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( / % 0 opening their mouths, if it was $ ,1 ! utmost necessary. 9'+93; and also rejected the few sug- !+ / /+2 “Do not give time to gestions that favoured his sib- ! 2 , 3 media, inko 70 saal se aur ahul Gandhi is said to be ling, General Secretary / , ,/ , logon ne pala hai,” h e s ai d Rinsistent on resigning as the Priyanka Gandhi, to take over apparently charging past Congress president despite the as the chief of the grand old !# ( !'2 3 ! % % # ! ( regimes of giving patronage to Congress Working Committee party. a section of the Press. Ahead (CWC) on Saturday unani- When the name of his sis- ! 9'+93; by the ‘traders of vote bank pol- his message to the MPs of the of the Cabinet formation of his mously rejecting his offer to put ter came up as an option, ' % L itics’ and usher in an era of ruling coalition — the prima- Government, the Prime in his papers taking responsi- Rahul reportedly said, “Don’t L2 aking it clear that his sec- “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. ry being that the Constitution Minister also warned MPs bility for the party’s Lok Sabha drag my sister into it. It is not 4%Q 6789 Mond innings would break Elected unanimously as of India, before which he against trusting media reports poll debacle. necessary that the Congress , many new grounds in gover- the leader of BJP Parliamentary bowed before beginning his on the probable Ministers. “It The CWC authorised him president should be from the 6789 ' nance, Prime Minister party and of National address, is supreme and the will be done according to to carry out an overhauling and Gandhi family.” Both Rahul ( % Narendra Modi on Saturday Democratic Alliance at the only reference point of gover- norms,” he maintained adding restructuring of the party at all and his sister Priyanka cam- : ; ! vowed to demolish the web of central hall of the Parliament, nance. there are many who claim levels but Rahul is learned to paigned extensively across the % deception, illusion and false Modi came up with his set of Maintaining that minori- that they have knowledge as to have asked the party to look for country in this election. ' L fear created around minorities commandments to drive home ties were used in politics, Modi who is being included in the another chief. If not Rahul, then who, P Q said “we need to win the con- Cabinet. This is the second time in this question rankled the fidence of the minorities” and Cautioning that arrogance five years that Rahul has offered minds of the Congressmen as 8 sought to revive the spirit of should be resisted, he said the to resign. Following the drub- Rahul remained unmoved 9 ' L 72*#=#* +* 1857 when all communities MPs should be treating all bing in 2014 Lok Sabha, Rahul, with Priyanka and his moth- 2 + together waged the war of those who voted for them and who was the Congress vice er Sonia’s efforts to see him ; ! * > + " + 32* " * > O " #? Independence against the those who oppose equally. president then, along with reason too failed. British. “We fought for ‘Swaraj’ “You are representatives of party president Sonia Gandhi Rahul informed the 52- + 72* * then, today we can together all,” he said and reminded had offered to resign which too member CWC that he would + +,, 5 !; fight for ‘Suraaj’”, he said. them of the ubiquitous BJP was rejected by the CWC. like to exit as its top boss. He 72** *!3 + He also pointed out how ‘mantra’ of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka AICC sources said Rahul had taken over from Sonia a 5 his previous tenure had been Vikas”. was adamant on resigning year and a half ago. 2 Q + *" 7 ' 5 @ * 8 " $" 5* 4 " ! 6 * " $ !* * 2 !7 ; * 6 ! = 8 4 2 7 % " $ ! $ " ! ; 72* " $ K # ; % $ % % * $% !% O @ & > " ' % 9 * /A3" " 2 = 2 , ! % % 2 ! QR ! % ! *" ' + - #& ,+ - ./0" $O / 2" ! ! ' ( 5%35 the Chief Minister of a State % & " where the votes can be sold " ! ounded by the electoral and purchased. I have infor- ;<+9 7+ 87 #$%"#&' 2 +; Wreverses suffered by the mation on how votes were +% Trinamool Congress, West purchased for 5,000 per head. hief Minister-elect of rounded Jet Airways’ *O ' Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Many families were CAndhra Pradesh Gfounder and former chair- " Banerjee on Saturday offered to approached with such offers,” Jaganmohan Reddy had a hec- man Naresh Goyal and his % quit her office but “found she said. tic day spread over the two wife Anita were offloaded from ! :/ myself hopelessly alone in try- Telugu-speaking States on an Emirates flight on Saturday, ! = ing to do so as all the leaders Saturday. After chairing two after the immigration officials of my party forced me to con- meetings with his newly elect- barred them from leaving India. tinue as the CM.” ed Assembly and Lok Sabha - #& - The authorities have issued " % Lashing out at the BJP for members, Reddy flew to # % % . a lookout circular against the + * “squandering cash and creating Hyderabad from Gannavaram & # / % ( Jet Airways founders. 3 "3 ! a totally communal atmosphere in his private chopper. Informed official sources "+ 4 2 to purchase votes,” an apparently The day culminated with nied Reddy to Raj Bhavan. said Goyal and his wife had 5 ' emotional Chief Minister said: ESL Narasimhan, Governor They also met Telangana boarded an Emirates aircraft *O “I loathe being the Chief for both Andhra Pradesh and Chief Minister K EK 507 at 3:30 pm. The aircraft " O - . Minister of an electorate where BHUBANESWAR: Biju Janata Telangana State, clearing the Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) in was already on the taxiway and " ' votes can be purchased and elec- Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik YSRCP-LP letter requesting to his camp office. KCR has preparing for take-off from 6 ! ! tions can be won by communal will be sworn-in as Odisha invite him (Reddy) to form the agreed to be present at Reddy’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj polarisation.” Chief Minister on May 29 for Government in Andhra swearing-in. Meanwhile, the International Airport. ( > The TMC, which she built a fifth consecutive term after a Pradesh. He will be sworn-in at CM-elect, along with Chief The aircraft was called ! ") , up bit by bit after coming out thumping win in the State the refurbished Indira Gandhi Secretary LV Subrahmanyam back by air traffic control. 