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SHORT TAKES CHHOTA RAJAN, 8 JUSTICE JOSEPH’S ELEVATION Sunita Lakra to lead Minor girl commits suicide OTHERS GET LIFE Indian eves team IMPRISONMENT SC COLLEGIUM Bhubaneswar: J DEY KILLING Experienced after her video goes viral defender and DEFERS DECISION Odisha hockey star Sunita Lakra will POST NEWS NETWORK lead the 18-member 6-yr-old girl raped PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Indian women’s Nabarangpur, May 2: Yet an- Bangiriposi: An elderly person squad at the Asian other act of making intimate mo- New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme was arrested for allegedly raping Champions Trophy hockey tournament ments viral on social media al- Court Collegium Wednesday de- a minor girl at Shagunashola to be held in Donghae in South Korea legedly claimed the life of a minor ferred a decision on the issue of re- under this block in Mayurbhanj from May 13. Sunita was handed the girl at Mundiguda village of Chhota Rajan considering its recommendation district. Police produced the captain’s armband in the absence of Jharigaon block in Nabarangpur to elevate Uttarakhand Chief accused Sunaram Singh (60) in Rani, who has been rested for the Wednesday morning. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Justice K M Joseph as the judge court. According to reports, tournament, while goalkeeper Savita The girl committed suicide Sunaram lured the six-year-old of the apex court, after it was sent will shoulder the responsibility of vice- after a video of intimate moments girl on the promise of giving her Mumbai, May 2: Nearly seven back by the government last week. Rejection not linked captain, Hockey India said in a featuring her and a youth went biscuits Tuesday evening. He years after senior journalist J Dey The five member Collegium statement Wednesday. Besides Sunita, viral. bought her a pack of biscuit and was shot dead here, a special comprising Chief Justice Dipak four other Odisha players have been with ruling: Prasad The deceased girl’s father lodged carried the girl on his bi-cycle to court Wednesday awarded life im- Misra and justices J Chelameswar, included in the Indian squad. They are a complaint with Jharigaon po- the bank of Budhabalanga where prisonment to all the nine con- Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur New Delhi: The government Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Lilima lice. The police seized the body and with his friends and the clips he committed the crime. On the victed, including gangster Chhota and Kurian Joseph met after the Wednesday rejected suggestions Minz and Anupa Barla. The team will sent it for post-mortem and soon became viral on social media. other hand, her family members Rajan. top court’s working hours, but no that it turned down the elevation of begin their campaign against Japan, searched for the girl and came to Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice May 13. P16 launched a probe. The video was seen circulating in MCOCA court judge Sameer decision was taken. Police SDPO Hemant Kumar social media, bringing much know that she was raped. They Adkar, however, acquitted former Besides Justice Jospeph, the K M Joseph to the Supreme Court as Padhi, SI Subash Behera along shame to the family members. caught the accused and handed journalist Jigna Vora, who was agenda of the Collegium was to de- he had once overturned the imposi- tion of President’s Rule in the state. with a police team reached the vil- Since then the girl was de- over Sunaram to the police. charged with instigating Rajan to liberate on the names of some Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad lage and launched the probe. Following the complaint, carry out the killing in 2011. The judges from Calcutta, Rajasthan BJD campaign to pressed and reportedly under ex- also said that it has the right to seek Meanwhile, police detained three treme stress. Bangiripsi IIC Minati Biswal start- judge also acquitted Paulson Joseph, and Telangana & Andhra Pradesh save Mahanadi ed an investigation and detained reconsideration of proposals sent by youths and took them for inter- On the pretext of collecting who was accused of handling the High Courts for elevation as apex the Supreme Court collegium as the rogation while the main accused, firewood, she took her younger sis- the accused. financial operations concerned court judges. “To reconsider the New Delhi: The ruling BJD will launch a power flows from three apex court identified as Jagannath Gouda, ter along and went to a forest. with the conspiracy. case of Mr Justice K.M. Joseph, judgements. massive fortnight long public was on the run. Later, she sent away her sister ing from a tree in a nearby forest. The court imposed a fine of Chief Justice, Uttarakhand High awareness campaign to save Mahanadi Sources said Jagannath from back home but stayed at the for- The family is from an extremely `26 lakh on each of the convicts. Court [Parent High Court:Kerala], Rajasthan, and Telangana & and to protect the interest of people in 15 districts depending upon the river the same village was in a rela- est alone. poor background and even failed This is the first major convic- pursuant to letters dated April 26 Andhra Pradesh High Courts for for their livelihood. State party vice- tionship with the victim. He lured The family members grew ap- to perform the last rites. They tion for Rajan since he was de- and 30, 2018 received from Ministry elevation as Judges of the Supreme president Prasanna Acharya and other her to physical intimacy and prehensive after she did not return demanded immediate arrest of ported to India following his ar- of Law & Justice, Government of Court, in view of the concept of fair senior leaders of the party told recorded the act in his mobile home till evening. They searched the main accused and necessary rest at Bali airport in Indonesia India and also to consider the representation. Deferred,” the res- newsmen here that the ‘Save Mahanadi phone. Later, he shared the videos for her and later found her hang- compensation. in 2015. names of Judges from Calcutta, olution said. Campaign’ would commence simultaneously from from Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district and Ambapana in RED FORT Baragarh district where the river MISSION entered into the state on May 16 next. Compile main issues: SC to riparian states

POST NEWS NETWORK The Odisha government, which leging that the Centre did not take School bus attacked by was represented by senior lawyer steps according to the Tribunal Bhubaneswar, May 2: The Gopal Subramanium, told the apex Award. stone pelters, student hurt Supreme Court Wednesday held its Pinki Anand who appeared for 26th hearing related to the POLAVARAM ROW the Centre, said that everything Srinagar: A class 2 student suffered a Polavaram project dispute and court that the backwater capac- has been done as per the Award. head injury when the school bus asked the riparian states to com- ity of the national project has been The bench said, “Learned counsel carrying him was attacked by stone pelters in militant-infested Shopian pile their main issues in the case. increased in the past few years for the parties has agreed that they district of South Kashmir this morning, The arguments Wednesday went and fresh approvals should be on the backwater which can will frame proposed issues for con- triggering angry reactions from the on for around one hour before a two taken on account of this change. threaten Odisha, Chattisgarh and sideration by this Court. For this Chief Minister and political leaders. judge bench of the apex court com- The government also argued Jharkhand. It also alleged that the limited purpose, list the matter Police said the bus of a private school Members of Divya Chetna Samiti collect donations during a protest to save prising Justice Madan Lokur and that there had been no study done Godavari Tribunal Award had on 11th May, 2018 on which date is- was attacked by stone pelters in Red Fort in New Delhi Wednesday. PTI PHOTO Justice Deepak Gupta. on the ramifications of the project been flouted in the project while al- sues will be framed.” Zavooora area, injuring the student identified as Rehan Gorsai. The injured child was referred to SMHS Hospital where doctors attending on him stated his condition to be stable. The bus was Over 23K bank fraud cases involving Odia signboards carrying close to 35 students. MARKET WATCH `1 lakh crore in five years, says RBI must for all shops INDEX VARIATION PRESS TRUST OF INDIA many as 23,866 cases of fraud, of `1 Among the prominent ones is POST NEWS NETWORK SENSEX 35176.42 16.06 lakh or above in each case, were re- the over `13,000-crore fraud in the New Delhi, May 2: Over 23,000 cases ported. A total of `1,00,718 crore was Punjab National Bank (PNB) al- Bhubaneswar, May 2: A day

BOURSES NIFTY 10718.05 21.30 of fraud involving a whopping `1 involved in all the cases put together, legedly committed by diamantaire after passing the Odisha Shops lakh crore have been reported in the according to the RTI reply. Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul and Commercial Establishments `0.01 DOLLAR 66.66 past five years in various banks, ac- Giving the break-up, the RBI said Choksi, the promoter of Gitanjali (Amendment) Bill-2018 in ` EURO 79.82 `0.70 cording to the Reserve Bank of India 4,693 such cases (involving 18,698 Gems. Assembly, labour minister Sushant CURRENCY (RBI). crore) and 4,639 cases (involving The CBI had recently also booked Singh Wednesday said all com- GOLD `30,954 `25 A total of 5,152 cases A total of 5,152 cases of fraud, up `19,455 crore) were reported in 2015- top officials of two public sector mercial establishments in the state of fraud, up from from over 5,000 cases in 2016-17, 16 and 2014-15 respectively. banks, a former CMD of the IDBI have been asked to put up Odia SILVER `38,985 `714 over 5,000 cases in BULLION were reported in banks from April, In 2013-14, banks reported 4,306 Bank, former Aircel promoter C signboards within a month. Penal 2016-17, were 2017, to March 1, 2018, it said in cases of fraud, involving `10,170 crore, Sivasankaran, his son and compa- action will be taken against vio- reported in banks reply to an RTI query filed by a PTI the central bank said. nies controlled by him in connection lators, the minister said. new norms within a month, he WEATHER from April, 2017, to correspondent. “The reported fraud cases are with a `600-crore loan fraud in the The state Assembly Tuesday added. March 1, 2018, the The highest ever amount of `28,459 processed and action is taken ac- IDBI. passed the Bill, making Odia lan- In order to encourage maxi- BHUB CTK Reserve Bank said crore is said to have been involved in cording to the facts and circumstances The CBI has named 15 bank officials guage mandatory on signboards of mum use of Odia language, the MAX 34.6° 34.2° these cases of fraud reported from of individual cases,” the RBI said. who worked at senior levels at the all shops and commercial estab- new law will have provision to In 2016-17, banks April, 2017, to March 1, 2018, the cen- The data assumes significance as IDBI in 2010 and 2014 when loans lishments. The house has also cleared give rewards to officials. In August TEMP MIN 24.5° 23.0° Forecast had reported tral bank said. central investigating agencies such were sanctioned to the companies amendment to Odisha Official 2016, the state government enacted Humidity 76% 79% 5,076 cases of In 2016-17, banks had reported 5,076 as the CBI and the ED are looking into controlled by Sivasankaran in its FIR Language (Amendment) Bill, 2018, the revised rules of the Odisha Partially fraud involving ` Rainfall Nil Nil cloudy sky cases of fraud involving 23,933 crore. various big-ticket fraud cases in banks registered on a complaint from the which makes penal provisions for Official Language Act, 1954, for- `23,933 crore From 2013 to March 1, 2018, as involving industrialists and others. Central Vigilance Commission. government officials if they do not mally bringing it into force for of- use Odia language in official works. ficial work in Odia language. “We had asked the collectors A total of eight bills were passed READS to execute the new norms and ac- in the budget session that ended QUICK cordingly they had meetings with Tuesday, four days ahead of sched- various businessmen and trade ule. On the last day of the budget ses- Apple focussing on India to tap Protests outside metro station 211K Indian students in US associations. We are conducting sion, parliamentary affairs minister widespread awareness pro- Bikram Arukh has replied to op- huge opportunities, says CEO over ‘moral policing’ incident varsities, says latest report grammes among businessmen position allegations on filing of false and traders,” Singh told reporters affidavit in Supreme Court on Odisha New York: Apple is bullish on India and plans to launch all its Kolkata: A rally was Washington: India is the here Wednesday. Lokayukta Act. initiatives, including retail, in the country where it has an organised outside second largest source Earlier there was penalty rang- Parliamentary affairs minister “extremely low” overall market share, the tech giant’s CEO Tim Tollygunge Metro station country of foreign ` ` Cook has said. India, the third largest smartphone market in Wednesday to protest students in the US, with ing from 25 to 500, he said, adding, Bikram Arukh said the govern- the world, has huge opportunities for Apple, Cook against an alleged moral over 2 lakh Indians “But now, the new Act has penalty ment has no where informed the ` said. “We have extremely low share in that policing incident inside a currently studying in provision starting from 2,000 to court that the Lokayukta Act has market overall,” Cook said during Apple’s train compartment. various American ` 25,000. This Act will be strictly im- been enacted. He said the gov- second quarter 2018 earnings call Tuesday According to media universities, a latest plemented by our Labour depart- ernment is taking steps to pray for when the tech giant posted quarterly reports, a man hugging official report has said. ment in association with other de- modification of the court order revenue of USD 61.1 billion, an increase of 16 his female friend raised eyebrows in a metro coach Monday China tops the list with 377,070 students, the Student and partments. Even the block and issued in this regard. per cent from the year-ago quarter. “We’re evening. A few people objected to the alleged intimacy, Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVIS) of the US Immigration municipality level officials will The session was held in two thrilled to report our best March quarter ever, following which an argument ensued between the two sides. and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security also be involved in it.” phases since March 20. The House with strong revenue growth in iPhone, The mob then allegedly heckled the couple, pushed them out Investigations said. The report said 49 per cent of the F and The minister said about 50,000 passed the Odisha Appropriation Services and Wearables,” said Cook. of the train and beat them up, the reports said. Youths M student population in the United States hailed from either commercial establishments have Bill 2018, allowing the state to International sales accounted for 65 per gathered in large numbers outside Tollygunge Metro station China or India (211,703 students), and interest continues to already put up Odia signboards. utilise the annual budget amount cent of the quarter’s revenue for the this morning with placards and posters bearing slogans – grow. There are two different types of non-immigrant The commercial organisations of `1.22 lakh crore for the current Cupertino, California-based company. “Hok alingan (let’s hug)”. student visas in the US: the F-1 and M-1 visas. have been asked to implement the fiscal. P2 FASHION WORKSHOP NARADA SAMMAN THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR Students Yashmin Parbin, Narada Samman for 2018 being Saswat Patra and conferred on Tapan Kumar Shewtalina Barik win laurels Mishra was given by Viswa at Skilled in Odisha Fashion Sambad Kendra at Soochana timeout Technology event held in Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar recently. Wednesday.

FORTUNE FORECAST ART EXPO IN CITY Paintings speak for themselves here

POST NEWS NETWORK smoke produced from industries. Speaking to Orissa POST, Uma said, Bhubaneswar: Buddha Art Gallery “We always try to collaborate with na- ARIES here has been attracting a large num- ture for development. However, the Ganesha advises you to look ber of art enthusiasts for the past five nature is being affected and burnt due before you leap. One hasty days for showcasing a collection of to chemicals fumes from industries. decision may undo a lot of rare paintings and artefacts. Therefore, nature will get destroyed if hard work accomplished over a long period of time. After a The exhibition, organised by Odisha we continue the way we do for devel- tense morning, you may simply want an evening Lalit Kala Akademi, which kicked off opment in the upcoming days.” with kids, helping them grow the Dahlias. April 28 will conclude May 4. The artist also depicted a woman who The gallery was thronged by a host is crying for help. Talking about the of art lovers to get a glimpse of the finest character, Acharya said, “The woman TAURUS of workmanship from artists across the is between 40 and 45 and is worried Love is on the cards, says country. Gallery officials claimed that about the future of her children. She Ganesha. Your senses are at least 500 connoisseurs of art paid visit believes the world will come to an end likely to remain highly active to the venue every day. The art works if pollution continues in the name of today. Stay alert and avoid and paintings showcased traditional development.” drifting into your own world art of Odisha and also spread aware- The world has been witnessing a and never bother to know about the im- Unbearable. at the cost of work. It is best for you to keep your eyes and ears open to avoid any misun- ness on various socially relevant issues. ‘selfie mania’ for which printmaking portance or history of the subject,” “A student is under great pressure derstanding with your near and dear ones, Painter Uma Shankar Acharya, 58, artist Dillip Majhi adds Dillip, an art student from a Delhi due to his heavy syllabus and parental suggests Ganesha. from Ganjam tried to from Ganjam, por- college. expectations. I tried to depict three di- depict the distinction trays Selfie Spot on Meanwhile, Nrusingha Charan Ojha, mensions of the subject in which the between nature and his canvas. His char- an artist from little character smiles artificially but GEMINI its destruction for de- acter is taking a selfie Bhadrak, related his in reality he is crying from within,” said You will be filled with concern velopment. The pic- at the backdrop of a painting to the heavy Nrusingha. and sensitivity towards oth- ture shows how a de- collapsed building. pressure a student un- Paintings and sculptures created ers, and will bestow your veloping world is “While taking selfies, people forget dergoes during his by about 138 artists were on display blessings upon many. trying to work in sync with nature the ground reality. They take selfies school life. Ojha has which drew accolades from the art However, being too emotional which is getting affected by chemical is not advisable. Your emotions could get in the way wherever they see something strange named his art as lovers and visitors. of your progress at the work-front. You need to lis- ten to your head over your heart when it comes to professional matters, says Ganesha.

CANCER Lifetime Achievement Award for Kar Mukhagni: Play Ganesha says that it will be a POST NEWS NETWORK service to Odia music on the oc- day of challenge. You will be GANDHARBA KALA SAMMAN casion. Other artists representing tempted to plunge into a new Bhubaneswar, May 2: Veteran literature, dance and music were venture. But there is no need for haste or anxiety in this Singer Prafulla Kar was given presented Gandharba Kala on funeral rites regard. Pending work will be completed. away the Gandharba Kala Samman Samman-2018. They are: Padma Business deals and transactions will end on by Gandharba Kala Parishad at Shri Aruna Mohanty (dance), sculp- happy note. Translocation due to business or Rabindra Mandap here Tuesday. tor Tutu Patnaik (art) and singer domestic reasons is possible. Law, Health and Family Welfare Mihir Kumar Sahoo (music). Minister Pratap Jena and former This apart, a classical dance minister Debi Prasad Mishra at- performance by the artistes en- LEO tended the function as guests to tertained the spectators on the oc- You will give importance to mark the 44th dance and music casion. your work and your style of festival of the Parishad. The most electrifying per- functioning to get a promotion in the office. You will also Jena in his speech asserted that formance was presented by increase the amount of work language strengthens national Geetanjali Behera and her troupe you put in. While the fruits of your labour may not be identity while literature, music, who performed the iconic song immediately available to you, in a very short time dance and art add glory to the peo- Rangabati for the audience, after you can expect to make more gains than you expect- ple. Art, dance and music are ap- which Aruna Mohanty’s Abhinaya ed to. Nothing worthy of note is likely to occur in preciated in a civilized society. entertained the audience. Another your personal relationships today, says Ganesha. Mishra in his address said cul- for art and culture is the cream of Singer Prafulla Kar was felici- master performance by Ramesh ture and tradition of a society the civilisation which must be tated with Gandharba Lifetime and Dimple of Gunjan Dance VIRGO must be preserved by its people given its due appreciation. Achievement Award-2018 for his Academy ensued. You are renowned for your leadership qualities and today they will be much JUSTICE SOUGHT appreciated for the way you manage your team. You will POST NEWS NETWORK bed-ridden and his son waits for get a long-due promotion, and will come in for his death so that he can perform some extra cash. Ganesha says you received all Bhubaneswar, May 2: Odia his father’s last rites. this by wisely balancing work and home, so be drama Mukhagni was staged by A month passes when Jeevan’s careful not to slip up on this front. Theatre Marathon group of company in US directs him to re- Cuttack at Bhanja Kala Mandap sume duty immediately. His fam- LIBRA here Tuesday as part of ily in America also calls him to Natyadhara Festival. come back. Expect some annoyance from the ‘man in the chair', or peo- Organised by Sangeet Natak Finally, he decides to go back to ple in charge who may be look- Academy under the Department the US. The next morning when ing towards throwing a wench of Culture and Odisha he goes to take leave from his fa- in your way. But know that it is Natyasangha, the play revolves ther, he discovers that both his par- just a blip on the radar. Your fortune is too powerful for round protagonist Gouranga Babu, ents are dead. anyone to affect it negatively. Stick to your task and an influential man of his village. Jeevan finds a poison bottle dig into your imagination to find a way around the blips. Your ability to think out-of-the-box will perplex His wife Sunita, son Jeevan and lying nearby and a note written by your perpetrator, chuckles Ganesha. daughter Annie form the chief Gouranga advising him to com- plot surrounding Gouranga. plete the last rites before he goes After his daughter’s marriage abroad. SCORPIO with Sagar, Gouranga solemnises Jeevan breaks down and cries Socially, you enjoy being in the marriage of his son who leaves inconsolably. The drama show- limelight as all the eyes are for America with his wife. cases the highest sacrifice by par- focused on you. However, He works in the US for several ents for their children, though in beware of evil eyes that may years. One day Jeevan get a phone a negative way. not have good intentions towards you. You are a good soul and never hurt call about his father’s illness and Satabdira Kalakar staged anyone. But, at times, it's important to know then he takes a flight to Odisha. ‘Maacha Kandanara Swara’, di- your foe's weakness to be on the safer side. Back in his village, he remem- rected by Dheera Mallick, on the bers his father had told him to first day of the drama festival light his pyre (Mukhagni) in his (May 1). It was based on the life SAGITTARIUS native village. However, the twist of Bhyuan Tribes of Keonjhar New Odisha Abhijan activists take a peace rally in Bhubaneswar demanding strong action against culprits in Salepur child rape incident. OP PHOTO in the story is Gouranga has been district. Brace yourselves; the day has a lot of uncertainties today. First being financial. You may have to shell out money for FIITJEE’s new centre unexpected expenses. But, this may also teach you to be economically independ- Pageant for married ent. Always look at the brighter side, says Ganesha. Summer workshop for kids in city by mid-May POST NEWS NETWORK women by May-end POST NEWS NETWORK CAPRICORN Bhubaneswar: A nine-day work- Duping the wisest with your shop for students was launched POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, May 2: Forum for Indian extraordinary power of con- vincing may have been your at DAV Public School, Pokhariput Institute of Technology and Joint forte, but you may have to with the sole objective of involv- Bhubaneswar: An interest- Entrance Examination (FIITJEE) is all prove yourself all over again, ing the children in edutainment ac- ing piece of news for beauty- set to launch a coaching centre at Infocity for Ganesha says you will be tested today. This tivities during summer vacation, conscious married women, here by mid-May. The centre will be the apart, you are likely to find answers to questions Wednesday. who think they are stuck in third in Odisha after Cuttack and lingering in your subconscious mind for long. The participants will learn ro- life after marriage. Here is an Bhubaneswar, said Ranajoy Bardhan, botics, dance, music, painting, pat- opportunity for such persons unit head of FIITJEE-Bhubaneswar. tachitra, sports and yoga. Around to grab the Mrs Odisha 2018 “The intake for the first batch will AQUARIUS 220 students have taken part in crown through a beauty con- begin May onwards,” he said, and You are an excellent team this workshop. Principal Sujata test scheduled to be held in claimed that 10,101 FIITJEE students player and your performance said 15 experienced trainers are city by May-end. sual dress and will be asked to have cracked the JEE Mains and are el- reaches a new high when you guiding the participants. Speaking to Orissa POST, do experiments with Indian or igible for advanced examinations. are a part of a group. Be an active member of your group, Science teacher Prasant Kumar Kumudini, the core member of western outfits. Elimination About 347 students from Cuttack and express your opinions, share your knowledge Das will teach robotics, PS Rao, the organising committee, said, round will start from second Bhubaneswar have qualified in the 2018 and see how your team becomes the winning Biswa Mohan Mohanty and “This is a one-day event and we round.” It was informed that the JEE Mains and are geared up to take on team, says Ganesha. Sasmita Rout will involve kids in A performance held to mark the foundation day of DAV-Pokhariput School are likely to conduct it either participants will be groomed for advanced exams, likely to be held May IT and its application. Santosh May 26 or May 27. It is a great three days before the contest be- 20, he added. He said 315 students from Kumar Kar will train them in this occasion was former chief 25 years of dedicated service to platform for women interested gins. They will be groomed on classroom programmes and 32 from PISCES music and Bijay Panda and Rasmi secretary Subas Pani. Chairman this institution were felicitated. in fashion or glamour. The reg- how to carry themselves with non-classroom programmes have qual- You will be treading new Ranjan art s. DAV Schools Madan Mohan Panda Principal Sujata advised the istration for the contest will aplomb, walk on the ramp and ified at the JEE Mains. Thirty-six stu- ground at work. Exciting as that Foundation day and Regional Director, Odisha students to serve the motherland begin soon.” interact with people. dents of classroom programmes have sounds, it merely means you The school also celebrated its Zone - I KC Satapathy graced the through education. Speaking about various The top 15 contestants will secured over 200 marks in the state and will have to do a lot of travelling 27th Foundation Day Tuesday on occasion. Panda called upon students to rounds, she said, “We will hold be selected for the grand fi- two of them figured among top 100 today. You will also find yourself swamped with drafting new business proposals, hold- the school premises. The day started Odissi, modern dance, per- face challenges in life to fulfill four rounds – introduction, tal- nale. “The winners will be ranks and seven among top 500 ranks ing meetings, or otherwise networking over the phone. with Hawan and prayers in which formances by tiny tots made the their dreams. ent show, designer wear and awarded with cash prizes along in the examination held recently. About On the brighter side, your travels are unlikely to involve principal, staff and students took event alive and colorful. The school also organised a blood final round. The participants with a crown and citation,” 102 students cleared JEE advanced the cramps of flying economy class, says Ganesha. part actively. The chief guest of On the occasion, teachers with donation camp on the occasion. will walk the ramp with ca- said Kumudini. exams in 2017, he added. P3 HOPES DASHED EVICTION DRIVE THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR Farmers try to salvage Officials of the district rabi crops from an administration remove agricultural field encroachments at Sri inundated with Jagannath stadium downtown rainwater near Pipli in near Talabania in Puri, Puri district, Wednesday Wednesday

