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 take place irrespective of the saying the Congress would not said, “The time for change has and “groundbreaking” mea- AICC headquarters to discuss are going to provide justice to given a loan waiver. I am inherent difference between be able to win any seat in Delhi come. This will be a ‘final sure to end poverty. “Five crore and give final shape to the them”. “If Narendra Modi can promising you today that jus-
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Police suspects that team was dispatched for the tion on the next day,” said the and matter is being further month. ment of the hospital witnesses Darrested a man and a the man was in depression spot. DCP. investigated. The fire which broke out of a footfall of an average 250-300 woman at the Indira Gandhi due to matrimonial dispute “During initial investiga- “Prajapati got married to “It appears that the incident Sunday had left several surg- patient per day. International (IGI) airport for and ended his life. tion it was revealed that Priya Verma on December 15 may have taken place on the eries scheduled for Monday Around 50 patients from allegedly trying to smuggle gold The deceased has been Mahesh committed suicide by last year and both were having evening of Friday when the postponed due to the non- different floors of the JPN valuing around 31.57 lakh into identified as Mahesh Prajapati, jumping from substantial a matrimonial dispute ever office was closing for the week- functional Operation Theatre AIIMS facility. Rest of the Trauma Centre’s Wing ‘A’, locat- the country. a native of Varanasi in Uttar height and fell on the basement since they tied the knot. His end. The office reopened today (OT). surgeries would be performed ed above the operation com- According to Dr Amandeep Pradesh and was presently liv- floor. There was no suicide note wife left him exactly a month (Monday) morning and the On an average, 25-30 over the next few days based on plex, and were moved out as Singh, Additional ing in Delhi’s Govindpuri area. found from the body,” said the after they tied the knot,” said body was noticed. emergency surgeries are per- priority,” he added. smoke engulfed the floors. Commissioner of Customs, the According to Madhur DCP. the DCP. DMRC is taking up the formed at the five major oper- However, the outpatient They were shifted to other duo, said to be relatives, were Verma, the Deputy “According to CCTV “Proceedings under section matter with the security agency ation theatres of the facility, department of the facility is wards.The electricity supply intercepted upon their arrival Commissioner of Police footage of Mtero Bhawan, 174 of Code of Criminal responsible for the security of named Jai Prakash Narayan functional and the patients was also stopped in the build- from Dubai on Sunday. (DCP), New Delhi district, a Prajapati was last seen on Procedure (CrPC) have been the Metro Bhawan as to Apex Trauma Centre, on a coming for follow-ups are ing at that time. “They were stopped by offi- police control room (PCR) call March 22 moving towards the initiated. The body has been how they could not detect the daily basis. being treated, they said. There was also a leakage cials and a baggage search of the was received on Monday stairs on the seventh floor of sent for autopsy. Police has body earlier and to ensure Sources confirmed that Meanwhile, patients had a in the oxygen supply pipe due passengers resulted in the recov- morning from a security guard Metro Bhawan. A missing per- informed the family. Further that all areas are properly san- due to non-functional OT hard time as they were not to which the supply to the ery of gold in paste form and regarding a body lying in the son report was filed in investigation is going on,” said itized in future,” said the complex, no new patients can aware of the development. building had to be stopped four gold bangles, total weigh- basement, following which a Barakhamba Road police sta- the police official privy to spokesperson. be admitted. They further said When they arrived at the hos- twice, each for around 30 min- ing 982 grams,” said Dr Singh. that four to five emergency pital for treatment were sent utes, during which the patients “The gold items have been surgeries scheduled for back or referred to the main on ventilator were managed seized and the duo arrested   !"#$ Monday that could not wait are AIIMS hospital, besides manually by the doctors, he under section 104 of customs   )  %" being performed at the main Safdarjung and RML hospitals. added. act,” Dr Singh added. P 
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"Pedagogical sion about the prospective the fact that even though the the Congress now is at the cost the municipal elections held in leadership has won the 1998, ADelhi Congress will inform them about the pro- leadership encompasses many alliance. Congress has not won any of the AAP, and hence the fear 2017, in which the BJP was vic- 2003 and 2008 assembly polls, organise a 'Cycle Yatra' on grammes, policies and roles and functions in learning According to political pun- election since the assembly that the national party would torious. But its vote share had and 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha April 1 in the 25 Assembly achievements of the Congress organizations," a senior board dits, ever since AAP has faced poll debacle of 2015, its vote end up playing the role of a improved and it climbed upto polls. The Delhi Politics has constituencies falling under Government in Delhi," she official said. a decline in popularity and for- share is on the rise. 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Election Commission that new said since the CPI is a party rep- Shimla: With former Union party.” Sukhram’s decision to after a feud in the Chautala clan after having lost three consec- and sickle’, claiming that the “However the Election printing technologies should be resenting the downtrodden and Telecom Minister Sukhram join the Congress along with led to a split in the party and utive Assembly polls since poll panel was using “a hand Commission was continuing to adopted and symbols should be working class, it is essential that joining the Congress along his grand-son Ashray Sharma the BSP deserted it, the INLD 2005. “We have sent feelers to drawn image” since 1952. use the same hand drawn image printed in colour so that they the symbol of ‘corn and sickle’ with his grand-son and leaving has turned Anil Sharma’s con- is trying to woo the BJP, a for- the BJP high command. While In the letter, the party’s since 1952 and we request that are more “photo realistic” and be easy to recognise. PTI his son Anil Sharma’s political tinuance as a State Minister mer ally, as it looks to reverse they want that the INLD and career as a Minister in unpredictable. fortunes in the upcoming Lok the BJP should come together, Himachal’s BJP Government in He may soon face the Sabha polls. there is some resistance from  R Q R! 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He said candidates of rival “Garibi Hatao” in 1971, “One Himachal Pradesh Minister or and cheer for the party’s Led by Om Prakash tive body meeting in Jhajjar Court on Monday that it can A Bench of Chief Justice parties will win by default if a Rank One Pension” in 2008, quit. He should make his stand Mandi candidate Ramswaroop Chautala, who is serving a 10- that his grandfather wanted to allot a common symbol of Ranjan Gogoi and Justices common symbol of ‘pressure food security in 2013 to win clear,” BJP’s state unit president Sharma. year jail term in teachers’ know whether the party work- “pressure cooker” to an indi- Deepak Gupta asked senior cooker’ is not given to them. elections, but could not fulfil Satpal Singh Satti said. Despite repeated efforts, recruitment scam case with his ers favoured an alliance with vidual but not to an unregis- advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing The Bench then asked the any of those. He was asked if Sukhram’s Anil Sharma could not be elder son Ajay Singh Chautala, the BJP. “Chautala sahab has tered group led by former for Dhinakaran, as to when is EC official to apprise it as to The “same unfortunate son Anil Sharma, the state reached for his comments on the INLD has been going sent a letter addressed to the AIADMK leader TTV the last date of filing nomina- why a common symbol was not fate” awaits the populist and power minister, would contin- his possible next course of through a rough patch over the party workers and he wants to Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala in tions for Lok Sabha polls. given to the AMMK party. opportunistic promise of min- ue in the Jai Ram Thakur action. Sharma had joined BJP past few years. know whether you want to see Tamil Nadu. Sibal replied that the last The official said that as per imum income guarantee, he Government. Satti, however, after quitting the Virbhadra The party, which is now green (colour of INLD flag) Dhinakaran told the apex date of filing of nomination is the rules a common symbol added. The Economic Advisory added, “One member of a fam- Singh-led Congress virtually spearheaded by Om and saffron (colour of BJP court that the EC stand would Tuesday itself and if the party cannot be given to the AMMK Council to the Prime Minister ily may remain in one party, Government shortly before the Prakash Chautala’s younger flag) together again,” he had force the candidates of AMMK is not allotted the symbol its party which was not a regis- (EAC-PM) also criticised the while another may join other last Assembly elections. PTI son Abhay Singh Chautala, is said at the meeting. PTI party led by him to contest the candidates will have to contest tered political party. PTI pre-poll announcement by Rahul in a series of tweets, but later deleted them after it was  #$$ 444 are getting disheartened. 