47 ! of the Congress in 1998, suf- Assembly elections, the party Municipal Stadium in will head to New Delhi on The two were off-loaded fol- ! fered a colossal defeat, biggest said on Saturday. Vijayawada on May 30 at 12.23 Sunday to meet Prime lowing an advice from the + since 2006 conceding 18 out of Naveen Patnaik has con- pm, as per a Raj Bhavan com- Minister Narendra Modi and immigration authorities. The ! 42 Lok Sabha seats to a surging tinued his grip over Odisha munique. invite him to his swearing in Airways, which temporarily ; ! BJP which reportedly capi- with his party, BJD, winning Apart from his wife, party ceremony. Sources said Jagan suspended its flight opera- talised on a huge chunk of 112 Assembly seats in the 147- leaders Botsa Satyanarayana, could also offer the YSRCP’s tions on April 17, is trapped in 7 * ,L shifting Left votes. member House. Dharmana Prasad Rao and issue-based support to the a debt of more than 15,000 ! Q “I don’t want to continue as Adimulapu Suresh accompa- NDA. crore. + ,-. ,/01
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activity going in the premises is not our concern.” " 8&9 ++ 4+* Expressing deep concern & on the state of affairs and careless attitude of departments concerned, the + State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) chairperson Usha +9; +8 for school students to those for Negi said, “We have recently youth preparing for various issued directions to the n a classic example depicting competitive exams. However, department concerned, stating Iapathetic and callous attitude both the Government and the that all the guidelines, rules +9; +8 of the Government authorities owners of such coaching and regulations regarding the on the issue of public safety, the classes have evidently not safety of the students which n the crowed Karanpur area of city where colleges like DAV, Uttarakhand Fire and taken fire safety seriously. It is are mandatory for all the IDBS are situated, scores of coaching institutes in recent years Emergency Service (UFES) learnt that only two coaching educational institutes. It is have mushroomed. The roads in this part of the city have become department, shaken from centres have a ‘No Objection very important that officials so much infested with encroachments that traffic moves at a slumber after the coaching Certificate’ (NOC) from the take their responsibility snail’s pace here. Many residents of the area have rented their class inferno at Surat in Gujarat UFES which means that seriously.” houses to the coaching class owners who in quest of extracting which caused at least 20 deaths, almost all of the coaching This correspondent visited money from the students pack their classrooms with students has decided to serve notices to classes which have got some coaching institutes and give least importance to the safety and security. The lanes coaching centres operating sans mushroomed in different parts operating in the city on and by-lanes in this area are so narrow that in case of any fire safety measures in of the city are operating Saturday and found that safety unfortunate incident of fire, it would take considerable time for Dehradun. What is shocking is without following basic norms is not on any one’s priority. Fire the fire tenders to reach the spot which would make the area a that none of the departments of fire safety with majority and saddening. It is a clear conforming to fire safety number of coaching centres extinguishers were seen veritable death trap for the students and those stranded inside. concerned like, UFES, running in residential example of negligence and measures but the Act is yet to operational in the city. Our installed at few places but at Mussoorie Dehradun properties. carelessness which shouldn’t be enforced. I only want to part is to give permission to many places they were and should be everyone’s students or children adopt Development Authority When contacted by The be repeated again.” convey a message that every the commercial buildings and altogether missing. The Surat topmost priority. Keeping this proper safety measures. We (MDDA), Municipal Pioneer, the chief fire officer While accepting that only firm or building in the city keep a record of them.’’ incident however seemed to in mind we have fire have installed fire Corporation of Dehradun (CFO), Sandeep Kumar Rana two coaching institutes have should at least have the basic An official in charge tax have its effect on the extinguishers on every floor extinguishers on every floor (MCD) and Police have any said, “We, in association with taken permission from the fire prevention equipment so department of the MCD said, managements of these along with two exits.” along with three exits in three idea about of the number of the police department, have department Rana added, “ that such incidents are not “We do not have any record of institutes. The founder of Bansal different directions. We also coaching centres operating in started a drive to serve notices The Uttarakhand Fire and repeated.” such classes. We have only The manager of Baluni classes, Lalit Panwar said, “The have Hose Reel system the provisional State Capital to such coaching centres Emergency Service Prevention The MDDA secretary divided the property tax Classes, Neeraj Gurung said, incident which took the lives installed connected with the Dehradun has a which are operating without and Fire Safety Act, 2016 gives Girish Chandra Gunwant said, payers into two categories-- “The incident is very of 20 students in Surat is very underground water tank to considerable number of adopting fire safety measures. us the authority to impose “We do not have any commercial and household. unfortunate. Security of the sad. It is very important that ensure proper safety of the coaching classes from those The Surat incident is shocking penalty on the firms not information regarding the The type of commercial children is very important all the firms dealing with students.’’ )& &( ( '( % ((, ) ' & - *) ( 4 +9; +8 fter the stunning defeat in Aall the five Lok Sabha constituencies, the state unit of % +9; +8 Congress party is working on preparing a road-map for +9; +8 the dejection triggered by the he Medical Council of revival of the party in the state. defeat in the polls. “Only those TIndia (MCI), the apex body The Pradesh Congress ajiv Bhawan, the state who fight, face defeat and for medical education has given Committee (PCC) president Rparty office which wore a those who lose rise up to win permission for renewal of Pritam Singh while interacting deserted look on Thursday, again’’, said Singh while talking Letter of Permission (LOP) to with the media persons at when the results of Lok Sabha to the party workers. Apart the Government Doon Medical Rajiv Bhawan, the state party polls were declared, came back from Pritam Singh former College (GDMC). With it, +9; +8 and enlightened them about office of Congress party on to life on Friday. The PCC PCC President Kishore decks have been cleared for their rights. Singh said that Friday accepted that the people President Pritam Singh made Upadhyaya, former Cabinet admission of fourth batch of minent freedom fighter Suman participated in the Salt of Uttarakhand have given an a point to attend the office on Minister Hira Singh Bisht, MBBS students in GDMC. A ESridev Suman was Satyagrah at a young age in the overwhelming mandate to the the day and spent considerable senior leaders Brahmswarup team of the MCI had recently remembered on his birth year 1930. He was kept for 84 BJP. He however added that an time there. He talked with the Brahmachari and Pramod visited the medical college and anniversary on Saturday. A long days in the prison where in depth introspection on the party leaders and workers and Kumar Singh also attended the associated hospital and based programme was organised at he started a fast unto death. The reasons of defeat would be prompted them to come out of party office on the day. on its report, the MCI has appreciated the efforts of the course. Later the renewals of Rajiv Bhawan, the state PCC President said that Suman done and the party would granted the LOP for fourth staff and other employees for LOP were granted to the headquarters of Congress party apart from being a great prepare a roadmap for future. the party.’’ mastered the ability to conjure batch to the college. the MCI’s approval to the college after which students in to mark the day. Speaking on freedom fighter was an Singh said that the party would On the drubbing received new issues every time and later The Principal of the college. The Principal added the II and III batch were given the occasion, the Pradesh accomplished journalist. He strengthen its organisation. On in the Lok Sabha polls, Singh they are conveniently forgotten. GDMC, Dr Ashutosh Sayana that efforts are being made to admissions in the college. Congress Committee (PCC) started many organisations like a philosophical note, Pritam said that BJP fought the They have forgotten Ram said that based on the report of start Post Graduate (PG) classes The new LOP would pave President Pritam Singh said Garh Sewa Sangh, Himalaya Singh who himself lost to Mala elections of nationalism. “ The temple issue now and in the the MCI team and the in various discipline of medical the way for the college to take that Suman laid down his life Sewa Sangh, Himalaya Rajya Laxmi Shah of BJP from issues of 2014 were altogether assembly elections of 2017 they undertaking submitted by the science in the college. admissions in its fourth batch while fighting the colonial rule Pranteeya Sangh, Rajya Praja the Tehri constituency by a missing this time. came up with the idea of college, the MCI has forwarded The MCI had granted the of MBBS course from the merit in the princely state of Tehri. Parishad and others. The huge margin said, “ The party The issues like double engine but no one is recommendation to the LOP to the GDMC on June 08, of NEET this year. The college He said that Sridev Suman spokespersons of the state has given leaders like me and unemployment, price rise and talking about it now. However Government of India (GOI) to 2016 based on which has a permission to admit 150 started an extensive campaign congress R P Raturi, Garima others everything. Our terrorism figured nowhere in we accept the verdict of the permit admissions in the MBSS admission to 150 students was students in the 1st year MBBS to make the public aware about Mahra Dasauni and others existence is closely linked with campaign. BJP leaders have people gracefully,’’ he said. course in the college. He given in the, 1st year MBBS course. the atrocities of royal family were present on the occasion. ! +/! !