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At that time the culture of was seen doing very serious roles and and dignitaries from Indian Cancer physically but about counselling and daily soap was at its peak. “I was doing Rajeev Mehta (who played Praful) was Society — the managing trustee Naveen hand-holding them on an emotional level theatre along with Aatish Kapadia who had famous for doing negative roles, so we Kshatriya, Trustee in charge Dr Purna for social adjustments and cultivating the written Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka, the first casted them. The same was for Kurkure and Director Vandana Pathak. right positive approach in life! daily soap to have aired 1000 episodes. Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, for Maya Right after Saujanya performed, It’s time to think of what you are Then, came the saas- bahu shows with Sarabhai we came up with the name Amaal shared how her story and singing doing as individuals to support the Kahani.... and Kyunki.... We thought of of Ratna Pathak but it was very reminded him of his grandfather (Nana) cause of children with cancer. Donate, doing something different and came up difficult to make her say yes because who he lost to cancer. On the other hand, volunteer, collaborate, accept cancer with a unique pariwaar, similar to our real she was not willing to do TV at that Richa Sharma expressed that ‘I will be patients — help remove the myths and lives where we all fight, but still love each time. Then we went to her and gave her obliged, if I can support you in any stigma. It is the least you can do for the other with a pinch of madness. At that time, the narration of the script. She liked the manner’. noble cause. most of the shows were sugar-coated with script very much and said yes to the role no connect with real life. Aatish wrote the on one condition that the show should first episode and we initially planned to not lose its essence like other TV shows 8 "    make it a daily runner. Then Star Plus asked and we promised her the same. Then us to make it a weekly show as it would then Rajesh Kumar was also a surprise cast, '   reach more people. That’s how we came up he played a negative role in Ek Mahal - '  with the concept,” Majethia tells, adding that Ho Sapno Ka. This is how we got such that the name Khichdi was an accident. brilliant actors on-board,” he tells you aughter is said to be the best form of therapy and “We had submitted the episodes and adding that his latest show Lsetting this with the perfect example are the scripts but had not finalised the name. We Bhakarwadi’s casting was very television besties Mona Singha and Gaurav Gera. went for a theatre trip to South Africa. difficult because it have19 actors in This duo will be seen competing against each other Suddenly Aatish said ‘Khichdi naam kesa it. in a cook off battle on Colors’ Kitchen Champion. lageche?’ I laughed but was interested in it. He adds that the humour in his They have not only amused the viewers with their He pointed out how the show would be a shows is character driven and it takes a lot chemistry and comic timing on television, but have mixture of different family members and of time to develop chemistry between each also created a storm on social media with their witty the audience would relate to khichdi. The and every character of the show. There and funny videos. name was both simple and tedha just like should be a chemistry in conflict too. If two While they took on a challenge for the ultimate our show so we went to the channel with people don’t go well with each other in real cook — off, they were also ready to entertain the the name. The channel liked it too as also life there should be chemistry between audience with their funny antics. When, host the letter K... un dinon K ka bol-bala thha, them too on-screen to bring that reality in ony SAB’s Aladdin: Naam Toh Suna with Omar (Gireesh Sachdev) and is Aditya Narayan, asked them to perform on the so that’s that,” he tells you. the show. SHoga has got the viewers glued to about to find out that her husband is famous song Kajra Re, they immediately decided to Majethia went on to do something The USP of his shows is that all the their screens with its exciting magical in fact, alive. add their own twist to it. Mona disguised herself as different once again and came up with yet characters play an important part in the world and shocking revelations. As What will this first meeting Amitabh Bachchan, Aditya as Abhishek Bachchan another brilliant idea of Sarabhai vs show unlike the other shows where there Ginoo (Raashul Tandon) has now between Omar and Ammi lead to? and Gaurav as Aishwarya Rai. This performance left Sarabhai. are two lead — male and female and the turned evil, Aladdin (Siddharth Nigam) Smita Bansal, playing the role of everyone into splits as Gaurav even flirted with “After Khichdi, people started calling rest are just in supporting roles. and Yasmine (Avneet Kaur) are on the Ammi said: “Ammi has been, until now, Aditya only to make him awkward and to make the us up for similar shows with Gujarati Though the concept of comedy shows quest to turn him back to his original unaware of the fact that her husband act more amusing. families in them. But we didn’t want to is growing and the competition is growing, good self. is alive and is about to come face to face keep on making the same show. People Majethia don’t fear it. “Yes, the competition With Ginoo being under Zafar’s with him. The upcoming episodes are wanted something like Khichdi and we is growing with so many new shows (Amir Dalvi) control and becoming the going to raise the curiosity levels realised that we were of being typecast. Star coming up with younger people but evil Ginn, he has now forgotten his old amongst the viewers as to what will Plus was launching its new channel Star challenges are good. They help us improve. aaka, Aladdin. While Aladdin is happen with this first encounter One and looking for upmarket family The shows that I make are very different heartbroken over this, he and Yasmine between the two.” comedy shows. Aatish took inspiration from others. They are completely family are on a mission to bring Ginoo back Gireesh Sachdev, playing the role from some of his family members to shape based shows meant for the whole family to which eventually brings the two closer of Omar said: “Although aware of who the script of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. Our only watch it together. 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  -6036& borrowed unsecured loan of MLA Naina Singh Chautala. and 2,280 square feet flat at Abhay Chautala. seat. Rs 17 lakh from Arjun His total liabilities com- Vasant Kunj in Delhi. The feud saw Ajay The 46-year-old IAS offi- 4.'  annayak Janata Party Chautala and Rs 5 lakh from prising loans were to the tune Dushyant Chautala also Chautala and his sons cer has voluntarily retired JMember of Parliament Karan Chautala. of Rs 7.06 crore, as per the affi- possesses gold jewellery worth Dushyant and Digvijay being from the Haryana govern- Dushyant Chautala may have Both Arjun and Karan are davit filed by him. Rs 77.25 lakh and diamonds expelled from the Haryana- ment to carry on the political parted ways with his uncle and sons of Ajay's younger broth- Dushyant Chautala has and valuables stones worth Rs based party by Om Prakash legacy of his great grandfather   Indian National Lok Dal er and INLD leader Abhay done Bachelor of Science in 62.90 lakh while his wife Chautala, who threw his and peasant leader Sir Chhotu leader Abhay Singh Chautala Singh Chautala. Arjun is mak- Business Administration from Meghna Ahlawat has gold weight behind his younger Ram. Shimla: As polling for the in other states. Those who are but still owes Rs 22 lakh to two ing his electoral debut from California State University in jewellery and diamonds worth son Abhay Chautala. Singh has movable and four Lok Sabha seats of here prefer to stay away from cousins and political foes the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha US and an LLM from National Rs 1.74 crore. With his father serving jail immovable properties of Rs Himachal Pradesh is almost a the Secretariat. Arjun Chautala and Karan seat on the Indian National Law University, Delhi, as per The great grandson of for- sentence, Dushyant had 8.24 crore and 6.39 crore month away, the Ellerslie The attendance is almost Chautala, according to Lok Dal (INLD) ticket. the affidavit. mer deputy prime minister launched the JJP in December respectively. His liabilities are building -- housing the state thin after lunch. his affidavit. According to the affidavit He has shown his movable Devi Lal also has a SUV worth 2018. amounting to Rs 2.72 crore. secretariat -- wears a deserted "The normal working of According to nomination filed by Dushyant before the and immovable properties to Rs 10 lakh. Meanwhile, bureaucrat- His total assets and liabilities look these days with none of the Secretariat comes to papers filed by JJP nominee returning officer in Hisar, he the tune of Rs 23.64 crore and Notably, the biggest polit- turned-politician Brijendra also comprise that of his wife the Ministers in the Jai Ram almost standstill for at least a Dushyant Chautala, the elder has also borrowed Rs 99.19 Rs 53.28 crore, respectively. ical spectacle in Haryana in Singh, son of Union minister Jasmeet Sial, who holds the Thakur-led cabinet turning month in every election -- be son of jailed leader Ajay Singh lakh from his father Ajay He owns agricultural land 2018 was the feud in the and prominent Jat leader position of the vice president up. it Assembly, Lok Sabha or the Chautala, from the Hisar Lok Chautala and Rs 34.09 lakh at Sirsa, Karnal and Faridabad; INLD—which finally split Birender Singh, also filed his at a private bank in Even 'lazy' bureaucrats and local bodies. Most of the offi- Sabha seat on Saturday, he had from his mother and Dabwali a shopping complex in Sirsa between Ajay Chautala and nomination papers from Hisar Chandigarh. officials prefer to stay away cials prefer not to take deci- most of the time, much to the sions on pretext of the model disappointment of the public, code of conduct," admitted a #%N* ,   who comes from faraway senior government func-   -     . % . /" 0 " places daily to get their griev- tionary. ances redressed. The Chief Minister has  ' Octogenarian Durga Negi, been repeatedly advising his   0 6& one is ready to contest on their who comes to meet the Chief cabinet colleagues to spend behalf. Minister to get monetary assis- more time in offices rather 
  JP National Secretary Anil Due to uncertainity and tance for her son's treatment, than touring constituencies BJain on Saturday said the lack of confidence in Congress said: "I am coming daily to but during the elections the   0.86 opposition was repeatedly cadres, the opposition party is meet him but I am told by his situation gets worst, he added. shouting Modi Hatao, Modi repeatedly misguiding the peo- staff that he is busy in election Even the security person- n the last date for filing Hatao since it had no issue dur- ple who understand everything tours but he will come to nel appeared relaxed in the Oclaims for enrolment as ing their campaigning in the and avoiding the Congress flag, office any day." absence of VIPs in the secre- electors, a total number of Lok Sabha elections. Jain added. Carrying medical bills, tariat. 1,82,890 Form-6 were received Jain, who is a Rajya Sabha He said the kind of atmos- this farm labourer from Senior CPI-M leader and under continuous updation of MP and is also In-charge of phere prevailing in Haryana and Chopal in Shimla district is legislator Rakesh Singha on electoral rolls till Friday, Haryana BJP, was talking to other parts of the country, it is seeking a financial assistance Friday lashed the state BJP Additional Chief Electoral media after the filing of nomi- clear that the people are inclined of Rs 200,000 from the Chief government over its failure to Officer D.K.Rattan said here nation papers for the Hissar Lok towards the BJP to ensure return Minister's Relief Fund. Her announce compensation for on Saturday. Sabha seat by the bureaucrat for a second term to accelerate son is suffering from a conge- the growers whose fruit and He said these forms will be turned politician Brijendra the process of development of nial heart disease. vegetable crops were dam- disposed of by the ERO con- Singh. various sections of the society. On an average, over a aged extensively by hailstorms cerned (Electoral Registration Brijendra Singh’s father Asked which party was the hundred people from across in Shimla district on April 18. Officer) by April 29 and the Union Steel Minister Birendar main competitor for the BJP in the state come on a daily basis He claimed the farmers applicants whose forms will be Singh, MP D P Vats and Haryana, Jain said that there is to meet the Chief Minister has suffered a loss of Rs 7 accepted by the EROs will be Haryana BJP President Subhash none. The opposition has not with some problems. Five to 10 crore. In a letter to Chief eligible to cast their votes on Barala were also present. been able to announce their visitors are those who gen- Secretary B.K. Aggarwal, he May 19 in the Lok Sabha elec- Brijendra was a senior IAS offi- candidates so far; he said that uinely come for some financial demanded immediate assess- tions. cer of Haryana cadre who the opposition parties were fac- assistance, officials admit. ment of crop loss and release Rattan said, in addition to recently took voluntary retire- ing internal bickering. The other beneficiaries of compensation. it, 69 forms for enrolment as ment to contest from Hissar. ism, casteism, nepotism and atmosphere of chaos and uncer- of filing of nominations for the He said on the other hand include students who need Himachal Pradesh will go electors have also been Jain said that BJP was say- dirt. The issues before BJP and tainty in the grand old opposi- May 12 Lok Sabha elections is the BJP is clear on its issues and money for higher studies. to the polls for the four Lok received from the overseas cit- ing Garibi Hatao (remove its intention are clear, he added. tion party which is also in a state currently on, the Congress has has many achievements of its Most of the bureaucrats Sabha seats -- Shimla, izens which will also be poverty), increase the security of The BJP leader targeted of confusion. not been able to announce all five year rule to detail before the are stationed outside the state Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi processed and decided by April the nation, eliminate terror- Congress saying there was an He said though the process the 10 candidates because no masses. to manage parliamentary polls -- on May 19. 29. The official stated that 15,803 forms for deletion received before the date of announcement of elections +, $-  . have already been decided. He said after special summa- ry revision, final publication of  tee which is working from last the state ever since it was cre- electoral rolls was made on 21 "" 
! ! two years has ended and a ated. Nearly 3000 schools are January and at that time, new committee would be closed, the sale of liquor has 50,96,869 electors #     elected to steer the party. become rampant and the were registered which includ-  # 4  Pathak said, “We will be medical services are so pathet- ed 25,84,183 male, 25,12,627 having a meeting with the ic that pregnant women are female and 59 third gender. At (  members of our party mem- forced to birth to their babies the time of final    " bers on 24 and 25 April and on road. The crime rate has publication, the number of a new executive committee also increased in the state first time electors was 88,127 will be formed. The commit- which has never happened which has now increased to   &6 tee will manage all the works before. The parties are playing 1,33,083. related to holding of the in the name of ‘Chowkidar’ This number will further ew executive committee annual session, regional elec- but none of them are talking increase when forms received Nof the Uttarakhand tions and financial manage- about the real issues or the will be decided and Kranti Dal (UKD) would be ment of the party.” development of the state.” disposed off by the EROs upto constituted during the two Expressing views on the Pathak claimed that the April 29. day conclave of the party present scenario of the state, UKD has always worked for Rattan added that number which starts from April 24. Pathak said, “It is very sad to the betterment and develop- of service electors which was The conclave would be held in see that the present scenario ment of the state. He added 62,131, at the time of final pub- Kotdwar town of Pauri dis- of the state is becoming worse that UKD has stood for Water, lication made on 22 February trict. with each passing day. In the Forest and Land, Forest, Water will also increase as 5,437 Addressing media per- name of the development all ( Jal, Jungle, Zamen) “It will more applications have been sons here on Saturday, the the people of the state are get- be our main priority to save received from the Army Vice President of the UKD, ting is fake promises and cor- the state and develop it in a Record Offices which will also Harish Pathak stated that the ruption. Both BJP and way that it was supposed to be decided and disposed. term of the existing commit- Congress are out to destroy be,” he quipped. /  0 %   /  ! P(    
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A“present generation of defer the scrutiny of his nom- Amethi against Congress pres- sources said the returning offi- Under Indian law, one dynast” in Congress, Union ination papers from the seat till ident, the BJP also raised ques- cer is the final authority on ceases to be a citizen of the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley April 22, giving the BJP a han- tions on Rahul’s citizenship such a matter, but he cannot country if he gets citizenship of attempts to suppress facts” in inquiries show that one Raul on Saturday claimed that it has dle to hit out at him as it asked and educational qualification, check the veracity of whatever any country, he said and asked Rahul’s affidavits filed during Vincy and not Rahul Gandhi become a liability for the him to come clean on the and asked him to come clean is written on an election affi- the Congress president to different elections from 2004 to got the degree in that particu- Congress party and hoped issue. on the matter. The returning davit. answer the questions raised in 2014. lar year. that the “aspirational India” An independent candidate officer (RO) has fixed Monday “If someone approaches the complaint. If the British The Congress chief had “We will like to know if would find it increasingly dif- fighting from Amethi has as the next date of hearing on an RO raising objections, he company made a false state- said that he did M Phil in Rahul Gandhi goes by multiple ficult to accept “dynasties”. raised doubts over Rahul’s the matter. must hear the affected party. If ment, then did Rahul act development economics from names in different countries,” “If the Congress’s dynast Indian citizenship, leveled alle- BJP spokesperson GVL anyone has any objection to against it, he asked. Cambridge University, but later Rao said. He also wondered if has only an ability to deliver 44 history going to witness some- gations of non-disclosure of Narasimha Rao told reporters whatever is recorded in an Referring to the complaint, claimed it was in development the Gandhi scion’s qualification seats or 60 seats in Parliament, thing wholly unprecedented? assets and properties of the UK it was “stunning” that Rahul’s affidavit, the person should the BJP spokesperson said studies, Rao alleged. was like Congress manifestoes what then is the incentive for Are we going to witness the company whose documents lawyer sought time to reply to approach court. The EC has no there are “discrepancies and The BJP spokesman said that change every five years. conventional Congressmen to rejection of caste based and bear humiliation of subjecting dynastic parties? And will themselves to a dynast? aspirational India make a '<=   Ultimately, in dynastic parties harsh judgement on electing a -  one has to accept political merit based leadership? This slavery,” Jaitley said in a blog may well be the case.”    titled, ‘Will 2019 Witness the Referring to other dynas- Dynasty as a Liability on the tic parties, Jaitley said the %    Congress Party?’ Indian National Lok Dal   ! The grand old party is led (INLD)has splintered, while by Rahul Gandhi , grandson of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)   580 Indira and son of Rajiv, and is got zero in the Lok Sabha elec-     assisted by his sister Priyanka tions in 2014 and 19 seats in ormer Union Minister and Vadra. the assembly elections. FCongress leader from Jaitley said the two Prime The Samajwadi Party   580 Malda goes to polls on Kerala S Krishna Kumar on Ministers that BJP gave to the could only retain seats for its April 23 in phase three of Lok Saturday joined the BJP saying nation — Atal Bihari Vajpayee family members in the 2014 racking the whip, the Sabha elections. that he wanted to work to and Narendra Modi — were by elections, while the RJD was CElection Commission on Recently, when the poll strengthen Prime Minister a mile the “tallest politicians of down to two seats, he noted. Saturday ordered the transfer of watchdog had transferred some Narendra Modi’s leadership. their generation”, adding that Commenting on the first the Malda police chief in West senior police officials, state The 80-year-old leader was this could happen only in two phases of polling for the Bengal, just days ahead of the Chief Minister Mamata inducted into the party by BJP merit-based parties and not general elections, Jaitley said April 23 Lok Sabha polls in the Banerjee had accused it of leader Anil Baluni and dynastic ones. the momentum was clearly district. working as a “tool” of the BJP- Shahnawaz Hussain at the “A relevant question with with the BJP and Prime The Commission asked led government at the Centre. party headquarters here. this changing socio-econom- Minister Modi. the state government to shunt Rejecting the allegation, Kumar said Modi has been ic profile of India is — Are “In terms of national out Arnab Ghosh as SP, Malda, the EC had said it was well working to develop India and dynasties an asset for a party leadership contest for a Prime and replace him with Ajoy within its rights to transfer offi- he should continue to lead the or are they a liability? 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Such transactions do However, the EPFO has This is age-band wise data March 2019 on a healthy age asset growth of 19.8 per cial banks would have a 5-day week Latin American nation from are “false and reckless”. not lead to any consequent pay- revised downward the number of new members registered growth in its net interest cent and a core net inter- in terms of RBI instructions. It is clar- companies such as Russia’s “Reliance has purchased ment to PDVSA and do not of net subscribers added or under the EPFO where the first income. est margin of 4.4 per cent, ified that this information is not fac- Rosneft in full knowledge of US Venezuelan crude oil from violate US sanctions or poli- new jobs created from non-zero contribution received The bank had registered the bank said. tually correct,” the RBI said in a authorities. companies such as (Russia’s) cies,” it said. September 2017 to January during a particular month. For a net profit of 4,799.28 On asset front, bank’s release. In a statement, Reliance Rosneft long before the impo- Reliance said its price 2019 to 72.24 lakh from 76.48 each age-wise band, the esti- crore in the January-March gross non-performing The RBI has not issued any such said reports suggesting that it sition of the US sanctions, as agreement with such sellers is lakh released last month. mates are net of the members quarter of 2017-18. Total assets (NPAs) were at 1.36 directions, it said. Currently, branch- was involved in an arrange- they do get title to Venezuelan at market price and payments The sharpest revision was newly enrolled, exited and income for the quarter per cent of gross advances es of commercial banks observe hol- ment that leads to cash pay- oil in return for reduction in are settled in cash or by prod- for March 2018 in the latest rejoined during the month as ended March 31, 2019, stood as on March 31, 2019, as iday only on second and fourth ment for oil supplies to their prior debt. “Since sanc- uct supply bilaterally between report which showed con- per records of the EPFO, it at 31,204.5 crore, up by 22.1 against 1.30 per cent as on Saturday of a month apart from Venezuelan national oil com- tions were imposed, Reliance it and such sellers. traction or exit of 55,934 mem- added. per cent from 25,549.7 March 31, 2018. 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Noting that India has taken ndia’s growth trajectory holds strong initiatives for financial Iimmense potential for glob- inclusion, he said in the the al stakeholders to establish past three years, the govern- energy, infrastructure and ment has opened over 320 mil- technology collaboration with lion bank accounts for those the country, a UN forum here who never had an account. has been told. on the back of reforms related “We have leveraged these Counsellor in India’s to insolvency, taxation and bank accounts with the power Permanent Mission to the UN other areas. of a biometric identity system Ashish Sinha stressed on “India’s growth trajectory and mobile phones, to deliver Wednesday at the ECOSOC holds immense potential for subsidies and services to the Forum on Financing for our global stakeholders to deserving poor,” he said, adding Development Follow Up that establish energy, natural that 1.6 million people have India wanted to use growth as resource, and infrastructure benefited from the recently a mechanism to pull the max- and technology collaboration launched cashless health insur- imum number of people out of with us,” Sinha said. ance scheme called ‘Ayushman poverty and improve quality of The current global eco- Bharat’ in the first four months life in an inclusive manner. nomic outlook also reiterates of its launch. “India has retained its posi- the need for the promotion of India is also the sixth tion as the world’s fastest grow- policies for enhancing eco- largest producer of renewable ing major economy. Indian nomic growth and growth energy in the world and Indian economy has been growing inducing investments, he said. solar power capacity will grow over 7 per cent for several years Earlier this month, the robustly at an annual average and the forecast for the future World Bank said India’s GDP rate of 15.3 per cent to reach is equally robust,” he said. growth was expected to accel- 105.9 GW by 2028, up from 26 Sinha noted that India erate moderately to 7.5 per cent GW in 2018, he said. improved its ranking by 23 in fiscal year 19-20, driven by Sinha noted that research positions in the World Bank’s continued investment strength- and innovation would be the Ease of Doing Business rank- ening, particularly private- driving force in the 4th indus- ings last year. improved export performance trial revolution era. 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Slaunched an attack near a “The information that we Security Advisor John Bolton on Pyongyang to give a Ikilled 35 pro-Damascus fighters Amaq said that IS had Government Ministry in cen- have is four attackers have placed Saturday, accusing him of mak- “real indication” it is in Syria, in what a monitoring launched its assault on Thursday tral Kabul on Saturday, officials themselves near the communi- ing “stupid” comments on willing give up group described on Saturday as evening after government forces said, in an ongoing assault that cation ministry and are engaged stalled denuclearisation talks nuclear weapons. their deadliest operation since the tried to track down its fighters. destroyed weeks of relative in gun battles with the Afghan and warning “nothing good” In comments fall of the “caliphate”. The vast Syrian desert, known calm in the capital. security forces,” Amanduddin would come of them. cited by North The Syrian Observatory for arate attack in neighbouring Deir in Arabic as the Badia, stretches all The attack near the com- Shariati, a security official in Bolton is the second, top Korea’s official KCNA Human Rights said four senior Ezzor province on Thursday night, the way from the capital Damascus munications Ministry occurred Kabul told AFP. On Twitter, the ranking US politician to be criticised by news service, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Syrian army officers were among the Observatory said. and the cities of Homs and Hama one day after planned talks Ministry of Information said Pyongyang in recent days, after it labelled Son Hui said Bolton’s remarks may have the troops and allied militiamen The attack targeted a desert vil- to its north to the Euphrates Valley between the Taliban and three suicide bombers had Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as “reck- showed a “lack of understanding about the killed in the desert east of Homs lage south of the city of Mayadeen, near the Iraq border, where the Afghan representatives were attacked a post office building at less” Thursday, demanding his removal intentions of the two leaders”. But, “they province over the past 48 hours. upstream from the stretch of the “caliphate” was defeated in the vil- cancelled. the communications ministry. from talks over the North’s banned nuclear all sound uncharming and stupid to me”, The Amaq propaganda arm of Euphrates Valley where IS made a lage of Baghouz last month. No one claimed immediate General Sayed Mohammad programme. she said. “Nothing good would come to IS, which lost the last vestige of its desperate last stand for its Commanders of the US-led responsibility for the assault, Roshan Dil, the Kabul police Those comments came hours after the you if such insensitive remarks persist.” “caliphate” to Kurdish-led forces “caliphate”, the Britain-based war coalition, which provided air and which left people stranded in the chief, said four attackers had isolated state claimed to have tested a new In the Bloomberg interview, Bolton last month but retains desert and monitor said. artillery support for the Kurdish- tall building. Six people were been wearing police uniforms kind of weapon. said that for a third Trump-Kim summit mountain hideouts in both Syria Observatory chief Rami Abdel led operation, have warned repeat- injured, according to a Health and had targeted a shrine near Pyongyang and Washington have been to take place, “a real indication from North and Iraq, said its fighters carried Rahman described it as the edly that the jihadists’ loss of their Ministry spokesman. the ministry. One of the attack- at loggerheads since the collapse of a sum- Korea that they’ve made the strategic deci- out the operation. Another eight “biggest attack and the highest last piece of territory did not Initial reports were con- ers was killed, he told Tolo. mit between Kim Jong Un and Donald sion to give up nuclear weapons”, would be soldiers and militiamen, including death toll among regime forces mean their elimination as a fight- fused, with officials from dif- Local television footage Trump earlier this year. needed. two officers, were killed in a sep- since the caliphate was declared ing force. ferent agencies saying three or showed a small plume of smoke four attackers were involved. It near the ministry, and people was not clear how many were climbing out windows on a suicide bombers and how many lower level. On Facebook, a man % E  4      &   /R. were gunmen involved in a fol- named Syed Jaillani Jallan said low-up assault. AFP journalists he was trapped inside the   6&0 tycoons while their own demands heard one big blast at around Ministry. remain largely unmet and they strug- .-+ '# *% rench Yellow Vest protesters gle to make ends meet. Fmarched on Saturday to remind the Some 60,000 police officers were   &63 Government that rebuilding the fire- mobilised for Saturday’s protests ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn’t across France as the interior minister zech billionaire Prime Minister the only problem the nation needs to warned of the risk of resurgent vio- CAndrej Babis said on Saturday he solve. lence. would not resign if indicted for his Security was extra-high in Paris as The movement is largely peaceful alleged role in a two-million-euro EU authorities braced for resurgent Yellow but extremists have attacked treasured subsidy fraud. Vest anger, and Paris police said some monuments, shops and banks and Police this week recommended 70 people were detained by mid- clashed with police. that Babis be indicted over the case cals and media holding to make it eli- morning. The heavy police presence meant which could see him and several oth- gible for a subsidy awarded to small Multiple protest events are being rich. subway stations and roads around ers, including family members, companies before eventually putting held around Paris and other cities on Yet another group is trying to Paris were closed Saturday, thwarting spending five to ten years in prison. it back. Saturday for the 23rd weekend of the demonstrate yellow vest mourning tourists who converged on the French “I would not resign because I have Charged by police in 2017, Babis Yellow Vest movement against wealth over the Notre Dame blaze while also capital for an exceptionally warm been saying from the beginning that and several others — including his inequality and President Emmanuel keeping up pressure on Macron. spring day. this is a political process,” Babis told wife, brother-in-law and daughter — Macron’s leadership. The group wanted to march to “Paris is very difficult right now,” the DNES broadsheet which he are suspected of subsidy fraud and One group of about 200 people Notre Dame itself, but were banned by said Paul Harlow, of Kansas City, owns. harming the EU’s financial interests. tried to march on the president’s police, who have set up a large secu- Missouri, as he looked sadly at the The 64-year-old agro-chemicals “If I weren’t in politics, nobody Elysee Palace in central Paris, but riot rity perimeter around the area. damaged Notre Dame. mogul pegged by Forbes as the sec- would have heard about the Stork police blocked them at the neo-clas- Many protesters were deeply sad- He and his wife Susan are in Paris ond-wealthiest Czech is suspected of Nest,” Babis told DNES. sical Madeleine Church. dened by the fire at a national monu- only for a few days, and didn’t make abusing EU funds to build the luxu- “People keep plotting affairs Another group gathered around ment. it in time to see the cathedral — and ry Stork Nest resort and farm near against me, delving into the past. This the Finance Ministry in eastern Paris But at the same time they are their efforts to visit museums Saturday Prague in 2007. affair is 12 years old,” he said, calling to demand lower taxes on workers and angry at the USD 1 billion in Notre were derailed by closed subways and He allegedly took the farm out of charges against his family “incredi- pensioners and higher taxes on the Dame donations that poured in from barricaded roads. his sprawling Agrofert food, chemi- ble filth”.       2  P   
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Hopefully I can finish on a high the RCB skipper lived up to the he is ready for his big break due to a stiff back but will prob- be aiming to please their loyal in the next two games as well and we could expectations with a 58-ball 100 in the mega event should the ably be fit for the game on fans with a victory at last on be in the position to make the play-offs by for his first century of IPL 2019. need arises. Sunday. their home ground. the time I leave," said Bairstow during a RCB eked out a 10-run win After attracting selec- "Probably he will play in Despite the arrival of Dale round table conference here on the eve of over KKR for only their second tors' attention with a splen- the next game against RCB," Steyn, their bowling remains a the home game against Kolkata Knight success of the season after did season for Delhi in stand-in skipper Suresh Raina worry as it was evident at the Riders. Andre Russell and Nitish Rana domestic cricket, the 26- had said after the loss to SRH. Eden Gardens where Russell All the English players featuring in the nearly pulled off the impossi- year-old has impressed with Following the tournament and Rana almost pulled off the ongoing IPL are suppose to be back in ble. De Villiers was under the his pace and bounce for opener between CSK and RCB impossible after KKR needed England. weather before the start of the RCB in the IPL. in Chennai, both teams have 113 off the last six overs. The Currently placed fifth on the highest game and Kohli decided to rest The uncapped pacer is had contrasting campaigns. hosts just fell short by 10 runs run-scorer's list in the ongoing IPL, him. the sole bowler among the While CSK have lived up to as Moeen Ali saved the day for Bairstow's absence will be a big blow for the "It was important to bat standbys with the others Kolkata Knight Riders at the and in a match." their reputation again, RCB RCB with both bat and ball, Sunrisers. In his debut IPL season for the along when AB is not here, as being Ambati Rayudu and Eden Gardens here on Saini is also gaining continue to under-perform. having defended 24 in the final Hyderabad-based franchise, the opener a senior player. AB was disap- sions by (Marcus) Stoinis and Rishabh Pant. Saini will also Friday. from the vast experience of No doubt, RCB will be over. has scored 365 runs so far in eight games pointed for not making it for then Moeen in the end. I think be travelling with the World On his World Cup South African great Dale fired up after the win against On the the other hand, at an average of 52.14, including a hundred the game tonight and I told him the way Stoinis bowled those Cup squad as one of the four preparation, he said: "We Steyn who has come on KKR at Kolkata on Friday CSK will fancy themselves and a half-century. that I'll give him a hug if we win two-three dot balls, it was very net bowlers alongside talk during the matches but board as a replacement for night when they finally man- against RCB and sail into the "We get back after the Chennai game on tonight," Kohli said at the post- crucial," Kohli said of Stoinis Khaeel Ahmed, Avesh Khan the most important thing is Nathan Coulter-Nile. aged to defend despite a brutal play-offs. Dhoni, who has April 23. Then we've got the World Cup match presentation on Friday. penultimate over. and Deepak Chahar. to pay full attention at the "I had a discussion with assault from Andre Russell and scored 230 runs in eight games camp. We then play Pakistan in the five-ODI RCB finally managed to "They (Moeen and Stoinis) "Absolutely (I'm nets. If you do well at the him on the eve of the match. Nitish Rana. It was only their including two half-centuries, series and then we've got two warm-up defend a total after posting 213 both showed composure and ready)... The confidence of nets, you will do well in a He just told me to bowl the second win in nine games in will hold the key once again. matches in which we play Afghanistan and for four at the Eden Gardens. that's what you expect from doing well in IPL will give match as well. same way and not try any- the season so far though they The star bowler for CSK Australia. And then we go into the World "There's no point in pan- your teams mates. Our com- me a big boost. If I get a "My dad has always told thing different," Saini said. it still kept them mathematical- this season has been 40-year- Cup. icking in these types of situa- munication during second chance in World Cup, I me to give your 110 per cent Saini returned with fig- ly alive in the tournament. old Imran Tahir, who has taken "It's a lot of cricket leading into the tions, you got to leave it to the time-out was to get 170-175, we hope to do well," the shy lad effort wherever you play. I'm ures 1/31 taking the prized- RCB could also take a cue 13 wickets. The South African World Cup. And then we've got five Ashes bowlers to decide what he didn't think we could get 200- from Haryana told reporters putting in that extra effort scalp of the explosive KKR from a similar situation in import has executed his skip- Tests after that," Bairstow told reporters. wants to do. 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n order to grasp and convey the GOI as well as South East Asia complex reality of wartime cen- Command (SEAC) censors. Mankekar sorship, accounts of policy and was in Burma when news reached him official hand-wringing need to be about the Japanese invasion of India via supplemented with a narrative of Manipur and Assam, and SEAC censors Ithe lived experience of censorship. refused him permission to file the story, Fortunately for the historian, vivid citing GOI instructions. At Calcutta, descriptions are available in the mem- too, he was told by Lt Col Thompson oirs of journalists living and working that there was an order to the effect during the Second World War (1939- that no story about the Japanese inva- 45). The job of press correspondents sion was to be passed. The taboo during wartime was not an easy one. words, according to the order, were They stayed and were briefed together “Japanese invasion of India”. when they were covering organised Mankekar wrote the following cable, theaters of war, and this left little scope faithful to the letter of the law: for individual scoops. In an already difficult situation, the operation of cen-        sorship added a further complication.    -12 $    Sending news out from the war front       E was no easy task either: It could be sent Lt Col Thompson was puzzled, then re- out on a plane, or via army signaling read the rules. Mankekar threatened to equipment, in which case the word report the delay to the SEAC headquar- limit was severely restricted. ters in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Thompson In his memoir titled Leaves From A picked up his rubber stamp and War Reporter’s Diary, Dinker Rao stamped the cable ‘passed’. The 9.30 pm Mankekar, who served as Reuters’ cor- All India Radio bulletin carried the report about the lifting of the formed the respondent first in Colombo and then news. This report gave Mankekar an siege of Imphal. Mankekar had feat of recap- on the Burma front, recalled that as he international byline for the first time, exclusive access to this news as turing what they The story was the only correspondent to stay and the next morning, he found him- all other correspondents had had themselves was killed by the with the British Second Division till self on the front page of many newspa- left the town during the mon- been valiantly defend- censors, and it later the end (in the Burma front), they — pers. The GOI was furious and soon months, but he had stayed ing all that time! turned out that Sikh jawans of not unmindful of the benefits of pub- launched an investigation. As on with the 33 Corps. What was worse for the the Indian National Army dry- licity — allowed him use of their Mankekar put it: “The rules of the Another example of the colonial state was that in the ing their hair, when seen from wireless transmitter with a daily word game were fully accepted by the counter-productive nature of meantime, Japanese radio had afar, had been mistaken for limit of 600. This was transmitted to Government, under which the corre- censorship: War correspon- been broadcasting news of the women. The conflict between the closest signaling point, either spondent’s duty is to get his story dents had been forbidden from arrival of Subhas Chandra journalists and censors was, in Calcutta or Comilla. On the other through and that of the Censors is to reporting the fall of Kohima, Bose’s Indian National Army in his opinion, mainly over the hand, the American sector provided see that the wrong story did not escape even when almost all of Kohima, the ceremonial terms ‘security’ and ‘morale’. better facilities, and General Stilwell’s their lynx-like eyes, and if any did, Kohima was captured by the unfurling of the Indian flag on Censors applied rules mechani- Headquarters in North Burma even then it is the Censor and not the corre- Japanese except for a tiny hill Indian soil, and the establish- cally, and war correspondents carried a mobile wireless transmitter spondent that is to blame. Col holding a British garrison. ment of the Azad Hind interpreted them more flexibly. for the use of the press. In his opinion, Thompson, I can never forgive myself, Consequently, when the British Government in that area. Here The GOI, especially in the soldiers (via letters from family) became Major Thompson, as a sequel army began reclaiming the was a case where censorship India-Burma theater of war, received press cuttings featuring their — which was far from my intention.” town, a problem arose. Having left a vacuum easily filled by was inclined to be inflexible activities, and this had a positive This incident contains at least two maintained that they had never rumours. Some journalists (or about allowing any information impact on morale. important insights into the nature of lost Kohima, the military at least the British ones) even that they considered could And then there were the censors. censorship. One, that even rigorously authorities had to explain what had the luxury of seeing the dampen morale. The problem, In her memoir, Portrait of Myself, enforced censorship could not stand they were attacking in Kohima. lighter side of censorship. The in Mankekar’s opinion, Margaret Bourke-White, accredited as between a determined journalist and Hence, they re-christened nine- GOI had asked newspapers not occurred because this covered a war correspondent with the US Air his readers. Two, while in times of tenths of Kohima, which was in to carry information about the “almost everything in those Force in 1942 (and best known in peace, journalists were the ones who the hands of the Japanese as weather so as to deny this infor- tense days of external war-cum- India for her photographs of Partition were prosecuted, in times of war, when the ‘Naga village’, and renamed mation to the Japanese. One internal-nationalist struggle”. refugees) described censors thus: censors took on enlarged powers, their the remaining one-tenth, com- day, The Pioneer (then edited by The line dividing the politi- “Censors are a peculiar breed of responsibilities also increased. As this prising a small hill on the edge its last British editor, HEB cal from the military was not mankind. They are born with red incident shows, the journalist merely E&03:&: 8> of Kohima town, as ‘Kohima’! Catley) carried a news item to thin, but invisible. According pencils in their mouths, and they went to his next assignment; the censor /:&-- :& 0 Mankekar himself had great the effect that there were leaves to Mankekar, it was for reasons simply have to use them…” was the one who was penalised. difficulty while trying to on the streets and the electricity entirely political and not mili- Mankekar’s