Recruitment of cops: FRESH FRUIT Man detained HC notice to DGP, for abusing girl BJD’S BATTLE Kanas: A 45-year-old man home secretary was detained Wednesday on charges of outraging the modesty of a 15-year- FOR MAHANADI POST NEWS NETWORK old girl of Ranipada in Trilochanpur panchayat Cuttack, May 2: There is no end to the con- here late Tuesday. Kanas troversies pertaining to 2006 constable re- police said they have cruitment as a contempt of court case has detained Ramesh Bhoi of BEGINS MAY 16 been filed in the Orissa High Court for the the same village on the third time. charges. “On the basis of a THE 1,585-KM-LONG CAMPAIGN WILL COVER 45 Acting on the petition, a division bench complaint lodged by the ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES IN 15 DISTRICTS of Justices Sanju Panda and Krushnaram victim’s father, we have Mohapatra has issued show-cause notices to registered a case (58/18) POST NEWS NETWORK “Farmers, fishermen, students, the Home Department secretary and the and sent the victim as well youths, women and public in general Director General of Police (DGP). as the accused for medical Bhubaneswar, May 2: In a bid to cre- are expected to participate in large Sources said the HC had directed the examination,” police said. ate awareness among people about numbers in this programme," Das state government to regularise services of According to the Mahanadi water dispute issue, the rul- Burma said. During its 15-day long the socially and educationally backward complaint, some local ing Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided campaign, the party will hold public class (SEBC) employees from 2006 who were youths spotted the to launch ‘Mahanadi Surakshya meetings, street corner meetings, street appointed in excess of quota reserved for accused and the minor girl Abhiyaan’ in 45 assembly constituen- play and cultural functions in villages them. However, the state government regu- at a deserted location on cies in 15 districts. and urban areas. larised the appointments in 2016 instead of the outskirts of the village BJD vice-presidents Prasanna “Booklets and, leaflets will be dis- 2006 in vio- late Tuesday night and, Acharya and Debi Prasad Mishra along tributed and audio-visual shows will lation of the alerted the victim’s father with two other senior leaders of the also be held,” the BJD leader added. HC order. who rushed to the spot and party—Sanjay Das Burma and Atanu According to sources, BJD is plan- Notably, A vendor sprinkles water on lychees to keep them fresh at Dolamundai Square in Cuttack, Wednesday. OP PHOTO rescued her. Sabyasachi Nayak told newsmen about ning to make Mahanadi water dispute the state the decision here Wednesday. as one of the major issues for the up- government Acharya said they are going to kick- coming general election and this pro- in 2006 had off the campaign May 16 simultaneously gramme will be a part of it. issued a no- ` from Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district Commenting on the BJD’ pro- tification for 814 cr spent on workers’ benefit: CM and Ambapana in Baragarh district, gramme, state Bharatiya Janata Party recruitment of 5,200 con- POST NEWS NETWORK Sarathi, Shuna Shramika and stables. Online Benefit Module for However, Bhubaneswar, May 2: Odisha BOC Workers. Seasonal mi- the state government made 773 ad hoc ap- government has spent Rs 814 gration from western and pointments in excess of quota. crore for the benefits of con- southern Odisha is taken very The appointment process was entangled struction workers, Chief seriously and the interven- in legal controversies over reservations for Minister Naveen Patnaik said tion by various developmental Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe can- at an event to mark the departments is continuing to BJD leaders addressing the media over Mahanadi water dispute, Wednesday. didates. It was alleged that the SC&ST reser- International Labour Day mitigate the distress migra- vation law was blatantly violated during Tuesday. tion, he added. the points where the river enters into (BJP) general secretary Prithviraj the appointment process. The case per- “Welfare of the labourers The Chief Minister said a the state. The campaign will cover Harichandan said the ruling party taining to the recruitment process also has always been our top pri- pilot project is going on in over 1,585 km along the river banks in doesn’t want to resolve the issue and landed in the State Administrative Tribunal ority and through our flag- Bolangir and Nuapada dis- 15 districts affected by Mahanadi and they are just trying to gain political (SAT) and the Supreme Court. ship programme Nirman Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik speaks at the state-level observance of tricts in collaboration with the culminate at Paradip. mileage from it. “Before launching In June 2017, the HC ruled that the serv- Shramika Kalyan Yojana we International Labour Day at Soochana Bhawan in Bhubaneswar. Tata Trust and convergence Chief Minister and BJD President such programme, the BJD govern- ices of those who were earlier appointed as have ensured social security with other line departments. Naveen Patnaik will launch the pro- ment should clarify how many bar- ad hoc and would be reappointed against the for them,” he added. Construction Workers (BOC) Odisha with their blood, toil About 9,000 children of mi- gramme in both the places and attend rages they have planned to construct existing vacancies would be regularised Under the scheme, 17 dif- Welfare Board. and sweat. grant workers in such dis- the concluding event in Paradip. in the lower part of Hirakud dam. from 2006. However, the state government had ferent types of welfare bene- Patnaik said the govern- The Chief Minister also tricts were retained in sea- “The programme has been planned They have failed to utilise 53 per cent regularised their appointment since 2016. fits have been given to 11.52 ment upholds the dignity of launched several initiatives sonal hostels to ensure their to apprise the people of Odisha about of the Mahanadi water which as a re- Some petitioners had filed the contempt of lakh beneficiaries under labour and salutes the work- for the benefits of the labour education as their parents mi- Chattisgarh's arbitrary construction sult flushes into the sea,” the BJP court alleging non-compliance of HC order. Building and Other ing class who are creating new force, including Shramika grated, he added. over Mahanadi”, he said. leader said. 5.90L caught sans tickets GOVT RESHUFFLES in 2017-18, says ECoR 10 IAS OFFICERS POST NEWS NETWORK Additional chief POST NEWS NETWORK RAILWAY DATA FILE Bhubaneswar, May 2: In a secy of Higher Bhubaneswar, May 2: The reshuffle among senior IAS of- Education dept GVV East Coast Railway (ECoR) n The ECoR had fined 5.90 ficers, the state government claims to have accelerated its lakh passengers has transferred 10 officers in- Sarma has been ticket-checking drive and aware- travelling without ticket cluding an additional chief posted as member ness programme to curb tick- and collected `25.78 secretary rank officer. etless travel and unauthorised crore in the last fiscal Additional chief secretary Board of Revenue entry in station premises across of Higher Education depart- its network. n During the awareness and n In the 2016-17 financial ment GVV Sarma has been In April 2018, the ECoR had ticket checking drives, the year, the regional railway posted as member Board of partment. The present H&FW detected cases of nearly 53,000 passengers have been network had registered Revenue while rural develop- additional secretary GG Debta passengers travelling without counselled and educated to 5.10 lakh cases of travel ment secretary Bishnupada has been transferred as ticket — which was 19.23 per buy bona fide tickets from without ticket and Sethi has been posted as higher Inspector General of cent more than the detections ticket counters to make realised a fine of education secretary, sources Registration (IGR), Odisha with in the corresponding period of their journey hassle-free `22 crore in CMO said. Sethi will also additional charge of secretary, last financial year. It realised an continue as Special Relief Board of Revenue. amount of Rs 2.33 crore which Commissioner (SRC) and MD Water Resources joint sec- was 23.10 per cent more than the sengers have been counselled also been advised to carry min- of Odisha State Disaster retary V Jaya Kumar will hold figure for April 2017. and educated to buy bona fide imum luggage during train Management Authority. same position in planning and In the last fiscal, ECoR had tickets from ticket counters to journey, so that their travel will Tourism secretary Mona convergence dept. Dharmagarh fined 5.90 lakh passengers trav- make their journey hassle-free. be more comfortable. Sharma has been posted as the sub-collector Yeddula Vijay elling without ticket, and the Commuters have also been ad- Ticket-checking staff in- new secretary of Rural has been appointed as the amount thus collected was of Rs vised to buy Monthly Season cluding commercial supervi- Development department while Home department under sec- 25.78 crore — which is 15.6 per Tickets (MST) to avoid tire- sors, chief ticket inspectors sports secretary Vishal Kumar retary. Besides, Civil Supplies cent more in the number of some queues at booking coun- (CTI), train ticket examiners Dev has been given the addi- Corporation MD Niranjan cases and 16.5 per cent more ters. The MST is also much (TTE) alongside the Railway tional charge of Tourism de- Nayak has been shifted as the in realisation of fine than of the cheaper (about one-third) than Protection Force (RPF) staff partment and chairman of new MD of Odisha Lift Irrigation 2016-17 fiscal. In the 2016-17 fi- the regular journey fare of a are involved in the drive and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OLIC) whereas nancial year, the regional rail- month. awareness programme headed Corporation (OHPC), the source Odisha State Warehouse way network had registered Passengers have been en- by commercial officers both said. Handlooms, Textiles & Corporation (OSWC) MD Saroj 5.10 lakh cases of travel with- couraged to use ATVM (auto- from ECoR headquarters and Handicrafts additional secre- Samal is the new MD of Civil out ticket and realised a fine of matic ticket vending machine) the three divisional head- tary Purushottam Sahoo has Supplies Corporation. Samal Rs 22 crore. Smart Card, which is one of quarters at Khurda Road, been appointed as the new ad- will discharge additional charge During the awareness and the most-convenient ways to Sambalpur and Waltair ditional secretary of Health & of MD, State Warehouse ticket checking drives, the pas- buy tickets. Passengers have (Visakhapatnam). Family Welfare (H&FW) de- Corporation. P4 THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

WASSUP TODAY Three held for

BHUBANESWAR extortion bid n SMS LIGHTNING ALERT SYSTEM SOON Sixth day of 37th state-level art Bhubaneswar: Three persons were exhibition by Lalit kala Akademi, POST NEWS NETWORK would be used to alert people. arrested Tuesday on charges of an Buddha Art Gallery, Niladri Vihar, 11am PREVENTIVE STEPS Censors would be fixed in vari- extortion bid on a private firm n Third outreach radio workshop, Bhubaneswar, May 2: In a new ous locations to receive signals employee. Laxmisagar police said they Buddha temple auditorium, Unit-3, push to ensure precautionary n Every year, over 400 lightning deaths from the Rad. Predictions would have arrested Santosh Rout (22) of 4pm measures against lightning occur in the state be disseminated through SMS, Laxmisagar, Ashok Das (41) of Fishery n First death anniversary of poet deaths, the Odisha State Disaster Mobile Apps, radio and TV. The Lane and Santu Behera (25) of Buddha Kulamani Nathasharma, Mangala Management Authority n As per research, possibility of lightning system would also be helpful in Nagar on charges of threatening and Mandap, OUAT, Unit-8, 6pm demanding Rs 1 lakh from Kushal Pal (OSDMA) would use SMS serv- increases by 20-25 per cent with every two prediction of hail winds, hail- Singh, who works as project manager of ices to alert people about the per cent increase in atmospheric storms, dangerous thunder- an Ahmedabad-based private company. natural disaster. temperature storms, flood and drought. CUTTACK The company was awarded the work n Concluding day of summer football “Every year, over 400 light- Earth Network official Kumar order for sewage chamber camp by Ravenshaw morning club, n ning deaths occur in the state. We Pulse Rad technology would be used to Margasahayam said, “Basically construction in Chintamaniswar area Ravenshaw University playground, 6am are taking steps to reduce this alert people and censors would be fixed at what we do is we have ground here. The trio had demanded Rs 1 lakh n Camp to spread awareness on Odia number which is now on the as- various locations to receive signals from sensors that collect data. We are from Singh April 29. When Singh language, Bichitrananda Kalian cendant. We are focusing on how the Rad working in ways as to detect denied, they threatened to eliminate Ashram, 5pm to issue early-hour warnings lightning. We are now using this him and made away with vibrator about lightning strikes,” said technology in West Bengal, equipment from the construction site, Programmes/announcements state chief secretary Aditya changing, lightning incident will dents, but we are committed to services and alert the people. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Laxmisagar inspector in-charge for wassup today may be sent to Prasad Padhi. be more in future.” saving lives by issuing advance They have worked in more than We’re able to send early warning Dayanidhi Nayak said. “On the basis of [email protected] for record, He said, “As per research, pos- In 2017-18 fiscal, 456 persons warnings,” the special relief 90 nations. We’re trying our level for any sort of severe weather in- Singh’s complaint, we have registered a case (109/18) and arrested the trio,” it must also carry the sender’s sibility of lightning increases were killed in lightning strikes. commissioner’s (SRC) office said. best to minimise the loss caused cluding lightning, through mo- Nayak said, adding the stolen mobile number for our by 20-25 per cent with every two This was 15 per cent more than “We have called in an inter- by lightning in Odisha,” SRC bile apps or SMS services or per cent increase in atmospheric the figure the previous year. “We national organisation by name Bishnupada Sethi stated. other media sources like TV equipment, a motorcycle and two cell verification, but not for publication. temperature. As the climate is can’t limit the lightning inci- Earth Network to do the SMS The Pulse Rad technology channel and FM radio.” phones have been recovered from them.

CITY FEE HIKE OPPOSED Woman booked for ‘killing’ SHOWS 17-year-old step-daughter

AVENGERS: BAAGHI 2 - HINDI POST NEWS NETWORK Swarna, the victim, married Banita. It was al- INFINITY WAR BHUBANESWAR leged that she used to torture (HINDI - 3D) INOX Cuttack, May 2: Kandarpur was at her home the minor girl regularly. BHUBANESWAR 09:05 AM Police Tuesday registered a Monday evening Swarna was at her home INOX Avengers: Infinity murder case against a Monday evening when her 09:00 AM 03:20 PM War - English woman after her step-daugh- when her step-mother allegedly poured 09:40 PM ter died of serious burn in- step-mother kerosene on her and set her MAHARAJA HALL juries while undergoing on fire. She was rushed to 08:30 AM 11:20 AM treatment here Monday allegedly poured SCB in a critical condition, 02:10 PM night. kerosene on her but could not be saved. Her 05:00PM 07:50 PM BHUBANESWAR Swayang Pragnya and set her afire step-mother tried to pres- 10:40 PM INOX Pradhan alias Swarna (17) ent it as a suicide, alleged the KESHARI 05:15 PM 11:25 PM was rescued in a critical con- deceased's uncle. 12:00 PM 03:00 PM Avengers: Infinity dition from her home at alleging her niece was burnt ACP Nimai Charan Sethi 06:00 PM 09:00 PM War (Hindi) - Hindi Athanga village Monday to death by her step-mother. visited Athanga village AVENGERS: BHUBANESWAR evening and was rushed to On the basis of the com- Tuesday and recorded state- INFINITY WAR INOX SCB Medical College and plaint, the police registered ments of some villagers. A (ENGLISH - 2D) 08:20 PM Hospital. However, she suc- a murder case and launched forensic team also visited BHUBANESWAR AVENGERS: INFINI- cumbed to her injuries. a probe. the house of the deceased INOX TY WAR (HINDI - 3D) The deceased's maternal According to sources, the Wednesday morning and ex- 05:15 PM 11:25 PM uncle, Niranjan Beura, a res- minor girl had lost her amined the spot. The prime KESHARI ident of Laxminarayanpur mother 13 years ago follow- suspect, the deceased's step- 09:00 AM Ravenshaw University students stage a sit-in near the varsity vice chancellors’ office Wednesday demanding revocation of the hiked in Kandarpur police limits, ing which her father, mother, is absconding, po- OCTOBER - HINDI Tuesday lodged a complaint Sankarsan Pradhan, re- lice said. course fees. OP PHOTO BHUBANESWAR CUTTACK INOX SANGAM PLEX 12:00 PM 09:00 AM 12:00 PM DAAS DEV (HINDI) 03:00 PM 06:00 PM 09:00 PM HC moved for law to ban kangaroo courts AVENGERS: INFINI- State seeks Rapid Action TY WAR (HINDI - 3D) CUTTACK POST NEWS NETWORK the state in this regard, no GRAND CINEMA The petitioner said punitive action is being taken BHUBANESWAR HALL Cuttack, May 2: A public in- that the kangaroo if any complaints are made INOX 09:15 AM 03:05 PM Force for Rath Yatra terest litigation (PIL) was in such cases, the petitioner 02:25 PM 09:20 PM filed in the Odisha High courts make said. AGENCIES Court against various atroc- mockery of the The petitioner further ities committed against in- judiciary system stated that the kangaroo Bhubaneswar, May 2: The dividuals and families in courts make mockery of the state government will request kangaroo courts and lack of judiciary system. If the sys- the Ministry of Home Affairs any strong law to curb it. tem is not abolished, the so- (MHA) to provide at least two In different villages in the chief secretary, home, law other issues. The kangaroo ciety will plunge into the companies of Rapid Action state, individuals, families or and parliamentary affairs courts boycott or ostracise darkness of lawlessness and Force (RAF) for the annual Rath communities are ostracised secretaries parties to the pe- families as punishment. disorder. Yatra in Puri which will com- and financially penalised in tition. The boycotted families The petitioner said mence July 14 this year. kangaroo courts. Besides, The petitioner stated that are barred from using the Maharashtra is the first state “MHA will be requested to mental and physical tortures kangaroo court is organised tube wells, temples, crema- in the country to enforce a spare two companies of RAF are meted out to people in the to decide on disputes re- tion ground, market and law prohibiting the social for deployment in the Rath kangaroo courts. garding inter-caste mar- school and college. boycott of individual, fam- Yatra,” Odisha Director However, there is no strong riages, supporting a partic- People 'convicted' in such ilies or any community by in- General of Police R P Sharma law to curb the rising activ- ular candidate, persons a court lead lives fraught formal village councils of said after a preliminary DGP RP Sharma addresses the preparatory meeting OP PHOTO ities, alleged the petitioner affected by leprosy and AIDS, with despair. They are forced kangaroo court. The peti- preparatory meeting. and Rationalist Society sec- protesting any unlawful ac- to pay huge penalty to get rid tioner urged the High Court Sharma said three compa- for the festival, Sharma said. sonnel in civil dress will be de- retary Debendra Sutar. tivities in villages, having of the social boycott. In the to implement such law in nies; each comprising 800 to In view of the security threat ployed on the day of the festival The petitioner made the a feast in Dalit houses and absence of any strict law in the State of Odisha. 1,000 personnel, of Odisha Swift during the festival, Odisha and also on the return car fes- Action Force (OSAF) will be de- Police will install more CCTVs tival day. ployed on the Grand Road in at the Grand Road and other A mock drill involving all the Puri in front of the Shri strategic locations of Puri dur- security forces will be carried Realtor held for 22.55L fraud Jagannath Temple during the ing the festival period for bet- out just before the festival to festival for effective crowd man- ter surveillance on the crowd ensure everything goes planned, Vedanta gets ST Bhubaneswar: Economic Offences Wing sleuths agement. movement. an official said. here Wednesday arrested a 40-year-old man on It was decided at the meet- Special emphasis will be given Elaborate arrangements will charges of duping a man of `22.55 lakh on the pre- ing to have an inter-security for the safety and security of be made for the inland and text of selling land. EOW sleuths said they have agency coordination meeting women during the festival, the coastal security, man power and panel support arrested Rehematun Nisha, managing director of shortly involving NSG to chalk official said adding that ade- force requirements, gadget re- Wellmade Builders Private Limited and a resident out the plan and programme quate number of police per- quirements and other logistics. POST NEWS NETWORK ing water facility, health services of Sanakunjhala in Jajpur district, in connection and more employability of local with `22.55 fraud. The complainant Mohammed Bhubaneswar, May 2: The youth. In the evening the com- Nawaz Hassan had paid the money to Nisha and members of the ST Commission mission also met the senior rep- his employees to purchase a plot at Adarsha Nagar Herbal full body massage Tardy drainage work in Barang and a shop-room at Raghunathpur area AUTOMOBILEAUTOMOBILE PACKERSPACKERS && MOVERSMOVERS visited the peripheral villages of resentatives of Vedanta led by by smart/ expert therapist. here in 2013. However, the firm neither delivered Bhubaneswar: Residents of Sabarsahi and Vedanta Ltd Jharsuguda its CEO Abhijit Pati to review the HIRE Contact: 8338067247. the land nor returned the money. Later, Nisha was Shivam logistic packers Netaji Vihar near Rasulgarh square here are Honda City on rent month- Wednesday and interacted with situation on ground in presence unreachable. movers. 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According to sources, both sides of and Sambalpur. expedite rehabilitation process Cuttack: A woman from Bhawanipatna area of TO LET the road were dug up and the debris was The commission visited of Katikela and also to provide TO LET HEALTH CARE dumped on the road; blocking the passage Kalahandi Wednesday lodged a complaint with the HEALTH CARE Katikela, Burkhamunda, Banjari better facilities of drinking 3BHK Subhadra AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVIT partially. At once the stretches can be used state Crime Branch here alleging that some people Residency Mancheswar Bangkok spa special offer and Kurebaga villages to inter- water and health in addition to had killed her husband by poisoning him. Sahida By virtue of an Affidavit only by one motorcyclist or cyclist. The situa- Railstation society facili- 50% off on all 1hrs any act with the residents and cap- the existing programs. 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Prasant Satpathy, a resident, in massage back pain, joint large acknowledged the CSR Subhalaxmi Cooperative and ap- bitten Sahida's husband in 1999. Howver, some peo- Cosmopolis, Dumduma, change my DOB from the area, said, “We are facing a lot of incon- ple had poisoned her husband on the pretext of Khandagiri. Contact: pain smart expert 02.07.1986 to 12.07.1986 for venience due to the drainage work. It needs work done by the company but preciated their efforts specifi-