/01 2 3 $ $ ' & $ *+ +9; +8 6 he Chief Minister of TUttarakhand +9; +8 Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that Prime he third R.S 6 ! Minister Narendra TTolia Memorial Modi has won the faith Lecture was of people of the country conducted here on +9; +8 2011 to 2016 when work on when both of them were with his able leadership Saturday. On the widening of the Haridwar- district magistrates of Udham and appreciable works occasion, Lal fter a gap of one year, the Bareilly National Highway (NH Singh Nagar district. However which is reason behind Bahadur Shastri Astate administration has – 74) was taking place. It is the suspension of Chandresh the overwhelming National Academy of Sharing his life reinstated five Provincial Civil alleged that many times more Yadav was revoked on success achieved by the Administration (LLSNAA) experiences Chopra said, “He Services (PCS) officers who compensation was provided November 28 last year while party in the Lok Sabha Mussoorie director, Sanjeev was the first historian to have were suspended in the multi to the farmers whose lands the other officer, Pankaj Kumar elections. The CM Chopra delivered lecture delved deeply into primary crore NH- 74 land acquisition were acquired. The scam was Pandey was reinstated on May while interacting ‘Beyond Binaries: sources while working on the for broadening of road and first of all detected by then 3. informally with the Remembering Dr R S Tolia’. Administration History of disbursal of compensation Kumaon Commissioner, D media persons at his Various topics, like Dr Tolia as British Kumaon which has scam. The orders of reinstating Senthil Pandian after which the ;9834% 9 residence on Saturday a historian, his writing and fascinated researchers and these PCS officers, Teerath Pal Trivendra Singh Rawat ordered ;HB 4 said that in Uttarakhand, the Modi Government for the steps conviction to develop work on market, technologies readers interested in the Singh, Anil Shukla, DP Singh, a Special Investigation Team BJP got six percent more votes taken to strengthen armed Uttarakhand. and communities in Central Himalayan region. He Nandan Singh Nangyal and (SIT) headed by then Senior %448 9+ than it got in the election of forces and to uplift women. Later in the day, the CM perspective of Uttarakhand also brings out the concept of Bhagat Singh Fonia were given Superintendent of Police (SSP) 2014. He attributed the success Attributing the victory to the along with the newly elected were discussed during the notes to the successor and by the Additional Chief of Udham Singh Nagar, +8 $;9 to the guidance given by top triumph of the those women Member of Parliament (MP) session. ‘charge reports’.” Secretary ( ACS) Radha Raturi. Sadanand Date to investigate <9 .?//% leadership of the party and who have got freedom from the from Garhwal, Teerath Singh Addressing the gathering Ending the session, he The state administration has the case. The SIT indicted two hard work done by the workers. smoke in their kitchens and to Rawat, MP from Haridwar Sanjeev Chopra said, “For a highlighted three issues however clarified that the dozen officers and employees .?/A';9 '% 5 The CM assured that the faith those youngsters who started Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank self-proclaimed acolyte it is a regarding the development of departmental inquiry against of revenue and administration reposed by the people on the their own work with the help and MP from Tehri, Mala great honour to speak on a Uttarakhand and said, “The them would continue and their in connection with the scam. % '+9 $%& party would be kept intact. He of 'Mudra' scheme, the CM said Rajya Laxmi Shah left for New mentor. Dr R S Tolia was not economic development of reinstatement would be On the basis of inquiry by ;9; +' asserted that the faith of the that the people of the Delhi. The MP from Nainital- just a man of action he was state seems to be totally conditional based on the the SIT, the Trivendra Singh people in the development Uttarakhand have given a Udham Singh Nagar and state also a man of words. He was market driven. There is finding of the inquiry. It is Rawat Government took a 7 933< oriented policies of BJP has befitting reply to those who BJP president Ajay Bhatt and not just a scholar- nothing wrong in it we need to worth mentioning here that the decision to suspend two IAS become firmer. The CM added questioned the valour of the MP from Almora- Pithoragarh administrator; he was an ponder on why co-operatives state administration has already officers, Pankaj Kumar Pandey % 3 that the people have given armed forces. He added that Ajay Tamta were already in academic who wrote a including self-reliant revoked suspension of two IAS and Chandresh Kumar Yadav ;$;'<, ;JHB- their positive mandate for the the people of Uttarakhand have Delhi. From the CM’s residence doctoral thesis on cooperatives and community- officers, Pankaj Kumar Pandey on September 11, 2018 for efforts made by Modi stamped their approval on the in New Delhi all the five newly administration and based organisation have not and Chandresh Kumar Yadav. their questionable role as ' 5 $ government for welfare of poor deep love Narendra Modi has elected MPs headed towards administrator of Kumaon and done well as was envisaged in The multi core NH-74 arbitrators of land acquisition *349 and farmers. Similarly people for the state, the devotion he the parliament to participate in Garhwal.” the initial years of the State.” scam occurred during the years and compensation for NH- 74 have reposed their faith on the has for lord Shiva and his the meeting of party MPs.
