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NEARBY CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A splash of colour BJP’s Biren Singh stakes claim to form govt. in Manipur

Yeleru canal repair Ibobi Singh inally quits after keeping everyone in suspense through the day works apace VISAKHAPATNAM Shiv Sahay Singh Work on repairs to Yeleru Imphal Left Main Canal, one of the The Bharatiya Janata Party major sources of water (BJP) on Monday put forward supply to the city, is going on the name of N. Biren Singh briskly with about half the time of the scheduled as the next Chief Minister of month’s closure over. Manipur. The decision was taken at a meeting of BJP le- VISAKHAPATNAM Ī PAGE 3 gislators in the presence of DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD two Central ministers, Piy- ush Goyal and Prakash Congress plea to Javadekar, at a hotel in President Imphal. VIJAYAWADA The journalist-turned- The Andhra Pradesh Congress politician and MLA from the Committee (APCC) has Fun and frolic: Youngsters at a rain dance event held as part of the Holi celebrations at Heingang constituency is appealed to President Pranab a hotel in Visakhapatnam on Monday. K.R. DEEPAK (REPORT ON PAGE 2) considered one of the most Mukherjee to intervene and prominent faces of the BJP in ensure that the Congress is invited to form governments Manipur. He had left the in Manipur and Goa. APCC Congress in October 2016 president N. Raghuveera Parrikar to be sworn in and joined the BJP. Reddy said that as per tradition the single largest Meets Governor party should be invited by the Immediately after being elec- Governor. Goa Chief Minister today ted as the leader of the BJP ANDHRA PRADESH legislature party, Mr. Biren Ī PAGE 4 Singh met Governor Najma Prominent face: N. Biren Singh, left, is greeted by Union Minister and BJP’s Manipur in-charge DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Coalition partners may get most of the Cabinet berths Heptulla, staking his claim to Prakash Javadekar in Imphal on Monday. RITU RAJ KONWAR form the first BJP govern- ‘Drop aqua food park’ Prakash Kamat According to a Raj Bhavan Finance and Home portfo- ment in Manipur. cent Assembly poll, has wit- the lone Independent MLA On Monday also, the sus- VIJAYAWADA Panaji communiqué issued here lios. Preliminary talks about “This is a huge challenge. nessed high political drama Ashad Uddin and the switch- pense continued with re- Leaders of the YSR Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party late on Sunday evening, Mr. portfolio allocation with our I left the Congress because of in the past two days. While ing of sides by Congress MLA ports that Mr. Ibobi Singh Congress and the Left parties leader Manohar Parrikar, Parrikar had been asked to partners were conducted by misgovernance. I assure the the Congress has emerged as T. Shyamkumar has tilted the was not resigning. Earlier have, in a letter to Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief who on Monday morning prove his majority by con- Nitin Gadkariji. The finer de- people that our team will the single largest party with balance in favour of the BJP. Ms. Heptulla said: “I told the Minister N. Chandrababu resigned as Defence Minis- vening a session of the As- tails are being worked out by bring good governance to 28 MLAs in the 60-member The only Trinamool Con- CM that first you resign then Naidu, sought the Godavari ter, will be sworn in Chief sembly within 15 days of tak- Mr. Parrikar himself in con- the people of Manipur,” the Assembly, three short of ma- gress MLA T. Robindro has only I can start the process Mega Aqua Food Park in West Minister of Goa at 5.15 p.m. ing oath. sultation with other party BJP leader said. jority, the BJP got 21 seats. also offered to support the of government formation.” Godavari district be stalled in on Tuesday. BJP sources reiterated leaders,” a senior leader said Within hours of the devel- The BJP has the support of 4 BJP. After the BJP leadership Mr. Ibobi Singh even held a the interest of the farmers Mr. Parrikar, along with here that a majority of the on Monday. opments at the BJP camp, MLAs each from the Naga met the Governor, along press conference stating that and the general public. members of his Cabinet, will Cabinet berths are expected Chief Minister Okram Ibobi People’s Front (NPF) and the with representatives of other he had ample time and ANDHRA PRADESH be sworn in by Governor to be offered to the coalition JAITLEY TO LOOK AFTER Singh visited Raj Bhavan and National People’s Party parties, Mr. Ibobi Singh met would resign in a day or two. Ī PAGE 4 Mridula Sinha at the Raj partners. DEFENCE; CONGRESS MOVES tendered his resignation. (NPP) and one from the Lok the Governor late on Sunday DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Bhavan, said sources in the “The details are still being SUPREME COURT Ī PAGE 10 Manipur, which gave a Janshakti Party (LJP). How- night and staked claim to CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 Goa government here. worked out. We will retain ‘IT’S A POWER GRAB’ Ī PAGE 10 fractured mandate in the re- ever, the disappearance of form the government. U.P. AND AWAY Ī EDITORIAL Cases against Bid on ex-MLA: All Tearful farewell to Bhuma Nagi Reddy Temblor Jagan: Orders rattles reserved accused acquitted A host of leaders, including CM, attend the cremation Addanki M.V. Subramanyam Legal Correspondent ALLAGADDA (KURNOOL DT.) Special Correspondent Hyderabad A gang tried to kill C.K. Babu in 2007 The mortal remains of ONGOLE Justice A. Shankarnarayana Staff Reporter While Mr. Babu escaped Nandyal MLA Bhuma Nagi Panic-stricken people of the Hyderabad High CHITTOOR unhurt, the shoot-out resul- Reddy were on Monday rushed out of their houses Court reserved orders in The Ninth Additional Ses- ted in the death a municipal evening consigned to the- in Pammidipadu, cases filed seeking quash- sions Court on Monday ac- official, who was reportedly flames with official honours Ravinuthala and other vil- ing of criminal cases re- quitted all the 13 accused in there to meet Mr. Babu. An- at Shobha Nagi Reddy Ghat lages in Korisapadu man- gistered against YSRCP a 2007 case of attempt to other attacker, identified as here, named after his wife dal of the Addanki-Ongole leaders who visited Gov- murder on the former Chit- Raja, who was injured in the whose last rites were per- region after household art- ernment hospital to see the toor MLA C.K. Jayachandra leg, fled. formed in 2014. icles changed their places injured after the road acci- Reddy alias C.K. Babu, after Taking the episode as a Police personnel carried in the early hours of dent near Penuganchiprolu a decade-long trial. backlash to the 2005 at- rifles by lowering them Monday. in Krishna district, on Feb- On February 9, 2007 tempt to murder on Katari while Nagi Reddy’s body was Final journey: The funeral procession of Bhuma Nagi Reddy at Allagadda inKurnool district The earthquake of 3.5 ruary 28. around 9 a.m., a gang carry- Mohan, the police then re- taken in a cortege decked on Monday. U. SUBRAMANYAM magnitude was recorded 19 The judge heard argu- ing lethal weapons barged gistered criminal cases atop a flower-bedecked km southeast of the Ad- ments on behalf of Y.S. into a club beside the Pala- against Katari Mohan, his truck amidst drum beats as Lokesh, Union Minister Y. Reddy and Kollu Ravindra, leader. All the shops and es- danki Seismic Station at Jagan Mohan Reddy and maner Road in Chittoor nephew Chandrasekhar thousands of party activists, Sujana Chowdary, Deputy TDP State president K. Kala tablishments, hotels, educa- 2.43 a.m., National Geo- Jogi Ramesh and others town, allegedly to kill Mr. alias Chintu (now prime ac- his followers and a large Chief Ministers N. Chinara- Venkata Rao, several MLAs, tional institutions and offices physical Research Institute seeking to quash the crim- Babu. cused in the double murder number of people followed it jappa and K.E. Krish- former Ministers, former were closed in the town. Su- (NGRI) officials said. Its epi- inal proceedings registered After gunning down his of mayor Anuradha and her from his residence at namurthy, Legislative Coun- MLAs, and a host of party perintendent of Police A. centre was located 15.721N against them by the Nandi- gunman, the gang members spouse Katari Mohan), and Allagadda. The body was cil Chairman A. Chakrapani, leaders took part in the last Ravikrishna and police per- latitude and 80.090E lon- gama police. entered a room in the club, 13 others, including Katari wrapped in a national flag Assembly Speaker Kodela journey. sonnel made elaborate ban- gitude. It occurred at a They said they went to where Mr. Babu and his fol- Praveen (slain Katari and police personnel gave a Sivaprasada Rao, Kurnool dobust arrangements and depth of 3 km, they added. console the families and lowers were having break- couple’s son). gun salute and blew the MP Butta Renuka, Ministers Cabinet berth for barricaded the road leading Some houses in the vil- sought details from doctors fast. When the gang opened As the prosecution did bugle as his son Jagat K. Atchannaidu, Devineni Akhila sought to Bhuma Nagi Reddy’s res- lages in the mandal de- as people’s representat- fire, another gunman of the not succeed in proving Vikhyat Reddy lit the pyre. Umamaheswara Rao, Prath- People of all ages made a idence. The vehicles of VIPs veloped cracks. However, ives. Allegations were former MLA returned the charges against the accused, Chief Minister N. ipati Pulla Rao, Paritala beeline for the residence of were alone permitted into people in other areas did made against District Col- fire, killing one of the the court on Monday acquit- Chandrababu Naidu, his son Sunitha, Peethala Sujatha, K. Nagi Reddy to pay last re- the road and all others had not feel the impact of the lector, doctors and police assailants. ted them of the charges. and TDP national secretary Mrunalini, Palle Raghunatha spects to the departed to go on foot. temblor. who registered false cases. NGT to monitor coal dust pollution in Vizag port Youth killed, mother hurt in attack Threatens drastic action if emissions exceed permissible limits Woman’s failure to repay debt the trigger

Special Correspondent founder Shirin Rehman and Staff Reporter VISAKHAPATNAM vice-president Vijay Shankar VIJAYAWADA The National Green Tribunal said now the onus lies on AP- K. Narendra (22) was hacked (NGT) will monitor measures PCB and VPT to bring to death and his mother, K. taken to prevent air pollu- everything within permiss- Padmavathi, suffered injur- tion caused due to spread of ible limits failing which it ies when a person attacked coal dust to Old City and should shutdown coal hand- them with a sickle at Ke- other areas of the city and ling operations. dareswaripet on Monday. directed AP Pollution Con- Making it very clear that They are residents of New trol Board and Visakhapat- they were not advocating the Rajarajeswaripet in the city. nam Port Trust to submit it closure of the port, Dr. According to the police, status reports once in a Shirin Rehman said sustain- Ms. Padmavathi, who was quarter. able development should be deserted by her husband, In response to a PIL filed ensured with stringent meas- was working in the fruit mar- by Chaitanya Sravanthi, an ures to keep pollution under ket at Kedareswaripet and NGO, NGT in its order re- check. Mr. Sarma, a social was friends with the accused cently sought quarterly activist, said as part of ‘Pol- G. Shiva. She borrowed status reports on air ambient luter Payer’ principle the money from him but failed quality in different areas and government as well as the to repay. Shiva raised the is- mark a copy to the Burning issue: Chaitanya Sravanti chairperson Shirin Rehman speaking on National Green port should pay compensa- sue with her many times petitioner. Tribunal order in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Former IAS oicer and social activist E.A.S. Sarma tion for respiratory and der- leading to arguments. Stating that the authorit- looks on. PHOTO: C.V.SUBRAHMANYAM matological ailments being Recently, Narendra ies should stick to the dead- caused to the residents of warned Shiva not to visit his Looking for clues: A policeman observing the place where line (December, 2018) set to slackness in implementing strained to invoke ‘Polluter expert member. Old Town and other areas in house and harass his one person was murdered at Kedareswaripet in Vijayawada control the pollution, it the plan and neglecting the Pays’ principle and even re- the city due to coal dust. mother. on Monday. CH. VIJAYA BHASKAR threatened to step in with pollution control measures straining the respondent Order hailed Coal is brought in large serious action if the respond- (as per permissible limits) port trust from handling coal Describing the order as ‘his- quantity to the port to sup- Police examine brought lunch to his mother. stated to be stable. ents failed to control and if there is no perceptible cargo. toric in coming to the rescue ply to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam CCTV footage Narendra died on the spot The Satyanarayanapuram pollution. reduction of dust emission The order was issued by of pollution sufferers,’ Limited, NTPC Simhadri Upset at the turn of events, and the locals shifted Ms. police have registered a case NGT said: “We make it and improvement of the air Justice Dr. P. Jyothimani, ju- former IAS officer E.A.S. Thermal Power Plant and Shiva attacked them at the Padmavathi to a hospital and examined the CCTV clear that if we find any quality, we will be con- dicial member and P.S. Rao, Sarma, Chaitanya Sravanthi some other companies. fruit market when Narendra where her condition was footage.

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Revellers dance to the tunes of traditional songs he first visit of the new bidding adieu to the 7.30 a.m. Some of the woman was in a position TGeneral Manager of public,” says Duvvada passengers, who had to go to walk and they had no Staff Reporter the East Coast Railway Railway Users’ Association towards the PF-4 exit problem. “Imagine the VISAKHAPATNAM Umesh Singh to Duvvada president K. Eswar. walked across the track plight of someone who is Drenched in multi-coloured last week has evoked “He accepted our and climbed the platform not in a position to walk. hues, revellers celebrated criticism on Twitter by representation but the with their luggage even as They cannot wait or get Holi with traditional fervour various groups. The only word he uttered was the GM was on the the wheel chair from PF-1 on Monday. The Beach Road Tweets were critical of his ‘Dekhenge’, meaning he platform”. and face the prospect of was the favourite spot of ‘lack of patience’ and not will look into it. The “He did not inspect the missing their train. Both people who came there with interacting with the locked hall and toilet on pending ‘loop line PF-1 and PF-8 are entry their families and friends to public. PF-4 side are ‘just a extension’ work on PF-4 points into the station and join in the mirthful revelry of “The GM came in his showpiece’ and are side or visit PF-1 side of wheel chairs should be the festival of colours. special train to Duvvada generally opened only the station,” he added. made available at least on This time, several tourists around 7 a.m. on March during VIP visits. This was ★★★ both sides, if not on all and travellers from the 10. The train stopped on done before the visit of couple, who went to the platforms,” says the North arrived in the city to Platform-4 side. He Visakhapatnam MP K. Athe Gnanapuram passenger. make the most of the exten- remained in the Haribabu in the past,” Mr. entry of the Signboards should be ded weekend and enjoy the compartment for about Eswar said. Visakhapatnam Railway provided at the entry festival at the same time 30 minutes. Later, he “The Secunderabad – Station, to board the points and on the squeeze in a quick vacation. alighted and saw the Visakhapatnam Garib Janmabhoomi Express platforms, indicating the Arvind Agarwal, IT profes- booking counter, the Rath was held up for along with a senior citizen place of availability of the sional, came from Delhi to waiting hall and toilet, about 30 minutes before were shocked to be told wheel chairs for the celebrate the festival with his which were locked before Duvvada as the GM’s by a porter that there convenience of college buddies in the city his visit, and then planted Special train was parked were no wheel chairs on passengers, who need and also enjoy the beauty of a few saplings before on PF-4. It was finally PF-8 (Gnanapuram-side). them. Visakhapatnam’s beaches. boarding the train and allowed on PF-3 around Luckily, the elderly (REPORTING BY B. MADHU GOPAL) “This has been my best Holi so far. The spirit of the Fun time: Children enjoying during Holi celebrations in Visakhapatnam on Monday. K.R. DEEPAK city is so infectious. Every one was on beach road was something new for delicious food spread. Here, the day, the colour-smeared greeting each other. I made them. “We are so excited to faces went beyond recogni- selfies were shared along Workshop on creative writing many new friends during see all colours used in Holi tion with sprayed colours. with festive greetings. There Staff Reporter this visit,” he said. Interest- celebrations. It looks so nice Youngsters were seen taking were similar scenes at MGM cording to a release VISAKHAPATNAM ingly, many foreigners joined and is a lot of fun,” said selfies and were quick on up- Grounds which was buzzing here. Participants will in the festive fun and danced Maria, tourist from Europe. load on family groups on with loud music of the DJs This summer, The get a chance to weave to the beats of traditional WhatsApp, which were over- making music lovers sway to Launch Pad, a training their own stories and songs. Social media flowing with colourful GIFs the beats. The little ones centre, will organise a share it at the workshop. Most of the foreign tour- At The Park, it rained col- and Holi greetings through- jumped about with water 15-day workshop on Further details can be ists expressed their excite- ours with revellers soaking out the day. With #Happy- guns and colour-filled bal- ‘Creative writing with had by dialling the train- ment to participate in this in the festive fervour with Holi being the top trend on loons, joining the fun and the short story project’ ers 9490417053 or festival of colours, which foot-tapping music and some Twitter in India for most of revelry. from Wednesday, ac- 8500636198.

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VISAKHAPATNAM Timings Tuesday, March 14 RISE 06:06 SET 18:07 Yeleru canal repair work apace No water supply RISE 19:41 SET 07:12 Wednesday, March 15 RISE 06:05 SET 18:07 1,000 men, 14 earth-moving machines deployed for the purpose for two days RISE 20:31 SET 07:51 Thursday, March 16 G.V. Prasada Sarma RISE 06:04 SET 18:07 VISAKHAPATNAM Repairs to Meghadrigedda pipeline RISE 21:20 SET 08:30 Work on repairs to Yeleru Left Main Canal, one of the Special Correspondent Ward 46: Srihariipuram, major sources of water sup- VISAKHAPATNAM Ramnagar, Jawaharnagar ply to the city, is going on Owing to repairs to the 914 and Indra Colony.Ward 47: briskly with about half the mm diameter pipeline from Janata Colony, Industrial time of the scheduled Meghadrigedda Reservoir to Colony, Prakash Colony, month’s closure over. Natayyapalem near TDP Colony. Ward 48: About 30 to 40 per cent of Sheelanagar several residen- Prakashnagar, Malkapuram, the repair work has been tial areas and industrial Gudivada Appanna Colony, completed with 1000 men units will go without water Alluri Sitaramaraju Colony, and 14 earth-moving ma- on Tuesday and Wednesday. Durga Colony, Durganagar, chines deployed, it was Supply will be stopped from Trinadhapuram, Kakar- learnt. Simultaneously, work 9 a.m. on Tuesday to 9 a.m. lalova, Krantinagar, Jai on the incomplete water sup- on Thursday. Andhra Colony and Chint- ply canal is also being taken The following residential allova. up by the Irrigation areas will be affected: Ward 49: A.K.C. Colony. Department. Ward 50: Mulagada and In- The repairs, de-silting as Zone V dira Colony. well as supply canal work is Gajuwaka: VUDA Colony, being taken up ahead of the Samatanagar, Gudivada Ap- Industries Purushottapuram Lift Irriga- panna Colony, Ramnagar Coromandel, HPCL, BHEL- tion Scheme completion so and Mindi. HPVP, Hindustan Shipyard, as to receive more water Visakha Dairy, INS Eksila, IN BRIEF from the Yeleru reservoir Zone IV VSEZ, Ommineni Mineral, through the canal. A total of Ward 45: Mulagada Colony, SRMT, Visakha Wire Ropes, 31 works are being taken up Himachalnagar, Ganapatin- IMU, Naval Dockyard, by VIWSCO in various agar, New Ex Servicemen MES-104 area, GAIL India, stretches of the 156-km canal Colony, Santigiri Colony, Na- Ushodaya Enterprises, that passes through East Go- kkavanipalem, Santinagar, APCL, Novus Infra, Sardar davari and Visakhapatnam Srinivasnagar, Chilukavanip- Projects and Bharat for repairs and de-silting. alem and Eduruvanipalem. Dynamics. In the first reach up to 48 km 12 structures are being CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Dharna staged covered with drains either Girjan Kalaseela Welfare going below the canal or Gigantic task: Silt being removed by workers as a part of repairs and maintenance work of Yeleru Left Main Canal. Striking a chord Society, owing allegiance to above it. AITUC, went on a dharna at In the second reach from stretch with rocky terrain and the Serpa rivers where carried out in five agree- 32.6 km from 118 km and lin- the GCC Office on the Beach 48 to 99 km, before and after where taking machines and the embankments are leak- ments with a cost of Rs.3.08 ing for a part of it- up to 24.2 Road here on Monday the tunnel the silt is being re- removing silt is particularly ing. Cross-bunds are erected crore. km- has been completed demanding increased rates moved sometimes going up difficult,” say sources. wherever it is necessary so as earlier. The Irrigation De- for work, arrears, two pairs of clothes and holiday on the depth 28 meters to 30 The repairs also deal with to drain water and take up Supply canal partment has taken up fur- Sunday. Union president M. meters. “It is a difficult the aqueducts on the Varaha work. The 31 works are being The supply canal runs for ther work on it. Manmadha Rao and AITUC district vice-president Sk. Rahaman led the protest. Present A.P. Budget in AU department to Special yoga camp The Department of Yoga and study climate change Consciousness, Andhra Telugu, FM urged Special correspondent The Department of Met- University is organising a VISAKHAPATNAM special yoga camp for weight eorology and Oceano- reduction from March 16. The YLP asks Minister to emulate his Telangana counterpart The Department of Meteor- graphy, Andhra University, camp will continue for a ology and Oceanography, was the first of its kind in month and the classes will be Special Correspondent Andhra University, will be South East Asia to have initi- held from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. VISAKHAPATNAM embarking on a major pro- ated teaching and research and from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Former MP Yarlagadda Lak- ject on climate change. programmes in Meteorology every day at Yoga Village. shmi Prasad has appealed to Department of Science and Oceanography. It was Interested candidates can Chief Minister N. Chandrab- and Technology (DST), Gov- established in 1948 to im- contact 0891-2566640 or abu Naidu to ensure present- ernment of India, has awar- part knowledge on oceanic 9490536733 for registration. ation of the first budget, ded the department a pro- and atmospheric sciences. from the new Assembly ject under National Mission Giving details of the pro- Elected building in Amaravathi, in on Strategic Knowledge for ject, Prof. Ramakrishna, Associate NCC officer of Mrs. Telugu. Mr. Lakshmi Prasad, Climate Change (NMSKCC) said of the ₹ 1.76 crore, A.V.N. College N. who is chairman of Lok to make a detailed study on about Rs. 70 lakh will be in- Ramakrishna has been Nayak Foundation, recalled climate change and its effect vested in infrastructure in- elected vice-president of that in the past Telangana on agriculture. cluding the setting up of Andhra Pradesh Associate Minister Eetela Rajender had Lok Nayak Foundation chairman Y. Lakshmi Prasad addressing Speaking to The Hindu, probably the biggest com- NCC Officers’ Association on introduced the State budget the media in Visakhapatnam on Monday. C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Prof. SSVS Ramakrishna, puter in the university. “The Sunday at the annual of Telangana in Telugu last senior professor from the capacity would be in tera- conference held in year but the A.P. Finance duce the budget in Telugu. mending the State for ensur- department, said DST has bytes, as we need to collect Vijayawada. Dr. Ramakrishna will continue in his new role Minister had presented it in He said Governor E.S.L. ing that the buildings in Am- sanctioned about ₹1.76 crore information on climate for a period of two years. English last year. Narasimhan during his ad- aravati reflected Andhra to study climate change change in the last 20 to 30 Addressing a media con- dress from the new As- heritage and culture, he said across the country with spe- years and collate them and ference here on Monday,he sembly building had done it would have little meaning cial focus of its impact on draw inferences to project S.K. Mahati of Kozhikode presenting a Carnatic vocal recital at Award for art teacher said at least this year the Fin- well to begin and end his when Telugu language was agriculture in Andhra Pra- the climate changes for the a programme organised by Sri Vijaya Tyagaraja Sangeeta Odisha-based art teacher ance Minister would intro- speech in Telugu. Com- neglected. desh. next 100 years,” he said. Sabha in Visakhapatnam on Monday. C.V.SUBRAHMANYAM Sheik Meera John was presented with State-level Pratibha Ratna Award of Akhila Bharata Telugu Samskrutika Samakhya at a 100th birthday of tyagi to be celebrated today programme here on Monday. It was presented to him in Special Correspondent cing this at a media confer- Thota Narasaiah, who had his III Form and Higher ram and Manorama at the recognition of his VISAKHAPATNAM contribution to the art scene. ence here on Monday, Lok responded to Gandhiji’s call Grade Examinations in 1940. Kasturi Ba Training Centre at The 100th birthday of free- Nayak Foundation chairman to boycott foreign cloth, and His association with Gora, Bobbili for two years separ- dom fighter Raavuri Arjuna Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad had been wearing only khadi who founded the Atheist So- ately. Tehsildars told Rao and his 70th wedding an- recalled the contribution of for the past 100 years,”he ciety in 1940, attracted him The wedding was per- niversary with Manorama, Mr. Arjuna Rao to the cause said. towards atheism and the formed in the presence of to clear NFBS are being celebrated by the of promoting an egalitarian Mr. Arjuna Rao was born freedom movement. the then Prime Minister Lok Nayak Foundation at the society, freedom movement in a poor family to Garatayya Gora asked Arjuna Rao to Jawaharlal Nehru, Acharya applications Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Assembly and his commitment to and Venkamma at Vanapam- marry his eldest daughter Vinobha Bhave, and others Hall of Andhra University Gandhian principles. ula near Gudivada in Krishna Manorama. Gandhiji wanted at Sevagram on March 13, Special Correspondent here on Tuesday. Announ- “He was influenced by district in 1917. He completed Arjuna Rao to stay at Sevag- 1948. VISAKHAPATNAM

Joint Collector G. Srijana has asked tahsildars to Drop disinvestment clear 2000 applications of the National Family Benefit Scheme pending with move: DCI oicers them. She asked the offi- cials to sanction the benefit Special Correspondent Visakhapatnam. to the eligible and reject VISAKHAPATNAM The employees and of- the other by assigning valid ficers are on a warpath for reasons. A total of 7000 ap- Dredging Corporation of In- the last few days following plications on various dia Officers’ Association has reports that the Centre has grounds are pending with appealed to the authorities decided to go for further tahsildars. concerned to refrain from disinvestment of 51%. going ahead with the pro- DCI set up in 1976 has all VISAKHAPATNAM TODAY posed sale of stake in DCI. along stood the competition The officers took out a and secured international Lok Nayak Foundation: 100th birth- rally to the GVMC Gandhi contracts against tough bid- day celebration of freedom ighter statue here on Monday and ding the latest one being the Ravuri Arjuna Rao, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Assembly Hall, 10 a.m. later sent the representation Mongla Port in Bangladesh. “Perini” Chanakya Memorial to the authorities concerned The employees were of the Trust: Discourse by Swami Paripoor- not to go for further disin- opinion that disinvestment nanda Swami, ilm songs by Tewari, vestment in the category-I of majority stake would lead Saideva Harsha and Vinjamuri Anuhya, Kalabharati Auditorium, 6 mini ratna company. DCI to privatisation of the profit p.m. has its head office in making company. Department of Instrument Tech- nology: Inaugural of one-day work- shop on ‘Recent trends in medical instruments’, AU College of Engineer- ing, 9.30 a.m. Ganja seized, 4 held