CLASSIFIED administering anti-rabies injections to him. 8895491402. therapist. 9114697517. all purposes. to be completed expeditiously.” they also demanded better drink- cally directed for the ST women. P5 THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR downtown/state Couple tries to WORK OF ART sell babies at SCB LOCALS OVERPOWER

POST NEWS NETWORK Cuttack, May 2: A couple from Banta area UNDERTRIAL DURING of Bhadrak district Tuesday tried to sell their two newborn daughters at Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital here. HIS ESCAPE ATTEMPT However, timely intervention by the officials District Legal Services Authority, Child Line and police foiled the bid. Jajpur road sub-jail superintendent’s Sources said a woman from Banta area of Bhadrak was admitted to SCBMCH claim raises eyebrows April 29 with labour pain. She gave birth to three girls that day. The couple imme- POST NEWS NETWORK the jail. Traders Khetrabasi Das diately tried to search for some issueless and Gopal Chandra Rout said couples to sell two of their newborns. Jajpur Road, May 2: An un- the undertrial was caught by the According to sources, at least nine peo- dertrial, who escaped from Jajpur locals while hiding in the shop. ple reached the hospital and showed their Road sub-jail at Ragadi under Ahmed after his arrest was interest to take the two babies by pro- Korei police limits in Jajpur dis- lodged in the Ragadi sub-jail, jail viding `40,000 each. Even, a few of them trict, was back behind the bars superintendent Gobind Chandra visited a local court to collect stamp pa- after locals mustered courage Soor said. pers to fulfill the paper works for the and overpowered him while he Various theories began to sur- baby sale. was fleeing Tuesday. face on his escape and his sub- The accused was identified as sequent arrest as he is alleged At least nine people reached a Shakil Ahmed (32), son Mukesh to have escaped through the main the hospital and showed their Uddin of Bagbeda in Bangladesh. door of the jail. He was arrested by government The jail superintendent, how- interest to take the two babies railway police (GRP) for lack of ever, rejected the claims stating by providing `40,000 each a VISA September 18, 2016. that he was nabbed by warder The residents caught him hid- Rajkishore Pradhan while he ing in a shop at Ragadi Square and was trying to climb the toilet However, district Legal Services overpowered him before in- pipes in the jail to escape. Authority advocate Bipin Choudhury forming police and the jail offi- The jail superintendent’s re- somehow came to know about the baby A carpenter servitor carving an image of Nrusingha, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, during chariot construction at Rathakhala in Puri. OP PHOTO cials. Later, the jail officials marks have raised eyebrows as ob- sale bid and informed it to Child Line of- reached the spot and arrested servers demanded a probe into his ficials and Mangalabagh police. him before bringing him back to escape to trace the truth. Soon, officials of Child Line and police the jail. They claimed that CCTV reached the hospital and counselled the Include ‘Ahimsa’ When questioned, Ahmed said footages in the jail should be couple. HIRE A CYCLE TO KEEP the jail officials beat him up and scanned to trace the jail officials It is learnt that the couple expressed in Preamble: CM tonsured him during his stay in responsible for his escape. their inability to raise the three babies. “The financial status of the couple is POST NEWS NETWORK not so good. They have also two more AIR POLLUTION AT BAY daughters at home. We have advised Bhubaneswar, May 2: Attending Sweeper steals newborn them to hand over the two babies to in- POST NEWS NETWORK the first preparatory meeting for terested parties as per the rules and reg- PUBLIC BICYCLE SHARING SYSTEM celebration of 150th birth an- ulations of the child adoption act,” said Bhubaneswar, May 2: In a bid to niversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an official of the Child Line. Meanwhile, bring back the cycling culture to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik from hospital premises sources claimed that a few employees the Capital city, the Bhubaneswar Wednesday suggested including of a private nursing home in the city Development Authority (BDA) is ‘Ahimsa’ in the Preamble of India's POST NEWS NETWORK Taking advantage of had played the role of middlemen in the all set to introduce eco-friendly Constitution. baby sale bid. Public Bicycle Sharing System The meeting was held under the Angul, May 2: Panick prevailed the mother’s (PBSS) in the city. chairmanship of President Ram as a hospital sweeper stole a new- unconsciousness, the The system will be introduced Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati born baby from near the quarters Deer rescued from in three routes of the city before Bhawan in New Delhi. of a doctor on the district hospi- sweeper took the baby the commencement of Hockey Stating that progress requires tal premises here Tuesday. A search and fled the scene Astarang block office World Cup, scheduled to be held peace CM said, “Progress re- was on while the sweeper and the here in November this year. quires the defeat of those who baby remained untraced. POST NEWS NETWORK This decision was taken at high- divide society on the basis of According to sources, Prabhasini consciousness, the sweeper took level meeting held under the chair- n The service will n Cycle tracks and pavements along 40 km of city class, caste or religion.” Behera, wife of Dilip Behera of the baby and fled the scene. Kakatpur, May 2: Forest Department manship of Chief Secretary Aditya be free for the roads will be developed and the existing 15 km of “I believe the greatest tribute Bada Hinsara, under Jorpada po- Prabhasini regained her con- officials Wednesday rescued a male deer Prasad Padhi at Secretariat here first 30 minutes cycle track will be repaired and cleared of India could pay to Gandhiji on his lice limits in this district, was ad- sciousness a while later, only to find from the premises of Astarang block of- Wednesday where BDA vice-chair- while a nominal encroachments 150th anniversary is to include mitted to the DHH after she started her newborn child missing. She fice. Sources said the deer strayed into man Krishan Kumar along with user fee will be the uniquely Indian ideal of having labour pain. The gynae- then tried to search for the sweeper, n human settlements at Astarang from the other senior government officials charged after 30 The system will be introduced in three routes in the ‘Ahimsa’ or ‘Non-violence’ in the cologist was not available in the but in vain. Her husband was not nearby coastal forests in the afternoon. It was present. minutes city before the commencement of Hockey World Cup Preamble of our nation's hospital and hence Prabhasini present when she went to meet entered the block office premises after a While one route will start from Constitution,” he stated. went and met him at his quarters. the doctor. pack of stray dogs chased it. Governor House and touch Kalinga curb air pollution. The bicycles minutes while a nominal user fee He said further that the most No sooner did she leave the doctor's Later, she and her husband On being informed, a Forest depart- Stadium, Jaydev Vihar, Kalinga available for rent will be equipped will be charged after 30 minutes.” important aspect of Gandhi's doc- quarters, her labour pain increased. lodged a complaint with local po- ment team led by forest guard Swapneswar Hospital Square, Patia and KIIT with modern technological ameni- As per the decision, about 2,000- trine of non-violence is that She lay down and delivered a baby lice. Based on this, the police reg- Jal rescued the deer with the help of lo- Square, the second route will be ties like GPS navigation and would 2,500 cycles will be kept at vari- poverty and social injustice are under a tree next to the doctor's res- istered a case and started a probe. cals. The deer was later released in the from airport to Kalinga Hospital operate through mobile app. The ous cycling dock stations and the greatest violence. idence. coastal forests after medical examina- Square via Acharya Vihar. The project has been partnered by cycle stands across the city. They “As Gandhiji said, as long as A sweeper cleaning the area at tion, said Astarang forest ranger Subhas last route is on Janpath Road (Unit ‘Mobike’ which is an interna- will be available on rent. Riders poverty exists freedom is only a that time spotted Prabhasini and Pradhan. 1 market to Vani Vihar). tionally renowned organisation can rent a cycle from one place wooden loaf. To remove poverty stood by. Prabhasini was so weak Locals, meanwhile, claimed that short- For this, cycle tracks and pave- that promotes cycling and non- and after their ride can drop the is the greatest task faced by any after the delivery that she fell un- age of food and water in the coastal forests ments along 40 km of city roads will motorised transports,” Kumar cycle at cycle stand located at government. This cannot be conscious. has been forcing deer and other animals be developed and the existing 15 km told reporters, after the meeting. their terminating destinations, achieved without non-violence,” Taking advantage of her un- to stray into human settlements. of cycle track will be repaired and The cost of each cycle is around sources said. he pointed out. Environmentalist Shobhakar Behera sug- cleared of encroachments. `45,000-50,000. Mobike would be Notably, the BDA is also planning gested that the Forest department should “We are starting a bicycle-shar- making all the investments in the to expand the total length of the cy- dig a few pits immediately to make water ing programme in the city to pro- venture, he said, adding, “The cling tracks in the city to 120 km available to wild animals. mote non-motorised transport and service will be free for the first 30 in the next five years. No electricity for years; locals stage road blockade

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Daringbadi/Brahmanigaon , May 2: Amid claims by the Centre that it has electrified all the villages in the coun- try, the inhabitants of Hatimunda panchayat under Brahmanigaon police limits in Kandhamal district held OP PHOTO a road blockade Tuesday to Locals of Hatimunda blocking the road with an uprooted tree. press their demand for elec- tricity supply to their homes The protest comes a apathy. On several occasions, and streets. they had submitted a mem- Being deprived of elec- day after Prime oranda to the district ad- tricity for years, angry vil- Minister Narendra ministration, the Chief lagers cut down trees and Minister, the Governor to dumped them on the main Modi declared India press for fulfillment of their road and staged a road block- fully electrified demand for electricity supply ade. Hundreds of locals of to villages. However, their four wards under the pan- pleas were left unheard. chayat felled huge trees on the bad weather to stage protests While the Centre makes main road and staged a on the road. Vehicular traf- tall claims that all villages demonstration. fic to Berhampur, Mohana, were electrified by April 29, The protest comes a day Adaba and Paniganda was the villagers here live in dark- after Prime Minister stopped. Tension ran high ness. Narendra Modi declared as no police or administration Lanterns and oil lamps India fully electrified. official reached the spot to are their only source of light. Citing their plight that pacify the crowd of protest- "Our agitation will continue even after 71 years of ers. until all the villages in the Independence, women and The locals said they were panchayat are supplied with children of the area braved saddened by the government electricity," the agitators said.

Lovebirds end lives in Jagatsinghpur Jagatsinghpur: A young couple ended their lives by hanging themselves from a neem tree. The matter came to the fore after locals spotted the hanging bodies of the 20 years old youth and the 19 years old girl Tuesday morning. The incident was reported from Padampur panchayat under Erasama police limits in Jagatsinghpur district. It was suspected that they were in a relationship and their families stood in the way of their plan for marriage. The two had gone missing from their homes since Monday evening. Later, their bodies were found hanging from a neem tree near the village. On being informed, the police sent the bodies for post-mortem and started an investigation. Prima facie, no foul play is suspected. P6 FARMING WORKSHOP AWARENESS RALLY THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR A block–level workshop College students on farmers’ welfare is take out an in progress at Simulia awareness rally on state in Balasore district. road safety in Angul.

SHORT TAKES DRAMA FESTIVAL Murder: MLA among 6 TORCHING OF PS: 12 deposes before court Bhadrak: Dhamnagar MLA Muktikant Mandal and five others, allegedly HELD IN CRACKDOWN involved in murder of Niranjan Jena, appeared in the additional district POST NEWS NETWORK crimes u/s 147,294, 507, 341, 186, 149 sessions judge court Wednesday. The IPC and 8 NH Act 1956). The ar- other accused were Nepal Barik, Basant Sambalpur, May 2: Police ar- rested 12 were identified as (1) Nayak, Raghunath Jena, Kailash Nayak rested 12 people in a Sunday mid- Rabindra Sahu, 36; (2) Uttam Sahu, and Jaykrushna Rout. Reliable sources night crackdown in connection 28; (3) Haladhar Sahu, 28; (4) Nandi said Mandal while deposing before the with the torching of Ainthapali po- Sahu, 27; (5) Krishna alias court pleaded his innocence. It may be lice station February 8. It may be Harischandra, 27; (6) Saroj Bahadur noted that Niranjan Jena, alias recalled, an unruly mob, in an im- Thapa, 25; (7) Mohan Oram, 30; (8) Chhunchia, a resident of Sugo under pulsive reaction to an alleged cus- Trinath Behera, 28 (9) Narayan Basudevpur block, was murdered in 2002. todial death, had set the police Oram, 22; (10) Bashistha Mukherjee, Chhunchia’s uncle Dushasan Jena had station on fire. More than 100 peo- 40; (11) Surendra alias Biren Naik, filed a complaint with police and accused the six of being involved in the murder. ple were alleged to have been in- 40; and (12) Birat Naik, 21. They volved in the incident. were forwarded to judicial custody. Two cases were registered at In a secret operation, the po- Ainthapali Police station in this lice teams crackdown on these Ceiling collapse: Minor connection February 10, two days persons at several places like dies, 3 of kin critical after it was restored. Over 100 peo- Anuguliapada, Telipada, ple have been named as accused Karamtoli, Nuapada in front of Shergad: A minor boy was killed while in both the cases and charged with Ambiranagar, Khejriapada and three of his family members including offences under various sections of Pragativihar. All these localities his brother and parents were injured criminal acts, as per DPO sources. are in the surrounding areas of the after a portion of their house ceiling One of the cases registered is spot, where the incident took place collapsed on them while they were "torching of the police station" and they come under Ainthapali asleep Tuesday night. The incident (Case No 45/2018 with crimes u/s Police station jurisdiction. was reported from Punad village under 147, 148, 294, 341, 332, 333, 187, 307, The DGP acted promptly on Shergad block in Ganjam district. The 452, 436, 427, 395, 507, 342, 225, 149 the incident and suspended the deceased was identified as Priyanshu IPC besides 3 PDPP Act and 7 duty constable, an assistant sub- A drama related to transgender issues is in progress at the 9th drama festival of Charlie Chaplin Cultural Club in Dhenkanal. OP PHOTO (5) and the injured were his father Criminal Law Amendment Act). inspector of police and the then Simanchal Nayak, mother Banita Nayak and elder brother Himanshu. The other one is regarding road inspector in-charge of the police Locals admitted them to MKCG block at Bhalupali before torching station with immediate effect LOVE AND REVENGE Medical College and Hospital at police station (Case No 46/2018 that very day. Water project lying defunct for years Berhampur. Sources said Simanchal Youth sends and his family lived in the 22-year-old house. The house had developed POST NEWS NETWORK within six months, the project re- obscene videos of cracks on the walls and on the verge of mains defunct for three years. As collapse due to the heavy rainfall. After Man makes it to Guinness Book of Records Rayagada, May 2: With the sum- a result, adequate drinking water woman to husband dinner, as usual the family members mer here and intense heat waves supply has become a huge problem went to bed. Meanwhile, the house Keonjhar: Sujit Patnaik, a hovering around 41 degree Celsius, for the villagers. Left with no op- POST NEWS NETWORK ceiling collapsed on them all. senior deltiologist of Keonjhar residents of Rajbikrampur vil- tion, the villagers depend on a Priyanshu was crushed to death under district, has found his way to lage under Gulumunda panchayat tube well for drinking water pur- Jeypore, May 2: In a bizarre in- the concrete ceiling while others had a the Guinness Book of Records are a worried lot. A drinking water poses. Moreover, women have to cident, a youth allegedly sent as close shave. The body was seized and and the Wonder Book of project is lying defunct for past trek 2km to and fro to fetch water many as 36 obscene videos of a sent for post-mortem. Records. His name was three years, reports said. from a pond. newly-married girl to her hus- included in these two global Like every year, acute water cri- Consumption of untreated pond band ten days after the marriage. record books for his collection sis is feared by villagers as the water resulted in spread of many The husband lodged a complaint of Meghdoot postcards. Sujit's mercury is on the rise. diseases in the villages. with Jeypore police in Koraput Engineer’s body found name has already been To provide water to more than When contacted, block rural district. registered in the Limca Book from water tank of Records and the India Book 1,000 residents of Rajbikrampur, water and sanitation department As per first information, the of Records. His latest feat has Dhepaguda, Majhiguda and SDO Pratap Behera said contrac- youth was in love with the girl. He Bargarh: Police Wednesday recovered Golguda areas under Gulumunda tors engaged in the construction had clicked pictures and made the body of an engineer from a water added another feather on his panchayat, the district water and work had left the work half-way. "It videos of their intimate moments. tank on the premises of Gobindpur- cap encouraging him to based Nabadanya Food Productions pursue his passion. His sanitation department began work- vided piped water from a river might take another month to sup- However, the girl later got married rice mill here in Bargarh district. He collection has 620 kinds of ing on the 60-litre overhead tanker during the work on the project. ply electricity and finish related to another person. In an act of ` was identified as V Ajay of Madurai in postcards in 14 different costing 60 lakh three years back. Even as the department had tar- works before the water supply fi- revenge, the accused collected Tamil Nadu. He had arrived at Bargarh languages. Villagers were expected to be pro- geted completion of the work nally commences," he added. the Whatsapp number of the man a few days back to work in the rice mill. and sent him all of the intimate No exact reason of the youth’s death videos. was known yet. Sadar police seized the Wanted criminal The incident had put the girl body and sent it for post-mortem. and her family members into According to police, Ajay was missing arrested in wee hours Villagers reconstruct road with own efforts shame who picketed the local po- from Tuesday. Co-workers searched for lice station and demanded im- him, but in vain. Later, his slippers were POST NEWS NETWORK level. Assurances were given every mediate arrest of the accused. found near the water tank after which POST NEWS NETWORK ADMIN APATHY time, but nothing was done while The incident took place a day locals found the body floating in the Keonjhar, May 2: The villagers of the government keeps pumping after Chief Minister Naveen tank and alerted the police. A case of Sambalpur, May 2: Police ar- Kusumundia under tribal-domi- in crores of rupees for develop- Patnaik admitted that there has unnatural death was registered in this rested Ajit Mahanad (38) from nated Harichandanpur block in ing roads in other rural pockets, been a rise in major crimes such connection. Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda dis- Keonjhar have done what the gov- they villagers pointed out. as rape, dowry torture, riots, loot trict in the wee hours of ernment failed to do. They have set The villagers sought to know and theft in the state. Wednesday. He was wanted in con- an example for other villages by lay- why the administration sits pretty 1 dies, another critical nection with four cases registered ing a 2-km road to their village while villagers, students of schools against him at Burla police station with their own efforts. and colleges, officials of the pan- Youth garlanded due to asphyxiation in Sambalpur district. He had es- The villagers took the noble ini- chayat and block walk on the bad Nayagarh: In an unfortunate turn of caped from police custody April 28 tiative after the administration road, which was once motorable. with shoes, events, a man died of asphyxiation while after his arrest from his home at failed to pay heed to their repeated “We villagers got united and re- his nephew was hospitalised Wednesday Panitankipada in Burla . demand for reconstruction of their paired the 2-km road without the help assaulted over theft morning. The incident occurred while the Briefing about it, a DPO com- village road. of the administration,” said vil- two were cleaning the septic tank. They munication said he was arrested The residents of the tribal vil- lagers like Bimba Patra, Gurucharan deceased was identified as Baikuntha from his residence for bootleg- lage in Sunapetha panchayat said Patra, Litu Patra, Ram Kuldi, Behera of Pathara village under ging Saturday but managed to es- the Kusumundia-Kantal road has Gobardhan patra, Nanda patra, Odagaon police limits in Nayagarh cape from Burla police station been in bad shape for last 10 years. Benu Mahapatra, Chema Kuldia. district while the injured was identified that night. A police constable was They had to face a lot of com- development of the Maoist-hit lamented. They also said that they They also demanded that the as Paban Behera, nephew of the suspended on dereliction in duty muting problems due to miser- areas, but this village was left un- had drawn the attention of the administration take immediate deceased. According to sources, a local in that case. Since then Burla po- able condition of the road. derdeveloped. The road was un- people’s representatives at the pan- steps for reconstruction of of the village had engaged the two to lice were trying to trace him out. “Crores of rupees are spent on safe to walk on,” the villagers chayat level and those at the block the road. clean a septic tank of his house. No Suddenly he was located at sooner did the two open the septic tank, Brajarajnagar. A special team Baikuntha died on the spot due to comprising sub-inspector suffocation while Paban’s health WATER FOR THIRSTY deteriorated and he became Bhramarbar Patel, ASI Sanatan unconscious. Locals rushed them to the Pradhan and lady constable district headquarters hospital where Sangita Panda, apprehended him Baikuntha was declared dead upon at Christianpada, Brajarajnagar arrival. Paban was in critical condition. in the wee hours of Wednesday and Police sent the body for post-mortem taken to Burla police station. POST NEWS NETWORK and a case was registered. The four cases against him are, case no 156/ 28.4.2018 u/s 224 IPC, Purushottampur, May 2: case no 107/ 25.6.2007, u/s 341, 323, Residents of Ranjhal village 294, 506 and 34 IPC, (3) 58/ 22.3.2004, under Purushottampur police Young widow raped; u/s 341, 354 and 34 IPC and (4) limits in Ganjam district beat rape survivor kills self 170/2002, u/s 394 IPC. All these up a youth and made him pa- cases were registered at Burla rade throughout the village Nayagarh: A young widow was raped at police station after garlanding him with shoes Mangarajpur village under Ranpur police over suspicion of thefts limits Tuesday night. The accused, from Wednesday. the same area, has been arrested. He was tied to a tree and According to a report, the accused 3 youths beaten up beaten up by the public. He forced his entry to the house of the vic- was identified as Hrusikesh tim in the absence of her family mem- Panda of Purushottampur bers and outraged her modesty. In a sep- for harassing girls Hanuman market. arate case, a five-month pregnant rape Angul: Three youths were According to sources, Panda survivor committed suicide at thrashed by locals for passing Radanathpur village under Nuagaon had strayed into the house of a lewd comments at a group of villager to commit a loot police limits in the district, Monday. college girls here Tuesday. The Tuesday night. Locals over- Police said public stigma might have incident occurred near an ATM forced the rape-survivor to take the counter at Chhendipada area. powered Panda and held him extreme step. Sexual assault cases Locals said the three youthss on a captive throughout the night. against minor girls and women are on bike passed lewd comments at He was made to wear shoes and the rise in the district despite stringent the girls, also numbering three, paraded in the village street. measures by the police. Chief minister while they were withdrawing Later, he was tied to a tree and Naveen Patnaik informed the assembly cash from the ATM. The security beaten up the locals. Police Monday that 4,749 minor girls were man at the ATM counter asked reached the village and rescued raped and 385 gang-raped in Odisha the youths to behave, but they him. He was then admitted to between 2014 and 2017 as per records continued making obscene Purushottampur government from police registries. He also said the gestures at the girls. Some locals hospital. No police complaint police arrested 4,462 persons in connec- who noticed the incident was registered in this tion with the 4,749 minor girl rape cases. overpowered the three. Amid blazing temperatures, local volunteers pour water into bowl for birds and animals on Budharaja Road in Sambalpur. OP PHOTO connection. P7 THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR state

SHORT TAKES FARMERS’ WOES Most wanted Maoist DEVELOPMENT OF surrenders Sundargarh: Most wanted Maoist Mukesh Hembram (25) surrendered before the Rourkela police and CRPF’s RAISUAN AIRSTRIP 19th battalion Wednesday, Rourkela SP Umashankar Das said at a press meet. Mukesh of Jagannathpur village under Tikayatpali police limits in Sundargarh district was lured into the Maoist fold GETS SHORT SHRIFT by rebel leaders Anmol alias Samaraji and Kunu Dehuri alias Bijay on the POST NEWS NETWORK promise of free food, education and monetary help. Of late, Mukesh Raisuan, May 2: Even as the became disillusioned with the Maoist Central government has initiated ideology and decided to join the mainstream. The government will help a major step to set up small airports Mukesh lead a new life, the SP said. in different parts of the country, sadly revival of an old airstrip at Raisuan in mineral-rich Keonjhar veloping it as a lost-cost airport. district has been neglected. In 2011-12, a boundary wall had Youth hurt in Air connectivity and develop- been raised at a cost of `1 crore explosion ment of an already existing airport around the airstrip while a 920-ft hold much more importance for the long and 30-metre wide runway was Koraput: A youth was critically injured district whose economy hinges blacktopped. Many prominent in an explosion carried out by on mining, industrial and trans- leaders of India like former Prime suspected Maoists here Wednesday. port sectors. Air service is going Minister India Gandhi, former The victim was rushed to the Ramgiri to start in Jharsuguda soon while Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, for- hospital from where he was development works at airports at mer Chief Ministers Biju Patnaik subsequently shifted to the Farmers of Khuntapali stage a demonstration outside Bargarh collectorate Tuesday, demanding compensation for crop loss in a thunderstorm that lashed the Rourkela, Jeypore and Kalahandi and Janaki Ballabh Patnaik had Boipariguda community health centre area April 30. OP PHOTO will be completed. landed on and taken off from the (CHC). Police said a gang of Maoists blocked the road by cutting down trees Various quarters have decried airstrip. From May, 2010 till date, at Kaliajhola under Boipariguda block the alleged negligence of the Centre over 200 flights from the airstrip and kept a bag that contained Man fatally hits wife to the Raisun airstrip, which is 7 were recorded. For each landing explosives. They also put up a poster km away from the district head- and takeoff, the users have to pay asking the youths to join the Red Major fire sweeps through over domestic feud quarters town. A proposal was `5,000 to the PWD department. camp.The bag exploded when the mooted January 21, 2016, to de- Locals alleged though the gov- youth, unaware of the poster and the POST NEWS NETWORK velop the Raisuna airstrip under ernment has chances of getting threat, touched the bag. He was the Udaan scheme. A survey was more revenue from the airstrip, no seriously wounded. cotton mill in Bolangir village Chandahandi, May 2: In a shock- conducted too. The works de- step is being taken to develop it into ing incident, a woman was hit to partment had put forth the proposal a full-fledged low-cost airport. death with a cricket bat by her to acquire 22 acres of land around Various outfits and locals ex- POST NEWS NETWORK were destroyed in the blaze. tipsy husband in a village under the airstrip to develop it. A dele- pressed their anguish over the neg- HARASSED FOR LOAN The employees of the mill re- this block in Nabarangpur dis- gation from the Airports Authority ligence to the airstrip while the dis- Belpada, May 2: Properties worth turned home after finishing their trict Tuesday evening. The ac- of India (AAI) had visited the site trict contributes in crores towards REPAYMENT, WOMAN `7 crores were reduced to ashes in work in the evening while the cused was identified as Paduram to explore on the proposal of de- revenue to the state exchequer. a massive fire at a cotton factory manager Sushil Verma checked Bhoi (35), husband of Anjana ATTEMPTS SUICIDE in Kapani village under Belpada all the units at 12.30 am before Nayak (30). police limits in Bolangir district leaving for home. Later, Verma Police registered a case of mur- POST NEWS NETWORK late Monday night. was informed about the fire in der and produced Bhoi in a court. Four units of fire tenders from the mill and he alerted the fire He was remanded to judicial cus- 2 farmers die over ‘crop loss’ Dhenkanal, May 2: A woman of Dangapal Belpada and Patnagarh were personnel at Belpada and tody after the court rejected his bail under Kankadahada block in this dis- pressed into service. Patnagarh. The fire spread rapidly plea, IIC Taranisen Nayak said. Bargarh/Bheden: Upset over crop damage, two farmers reportedly died in Bargarh district. It was alleged that one farmer committed suicide by trict tried to commit suicide by jumping The firemen struggled for hours and engulfed the entire mill in a The couple worked as peons at drinking insecticide while another died of cardiac arrest. The deceased into a well after she was hounded by em- to douse the flames spread over Jadav Majhi Girls' High School. matter of minutes.The loss of were identified as Hrudananda Dila (32) of Unani under Ambabhona ployees of a micro finance firm and a seven units of the mill of properties is estimated to be over Bhoi used to drink heavily and police limits and Wanka Apparao (62) of Andhrapada. Hrudananda had ` women’s self-help group (SHG) for payback Radharaman Cotton Pvt Ltd owned A view of the cottom mill in the wake 7 crores, the owner claimed. On often assaulted his wife over petty raised paddy in five acres of land and groundnuts in some patches after of loan Tuesday. by Adarsh Agarwall of Kantabanji. of the inferno. OP PHOTO being informed, Belpada IIC issues. There occurred a fight borrowing `40,000 from private lenders. But the entire crop got damaged Mamata Nayak was rescued from the However, flames were still seen Lokanath Sahu rushed to the Tuesday evening. In a bad tem- due to shortage of water. His brother Gourang alleged that Hrudananda well by some locals. She is learnt to have leaping out of the mill by 4 pm dicated the loss to be over `7 crore spot and took stock of the situa- per, Bhoi took hold of a bat used took the extreme step in the wee hours of Tuesday. He was admitted to a taken the extreme step after she was Tuesday. The exact reason behind while no casualty was reported. tion. by his children at play and hit hospital where he died. Police registered a case of unnatural death. abused and humiliated at a meeting by the the mishap was yet to be ascer- Packing materials, about 5,500 The mishap pushed the work- Anjana hard. Family members Apparao had grown paddy in four acres of land. The paddy was damaged officials of SKS Micro Finance and mem- tained though it is suspected that quintals of raw cotton, 12,000 ers into distress as they fear be- rushed her to the Chandahandi by hailstorm. His family alleged on seeing the crop damage, he bers of the SHG in the village for loan re- electric short circuit might be the quintals of cotton seeds and other coming jobless in the absence of CHC where doctors declared her complained of chest pain. He was immediately rushed to a private payment. cause. Preliminary estimate in- equipment stocked inside the mill any work in the mill. brought dead. hospital at Papanga where he was declared brought dead. While taking the loan, Mamata was asked to pay weekly installments every Tuesday to the SHG. However, due to lack of money she failed to pay the install- CRIME BRANCH TAKES PUNJILAL ment this Tuesday. The SHG members went to her house and forcibly took her to a meeting. Mamata AGAIN ON FIVE-DAY REMAND cited her husband’s illness for the delay in payback, but the SHG members and claimed two lives, was reproduced in micro finance officials were in no mood the sub-divisional judicial magis- to listen to her desperate pleas and forced trate’s court there and remanded her to make payment. again for five days’ custody Wednesday. She had earlier taken loans of ` 24, 000 The Crime Branch had sought an and later `20,000 from the micro finance eight-day remand. firm and cleared them in time. The Crime Branch hopes to elicit However, the SHG members and micro more information on how Meher ex- finance officials did not take note of her ecuted the crime single-handedly as credibility and abused and humiliated he had claimed. His earlier remand of her in front of all. She came back home six days ended Tuesday. from the meeting and tried to commit During interrogation, Meher stated suicide. that he sent the parcel bomb to the victims’ house in the guise of a mar- riage gift to take revenge on his college colleague Sanjukta Sahu, who had su- Lady pharmacist perseded him in the principal’s post through ‘unacceptable’ means. Sanjukta in Vigilance net is the mother of Soumya Sekhar, who along with his grandmother was killed in the blast. Meanwhile, an anonymous letter A file photo of Punjilal written to Bolangir SP by Punjilal to mislead the investigation was sent POST NEWS NETWORK to Gandhi Nagar in Gujarat for labo- ratory test. A two-member team of Bolangir, May 2:Punjilal Meher, the the Crime Branch left for Gandhi prime accused in the sensational Nagar with the letter Wednesday Patnagarh gift bomb tragedy that evening. Minor rape bid survivor made POST NEWS NETWORK

Keonjhar, May 2: Vigilance sleuths to stand for 4 hours in court Wednesday arrested Lina Priyadarshani, a senior pharmacist of OMC dispensary POST NEWS NETWORK Locals said insensitivity at Suakati under Bansapal block in of the police was a Keonjhar district, while taking a bribe of Jagatsinghpur, May 2: Police drew flak `10,000 from a business officer of a from locals for their insensitivity as matter of concern and pharmaceutical company. they made a minor rape attempt survivor demanded intervention of She allegedly sought this financial grat- stand for four hours at a stretch to ification for arranging bulk purchase of med- record her statement in a court. the Odisha Human Rights icines of the company for the dispensary. This was in connection with a gan- Commission Acting on a complaint lodged by the busi- grape attempt on a 14-year-old girl from ness officer Rajesh Kumar Behera, a village under Tirtol police limits in this well as the women and children pan- Vigilance officials laid a trap. They caught district. els in the state. “This is a heinous act. the pharmacist red-handed when Behera Two of the accused Rashmiranjan This is a crime as worse as rape, and handed her a bunch of chemical-laced Dash (22) of Tanrar village under the cops deserve punishment,” the lo- notes. In no time, Vigilance sleuths seized Raghunathpur police limits and cals and social activists demanded. the notes. Chandramani Behera (21) of Kolta vil- They said they would petition the Simultaneous raids were carried out at lage under Tirtol police limits were re- Chief Minister and the state home de- her residence and other places after reg- manded to judicial custody in Ali Pingal partment on this matter. istering a case against her. sub-jail after the court rejected their bail The three accused had allegedly Now, various quarters allege huge ir- pleas Monday. The third accused, a waylaid the survivor while she was regularities in purchase of medicines by minor, was produced before principal cycling to her tuition centre. She was way of showing favouritism to certain magistrate Pradeep Pradhan of the taken to a nearby jungle. Their attempt pharmaceutical companies. Juvenile Justice Board. The magistrate to rape her was foiled as a local shop- Such activities are allegedly going on remanded him to a shelter home for keeper happened to be around. in several other hospitals of the district juveniles. Confronted, the accused fled the while some doctors are not prescribing Locals said the insensitivity of the spot, leaving the girl behind. Later, the medicines stocked under the state gov- cops was a matter of serious concern survivor’s family lodged a complaint ernment-sponsored Niramaya Yojana, and demanded the intervention of the with the police and an investigation they alleged. Odisha Human Rights Commission as started. P8 THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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he Lt. Governor of machismo outlook is encouraged, Puducherry Kiran Bedi rewarded and therefore delivered has been rightly slammed by more and more in the estab- Wonders of nature T for her diktat that dis- lishment. There is little incentive tribution of free rice to the poor in or energy left to learn and lead re- hile frog populations are disappearing, we discover new species just Puducherry will be conditional sponsibility. in time to see what magical creatures we are losing. Nothing makes upon villages being certified free The problem was always there. W me more excited than when I learn of the strange and wondrous of open defecation and free of Sections of the middle class never creatures on this planet. “strewn garbage and plastic”. The really understood the nuances of What can you do if pellets from a shotgun stick in your chest, or you have wild order, announced on her complex issues like poverty, caste a radio transmitter stuck in your side? They would have to be removed Twitter handle and spelt out in a conflict or why our development in- through surgery. But if you were a frog, your body would deal with it. They letter to the Chief Minister V dices have been so poor even as have the remarkable ability to pee out foreign objects, with their bladders en- Narayanasamy, must be preserved the nation crowed about economic gulfing the intrusions to help get rid of such junk. No other animal has ever and studied for its irresponsibility, growth. The problem is worse with used their bladder to eliminate foreign objects embedded in their bodies. arrogance, and the sense of enti- the ruling elite who have lately as- Scientists implanted temperature-sensitive radio transmitters in Australian tlement of a person who has es- sumed control of important gov- tree frogs to learn about their temperature-regulating abilities. Unexpectedly, sentially been given a post-retire- ernance structures. Consider that after 25 to 193 days, when the investigators recaptured the amphibians to re- ment sinecure after being served it was none other than Prime cover the transmitters, many of the devices were no longer in the body. They a stinging defeat at the hustings by Minister Narendra Modi who at- had somehow migrated to the bladder. To confirm these bizarre results, the the people of Delhi. The letter tributed stunted growth and mal- researchers implanted small beads into the body cavities of five Australian stands out as an instrument of nutrition in Gujarat to the middle green tree frogs and five cane toads. The beads made it to the bladders and Jagdish Rattanani colonial control issued by a per- The Lt. Governor’s order that distribution of free rice class being beauty and figure con- were expelled within 19 days on average. son who is clearly in service of scious rather than health con- Frogs have soft bodies, and they leap about. Sticks, thorns and other for- masters other than the people of to the poor in Puducherry will be conditional upon scious. He did it again when he eign objects can enter their thin skins. Frog bladders can hold vast quanti- KIRAN BEDI’S Puducherry while drawing her villages being certified free of open defecation and compared Kerala to Somalia and in- ties of urine, sometimes even more than the body salary and perks from the public ex- free of “strewn garbage and plastic” stands out as vited the wrath of a state that is in mass of the frog. Their bladders have evolved to help WILD ORDER chequer. many ways a model for public frogs take out the garbage. REEKS OF That the order stands suspended an instrument of colonial control issued by a person health care systems. Yogi Horned frogs of South America can eat prey after a wave of angry responses who is clearly in service of masters other than the Adityanath did the same when he much larger than their own bodies, thanks to the IRRESPONSIBILITY, from all sections of society should said hospitals in Uttar Pradesh strength of their tongues. When frogs catapult their IGNORANCE come as no solace. Under immense people of Puducherry while drawing her salary and were better run than those in tongues to catch a creature, the organ’s adhesive forces pressure, the Lt. Governor has perks from the public exchequer Kerala. exceed the weight of the animals’ prey, and even the AND BAD SENSE beaten a hasty retreat but the words These are not accidental slip- frog’s own body weight .Lizards, snakes, rodents, spi- used to make the retreat help re- pages. They show a mind deter- ders, insects and other frogs are lifted off the ground Maneka Gandhi confirm a mindset of command mined to pick out those seen as ri- and pulled into the mouth of the frog. The pulling and control that must be called out order and implement it without ment and the Lt. Governor and vals and to beat them down. They force ranges from three to six times the frogs’ body and condemned for the way it tram- consulting us… In the past too, she brings the Centre as well a bad give fillip lower down the line to the weight and the operation takes less than 40 mil- Frogs are ples the very idea of democratic sys- has returned several files on the free name. In her apparent zeal to please likes of Bedi and a host of others liseconds. A frog’s tongue can snap back into its mouth magical tems and processes. As reported, the rice scheme by raising flimsy the BJP and somehow achieve tar- who are therefore encouraged to within 15/100ths of a second. creatures but, Lt. Governor has said she is “with- queries.” gets of central schemes like Swaach think that this will draw attention Thailand’s Mulu flying frog, who uses its webbed holding” her earlier communica- The controversy and the fact Bharat, the Lt. Governor may have and bring rewards. It skews all pol- feet to glide from tree to tree, feeds on birds. The frog unfortunately, tions, and “I am happy to give them that Bedi is a BJP pick for a post actually done a disservice to the icymaking and drives it in unde- has a bright green skin at night which changes they are fast more time” and “certain respon- of Lt. Governor in the south of the BJP. Roughshod ways rarely work sirable directions. In that sense, colour to become brown during the day. Its eyes sibilities have to be learnt. I did country carries the additional bur- well in India’s democracy; the elec- the tweets, the statements and ex- change colour as well. disappearing not say that I will deny them food. den of being framed into a North- toral loss in New Delhi at a time the changes from Puducherry point Seeing birds on the backs of water buffaloes is com- I used the word conditional.” South battle at just the time the BJP was otherwise riding high was to a slide that is deeper. mon, but the ones in the wetlands of Turkey carry “Them” are the ignorant sub- nation can ill-afford this; south- also attributed in part to the indi- A good way to break from this pat- tiny frogs on their backs. The buffalo-riding amphibians — marsh frogs – for- jects, it would seem, to whom “I”, ern States have already come to- vidual methods and style of Bedi. tern will be for senior policy lead- age on the buffaloes’ shaggy bodies and heads for flies. the master, has allowed some extra gether to oppose the terms of ref- Bedi’s overreach is part of a ers and government functionar- Tadpoles can regenerate their tails as late as 18 hours after amputation, even time to behave if they want ra- erence of the 15th Finance larger disease of arrogance coupled ies from the very to top call out after a scar-like lesion has formed. This ability is lost as they turn into frogs. tions! Commission, which they argue with ignorance among the ruling the order of Bedi, to restrain her The red-eyed tree frog shakes his rear violently when he sees another There is little merit in arguing will penalise them for managing elite of the ways in which gover- and to assure the elected govern- male. The shaking, which starts with the hind end and becomes a whole-body that this was not the intention of their population better than the nance and development plays out ment in Puducherry that viola- affair, sends vibrations along the frog’s plant perch until it reaches the opponent the Lt. Governor. The attitude States in the north of India. One of in the complex socio-economic- tions of this kind do not have the on the branch. The other male responds in kind. Both frogs shake at a frequency shines through and has indeed the points of criticism against Bedi politico canvas of India. And be- Centre’s support. of 12 hertz or 12 times a second. The victor who gets the girl is the one who been a pattern during her time in was that the northern cities, in- cause copious energy is being spent Our democratic nation must be shakes longer. the Puducherry Raj Niwas; it is cluding Delhi, are equally unclean from the very top in New Delhi on ruled by a leader who won an elec- How does an Australian Green Tree frog get water in the desert when the subtext of an approach that if not dirtier, and asks the simple keeping the pot boiling, raising tion five years ago, not a bureaucrat there is none? With an innate understanding of science. Frogs move from cool has been criticised by the elected question: would the governments the temperature and fueling a di- who passed an exam 40 years ago. dry night air to warm burrows ‘fogging up’ like a pair of glasses. The droplets Congress government of the Union there even think of stopping free vide, the gravitas and engagement condense on their skin. They do this again and again. Their skin absorbs the Territory. The Chief Minister, who PDS or making it conditional? required to understand what is at The writer is a journalist water and they survive the dry weather. is the true custodian of the man- All of this noise raises tensions stake is lacking. The past has to be and a faculty member at The male grey tree frog sounds an advertisement call to females, provid- date of the people, has pointed out in Puducherry, strains the rela- stamped out, it seems, and in the SPJIMR ing females with information about his gender, species, age, health (phone that “she cannot issue any formal tions between the elected govern- process an aggressive, pseudo- The Billion Press number?) and telling other males to stay away. A female will approach a male whose call she likes. When the male clambers on her back she carries him to a water body to lay her eggs, which the male fertilizes as they are being laid. Throughout this process they are accompanied by a sly, small, silent, satel- SPECTRUM DENUCLEARISATION lite male who tries to get between the pair with the hope of dislodging the cho- sen male – and sometimes succeeds. Males of the Indian dancing frogs, found in the Western Ghats, tap their hind feet and stretch one foot outward and shake it, both at prospective mates and rival males during the mating season. Their tadpoles live underground in sand in total darkness until they emerge as froglets. A layer of skin cov- Weapons of male destruction ers the tadpoles’ eyes, to protect them from abrasions. They have no teeth, though their jaws are sheathed with a serrated, gate-like structure that acts as a fil- s an advocate for the abolition With particularly fragile egos currently leading the themselves. Throughout history, ter, keeping out large sand grains. They have ribs, which is extremely rare of nuclear weapons, I don’t far more thoughtful leaders have in tadpoles, which help them swim in sand. They feed by vacuuming up bits Ahave the luxury of mincing world’s biggest (US and Russia) and most brought the world to the brink of nu- of decaying organic matter, which they digest with the help of another un- words. There are an estimated 15,000 unpredictable (North Korea) nuclear-armed states, clear war, and many were fortu- usual adaptation: tiny spherical bags in their guts hold calcium carbonate or nuclear warheads scattered around nate to pull it back. I am not so cer- limestone to scrunch the sediment. the world, and eliminating them the doomsday scenario is simply too tain that such caution would or While all frogs produce a wide range of sounds, the Brazilian torrent frog, means speaking truth – and often plausible for comfort could be exercised today. has the largest vocabulary. It combines sounds and gestures, like squealing, hard truths – to power. In that spirit, Nuclear weapons cannot be left head bobbing and alternate-arm waving. The conversation goes on all year let me be unequivocal: today’s lead- to the whims and fancies of dicta- (except October) intensifying during the breeding season. Males walk pecu- ers are too emotionally unstable to weapons of all. He supported his gerous regardless of who controls tors, authoritarians, and demo- liarly, jump, wag their toes, stretch their legs, lift their arms, wave, shake their Beatrice Fihn be trusted with the world’s nuclear braggadocio with fanciful anima- them. Nor am I suggesting that all cratically elected presidents – gen- hands, jerk their bodies, inflate their vocal sacs alternately. Courtship includes stockpile. tions imagining just how “invinci- men with power are unstable. der notwithstanding. Conflict this: “Male frogs pushed off from the ground with their arms, to elevate the As I told the Nobel committee ble” his missiles might be. History does include some prudent between nuclear states would un- front parts of their bodies. They bobbed and wove their heads from side to NUCLEAR last year when accepting the Nobel It would be less concerning if and visionary male heads of state. leash destruction so incompre- side in snakelike figure-eight patterns. While sitting, they picked their feet Peace Prize on behalf of my or- the rhetorical warfare were con- But the fact remains that eight of the hensible that, according to the up and showed their toes. Some of these displays were for courtship, some ARMS ARE A ganisation, the International tained to social media. But all three world’s nine nuclear-armed coun- International Federation of Red were warnings to rival males and some were used for both. None had ever MADMAN’S Campaign to Abolish Nuclear leaders are prone to making hasty tries are currently led by men Cross and Red Crescent Societies, been observed in frogs before. The vocal playlist included peeps, squeals and Weapons, nuclear arms are a “mad- decisions that affect real people. (Britain is the sole exception). And, a humanitarian response would be a special courtship call made up of five notes. Males and females even shared GUN HELD man’s gun held permanently to our Trump reportedly launched a dev- judging by the conduct of three of impossible. Given the risks, then, special tactile signals, something else that was previously unknown in frog PERMANENTLY temple.” And it is mad men with astating trade war because he was these leaders, the planet’s nuclear how do we proceed? There is only courtship. Males peeped courtship calls in response to a female’s touch.” Sounds their fingers on the trigger. “unglued” and convinced during a weapons are in terrifyingly im- one answer: doing away with the just like human first love! TO OUR TEMPLE For reasons that I cannot fathom, meeting with steel executives that pulsive hands. weapons altogether. The emerald eyed Taiwanese frog survives by eating its mother’s gooey un- nuclear weapons have been co-opted tariffs were a good idea. What if I am tempted to absolve these With particularly fragile egos fertilized eggs. The Mount Iberia frog from Cuba currently holds the Guinness as symbols of male power. In recent Trump had just attended a meeting leaders of their reckless rhetoric by currently leading the world’s biggest World Record for the smallest frog at 10 millimetres long. But to make up for months, North Korean dictator Kim with hawks eager to launch a pre- blaming it on biology. Maybe it is sim- (US and Russia) and most unpre- its size it is coated in poison. These dwarfs, downsized deliberately to prey Jong-un and US President Donald emptive nuclear attack on North ply in their genes to behave as dictable (North Korea) nuclear- on mites, are overlooked as meals by larger frogs. The mites possess alkaloids. Trump have publicly bragged about Korea, or goad Iran into conflict? brutes, lashing out recklessly when armed states, the doomsday sce- By consuming them, the frogs reallocate their poisons for their own use. Gardiner’s the “size” of their buttons and the Now that John Bolton is Trump’s na- wounded or threatened. It’s hard nario is simply too plausible for frogs, from the Seychelles islands, lack a middle ear and eardrum to hear sounds robustness of their arsenals. Not to tional security adviser, neither sce- to go against one’s nature. But to for- comfort. but use their mouth cavities to pick up on noise and make their own. be outdone, Russia’s Vladimir Putin nario is as fanciful as it was just a give Kim, Trump, and Putin on The writer is executive direc- All frogs are known for their jumping skills. The Australian Rocket frog used his annual address to his coun- few weeks ago. these grounds would be sexist, and tor of International Campaign can leap over 50 times its own body length, 6.5 feet. The African frog is the try’s parliament to assert that Russia I am not trying to wage a gen- this is not a gender issue. Rather, the to Abolish Nuclear Weapons best. It can jump 14 feet in a single bound. actually has the most potent nuclear der war; nuclear weapons are dan- issue is the existence of the weapons Copyright: Project Syndicate The Bornean flat-headed frog is the world’s only lungless frog. It breathes through its skin. Some South American frogs are so toxic that one drop of their skin secretions can kill a human. Poison frogs usually have bright colours to warn predators that their skin is toxic. Media bears brunt Dodgy drug prices Amazon horned frogs are ambush predators and aggressively territorial. Some Amazon villagers wear high leather boots to repel frog attacks. Many Sir, Journalists are being attacked across India without meaningful Sir, A survey of the prices of medicines sold at five chemist shops around frogs use their eyeballs to swallow. Once they have prey in their mouth, to provocation while performing their duties and serving the pub- the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh help force it down their throat, they actually pull their eyeballs down to put etters lic with sincerity. This is highly condemnable and the guilty has revealed that the price range of one particular medicine is between Rs more pressure on the food. The African Clawed Frog has three claws on each should be booked. It is also unfortunate that there has not been any 255 and Rs 1,550. A box of generic capsules as substitute of Absolute-3G hav- hind foot, which it uses to tear food. Then it uses its hands to shove food in major protest against targeting journalists. These are not stray in- ing 10 strips with 10 capsules each bears a printed maximum retail price of TOL THE EDITOR its mouth and push down its throat. The common Surinam toad is one of the cidents but regular occurrences in various parts of the country. Rs 1,500 per box available at the wholesale drug market at Bhagirath Palace world’s most bizarre amphibians. The animal’s flattened shape makes it Readers of Orissa POST In some instances journalists have been murdered for their hon- in Delhi for just Rs 425. Even wholesalers at the same market happily sell the look like a pancake, and it spends its whole life in water. When the male and are most welcome to contribute letters est services in keeping the public aware of social prejudices and box at 50 per cent of the MRP. Customers are happy to get a handsome 50 per female mate, the female releases her eggs and the male catches and fertil- (200 words), articles and political and administrative corruption. But the other question is cent discount, unaware of the fact that the wholesaler makes a huge profit columns (between 750-1250 izes them. The eggs embed in the spongy tissue of the female's back, which words). Contributors are why journalists are silent on this issue. Many ordinary citizens of more than 75 per cent. Same is the situation with almost all generic med- grows over them. requested to send their believe that a section of the media has been sold out and are serv- icines which are usually purchased in bulk quantities for free supply to gov- The tiny fingernail size “mutable rain frog” of Ecuador’s Andes Mountains contact numbers and full ing as an extended arm of different interest groups and not pub- ernment hospitals. Branded medicines usually have 20-25 per cent profit postal address/email ID. They may also skips the tadpole stage and develops into a frog directly within its egg. It has send in their valuable comments, opinion lic interest. Of course the crime of a handful should not be imposed margin. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority should ensure that a spiny skin texture which it can transform into smooth in minutes! Researchers and suggestions, preferably by email, on a vast majority of dedicated and sincere journalists working manufacturers of generic medicines drastically reduce MRPs so that these also don’t yet know how the frog morphs its skin from smooth to spiny, and to: [email protected] to serve the nation. However, it is also true that the special trust may also have MRP printed at maximum 20 per cent above the ex-factory price. then back again. and empathy between media and ordinary citizens has been Gimmick packaging aimed at selling more medicines or to befool customers To join the animal welfare movement contact breached by some journalists and media houses. It is high time we must be regulated by allowing sale of medicines in units of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50,

[email protected], www.peopleforanimalsindia.org B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, found out a democratic way of protesting against such atrocities. 100, and likewise units. There is no sense in allowing strips of 8 or 15. Bhubaneswar-751010 K Ravi, BHUBANESWAR Madhu Agrawal, EMAIL The Congress would PRE-SCHOOLERS TO BE P9 probe the present THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR dispensation’s ASSESSED ON BEHAVIOUR ‘misdeeds’ after coming back Children going to play schools will be to power in Rajasthan. There is assessed on their behaviour, sharing and a huge resentment among caring habits, and holding crayons and pencils people and they will give an properly, among other parameters, according national apt reply at the right time to new draft guidelines framed by the National ASHOK GEHLOT | FORMER RAJASTHAN CM Council of Educational Research and Training

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The HRD ministry PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tered very high levels of PM2.5 Of the 3.8 million deaths caused from more than 4,300 cities in 108 will not allow Dyal pollutants were Kanpur, Faridabad, by household air pollution glob- countries, according to which am- Singh (Evening) New Delhi, May 2: Delhi and Gaya, Patna, Agra, Muzaffarpur, ally, the region accounts for 1.5 mil- bient air pollution alone caused College to be renamed Varanasi are among the 14 Indian Srinagar, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Patiala lion or 40 per cent deaths and of the some 4.2 million deaths in 2016, Dyal Singh Vande cities that figured in a list of 20 most and Jodhpur followed by Ali Subah 4.2 million global deaths due to am- while household air pollution from Mataram College and will polluted cities in the world in terms Al-Salem in Kuwait and a few cities bient air pollution, 1.3 million or 30 cooking with polluting fuels and take action against its of PM2.5 levels in 2016, data re- in China and Mongolia. In terms per cent are reported from the re- technologies caused an estimated management committee leased by the WHO showed of PM10 levels, 13 cities in India fig- gion, it said. The PM2.5 includes pol- 3.8 million deaths in the same pe-

PRAKASH JAVADEKAR | HRD MINISTER Wednesday. ured among the 20 most-polluted lutants like sulfate, nitrate and riod. Since 2016, over 1,000 addi- The WHO data also said that cities of the world in 2016. black carbon, which pose the great- tional cities have been added to nine out of 10 people in the world The World Health Organisation den of household and ambient seven million premature deaths est risk to human health. WHO's WHO's database, which shows more The Congress breathe air containing high lev- has called upon member-countries (outdoor) air pollution, saying the caused by household and ambient global urban air pollution data- countries are measuring and tak- suffers from poor els of pollutants. in its Southeast Asia Region to ag- region, which comprises India, ac- air pollution together globally base measured the levels of fine par- ing action to reduce air pollution memory... and the Other Indian cities that regis- gressively address the double bur- counts for 34 pc or 2.4 million of the every year. ticulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) than ever before. UPA had given five monuments to private bodies. It was a great experiment, but it had some issues. We have UP minister’s dinner at Dalit home triggers row repackaged the initiative and making sure it SC TAKES NOTE works PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the family was not aware of the Pictures of the well laid and Chief Minister Yogi K J ALPHONS | TOURISM MINISTER minister's visit. Adityanath." Aligarh (UP), May 2: A minister Pictures of the well laid out din- out dining table with an Claiming that those who did OF ‘BRAZEN ACT’ in the Uttar Pradesh government ing table with an assortment of assortment of dishes politics from their "plush draw- Our leader (TMC has triggered a controversy after dishes and cutlery went viral on the ing rooms, five-star hotels and AC chief) Mamata PRESS TRUST OF INDIA KASAULI FIRING he reportedly brought with him his social media. Asked to comment on and cutlery went viral rooms" had problems with the BJP Banerjee had earlier own food and water at a dinner the house owner's claim that he was on the social media reaching the "gaaon, gareeb and tweeted and said that the New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme hosted at a Dalit household here. unaware of the dinner he was sup- Dalits (the villages, the poor and government must put a Court Wednesday pulled up the Suresh Rana, the minister in posed to host and that he was the Dalits)", Rana said, "I will in- stop to its decision of authorities for their failure to en- the Yogi Adityanath cabinet, how- woken up from his sleep at around served by a caterer and it did not vite them to spend a night in allowing private sure safety of government offi- ever, rejected the allegation 11 PM to entertain the guests, Rana look like it was cooked at a poor Lohagarh village and only then companies to adopt the cials after a woman officer was Wednesday, saying, "The food was said, "This is a piece of informa- Dalit house, the minister said, "I am will they realise." Red Fort. The TMC wants immediate shot dead allegedly by a hotel prepared in the village, by the vil- tion you are giving me. The entire reiterating that the food was pre- Last year, soon after the BJP scrapping of the decision owner in Kasauli town of lagers themselves." family was sitting with me dur- pared at the house of a Dalit. took charge in Uttar Pradesh, Chief DEREK O’BRIEN | TMC LEADER Himachal Pradesh when she had The BJP leader's clarification ing the dinner. I saw a news clip that The village head is a Dalit, the Minister Adityanath's visit to a gone to supervise the demolition came against the backdrop of re- claimed that food was brought local MLA is a Dalit, the pro- soldier's house had triggered a of unauthorised constructions, ports that he and his aides had from outside or some hotel. The food gramme was organised by them controversy after it was reported SHORT TAKES dubbing it a "brazen act". ssistant Town and Country gone to the house of the Dalit fam- was prepared in that village itself and there was a community feast. that an air-conditioner was in- "We might stop passing any or- APlanner Shail Bala Sharma ily to dine with them on Monday by the villagers." An issue is being made out of this stalled and a carpet, a saffron sofa ders if you are going to kill peo- had Tuesday gone to supervise night, but ordered food, mineral When reporters confronted him as some people have problems with and saffron towels were sent to SC slaps fine for ple," a bench of Justices Madan the demolition of unauthorised water and cutlery from outside as by claiming that the food was Prime Minister Narendra Modi the house before his arrival. B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said construction at Kasauli's ignoring widows after the matter was mentioned Narayani Guest House where its owner Vijay Singh allegedly New Delhi: The Supreme Court before it. It also asked the state gov- shot at her CARTOON CORNER Violence at AMU Wednesday slapped fines on eight ernment why the police could state governments and pulled them up not stop the alleged assailant ubbing the incident as over Jinnah portrait for "not bothering" about the welfare from fleeing the spot after shoot- D‘extremely serious’, the top of widows and destitute women by not ing the officer. court pulled up the authorities PRESS TRUST OF INDIA heeding to the Centre's proposal for Assistant Town and Country for their failure to ensure setting up expert committee to deal Planner Shail Bala Sharma had safety of officials Aligarh/Lucknow, May 2: with the problem. The top court Tuesday gone to supervise the Violence broke out at the Aligarh imposed cost of Rs 50,000 each on demolition of unauthorised con- and have absolutely no regard for Muslim University campus Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, struction at Kasauli's Narayani the rule of law or the orders of Wednesday as the row over Karnataka and Orissa and directed Guest House where its owner this court," the bench said. "Insofar Muhammad Ali Jinnah's portrait them to deposit it within four weeks Vijay Singh allegedly shot at her. as Vijay Singh, owner of Narayani on the campus triggered a right- with the Supreme Court Legal Services She later succumbed to injuries. Guest House is concerned, he has wing protest and sparring be- Committee for utilisation in issues related to juvenile justice. Dubbing the incident as "ex- committed a brazen act of defi- tween two BJP leaders. tremely serious", the top court ance of the order of this court At least six people were in- pulled up the authorities for their amounting to a challenge and has jured when the police lobbed tear- failure to ensure safety of offi- allegedly killed one officer in broad gas shells to disperse AMU stu- Upset with alcoholic cials and said it was quite clear daylight who went to implement dents, demanding the arrest of father, man ends life that there was "absolutely no re- the orders of this court," the court protesters who had earlier barged gard" for the rule of law as the pub- said. into the campus shouting slo- Chennai: Upset over his father's lic servants had gone there to do "This is something extremely gans. drinking habit, a young man committed their work as per the directions serious and we are of the view Hospital sources said about 20 suicide Wednesday by hanging himself passed by the apex court. that suo motu notice of contempt students were treated with in- in Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu, "It is quite clear that some of the of court must be issued in this juries, though a university official police said. In his suicide note, M. appellants (hotels, guest houses) are matter and we do so accordingly," gave the lower number. A function Dinesh, 18, said that he was upset over acting with complete impunity it said. to grant life membership of the his father Madasamy's alcoholism and student union to former vice pres- pleaded with him to quit drinking but to ident Hamid Ansari, scheduled for no avail, putting the family in financial this evening, was called off and distress. Dinesh said his father should not participate in his funeral. The young he returned to Delhi. Cop recruits undergo test together Press freedom down, 3 The AMU students alleged man also wrote that one has now to see whether liquor shops are shut down in that the protesters were from Tamil Nadu or not after his suicide. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Jain will conduct the inquiry. journos killed in 2018 Hindu Yuva Vahini, and were al- GENDER BLUNDER The video footage shows men lowed to leave a police station Bhind (MP), May 2: A video has in their undergarments being ex- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE even after being initially de- Senior JD(U) surfaced showing men and women As the clip gathered amined in the presence of the tained. Earlier Wednesday, a constable recruits of the Madhya eyeballs on social women. Mishra said some more New Delhi, May 2: Press free- BJP MP demanded the expulsion leader quits Pradesh Police undergoing med- constable recruits - men and women dom in India has deteriorated of Uttar Pradesh Labour ical fitness tests together in the media sites, district - were medically examined sepa- in 2018 and three journalists have Minister Swami Prasad Maurya Patna: Former Bihar Assembly speaker district hospital room here. authorities suspended a rately today in the district hospital. been killed in the first four from the party for praising Uday Narayan Chaudhary Wednesday As the clip gathered eyeballs A controversy erupted last months, media watchdog The Jinnah, which the minister de- announced his resignation from the on social media sites, district au- doctor and a clerk, and week in the state's Dhar district Hoot said, stating that "journal- nied he ever did. primary membership of the JD(U), citing thorities suspended a doctor and when photos appeared in the ists continue to be vulnerable". documented attacks on journal- Media reports had said that the "demoralisation of cadre" and ordered a probe into a clerk, and ordered a probe into media, showing aspirants for the The number of killings docu- ists and media workers across the minister called Jinnah a `ma- patronage to "dhankuber" (those with the incident deep pockets) as the major reasons. The the incident which took place post of police constables with mented by the Hoot report for the country during the period was 13. hapurush' (a great personality) JD(U), however, maintained that the Tuesday. caste categories inked on their first four months was the same as It includes three in West Bengal. from the time of undivided India. "coming or going of anybody did not "We have learnt orthopedic sur- Dr Agrawal and a hospital clerk, bare chests. in the whole of 2017. "They were In 2017, documented attacks stood Maurya reportedly praised him affect the party". Chaudhary, 65, has geon Dr R K Agrawal, surgeon Devendra Sharma, were suspended The photographs carried in var- killed in connection with their at 46. Apart from these, there when asked to comment on the been critical of the party ever since Vinod Bajpai, ophthalmologist Dr for alleged dereliction of duty. ious newspapers showed aspirants reporting, judging by what ini- were defamation cases that came row sparked by another BJP MP Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish R S Kushwaha, ENT specialist R Mishra said Sharma was suspended with the terms "SC" (Scheduled tial investigations show," it said. to trial. A sedition case was filed Satish Gautam, who had ob- Kumar returned to the BJP-led NDA fold. N Rajoria and gynaecologist Dr because he had sent the recruits to- Caste), "ST" (Scheduled Tribe) and India ranks 138th among 180 against a journalist. There was jected to Jinnah's portrait being The veteran leader alleged that his Ranu Sharma examined 21 men gether to the room instead of call- "G" (General) marked with sketch countries on this year's World also a clear push by both the displayed at AMU. decision to quit the party followed "a and 18 women recruits together in ing them in one after the other. pens on their chests as they queued Press Freedom Index, published State, Centre and the judiciary - The minister said Wednesday spurt in atrocities against Dalits." the same room ahead of their for- He said an inquiry has been or- up for their medical examination. by Reporters Without Borders. - through regulatory policy as that he had not made any state- mal induction in the police yes- dered into the incident and show- Dhar Superintendent of Police India's rank was 136th in 2017 well as judicial orders -- to curb ment even as Harnath Singh terday," district hospital superin- cause notices have been issued to Virendra Singh has ordered an and 133rd in 2016. The number of free speech, The Hoot said. Yadav, a Rajya Sabha member Cop’s deputation tendent Dr Ajit Mishra said. the five doctors. Senior doctor B C inquiry into the incident. from his own party, targeted him. to CBI cancelled Patna: An IPS officer in Bihar has been caught on camera firing gunshots in the air from his pistol at his farewell party, following which an order for his TOGADIA’S FUTURE WAS RIPE FOR THE AXE central deputation with the CBI has been withdrawn, officials said. The GANDHINAGAR: Simple assumptions out for 'political' extermination. With Modi-Shah combine may have carried zle of the Modi shine is wearing out and matter came to light Wednesday seduce while complex questions con- Modi acquiring lord and master domin- the day in the ejection of Togadia and the given this, a repeat performance of 20I4 morning when news channels played a found. And so you have all manner of ion over his party and its federal gov- RSS may have acquiesced in it for the mo- is ruled out in 20I9. video footage from the function late media pundits, simply writing off saf- ernment after the last general elections, Gujarat ment as it did in the case of Sanjay Joshi One of these conditionalities is the sce- Tuesday night. fronista surgeon, Dr Pravin Togadia, and Togadia raising politically incon- newsletter but there is a lot more to follow. Modi nario when the BJP strength is considerably until recently the international presi- venient issues like the law for the estab- had boycotted the BJP national executive whittled down and it has to either fall RK MISRA dent of VHP who quit the organization lishment of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya, and refused to campaign in the 2012 elec- back on the NDA constituents or even PNB scam: CBI to after his nominee was trounced. rehabilitation of the Kashmiri pundits tions if Joshi, a respected RSS leader outside support. There is a section within Togadia who had been the informal in the valley and the raw deal to farmers, selves in the doghouse. was not ousted from the party. Joshi sub- the mother set up which believes that in soon file chargesheet chief of the VHP since 2003, announced his future was ripe for the axe. Earlier this year, there were media re- sequently quit the BJP. such a case the present prime minister with he was quitting the outfit after the VHP The BJP wanted Togadia out and when ports of efforts by the Modi camp to Contrary to what is being made out, New Delhi: The CBI is all set to file a his autocratic and naturally arrogant de- charge sheet against 19 people elected former Himachal Pradesh the feisty surgeon resisted, all manner of change the dynamics in the mother or- Togadia who has given his entire life to meanour will not be the right choice to lead arrested in the over Rs 13,000 crore Governor, Sadashiv Kokje as its working old cases began getting a new lease of ganization, the RSS in favour of their the Sangh Parivar still figures in the a stitched together coalition. Punjab National Bank scam case, president April 14, the first ever elec- life. This was the standard operating pro- leader. They wanted Dattatraya Hosabole, 'b' plan of the RSS for the 2019 general Togadia may have been taken out of which allegedly involves billionaire tion of the VHP in fifty two years held cedure in the Gujarat model for all political considered a Modi supporter as the elections. the VHP as a concession to Modi but he jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul at Gurugram. opponents of the then Chief Minister. sarkaryavah to replace Suresh Bhaiyyaji The RSS think tank is aware of the fate still remains very much a part of the Choksi, officials said Wednesday. One time close friends, it is no secret Even Sangh Parivar set ups were split Joshi but to no avail. Joshi was given a that befell the Atal Bihari Vajpayee gov- larger Sangh Parivar. Togadia is ex- The agency has to file the that Togadia's relations with Modi had down the middle with one section owing third extension by the RSS pratinidhi ernment when it went to the people for pected to grow shriller in his campaign chargesheet within 90 days of the soured during his chief ministerial days allegiance to the rulers in Gandhinagar sabha in March this year. It is in this a repeat term in 2004 on the back of its against Modi in the days to come for arrest, they said, adding that the and the vitriolic Hindutva/Ram Mandir getting all manner of state patronage backdrop that one must weigh in Togadia’s India shining blitzkrieg and came a crop- the rolling stone is expected to gather Central Bureau of Investigation is crusader was in his cross-hairs marked while those who opposed found them- resignation from the VHP. While the per. It is also aware of the fact that the daz- more than some moss. likely to meet the deadline. P10 THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR

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STORIES Zoe feels she will top suffer from ‘FOMO’ CINE BITS Los Angeles: Actress Zoe also for young boys. "I live for that, JAKE TO STAR IN Saldana feels she will suffer from that's why I do what I do. So I Anand a great guy: "FOMO" -- fear of missing out - guess I'm going to cry all the way THE AMERICAN - once she leaves the Marvel uni- to 'Avatar', you know?" Saldana Harshvardhan Kapoor verse. will also be seen reprising the role Mumbai: Actor Harshvardhan Kapoor is Los Angeles: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is set The 39-year-old actress stars as of Neytiri in the upcoming to produce and star as Leonard Bernstein "really happy" that his sister Sonam Gamora in the film franchise. A "Avatar" movies. She relishes Kapoor is getting in "The American". sequel to the latest "Avengers: the experience of Cary Joji Fukunaga will married to Delhi- Infinity War" is yet to come out. being reunited direct and produce the based film. Bron Studios will In an interview, Saldana was with James businessman produce and back the asked whether she is sad to be Cameron, Anand Ahuja, film, which begins Salman closer to Karisma saying goodbye to Marvel, who di- whom he has principal photography reported femalefirst.co.uk. rected the described as a in the fall, reports Mumbai: Actress Karisma have given hits like "Bajrangi 'No.1' movies, I would like to She said: "Yes and no. It original "great guy". variety.com. The Kapoor says that superstar Bhaijaan" and "Bodyguard". be a part of Mummy No.1, if was sad, of course, because "Avatar" Sonam is set to screenplay, from Michael Mitnick, is Salman Khan, with whom Karisma also had a part in anyone makes it. "This movie I think that we all suffer from movie in wed Anand on based on the biography "Leonard she shares "a very long-stand- "Bodyguard". will describe every mother's FOMO. There is a fear always 2009. IANS May 8 here. Harshvardhan, who was Bernstein" by Humphrey Burton. "The ing relationship", is closer to "I was the voice of Chaya in role and I will be happy to of missing out, but I'm so happy present at the trailer launch of his American" follows Leonard Bernstein her than her younger sister the movie, 'Bodyguard'. It was play a part in it. For now I that I got to play a part in the upcoming film "Bhavesh Joshi from conducting the New York Kareena Kapoor Khan. my voice who used to trou- share a great bond with my Marvel universe, and I Superhero" here on Wednesday, was Philharmonic at the age of 25 through to "Salman is closer to me ble Salman's character in the son and daughter. I would like also got to play a asked about how the preparations are going on for the wedding. He said: "I am the meteoric rise to fame. than Kareena. We have shared movie," she said. Asked what to tell everyone that my daugh- character that - it really happy that she is getting married. a very long-standing rela- kind of movies she would like ter and I even share the same has been brought Anand is a great guy.” tionship. For Salman, Kareena to do, the "Coolie No. 1" star clothes now," she said. IANS to my attention - is is like a little sister and he said: "After starring seen as a great role still considers her to be a in all the model for young SLAVERY SOUNDS LIKE child," Karisma said. Karisma women. And and Salman were among the Anjali Patil won’t be in A ‘CHOICE’ TO KANYE 1990s' favourite on-screen cou- Los Angeles: Rapper Kanye West says the ples, thanks to their films India for Kaala release slavery culture for many centuries may like "Andaz Apna Apna", ADITI New Delhi: Actress Anjali Patil says she is have been a "Biwi No.1", "Jeet" and busy working on her own film's script and "choice". After his "Judwaa". won't be in India comment created a And now, the when her stir, he took to audience likes forthcoming Twitter to explain his to watch OPENS UP movie "Kaala" point, saying he Salman and Mumbai: Actress Aditi Rao proven defamatory rants mas- quarters coming forward releases in June. meant that people Kareena to- Hydari says women in the querading as woman empower- to share their experience of The movie was "were mentally gether on film industry need to take up ment have spoilt it for the genuine sexual assault. There is a originally enslaved". In an the big responsibility if they want to victims of harassment. growing list of people coming scheduled to interview with TMZ, screen. see a real change. #MeeshaShafi #AliZafar out in the open to talk about sex- release April 27, the rapper, who has been tweeting out They "Men have a responsibility to- #Pakistan." ual advances by big names like but the film's support for US president Donald Trump in wards women and that's essen- McGowan had also started the Harvey Weinstein, Kevin producer Dhanush recent weeks, was talking about the tial and the need of the hour... #MeToo hash tag to raise Spacey, James Toback, Ben later announced that the superstar's film President, free thinking and labels before But so do we, women have an equal awareness about Affleck, Brett Ratner and will hit the screens June 7. "I am working he moved onto slavery. "When you hear on my own script. It never really affected responsibility too if we really want sexual harass- Dustin Hoffman. about slavery for 400 years. For 400 me (change in release date of her film) change," Aditi tweeted. Aditi's years? That sounds like a choice. You ment. It soon be- Pakistani actress- even before because I always went on with was there for 400 years and it's all of you post came in response to producer came a move- model-singer what I always wanted to do," Anjali said. all. "It is like we were mentally in Tanuj Garg's tweet. ment with Meesha Shafi also prison," he said. "The honourable #Metoo cam- people from accused actor Ali paign by the lovely Rose all Zafar of sexual McGowan is getting harassment, a Jaideep Ahlawat felt misused by some claim he has women for per- denied. nervous before Gulzar JOHNNY DEPP SUED BY sonal benefit. IANS Belated, mis- Mumbai: Actor Jaideep Ahlawat, who will FORMER BODYGUARDS chievous soon be seen in the Alia Bhatt and Vicky and un- Kaushal-starrer Los Angeles: Hollywood star Johnny "Raazi", says he Depp's two former bodyguards are taking felt nervous but him to court for unpaid fortunate to wages and for forcing perform in front them to work in of the iconic dangerous conditions. writer Gulzar, Eugene Arreola, a who visited the retired police detective, film's set on the and Miguel Sanchez first day of its first started protecting shoot. Gulzar has penned songs for Depp, 54, in 2013 when "Raazi." Jaideep said: "That was the first they were employed by a security day of the shoot and when I came out on corporation, according to a complaint the set, I met Vishal Bhardwaj. We all they filed here on Tuesday, reports (actors) felt very blessed. I met him and people.com. They have claimed the then went to my position to set my mood dangerous conditions included exposure before the camera roll. "Suddenly I to "illegal substances" and loaded realised that there was a silence on the weapons and that they were made to set. I just looked around and saw the work as de facto babysitters for Depp's dynamic personality (Gulzar) dressed in minor child and were also "forced to white standing before us. I cannot protect (Depp) from himself". express in words how exactly I was feeling. I was in awe.” SHANNEN DOHERTY TO UNDERGO SURGERY PEANUTS SUDOKU Los Angeles: One year after announcing To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column that her breast cancer is in remission, and box must contain the numbers 0 to 9 and actress-producer the letters A to E. Shannen Doherty is going in for surgery. post The actress, 47, did not share the exact nature of the procedure but CROSSWORD told fans on social media Tuesday that as per her doctor's recommendation, she use autologous blood banking, which means storing your own blood, ahead of the surgery, reports people.com. "My doctor had me bank some blood for my upcoming surgery," CALVIN AND HOBBES Doherty wrote on Instagram along with a photo of her and her phlebotomist.

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of the day uote 86 killed in northeast INDIA ABROAD XI-MODI SUMMIT BROKE Woman flew on I call upon the Nigeria suicide blasts hubby’s passport international community to London: An Indian-origin ‘NEW GROUND’: CHINA AGENCIES businesswoman managed to condemn the grave anti- Semitism of Abu Mazen 14 Killed in Tripoli travel from UK's Manchester city PRESS TRUST OF INDIA sensus," she said. The meeting Kano, Nigeria, May 2: to New Delhi via Dubai on her (Abbas), which should Tripoli: Islamic State suicide was oriented towards the future Gravediggers Wednesday said they husband's passport before the have long since passed bombers attacked Libya's Beijing, May 2: The Wuhan sum- and enhance the friendship and buried 86 people from a double serious security lapse was picked from this world election commission in the up in India, prompting the mit between Prime Minister mutual trust, creating a new suicide bombing in northeast capital Wednesday, killing at BENJAMIN NETANYAHU | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER Emirates Airline to launch an Narendra Modi and President model for exchanges between Nigeria, nearly three times more least 14 people in the worst investigation into the incident. Xi Jinping broke "new ground" the two leaders, she said. "It than the official toll. such attack in years that aimed Geeta Modha, who runs Alankar as they identified the guiding opened up new ground for India- Two blasts ripped through a to disrupt a nation-wide vote Our competition is boutique in Rusholme area of principles for bilateral ties, drew China relations," she added. mosque and market Tuesday in the planned for later this year. The with those forces Manchester, left for the airport up a blueprint for cooperation and "China is willing to work with town of Mubi, Adamawa state, in two bombers infiltrated the that are not visible with husband Dilip's passport by mapped out concrete measures India to follow through on the an attack that bore all the hall- building in central Tripoli and on the ground, but mistake for a business trip April to implement the consensus important consensus reached marks of Boko Haram jihadists. fired on people inside, then everybody knows about 23. The 55-year-old was able to reached, the Chinese Foreign related to international rela- between the two leaders, and One worker at Mubi's only ceme- detonated their explosives them in the country. If check-in and board the flight and Ministry said today. tions, China-India relations and takes this meeting as an oppor- tery said they were "shocked" to when their ammunition ran out, someone votes for Imran, was waved through a stopover at IS said in a statement circulated Zardari or independent Modi met Xi last week in an un- cooperation in various areas and tunity to break new ground in the hear about the lower toll. "We Dubai on to New Delhi before the by its affiliated Amaq news candidates he will actually be voting for precedented two-day 'heart-to- reached important consensus, mutually beneficial cooperation worked up to 9:00 pm burying bod- error was picked up, according to agency. The Health Ministry those forces (military establishment) heart' summit in the central Chinese Foreign Ministry between China and India," she ies. By the time we closed, we had 'Manchester Evening News'. As a earlier said the attack also set Chinese city of Wuhan to "so- spokesperson Hua Chunying said said. Asked about reports that 76 graves. We buried 76 people holder of Overseas Indian NAWAZ SHARIF | FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN fire to the building, which could lidify" the India-China relation- in her first comments on the the two sides have agreed to es- Tuesday," he said, asking to re- Citizenship (OCI), Geeta was be seen in online videos ship after the Dokalam standoff summit held April 27 and 28. tablish hotline facilities between main anonymous. "Wednesday, as expected to produce her passport showing thick black smoke last year. Troops of India and The two leaders "identified the their militaries, Hua said the ex- at 3:00 pm (local time), 10 more at Delhi immigration and was billowing upward and security Military China were locked in the 73-day important principles guiding the changes between the two leaders bodies were brought in and buried. denied entry to India at that forces engaging in a gun battle. modernisation standoff in Dokalam after the development of China-India re- in Wuhan included how China These people died overnight from point. "It's scary and worrying remains a priority in Indian side stopped the con- lations and chartering the course and India can handle their dif- injuries, obviously." that people aren't checking Russia, but the military struction of a road by the Chinese and drew up a blueprint for the ferences. The two leaders have The attack came a day after US military have long maintained properly," she told the budget has been newspaper. restricted by economic Army in the disputed area. comprehensive cooperation be- reached some important con- President Donald Trump prom- the Islamic State group affiliate is problems that the country During their summit, the two tween the two sides," Hua said. sensus and charted the course to ised his visiting Nigerian coun- a spent force and on the verge of has experienced since leaders held a candid exchange "The two leaders have also properly manage and handle terpart, Muhammadu Buhari, defeat but repeated attacks and 2014 of views in a relaxing and mapped out concrete measures such kind of differences, she greater support in fighting the raid in the northeast suggest oth- friendly atmosphere on topics to implement such kind of con- said, without elaborating. Islamist extremists. Buhari and the erwise. Professionals SIEMON WEZEMAN | SENIOR SIPRI RESEARCHER challenge UK govt over visas SHORT TAKES JOVIAL MOOD India criticises use London: Scores of Indian doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs and other Pompeo takes oath as professionals are challenging the UK government in court over Secretary of State of ‘hidden veto’ being denied the right to live and work in Britain. The professionals, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Washington: Former CIA director Mike brought together under the Pompeo was Wednesday sworn-in as banner of the 'Highly Skilled United Nations, May 2: India the US Secretary of State and Migrants' group, were back immediately vowed to look into the has criticised the use of "hidden opposite Parliament Square in "flawed" Iran nuclear deal criticised by veto" in the subsidiary organs of London today to protest against President Donald Trump. Pompeo , 54, the UN Security Council such as "unjustified" refusals by the UK was administered the oath of office by the Sanctions Committees, ap- Home Office of their applications Vice President Mike Pence. He replaces parently hitting out at China for for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) Rex Tillerson, who was fired by repeatedly blocking its bid to list in Britain. Since their last protest President Trump in March. He is the Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood in February, many of the 70th Secretary of State. Trump drove Azhar as a global terrorist. professionals refused ILR have down to the State Department for the A veto-wielding permanent appealed against the Home Office formal swearing in ceremony of member of the UN Security pacting the work and effective- decision in the First Tier Tribunal Pompeo. This was his first trip to the and Upper Tribunal – the courts State Department. Council, China has repeatedly ness of the Council. “In this con- blocked India's move at the UN to text, we would like to highlight a which hear immigration appeals. designate Azhar a global terrorist little explored practice of the ‘hid- "Given the Windrush scandal under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions den' veto exercised in the sub- involving innocent migrants being Basque group ETA Committee of the top organ. India's sidiary organs of the Council. Let denied their citizenship rights and disbands after 50 yrs Permanent Representative to the me try and explain what this hid- the new Home Secretary (Sajid UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, den veto is,” Akbaruddin said Javid) assuring the public that the Home Office will be fair in its Madrid: Basque separatist group ETA addressing an informal meeting here yesterday. He added that there immigration decisions, these Wednesday formally announced its of the Plenary on the are more than a dozen subsidiary cases take on an added decision to put an end to its activities Intergovernmental negotiations organs of the Council, each pro- Leicester Morrismen throw their hats during May Day celebrations at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford REUTERS significance," said Aditi Bhardwaj, and a "complete dissolution of all its on the question of equitable rep- nouncing numerous decisions an- one of the convenors of the group. structures" in a letter sent to various resentation on and increase in nually. Citing the example of the Basque institutions and civil society the membership of the Security Sanctions Committees, groups. In a written statement by the Council, said he welcomes the Akbaruddin said each of them, ETA, accessed by Efe news, the group chairs' suggestion to explore how the veto is exercised with “none of Protesters bring cities to standstill said it was "terminating its historical IT company the veto impacts work and effec- cycle and its function, thereby ending us even being informed about it.” its existence". tiveness of an enlarged Council. He pointed out that those perma- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ports, there were ongoing "acts of fined for H1-B In a sharp retort, Akbaruddin nent Council members who cast ARMENIA CRISIS civil disobedience in Armenia's said the use of hidden vetoes in the ‘hidden' veto are not required Yerevan, May 2: Armenia was towns and villages, including visa violations Asif challenges his places “where it was never meant to provide a public explanation brought to a standstill Wednesday Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor. Washington: An Indian-American to be exercised”, is instead im- for their actions. as thousands of protesters blocked In Vanadzor city, a large crowd owned IT company in California disqualification in SC key roads and government build- of protesters blockaded the mayor's was Wednesday asked to pay ings in several cities, after office and other civic buildings. $173,044 in wages to 12 of its Islamabad: Pakistan's ousted foreign Parliament refused to elect their Three thousand workers from a foreign employees, most of them minister Khawaja Asif Wednesday protest leader Nikol Pashinyan as local sewing factory walked out from India, who were paid salaries challenged in the Supreme Court his EU unveils bigger post-Brexit budget the new Prime Minister. and cut off some of Vanadzor's well below the levels required disqualification as a member of the Brussels: The EU Wednesday unveiled plans for a bigger 1.279-trillion Pashinyan's supporters heeded biggest roads. Pashinyan told the under the H-1B programme. parliament by a high court. A three- euro budget for the seven years after Brexit, featuring a controversial his call for a nationwide day of BBC on Wednesday that the pro- Investigations carried out by the member bench of Islamabad High Court move to cut funding for countries that fail to respect the rule of law. action, blocking roads leading to testers were fighting for their own US Department of Labour's Wage last week disqualified Asif as a lawmaker European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said the proposals were Yerevan's main airport. Tourists rights and dignity. "I want to be and Hour Division revealed that under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution "reasonable and responsible" but the idea of spending more money had to abandon vehicles and carry clear, it isn't a fight for Nikol some of the H-1B employees that for concealing details of his UAE work faces opposition from several countries. Poland and Hungary, which have their luggage. Metro stations in Pashinyan becoming Prime information technology provider permit while contesting polls in 2013. both been severely criticised by Brussels over democratic freedoms, are Cloudwick Technologies Inc. Article 62, which sets the precondition for the capital were closed as part of weeks of mass demonstrations, Minister, it's a fight for human meanwhile up in arms over the proposal to "suspend, reduce or restrict the campaign of disobedience, led by Pashinyan's movement. rights, for democracy, for rule of brought from India with promised a member of parliament to be "sadiq and access" to errant states. "We are proposing a new mechanism that will salaries of up to $ 8,300 per month CNN reported. Sargsyan had been in power since law." ameen" (honest and righteous), is the allow for the protection of the budget linked to risks arising from instead received as little as $ 800 same provision under which former prime deficiencies in the rule of law," Juncker told the European Parliament. Protesters also blocked roads the last 10 years. On Wednesday, he posted a mes- net per month. Based out of minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified The departure of Britain, a net contributor, in 2019 leaves the bloc with to government buildings, includ- Protests broke out in other cities sage on social media urging pro- Newark in California – in the July 28, 2017, in the Panama Papers case. what Juncker says is 15 billion euro gap in its accounts, but the EU also ing the Ministry of Defence, demon- also. Entrances to several min- testers to halt disruption at the famed Silicon Valley – Indian- wants more money for ambitious projects to unify the remaining 27 strator Marina Gasparyan said. istry buildings were blockaded airport, while other opposition American Mani Chhabra is the member states. EU Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Pashinyan, 42, lost a parliamentary and rail services were also dis- politicians appealed to people not founder and CEO of the Cloudwick Earthquake rattles member states would pay 1.114 per cent of their annual gross domestic vote Tuesday to become interim rupted. Trains were not running to impede emergency services. Technologies, as per the product under the plans, up from one per cent in the current 2014-2020 Prime Minister. The vote followed between Yerevan and the second Police tried to move protesters off company's website. It describes southern Iran multi-year budget worth 1.0 trillion euros. One of the key proposed cuts the resignation last week of former city, Gyumri, and checkpoints near the roads. Parliament is expected itself as leading provider of is five per cent from the Common Agricultural Policy, the largest single Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, the Georgian border were affected, to try again to elect a prime min- bimodal digital business services Tehran: A magnitude 5.2 earthquake area of EU spending and one dear to major farm producer France. who was forced to step down amid the BBC reported. According to re- ister May 8. and solutions to the Global 1000. struck a remote, mountainous region in southern Iran Wednesday, injuring at least 31 people and disrupting power and communication lines, state media NEWS SNIPPETS reported. It says the temblor rocked the town of Sisakht, some 700 kilometres Modi twice as popular on Smugglers abandon Prez Macron thanks Passenger’s bizzare south of Tehran, causing people to rush out into the streets. The town has a Facebook as Prez Trump: Study tiger cub in bag Aus PM’s ‘delicious wife’ act for ‘fresh air’ population of 10,000. Geneva: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is far ahead of other Brownsville: Sydney: French President Emmanuel Macron caused a Beijing: A 25-year-old world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, when Smugglers left social media frenzy in Australia Wednesday after he Chinese man, who felt it comes to popularity on Facebook, according to a study behind a live tiger referred to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's wife as "stuffy" and opened the May Day riots: 109 which said 43.2 million people follow the Indian premier on cub in a duffel bag "delicious" while thanking them for their hospitality. emergency exit of a plane remain in custody the social media platform. Trump, who rules the other when they fled back Macron made the awkward remark during a joint press to get some fresh air has social media platform Twitter, is in second place with 23.1 to Mexico after conference with Turnbull at Kirribilli House in Sydney, ABC been detained and fined. Paris, France: French police said 109 million followers, according to the study "World Leaders on attempting to cross News Australia reported. He began his three-day visit to the The man, identified only by people were in custody Wednesday Facebook" released Wednesday by Burson Cohn & Wolfe. the Rio Grande into country Tuesday to discuss issues like climate change and his surname Chen, was waiting to disembark the after violent May Day protests in Paris, The study analyses the activity of 650 Facebook pages of Texas. US Customs and Border Protection defence. Opting to speak in English, the French President plane at Mianyang airport in the southwestern correcting an earlier figure of 209 given heads of state and government and foreign ministers from officials on Tuesday said the male tiger, said: "Thanks to you and your delicious wife for your warm province of Sichuan when he decided he could by Interior Minister Gerard Collomb. January 1, 2017 using aggregate data from Facebook's believed to be three or four months old, welcome, the perfect organisation of this trip." The slip-up do with some fresh air. Unfortunately for him, Hooded youths had torched a Crowdtangle tool, it said in a statement. has been placed at the Gladys Porter Zoo was quickly forgiven with Turnbull smiling the handle he pulled was attached to the McDonald's restaurant and several Over the past 14 months, the Facebook in Brownsville. Border Patrol agents and shaking hands with Macron. But the emergency exit and not only did the hatch come vehicles after joining the traditional page of Trump had by far the most patrolling Monday along the river near comment quickly caught the attention of free from the plane, but it also activated the May 1 union-led demonstration for interactions of any world leader on Brownsville saw three people trying to social media users, who debated whether escape slide, report said. Chen, who was workers' rights. Collomb, who gave the Facebook, with a total of 204.9 million enter the US illegally. An agency statement Macron was joking or had stumbled over returning from the island of Hainan, insisted he wrong figure in a television interview, interactions (defined as the total says the trio abandoned a bag and his words. "You can take the man out of did not know that it was an escape route. The promised to boost policing at future number of comments, likes and returned to Mexico. Officers discovered France but…," one Twitter user crew alerted police and he was detained for 15 protests after facing accusations that shares), almost twice as many as the cub stuffed in the bag. Agent Robert wrote, while another said: days for the unauthorised removal of aviation the government had been caught Modi with 113.6 million interactions, Rodriguez said Tuesday that the tiger "Maybe he was talking about facilities. He will also be fined 70,000 yuan ($ unaware by 1,200 trouble-makers. the study said. appeared calm and was possibly sedated. wine, I can't be sure." 11,000) to cover the airline's costs. P12 THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR appointments