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4; +$ ; polls," he tweeted. SAD-BJP combine and the Sabha polls in which it won Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur Anandpur Sahib, Hoshiarpur "I also thank people of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and eight out of total 13 parlia- seats, also witnessed an and Jalandhar constituencies unjab Chief Minister Capt Punjab for placing trust in us improving its tally from three mentary seats in the state. increase in its vote share to 9.63 managed to get more than one PAmarinder Singh on by giving such a mandate," the in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. It The vote share of the Aam per cent, as per the Election lakh votes in each segment. Saturday expressed his grati- chief minister tweeted, reiter- had won Gurdaspur in a bypoll Aadmi Party which could Commission data. The Aam Aadmi Party was tude to voters for the impres- ating his commitment of mak- in 2017. manage to win just one seat, In the 2014 Lok Sabha almost routed from Punjab, sive victory of the Congress in ing Punjab "number one again". The Akali Dal-BJP alliance nosedived from 24 per cent in polls, the Congress party's vote winning sole seat of Sangrur the state in this Lok Sabha polls. In the 2019 Lok Sabha won four seats. The lone seat 2014 Lok Sabha polls to 7.38 share was 33.10 per cent and out of 13 it contested. The AAP He also thanked Punjab polls, Congress won eight out won by the AAP was of per cent in the present elec- the SAD's 26.30 per cent. The had surprised many in 2014 ministers, party legislators and of total 13 seats in Punjab, Sangrur, a constituency tions. vote share of AAP and the BJP Lok Sabha polls when it won Congress workers for the good bucking the pro-Modi trend retained by Bhagwant Mann. The Shiromani Akali Dal's stood at 24.40 and 8.70 per cent four seats in Punjab. show they put up in the state. seen across northern and cen- vote share also rose to 27.45 respectively. In the 2014 Lok Sabha "I express my gratitude to all tral India in this general elec- * per cent despite the party win- Another surprise in the polls, while the SAD-BJP com- workers of Youth Congress tion. 34 ning only two seats, Ferozepur elections was the Bahujan bine had won six seats, the and NSUI for their support and The Congress romped The vote share of the and Bathinda, out of 10 it con- Samaj Party getting 3.49 per AAP and Congress had hard work which led to such a home to impressive victory on Congress in Punjab jumped to tested. cent of the polled votes. BSP bagged four and three seats good showing in the Lok Sabha eight seats, surprising both the 40 per cent in the 2019 Lok The BJP, which won candidates who contested from respectively. 0 #>!& % !% 1( 3 #>! !& 4; +$ ; Singh Ranike, and Aam Aadmi Anandpur Sahib, could garner Party’s sitting MP Prof Sadhu just 1,316 (0.12 percent) votes. ven as various political out- Singh. In Ferozepur, from where +9; +8 Efits and individuals put If that is not enough, SAD SAD president Sukhbir Badal their best foot forward to win (Taksali), a splinter group of won the elections, 14,891 voted ttarakhand Judicial Service the recently-concluded elec- SAD led by the Badals which for NOTA, while 13,323 voters U(Civil Judge) examination tions, there were as many as contested elections on just two opted for NOTA in Bathinda, of Uttarakhand Public Service 1,54,423 voters in Punjab who seats, faced a major embar- from where his Union Minister Commission would held in 18 rejected all the candidates at rassment in Sri Anandpur wife Harsimrat Badal secured examination centres in one go by pressing the NOTA Sahib because of NOTA. a hat-trick. Dehradun on Sunday. The city (none of the above) button the Its candidate Bir Devinder As many as 13,045 voters magistrate of Dehradun, EVMs (electronic voting Singh, the former Deputy voted for NOTA in Fatehgarh Abhishek Rohilla said that the machines) in May 19 elec- Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sahib, followed by 12,868 in examination would be held in tions. Sabha, was lagged behind Hoshiarpur, 12,324 in single session from 10 am to 1 In fact, NOTA occupied NOTA which secured 1.58 per- Jalandhar, 11,110 in Patiala, pm. He said that prohibitory the fifth spot on almost all the cent (17,135 votes) of the total 10,538 in Ludhiana, 9,560 in orders under section 144 would constituencies of the state. votes polled. Bir Devinder, Gurdaspur, 8,763 in Amritsar, remain enforced within 100 The figure has increased whose early declaration of can- 6,490 in Sangrur and 5,130 in meter periphery of the exami- from 0.4 percent (58,754 votes) didature forced Taksalis to turn Khadoor Sahib. nation centres. The adminis- in 2014, when the NOTA was down the coalition offers by the Interestingly, the per- tration would not allow use of first introduced in the state, to AAP, Punjab Democratic centage of NOTA votes was loudspeakers around these cen- 1.12 percent in 2019. Alliance (PDA) and the BSP, more than the vote percentage tres during the examination. Faridkot Lok Sabha wit- could managed just 10,424 of some political parties like The Public Service nessed the maximum electors (0.96 percent) votes, not even CPI and CPM in the state. As Commission has made all the choosing NOTA — 19,246 one percent. against 1.12 per cent of votes necessary preparation for these which is 1.97 percent of the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation in favour of NOTA, the vote examinations. total votes polled — from president Dr Paramjeet Singh percentage of CPI and where Congress’ Mohad Ranu, who contested as an CPM was just 0.31 and 0.08 / & # 4P . . .6 # 6 Sadique defeated SAD’s Gulzar independent from Sri respectively. / . ! & % 2 %%6 & / ;3 !" ! () were rejected in Hamirpur, ( followed by 2,567 in Kangra, +9; +8 ailing to learn their lessons $ # %*$# *# + 1,777 in Mandi and 1,542 in Fdespite the worst ever defeat $, $"- " * !( -)/ Shimla. s per the direction by the && of the Congress in Himachal ,# %#" $ # $, #0 $ He said as electronic voting AState Commission for the Pradesh, the state leaders are machines (EVMs) were used Protection of Child Rights targeting each other for the + $ $ *# $ ! for general voters, there was no (SCPCR), a three day long As per the met depart- poor show. )(1( /2 $ # ,$#0 chance to get votes rejected. event ‘Children Assembly’ +9; +8 ment, the sky is likely to Differences between for- But, the votes of the soldiers, would start from Sunday. The remain mainly clear in mer chief minister Virbhadra " *# ! # $" ! 12( generally known as service Speaker of Uttarakhand he State Meteorological Dehradun. Singh and former state !" ##% $" $%! !0- voters, and those of the poll Legislative Assembly, Prem TCentre has forecasted very Meanwhile, the maximum Congress president Sukhvinder staff, who use ballot papers to Chand Agarwal will inaugurate light to light rainfall and thun- and minimum temperatures Sukhu again resurfaced after 3#0#( )( ) 4- ,# exercise their franchise, may be the first Session of Assembly. derstorm at isolated places of recorded at various places of the party's defeat in which it %#" 5 $ # # # rejected if not properly cast, the In the event, children rep- Uttarakhand on Sunday. Many the state are 35.2 degree Celsius trailed in all the assembly seg- #6#% #0 $ *# $ official added. resenting 70 Vidhan Sabhas places in Uttarkashi, and 19.4 degree Celsius in ments of the state for the first Of the total 53,30,154 reg- will highlight the problems of Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Dehradun, 36.8 degree Celsius time. $7 !8*! #! $ istered voters in the four con- their respective constituencies Pithoragarh districts, espe- and 19 degree Celsius in After Arki MLA Virbhadra *# * ! # stituencies, 68,028 (1.27 per- with Prem Chand Agarwal in cially those situated at higher Pantnagar, 23 degree Celsius Singh said that Sukhu should cent) are service voters. chair. SCPCR chairperson Usha altitudes are likely to experi- and 11.3 degree Celsius in have been changed much ear- pointed with the election before the declaration of the about four lakh votes in each of The highest service voters Negi will also interact with all ence these climate conditions. Mukteshwar, 22.6 degree lier for better results, the former results. We should learn from poll schedule. the constituencies. 24,245 are in the Hamirpur Lok the children discussing various Dry weather is to prevail in Celsius and 12.6 degree Celsius state Congress chief, who is the the results. Time keeps on The ruling BJP Thursday As many as 33,008 voters Sabha seat, followed by 21,836 issues and their solutions. other parts of the State. in New Tehri respectively. Nadaun MLA, said, "This is not changing. One emerges victo- swept the Lok Sabha elections chose the NOTA option. In this in Kangra, 13,474 in Mandi and In the third and conclud- the time for blaming others for rious after defeat," he told the in Himachal Pradesh, winning way, 0.87 per cent voters opted 8,473 in Shimla, a state electoral ing Session of the Assembly, the political motives." workers. each of the four seats with a for NOTA out of the total officer said. chief minister Trivendra Singh In a press statement, Virbhadra Singh had ear- record margin of over 3.25 lakh 38,01, 793 votes polled in the the ballot papers had been Rawat along with Usha Negi Sukhu, without naming lier said all was not well with- votes. The BJP secured 69.11 state on May 19, an election electronically transmitted to and MLA Gyan Singh Rawat 3 Virbhadra Singh, said, "Those in the organisation for long. per cent of the polled votes. official said. Besides, 8,208 record offices/units of service will be present as the chief guest who live in glass houses should Had the party president (0.22 per cent) votes were voters on May 3 itself with of the programme. not throw stones on others been changed earlier and good * 444* rejected for the four Lok Sabha envelopes to ensure their vot- *0 #" (sheeshe ke gharo mei rehne people included in the organ- seats of the hill-state, he added. ing. Subsequently, the service #, ##" "9 / 7! % waale doosro par pathar nahin isation, the Congress would The highest 11,327 voters votes were required to reach the fenkte)." Sukhu said, "Instead have not been defeated like this Over 33,000 none of the chose NOTA in Kangra, fol- concerned Returning Officer :0*!" !8*! of levelling allegations and (agar pradhan ko pehle badal above (NOTA) votes were lowed by 8,357 in Shimla, before the start of the counting. *9*9* *# counter allegations against each diya jaata aur achche logo ko polled in Himachal Pradesh, 8,026 in Hamirpur and 5,298 in There were 46,000 employ- , $8# $ *# other, this is the time to go sangathan mei shamil kar liya where the ruling BJP swept the Mandi, the official said. He said ees deputed as polling staff and #,#% # ahead unitedly." jaata to is kadar party ki haar Lok Sabha elections winning all a total of 29,032 voters (0.9 per they were also eligible to use He also thanked the nahi hoti)," he had said. four seats in the state. cent) had opted for NOTA in ballot papers in case they were %$" #"%# * Congress workers for their Kuldeep Singh Rathore had The saffron party won the 2014 parliamentary elec- on poll duty outside their # *!"0 work during the elections. replaced Sukhu as the state Mandi, Shimla, Hamirpur and tions. respective parliamentary con- 9! ! " %*! "There is no need to get disap- Congress president a month Kangra with record margins of The highest 3,322 votes stituency. )., /) & & & & ( % ed with much fanfare at its +9; +8 regional office on Saturday. The event was inaugurated by 4; +$ ; #89-:;0,&#,'#<#0:,/#$>$>.#:',&8#&8.,) 4; +$ ; On all the seats it contested this he 32nd foundation day of the chief guest Devendra -&.'',;0.,$#8#<<:8,:#$:8$0.#0#&0'.'/',0 Lok Sabha polls, the BSP contes- Tthe Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Vadhera by ceremonial lighting unjab Director General of Police, '&&:'.#$,<#8&8#8.'8',.#,.8'@$0,&#,'#<#0 he Bahujan Samaj Party may tants finished third, as per the elec- Limited ( SJVN) was celebrat- of the lamp. Speaking on the PDinkar Gupta on Saturday set the :,'.8'$>'$0&#:0,.8:.,#<<:,'..'8,.+$ Tnot have won any seat in the tion results. The candidates of the occasion, he gave a detailed priorities for the Punjab police and Lok Sabha elections in Punjab but AAP, which is the main opposition account of the different devel- stressed upon to put effective control '00.