0 Special Correspondent DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to lorry in which the ganja was verify and make appropriate enquiries to VISAKHAPATNAM satisfy themselves about the veracity of loaded. The arrested per- an advertisement before responding to Four persons were arrested sons were identified as any published in this newspaper. Kasturi & Sons Limited, the Publisher & Owner of by the police while they Radha Mohan Yadav of Bi- this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement or ad- were transporting 585 kg har, Pangi Balaram of vertiser or for any of the advertiser’s products and/or services. In no event can dry ganja in a truck at Ped- Gangavaram area under the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ dapeta junction under Rolu- G.K. Veedhi mandal, company be held responsible/liable in any manner whatsoever for any claims gunta police station limits in Avataar Singh (owner of the and/or damages for advertisements in this newspaper. the district on Monday. vehicle) and Jaspal Singh, The police also seized the both from Punjab. Published by N. Ram at Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002 and Printed by S.D.T. Rao at 199/1 & 199/2, Industrial Park, IDA, Block D, Chinagantyada Village, Gajuwaka Mandal, Visakhapatnam-530012 on behalf of KASTURI & SONS LTD., Chennai-600002. Editor: Mukund Padmanabhan (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act). Regd. VSP/90/2015-2017 ● RNI No. TNENG/1990/49947 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 28 ● No. 62 CM M VZ-VZ YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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MLA’s assurance to to Governor, Chief Minister Chief Minister N. Chandrab- abu Naidu asserted on paper mill workers Staff Reporter quisition of their holdings Monday that he would stand RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM VIJAYAWADA was for agriculture–related by Nandyal MLA Bhuma Nagi City MLA Akula Leaders of the YSR Con- activities and land conver- Satyanarayana on Monday Reddy’s family and assured assured the workers of AP gress, Congress and the Left sion was made after obtain- Telugu Desam Party’s sup- Paper Mill of getting solved parties have, in a letter to ing their signatures on blank port to his daughter and their issues. He was speaking Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan papers. Allagadda MLA Bhuma to the workers belonging to and Chief Minister N. Akhilapriya. BMS union, who represented Chandrababu Naidu, sought Resolutions Speaking to the media to the MLA about different the Godavari Mega Aqua Sixteen village panchayats in after placing a wreath on their issues including Food Park in West Godavari the Mogaltur mandal have Nagi Reddy’s body at his res- suspension of 31 workers in district be stalled in the in- passed resolutions against idence at Allagadda, Mr. the past. terest of the farmers and the the project, basically on the Naidu said it was unfortu- general public. K. Parthas- ground that it was highly pol- nate that Nagi Reddy passed Panchayat chamber to arathy of the YSRC, A.P. Con- luting in nature and sent the away within hours of meet- move High Court gress Committee president same to the government, ing him. Terming his abrupt VIZIANAGARAM N. Raghuveera Reddy and which just kept quiet. Rep- demise a grave loss to the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat CPI (M) and CPI State secret- resentations to MPs, MLAs TDP, which cannot be filled, Raj Chamber (APPRC) has aries P. Madhu and K. Ra- and officials of the Revenue the Chief Minister described decided to fight legally on makrishna among others and Police Departments him as a leader with dynam- delegation of powers to said the land acquisition for went unheeded. ism and commitment to the sarpanches in the State. the facility which could yield The Opposition parties’ party and the people. At its meeting at Ambedkar 16,000 tonnes of marine leaders further observed Mr. Naidu said Nagi Reddy Bhavan here on Monday, produce per annum was that the project would con- urged him to develop roads, Ofering condolences: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu with Allagadda MLA Bhuma Akhilapriya and her sister chamber State vice-president fraudulent. Besides, there sume several lakh litres of public amenities and infra- Nagamounika at Bhuma Nagi Reddy’s residence in Allagadda on Monday. U. SUBRAMANYAM Mamidi Appala Naidu, district were environmental con- water available in its vicinity sarpanches’ association structure in the Nandyal and president K. Satyanarayana, cerns which the State gov- thereby causing a major Allagadda constituencies. He God’s will was otherwise. Sekhar Reddy’s demise. and recalled her tragic death sions with Akhilapriya, her and sarpanchs from all over ernment had so far not ad- crisis for the people. promised to develop the two “Some incidents occur bey- When the TDP leadership in a road accident in 2014. sister and brother and her the district resolved to file dressed. They expressed regret constituencies as desired by ond one’s comprehension,” asked him to contest against Their son Jagat Vikhyat uncle and Kurnool MLA S.V. writ plea in the High Court on The farmers and the resid- that prohibitory orders were Nagi Reddy. he remarked. The TDP lost a then Prime Minister P.V. Reddy was studying Interme- Mohan Reddy in the depar- March 23 with 18 demands. ents of nearly 30 villages imposed under Sec. 144 to family member and the Narasimha Rao, he did so diate and two daughters ted leader’s residence at have been protesting against pre-empt any protest that ‘Lost a family member’ party would extend all co- without any hesitation or Akhilapriya, Allagadda MLA, Allagadda for nearly half an the food park for the last might bring the project to a Recalling that he directed of- operation to his next of kin, asking any questions. and Nagamounika would be hour. He later attended the Two IPS officers three years but to no avail as halt and demanded that if ficials to keep an air ambu- he added. The Chief Minister When Nagi Reddy was given all support, he said. last rites of Nagi Reddy, who transferred the government dismissed the government was sin- lance ready to fly Nagi Reddy recalled his four-day stay at elected MP, the TDP fielded Mr. Naidu, who arrived at was laid to rest with official VIJAYAWADA their fears as ill-founded. cerely committed to the wel- to Hyderabad if needed, Mr. Allagadda when Nagi Reddy his wife Sobha Nagi Reddy Allagadda by helicopter at honours beside his wife The State government on The landowners were fare of the people, it should Naidu said all human efforts contested in the bye-election for the Allagadda Assembly 2.15 p.m., paid homage to Sobha Nagi Reddy’s samadhi Monday transferred two IPS made to believe that the ac- shelve the food park. were made to save him, but after his brother and MLA seat and she won, he said Nagi Reddy and held discus- at Allagadda. officers, P. Hari Kumar and Vineet Brijlal. Mr. Kumar, working as Joint Commissioner of Police in Vijayawada Commissionerate, People support performing govts: CM AgriGold victims to go has been posted as Additional Director, Anti Corruption Bureau. Mr. Brijlal, Deputy Make best use of the opportunity, he tells elected representatives Inspector General of Police, Staff Reporter on fast from today and people would be happy. ted him to focus on creation who was waiting for posting, VIJAYAWADA Any negligence would of infrastructure facilities, is posted as DIG, Greyhounds. The people will support only hamper the development drinking and irrigation water The transfers will come into ‘Government remains insensitive despite suicide by many’ immediate effect. performing governments process and people would facilities, he said, adding, and it is evident from the re- be ultimate sufferers. The “lay emphasis on creation of Special Correspondent dents, but it was not owing to the misdeeds of the cently held elections to five government would be able basic amenities in Kurnool VIJAYAWADA bothered about the victims management. “It is unfortu- State Assemblies, said Chief to achieve its set targets only district.” AgriGold Customers and of the huge financial scam, nate the gullible customers Stone laid for Minister N. Chandrababu if everyone discharged their Stating that only 15 days Agents’ Welfare Association which shattered the lives of are suffering, while the Naidu. duties in the desired fashion. were left for this financial president Muppalla over 30 lakh people across wrong-doers are left scot VSoft centre Speaking to District Col- There was no difference year to end, the Chief Minis- Nageswara Rao on Monday the country, he pointed out free. This is not fair,” he felt. lectors, elected representat- between temporary and per- ter asked the officials to com- said that as many as 105 vic- and announced: “From He said the State govern- at Mangalagiri ives and Heads of Depart- manent employees as far as plete construction of four tims, including Kadapa’s Tuesday, we are resorting to ment did not allow them to ments through responsibility was con- lakh farm ponds. So far only Ahmed Basha (who commit- fast-unto-death.” carry out protests in a Staff Reporter teleconference on Monday, N. Chandrababu Naidu cerned, he said. 2.66 lakh farm ponds have ted suicide on Sunday peaceful manner. “They dis- VIJAYAWADA Mr. Naidu said the election Mr. Naidu recalled that been constructed. Set a tar- night), took the extreme Call to parties turbed us at Dharna Chowk Days after announcing a results mirrored the people’s lems. Make the best use of Nandyal MLA Bhuma Nagi get of completing 500 farm step of ending their lives ow- Mr. Rao gave a call to all and at Hanumatayya Grand- new software development concern for future. They re- the opportunity, he told the Reddy, who passed away on ponds a day to reach the tar- ing to financial constraints political parties to discuss halayam and at Dasari centre in the capital re- flected the faith the people elected representatives and Sunday, had discussed with get. The Water Resources faced by the wrong doings of the issue in the ongoing Bhavan. It appears that both gion, management of the reposed in Prime Minister officials. him about development and Department and the NREGS the AgriGold management. Budget session of the As- AgriGold management and U.S. and Hyderabad-based Narendra Modi. The people Mr. Naidu said one should laying of roads in the would have to work in tan- The government was re- sembly and help the hapless State government are in VSoft Technologies Pvt. gave an opportunity to serve understand that villages Nandyal and Allagadda con- dem with regard to soak pits acting to farmers’ suicide customers and agents who hand and glove,” he Ltd has laid the foundation them and solve their prob- would develop because of us stituencies. The MLA reques- and farm ponds. and victims of road acci- were literally on the roads bemoaned. stone for a six-storied building in the Andhra Pra- desh Industrial Infrastruc- Weather Watch ture Corporation (APIIC) IT Collector seeks to allay fears over airport project Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday park at Mangalagiri on Monday. The software develop- ‘It will come up at Dagadarthi only and proposals are being taken forward’ ment centre will come up Staff Reporter in a plot of 1886 square Dagadarthi project were be- achieved under the ‘At- NELLORE meters allotted by the ing taken forward and there magauravam’ programme. APIIC as per the industrial In the backdrop of reports of was no scope for any appre- As of now, 27 out of the total policies of A.P. a possible shifting of the air- hensions. The airport would 46 mandals were declared Speaking on the occa- port project, the district ad- be advantageous for the ODF and the remaining 19 sion, chairman and CEO of ministration has allayed the people from Nellore and mandals would be brought the company Mr. Murthy fears stating that there have Prakasam districts and to to this status by the end of Veeraghant said, “We are been no hurdles for the im- some extent for the people March. Of the total 5.67 lakh excited to be moving for- plementation of Dagadarthi in the border areas, he households in the Nellore ward towards creating airport project near Kavali added. district, 2.67 lakh were more than 400 job oppor- town in Nellore district. Dis- Referring to the prestigi- already having individual toi- tunities in the region in line trict Collector R. Mutyala ous project of declaring the lets prior to the programme. with the commitments Raju said there were no Nellore district 100% open In the past few months, made to the State govern- plans to shift the entire air- District Collector R. Mutyala Raju addressing a press defecation free (ODF), Mr. nearly 2.47 lakh toilets were ment as well as the talent port project from Dagadarthi conference in Nellore on Monday. K. RAVIKUMAR Mutyala Raju said that works completed and works were in the region.” regardless of the fact that de- were going on at a faster under progress regarding VSoft director Ms. Lak- mands came up for location area considering the poten- here on Monday, Mr. Raju pace and all care was being over 42,000 units. Another shmi Veeraghanta laid the of the same nearer to the tial for cargo traffic. said that all the procedures taken to ensure that the in- 6,838 toilets would be taken foundation stone. Krishnapatnam industrial Speaking to mediapersons with regard to the tended results would be fully up in the next few days. Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet

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Murali riparian States of Karnataka Chandigarh...... —.....22.0 .....9.1 New Delhi ...... —.....24.2 .....9.0 ONGOLE Chennai...... —.....33.1.....27.6 Patna ...... —.....27.4.....11.7 Special Correspondent and Maharashtra, points out Coimbatore ...... —.....35.7.....22.5 Port Blair ...... —.....32.6.....24.2 Vijayawada President to “save demo- Fourteen-year-old Harish is V. Venkateswarlu with a Dehradun ...... —.....23.7 .....6.9 Puducherry...... —.....33.0.....25.6 cracy and uphold the Con- busy putting back a young tinge of sadness. Gangtok ...... —.....15.5 .....5.3 Pune ...... —.....34.4.....10.9 The Andhra Pradesh Con- stitution by ensuring that Goa...... —.....32.4.....19.3 Raipur...... —.....32.2.....17.7 bird which fell off the nest Guwahati...... —.....28.8.....12.4 Ranchi...... —.....27.0.....13.8 gress Committee (APCC) has the single largest party is in- from a tamarind tree. Such Fast-growing trees Hubballi ...... —.....34.0.....17.0 Shillong ...... 0.2.....18.9 .....6.4 appealed to President vited to form the govern- spectacles are replete in the “We planned to raise fast- Hyderabad...... —.....35.3.....18.2 Shimla ...... —.....13.4 .....3.0 Pranab Mukherjee to inter- ment.” Imphal ...... 4.6.....25.7.....14.0 Srinagar ...... —.....12.4 .....-0.2 remote village of growing tree saplings in two Jaipur ...... —.....26.7.....11.1 Trivandrum ...... —.....34.5.....25.4 vene and ensure that the “The Governors were Velamavaripalem in the acres behind the village Kochi ...... —.....33.0.....25.0 Tiruchi ...... —.....38.9.....24.8 Congress is invited to form welcome to give other Ballikurava mandal of school this year to improve Kohima ...... 2.2.....22.2 .....9.0 Vijayawada...... —.....36.0.....25.2 Kolkata ...... —.....29.1.....18.6 Visakhapatnam .....—.....32.6.....24.3 governments in Manipur parties a chance if the single Prakasam district as the the birds’ natural habitat,” and Goa. largest party failed to form villagers take pride in says the sarpanch in a Particulate matter in the air you are breathing Yesterday Addressing a media con- government, but the Con- providing a safe and secure conversation with The CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE ference, APCC president N. gress party should be in- Ahmedabad ...... 59...76 ..12....228...... —.....* In observation made at 4.00 environment for the winged Hindu. Bengaluru...... 7...29 ..45...... — .....50.....* p.m., Nagpur, Maharashtra, Raghuveera Reddy said that vited to form government visitors. Repairs are being carried Chennai...... 11...24 ..21....144...... —.....* recorded an overall air as per tradition the single first, ” Mr. Reddy said. out to the Mylavaram Lift Delhi...... 33...36 ..40....151 ...152.....* quality index (AQI) score of largest party should be in- The BJP-TDP combine Hyderabad...... 47...24 ..37...... 92 ...123.....* 304 indicating an unhealthy Borewell sunk Irrigation scheme at a cost of Kolkata ...... 15...35 ..41...... — .....68.....* level of pollution. vited by the Governor of the which was always talking Painted storks and other Winged visitors:: Avians ind a safe haven in Velamavaripalem ₹1 crore to bring under Lucknow ...... 23...39 ..76....262...... —.....* In contrast, Durgapur, respective State to form gov- about what was correct and birds make it a point to visit near Ballikurava in Prakasam district. KOMMURI SRINIVAS irrigation 1,800 acres, he Mumbai...... 43...57 ..53...... — ...250.....* West Bengal, recorded a Pune ...... 21...29 ....4....211 ...142.....* healthy AQI score of 55 ernment after an election. what was not should also do the village in the first week district faces severe drought to come in thousands till the adds. Vishakhapatnam .. ..11.....5 ..28...... 79 .....91.....* The Congress was the single what was correct even in of January for nesting, and for the third consecutive devastating 1977 Diviseema largest party in Manipur and this situation, he said. Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good return in July along with year. super cyclone which SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, making Goa, but the Governors their young ones. “Our village is more like a uprooted several big trees in breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air particles to form were dilly-dallying for some Death mourned “'We don’t harm them. mother’s home for these the village, laments villager haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues and monuments. unknown reasons, the PCC Mr. Reddy expressed con- NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by We don’t allow others to do birds which come for V. Rosaiah. reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. chief alleged. dolences to the family of so either,” says village breeding and return in July Their number had come CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical MLA Bhuma Nagireddy who sarpanch M. Praveen Kumar, only when the young ones down in recent years as the organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, Claims condemned died on Sunday. who has taken the initiative are in a position to fly,” adds irrigation canals fed by river unconsciousness and even death. Condemning the claims of The fact that his wife PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, nose to sink a borewell in the dry 65-year-old Pitchaiah. Krishna had been receiving and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, the BJP leaders to form the Sobha died over two years pond, mobilising ₹4 lakh to These birds have been dwindling inflows, following irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people governments in these two ago in a road accident was ensure water for the avians breeding at the village since the construction of with heart or lung disease (Individual pollutant data for various cities are averages for the previous day) states, PCC chief urged the also sad, he recalled. during this summer as the time immemorial. 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VISAKHAPATNAM THE HINDU 6 SOUTH TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Kerala completes work on irst ₹19,000-crore jump check dam across the Bhavani in Telangana budget ‘Move is meant to address drinking water and irrigation needs of Attappady’ Welfare schemes introduced for weavers, women, scribes

K.A. Shaji at Manjikandi will be com- N. Rahul Malayalam film director Palakkad pleted within one month. HYDERABAD Diphan dead Notwithstanding stiff opposi- Following acute drinking Telangana Finance Minister KOCHI tion from Tamil Nadu, the and irrigation water crisis in Etala Rajender on Monday Filmmaker Diphan, who Kerala Irrigation Department all 192 tribal hamlets of the presented the budget for became popular through has completed work on the Attappady block, the State 2017-18 in the Assembly with action-based movies such as first of the half-a-dozen government began efforts to an estimated total expendit- Puthiya Mugham and Gangs check dams proposed across construct the check dams to ure of ₹1.49 lakh crore — of Vadakkumnathan, died the inter-State river Bhavani draw water from the river ₹19,000 crore more than the here on Monday. He was 47. Diphan was admitted to a to address drinking and irrig- that flows east before enter- 2016-17 estimates. private hospital here two ation water shortage in At- ing Coimbatore. A number of pro- weeks ago with kidney- tappady. The check dam at grammes, including two related ailments. Diphan is Thekkuvatta under the Pu- T.N.’s opposition bedroom houses for the All smiles: Finance Minister Etela Rajender before presenting survived by his wife Deepa, dur grama panchayat will be The check dams are minor poor, were envisaged for im- the budget in Telangana Assembly. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT and sons Madhavan and commissioned soon. and will not affect the drink- plementation through extra- Mahadevan. According to officials, the ing water needs of western budgetary resources. Thus, lakh crore and revenue sur- count of litigation and de- 77-metre long and one-and-a- Contentious issue: The check dam at Attappady across Tamil Nadu, officials said. the expenditure in 2017-18 plus of ₹199 crore. monetisation. Puttingal tragedy: HC half metre high check dam Bhavani river. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT On Monday, major Oppos- would be significantly The Finance Minister poser to Kerala police was constructed at a cost of ition political parties in higher than the budgeted Revised estimates flagged off many schemes, KOCHI ₹95 lakh. A ₹134.5-lakh lift water awarded from the istance from Tamil Nadu had Tamil Nadu blocked the road amount, Mr. Rajender said. He attributed the reduction including sheep-rearing, A Division Bench of the Kerala project to irrigate 36 ha of Bhavani basin by the delayed the work. near Madukkarai, near The budget size was ₹1 in revised estimates up to promotion of fisheries, wel- High Court on Monday land owned by a local tribal Cauvery Tribunal 10 years Coimbatore, saying the lakh crore in 2014-15, ₹1.15 ₹1.12 lakh crore to smaller fare of handloom weavers, directed the State police chief community will be imple- ago. The Supreme Court has Cauvery award Bhavani was a tributary of lakh crore in 2015-16 and grants from the Centre, sale women, employees, journal- to file a report on whether it mented using the water. ratified the verdict and al- The Irrigation Department is the Cauvery, and any diver- ₹1.30 lakh crore last year. of lands not materialising ists, SCs, STs, BCs and was necessary to hand over the probe in a case relating to The check dam is the first lowed the State to move now planning to utilise 1.57 sion from it should be de- However, the revised estim- due to court cases, and fail- minorities, the implementa- the fireworks tragedy at the major initiative on the part ahead with its check dam tmc water from the award. cided on the basis of inter- ates for last year showed the ure to recover arrears of tion of Kalyana Lakshmi and Puttingal temple to any other of the State to utilise 6 TMC proposals. However, stiff res- Work on another check dam State conciliatory talks. expenditure at only ₹1.12 commercial taxes on ac- fee reimbursement. agency. Or was it necessary to regulate the present probe through the supervision of SIT to probe higher level officers. Hindutva activists held for Probe sought into death Sabarimala to become teen’s death national pilgrim centre THIRUVANANTHAPURAM in Kerala of Nigerian in Bengaluru The Travancore Devaswom attack on Kannada writer Board is awaiting the nod of Special Correspondent the Union government to THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Police deny they killed him, say he died while leeing them declare the Sabarimala Kerala Chief Minister Pin- Ayyappa temple a national Motive was to insult and demoralise Yogesh Master: police arayi Vijayan on Monday Staff Reporter lice brutality. They say fears attempted to flee. “As they pilgrim centre, Board Bengaluru president Prayar Staff Reporter accused in the case. announced a probe by a of discrimination, which had fled, the vehicle skid. When DAVANGERE Gopalakrishnan said here on Davangere Superintend- Special Investigation Team Alleging police brutality, the peaked after an attack on the police rushed to the Monday. The TDB had Two persons, said to be ent of Police Bhimashankar of the Crime Branch into African community in Tanzanian students last spot, they saw the pillion approached Prime Minister members of the Hindu Guled told The Hindu that the death of 18-year-old Bengaluru has demanded a year, have resurfaced. rider lying in a pool of blood Narendra Modi to make the Jagaran Vedike, have been the police had intensified Michelle Shaji Varghese in probe into the death of a The city police, however, while the driver of the declaration, he said. arrested in connection with the search operations based Ernakulam. The inquiry businessman who, accord- have denied the allegation. scooter escaped from the the episode of smearing on the information provided will also look into whether ing to the police, died in an Officials said it was the po- scene,” the police claimed. 6 held with scrapped black oil on the face of pro- by the two arrested persons. the police erred in not re- accident while fleeing from lice that tried to rescue him He was declared dead by the banknotes of ₹1.2 crore gressive writer Yogesh Mas- He expressed the confidence sponding immediately them in Kothanur in the after he fell from the bike time he was sent to the hos- HYDERABAD ter in Davangere on Sunday. that the others would be ar- after the parents reported early hours of Monday. while trying to flee them pital on Monday morning. Six persons were arrested The arrests were made on rested soon. the girl missing on March The Nigeria Community during an alleged drug bust. Members of the African from a Tollywood director’s Monday by four separate 5. The girl, who was stay- of Students’ Association, In a statement to the me- community have demanded office in Banjara Hills area teams of police formed to in- Controversial novel ing at a convent at Kacheri- Bengaluru, has identified dia, the police said a team an independent inquiry. here on Monday with quire into the attack. Yogesh Master Mr. Yogesh Master, author of pady, was reported missing the deceased as Ife Anyi, a from the Central Crime “The circumstances leading demonetised currencies to the tune of ₹1.2 crore, the the controversial Kannada on March 5 evening. businessman in his late 30s Branch, which was acting on to the death are suspicious. Dundhi police said. The police Search for others on sources, the motive behind novel , was attacked Her body was found who hailed from Nigeria. a tip-off, was waiting on the We are not ready to accept suspect film director K. The arrested have been the attack was to humiliate when he was having tea at a near the Ernakulam wharf Kothanur-Avalahalli Road to the accident theory. It is a Ramakrishna as part of a identified as Chetan and and demoralise the author hotel after participating in a on March 6. Mr. Vijayan ‘Renewed fears’ catch a drug-peddler. Two murder,” said Bosco racket, which is allegedly Shivaprasad, both residents for his writings against programme organised in the said the post-mortem re- Various groups of people persons on a scooter, includ- Kaweesi, legal advisor to All involved in exchanging of Davangere town. Hindu gods. The teams con- memory of journalist P. port indicated that the girl from nations in Africa living ing Anyi, are alleged to have Africa Students Association, scrapped notes. PTI According to police tinue their search for others Lankesh. had drowned. in the city have alleged po- spotted the policemen and Bengaluru. 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THE HINDU VISAKHAPATNAM TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2017 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF 5 held for rape in Delhi JNU student from TN ends life The woman jumped of the balcony of a lat to escape Muthukrishnan from Salem was pursuing a Ph.D in Modern History