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THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR NAIR AS NEW DIRECTOR All our subsidiaries and plants have reported robust performance despite ICICI Bank Wednesday said its board has challenging circumstances and sectoral appointed Radhakrishnan Nair as an challenges. This has been largely due to additional (independent) director of the bank company’s relentless focus on operational for five years. The appointment is subject to business improvements & excellence the approval of shareholders, the private PRAVEER SINHA | CEO & MANAGING DIRECTOR, TATA POWER sector lender said in a regulatory filing. of the day uote DRAFT TELECOM POLICY AIMS AT 40L JOBS Vedanta top bidder We welcome Anil PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Sardana to the Cut in levies to below 10% key to New Delhi, May 2: With the prom- in oil block auction Adani Family. He joins us at a very critical ise of rationalising levies includ- $100 bn investment: COAI PRESS TRUST OF INDIA No foreign company phase when the company ing spectrum charges to rejuve- participated in the has recently entered the nate the debt-ridden telecom sector, New Delhi: Cutting telecom levies to below 10 per cent and speedy New Delhi, May 2: Mining power distribution space the draft new telecom policy pro- implementation of the proposed new telecom policy will be crucial for moghul Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta auction, a first since with the acquisition of the poses broadband access for all attracting $100 billion investment as envisaged in the NTP draft, COAI Ltd and state-owned ONGC were Mumbai GTD business. Sardana, (who) with 50 mbps speed, 5G services and said Wednesday. The government last evening released the draft of top bidders Wednesday for 55 oil India began offering oil comes with a vast experience in the power 40 lakh new jobs in the sector by the new telecom policy which proposes to address the woes of the and gas blocks offered in India’s debt-ridden telecom sector by reviewing licence fees, spectrum usage area for exploration and sector, will play an important role in taking 2022. maiden open acreage auction that our Transmission business to new heights charges, universal service obligation fund levy – all of which add to production through The draft policy branded as cost of telecom services. “Bringing down total taxes and levies, was shunned by domestic private GAUTAM ADANI | ADANI GROUP CHAIRMAN ‘National Digital Communications currently at about 30 per cent, to below 10 per cent, will be important and international energy majors. bids in 1999 Policy 2018’ was unveiled by the gov- for attracting investment targets outlined in the draft policy Vedanta bid for all the 55 blocks ernment Tuesday. It aims to at- 50 mbps to every citizen and pro- document,” Director General of Cellular Operators’ Association of India while ONGC bid for 37 blocks ei- companies - five state-run and The proceeds of the tract $100 billion in the digital viding 1 gbps (gigabit per second) Rajan Mathews said. He said the industry - reeling under a massive ther on its own or in consortium four private firms. Besides fresh issue will be communications sector by 2022 connectivity to all gram panchayats financial stress - would like the policy to be finalised and implemented with other state-owned firms. Vedanta’s oil unit, Cairn India, used to augment with help of regulatory reforms. by 2020 and 10 gbps by 2022. by July-end. Mathews said the mobile industry fully supports the NTP State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) bid other private players bidding in- capital base to meet The draft also proposes to address It proposes to adopt ‘Optimal blueprint released after public consultations. The draft proposes to for 22 blocks in a similar fashion. cluded Selan Exploration, HOEC future capital woes of the sector by reviewing li- Pricing of Spectrum’ to ensure adopt "Optimal Pricing of Spectrum" to ensure sustainable and Vedanta was sole bidder for and Sun Petro. Bidding in the auc- requirements cence fees, spectrum usage charges, sustainable and affordable access affordable access to digital communications. High spectrum price and two blocks and had either ONGC tion of 55 exploration blocks on R. SRIDHAR | CHIEF EXECUTIVE universal service obligation fund to digital communications. High related charges have been main concern of telecom services segment or OIL as direct competitor in offer for prospecting of oil and OF EVERSTONE CAPITAL-BACKED INDOSTAR CAPITAL levy – all of which add to the cost spectrum price and related charges which is bruised by a debt of around `7.8 lakh crore. It also proposes to the remaining. gas under the OALP closed FINANCE LTD of telecom services. have been main concern of tele- recognise mid-band spectrum. Except for the two blocks that Wednesday. Sources said Cairn The policy aims to accomplish com services segment which is received three bids each, all the put in very aggressive bids for 13 provisioning of broadband for all, reeling under a debt of around “Promoting the effective utili- tracting “investments of $100 bil- other 53 had just two bidders. blocks and a little less aggressive We entered into the creating 40 lakh additional jobs `7.8 lakh crore. sation of high capacity backhaul lion in the digital communica- Reliance Industries and its part- bids for another nine. The re- AC market in March in the digital communications sec- The draft policy also proposes E-band (71-76/81-86 GHz) and V- tions sector” by 2022 with help of ner BP plc did not bid for a single maining bids were mostly rou- 2017 and sold tor and enhancing its contribu- recognising of mid-band spec- band (57-64 MHz) spectrum in line regulatory reforms. area. Essar Oil and Russia’s tine, they said.DGH, the upstream around 75,000 ACs in one tion to 8 per cent of India’s GDP trum, particularly the 3 GHz to with international best practices. “The policy recognises the im- Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy technical arm of the ministry of year, which is around 1 from about 6 per cent in 2017. 24 GHz range, for next-generation Rationalizing annual royalty portance of continued improve- also abstained from the round. petroleum and natural gas, began per cent of the country’s Under the new policy, the gov- networks. charges for microwave links for ment in the regulatory framework No foreign company partici- opening of offers received under market of 4.5 million units in the last fiscal,” he said, ernment aims to enable fixed line It also outlined roadmap for backhaul connectivity,” the draft for attracting investments and en- pated in the auction, a first since the OALP bid round being held adding, “In 2018-19, we have set a target of broadband access to 50 per cent high in demand backhaul spec- said. suring fair competition, to serve the India began offering oil and gas under the new Hydrocarbon selling 1.5 million units of households and start landline trum for transmitting signals be- To propel development of the needs of Indian citizens. The pol- area for exploration and produc- Exploration and Licensing Policy portability services. tween mobile towers in E and V country with use of next gener- icy aims to attract long-term, high tion through bids in 1999. (HELP). India had in July last NIKHIL GARG | PRODUCT BUSINESS HEAD, INTEX The policy suggests providing band as per international best ation technology through invest- quality and sustainable invest- DGH said a total of 110 bids year allowed companies to carve universal broadband coverage at practices. ment, the policy proposes at- ments,” it said. were received from a total of nine out blocks of their choice. SHORT TAKES EPFO discontinues Manufacturing sector sees services through CSC New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO Wednesday said it has discontinued services provided marginal growth in April through Common Service Centre “pending vulnerability checks” and PRESS TRUST OF INDIA and July 2017, respectively, the “The Indian manufacturing ruled out any leakage of subscribers’ survey said. economy started the quarter on data from a government website. New Delhi, May 2: India’s man- Meanwhile, expectations of in- a slightly stronger footing as growth EPFO’s statement comes against the ufacturing sector activity improved terest rate cuts have been mount- picked up from March’s five-month backdrop of reports suggesting theft of data of subscribers by hackers marginally in April, driven by rise ing on the Reserve Bank of India low, buoyed by stronger demand from aadhaar.epfoservices.com, a in new business orders amid in the wake of declining retail in- conditions,” said Aashna Dodhia, website operated by Common favourable demand conditions, flation and the need to fuel growth Economist at IHS Markit and au- Service Centre (CSC) that comes amid easing inflationary pres- momentum. thor of the report. under the Ministry of Electronics and sures, says a monthly survey. In its first bi-monthly monetary Dodhia further noted that “con- IT. The reports were based on a The Nikkei India Manufacturing policy for 2018-19 last month, the sumer goods was again the bright letter by EPFO Central Provident Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), RBI had left the repo rate un- spot, with output growth being Fund Commissioner VP Joy to CEO of rose from 51.0 in March to 51.6 in changed at 6 per cent. The MPC the fastest among all the three CSC, Dinesh Tyagi. “Warnings April, indicating faster improve- maintained the status quo for the market groups. Meanwhile, in- regarding vulnerabilities in data or ment in the health of the coun- fourth consecutive time since vestment goods was the weak- software is a routine administrative try’s manufacturing economy than August last year. est performing category as both process based on which the services in the prior month. This is the ninth consecutive production and new orders de- which were rendered through CSC Inflationary pressures moder- month that the manufacturing PMI clined during April”. Greater have been discontinued from March ated for the second month in a remained above the 50-point-mark. production requirements stim- 22, 2018,” said an EPFO statement row, with the softest increases for In PMI parlance, a print above 50 ulated job-creation and encour- issued after the report went viral. input costs and output charges means expansion, while a score aged companies to engage in reported since September 2017 below that denotes contraction. input buying. National electronics policy by 2019 New Delhi: The government is SEBI probes plunge Push for NPA recognition to hurt profits expected to bring, this financial year, an ambitious national PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Under the new rules electronics policy that seeks to in InterGlobe stocks position India not only as production New Delhi, May 2: Moody’s for bad debt resolution hub to serve the booming domestic PRESS TRUST OF INDIA was any delay on part of the com- Investors Service said that the market, but also for exports. The pany in making the disclosure. final stage of a multi-year ini- that the RBI proposed policy that spans diverse New Delhi, May 2: SEBI is ex- Besides, the regulator has already tiative by RBI to push banks to implemented in areas ranging from medical amining the sharp plunge in shares asked exchanges to collate the share recognise problem assets more ac- electronics to mobile phones and of InterGlobe Aviation, parent of price data to examine any possible curately will reduce profitabil- March 2018, banks automotives will underscore India’s IndiGo, hours before it announced breach of the insider trading rules, ity for the sector in the near term, can no longer resort growing manufacturing prowess, the resignation of its president the officials said. but produce benefits over the right down to the level of to various loan components and sub assemblies, Aditya Ghosh, officials said. Depending on preliminary ex- longer term. and pitch its deeper value addition The Securities and Exchange amination, SEBI will ask the air- While this push will increase the restructuring schemes capabilities. It will also leverage the Board of India (SEBI) is probing a line, its promoters and directors and already-high non-performing as- to delay the country’s existing strengths in more than 6 per cent plunge in the as also the outgoing CEO to provide sets (NPAs) ratios and provisioning electronics design, given that nearly country’s largest domestic car- further clarifications, they added. burdens for India’s banks, and recognition of NPAs 75 per cent of global technology rier’s shares price April 27. When asked for a comment, strain their profitability in the majors have Research and Hours after the market close InterGlobe Aviation, which runs near term, cleaner balance sheets the recognition of NPAs. eventually decline substantially. Development (R&D) presence in that day, the airline announced the low-cost carrier IndiGo, said it in the long run will be credit pos- structured assets, not just non-per- Although banks have recog- Increased provisioning will hurt India, a senior IT Ministry official resignation of Ghosh at 7.56 pm. has not received any notification itive for the sector, Moody’s said forming loans (NPLs), when as- nised many loans as NPAs fol- the banks’ profitability, and weaker said. “The draft policy will be put up While his resignation as president from SEBI. in a statement. sessing the banks’ credit profiles. lowing an extensive inspection public sector banks in particular for public consultation in a month or is effective from July 31, Ghosh “In any event, please note that The Reserve Bank of India’s So shifts in the composition of the of loan books by the RBI in 2015, will continue to report losses in the so, and we expect it to be finalised quit as a director of the company IndiGo has compiled with all stock rules are credit positive because broader asset pool will not have they still hold large volumes of next fiscal year, adding pressure by the second half of the current with effect from April 26, a day be- exchange listing requirements re- they provide a clearer, time-bound much bearing on our assessment restructured loans, a large share on their capital ratios, it said. fiscal,” said the official who did not fore the announcement was made. lating to Ghosh’s resignation," the process for resolving stressed as- of the banks’ asset quality,” it said. of which will become NPAs in Nevertheless, the near-term wish to be named. The current thrust As per the information avail- spokesperson added. sets and will prevent a future Under the new rules for bad the coming quarters, it said. impact of this profitability dete- now is to incentivise maximum value able with BSE, the exchange dis- On April 27, the company had buildup of problem loans in the debt resolution that the RBI im- As banks reclassify these as- rioration on their credit profiles addition, and the duty structure is seminated the company’s filing said that Ghosh would step system, it said. plemented in March 2018, banks sets, it said, NPA ratios will grad- will be largely offset by planned geared towards encouraging players within 0.05 seconds of its receipt. down as president and whole “Also, we have already been tak- can no longer resort to various loan ually rise, but once this process is capital infusions from the gov- to bring in raw modules and components for assembly. SEBI is examining whether there time director. ing into account the system’s re- restructuring schemes to delay complete, they will stabilise and ernment, it added.

Amazon offers to buy 60% stake in Flipkart WHY POTENTIAL CAR BUYERS PREFER RADIO CABS PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The study covered key markets about status seems to be shifting spondents also felt that aggrega- New Delhi: Amazon.com Inc has like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore towards convenience due to the tor cabs had better service than made a formal offer to buy a 60 per New Delhi, May 2: Many poten- and tier II cities like Nagpur, Jaipur benefits that these aggregator serv- regular cabs, making them more cent stake in Indian online retailer tial car buyers are delaying their and Coimbatore. All the respon- ices provide, he added. comfortable to sit in for long dis- Flipkart, a TV channel reported decision to make their purchases dents were either car owners or “The benefits propel consumers tances as well. “It seems con- Wednesday, citing sources. Amazon as they see radio cabs and aggre- were planning to purchase a vehicle to choose them (aggregators) over sumers have found an alterna- also offered Flipkart a breakup fee of gators as a more convenient and in the next six months. their own personal vehicles. tive to driving on their own with $2 billion, the report added. cheaper option of commuting, ac- As per the findings of the study, Manufacturers no longer can focus the emergence of aggregator cabs. Amazon’s bid is likely to be on par cording to a recent study. 73 per cent consumers felt that dis- on functional benefits to create With clogged roads, difficulty in with Walmart Inc’s bid for the Indian e-commerce company, it further As per a study conducted by tance travelled in the self-owned car demand, aspiration and status of finding parking spaces, the con- said. The report also stated that Kantar Millward Brown, which has come down leading to a de- owning a car and driving it will sumer is seeking convenience Flipkart’s investors and founders are covered a sample size of over 1,000 cline in the servicing frequency lead to higher usage,” over pleasure of driving,” in favour of the deal with Walmart, users, around 72 per cent of the pos- of the car for about 65 per cent of Parameswaran said. Parameswaran said. with founder Sachin Bansal sible car buyers have delayed their the respondents. The study further noted that for However, owning a passenger overseeing final negotiations with decision to purchase a car, 88 per Besides, 73 per cent felt that cost 59 per cent of the respondents, vehicle is still an aspiration for Walmart. Amazon is also seeking a cent felt that using a cab aggregator of servicing the car has also gone comfort and convenience is the majority of Indians, hence getting non-compete agreement with is cheaper than owning a car, while down, it noted. category from an aspirational one President Anand Parameswaran most important factor while opting reflected in the robust sales for Flipkart’s founders, 86 per cent of the respondents felt “The cab aggregator services to a commoditised one,” Kantar said. for a cab. the fiscal year ended March 31, the report further added. cabs were more convenient. seem to be turning the automotive Millward Brown Executive Vice A category that used to be more About 66 per cent of the re- 2018, he added. P14 THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR filmi funda Mallika’s Cannes mission ctor Mallika Sherawat is on a mission to been making headlines, especially when she Cannes. Her mission is to help eradicate reached out to External Affairs Minister Sushma Achild prostitution and trafficking. We Swaraj asking for help to get the Indian visa of know, she has been working tirelessly with her Free-A- Child founder Evelien Holsken approved. NGO Free-A-Girl to not just end this heinous form Mallika is expected to walk the red carpet May of violence against women and girls but also re- 9 and May 10. She has been a regular at Cannes habilitate the victims. and her fashion choices at the fest have Such is Mallika’s dedication to caught media attention. Mallika’s con- the cause that she wants to stantly evolving classy fashion tastes highlight the issue at an and choices have drawn appre- international level. The ciation from fans over the world. ctor Jacqueline Fernandez actor and activist is look- When asked about her de- says her mantra in summer ing to generate aware- signer this time around, she Ais to eat right and keep it cool. ness about the issue at said, “This time I am more The actress, who is an investor Cannes. In the past, excited for Cannes as my in Indian cold pressed juice Julia Roberts and attire and look will be brand RAW Pressery, says it Salma Hayek had more attractive than is important to stay hydrated used the forum to the past years. I have in summer. She tells her sum- make a strong point two options from mer essentials: on the issue. India and two Water: Yes, I do drink like a She said, “This from the US fish. Nothing quite quenches is my nineth which I have my thirst during the summer year at Cannes. shortlisted. One than a cooling glass of water. I I want scripts with It is so im- will be finalised dial up my daily intake to about portant in next week. As far 3.5 litre. It keeps my body hy- today’s as jewellery is con- drated and my skin looking fresh world to cerned, I’m acces- as a daisy. Another big one on my raise sorising Boucher list is coconut water, which I am ab- solutions: Akshay awareness on this year.”PNN solutely nuts about - it replenishes on the electrolytes in my body and keeps ollywood star Akshay will recognise rural achievers issue. It is me feeling light yet full. Kumar, whose latest films of the country. It will take place 2018 and 50 shades of green: I'm a year- offer entertainment with in New Delhi in the first week of we are round obsessive salad eater. The fresh Ba message, says he gets July with Prime Minister still grap- summer produce is my go to saviour. many scripts on the country’s is- Narendra Modi and chief min- pling with You will always find a serving of leafy sues, but he is more interested in isters of various states in at- child pros- greens in my lunchbox, on set or in be- the solutions to those problems - tendance. titution tween interviews -I’m always crunching an approach he feels the media Akshay also hinted at mak- around the away. I like to keep it good by adding needs to take too for the betterment ing a film on a farmer’s life. world. some radish, cucumbers and apples and of the country. Asked what kind of a movie There are pomegranate to it. Radishes and cu- “I’m the kind of person who would he like to make which will many chil- cumbers are little summer jewels and doesn’t like to talk about prob- give a solution to the masses, he dren trapped keep your body hydrated. lems. I prefer to talk about solutions said: “I am looking for nice subject in the racket. Lemon-aid to the rescue: than problems. I like solutions. I which I can make and talk about We need to Lemonade is my main squeeze dur- made a film like Toilet: Ek Prem a solution through it. focus on ing summer months. Coming home, Katha and in that, we showed “When I was interacting with what is hap- on a sunny afternoon to an absolutely that it is necessary to have san- one of the rural achievers here, pening with chilled glass, sets the tone for my day, itation facility for the women of I loved his concept of planting 111 women all week and month. Aloe Vera Lemon the family. Then, I made Pad trees whenever a girl is born in over the (Aid) is my new discovery with my Man and in that also, I talked a village. I think if we can im- world.” summer favourite lemonade about solution. plement this concept in the en- Her work topped with cooling aloe vera and “I get many scripts which talk tire country, then there will be no with the Free-A- mint. about different problems but I problem of lack of rain, increas- Girl NGO has One in a melon: Few don’t like those scripts which only ing pollution and decreasing num- things can instantly put a talk about problem. I'm more in- ber of girl child.” smile on your face. Summer terested in solution of problems,” “I am looking for dif- love and watermelons fall Akshay said as he launched a non- ferent kind of things in that category. They take government rural outreach pro- which I can compile me back to my childhood gramme New India Conclave in a film, but I think when my siblings and I 2018. Akshay said when he it's very hard way would over dose on big, watches news channels, they al- to make a story out juicy watermelon ways show different kind of prob- of it which is en- wedges. I like to keep it lems in India. tertaining at the smooth with a watermelon “I wish in my life, someone same time worthy and mint smoothie if I’m on would run a channel which con- of giving a social the go. High in water content, tinuously talks about solutions message. It's not an it helps me beat my occasional in every field because that’s easy job to do that, so summer meloncholy. what we require in our coun- I am still waiting for Sabja seeds: Our very own ver- try - solution and not prob- the right subject... but sion of Chia seeds, Sabja seeds are lems,” he asserted. I have already got a most effective when soaked in water The actor is the brand lovely title of the film and had during the course of the day. ambassador of New called as Lakhpati They reduce overall body heat and are India Conclave Kisaan,”he also quite rich in fiber. Mix it up by adding 2018, which quipped. IANS them to a bowlful of mangoes, mint and turn on the summer vibe. IANS

ctor Ashley Judd has sued dis- The 50-year-old actress is seek- graced producer Harvey ing damages for defamation, sex- AWeinstein for retaliating against ual harassment and violations of her because she refused his sexual ad- California’s unfair business vances. Judd said in a statement: “Weinstein,s from Mr. Weinstein could destroy po- competition law. Judd took the action in the Superior abusive conduct toward others has tentially career-changing professional Judd’s attorney, Theodore Court, reports variety.com. caused no end of damage to aspiring opportunities.” Boutrous of Gibson Dunn, The actress has claimed that actors and others in the film and en- “It's time that Weinstein be held ac- said that any recovery from Weinstein smeared her reputation with tertainment industry. As my experi- countable for that conduct and for the the suit would be donated director Peter Jackson, causing him not ence and the experience of others ways in which he’s damaged to a charity that bene- to cast her in The Lord of the Rings. shows, even a few false statements careers.” fits women. IANS

ctress Sonakshi Sinha, who has often been body- shamed, says it is important for the audience to rise Aabove looks and delve deeper into an artiste’s work. Sonakshi is all for the fact that one’s work speaks for itself. The actress, who walked the ramp at the launch of Streax Professional’s Spring Summer 2018 Collection ‘Marigold’ in an orange floor-sweepimg gown, told IANS: “We should tell the audience and honestly that is some- thing I have advocated since the starting of my career.” “I have always been projecting a very strong body image. Being true to yourself... I have been bodyshamed quite a bit but moving ahead of that because that is what I have always believed in...That it’s not how you look but how you do and about how many people you reach out to,” she added. While the media waited for a conversation with the actress, who had flown in from Kuala Lumpur to be a part of the event, there was chatter about Sonakshi’s weight loss and “sculpted body”. Don’t such comments and questions on weight annoy her? “I have been answering questions on my weight loss for so long that I have become indifferent to them. There are certain things that seem odd at the moment, but I am kind of used to it,” said Sonakshi. “And it’s okay, it’s part of my profession. These are very basic things that people are interested in, which is why they ask. They are I guess, the most obvious questions,” added the actress, who will next be seen in Happy Phirr Bhaag Jaayegi, Kalank and Dabangg 3. IANS Cricket Australia’s chief executive HONOUR FOR SALAH P15 James Sutherland handed disgraced THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR opener David Warner a lifeline after Mohamed Salah has been voted Footballer of the cheating scandal saying that the the Year by the Football Writers’ Association explosive batsman still has a future. to complete the double of English soccer’s “I think everyone deserves their major individual awards. “He is the first chance and their own personal African to receive the award and we redemption story is very much in congratulate him on a magnificent season,” sports their own hands now,” he said FWA Chairman Patrick Barclay said

