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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Rain, thunderstorm leave Unemployment is the real over 50 dead in four States Unseasonal storm damages crops in Gujarat, Rajasthan national security issue: Rahul Yogi visits Ayodhya amid ban, BSP complains to EC Press Trust of India ‘We are fighting for India’s youth, farmers, small traders, women and the poor’ AYODHYA Jaipur/Bhopal/Ahmedabad U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Over 50 people were killed as Sandeep Phukan Adityanath on Wednesday rain, coupled with thunder­ KANNUR prayed at temples in Ayodhya storm and lightning, hit sev­ Ahead of the second phase and visited a Dalit family, eral parts of Rajasthan, Mad­ of voting on Thursday, Con­ prompting the BSP to complain to the Election hya Pradesh, Gujarat and gress president Rahul Gand­ Commission that he had Maharashtra overnight, offi­ hi said Prime Minister Na­ violated its order barring him cials said on Wednesday. rendra Modi now only talks from campaigning. The unseasonal rain and about “national security” NORTH Ī PAGE 2 storm also caused damage to because he “stands exposed DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD property and crops in Guja­ as a politician full of lies and Militants’ bodies being rat and Rajasthan. false promises”. He empha­ mutilated: Mehbooba Rajasthan witnessed the sised that “the real and big­ SRINAGAR maximum of 25 deaths, some Cooler capital: Rain clouds gather over New Delhi on gest national security issue is

PDP president Mehbooba of them in house collapses, Wednesday, promising relief from the summer heat. * AP unemployment”. Mufti, who is contesting from followed by Madhya Pradesh the Anantnag seat, on with 15. While 10 people were Soon after, Madhya Pra­ has expressed grief at loss of EXCLUSIVE Wednesday said “the bodies killed in Gujarat, three were desh Chief Minister Kamal lives due to unseasonal rains of militants were being killed in Maharashtra. Nath accused the Prime Mi­ and storms in MP, Rajasthan, In a wide­ranging inter­ mutilated with chemicals Prime Minister Narendra nister of being concerned on­ Manipur & various parts of view with The Hindu, Mr. during operations by security Modi took to Twitter in the ly with Gujarat, his home the country.” The freak Gandhi spoke on key politi­ forces in J&K”. morning to express anguish State. weather was attributed to a cal issues such as the Rafale NATION Ī PAGE 7 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD over the loss of lives in Guja­ In a tweet later, the PMO western disturbance. deal and the minimum in­ DELHI METRO Ī 4 PAGES rat and to announce relief. said, “PM @narendramodi CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 come guarantee scheme, or Hectic pace: Congress president Rahul Gandhi visiting the Thirunelli temple in Wayanad

Nyuntam Aay Yojana district of Kerala on Wednesday. * PTI (NYAY). “We are fighting for India’s youth, its farmers, its ing that I’ll leave you in sus­ so I won’t comment on the theme of “dumdaar sarkar” small traders and business­ pense,” he said, asked SC because I respect it.” (muscular government), he men, its women, its deprived whether Ms. Vadra would Talking about a tie­up claimed that the ruling party sections and its poor. We are contest against Mr. Modi. with the Aam Aadmi Party had been forced to change not only in opposition to Mr. The last day for filing (AAP) in Delhi, he said he its strategy after the first Modi, but this is a fight for nomination is April 29, and had “convinced everyone in phase of polling as its focus the very idea of India,” he the Congress has so far not his party of its importance,” on security issues had “back­ said. declared its nominee for the and put the onus of forming fired.” “The Congress has seat, from which Mr. Modi is an alliance on Chief Minister torn Mr. Modi’s perceived Suspense over Priyanka seeking re­election. Arvind Kejriwal. strengths to shreds. What He also maintained the sus­ In his first comments after The Congress president you will see is that Mr. Modi’s pense over fielding his sister the Supreme Court sought sought to assuage middle gubbara (balloon) is going to and general secretary Pri­ an explanation for allegedly class concerns over having burst! No wonder, after the yanka Gandhi­Vadra from linking an interim order of to pay higher taxes to fund first phase, they’re moving the Varanasi Lok Sabha con­ the court in the Rafale case NYAY. He said: “Not a single from ‘national security’ back stituency against Mr. Modi. to his ‘ Chowkidar chor hai’ rupee would be charged to ‘vikas’ (development).” “I’m not confirming or de­ comment, Mr. Gandhi said, from them.” #70929 nying anything. I’m just say­ “There’s a legal process on; On the BJP’s campaign INTERVIEW ON Ī PAGE 11 Pragya Singh gets BJP ticket for Bhopal