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Prateek, the Bench comprising asked the CBI to file the status “The ONLY detail that matters: From Page 1 promoter and one nominee of Etihad Naresh Goyal, who became chairman Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi report before the court, not the will this be BUDGET NEU- The Gangotri, together with other Airways would continue on the board, of the company in April 1992, said no sac- and Justice Deepak Gupta said, government. TRAL? In plain English: Are we glaciers, form a cluster of glaciers known which would also see induction of two rifice is too big for him to safeguard the “Why should we not ask CBI as Chaturvedi, in his fresh to replace FOOD+FERTILIS- as Gangotri glacier system (GGS). people nominated by the lenders. interest of the airline and the families of to what happened in terms of plea, said, “Despite the yawn- ER+FUEL subsidies?” Bhagirathi River originating from the SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar said its 22,000 employees. In a letter to employ- orders issued in 2007...We ing gap between the complaint Ratan P Watal, Rathin Roy snout of the Gangotri Glacier (Gomukh) Naresh Goyal would be eligible to bid for ees, Goyal said the decision to step down would like to know the status made/court’s directions and and Ashima Goyal are mem- joins the Alaknanda River at Devprayag, the airline when the lenders auction it next from the board is not the end of the jour- of the probe”. the pendency of filing of a reg- bers of the council. subsequently the combined flow is known month. The board approved conversion of ney but the start of a brand new chapter. The senior lawyer opposed ular Case in this matter, an as the Ganga River. “Re 1 of lenders’ debt into equity by the Approval of the debt-recast plan will the plea of petitioner and unusually long period as “The analysis of remote sensing data issuance of 11.4 crore equity shares”, in put the carrier on a “sounder and sus- Congress leader Vishwanath already escaped without any shows that both the water systems accordance with RBI circular issued on tainable” financial footing, he said. Chaturvedi saying it is going to action being taken on the mat- (Gomukh and Mansarovar Lake) are February 12, 2018. Against the backdrop of salary pay- be used politically ahead of the ter for 11 long years”. located in different catchment zone and As per that circular, lenders have to ments being delayed, the airline said the general elections next month. The matter was still pend- separated by high mountain ridges and start resolution process under the insol- promoter and all stakeholders “remain fully Chaturvedi, in his fresh ing with the CBI for registra- narrow (deep) valleys. Although, the vency law if a borrower fails to repay in 180 committed to ensure deferred salaries and plea, has sought a direction to tion of a regular case, it said. Manasarovar Lake is situated in a valley, days after the first default. dues to external vendors and aircraft the CBI to place the status Till date, no FIR has been relatively at a higher altitude than that of Shares of Jet Airways, which has been lessors are cleared on priority in the fore- report on probe either before the registered against the Yadavs the Gomukh and a flow gradient is devel- operating for over 25 years, zoomed 15.5 seeable future”. SpiceJet Chairman and apex court or before a magiste- and it has not only caused oped from the lake towards the Gomukh. per cent on Monday after reports of Managing Director Ajay Singh said, “Today rial court in the assets case “some irremediable and “Further, the analysis of isotope and Naresh Goyal’s exit poured in. The official is indeed a sad day for Indian aviation”. against the three SP leaders. irrecoverable damaged to the chemical data imply that the signatures of announcement about the revamp came “By launching a truly world class air- Chaturvedi, in 2005, had filed whole case, but also raised lake water are not similar to soon after the markets closed. line, Naresh and Anita Goyal made India the PIL in the top court seeking serious questions of credibili- that of the melt water draining from the “The company will also engage with proud. This is also a wake-up call for a direction to the CBI to take ty and integrity of our investi- Gangotri Glacier. payment intermediaries for release of Indian policy makers. We urgently need appropriate action to prosecute gating agencies”, the plea said. “Hence, in the present scenario, it is trapped cash. The airline will leverage the to address structural challenges that make Yadav, Akhilesh and his wife The CBI is duty bound to not feasible for the surface water ema- funding to partly clear pending dues India’s airlines uncompetitive to airlines Dimple, and Prateek under the register a regular case as man- nating from the lake to reach the Gomukh, towards lessors, vendors, creditors and around the world,” Singh said Prevention of Corruption Act dated by the provisions of law as it cannot flow without being trapped in employees in a phased manner. According to Jet Airways, the board for allegedly acquiring assets and also report the FIR to the nearby valleys and by overtopping the “The move will see Jet Airways re- unanimously and unequivocally lauded more than the known source of jurisdictional magistrate as mountain ridges,” said the study. deploy several of its grounded aircraft back Goyal’s vision in giving birth to the icon- their income by misusing their mandatory and provided by However, the scientists have called for into its network, helping renew many of ic brand and also averred that he has power of authority. procedure law, it said. further long-term detailed investigation in the routes it had temporarily suspended, always been way ahead of the times. The apex court in its ver- Referring to the CBI’s ear- all aspects including aspects of the sub- which will help restore normalcy of oper- The board also appreciated Goyal’s sterling dict of March 1, 2007 had lier status report, the fresh surface flow channels with high-frequen- ations,” it noted. Financial crunch has role in IATA, resulting in the innumerable directed the CBI “to enquire plea said that the report indi- cy data to understand the surface and sub- forced the airline to ground more than 80 airline codeshare partnerships he built for into allegations” and find out as cated that disproportionate surface connectivity between Manasarovar of its total 119 planes. At least 54 aircraft the airline. The International Air Transport to as to whether the plea with assets were possessed not only and Gomukh. have been grounded due to non-payment Association (IATA) is a grouping of regard to disproportionate by Mulayam Singh Yadav, The team included former NIH sci- of lease rentals. around 290 airlines, including Jet Airways. assets of SP leaders was “correct Akhilesh and Prateek but also entists SP Rai (now with the Department An Interim Management Committee “The board also took particular and or not”. by Dimple Yadav. of Geology, Banaras Hindu University) has been constituted to oversee the over- deeply grateful cognisance of the In 2012, the court had dis- On the basis of Income Tax and D Singh, who has joined the all financial and operational performance Chairman’s noble, large-hearted self-sac- missed the review petitions of Returns and reliable docu- Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics, of the airline. 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Walon from the film Dus, in the he Election Commission is of the view that elections the heightened tension along the release has raised ques- Ever since the movie was movie whose lyrics have been T(EC) is set to increase the should first be held in the the India-Pakistan border. tions,” the Congress said in the announced, the Opposition has given by the two personalities. number of ‘special expenditure “most difficult” parts of the The three special observers observers’ to monitor illegal State so that the force gets ade- are Vinod Zutshi and Noor   7=  cash and inducements being quate time to dominate the area. Muhammad and retired IPS ,P+ )9=)9! <) D 9 given to voters during the Lok But, the State administra- officer A S Gill. 