AIADMK Ruling Group Revolts Against Sasikala

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NEARBY AIADMK ruling group Mallya held, released on bail revolts against Sasikala Arrest in London irst step in extradition process pursued by India with U.K. Vidya Ram tradited Samirbhai Vinubhai London Patel, wanted by India in re- Decides to distance her family from party and government Wanted tycoon Vijay Mallya lation to the 2002 Gujarat Ex-Delhi Cong chief was arrested in London on riots. Lovely joins BJP Tuesday morning, based on Special Correspondent On Monday night, when NEW DELHI an extradition warrant. He Jaitley intervention Chennai Mr. Dhinakaran was out of Former Congress leader was later granted bail and re- During his visit to London In an attempt to unite the town allegedly to meet his Arvinder Singh Lovely, who leased on a bond of earlier this year, Finance party and retrieve its elec- aunt Sasikala at the Parap- headed key portfolios such as £6,50,000 and is scheduled Minister Arun Jaitley high- tion symbol, senior mem- pana Agrahara prison in Transport and Education to appear in court on May 17. lighted the seriousness with bers of the ruling AIADMK Bengaluru, several Ministers under the erstwhile Sheila “Officers from the Metro- which India took the issue of (Amma), led by Chief Minis- met at Mr. Thangamani’s Dikshit-led Congress politan Police’s Extradition defaulters, without direct ter Edappadi K. Palan- house, with the blessings of government in Delhi and was Unit have this morning, reference to Mr. Mallya. iswami, on Tuesday night re- the Chief Minister, to chalk chief of the party’s State unit, Tuesday, 18 April, arrested a The issue is also under- volted against jailed party out a road map for a possible defected to the Bharatiya man on an extradition war- stood to have figured in his general secretary V.K. merger with the AIADMK Janata Party at a hush-hush rant,” Scotland Yard said in a discussions with Prime Min- Sasikala and her nephew (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma), ceremony here on Tuesday. statement, adding that the li- began formal proceedings to and London. ister Theresa May and Chan- and deputy general secret- headed by former Chief Min- DELHI METRO PAGE 1 quor baron had been arres- extradite Mr. Mallya, wanted While the actual extradi- cellor of the Exchequer Ī ary, T.T.V. Dhinakaran. The ister O. Panneerselvam. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ted on behalf of Indian au- in connection with a number tion will depend on the U.K. Philip Hammond. faction also resolved to keep D. Jayakumar * R. RAVINDRAN The final decision to side- thorities in relation to of charges, including default- courts, sources have said A CBI team will leave for the latter “completely away” line the Sasikala family was accusations of fraud. “He ing on loans amounting to there was political will to the U.K. to pursue the extra- Puri temple servitor held from the affairs of the party inakaran’s family,” Mr. Jayak- taken hours after Mr. Pan- was arrested after attending ₹9,000 crore. support the process. dition request in coordina- ahead of Mamata’s visit and the government. umar said. neerselvam laid down two a central London police sta- While no one had been ex- tion with the Indian High BHUBANESWAR Emerging from a con- He added that the party conditions for unity: the exit tion and will appear at West- Documents handed over tradited for 23 years after the Commission. A servitor of Jagannath sultative meeting, held at the had decided that the Sasikala of the general secretary’s minster Magistrates’ Court.” Relevant documents were India-U.K. Extradition Treaty Temple, who had opposed Chief Minister’s house on family had to be completely family from the party and a Earlier this year, India handed over in New Delhi of 1993, Britain last year ex- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 the visit of West Bengal Chief Greenways Road here, Fin- sidelined. “There shall be no probe into the circum- Minister Mamata Banerjee to ance Minister D. Jayakumar interference in the affairs of stances of Jayalalithaa’s the temple over her alleged told journalists that the de- the party and the govern- death. However, Mr. Jayaku- comments on beef cision to sideline the Sasikala ment. We decided about this mar denied that pressure May for snap consumption, was detained family was taken in defer- and have chosen to inform from Mr. Panneerselvam had Met dept. expects a ‘normal’ by the police on Tuesday. ence to the wishes of the the people and the cadre,” precipitated the rebellion. polls in U.K. Ms. Banerjee arrived in people and the party cadre. the Minister said. “So far as OPS is con- Bhubaneswar on Tuesday “We had a consultation cerned, he said he was pre- monsoon but doubts loom on June 8 evening and will visit the meeting to take immediate Committee to be set up pared to hold talks with us. temple on Wednesday. steps to ensure that the A committee will be formed We, too, were prepared and Vidya Ram NATION PAGE 6 Ī party and the government to administer the party till a welcome his view. Let them Threat of El Nino phenomenon adds element of uncertainty London DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD should continue to provide general secretary is elected, come and join us so that the British politics took an- Amma’s [Jayalalithaa’s] he added. The first signs of a party could be run as a dis- Jacob Koshy other dramatic and unex- golden rule, not just for the revolt against the Sasikala ciplined organisation and we NEW DELHI pected turn on Tuesday, as remaining four years but family were seen last week can retrieve the ‘Two India is likely to get ‘normal’ Prime Minister Theresa forever. The unanimous when senior leaders led by Leaves’ symbol. But our de- monsoon rains, according to May announced plans to view and the desire of the 1.5 Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker cision is a reflection of the the first official forecast of hold a snap general elec- crore cadre of the AIADMK M. Thambi Durai and Electri- feeling of the grassroots the season by the India Met- tion on June 8. and the Tamil Nadu people city Minister P. Thangamani workers of the party and the eorological Department “We need a general elec- is that the party and the gov- met Mr. Dhinakaran and re- people,” he said. (IMD). tion and we need one ernment must be run portedly told him to step Rains are likely to be 96% now,” she said, as she ac- without the interference of down as deputy general sec- ‘SMOOTH SAILING’ FOR AIADMK of the 50-year average of cused Opposition parties OPPORTUNITIES Ī PAGE 4 one family, i.e, Mr T.T.V. Dh- retary. AMMA MLAS Ī PAGE 5 89cm for the monsoon sea- and the House of Lords of Ī son of June to September. “political game playing” CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC They are expected to fan out and sought to explain a re- favourably and “help agri- versal of her previous state- Reimagining Earth culture.” There is, however, ments that there should be a significant element of un- no general election until certainty in this forecast. 2020. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 POLITICAL GAMBLE Ī PAGE 12 Polls in three States rigged, says Kejriwal

Amit Baruah Sidhartha Roy New Delhi Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party con- vener Arvind Kejriwal is convinced that the elections to the Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assemblies were rigged. Asked by The Hindu if he had any evidence to back his allegation, Mr. Kejriwal said, “All the things that are coming out now. There are some villages in Punjab [where] 15 [AAP] volunteers each have been work- Crystal clear: People look at a Google Earth map of Venice, Italy, on a screen as Google unveiled a revamped version of the ing for the past six months application at New York’s Whitney Museum of Art on Tuesday. The re-imagined version has a ‘Voyager’ feature, which enables and where we have got just two votes. Those 15 volun- people digitally exploring the planet to be guided on interactive stories told by experts. * AFP teers are saying where have our votes gone, where have our family’s votes gone?” 13 Indians reported “My suggestion is that Australia visa cut to VVPAT [Voter-Verifiable Pa- per Audit Trail] machines killed in U.S. bombing hit Indian IT workers be made compulsory. Sup- pose there are 100 As- Verifying claims of Afghan agency: NIA Delhi stunned as ‘457’ scheme scrapped sembly constituencies, 15- 20% of them should be ran- Special Correspondent (TTP), the Wilayat Khorasan Special Correspondent fairs spokesperson said. domly picked at the time of New Delhi of Islamic State in Afgh- NEW DELHI On Tuesday morning, counting and [EVM results An Afghanistan-based news anistan came into existence The Centre said it was study- Australian Prime Minister be] compared with [count- agency said on Tuesday that in 2015. ing the implications of the Malcolm Turnbull an- ing of] VVPAT [slips]. Then 13 Indians were killed in the The NIA was investigating Australian government’s de- nounced that he was scrap- you can say the results are Massive Ordnance Air Blast the case and over the past cision to scrap a visa pro- ping the Australian “457” okay,” he said in an exclus- (MOAB) attack by the U.S. two months, at least two of gramme that benefited Indi- visa programme that al- ive interview. military in Achin district of them, Mohammad Hafezud- ans, and warned that the lowed Australian companies Mr. Kejriwal denied that Nangarhar province last din and Murshid Mo- move could have an impact to hire Indians in a number the people of Delhi looked week. hammad, have been killed on negotiations on the free of skilled jobs. at his government in a neg- The National Investiga- in drone attacks. trade agreement — Compre- He said he would replace ative light and said the re- tion Agency (NIA) said it was Quoting a credible hensive Economic Coopera- the programme with a more cent defeat in the Rajouri not sure of the claims and source, the Afghanistan tion Agreements (CECA) — stringent system, making it Garden byelection was due was still verifying it. news agency said, “13 In- between both countries. difficult to hire non-Aus- to local factors. “It has Last year, as a well dian Daesh militants were “The government is ex- tralian citizens. “We are an nothing to do with pop- thought-out conspiracy, 21 also among those killed in amining the consequences immigrant nation, but the ularity and will have no im- men, women and children the attack. Daesh command- of the new policy in con- fact remains — Australian pact on the MCD [Muni- from Kerala had left for ers Mohammad and Allah sultation with all stakehold- workers must have priority cipal Corporation of Delhi] Afghanistan via Iran to live Gupta were from India.” ers. This is also a matter we for Australian jobs.” elections,” he claimed. in the IS-controlled territ- An NIA official said they will be looking at in the con- CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 ory. Mainly comprising de- were in touch with the fam- text of CECA negotiations,” TRUMP’S ORDER TARGETS INTERVIEW Ī PAGE 9 fectors from Tehrik-i-Taliban ilies of the missing Indians. the Ministry of External Af- H-1B PROGRAMME Ī PAGE 12 LINES OF DEFENCE Ī EDITORIAL CM YK https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

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DELHI Timings Wednesday, April 19 RISE 05:52 SET 18:49 Yogi govt’s one month work Dog feeds on body at Jind RISE 00:49 SET 11:47 Thursday, April 20 RISE 05:51 SET 18:50 mortuary; govt orders probe RISE 01:34 SET 12:40 showing positive impact: BJP Friday, April 21 RISE 05:50 SET 18:50 Shocking footage taken by passerby alerts hospital RISE 02:16 SET 13:37 ‘Anti-Romeo squads, closure of slaughter houses have won the hearts of people’ Press Trust of India Press Trust of India and the SP rule, the trend Chandigarh Lucknow was that after the govern- A shocking video of a dog As the Yogi Adtiyanath gov- ment changes, officers were feeding on a body at the ernment in Uttar Pradesh changed. But the Adityanath mortuary of the civil hos- completed one month in of- government has stopped this pital at Jind in Haryana sur- fice, the BJP on Tuesday said “negative tradition” and sent faced on social media trig- the welfare schemes initi- out a message to the officers gering outrage and ated by the new dispensa- that their accountability prompting the State govern- tion have started “showing should not be towards any ment to order a probe into positive impact”. political party or leader but the incident. “The people of the State towards the people of the The latest incident have started realising that fi- State, he said. comes barely four months The latest incident comes barely four months after three nally, they have a govern- after three disturbing incid- incidents of rats nibbling at bodies in hospitals in Kurukshetra ment which is dedicated to ‘Better output’ ents of rats nibbling at bod- and Kaithal were reported. * FILE PHOTO their cause. In just 30 days, By getting better output ies at hospitals in Kuruksh- the positive works of the gov- from the same officers, the etra and Kaithal were to the hospital on April 16 submit a report within two ernment have started show- Triumphant: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrives to attend Chief Minister has proved reported. by the Railway Police for days, an official spokesman ing results,” the party’s State a Cabinet meeting in Lucknow on Tuesday. * RAJEEV BHATT that if the leadership is hon- In the latest video, a stray post-mortem examination. said here. unit spokesperson Shalabh est and capable, officers are dog is seen feeding on the Taking a strict view of A police official said the IN BRIEF Mani Tripathi said. showed “the BJP does what it work done by officers during bound to work for the wel- body of an unidentified per- the incident, Health Minis- body was properly handled Mr. Adityanath took over says”. the previous Samajwadi fare of the people, the State son lying in the mortuary of ter Anil Vij on Tuesday and the mortuary had been the reins of the State on Formation of anti-Romeo Party dispensation, the BJP spokesperson said. the civil hospital, Jind. ordered an inquiry into the locked and they had no clue March 19 after the BJP squads, closure of illegal Adityanath government Mr Tripathi claimed that The video is believed to incident. how the door was opened stormed to power with a slaughter houses, electricity showed that if there is com- unauthorised mining, over have been shot by a and the dog managed to three-fourth majority in the for all and the decision to mitment in leadership they loading, irregularities in re- passerby, who also alerted Report within 2 days enter inside. 403-member Assembly. scrap the system of inter- can make bureaucrats work cruitment, misbehaviour at hospital officials about the The Health Minister has The body had been kept Referring to the key de- view in group C and D gov- for people,” Mr Tripathi said police stations, school teach- incident. asked the Director (Dental for identification in a separ- cision of loan waiver for ernment jobs have won the and warned that the days ers being absent, late arrival The police said the body Health) in the Haryana gov- ate room of the mortuary Five injured in small and marginal farmers, hearts of the people in a ahead will be tough for those in offices by government had been found on the rail- ernment, Parveen Sethi, to premises, the official landslide in Kupwara taken in the first Cabinet short time, he claimed. involved in corruption. staff and bribery have be- way tracks and was brought look into the matter and added. meeting, Mr. Tripathi said it “By recognising the good He said during the BSP come a thing of the past. SRINAGAR Five persons were injured on Tuesday in a landslide in Macchil sector of Kupwara district in Jammu and Rajasthan govt signs fresh MoU for reinery Punjab govt working on law Kashmir, the police said. They were rescued by locals and shifted to a nearby Army Congress president Sonia Gandhi had laid foundation of the reinery in Sept 2013 to regularise illegal colonies hospital, it said. PTI Special Correspondent investment of ₹43,000 crore off as the BJP government, Minister of State for Petro- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT JAIPUR in Barmer district. which came to power in leum Dharmendra Pradhan, to implement the party's Convict who jumped CHANDIGARGH poll promise of 30% reserva- parole held after 11 years After junking the agreement The 9-million tonnes re- December 2013, shelved the paving the way for resump- finalised during the previous finery-cum-petrochemical MoU signed by the Ashok tion of the project. The Punjab government on tion for scheduled caste in JHABUA Congress regime, the Bhar- complex at Pachpadra is ex- Gehlot government with Tuesday initiated the pro- all future allotments, and A life term convict in the atiya Janata Party govern- pected to bring tremendous doubts created about its fin- Raje flays Congress cess of allotting free houses subsidised loans to families infamous 1998 Jhabua nuns’ ment on Tuesday signed a amount of revenue and de- ancial viability. Chief Minis- Addressing the gathering, to the homeless and decided for buying or improving gang-rape case was arrested revised memorandum of un- velop its desert region expo- ter Vasundhara Raje recently Ms. Raje launched a scathing to set up a committee to for- middle-income group (MIG) from a village here on derstanding with the nentially. Congress president announced that she had attack on the Congress lead- mulate a legislation for regu- housing. Tuesday, eleven years after he Hindustan Petroleum Cor- Sonia Gandhi had laid found- “renegotiated the deal”. ers who have been accusing larisation of illegal colonies It was also decided that a jumped parole and went poration Limited (HPCL) for ation stone for the refinery The MoU was signed at a the BJP government of stop- and transfer of ownership new need-based policy for underground, the police said. PTI establishing the long- in September 2013. luxury hotel here in the pres- ping the project out of rights to the occupants. Punjab Chief Minister Capt low income group (LIG) pending oil refinery with an The project could not take ence of Ms. Raje and Union vengeance. The decision was taken at Amarinder Singh * FILE PHOTO housing needs to be formu- a Department of Housing lated. The CM also directed and Urban Development re- scheme, the CM directed the the Town Planning Depart- view meeting, which was housing department to ment to complete work on chaired by Chief Minister identify and verify benefi- preparing master plans of all Capt. Amarinder Singh. The ciaries for free houses under the cities in the State by the panel will be headed by the the Mukhya Mantri Awas end of the current financial Chief Secretary. Yojana. year and make them avail- Regarding the housing A decision was also taken able online.

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against Narada owner Staff Reporter ted a vehicle carrying Bor- BERHAMPUR der Security Force person- Suna Wadeka alias Jeevani, a nel near Ralegada on August ‘Use Hindi besides Move comes a day after the CBI charged Trinamool Congress leaders hardcore female Maoist car- 27, 2013, killing four security regional languages’ rying a ₹1 lakh reward on her personnel. She was involved GUWAHATI Special Correspondent as a Rajya Sabha MP “was a those accused in the scam be head, surrendered before in the murder of a village Union Minister M. Venkaiah Kolkata blunder”. taken into custody. the police in Koraput district guard at Poteru in 2015. In Naidu on Tuesday urged A day after the Central Bur- She added that there she “We demand that the tain- of Odisha on Tuesday. 2016, she had killed three ci- people to use Hindi in their eau of Investigation (CBI) re- had not been in touch Mr. ted Ministers resign from the Suna was the personal vilians. She was also in- day-to-day life along with gistered an FIR against a Singh for a long time and Cabinet immediately. They bodyguard of Chelluri volved in arson at three regional languages. “The dozen of Trinamool Con- that he also maintained a have lost the moral right to Narayan Rao alias Suresh, camps of construction firms Centre is using more and gress leaders in the Narada good rapport with the BJP. continue in office. West the Maoist commander of involved in laying roads in more Hindi in government news sting case, the Kolkata Bengal Chief Minister the third company of Cent- Suna Wadeka alias Jeevani remote areas. programmes and policies,” he Police is tightening its grip What’s the motive? Mamata Banerjee should im- ral Regional Committee surrendered before the Suna hails from said. PTI around Trinamool MP K. D. Journalist Mathew Samuels, mediately remove them (CRC) of the outlawed CPI police in Koraput on Podapadar village under the Singh, the owner of the who headed Narada, con- from the Ministry,” BJP (Maoist) organisation, which Tuesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Narayanpatna police station Narada news magazine. ducted the sting on the Trin- leader Kailash Vijayvargiya is active on the Andhra- limits. She had joined the School student drowns Senior police officials on A screen grab from one of amool leaders. said. Odisha border. She sur- isation. She alleged that Maoist organisation in 2011. BERHAMPUR (ODISHA) Tuesday said that a fresh the sting operation videos The party MPs are con- Left Front leaders, includ- rendered before Deputy In- cadres from Andhra and Ch- She had started using a .303 A teenaged school student complaint against the MP conducted by Narada News. fused why Mr. Singh would ing its chairperson Biman spector Generalof Police, hattisgarh were having the rifle while still a juvenile. drowned while bathing in a has been lodged at the commission a sting opera- Bose and CPI(M) State Sec- South-West Range, S. Shyani upper hand in the organisa- pond at Rama Nagara here on Kalighat police station in The first FIR against the tion against his colleagues,, retary Surjya Kanta Mishra, and Koraput Superintendent tion, while cadres from To be rehabilitated Tuesday. The deceased, a plus south Kolkata. MP was lodged at the who are now facing a CBI also demanded that those of Police C. S. Meena. Odisha were being exploited According to police authorit- two student, was alone when Bowbazar police station in probe. named in the FIR resign im- by them. ies, she will receive the ₹1 he went to take a bath in the Serious charges central Kolkata in March. mediately and that the ‘Fed up’ As per police records, she lakh on her head as she had pond at noon and drowned, The charges against Mr. Trinamool Congress has Left, BJP demand action agency take them into After the surrender, Suna was involved in several in- suo motu decided to leave the police said. The body was Singh include cheating, already distanced itself from Meanwhile, following the custody. said she was fed up with the cidents of Maoist violence, the violent path. She will be fished out by fire brigade criminal conspiracy, breach Mr. Singh, with party chair- CBI’s FIR, which was filed on The FIR states that there unjustified violence, killings which included at least five rehabilitated as per the gov- personnel from the pond, the of trust by a public servant person Mamata Banerjee Monday, the Left and the BJP has been no tampering with of innocents and anti-people murders. She was also part ernment policy for surren- police added. PTI etc. saying that nominating him held rallies demanding that the videos. attitude of the Maoist organ- of the Maoist gang that blas- dering Naxalites. Tension in Birbhum after youth’s murder Police rule out communal angle

Staff Reporter the family members, he Kolkata added. A young man from the Locals said that after the minority community was al- altercation Sheikh went to legedly stabbed to death in home and informed his fam- Birbhum district late on ily about the incident. “The Monday night. The incident situation suddenly flared up took place in Amdole village when some family members in Muarai. went to the marriage pandal Speaking to The Hindu, and protested against the as- the Superintendent of Po- sault. Suddenly, Sheikh was lice, Birbhum, N. Sudheer stabbed in the chest,” said a Kumar said there was “no local. communal angle” to the “He succumbed to his in- murder. No one has been ar- juries on his way to the hos- rested so far. pital,” an eyewitness said. According to locals, a They also said that a large man in his 20s, Azahar contingent of police has Sheikh, was riding a motor- been deployed and there cycle near a pandal in the was some tension in the village set up for a wedding. area. “Mr. Sheikh was intoxicated Ruling out any “com- and accidentally hit the gate munal angle”, the Birbhum of the pandal, and an alter- SP said: “It (the incident) is cation ensued,” said a resid- not communal in nature; it ent of Amdole village. took place around midnight During the altercation, on Monday. A complaint has Sheikh was roughed up by been lodged.” Court work in Imphal hit due to lawyers’ protest Speculation over CM’s move on A-G

Iboyaima Laithangbam IMPHAL said, “In a first for Manipur, attempts are being made to Court work was affected in appoint a non-local as Ad- Imphal on Tuesday after vocate-General. The person members of the Manipur tipped for the post won’t High Court Bar Association know the State language staged a sit-in. They were and won’t be able to dis- protesting against Chief charge the job properly due Minister N. Biren Singh’s al- to the linguistic barrier.” leged move to appoint an Seeking cooperation of Andhra Pradesh-based law- civil organisations, agitating yer as Advocate-General. lawyers added: “Many There is no information senior lawyers are eligible on the name of the person for the post and the govern- reportedly being appointed ment should choose one of the Manipur Advocate-Gen- us.” eral. Mr. Singh had recently Mr. Binoykumar said the appointed Delhi-based Rajat lawyers will submit a Kumar Sethi as his adviser. memorandum listing their Manipur Bar Association demands to the Chief Minis- president K. Binoykumar ter after the protest.

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Let’s have a ‘potential review’ A long-term development plan for each employee will be built into an efective performance management model

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n annual performance review is a testing time Afor both the employee and the organisation. In recent times, many companies are moving away from year- end ratings that don’t take potential into consideration.

Balanced review To ensure a balanced performance review, discussions should kick off much earlier. Last year, telecom company Nokia and introduced what is called a “1- in-90” dialogue. It’s a hour- long dialogue that takes place every 90 days between Photo used for representational purpose only a frontline manager and each of his team members. ance-review meetings can creased the frequency to jectivity in the system. Ke- In this approach, the com- decide the employee’s bonus quarterly feedback sessions. stone also has a buddy pany brings all its employees and appraisal, the potential Regular conversations and programme under which under the scope of long-term review will be about career feedback mechanism keep every new joinee gets a col- personal development plan- planning and promotion de- an employee well-informed league to help him learn on ning, with an up-to-date per- cisions. about the ratings they will the job for the first three sonal development plan. receive by the end of the months. Feedback mechanism year. Development plans are Even later, if someone is Two-tier system At Kestone, we retain the also shared with new joinees seen to be not doing well, Another aspect of any pro- four-point rating system (un- during quarterly reviews targeted coaching and ment- gressive performance man- acceptable, needs major im- which helps them get over oring is arranged to help im- agement is keeping perform- provement, meets expecta- their weaknesses. prove performance. ance and potential reviews tion and exceeds This definite structure en- (Alok Kumar is Head, HR separate. While the perform- expectation) but have in- sures transparency and ob- at Kestone IMS Pvt. Ltd. ) https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 SOUTH 5 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Padmanabhaswamy temple Naidu’s oice, A.P. Secretariat ponds in dismal state, SC told yet to get NoC on ire safety Mild tremors felt Nobody has sought even a provisional certiicate: ire oicial in Karnataka Accumulation of sewage in water bodies a chronic problem: amicus curiae BENGALURU Rajulapudi Srinivas for fire-tenders and the per- puters, inverters and UPS Parts of Bengaluru and many Legal Correspondent report. He informed the VIJAYAWADA sonnel to reach the spot, he machines installed in the villages in Mandya, NEW DELHI court that the KWA’s work of The Interim Government told The Hindu. Secretariat and [the] As- Ramanagaram and Tumakuru Amicus curiae and senior ad- blocking sewage would be Complex (IGC) at Velagapudi “As per protocol norms, sembly. districts of Karnataka vocate Gopal Subramanium completed by May 10. does not have the mandat- we depute a fire-tender from “Hundreds of employees experienced mild tremors described to the Supreme The court handed over to ory ‘no objection certificate’ Mangalagiri along with a fire- are working in the IGC and it around 7.40 a.m. on Tuesday. Court on Tuesday the plight the Kerala State Nirmithi (NOC) on fire safety from the man and crew regularly to will be quite a task if any- There were no reports of of the twin ponds of the fam- Kendra the job of cleaning Andhra Pradesh State Dis- the Chief Minister’s resid- thing happens,” said another casualties. But many ous Sri Padmanabhaswamy the ponds and other repair aster Response and Fire Ser- ence as a temporary ar- fire official. buildings developed cracks. temple as “dismal”. work to be completed in the vices Department. rangement. But there is no A team of officials would People rushed out of their Appearing before a Bench next two months. “[The] IGC has no fire fire NOC.” visit the Secretariat soon, homes to open spaces. led by Chief Justice of India The court had, on March NOC and nobody has filed Chief Minister N. check the functioning of the J.S. Khehar, Mr. Sub- 20, further ordered the for provisional NOC for it or Chandrababu Naidu inaug- fire fighting equipment in- Actor assault case: Kerala ramanium submitted that temple’s administrative com- for the interim Secretariat so urated the Interim Secret- stalled in each block, As- police file charges despite repeated orders and mittee to invite expressions far. Only recently, the Secret- ariat-cum-Government Com- sembly and Council halls, KOCHI directions to clean the Crying for attention: A ile picture of one of the ponds of the of interest from experts who ariat officials started the pro- plex on April 16 last year. and issue an NOC if they The Kerala police team, ponds, which he described Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple. * S. GOPAKUMAR could restore the Padman- cess,” said a Fire Depart- The construction of five comply with the norms, the probing the abduction and as natural underwater abhaswamy temple deity ment officer who did not buildings was taken up with Fire Department authorities sexual harassment of a woman springs, accumulation of scribed the surroundings as preme Court had directed made of Katu Sarkara Yo- want to be quoted. state-of-the-art facilities. said. actor in Kochi, filed a charge sewage in the water bodies “substantially polluted”. He the Kerala Water Authority gam, the structure of the The Assembly and the The authorities said a few sheet against seven persons, continued to be a chronic said the ponds reverted to to clean the temple’s water roof of the sanctum sanc- Temporary arrangement Council buildings with a Ministers’ quarters, taken on including Sunil Kumar problem. status quo even if a con- tanks and take measures to torum and the temple tanks. The Chief Minister’s resid- seating capacity of 231 and lease and the buildings in Surendran, aka ‘Pulsar’ Suni, tractor cleaned them up. He prevent sewage and con- The court directed the com- ence, located on the banks 90 were inaugurated re- which some offices have the key accused. Six other ‘Substantially polluted’ called for a certain sense of struction debris from spilling mittee to meet on April 25 to of River Krishna, at Vun- cently. been located in the capital accused in the case were Exhibiting photographs of accountability on the part of on to the temple premises. discuss the expressions of in- davalli in Guntur district, too “The entire IGC was air- region too do not have fire Vijeesh, Manikandan, Martin the temple and the ponds, the administrative Kerala government coun- terest received. has not obtained the NOC. conditioned and the false safety. The building owners Joseph, Pradeep, Salim and Mr. Subramanium, who said committee. sel and senior advocate The next hearing is on The approach road to the roof was full of wood and have not obtained the NOC, Charley Thomas. he had visited the area, de- On March 20, the Su- Jaideep Gupta filed a status May 3. new buildings is too narrow fibre. There are many com- the officer said. A.P. chilli farmers turn restive ‘Smooth sailing’ for AIADMK Amma MLAs Squat on highways & burn produce; urge govt. to intervene Nearly 100 legislators and 14 Ministers spend a day sailing on board Navy ships, avoid political talk Special Correspondent ONGOLE Dennis S. Jesudasan ship, INS Ranvir, while Tex- was admitted to a private Irate farmers, under the ae- ON BOARD INS CHENNAI tiles Minister O.S. Manian hospital in Chennai had gis of the Andhra Pradesh It was an unexpected break was keeping a watchful eye passed away, his friends said. Rythu Sangham (APRS), for most of the AIADMK over his grandson, who ap- blocked vehicular traffic at Amma faction MLAs and peared to be sea sick. ‘No embarrassing Navy’ many places on the old Ministers, from the politic- But the political suspense On board, the gathering of Madras Road in Prakasam ally charged atmosphere in in the State was never too far legislators avoided public district on Tuesday, urging the State capital — they took away. Rural Industries Minis- discussions on politics, al- the State government to time off and sailed out to sea ter P. Benjamin was seen dis- though the political situation come to their rescue. on board two Navy ships on cussing matters discreetly had kept them awake till late Farmers placed tractors Tuesday. with other MLAs. the previous night. on roads, burnt chilli and Making a point: Chilli farmers staging a protest in Prakasam About 100 MLAs of the AI- While manoeuvres by the “This is a Navy ship and if squatted on the highways, district on Tuesday. * KOMMURI SRINIVAS ADMK Amma faction, 14 accompanying ships and a we talk politics, it would em- including the East Coast Ministers and four Parlia- sumptuous lunch kept their barrass the Navy,” Minister Highway and the Nakrekal- Jamalaiah urged the govern- was an urgent need for mar- mentarians from the same spirits up, sea sickness left a Jayakumar said. Renigunta National Highway, ment to take immediate ket intervention. The “inor- group left on INS Chennai A day at sea: AIADMK Amma MLAs on INS Chennai. * R. RAGU few legislators rushing to- Defence Ministry sources and Kunta junction near steps to ensure buoyancy in dinate delay” adversely af- and INS Sumedha for a ‘day wards the wash basins. said they had coordinated Markapur. The police, led by the market before farmers fected the farmers, at sea’ at the invitation of the Minister’s sentiment. For see, they are happy,” said a When INS Sumedha, that with the Protocol Depart- Ongole Deputy Superintend- resorted to extreme steps. particularly the tenant farm- Navy. many of the VIP invitees, it Minister. had a few MLAs and MPs ment of the Tamil Nadu gov- ent of Police G. Srinivasa ers who lacked institutional “It is a lifetime opportun- was also quality family time. Deputy Speaker of the came close to INS Chennai, it ernment to send out invita- Rao, rushed to the spot and ‘Inordinate delay’ credit, said Kavulu Rythu ity for us to visit such a war- “We rarely get time with Tamil Nadu Assembly, Polla- was time for selfies. tions to all MLAs and MPs, restored traffic. He rejected the ₹1,500 in- Sangham district secretary ship,” said Finance Minister our children and they keep chi V. Jayaraman was keen to On the voyage, Sirkazhi but finally it was only AI- APRS-led Kavulu Rythu centive announced by the P. Hanumantha Rao, who D. Jayakumar. Several Minis- complaining that we don’t watch a rocket demonstra- MLA P.V. Bharathi got news ADMK Amma faction MLAs Sangham State secretary P. government saying there led the protest at Inkollu. ters and MLAs shared the take them out. As you can tion from an accompanying on phone that his wife, who who came on board. https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 6 NATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Puri temple servitor held Two Khalistan terrorists ahead of Mamata’s visit arrested in Batala A huge cache of arms and ammunition also recovered MP govt to gift He had threatened not to let Bengal Chief Minister enter the temple smartphones to brides Special Correspondent been tasked with creating leaders based in Belgium, Chandigarh BHOPAL Staff Reporter dential. She has never hurt political instability by fan- such as Jagdish Singh The Madhya Pradesh BHUBANESWAR any religious sentiments,” The Punjab Police on Tues- ning communal passions in Bhoora, originally from vil- government has decided to A servitor of Jagannath said Arya Kumar Gyanendra, day said they have arrested the State. lage Mohi in Ludhiana gift smartphones to newly Temple, who had opposed president of the All India Tri- two alleged terrorists be- A police spokesperson district. married women under its the visit of West Bengal Chief namool Congress. longing to the Khalistan said a huge cache of arms These militants, based in flagship scheme - Minister Mamata Banerjee to Zinda Force, a terror module and ammunition was also re- different countries of Mukhyamantri Kanyadan the temple over her alleged To meet Patnaik set up by a Europe-based covered from them. Europe, are also wanted in Yojana. The move is aimed at comments on beef consump- Sources in the Chief Minis- radical militant group to tar- “The seizure included various criminal cases in encouraging women to tion, was detained by the po- ter’s office here said the get leaders and members of one 9 mm pistol, along with several police stations of undertake cashless lice on Tuesday. West Bengal Chief Minister socio-religious groups in two magazines and 13 live Punjab on charges of pro- transactions using Ms. Banerjee arrived in was likely to call on her Punjab. rounds, two 32 bore pistols, moting terrorist activities in smartphones. PTI Bhubaneswar on Tuesday Odisha counterpart, Naveen “We have arrested these along with four magazines the state, the police added. evening and will visit the Patnaik, during her visit. two terrorist from Batala in and 33 live rounds and one “Investigations have re- temple on Wednesday. Soon after arriving here, Gurdaspur. One of them is 12 bore country made gun,” vealed that Sandeep Kumar Nitish flays NDA for Somanath Khuntia, a ser- Ms. Banerjee drove directly Ghodu while the other is the spokesperson said. had earlier served a sen- skipping function vitor and general secretary All smiles: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banarjee to a private hospital to meet Sandeep Kumar alias Kaalu. tence in the Gurdaspur Jail MOTIHARI of district BJP youth wing, arrives in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday on a three-day visit to party MP Sudip Bandyopad- Both are related to the terror Militant leaders during 2008-2009, when he Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had threatened not to let Ms. Odisha. * BISWARANJAN ROUT hyay, who is in judicial cus- outfit Khalistan Zinda The police said the module had come in contact with on Tuesday criticised Union Banerjee enter the temple. tody following his arrest by Force,” said Kuljit Singh, was controlled by Sha- Sherry and other criminals. Home Minister Rajnath Singh “We came to know from me- Banerjee was welcome to Banerjee’s visit to the coastal the CBI for his alleged com- AIG, Counter Intelligence minder Singh alias Sherry, Both Ghodu and Kaalu were and other NDA leaders again dia reports that she supports visit the shrine and seek the town and Jagannath Temple. plicity in the Rose Valley chit Unit. currently operating from being aided and abetted by for skipping Monday’s eating beef. It is against our blessings of the Lord. The Puri district unit of fund scam. Investigations so far have Germany, and believed to be Sherry from Germany,” the function to celebrate the culture and tradition. She Following the comment, the BJP came out in support “I have come here to meet revealed that the duo had in touch with other militant spokesperson said. Champaran Satyagraha should not be allowed to Mr. Khuntia was taken into of its office-bearer. In the Sudip Bandyopadhyay. centenary. PTI enter Jagannath Temple. We custody evening, BJP workers pro- When I heard that his health Maoists kill father and will oppose her visit to the tested against the detain- condition was not good, I de- son in Jharkhand shrine,” Mr. Khuntia had re- Adequate security ment of Mr. Khuntia. cided to meet him. Our MP Conscate Lalu’s ‘benami MEDININAGAR portedly said. Superintendent of Police, “We are not attaching any Tapas Pal is also here,” the Maoists shot dead a 50-year- However, other sevayats Puri, Sarthak Sarangi said importance to this kind of Chief Minister told reporters old man and his son at a said Jagannath Temple was adequate security arrange- protest. Ms. Banerjee is at the airport. village in Palamu district late open to all Hindus and Ms. ments were in place for Ms. known for her secular cre- (With inputs from PTI) properties’: Sushil Modi on Monday night, the police said on Tuesday. Over 20 Maoists laced with fire arms ‘Nitish Kumar must take action against RJD chief’s sons’ arrived at Koulhua village, Noida to share details of developers Press Trust of India (Health Minister) and Te- bordering Aurangabad district patna of Bihar, dragged out jashwi Prasad Yadav (Deputy Shivnath Yadav (50) and his BJP leader Sushil Kumar Chief Minister) - on the basis son Guddu Yadav (25) from Move will help investors to check the legality of projects: Noida Authority CEO Modi on Tuesday demanded of documentary proof,” he their house and shot them confiscation of the alleged said. Purusharth Aradhak dead, SDPO (Chatarpur) “To generate confidence under which land was allot- tioning of the Noida Author- “benami properties” of RJD Noida among investors, there is a ted to the developers after ity and regain credibility,” chief Lalu Prasad and his To write to CBI, ED Sanjay Kumar said. PTI The Noida Authority is plan- need to address the issue on paying only 10% of the total Mr Prasad said. family, amassed through Stating that he would not let ning to share details of all de- a priority basis. We are plan- cost of the land. their shell business firms, the matter “die down,” the Two minor girls drown in velopers with home buyers ning to introduce a system to The developers were sup- Buyers demand action and sought legal action BJP leader, who is also the pond, another saved to ensure safety of their share details of project with posed to pay the remaining Meanwhile, hundreds of against them. Leader of the Opposition in BEGUSARAI hard-earned money. the investors by charging a 90% in instalments but a ma- home buyers on Tuesday de- The former Bihar Deputy the State Legislative Council, Two minor girls drowned in a Noida Authority CEO Amit nominal fee. This will help jority of them defaulted. manded action against Chief Minister asked the Nit- Lalu Prasad said: “I will take the matter village pond while another Mohan Prasad said on Tues- the investor to check the leg- Apart from such de- Unitech for allegedly failing ish Kumar government to to its logical conclusion.” was saved from meeting the day that there should be a ality of the project,” Mr velopers, some persons have to provide basic civic amenit- impound the “benami prop- charges levelled against Mr. “Apart from the Chief same fate in Bihar’s Begusarai mechanism to deal with Prasad said. developed residential towers ies in its project, Unihomes, erties” of Mr. Prasad and his Prasad and his family and Minister, I will also write to district on Tuesday. Bakhri cheating by various de- in village land. Thousand of in Sector 117. family members and initiate hence Nitish Kumar, who the agencies like the CBI, the police station SHO Sunil velopers. Mr Prasad said the Land scheme home aspirants invested The Unitech group and legal proceedings against swears by Mahatma ED and the IT which must Kumar Singh said the incident credibility of both Noida and Successive governments their money in such projects the Noida Authority’s addi- them under the Bihar Spe- Gandhi’s principles, should have also been keeping a tab occurred when the three the Noida Authority was at gave land parcels to several and later the authority tional chief executive officer cial Courts Act, 2010. muster the courage and take on the allegations being lev- minor girls went to bathe in stake due to corruption and developers. The government sealed these towers. “Our in- Shishir Singh held a meeting “I have produced docu- action against his two minis- elled against Mr. Prasad’s the pond at Lahuan village. 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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF SC questions Army’s silence ‘Improve After ive days, ire on punctuality Mount Abu doused Bench cites judicial probe report in 2004 Manorama murder case in Manipur of trains or Joint efort by armed forces, admin Krishnadas Rajagopal ask why it never tried to face action’ NEW DELHI “break the stonewall” cre- Press Trust of India The Supreme Court on Tues- ated by the Army to access Press Trust of India Jaipur BJP leader Gupta slaps day asked the Army why it evidence from personnel. New Delhi legal notice on Kejriwal chose to maintain silence This time the court was re- With a number of com- Five days after intense fire- NEW DELHI despite Commissions of In- ferring to the suicide of a 15- plaints being received over fighting measures taken by Senior BJP leader Vijender quiry set up by the Manipur year-old girl in 2003 after late running of trains, Rail- the Army, the Air Force Gupta on Tuesday slapped a government over alleged she was allegedly raped by way Minister Suresh and the district administra- legal notice on Delhi Chief rape and murder against its two Army personnel. “You Prabhu has cracked the tion, fire on the hills of Minister Arvind Kejriwal personnel in Manipur during are the loco parentis. You whip, asking officials con- Mount Abu has been demanding removal of insurgency. should have taken up these cerned to improve punctu- doused. posters carrying his A Bench of Justices Madan cases with the Army at every ality or “face action”. “distorted photographs”. The B. Lokur and U.U. Lalit high- juncture. Was it a tacit un- Zonal heads have been No fresh fire posters, Mr. Gupta alleged, lighted the case of murder of derstanding between you asked to deploy a senior- No fresh incident of fire were put up by AAP ahead of Thangjam Manorama, a Ma- two or a state of helpless- level officer between 10 has been reported on the Tough task: This the civic polls. The notice nipuri girl, in 2004. The judi- Expressing outrage: A ile photo of a protest in Delhi against ness,” the Bench asked Ma- p.m. and 7 a.m. immedi- Abu hills, circle officer Vi- photograph released by the stated that the “distorted cial inquiry report into the the alleged rape and murder of a woman by security personnel nipur government counsel ately to monitor the situ- jay Pal Singh told PTI. Ministry of Defence on pictures” have damaged the case alleged she had suffered in Imphal. * ANU PUSHKARNA and senior advocate V. Giri. ation and address the prob- He said the sunset point Monday shows rescue reputation of Mr. Gupta. PTI “brutal and merciless tor- “This was the case of a 14- lems to prevent delays. and honeymoon point workers trying to control a ture” by a 17 Assam Rifles cident had revealed some ent was based on reliable in- year-old girl and there was Mr. Prabhu has taken were opened for tourists major ire on Mount Abu. * Kerala team visits team. “violations of laid-down pro- telligence and the Army “is no allegation she was an in- note of discrepancies on Tuesday and the restric- AFP Himachal house “You know that the Man- cedures”, Justice Lokur not averse to an enquiry by a surgent. She was working in between train timing data tion on boating in the Na- SHIMLA orama case gained so much asked why the Army agreed high-ranking officer.” Attor- a farmhouse when people available on the National kki Lake was lifted. ready to support in any fur- Kerala Assembly Speaker P. attention that the State au- to pay ₹10 lakh compensa- ney-General Mukul Rohatgi, came and raped her. Mr. At- Train Enquiry System, the ther eventuality. The sole Ramakrishanan on Tuesday thorities set up a Commis- tion, as ordered by the Su- who joined in the hearing on torney, you may have two al- official website of Indian Fire tenders on alert hill station of Rajasthan, visited the Himachal Pradesh sion of Inquiry. Yet you preme Court, for a mere viol- the Army's side, submitted leged rapists,” the Bench ad- Railways, and actual train However, fire tenders have frequented by scores of Assembly along with his team chose to remain silent,” ation of procedure. that the Army did not come dressed Mr. Rohatgi. Mr. timings. been asked to remain on tourists, had witnessed the to observe the e-Vidhan Justice Lalit told the Army within the jurisdiction of a Rohatgi said rape might have The punctuality rate has alert as a precautionary massive fire which broke system followed in the State counsel. ‘Not averse to enquiry’ Commission set up by the been committed but there fallen to 79% during April 1- measure. out on April 14 morning Assembly. The State was the Rebutting the Army's sub- The Army counsel submitted Manipur government. was only an allegation that it 16 period, as compared to Defence spokesperson close to the famous sunset first Vidhan Sabha in the missions that an internal en- that the operation conduc- The court then turned to was committed by Army 84% in the corresponding Manish Ojha said the Army point and honeymoon country to go for technology. quiry into the Manorama in- ted in the Manorama incid- the Manipur government to personnel. period last year. and the Air Force were point on the Aravali hills.

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If not, it alternatively Mumbai All three films will have Marathi language and NEW DELHI autism, persons suffering wants the Supreme Court to The Cannes Film Market, two industry screenings culture. Even as the Centre asserted from cerebral palsy, multiple issue a mandamus to the gov- held in conjunction with the each at Cannes, and two The three films shown in that respect for the national disabilities, Parkinson’s, mul- ernment to frame guidelines. Cannes Film Festival, will members from each of the 2016 were Makarand Mane’s anthem and flag is “a matter tiple sclerosis, leprosy cured, “The national flag and the have three special guests this film’s teams will travel to the Ringan, Shivaji Lotan Patil’s of national pride and non-ne- muscular dystrophy and deaf national anthem is a matter year — Marathi films chosen picturesque city located on Halal and Punarvasu Naik’s gotiable”, the Supreme Court and blind” from the ambit of of national pride. It is non- by the Maharashtra the French Riviera. Vakratunda Mahakaya. questioned the need to ex- its November 30 order. negotiable. It is unfortunate government to promote The last decade-and-a-half pressively define ‘respect’ Earlier, in December 2016, that somebody had to move Marathi cinema Maharashtra’s booth has seen a renaissance of for the two national symbols the court had exempted the court seeking respect for internationally and to open The Union Ministry of sorts in Marathi cinema, when such a feeling of rever- physically challenged per- the national flag, anthem,” the doors of the global Going places: A still from Marathi ilm ‘Dashakriya,’ directed by Information and thanks to a combination of ence is already inherent in sons from standing up for Additional Solicitor General market for Marathi film- Sandeep Bhalachandra Patil . * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Broadcasting organises the new-age writers and film- the Constitution. A three- the anthem. Tushar Mehta, for the makers. The Cannes Film India Pavilion every year to makers who take risks with judge Bench of Justices Dipak Centre, submitted. Market is the biggest film Maharashtra is sending earlier this month, represent Indian cinema at unusual, contemporary Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar and ‘Define respect’ Meanwhile, the SC issued market in the world, with award-winning films to Dashakriya won the award Cannes. However, plots, and the State M.M. Shantanagoudar modi- At the centre of the legal notice to the Centre on a pe- more than 12,000 Cannes — include for the best Marathi film, Maharashtra is reportedly government’s grants and fied the court’s November battle is a petition filed by tition filed by advocate Ash- participants and 1,400 films Dashakriya (Tenth Day best screenplay, and best the only State to set up its subsidies to the Marathi film 30, 2016 order, making it Shyam Narayan Chouksey in wini Upadhyay to make showcased across 34 Ritual) directed by Sandeep supporting actor, while own booth at the Cannes industry. According to an compulsory for all to stand October 2016. It wants Parlia- singing or rendering of na- screening rooms. Bhalachandra Patil; Prakash Cycle bagged the best Market, a practice started April 2015 State government up in cinema halls when the ment to apply its mind and tional anthem and song com- The selected Marathi films Kunte’s Cycle; and Take Care costume design nod. last year at the behest of directive, it is mandatory for national anthem is played. define ‘respect’ for the na- pulsory in Parliament, As- for the May 17-26 Good Night, directed by Another Marathi film, Vinod Tawde, a senior BJP multiplexes in the State to On Tuesday, the court ex- tional anthem and flag under semblies, public offices and extravaganza — this is the Girish Joshi. At the National Kaasav, won the Golden Minister in Maharashtra reserve at least one show a empted persons “who are Article 51A (a) of the Consti- all schools. second year running that Film Awards announced Lotus, the award for the whose responsibilities day for Marathi films. Theatre at Lal Chowk to be developed as museum

Press Trust of India Chowk here, the cinema structure in ruins. an official spokesman said. Srinagar theatre was closed down A meeting chaired by Di- The information was Palladium Cinema, once a after eruption of militancy visional Commissioner provided while Mr. Khan popular hangout for movie in 1989. Baseer Ahmad Khan on was reviewing the progress buffs which fell victim to Tuesday was told that the of various developmental militancy, will be developed Destroyed in fire “Palladium Cinema site at activities being carried out as a heritage museum. Subsequently, it was gutted Lal Chowk will be developed by the Srinagar Develop- Located in the historic Lal in a fire in 1990, leaving the as a heritage museum soon,” ment Authority . Top Maoist leader passes away Narayan Sanyal played a key role in merger of Naxalite factions Special correspondent Chief Minister of Bengal Bid- Kolkata han Chandra Roy and Con- A top leader of the outlawed gress leader Sarojini Naidu. Communist Party of India Sanyal and his family shifted (Maoist), Narayan Sanyal, to West Bengal in the 1940s; passed away here on he got a job in a bank. Monday night. He was in his mid-80s and was suffering Chittagong raid from cancer. Sanyal was the Sanyal worked briefly with Polit Bureau member of the Anantalal Singh, a freedom CPI (Maoist) at the time of fighter and a member of the his arrest in 2005. Narayan Sanyal team that led the Chittagong Born in an affluent family armoury raid, before joining in undivided Bengal’s Bogra father, a prominent Con- the CPI (Marxist-Leninist) in district, now in Bangladesh, gress leader, hosted many of the 1960s. Sanyal played a Sanyal was known for his the high profile leaders in key role in the merger of keen interest in football. His Bogra, including second Naxalite factions. https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

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anistan, to joint military exercises. which should have been the central When Russia formally joins plank of India’s ‘neighbourhood OBOR, it will have indirectly taken a irst’ policy, is in doldrums today. Lines of defence position on Kashmir which is not Having jettisoned SAARC and un- necessarily in keeping with the In- willing to promote other regional The inclusion of paper audit trails to the EVMs dian stand on the issue. If the Rus- initiatives, institutional or issue- sian envoy’s remarks at the Heart of based, India continues to prefer is costly but perhaps unavoidable happymon jacob Asia conference in December are unilateralism towards neighbours. anything to go by, Moscow is also The shortcomings of bilateralism in n the face of extreme and unreasonable complaints icture this: China is steadily in- taking a pragmatic stand on terror- a world hungry for institutions and against Electronic Voting Machines by a number of creasing its geostrategic pres- ism in South Asia. structures should be evident to us. Ipolitical parties, the Election Commission perhaps Pence in South, Central and The External Afairs Ministry’s had no choice but to have the working of the machines West Asia; there is a China-Russia- The Pakistan pivot reactive diplomacy — its unfailing

corroborated by a paper audit trail. To have such a facil- Pakistan axis on the rise in South- DEEPAK HARICHANDAN The ‘global outcast’, Pakistan is institutional hallmark — is unable to ity ready for all constituencies by the 2019 Lok Sabha ern Asia; China and Russia are rev- today an inevitable lynchpin of see the wood for the trees in its rela- election is expensive (an estimated ₹3,174 crore) and elling in a new-found rapproche- ganging up to undo American dom- active in the West Asian theatre. Southern Asian geopolitics. In a tions with Beijing. How does, for in- ment and aim to ill the geopolitical inance in the region, among other Having vetoed U.S.-sponsored world of realpolitik, norm regress stance, designating Masood Azhar also unnecessary (paper trails are at best required in a vacuum bound to be created by the things. sanctions against Syria, they be- and opportunistic bandwagoning, a terrorist become India’s core in- few constitutencies to corroborate results). Its request U.S. withdrawal from the region; The Afghan reconciliation pro- lieve that it is necessary to nudge Pakistan is the new regional favour- terest vis-à-vis China? Should we al- to the Law Ministry to release funds for the procure- and, a retired Pakistan army chief is cess is a major focus of this new the warring Syrian factions to nego- ite. Whether we like it or not, now low a terror-monger to determine ment of voter-veriiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) ma- all set to take over as the irst Com- partnership. In a December 2016 tiate. Beijing has also been reaching that Pakistan’s generals have our relationship with one of our chines for the 2019 Lok Sabha election should be inter- mander-in-Chief of the Saudi- meeting in Moscow, they high- out to and balancing the various ad- waited out the Americans and biggest trading partners? preted in this context. As many as 16 lakh VVPAT backed Islamic Military Alliance lighted the importance of seeking a versaries in the region such as Is- NATO from Afghanistan, the out- While it is true that the China- machines will be required and only an urgent release of (IMA). Now ask yourself: Which re- “lexible approach” to dealing with rael, Saudi Arabia and even Iran, comes of the Afghan conlict will Pakistan Economic Corridor will gional power has been missing the Afghan Taliban. This is over and and increasingly talking the lan- largely be determined by pass through Pakistan-controlled funds will allow the machines to be ready in time for from these signiicant develop- above their ongoing individual en- guage of reconciliation. Also, recall Rawalpindi. This its well with the territory that India has claimed, we 2019. It was possible for the EC to brush of the comments on the regional geopolitical gagements with the various parties while New Delhi buckled under Chinese and Russian regional should ind a via media with China plaints from the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Aam landscape? to the Afghan conlict. pressure from Washington to take grand strategies. Gone are the days on the issue rather than publicly Aadmi Party following their defeat in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi’s foreign policy estab- Clearly, this new axis of a resur- sides on Iran, Beijing refused to do when Islamabad was currying fa- dismiss the initiative. Given that Punjab respectively, but it clearly became increasingly lishment and its national security gent Russia, ambitious China and so. vour with Washington; today, Mo- OBOR is a futuristic mega-project, diicult for it to ignore the clutch of parties that joined team are either clueless about what opportunistic Pakistan, in combin- Compared to the thornier West scow and Beijing are actively court- its beneits as well as cross-national is happening in its broader neigh- ation with other related develop- Asia, engaging South Asia is easier ing it. Normative considerations and inter-continental linkages, all the chorus, some demanding a return to paper ballots. bourhood or seem to lack the ments, will not only diminish U.S. for China given that the smaller apart, it is this sense of the big pic- of which would eventually bypass The EC has repeatedly assured voters that there are wherewithal to anticipate, engage power in the region but could also countries in the region see it as an ture that prevents Beijing from act- India, will only become clearer in enough procedural and technical safeguards to prevent and shape geostrategic outcomes potentially constrain Indian inlu- infrastructure provider, with deep ing against Pakistan-based terror the years to come. To base our ana- large-scale tampering or manipulation of EVMs. Since in the region and beyond. Or are ence. Sino-Russian relations, pockets and without the usual groups; irritating India is a side be- lysis on current cost-beneit calcu- 2006, elections have witnessed the use of upgraded they simply disinterested? Either through joint military exercises moral science lessons. Bangladesh, neit. lations in terms of immediate re- EVMs — Model 2 machines, with security features such way, New Delhi is increasingly look- and the Russian sale of advanced one of India’s close allies in the re- For sure, Pakistan has consist- turns and short-term sustainability as dynamic coding of key codes on ballot units and their ing like a grumpy old man con- weaponry to China, for instance, gion, is likely to attend the OBOR ently used terrorism as a tool of is missing the big picture. stantly whining about age-old could hurt India’s strategic options summit in May and may even sign statecraft, and yet there is a recog- Moreover, our ability to create re- transfer as messages to the control unit in an encrypted fears, stubbornly unwilling to ex- globally. up for it. Chinese interest in Afghan nition today that it is a pivotal state gional infrastructural arrange- manner. EVMs feature encoded software that is burnt plore new opportunities and face Beijing has traditionally been a reconciliation stems not only from in addressing terror. Moreover, ments, excluding China and one-time on to programmable chips, enabling them to new challenges. reluctant dealmaker, preferring to a security/terrorism angle but also while the IMA is still in its infancy, Pakistan, remains limited. In short be used as stand-alone machines rather than computer- stick to business instead. Of late, it more signiicantly to ensure the we need to look closely at its poten- then, a few decades down the line, connected units, thus preventing any hacking by re- China-Russia-Pakistan axis has overcome this pragmatic inhib- sustainability of OBOR given its im- tial. Will it emerge, even though it is India could end up far more isol- mote devices. Model 3 machines produced after 2013 Alliances are natural to interna- ition, irst by joining the Afghan portance in providing access to at a moment an overwhelmingly ated: the logical conclusion of an have additional features such as tamper detection. The tional politics and friend-enemy peace process and now increas- Central Asia. Sunni sectarian force, as a potent inward-looking political class. binaries and historical hesitations ingly focussing on West Asia. In a regional military alliance in the It’s time New Delhi focussed on EC has laid down procedural rules of locking and stor- are often cast aside when such alli- sense, its engagement in regional Russian U-turns years to come? What role would the big picture and avoided purit- ing EVMs before and after polling, besides functional ances take shape. While China and conlicts is a logical extension of its Make no mistake, Russia is looking Pakistan play in this ‘Islamic anical positions while addressing checks and tests in the presence of representatives of Pakistan have been allies since the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) pro- beyond a reluctant India in South NATO’? What implications would it the emerging fault lines on the political parties. The addition of the VVPAT machine to 1960s, China and the Soviet Union ject. Having committed huge sums Asia: President Vladimir Putin has have for India? global geopolitical landscape. the process is to allow for cross-checking of EVM results weren’t the best of friends during to the project, Beijing realises that no time for diplomatic subtleties through a paper audit, completing another layer of ac- the Cold War, nor did they have a some of its inherent political risks and tales about the long history of Head-in-the-sand approach great relationship in the post-Soviet should be reduced by engaging in Indo-Russian relations. Ignoring In- Amidst such geopolitical reshaping countability to the indigenously produced machines Happymon Jacob is Senior Global days. Pakistan and the Soviet Union regional conlict resolution pro- dian sensitivities, Moscow has gone of the region, New Delhi has done (only the microchip is manufactured outside the coun- Challenges Fellow, Global Public Policy were Cold War rivals, and Russia cesses, a lesson well learnt from the ahead with forging strategic ties precious little to counter them or to try with the machine language embedded on it). Con- Institute, Berlin, and Associate Professor did not, until recently, share a close playbook of great power dip- with Islamabad: from lifting the propose a collective regional fu- of Disarmament Studies, School of trary to glib claims about tampering, studies show the relationship with Pakistan. All that lomacy. arms embargo, selling weaponry, ture. The South Asian Association International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru introduction of EVMs has resulted in a drastic reduction is changing now, with them Both China and Russia have been discussing the future of Afgh- for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), University in electoral fraud (rigging, stuing of ballot boxes, etc.) and allowed for greater voter participation. Since re- verting to the older paper ballot system will be regress- ive, the only option in the face of the protests is to have a After the referendum back-up in the form of a paper trail — something that will hopefully put a quietus to the controversy. Turkey feels more and more socially divided, and Recep Erdoğan may not govern to unify

two-thirds of the vote in order to urban population, which has not ex- the numerous complaints of fraud. make these changes legitimate. perienced this kind of open harass- The Opposition moved the board to They were not able to get near this ment since the coups d’etat of 1971 reconsider the 1.5 million ballots Equity in debt margin. Turkey’s three largest cities and 1980. It was as if this failed coup that raised eyebrows. The margin of — Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir — had an aftermath as anti-demo- victory was only 1.1 million. Intimid- The expert panel’s recommendation to review voted decisively against the cratic as the successful coups of Tur- ation of voters was general. Even the iscal responsibility law is timely changes. It was rural and small- key’s past. supporters of Mr. Erdoğan who had vijay prashad town Turkey that delivered the decided to vote “No” — such as ed- he advice of the expert committee to review the votes for the “Yes” campaign. These Curbing democratic processes itor, Yeni Şafak, and columnist Ali Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management urkey is a fundamentally di- areas, located in remote parts of It was apparent during the cam- Bayramoğlu — were beaten on (FRBM) Act of 2003 requires attention, given In- vided society. The vote this Anatolia, have long been neglected paign over this referendum that Mr. polling day. The government dom- T AP by the Istanbul elite and have for the Erdoğan would prevail. Society is inated the media and prevented the dia’s track record. This is all the more so given the born- Tweekend over a referendum to give the President additional past two decades seen the AKP as a war against the largely Kurdish not united behind him, but the state Opposition from making its case again political conviction that promises of random lar- powers and a longer term, showed their champion. Personal piety is southeast of Turkey with the dis- apparatus came into great use. Op- against the referendum. gesse to voters is just ine. Excessive and unsustainable the extent of Turkey’s divisions. The not their only link to the agenda of placement of over 200,000 people position leaders were arrested — 122 #HayirDahaBitmedi is the new borrowing by the government is obviously perverse as it “Yes” vote, a victory for President the AKP, which has pushed against and imposed endless curfews on HDP leaders by their count. Cam- hashtag on social media. “It is not entails a cost on future generations while crowding out Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was won the barriers of Turkey’s oicial sec- major towns. Visitors to the Turkish paigners for the “No” vote were ac- over yet”. There is great expecta- private investment. In the past, iscal irresponsibility with 25 million votes, while the ularism. A great deal of pent-up re- city of Diyarbakir might be tempted cused of being part of the Gülen tion from half of those who voted has cost jobs, spiked inlation, put the currency in a “No” campaign fetched almost 24 sentment against urban aluence is to make comparisons with the plot. In the largely Kurdish province that the President must not be al- million votes. But given the nature wrapped up in the support for Mr. of Sirnak, the provincial governor lowed to rule as if he has a mandate. tailspin and even brought the country to the brink of a lattened cities of Syria’s Aleppo and of electoral democracy, a fractured Erdoğan, who speaks in the idiom Iraq’s Fallujah. HDP politicians have banned the HDP’s song “Say No” on No wonder that Mr. Erdoğan’s vic- default. The possibility of default may have resulted in verdict will nonetheless mean an of the small town. been imprisoned, with both their the pretext that it would incite tory speech was uncharacteristic- the liberalisation of the economy in 1991, but the key expansion of the powers of Mr. Er- leaders, Selahattin Demirtaş and Fi- “public hate”. The popular cartoon- ally subdued. His Prime Minister, trigger was irrational public spending on borrowed doğan and of his ruling Justice and Unleashing repression gen Yüksekdağ, facing hundreds of ist, Musa Kart, spent a hundred days Binali Yildirim, said of the result: money in the late-1980s. Less than a decade later, with Development Party (AKP). The ref- But this support base was insui- years in prison. in jail, while Turkey’s most respec- “We are one body. We are one na- iscal discipline faltering and the deicit shooting up to erendum amends the 1982 Constitu- cient during two parliamentary A failed coup on July 15, 2016 ted constitutional law expert, tion.” But it did not feel like that. elections in 2015, when Mr. Erdoğan Ibrahim Kaboğlu, lost his job. With Turkey feels more and more socially 10% of GDP, the FRBM law was enacted to ‘limit the gov- tion with some signiicant provi- deepened the repression by the sions, such as making the President hoped to push these changes state. It was blamed on the U.S.- 150 media outlets shut down and al- divided. Mr. Erdoğan will not government’s borrowing authority’ under Article 268 of both the head of state and the head through a friendly Parliament. based Turkish cleric Fethullah most 200 journalists arrested, press ern to unify. That is not his style. His the Constitution. But the target to limit the iscal deicit of government, weakening Parlia- Since the Peoples’ Democratic Gülen. Almost 100,000 people have scrutiny of these manoeuvres was policies — like that of other Strong to 3% of GDP (by 2009) was abandoned after the 2008 ment, the judiciary and the military. Party (HDP) — a Kurdish and Left al- been arrested since that coup, and minimal. Democracy was already Men in the Age of Anger — will more global inancial crisis as a liberal stimulus reversed the Mr. Erdoğan could remain in power liance — won over 10% of the vote, it over 100,000 state employees ired curtailed before the referendum. ferociously tear at the social fabric gains in the iscal space, creating fresh macro-level in- — virtually unchallenged — till 2029. was able to stymie Mr. Erdoğan’s from their posts. The purges (tas- Critics of Mr. Erdoğan warn that of this ine country. plans. What followed after that de- Turkey is under “tek adam” rule — stability. The FRBM Act’s deicit target is now only likely Society’s divisions will not be relec- iye) have not only denuded Turkish ted in the political sphere. feat set the terms for signiicant society of trained and capable one-man rule. to be met next year. Vijay Prashad’s most recent book is “The The AKP, and its far-right ally, the political repression. Mr. Erdoğan’s people but have also chilled the at- Turkey’s High Electoral Board Death of the Nation and the Future of the Such damage transmissions from the political eco- Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), government declared that the HDP mosphere in the country. Gloom is chief Sadi Güven announced that Arab Revolution”. He is a columnist for nomy to the real economy need to be checked forth- had hoped to commandeer close to was linked to terrorism, opened up the mood amongst large parts of the the referendum had passed despite the Turkish daily, BirGün with. The committee’s proposal to maintain the 3% target till 2019-20 before aiming for further reduction is LETTERS TO THE EDITOR pragmatic, as the ‘extraordinary and unanticipated do- Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. mestic development’ of demonetisation happened during its tenure. Such an event, the committee has said, Bribe bid view is taken of the practice of triple talaq is a failed miserably in Jammu human shield. Is not the Man versus animal AIADMK (Amma) deputy provisions of law, it has to be part of Shariat. Both these and Kashmir. The BJP Indian Army destroying The rise in man-animal could trigger an escape clause from ixed iscal targets general secretary and de borne in mind that the ends facts combine to rule out the government at the Centre human values? Is it not conlicts can be linked to in its proposed rule-based framework. Instead of focus- facto leader, T.T.V. of justice are higher than the state’s interference in the appears to be so focussed in tarnishing the image of the extreme conditions that sing purely on the iscal and revenue deicit numbers, Dhinakaran, is in the news ends of mere law (“Why the personal law of Muslims. its aim of achieving a Army as an institution and cause drought and in turn a which should be brought down to 2.5% and 0.8% of GDP again for all the wrong Jayalalithaa case matters”, Islam cannot be singled out Congress-free India that it also giving anti-national loss of vegetation, respectively by 2023, the panel has called for paring In- reasons (“T.T.V. Dhinakaran April 18). There is no point as a religion biased against has left Kashmir to burn. elements intent on creating deforestation and also crop dia’s cumulative public debt as a proportion to GDP to charged with bid to bribe in imposing or recovering a women. Gender Though it may sound odd, more trouble in Kashmir a loss. Humans are also 60% by 2023 — from around 68% at present. The latter, a poll panel”, April 18). The ine from a person who died discrimination and gender perhaps the Prime Minister stick with which to beat increasingly encroaching Tamil Nadu politician’s before the judgment was inequality are embedded in should try to form an all- India? There must be a quick into forest areas simpler measure for solvency purposes, should inspire alleged link to conman pronounced. all religions. The BJP did not party government in investigation and swift (“Understanding crowd conidence among rating agencies. Though this has put Sukesh Chandrashekar, and Naresh Gupta, consider even one Muslim Kashmir. It would at least punishment awarded. dynamics”, April 18). The paid to the government’s hope that a iscal deicit range his alleged attempts to bribe Chennai woman it to be ielded as a stop various parties from Amanatullah, government should could be targeted instead of absolute numbers, the Fin- Election Commission candidate in the Uttar indulging in a blame game Sitamarhi, Bihar undertake steps such as ance Minister has committed to the 3% target for the oicials over reclaiming the On triple talaq Pradesh election. Needless and help in conidence- fencing of forest areas and next two years, from the 3.2% target for 2017-18. A clear party symbol are not only The BJP is raking up to say, its concern for building measures with the ■ Before talking about the increasing manpower in our iscal policy framework in tandem with the monetary shocking but have also contentious issues such as Muslim women in distress people of the Kashmir Geneva Convention we need forest departments. shown the party in a poor triple talaq to keep the smacks of hypocrisy. Valley. Such an exercise will to look at both sides of the Communities near forests policy framework already adopted could act as a power- light. The allegations are no communal cauldron boiling. Reform has to happen also send out a signal to picture. If the Indian Army should also approach forest ful signal of commitment to macroeconomic stability. doubt serious and once While we are appreciative of organically from within a Pakistan that India is united has been accused of and oicials when there are The Centre must swiftly take a call on the panel’s recom- again underline the need to Prime Minister Narendra religious community as far as Kashmir is criticised for using Mr. Dar signs of man-animal conlict. mendations — including for a new debt and iscal re- rein in politicians who Modi’s resolve “to save (“Muslim sisters should get concerned. as a “human shield” what Joint eforts in reducing sponsibility law, and the creation of a Fiscal Council resort to devious means to Muslim sisters from justice: PM”, April 18). N. Nagarajan, are the stone pelters doing conlict must include village with independent experts that could sit in judgment on outwit their opponents. injustice”, we want him to G. David Milton, Secunderabad there everyday? Aren’t they communities, the forest Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu the need for deviations from targets. It is equally critical N.J. Ravi Chander, match it with his resolve to violating the Geneva department, the police and Bengaluru save Muslim brothers from ■ Tying a man to the bonnet Convention by using women wildlife experts. that States are brought on board, as the 60% debt target attacks by right-wing Unrest in Kashmir of a vehicle and driving him and children as human Vajji Hema Sundar, includes 20% on their account. Their inances are Jayalalithaa case Hindutva zealots. Practising The PDP-BJP government around the city is an shields? Bobbili, Andhra Pradesh worsening again even as the clamour for Uttar Pradesh- While B.V. Acharya may be a religion of one’s choice is a which was formed with inhuman act. What is worse Devansh Mohan Dwivedi, more letters online: style loan waivers grows. right if a narrow technical fundamental right. 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THE WEDNESDAY INTERVIEW | ARVIND KEJRIWAL ‘There is no negativity about AAP’ The Delhi Chief Minister on the Aam Aadmi Party’s reverses in recent State elections, EVMs, and the upcoming Delhi municipal polls

Amit Baruah and Sidhartha Roy not passing it; it is sitting on to be done about EVMs… We scenario, is the city of it. couldn’t have lost the elec- Delhi a workable Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor tions in Punjab. proposition? Arvind Kejriwal has sparked a debate on electronic voting ma- Do you think the anti- chines by alleging that the recent elections to the Punjab, Uttar corruption movement So you are saying it was a ■ In the present state, who is Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assemblies were rigged. He also con- that was there has now rigged election? suffering? Delhi is suffering, tests the argument that AAP has become unpopular in Delhi and retreated into the its people are suffering. I will points to all the work his government has done in the city. Ex- background? ■ It was a completely rigged give you one example. In last cerpts from an interview at the Chief Minister’s residence on 6, election. Three States, U.P., year’s Budget we had alloc- Flag Staff Road: ■ I say that the issue is im- Uttarakhand and Punjab, all ated around ₹250 crore for portant. Even today people three have been very badly putting up lights at all dark A lot of people are asking [slips]. Then you can say the are tired of corruption. In rigged. spots in the city that are very this question: how come results are okay. Delhi, when our 49-day gov- unsafe for women. The MCD, EVMs were okay in 2015 ernment was formed, we had Do you have any run by the BJP, passed a res- when AAP won 67 of 70 Does the defeat in the cracked down on corruption, evidence? olution that they would not Delhi Assembly seats, and Rajouri Garden Assembly which people remember till allow poles to be put up on ■ now have a flaw? seat show that the AAP is today. Again our government All the things that are com- MCD roads with Delhi gov- losing its popularity? was formed and in the first ing out now. There are some ernment’s money… We had ■ A lot of new evidence three months we cracked villages in Punjab [where] 15 passed ₹1,500 crore so that [about EVMs] has come in ■ The feedback that I got down (on corruption) [AAP] volunteers each have all houses in Delhi get tap during the last four months. from Rajouri Garden is that through the Anti Corruption been working for the past six water, and water tankers When you say that we did our former MLA, Jarnail Branch (ACB) but the Central months and where we have should be done away with… not question EVMs when we Singh, had done a lot for the government snatched away got just two votes. Those 15 They [BJP corporators] got 67 seats, we did not ques- Sikh community. He wanted our ACB. The Central govern- volunteers are saying where passed a resolution that they tion the victory of the BJP in to contest the elections in ment’s message is this: either have our votes gone, where would not allow pipelines to several States at that time. Punjab and the party also de- vote for BJP or if you give have our family’s votes gone? be laid on MCD roads. They They [the BJP] won the Lok cided that he should fight. your vote to any other party, also passed a resolution that Sabha elections; we didn’t People got very angry with we will not let their govern- <> The Central no MCD work would be done question that because no this [decision] and it did not ment run. government’s through the MLA fund. This evidence was available. go down well with the voters This is not right for the message is this: either is dirty politics. In the last four months, there. country, democracy and the vote for BJP or if you There is no democratic there have been many re- It was local. It has nothing people. Despite ACB being control over [Delhi] Police ports in States that had gone to do with popularity and snatched away, we brought give your vote to any and Delhi Development Au-

to the polls about so-called will have no impact on the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at his residence in New Delhi. * V. V. KRISHNAN in so many reforms in our other party, we will thority. The L-G has all the EVM malfunctioning. I see it MCD [Municipal Corporation system through computerisa- not let their powers and the L-G is not ac- as tampering. If the Election of Delhi] elections. There is a A lot of new government as a sadhus or mahatmas. Our tion that the latest report of government run. countable to anyone. This is Commission had inquired lot of positivity about the <> springboard for national party is growing; people are CVC says that in the Central dictatorship. Elected govern- into these incidents and work done by the AAP evidence [about politics. joining. But our party is dif- government, corruption has Will you be contesting ment has no powers. Have given a credible report, government. EVMs] has come in ferent from others in that if gone up by 67% but in the elections in Gujarat, you ever heard that an elec- people’s confidence would during the last four ■ In Delhi, 400 units of elec- any evidence is available, we Delhi government, 81% cor- Rajasthan and Madhya ted government has no have been restored. Then what is the reason months. tricity cost ₹1,370; in Gujarat take action against the indi- ruption has been reduced. Pradesh? powers? In Pune, an independent for negativity? where the BJP is power, it vidual concerned. I challenge the BJP to tell candidate says that he did costs ₹2,700. In Bombay, But they spread lies — four Are personalities more ■ At this point it is too early us if they have done one not get a single vote. Where ■ There is no negativity areas. Everyone says we have where the BJP is in power [it FIRs have been registered important than policies in to say. At present all our en- good thing in MCD in the last did his vote go? Where did about the AAP in Delhi. On done more than we prom- costs] ₹4,000. So, the point is against Manish [Sisodia, our country? ergy is devoted towards the 10 years… Why is it import- his family’s vote go? The the contrary, the BJP has ised. Government schools that people are looking to- Deputy Chief Minister], and municipal elections. ant that AAP should win votes of his friends, where sucked the MCD dry in the have been improved; we wards Delhi and how it’s be- you will laugh when you hear ■ Individuals do matter and MCD? Not because we want did those go? He should have last 10 years. Garbage and have not allowed any in- ing governed. Either these of their contents. One FIR personalities matter in polit- You have had contacts to win any election but we got 30, 40 or 50 votes at mosquitoes are everywhere crease in fees in private parties should reform them- says that we gave an ad to ics. But if issues are with Nitish Kumar, want to clean Delhi. Cleaning least. in the city. There is negativity schools. Government hospit- selves or people will say let Facebook without issuing a sidestepped due to personal- Mamata Banerjee and a city is not rocket science… for the BJP; they are the ones als have been fixed. Mohalla AAP come to power. tender. Are there four Face- ities, that is very dangerous. other national leaders. Float an international global If Voter-Verifiable Paper facing anti-incumbency after clinics are being praised books in the world, how can Will there be a grand tender and many companies Audit Trail (VVPAT) holding power in the MCD globally. All medicines are Recently, the CBI has you issue a tender? Is the personality of opposition alliance ahead will come for cleaning the machines were attached for the last 10 years. free in government hospitals. begun a preliminary Such types of false cases Arvind Kejriwal today of the 2019 elections? city. Solid waste manage- with all EVMs, would you I want to tell your readers Electricity rates have been enquiry against one of have been filed against us. more important than ment is something from be satisfied? that if you vote for the BJP, halved. Water is being your Ministers, Satyendar AAP? ■ Saying anything about which you can earn money then you can be sure that the provided to 309 colonies Jain. One of your AAP came to power and 2019 at present is difficult be- and on the contrary they are ■ My suggestion is that garbage will remain as it is. where there was no water for Ministers was also prominence through the ■ That is not true. In AAP, we cause we live by the day. Let spending money on it. I’m VVPAT should be made com- You will not be able to get rid 20 years. Water is also free. charged with possessing a anti-corruption agitation. take all decisions collectively. us see what happens in the confident that within one pulsory. Suppose there are of mosquitoes, dengue and People are very happy with ‘forged’ degree. Are you Years down the line we coming days. year of coming into power in 100 Assembly constituen- chikungunya. the work of the Delhi govern- satisfied with your choice still don’t have a Lokpal. What lessons have you MCD we will spruce up Delhi. cies, 15-20% of constituencies Basically, the AAP government. People are very angry of people? learnt from the Punjab There have been a lot of So people should vote for should be randomly picked ment controls four depart- with the BJP and the MCD. ■ The Delhi Assembly passed and Goa elections? differences with the AAP to clean up Delhi. at the time of counting and ments: electricity, water, ■ There cannot be any com- the Jan Lokpal Bill, for which Central government and [EVM results be] compared education and health. We There is a perception that pany or organisation where we had fought, as soon as it ■ The lesson that we have you have demanded full For the full interview please see with [counting of] VVPAT have done lots in these four you are using the Delhi 100% of the people are was prepared. The Centre is learnt is that something has statehood. In the current http://bit.ly/kejriwaIintrw

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Harvard sociologist Matthew Des- of the district of Champaran, in North Behar that Mr. M.K. mond’s seminal work on displacement, Evicted: Poverty and Gandhi, who has gone there on a mission to investigate into CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Proit in the American City, won for being a “deeply researched CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC the relations between the planters and their tenants, has been exposé that showed how mass evictions after the 2008 eco- CONCEPTUAL NOTEBOOK served with a notice under Section 141 of the C.P. Code by the nomic crash were less a consequence than a cause of poverty.” District Magistrate to leave the district and that Mr. Gandhi has Like Katherine Boo who moved into Annawadi slum for Theory of Mind refused to obey these orders until last night. There was no three years for her book on Dharavi, Behind the Beautiful Psychology Beyond the classroom summons issued against him until this morning. Mr. H.S.L. Po- Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, which lak came here last night on being informed by Mr. Gandhi of To have a theory of mind was a Pulitzer non-iction nominee in 2013, Desmond lived in a An 11-year-old’s contribution to an initiative to build toilets what was happening and after consultation with Mr. Hasan (ToM) is to realise that oth- trailer park in 2007-08 in one of the poorest Milwaukee neigh- Imam with whom he stayed, he left for Motihari with the Hon- ers have minds like yours. bourhoods to take notes of life in that part of the country. Tanu Kulkarni ers and officials reached gthini Delhi ge (I am very ’ble Mr. M. Haque and others. What he heard were stories of heartbreak and utter despair, Elementary as that out to me to learn more happy, sister. I am going to with people paying most of what they had on rent, and gener- sounds, it’s a question that The education ‘beat’, about her, Suchitra herself travel by flight to Delhi),” ally falling behind on everything else. Most were at the mercy has engaged philosophers, which I cover, invariably was unaware that the she said. It was going to be evolutionary psycholo- of two landlords, like the single mother Arleen and her two yields stories about aca- story had been published her first time on an air- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC boys, who tried to make do with a $628-a-month welfare gists, and researchers of demic performances, ad- that day. She got no phone plane. cheque. The problem was that $550 of that amount went in schizophrenia and autism. missions and Board exam- calls or messages, which She told me what DATA POINT rent — and there was perpetual fear of eviction. Desmond fol- Experts assumed that hu- inations — all the rungs in made me wonder whether clothes she had packed lowed eight families and brought out their desperate stories. mans were the only spe- a ladder that children I had added any value to and the transport arrange- cies to have a ToM, but it have to climb to achieve her life by writing about ments for her first trip Inequality in the U.S. has emerged that not only some measure of “suc- her. outside Karnataka. In In the run-up to the U.S. presidential elections, when elite primates, but parrots, cess”. But Suchitra K.P.’s Then the Delhi Com- Delhi she visited India America and the world were wondering why Donald Trump crows and even rats have story was an exception, of mission for Women took Gate, a monument she appealed to so many Americans, another book tried to shed recently shown the ability how a young girl went bey- note of the story and de- had only seen in text- light on America’s poor. J.D. Vance, who grew up in the rust to grasp the ‘I know that ond the classroom to cided to felicitate her on books. She also told Ms. belt, in an “Ohio steel town that has been haemorrhaging jobs you know that I know’ make a difference. Women’s Day amidst stars Korlapati that she had and hope as long as I can remember”, recorded it in Hillbilly loop that underlies social I met Suchitra, an 11- like wrestler Sakshi Malik. read the story of Neerja Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. It tried to ex- relationships. A broken year-old girl from a re- When her mentor Hephs- Bhanot, the brave air host- plain why poor working class White America was so disen- ToM can result from dam- mote village in Kamara- iba R. Korlapati, who was ess, and how she wanted chanted with Washington. age to specific brain re- halli, Chamarajanagar, earlier the CEO of Chama- to become one. Desmond’s book provides another view of one of the most gions and also informs re- one of the most backward rajanagar, called me and Suchitra continues to urgent issues facing America, that of vast inequality, and what search into the neurology districts in Karnataka, told me this, I was de- receive calls from organ- it is to feel powerless in the most powerful country in the of empathy. who was the face of the lighted. “Will she go?” I isations and individuals world. This year’s Pulitzers seem to have made it a point to district administration’s asked. “Will her parents across the country and honour journalists and organisations which wrote about the campaign after she urged allow her to travel alone? has a packed schedule. On marginalised and dispossessed. families to build toilets in What will she talk about at April 17, for instance, sev- For example, the Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC their homes so that her the function?” eral delegates from an went to Eric Eyre of Charleston Gazette-Mail, for exposing “the classmates could go to the To say that Suchitra was NGO visited her village to lood of opioids lowing into depressed West Virginia counties MORE ON bathroom with dignity. thrilled is an understate- study her success story. with the highest overdose death rates in the country” in the THE WEB 3 The story I wrote about ment. She called me later And when I find myself face of “powerful opposition”, not least from pharmaceutical Suchitra’s contribution to — not to talk about the crumbling under the companies. Then again, the drama prize went to Lynn Not- Kingfisher Airlines the initiative was pub- award but about what she weight of deadlines or tage’s Sweat, set in a Pennsylvania factory town which had crisis: Timeline lished three days before was going to experience. questioning why I do what seen vast job cuts. This is her second Pulitzer, having won in http://bit.ly/kingfishertimeline International Women’s “Thumba khushi aagide I do, I think of Suchitra’s 2009 for her play ‘Ruined’. Day. While scores of read- akka. Vimana nalli ho- story.

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released on bail Special Correspondent and intolerance in India and Press Trust of India NEW DELHI anywhere else in the world, Lucknow Hiten Venegavkar, counsel cessary to be furnished as India has registered a strong including the 1984 genocide Describing the views of the for the Enforcement Direct- provided under the 1993 note of protest before the perpetrated against Sikhs All India Muslim Personal orate said, “It's the will and treaty. visiting Canadian Defence throughout India, and call Law Board on triple talaq determination of our Indian The CBI charge sheet Minister, Harjit Singh Sajjan, on all sides to embrace truth, as against the Constitution, government whose Finance against the businessman in against a provincial As- justice and reconciliation.” Uttar Pradesh Minority Af- Minister effectively got the the ₹9000-crore IDBI Bank sembly legislation which had In their discussions, the fairs Minister Mohsin Raza extradition proceedings case, all the non-bailable accused India of “genocide” two ministers had agreed to said here on Tuesday that started with U.K. authorities warrants issued against him in the events of 1984. Accord- deepen the defence coopera- the body should be called on the basis of orders of non by various courts, the ing to Defence Ministry tion. “Maulvi (Cleric) Personal bailable warrant and extra- grounds on which he was sources, Arun Jaitley made Law Board” and be dition request from Preven- declared a proclaimed of- this the focus during their bi- Official visit “banned”. tion of Money Laundering fender in the money laun- lateral discussion. Mr. Sajjan is on an official Asked to comment on Act court and various other dering case pursued by the visit to India from April 17 to triple talaq, the Minister courts. Enforcement Directorate, ‘Unwarranted comment’ 23 during which he is sched- said, “Exploitation of wo- The arrest of Vijay Mallya and a copy of the latest case Calling the Bill an unwarran- uled to travel to Amritsar, men is being done and clearly shows that evidence registered in August last ted comment on India’s in- Chandigarh and Mumbai they [AIMPLB] are giving collected against him by year, would form part of the ternal situation, Mr. Jaitley apart from his meetings in views [on triple talaq] that agencies is not only suffi- dossier. conveyed that there was con- Delhi. are against the Constitu- cient but also effective in Meanwhile advocates siderable “disquiet” in India Responding to questions tion.” eyes of UK authorities to ar- K.T.S Tulsi and Dushyant and the language was “un- on the Khalistan issue at a “In the Koran, it is writ- rest and deport him.” Dave were of the view that real and exaggerated” which public event later, Mr. Sajjan ten that you should not go Under Article 9 of the ex- the courts in the UK were did not conform to reality. said he did not want to “get for namaz under the influ- tradition treaty, Mr. Mallya very independent and do “It was conveyed that as Making a point: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley with his counterpart from Canada, Harjit Singh sucked into internal politics ence of liquor and if any- has recourse to several not grant extradition easily. another liberal democracy, it Sajjan, at a tri-service guard of honour at South Block in New Delhi on Tuesday. * V. SUDERSHAN of any province or nation”. one gives talaq under influ- grounds to oppose India’s He also said Mr. Mallya’s is not in the spirit of India- “I don’t promote the ence, can it be considered request for his custody. arrest by Scotland Yard and Canada relations and did not private member’s Bill and Provincial Parliament (MPP) against of the total strength breaking up of any country… valid,” Mr. Raza asked. his subsequent release on help in furthering the rela- moved in the context of the from Brampton-Springdale, of 107. My job is to build relation- “For namaz, Allah disal- Detailed documentation bail the same day shows it tionship,” a Ministry source local elections. “He said it near Toronto, moved a Introducing the Bill, Ms. ship with India,” he said. lows liquor, but for talaq, The Union Home Ministry may not be easy to get him said. did not reflect the position of private member’s motion in Malhi had said, “The Legis- Ahead of his visit, Punjab maulvis say it is okay. They has directed the CBI and the back here. In response to Mr. Jaitley’s the Canadian government,” the Ontario Assembly. lative Assembly of Ontario Chief Minister Capt. Am- have to correct themselves Enforcement Directorate to (With inputs from Devesh comments, Mr. Sajjan disso- the source stated. The motion was passed should condemn all forms of arinder Singh said he would and garner knowledge in prepare all documents ne- K Pandey, Sonam Saigal) ciated himself from the situ- Early this month, after debate with 34 mem- communal violence, hatred, not meet him as he is a this regard,” the Minister ation, and said it was a Harinder Malhi, Member of bers voting in favour and five hostility, prejudice, racism “Khalistani sympathiser”. said. Met dept. expects a ‘normal’ monsoon J&K govt. appeals for peace Navy mulling other For one, there’s the looming soon. A ‘positive’ IOD can submarine options threat of El Nino. Secondly, counter an ominous El Situation in Valley shows no signs of improvement; colleges to remain shut today the IMD has adopted a new Nino. In its assessment, the weather model this year, IMD expects “weak positive Peerzada Ashiq spread across the Valley. Govt.’s ambitious policy yet to see light and it is still a work-in-pro- IOD” to develop in the latter Srinagar Rallying behind the stu- gress. half of the monsoon, which Even as the State Cabinet on dents, Youth National Con- Officials told The Hindu means that it’s unlikely to be Tuesday expressed “deep ference (YNC) on Tuesday Dinakar Peri said on Tuesday. The policy, that they would be more a potent ally this year. anguish over the loss of pre- organised a rally in Srinagar NEW DELHI which is part of the Defence confident by June, when the “We are watching these cious lives,” the situation in against the use of “excessive With the Defence Ministry’s Procurement Procedure IMD updates its numbers. variables and expect more the Kashmir Valley showed force”. ambitious policy on Stra- (DPP) 2016, would have de- The IMD’s estimate of clarity around June,” said no signs of improvement. “While Kashmir is turning tegic Partnership (SP) model tail guidelines on how major 96% rains falls at the bottom K.J. Ramesh, Director Gen- Fearing violence, the author- into a veritable inferno, the which intends to promote Indian private sector com- edge of what it considers eral, Meteorology, IMD. “But ities have decided to keep all government could be found defence manufacturing panies can tie up with global ‘normal’ monsoon rains. monsoon will be good for colleges closed for Wednes- in deep slumber and its min- nowhere in sight, the Navy Original Equipment Every number forecast by agriculture this time.” day too. isters enjoying heydays,” has begun considering a Manufacturers. the IMD has a built-in 5% er- In a departure from the A Cabinet meeting in said YNC president Salman range of alternative options ror margin. norm, the IMD didn’t Jammu, attended by both Sagar. to shore up its submarine Repeated delays India saw drought years quantify the likelihood of Peoples Democratic Party levels. The idea was mooted by in 2014 and 2015. As for monsoon rains being ‘below and BJP ministers, “made a Women hostellers The Navy’s plan to pro- former Defence Minister 2016, it received 3% less normal,’ or ‘deficient’, with fervent appeal to all shades Meanwhile, fresh protests by cure a new line of submar- Manohar Parrikar about two than the 89 cm average, des- Mr. Ramesh only letting on of political opinion to help women hostellers erupted in ines under Project-75I years ago. However, it was pite an IMD forecast of that there was a 38% prob- restore peace and normalcy On the boil: An activist protests against ‘police excesses’ on Kashmir University against hinges on the SP guidelines. repeatedly delayed after ‘above normal’ rains. ability of ‘near normal’ in the Valley”. students in Srinagar on Tuesday. * NISSAR AHMAD the use of force against SP model includes five-key strong objections from vari- Given the deficient pre- rains. In any given year, the students. areas to achieve domestic ous quarters to the pro- monsoon rains over large odds of ‘near-normal’ mon- Rights abuses cision was taken to punish restraint, can at times lead to The alleged thrashing of capability, which includes posed guidelines. parts of Karnataka, Tamil soon rains are 33%. It also reviewed the security the guilty security fatal consequences.” students by the Central Re- submarines and aircraft. Now with the departure Nadu and Kerala, good rains An official familiar with and law and order situation. personnel.” Fearing more violence serve Police Force (CRPF) in “We need those submar- of Mr. Parrikar, and Arun are essential this year to the IMD’s forecast prepara- Sources said the recent An official said the Cab- from students, the authorit- Banihal town fuelled more ines badly because our force Jaitley holding the addi- trap enough soil moisture tion said that the dynamical emergence of videos on inet directed the police and ies have decided to close all protests there. Students levels are being affected. In tional charge, there are con- for a healthy kharif crop, model had a “different rights abuses of civilians at the security agencies “to ex- colleges on Wednesday. The staged a protest and closed case the SP model doesn’t cerns in the Ministry and in- which is vital to keep infla- definition” for normal rains the hands of security forces ercise maximum restraint”. Sri Pratap School, Srinagar, the Srinagar-Jammu National fall into place, for whatever dustry. “If the SP model tion down and rural con- and wasn’t yet completely was also discussed. The po- The Cabinet asked the civil which became the epicentre Highway. Hurriyat chairman reasons, we will have to look happens, it will be good. If it sumption up. synchronised to the IMD’s lice crackdown on students society and parents “to of violent protests on Syed Ali Geelani accused the elsewhere,” Vice-Admiral does not happen, all options The El Nino — character- monsoon forecasting sys- at the Government Degree counsel the youth to stay Monday, will also remain government of turning “edu- D.M. Deshpande, Navy’s come to the fore” the Vice- ised by surface waters of the tem. Last year, the dynam- College, Pulwama, was away from violent protests, closed. Dozens of students cational institutions into Controller of Warship Pro- Admiral said in response to equatorial Pacific warming ical model in April had fore- pondered over but “no de- which, in spite of maximum were injured in the clashes, battlefields”. duction and Acquisition, questions at an event. up more than half a degree cast excess rains (more than — is known to dry up mon- 110%) and India ended up soon rains every six out of with 3% less. Leaders to 10 years. This year, interna- The traditional, so-called Police try to establish Hindi may become must tional weather models as April forecast model, is pre- well as the IMD’s own dy- pared by the IMD measuring speak more namical global climate fore- five climate “predictors”, in- Sukesh’s hawala link casting system model indic- cluding the sea surface tem- till Class X in CBSE schools in Hindi ate that El Nino conditions perature in the south Indian might set in during the “lat- Ocean in February, and the Probe on to identify accomplices Press Trust of India ter part of the monsoon.” volume of warm water in Parliamentary panel’s suggestions get President’s approval New Delhi Another climate phe- the equatorial Pacific in Feb- Special Correspondent All dignitaries, including nomenon, called the Indian ruary and March. New Delhi Press Trust of India compulsory in curriculum. alayas and 14 Central the President and Union Ocean Dipole (IOD), which Last month, private Investigators took Sukesh New Delhi As a first step, Hindi should Tibetan Schools, as per the Ministers, may soon start refers to a swing in the sea weather forecasting com- Chandrashekhar, accom- Students of schools affiliated be made a compulsory sub- board’s website. The recom- giving speeches in Hindi if surface temperatures in the pany, Skymet had said that plice of AIADMK leader to the Central Board of Sec- ject up to Class X in all mendations were made in a parliamentary panel’s re- western and eastern Indian the monsoon was likely to T.T.V. Dhinakaran in an al- ondary Education (CBSE) schools of CBSE and the ninth report of the Com- commendations accepted oceans, is also known to in- be ‘below normal’ at 95% of leged attempt to bribe Elec- and Kendriya Vidyalyas Kendriya Vidyalaya mittee of Parliament on Offi- by President Pranab fluence the Indian mon- the Long Period Average. tion Commission officials, to (KVs) may have to com- Sangathan,” the presidential cial Language. Mukherjee are implemen- Chandni Chowk on Tuesday pulsorily study Hindi till order said. The CBSE had last year re- ted. to identify the hawala oper- Class X with recommenda- commended a three-lan- The recommendation ators through which money tions of a parliamentary Form policy guage formula — English and that all dignitaries, espe- Australia visa cut to changed hands between the Sukesh Chandrashekhar panel in this regard getting “The Centre should form a any two Indian languages — cially those who can read two. the President’s nod. policy in consultation with to be expanded to Classes IX and speak Hindi, may be A Crime Branch team identify the people he had The Ministry of Human State governments,” it ad- and X. However, the HRD requested to give their hit Indian IT workers spent six hours with Sukesh met in the hotel. At least 10 Resource Development has ded. The CBSE, as on this Ministry is yet to take a call speech/statement in Hindi in the old Delhi area, but visitors are under the also been instructed to form February, has 18,546 schools on the suggestion. only, has been accepted. The Australian Prime Minis- skilled worker visa pro- not much evidence was scanner. a policy in consultation with in India and 210 schools in Meanwhile, Union Minis- The President has accepted ter added, “We'll no longer gramme in favour of a garnered, a police officer During the raid, ₹1.3 the State governments to 25 foreign countries. ter M. Venkaiah Naidu in many other recommenda- allow 457 visas to be pass- stricter visa regime. said. crore was seized. The make the language compuls- There are 1,117 KVs, 2,685 Guwahati, also urged the tions, including announce- ports to jobs that could and In Delhi, the Australian On Sunday, the Delhi Po- money was obtained by him ory. “The HRD Ministry government/aided schools, people to use Hindi in their ments on Indian aero- should go to Australians.” High Commission sought to lice Crime Branch arrested through traders in Chandni should make serious efforts 14,141 independent schools, day-to-day life along with planes being made in Hindi Amongst the measures play down the impact of the him for allegedly fixing a Chowk, investigators said. to make Hindi language 589 Jawahar Novodaya Vidy- the regional languages. before in English. planned are reductions in decision, saying there “con- deal with Mr. Dhinakaran to The police are analysing the tenure of many of the tinues to be visa options for obtain a favourable order the call records of visas from four years to two skilled Indian nationals”. from the Election Commis- Chandrashekhar and Mr. years, the Australian gov- sion in getting the “two Dhinakaran and verifying if ernment said. Skilled workers leaves” symbol for the party calls were made through Woman shot inside police station in U.P. According to the notifica- “India provides the highest faction led by V.K. Sasikala. WhatsApp to avoid suspi- tion, the new visa pro- number of temporary cion, an officer said. gramme will cut more than skilled workers to Australia Transaction mode “In the interrogation so Yogi Adityanath government comes under ire for law and order situation 200 eligible jobs for skilled of any country; eight out of It is alleged that the deal was far, he is not cooperating,” migrants — from 651 to 435, the top 10 occupations for fixed with a promise of ₹50 the police said. Staff reporter that the murder was fight the criminals but they visa fees are set to increase, Indian 457 visa holders (as crore. Mr. Dhinakaran had The Delhi Police re- Meerut triggered by a land dispute overpowered him and and the visas will be restric- at December 2016) were IT allegedly transferred ₹10 mained tight-lipped about The Yogi Adityanath govern- and that they had arrested bundled Rishu into the car ted to filling “critical skills professionals,” Australian crore of the sum to a man in the possibility of sending a ment faced flak for “deteri- the killer, Wasim. which did not have shortages”. High Commissioner Kochi and further to hawala team to Tamil Nadu inter- oration” in law and order as nameplates. The announcement ap- Harinder Sidhu said in a re- operators in Chandni rogate Mr. Dhinakaran. two girls were kidnapped in SP charge Dharmendra Singh, who is peared to have taken New lease, referring to the fact Chowk, a police officer said. Chandrashekhar, who is broad daylight in Meerut In another incident which in charge of the Medical Col- Delhi by surprise, especially that Indians are the major Chandrashekhar was ar- from Bengaluru, is allegedly and Shamli and a woman prompted the Samajwadi lege police station, told The given that the Australian beneficiaries of the pro- rested following a raid on a involved in various cheating was chased, thrashed by a Party to raise the issue of Hindu that the police had re- Prime Minister had visited gramme, accounting for five-star hotel in South cases in Chennai. He had group of men and later shot “deteriorating law and or- gistered a case against un- India only last week. 25% of those receiving 457 Delhi, where he had teamed up with actor Leena dead inside a police post in der” in the State, a 20-year- known people and was in- Although the joint state- visas. checked in 10 days ago. He is Maria Paul for a few years to Mainpuri on Monday old woman, Rishu, was kid- vestigating the case. ment issued by India and According to the Aus- being questioned about the dupe people. evening. napped in front of the main In Shamli, four men al- Australia after the meeting tralian Department of Im- people he had been in touch In a 2007 cheating case, In a shocking incident of Yogi Adityanath gate of Chaudhary Charan legedly barged into the house between Prime Minister migration and Border Pro- with. he impersonated as a friend police inefficiency, Aneesa Singh University in Meerut of a farmer and kidnapped Narendra Modi and Mr. tection, Indians constituted The list, the officer said, of Nikhil Gowda, son of was chased and thrashed by ter died of injuries in hos- on Monday. The miscreants his daughter, said a police Turnbull on April 10 spoke 76% of the total ‘457’ visas is- may include a few bureau- former Karnataka Chief Min- a group of men as she ran to- pital. who came in a black car ab- complaint filed in the Mari- about cooperating to stop sued in the three IT streams, crats through whom he was ister H.D. Kumaraswamy. In wards a police post in the The police said the crowd ducted her when she was ana area. “illegal migration”, it gave and 57% of permanent mi- trying to approach the Com- 2011, the Bengaluru police Agra Chowki Gate area of had outnumbered the per- walking outside the univer- Rafeeq Ansari, SP MLA no indication that the two grant visas issued in the mission officials. arrested him from Chennai Mainpuri. The mob followed sonnel at the station, who sity with her brother Arjun from Meerut, said the State sides had discussed the pro- skilled stream of workers The police are also scan- for posing as DMK leader M her into the police station failed to prevent Aneesa’s on her way to the bus stop. government had failed to posed measure to scrap the last year. ning video footage to Karunanidhi’s grandson. where she was shot. She lat- murder. The police added Arjun said he had tried to control the criminals. CM M ND-ND YK https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 NEWS 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Modi, McMaster discuss security Centre promises Afghanistan, West Asia and Korea igure in talks, but date of PM’s U.S. visit not announced election reforms Special Correspondent ing from Pakistan, where he NEW DELHI met Prime Minister Nawaz Prime Minister Narendra Sharif and top officials of the Panel is framing road map, SC told Amit Shah to visit Modi on Tuesday held talks Pakistan government. West Bengal this month on Afghanistan, the West The relations between In- Press Trust of India New Delhi KOLKATA Asian region and the Korean dia and Pakistan figured in BJP president Amit Shah will peninsula with the visiting Lt. Gen. McMaster’s discus- The Union government told be on a three-day tour to U.S. National Security Ad- sions with Mr. Sharif. The the Supreme Court on Tues- West Bengal this month. This viser, Lt. General H.R. Mc- Sharif government also day that it had constituted a comes at a time when the Master. briefed the U.S. official about task force to frame a road party registered a 22% rise in Lt. Gen. McMaster, the the situation in Kashmir and map for implementation of the recent State byelection. first high official of the ad- ties with India and Afgh- the Law Commission’s re- He is “expected” to give ministration of U.S. Presid- anistan. commendations on decrim- directions to party workers to ent Donald Trump to visit In- During his stopover in Ka- inalisation of politics. strengthen the organisation dia, met Mr. Modi after bul, Lt. Gen. McMastertold A Bench of Justices Ran- at the booth-level for the completing his trips to Afgh- an Afghan TV channel that jan Gogoi and Navin Sinha The submissions were forthcoming civic polls, BJP anistan and Pakistan. Pakistan should deal with asked the Centre to file an made in an affidavit filed by State president Dilip Ghosh terror “less selectively” than affidavit during the day on a the Ministry in response to said. The State will hold civic Challenge of terrorism it had done in the past. PIL petition seeking de- the petition filed by advoc- polls in seven municipalities “Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster barring of convicts for life ate Ashwini Kumar Upad- in early May. shared his perspective with Major defence partner from contesting polls and hyay seeking directions to Prime Minister on the secur- A U.S. Embassy statement is- stopping them from enter- debar convicts from contest- BJP appoints Gujarat ity situation in the extended sued after the departure of ing the judiciary and the ex- ing polls for life and stop- unit in-charge region, including in Afgh- Lt. Gen. McMaster later in ecutive. The Bench listed it ping them from entering the NEW DELHI anistan, West Asia and the the day said that the bilateral for final hearing on July 10. judiciary and the executive. Senior BJP general secretary DPRK [Democratic People’s talks “emphasised the im- “Where is the figure as to Bhupendra Yadav has been Republic of Korea]. During Forging stronger ties: U.S. National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster meeting portance of the U.S.-India how many cases are Disqualification period made Gujarat unit in-charge the conversation, they ex- Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday. * AFP strategic relationship and re- pending against politi- The Law Ministry said that for the upcoming Assembly changed views on how both affirmed India’s designation cians?... It is the duty of the the disqualification period polls, party chief Amit Shah countries can work together The meeting, however, tional Security Adviser Ajit Earlier, the U.S. NSA and as a major defence partner”. presiding officer of a court specified under the Repres- announced on Tuesday. Mr. to effectively address the did not yield an announce- Doval, Foreign Secretary S. Mr. Doval held detailed dis- The two sides discussed a to prioritise hearing in such entation of the People Act, Yadav replaces Dinesh challenge of terrorism and to ment of a date for Mr. Modi’s Jaishankar and a few other cussions on India-U.S. rela- range of bilateral and re- cases,” the Bench said, 1951, was a policy decision Sharma, who was recently advance regional peace, se- visit to Washington. The officials. The formal meeting tions, especially the security gional issues, including their adding it would like to see that had been enacted by appointed Uttar Pradesh curity and stability,” a press meeting held at the Prime was preceded by a meeting aspect of the ties, sources shared interest in increasing the response of the Centre. Parliament after due delib- Deputy Chief Minister. At release from the Prime Min- Minister’s official residence between Mr. Doval and Lt. said. Lt. Gen. McMaster ar- defence and counter-terror- The Union Law and erations for curbing the present, Mr. Yadav heads a ister’s Office stated. was attended by India’s Na- Gen. McMaster. rived here on Monday even- ism cooperation, it said. Justice Ministry, in its affi- entry of persons with crim- parliamentary panel on the davit, told the court that the inal antecedents into the Constitution 123rd government was actively political arena. Amendment Bill, 2017, which considering a law panel re- “This court has held in a deals with granting port, and had appointed a catena of cases that no man- constitutional status to the Panama papers leak: Centre assures SC of probe team of senior officials to damus can lie to the govern- Backward Classes panel. look into the issue. ment for framing law or introducing amendments to MEA officials booked Court asks ASG to take instructions on whether a separate SIT investigation is required Complex process existing law as framing of for passport fraud “The respondent is con- policy, setting standards NEW DELHI Legal Correspondent multiple agencies are The government assured tion of Corruption Act and The apex court had on scious of the need for elect- and the making of law falls The CBI has filed a case NEW DELHI involved. the court that it is “abso- Prevention of Money Laun- March 7 asked the Centre to oral reforms in our country; within the executive domain against unidentified External Assuring a “thorough invest- The court asked Mr. lutely serious” about probing dering Act. place before it in a sealed however, electoral reforms of the legislature. It is sub- Affairs Ministry officials for igation” into the Panama pa- Narasimha to get a formal re- disclosures made by a web- cover all the six reports of is a complex, continuous, mitted that the judiciary allegedly issuing passports to pers leak, the Centre told the sponse from the government site in the Panama papers The high and the mighty MAG after it was informed long drawn and compre- may step in to fill gaps only 12 persons showing them as Supreme Court on Tuesday on whether a separate Spe- leak, allegedly naming The petition has alleged that that the sixth report has hensive process and the where there is s a statutory Arunachal Pradesh that the probe into the off- cial Investigation Team, be- nearly 500 high-profile Indi- the Panama papers include been completed and the gov- Union of India through legis- vacuum, but not where a government officials, to shore accounts of Indians sides the Multi-Agency ans who have money parked the names of Indians, includ- ernment was prepared to lative department is taking valid law already occupies facilitate their travel to the linked to the leak is complic- Group (MAG) set up by the in off-shore accounts. ing celebrities and industrial- place all reports before the all possible action to delib- the field.” U.S. . According to the CBI, ated and spans several inter- government to probe the The court was hearing a ists, who have allegedly court. The Centre had erate upon measures of On the issue of setting up the beneficiaries conspired national jurisdictions. black money cases, should PIL petition filed by advocate parked funds in offshore ac- sought dismissal of the PIL, electoral reforms required special courts for MPs or with the officials to get the Appearing before a Bench be formed to exclusively M.L. Sharma seeking a SIT counts in transactions saying the MAG has already in our country through vari- MLAs for disposal of crim- passports issued between led by Justice Dipak Misra, probe the leak. probe into the Panama leak. brokered by the law firm. been set up to ensure ous forums like consulta- inal cases, the Ministry said December 2016 and March Additional Solicitor-General The Bench asked Mr. It sought a direction to the The Panama leak contains “speedy” probe against Indi- tion, meeting, e-views, etc, such a prayer was “unwar- 2017.Those named in the FIR (ASG) P.S. Narasimha said Narasimha to respond on the CBI to lodge FIRs and con- information covering ans whose names figured in with all stakeholders,” the ranted” as long as cases are are Raja Kipa, Thupten, the government is actively matter and posted the case duct investigation for alleged 2,10,000 companies in 21 off- the Panama papers. Ministry said. disposed of within a year. Kalden Kunseng and Lucky. investigating the names and for hearing in July. offences under the Preven- shore jurisdictions. (With PTI inputs)

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Babri case: SC verdict Chidambaram slams Nation’s salute ED’s ‘wild allegations’ on CBI plea today Legal Correspondent While reserving its judg- NEW DELHI ment on April 6, the Bench Says agency is trying to smear his son A Supreme Court Bench of had indicated that it would Justices P.C. Ghose and Ro- order a joint trial in a Luc- Special Correspondent traordinary and ridiculous hinton F. Nariman will on know court after reviving CHENNAI allegation that Karti Wednesday pronounce criminal conspiracy charges Accusing the Enforcement Chidambaram ‘appears to judgment on a CBI appeal against the leaders. Directorate (ED) of making be the controller and ulti- against the dropping of The court had proposed wild allegations just to drag mate beneficiary’ of certain criminal conspiracy charge to transfer the pending trial his son Karti Chidambaram transactions of two compan- against prominent BJP and in a Rae Bareilly Magistrate into a case of alleged viola- ies. What does ‘appears to Sangh Parivar leaders, in- court and club it with crim- tion of foreign exchange reg- be’ mean? It means that the cluding L.K. Advani and inal proceedings in the Luc- ulations, former Union Fin- ED is making a wild allega- Murli Manohar Joshi, in the know CBI court against ance Minister and senior tion just to drag him into the 25-year-old Babri Masjid de- “lakhs of unknown kar Congress leader P. Chidam- case,” the former Union molition cases. sevaks”. baram on Tuesday said that Minister said. if a notice is served on Mr. Mr Chidambaram poin- Karti, a suitable reply would ted out that the two com- be sent. panies had, in the past, ex- In a statement issued plained their transactions here, Mr. Chidambaram said and had repeatedly clarified the Enforcement Director- through their statements ate’s press release did not that Mr. Karti Chidambaram refer to any specific act on had never been a share- the part of Mr. Karti holder or held the post of Chidambaram. director of either of the Neighbour comes calling: Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari inspecting a ‘guard of honour’ during a ceremonial reception at “Instead, it makes the ex- companies. the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. This is her irst overseas tour since assuming oice in 2015. * V. SUDERSHAN Call for Vaghela as CM New data safety regime candidate for Gujarat from TRAI by Deepavali Cong. MLAs cite Punjab, where party named Amarinder Framework to ensure protection online, Centre tells SC Special Correspondent ahead of the Assembly polls. AHMEDABAD “Some MLAs may have Krishnadas Rajagopal ency to gauge the pattern of in the real world it is long Clamour is growing among conveyed their feelings but NEW DELHI our online searches. “If you past and forgotten,” Mr. Ro- Congress legislators and eventually, the high com- The Centre informed a Con- search for a Taj in hatgi submitted. cadre in Gujarat to project mand will take a call,” Mr. stitution Bench of the Su- Bhubaneswar, Google will The debate was part of a Leader of the Opposition Vaghela said. He also preme Court that the Tele- give you other options of ho- Constitution Bench hearing Shankersinh Vaghela as slammed the BJP for trying com Regulatory Authority of tels similar to the Taj,” the for a declaration that a 2016 Chief Minister candidate, to “poach more than 20 India (TRAI) is working on a Attorney-General submitted. policy of instant messaging ahead of the Assembly polls MLAs of the Congress using new regulatory regime to app – WhatsApp – to give to be held later this year. pressure tactics.” ensure online data protec- Right to be forgotten Facebook access to informa- On Monday, a large num- Party president Sonia tion, and it will be ready by The AG explained the need tion and personal details ber of legislators gathered at Gandhi’s political secretary Deepavali. for online privacy in the shared by millions of its Mr. Vaghela’s residence in Ahmed Patel also said that Attorney-General Mukul light of 'right to be forgotten' users was a violation of their Gandhinagar, apparently any decision on CM candid- Rohatgi submitted before of an individual. This right, privacy and free speech. conveyed to the AICC in ate entirely rests with the the five-judge Bench led by also called the 'right to be The Bench also com- charge Gurudas Kamat to Shankersinh Vaghela high command. Justice Dipak Misra that with erased', is one of the major prised Justices A.K. Sikri, declare him as CM candidate However, some legislators online transactions and casualties in the Internet Amitava Roy, A.M. Khan- to take on the BJP govern- Earlier, Congress poll think that declaring a CM presence increasing by the age, Mr. Rohatgi said. It wilkar and M.M. ment, facing several chal- strategist Prashant Kishore candidate will only improve day, data protection needs deals with the person's right Shantanagoudar. lenges including caste and had also reportedly told the the party’s chances of to be fortified. to wipe out his past demean- Mr. Rohatgi said the hear- social agitations and leadership to project Mr. Va- victory. “Data protection and pri- ours for which he has ing should be deferred for anti-incumbency. ghela, citing his pan-Gujarat “This time is the best vacy is all the more import- already suffered another two months, by appeal and base and also his chance for Congress to win ant now because the less lit- punishment. which time there may be ‘Punjab model’ administrative experience as in Gujarat and the party can erate use apps like BHIM “The 'right to be forgot- new laws on online privacy. The legislators with strong ex-CM and Union Minister. do it with Bapu [Vaghela] and PayTM for cash transac- ten' is practised in the U.K., Appearing for the peti- allegiance to Mr. Vaghela Mr. Vaghela is even keen to leading from the front,” a le- tions. So, government has the U.S. and the E.U. A per- tioners, who are two stu- have been trying to impress hire Mr. Kishore to oversee gislator told The Hindu. been actively mulling on an son commits a minor felony dents, senior advocate Har- upon the high command the the party’s poll campaign in The Congress has been in overarching data protection and is punished at the age of ish Salve argued that the need to adopt the ‘Punjab the State. opposition since 1998 and framework. TRAI has started 20. But if a search is done on 2016 policy formulated by model’ where the party had However, Mr. Vaghela on has never projected any work,” Mr. Rohatgi submit- him in the Internet, the in- WhatsApp is unconscion- declared Capt. Amarinder Tuesday told the media that leader as Chied Ministerial ted on Tuesday. formation about this felony able and unacceptable. Singh as CM nominee and the MLAs had gathered at candidate in 2002, 2007, Mr. Rohatgi illustrated is the first to pop up on the The Bench scheduled the won the polls. his place to discuss strategy 2012. that the Internet has a tend- screen despite the fact that next hearing by April 24. CM YK https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 12 WORLD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE Announcement catches U.K. of guard Trump’s order targets H-1B programme While the move is a political gamble, a win in snap elections Vidya Ram in Manchester due to take London place next month suggest that could enable Theresa May to set her own policy agenda U.K. Prime Minister Theresa they have made big strides, Departments asked to devise plan to May’s announcement of snap and potentially pose a threat polls caught many off guard to Labour’s dominance in the stop ‘fraud and abuse’ of the scheme Spanish PM called as as she had earlier insisted that constituency. The Scottish Na- witness in graft trial no election would take place tional Party (SNP) could also Varghese K. George Washington MADRID before 2020. retain its hold over the Scot- Spanish Prime Minister Holding — and winning an tish seats in Westminster, U.S. President Donald Mariano Rajoy has been election — would enable Ms. which could be seen as a val- Trump on Tuesday ordered called to stand as a witness in May to address one of her idation of First Minister Nic- four federal departments to a trial of members of his biggest weaknesses, often ola Sturgeon’s call for a tighten the implementation ruling People’s Party (PP) pointed to by critics at a time second Scottish Referendum. of existing regulations and following a long when Britain is expected to Legislation that came into suggest new legislative and investigation into an alleged be ‘taking control” by exiting effect in 2011 requires fixed administrative measures to party slush fund, a court the European Union (EU). Un- term Parliaments and elec- curb what the White House spokeswoman said on like her predecessor David tions every five years from termed “abuses in our guest Tuesday. Reuters Cameron, Ms. May was not a 2015 onwards, though a worker programmes”. Donald Trump boarding Air prime ministerial candidate, clause under it enables Parlia- These forthcoming ad- Force One in Maryland. * AFP 20 killed in strikes by but came to the position after ment to be dissolved, trigger- ministrative and legislative U.S.-led coalition rivals pulled out. ing an election, if two-third of measures will specially tar- the highly skilled workers. BEIRUT A win in election will also members at the House of get the H-1B visa programme The presidential order re- Air strikes by the U.S.-led enable her to set her own Commons agree to it. Ms. May under which Indian techno- quires the U.S. departments coalition ighting the Islamic policy agenda rather than be said she would be bringing a logy companies bring thou- of Labor, Justice, Homeland State (IS) killed 20 civilians in bound by that on which Mr. motion to the House on Wed- sands of computer profes- Security and State to come Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor Cameron built his electoral nesday, with Opposition sionals to the U.S. every up with a plan to stop the province, the Syrian platform in 2015, the year be- parties indicating that they year. “…top recipients of the “fraud and abuse” of the Observatory for Human fore the Brexit referendum. would support the motion. H1B visa are companies like programme. “...if you Rights said on Tuesday. It Ms. May differs from Mr. Labour leader Jeremy Tata, Infosys, Cognizant — change that current system also reported 10 civilians, Cameron on a number of Corbyn welcomed the de- they will apply for a very that awards visas randomly among them nine children, counts. On education, she is cision to hold an election, large number of visas, more without regard for skill or were killed in a suspected championing an introduction which he said would give “the than they get, by putting ex- wage to a skills-based award- Russian air strike on Tuesday of selective secondary school British people a chance to tra tickets in the lottery ing, it makes it extremely in Idlib. AFP education. When it comes to vote for a government that raffle, if you will, and then difficult to use the visa to re- immigration, she is far will put the interests of the they’ll get the lion’s share of place or undercut American Ohio shooter kills tougher, and has insisted on majority first.” visas,” a senior administra- workers because you’re not himself in Pennsylvania keeping international student “Labour will be offering tion official said ahead of bringing in workers at be- CHICAGO numbers within the migration the country an effective al- the executive orders that the neath the market wage. And Steve Stephens, who was figures. ternative to a government President was to sign. The so it’s a very elegant of way wanted for killing an elderly that has failed to rebuild the official said the lottery sys- of solving very systemic man in Ohio and then posting Ahead in polls economy, delivered falling liv- tem that selects workers un- problems in the H-1B guest a video of the murder on However, the election also ing standards and damaging der the H-1B programme worker visa,” the official Facebook, shot himself dead comes as a political gamble. cuts to our schools and NHS,” could be an evident target of said. on Tuesday after a brief While recent opinion polls he said. reforms. While the programme it- pursuit in Pennsylvania, have put Ms. May comfortably Tim Farron, leader of the In recent years, the de- self and the number caps police said. Stephens “was ahead of Labour leader Liberal Democrats, who have mand for H-1B visa has far are determined by the U.S. spotted this morning by PSP Jeremy Corbyn, polls at the campaigned for a referendum exceeded the total number Congress, its administration members in Erie County. time of the previous elections to be held on the terms of of 85,000 available. Of is an executive function. After a brief pursuit, (and the EU referendum) had Brexit, said the election these, 20,000 are for applic- The plan that the four de- Stephens shot and killed proved to be fairly unreliable proved a chance to change ants with a master’s degree partments will draw out and himself,” Pennsylvania State indicators. the country’s direction. “If in science, technology, en- could become effective be- Police said on Twitter. AFP There is also a chance that you want to avoid a disastrous gineering and mathematics. fore the next season of H-1B the elections could see the re- hard Brexit. If you want to U.S. Citizenship and Immig- filings in 2018 will tweak the Sikh cab driver assaulted surgence of the Liberal keep Britain in the single mar- ration Services announced programme in order to give in New York Democrats. Polls on ket. If you want a Britain that on Monday that it has selec- preference to highly skilled, NEW YORK a byelection is open, tolerant and united ted the beneficiaries for this highly paid employees, said Harkirat Singh (25), a Sikh cab this is your chance. year through the lottery sys- the official. driver from Punjab, was “Only the Liberal Demo- tem from 1,99,000 applica- assaulted on Sunday morning crats can prevent a Conser- tions. Given the uncertain- Lottery system and his turban knocked off by vative majority,” he said. ties, there has been a drop Pointing out that 80% of drunk passengers in New this year, from last year’s H-1B workers are now paid York, an incident the police 2,36,000 applications. less than the median wage was investigating as a To improve the chances in their fields, the official possible hate crime. of winning the lottery, con- said the reforms will revert Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted tracting companies file the programme to its ori- in his support, saying more applications than the ginal intent of attracting the “Harkirat Singh — You are number of people that they best and the brightest. The welcome here. What require. U.S. technology measures on the anvil could happened to you was wrong. companies have com- include a further increase in You did the right thing by plained that the current lot- fees for visas and a stricter calling the NYPD.” PTI tery mechanism crowds out monitoring of violations. France foils ‘imminent Toll in Colombo garbage attack’ ahead of polls dump landslide rises to 30 Two arrested, explosives seized