Anup Dutta Bahadur Singh for Sagar and the seat, which the BJP Bhopal Ramakant Bhargav for Vid­ bagged after the emergence The BJP on Wednesday isha. The four seats go to the of the Ram Janmabhoomi named Malegaon blasts case polls on May 12. The contest movement in 1989. The Rath accused Pragya Singh as its in Bhopal, a stronghold of the Yatra by the then BJP presi­ candidate for Bhopal to take BJP, has become a battle of dent L.K. Advani in 1990 that on Congress veteran Digvi­ prestige for the BJP as well as touched the Bhopal consti­ jaya Singh. the Congress. Both the Sangh tuency decisively changed its Pragya Singh with former The other candidates are Parivar and the Congress political direction. CM Shiv Raj Singh in CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Dr. K.P. Yadav for Guna, Raj have taken special interest in Ī * A.M. FARUQUI REPORTS ON PAGE 10 & 11 Bhopal. Jet suspends all flights after DGCA to do special banks refuse to release funds safety audit of IndiGo SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT audit. IndiGo has received a Won’t be able to pay for fuel or other services, says airline NEW DELHI limited number of show­ The Directorate General of cause notices. Aditya Anand services to keep the opera­ Civil Aviation (DGCA) will IndiGo has responded ac­ Mumbai tions going. Consequently, conduct a special safety au­ cordingly and we can only Jet Airways on Wednesday with immediate effect, Jet dit of the low­cost carrier In­ comment on this matter af­ announced temporary sus­ Airways is compelled to can­ diGo following concerns ter we have a discussion pension of all its internation­ cel all its international and about the snag­ridden Pratt with the DGCA,” the airline al and domestic flights, with domestic flights. The last and Whitney engines, said in a statement. An air­ the last flight operating bet­ flight will operate on Wed­ which power the airline’s line source, however, dis­ ween Amritsar and Mumbai. nesday,” it said. A320 Neo aircraft. missed reports that show­ In a filing before the Bom­ Kuldeep Sharma, vice­ While an annual audit of cause notices had been bay Stock Exchange (BSE) Lenders said they were president, global com­ IndiGo was due in April, a served on two senior offi­ and a statement to the me­ unable to consider the pliance, and company secre­ special review will also be cials of the airline. dia, the airline said it was in­ request for interim funding. tary, in the filing to the BSE, done of the airline’s opera­ Indian carriers IndiGo formed by the State Bank of said the decision had been tions and engineering de­ and GoAir have been induct­ India (SBI), on behalf of the “Since no emergency fund­ taken after evaluation of all partments, it is learnt. ing the P&W engine­po­ consortium of Indian len­ ing from the lenders or any options available. “We confirm that there is wered A320 Neo aircraft ders, that they were unable other source is forthcoming, currently a DGCA audit of since 2016. The former has to consider its request for the airline will not be able to CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 IndiGo, which is combined 72 of these planes and the critical interim funding. pay for fuel or other critical REFUND UNLIKELY SOON Ī PAGE 7 with the annual main base latter has 30. AAP­Congress talks stall over Haryana alliance Congress wants tie­up only in Delhi; we will fight in all seven Delhi seats and win, says Sanjay Singh Staff Reporter don’t feel the Congress is rea­ for Delhi alone, with no the Delhi Congress said the NEW DELHI dy for any understanding, so package deals,” the leader State unit would adhere to Alliance talks between the we are going forward. We said. the decision taken by the Aam Aadmi Party and the will fight in all seven seats in The Congress had said high command. Congress failed on Wednes­ Delhi and win. And in Harya­ that it would announce the Meanwhile, AAP said the day, with the Congress agree­ na, AAP and JJP will fight to­ list of its seven candidates on party’s West Delhi candidate ing to a tie­up in Delhi but re­ gether,” he said. Wednesday, but has decided Balbir Singh Jakhar would fusing to include a seat­share Minutes later, however, to wait for a few more days. file his nomination at 1 p.m. in Haryana. party sources said the al­ Delhi Congress president on Thursday. The party AAP leader Sanjay Singh, liance talks were still on. Sheila Dikshit and the three would hold a roadshow be­ who was heading the al­ Sanjay Singh A senior Congress leader working presidents who fore that and senior leaders liance talks for the Aam Aad­ said as far as the party was were against the alliance re­ Manish Sisodia and Gopal mi Party, told the media on bi Azad during Tuesday’s concerned, the ball was in main tight­lipped, leaving Rai would take part in it. Wednesday that the Con­ meeting that with 6:3:1 (six AAP’s court. The party could the negotiations to leaders On Tuesday, AAP had an­ gress was not in a mood for Congress, three JJP and one contest in four seats in Delhi from the All­India Congress nounced that the party’s an alliance. “It’s very sad AAP) in 10 seats in Haryana, and the Congress in the oth­ Committee. However, after candidates from Chandni that after all the efforts, the the BJP could be defeated in er three. “The Congress will Congress president Rahul Chowk, East Delhi, and Congress is not ready to all the seats. not agree to a tie­up in Ha­ Gandhi’s tweet on Monday North West Delhi would file come to any understanding.” “After today’s statement ryana as there are very that an alliance between AAP their nominations on Satur­ He said he had told senior from Ghulam Nabi Azad and strong regional leaders with­ and Congress would mean day and the others on April Congress leader Ghulam Na­ Bhupinder Singh Hooda, I in the State. The offer stands the rout of the BJP, sources in 22. CM A ND-N https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams