with a thrilling 10-21, 21-19, 21-13 victo- Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel third. ry on Sunday in the Singapore Open Okuhara to 5-4. Max Verstappen of Red final. "Okuhara is a good opponent, Bull was fourth and Charles great, which was really decisive The world champion struggled to she's very durable, so I was prepared Leclerc in the second Ferrari was moment of the race. After that contain his powerful Indonesian for a long match," Tai said. "I am play- fifth. it was fairly straightforward." opponent, who was finding both cor- ing well right now but it's important Sixth was Verstappen's The 34-year-old, who now ners of the court in the first half of the to stay injury-free with the Tokyo team-mate Pierre Gasly, the leads the Finn Bottas by six match. Olympics coming up next year." Frenchman earning a bonus points in the standings, said that But the top seed dug deep to fight In other finals, Thailand's point for clocking the quickest he has had problems with his back from 16-11 behind in the second Dechapol Puavaranukroh and lap, one minute 34.742 sec- starts down the years. game to force a decider. Sapsiree Taerattanachai eased to a 21- onds, in windy and hazy condi- "The first few races have Momota trailed again in the last 14, 21-6 victory over Malaysia's Tan tions. been very difficult for me off the game as Ginting sought a third Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing in the Hamilton, for whom this line so it's nice to finally redeem straight upset win in as many days. mixed doubles. was a sixth Chinese Grand Prix myself and rectify that," he But the left-hander used a com- Japan's Mayu Matsumoto and win and 75th overall, said that added. bination of improvisation and guile to Wakana Nagahara beat South Korea's it was "a little bit of a struggle this Bottas, who pipped craft a run of 13 points in 14 to Kim Hye-jeong and Kong Hee-yong weekend for me". Hamilton to pole by just 0.023 seal a stunning victory with a title in 2015, told reporters. 21-17, 22-20 in the women's doubles. The five-time world cham- seconds, was always playing disguised drop shot on his first "He tried to push a little too There was further success for pion wrestled with his car in catch-up after labouring out of match point. hard in the second game but I Singapore Open title with a 21-19, 21- Open triumph with a display full of Japan in the men's doubles as Takeshi qualifying but said that "a shift the blocks. "I felt my opponent played kept telling myself to stay 15 victory over Japan's Nozomi speed, skill and spontaneity to outfox Kamura and Keigo Sonoda outlast- in driving style enabled me to "I lost it on the start, honest- better than me today but I was patient and never give up." Okuhara. the world number three in 40 minutes. ed Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan unlock a bit more the potential ly, shame about the start, I got able to capitalise when he got tired," In the women's singles final, Tai The Taiwanese world number The result improved her head-to- and Hendra Setiawan 21-13, 19-21, of the car". some wheel spin on the start Momota, who also won the Singapore Tzu-ying claimed her second one backed up last week's Malaysia head record against the energetic 21-17. "The start was obviously line," he said. L LA A < Q!: & ) ) + , 4 ?Q ) ' ) + 4, > Q/? S Q ? 4.Q K 7$ &"88"$ A 6 # 9 P NDP P mran Tahir spun a web before Suresh Raina found his mojo back Iwith a half century as Chennai Super Kings inched closer towards another Play off qualification with a five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match on Sunday. After Tahir's career-best 4 for 27 restricted KKR to 161 for 8, CSK coast- ed to the target in 19.4 overs as Raina anchored the chase with an unbeaten 58 off 42 balls with seven fours and a six. Ravindra Jadeja also played an important cameo hitting 31 off 17 balls to pave the way for the team's seventh 9 1 9 7 DF win in eight games. Needing 24 runs off the last two overs, Jadeja smashed Harry Gurney for three successive fours to make it just 1 9 a formality in the last over. This was the defending champion's On the bowling front, RCB's fourth win on the trot as they consol- had struggled so far, Tahir spun 4-6-4 in the third over. biggest asset has been Yuzvendra idated their position atop the table with the