Reuters that I mean in the coming Families wait anxiously to hear about missing relatives Paris days — an attack on French Two Frenchmen arrested in soil,” said Interior Minister Meera Srinivasan middle income and working Marseille on Tuesday Matthias Fekl. A “definite COLOMBO class families. planned an “imminent and terrorist act” had been Even as Sri Lanka’s Army Municipal agencies added violent attack” ahead of the foiled, he said. continues rescue operations nearly 800 tonnes of solid first round of the presiden- France goes to the polls at the garbage dump near waste every day to the open tial election on Sunday, on April 23 and on May 7. Colombo — that crashed on dump, raising it to 90 France’s Interior Minister The two men — 23-year- Friday destroying about 150 metres high over the years. said. old Clement Baur and 30- homes — survivors are wait- Since 2011, families have France’s internal intelli- year-old Mahiedine Merabet ing anxiously to hear about been protesting for the gence agency, which had — were seized in the south- missing relatives. garbage dump to be cleared, been looking for the two ern port city a few moments As of Tuesday, Sri Lanka’s calls they claim went suspects for more than a apart from each other on Disaster Management Centre unheard. week, had warned main Tuesday morning. said 30 persons were dead Saktivel Sasikumar had candidates in the election Local Mayor Lisette Nar- and 10 were missing, while just returned with his family that there was a threat to ducci said explosives had residents fear many more A man removes wooden from a temple chariot fest- their security, campaign of- been found after a search of could be buried in the dump door at his damaged house ival on April 14 when he no- ficials said. an apartment near Mar- that collapsed in Meethot- after the collapse. * REUTERS ticed a mountain of garbage Comments by officials in- seille’s largest train station. tamulla, a neighbourhood crashing right ahead. “Be- dicated that former Prime Sources close to the investig- on Colombo’s northeastern country’s National Building fore I knew, my wife and 11- Minister Francois Fillon, ation said at least two as- edge. Research Organisation about year-old son who walked centrist Emmanuel Macron sault weapons had been Eleven injured persons potential danger of further ahead were gone. In front of and far-right leader Marine found. Search warrants de- were being treated in hos- collapse of the giant pile of my eyes,” he says. His young- Le Pen — three leading con- scribed the two men as dan- pital, spokesman Pradeep urban waste. est child, now three, es- tenders — were among those gerous. “These are radical- Kodippili told The Hindu. Meethottamulla, resid- caped “miraculously”. The warned of a security risk. ised common law criminals Hundreds of residents have ents say, is a multi-ethnic Army found the bodies of his “These two radicalised who spent some time in been evacuated from the neighbourhood with Sin- wife and son, but his eight- men... intended to commit prison,” said one police area to nearby shelters, fol- halese, Tamils and Muslim year-old daughter is still in the very short-term — by source. lowing a warning from the residents, mostly from lower missing. CPEC unrelated to Kashmir issue: China ‘Projects like the Karakoram highway did not have any bearing on Beijing’s position on Kashmir’

Atul Aneja but these disputes are not Referring to the BEIJING the result of the economic Bangladesh-China-India-My- China on Tuesday reinforced corridor... China has been anmar (BCIM) economic cor- its call for India’s participa- providing support to ridor — one of the major eco- tion in the Belt and Road Pakistan in these areas for nomic corridors China is connectivity initiative, telling many, many years. This is a planning in its neighbour- that the China-Pakistan Eco- contribution China is mak- hood — Mr. Wang said that nomic Corridor (CPEC), on ing for development of our the four countries are ready which India has its reserva- neighbouring countries.” to advance it within the tions, was not linked to the Mr. Wang pointed out that framework of Belt and Road. Kashmir issue. China had even earlier taken He said 28 heads of state up projects, like the or government had affirmed India’s participation Karakoram highway, in the their participation at the At a press conference, Ambitious project: The ‘Golden Bridge of Silk Road’, outside area. They, however, did not summit, including Russian Chinese Foreign Minister the venue for next month’s Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. * AP have any bearing on China’s President Vladimir Putin, Wang Yi said that India position on Kashmir. Turkish President Recep would be represented at entative as well as members But Mr. Wang said that “I want to mention that Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistani Beijing’s high profile Belt of the business and finance China’s stance on CPEC pro- the CPEC is economic, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and Road Forum on May 14. community to take part in jects “had no relationship for the purpose of serving Sri Lankan Prime Minister “Although the Indian leader the summit,” Mr. Wang said. with the [Kashmir] dispute”. economic cooperation and Ranil Wickremesinghe, In- will not be here, India will India has objected to the He added: “Certain sec- development. It has no dir- donesian President Joko have a representative. We CPEC as it passes through tions of the CPEC have raised ect link with political or bor- Widodo and State Councilor welcome the Indian repres- Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. concerns on the Indian side der disputes.” Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. CM YK https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

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dddddddddddddddddddddd ddddddddddddd TCS proit rises 4.2% to ₹6,608 cr. Sensex 29,319 -0.32 RBI red lags banks’ US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 64.63 ddddddddddddd-0.17 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 29,900 ddddddddddddddd0.00 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 54.73 ddddddddddddd-1.72 telecom exposure CEO says the irm helped customers leverage digital economy Special Correspondent MEA grew at 14.8%, Latin 17.4% growth during the year NIFTY 50 MUMBAI America 14.1% while India while infrastructure services PRICE CHANGE Tata Consultany Services grew at 10.1%. rose 16%. ACC...... 1492.85...... -10.35 Lenders asked to increase standard provision on loans (TCS), India’s largest soft- “Technology is driving dif- Sanjoy Sen, doctoral re- Adani Ports...... 319.35...... -0.65 ware exporter, reported a ferent industries to rapidly search scholar, Aston Busi- Ambuja Cements...... 240.75...... -6.10 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 4.2% increase in fourth- evolve in new, uncharted ness School, U.K. believes Asian Paints...... 1040.45...... -18.90 MUMBAI/NEW DELHI Aurobindo Pharma ...... 664.30...... 11.45 quarter net profit to ₹6,608 ways,” said N. Ganapathy that the share price is likely

Axis Bank ...... 499.65...... -2.70 The Reserve Bank of India crore. Revenue in the Janu- Subramaniam, chief operat- to be impacted. Bajaj Auto ...... 2824.40...... -27.75 (RBI) has raised a red flag ary-March quarter also grew ing officer and executive dir- “The pervasive impact of Bank of Baroda ...... 176.05...... 0.10 over banks’ loans to telecom 4.2% (year-on-year) to ector, who was optimistic on political and economic un- Bharti Airtel ...... 338.80...... -2.50 players and asked the ₹29,642 crore as per Indian digital business which rose certainty increasingly re- Bosch ...... 22610.35... -201.65

BPCL...... 724.20...... 0.45 lenders to increase their accounting norms. 29% annually. ferred to as “Trumponom- Cipla ...... 575.80...... -0.70 standard asset provisioning “FY17 was a year of broad- “To stay relevant, enter- ics” in the U.S. and the Coal India ...... 279.25...... -6.55 more than what is pre- based growth amidst eco- Rajesh Gopinathan prises have to go full on di- results of Brexit initiation in Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2628.45...... -32.80 scribed so that they can built nomic and political turbu- gital, stay agile and delight the U.S., together with the Eicher Motors...... 25532.60... -592.85 ‘necessary resilience.’ lence in our key markets,” growth across markets with customers with a superior al- reduction of IT spending in GAIL (India)...... 394.55...... 0.05

Grasim Ind ...... 1064.85...... -7.30 “The telecom sector is re- Rajesh Gopinathan, chief ex- all industry verticals except ways-on experience,” he IT-intensive sectors like BFSI HCL Tech...... 808.05...... -2.75 porting stressed financial ecutive officer and managing BFSI, retail and hi-tech grow- said. continues to plague Indian HDFC ...... 1480.05...... 0.50 conditions, and presently in- director, TCS, said about the ing in double digits, accord- Among service lines, en- IT companies as recon- HDFC Bank...... 1447.30...... 10.50 terest coverage ratio for the results. ing to a company statement. terprise solutions and con- firmed by the recent TCS res- Hero MotoCorp ...... 3226.25...... -13.90

Hindalco ...... 183.80...... 2.35 sector is less than one,” ac- “We added $1.4 billion in sulting crossed the $3 billion ults earlier today,” said Mr.

Hind Unilever ...... 912.75...... -1.30 cording to a circular issued Close watch: Telecom players are reeling under a huge debt constant currency revenues Europe buoys and business process ser- Sen. “Share prices are likely Indiabulls HFL ...... 962.25...... -14.85 by the central bank to the — estimated to be about ₹4.2 lakh crore. during the year and in- Among major markets, vices crossed the $2 billion to be adversely impacted by ICICI Bank ...... 283.40...... 1.00 lenders. creased our digital revenues Europe grew in double digits revenue milestones respect- these changing investor ex- IndusInd Bank ...... 1431.75...... -3.50 Interest coverage ratio of risks for the telecom sector.” regulatory minimum, based sharply as we helped our at 13.6% and crossed $2 bil- ively, said the company pectations although present- Bharti Infratel ...... 336.90...... -7.45

Infosys ...... 922.65...... -2.25 less than one means the Banks have also been on the evaluation of risk and customers leverage the di- lion milestone in revenues statement adding that driven ing a good long term invest-

Indian OilCorp...... 430.85...... 6.40 company’s EBIDTA (Earn- asked to closely monitor stress in various sectors. gital economy,” he said. followed by North America by IoT and industrial Inter- ment opportunity for new ITC ...... 279.05...... -0.05 ings Before Interest, Taxes, their exposure to the sector. “The stress is a result of a The financial year 2016-17 at 7.6% and U.K. at 6.1%. net solutions, engineering investors in this sector,” he Kotak Bank ...... 881.65...... -5.95 Depreciation and Amortiza- RBI governor Urjit Patel couple of things such as debt witnessed broad-based Among growth markets, services led the way with said. L&T...... 1669.50...... -11.85 tion) is not sufficient to re- had earlier said five sectors, position of the industry, hit Lupin ...... 1414.95...... -2.00

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State Bank ...... 290.30...... 0.40 lakh crore — amid a tariff turn on capital deployed has “And because of the com- Sun Pharma ...... 665.15...... -11.90 war and a consolidation dipped to low single-digit re- petitive nature of the in- health risk’ to 22.5 km daily in 2016-17 Tata Motors ...... 443.70...... -5.50 among some of the players. turn in markets like India, dustry, we have not been Tata Motors DVR...... 270.55...... -5.55 making it unviable. able to pass the costs to the Special Correspondent Tata Power ...... 83.55...... -0.50 Sector review consumers. As a result, the NEW DELHI Tata Steel ...... 449.90...... -12.50 Minister tells NHAI to speed up road construction work TCS ...... 2308.80...... -6.05 Asking the bank boards to ‘Play golf’ margins of the industry have Telecom Minister Manoj Tech Mahindra ...... 418.90...... -3.05 review the telecom sector Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti slipped considerably,” he Sinha on Tuesday reiter- UltraTech Cement...... 3972.20...... -27.65 latest by June 30, the central Mittal, in a recent interview said. ated that the prescribed Special Correspondent ector and regional officer in Wipro ...... 494.00...... 1.70 bank said: “Consider making to The Hindu, had said, “We “At the time when RBI is limits of electromagnetic NEW DELHI NHAI. YES Bank...... 1605.90...... -4.70

Zee Entertainment ...... 517.60...... -3.60 provisions for standard as- may as well keep our money talking about increasing radiation from mobile The pace of road construc- “Referring to the problem sets in this sector at higher in the bank and go out to NPAs ...this should send a towers were more strin- tion rose to 22.5 km per day of land acquisition as one of rates so that necessary resili- play golf,” adding that return clear signal to the govern- gent in India compared in 2016-17, up from 16.6 km the hurdles in implementa- EXCHANGE RATES ence is built in the balance on investment has been fall- ment to urgently address the with global standards and per day in 2015-16, Road tion of projects, Mr. Gadkari Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit sheets should the stress re- ing sharply. financial condition of the added that studies done so Transport and Highways called for positive coopera- except yen at 4 p.m. on April 18 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL flect on the quality of expos- Banks are reeling under telecom industry. far did not reveal any Minister Nitin Gadkari said tion with the concerned ure to the sector at a future asset quality pressure amid health hazards. here on Tuesday. state governments to tackle US Dollar ...... 64.43...... 64.75

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BULLION RATES CHENNAI range of sectors including Banks have been asked to They would really provide come…,” the minister said Highways Ministry had tar- pace of road construction in constructing 15,000 km of telecom. Alarming debt put in place a board–ap- financial oxygen to the in- replying to a query on the geted awarding 25,000 km 2017-18, in a review meeting national highways during April 18 rates in rupees with previous rates in parentheses levels in the backdrop of re- proved policy for making dustry and help them tide sidelines of an event organ- road length projects and held here on Tuesday. He 2017-18 that translates into 41

Retail Silver (1g) ...... 45.80.....(46.10) cent declining revenues in- provisions for standard as- over this very stressed ised by the Confederation completing road length of announced an award for the km of road construction 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 2,829.....(2,842) crease debt serviceability sets at rates higher than the period,” he said. of Indian Industry. 15,000 km in 2016-17. best performing project dir- daily. ‘Common duct policy’ soon IMF trims India growth To reduce operational costs and frequent digging of roads forecast Special Correspondent NEW DELHI PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The Centre is likely to soon WASHINGTON come out with a new policy The IMF on Tuesday under which a common trimmed India’s annual duct will be laid across a city growth forecast by 0.4 per- and service providers such centage points to 7.2% for as telcos and digital TV play- 2017, citing the impact of ers can lease these ducts to demonetisation. pass their fibre through it to “In India, the growth offer services to consumers. forecast for 2017 has been The ‘common duct trimmed by 0.4 percentage policy,’ for which Telecom point to 7.2 per cent, Regulatory Authority of In- primarily because of the dia is carrying out pilots in temporary negative con- Deoghar in Jharkhand, sumption shock induced could reduce operational All in one: The move, besides providing additional revenue for by cash shortages and pay- cost of firms, remove right municipalities, will also remove issues related to right of way. ment disruptions from the of way challenges, while recent currency exchange eliminating the need for fre- and remove issues related to whether such a proposal is initiative,” the Interna- quent digging up of roads. right of way. replicable in other larger tional Monetary Fund “We are talking about a “A common duct will be and smaller cities. Based on (IMF) said in its latest an- common duct for all. Any created for about 20 years. experience in Jharkhand, we nual World Economic Out- service provider who enters Once the duct is made, no should be able to give our look (WEO). a city digs up the city… we service provider will be al- proposal to the The Indian government wanted that at least for fibre lowed to dig the road,” he government.” in February had pegged and power, we can make a said. He said that the concept GDP growth at a higher- common duct and of common shared infra- than-expected 7.1% for the whichever entity wants to ‘Proof of concept’ structure had dispelled the current fiscal despite the offer services can use that “Common infrastructure myth that each service pro- note ban. However, ana- duct to pass their fibre,” Trai has a lot of advantages… We vider must individually own lysts had raised concerns Chairman R.S. Sharma said. are doing a proof of the entire backbone. over the figure, saying it He added that this will concept… At the end of the “Because of the tower had not taken into account also result in additional rev- exercise, we should be able sharing policy that myth has the full impact of demonet- enue for the municipalities to come to a conclusion on been broken.” isation. Audi aims to reclaim pole position Competition with luxury segment’s current leader Mercedes Benz to intensify

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NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Railways seek aid for unviable routes SAIL adds rail capacity to retain key business Finance Ministry used to subsidise losses on operating strategic rail routes prior to merger of budgets Somesh Jha ance Ministry as its annual Banks on Universal Rail Mill for orders NEW DELHI dividend was waived off. The Railway Ministry has “As these lines mainly S. Vijay Kumar sought compensation for op- cater to defence movements CHENNAI erating railway lines of stra- on border areas and devel- Faced with the prospect of SBI, now most-valuable tegic and national import- opment of social and back- losing exclusivity in the sup- state-owned firm ance — a practice ward region, the Committee ply of rails to the Indian discontinued following the recommends that reimburse- Railways, the Steel Author- State Bank of India (SBI) on merger of Railway and Union ment of operational losses ity of India Ltd.’s Bhilai Steel Tuesday surpassed ONGC to Budgets. on strategic lines and railway Plant (BSP) has added a Uni- become the country’s most “We have sent a proposal lines in hilly, coastal and versal Rail Mill (URM) as valued state-owned firm in for approval of the Union backward areas should be part of its effort to scale up terms of market valuation. At Cabinet to reimburse opera- continued and desires the capacity at BSP to 7 million end of trade, the market cap tional losses on national pro- Ministry of Railways to pur- tonnes of crude steel per of SBI was ₹2,35,307.51 crore. jects, projects of national im- sue the matter with Ministry annum. This was about ₹2,961.79 portance, uneconomic of Finance in this regard,” “The URM, which has the crore more than ONGC’s branch lines, border area the committee added. capacity to produce 1.2 mil- Weld failures risk rail safety. ₹2,32,345.72 crore. ONGC projects and all strategic The panel felt that com- lion tonnes of rails per an- once used to be the country’s Going amber: The Railway Ministry’s proposal has already faced opposition from the Finance lines,” said a senior Railway pensation helped the Rail- num, would help the com- of superior quality of rails most-valued company in Ministry, according to an oicial. Ministry official, on condi- ways in providing relief to- pany to meet the increasing had to be expedited. terms of market valuation. tion of anonymity. discontinued the practice of ance Ministry should con- Railways said in a report. wards “socially desirable demand of Indian Railways Responding to queries Among the top-10 most The Railway Ministry’s providing annual subsidy to tinue compensating the Rail- The subsidy provided to projects” which are usually for more volume of 260- about the capacity of its valued companies list, SBI is proposal has already faced the Railways for operating ways for losses in operating the Indian Railways by Fin- loss-making projects. metre rails,” said Vijay steel plants and quality of at fifth position. PTI opposition from the Finance loss-making strategic routes strategic lines. ance Ministry for non-profit- The Estimates Committee, Mairal, BSP’s deputy gen- rails in the backdrop of the Bank funding in REITs, Ministry, the official said. as the Railways was no able routes stood at ₹4,024 chaired by BJP veteran Murli eral manager (public rela- railways floating global InvITs capped at 10% Every year, the Indian longer required to pay an an- ‘Nation-building’ crore and ₹3,723 crore in Manohar Joshi, in its report tions). “SAIL would be in a tenders to procure long wel- MUMBAI Railways used to get subsidy nual dividend. “Considering the role of Rail- 2014-15 and 2015-16 respect- on Structural Changes in position to supply about 2 ded rails, Mr. Mairal said Banks may not invest more from the Finance Ministry Recently, two Parliament- ways in nation building, re- ively. However, in 2016-17, Union Budget had also said million tonnes of rails to the BSP had commissioned a than 10% of unit capital of for losses incurred on rail- ary bodies — Standing Com- imbursement to Railways on the Railways had budgeted that the Railways should railways annually which will new Long Rail Welding com- Real Estate Investment way operations on strategic mittee on Railways and Es- their operating losses on subsidy of ₹4,301 crore on “continue to get reimburse- be the largest rail produc- plex. The 130-metre-long Trusts (REITs) and lines. After the Budget mer- timates Committee — strategic lines is justifiable,” unviable routes which it ment of losses on operation tion capacity in any steel rail rolled at the URM was Infrastructure Investment ger, the Finance Ministry had recommended that the Fin- the Standing Committee on didn’t receive from the Fin- of strategic lines.” plant globally.” the world’s longest rail in a Trusts (InvITs), the RBI said The Indian Railways has single piece, he said. on Tuesday. During the irst invited global expressions of The Railway Board had bimonthly policy review of interest for the supply of insisted that long rails 2017-18, the central bank Singapore Airlines to rails as part of its plan to should be deployed as a rule Berger plans joint ventures renovate the track network so as to minimise the num- allowed banks to invest in such funds, within the overall and improve operational ber of in-situ welds which ceiling of 20% permitted for operate A350 to India safety. The vast state rail op- were more vulnerable. direct investments in capital to enter new segments erator, which is undergoing “Deployment of 13-metre markets (including venture N. Anand our fleet is seven years and a $130 billion, five-year over- long rails is not desirable on capital funds). CHENNAI eight months, said an airline haul to modernise the the safety front,” a top rail- Singapore Airlines (SIA) spokesperson. Mulls facility through Polish arm for insulation coating world's fourth-largest net- way official said. “We have Anti-dumping duty likely plans to deploy Airbus A350 SIA currently has 12 A350 work, is set to open up an- been flagging this issue with on hydrogen peroxide on India-Singapore sector aircraft. Indrani Dutta another one with Chugoku nual purchases worth up to the suppliers for over 8 NEW DELHI later this year with a view to The Airbus A350 was de- KOLKATA Paint, also of Japan, for mar- $700 million to the private years now. Since SAIL is the India may impose anti- optimise the age of its exist- ployed on the Singapore- Berger Paints India Ltd. ine coatings,”said Abhijit sector, Reuters reported last sole supplier, railways is left dumping duty of up to $118 ing fleet, a top official said. San Francisco sector (non- (BPIL) is planning to enter Roy, managing director and month, citing sources. with no other option but to per tonne on import of a “We are expecting to stop service) in October new product segments in chief executive officer. lay 13-metre-long rails. Of chemical used by industries in bring the A350 to India later 2016 and it had received automobile and marine These JVs are likely to be Train accidents the 7,100-km of new lines, applications such as corrosion this year,” said David Lim, overwhelming response. paints through joint ven- formed before 2017–18. Railway officials, who did gauge conversion and relay- control and paper bleaching general manager, India, Asked about the cities tures with two Japanese BPIL, which has memor- not wish to be named, told ing of old tracks announced from six countries. The move Singapore Airlines. which these aircraft may companies, a top official anda of understanding with The Hindu frequent rail frac- by the Minister of Railways is aimed at guarding domestic “This will replace the ex- connect, Mr. Lim said: said. these companies now, may tures or weld failures that in the budget, only 25% per players from cheap imports of isting Boeing 777-200 and “When we fly long routes, The company is also ex- have a controlling interest in had resulted in train acci- cent is being considered for ‘hydrogen peroxide’ from Airbus A330.” there would be some time in ploring opportunities to set Abhijit Roy the refinish paint company. dents had been a key factor long weld rails,” the official Bangladesh, Taiwan, Korea, “While Airbus A350 has between. We are trying to up a facility for making insu- “It is a ₹2,000-crore market that led the railways to call said. “Rail and weld frac- Indonesia, Pakistan and 253 seats, Boeing 777-200 use this time to fly to India. lation coating for construct- “We have finalised a JV in India,” said Mr. Roy. for open tenders to procure tures remain a perennial Thailand. National Peroxide has 270-280 seats. We are However, it is too early to ing temperature-controlled with Rock Paints, Japan for The two products had rails. In a note on accident threat to safety of train op- Ltd. and Hindustan Organic trying to replace them to say.” Currently, there were buildings. This would be making auto-refinish good growth rates in India mitigation measures sent to erations and shifting to 130- Chemicals Ltd. had jointly keep our fleet as young as no plans to add more cities through its subsidiary Bolix, products (to be used for re- and the market was domin- all zones, the Railway Board metre or 260-metre weld filed for the probe. PTI possible. The average age of or flights, he added. S A, Poland. pairing damaged cars) and ated by foreign players. had noted that procurement rails” is the best option. https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Gayle ires as RCB comes out on top Sunrisers shine with McCullum’s valiant efort goes in vain owing to lack of adequate support at the other end orange and purple Amol Karhadkar RAJKOT Brendon McCullum did turn Warner and Bhuvi know how to handle pressure: Laxman the clock back to that night in Bangalore exactly nine A. JOSEPH ANTONY day’s endeavour was testi- composed demeanour gives years ago when he blazed HYDERABAD mony to Warner’s growing him clarity. He doesn’t get away to 158 not out against The 10th edition of the In- stature as a batsman and rattled easily and that is his the same opposition as Tues- dian Premier League has not leader,” eulogised the bat- strength,” said Laxman. day’s in the inaugural affair reached the midway mark, ting virtuoso. Match No. 19 may have set of the Indian Premier but indications are fairly He then turned the spot- new benchmarks for bowl- League’s maiden edition. clear where the peak per- light on Bhuvneshwar. ing at the death. On Monday, However, McCullum’s ef- formers on the two major “Bhuvi was always seen as the Meerut-born medium- fort was not enough to counts belong. In a decade the new ball specialist. Now pacer deployed yorkers to match those of the Royal of cricket’s most widely- he has worked on his skills devastating effect. While the Challengers Bangalore’s top watched spectacle, it’s not to such an extent that he can defensive ones stopped ram- four, led by the burly Chris often that the Orange and pick wickets even at the paging batsmen in their Gayle, as the visitors closed Purple caps converge on the death. tracks, the boot-lace bomb out a 21-run victory against same team. “He works on the weak- to Manan Vohra, five short of Gujarat Lions at the Sauras- “Both are match-win- nesses of batsmen and ex- a century, took the wind out htra Cricket Association ners,” observed V.V.S. Lax- ecutes his plans to perfec- of Punjab’s sails, decisively stadium. man of David Warner and tion. Bhuvi’s calm and turning the game the home Chasing a target as gargan- Bhuvneshwar Kumar. “They side’s way. It was fantastic to tuan as that of 214 set by the change the fortunes of Sun- <> “Above all, both Warner Royal Challengers, McCul- risers Hyderabad when they see the kind of and Bhuvi enjoy being in lum not only had to fire on do well. It’s not the first time responsibility challenging situations and all cylinders but also re- they have come to possess shouldered by the know well how to handle quired support from the the caps, meaning they have duo pressure,” concluded the other end. been consistently perform- V.V.S. Laxman, cricketer-turned-TV- But leggie Yuzvendra ing down the years,” said the SRH mentor commentator. Chahal picked a wicket in side’s mentor, understand- each of his two overs in the ably pleased. PowerPlay to peg the Gujarat Warner’s 54-ball, un- Lions back. conquered 70 and Even though McCullum Bhuvneshwar’s five for 19 revived memories of his ma- against Kings XI Punjab on rauding best, with wickets Bludgeoning the attack: Chris Gayle’s 77 of just 38 balls, and his century-plus stand with Virat Kohli, gave Royal Challengers Monday night were but the