Press Trust of India Police said the woman, a woman protested about the Special Correspondent late on Monday. completed his Bachelors and New Delhi mother of two kids, was al- presence of others,” he said. New Delhi/ Salem An inconsolable Mr. Masters in History from the Five men have been arrested legedly taken to the Pandav J. Muthukrishnan, a 27-year- Jeevanantham told pressper- Government Arts College in for allegedly raping a 26- Nagar flat by Vikas. ‘Forced to drink’ old Ph.D student of Jawa- sons that Muthukrishnan the city and later did his ‘Pinarayi quip on Sainiks year-old woman in east Del- Vikas allegedly left the flat Vikas later returned to the flat. harlal Nehru University al- had always been very bold B.Ed at a private college in not to be expunged’ hi’s Pandav Nagar area. The after telling the woman that The woman told the police legedly committed suicide in and took part in various agit- Coimbatore. He earned an THIRUVANANTHAPURAM accused allegedly locked up he had some work and he that the five forced her to con- south Delhi's Munirka Vihar ations while doing his M.Phil M. Phil from the University Kerala Speaker P. the victim in a flat and raped would pick her up in the sume alcohol. When she got on Monday evening. The stu- in Hyderabad. of Hyderabad and joined JNU Sreeramakrishnan on Monday her in turns till early on morning after finishing the drunk, they allegedly locked dent from Tamil Nadu was three years ago for a Ph.D in ruled out expunging Chief Father demands probe Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s Monday and she jumped off work, police said. her in the flat and took turns found hanging from a ceiling Modern History. March 9 remarks in which he from the balcony to escape, The woman lives with her to rape her. They allegedly fan inside his friend's house. Voicing suspicion over the had wondered if the Shiv said a senior police officer. two children in south Delhi’s threatened her of dire con- “He had come to his alleged suicide by his son, VCK cadre protest Sainiks, indulging in moral Based on the woman’s Munirka area. sequences if she raised an friend's house this afternoon Mr. Jeevanantham said he Following the alleged sui- policing in Kochi, had been complaint, a case had been In her statement, she told alarm or attempted to escape to have food. He said he [Muthukrishnan] was not a cide, cadre of the Viduthalai hired by the Opposition UDF. registered at the Pandav the police that she had from the flat. Around 5.30 wanted to sleep and went in- coward to end his life in such Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) The Speaker said it was Nagar police station. The known Vikas for the past few a.m. the woman managed to side the room where he J. Muthukrishnan a manner. He demanded a and the members of the merely the CM’s “political five accused work in differ- months. On Sunday night, reach the balcony and locked himself in. Later his proper enquiry to bring the Democratic Youth Federa- opinion” and was not liable to ent private call centres. The Vikas met her in Munirka jumped. She alerted some friends called him and on Jeevanantham is employed true facts to light. tion of India (DYFI) and Un- be dropped. PTI five — Lakshay Bhalla, Vikas and asked her to accompany passersby about the sexual as- getting no response, called as a watchman in a private Mr. Jeevanantham and touchability Eradication Kumar, Naveen, Swarit and him to his friend’s house for sault. One of them informed police," said ADCP (South) concern and his mother is two of his friends left for Front affiliated to the CPI (M) Driver held for death Prateek — have been a party. “The woman left the police. Chinmoy Biswas. The police daily wage labourer. Bengaluru by road to catch organised a road roko agita- of Bengali singer arrested. with him and on the way “The woman was admitted said they have not found any Muthukrishnan has an elder an early morning flight to tion on the Leigh Bazar Road KOLKATA While four of the accused met two of his friends. The to the Lal Bahadur Shastri suicide note so far. sister and two younger sis- New Delhi. in Salem late on Monday The driver of the vehicle that work in call centres in three brought her to the flat Hospital. She has sustained Muthukrishnan belonged ters. The family was in- According to his family night, demanding a thor- met with an accident last Noida, Swarit works as an where their other friends minor injuries in the legs,” to a very poor family from formed of the tragedy over sources, Muthukrishnan ough probe into the suspi- week killing popular Bengali engineer in Tech Mahindra. were already present. The said the officer. Salem city. His father the phone by JNU authorities from a Dalit community, cious death. folk singer Kalikaprasad Bhattacharya was arrested, police said. Arnab Rout, who has been absconding since the police booked him under ‘Attack on the IPC Section 304 Excluding minorities will hurt growth: Chidambaram (punishment for culpable student will homicide not amounting to murder), was arrested from Modi govt. failed to drive economic growth despite favourable conditions, former Finance Minister says be probed’ Kasba on Sunday night. Special Correspondent 2014. In March 2014, though Having opposed the GST ment was required to take Press Trust of India Four minor girls charred CHENNAI: there were clear signs of re- when the BJP was in the Op- bold and structural reforms New Delhi to death in Gujarat India cannot achieve eco- covery and the growth rate position, the government and these cannot be accom- Union Minister of State for GUJARAT nomic growth in the long- had climbed back to 6.54%, seemed reluctant to push the plished by a few legislative or Home Kiren Rijiju on A ire allegedly caused by a term if it excluded the minor- the new (BJP) government idea. Disinvestment was a administrative changes. Ac- Monday described the at- gas cylinder leak killed four ities and marginalised sec- didn’t have a coherent plan crawl,” he alleged. cording to him there have tack on a student from Ar- minor girls, all sisters, in a hut at Mulad near Surat in tions from the political for the way forward. Citing The Congress leader added only been 11 true economic re- unachal Pradesh in Gujarat. The incident process, cautioned veteran Swachh Bharat, International that the NPA scare, the stand forms since 1991 and after Bengaluru as “saddening” occurred when their father Congress leader and former Yoga Day, Make in India, off between the government 2014, he considered only the and said the Home Min- Ramesh Patel, a vegetable Union Minister P. Chidam- Stand Up India and similar and the RBI during the last GST a true reform. istry was also pursuing the vendor, was away, the police baram. programmes, Mr. Chidam- year of the term of Raghuram Moderating an open ses- matter besides the police. said. The deceased were Delivering the first annual baram alleged there was a lot Rajan, and demonetisation, sion, Kasturi & Sons Limited The Minister said police identiied as Darshana,10, lecture of The Hindu Centre of activity but none of them which he described as the Chairman N. Ram described were investigating the case Mansi, 9, Tejashree, 8, and for Politics and Public Policy Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram being contributed to boosting eco- ‘most calamitous disruption, Mr. Chidambaram’s lecture as and his office was also pur- Rajashree, 8. here on Monday, Mr. Chidam- presented The Hindu's irst editorial by N. Ram, Chairman, nomic growth. had all impacted growth. thought provoking, nuanced suing it for action against baram in his speech, ‘Will In- Kasturi & Sons Limited, in Chennai on Monday. N. Ravi, Director, Religious conversions, ghar “None of the stated object- and interesting. those guilty in the incident. Mild tremors in Gujarat dia Script an Uninterrupted KSL, is also in the picture. B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM wapsi, the ban on cow ives of demonetisation was In his introductory re- Higio Guntey, who hails AHMEDABAD Growth Story?’ pointed out slaughter, ban on sale and achieved or are they likely to marks, Kasturi & Sons Limited from Arunachal Pradesh Mild tremors measuring 4.4 that the BJP had not fielded a munity or women or the the social fault lines multiply consumption of beef, love ji- be achieved,” Mr. Chidam- Director N. Ravi said The and is a fourth-semester on the Richter scale shook parts of north Gujarat on single Muslim candidate in the Scheduled Castes or the and deepen, the government had, moral policing and other baram said, pointing to slow- Hindu Centre for Politics and student of Christ Univer- Monday. There were, just concluded Assembly elec- Scheduled Tribes,” he asked. cannot keep its eyes on the issues were the other distrac- ing economic growth rate, Public Policy in its four years sity, was allegedly beaten however, no reports of any tions in Uttar Pradesh, despite economy, and that is what tions, he pointed out. which slipped further in Q3 of of existence has supported 24 and forced to lick his house damage. According to the the community constituting Fault lines deepened happened in 2016, he said. “The obvious measures of 2016-17. short term public policy owner’s shoes for using ex- Institute of Seismology in 19.3 % of the population in the According to the former Min- Mr. Chidambaram felt the reform were not taken up. scholars who have focussed cessive water in Bengaluru Gandhinagar, the tremors State. ister, under the BJP-led gov- Modi government had failed The recommendations of the Bold reforms needed their research on varied sub- on March 6. Following Mr. were recorded at 3.52 p.m. “Is it possible to ensure ernment, throughout last to seize the opportunity to Finance Sector Legislative Re- Making it clear that uninter- jects including parliamentary Guntey’s complaint, a case and the epicentre was 32 km long-term economic growth year, the social fault lines had drive economic growth des- forms Commission were neg- rupted economic growth was democracy, financial inclu- was registered against the northwest of Deesa in the by excluding from the polit- multiplied and conflicts be- pite favourable conditions lected. The Direct Taxes Code not a given, the former Fin- sion and voting preferences, house owner Hemanth Ku- district. ical process the largest com- came the order of the day. If when it came to power in was put on the back burner. ance Minister said the govern- among others. mar on March 9. Maharashtra jawan’s video Revellers bring alive slams corrupt politicians spirit of Holi

Press Trust of India ‘I would not like them to touch my body’ New Delhi Clothes were dyed with Shoumojit Banerjee varied hues and a spirit of Pune joy reigned supreme as the In another instance of mem- country on Monday played bers of the security forces Holi. resorting to social media to Revellers thronged thor- express frustrations about oughfares smearing faces working conditions, a sol- with coloured powder and dier from Maharashtra’s children hurled water-filled Kolhapur district has up- balloons from rooftops to loaded a short video saying celebrate the festival of col- that should he be killed in ours which heralds the ad- action or during active ser- vent of spring. vice, his body should not be President Pranab touched by corrupt politi- Mukherjee, Vice-President cians and grasping Hamid Ansari and Prime bureaucrats. Minister Narendra Modi ex- In a direct and dignified tended Holi greetings to message, Lance Havildar the people, saying the fest- Ranjeet Gawade, from ival symbolises the spirit of Chandgad taluk, is seen say- Lance Havildar Ranjeet Gawade put up a hoarding in his native harmony and prosperity. ing that his wish should be Mahalunge village with a poem titled Mi Kon (Who am I?). regarded as his “final will.” Tribute to CRPF men “In the past year, reports he enumerates the selfless- comparable institution like The paramilitary forces [have surfaced] of jawans ness and the single-minded the Indian Army when it personnel did not celeb- being mistreated, which has dedication of the ordinary comes to taking care of its rate Holi as a mark of trib- saddened me and others like Indian jawan towards his soldiers. ute to the 12 CRPF person- me. Hence, it is my wish that country while serving on the “My purpose of the hoard- nel who were killed in a in the event I am martyred, I front. ing and the video was to Naxal ambush in Sukma would not like corrupt politi- speak out against the mis- district of Chhattisgarh. cians and self-serving bur- Not towards superiors treatment of jawans that has The CRPF issued orders eaucrats to touch my body. Speaking to The Hindu, come to light recently, and is that no “regimental func- Not only me, but I’m sure Lance Havildar Gawade, cur- not directed against every tion related to Holi celebra- this is the wish of several rently serving in Jammu and politician and bureaucrat, tions” will be observed at other ordinary soldiers,” Kashmir, clarified that his but merely the corrupt ones any field formation. It said Lance Havildar Gawade statements were not direc- in their lot,” he said. Refer- the gesture was to express says. ted towards military superi- ring to BSF constable Tej Ba- “solidarity” with the family Lance Havildar Gawade ors or even the political or hadur Yadav’s case, Lance members of the slain men had earlier put up a hoard- bureaucratic class as a Havildar Gawade emphasised and that the directions are ing in his native Mahalunge whole. “I am an ordinary that such particular incidents to be followed by the “en- village with a poem titled Mi soldier and I want to put it of poor quality food being tire force in letter and in Kon (Who am I?), in which on record that there is no served were “isolated” ones. spirit.” SAD leader shot dead in Gurdaspur Accused is said to be a Cong. worker

Press Trust of India onel, allegedly shot him Gurdaspur (Punjab) dead with his licensed pis- A district vice-president of tol, they said. the Shiromani Akali Dal was The accused managed to shot dead allegedly by a re- escape after committing the tired Colonel at Pheochichi crime. village on Monday night, po- The reason for the shoot- lice said. ing is being investigated. SAD leader Gurbachan Col. Pherochichi is said to Singh (80) was returning be a Congress worker and home after getting fodder had earlier worked for the for cattle when Surjit Singh People’s Party of Punjab be- Pherochichi, a retired Col- fore its merger, police said. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

VISAKHAPATNAM THE HINDU 8 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The art of building majorities The BJP’s ideology has more takers than before because it is framing the main issues for elections

pradeep chhibber, rahul verma strengthening its national footing. and helping it expand its footprint, & harsh shah In States where the party has come just as it had done for the Congress he State elections of 2017 to power, and even at the national back then, in the medium to long U.P. and away clearly demonstrate that the level, it has actively worked to term it poses grave risks. Many TBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) break down the existing patronage politicians and smaller parties have The BJP’s landslide must not be interpreted as has replaced the Congress as the machinery and replace it with one joined the BJP bandwagon as it principal national party in the of its own. For instance, in Maha- looks the most lucrative option an endorsement of denominational politics country. It won massive victories in rashtra, a State ruled by the Con- electorally, and they may desert it n the post-Mandal era, Uttar Pradesh, the country’s Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, gress-Nationalist Congress Party at next chance. In addition, as the and emerged as a big player in Ma- (NCP) for more than a decade be- BJP continues to bring into its fold most populous State that is made up of diverse re- nipur. In Goa it remained the single fore the Devendra Fadnavis govern- leaders and parties from outside its Igions, has rarely witnessed a landslide, leave alone largest party in terms of vote share ment assumed oice, the BJP has ideological umbrella, it risks dilut- of such dimensions, in an Assembly election. As the despite a hugely unpopular outgo- been steadily dismantling the pat- ing the content of its ideology over State went to the polls, there was a clutch of arguments ing Chief Minister. The only disap- ronage structures put in place by its time. If uninhibited, this could also marshalled by sundry political commentators on why pointment is Punjab where the predecessors. Through ordinances lead to tensions between the BJP the BJP could not repeat its huge sweep in the 2014 Lok party was routed with its senior GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO and amendments, the government and the RSS. partner Shiromani Akali Dal after takers than before because the without nominating a single has managed to severely weaken The BJP has undoubtedly re- Sabha election — the magnitude of which had surprised ruling the State for 10 years. party frames the main issues for Muslim, as it did recently in U.P. the hold of NCP and Congress lead- placed the Congress as the domin- the party itself as much as its rivals. It was pointed out, The spectacular performance of the elections. Its long-standing ers on the powerful cooperative ant national party and the corner- for instance, that this was a State election, the implica- the BJP in U.P. should not detract ideological association with nation- Forging multi-caste coalitions bodies in the State, including the stone of India’s political and tion being that a totally diferent political dynamic from its formidable achievements alism renders nationalism an issue The party has also revamped its cooperative sugar factories which electoral system. This develop- would be at play. Other factors such as the efect of de- in the recently concluded local on which it has a huge advantage electoral strategy, one focussed on have been under the tight grip of ment has squeezed the space for monetisation, the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, elections, where it made huge over all other parties. Parties that widening its appeal by stitching to- NCP leader Sharad Pawar for dec- centre-left forces in India’s polity and the fading appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi strides in previously uncharted ter- are able to successfully shape elec- gether multi-caste coalitions. As is ades. The government not only cre- and has given popular legitimacy to ritory. In Odisha’s Zilla Parishad tion campaigns around their own widely known, the BJP’s traditional ated a provision whereby it could the centre-right narrative on issues were thrown into the mix. As it turned out, none of this elections, the party expanded its issues ultimately succeed in win- social base is predominantly upper appoint independent members to of nationalism, secularism and so- seemed to matter much as the results of the two elec- footprint from 36 seats in 2012 to ning elections. By placing a large caste. To increase its support base, the boards of these bodies, but also cial justice. As Yogendra Yadav has tions were eerily similar — both in terms of the geo- 306 in 2017, snatching second place emphasis on nationalism, the party it has been building an electoral imposed restrictions on the exist- rightly pointed out, the centre-left graphical spread of the victory and vote percentages. away from the Congress to become has cleverly tailored its ideological machine of its own at the local level ing board members, hailing largely needs a new vocabulary on the is- The BJP managed to efectively tap into segments a formidable contender to the long message to be able to capture the in the form of caste-based coali- from the Congress or NCP, from sue of social justice as the BJP has among the Other Backward Classes and Dalits, besides incumbent Biju Janata Dal. In Ma- imagination of a larger section of tions. Fully aware that the party contesting elections to particular managed to convince a large sec- its upper-caste vote base. The popularity of Mr. Modi harashtra, the BJP won eight of 10 the public. It has opened ideolo- would not receive much support cooperative banks. At the national tion of society that the left’s lan- municipal corporations with its gical battlefronts in many diferent from the Muslims and perhaps level, the Modi government re- guage on the issue reeks of biases contributed in no small measure to the election result, total number of seats nearly equal spheres — from universities to even the Jatavs, the former tradi- moved scores of previous United based on caste and religion. but the party succeeded by also feeding into the dis- to that of all other parties movie theatres — and promoted tionally associated with the Sama- Progressive Alliance-era political However, in order for the BJP to gruntlement over the narrow social alliances forged by combined. conlicts across the board. It has jwadi Party (SP) and the latter with appointees, particularly those no- remain the dominant national the SP and the BSP. also placed a large emphasis on the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), its torious for their role in creating the party for a sustained period of The SP and the BSP, following their 2014 debacle, Explaining the rise other issues that it has traditionally leaders targeted the smaller groups large NPA (non-performing assets) time, it too needs to introspect to chose to make two tactical changes. By revolting against The electoral success of the BJP been associated with, such as na- that don’t have adequate repres- problem facing the public sector ensure it isn’t compromising long- his father and party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, in- raises an important question. tional security and terrorism, patri- entation in any of the larger parties. banks today, and replaced them term success for short-term re- Without being able to meet expect- otism and more recently, For instance, the BJP tied up with with its own people. wards. Going forward, it should cumbent Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented him- ations built up in 2014, in the ab- corruption. parties like the Apna Dal and continue to widen its social base self and his party as agents of development. But he was sence of a surging economy, and For a very long time the Jan Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Risks of rapid expansion while ensuring it doesn’t lose its unable to convince the electorate that the party had with the poor decision on demon- Sangh and then the BJP relied al- giving it the support of a large sec- On the electoral front, this has ideological identity. Otherwise, it moved away from caste and, more speciically, Yadav- etisation, how is the party achiev- most exclusively on the hard-line tion of the Kurmi and Rajbhar pop- translated into the BJP aggressively will only remain dominant as long led patronage. Despite the alliance with a weak Con- ing so much success? There is one Hindu nationalists who reside with ulations, respectively. It also in- co-opting individuals and units of as a Mr. Modi remains at the helm. gress party, the SP’s support remained limited to its obvious reason: Prime Minister its ideological parent, the Rashtriya creased its ticket allocations to other parties to strengthen its lead- As when individuals acquire larger core traditional vote. The BSP tried a newer tactic, an Narendra Modi remains very popu- Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). This is non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav Dal- ership. From Rita Bahuguna Joshi salience over ideology and organ- lar while the Congress party’s lead- no longer the case. Hindu tradition- its. Its campaign was led by a galaxy in U.P. to Himanta Biswa Sarma in isation in parties, it leads to their abstract Dalit-Muslim alliance, and ran on the hope that ership no longer resonates with alists, those who are drawn to a of local and national leaders, to- Assam, the BJP has taken in many decline down the road. That is ex- ielding candidates based on identity would break the voters. However, leadership is not conservative Hindu way of life but gether covering an eclectic set of rival leaders into its fold before actly what happened to the coalition of forces that had supported the BJP in 2014. the only factor. The BJP is acquiring are largely opposed to the hard-line caste groups — almost a Congress- elections. This resembles the Congress. But the expediency of this strategy based on caste and hegemonic status in the Indian Hindutva world view and its intol- style coalition — but without the strategy followed by the Congress polity owing largely to ideological erance towards other religions, Muslims and some Dalit in the 1970s, at the peak of Indira community failed, partly because of perceptions that Pradeep Chhibber and Rahul Verma are BSP leader Mayawati was ambivalent about who she consolidation and its creation of an have now shifted their support communities. Gandhi’s rule. While in the short with the University of California, would join hands with in the event of a hung Assembly. unparalleled election machine. from the Congress to the BJP. This The BJP’s active use of state pat- term, this strategy is giving the Berkeley. Harsh Shah is an alumnus of the The BJP’s ideology has more allows the BJP to win elections ronage has also played a big role in party immense electoral success U.P. is a communally sensitive State and the BJP — which University of California, Berkeley failed to ield a single Muslim candidate — must not in- terpret the scale of the victory as an endorsement of majoritarianism or an excuse to raise the political pitch on divisive issues such as the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Competing to make up the numbers Going into the 2019 general election, Mr. Modi and his party will be closely monitored on how much they ad- There is more to the Manipur mandate than irst meets the eye here to his promise of taking everyone along. The last Of the remaining 11, four were pendent MLAs to win over, but here being negotiated between the thing that a “new India” needs is an escalation of de- won by the National People’s Party too the BJP seems to have sabotaged Union government and the Naga nominational politics that raises unnecessary passions (NPP), founded by the former Lok the prospect. The independent militant organisation, the National and subverts the developmental agenda. Sabha Speaker from Meghalaya, MLA, from the Jiribam constituency Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak- Purno A. Sangma, and now led by on the Assam border, was re- Muivah). This is especially so as his politician son Conrad Sangma, portedly abducted by the BJP from Prime Minister Narendra Modi him- four by the Nagaland-based Naga Imphal airport after he arrived with self pledged during the election End of a chapter Pradip Phanjoubam People’s Front (NPF), one each by a Congress leader. The Trinamool campaign that no agreement with Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti MLA too has reportedly decided to the NSCN(IM) would be allowed to The President’s removal from oice deepens rue to forecasts of what might Party, Mamata Banerjee’s Trin- join the BJP. However, even if the afect Manipur territory. Probably South Korea’s democratic evolution happen in the event of a split amool Congress, and an independ- Congress got their support, the co- this is also why the BJP is looking to verdict for the 11th Manipur ent candidate. alition’s number would be 30, leav- splinter and absorb a portion of the

T PTI ing the Assembly in a hopeless tie. Congress so that if it does form the he removal of a sitting President in South Korea Legislative Assembly, the advantage By constitutional norms, the seems now to be with the Bharatiya However, there is a hitch. Under next government, it will not be left brings to a close one phase in the months-long Governor would most likely invite The Congress may be trying to Janata Party (BJP). Although the last the single largest party, the Con- the stewardship of Assam Minister strike a deal with the NPP as a at the mercy of the NPF. Tpopular mobilisation to enforce accountability word is still to be said, the BJP, using gress, irst to prove its majority. It Himanta Biswa Sarma, a former signed letter of support by the NPP Again, under the anti-defection among the high and mighty. This verdict by South its clout as the party in power at the should have been relatively easy for Congress leader who defected to produced by the Congress does sug- law, there is a ceiling on the size of Korea’s highest court, upholding Parliament’s vote to Centre, has managed to cobble to- the Congress to get three more sup- the BJP to ultimately play an import- gest it did intend to go with the Con- State cabinets. For Manipur this is 12 impeach Park Geun-hye, could well herald a new era in gether a slim majority even though porters to qualify to form the gov- ant role in pulling down the Tarun gress. The NPP is new as it is, but including the Chief Minister, and ac- commodating party hopefuls and a land where it has for long been unthinkable to get the it won less seats than the Congress. ernment, but there is more to this Gogoi government in the 2016 As- very new in Manipur. Most of its In an informal show of strength, the sam Assembly elections, a group allies alike will be tough. Therefore, powerful to face justice even for serious crimes. Signi- mixed mandate than meets the eye. leaders are disgruntled politicians party’s representatives met State called the North-East Democratic from other established parties. plenty of loyalty auctions, hope- icantly, Parliament’s move in December to unseat Ms. Governor Najma Heptulla and Wheels within wheels Alliance had been formed last year fully not too ugly, are to be expected Park by an overwhelming vote had been backed even by claimed the support of 32 MLAs, The NPF, which won its four seats which pledges allegiance to the Speed bumps ahead in the next few days before a govern- legislators from her conservative Saenuri party. with a rider that more would be on the campaign plank of carving NDA government. The NPP is a part Even if a BJP-led coalition does be- ment is formed. Stripped of presidential immunity, Ms. Park could now joining its camp — a hint that it out Naga-dominated areas of Ma- of this group. come a reality, it will not be without Since the Congress can only face criminal proceedings on allegations that she was would split the Congress and absorb nipur to become part of a Greater The question was: Would the Ma- problems. The NPF has agreed to make the majority mark with the a part of it. NPP support, and the BJP keen to complicit in nefarious activities involving her close con- Nagaland, would not support the nipur unit of this Meghalaya party support the BJP but could also with- The luid situation has come Congress which has been vehe- feel obligated enough to honour draw support if and when the ques- prevent this from happening, the idante. The chief accusation is that they solicited con- about because in the House of 60, mently opposed to the idea. The LJP this pledge in seeking alliances to tion of a Greater Nagaland returns NPP’s price tags as kingmakers tributions to promote dodgy non-proit organisations the Congress won 28 seats, just is an ally of the BJP at the Centre. form the government in the State? It to the fore. It is also a foregone con- would have already soared. in return for clearing questionable corporate deals. The three short to return to power for a This leaves the NPP, Trinamool seems the BJP has managed to con- clusion that such a scenario would protests last year by hundreds of thousands who sought record fourth term, while the BJP Congress and the independent can- vince the party they should. The come about sooner than later in the Pradip Phanjoubam is editor, Imphal Free action in the inluence-peddling scandal, as well as viol- could manage 21 seats, 10 short of didate, six MLAs in all, for the Con- Congress had the Trinamool which backdrop of the much-hyped but Press and author, ‘The Northeast ent clashes that followed Friday’s judicial verdict, are the magic number. gress to look for support. is opposed to the BJP and the inde- little known Framework Agreement Question: Conlicts and frontiers’ an indication of how polarising a igure Ms. Park has been through her tenure since 2013. Her autocratic and whimsical rule was marked by ierce attacks on labour LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. unions, smear campaigns against critics, and eforts to rewrite history textbooks. The most provocative for- Stooping to conquer Standing tall menace, failing law and consumed by the victories Election Commission of views of Mr. Naidu about his eign policy move was the deployment of the Terminal Despite being the runners- There is a positive angle order, and farmer suicides of the BJP and the Congress, India says. party have no substance. High Altitude Area Defence, an American missile de- up in the Assembly even when losing, for it all worked against the SAD- we seem to be missing the Which party or parties are G. Ramakrishna, fence system, escalating regional tensions. China retali- elections held in Goa and helps one to iron out one’s BJP alliance. The Congress jolly good performance of not nationalist in our Bengaluru ated with calls for the boycott of South Korean imports. Manipur, it is unethical that laws. However, despite the led by Amarinder Singh had the AAP. The Aam Aadmi country? At the same time, The divisions among her followers and detractors are the BJP is now trying to humiliating defeat in the many issues to exploit to the Party is at the most a ive- nationalism should not be Of-ield referral cobble up the requisite Lok Sabha elections in 2014, hilt. year-old party when equated with chauvinism It is a disturbing sight every as much ideological as they are intergenerational. A numbers by enticing most of the parties that The absence of credible compared to giants such as and jingoism, two time the umpire makes a number of Ms. Park’s party supporters continue to har- regional parties and were defeated this time leaders in the AAP was what the Congress and the BJP. It characteristics that the BJP decision to have the bour sympathies for the daughter of South Korea’s independents with the round have still not learnt made it falter on the fought in two out of ive inherently possesses. A batsman or the ielding side moderniser, the military dictator Park Chung-hee. But carrot of ministerial posts any lessons. electoral trail. Perhaps the States and did reasonably party which has given up grouping to discuss the younger generations see the severing of all links with (“In Manipur, BJP cobbles One needs to compliment BJP could have tested the well. I think they have every the goal of self-reliance in decision. As a sports fan this authoritarian past as a necessary guarantee for the up numbers” and “It’s the BJP for going from waters in Punjab by good reason to celebrate for the economy hardly who has been watching Test consolidation of democracy, three decades after return oicial: Parrikar to return as strength to strength by contesting separately to having made a mark in qualiies for the cricket for over three Goa CM”, both March 13). sweeping elections, be it know its strengths. Punjab. The Congress’s win nomenclature of being a decades, I feel that the to civilian rule. The chaebols — South Korea’s highly in- The respective Governors civic or Assembly. The party H.P. Murali, is only on account of the nationalist party. current systems of the game luential family-owned conglomerates — may have had too appear to be playing a has worked extremely hard Bengaluru anti-incumbency factor. The BJP is a party which deprive a viewer of the real economic motivations to lean heavily on political pat- political game by not to reach this position and it If we look at the vote share swears by foreign direct moments of a Test match. ronage during the country’s industrial ascendency and inviting the Congress, the is evident that its eforts are ■ The success of the BJP can in all the ive States, there is investment in every area of The rules are so lopsided integration into the global market. But such cosy ar- largest elected political paying of. What the nation be attributed to the special a good division of votes economic activity in the that we seem to be moving rangements are proving to be untenable when excep- party, irst. It appears that lacks now is the presence of interest Prime Minister among the parties, which country, while on the from match to match tions of the past are sought to be institutionalised. The they are in a hurry to swear a strong Opposition, which Narendra Modi took while according to me marks the cultural front, it is bound by ofering only what sells. The in a leader who claims to is a necessity. campaigning. Other matters triumph of the Indian obscurantism and DRS episodes are so ugly task of public cleansing in South Korea is far from over, have the numbers with the Balasubramaniam Pavani, became minor. The increase political system. revivalism of the worst kind. that if things continue this as is evident from the ongoing criminal proceedings in- letters of support and Secunderabad in vote percentage in C.A. Gopal Nathani, It has nurtured storm way, we are likely to see volving tycoons from its best-known corporations. The physical presence of the Manipur relects the Gurugram troopers to attack technology making a recent assertion of the independence of the judiciary elected representatives. “All ■ The resounding victory popularity of the BJP. The individuals and groups complete takeover of the from political interference and the capacity of legislat- is fair in love and war,” and for the Indian National Congress needs to pull up Venkaiah Naidu’s claim which beg to difer from the game. We must not forget ors to uphold their authority are notable. It would be no we could include politics in Congress in Punjab is a its socks and reinvent itself Union Minister M. Venkaiah BJP’s obscurantist views. that umpiring is judgment surprise, therefore, if South Korea’s example becomes this too. Such is the hunger much-needed one for the in the changing political Naidu’s claim that his party Happenings in Kerala and based on one’s cricketing for power that political troubled mainstream party environment. is now a “national party” is Mangaluru are examples of skills. a model worthy of emulation elsewhere in the region. parties are bidding goodbye (“The Congress’s Punjab D. Kishan Prasad Rao, one which is unsustainable this. The long and short of it Pandithar Sivakumar Perumal, South Koreans are due to elect their next President by to ethics and norms. lifeline”, March 13). Anti- Karimnagar, Telangana (“Message in the verdict”, is that the BJP is a political Pune May — and by all indications, they are seeking to D.B.N. Murthy, incumbency against the March 13). It is a national party like any other in the more letters online: strengthen the country’s democratic institutions. Bengaluru Badal family, the drug ■ While we are all busy party based on what the country. The narcissist www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