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The EC’s special Officials said the Election turn-out should go to polls first ties, district and State authori- he Congress on Monday ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the party’s saying his entry expenditure observers also Commission, till now, has iden- he three special observers to avoid a “drag down” effect on ties and other stakeholders to Tfielded Sanjay Nirupam would boost its poll prospects in Himachal Pradesh. reviewed the poll preparedness tified about 120 expenditure Tappointed by the Election other constituencies. enable the poll watchdog take a from the North West Mumbai “For me, it is like home-coming,” said 93-year-old Sukh Ram with the two special observers sensitive constituencies in the Commission (EC) to help it The sources said the EC call on the issue. as it released its tenth list, who returned for the second time to the Congress which he had for the subject, Shailendra country for general elections decide on holding Assembly will now take a comprehensive The J&K Assembly’s six- clearing 26 names for the Lok last left ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections to join the BJP. The Handa (Maharashtra) and and it is awaiting the report of elections in Jammu & Kashmir view before taking the next call year term was to end on March Sabha elections. The announce- Congress had sacked him in 1997 following his conviction in the Madhu Mahajan (Tamil Nadu). some state Chief Electoral on Monday met top officials of on the subject. Since the 16, 2021, but it got dissolved ment of Nirupam’s candidature telecom scam which occurred when he was a Union minister in Earlier, the EC has Officers (CEOs) to identify the CRPF and the State police. Jammu & Kashmir Assembly after a ruling coalition between came on a day he was removed the PV Narasimha Rao Government, but he returned in 2004. appointed two retired Indian more such segments. Sources said since the CRPF is has been dissolved, the EC is the Peoples Democratic Party as the Mumbai Regional Revenue Service (Income Tax) The identified expenditure the principal security agency in bound to hold fresh polls there (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Congress Committee chief officers as special expenditure sensitive constituencies are in the State, the observers want- as well within a six-month Party (BJP) fell apart. The (MRCC). Former Union observers for Maharashtra and the States of Telangana, Andhra ed a feedback on how early the period, which will end in May. other State Assemblies and the Minister Milind Deora replaced Tamil Nadu. This is the first Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Assembly polls can be held in The Government is of the Lok Sabha have five-year terms. 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Mumbai North West which was 5, Deora had said that “infight- with Pakistan to discuss the Bharat — has promised to demand that it opens its mar- ccusing West Bengal Chief Abhishek, who is a Lok represented in the past by late ing” was threatening “our base issue of terrorism, undertake boost skill development ket to exports of Indian phar- AMinister Mamata Banerjee Sabha member, has claimed  $   40'3 Gurudas Kamat. in Mumbai” and that the city modernisation of Hindustan through active engagement of maceuticals, agriculture prod- of triggering a constitutional that his wife was chosen by cus- Milind Deora, who has party unit “cannot become a Aeronautics Limited (HAL) private and public sector, acad- ucts and IT services. We will crisis and creating classes of toms officials because of her n a sudden mid-poll develop- replaced Nirupam, is the son of cricket pitch for sectarian poli- and other Ordnance Factories, emia, domestic and interna- continue to expand relations VIPs and non-VIPS, the BJP on profile and rejected claims of Iment, the Congress high com- late Congress stalwart Murli tics, with leaders pitted against proper implementation of tional organisations of repute. with the United States of Monday charged the local BJP leaders that she was car- mand on Monday evening Deora who had been the one other”. OROP and 33 per cent reser- “We will introduce adequate America, including for import Kolkata Police with threatening rying anything in violation of sacked its Mumbai unit presi- Mumbai Regional Congress A day after he said he might vation to women in parliament. skilling programme to suit and of defence equipment” the customs officials who checked laws. He charged a political dent Sanjay Nirupam and Committee (MRCC) president even re-consider “if it is worth In the manifesto released benefit from the changing envi- NCP manifesto said. luggage of Mamata's nephew vendetta behind the airport replaced him with former MP for for a record 22 years from fighting elections or not”, Deora by its senior State leader and ronment. Considering huge Slamming the NDA and TMC MP Abhishek checking. Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist 1981 to 2003. said he was “disappointed” with former Speaker in the State potential of job creation, finan- Government for its “miserable Banerjee's wife at Kolkata air- Rajya Sabha member Milind Deora. Milind, who was a junior “infighting” within the Mumbai Assembly, Dilip Walse-Patil, cial assistance to Micro, Small failure”, the NCP stated in its port. Swapan Dasgupta, who is affil- More than seven weeks after minister in the Dr Manmohan Cong and indirectly blamed city the NCP also promised voters and Medium Enterprises manifesto: “The NDA BJP spokesperson iated to the BJP, asked why the Deora went to town saying that Singh-led UPA government, is party unit president Sanjay structural reforms to drive sus- (MSME) will be increased and Government, in five years, has Shahnawaz Hussain told Kolkata Police entered an area “infighting” was threatening also the Congress candidate Nirupam for contributing to tainable agriculture, a complete restructuring of their loans failed miserably to contain ter- reporters the State Government which falls under the jurisdic- “our base in Mumbai”, AICC from Mumbai South. “sectarian politics” within the loan waiver to all farmers and will be done,” the manifesto rorism. In these five years of seems to be working to protect tion of the customs depart- general secretary KC Venugopal An erstwhile Shiv Sena party set up. In a series of initiative to compliment the said. NDA rule, there have been a family. ment. issued a brief statement that functionary, Nirupam is a two- tweets put on the sorry state of Minimum Support Price Apart from opening talks three terror attacks on military The Chief Minister should He said the TMC chief was read: "Congress president Rahul term Rajya Sabha member and affairs within the Mumbai, (MSP) through a system of with Pakistan during which we and para military forces under tell the people what was being creating classes of VIPs and Gandhi has appointed Milind one-time Lok Sabha member Deora had said: “In a city like incentives and commission will insist on discussing ter- its nose. There has been a crim- brought in those suitcases that non-VIPs with different sets of Deora as president of MRCC. from Mumbai North. Nirupam Mumbai, we need to bring peo- payments. The NCP said it was rorism, the NCP said it “will inal failure of intelligence in pre- the Kolkata Police had to "ter- rules and laws. Mamata The party appreciates the con- had over the past several months ple together. The Mumbai Cong committed to provide ade- continue to be responsive to venting such attacks. No respon- rorise" customs officials to pre- Banerjee is deliberately trying tribution of outgoing president come in for severe criticism for cannot become a cricket pitch quate attention to promote the newly elected Sheikh sibility has been fixed. No one vent them from checking them, to provoke a constitutional cri- Sanjay Nirupam”. Nirupam, a his “ad hoc” style of f*unction- for sectarian politics, with lead- agriculture growth, productiv- Hasina Government in is held accountable”. he said. He also alleged police sis, he added. journalist-turned-politician who ing and his “failure” to take ers pitted against one other”.   P