falling at the other end con- Bangalore the perfect impetus on way to amassing 213 against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot on Tuesday. * AFP latest in their series of ex- sistently, the Lions were ploits. “It was fantastic to never really in the game des- ary line in the eighth over. see the kind of responsibility IPL 10 SCOREBOARD GUJARAT LIONS VS ROYAL CHALLENGERS pite the Kiwi’s whirlwind 72. But the Kiwi’s hat came in shouldered by the duo,” said contact with the ropes as he Laxman. Ishan’s cameo time to settle down, taking tumbled over while complet- Royal Challengers Bangalore: Karthik c Kohli b Arvind 1 (4b), “Both were mature in em- Ishan Kishan’s cameo after minimal risks in the Power- ing the catch. Chris Gayle lbw b Thampi 77 Ravindra Jadeja run out 23 (22b, ploying their skills and the McCullum holed out in deep Play, with the Caribbean gi- The Gayle show was even- (38b, 5x4, 7x6), Virat Kohli c 2x4), Ishan Kishan c Chahal b manner in which they went ensured Lions didn’t damage ant becoming the first bats- tually over in the 13th over, Smith b Kulkarni 64 (50b, 7x4, Milne 39 (16b, 2x4, 4x6), An- about their business. They its net run rate badly. man to score 10,000 T20 with Basil Thampi — who 1x6), Travis Head (not out) 30 drew Tye (not out ) 6 (6b), Basil understand the importance (16b, 2x4, 1x6), Kedar Jadhav Thampi (not out) 0 (1b); Extras But considering the fact runs early on in the innings. continued his impressive of situational awareness and (not out) 38 (16b, 5x4, 2x6); Ex- (lb-2, w-6): 8; Total (for seven that the top four of RCB com- But once the spinners performance, combining adaptability,” said the wristy tras (lb-1, w-3): 4; Total (for two wkts. in 20 overs): 192. peted with each other in came on, Gayle started open- perfect yorkers with a vari- stylist, singling each of them wkts. in 20 overs): 213. Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Smith, 1.2 terms of dominating a largely ing his shoulders at will. ety of slower balls — trapping out for special praise. Fall of wickets: 1-122 (Gayle, overs), 2-37 (Raina, 3.6), 3-103 hapless Lions bowling at- Jadeja, the No. 1 Test bowler him in front of the wickets. 12.4 overs), 2-159 (Kohli, 15.5). (Finch, 9.4), 4-106 (Karathik, The Rajiv Gandhi Stadium tack, the hosts needed more in the world, bore the brunt Kohli then took over soon wicket wasn’t the ideal sur- Gujarat Lions bowling: Dhawal 10.6), 5-137 (McCullum, 14.4), than a single-handed per- as Gayle scored 27 runs off after completing his slowest Kulkarni 4-0-37-1, Basil Thampi 6-165 (Jadeja, 17.4), 7- 191 face for Warner that night. formance with the bat. the eight balls he faced from IPL fifty, off 43 balls. 4-0-31-1, Andrew Tye 4-0- (Kishan, 19.4). “It wasn’t conducive for Chris Gayle and Travis the hometown hero. With Kohli holing out in 34-0, Ravindra Jadeja 4-0- Royal Challengers Bangalore stroke-play and hardly Head — coming in for the in- In fact, two of the five the deep off Dhawal Kulkarni 57-0, Shivil Kaushik 3-0-36-0, bowling: Pawan Negi 4-0-21-1, suited to his style of batting. jured A.B. de Villiers and overs that saw RCB piling on in the 16th over, the Lions Dwayne Smith 1-0-17-0. Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-31-3, S. He likes the ball to come on Samuel Badree — combined more than 15 runs were could have hoped for a Gujarat Lions: Dwayne Smith c Arvind 4-0-53-1, Adam Milne 4- to the bat. But I liked the with captain Virat Kohli and bowled by Jadeja. sub-200 target. Mandeep b Chahal 1 (4b), Bren- 0-43-1, Shane Watson 2-0- way he adjusted to the con- in-form Kedar Jadhav to help Jadeja, while going for 21 However, Head and don McCullum c Milne b Chahal 24-0, Travis Head 2-0-18-0. ditions. Royal Challengers put on 213 runs in his opening over, al- Jadhav ended the innings on 72 (44b, 2x4, 7x6), Suresh Raina Toss: Gujarat Lions. “He showed maturity and for two, the highest total of most got rid of Gayle, thanks a high with an unbroken 54- c Watson b Chahal 23 (8b, 2x4, Man-of-the-match: Chris responsibility to play out the Leading the packs: David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the season. to a sensational diving catch run partnership off just 25 2x6), Aaron Finch st Jadhav b Gayle. 20 overs and get a competit- sitting pretty at the top of the IPL batting and bowling charts Gayle and Kohli took their by McCullum on the bound- balls. Negi 19 (15b, 2x4, 1x6), Dinesh RCB won by 21 runs. ive total for the team. Yester- respectively, at this juncture. * AFP SRH will look to keep the momentum After a close KXIP game, the hosts will eye a more assertive show against DD A. JOSEPH ANTONY coach Tom Moody said: PLAYING TODAY had become talismanic. That HYDERABAD “The game got closer than doesn’t mean others needn’t DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Practice makes perfect is a we would have liked. That DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD step up. Our batting’s a lot principle Sunrisers Hydera- said, close matches early in SRH v DD more confident now,” said bad seems to pin a lot of the tournament put pressure Sony Six, Sony ESPN, Sony Max Moody. faith in. Monday’s five-run on the team and prepare Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD & HD), 8 p.m. win over Kings XI Punjab them better for the competi- came in for praise too. should have been draining. tion ahead.” away games, he said Mumbai “Bhuvi has bowled superbly But the defending champion On Kane Williamson hav- and Kolkata were difficult well. He’s been outstanding,” chose to not take a day off or ing to sit it out so far this sea- venues, but that was history. Moody said. From a time get itself a well-earned son, Moody said: “Of the “The group’s confident when he made early inroads, break. nine foreign players in the now,” he said. mostly with swing and the As early as Monday night, side, only four can play. Moody said he was careful new ball, the medium pacer shortly after winning that Kane has the maturity, and is to not take Wednesday’s op- had grown to make vital cliff-hanger, the Hyderabad- always a team-first [kind of] position lightly. “Delhi can blows even at the death, the based squad was keen to person. We are fully aware of be a dangerous side. They’ve coach pointed out. iron out flaws. On Tuesday his class and stature, but it got match-winners, and gain- A stiff neck had kept evening, the Sunrisers had a boils down to ing points against them will Ashish Nehra out of the pre- workout at the Rajiv Gandhi combinations.” be important. We’d like to vious game, Moody said, and international stadium, per- Could Monday’s match continue with our home- Barinder Sran had been en- haps to get to their prime have been won more easily ? game form and continue listed as the left-arm pace against Delhi Daredevils on “Yes, we missed a couple of gaining points too,” he said. option. Wednesday. The visitors opportunities which would The positives from the “Ultimately it’s about chose to skip practice. have made a difference in Kings XI match were two- managing players and get- Looking back on the Kings the end,” said Moody. fold, Moody said. “David ting the best out of them,” XI match, Sunrisers head About the defeats in the Warner, with bat in hand, the towering Aussie added. McCullum on his memorable 158 not out Ever since, it has been an amazing journey for the wicketkeeper-batsman

Amol Karhadkar CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC business now. It would be in- RAJKOT Tales of 158 teresting to see what hap- The Indian Premier League’s ț McCullum’s 158 n.o. is pens from here on. End of inaugural game on April 18 in the second-highest the 10 years, what happens 2008 was in itself a historic individual score in IPL next year in terms of retain- occasion for the world of history. Chris Gayle, with ing the players, the teams cricket. an unbeaten 175 for Royal coming back and where the Brendon McCullum made Challengers Bangalore competition goes. it even more memorable. against Pune Warriors in The New Zealand batsman- 2013, is at the top. How would you sum up the wicketkeeper smashed an four IPL set-ups you have explosive 73-ball 158 not out ț McCullum’s innings is the been involved with? for Kolkata Knight Riders joint third-highest across Kolkata and Chennai were against Royal Challengers all T20 matches. great experiences. I had five Bangalore at the M. Chin- Sandwiched between him years at Kolkata. They were naswamy stadium. and Gayle is Zimbabwean fantastic. I still have a lot of McCullum delves into Hamilton Masakadza’s friends over there. how the innings changed his 162 n.o. (for Chennai was incredible life and his take on the IPL’s Mountaineers vs Eagles in couple of years. The way decade-long journey. 2016). they cared for every single Excerpts. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC person, not just the playing squad but the support staff How much did your life Brendon McCullum at the kind of innings in lifetime, too. And we were obviously change after April 18, 2008? inaugural game. * FILE PHOTO especially when you con- a very good cricket team as Huge. Ten years ago, I was 25 sider the timing of it as well. well. years of age. Very much try- How did you cope with the It has been phenomenal. Kochi Tuskers — was frus- ing to cut my teeth in the in- fame that followed the trating. We were in and out ternational circuit. innings? How has IPL evolved over the for just a year. We had the Even though I had been last 10 years? makings of a good cricket around for five years, I never To be honest, it took me a It’s been incredible. The first team but it just never really had a splash as such. couple of years to get over year or two was very much a worked. Ever since then, it has been that. Just the level of expect- really glitzy, glamorous cros- This franchise, we have amazing. It’s been phenom- ation, just to turn up and sover of Bollywood and got a very good mix of crick- enal. My profile in India has perform like that every time. cricket. And then, it’s be- eters. It will be interesting to been really strong. That was once or twice of a come a very very serious see what happens. CM M ND-ND YK https://t.me/srikakulam bubbly

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IN BRIEF Mallya issue: FMSCI to Cavaliers Can Barcelona pull of overcome consider options Pacers another miracle? His legal troubles complicate things Agence France-Presse Sports Reporter FMSCI president Akbar Eb- Los Angeles Chennai rahim said: “We’ve just got Cleveland Cavaliers over- Dhoni need not prove Dortmund gets Reus boost ahead of Monaco game Vijay Mallya’s arrest and his the information of his arrest came a bout of fourth anything: Warne subsequent release on bail and bail, so we will have a quarter jitters to take a grip NEW DELHI AGENCIES in London on Tuesday has meeting next week and seek of their NBA playoff series His finishing skills called into Barcelona complicated things for the legal opinion on how to go against Indiana Pacers on question by critics, Mahendra Little over a month after pro- Federation of Motor Sport about it.” Monday as San Antonio Singh Dhoni has received firm ducing the greatest Clubs of India (FMSCI), Spurs seized control of its backing from spin legend Ebrahim however added comeback in Champions which he represents at the duel with Memphis. Shane Warne, who feels that that removing Mallya would League history, Barcelona FIA, the world governing The results: Eastern Confer- the former India captain does not be a straightforward needs another special turn- body for motorsports. ence: Cleveland Cavaliers 117 not need to “prove anything process. “His role is for a around as it faces Juventus in The FMSCI will meet next bt Indiana Pacers 111. to anyone”. Warne took to fixed term, and we can’t the second leg of their week to deliberate the fu- Western Conference: San Twitter to back Dhoni. nominate anyone else till quarterfinal on Wednesday. ture course of action follow- Antonio Spurs 96 bt Memphis “@msdhoni does not have to September this year when Luis Enrique’s side was ing Tuesday’s Grizzlies 82. prove anything to anyone, the FIA elections happen,” taken apart in the first leg in developments. he’s class & a wonderful Ebrahim said. Turin, losing 3-0 to a Juve Mallya has been attend- player in all formats. MS is BCCI rejects team inspired by Paulo Dy- ing FIA World Motor Sport Mallya’s role as the hon- also a great captain & bala, who scored twice. Council meetings FMSCI’s orary chairman of the FM- inspires!” Warne wrote on his Sreesanth’s In the last 16, it became behalf through video confer- SCI was not extended fol- Twitter page. PTI the first team ever to over- encing from the U.K. lowing its elections in review plea turn a 4-0 deficit when it Speaking to The Hindu, December 2016. beat Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 Key man: Andre ter Stegen will need to keep tight vigil at Barcelona’s goal as Juventus’ front K.C. Gopakumar in the return at the Camp three is capable of scoring the irst goal and kill of the contest. * AFP KOCHI Nou, so fans are hoping for a There are no new circum- similar “remuntada” sion while at Chelsea that Bigwigs absent at the stances warranting a re- [comeback] this time. saw his side lose control of a moval of the life ban on “We are going to take as second leg time thanks to an cricketer S. Sreesanth and many risks as we need to the atmosphere that was ‘on BCCI SGM issue him NOC (no-objec- point that we could go out fire’. tion certificate) to play at Kvitova targets Roland with eight strikers, as we But is this the strongest Choudhary and Johri entrusted to the Scottish Premier Garros comeback have nothing to lose,” said Juve that we have seen in a League, according to an af- PARIS Luis Enrique after Saturday’s long time? talk to the ICC Board fidavit filed by the Board of 3-2 defeat of Real Sociedad. “Maybe not by far, but it’s Control for Cricket in India Petra Kvitova is planning a G. Viswanath surprise return at Roland a team that can give more in the Kerala High Court. Mumbai Garros, six months after her Busquets’s back certainty,” the 52-year-old deficit against French rival The affidavit was filed in left hand was badly injured in Barca welcomes back mid- said. “They have physical Monaco and keep its minds In the absence of bigwigs, Team’s response to a writ petition a knife attack. She suffered fielder Sergio Busquets from and mental shape, continu- on football after the first-leg the much- awaited BCCI’s filed by the cricketer chal- severe injuries to her playing suspension, while Juve is ity and stability.” was marred by an attack on Special General Meeting bonus lenging the ban. hand as she fought off a hopeful Dybala will be ready Compared to the first leg the German team’s bus. (SGM) took place in New knife-wielding intruder at her after he came off in the 2-0 Barca will have two more “My players have shown Delhi on Tuesday without hiked home in the Czech town of weekend win at Pescara with things in their favour: Sergio an incredible character, any show of rancour among Arsenal ends a sprained ankle. Busquets and Camp Nou. already on Wednesday full member representat- Special Prostejov in December. AFP Correspondent In an interview to Gazzetta “Busquets is worth a lot. The (against Monaco) and again ives, many of whom had Mumbai away drought TV PICKS dello Sport, former Chelsea Camp Nou must not be set (on Saturday),” Tuchel said given indications of oppos- coach Gianluca Vialli said the on fire,” he said. after the Eintracht win. ing former BCCI president The BCCI Special Agence France-Presse Champions League: TEN 1, key to stifling Barcelona for Marco Reus is back from N. Srinivasan for the post of General Meeting has Middlesbrough Juventus will be to contain Uphill task injury and the Germany ICC director at the SGM that increased the Indian 2 & TEN 1 HD, 11 p.m. Goals from Alexis Sanchez NBA: Sony Six & Sony Six HD, the atmosphere at Camp Borussia Dortmund faces an winger will give Dortmund a was adjourned on April 9. team’s bonus and Mesut Ozil ended Ar- 5.30 a.m. (Thursday) Nou. Vialli recalled an occa- uphill task to overturn a 3-2 substantial boost. For the past 12 years the incentive for winning the long home senal’s run of four success- BCCI members have been ive away defeats with a accustomed to heavy- international season (against New Zealand, scratchy 2-1 victory over Bengal revels weights like Sharad Pawar, struggling Middlesbrough Shashank Manohar, N. England, Bangladesh Bagan to ield reserves against Maziya Special Correspondent and Australia) to ₹one in its Premier League clash Srinivasan, Jagmohan on Monday. pressed to find the right Maziya. to look for a good result as KOZHIKODE Dalmiya and Anurag Thakur crore. Amitabha Das Sharma The results: Premier League: team that will allow him to Bagan has also rested a his team has lost only two Reigning champion Bengal or even Lalit Modi calling Soon after India KOLKATA Middlesbrough 1 (Negredo preserve the best for the few stars who turn out regu- matches in the season so far. blanked Tamil Nadu 5-0 in defeated Australia in the shots. 50) lost to Arsenal 2 (Sanchez Mohun Bagan takes on match against Aizawl FC, larly for the side while look- While Bagan lost only once the National sub-junior the fourth Test at 42, Ozil 71). La Liga: Alaves 2 Maziya Sports and Recre- which will virtually decide ing to try a good number of in the 16 rounds of I-League, football championship. TNCA unrepresented Dharamshala to win ation Club of Maldives in a the I-League title of this sea- ‘reserves’ against the Mal- Sen’s boys started with a loss the series 2-1, the (Ibai Gomez 35, Ely 45) bt Vil- The results (preliminary While a handful of disquali- Group E league match of the son. dives visitor. in the AFC Cup group league Committee of larreal 1 (Bakambu 70). league): Bengal 5 (Manav fied administrators attended AFC Cup at the Rabindra Keeping the crucial I- campaign going down 1-2 Administrators (CoA) Mullick 17 & 90, Akash 25, the meeting, the Tamil Nadu Sarobar Stadium here on League encounter as the pri- Optimistic against Bengaluru FC. Bagan Sajal 67, Oshim Ali 81) bt had announced a Cricket Association went un- Wednesday. ority, Sen opted for a lone “The I-League is important outplayed Abahani Limited Tamil Nadu 0; Meghalaya 4 bonus of ₹50 lakh Sasi Kumar represented at the SGM. With barely two days sep- foreigner in the Japanese but my team will go for a win Dhaka 3-1 in the next outing (Fiarlystar Sutiing 36 & 41, each to the players. arating the I-League and AFC midfielder Katsumi Yusa tomorrow,” Sen said ahead at home earlier this month. Damaitphang Lyngdoh 69, With the matter of who bows out Cup fixtures, Bagan coach while announcing the squad of the match. The Bagan Sen will be looking for a win Damanbha Kharthangmaw would attend the ICC Board Sanjoy Sen will be hard for the outing against chief coach had every reason against Maziya. 81) bt Delhi 0. and CEC meeting decided the Annual Conference Sports Bureau by the Supreme Court on scheduled after the ICC TAIPEI CITY Monday (BCCI Jt. Secretary Champions Trophy in Lon- Qualifier Sasi Kumar CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Amitabh Choudhary and don in June. Sources said a Mukund put up a brave CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Mridul is Yubrani downs Radhika \ DELHI ROUND-UP \ BCCI CEO Rahul Johri), the similar request from the fight before going down members, after some delib- Committee of Administrat- 7-5, 6-2 to sixth seed Vasek Special Correspondent EB’s interim decider, Yubrani stepped it BDM XI in quarterinals the Roshanara Premier erations, resolved that ors (CoA) at the ICC Board Pospisil in the first round NEW DELHI up, by breaking back for 5-4 Choudhary and Johri should meeting in February was of the $125,000 Challenger Medium pacer Ankur League. For the losing side, coach Yubrani Banerjee survived a and serving out the match. try and get the best deal on rejected. tennis tournament on Kumar picked up four Tapan Jain scored 99. matchpoint in the second set the financial model count “There was a meeting Tuesday. The champion boy and wickets and Shahbaz The scores: Masu Hurricanes Special Correspondent tie-break to beat Radhika Ya- for the 2016-23 revenue between the office-bearers The results (first round): girl will make it to Paris for Ahmad scored an unbeaten 192 for eight in 20 overs Kolkata dav 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 in the (Tapan Jain 99, Mehar Sethi cycle. How far Choudhary and some full member rep- $125,000 Challenger: Taipei the French Open wild card 62 as BDM XI beat Haryana East Bengal on Tuesday an- girls’ semifinals of the Ren- 32, Vinayak Gupta three for and Johri can convince the resentatives two hours be- City: Vasek Pospisil (Can) bt event featuring other cham- CA by five wickets to enter nounced the name of dezvous Roland Garros ju- 36) lost to SRR 193 for three in ICC Board and make them fore the start of the SGM Sasi Kumar Mukund 7-5, 6-2. pions from China, Korea, Ja- the quarterfinals of the 27th Mridul Banerjee as the in- nior wild card tennis tourna- 19.5 overs (Vinayak Gupta 98 come around their way is a and issues were thrashed $25,000 Futures, Bukhara pan, Brazil and the US. Om Nath Sood memorial terim coach a day after ment here on Tuesday. not out, Danish Gandhi 36, matter of conjecture, but out and hence the SGM (Uzbekistan): Roman Blokhin cricket tournament. Englishman Trevor Morgan In a battle of wits that las- The results: Boys (semi- Kshitj Garg 35). the good thing though is dealt with issues on the (Rus) bt Shahbaaz Khan 7-6 (4), 6-3; Vishnu Vardhan bt resigned from the post. ted more than three hours, finals): Abhimanyu Vannem The score: HCA 154 in 32.4 Sporting Club wins both are on talking terms agenda in a practical way. Sergey Betov (Blr) 6-3, 4-6, Banerjee, who recently the stocky Yubrani served Reddy bt Dipin Wadhwa 3-6, overs (Harshit Kaushik 36, with the ICC chairman Man- It was also decided to work Sporting Club beat 6-4. Doubles: Sriram Balaji & 6-4, 7-6(4); Siddhant Banthia Ankur Kumar four for 35) lost ohar and in this context, it’s with the CoA on certain helped Bengal to its 32nd well and stroked with con- Telefunken Club in the Vishnu Vardhan bt Alexander bt Rishabh Sharda 6-3, 6-2. to BDM XI 158 for five in 35.4 possible the three may start matters. The BCCI has Santosh Trophy title in the viction at the climax to Admiral Cricket League. Lobkov (Rus) & Sardor Pu- Quarterfinals: Dipin Wadhwa overs (Shahbaz Ahmad 62 not talking from Wednesday been told by the CoA that National football champi- break through the shackles The scores: Sporting Club 225 latov (Uzb) 6-1, 1-6, [11-9]. bt Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli out, Naveen Sharma 42, Vimoh itself. all legal matters have to be onship in Goa, was pre- of the wiry Radhika who in 39 overs (Lalit Yadav 58, $15,000 ITF women, Cairo: 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-3; Abhimanyu Rana 30). routed through the Su- ferred over Armando missed the matchpoint at 7-6 Mayank Dahiya 32, Manish The BCCI may even go to Sowjanya Bavisetti & Rishika Vannem Reddy bt Yugal Bansal Vinayak shines preme Court-appointed Colaco. EB also named an in the tie-break of the Sehrawat 30, Siddhant Bansal the extent of asking the ICC Sunkara bt Tea Faber (Cro) & 7-6(2), 6-1. advisory committee con- second set. Vinayak Gupta (98 n.o. & three for 37, Sachin Dhull to defer giving finality to the committee. So this issue Irina Fetecau (Rou) 6-4, 6-1; sisting former players like Yubrani answered all the Girls (semifinals): Yubrani three wickets) shone as Saya three for 41) bt Telefunken changes to the Constitution and many more overlap- Camila Giangreco Campiz Manoranjan Bhattacharya, queries of Radhika, who was Banerjee bt Radhika Yadav 4-6, Rowdy Rhinos beat Masu Club 198 in 39.6 overs (Tilak and Financial model by two ping functions need to be (Par) Maria Fernanda Herazo Bhaskar Ganguly and light on her feet, for a mem- 7-6(7), 6-4; Malikaa Marathe bt Hurricanes by seven wickets Thakur 76, Mohit Jhangra months; which means set- streamlined,’’ said a full Gonzalez (Col) bt Riya Bhatia Tushar Rakshit. orable triumph. At 4-4 in the Prerna Vichare 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. to enter the semifinals of three for 17). ting aside the matter until member representative. & Shweta Rana 6-3, 6-3.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 13 Is tutor holding back a tribe? 6 Solvers got wet, emerging out (5) of depth, holding the edge of King among kings 7 8 15 Perhaps cells with no door, yacht (5) In a world where sordid self-seeking prevails extensively, 9 10 behind the edge of cowshed Bharata stands as a beacon light to seekers of the right path, where felines are kept (9) 7 Type of girl on cocaine's pointed out Kidambi Narayanan in a discourse. Valmiki and 18 Solver’s no good, rejects grind, doubtful to let go of fellow (8) Kamban have captured the untold misery Bharata under- 11 12 essentially hackles like a rebel goes ever since he arrives in Ayodhya. Through no fault of (5,4) 8 Oddly outits made by him his, he stands guilty of many faults. 21 Purchaser obtains ruby stone uplifts us (4) The psychological impact of the upheaval in Ayodhya is 13 14 15 16 17 touring east (5) felt in the hearts and minds of all who naturally assume and 22 Tries to participate in official 14 Most difficult examination suspect connivance of Bharata with Kaikeyi. But Bharata practice (9) containing a sketch without stands in dharma and does not care for the kingdom or 18 19 20 21 24 Devil is buried in an abyss at title (8) wealth or power. He has already renounced the kingship, Ankara (5) 16 Decorating an oriental and when Vasishta asks him to accept the kingdom formally, 26 Retired soldiers seen with administrator in Chinese he says it is impossible. How could the elders well versed in 22 23 24 25 hawk and one more bird (7) dynasty (9) kingship think of going against the law of succession that 27 One crosses road regularly to confers the inheritance of the throne to the eldest son get high class leading metal 26 27 17 Dictator dismissed, dismissed alone? element (7) by National Guard staff (9) Earlier, he is pained that Kausalya too is not exempt from 28 Air guy maybe, beat gravity suspicion. How could she think that he could be capable of went above rain 19 Power back-up device 28 greed at the expense of his brother? He sees no way to estab- revolutionarily (4,7) procured by army kept on a rack edge in the loor above lish his innocence except by swearing that the punishments ■ DOWN (7) Solution to puzzle 11984 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku for all the horrible sins one could commit should fall on him 1 Friend led Cyrus, perhaps to D E C R E P I T A L I G H T if he was part of this plot. ■ ACROSS the study of foretelling future 20 Knight’s inclined to eliminate E H N N A R H Kausalya is ashamed that she doubted such a virtuous son 1 Possibly strong and (9) wife for gain (7) P L A Y S A F E E C L A I R equal to Rama in all respects, if not a cut above Him. She A I U O A E I A independent associate (11) 2 Accounts for beer in empty R I N S E R E V E R E N D S blesses him whole heartedly and embraces him and is genu- 22 Unusual to get right-minded, 9 Song to pacify child's not tankards (5) T M M E A H inely pleased that another Rama is now with her. 3 Can earth in galaxy eclipse a admirable, revolutionary, S A M B A S R E T I R E E Kamban shows the sorrowing Kausalya finding solace in starting (7) E I A E E D close shave? (4,5) energetic leaders (4) Bharata’s innocent and virtuous heart. She sees him as the 10 Company release describes D E L U G E S S Y S O P S 4 On an empty day, chill out, U A T U R V upholder of the glory of the Ikshvaku race. state of match (7) 23 Everyone, oddly lacking heart C O N S T R A I N S T E N O roam while husband is away in the compound (5) She is proud that he has surpassed the grandeur and 11 A channel in TV perhaps (5) A O E Y B T H W and be peaceful (7) T R I F L E S U D A N E S E fame of his ancestors by renouncing the kingship that has 12 Story about a guard trapping 5 Boor overpowers officer as 25 Judge in Turkey passes E S L R L N L come down to him unsought. She tells him that he is indeed small animals (9) work ends, to strike (7) sentence by mail (5) D R Y D E N I N C L U D E S the king of kings.