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Rewriting the U.P. equation For a bold foreign policy The election results are better understood in terms of caste consolidation, not religious polarisation National interest is not served by avoiding problems left overbyapreviousglobalorder Neelanjan Sircar, Bhanu Joshi & Ashish Ranjan containing China. Mr. Obama’s response to We’d be lying if we said we saw this the entry of three billion Asians into the coming. The Bharatiya Janata Party global economy was to attempt setting new (BJP) and its allies won 325 out of 403 trade rules outside the WTO. Mr. Trump has seats in the 2017 U.P. Assembly elec- rejected this approach, favouring an employ- tion, a strike rate of 81%. This is the ment-oriented deal around specific sectors largest number of seats won by any Mukul Sanwal much like the Obama-Xi understanding on party/coalition in U.P. since the climate change. The difference is that Mr. Janata Party in 1977. In retrospect, Trump is prepared to limit imports and the analysis of this extraordinary feat The strategic choices before us today are boost exports even at the cost of upsetting is remarkably straightforward. It is similar to the ones U.S. President Donald long-standing agreements and allies. almost a repeat of the national elec- Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are Mr. Trump is “willing to find new friends tion in 2014, when U.P. was in the facing: in a fast-changing world, national in- and to forge new partnerships where shared grip of the ‘Modi wave’. terest is not served by avoiding problems left interests align”, rejecting the Cold War logic The aggregate vote share of BJP over by a previous order. Prime Minister Nar- of containment, reliance on foreign bases and its allies was 41.4% in this elec- endra Modi needs to challenge long-estab- and alliances. He sees China as the greatest tion, a hair less than the 43.6% it re- lished convictions on whether the elements threat, as the combination of military and ceived in 2014. Even their perform- of power in the next world order will revolve economic strength creates a strategic situ- ance over the seven phases of this around diplomacy, force, or trade as the ation where, like in the Cold War, the U.S. election closely mirrors their per- primary tool. will need to seek a “constructive relation- formance in 2014. They had a strike ship” in Asia rather than dominance and rate of 90% in phase 1 (93% in 2014), Moving to a multipolar world may join the OBOR. 75% in phase 2 (73%), 80% in phase 3 In the last 20 years, incomes of 80% of the (75%), 83% in phase 4 (77%), 85% in population in the West stagnated while per phase 5 (85%), 67% in phase 6 (88%), capita income in China quadrupled, and In- and 80% in phase 7 (100%). Curi- dia’s more than doubled. Society is ageing; ously, the BJP and its allies only technology is disrupting labour markets and slipped, in comparison to their business models. The digital economy is ex- gaudy 2014 performance, in the final pected to provide one-quarter of global pro- two phases of the election where Safron sweep: “This is almost certainly the beginning of a new chapter in the storied history of the politics of Uttar ductivity by 2025 and will have the U.S., Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Pradesh.” BJP workers celebrate in Varanasi, U.P., the party's win in the Assembly election. PTI China and India reinforcing the multipolar Narendra Modi himself were expec- order. ted to deliver sweeps for their party. In the three previous State elec- ally. If results are driven by religious of the Kurmi community, Akhilesh The functioning of the global economy PTI Of course, the BJP’s Hindutva tions since 2000, the aggregate vote polarisation, the strike rate and the Yadav could never distance himself has affected the economic and political rela- Asian connectivity and India strategy and the Prime Minister’s share of the four major parties — BJP, vote share of the BJP and its allies from the burden of local Yadav dom- tionship between the large and small eco- Mr. Trump is moving for a political deal with popularity are a large part of the SP, BSP, and Congress — along with should be particularly large when the ination across U.P. Thus, the BJP’s nomies, reducing and increasing the lever- Russia and a trade deal with China. Chinese story here. But Mr. Modi’s popularity their allies, never rose above 84%. Muslim population is large (but not a caste consolidation largely failed in age exercised by the U.S. and China, exports to the U.S. are already declining, the was present in Bihar and Delhi as This means that in the State election, majority), as Hindus rally against the Bihar while producing a sweep in respectively. The China-led Asian Infrastruc- shift to a consumption-driven economy will well, even though the BJP got routed a significant proportion of voters (al- Muslim community. In the 38 As- U.P. The SP’s alliance with the Con- ture Investment Bank, which former U.S. open markets for U.S. goods, and the RMB is in those elections. The real question most one in six) felt so unattached to sembly constituencies in districts gress never worked well either. President Barack Obama failed to weaken, now a global reserve currency. India is more is: why was the BJP so successful in the major players that they voted for that had at least 40% Muslim popula- There were 22 “friendly fights” in and the New Development Bank of the vulnerable with two-thirds of the exports of U.P. as opposed to, say, Bihar? independent candidates or small tion, but not a majority, the strike which both parties put up candidates BRICS could provide the required $8-15 tril- the $150-billion IT industry to the U.S. and parties. In this election, 91.6% of all rate for BJP and its allies dropped to in the same constituency. While the lion, marginalising the World Bank. China is the ‘Make in India’ strategy colliding with Mr. The winning narrative voters voted for one of the four ma- 69% from 81% across U.P. Similarly, SP had a poor strike rate of 15% on an projecting the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Trump’s priorities, requiring India to make It goes without saying that the elect- jor parties and their allies, most of their average vote share in these con- average vote share of 28.4% in seats initiative as a replacement for the U.S.-led strategic choices. orate was most convinced by what this new vote likely going to the BJP stituencies dropped to 37.8% from contested, even these votes didn’t post-1950 multilateral institutions. As the multilateral order fragments into the BJP had to offer. As a young man (much like 2014 where the aggregate 41.3% across U.P. Note further that transfer to the Congress. The Con- Mr. Trump is understandably questioning spheres of influence, we first need a bold vis- from the Rajbhar community outside vote share was 93.2%). In short, the the average Muslim population here gress’ strike rate was just 6% on an the relevance of the United Nations for the ion on Kashmir and must not just seek to Babina told us, “We need someone BJP effectively cannibalised the vote is greater than the BJP’s vote share. average vote share of 22.6% in seats U.S., favouring bilateral deals and forcing isolate Pakistan. We should join the OBOR, like Narendra Modi, who is with all of the independent candidates and Either the Muslim community is not contested. Mayawati’s BSP had a others to rethink the nature and role of inter- while maintaining our reservations on its castes.” The popular view of BJP in unaligned parties that were drawing as strategic as it is purported to be in strike rate of just 5% and an average national cooperation. He is resetting priorit- branch passing through Kashmir, and be- our travels was that of a caste-blind voters who felt unattached to any of keeping the BJP out of power, or vote share of 22.2% in seats con- ies away from peacekeeping, environment come part of the growing Asian market. party, unlike the Bahujan Samaj the major players. Five years ago, a some proportion of Muslims voted tested. No doubt each of these and human rights to trade. The nature of conflict is changing from Party (BSP) or the Samajwadi Party 29.1% vote share was enough to give for the BJP this time. In short, while parties will have to reinvent itself and His ‘America First’ strategy has broad sup- direct clashes to disruption of critical infra- (SP), which are each broadly associ- the SP a majority (224 out of 403) of religious polarisation is certainly part move beyond the particularistic port within the U.S. Other rich countries like structure through remote attacks. With ated with one caste group (Jatavs or seats; this time, the 28% vote share of of the BJP’s appeal, simplistic notions politics with which it is associated if Japan and the U.K. are likely to adopt this world-class cyber-space-biotech capability, Yadavs). The form of particularistic the SP-Congress alliance was only of polarisation or strategic voting by it wants to survive. new template doing away with concessions we should reconsider large-scale purchases politics associated with the BSP and good enough for 54 seats. The BJP Muslims do not explain the results in Given the scale of this victory for to others. There will be consequences for the from abroad for massive investment in cy- SP left a large swathe of the popula- has raised the bar; the particularistic the election. Rather, this election the BJP, this is almost certainly the World Trade Organisation, in particular if bersecurity and the related digital economy tion disaffected and without a (polit- politics of the past — and the vote should be understood in terms of beginning of a new chapter in the the WTO dispute resolution panels rule that will make the ‘Digital India’ initiative ical) home. The newest avatar of the shares associated with it — is unlikely caste consolidation against particu- storied history of the politics of Uttar against the U.S., leading to a questioning of into a ‘Digital Asia’ one. BJP, in which it has sought to dis- to suffice in the future. laristic politics. Pradesh. the rule-based system itself. India expects nothing less from Mr. Modi. tance itself from purely upper-caste Critics point to the role of religious Mr. Trump recognises that he cannot stop politics, was able to consolidate and polarisation in increasing vote share A new politics in U.P. Neelanjan Sircar, Bhanu Joshi and Ashish global trends and the diminishing returns Mukul Sanwal is a former UN diplomat and currently mobilise these groups against both for the BJP and its allies; this is some- Unlike Bihar, where Nitish Kumar Ranjan are ailiated with the Centre for from a reliance on diplomacy and force, ex- Visiting Professor at the Tsinghua University, Beijing, the BSP and the SP. thing that can be checked empiric- was seen as more than just a leader Policy Research in Delhi emplified by the failure of the U.S. ‘pivot’ in China

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Government must not intervene in the A nineteen-member Cabinet headed by Mrs. Indira Gandhi was sworn in this morning [March 13, New Delhi]. Fourteen battle between cab aggregators and Ministers of State were also sworn in. The President Dr. S. drivers as long as the law is not broken Radhakrishnan administered the oath of allegiance to the Con- stitution and of secrecy to them. An announcement about the K. Bharat Kumar Deputy Ministers is expected to be made later. Five of the Cab- inet Ministers are new additions and they are Dr. Triguna Sen, Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras University (Minister of Educa- In the recent battle between cab tion), Dr. Karan Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Governor (Minis- aggregators and their drivers, the ter of Tourism and Civil Aviation), Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao (Minister of consumer seems to have been for- Transport and Shipping), Mr. K.K. Shah (Minister of Informa- gotten. Should the government tion and Broadcasting) and Dr. M. Chenna Reddy, Andhra Pra- intervene? But before we ask that, desh Minister (Minister of Steel, Mines and Metals). does it make sense to ban cab aggregators? Uber and Ola, the top players in India, have about 32,000 cabs A HUNDRED YEARS AGO MARCH 14, 1917 plying in Chennai, according to a

SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY union member who participated The Bengal Legislative Council: Interpellations in the recent drivers’ strike. As- suming a low average of six trips a day, as not all cabs ply daily, CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC At to-day’s meeting (March 13, Calcutta) of the Bengal Legislat- the city’s commuters make close to 2 lakh trips a day with CONCEPTUAL ABSTRACT ive Council, the Hon’ble Mr. Kerr, Chief Secretary replying to them. Given the kind of presence cab operators have across the question of the Hon’ble Mr. Bhabendra Chandra Roy said the country — Uber has about 2.4 lakh drivers at any point — it that Mr. Lionel Curtis spent some days during November last may not be a great idea to ban such services. Yin and Yang / Controlling HIV-like virus in monkeys in Calcutta. He was the guest of Lord Carmichael during a part Should the government then regulate prices so that drivers of his visit. Mr. Curtis discussed many matters of public in- earn better? Protesting driver unions in Chennai have deman- Philosophy Two anti-HIV antibodies together show positive results terest with some of the principal European and Indian resid- ded that the government ix a minimum of ₹100 for the irst 4 ents. So far as the Government were aware there were no km in a standard ride. Yin and yang are the two R. Prasad infection. The monkeys neutralising antibodies ad- Round Table groups in Bengal and should any such be formed, However, if two competing ride services help bring prices opposing but equal forces were infused with the two ministered. A particular Government servants, under recent orders of the Government down for the commuter, why meddle with that model? Yes, for that drive the universe in In an interesting study, the drugs three times over a kind of immune cells of India would not be permitted to become members. In reply drivers who have spent savings or taken loans to buy a new car Taoist belief. They are not immune system of mon- two-week period. called CD8+ T cells were to another question by the same member regarding newspa- hoping that earnings will remain high, it is a let-down. considered inherently keys was found capable of Compared with con- found to be higher in all pers under Government patronage it was stated that the Hon- good or evil, but comple- controlling HIV-like virus trols, six monkeys were the animals that were in- ’ble Mr. Hornell, Director of Public Instruction, subscribed for ‘This is business’ mentary aspects of reality. (Simian-Human Immun- able to suppress the virus fected with the SHIV virus. 125 copies of the “Dacca Review” and 241 copies of “Siksha One argument in favour of the drivers is that they may not be Yin represents earth, dark- odeficiency Virus or SHIV) for56daystoevensix To ascertain if CD8+ T cells Samachar” at a cost of Rs. 670 and Rs. 600 respectively. informed enough that the terms of business constantly ness, femininity, passivity when treatment with a months; in one monkey, were responsible for me- and reception; yang rep- change. Signing up with cab aggregators means entering a combination of two anti- the virus was below de- diating sustained suppres- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC business partnership. The drivers bought, and continue to resents heaven, light, mas- HIV antibodies was star- tectable level for 150 days. sion of virus replication, buy, new vehicles even as the terms of engagement have been culinity, activity and cre- ted three days after infec- Once the antibodies level the researchers purposely DATA POINT changing over the last few months. For drivers across operat- ation. There are other tion. The immune system dropped to a “very low” in depleted the CD8+ T cells ors, the terms have changed from a minimum number of trips values and elements as- of the animals was found the animals, the virus re- in the six monkeys. What per day to a minimum fare amount per day and now operators signed to each, but these to control the virus even surfaced. The time taken followed was a sharp in- have ixed a certain number of trips a week for drivers to enjoy are the core tenets. The after the anti-HIV antibod- to rebound was directly crease in the viral load in incentives or ‘boosts’. One Uber driver said: “This is business. two parts as a whole form ies were no longer present related to the concentra- all the animals. This No one is forcing me to drive. If I don’t, someone else will.” the Tao. Rather than work in the monkeys. tion of the neutralising an- helped the researchers In an ideal world, the cab aggregator would ensure that as opposites, they comple- In a paper titled ‘Early tibodies in the plasma. conclude that the CD8+ T everyone got a good deal. But if that does not happen, the gov- ment and exist in relation antibody therapy can in- Five to 22 months after cells controlled the virus ernment has no business intervening as long as players act to each other. It is this du- duce long-lasting im- the virus resurfaced, the multiplication following within the limits of law. ality that lies at the origins munity to SHIV’ published immune system of the six administration of the After all, regulators don’t prevent a player from reducing of many branches of clas- on March 13 in the journal monkeys spontaneously neutralising antibodies. prices just to protect revenues of other players. However, sical Chinese science and Nature, researchers from regained control of the Though SHIV infection when service providers collude to ix prices above competitive philosophy. the National Institutes of virus and brought it down in macaque monkeys dif- levels, thus harming the consumer, the government should Health and other insti- to undetectable levels for fers from HIV-1 infection in step in to break the cartel. tutes infected 13 macaque another five to 13 months. humans, the researchers CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Otherwise, let the market decide. If Ola does not change its monkeys with the SHIV Four other monkeys could suggest that immunother- terms of engagement with drivers, Uber may lure drivers away MORE virus. Unlike earlier stud- never fully regain com- apy should be explored to with better terms. If Uber refuses to drop its commission for ON THE WEB ies where intervention plete control of the virus, control the spread of every trip, as drivers now demand of it, its drivers may leave. began late, the research- but the viral load was at a virus, contain the damage On the lip side, even if commuter prices in a competitive ers started treating the “very low level” for more to CD8+ T cells, mobilise a 80% of new U.P. MLAs are environment charged by cab operators go up to astronomical monkeys with two broadly than two years. Of the 13 robust immune response, crorepatis levels, the government should not enter the picture. The mar- http://bit.ly/2mjBBW3 neutralising HIV antibod- monkeys studied, 10 were and control HIV infection ket will ind its way. ies from the third day of able to benefit from two in humans.

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VISAKHAPATNAM THE HINDU 10 NEWS TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Major Cabinet rejig on cards In Uttarakhand, BJP BJP leader stakes may try a new face With Parrikar’s exit, Prime Minister may go in for a reshule after Budget session claim in Manipur ‘Ability to deliver will be the criterion’ Nistula Hebbar North India, could be moved Pradesh or Uttarakhand, According to senior officials floor test. “As per the de- New Delhi to Delhi. A senior general then too vacancies will be Press Trust of India in the Manipur administra- cision of the Supreme Court President Pranab Mukherjee secretary from the Central created in the Union Cab- Dehradun tion, the Election Commis- who has the numbers in the on Monday accepted the team of the BJP may be sent inet,” said the source. The BJP on Monday hinted sion of India will issue a no- House cannot be decided by resignation of Defence Minis- as a replacement Chief Min- that it might pick a relative tification for constitution of the Governor. It has to be ter Manohar Parrikar, who is ister there. PM’s grip unassailable greenhorn, rather than a a fresh Assembly in all five decided on the floor of the set to take oath as Chief Min- “Once the Parliament ses- “With the victory in U.P., party stalwart, for the Chief States on Tuesday, following House,” senior Congress ister of Goa on Tuesday, and sion is done, a larger Cabinet Prime Minister Modi’s grip Minister’s post in Ut- which the Governor can leader C.P. Joshi, who is in allotted the Defence portfo- reshuffle is possible. There is over both the party and the tarakhand where it recor- summon any party to form Imphal, said. lio as additional charge to a serious evaluation of cer- government is unassailable ded a landslide victory win- the government. Outgoing Deputy Chief Union Finance Minister Arun tain BJP-ruled States and and we don’t anticipate any ning 56 of the 70 Assembly With both parties staking Minister Gaikhangam also Jaitley. how they are being run. For kind of protest even if seats. claim to form the govern- said the Congress, being the This was conveyed in an example Rajasthan Chief powerful chief ministers are Battling the problem of B.C. Khanduri ment all eyes are now on single largest party, must be official communiqué from Minister Vasundhara Raje called to Delhi,” said a senior plenty with as many as four who the Governor will call allowed first to form the gov- the Rashtrapati Bhavan. could be considered for a office-bearer in the BJP privy former chief ministers in the party to an absolute major- for proving majority on the ernment. The departure of Mr. Par- Manohar Parrikar Central tenure. She had been to these developments. party’s ranks besides a crop ity in the State, whoever is floor of the House. Mr. Gaikhangam de- rikar from New Delhi and his Minister for Personnel in the The next national execut- of young and promising finally chosen as the Chief The BJP claims that it has scribed as “completely base- Ministry has increased the Top sources in the govern- Vajpayee government and ive of the party is to be in leaders, making a choice for Minister will have to deliver the numbers to form the less” the reports that several chances of a larger Cabinet ment say that it’s quite pos- party general secretary Om April, right after the Parlia- the top job in Uttarakhand is on the promise of clean and government. The Congress, Congress legislators were in reshuffle after the second sible that there will be Mathur, who hails from that ment session is over. Much indeed a daunting task for efficient governance made however, insists that being touch with the BJP and ex- part of the Budget session changes in the Cabinet, and State, could be moved there. will be decided by then on the BJP. by the Prime Minister to the the single largest party it pressed a desire to support which is currently under that at least one Chief Minis- On the other hand, if anyone the post-Assembly polls BJP leaders here indic- people of the State,” a should be allowed to go for a a BJP government. way and ends on April 12. ter of a BJP-ruled State in from Delhi is moved to Uttar shake-up. ated that the choice will be senior party leader said, re- made by the party’s Parlia- questing anonymity. mentary Board absolutely The names of CM prob- on the basis of the person’s ables now doing the rounds ability to deliver on the include those of former CMs Congress knocks on SC’s door Jaitley supports promises made by Prime Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri, Minister Narendra Modi to Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, the people of the State in Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Party challenges Goa Governor’s ‘unconstitutional action’ of inviting Parrikar Governor’s action the run-up to the Assembly and Vijay Bahuguna, be- elections. sides Satpal Maharaj, Triv- Krishnadas Rajagopal the State Legislature. It was political needs... the Gov- “As a strong Modi wave is endra Singh Rawat and NEW DELHI imperative and incumbent ernor of Goa could not have Cong. says it’s victory of money power believed to have swept the Prakash Pant. The Supreme Court on for the Governor to have ignored the single largest Monday agreed to hear an called the INC and ask its party (INC) with 17 seats and Press Trust of India BJP of “stealing” elections in urgent petition filed by the leader to prove its majority invited the BJP, which is a New Delhi Goa and Manipur, saying a Congress challenging the on the Floor of the House,” smaller party with 13 seats, With the BJP staking claim party which comes second Hariprasad quits CWC “blatantly unconstitutional the petition said. to form the government,” the to form governments in Goa has “no right” to form the action” of Goa Governor petition said. and Manipur, Finance Min- government. Mridula Sinha to invite Goa ‘Shocking attempt’ The total strength of the ister Arun Jaitley on Monday Another Congress leader, over Odisha poll rout BJP Legislature Party leader Instead, the petition, filed by Assembly is 40 seats. said the Governor is consti- Digvijaya Singh, said it was Manohar Parrikar as Chief advocate Devadatt Kamat The petition said the Su- tutionally right in case of a the victory of money power Special Correspondent The ruling Biju Janata Dal Minister. and settled by senior advoc- preme Court as the “sen- hung verdict in inviting the over people’s power. “A Bengaluru had emerged as the single The writ petition accused ate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, tinel” of constitutional leader of the majority party that comes second has Owning moral responsibility largest party winning 473 the Centre of using its polit- submitted that political man- norms and values should in- coalition. no right to form govern- for the dismal performance zilla parishad seats, while ical clout to defeat the man- petition filed by oeuvring by the Centre using tervene and strike down the “In a hung Assembly, if ment. BJP stealing elections of the Congress in elections the BJP secured 297 seats. date of the people and grab Chandrakant Kavlekar, the the Governor’s constitutional decisions taken by a Gov- majority of the elected in Goa and Manipur (sic),” to the zilla parishads in The Congress won only 60 power by misusing the office elected leader of the Goa office between March 11 and ernor in her discretionary MLAs form a coalition, the Mr. Chidambaram said in a Odisha, B.K. Hariprasad on seats. of the Governor, who turned Congress Legislature Party, 12 shows a “shocking and a capacity if they were found Governor would be consti- tweet. Monday resigned from the a Nelson’s eye to the fact that on Tuesday at 10.30 a.m. Mr. brazen attempt to grab to be arbitrary. tutionally right in inviting The Congress would con- post of general secretary of Leader blamed the Congress was voted the Parrikar is scheduled to be power violating the sac- The petition contended the leader of the majority tinue to fight against com- the All India Congress Com- The Congress leaders of “single largest party in the sworn in as Chief Minister on rosanct constitutional that the BJP had no pre-poll coalition to form the govern- munal forces of “money mittee and also as a member Odisha had blamed Mr. State Legislature.” The ac- the same morning. norms, conventions and alliance with any of the other ment and prove their major- power politics” in Goa, he of the AICC Working Hariprasad, who is in charge tions of the Centre and the “Assembly elections were principles guiding the discre- parties which now tow their ity within a short period,” said. The comment of the Committee. of the State, for the party’s Governor sound the “death held on 04.02.2017 and the tionary powers of the Gov- line. Mr. Jaitley tweeted. Ministers came after the BJP Mr. Hariprasad told The performance in the zilla par- knell for democracy,” the pe- results were declared on ernor in a hung House”. It was the central BJP lead- The Congress had won 28 staked claim to form the Hindu that the Congress had ishad polls. tition said. 11.03.2017. The BJP was voted “The respondents [Union ership which used its polit- seats in Manipur, followed government in Goa and Ma- performed very badly in the Asked whether he would out by the electorate exer- of India and the State of Goa] ical clout to rope in the smal- by the BJP with 21. nipur — where it failed to zilla parishad elections. leave the Congress, Mr. Special Bench cising their democratic right virtually sought to strangu- ler parties and Independents emerge as the single largest The BJP had shunted out Hariprasad said, “I am a Chief Justice of India J.S. to vote in favour of the In- late the will of the people in Goa to cobble together the ‘Stolen’ elections party — with the support of the Congress from the posi- loyal party worker. Even in Khehar agreed to set up a dian National Congress (INC) and have used the office of requisite majority in the Senior Congress leader P. smaller parties and some tion of the principal Opposi- my wildest dream, I will not Special Bench and hear the as the single largest party in the Governor to suit their State. Chidambaram accused the Independents. tion party. think of quitting the party.” It’s a power grab by Curbs on withdrawal Police detain separatist BJP in Goa, says GSM of cash lifted leaders in Srinagar RBI had announced move on Feb. 8