match in favour of Chennai Such was Lynn's domi- resh from a much awaited victory, Chahal, who is the second on the most 14 points and one more win will vir- with his twin double blows in nance that the otherwise explo- FRoyal Challengers Bangalore will be wickets list with 11 scalps. Chahal tually seal their spot in play-offs whose the 11th and 15th overs en route sive Sunil Narine looked like a aiming to maintain winning momen- would be key player on a slow cut-off over the years has been 16 his career-best IPL figures that spectator at the other end with tum and spoil Mumbai Wankhede track and Live on Star Sports 1& 2 HEAD points. took him past Kagiso Rabada in the Aussie having a share of 31 Indians' party when the TO has the potential to dis- This was also their first win at the the leading wicket-takers' tally. off 33 runs in the first four two sides face-off at HEAD mantle Mumbai's Eden Gardens since 2013 as they did Tahir removed an omi- overs. Wankhede stadium on strong batting line up. a double on KKR who suffered a hat- nous-looking Chris Lynn (82 off A 200-plus total looked Monday. But he would need 63 9 trick of defeats for the first time since 51 balls; 7x4, 6x6) and in a space imminent with Lynn looking After a string of )* support from 2014 and set to slip out of their second of four balls removed the dan- dangerous and Russell starting losses where nothing 8 1 9 Mohammed Siraj (6 place in the table. Incidentally, 161 is gerous Andre Russell (10) for to explode with a boundary and worked in their favour, @ 3 + wickets), Navdeep Saini their lowest score at the Eden this sea- the first time under a score of a six off Tahir. fifties by skipper Virat (4 wickets), Moeen (3 son. 40 this season to put brakes on But Tahir, aided by some Kohli and ever-reliable Ab de Villiers, wickets) and a profligate Umesh Yadav KKR next face Royal Challengers their scoring. brilliant catching from Faf du helped RCB register their maiden win (2 wickets). The arrival of veteran Bangalore here on April 19. Tahir's bowling had such Plessis and the substitute Dhruv of the season on Saturday night. South Africa pace Dale Steyn is also a Sunil Narine was the pick of KKR devastating effect that KKR Shorey, made inroads removing The team is heavily reliant on Kohli massive boost for RCB. bowling with figures 2/19 that includ- managed just 28 runs from last Nitish Rana (21) and Robin and de Villiers and both would be keen On the other hand, after suffering ed a wicket-maiden when he cleaned five overs and went on to lose Uthappa (0) in space of two to recreate their magic in front of a a four wicket loss against Rajasthan up Faf du Plessis (24) to end the pow- three more wickets to end up balls. capacity crowd in Mumbai, on a day Royals, Mumbai would be aiming to erplay. with a below-par total. CSK's catching was excep- when the Indian team for the upcom- get back to winning ways. But Raina held on at the other end But it was a different script tional with Du Plessis charging ing World Cup is scheduled to be The good sign for them is that with significant partnerships including for KKR early on with a fit- in from long-off to dismiss picked. skipper Rohit Sharma (165 runs), a 40-run stand with skipper MS again Lynn giving them a flying Uthappa off first ball, then Despite the win against KXIP, who made a comeback after missing Dhoni. start en route to his second fifty Shradul Thakur at deep square RCB remain at the bottom of the points out a game due to injury and South It all seemed a walk in the park for this season that came off just 36 leg clung onto a flat hit from table and remain to win all their African Quinton De Kock (238 runs), CSK when Narine gave the biggest balls. Lynn. remaining league games to have any have got runs under their belt along breakthrough dismissing Dhoni for 16 Having missed his team's The big one was that of hopes of progressing in the tourna- with Hardik Pandya. with team's score of 121/5, needing 41 last match because of flu, Lynn Shorey when he charged in for ment. The others — Ishan Kishan, Surya runs from 26 balls. went ballistic against Deepak a swerving low catch to get rid Apart from Kohli (270 runs from Kumar Yadav (154 runs), Kieron But Raina held his nerves while Chahar who bled 22 runs from off Russell, who looked in his 7 matches) and ABD (232 runs from