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Minister who is fighting against Twhich is facing the wrath of hiccups which would be ter Narendra Modi critic Nana in December, 2017, Patole had Rajbhar, who is a Cabinet a Chief Minister,” the disgrun- the Christians for non-inclusion resolved in days to come . While Patole were among those who resigned from BJP and his Minister in the Yogi Adityanath tled Minister had said. in the list of candidates selected the campaign picks up, the party filed their papers, as the nomi- Bhandra-Gondiya Lok sabha Government, slammed the BJP Moreover, Rajbhar had also for the Lok Sabha election, suf- leaders would put up all these nations for the Phase-1 of the seat, citing 14 reasons which for failing to decide on the NDA announced that his party may fered another setback on issues behind them and focus on Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra include 14 reasons including the seat-sharing with all of its allies Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. go solo on all the 80 seats in UP Monday as a senior leader of the Sabha election had forfeited his winning the election,” said ended on Monday. increasing number of farmer in UP. “We are fighting for our Then why are we kept waiting,” in the general elections if the party went public and aired his security deposit and had fin- Meyyappan, former president of Seven constituencies in east- suicides, demonetisation and rights. We were called for a Rajbhar added. BJP decided to keep SBSP out displeasure for denying him the ished fourth in the race. Tamil Nadu Youth Congress. ern Maharashtra — Wardha, GST. Before and after his res- meeting with Amit Shah along Further, when asked about of the coalition. The SBSP has Sivaganga seat. Karti, the one and only son He the Congres High Gadchiroli-Chimur, Ramtek, ignation, Patole had criticised with Apna Dal and our chances of joining the four MLAs in the UP Assembly. Sudarshana Nachiappan, a of Chidambaram and Nalini Command has done a tight Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Modi. Former Shiv Sena MLA demands were asked. Seat- Congress, Rajbhar said his The Minister has been a fre- popular Congress leader, who Chidambaram, is facing inves- rope walking while selecting the Chandrapur, Yavatmal-Washim Suresh Dhanorkar, who was sharing was decided for the party can go “anywhere” as “all quent critic of Yogi Adityanath had represented the Sivaganga tigations by the CBI and the ED ten candidates. “Since our party – will go to polls on April 11 in given the Congress ticket after Apna Dal, but we are still being options are open”. The party’s and has time and again claimed constituency during 1999 to in a series of cases including is too democratic, leaders the first of the four-phased elec- resigned and joined the Rahul kept in the dark. I have given 24 decision to stay with the BJP that his party was not getting 2004 alleged on Monday that he money laundering in the INX express their disappointment tions in the State. Accompanied Gandhi-led party, filed his nom- hours to the BJP to take a deci- will be revealed on Tuesday, the the ‘due respect’. He had also was not considered for the con- Media scam. He had told in public. There is no need to by Maharashtra Chief Minister ination for the Chandrapur seat. sion on our seats else we will go Minister added. attacked the UP Government stituency this time because of reporters that there were no worry as we are all united in Devendra Fadnavis and other He was a last-minute nominee our way,” Rajbhar said. Earlier in February, for renaming the cities of the pressure exerted by senior criminal cases against him and ensuring the victory of the senior leaders from the BJP-Shiv after the party on Sunday hacked The SBSP has demanded a Rajbhar had handed over the Mughalsarai and Faizabad. Congress leader P he faced no case in any court. DMK-led front in the State,” said Sena alliance, Gadkari filed his the name of Vinayak Bangade list of five seats including charge of the backward class- “They say they (the cities) were Chidambaram. “There are only unfounded alle- Meyyappan. nomination papers in his home following huge Opposition. Chandauli, Ghosi, es welfare department to Chief named after the Mughals. They The Congress High gation against me and no courts The Bishop Council of town of Nagpur. Former Union Minister and Ambedkarnagar, Jaunpur and Minister Yogi Adityanath. In have national spokesperson Command had on Sunday nom- has framed charges against me,” Tamil Nadu had expressed their Talking to media persons ex-Chief Minister Sushilkumar either Machlishehar or Lalganj. his letter to CM Yogi, he had Shahnawaz Hussain, Union inated Karti Chidambaram as said Karti while speaking to displeasure over the Congress after filing the nominations, “I Shinde filed his papers from “If Apna Dal was assigned cited non-payment of dues minister Mukhtar Abbas the party candidate from reporters. High Command ignoring the am overwhelmed by the Solapur, while former state seats then why a decision could and discrepancies in scholar- Naqvi, UP Minister Mohsin Sivaganga. The junior C D Meyyappan, senior plea of the Church that com- response from the ordinary Congress President Manikrao not be taken on our demands? ship to students hailing from Raza, three Muslim faces of the Chidambaram who had con- AICC member from the State munity members be included in Nagpur citizens and the party Thakre filed his papers from They (BJP) finalised alliances backward castes as the reason BJP, change their names first,” he tested the seat in the 2014 Lok who was the only leader avail- the list of candidates. workers… I am confident that Yavatmal-Washim. in Maharashtra, Goa, Bihar, behind his decision. He had had said. AGENCIES        
 
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During the Nehru era, the Congress                $S collected funds from Indian industrial- +  * . 6 5      -  ists and businessmen and sometimes this   * ) )               landed the party and the Government in trouble. For example, Mundra, an indus-                     ( trialist owning many companies and     5  $   :;    businesses, who had funded the Congress #    $S         + )  in the 1950s, ran into financial problems and signalled to the Government that it    5(      +       was payback time. The Nehru          +           Government obliged him by directing the       $           Life Insurance Corporation to buy his (*                ( companies’ shares at inflated prices. The then Finance Minister, TT *      .  5  )        Krishnamachari, who was obviously act-                     ing on orders from above, lost his job for the party was a more transparent deal the Congress was safe?” Rajiv said, “All denied this charge in Parliament.                    %   when the truth came out in what came and business houses were also permitted they found in the almirahs of the However, the Nehru-Gandhis have never to be known as the LIC-Mundra scandal. to make open donations.” Congress office was 20 lakh.” Nehru been able to explain why Bofors remit-  .          5    ( However, things changed after Indira Indira Gandhi, he says, was in dire then asked Rajiv Gandhi how much ted $ 7.30 million into the account of      )  ,       -   Gandhi engineered a split in the party in need of funds to fight elections and estab- Sanjay had. To which he said, “He (Rajiv) Maria and Ottavio Quattrocchi soon after                    1969. Soon after the break-up, she began lish herself as the undisputed leader of the held his head in his hands and said crores India sent the first tranche of payments relying heavily on the communists and Congress. For this, she depended on loyal and unaccounted crores.” to the company. The Quattrocchis moved          +        5   ( so, naturally, the Soviets came to her res- supporters like Rajni Patel and Vasantrao Two more equally unimpeachable this money around several banks in sev-       +              5 cue. Vasili Mitrokhin, who was in-charge Naik. “Later, when she had established witnesses to this era are former President eral locations and it was finally traced to    S     $ #      5 of the KGB archives, made explosive rev- her supremacy in Indian politics, she R Venkataraman and industrialist JRD the Channel Islands in the UK. elations of the KGB’s activities around the decided that a far better way to collect Tata. In his autobiography, My The Vajpayee Government got the         #    !  <    (  world. He talked about how the KGB funds for the party was through claim- Presidential Years, Venkataraman UK Government to freeze the account             ;=(;>  funded the Congress in the 1971 elections ing cuts from foreign deals. Sanjay recounts a conversation he had with JRD but the Manmohan Singh Government        5         )  and of how they even had moles in her Gandhi perfected and refined this still Tata when the latter called on him in asked the UK Government to withdraw Cabinet. further from 1972 onwards.” August 1987. Venkataraman said their the order, resulting in the         5 ! / #       Many honourable citizens of the Deshmukh said when Indira Gandhi conversation veered round to the state- Quattrocchis eventually getting away  5            + #   S country, who have held key positions in came back to power in 1980, he was ment Rajiv Gandhi had made in with the loot. $S             ( politics, Government, bureaucracy and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Parliament a few days earlier on the Why did this Italian knock off a com- industry in the post-1970 era, have pro- Home Affairs. “My colleagues told me Bofors bribery scandal. mission when we bought field guns for 3       +          vided us invaluable evidence of how the that in January 1980 itself, Sanjay Gandhi “Tata said that though it was quite our army? Why did Sonia Gandhi ?                  