Accuses Governor of louting spirit of Constitution SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the currency in circulation Protest against condition of prisoners in jails foiled Mumbai till the week ended March 3 Prakash Kamat Monday said the Election RestrictionsĪ on cash with- was ₹11,984.1 billion which is Indo-Asian News Service Panaji Commission of India (ECI) drawals, which came into ef- 67% of the currency in cir- Srinagar The Goa Suraksha Manch should henceforth just “auc- fect from November 9, 2016, culation, pre-demonetisa- Jammu and Kashmir author- (GSM) on Monday accused tion” every seat to the following the ban on high- tion. ities placed top separatist Governor Mridula Sinha of highest bidder instead of value currency notes, were The decision to withdraw leaders under house arrest violating the spirit of the conducting an election pro- lifted on Monday. The RBI high value notes was aimed in Kashmir on Monday to foil Constitution by allowing the cess where the role of announced the easing of at eliminating corruption, a sit-in called to highlight the BJP to ‘grab power’ through money continues unabated. curbs during its bimonthly black money, counterfeit plight of prisoners in the Val- a cobbled-up majority, when In his first press confer- monetary policy review on currency and terror ley. it was not even the single ence, after the AAP failed to February 8. funding. Senior separatist leaders largest party in the recent win a single seat, Mr. Gomes While the limits on cur- According to a recent Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Assembly election. claimed that the AAP had rent accounts were lifted study by the Reserve Bank Muhammad Yasin Malik and Addressing a press confer- Mridula Sinha been confused about the ex- earlier, restrictions on sav- of India staff in the monet- Asiya Andrabi were placed ence here, GSM president pectations of the Goan ings account deposits were ary policy department, under preventive detention. Anand Shirodkar questioned of indulging in manipulation electorate. lifted from Monday. Though about 78% of all consumer While the Mirwaiz and Ms. the ‘undue hurry’ shown by to capture power in the He said the party had there will be no limit on payments in India are ef- Andrabi were placed under the Governor in appointing State. striven to offer an alternative cash withdrawals, currency fected in cash. house arrest, Mr. Malik was ex-Defence Minister Mano- Mr. Shirodkar said: “The to the Goan voters, including in circulation is still far be- “It was, therefore, obvi- shifted to the Central Jail. har Parrikar as Chief Minis- ex-Defence Minister has new faces, giving ticket to low the pre-November 8, ous that currency squeeze “Adequate deployments ter. flouted the spirit of Parlia- candidates without criminal 2016, levels. during the demonetisation of police and Central Re- Later party mentor mentary democracy by try- antecedents and bypassing Following the decision to period would have had serve Police Force have been Subhash Velingkar deman- ing to promote a govern- the communal and caste- withdraw the legal tender some adverse impact on made to maintain law and Up in arms: An activist of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference ded that the Governor be ment of BJP without it being based formulas. status of ₹500 and ₹1,000 economic activity, although order in the city,” police being detained during a protest in Srinagar on Monday. AFP shifted out of Goa before she the single largest party and “Beyond this what people notes, 86.9% of the cur- such impact was expected said. indulges in “more such con- by reportedly indulging in want, we cannot under- rency in circulation was to be transient,” the study The sit-in was called in the The victim identified as Dar was a former stitutional improprieties.” horse trading.” stand. We will try to under- rendered invalid, amount- observed. Maisuma area adjacent to Fayaz Ahmad Dar, a resident sarpanch of the ruling Simultaneously, the GSM Aam Aadmi Party’s Goa stand the people better,” Mr. ing ₹15.4 lakh crore. the Lal Chowk was to high- of Kakapora, was kidnapped Peoples Democratic Party. leaders accused Mr. Parrikar convenor Elvis Gomes on Gomes added. According to RBI data, STILL CATCHING UP Ī PAGE 14 light the plight of prisoners from his house early on The killing comes at a time in different jails of the State. Monday morning. “He was when the State was prepar- In another development, later shot dead,” the police ing for the Parliament and two persons, who had es- said. Sources said the armed panchayat polls. caped from Himachal Pra- men asked Dar to accom- “The mindless killings of ‘Indians have no reason to fear under Trump’ desh police custody, were ar- pany him and was bundled innocent people like that of rested in Jammu district, into a car. The bullet-ridden Dar will benefit nobody and police said. body was recovered from will lead us nowhere except They will beneit from the new wave of American economic growth, says Shalabh Kumar the Chew Kalan area. The to self-destruction,” said Ab- Ex-sarpanch killed police said the gunmen had dul Haq, Minister for Rural Varghese K. George right time, in an appropriate by an Indian-American was have great love and admira- A former sarpanch was been identified. “The efforts Development. Washington manner, and said there is no the target of an arson at- tion for India and killed by gunmen in Pul- are on to nab the killers,” (With inputs from Peerz- There is anxiety and uncer- place for racism in America. tempt in Port St. Lucie in Hinduism,” Mr. Kumar said. wama district on Monday. said the police. ada Ashiq) tainty among Indian-Americ- That is reassuring for Hindu- Florida in the latest incident He said the anxiety among ans following violence Americans and Indian-Amer- of suspected hate crime in the Indian-American com- against the community in dif- icans,” Mr. Kumar told The America. Richard Lloyd, 64, munity was the result of ferent parts of the country Hindu. tried to set the shop on fire “biased media coverage and India, Pak. in SCO will ensure but U.S. President Donald and wanted to “run Arabs a Left-wing campaign to tar- Trump is committed to ‘Visa fears unfounded’ out of our country,” accord- get the President.” “There is building good relations with According to Mr. Kumar, In- ing to the local police. The greed also at work. Activists security of region, says China them, said Shalabh Kumar, dian community has no shop was closed when the in- and lawyers are trying to founder of the Republican reason to be concerned at all cident happened on Friday make a business out of this,” Press Trust of India Tashkent to admit India and velopment and common Hindu Coalition and a mega under the Trump presidency morning and the man sur- Mr. Kumar said. Beijing Pakistan, Chinese Foreign prosperity of the region,” donor to the President’s elec- Shalabh Kumar and all reports about restrict- rendered when the police Mr. Kumar said the Presid- China on Monday hoped the Ministry spokesperson Hua Ms. Hua said. tion campaign. ing H-1B visas are unfounded arrived. ent’s chief strategist, admission of India and Chunying said here. “Both India and Pakistan Mr. Kumar, who is re- ted level.” Asked what could or exaggerated. “There will A study by the South Stephen Bannon, would play Pakistan into the Beijing-led She was responding to a are China’s important neigh- portedly a front-runner for be the elements of such new be all types of Bills and de- Asian American Leading To- an “important role” in the Shanghai Cooperation Or- question about reports that bours and important coun- the post of U.S. Ambassador cooperation, Mr. Kumar said bates. But the fact is that the gether linked more than 90% U.S relations with India. Mr. ganisation (SCO) security both the countries may be tries in South Asia. China to India, refused to comment the President believed in do- U.S economy will grow rap- of the recent hate crimes to Bannon is an avid reader of grouping will contribute to admitted to the six-member hopes that India and on his chances. “I have noth- ing things discreetly. Mr. Ku- idly under President Trump Mr. Trump’s rhetoric but Mr. the Bhagavad Gita and Hindu security and stability in the bloc at this year’s summit in Pakistan can enhance mu- ing to say on that,” he said. mar’s Twitter handle identi- and this will require large Kumar said such a correla- and Buddhist philosophy, ac- region. June. “China looks forward tual trust and improve rela- “What I can say is that fies him as the “bridge number of IT professionals. tion was baseless. cording to Mr. Kumar, who Currently, all sides are go- to the early accession of In- tions through more dia- President Trump and Prime between Trump and Modi”. Indians are going to benefit keeps in regular touch with ing through relevant legal dia and Pakistan to the SCO logues. This is conducive to Minister Modi will take co- “The President has re- from this new wave of Amer- ‘Trump isn’t racist’ him. “He really appreciates procedures in accordance as full members, so that they not only the two countries operation between India and acted to the murder of In- ican economic growth,” he “Donald Trump does not what is happening in India with the Memorandum of will work with the existent themselves, but also to re- the U.S. in the fight against dian engineer Srinivas said. have an iota of racism in under Mr. Modi’s Obligations signed at last members to contribute to se- gional prosperity and devel- terrorism to an unpreceden- Kuchibhotla in Kansas at the Meanwhile, a shop owned him. He and his advisers leadership.” year’s SCO summit at curity, stability, common de- opment,” she added. 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IN BRIEF Pakistani shelling Sharmila in search of solitude continues in Poonch Activist to arrive in Attappady today, expected to remain there for a month K.A. Shaji Attappady (Palakkad) Jitendra Singh says India will give a beitting response After her disastrous debut ‘Glad over new record of in politics, Irom Sharmila, women in U.P. Assembly’ Special Correspondent activist, will arrive in the tri- NEW DELHI Srinagar bal region of Attappady in Prime Minister Narendra As Pakistani shelling contin- Kerala on Tuesday in search Modi on Monday expressed happiness over the record ues in Poonch in the Pir Pan- of “peace, tranquillity and number of women elected to chal Valley in violation of the solitude”. the new Uttar Pradesh ceasefire, the bus service Ms. Sharmila will reach Assembly. “Glad that a new across the Line of Control re- Agali in Attappady from the record has been set of mains suspended. Coimbatore airport to highest women MLAs elected Since Sunday, Pakistan spend a couple of days with in the U.P. Assembly. has been firing mortar shells her close friend of over 11 Congratulations to all women into Indian territory. The years, Basheer Madala, a MLAs,” he tweeted. IANS Trade Facilitation Centre at journalist-turned-activist. Chakan da Bagh was dam- After spending a couple Modi felicitated by world aged on Monday, leading to of days with Mr. Madala and leaders for poll victories the suspension of the bus his family, she will move to NEW DELHI service. An official spokes- a rehabilitation centre near After the BJP’s impressive man said schools near the the Vattalakki tribal hamlet. performance in the Assembly LoC had been closed as a Breach of promise: The Trade Facilitation Centre at Chakkan Ms. Sharmila is expected to elections, Prime Minister “precautionary measure”. Da Bagh near the Line of Control in J&K that was damaged in spend a month at the Narendra Modi has received shelling by Pakistan on Monday. PTI felicitations from noted “There was unprovoked centre, which is maintained personalities and foreign firing by the Pakistani Army by Uma Preman. Going back a long way: Iron Sharmila with her friend Basheer Madala, a journalist-turned- leaders, including the Crown in the Poonch sector from Ghadge, was killed when Mr. Singh, Minister of State activist from Attappady. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Prince of Abu Dhabi and 6.40 a.m. on Monday with 82 Pakistan fired at Indian in the Prime Minister’s Of- Call for privacy Canadian Prime Minister mm mortars and automatic posts. fice, told presspersons. “It all depends on the com- hunger strike seeking the responses from Keralites, “It is her first major long Stephen Harper. Mr. Modi weapons,” he said. He did not answer ques- fort level she would feel repeal of the Armed Forces especially those active on journey outside Manipur, thanked them in tweets. PTI Minister’s assurance tions on the handing over of after reaching here. Though (Special Powers) Act in the social media. We are under- except for the Delhi trips as No casualties Replying to questions on two boys from PoK to we tried our best to keep north-eastern State, was taking a difficult task of en- part of the hunger strike. I TCS staff member “The Army took position ceasefire violations, Union Pakistani authorities after her visit a low-key affair, in able to secure hardly 90 suring her privacy and felt honoured when she ac- drowned and responded befittingly Minister Jitendra Singh said: the NIA dropped charges of view of her preference for votes against Chief Minister solitude in a State where cepted our invitation to be AHMEDABAD and intermittent firing is on “The agencies concerned conspiracy against them in solitude, the information Okram Ibobi Singh in the she has more fans than in here in Attappady for one A 30-year-old employee of at present. There has been will take into cognisance the the Uri terror strike. “I am was leaked and created a Thoubal constituency. The her home State,” Ms. Pre- month to ponder her future Tata Consultancy Services no casualty on our side.” chain of events, and you not able to reply to such huge public response not 44-year-old activist has man said. course of action,” he said. drowned in a swimming pool Monday’s ceasefire breach is should trust the Modi gov- sensitive issues,” he said. Un- just in Attappady but across since announced quitting “Keralites are aware of at Infocity near Gandhinagar on Monday, the police said. the second in 20 hours and ernment to give a befitting der detention for nearly six Kerala,” Sabira, Mr. politics. A long trip her 16-year-old fast for the Shaishav Chauhan, who could the third in four days. response.” months, they were freed Madala’s wife, said. “The news that she was It was as an office-bearer of repeal of the AFSPA. So we not swim, entered the pool The Pakistani troops star- “Indian government and after the NIA came to a con- In the Manipur Assembly able to secure only 90 a journalists’ union that Mr. hope people would cooper- after a Holi bash. He may ted shelling in the Krish- security agencies are cap- clusion that they had strayed election, the “Iron Lady”, votes, even fewer than the Madala first travelled to Ma- ate by not creating discom- have misjudged the depth of nagati sector along the LoC able of meeting any kind of into India after a tiff with who won international at- number for NOTA, has nipur 11 years ago and met fort to her by attempting to the pool as he had removed on Sunday. On March 9, a challenge and you will see their parents. tention for her years-long evoked strong sympathetic Ms. Sharmila. meet her here,” he said. his glasses, the police said. PTI jawan, Deepak Jagannath the results in days to come,” (With inputs from PTI)

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Agartala Several persons, even po- Amber Jamieson about the incident. licemen, were injured as Washington “I am still stunned by the Trinamool Congress and The White House press sec- boldness of having my cit- BJP supporters clashed in retary, Sean Spicer, has been izenship threatened on cam- Agartala on Monday even- accused of racism after be- era,” she added. ing. ing confronted by a woman She continued: I have Subal Bhowmik, BJP’s during a shopping trip to an spent enough time with on- vice-president in Tripura, Apple store in Washington line [sic] to encounter rabid was injured, and his DC. Trump supporters. Many of vehicle smashed near the “How does it feel to work these folks see my brown West Agartala police sta- for a fascist?” asked Shree skin and question my cit- tion. Prohibitory orders Chauhan, a 33-year-old wo- izenship. They question were imposed in the city. man who works at a non- whether I am here legally. Trouble broke out after profit in DC, while using They tell me to leave the BJP supporters blocked the Periscope to record the country. They have told me road outside the police sta- encounter. Sean Spicer to go back to where I came tion, demanding the arrest “Have you helped with from. To which my snarky of the elder brother of a the Russia stuff? Are you a Chauhan, who was born reply is often, “Go back Trinamool leader, Sudip criminal as well? Have you in New York and is of Indian where? New York?” It’s one Roy Barman, who had al- committed treason, just like origin, said she believed thing to have a Twitter egg legedly roughed up a BJP the president?” she deman- Spicer’s response was a ref- tell say you do not belong in leader. Mr. Bhowmik, who ded of Spicer. erence to her skin colour. America, it is quite another was leading the protest, Spicer replied: “Such a “That is racism and it is to have the Press Secretary was injured as BJP and Tri- great country that allows an implied threat,” wrote of the United States of Amer- Ready to ride: Shikaras wait for customers in the Dal Lake against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains in Srinagar on Monday. namool workers attacked you to be here.” Chauhan in a Medium post ica do so. THE GUARDIAN The sun came out much to the respite of people, though nights continued to remain cold in the Valley. NISSAR AHMAD each other. RSS meet in TN to chalk out future plans Dynasty doesn’t always Press Trust of India Coimbatore rived here on Sunday night, Suresh Soni and Bhaigaih. The outcome of the dis- year-old history, will be immediately left for Amrita The annual meeting of cussions, in which elected jointly chaired by Mr. Bhag- RSS bigwigs will take part in University, the venue of the the ABPS, the highest de- representatives of the RSS wat and Mr. Joshi. guarantee a win in U.P. a crucial three-day meet Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi cision-making body, will and State leaders will take Various issues facing the here from March 19 to chalk Sabha meet, RSS sources start from March 19 and de- part, will be put in the country will be discussed. Relatives of former Chief Ministers face defeat out the future plans of the said here on Monday. tails of activities of all or- form of resolutions for rati- BJP national president Sangh and its allied outfits, The Sangh chief will be ganisations, including the fication at the Sabha, to be Amit Shah and Union Min- Press Trust of India in the wake of the BJP’s im- joined by RSS general sec- ABVP, the Sevabharati, the attended by 1,500 mem- ister Nitin Gadkari are Lucknow pressive show in the As- retary Suresh Bhaiyya ji Samskrita Bharati, the bers, the sources said. among the top party lead- sembly polls. Joshi and joint general sec- Vidya Bharati and the BMS The ABPS meet, which is ers expected to attend the For candidates with a polit- Sangh Sarasanghachalak retaries Dattatreya would be submitted before being held for the first time meeting on the last day — ical pedigree, the Uttar Pra- Mohan Bhagwat, who ar- Hosabale, Krishna Gopal, it, an RSS release said. in Tamil Nadu in its 92- March 21, the sources said. desh Assembly elections were a mixed bag, with only five out of the eight winning. Seven who contested have direct ties with the out- going Chief Minister, At Pappu’s, a cup of tea and a platter of politics Akhilesh Yadav, or those who had occupied the post before him. The shop in Varanasi is home to lively debate and is a stepping stone to many political careers From the BJP, Rita Bahuguna Joshi from Luc- Amarnath Tewary 2014, Pappu’s name was Kashi ka Assi is based on the know Cantonment, Sandeep Assi Chowk (Varanasi) suggested as a proposer. everyday political discourse Kumar Singh from Atrauli, Prime Minister Narendra Politicians apart, many at Pappu’s. “Kashinath Pankaj Singh from Noida, Modi may have taken the eminent Hindi writers and Singh, along with other Siddhartha Nath Singh from political route to become an litterateurs, mostly from great Hindi writers like Allahabad West and Swati “adopted son” of Varanasi Benaras Hindu University, Balraj Pandey and Chow- Singh from Sarojini Nagar and Uttar Pradesh, but a which is nearly two km from kiram Yadav, has been regu- won. In happier times: SP leader Mulayam Singh with his daughter- “son of the soil” plays host the shop, have been regular lar visitors at my shop…” 67- in-law Aparna Yadav at an election rally in Lucknow. Aparna to politics every day here, visitors. For local politicians year-old Vishwanath Singh Shivpal’s success Yadav was routed in Lucknow Cantonment. nurturing debate and dis- and student leaders, Pap- ‘Pappu’ told The Hindu on From the Samajwadi Party, cussion, careers and critics. pu’s tea shop is an import- Sunday morning, a day after only Shivpal Yadav, Mr. former Chief Minister and Noida. Siddhartha Nath While his given name — ant step in their careers. the Assembly poll result. Akhilesh’s uncle and brother Congress stalwart H.N. Singh, senior BJP leader and Vishwanath Singh — will Hours are spent over a cup “I graduated in politics of former Chief Minister Mu- Bahuguna, defeated Ms. grandson of former Prime evoke little recognition, just of lemon or milk tea, dis- listening to their everyday layam Singh, won, retaining Aparna, who made her elect- Minister Lal Bahadur a mention of his popular cussing politics. discussion and debate … his long-time seat of Jaswant- oral debut. Shastri, defeated Pooja Pal, a nickname “Pappu” elicits in- I’ve been enjoying it and nagar. A former U.P. Congress sitting MLA of the BSP. stant recall: “Oh, Assi ka Standing room only never mind their long sitting Aparna Yadav, the chief, Ms. Joshi contested on The Jaswantnagar seat of Pappu, chai dukan?[you The room itself boasts just at the shop over just a cup of younger daughter-in-law of the BJP ticket. Mr. Shivpal is synonymous mean Pappu of Assi, the tea two wooden benches by tea,” added Mr. Singh. “I’ve Mr. Mulayam Singh, was de- In Atrauli, the bastion of with Mr. Mulayam Singh, SP shop?].” formica-topped tables. Two been voting for the BJP feated in Lucknow Canton- former Chief Minister Kalyan founder, who won the seat Pappu’s tea shop has no more benches stand outside when it was the Jan Sangh in ment, and Anurag Yadav, his Singh, his grandson Sandeep for the first time in 1967. sign board, nor proper Favourite haunt: Politicians, student leaders and litterateurs on the road. Regular visitors 1967 … ideologically I’ve nephew, in Sarojini Nagar on Kumar Singh defeated Winning it eight times and tables and chairs — a yellow are regulars at Pappu’s tea shop in Varanasi. AMARNATH TEWARY matter-of-factly squeeze been closer to the BJP much the outskirts of Lucknow. Viresh Yadav of the SP. losing twice, Mr. Mulayam tungsten bulb hangs from a themselves on the benches before Narendra Modi came Lalitesh Pati Tripathi, the Singh later vacated it for Mr. soot-layered wire. But old- lemon tea when V.P. Singh wood film, Mohalla Assi, and get engaged in political on the mainstream political great grandson of former Noida fight Shivpal, who has won the timers will tell you that vet- was the Prime Minister. BJP were sipping tea at Pappu’s. debate. Some wait for hours scene,” he said. In 2012, Mr. Chief Minister Kamlapati Tri- Pankaj Singh, son of Union seat continuously since eran socialist leader George leaders Kalraj Mishra and Rumour has it that when for a chance to sit while oth- Modi’s flagship “Chai pe pathi, contested on the Con- Home Minister and former 1996. Fernandes held a press con- Sambit Patra too are patrons Prime Minister Narendra ers stand around. Charcha” television show gress ticket from Mariharan. Chief Minister Rajnath Ms. Swati Singh defeated ference for two hours at the and more recently, the en- Modi had to file his nomina- Noted Hindi writer Kash- held at this tea shop was one He lost to Rama Shankar Singh, defeated Sunil Choud- Mr. Anurag by a margin of tea shop over four cups of tire crew of a popular Bolly- tion papers from Varanasi in inath Singh’s popular novel of the most popular. Singh of the BJP. hary of the SP by a huge 34,179 votes. Ms. Joshi, daughter of margin of 1,04,016 votes in

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VISAKHAPATNAM THE HINDU 12 WORLD TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE Scotland seeks to exit U.K. ‘Pak. should be declared First Minister Sturgeon to ask Parliament next week to approve referendum state sponsor of terror’ Vidya Ram London Scottish First Minister Nicola Congressman Ted Poe has introduced Bill in this regard EU warns Erdogan Sturgeon will ask the Scottish following remarks Parliament for authority next Varghese K. George evidence. Pakistan should Washington The European Union (EU) on week for a second referen- welcome such a review,” he Monday warned President dum on Scottish independ- U.S. President Donald said. Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ence. Criticising the “brick Trump will be more sym- “Pakistan claims to be a avoid inlammatory rhetoric wall of intransigence” that pathetic to the demand on victim of terrorism as terror- as a diplomatic crisis between her government had faced as whether or not to declare ists carry out attacks in Turkey and the Netherlands it sought to find a deal that Pakistan as a state sponsor Pakistan too. This is the con- deepened over the blocking protected Scotland’s interests of terrorism, U.S. Congress- sequence of government har- of Turkish Ministers from as Britain prepared to leave man Ted Poe said on bouring terrorists,” Mr. Poe holding rallies. Mr. Erdogan the EU, Ms. Sturgeon, leader Monday. said. had twice accused of the Scottish National Party, Mr. Poe has introduced a According to a U.S. State Netherlands of acting like the said that Scotland needed to Bill in the U.S. House of Rep- Department document, Nazis, sparking outrage. AFP be given the choice about the resentatives seeking a re- there are four main categor- “kind of country we want to view of U.S. ties with ies of sanctions that will fol- Talks under way with be”, between the autumn of Pakistan, given its support low a state sponsor of terror- N. Korea: Malaysia 2018 and the spring of 2019. for terrorism. “I cannot ism designation — KUALA LUMPUR “Brexit has made change speak for the White House, “restrictions on U.S. foreign Malaysia said talks were inevitable… the choice I be- but I do think the President assistance; a ban on defence under way on Monday for the lieve Scotland should have Trump will be sympathetic exports and sales; certain release of nine citizens should be what kind of to this demand,” he said. Ted Poe, Congressman from controls over exports of dual stranded in North Korea by a change we want,” she said in “Not only is Pakistan an Texas. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS use items; and miscel- travel ban. “The negotiations Edinburgh on Monday. untrustworthy ally, Is- laneous financial and other with the North Koreans are While the 2014 referen- lamabad has also aided and supporting terrorism, this restrictions.” ongoing,” Deputy-Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi dum on independence was abetted enemies of the U.S. will be its opportunity to Due to various certifica- told reporters. “Our main pegged as a “once in a gener- for years. From harbouring prove it, he said. tion requirements that have priority is the safety of the ation” vote by former SNP Osama bin Laden to its cosy “The Bill does not desig- been mandated for Pakistan nine Malaysians who are in leader Alex Salmond, the is- relationship with the nate Pakistan a state spon- in recent years, U.S. civil and Pyongyang,” he said. REUTERS sue of independence resur- Haqqani network, there is sor of terrorism. It requires military aid to Pakistan has faced in the wake of last more than enough evidence the President and the ad- seen a sharp decline in re- Sufi leader killed in June’s referendum, when Freedom march: A pro-independence march in Edinburgh in to determine whose side ministration to make a de- cent years — from $3.5 billion Bangladesh Scotland voted overwhelm- 2013; (right) the two lags; and Nicola Sturgeon. AFP Pakistan is on in the war on termination one way or the in 2011 to less than $1 billion DHAKA ingly (62%) to remain in the terror. And it’s not Amer- other, based on a review of in 2016. Unidentified attackers shot EU. In December, the Scottish Brexit as early as Tuesday. voters were able to make as second referendum would be ica’s. It is time we stop pay- dead a Sufi leader and his government published a The bill that would authorise informed a choice as pos- “divisive and cause huge eco- ing Pakistan for its betrayal maid late on Monday, police white paper “Scotland’s Place the government to trigger sible, as the shape of the nomic uncertainty at the and designate it for what it said, the latest attack targeting religious minorities in Europe” calling for the talks on leaving the EU has Brexit deal became clear. worst possible time”, the U.K. is: a State Sponsor of Terror- Western civilisation here. Police said Farhad U.K. to either remain in the returned to the House of Leaving it to after Britain left government said in a state- ism,” Mr. Poe told reporters Hossain Chowdhury (55) and single market or commit to Commons and was set to be the EU would make it difficult ment on Monday. on a conference call. under threat: Lawmaker his maid were found in a pool an outcome that would en- voted on Monday evening. for Scotland that could face a While Labour would not of blood at his home at able Scotland to remain lengthy period outside the block a move to hold the ref- Terror funding Associated Press Wednesday. Mr. King, Bochaganj, around 350 km within it, which Ms. Sturgeon Debating the details EU. Any effort by Westmin- erendum should it get the ap- “Pakistan is taking money Washington who has served in the north of Dhaka. AFP said represented a “signific- Ms. Sturgeon said that she ster to block it from taking proval of the Scottish Parlia- from the U.S. and at least A veteran Iowa Repub- U.S. House since 2003, ant compromise” on the part would be calling for the vote place would be like the gov- ment, “Labour will oppose part of that money is going lican Congressman said said Mr. Wilders “under- Merkel’s U.S. trip of her government. in the devolved legislature ernment attempting to at- independence because it’s to terrorists who seek to at- America can’t restore stands that culture and postponed “U.K. membership of the next week that would enable tempts to “puncture Scot- not in the interest of any part tack America,” the Congress- “our civilisation with demographics are our BERLIN single market was ruled out her government to agree de- land’s life-boat”, having sunk of the country to break up man said. Mr. Poe had co- somebody else’s babies” destiny. We can’t restore German Chancellor Angela with no prior consultation tails of the procedure with the ship. the U.K.,” said Labour Leader sponsored a similar Bill in and warned of a liberal our civilisation with Merkel told reporters that her with the Scottish govern- Westminster, which would While the Westminster Jeremy Corbyn. September 2016, which effort to break down somebody else’s babies”. trip to Washington to meet ment, or indeed with other enable the Scottish Parlia- Parliament could scupper While 55.3% of Scottish lapsed. Western civilisation. In an interview U.S. President Donald Trump, devolved administrations — ment to legislate for an inde- those plans for a referendum, voters opted to remain in the The Congressman from Rep. Steve King, in a Monday on CNN, Mr. King scheduled for Tuesday, had leaving us facing not just pendence referendum. She Ms. Sturgeon has previously U.K. in the 2014 independ- Texas said if Pakistan does been postponed due to a tweet on Sunday, paid said he stood by his re- winter storm expected to hit Brexit, but a hard Brexit,” she said the precise question to warned that that would be ence referendum, recent not support terrorist groups tribute to Geert Wilders, marks. Mr. King said, “I the U.S. She said Mr. Trump said on Monday. be put to the people should “disastrous”. On Monday, she polls have suggested that gap as it claims, it should sup- a Dutch politician who meant exactly what I had called her to explain the Ms. Sturgeon’s announce- be up to the Scottish noted the government’s pre- has narrowed. One poll by port the ‘Pakistan State opposes immigration and said,” and noted that he severity of the storm. The ment comes sooner than ex- Parliament. vious stance, which was that Ipsos-Mori published earlier Sponsor of Terrorism Act of has spoken against Islam. delivers the same mes- White House said the meeting pected, marking a dramatic She added that the sugges- the referendum should be this month found that 50% 2017,’ since the review would It came as the Dutch pre- sage to countries in had been postponed until twist of events as the govern- ted timetable — between 2018 “made in Scotland, by the said they would support give Pakistan an opportunity pare for an election on Europe. March 17. REUTERS ment prepares to trigger and 2019 — was to ensure that people of Scotland”. A independence. to come clean. If it is not

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC China planning ive-fold No safe zone ‘2016 was the worst increase in marine force year for Syrian children’ UNICEF says 652 of them were killed Some of them will be stationed at Gwadar and Djibouti Associated Press Beirut Atul Aneja in the East and South China the country. Beijing seas, it’s also foreseeable In Syria, last year was the China is set to rapidly ex- that the PLA Navy’s mission Collaboration with Pak. worst yet for the country’s pand its marine corps and will expand overseas, in- He made these remarks on rising generation, with at the Navy in anticipation of cluding protection of Chi- Saturday during a visit to the least 652 children killed in the development of its Mari- na’s national security in the headquarters of the 15,000 2016, the United Nations’ time Silk Road (MSR), which Korean peninsula, the coun- strong Special Security Divi- child relief agency said on covers the Pakistani port of try’s maritime lifelines, as sion (SSD), charged with the Monday. Gwadar, and Djibouti in the well as offshore supply de- “security of Chinese on UNICEF said at least 255 Horn of Africa. ports like in Djibouti and CPEC and non-CPEC children were killed in or The Hong Kong based Gwadar port in Pakistan,” projects”. near schools last year and South China Morning Post the daily quoted Li Jie, a The daily said that the 1.7 million youngsters are (SCMP) quoting “military in- Beijing based naval expert SSD, formed after Chinese out of school. One of every A Syrian child in a damaged siders and experts” repor- as saying. President Xi Jinping’s visit to three schools in Syria is un- classroom in Idlib. AP ted that China is planning a The SCMP write-up did Islamabad in 2015, will usable, some because five-fold increase in its mar- not clarify whether China provide security to Chinese armed groups occupy them. ing quickly, driving children ine force — from 20,000 to was considering a limited personnel and projects An additional 2.3 million into child labour, early mar- 100,000 personnel. deployment of its marines, throughout the country. The Syrian children are refugees riage and combat. Dozens of or had a larger plan of estab- division has been estab- elsewhere in the region. children are also dying from Guarding CPEC lishing a de facto naval base lished in close collaboration The figures came in a preventable diseases. Some of the Chinese mar- in Gwadar. with China and the two UNICEF report released A report released a week ines would be stationed at Last week, the Pakistani sides are also cooperating to ahead of the sixth an- ago by the international Djibouti in the Horn of daily, Dawn quoted Pakistan implement a multi-layered niversary later this week of charity Save the Children Africa, and the Pakistani Army chief Gen. Qamar Ba- security plan. the 2011 popular uprising said Syrian youngsters are port of Gwadar, the starting jwa as saying that the coun- The SCMP report said against President Bashar Al- showing signs of “toxic point of the China-Pakistan try’s security forces were that two brigades of special Assad’s rule. stress” that can lead to Economic Corridor. “fully prepared” to meet all combat soldiers had already The UNICEF report warns lifelong health problems, “Besides its original mis- security challenges to pro- been moved to the marines, that for Syria’s young gener- struggles with addiction and sions of a possible war with jects of the CPEC and nearly doubling its size to Lost innocence: Iraqi children in Mosul’s Nablus neighbourhood, in front of an Islamic State ation, coping mechanisms mental disorders lasting Taiwan, maritime defence Chinese nationals living in 20,000. billboard, during an ofensive by security forces to retake the western parts of the city. AFP and medical care are erod- into adulthood.