#$.#.,)08:.0.#<<:8,.#-&0'.'0'.' it has surprised many by finishing party in Punjab, finished fourth on opment projects of the organ- on terrorist crimes, gangster activi- &8.'$$>.#'8@,:$,,)'8@,0'8,)@'$):, third on the three seats it contest- these seats. isation. He also announced ties, drive against drugs and heinous '$008$>:$,,#$,-:#$$,#<.'8'&&:'.#$,/ ed, doing better than the AAP. What surprised many was that increase in the dress allowance crimes in the state. In addition to this, :##80$'.$>.0,.8:.&#::<, Facing the erosion of its vote its Jalandhar candidate Balwinder of the employees on the occa- he also directed the field officers to bank over the past several years in Kumar got more than two lakh sion. Many games for children prevent and control the crimes Punjab, the BSP garnered vote votes or 20 per cent of total votes and events were organised on against women and redress the pub- power, vehicles and driving licenses updation and data base records on share of 3.49 per cent as against 1.9 polled, though he could not win. the occasion. Senior addition- lic grievances on priority. on such online software applications CCTNS. He advised the district per cent in 2014. The party polled In Hoshiarpur, BSP nominee al general manager Satish Stipulating ‘Mission CCTV cam- by coordinating with district police heads for timely synchronizing the 4.79 lakh votes in the state this gen- Khushi Ram secured over 1.28 lakh Chandra Mishra, additional eras' to check criminal activities in the chiefs. daily data and records on the system eral election. votes, prompting Punjab Chief GM Ashish Pant and others state, DGP asked all the range officers Chairing a state level meeting of at police station level. The BSP stitched an alliance Minister Amarinder Singh to were present on the occasion. and SSPs to put all out efforts for all CPs and SSPs, he also suggested to On his action points for SSPs dur- and became a part of Punjab blame the defeat of the Congress installations of such cameras at each simplify Crime and Criminal ing the meeting, DGP advised them Democratic Alliance, a conglom- candidate to the shift of votes to the #"$ !00 $"! entry and exit points into all Tracking Network & Systems to deploy lady inspectors to investi- eration of several political outfits BSP. He said this has been a decid- cities/towns besides covering all vul- (CCTNS) forms, computerization of gate all sexual assault cases and list- for contesting the elections. ing factor for this constituency and 9#"# ! !"!9# nerable locations. police station records and timely ing of top 100 criminals at each police As part of the seat-sharing has also affected the winning mar- ! * *!"0 ! For quick disposal of old vehicles updating of all types of crime data on station. pact, the BSP fielded three candi- gins in some others. * !( !00 $"! belonging to case properties, Gupta the platform. He also asked all the He also advised to appoint liaison dates from Anandpur Sahib, From the Anandpur Sahib con- asked the senior officers concerned CPs and SSPs to hold weekly crime officers for all schools and colleges Hoshiarpur (reserve) and Jalandhar stituency, BSP nominee Vikram ** !" to develop data based applications for meetings on every Wednesday to take besides mapping of policemen to vil- (reserve) seats in Punjab. Singh Sodhi secured 1.46 lakh !"0 $ *# # # priority areas to streamline disposal stock of progress reports of their sub- lages. Besides this, the DGP also In 2014, the BSP had contest- votes and finished third. of old vehicles at range level and ordinate officers. directed the field officers to consti- ed all 13 seats and still got only 2.63 As per the election commission , ##" $" *# police districts offices at the earliest. Presenting his progress ADGP tute various crime specific teams, lakh votes. The party was on fourth data, the vote share of the BSP was $%%!$" In addition to this, he directed the IT&T, Kuldeep Singh informed in the social media teams, investigation spot on seven seats, sixth on two 3.49 per cent (4,79,788 votes), way officers to update all data pertaining meeting that Punjab is a leading state and technical teams at district level seats and ranked fifth on two ahead of several parties including to arms licenses, arms dealers, man- in the country for fully utilizing, to trace the crimes. seats. the CPI and the CPM. + ,-. ,/01 !"0! 7 ; 2 1.. .- 3,( $'&
% 9'+93; crore poor who have been the is able to take forward the )R )45 beneficiaries of the Prime strong foundation of a 'New isting out the biggest take- Minister's welfare schemes have Bharat' that he has placed and Laways from the just-con- shown their faith in him. is able to fulfil the dreams of a 9'+93; him to formally initiate the arch rival, Congress, managed cluded Lok Sabha election, Shah added that he has successful democracy that the Government formation on 52 seats. where the BJP and NDA inflict- toured the country from whole world will admire," Shah couple of days after the process. Elections were held for ed a humiliating loss on the Kashmir to Kanyaumari and concluded. Aelection results, the Earlier in the day, the 542 of the 543 seats. The elec- Opposition, BJP chief Amit Kamarkhya to Kutch, and peo- Shah also pointed to the air Election Commission on President dissolved the 16th tion in Vellore Lok Sabha seat Shah on Saturday said one of ple in all parts of the country strike in Pakistan's Balakot in Saturday submitted a list of Lok Sabha on the recommen- was cancelled by the EC citing them was that the electorate have unanimously voted in response to the Pulwama ter- newly-elected MPs to dation of the Union Cabinet. abuse of money power. A fresh voted out dynastic, casteist and favour of Modi. "There has ror attack as a reply to those President Ram Nath Kovind, On Saturday evening, the date is yet to be announced. appeasement