Congress went about the business of called senior officers from certain con- possible that neither Rajiv nor members get the Manmohan Singh Government to +   ,   .     $     funding its activities and election cam- cerned ministries for giving orders, mak- of his family had received any consider- de-freeze the account? These questions paigns. These witnesses to that era say ing deals and clearly and firmly told them ation in the gun and other defence will continue to haunt the Nehru-   $S                that the Congress decided on a new mode how they should be finalised. Trusted deals, it would be difficult to deny the Gandhis.    "   + ;=:;  $ .    ! * of raising funds — via commissions col- senior officers were posted to Ministries receipt of commissions by the Congress. And as if this was not enough, there              6   lected on mega international defence and such as the Defence and also to the That was because he (Tata) felt that since are the Volcker Committee’s conclu- $                     other contracts. A very respected witness Department of Defence Production. 1980, industrialists had not been sions on the “non-contractual beneficia- to this era was BG Deshmukh, who was Even the death of Sanjay Gandhi approached for political contributions ries” of Iraqi oil sales under the United              #    Cabinet Secretary between 1986-89 and in the mid-1980s did not change this and that the general feeling amongst Nations Oil-for-Food Programme, which          5       $S   ( his autobiography — A Cabinet Secretary practice.” them was that the party was financed by said that the Iraqi dictator Saddam             S              Looks Back — is very enlightening. The second unimpeachable witness commission on deals.” Hussein had funded the Congress. Also, Deshmukh says, “The genesis of the is BK Nehru, a distinguished civil servant, Since this was the established mode it seems Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was just Bofors affair lies in the practice initiat- Ambassador and Governor and uncle of of fund collection, Bofors was certain to one of the two nations that had support- ed by Indira Gandhi and further refined Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi. In his autobi- happen. In this scandal, Rajiv Gandhi and ed Indira Gandhi’s dictatorship during by her son Sanjay Gandhi for collecting ography, Nice Guys Finish Second, he others were accused of taking kickbacks the Emergency!   
 funds for the Congress. Till the middle recalled that at Sanjay Gandhi’s crema- when India purchased field guns for its Do we need to say more? of the 1960s, during the regime of Pandit tion, he asked Rajiv Gandhi “whether the army from the Swedish arms manufac- (The writer is Chairman,     #  !         Jawaharlal Nehru, the collection of funds money Sanjay had collected allegedly for turer, Bofors. Rajiv Gandhi vehemently Prasar Bharati)       !   ,         (   5                3
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( In fact, Gopinath reiterated these allega-               tions in a column for The Economic Times last               week as the Jet Airways crisis reached its end-     O      "    ( game. This is not for the first time that Jet  9          (      Airways is faced with an existential crisis. This         could, however, be the first time that Goyal and his airline will not survive unscathed with the            airlines’ very existence in doubt.                 ( This was certainly not how Goyal or Jet    +          Airways employees had thought their silver           ( Jubilee year would come to an end. After all,         ,    the airline faced it all — change in ownership,           ( regulations, Governments and even rivals —                 and survived everything. Jet is the only airline          #       from the mid-1990s aviation boom — when                the Government opened domestic services to        private carriers — to have survived. This despite an almost public humiliation by Vijay /             ( Mallya when the bombastic businessman              spoke of a potential Jet-Kingfisher merger after                Jet laid off thousands of cabin crew amidst a which went bust last year and surrendered its be stuck with expensive last-minute fares today.               payments crisis. Goyal and Mallya had a stake in Alitalia that is currently on life-sup- With many travellers also having paid for    + +            ( famous late night press conference where the port in not a very different situation to Jet 23'3//'&)( hotels and other trip features in advance — and              latter almost lorded over the former. Airways. With Etihad’s losses totalling over $4 other airlines refusing to accept Jet Airways              Yet, the reticent and media-shy Goyal had billion, there has even been murmurs that the 0<<3131313' tickets, and in some cases being unable to can-             ( the last laugh when Mallya came crashing airline will merge with Emirates. '1'3/(31)4$ cel their tickets due to egregious fees — they         %       down to earth harder than Icarus. But his bat- That said, Etihad did initially express a are in a lose-lose situation.              ( tle with Mallya is what doomed both men as desire to take control of Jet Airways, or as '313<4==)/31 So, should the Government and lenders they went for ill-advised decisions to buy Air much as the Government’s Foreign Direct step in? After having lost billions of dollars              Sahara (Goyal) and Air Deccan (Mallya). Investment rules would allow. But Etihad )&)/)/<2 during the collapse of Kingfisher Airlines and +              These financially profligate decisions destroyed demanded that Naresh Goyal step down from learning that a grounded airline is worthless,       O          ( the finances of both the companies. the board of the airline and cut his stake down '1")'3/2'; the banks want to protect some amount of their         $         A decade after buying Air Sahara, Jet to under a quarter in perpetuity. On that front, 3'1'3<1'(')% money to find a suitable buyer for Jet Airways,           / ( Airways was unable to fully integrate the air- they were little different from the Indian banks, which is what the provisional resolution plan                line into its operations, not for any fault of its which have a major exposure to the airline, and )0'1D40) suggested by the banks want. +       #  +    own but the way the airline industry is regu- who demanded the same: For Jet to survive, 2'/;<=2'<< But can the banks find a proper profession-              ( lated in our country. But as Mallya and Goyal Goyal must go. Finally, he did. al to run the airline? With Jet’s pilots refusing              fought, new entrants to the Indian aviation Jet has been unable to pay its staff or even 1)>04); to fly until their dues are cleared, with salaries         #    ( market, particularly Indigo, that flooded the the leasing companies from whom it borrows not having been paid for months, even with market with capacity and lower fares, was what planes. Over the past few years, Jet has been <4(0)23((31 Goyal’s departure, the sun, which features          +      sounded the death knell for Kingfisher at first gradually selling its planes to these leasing <'D)''3/$4 prominently on Jet Airways’ tail logo, is not %               and also likely doomed Jet Airways into a long, companies before renting them back. This shining brightly.            slow decline. allowed them to generate a certain amount of <1)3/(<'1 However, it remains a great asset. With air 5                  One white knight that Jet Airways found cash upfront. But now, with little money in the travel booming in India and airlines such as             /     ( was the Abu Dhabi-based airline, Etihad. Early back and no rescue plan, the airline has failed 0)$'4)3=);< IndiGo suffering severe growth pangs, Jet               ( in 2014, Etihad pumped in money into Jet to make payments and barely 35 aircraft out 1<")'3/(31) Airways still has potential. The banks must be          4     + Airways and made the Indian airline part of of a fleet of over 140 are at one-time fly. This wary of what to do next but they should be               ( an ambitious global alliance of airlines that means that over a million seats have sudden- 31)&)/ willing to take a haircut on their loans because               ( included the German carrier, Air Berlin; ly disappeared from the Indian market in less /)$<&)/'1) if they do not, the airline might never recov-            +   Italian national carrier, Alitalia; Serbian than a month with cancellations rife. er and the Indian taxpayer will end up hold- national airline JAT; and some other So, while the Jet Airways crisis did not 313'1'>';)/ ing the can for the airline industry once again,                 ( small airlines across the world. This was all part impact the passengers in the past other than just like they did for Kingfisher Airlines and         .      of a scheme to build traffic through the occasional withdrawal of lounge access and 23(()14<(31 continue to do with Air India.               its hub in Abu Dhabi to compete with the the end of free meals on board, the spate of The bottom-line is that Jet Airways                +  Dubai-based Emirates airline in a seeming cancellations has meant that commuters are )$'1=