account of life as a war Mankekar’s memoirs are full of -6O 6?5 “explain to readers why British supply was disturbed. The col- tary that it was considered correspondent is replete with accounts examples how censors’ decisions were troops were attacking a British- umn asked if there was a storm, advisable by the powers in of dealing with military censors, and of often counter-productive. During the 6&.0 held town”! In his opinion, this and concluded, “Hush, the cen- Delhi that the Indian public the irrationality of censors and of cen- Japanese siege of Imphal, for example, @:&680 60 censorship was self-defeating: sor is listening.” Although cor- should not know about sorship, generally. For example, when he when newspapers were forbidden from Japanese radio could easily be respondents usually got the best Kohima’s capture, or about the wrote a profile of Naga warriors that calling it a siege, Mankekar took &6& %5080 listened to in India and it broad- of the censor, even Mankekar Japanese invasion in the referred to their poison-tipped spears, recourse to an indirect strategy: In his cast exaggerated reports of their acknowledged that there were Manipur sector. Corroboration the war office censor deleted the term report, he described the topography of 0. :/6- military successes in Indian ter- times when an intelligent censor of this statement is provided by poison, on the grounds that internation- the Imphal valley in great detail, as @:&680  5& ritory. By censoring news, this was of great help in pointing examples cited by journalist al law forbade the use of poison in war. well as the fact that there were only propaganda could not be coun- out errors. 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In fact, on April 6 the ing two years. forced the US Government to the aspirations of its people”. transitional government and demands is a representative come back to the same irre- al jihadists like Osama bin anti-Bashir mobilisation When Auf declared the put him in the list of targeted Further, Mahamat recalls two years time for transition is government without any delay. versible cycle of pain, poverty, Laden in the 1990s. reached to its zenith that transitional Government, peo- financial sanctions. Therefore, the 2000 Lome Declaration on too long. Robert Palladino, the Meanwhile, top most inter- and primarily misrule. Hence, the post-Bashir marked the anniversary of a ple heard in his declaration his the moot point is what is in the unconstitutional change of State Department spokesper- national organisations such as Peace and stability in Sudan is to see that civil and symbolic non-violent move- “master’s (Bashir) voice”. Auf is store for Sudanese people? Government and the African son, said Washington would the European Union and the Sudan is crucial to the rest of political rights are widely ment which in 1985 brought a career soldier very much Will Bashir be replaced by Charter on Democracy, elec- continue to “call for those UN have called for an inclusive North Africa as it is bordered respected. A nation in tatters down the regime of Jaafar like his former boss who was some new face with the system tions and governance that responsible for the horrific government in Sudan that will by globally significant areas and after long autocratic rule of Nimeiri. made the Defence Minister of intact or a new leader will strongly condemn any uncon- crimes that were committed in meet the democratic aspira- countries such as the Red Sea, Bashir sincerely demands bud- Though people from all Sudan by the latter. When emerge to bring in changes giv- stitutional change of Darfur to be held accountable tions of its people. All these Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central getary transparency, end of walks of life raised voices Bashir declared a year-long ing relief to Sudanese. Government and commit for those actions” without spec- show that both the interna- African Republic, South Sudan, corruption in high public against the economic hard- state of emergency on February Is that all a call enough member states to the respect of ifying whether Bashir or Auf tional agencies and respective Ethiopia and Eritrea. Therefore, offices and the ouster of the old ships faced by them because of 22 this year in response to evoked by millions of populace rule of law, democratic princi- should be extradited in due national governments of vari- mismanagement of affairs in clusters of the ruling National years of sanctions imposed by months of protests nationwide for a civilian government in ples and human rights. course of time. ous countries simply want a Sudan might spread like wild- Congress Party from key posi- the US Government, it was the and calls for his resignation, Sudan: Certainly not. The While reiterating these Also, the US is publicly air- popularly elected government fire to the rest of Africa and can tions in the country. This will Sudanese Professional Auf was promoted to serve as Chairperson of the 55-member crucial documents and provi- ing the view that the Sudanese in Sudan. It is very clear that no simply add to the misery of the finally ensure offering breath- Association (SPA) that finally Vice-President, indicating that pan-African Union sions, he is looking forward to people should be given free one wants to trust the same old already disadvantaged neigh- ing space to the common peo- led the protests against the he can become the President of Commission, Moussa Faki meet the commission’s Peace hand in deciding who will military generals in a new bours. In fact, Sudan itself is ple, indicating political repre- Bashir regime. The SPA is a the country once Bashir’s con- Mahamat, who has been close- and Security Council to take an lead them in future and they design. Clearly, though military sensitive in its ethnic mosaic as sentation to them, for which conglomeration of doctors, stitutional term comes to an ly monitoring the crisis in urgent decision to prevent a are quite clear that they need a swung into action in the name it has a large number of diverse they are yearning for decades. health workers and lawyers end by April 2020. Sudan from the beginning has catastrophe in the resource civilian administration to come of preventing chaos, its hidden ethnic groups living across the who have pinned down an But now the problem is expressed the conviction that rich African nation. to Khartoum. British Foreign intensions are very clear: They country like Sudanese Arab (The writer is an expert on intractable regime whose that Auf was also the head of “the military takeover is not the What the US stated is that Secretary Jeremy Hunt made it just want to cling to the levers (approximately 70 per cent), international affairs)
 

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