SHORT TAKES BENZEMA BRACE HELPS LOS BLANCOS SURVIVE BAYERN SIEGE AND ENTER 3RD SUCCESSIVE CL SUMMIT CLASH SLC polls postponed Colombo: The polls to elect the next set of office bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket ULREICH BLUNDER SENDS REAL TO FINAL Custodian issues (SLC) have been postponed and pushed to May 31, on technical grounds from REUTERS diminutive midfielder Luka Modric the original date of May 19. Instead, the was controlled by Marcelo who special general meeting (SGM) of the Madrid, May 2: A goalkeeping delivered the perfect cross from howler from Bayern Munich cus- heartfelt apology SLC will now be held May 19. Sri Lanka’s the left for Benzema to nod calmly sports ministry had informed the board todian Sven Ulreich and a Karim in at the back post. An end-to-end that the procedure followed in Benzema brace helped Real Madrid game ensued, with the midfield AGENCIES appointing the election commission was reach the Champions League final frequently bypassed with long balls invalid. “The ministry had informed us for the third year in a row as up to the forwards. Madrid, May 2: Bayern Munich that the composition of the committee Zinedine Zidane’s men played a 2- Bayern could have re-taken the goalkeeper Sven Ulriech took to so- to oversee the elections needs to be 2 draw with wasteful Bayern at lead but striker Robert cial media Tuesday to issue a Words can’t describe formed only after an SGM and we will the Santiago Bernabeu here Lewandowski was foiled by Madrid heartfelt apology for his mistake, how disappointed I am. go ahead as we’ve been advised,” said Tuesday to win their semifinal, goalkeeper Navas and Rodriguez which handed Real Madrid a 4-3 We gave our best and SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala. second leg 4-3 on aggregate. sent the rebound flying over the bar (on aggregate) Champions League then this needless Bayern defender Joshua from close range. semifinal victory at the Santiago mistake happened to Kimmich had put the visitors Bayern finished the half strongly Bernabeu here, Tuesday. me. I’m sorry for my Busan to host TT worlds ahead after three minutes but but were left fuming at a failed Ulreich has apologised for the team and for you fans Benzema levelled with a free header penalty appeal when Kimmich’s error that cost Bayern Munich a SVEN ULREICH Seoul: South Korea won the bid to host in the 11th. A catstrophic blunder shot struck Marcelo’s arm. They place in the Champions League the 2020 International Table Tennis from Ulreich then allowed Benzema contributed to their own demise, final. Ulreich made a bizarre mis- Federation (ITTF) World Team Table to tap in Madrid’s second just after CATASTROPHIC BLUNDER: Bayern Munich goalkeeper Sven Ulreich (C) looks though, when Ulreich lost his foot- take in the second half, as he at- appointed I am for being knocked- Tennis Championships. The Korea Table the break. haplessly as his error allowed Karim Benzema (L) put the ball into an empty tempted to collect Corentin Tennis Association said Tuesday that ing as he tried to control a backpass out,” he wrote on Instagram. “We South Korea’s southern port city Busan James Rodriguez, on loan from net for Real Madrid’s second goal at Santiago Bernabeu, Tuesday from Corentin Tolisso, allowing Tolisso’s back pass, only to seem- desperately wanted to reach the has been named the host city for the Madrid, restored parity for Bayern Real’s much-maligned striker ingly realise that he was unable to final and we gave our best and 2020 worlds at the ITTF Annual General in the 63rd to set up a gripping fi- Real rode their luck to win the the other flank and landed their first Benzema to tap in what proved to use his hands. He then subse- then this needless mistake hap- Meeting in Halmstad, Sweden. It will be nale but Real held on despite waves first leg in Munich 2-1 after Bayern punch when Ramos failed to clear be the killer blow. quently slipped, allowing Karim pens to me. I can’t explain it. I’m the first time for South Korea to host of pressure to become the first had missed a slew of chances and a cross and Kimmich gleefully Bayern did create chances before Benzema to score his second goal sorry for my team and for you the table tennis worlds. Busan team since Juventus in 1998 to the Los Blancos, Real Madrid pop- knocked the ball home from close and after Rodriguez’s goal but on the night. fans,” the post added. competed against Katerinburg of reach the final for three years in ularly known as, made the most of range. It was the third consecu- Navas denied the Colombia in- Widely circulated pictures However, Bayern’s official Russia and San Jose of the United succession. They will meet their few opportunities. tive home game in the Champions ternational while Mats Hummels showed Ulreich on his own on the Instagram account, as well as States to bring the world’s biggest Liverpool or AS Roma in the final Bayern launched an early as- League knock-out stages that headed wide from a corner in stop- Bernabeu turf after the final whis- many of his teammates includ- table tennis event to its city. in Kiev May 26, where they will bid sault on their kingdom as David Madrid had fallen behind, but they page time. It was Bayern’s fifth tle, clearly distraught, and he has ing Jerome Boateng, Javi Martinez to become the first side since Alaba rushed forward only to pass kept their composure and soon consecutive Champions League now issued a public apology to and James Rodriguez were quick Bayern in 1976 to win the compe- into the hands of keeper Keylor found an equaliser. exit to a Spanish side, and their Bayern’s supporters. to comfort Ulreich on the social Contract extended tition for three straight years. Navas. Bayern came back down A superb cross-field ball from third to Madrid in that time. “Words can’t describe how dis- media platform. London: Defender Rob Holding has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal, the capital football club HOCKEY COACHING RESHUFFLE announced Tuesday. The 22-year-old, who joined Arsenal from Bolton Hafeez cleared to Wanderers in July 2016, had made his debut against Liverpool in the opening match of the 2016-17 season. He has Marijne, Harendra to swap places since gone on to make 42 first-team resume bowling appearances and helped the team win the Emirates FA Cup against Chelsea at AGENCIES INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Marijne, urged by HI to ac- Wembley Stadium last year. The celerate the growth of a talented duration of the new contract was Karachi, May 2: Pakistan off-spin- New Delhi, May 2: In yet an- young generation, saw the team however, not stated by the club. ner Mohammad Hafeez has been other coaching reshuffle in Indian change a lot of players. His team cleared to resume bowling in in- hockey, the national men’s and saw the axing of some of the ternational cricket after his ac- the women’s hockey teams’ head seniors like Sardar Singh and tion was deemed to be legal by coaches Sjoerd Marijne and Ramandeep Singh. Under Strong Indian squad the International Cricket Council Harendra Singh have been asked Marijne, India retained the Asia New Delhi: After securing a rich haul of (ICC) following reassessment, the to swap sides, Hockey India (HI) Cup and clinched the bronze 11 medals at the Asian Youth Boxing sport’s governing body said announced Tuesday. medal in the Hockey World Championships in Bangkok last week, Tuesday. The announcement comes League (HWL) Final in late 2017. Indian boxing got yet another huge Hafeez, 37, was suspended last after both the men’s and the However, his team finished fourth shot in the arm as 16 young pugilists November after match officials women’s teams failed to grab a in the CWG. Experts questioned booked their spots for the 2018 AIBA reported him for a suspected ille- medal at the Gold Coast the changing of players in a cru- Youth World Boxing Championships, gal bowling action in October’s Mohammad Hafeez Commonwealth Games in April. cial year for the Indian team. the second highest by any Asian ODI against Sri Lanka. This means 44-year-old It will also be a return to the country in the fray. A total of 10 women “Hafeez underwent a re-as- his illegal bowling action in the Dutchman Marijne has returned men’s coaching top post for for- and six men have made the cut for the sessment of his bowling action, future. Hafeez had been sus- to the women’s team which he mer international Harendra, prestigious event. The World Champion- where it was revealed that the pended on two previous occa- had left in September after being who worked as head coach be- ship will also serve as the last opport- unity for the Indian boxers to qualify a amount of elbow extension in his sions for the same offence and six months in charge. tween 2009 and 2011. He also led complete field for the Youth Olympics. bowling action was within the 15- served a 12-month ban from July Hockey India (HI) secretary the junior men’s team to World degree level of tolerance permit- 2015 after his action was found to general Mohd Mushtaque Cup glory during an eight-month ted under the ICC Illegal Bowling be illegal for the second time in Ahmed said, “Harendra Singh stint. Harendra’s most impor- Regulations,” the ICC said in a a two-year period. brings with himself wealth of ex- tant contribution to the women’s Former coach accused statement. Meanwhile, West Indies pace- perience and has previously team was leading them to the Rio de Janeiro: A former coach of The sport’s governing body man Ronsford Beaton has been managed a lot of the men’s team Asia Cup title in Japan last year. Brazil’s national gymnastics team has said that Hafeez had undergone suspended from bowling in in- players during his stints in the “It is an honour for me to been accused by dozens of athletes of remedial work prior to the re- ternational cricket after the ICC Hockey India League and with now manage the Indian men’s sexual abuse in the latest child assessment and videos and images found his action to be illegal. The the junior teams. While, Marijne’s hockey team. It has been a very molestation scandal to rock the sport. of his corrected action will be 25-year-old could be allowed to first stint with the Women’s team satisfying journey with the Fernando de Carvalho Lopes allegedly provided to match officials in fu- play domestic matches in the was a very successful one and we Indian Women’s Hockey team watched children shower, touched ture games. The images are pro- Caribbean with the consent of the are sure he will continue to do and I would like to thank Hockey them indecently and asked them to vided to help officials ensure that nation’s cricket board Cricket well with this team as he has India for entrusting me with perform sexual acts, according to at Hafeez does not revert back to West Indies (CWI). done in the past.” the new role,” he said. Harendra Singh during a training session with the Indian women’s team least 40 of his victims. The gymnasts and former gymnasts revealed the accusations to the Fantastico news 18-YR HIATUS ENDS programme on TV Globo. Lopes has Bond optimistic DEFENDING CHAMPIONS MUMBAI ALMOST OUT OF IPL-XI denied the allegations. The Sao Paulo state security department confirmed police were investigating but declined about MI chances Bihar back in to provide details for judicial reasons. Bowlers fashion RCB victory PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Ranji Trophy INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Shuttlers banned Bangalore, May 2: Defending champions INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian shuttlers Tan Mumbai Indians (MI) are standing at the Bangalore, May 2: Royal Challengers Chun Seang and Zulfadli Zulkiffli have threshold of an early exit from the ongoing Bangalore (RCB) pulled off an excellent New Delhi, May 2: After a long wait received 15 and 20 years bans IPL, but an optimistic bowling coach Shane bowling performance to defeat Mumbai of 18 years, Bihar will return to do- respectively after being found guilty of Bond feels the team have enough arsenal at Indians (MI) by 14 runs in an IPL-XI clash mestic cricket tournaments when it offences relating to betting, wagering its disposal to turn things turnaround in its here Tuesday. will play the Ranji Trophy in and irregular match results, Badminton must-win remaining six games. Chasing a manageable target of 168 September this year. World Federation (BWF) said With just two runs, MI lost wickets at regular inter- Amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium Wednesday. Tan and former junior wins from eight We have six vals and could only post 153/7. Except told this to the bench of Chief Justice world champion Zulkiffli were banned matches, MI are games left and for Hardik Pandya (50, 42b, 5x4, 1x6) the Dipak Mishra, Justice AM Khanwilkar from any involvement in badminton, currently lan- we have to win other Mumbai batsmen were unable to and Justice DY Chandrachud in the including administrative, coaching, guishing at the them all. I still stand up to the RCB bowlers. course of the hearing of a contempt officiating, and developmental second last po- believe that we have Mumbai’s chase ran into trouble right plea filed by the Cricket Association functions. An independent panel came sition in the key players who can from the start as they lost their entire top of Bihar. Bihar did not get any op- to the conclusion that both players eight-team IPL. win us six games in order in the first seven overs before the portunity to participate in any of the “engaged in corruption offences over a Three-time a row total had reached the 50-run mark. Kiwi domestic cricket tournaments after the significant period and a significant champions pacer Tim Southee (2/25) struck the first formation of Jharkhand November 15, number of tournaments” dating back to SHANE BOND Mumbai how- blow when he bowled Ishan Kishan in the 2000, when it lost its cricketing head- 2013, BWF said in a statement. “In addition, Tan has been fined $15,000 ever have six more games remaining and first over. Fellow pacer Umesh Yadav quarter at Jamshedpur to Jharkhand. while Zulkiffli has been fined $25,000 by Bond said they still can turnaround the (2/29) struck in the fourth over when he The Board of Control for Cricket in a BWF Ethics Hearing Panel,” BWF said. script, just like 2015 when they went on to sent back the other opener Suryakumar India (BCCI) said that Bihar could not win their second IPL crown. Yadav and skipper Rohit Sharma off suc- be accommodated in the domestic cir- “We have six games left and we have cessive deliveries. cuit because the domestic season had Teams announced to win them all. That is what we have to ended by the time the court had passed do. I still believe when you look at our BRIEF SCORES its January 4 order. The top court had Mumbai: Two youth teams of Delhi and squad, we have key players who can win this year had said January 4 that Bihar Bangalore will represent India at the us six games in a row. We have done it in RCB 167/7 will play the Ranji Trophy and other Junior NBA World Championships to be the past (in 2015) and I believe we can do (Manan Vohra; Hardik Pandya 3/28) domestic tournaments under the aegis played in Orlando, USA August 7-12. it again,” Bond said after Mumbai lost by bt MI 153/7 of the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA). The National Basketball Association 14 runs against Royal Challengers (Hardik Pandya 50; Tim Southee 2/25) BRILLIANT BOWLING: Umesh Yadav (L) celebrates the wicket of Rohit Sharma at Bangalore, The court had passed its January 4 (NBA) announced Wednesday that a Bangalore here last night. “We just have by 14 runs. Tuesday PTI PHOTO order after Alok Verma of the Cricket team each from Delhi (boys) and to take one game at a time and hopefully Association of Bihar told the court Bangalore (girls) will represent India at we can do that.” Kieron Pollard (13) and Jean-Paul and Krunal however gave a tough fight to Earlier, a disciplined bowling effort by that ever since the formation of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Bond said Mumbai players take a lot of Duminy (23) seemed to have stemmed the RCB bowlers with a 56-run stand off Mumbai restricted RCB to a moderate Jharkhand November 15, 2000, follow- Complex after they won the Junior NBA pride in their performances so motiva- the rot for a brief period when they put 39 balls. But when Krunal miscued an 167/7. Manan Vohra (45, 31b, 2x4, 4x6) was ing the bifurcation of the state, Bihar National Finals. The two sides received tion is never a concern. “Motivation is together 26 runs in the span of four overs. attempted reverse scoop off Siraj to hand the highest scorer for them. Hardik did not get any opportunity to partic- their winners’ trophies from Los there for the players. The guys take a lot Pacer Mohammed Siraj (2/28) separated an easy catch to Mandeep Singh, it was (3/28) was the pick of the Mumbai ipate in Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy Angeles Lakers’ Brook Lopez. AGENCIES of pride in their performances,” he said. the duo. The two Pandya brothers Hardik as good as game over for Mumbai. bowlers. or any other domestic tournaments. sports P16 THURSDAY | MAY 3 | 2018 | BHUBANESWAR

TODAY’S MATCH BCCI remains defiant KKR vs CSK Time: 8pm Sunita to lead India in ACT hockey CA blasts BCCI Telecast: Star Sports channels POST NEWS NETWORK Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur being in charge of the senior THE SQUAD and Anupa. men’s side for eight months. for denying Bhubaneswar, May 2: The team will be hoping Following a disastrous Goalkeepers: Savita, Swati; Experienced Odisha defender to ride on the good show at Commonwealth Games out- SHORT TAKES Defenders: Deepika, Sunita day/night Test Sunita Lakra will lead de- Lakra (C), Deep Grace the recently-concluded Gold ing, Marijne was forced Dhuper in NCA camp fending champions India at Ekka, Gurjit Kaur, Suman Coast Commonwealth Games, Tuesday to swap places the Asian Champions Trophy Devi Thoudam; where it entered the semifi- with Harendra Singh by PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Cuttack: Odisha cricketer Rajesh Dhuper women’s hockey tournament, Midfielders: Monika, nals after 12 years, eventually Hockey India. has been selected as the only player starting at Donghae City, Korea Namita Toppo, Nikki finishing fourth. “We were very disappointed New Delhi, May 2: Cricket Australia from the state to take part in the U-23 May 13. Besides Sunita, four Pradhan, Neha Goyal, In 2016, the Indian team had after losing the semifinal in (CA) CEO James Sutherland Wednesday camp, which will take place at the other players from Odisha – Lilima Minz, Navjot defeated China in the final to CWG by a close margin to hosts said India’s refusal to play a day-night National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Deep Grace Ekka, Lilima Minz, Kaur, Udita; win the previous edition of Australia. We knew it was our Test during the series later this year Bangalore, June 25-July 24. The Namita Toppo and Anupa Forwards: Vandana Asian Champions Trophy. The best chance to make the medal is driven by a desperation to win Down wicketkeeper-batsman was a key Barla, have also been included Katariya, Lalremsiami, girls followed up this victory round,” said Sunita. Under even as the BCCI stayed firm in member of the state U-23 and Ranji in the squad. Navneet Kaur, with a successful outing at “But we have gained a lot its rejection of the proposed match. squads. He scored a staggering 1320 Anupa Barla. runs, including three centuries and eight Sunita was handed the lead- the 2017 Asia Cup where they of confidence and heart from half centuries, in the last season, both in ership responsibility of the beat China again in the sum- these matches against tougher Ranji and U-23s. “In the coming days, 18-member side in the absence up as a drag-flicker, will oper- mit clash. teams like England and India U-23 side will play few matches of regular skipper Rani ate the defensive line while This year, the team will begin Australia. While this team is outside India and I will try my best to Rampal, who has been rested the midfield will feature its campaign against Japan of mostly experienced play- please the selectors with my for the tournament. Goalkeeper Monika, Namita, Nikki May 13. Interestingly, it is ex- ers, we also have talented Obviously, we want to beat performance in the camp,” said the Savita will be Sunita’s deputy. Pradhan, Neha Goyal, Lilima, pected to be Dutchman Sjoerd youngsters who are eager to Australia in Australia and Cuttack lad. Experienced Deepika, Deep Navjot Kaur and Udita. India’s Marijne’s first assignment with contribute to the team’s suc- what’s wrong in it? If they Grace, Suman Devi Thoudam forward line will be led by the team following his return cess and help us defend the can strategise how easily Sunita Lakra and Gurjit Kaur, who doubles Vandana Katariya, to the women’s camp after title,” she added. they can beat us, we will India lose top spot look after our interests VINOD RAI I CoA CHIEF Dubai: England have overtaken India to seize the top spot in the ICC ODI team CSK hot favourites against KKR rankings following the annual update. Mixed show by shuttlers Sutherland feels that it is CA’s pre- The 2014-15 season has been dropped INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE rogative to decide on the pink ball from the latest calculations while those PRESS TRUST OF INDIA RAIN PLAYS SPOILSPORT Test against India at Adelaide from from the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons Kolkata, May 2: Table-toppers December 6-10 but BCCI Committee of Important results Delhi: Rain played spoilsport as it first delayed the start of the match and are weighted at 50 per cent. England, Auckland, May 2: The Indians had Chennai Super Kings (CSK), who Administrators’(COA) chief Vinod who last topped the ODI rankings in Lakshya Sen bt Wei Cheam later halted the game in the 17.1 overs of the Delhi Daredevils (DD) innings a mixed day in office as the men’s have looked a class apart so far, during their IPL-XI match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Feroz Shah Rai once again made it clear that the January 2013, have gained eight points singles players made merry while 21-11, 21-16 will start as hot favourites against game will not take place. and moved to 125 points. India, who Kotla ground here, Wednesday. DD were 196/6 when rain stopped play. the women players had a forget- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in “I think personally the home coun- were at the top before the update, have B Sai Praneeth bt Umpires called it enough when the drizzles became heavier after the depar- lost a solitary point and are in second table show during the opening Misha Zilberman an IPL-XI clash at the Eden ture of Glenn Maxwell in the first ball of the final over of the 18-over-a-side try should have the right to schedule place with a total of 122 points. South round of the New Zealand Open 21-11, 21-19 Gardens here Thursday. encounter. Earlier, Rishabh Pant (69, 29b, 7x4, 5x6) and Shreyas Iyer (50, 35b, matches as it sees fit and start them Badminton Championship here Back in the IPL after a two-year 3x4, 3x6) scored blistering half centuries to put Delhi Daredevils in a com- at whatever time of day they want,” Africa, who were second, have dropped Ajay Jayarambt Hsu Jen Hao Thursday. Lakshya Sen, B Sai hiatus, the MS Dhoni-led outfit manding position. Put into bat, Delhi opener young Prithvi Shaw (47,25b, 4x4, Sutherland said. CoA chief Rai said, down to third place after losing four 21-23, 21-12, 21-18 points, from 117 to 113. Praneeth, Ajay Jayaram and have till now won six games out 4x6) and skipper Iyer added 73 runs for the second wicket after the early “I don’t think BCCI’s stand will Sameer Verma recorded victories Sameer Verma bt of eight and just lost two. Dhoni departure of Kiwi Colin Munro for a first-ball duck. Then Iyer and Pant scored change. As it has already been de- in their respective matches. Sony Dwi Kuncoro has led from the front. The star an aggressive cricket to add 92 runs for the third wicket. However, wickets cided, D/N pink ball matches will Lakshya defeated June Wei Cheam 21-8, 21-10 former India captain has looked falling at regular intervals slowed the process of run flow. Vijay Shankar’s continue at the first-class level. Duleep SLC warns Malinga of Malaysia 21-11, 21-16 to enter the every inch like his old self with (17, 6b, 2x4, 1x6) short cameo, though, allowed the hosts to go past 190-run Trophy will be played under lights Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) second round where he will face losing to reigning Australian na- 286 runs in eight matches. mark. Jaydev Unadkat (3/43) was the pick of the RR bowlers. once again.” selectors are reportedly upset with top seed Dan. tional champion Abhinav Manota Besides Dhoni, top-scorer Rai, however, said that India’s re- pacer Lasith Malinga for apparently India’s top ranked player in the who won 21-19, 14-21, 21-19. Sixth Ambati Rayudu has been superb also done well in games, giving KKR have looked good in luctance to play D/N Test does not wasting his time as bowling mentor of tournament, third seeded Praneeth seeded Tomy Sugiarto of Indonesia with the bat as well, amassing 370 the team an overall stability. patches so far and against a for- imply that the two boards are on col- Indian Premier League (IPL) side made short work of Israel’s Misha beat Subhankar Dey 21-18, 21-10 in runs at 46.25. Veteran Australian On the other hand, KKR reg- midable side in CSK, the men lision course. “I don’t see this as a Mumbai Indians and issued the 34-year- Zilberman 21-11, 21-19 in just 41 min- another match. opener Shane Watson has looked istered a morale-boosting six- in purple will have their task reason for friction between boards. old an ultimatum to return home to play utes. Fifth seeded Indian Verma put However, the Indian women good too with a century. He along wicket win against Royal cut out. A lot will once again Playing condition is something that domestic cricket if he intended to be up an authorative display beat- had a disappointing day in the with South African skipper Faf Challengers Bangalore in their rest on West Indian all-rounder both the boards sit and decide upon. recalled to the national side. Malinga, ing Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro singles with both Jakka Vaishnavi Du Plessis, they make a deadly last game. After a harrowing 55- Andre Russell who has been But let me make it clear once again, who last played for the Islanders more 21-8, 21-10. Reddy and Chukka Sai Uttejitha combination at the top. run loss against Delhi, Chris KKR’s go-to-man this season. there won’t be any pink ball Test in- than seven months ago in the home series against India, was not retained by Jayaram was the most im- Rao losing their respective matches. Du Plessis’ compatriot Lungi Lynn starred for Dinesh Karthik’s Kuldeep and Piyush will have volving India,” Rai said. In fact, Mumbai ahead of the 2018 season. He pressive among the Indians as he Vaishnavi lost to Hsuan-Yu Wendy Ngidi has added teeth to CSK’s KKR with an unbeaten half cen- to weave their magic with the Sutherland went to the extent of say- went unsold at the IPL auction and then upset fourth seeded Hsu Jen Hao Chen of Australia 16-21, 19-21 while pace battery after returning to the tury as wrist spinners Piyush ball to restrict Chennai and look ing that India are only focused on opted for a stint as a mentor for the 21-23, 21-12, 21-18. Sameer’s brother Uttejitha lost to qualifier Yukino fold. The likes of Harbhajan Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav also for early wickets along with mys- winning the series rather looking at Mumbai franchise. PNN & AGENCIES Sourabh, however, had an early exit Nakai of Japan 14-21, 13-21. Singh, and Dwayne Bravo have looked good. tery spinner Sunil Narine. future of the game.

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