Pollard (185 runs) and Krunal Pandya Jadeja gave the finishing touches. On his first two overs with the usual explosive zone with 10 7 matches), RCB's other strength has (92 runs) — need to be consistent with an Eden Gardens track where spinners C Aussie smashing the seamer for runs from 4 balls (1x4, 1x6). been the pint-sized wicket-keeper the bat. batsman Parthiv Patel. The bowlers would want to forget Despite his father being in the ICU, the hammering by Englishman Jos Patel has shown commitment and Buttler and come up fresh. amassed 191 runs in seven games. Also a word on West Indian pacer 4' @ B = ) ) ( CC -() E However, the likes of Akshdeep Alzarri Joseph, who sustained a shoul- Nath, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stonis and der injury while fielding in the last Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned while Munro was more cued a bounceer off the Colin De Grandhomme should score game, is awaited from the team man- with figures of 2/33 while aggressive with four bound- bowler with Bhuvneshwar heavily. agement. oung left-arm pacer leg-spinner Rashid Khan and aries and three sixes in his 24- Kumar taking the catch at fine Khaleel Ahmed Abhishek Sharma took a wick- ball knock. leg. Dhawan had scored an Ygrabbed three key wick- et apiece as the Sunrisers' Delhi Capitals struggled unbeaten 97 in Delhi's win in ets in an impressive spell to bowlers made it difficult for with openers Dhawan and their last match against help Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi batsmen to score runs. Shaw back into the dressing Kolkata Knight Riders. restrict Delhi Capitals to 155 For Delhi, captian Shreyas room by the fourth over with One-down Munro, how- for 7 in their IPL match here Iyer top-scored with a 40-ball Ahmed accounting for both ever, was in a punishing mood on Sunday. 45 and his 56-run partnership the key batsmen. and he smashed Ahmed for a The 21-year-old bowler with Pant for the fourth wick- Shaw was the first to go in four and a six each in the took the wickets of openers et took them a challenging the second over as he was fourth and sixth overs. Delhi Prithvi Shaw (4) and Shikhar total after a wobbly start. done in by the extra bounce reached to 51 for 2 after six Dhawan (7) as well as that of Colin Munro was the other extracted by Ahmed as the overs. dangerous Rishabh Pant (23) notable contributor with a batsman ended up edging the He was out in the eighth while conceding 30 runs from 24-ball 40. delivery to wicketkeeper Jonny over with Abhishek getting a his four overs after Delhi were Shreyas hit five fours Bairstow. thin edge off the batsman for put into bat. before he was dismissed by In his next over, Ahmed Bairstow to take the catch Senior Sunrisers pacer Bhuvneshwar in the 16th over got rid of Dhawan who mis- behind the stumps. WC selection dilemma: 1 slot and 3 possible combinations source said. But what could pose a problem he debate will centre around the is India's fourth specialist pacer Tsecond wicketkeeper, number Umesh Yadav's inconsistency. four slot and the need for an addi- Khaleel Ahmed is a left-arm tional pacer when the selectors option but he has not shown enough meet to pick one of India's most maturity in tesg times. predictable World Cup squads ever Ishant Sharma, for his past 1 6 1 P in Mumbai on Monday. record in England, a tearaway quick At the end of the home series like Navdeep Saini or may be even against Australia, skipper Virat a good Powerplay bowler like Kohli had indicated that only one Deepak Chahar could all be inspi- 8 ' 8 5 slot was up for grabs, as the core had rational choices which this selection been set for the past one year. committee may or may not indulge With 14 members all but decid- in. .