‘Japan to send Pak. to begin warship to The Gaza tailor who makes prayer caps for Jews irst census S. China Sea’ Abu Shanab’s sewing factory has churned out 400 skull caps and 1,000 bow ties for devout worshippers in Israel in 19 years

Reuters Reuters greatly increase transport factories employing around Agence France-Presse Tokyo Gaza costs. Every shipment, no 40,000 people. Islamabad Japan plans to dispatch its It’s not easy doing business matter how small, must be But in the past decade, Is- Pakistan will this week em- largest warship on a three- from Gaza but tailor Mo- sent separately. rael and Egypt have imposed bark on the enormous task month tour through the hammad Abu Shanab has a blockade on Gaza and its of conducting its first South China Sea beginning found a demand he can sup- Design specifications two million people. Unem- census in almost two dec- in May, three sources said, ply — his sewing factory is So far, Mr. Abu Shanab ployment stands at 43% and ades, after years of bicker- in its biggest show of naval churning out religious skull has sent 400 skull caps, also 80% of the population is de- ing between politicians force since Second World caps, for devout Jewish men. known as ‘kippot’ or ‘yar- pendent on aid, according to concerned about power War. The Izumo helicopter Since Israel resumed im- mulkes’, and 1,000 bow ties the United Nations. bases and federal funding. carrier, commissioned porting clothing from Gaza obstacle. “In the foundation to his Israeli client. Pakistan is the sixth only two years ago, will in 2015, Mr. Abu Shanab has of our religion, we believe in Gaza factories also make Risk of violence most populous country in make stops in Singapore, renewed commercial con- Christianity and Judaism, we goods according to design “Before [2007] I used to em- the world, with an estim- Indonesia, the Philippines tacts to sell merchandise to believe in the prophets Musa specifications of Israeli com- ploy 70 workers but later I ated 200 million people, and Sri Lanka before join- neighbouring Israel. With [Moses] and Issa [Jesus], so panies who send them the could keep only 10 to 15 of but has not held a census ing the Malabar joint naval salaries in Gaza much lower, we have no problem making fabric. them,” said Hassan Shehada, since 1998, despite a con- exercise with Indian and Mr. Abu Shanab’s costs are the head-wear even if they Mr. Abu Shanab said he is another factory owner. stitutional requirement for U.S. naval vessels in the In- very competitive. are for Jews or Christians.” also in talks with an Israeli “Today I have 50 workers one every decade. It starts dian Ocean in July. It will Mr. Abu Shanab (61) ad- buyer to produce the long and I can increase it to 100,” on Wednesday and will de- return to Japan in August, Worn by rabbis ded a new production line to coats worn by ultra-Ortho- he said. ploy a team of more than the sources said. “We make all kinds of cater to the increased de- dox Jews. But there’s still some way 3,00,000 people and in- “The aim is to test the clothes and recently began mand, even as the pace re- Before Hamas seized con- to go. Mr. Shehada said Is- volve 55 million forms. capability of the Izumo by making the skull caps that mains slow and exporting trol of Gaza in 2007, after de- raeli clients are afraid to It will be the basis for re- sending it out on an exten- are worn by Israeli rabbis goods from the blockaded feating forces loyal to the trade with Gaza out of fear vising political boundaries ded mission,” said one of and Christian priests,” said territory is rife with party of President Mahmoud that another violent flare-up and parliamentary seat al- the sources, adding “It will Mr. Abu Shanab, adding that bureaucracy. Abbas, the territory’s sewing would force crossings to locations, while also giving train with the U.S. Navy in Cross-border trade: Bow ties and skull caps, also known as as far as Gazans were con- Israel imposes strict ex- sector was one the largest close and lead to financial a clearer picture about reli- the South China Sea.” ‘kippot’ or ‘yarmulke’, at a sewing factory in Gaza City. REUTERS cerned, religion was not an port procedures which employers with over 900 losses. gious minority numbers. CM M VZ-VZ YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU VISAKHAPATNAM TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2017 BUSINESS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Non-life premia set to increase Finances of 3 Coal India Consistent losses, falling interest rates may force insurers to go in for hike arms may be hit this iscal PRESS TRUST OF INDIA MUMBAI In view of the consistent Lower demand dampens performance of subsidiaries losses arising from large claim settlements and other Special Correspondent KOLKATA negatives like falling interest Despite fuel price rise, rates that will crimp their in- The finances of three of the airlines to thrive in FY17 vestment income, non-life in- seven coal-producing subsi- MUMBAI surers are planning to in- diaries of listed Maharatna Airlines are likely to close the crease premium rates by PSU Coal India Ltd. may outgoing inancial year with 10-15% in certain segments to nosedive this fiscal due to 22-23% traic growth, protect their bottomline. poor production and sales. making it one of the best for In fact, the insurance reg- Available information sug- the sector, even though the ulator, IRDAI, has also hinted gested that the firms may pressure on their bottomline at a premium hike especially either report a loss or a mar- is increasing as oil prices are ginal profit this fiscal. on a northward trend, said an in third-party motor The companies are the ICRA report. “Airlines are premium and group health Nagpur-based Western maintaining healthy load insurance from April 1 when factors backed by low fares. most of the renewals take Coalfields Ltd. (WCL), As- But since oil prices are on an place in the domestic general ansol-based Eastern uptrend, impact on insurance market. Coalfields Ltd. (ECL) and proitability in Q4 is “I won’t be surprised if the Dhanbad-based Bharat Cok- inevitable,” said ICRA. PTI premia go up as the pricing ing Coal Ltd. (BCCL). Their has already reached rock financial trend became ap- Digital mediums will bottom,” IRDAI member parent during the third lead in 5 years: EY India (non-life insurance) P.J. quarter when they reported MUMBAI Joseph told PTI. losses. Digital mediums are likely to Insurers have zeroed in on At least two of these com- surpass traditional ones by over 10 such segments in- panies — BCCL and ECL— 2021-22, when smartphone cluding pharma, power and came out of the BIFR fold penetration becomes 50% cement under property and about three years ago and of the population, which will even group health insurance while they still carry accu- happen in 2019-20. The where they are planning to Delicate balance: Insurance companies have to maintain proitability at a time when investment mulated losses, they have second contributing factor is increase the premia going yields are coming down. GETTYIMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO been making operational Fluctuating fortunes: Coal india and its arms were hit by a when broadband equals forward. Premia may go up profit for close to six years 50% drop in e-auction prices in the last quarter. AFP one-third of the reach, in the range of 10-15% in surer New India is also set to aging director and chief ex- in some of the gains during now and their net worth is which will happen by 2021- these segments next finan- hike premium in certain ecutive Pushan Mahapatra the year. However, we might positive after a financial re- quarter. Lower demand by given their nod for the buy- 22. The third factor is parity cial year. segments. said. see an impact on our yield cast by parent company CIL. the power sector was the back following which the between cost of the two “The market is so compet- “At New India Assurance, “So, in our bid to main- next fiscal.” Between April and Febru- factor here, too. CIL Board, on March 11, ap- services, EY India media ary this fiscal, WCL , which Poor performance of its proved the tender of the advisory leader Ashish itive that it gives us very little the premium hike may hap- tain profitability, we are seems to be the worst off, subsidiaries and provision- shares held by the company Pherwani said. PTI scope for increasing premia. pen under segments like fire working on a three-pronged ‘Substantial pricing’ Still, we are working very and group health in the new strategy — better efficiency, Bajaj Allianz said it had al- saw its output drop by 5.3% ing for higher wages (due to in three subsidiaries – MCL, U. Chowdhary to head closely with GIC Re to in- fiscal,” New India Assurance better expense control and ways looked at sustainable and its offtake decrease by ongoing wage negotiations) NCL and SECL for about CII Eastern Region crease the pricing of over 10 chairman and managing dir- better selection — and pri- pricing. 8.7%. BCCL’s output rose dented CIL’s third quarter ₹4,000 crore. KOLKATA large loss-making portfolios,” ector G.Srinivasan said. cing of risk being underwrit- “We have always looked 2.6% but coal sales dropped performance. Umesh Chowdhary, vice- National Insurance chairman “Premium rates have ten,” he added. at sustainable pricing. The by 3.2%. ECL’s output rose CIL reported a 20% drop Interim dividend chairman and managing and managing director fallen much below the re- As of end December, the portfolios and policies un- 2.3% and despatch, 12.6%. in net profit to ₹2,884 crore Thus Coal India Ltd. would director, Titagarh Wagons Sanath Kumar said. quired rates and hence the company had an investment derwritten have always been All the three companies in the October-December be paying ₹9,208 crore to Ltd., has been elected the “The floor price of over 10 rates will have to be readjus- income of ₹251 crore, which at a price that is commen- were lagging behind their 2016 quarter. the government this fiscal as new chairman of CII, Eastern segments are on our scanner ted,” he added. rose from ₹192 crore a year surate with the risk,” Tapan targets by a margin of interim dividend. It would Region for the year 2017-18. for premium hike, which in- earlier. But in a falling in- Singhel, MD and CEO, Bajaj between 3% and 14% in out- Share buy-back pay another ₹2,369 crore on Jagi Mangat Panda, clude pharma, power and ce- New strategy terest rate regime it is not Allianz General Insurance, put and 6% and 19% in off- As a result of the muted account of dividend distri- managing director of Ortel ment. We may also see some Private sector non-life in- certain whether the bottom said. take. physical and financial per- bution tax and ₹2,641 crore Communications Ltd., is the Sources said that poor formance, these three subsi- on account of its share buy- new deputy chairperson of price revision in group surer SBI General is working line can be protected. “The company has never coal demand was the main diaries have not participated back which was concluded CII, Eastern Region for the health insurance,” he said, on a three-pronged strategy. However, SBI General’s contested on pricing and reason for this. Moreover, in the recent programme of in October last year (which same year, it was decided at adding, “however, increase “The challenge today is chief financial officer Rikhil will continue with its busi- the fortunes of CIL and its subsidiaries buying back amount has already been at the irst meeting of the will take place in the next fin- that you have to maintain K. Shah said, “we do not see ness model of prudent un- reconstituted Eastern ancial year only, that too 10- profitability at a time when a fall in investment income derwriting, efficient claims arms were affected by the their shares from CIL. paid). Regional Council here 15%.” investment yields are com- this fiscal year from the pre- servicing, and risk based pri- close to 50% drop in the e- The boards of other three The government now recently, CII sources said. PTI The largest non-life in- ing down,” SBI General man- vious one as we have locked cing,” he added. auction price in the last subsidiaries have already holds 79.1% of CIL’s equity. Pricol commissions new plant in Pune Adani seeks coal mine railway inancing

Special Correspondent country, including three in ket. It will also look at export manufacturing lines for sur- REUTERS after some major banks said Indian company had ap- NAIF was set up by the COIMBATORE Coimbatore, and one each at of high-end products such as face-mount technology-prin- TOKYO they would not participate in proached the infrastructure Australian government last Coimbatore-based automot- Manesar, Pune and telematics. Mr. Sundarara- ted circuit boards will cater Adani Enterprises has ap- the controversial coal pro- fund. year to promote the eco- ive components manufac- Rudrapur. It also has manu- man said India continued to to the growing electronic plied for financing from an ject. Since starting work on Mr. Canavan, visiting nomic development of Aus- turer Pricol recently com- facturing facilities in Jakarta, emerge as a global auto hub. cluster business in the two Australian infrastructure the Carmichael development Tokyo to meet with buyers of tralia’s north by offering missioned a greenfield plant Indonesia and Sao Paulo. The facility has new techno- wheeler, commercial fund to build a rail line that over five years ago, Adani Australian commodities, said loans for infrastructure pro- in Pune, set up at an invest- The investment in the new logy pump production lines vehicle, off-road and tractor is part of a $16 billion coal has battled opposition from Adani had not yet asked for jects including airports, ment of ₹15 crore. plant in Pune is only in plant catering to domestic and ex- segments. project in Queensland, Aus- green groups who say it will financing for parts of the ports and railroads. The new facility, spread and machinery. The building port markets. Further, in- According to Vikram Mo- tralia’s Resources Minister contribute to global warm- project other than the rail Adani, which has secured over 6.58 acres, aims to gen- has been taken on lease, ac- vestments in electronics han, managing director, said on Monday. ing. “(NAIF) is considering line. He did not disclose how the major state and federal erate ₹220 crore annual rev- cording to G. Sundararaman, manufacturing will also con- Pricol, the company is plan- Financing from the A$5 Adani’s proposal at the mo- much funding Adani had re- government approvals it enue in two years’ time. president of Pricol Limited. tribute to the growing body ning a total investment of billion Northern Australian ment,” Matthew Canavan quested. Adani’s Australian needs for Carmichael, has Pricol currently has six The new plant will cater control module and telemat- ₹350-₹400 crore till 2020 to Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) told Reuters in Tokyo on unit was not immediately still to announce funding for manufacturing plants in the mainly to the domestic mar- ics business. Investments in support its growth targets. would offer a boost to Adani Monday, when asked if the available for comment. the project. In T.N., Airtel Two-wheeler sales may shrug Cotton looks opens 1 lakh stable in SB accounts of demonetisation impact FY18: Ind-Ra PRESS TRUST of INDIA Industry to grow by 7–8% in iscal FY17, says ICRA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA CHENNAI MUMBAI Airtel Payments Bank, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA India Ratings (Ind-Ra) has offered by telecom major MUMBAI maintained a stable out- Bharti Airtel, on Monday The two-wheeler industry, look for cotton textiles for announced that more than which was on a fast track the next financial year fol- one lakh savings accounts with high double-digit lowing steady input prices, were opened in 100 vil- growth till October, is likely healthy capacity utilisation lages across the state of to shrug off the shocks from and healthy domestic de- Tamil Nadu. demonetisation and close mand. Through the initiative, the current financial year The agency has revised these villages in the south- with a 7-8% growth, accord- its cotton outlook to stable ern state would have ac- ing to a report. for fiscal year 2017-18 from cess to banking services The note ban–induced li- negative for the fiscal year along with the option of quidity crisis has resulted in 2016-17. making digital payments, a sales falling 11.3% between The status will stem company statement said November and January. The from fiscal incentives and here. conversion to BS-IV emis- implementation of the “We are delighted to sion norms, which will come Goods and Services Tax have taken formal banking into effect from April, also (GST) that will improve the services to these remote resulted in some inventory industry’s export competit- rural pockets of Tamil correction taking place iveness, Ind-Ra said. Nadu,” MD and CEO of Air- across original equipment Packing a punch: The conversion to BS-IV emission norms also Favourable trade agree- tel Payments Bank, Shashi makers from February. resulted in inventory correction. GETTYIMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO ments with the U.S. and Arora said. Overall, the industry Europe will also lead to a “We are fully committed closed the first 10 months of in growth rates will narrow, the industry and over the significant increase in In- to the vision of Digital India fiscal 2017 with a growth of scooters will continue to out- medium term, the industry dia’s exports and a higher- and financial inclusion,” 8.3%, which, although better pace motorcycles sales in is expected to report a than-expected domestic Mr. Shashi said. than the industry growth fiscal 2018,” the report said. volume CAGR of 8–9% with demand would be positive A network of more than rates over the past four fiscal During the note ban demand expected to be for the sector, it added. 16,000 neighbourhood Air- years, remains a far cry from period, only moped sales driven by structural factors Moreover, Ind-Ra said, tel stores offer banking ser- the double-digit growth have remained relatively in- like favourable demographic the U.S.’ exit from the vices to consumers. prior to November 2016. sulated and maintained their profile, growing middle- Trans-Pacific Partnership is By introducing the ser- “The impact of [the]note double–digit growth, albeit class and urbanisation, be- likely to realign textile vice, Airtel Payments Bank ban appears to have moder- on a low base, growing sides moderate penetration trade and investments, will not charge any pro- ated with the industry limp- 26.8%. levels. which were diverted to Vi- cessing fee from its cus- ing back to normalcy as re- On the other hand, scoot- etnam over FY16-FY17, to- tomers and merchant part- flected by smaller volume ers, while continuing to out- Organised finance wards the Indian ners for digital contraction in January and pace industry growth, have In the medium–term, ICRA subcontinent. transactions. The pay- expectations of flattish Feb- grown so far by 12.5% which expects increasing penetra- The stable cotton out- ments bank, which was the ruary and March. For the is much lower than the tion of organised finance look is in view of an in- first such bank to go live, fiscal 2017, we expect the in- 24.7% growth till September. into smaller towns and rural crease in acreage, a rise in has committed an invest- dustry to grow 7-8%,” ICRA Motorcycles, which had centres supported by favour- supply in the first quarter ment of ₹3,000 crore and said in a report. been on the path of revival able interest rates to support of FY18 (due to demonet- plans to build digital pay- from the contraction and flat demand. isation) and a decline in ments with more than five Deferred purchases sales reported since fiscal “We expect exports to clip global inventory assisting million merchants. The agency also expects 2013, again returned to low at a CAGR of 8–10% over the with a balanced supply, Payment Banks can ac- some deferred purchases growth levels of 5.1% in the next three years with a Ind-Ra said. It also expects cept deposits from indi- during Q3 and Q4 to result in aftermath of demonetisa- gradual pickup from next operating profitability viduals and small busi- better sales in fiscal 2018 tion, the report said. second half as key markets levels of Indian cotton gin- nesses up to a maximum of leading to 8-10% growth dur- Overall, the agency reiter- are showing signs of a recov- ners and exporters to mod- ₹1 lakh per account. ing the year. “While the gap ated its stable outlook for ery,” it said. erate in FY18.

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VISAKHAPATNAM THE HINDU 14 BUSINESS TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2017 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF INTERVIEW | K. PAUL THOMAS ChrysCapital sells ‘MFIs understand rural customers’ CavinKare stake ‘Small inance banks with microinance experience can bring about inancial inclusion’ Promoter consolidates ownership