profits for three years to issue of investment, the former may even financial investors bring in funds, er is best suited to run (merely This is done with an aim to enable shares with differential voting rights acquire majority stake, reducing the the promoter gains due to increase because he set up the company) is all existing promoters to get into the (DVR) subject to a cap of 26 per latter to minority. The intent behind in business prospects and phe- an untenable argument. drivers’ seat wherever the majority cent of the total share capital. The issuing DVR is to nullify this out- nomenal growth in his personal Even so, nothing prevents the shares have slipped into the hands lobby group wants the MCA to dis- come. wealth. Then, for him to also strategic investors (albeit with of strategic investors. pense with this caveat. Alternatively, A share having differential right remain in the driver’s seat — in so majority stake) to vest the promot- Letting the promoters have /<&<$'3<1<1 the Ministry may consider allowing bestows its holder voting power that far as the management and control er with powers by passing necessary shares up to 26 per cent with DVRs companies, who meet certain rev- is greater than what is available to goes — sounds like having the cake resolution in this regard. That — already allowed under the )<('1 enue threshold, to issue shares with an ordinary shareholder. As a result, and eating it too. indeed is the way forward instead Companies Act, 2013 — was bad  O  
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Kotak to steer the IL&FS group +#)#/#'#$Q Thave to provide details tion with the National The Government move out of the crisis after it began    1)2)(3 about crop insurance Company Law Tribunal came in after it felt that the to default payments due to claims to farmers in ver- (NCLT) here, seeking immu- Uday Kotak led board should severe cash crunch since late    40'3 the firm and how well, or piceJet chief Ajay Singh nacular languages, apart nity for the newly-appointed be protected from any legal hur- August. poorly, the employers han- Son Monday said it was a from Hindi and English, directors of the subsidiaries of dles in executing its task of find- The Government super- n the wake of various pub- dled these situations. “sad day” for Indian aviation regulator Irdai has said. the crippled IL&FS group from ing a “fair value and resolution” seded the previous board on Ilic allegations of miscon- About 80 percent of as Naresh Goyal and his The Insurance any future adverse outcomes. for the debt-laden company. October 1, 2018. duct a recent survey has respondents said they were wife Anita Goyal stepping Regulatory and Development sent to insured, Irdai said. It can be noted that soon Following this, the The Government expects a revealed that 87 percent of more likely to report misbe- down from the board of Jet Authority of India (Irdai) said “Insurers should ensure after taking over the company Corporate Affairs Ministry resolution to the crisis over the women would be likely to haviour in the wake of last Airways. it has been receiving various that all call centres/toll-free after its defaults and appoint- Monday moved the Mumbai next four-five months. leave their job if a gender- year’s public offences, with Naresh Goyal is the complaints and suggestions in numbers responses should be ing a new board last October, NCLT seeking protection for The Government plea was based scandal like sexual women (85 percent) more Founder and Chairman of respect of crop insurance available in state’s official lan- the Government had sought these directors of group entities initially rejected by the harassment, bias in hiring likely to do so than men (76 Jet Airways, a full-service claims. guage other than Hindi and immunity to the newly- as well from any future adverse Mumbai bench but subse- among others occurred at percent), it added. airline that has been flying Irdai, in a circular, said English. Wesbites of insurers appointed six directors of the proceedings as a precautionary quently, which the Government the company they work for. Around 92 percent of for more than 25 years. there is a need for effective should disclose crop insurance group from any legal action measure. challenged in the appellate tri- Job site Indeed in a sur- respondents said they would Referring to the latest implementation of crop insur- related details in the vernacu- against them for the past deeds Meanwhile, IL&FS has also bunal (NCLAT) which had on vey found that 82 percent of be more likely to stay at their developments, Singh, who is ance schemes. lar language for the benefit of of old directors. filed an application seeking October 15 passed an interim men were in agreement and job if their company was the Chairman and Managing Insurance companies farmers,” it said. “We are issuing a direction dispensation from appointing order admitting the govern- said they would likely to quick to respond to a public Director of budget carrier should put in place a robust Among others, widespread that for the past actions of the independent director on the ment plea. leave their job in a similar scandal by fixing errors and SpiceJet, also said it was a system to register all the awareness programmes should suspended directors or any of group companies. The IL&FS group has 348 scenario. communicating internally wake-up call for the coun- requests of individuals loss be conducted for educating the officers of the company and A two-member NCLT subsidiaries and together they It also revealed that close and externally, it said. try’s policymakers to address assessment, and if an individ- farmers on scheme guidelines, the past wrongs of the sus- bench of VP Singh and owe over 94,000 crore to a to 80 percent of respondents It also revealed 95 percent structural challenges that is ual loss assessment is rejected, claim settlement process and pended directors and its offi- Ravikumar Duraisamy sched- clutch of commercial banks said they would be likely to of respondents saying if their making domestic airlines a written rejection letter men- grievance redressal process, it cials, no action should be ini- uled both the matters for mostly state-run lenders and leave their job if a technolo- company was transparent uncompetitive. tioning the reason should be further said. tiated against the newly- detailed hearing on April 12. other financial institutions. gy-based issue such as data about the issue in question breach, product failure, and made attempts to correct among others occurred at it, they would be more likely the company they work. to stay at their job. 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There are more than 100 types The similar phenomenon works for the ity to integrate various medical technologies and of cancer including breast cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, colon human bodies as well, if you wish to live longer enable automation with remote control and cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma. There is a remarkable and healthy without unnecessary damages to improve workflows around these equipment. advancement in cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. your body manage your sleep well. Within the Wearable technologies are revolutionising mon- Modern diagnostic methods and treatment protocols can signif- sleeping time frame, our body heals the dam- itoring of health. Point of Care (POC) diagnos- icantly improve quality of life and may extend survival. aged cells and restores organs for the next day. tics are disrupting the way diagnostic tests are Ultimately, you are leaving your body for a ser- carried out. 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Even a change in just one base  If you didn’t sleep properly, oping at a fast pace especially depression. when you don’t sleep aptly Coupled with concepts of universal health among the thousands of bases that make up a gene can have a major then you will be paying the among teenagers or the young-  Apart from the disturbed work- you will feel lesser energetic coverage (UHC), risk pooling to make health effect. There are two major types of gene mutations, inherited and penalty for it. Effectiveness sters to party all night. It ing scenario, you will also lead and athletic the next day. You insurance efficient and effective, managed acquired. An inherited gene mutation is present right from the and efficiency at work or stud- sounds great and everyone yourself to unhealthy appetite will definitely feel this change competition to ensure equity, strategic purchas- birth. Since all the cells in the body came from the first cell (zygote), ies will suffer the most. 