(* )2 ( ed for the marquee event in "This selection committee has England starting May 30, the dis- been pretty consistent with their ference. Stonis also praised cussion on combination is likely to policies and I don't think they have "The more comfort- the knock played by take precedence over any out-of- any reasons to deviate. Don't expect ollowing a match- ing factor is batting with KXIP opener Chris the-box name or a left-field selec- left field selections like Amay Fwinning partnership AB de Villiers, that Gayle. tion. Khurasiya (1999) or Dinesh Mongia with AB de Villiers , RCB makes it easier." "Main thing is every Young Rishabh Pant's compe- (2003). But you never know," he all-rounder Marcus He said that RCB team has got world class tition for the second keeper's slot 9 Q T U added. Stoinis said batting badly needed a win to players and they have with veteran Dinesh Karthik will be alongside the South stay alive in the tourna- got someone like Chris the highlight of the discussion. Riders), though, have thrown their said. In case the team management ] African great made his ment. Gayle, who is arguably Pant, who has so far scored 222 weight behind their respective In case Rahul is made the sec- considers all-rounder Vijay Shankar CERTAINTIES: (14) job a lot easier. "We needed it, it's the best T20 player," he runs in the IPL compared to a mere stars. ond keeper, it might just open the as their No 4 at the start of the tour- Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Stoinis remained good get to two points said. 93 by Karthik, looks favourite on However, with K L Rahul (335 doors for Ambati Rayudu as the spe- nament, then it would be curtains for Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar unbeaten on 28, ensuring and get ourselves started," On the games ahead, paper as his inclusion comes with runs in the ongoing IPL) back in the cialist No 4 batsman. Rayudu. Dhawan, KL Rahul, Mahendra an eight-wicket win he said. he said RCB are not certain advantages. mix as the third opener and regu- Rayudu was a certainty till The final bone of contention Singh Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, against KXIP, RCB's After Kohli got out, thinking too far ahead. He can bat at any slot between larly keeping for Kings XI Punjab, November when Kohli and Ravi could be the fourth specialist seam- Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar, maiden victory of the Stoinis said he had a chat "We are not thinking Nos 1 and 7, is a left-hander, who the selectors might be tempted to Shastri had identified him as their er considering that the English Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, season. with de Villiers on how to about finals and that sort can be a designated finisher plus the use him as the second keeper, No 4 but the Hyderabad batsman's weather could be very fickle, espe- Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar The all-rounder had go about the target. of thing..It is just about second keeper. apart from third opener. adventurous decision to quit long cially in places like Birmingham, Kumar, Mohammed Shami, walked in at the fall of "Make sure to keep each game now, we can't Pant's keeping skills against "The second keeper only comes form domestic cricket and poor Leeds and Manchester. Ravindra Jadeja skipper Virat Kohli with head straight, watch the afford to get too far spinners has room for improvement into play if MS Dhoni is injured. technique against fast bowling has "As of now the team is looking 15TH MEMBER (OPTIONS) RCB needing 46 runs off ball, keep it simple and ahead of ourselves, it is but even Karthik hasn't done any- Rishabh is a phenomenal talent but left him thoroughly exposed. at Vijay Shankar and Hardik Pandya If 2nd keeper: Dinesh 27 balls. then once you get in good to get started, we thing in the last 12 months to make he has not done anything excep- With Shreyas Iyer (221) not as the combined fourth seamer. Karthik/Rishabh Pant "I am pretty familiar think about which balls will take next game as it a strong case for himself. tional in ODIs. Can he hit consis- given any chance during the season, Ravindra Jadeja with his all round If specialist No 4: Ambati Rayudu with this ground, I have you want to target," comes and hopefully we Their franchise coaches Ricky tently in 50 overs is the question. Rayudu might get lucky if the idea skills and big hitting prowess is a If 4th pacer: Umesh played here for three Stoinis said, referring to will win few on trot..It's Ponting (Delhi Capitals) and But he is in mix," a former India of a specialist second keeper is necessity. Plus in dry conditions, he Yadav/Khaleel Ahmed/Ishant years," said Stoinis at the the advice from his still a long season," he Jacques Kallis (Kolkata Knight player, privy to selection patterns, done away with. will be a restrictive option," the Sharma/Navdeep Saini. post-match press con- senior partner. said.