Oommen A. Ninan In India, co-operative K.T. Jagannathan Thiruvananthapuram banks have major CHENNAI RBI had given in-principle approval for 10 institutions to start presence and The promoters of CavinKare small finance banks (SFBs) in the country. Among them was participation from Pvt. Ltd., a fast-moving con- Amazon Pantry ESAF Microfinance, which was set to begin operations as a people. You are likely to sumer goods company, have unveiled in Chennai bank from March 17. In an interview, K. Paul Thomas, compete with them. How bought out the entire hold- CHENNAI founder and chairman, ESAF Microfinance dwelt on the space ing that ChrysCapital — a E-commerce major Amazon do you gather support to that SFBs needed to fill. Edited excerpts: home-grown private equity introduced its grocery and get business? firm — held in the company, household facility ‘Amazon What is the significance of a of inclusiveness. How do ■ We are here to deliver a for an undisclosed sum. Pantry’ in Chennai, taking the total number of cities that small finance you justify your promise — the promise of of- ChrysCapital had inves- ofer such service to 29 bank in India? importance? fering personalised attention ted ₹250 crore in CavinKare across the country. Amazon that has been missing from in 2013. ■ ■ Pantry customers in Chennai The financial inclusion Universal banks have the entire banking scenario The investment, sources C.K. Ranganathan can shop for over 4,000 agenda was first mooted found it difficult to deliver for a long time. said, had delivered a return everyday essentials from about the year 2005. The the last-mile connectivity This is important when of a little more than two looking to further over 250 brands of groceries Swabhimaan campaign was mainly due to issues like lack banking is getting more times in less than four years strengthen its focus on the and household products, the first such initiative to of proper understanding of transactional in nature. We for ChrysCapital. strategic direction and res- according to a company cover villages with banking the rural population, short- know that the scenario is With this, CavinKare will ults. statement. PTI facilities. age of appropriate human re- competitive. Hence, we give be fully owned by its pro- The buy-out by CavinK- The initiative proved to be sources and cost issues. MFIs emphasis to branding and <> Universal banks have found it diicult to deliver moters led by its chairman are’s promoter marks ‘Indian companies least a failure due to lack of finan- have employees who under- have adequate plans to build last-mile connectivity and managing director C.K. ChrysCapital’s first full exit conident worldwide’ cial literacy and technology- stand rural customers and brand ‘ESAF’ through mul- Ranganathan. for its sixth Fund, which NEW DELHI related issues. A few years they are always willing to tiple platforms. connect of cooperative their objective. The RRBs “By providing ChrysCap- entered its harvesting Indian companies are least ago, Prime Minister Naren- slog it out to reach out to the As we communicated banks and technological and LABs were functioning ital the exit option, I have ef- phase. The ₹1,350-crore conident worldwide when it dra Modi furthered the poor. through an earlier campaign might of universal banks will under regulatory restric- fectively consolidated my FMCG company started its comes to business optimism agenda by launching Pra- At ESAF, we give emphasis ‘we build the nation from the reflect in SFBs. tions. Thankfully, all those ownership to 100% in the journey with the iconic Chik as just 16% of irms expect dhan-Mantri Jandhan Yojana to client convenience and roots’, we will focus more on We don’t consider co-op- constraints were removed company,” he said. Shampoo brand in the overall output to expand and later by sanctioning li- financial literacy. We deliver building the brand through erative banks alone as our for SFBs. Mr. Ranganathan said the 1980s. Occupying the top over the next year, says a cences to launch Small Fin- door-step service according community development. competitors. Maybe for a buy-out would give the pro- third position in the hair survey. According to the Markit India Business ance Banks and Payments to the convenience of the cli- The proof of the pudding is short time it may count. In Will you continue your moters a lot of leeway and wash and hair colour mar- Outlook, the level of Bank. The recent digital ents. Unlike universal banks, always in the eating. So the long term, we will con- micro-finance business? options to restructure the ket, the company has sev- conidence of Indian private push that we witnessed can we have proved to be the merely communicating sider competition on a wider organisation, which cur- eral ₹100 crore brands in ■ companies signiicantly also be considered as part of true agents of financial inclu- without displaying the es- horizon and will stay relev- Yes. Instead of microfin- rently produced personal the hair care space, includ- declined in February from the overall agenda. The fact, sion. sence will only hamper our ant to all categories of ance we are moving in to mi- care and food products. ing household names such that of four months ago. In that 8 microfinance institu- As we understand various aspirations. So far we have customers. cro banking. ESAF Microfin- He, however, made it as Chik, Indica and Meera. October 2016, 25% irms tions were selected from a lifecycle needs of rural cus- grown mainly through word ance and Investments (P) clear that any revamp could “At a time when growth were optimistic about total of 10 SFB licences, was tomers better, we can de- of mouth. In that context, RRBs and Ltd., the current company, be considered only after a in the personal care space business output. PTI a great acknowledgment to velop products and services The community initiatives Local Area Banks have not will continue to be a core in- careful study of various pos- has been muted for most the contributions made by that aptly serve the assets we have envisaged for the really succeeded in vestment company. The sibilities. To a question, he companies, CavinKare has Urbanpod opens irst the microfinance sector in and liability requirements of bank will hopefully help us picking up... biggest advantage of becom- said that CavinKare would enjoyed a strong growth of hotel in Mumbai the field of financial inclu- the customer. in delivering the same res- ing a bank is that we can give consider assorted funding 15% during the last few quar- MUMBAI sion. Universal banks are not For decades, we have ults. We have an interesting ■ Failure of RRBs and LABs higher loans and can encour- options going forward once ters,” said a statement from New-age travellers visiting in a position to understand been catering to the small- and innovative social led to the formation of these age the savings habit among the reorganisation was car- the company. “During the the metropolis can now enjoy the needs of small-value cus- value loan needs of the rural product in the offing that can new categories of banks. As I them. Going forward, ESAF ried out. last decade, CavinKare has their stay in a Pod hotel at tomers. customer. disturb the market dynam- said earlier, the last-mile con- Small Finance Bank will be successfully transformed it- afordable rates with But, MFIs have been prac- Now, we have an oppor- ics. Co-operative banks are nectivity can well be ex- the flagship brand of ESAF. Focus on results self from a pure personal Urbanpod, which has opened tising financial inclusion for tunity to deliver the full bou- permitted to function only in ecuted by the SFBs, who To a question, he merely care player to a FMCG con- its irst facility here in a long time and hence are in quet of banking services to a smaller geography and were the leaders in the mi- How many branches will said ChrysCapital was given glomerate with interests in suburban Andheri with 140 a better position to serve the rural folk, as they were badly cannot offer banking ser- crofinance domain in vari- you open in the initial the option at the time of its the dairy, snacks, food and units. Pod hotels feature underserved. The credit re- missing it for quite some vices on a wide scale. ous markets. In a country stage? What are your entry to go up to a max- beverages businesses,” it small, pod-style rooms. The quirements of these custom- time. On the technology side with more than 130-crore expansion plans? imum of 14% equity holding said. initial investment was done by promoters, and for ers are really low. In a coun- As an MFI, we have set so- also they are lagging behind. population, financial inclu- in the company. ChrysCapital, it may be ■ expansion, the irm is open try where a majority of the cial targets for each branch We come with technologic- sion cannot be achieved In the initial stage, we will CavinKare roped in recalled, has raised its sev- to investments. “We are population comes under the apart from financial targets. ally advanced products and through a single stroke. It’s open 85 flagship retail ChrysCapital in 2013 to enth fund accumulating looking at an average of low-to-middle income group, We are bent on taking the state-of-the art digital solu- an evolution. SFBs were branches and 300 customer bring in a greater degree of $600 million from investors ₹10-20 crore investment this is absolutely important. same values forward and dif- tions. born out of that evolution touch points through the dynamism and progressive- such as Government of over the next three years,” ferentiating ourselves in a We combine the virtues of and hopefully, I believe this year. In the long term, we ness into the company. The Singapore Investment Cor- Urbanpod co-founder Hiren Many banks have started more meaningful manner in both co-operative banks and time the authorities have have plans to reach around investment came at a time poration (GIC) and Harvard Gandhi said. PTI in India with the objective the banking space. universal banks: the local struck the right cord with 500 branches by 2020. when the company was Management Company. 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Press Trust of India first Test, we came close in CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC than confident of turning out Ranchi the second Test and even ț Off-spinners develop for the next Test.” Australia’s leading spinner that hurt — that’s probably signiicant calluses on the The ailment restricted him Mahmudullah dropped Nathan Lyon on Monday said the best thing about that top knuckle of their to fitness work and other for second Test the “pressure is right on In- game. spinning inger. drills and Lyon said he still dia” in the ongoing four- “I think they’re feeling the had a bit of pain while bowl- DHAKA ț match Test series and patted pressure a little bit to be hon- One such callus was sliced ing variations. Bangladesh has dropped his team for its fighting dis- est. And it’s good.” open on the inside of “I’m able to bowl cross- batsman Mahmudullah Riyad Lyon’s right index inger from its squad for the second play in the last two games. The Australians have left seam and stuff, so I can still The series is poised at 1-1 Bengaluru for Ranchi. Lyon, during the second innings try to spin it. But for vari- Test against Sri Lanka in of the Bengaluru Test. Colombo, a senior cricket with two more matches who India flummoxed with ations and trying to get drift official said on Monday. scheduled in Ranchi and his off-spin in the first innings ț He’s conident his inger and drop and stuff — to go at “Mahmudullah is coming back Dharamshala. of the second Test, briefly ailment will be healed in the back of the ball — the way home before the second Test spoke about the importance time for the third Test. I bowl, (the finger injury) as he is struggling with form,” Written off of reverse swing. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC does impede it a little bit.” chief selector of the “There’s a lot of belief. “With our air speed and Bangladesh Cricket Board There’s a lot of people who ability to get the ball revers- He’s confident his finger Strategy Minhajul Abedin said. AFP wrote us off, before we even ing, and the earlier we can do ailment will be healed in time Lyon has bowled quite a bit got on a plane and landed in that the better,” Lyon said. for the third Test. over the wicket to India’s pre- Dubai, let alone coming over “I have bowled a lot of ponderance of right-handed here,” Lyon said. Hurt, but likely to play balls over the summer and it batters. The off-spinner was Lyon, who suffered cracked usually happens once or In Australia where bounce quoted as saying in the skin on his right index finger twice a year. It just split. It is more of a weapon than Sydney Morning Herald, during the second Test, is was pretty painful there for a spin, Lyon often operates “We’re one win away from confident he will be in the bit,” Lyon said. around the wicket to use the retaining the trophy and playing eleven for the third “And you can’t bowl on increased angle he creates to that’s what we are here to do. Test. (adhesive) tape — there are bring the bat-pad catchers “The pressure is right on Off-spinners historically rules and laws, that you can’t into play. Cech leaps to the defence India — there’s no pressure develop significant calluses bowl on tape so I wasn’t even “It depends on the pitch. of Alexis Sanchez on us. Everyone said ‘we (thickened and hardened considering that,” he was The last two pitches I’ve been LONDON were going to lose 4-0, parts of skin) on the top quoted as saying on the able to get good bounce, Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech they’re no good, they’re a knuckle of their spinning fin- Cricket Australia website. sharp bounce and fast spin has dismissed media reports young cricket team learning,’ ger, and Lyon said one such “The last time I was here off the wicket as well. that striker Alexis Sanchez but we believe we can beat callus was sliced open on the (in India, in 2013), the same “If the wicket wasn’t doing was laughing at the side’s the best teams anywhere in inside of his right index fin- thing happened in the third that as much, then I’d look at collapse in the Champions Exceeding expectations: Nathan Lyon says ‘the young and inexperienced’ Australia has efectively the world. ger during the second in- Test and I was able to play the option of coming around League match against Bayern silenced all critics. AP “We proved that in the nings of the Bengaluru Test. three days later. So I’m more the wicket.” Munich last week. “I found it very disrespectful to the player. But obviously you can take a picture and you can Mitch Marsh interpret it the way you want, Ashwin back as unfortunately. But we the Champions Trophy may decide players, we know exactly may miss what he said and we know how he was hurting and he top all-rounder Ashes series was as disappointed as Dhoni’s fate: childhood coach anybody else.” REUTERS Reuters PRESS TRUST OF INDIA MELBOURNE DUBAI Stumper’s sharpness unafected despite drop in success rate, says Banerjee Australian all-rounder India captain Virat Kohli Mitchell Marsh requires re- slipped one place to fourth Press Trust of India Dhoni did not have any constructive surgery on his while R. Ashwin was back as Kolkata choice now but to play this shoulder injury which will the top all-rounder and The Champions Trophy, to season (with Chennai Super sideline him for up to nine maintained his number one be held in three months’ Kings being suspended),” he months and end his hopes place among bowlers in the time, would decide the fate said. of participating in this ICC Test rankings released of India’s most successful Banerjee’s role in shaping year’s Ashes series, local on Monday. cricket captain Mahendra Dhoni’s early days as a crick- media reported on Kohli (847 points) has had Singh Dhoni, his childhood eter was documented in the Monday. an ordinary Test series coach Keshav Banerjee said biopic MS Dhoni: The Untold Marsh, a pace-bowling Klopp has no problems against Australia. here on Monday. Story. A cricket coach at all-rounder, struggled with winning ‘ugly’ New Zealand skipper “At the moment, his sole Dhoni’s alma mater, Jawahar the shoulder injury LIVERPOOL Kane Williamson gained two focus is on the Champions Vidya Mandir at Shyamali in throughout Australia’s Liverpool manager Jurgen places to reach second spot Trophy. If he’s successful Ranchi, Banerjee persuaded home summer and was Klopp says he is happy for his in the ICC Player Rankings there, I think he would go on a then Class VI football goal- ruled out of Australia’s re- team to win “ugly” during the for Test Batsmen. till the 2019 World Cup,” keeper to become a wicket- maining two Tests in India remainder of the Premier The latest rankings, Banerjee said at the launch keeper. The rest, as they say, last week. League season if it brings which took into account of an under-14 cricket is history. Surgery, which the West- results. “I would say you performances in the first tournament. “He was known for his ern Australian newspaper need to be ready for both. You cannot plan an ugly Test between Sri Lanka and One of the best finishers punctuality, discipline and said was “vital” if he was game. But yes, if we want to Bangladesh in Galle which in the world, Dhoni still has a he’s still the same, has not ever to bowl at full pace stay where we are, then we the home side won by 259 sharp brain despite the drop Still relevant: Keshav Banerjee feels that if Dhoni succeeds at changed a bit,” he said. again, would effectively need to win football games runs, saw Williamson in success rate, Banerjee felt. the Champions Trophy, he could continue till the 2019 WC. PTI Having seen Dhoni rise put the 25-year-old out of and we can’t make the choice leapfrog Joe Root and Kohli R. Ashwin. “It’s natural that with age, from the school level, Baner- contention for the home and say ‘yes or no we want to after his fine knock of 130. you would not hit the same one by calling it quits from the loop, even his best friend jee urged the BCCI to en- Ashes series, which starts play this way’,” the German Williamson, who was Another Indian Chetesh- strike rate. But his will- Tests Down Under in late or parents did not know courage cricketers in un- in Brisbane in late added. AFP number-one ranked for a war Pujara is unchanged on power and game-analysing 2014, Dhoni stepped down when he quit Tests.” der-14 age group. November. brief while in November- sixth. sense are the two qualities from limited overs captaincy Banerjee seemed un- “I know they have a big fa- Marsh was hailed as the TV PICKS December 2015, is now on Meanwhile, Ashwin also that make him special. He’s in January. happy with the way Dhoni cility (National Cricket solution to Australia’s lack 869 points, 21 points ahead dethroned Bangladesh’s out there playing domestic “He never liked to be was removed as skipper of Academy) in Bengaluru but of a quality all-rounder Champions League: TEN 2 of third-placed Root (848) Shakib Al Hasan from the one-dayers (Vijay Hazare pushed so he called it quits Rising Pune Supergiants for we must look after U-14 kids. when he made his Test de- & TEN 1 HD, 12.30 a.m. but a good 67 points adrift top spot for all-rounders. Trophy) to keep himself in before any one could point the Indian Premier League They need to be nurtured but in late 2014 but has (Wednesday) of table leader Steve Smith Ashwin is now on 434 shape ahead of the Champi- fingers at him in the Test season 10. properly. They need some been widely criticised for NBA: Sony Six & Sony Six HD, of Australia, who’s on 936 points, 31 ahead of Shakib ons Trophy.” format,” Banerjee said. “It appeared to me a de- recognition and motivation,” his contributions in the 5.30 a.m. (Wednesday) points. (403). Having surprised every- “He never kept anyone in cision by the team owners as he said. longer format with returns of 674 runs and 29 wickets in 21 matches. During the first two Tests against India at Pune Saurashtra CA seeks audit reports CAS slaps life ban on doping and Bengaluru, the west- ern Australian scored 48 It says media leak has dented the prestige of State associations runs in four innings and ‘mastermind’ Portugalov bowled just five overs. G. Viswanath the media “without the plained to the notice of the the SCA has urged Johri to Mumbai knowledge of the party BCCI. Also, we wish to in- clear overdue payments so Agence France-Presse to rampant doping among The Saurashtra Cricket Asso- whose audit has been done form that simultaneously that it could make payments LAUSANNE Russian track and field ath- Durban ciation (SCA) has com- with purpose to malign the SCA was audited by Pricewa- to players who represented The Court of Arbitration for letes. plained to BCCI joint secret- reputation of State terCoopers (PwC) India and the State in BCCI Sport (CAS) said on Monday WADA said Portugalov was stripped of ary Amitabh Chaudhary that associations. hence the SCA seeks to re- tournaments. it had issued a life ban against “very active in the conspir- “audit firm Deloitte should “The ulterior motive of ceive copies of both audit Worah has pointed out doctor Sergei Portugalov, an acy to cover up athletes’ pos- 2022 CWG have discussed and sought this leak seems to be to dent reports.” that BCCI pays the match alleged mastermind of State- itive tests in exchange for a clarification from the re- the prestige and reputation The SCA has sent copies fees of cricketers who play in sponsored doping in Russian percentage of their win- Agence France-Presse spective associations on of the State associations and of its letter to the Committee domestic tournaments and track and field. Sergei Portugalov FILE PHOTO nings.” The agency said that LONDON their observation and to create biased opinions of Administrators, Anirudh hence it has to remit money The Lausanne-based court Portugalov administered the The 2022 Commonwealth comments. against them.” Chaudhry (BCCI treasurer), to all State associations so said in a statement it had ated several articles of the doping programmes and Games will no longer take “The audit report was to Rahul Johri (BCCI CEO) and that they may pay the play- slapped Portugalov with a IAAF anti-doping regula- “even injected athletes place in Durban, South be kept in total privacy and Inexperienced team Prof. Ratnakar Shetty (gen- ers’ fees. “lifetime period of ineligibil- tions, including the posses- himself.” Africa, the BBC and other custody of Cyril Amarchand The letter further says: “We eral manager, Administra- The SCA has also re- ity” beginning March 10, sion, trafficking and adminis- Russia has been barred British media reported on Mangaldas (BCCI attorney). feel sorry to state that the tion & Game, BCCI) and to minded Johri that he has to 2017, for having supplied ath- tration of prohibited from international track and Monday. We are aghast that this re- team appointed by Deloitte all State associations. ensure payment of Rs. 30 letes with banned sub- substances. field competition, including South Africa sports min- port has reached media for auditing the SCA was Most associations are up- lakh per IPL match as per stances. The World Anti-Doping the Rio Olympics, since ister Fikile Mbalula indic- organisations.” quite inexperienced about set that Deloitte did not con- the agreement with BCCI. CAS said that Portugalov, Agency (WADA) had recom- November 2015 following the ated that the government In a letter addressed to how cricket associations duct “exit meetings” with “We sincerely hope that who had served as the head mended in a 2015 report that damning WADA report might withdraw its finan- Chaudhary, SCA joint secret- function. them before submitting the the pending matter is re- of the Russian athletics feder- Portugalov take no part in presenting evidence of State- cial support because of the ary Madhukar Worah said “And for this reason, the report to BCCI. solved and funds are re- ation’s medical commission, any State sports programme sponsored doping in the cost of staging the multi- the Deloitte report leaked to SCA had repeatedly com- In another development, leased,” said Worah. had been found to have viol- after it found he had been key sport. sport event. 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AGENCIES pulled the home side level in card before making a bril- in hand on its title rival. that,” Zidane told his club’s MADRID the 41st with a diving header. liant stoppage time save to “I would be happier if we website. Real Madrid’s irrepressible Betis had defender Cristi- deny Antonio Sanabria. scored two or three goals at The results: Sergio Ramos headed it to a ano Piccini sent off for a Navas clearly cleaned out the start,” said Real coach Zi- 2-1 come-from-behind win second booking in the 78th Darko Brasanac on the edge nedine Zidane. “But we re- La Liga: Real Madrid 2 (Ronaldo over Real Betis on Sunday as and three minutes later oftheMadridareaashe main calm because we know 40, Ramos 81) bt Real Betis 1 Zinedine Zidane’s side capit- Ramos nodded in his 10th raced from his goal after just we can score at any moment (Navas 25-og); Celta Vigo 0 lost alised on Barcelona’s earlier goal in all competitions this 20 minutes, but referee Ant- “The opposition played in to Villarreal 1 (Soldado 45); Real Sociedad 0 lost to Athletic Bil- defeat by Deportivo La Co- season, adding to his header onio Mateu Lahoz inexplic- their own half, they defen- bao 2 (Raul Garcia 28-pen, Wil- runa to top the La Liga in the 3-1 win at Napoli in the ably waived play on. ded well and caused us prob- liams 56). standings. Champions League on Real Madrid leads the lems on the counter-attack. A calamitous own goal Tuesday. standings on 62 points, Bar- We’re happy with the result Serie A: Palermo 0 lost to Roma from Real goalkeeper Keylor celona is second with 60 and we must congratulate 3 (El Shaarawy 22, Dzeko 76, Navas had given Betis the Navas lucky after suffering a 2-1 loss at De- the players because it wasn’t Peres 90+1) lead in the 25th minute, just However, Madrid's win was portivo, and Sevilla is third easy. Bundesliga: Hamburg 2 (Kostic after the Costa Rican es- mired in controversy as goal- on 57 following a 1-1 draw at “The pressure is there, it 36, Wood 80) bt Borussia caped a possible red card, al- keeper Navas was extremely home to Leganes on Sat- doesn’t end here, there’s still Monchengladbach 1 though Cristiano Ronaldo lucky to avoid an early red urday, while Real has a game a lot to play for and we know (Christensen 23). Leading light: Skipper Sergio Ramos bailed out Real Madrid yet again. AFP CM M VZ-VZ YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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IN BRIEF India goes Djokovic and Federer advance down to Nadal scores a steady win over Pella; Nishikori eases past Evans Hong Kong Sports Bureau Agencies NEW DELHI Indian Wells past, which is great. I don't “That's sport, no?” Nadal even have to think or talk said. “Yesterday probably Host India was delivered a Novak Djokovic launched his about it.” Andy didn't play his best shock 2-1 defeat by Hong bid for a sixth ATP Indian Nadal was pleased with a match and Vasek served very Kong in the opening league Real coach Zidane Wells Masters crown with a “solid” opening effort well.” match in Group D in the defends Navas two-set triumph over Kyle against Pella, made trickier The results: Men: Second Asia-Oceania Junior Davis MADRID Edmund as the stars shone by the oven-like mid-day round: Taylor Fritz bt Marin Cilic Cup under-16 tennis tour- Real Madrid coach Zinedine on Sunday in the California temperatures and the fact 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Malek Jaziri bt nament at the DLTA Com- Zidane has hailed goalkeeper desert. that Pella, like Nadal, is a left- Marcel Granollers 7-5, 6-3; Jack plex on Sunday. Keylor Navas’ contribution The 46th-ranked Edmund hander. Sock bt Henri Laaksonen 6-3, Sacchitt Sharma had lev- despite the latest in a series served for the second set at 0-6, 6-4; Grigor Dimitrov bt elled the scores after of blunders this season from 5-3, but world No. 2 Djokovic Playing solid Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 6-0; Lu- Shashank Theertha had the Costa Rican on Sunday. broke him en route to a 6-4, “I didn't try to do amazing cas Pouille bt Jan-Lennard lost the first singles. How- “The most important thing 7-6(5) triumph. things. I tried to play solid,” Struff 6-3, 6-2; Donald Young ever, Hong Kong clinched for me is the support Keylor the fifth-seeded Spaniard bt Sam Querrey 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. the decisive doubles received from his teammates. Tough clash said. “For moments I played Gilles Muller bt Jiri Veseli 7-6 They know how important he through Ki Lung Roger Ng (1), 6-1; Kei Nishikori bt Daniel is and in the end he made a His reward is a tough third- well. For moments I played a and Sheung Yin Wong 6-4, Evans 6-3, 6-4; Rafael Nadal bt great save to get us the three round clash with former US little bit less well. Important 6-1. Sacchitt partnered Guido Pella 6-3, 6-2; Fernando points,” he said. AFP Open champion Juan Martin thing, I won, and I won in Rithvik Chaudhary Bollip- del Potro, a 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 win- straight sets.” Verdasco bt Pierre-Hugues Her- alli, late into the night on ner over fellow Argentine Fe- Nadal knows he'll have to bert 7-6(5), 6-1; Steve Johnson Sunday, after the two derico del Bonis. turn up the intensity if he bt Kevin Anderson 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 singles matches had lasted (4); Roger Federer bt Stşphane “I think I played very well wants to end a hard court nearly six hours. Robert 6-2, 6-1; Nick Kyrgios bt in the first set,” Djokovic title drought stretching back Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 6-4; Alex- After Monday’s rest day, said. “Second set was obvi- Easy outing: Novak Djokovic breezed past Kyle Edmund to set up a third round match against to 2014. ander Zverev bt Facundo Bagnis action will resume on ously up and down. But Juan Martin del Potro. AFP The bottom half of the 7-6(10), 6-3; Juan Martin del Tuesday with India playing credit to Kyle for playing draw also features fourth- Potro bt Federico Del Bonis 7-6 New Zealand. Japan will be some really aggressive with a steady 6-3, 6-2 victory month. “Big guy, big serve, Nadal in an epic Australian seeded Kei Nishikori of Ja- (5), 6-3; Novak Djokovic bt Kyle the third opponent for In- tennis. over Argentina's Guido Pella. big forehand,” Djokovic said Open final to secure his 18th pan, who eased past Britain's Edmund 6-4, 7-6(5). dia, in its bid to be among “He made a lot of winners The three stars are packed of del Potro. Grand Slam title. Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4. Women: Third round: Dominika the top two in the pool to Wigan Atheltic in the beginning and midway together in a remarkable bot- “Definitely not the draw But sixth-seeded Marin make the knockouts. sacks manager Cibulkova bt Kristyna Pliskova through the second. There tom quarter of the draw. that you like early in the Speed bump Cilic, who beat Nishikori in 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4); Elina Svito- The top four teams from LONDON was not much wrong I did. I But Djokovic said he can't tournament and that you He hit a speed bump in the 2014 US Open final, was lina bt Daria Gavrilova 6-2, 6-1; the tournament will qualify Wigan Athletic became the did miss some forehands. afford to think about a pos- wish for, but it is what it is,” Dubai this month, failing to an early casualty, beaten 4-6, for the World Group finals latest club in English Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Roberta But other than that, it was a sible quarterfinal clash with added Djokovic, who is try- convert three match points 7-5, 6-4 by 19-year-old Amer- Vinci 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; Timea Bac- in Budapest in September. football’s second-tier very solid match. Good, either of his longtime rivals ing to get back to the win- in a third-round loss to Ev- ican Taylor Fritz. Championship to sack its sinszky bt Kiki Bertens 6-3, 5-7, The results (league): Hong quality tennis, a good test.” with del Potro coming up. ner's circle after a shock geny Donskoy — but he was The jam-packed half of the manager as Warren Joyce 7-6(8); Caroline Garcia bt Jo- Kong bt India 2-1 (Wai Yu Kai exited on Monday after just Roger Federer and Rafael While Djokovic has won 12 second-round exit at the Aus- firing on all cylinders against draw is a contrast to the hanna Konta 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(1); bt Shashank Theertha 6-3, four months in charge. Nadal also reached the third of their 16 career meetings, tralian Open and a quarterfi- the 81st-ranked Robert. wide-open top half, which Karolina Pliskova bt Irina Begu 4-6, 7-5; Ki Lung Roger Ng Former Manchester United round, Federer flying the Argentine handed him a nal loss to Nick Kyrgios in “Very happy,” said Fe- lost a lot of its lustre on Sat- 6-4, 7-6(2). lost to Sacchitt Sharma 7-6 reserve-team manager Joyce through with a 6-2, 6-1 vic- crushing two-tiebreak defeat Acapulco. derer, who missed Indian urday when world No. 1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova bt (4), 4-6, 2-6; Ki Lung Roger won just six out of 24 tory over France's Stephane in the first round of the Rio Ninth-seeded Federer, re- Wells last year with a knee in- Andy Murray was stunned by Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-2; Gar- Ng & Sheung Yin Wong bt matches in charge of Wigan Robert in just 51 minutes. Olympics — a defeat Djokovic surgent after a 2016 season jury that required surgery. 129th-ranked Canadian quali- bine Muguruza bt Kayla Day Rithvik Chaudary Bollipalli & Athletic. AFP Nadal opened his account avenged in Acapulco this marred by injury, downed “Knee is a thing of the fier Vasek Pospisil. 3-6, 7-5. 6-2. Sacchitt 6-4, 6-1).

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Singha, Amith suffered heavy defeats in At Hyderabad sional promise since it was land player Geoffrey Boy- Lucknow from June 10 to 12. Tamang, K. Sajith and both matches it played in the Basketball: Nawab Shujath drafted into the elite cricket cott, wrong. “The existing districts Lalvenchhunga scored one South Zone T20 cricket Ahmed Khan memorial competition in 2000 but has “The best way to celebrate should conduct the goal each to complete the tournament for physically tournament, City College mostly embarrassed its loyal the (100th Test) occasion will selections as per the old tally for the winners. challenged at Rural Ground, 4.30 p.m. fans with a series of below- be winning this game. district area. After formation Development Trust grounds State junior athletics Football: A-Division Rahim par performances in the Landmark match: Bangladesh, led by Mushiqur Rahim, centre, Bangladesh needs this win of the new districts no here on Monday. League championship, DMRL game’s most enduring will hope to come good in the second Test against more than anything else,” The third Telangana State district athletic associations While it lost by 10 wickets to vs CCOB, Goshamahal format. Sri Lanka. AFP Bashar said. Open junior athletics were formed yet and even if Andhra, Hyderabad scored Ground, 3.30 p.m. Bangladesh goes into “We are now a strong side championships will be held they are formed no an eight-wicket win. At Anantapur Wednesday’s Test at the P. ing four against fellow strug- games,” coach Chandika Ha- in limited over matches. But at JN Stadium affiliations have been The scores: Karnataka 115 for Cricket: South Zone T20 Saravanamuttu Stadium gler Zimbabwe. thurusinghe told reporters in Test cricket we must trans- (Hanumakonda) in Warangal granted so far. nine in 20 overs (Siva Kumar tournament for physically trailing the two-match series And it won just three of its here on Sunday. late our potential into match- on April 2 and 3, according “Hence, the athletes of the 33, Subhani four for 11) lost to challenged, Rural 1-0 after last week’s crushing 46 games abroad — two “Why have you raised winning feats.” to Prof. K. Ranga Rao, various mandals which were Andhra 121 for no loss in 9.4 Development Trust grounds, 259-run loss at Galle — its against an under-strength your expectations? Because The teams (from): general secretary of separated from the original overs (Noorul Huda 91 n.o). 8 a.m. 76th defeat and the fourth in West Indies and one against we are doing well, am I Sri Lanka: Rangana Herath a row in 99 Tests. Zimbabwe. right? That’s what we all ex- (Capt.), Dimuth Karunaratne, No other Test-playing The Tigers, as they are af- pect, and we are asking too Niroshan Dickwella, Upul Thar- country has lost so many fectionately called by their much of a team that is still anga, Dhananjaya de Silva, times in its first 100 Test fans, lost 21 consecutive Test finding its feet in Test Kusal Mendis, Asela Gunaratne, Atletico Madrid to buy new stadium matches and the dubious matches between 2001 and cricket. It is a fact,” he said. Dinesh Chandimal, Suranga honour highlights 2004, the worst-ever losing While Sri Lanka Cricket Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan The Spanish giant will move from the Vicente Calderon, its home for 50 years Bangladesh’s struggle in the run by a team which no plans to help Bangladesh cel- Pradeep, Vikum Sanjaya five-day format over the past other side has even come ebrate its 100th Test match, Bandara, Dilruwan Perera, Lak- Agence France-Presse to the new stadium to be re- renovated with a view to first La Liga games before shan Sandakan, and Malinda MADRID 17 years. close to emulating. including hosting a dinner in named Wanda Metropolit- Madrid’s failed bids to host moving to the Vicente Cal- Pushpakumara. So far it has won only It has improved in recent its honour, the visitors want Atletico Madrid has reached ano after its sponsor Chinese the Olympic Games in 2012 deron in the south of the city Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim eight Test matches, one matches, drawing the home to focus on the game. an agreement to buy the La property company Dalian and 2016. in 1966. (Capt.), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, more than New Zealand, series against England be- “We’re trying to keep Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Peineta Stadium from city Wanda Group. Wanda has Built in 1904 its capacity The Vicente Calderon, which had only seven wins fore dragging its last four things simple because apart Mominul Haque, Shakib Al authorities for €30 million, had ties with Atletico since will be increased from which hosts the Copa del in its first 100 Tests, though Tests into the fifth day, from the 100th Test, this is Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, MadridTownHallan- January 2015. 20,000 to 73,000 places. Rey final on May 27, will be the Kiwis managed to eke which many saw as a mark of also an important game for Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Is- nounced on Monday. La Peineta — also known The new ground’s name is destroyed after the La Liga out 47 draws against success. us,” Bangladesh Cricket lam, Mehedi Hasan, Taskin The Spanish giant will as the Madrid Olympic Sta- also a reference to the club’s side has vacated the Bangladesh’s 15. “We are doing the right Board spokesman Jalal Ahmed, Mosaddek Hossain, move from the Vicente Cal- dium — was originally built first real stadium, the Metro- premises at the end of the Five of Bangladesh’s eight thing, that’s why we have Yunus said in Dhaka. Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Subashis deron, its home for 50 years, to host athletics, and was politano, where it played its season. wins came at home includ- been competitive in all these Former captain Habibul Roy, and Rubel Hossain.