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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bengaluru FC makes History helps us see a world in a grain of sand Young cricketers ignore the wisdom of the past at their own peril it three out of three question is often asked by young knowledgement of the fact cricket is Sehwag not knowing Mankad is not enthusiasts. a growing, evolving entity. History is as important as Sehwag's batsman- Framed like that, the question is always with us whether we are con- ship being fashioned by the methods Stays atop Group E after win over Abahani Dhaka actually meaningless. So is the re- scious of it or not. It is also crucial to of those who went before him. sponse: “How will you understand know history in order not to repeat When the mathematician the present if you are not aware of mistakes or to have to re-invent the Ramanujan went to Cambridge at the the past?” since understanding the wheel, as it were. invitation of G. H. Hardy, the great BETWEEN WICKETS present is not particularly high on A Ranji has already invented the number theorist, the latter was both suresh menon the priority list of the questioner. leg glance; today's players don't have appalled and fascinated to discover So what if Virender Sehwag did to develop that from first principles. that the Indian had proved many the- The David Hockney show currently not know who Vinoo Mankad was, Likewise with Bosanquet's googly. orems starting from first principles, on at the Tate Britain in London is did it keep him from making two When the Twenty20 version of the unaware that these were already fascinating as much for the stunning triple centuries in Tests and a double game was invented, one of the first common knowledge in the West hav- works done over six decades as for in one-day internationals? The other batting techniques to emerge was the ing been proved decades earlier. The the artist’s profound understanding side seems to have all the questions if inversion of the classical get-to-the- mathematician's creative span is of the history of painting. It allows not the answers. pitch-of-the-ball-and-drive. Now bats- short (much like the sportsman's), him to use elements from the mas- I once asked such a questioning men didn't play bat and pad close to- and this represented a huge waste of ters and give them his own interpret- youngster to play the cover drive. He gether, but instead moved the front time that might have been better ation; the show is as much an ac- took his stance and played a shadow- foot away from the line of the ball be- used to tackle more serious and un- knowledgement of modernism as a drive to an over-pitched delivery out- fore swinging the bat in an arc. Get- solved problems. history lesson. Well might it have side the off stump. ting that front foot out of the way cre- A knowledge of history prevents been entitled: The History of Art “That,” I told him with a great deal ated space and opened up scoring waste of time and effort. There is through the Works of Hockney. of emphasis, “is the way the stroke opportunities. Today's contempor- little point in attempting to invent Watching a great performer in has been played for decades — you ary tactic is tomorrow's history. the outswinger today. It has been in sport provides a history lesson too. A can see in it the majesty of a Walter Jack Hobbs has already shown us use for decades now, at least since Roger Federer in action unveils not Hammond, the mischievousness of a how to bat on a wet track, Bradman the American John Barton King only his game but elements of the V. V. S. Laxman, and understand the how to use the feet and hit the ball bowled it with such control and ef- craft that culminated in his forehand. manner in which Kohli has inter- between fielders, Viv Richards how fectiveness at the turn of the 19th Celebration time: Nishu Kumar, right, can’t hide his joy after scoring the irst goal for It is the history of tennis through the preted it. Wherever you learnt it — at to send the perfect outswinger century. Is it necessary to know games of Federer. coaching school, or from watching screaming past midwicket, Prasanna about the outswinger? Yes. Is it abso- Bengaluru FC. * V. SREENIVASA MURTHY Sachin Tendulkar’s batting had the television — that is the way the stroke how to bowl the off break as if the lutely necessary to know about Bar- same quality of the past meeting the has been played historically.” ball were being held by a string ton King? Perhaps not, but it would N. Sudarshan show. Chhetri, central to BENGALURU AFC CUP present and lighting the path to the which he could pull back anytime. help understand not just cricket or most things, often cut a frus- future. Growing entity We don't need to get there from the outswinger but America's role in left wing back position. So Bengaluru FC made it three trating figure. Near the hour “Why do we need to know the his- History is not merely knowing when scratch. The coaching manual is the the early development of the game, high was BFC’s pressing that wins out of three in the AFC mark, he sent right wing tory of cricket? Would Virat Kohli Hammond played that stroke or in- sum total of our dialogues with his- the commencement of international Cup with a 2-0 defeat of Aba- in the 11th minute, defender back Harmanjhot Khabra a have become a better player if he deed if he was the one to have played tory, and young cricketers ignore the sport in 1844, and so on. And that is Juanan won the ball on the hani Dhaka at the Sree delightful through ball, but knew all about Vijay Hazare?” This it better than anybody else. It is ac- wisdom of the past at their own peril. reason enough. Kanteerava Stadium here on left flank, dribbled past a the latter fluffed the chance. Tuesday. player and swung an inch The skipper then took While goals from Nishu perfect cross only for Len to everything on himself with a Kumar and substitute Mar- head the ball over from darting run towards the goal To Afridi jan Jugovic in either half en- point-blank range. only for his shot to be Djokovic struggles past Simon sured that BFC stayed on top On 25 minutes, a botched cleared off the line. One with love of Group E, the modest sco- Lenny Rodrigues back pass more chance went abegging reline belied the kind of forced BFC goalie Lalthuam- when Juanan’s square ball Press Trust of India Mannarino stuns No. 7 seed Tsonga mawia Ralte to come off his across the goal evaded New Delhi dominance the home side Agencies line to deny Mohammad everyone. 6(3), 3-6, 6-3 to Jeremy had established. The Indian cricket team Monte Carlo Ziban. It was the closest the Chardy. The strike to double the sent a special retirement World No. 2 Novak Djokovic Sign of things to come visiting side came to scoring The results: Second round: Ad- lead came in the 82nd gift to Shahid Afridi by got his clay-court season off From the first minute it ap- as normal service soon re- rian Mannarino bt Jo-Wilfried minute, when Jugovic vol- presenting him a Virat to a shaky start, just about peared a no contest. Twice sumed. leyed home a Lyngdoh pass Kohli shirt signed by all the Tsonga 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3; Novak prevailing 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 over Djokovic bt Gilles Simon 6-3, early on, Eugeneson Lyng- BFC’s reward arrived not from close range. For a players. Gilles Simon in the second 3-6, 7-5. First round: Robin doh found himself in space long after that. In the 40th second or two even that was A Pakistani journalist round at the Monte Carlo Haase bt Damir Dzumhur 6-3, just outside the penalty area minute, Nishu converted a in doubt, for the ball, after uploaded the shirt on Masters here on Tuesday. 6-2; Gilles Muller bt Tommy Ro- even as he decided not to fine through ball from crashing against the bar, which Kohli wrote: bredo 6-2, 6-2; Lucas Pouille bt Daniel into the left bottom No. 7 seed Jo-Wilfried shoot. It was perhaps the seemed to have bounced “Shahid Bhai, best wishes, Ryan Harrison 6-2, 6-4; Paolo sign of things to come as the corner for his first goal for just in front of the goal line. always a pleasure playing Tsonga frittered away a one- set lead to crash out with a 6- Lorenzi bt Marcel Granollers attacking trio of Daniel Lalh- the club. But when the linesman against you.” 6-2, 6-4; Tommy Haas bt Benoit 7(3), 6-2, 6-3 defeat to Adrian limpuia, Sunil Chhetri — deemed it otherwise, the The jersey had the signa- Paire 6-3, 6-2; Jeremy Chardy bt Mannarino. playing through the middle Complete control sense of relief was palpable. tures of Kohli, Nehra, Borna Coric 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3; Jiri — and Len Doungel ran The second half resembled The result: Bengaluru FC 2 Raina, Shami, Jadeja, In first round matches, Vesely bt Mischa Zverev 7-6(3), amok in the final third. the first almost in its entirety (Nishu Kumar 40, Marjan Bhuvneshwar, Rahane, veteran Tommy Haas beat 6-3; Karen Khachanov bt Nicolas Nishu Kumar routinely — complete control by BFC, Jugovic 82) bt Abahani Dhaka Dhawan and Ashwin Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-2, and Mahut 6-2, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez Springing an upset: Qualiier Adrian Mannarino had his day in

bombed forward from the but not enough goals to 0. among others. youngster Borna Coric lost 7- bt Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 7-5. the sun with a comeback win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. * REUTERS

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IN BRIEF Salt makes Phase I clinical trial of Zika you hungry, not thirsty vaccine to begin next month Press Trust of India Berlin Eating salty food dimin- Opioids found at Prince’s Tests, which involve 48 adults, will be randomised and placebo-controlled ishes thirst while increas- place: court documents ing hunger, due to a higher CHICAGO R. Prasad Krishna Ella, Chairman and will be followed-up for a year African Zika virus strain con- need for energy, according Several bottles of opioid Chennai Managing Director of Bharat for both safety and immune ferred 100% protection to new study carried out painkillers — some of them Bharat Biotech International Biotech. response. Three different against mortality and dis- during a simulated mission prescribed to one of Prince's Ltd in Hyderabad will start dose ranges will be tested. ease in mice. The protection to Mars. friends — were found at the the Phase I clinical trial of Dose ranges There will be three arms was the same when the mice The study found that singer's Paisley Park complex Zika virus vaccine (MR 766) It will be a randomised, in the trial, and each one will were infected with an Asian ‘Cosmonauts’, who ate after the music icon's death in two centres in India next placebo-controlled, double- recieve one of the three dif- and an African Zika strains. more salt in the simulation, by accidental overdose, court month. blind trial involving 48 ferent dose ranges. While the viral load was retained more water and documents unsealed on “We have already got the adults, both men and wo- The Phase I is being initi- “undetectable” in the case of were not as thirsty and Monday show. The papers approval from DCGI [Drug men (who are not pregnant). ated based on the promising vaccinated mice, the amount needed more energy. The pertain to the first six months Controller General of India] Each volunteer will receive results in animals trials. In of virus in unvaccinated study found that eating of the investigation into in March to carry out the two vaccine doses on days 0 the animal trials, two doses mice shot up four days after more salt led to a higher Prince's death. AFP Phase I clinical trial,” says Dr. [the starting day] and 30 and of the vaccine made using an being infected. salt content in urine. Financial Buzz over photograph of New York gears up for journalism rat birth control test run programme ‘Indian wolf’ in Sunderbans Hollywood honours actor launched and activist Gary Sinise Bengal Forest Department yet to verify veracity of claim LOS ANGELES ‘Non-toxic’ liquid bait to be used makes rodents infertile Special Correspondent Oscar-nominated actor and Chennai Special Correspondent landscape, Mr. Mukherjee long-time armed forces Agence France-Presse Bloomberg News and the Kolkata said this was the first record champion Gary Sinise was New York Asian College of Journalism A picture of purportedly an of an Indian wolf from a honored on Monday with a The New York rat race is no- (ACJ) have launched India’s Indian wolf (Canis lupus pal- “mangrove terrain”. star on the Hollywood Walk torious — the commute and first co-branded financial lipes) captured by a natural- of Fame in a markedly military the endemic rodent popula- journalism post-graduate ist has taken wildlife enthusi- ‘No habitat’ ceremony. The 62-year-old tion. But the city may soon programme, designed to asts and forest department Pradeep Vyas, West Bengal’s was given an honor guard by have a new weapon in its ar- equip students with new, officials in West Bengal by Chief Wildlife Warden, how- troops on Hollywood senal — rat birth control. essential skills needed in a surprise. ever, said the forests of the Boulevard. AFP Rodents are one of the modern global newsroom. While the State forest de- Sunderbans did not have the least savoury sights in Amer- The ACJ-Bloomberg Post- partment was yet to verify habitat to sustain wolves. ica’s largest city, spotted graduate Programme will the veracity of the claim, the “There is the likelihood of scurrying in and out of sub- teach students the latest photograph has sparked the presence of only one way tracks or under the journalism skills related to speculation whether the In- A photograph of what wolf in the village, but not in cover of darkness, darting writing and editing, digital dian wolf, categorised as ‘en- appears to be an Indian wolf the forests. There has never around trash bags dumped Novel rat trap: No date has yet been set for the trial, and and multimedia reporting, dangered’ by the Interna- in the Sundarbans. been any wolf recorded in on the street for collection. oicials are currently “working out” the details. * AP ethics, investigative report- tional Union for * RIDDHI MUKHERJEE the forests in the history, In 2015, the city invested ing, fundamentals of fin- Conservation of Nature, was and the area dows not have nearly $3 million on rat con- said. No date has yet been lot in 2015. Dozens of rat ance and government rein fact spotted in the man- Wildlife (Protection) Act the habitat to sustain Netlix on verge of hitting trol after receiving a record set for the trial and officials reservoirs — concentrated porting. Supported by grove forest. 1972 of India. wolves,” Mr. Vyas said. 100 million subscribers 24,000-plus complaints are currently “working out” areas of rats — are subject to leading financial press “During our photography Mr. Mukherjee, who along He said ‘camera traps’ SAN FRANCISCO amid alarm bells that the the details, the official said. months of intense baiting such as Mint and The Hindu tour to the Sunderban Na- with two friends, Anupam had been placed in the area, Netflix is on the verge of city was losing the rat war. that typically sees an 80 to Business Line, some tional Park, we sighted one Mukherjee and Suvayu Paul, which would have captured surpassing 100 million global Officials are now prepar- ‘Least toxic methods’ 90% drop in rat activity. courses will be led by some individual of Indian wolf on claims to have spotted the the animal if it was in fact subscribers, a testament to ing to launch a trial of a li- “When selecting However, how many are of the country’s renowned 14 April [Friday]. We were animal at Jyotirampur in the roaming there. “We have how much the video- quid bait, which Arizona- products, we look at the there? financial journalists and able to take a few record buffer zone of the Sun- seen the photographs taken streaming service has based company SenesTech least toxic methods that will Legend has it that there as business leaders. photographs before it van- derbans. He said he was only by local residents. They are changed the entertainment says, makes rats infertile, be effective in reducing the many rats as humans — 8.4 Applications would be ished into the mangrove “happy” to share the details certainly of value but our landscape since its debut a but is otherwise non-toxic rat population,” said the million — but Columbia Uni- available online from Wed- thicket,” Riddhi Mukherjee, with the State Forest people [wildlife officials] decade ago. The American and does not damage the city’s Health Department. versity statistician Jonathan nesday. The last date of who claims to have photo- Department. have not seen [the animal].” entertainment company is environment. New York’s main weapon Auerbach in 2014 debunked submission is May 17. graphed the animal told The Explaining that the Indian Mr. Vyas added. expected to reach the ‘We’re going to be launch- in the rat war has been the the myth, estimating the Forms can be downloaded Hindu. wolf prefers to live in scrub- The Indian region of the milestone this weekend if its ing a trial at some point in so-called ‘rat reservoir’ pro- number of rats at two from the ACJ website and The Indian wolf is a lands, grasslands and semi- Sunderbans has a popula- projections are correct. AP the future,” a city official gram, which started as a pi- million. submitted via courier. Schedule I animal in the arid pastoral, agricultural tion of about 100 tigers.