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   (<1<1 to bring back the deal for a approve her withdrawal agree- Westminster, where MPs will However, effectively the third Meaningful Vote,” May ment for a third time this try and gather support for one Brexit date has already changed K Prime Minister Theresa told the Commons. week as a “compromise”. of many options, including a under international law with -E   UMay on Monday admitted “I continue to have discus- She said: “I hope we can all second referendum or even the EU legislation delaying the that she did not have enough sions with colleagues across the agree, we are now at the revoking Article 50 and revers- deadline last week. If British support to get her EU divorce House to build support, so moment of decision. And in ing Brexit altogether. MPs fail to pass the statutory bill through the House of that we can bring the vote for- doing so we must confront the Opposition Labour Party instrument, it would create Commons in a third vote and ward this week, reality of the hard choices leader Jeremy Corbyn attacked some “legal uncertainty” but it # )9  called on British lawmakers to and guarantee Brexit. If before us. the government, branding would not change the interna- reconsider their stand in order we cannot, the government “Unless this House agrees May’s approach over Brexit as tionally-recognised Brexit date, to avert a no-deal Brexit by the made a commitment that we to it, No Deal will not happen. a “national embarrassment”. which is now set as April 12 - April 12 extension date. would work across the House No Brexit must not happen. “It is time for Parliament to - with an offer of a further     In a statement to formally to find a majority on a way for- And a slow Brexit which take control,” he said, con- extension until May 22 if the update Parliament on her ward,” she said. extends Article 50 beyond 22nd firming that the Labour Party withdrawal agreement clears European Council meeting last The British PM confirmed May, forces the British people would be backing the Letwin the Commons hurdle in a third    0/4)( to apply overnight, threatening week where the EU agreed to that her Conservative Party to take part in European elec- amendment – which takes vote this week. havoc in almost every domain a short delay to the March 29 MPs would be whipped to tions and gives up control of power to control business in Meanwhile the European he EU announced on of life. May has been seeking Brexit deadline, the British vote against an amendment ernment could give a blank any of our borders, laws, the House of Commons away Commission released a com- TMonday it has completed to rally support for her twice- premier said she remained tabled by fellow Tory MP cheque to commit to an out- money or trade is not a Brexit from the government on prehensive document detailing its preparations for Britain rejected deal, but there is spec- committed to “guarantee Oliver Letwin, to wrest control come without knowing what it that will bring the British peo- Wednesday, to allow MPs to its no-deal “preparedness”, stat- crashing out of the bloc with- ulation that if she fails, she Brexit” even if it isn’t as initially of parliamentary proceedings is,” May said, promising to ple together.” put forward business motions ing that it is “increasingly like- out a divorce accord, as fears could allow MPs to vote on planned for this Friday and away from the government to “engage constructively” over May’s Parliament statement relating to Brexit. ly” that the UK could leave the of a chaotic “no-deal” Brexit what happens next. would continue to lobby MPs hold indicative votes on alter- the indicative votes but without came soon after she summoned While the default position 28-member bloc without a grow. The commission outlined to get the support required for natives to Theres May’s Brexit any commitment on backing her Cabinet for an emergency remains the UK crashing out of deal on April 12. “As it is increasingly like- measures in 13 key areas, from another vote on the withdraw- plan – already rejected twice any particular alternative. meeting, following a weekend the EU without a deal unless an “In such a scenario, the ly that the United Kingdom rules on flying and road trans- al agreement agreed with the before by the Commons with She warned that the UK dominated by rumours of plots agreement is passed through UK’s relations with the EU will leave the European Union port to travel regulations, fish- European Union (EU). huge margins over the contro- would have to seek a longer and coups by both pro and anti Parliament, May told MPs that would be governed by general without a deal on 12 April, the ing rights and banking -- “It is with great regret that versial Irish backstop clause. delay to Brexit and be forced to Brexit wings of her the government has laid the international public law, includ- European Commission has while stressing that they would I have had to conclude that as “I must confess that I am participate in European Conservative party. necessary statutory instrument ing rules of the World Trade today completed its ‘no-deal’ only reduce the disruption, not things stand, there is still not sceptical about such a process Parliament elections on May 23 It marked the beginning of changing the Brexit date in the Organisation,” an EU state- preparations,” the commis- prevent it altogether. sufficient support in the House of indicative votes...No gov- if the Commons did not yet another hectic week in Commons on Monday. ment said. sion, the bloc’s executive arm, “The EU’s contingency said. measures will not — and can- The gloomily worded not — mitigate the overall /        < %  % #     statement, just days after impact of a ‘no-deal’ scenario, ?3@ ' !  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H & 2 ( &3 secure the women's title after receiving the Praneeth, who had clinched the 2017 top billing following the pullout of Chinese Singapore Open for his first maiden Super top seed and reigning All England champi- Series title, is coming into the tournament    1)2)(3 leg injury at the 2017 Senior on Chen Yufei due to medical reasons. after securing a final spot at the Swiss Nationals and ever since he The absence of Japanese players will also Open and he will look to extend his good ndian ace Kidambi Srikanth has been troubled by small help Sindhu's case. run. Isaid it was irritating to lose injury woes, especially relat- Sindhu had a decent start to the new sea- The other half of the men's singles close quarterfinals in a title- ed to his ankle, which affect- son with a quarterfinal finish at the draw will have HS Prannoy, Subhankar less season and stressed on ed his performance. Indonesia Masters but a first-round exit at Dey, Ajay Jayaram and Parupalli Kashyap. the need to get physically "I'm working on my fit- the prestigious All England Championship Prannoy is coming to the event after and mentally tougher to win ness, I had too many injuries came as a major jolt. competing at the Asia Mixed Team cham- medals at the World in late 2017 and 2018 and so The Indian ace however will draw inspi- pionship and will take on Thailand's Championship and Olympic if I can keep working on my ration from her performance in the last two eighth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen. Games. fitness then I will have a editions where she had reached the finals and Subhankar, who had stunned Asian Srikanth, who had great chance to win titles," he claimed the title in 2017. Games champion Jonatan Christie of clinched four titles in 2017, said. Sindhu will open against compatriot Indonesia on way to a quarterfinal lost nine quarterfinals "That is what worked for Mugdha Agrey and is expected to face fast- finish at the Swiss Open, will open and two semifinals me in 2017, because I could rising Danish Mia Blichfeldt, seeded eighth, against fourth seed Indonesian while reaching the sustain an hour and half hour. in the quarterfinals. A win is likely to pit her Tommy Sugiarto. finals only once at the But 2018 and early 2019, I had against Chinese third seed He Bingjiao. Ajay and Kashyap, two Commonwealth some injuries and withdrew Youngsters Vrushali Gummadi and Sai careers marred by injuries, will Games in the last 15 from tournaments. Uttejitha Rao Chukka will also be in the fray look to continue their comeback months. Srikanth said he just in women's singles at the World Tour Super with first-round matches against "I think the series of wants to focus on improving 500 event. Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei and Hong quarterfinals are more irritat- the little things and maintain The tournament will hold a lot of Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu respectively. ing for me than losing in the his momentum to do well at prominence for third seed Srikanth, who has In doubles, sixth seeds Manu Attri and first round," Srikanth said on the Olympics. endured a title draught for the last 17 B Sumeeth Reddy will lead the challenge the eve of the India Open. "I couldn't produce the months. in men's doubles, after Satwiksairaj "I think I have been con- results that I wanted to but With defending champion and top seed Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty withdrew sistent against a few players still I'm happy with my Shi Yuqi pulling out, Srikanth will be at the with the former still recovering from a and then not able to get that improvement. So I am in that forefront along with former world champi- shoulder injury. win against a few others at process now," he said. on Viktor Axelsen, who had claimed the title Arun George and Sanyam Shukla will quarterfinals and semifinals, "I'm not desperate, I just in 2017 after three back-to-back finals. also be a pair to look out for after they that is what I'm working on want to improve on different The 26-year-old Srikanth, who clinched stunned World No 14 pair of Liao Min — to last the whole week. things, to be able to pull out the title in 2015, will begin his campaign Chun and Ching Heng last week at Hong "Probably, if I can do well crucial points in tough against familiar foe, Hong Kong's Wong Kong. in next 3-4 months before the matches and be more consis- Wing Ki Vincent, and might come across fel- In women's doubles, Ashwini World Championship. If I tent. 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I always play according to the situation most ed on a bright note with a half-cen- Yuvraj's comments came after Pant showed of the time.” tury for his latest franchise Mumbai his heroics with the bat once again and played $    leading up to the World Cup. Hopefully "This time I Indians. a match-winning unbeaten 78 off just 27 balls I get some game time here and can con- needed to increase "When the time comes, I will be for Delhi Capitals against Mumbai Indians in  $   &  tribute to some good performances. the run rate for the the first one to hang my boots," the lung opener between the two sides. And then hopefully the England selec- team, and I took my Yuvraj told mediapersons after MI's "I can't really say about (World Cup) selec- KOLKATA: Iconic all-rounder and tors will be watching them," said Denly, chances, and it came 37-run defeat. tion but Rishabh was outstanding today," 37- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head who recently made his Test debut for off today. Especially However India's 2007 World year-old Yuvraj said at the post match media coach Jacques Kallis on Monday said England in the lost series against the in T20, you have to T20 and 2011 World Cup hero did conference. that Andre Russell is one of the most West Indies. do something differ- admit that at times he felt indeci- "He (Pant) had an outstanding season last powerful hitters he has seen. Russell ent. When the sive about carrying on. year as well. He is playing well in Test matches walked in to bat when KKR needed 68   &     bowler cramps you "The last two years, have been as well. To score two hundreds overseas at such off 27 balls against SRH on Sunday and for room, you need up and down (for me). And I could an age (21 years) shows his character. It is impor- the big-hitting Caribbean all-rounder K    to make your own not decide on what to do," said the tant that we groom him well and hopefully he first hit Siddharth Kaul for 19 runs in room." 37-year-old. is the next big thing for us," said Yuvraj. the 18th over and smashed 21 more off NEW DELHI: Lasith Malinga is like- The Delhi daz- Yuvraj said that when he did a Yuvraj said that skipper Rohit Sharma's early Bhuvneshwar in the 19th to steer KKR ly to be available for the next two IPL zler's seven towering self introspection, he found that he dismissal had an effect as they were chasing a home with two balls to spare. "In terms matches for Mumbai Indians after Sri sixes and as many is still enjoying the game just as he big total. of finishing, he is one of the most pow- Lanka Cricket (SLC) softened its stance fours at the did as an U-16 cricketer not think- "Losing Rohit early (was one of the reasons). erful hitters that I have seen," Kallis said. on the participation of the veteran pacer Wankhede Stadium ing about national team selection. de Kock was going well but (we) lost his wick- "It was a good knock. He timed it well. in a domestic ODI tournament. SLC left the Mumbai "The main thing for me was et. (Kieron) Pollard came and quickly lost his And there were issues, the light wasn't had earlier announced that only those Indians bowlers why I played the game when I start- playing for India. I was playing for wicket. We really couldn't get partnerships going. incredible. But it was some of the best traumatised and gave rechristened Delhi Capitals the ed off. I played the game because I U-14s and U-16s. So till the time, The wicket was more of 180-190 wicket, 215 ball striking I have seen in a long time," fresh beginning they longed for. enjoyed playing cricket. When I I enjoy playing cricket, I am going (213) was quite a match-winning score," said said the former South Africa all- Lauding Pant's knock, Mumbai Indians captain enjoyed playing cricket, I was not to play." Yuvraj, who also lauded Delhi's bowling attack. rounder. Rohit Sharma said he would change the team com- bination in the next game.      "First game is always a bit of a challenge for most of the teams. Lot of new players in the squad as well. >  %      !  $  We made a lot of mistakes today, as simple as that. We were pretty much in the game in the first 10 overs KOLKATA: England all-rounder Joe when we were bowling, but the way Rishabh batted,    1)2)(3 Denly is looking at the ongoing Indian you've got to give him credit. Premier League to impress upon the players would be eligible for selection Leading the perennial slow starters, he added, llaying fears about India's pace national selectors and guarantee his in the World Cup squad, who would "The combination might change for the next game. Aspearhead Jasprit Bumrah's shoulder place in this year's World Cup squad. compete in Super Provincial One-Day We want to see what combination the opposition injury, a BCCI official on Monday said Denly's form in white ball cricket for domestic tournament, slated from April plays and then decide. The ball was still coming on there are no major concerns since the Kent in 2018 has 4 to 11. The diktat had forced Malinga well when we batted. We ended up getting 180, still. scans have come clear. brought him on the to make himself unavailable for Nobody went on to get a big score. A vital cog in India's World Cup selectors' radar for a Mumbai Indians' first six matches. "Yuvi batted brilliantly, and there were a few plans, Mumbai Indians' Bumrah landed spot in England's However, according to a report, the SLC cameos. If one of the top three or four had scored awkwardly on his left shoulder while World Cup squad. has changed its stance after a few calls 70-80, things would have been different." fielding during Sunday's IPL contest Denly hopes to get by BCCI. SLC Chief selector Ashantha Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer said, "To be honest, against Delhi Capitals, causing concern selectors' attention by de Mel said that Malinga's place in the I was really well prepared to take on the captaincy. in the Indian camp. doing well for World Cup bound squad is guaran- I've been leading India A as well as my domestic side. The national team relies heavily on Kolkata teed, so he is free to participate in It's been a great experience so far, we've been bond- Bumrah, who has earned the reputation Knight Riders the IPL. "We have no issues if he ing and training really well. of being the world's best bowler in death in the IPL. "I goes to IPL — the board had given "(Pant) is a really destructive batsman. Over the overs. done in the morning and BCCI was kept When asked why Bumrah was still want to play him a no-objection certificate years I've seen him maturing a lot. He faced a few The Gujarat pacer did not come out in the loop. His scan reports were okay. in Mumbai while the team has already as many already, so he's free to go. Anyway dot balls early on and then suddenly his strike rate to bat in Sunday's match, which added The tests that were done were all those left for Bengaluru, the official said," Since games as I he has been one of our best bowlers was 250. Amazing batsman, great to have him on our to the concerns about his injury. recommended by the BCCI," the official the reports came late and the team has can. It's in one dayers, so there's no question team." "Bumrah had some shoulder scans said. already left, he is travelling separately." important about his place in the team," Mel said.