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FAITH THE HINDU CROSSWORD 11954 (set by Aspartame) SUDOKU 14 Spy has one American dish (5) 8 Oversized copper gets long- Nakkeerar’s powerful poem 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 overdue kiss (8) 15 Half the battalion killed by weird 9 fragment (7) Poet Nakkeerar’s poem — Thirumurugatrupadai — was so 11 Starts treating underage spiritually powerful, that it helped save lives, said M.A. Man- 18 Turn clipped gun (7) mother — identiies ickavelu, in a discourse. A demon once captured Nakkeerar 10 11 12 diaphragm being swollen (5) and imprisoned him in a cave. There were already 999 21 Eastern sea’s waves get calmer people in the cave. The demon’s plan was that when the (5) 15 Movement that can rip pants? 13 14 number of prisoners touched 1000, it would kill all of them 23 Lively Frenchman about to win (8) and eat them up. So Nakkeerar’s entry into the cave was one hundred (9) viewed with alarm by the already imprisoned people, for 15 16 17 18 19 20 16 Sort out mail (8) with his coming, the number of prisoners touched one thou- 25 Food discount request to be sand. But Nakkeerar remained unperturbed. He knew that considered (7) 17 Article on Spain's model-actor his faith in Lord Shanmukha would see him through any 21 22 23 24 (8) crisis. So he composed Thirumurugatrupadai in praise of 26 Practice at home (7) Lord Shanmukha, and the cave broke into many pieces. 25 26 27 28 29 Test without class toppers' score? 19 Thug mostly gave returns with Lord Shanmukha killed the demon and all the demon’s pris- Not happening! (11,4) a guarantee (8) oners were saved. Such is the power of the Lord’s name. The Tamil prefix ‘Thiru’ indicates auspiciousness. Mur- 29 ■ DOWN 20 There you go! Empty space uga, the name by which Lord Shanmukha is popular in inally given away to the Tamil Nadu, means beauty and youthfulness. Atrupadai is a 1 Editor at Germany extremely Spanish (5) type of poetry, where the poet guides one to a generous pat- nervous (4) ron. In Thirumurugatrupadai, Nakkeerar guides devotees to Solution to puzzle 11953 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku the six holy abodes of Lord Shanmukha in Tamil Nadu, 22 Sly criminal took vehicle to ■ ACROSS 2 Skewer to crackle (4) which are known as arupadaiveedu. Thirumurugatrupadai ind one who frequents C O L O U R S T A S H I N G A A S T R T D A begins with a description of Lord Shanmukha of the sacred 9 Politico camps with doctor 3 I'm about to enter accommodating woods (6) N A N D A D E V I E J E C T shrine of Tiruparankundram. There are descriptions of the protesting for administrative homeland (8) N G G A U M A I body (10,5) A Z U R E S E M I C O L O N Lord’s handsomeness. 4 Ordinary person when put down? 24 Chieftain to retire if a riot B I E P E S G It then goes on to say that when the demon Soorapadman 10 Y-young teetotaller’s drink (6) becomes national (6) I N S I P I D H O L I assumed the form of a human being with the face of a horse, S H A L F E with setter (7) Lord Shanmukha took six different forms to kill him. The de- 5 Round folder (8) P Y R E C I S T E R N 27 What model wife traded to S C I X A S T mon had hidden in a mango tree, which the Lord split with 12 Beverages you inally brought become warmer (4) P A L A N Q U I N W A T E R His spear, and killed the demon. The poet Nakkeerar in his home (7) 6 Clear one rotten pastry (6) R O G R N H I A I N T R O B R O K E E V E N Thirumurugatrupadai says that moksha is to be sought at 13 Heartbreaking movie 'Motion' 7 Unfettered desire for 28 Brute king wearing accessory N H U A T R A C the feet of the Lord, and that devotees should work for the allegedly smuggled (9) independence (8) for the audience (4) G R E E T I N G M E A L I E welfare of others, selflessly.

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Reuters guished that its demanding LEICESTER fans booed it off the pitch No grudges with Ranieri, Remember Claudio Ranieri? on Saturday after the home says Shakespeare The man who penned the match against lowly Leg- Porto faces a LEICESTER most romantic story in foot- anes finished 1-1. Craig Shakespeare said there ball annals by making The setback prompted were “no grudges” between Leicester City English cham- hand-wringing from coach Herculean task himself and Claudio Ranieri pion and who walked away Jorge Sampaoli, who on Monday after he from Sevilla’s stadium last warned that if it did not re- Reuters quietly, however. succeeded the Italian as month believing he could discover its fluidity in a MILAN Leicester City manager. “I “We know it’s going to write another in the Champi- hurry it would exit the bear no grudges, Claudio Porto must follow in Bar- be difficult for us after the ons League. Champions League. bears no grudges. We have to celona’s footsteps and result in the first leg. try and move on as a football Well, if a week is a long In Leicester’s revival, achieve a Champions “But a lot of things hap- club. As I said last week, time in football, three weeks with 3-1 wins over Liver- League first on Tuesday if pen in football — we’ve when we spoke he wished me between last-16 legs in pool and Hull City, Sam- it is to overcome Juventus seen it all,” said goal- luck. We’ll probably be in Europe’s elite competition is paoli has noted with con- and reach the keeper Iker Casillas on contact and I have no a positive eternity with cern how it appears to have quarterfinals. Facebook. problem with that.” AFP Ranieri already fondly con- reverted to its disciplined, The Portuguese league Porto could also look signed to history. title-winning best. leader will have to claw its nearer to home for inspir- Rockets down Cavaliers It is to the chagrin of “We have a group of ana- way back from a 2-0 ation, having itself them- LOS ANGELES many in Leicester that its lysts who have produced a home defeat in the first selves won 3-0 away to AS James Harden exploded for Italian folk hero has gone, clear report of what leg, something which has Roma at the start of this 38 points as the Houston denied the opportunity to happened in the Ranieri never been done in the season. Rockets jolted LeBron James try to guide it into the era, and what’s happening and the Cleveland Cavaliers knock-out stage since That win, its fourth in quarterfinals at the King now with the complete with a 117-112 victory on Europe’s top club com- 13 visits to Italy, took it Sunday. Harden led the Power Stadium on Tuesday. about-turn in morale,” he petition was reformed in into the Champions scoring and completed his Instead, in his old assist- told reporters. 1992. League group stage 16th triple-double of the ant Craig Shakespeare, who “The team (Leicester) is Juve’s recent home re- against the odds after season with 10 rebounds and on Sunday was handed the now back to being as dan- cord makes the task even Roma had held it to a 1-1 11 assists. Other results: manager’s job until the end gerous as they were last more daunting. draw in the first leg of the Celtics 100 bt Bulls 80, of the season, a city — and an year. Leicester have The Serie A titleholder playoff tie. Pacers 102 bt Heat 98, Nets impatient club board — now demonstrated that they’ll has not lost in its own sta- It remains to be seen 120 bt Knicks 112, Trail trusts. play this game as if it were a dium since a 1-0 defeat to how Porto coach Nuno Blazers 110 bt Suns 101, 76ers World Cup final and we Udinese in August 2015, a Espirito Santo, a firm be- 118 bt Lakers 116. Agencies Turning point know that by not winning run of 45 games in all liever in the idea a team is At 2-1 down and with Jamie by the margin we deserved competitions. built from the back, will Vardy’s away goal offering a in the first match, we’re go- In European competi- approach a game where raft to cling to on a night ing to be under a lot of tion, it is unbeaten in the his side will need to take when Leicester was out- pressure,” Sampaoli added. last 20 home games since the initiative. played, Ranieri had not un- Diference maker: Jamie Vardy’s away goal could prove crucial for Leicester City when it hosts However, it is also a losing 2-0 to Bayern Mu- “Everyone has to de- reasonably felt the result Sevilla on Tuesday. AFP chance for Sampaoli’s own nich in the Champions fend, from the centre for- might be the turning point in five-time Europa League League in April 2013. ward to the goalkeeper, so a woeful season. and from that moment the age dawned, Leicester man- relegation zone. champion to move closer to Porto, which has won that we can get convin- Veron named in Alas for the Italian he was entire complexion of this aged to find fresh belief to At the same time, Sevilla’s the long-cherished goal of its last nine league games cing wins. It demands a Estudiantes squad right. knockout tie was chisel out two crucial refreshing drive for the Liga proving it is good enough to and not conceded a goal lot of work and a lot of RIO DE JANEIRO The next day Leicester’s transformed. Premier League wins that title hit alarming roadblocks annex a rather more signi- in the last five, will not go concentration.” Thai owners ditched Ranieri After the ‘Shakespearean’ has eased it away from the with two draws so undistin- ficant continental trophy. Former Manchester United and Argentina midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron has been named in Estudiantes’ football squad for its opening Copa Libertadores clash Mizoram has it easy over Maharashtra against Botafogo here on Tuesday. M.R. Praveen Chandran an erratic and wasteful ghese intercepted a long ball SANTOSH TROPHY Shetty tore down the left from a thrown in. serving its lead, while the The 42-year-old announced in Panaji game. Lal Chhuanawma (6th from the middle and back- flank and send in a precise Any notion of a Maha- Maharashtra attack lacked December that he would Mizoram overcame last minute), Lal Fakuzula (43rd) headed towards Harshad. cross but Abhishek rashtra fightback quickly ideas or teeth to trouble the come out of retirement and year’s runner-up Maha- and Lal Sangbera (51st) But the latter, who had ball being relayed into the Ambedkar failed to connect. evaporated when Mizoram defence. donate his salary back to rashtra 3-1 in a Group B scored for Mizoram, while strayed away from his line, Mizoram goalmouth. Abhishek again was the went ahead in the sixth On Tuesday, defending Estudiantes, where he is also match of the 71st National Rahul Das netted for Maha- was hopelessly stranded The defence failed to clear culprit in the 42nd minute minute of the second half. champion Services begins its club president. Veron was football championship, for rashtra in the 12th minute. when the ball reached him. and the loose ball came to an when he ballooned the ball The hard-working La Fak- campaign against West named in Estudiantes squad the Santosh Trophy, at the In another match in the The goalkeeper managed to unmarked Rahul Das whose over the bar from close range uzula did the spadework as on Saturday, reports Xinhua. Bengal while Chandigarh GMC Stadium, Bambolim on same group, Punjab defeated palm the ball over his head powerful right footer from after being fed by Aaron he cut through the defence Veron, who won the Copa takes on Meghalaya. Libertadores with Estudiantes Monday. Railways 2-1 at Navelim. only for the lurking Lalch- top of the box was bang on D’costa from the right flank. from the right flank and The results: Mizoram 3 (Lal Ch- in 2009, retired from football From the time it conceded huanawma to rush in and tap target. Mizoram again went squared the ball from near huanawma 6, Lal Fakuzula 43, in 2014. a soft opening goal early in Goalie’s gaffe the ball home. ahead in the 43rd minute the touchline for Lal Sang- Lal Sangbera 51) bt Maharashtra But he agreed to play again the first half, Maharashtra Mizoram went ahead due to Maharashtra regrouped Abhishek’s lapses when Lalfakzuala volleyed bera to tap in. 1 (Rahul Das 12); Punjab 2 (Man- after supporters bought 65 was forced to play second Maharashtra goalkeeper Har- and cancelled the strike Maharashtra had an oppor- home from inside the box Mizoram thereafter played vir Singh 16, Rajbir Singh 60) bt per cent of viewing boxes at fiddle to the 2013 champion shad Deepak Meher’s mis- quickly. A threatening move tunity to go ahead in the with a first timer as Lalrin- percentage football and con- Railways 1 (Rajesh the club’s new stadium. IANS which punished its rival for take. Defender Sebin Var- from the right flank saw the 32nd minute when Shravan puia hooked it into the box centrated more on pre- Soosanayakan 59). BFC and Mohun Bagan clash, this time in AFC Cup Constantine A good start in the group stages will go a long way in determining which club progresses to the knockout rounds leads India Ashwin Achal Albert Roca said. Bengaluru BFC striker Sunil Chhetri — Bengaluru FC (BFC) and Mo- he put on a glum face at the hun Bagan will lock horns for media interaction — was training the second time in four days, blunt in his assessment of a with the focus now shifting to mediocre season so far. The Press Trust of India managed to make the nation an international competition. most important reason why Mumbai proud. We still have a long The two sides get their we have not been doing well The Indian national team way to go but our objective AFC Cup Group E campaigns is that we are not getting the got down to business as the will be to qualify for the AFC underway, at the Sree goals. “In every match, we players had their first train- Asian Cup UAE 2019.” Kanteerava Stadium here on have at least three shots on ing session ahead of an in- 15 players have joined the Tuesday. This follows an I- goals and 10 attempts. But we ternational friendly and the national camp and the In- League encounter held at the have not been able to con- AFC Asian Cup Qualifier. dian players selected from I- same venue recently, which vert. If we don’t convert, we The team went through League clubs Mohun Bagan resulted in a goalless draw. won’t win. Simple as that. It the paces under the watch- and JSW Bengaluru FC will BFC had lost in the final of is important to get a fresh ful eyes of head coach be joining their teammates the AFC Cup last year. start in a new tournament,” Stephen Constantine at the on Wednesday after their A good start in these group Chhetri said. Andheri Sports Complex. AFC Cup encounter. stages will go a long way in A confident Bagan forward Reflecting on the session, “It will be the same what I determining which club pro- Darryl Duffy stated, “We cre- Constantine said, “For me expect from them every gresses to the knockout ated chances in the previous these are the best moments time they come to the camp. rounds. Unlike last year, match, and we hit the target when you are able to train At the camp its hard work, where the top two units Gearing up: The Bengaluru FC team at a practice session at Kanteerava Stadium. G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR frequently. “I hope we can do with the national team. professionalism, and enthu- made the cut from the four- more of the same again, but “It’s the thing which I do siasm,” Constantine added. team pool, only the single counter, which frustrated BFC could not breach the once again. “Bagan defended moves. “We have to keep perhaps move the ball faster best. The team is currently outfit will qualify this time BFC no end during their I- Bagan defence, led by well on Saturday, and I ex- working on that. If we can in the final third. If we can ex- “The national team obvi- gearing up for its interna- around. Mohun Bagan League fixture. Eduardo Soares and Anas pect them to do the same. score and win tomorrow, it ecute that, we can take a one ously is the mirror of a na- tional friendly against Cam- showed that it was content to Even with the visitor down Edathodika. The BFC, attack- We are lacking when it comes will change the entire dy- or two goal lead into tion’s football and I think in bodia in Phnom Penh on sit back and hit on the to 10 men in the 70th minute, ers have their task cut out to finishing our attacking namic of the side,” BFC coach half-time.” these last two years we have March 22. Wavering mind let Lalith Babu down Obsession to cross the 2,600 barrier in FIDE ratings proved detrimental J.R. SHRIDHARAN “Somehow I let the rating is- administrators, coaches and VIJAYAWADA sue overshadow my game plan. colleagues had helped him Indian Grandmaster Musunuri For the past three years, I was identify solutions. Lalith Babu’s mission to Mo- aiming to cross the milestone “Just like the body, the mind scow was not a memorable one and that impacted my perform- also needs rest and relaxation. as he finished the Aeroflot ance,” he said. A rehabilitated and rejuvenated Open, considered one of the The Indian Oil Corporation mind enhances your perform- world’s toughest chess tourna- officer said the obsession to ance and helps you achieve ments, with just three points cross the 2,600 barrier had quick decision-making on the out of a possible nine. caused him more disaster and board. the lacklustre show in Moscow “I was just doing the reverse Grey areas had brought him down the rat- — giving more work to my Abhijeet Gupta and Vidit Gujar- ing ladder by around 20 points. mind,” he said. “I am taking ati were the only Indian GMs “I am going to keep the yoga and meditation a bit who were able to muster 5.5 2,600 issue aside and concen- seriously.” points from the tournament trate on playing mistake-free, For the dejected GM, the re- which saw Moscow’s GM Vladi- quality chess,” said a confident cent Chessbase online blitz mir Fedoseev emerging victori- Lalith. chess tournament has come as ous with seven points and thus Rectiication work: M. Lalith Babu, who has been in indiferent form a boon. In less than three Lalith is eager to iron out grey of late, is working on improving his mental fortitude. FILE PHOTO Mind management hours, he emerged the cham- areas that he identified during Lalith, a Commonwealth gold pion getting full points out nine the gruelling sojourn. mind management took me he was preoccupied with the medallist, said it was time he rounds against some top GMs. “Interestingly, my grey areas down,” admitted the GM, who urge to cross the 2,600 mark concentrated on effective mind “This victory is significant as are not technical, but more to now has a FIDE rating of 2593. that has been eluding him for management and his interac- it has boosted my sagging con- do with the mind. My poor The 24-year-old agreed that more than three years. tion with senior players, sports fidence,” said Lalith. 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It Monday from mud and sounds like a joke, but a groundwater where it was Actor Rajinikanth’s ₹350 plucky group of retirees in recently discovered in a crore film, 2.0, directed by suburban Boston is keeping Cairo suburb. filmmaker Shankar and poultry warm during the The torso was pulled by a scheduled for release on winter. The chickens seem to crane as dozens of workers Deepavali this year, has like their sweaters as “egg supported it while being joined the ₹100-crore club production has jumped moved to land where it was even before the release of noticeably since the birds covered by a white fabric. the film’s official teaser. began wearing them.” AP The first part of the colossus On Monday, Lyca Produc- a large portion of the head tions’ creative head, Raju was pulled up Thursday. Mahalingam, confirmed that The Ministry of Antiquit- the Tamil, Hindi and Telugu Excitement builds: A promotional poster for 2.0 ies said the statue’s parts satellite rights have been would be assembled at the sold for ₹110 crore to Zee for a period of 15 years. ted yet. Post-production is in Egyptian museum in central Television. “The ₹110 crore “Usually films are sold out- full swing. The Japanese and Cairo, where they would be deal is only for the film’s right. We were able to sell it the Chinese rights will be pieced together and restored satellite rights. We are in at such a price for 15 years,” sold separately,” he said. before being moved to the talks with Amazon Prime he said. Filming was wrapped up last Thai turtle that gulped yet-to-open Grand Egyptian Colossal task: Egyptian workers raise the statue, recently discovered by a team of German- and Netflix for the film’s di- While the theatrical rights year with the exception of 1,000 coins on the mend Museum near the Giza Pyr- Egyptian archeologists, in Cairo. AFP gital rights,” said Raju Ma- of the film are yet to be sold, minor shots. BANKOK: amids. halingam. it is believed that the Hindi “Shankar and team will A sea turtle in Thailand The statue is likely of more than 3,000 years ago. east and modern Sudan to discovered last week by a Despite the huge price rights alone could be sold go to the U.S. to join the dubbed 'Piggy Bank' for Ramses II, who took the He is credited with expand- the south. The expansion German-Egyptian archaeolo- tag, what is also interesting for over ₹ 100 crore. “The team that is working on swallowing nearly 1,000 throne in his early 20s and ing ancient Egypt’s reach as earned him the title “Ramses gical team in the Cairo dis- is that Zee Television has negotiation for Tamil theat- post-production,” Mr. Ma- coins took swimming lessons ruled Egypt for 60 years far as modern Syria to the the Great.” The statue was trict of Matariya. been given the rights only rical rights hasn’t even star- halingam said. on Monday as she embarked on a rehabilitation programme following the removal of the treasure trove. Bereaved mother starts The coins, weighing 5 kg, ‘Napalm Girl’ photographer Nick Ut to retire were taken from her stomach in a seven-hour operation. AFP a seat-belt campaign The Pulitzer Prize-winner was only 21 when he clicked the iconic image in a Vietnamese village Press Trust of India such a bright, intelligent, Associated Press Mr. Ut captured the iconic learning he was the one who London fun-loving boy. He was an Los Angeles image. took it, actor Joan Collins An Indian-origin woman, innocent victim of the crash It would seem all but im- Mr. Ut was only 21 when opened a bottle of cham- who lost her 12-year-old son and there is now a huge hole possible to sum up one of he took that photo on June 8, pagne for Ut during a shoot in a car crash in Britain which can never be filled in the most distinguished ca- 1972, then set his camera at her home. nearly two years ago, has our lives,” his mother told reers in photojournalism in aside to rush 9-year-old Kim “That picture changed my launched a ‘seat belt cam- the ‘Birmingham Mail.’ only four words, but that’s Phuc to a hospital, where life. It changed Kim’s life,” he paign’ in his memory to “Wearing a seatbelt could just what Nick Ut does when doctors saved her life. He says of the pair’s chance highlight the importance of have saved his life, at the Paris Mayor declares he says, “From hell to Holly- would go on to take literally meeting in a dusty Viet- wearing seat belt while very least it would have €1.5 million ‘war on rats’ wood.” tens of thousands more over namese village called Trang driving. given him a better chance of PARIS And the Pulitzer Prize- the next 44 years, including Bang. Ms. Sukhi Atwal has re- survival. We can never get The Mayor of Paris, Anne winning photographer, who images of practically every A- “I cried when I saw her leased CCTV footage of the Amar back, but I just hope Hidalgo, has said the city crash in May 2015 to show by encouraging both young would spend €1.5 million to is retiring this month after 51 list celebrity who walked a running,” Mr. Ut once told an rid the French capital of rats. years with The Associated Hollywood red carpet or AP reporter. “If I don’t help the moment her son, Amar, and old to try and be as safe Under Ms. Hidalgo 10-point Press, has the pictures to entered a courtroom on the her if something happened was hit by a speeding taxi as possible, they won’t have plan aimed at keeping the prove it, the most famous be- Fine lens: Nick Ut with the ‘Napalm Girl’ photograph in a frame wrong side of the law. and she died I think I’d kill and flung because he was to go through the heart- city’s streets clean, additional ing a stunning black-and- in the background. AP Warren Beatty once called myself after that.” Now a 53- not wearing a seat belt. He break we have,” she said. public ashtrays would be white image from the Viet- Ut aside at a Hollywood Walk year-old wife and mother of died in a Birmingham hos- Police have made a video installed and new rat traps nam War that’s come to be It’s the photo of a terrified ally burning from the nap- of Fame ceremony to spend two who lives in Canada, pital days later. featuring images of Amar would be placed near garbage known simply as “Napalm child running naked down a alm bombs dropped on her 30 minutes talking about the Kim Phuc remains Mr. Ut’s “We will never get over and Ms. Sukhi that will be collection points. AFP Girl”. country road, her body liter- village just moments before “Napalm Girl” photo. After close friend. the loss of Amar. He was used during school talks.

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But her critics see hunting Pokémon in a her global battle against her as an irritating presence church. messy rooms is an app. with a cult-like following, Ruslan Sokolovsky, 22, “Mygoalistohaveas harping on the glaringly ob- faces up to seven years in many people as possible vious need to be better prison over the YouTube who can get the job done in organised. video of him zapping tidying up,” she said in an in- Ms. Kondo has made an Pokémon on a smartphone terview after speaking at a art of folding clothes into in a Russian Orthodox recent technology confer- Marie Kondo. REUTERS optimal shapes for storage church in the Urals city of ence in Austin, Texas. and her KonMari disciples Yekaterinburg. The video “To achieve that, I’m im- Tidying Up: The Japanese Art see her words as a philo- which Mr. Sokolovsky pos- plementing various meas- of Decluttering and Organiz- sophy about seeking a hap- ted in August 2016 has ures, one of which is the app ing, which has been trans- pier life by putting their been viewed more than 1.6 to support decluttering,” lated from Japanese to more homes in order. million times on YouTube. said the woman whose than 40 languages, with Ms. Kondo spends 80% of He has pleaded not name has been turned into a more than 7 million copies her time outside of Japan, guilty in the case which has verb by followers who clean sold worldwide. but with the help of techno- been compared to that of out clutter at home and say The app called “KonMari” logy, she wants to knock on the Pussy Riot punk art that they have “Kondoed” was launched a few months the doors of more homes group, whose 2012 “punk their closets. ago and gives out organising around the world. prayer” in a Moscow Ms. Kondo is known to tips, allows people to share “Tidying up is a broad cathedral led to two-year global audiences for her before and after pictures, theme that is relevant to prison terms. best-selling books, including and provides a platform for anyone in any country,” said Safe space: A baby elephant stands close to its mother during Thailand’s national elephant day celebration in the ancient city of The Life-Changing Magic of her followers to socialise. Ms. Kondo. Ayutthaya on Monday. The elephants were given a bufet of bananas, pineapples and melons on the occasion. REUTERS No offence meant “I didn’t aim to offend any- one,” Mr. Sokolovsky said in court, adding that he was ready to apologise if Archaeological ind turns metro station site into museum anyone was offended. He said he created the videos “with critical and polem- 2,000 years of history unearthed in central Algiers, where authorities have shown that development and history can go hand-in-hand ical aims”. The Russian Or- thodox Church has ac- Agence France-Presse named Martyrs Square after ated in October 2011. The (CNRA) and France’s Na- cused him of blasphemy Algiers the country’s hard-won inde- museum will open shortly af- tional Institute for Preventive over the stunt in a church An archaeological treasure pendence in 1962. terwards, covering 1,200 Archaeological Research (IN- built on the spot where the trove on the site of a planned Experts had believed that sq.m. and organised chrono- RAP) have been working on Bolsheviks shot Russia’s metro station in central Algi- few pre-colonial artefacts re- logically. Some of the re- the dig since 2013. last tsar and his family in ers is set to become a mu- mained on the site, but many mains will be exposed to a More than 150 people of 1918. “I didn’t ask these seum, opening a window on of the ruins turned out to be depth of over seven metres. different nationalities and people to watch my video 2,000 years of history. surprisingly well-preserved, “In Rome or Athens, mu- specialities have taken part, clips,” Mr. Sokolovsky told The site, close to the Al- Mr. Stiti said. seums present particular giving young Algerian ar- journalists. “Who is the gerian capital’s UNESCO-lis- periods, whereas here the chaeologists valuable oppor- Russian Orthodox Church ted casbah, has yielded re- Where there is a will visitor can embrace the tunities to work on an im- that I have to publicly re- mains from the city’s Roman, The 3,000-sq.m. site was whole history of Algiers over portant excavation. pent in front of them?” Byzantine, Ottoman and deemed so important that 2,000 years,” Mr. Stiti said. Aicha, 70, who lives near Mr. Sokolovsky spent French periods. the municipality adapted its He said the project the site, said she is looking several months in prison plans for the metro station, a showed that archaeology is forward to seeing the mu- ahead of the trial, though Spectacular view move Mr. Stiti said was a first not incompatible with seum open. he is now under house ar- “It was spectacular,” said ar- in Algeria. development. “There will be no more rest. Amnesty Interna- chaeologist Kamel Stiti, co- The site will now become “It gives added value. One hassle because of the build- tional has condemned the director of the excavations. a museum incorporated into accompanies the other ing work, and I’ll be able to charges against him as “far- “In one look, you could see the station, which, in turn, without slowing it down,” he travel by subway and visit the cical” and called him a two millennia of Algiers’ will take up less than half its said. museum with my two grand- prisoner of conscience. history.” Set in stone: Material found at an archaeological site in Martyrs Square in Algiers. AFP planned 8,000 sq.m. The “So as not to delay the daughters,” she said. He also faces a separate The remains, on the loca- tunnel will go as deep as 35 work, which would add costs Said, a 50-year-old high charge of illegally possess- tion of a Roman port town Archaeologists have since eral dozen graves. of the North African country. metres in order to work to the subway project, ar- school history teacher, said ing a “spy pen” with a re- called Icosium, were dis- discovered coins, weapons, a They also found parts of The colonial government around the remains. chaeologists have worked he hopes there will be cording function. In court, covered in 2009 when the public building paved with the Ottoman-era Es Sayida put a public square in its The Martyrs Square sta- hard, including on public guided visits for young he said that the pen is Ministry of Culture ordered 5th century mosaics and a mosque, which French au- place and called it King’s tion is set to open in Novem- holidays.” people “so they can take widely available and un- surveys along the planned large 7th century Byzantine thorities flattened in 1831, Square and later, Govern- ber, part of an extension to The National Archaeolo- ownership of our city’s sev- suitable for covert metro line. necropolis containing sev- shortly after their conquest ment Square. It was re- the main metro line inaugur- gical Research Centre eral millennia of history.” recording. CM M VZ-VZ YK