politics. been a Modi Tsunami in the who had dismissed the cross- setting in motion the process newly-elected MPs of the BJP- The President congratu- Addressing the NDA MPs, country," he said. LoC surgical strike of for constituting the 17th Lok led National Democratic lated the Chief Election who elected Narendra Modi as "Without any taint, he September 2016 as fluke. Sabha. Alliance are likely elect Commissioner and the other their leader, he also pointed out (Modi) has been elected as the Shah said the surgical The full Election Narendra Modi as the alliance's Election Commissioners on that it was after 1971 that for country's Prime Minister for strike and the Balakot air strike Commission — comprising leader. the successful completion of the first time a PM is returning the second term. This has been proved that India had a leader Chief Election Commissioner After this, a delegation of the electoral process in the to power again after serving a possible because he governed who could target the terrorists Sunil Arora and Election leaders of the BJP and its allies largest democratic exercise in five-year term and that this the country by rising above in their den. Commissioners Ashok Lavasa is expected to call on the the human history. time round, the voters elected vote bank politics. In the last "During the 90s, when ter- and Sushil Chandra — called President and convey to him On behalf of the entire a 'leader', who happens to have five years, he took many tough rorism raised its head and on the President and submit- their choice of Modi as Prime country, the President lauded taken not singe day's off in the He said when Modi cess of the extension of Gujarat decisions, but none that did not shook the country, people felt ted a copy of the notification Minister, following which he the efforts of the EC, public last 20 years he has seen of him. became the Prime Minister model to the whole country benefit the country," the BJP that the then Governments issued by the EC containing will be invited to form the officials and security person- He further said that peo- for the first time in 2014, ordi- was an experiment and people President said. were not serious about the names of the members, a Government. nel in successfully completion ple's mandate in the 2019 Lok nary citizens were filled with have blessed Modi once again. "The citizens I have spoken safety and security of the coun- Rashtrapati Bhavan commu- The counting of votes in a free and fair election, the Sabha elections underlined that hope that a person from a What Modi promised, he has to want the country to become try. For the first time under the nique said. elections to the 17th Lok Sabha statement said. Governments will be elected on modest background could be been able to deliver, and this a global super power and Modi government, people have While the EC notification was taken up on May 23 and The President also com- the basis of their performance, elected to the highest office. trust has been shown by the 'Bharat Mata' be accorded her confidence that here is a leader sets in motion the constitution the BJP scored a resounding mended hundreds of millions not dynasty, caste politics or "With that hope, the peo- people in him," he said. proper place on an interna- who can hit the terrorists in of a new Lok Sabha, the list victory, winning 303 seats in of voters who participated in appeasement politics. ple have trusted Modi. The suc- Shah added that the 22 tional scale. I wish that Modiji their den," he said. given to the President enables the 543-member House. Its the election process. ( O )P 9 . & 075 Jammu: Barring the Ladakh winners from the state -- was and senior Congress leader against the Congress candi- dates losing their security 9'+93;G3845 %' parliamentary constituency, the only constituency where and former minister Raman date who polled 3,67,659 votes deposits. majority of the contesting rest of the three candidates Bhalla. (31.1 per cent). The seat, where election aving already conquered candidates lost their security managed to save their While Kishore retained Two other Rajputs in the was held in three phases due Hthe Mt. Everest in 2013, deposit in five other Lok deposits. the seat for the party by get- fray -- JKNPP chairman and to security concerns, regis- Ravindra Kumar, an IAS offi- Sabha constituencies in Namgyal got 42,914 votes ting 8,58,066 votes (58.02 per former minister Harsh Dev tered the lowest voter turnout cer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, will Jammu & Kashmir where 51 (33.94 per cent) and defeated cent), Bhalla got 5,55,191 Singh and DSS founder (Lal of only 8.76 per cent in the undertake yet another mis- of them even failed to get one his nearest rival and inde- votes (37.54 per cent). Singh) -- got 2.06 and 1.61 per state. It was won by National sion to scale the peak this per cent of the valid votes. pendent candidate Sajjad The rest of the 22 candi- cent votes, respectively. Conference candidate and for- summer with the aim to spread The BJP retained three Hussain who secured 31,984 dates, including patron of In Srinagar, where only mer judge Hasnain Masoodi. awareness amongst people parliamentary seats of Jammu, votes (25.3 per cent). Jammu and Kashmir National 14.1 per cent of over 12.94 Mufti, who had won the towards the urgent need of con- Udhampur and Ladakh, while Congress rebel candidate Panthers Party Bhim Singh, lakh electorate exercised their seat in 2014 before resigning to trolling water pollution, saving the National Conference Asgar Ali Karbalai came third Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan right, 10 of the 12 candidates become the first women chief rivers and Ground Water swept the polls in the Kashmir with 29,365 votes (23.23 per (DSS) founder and former lost their deposits with eight minister in 2016, polled only Acquifers besides ensuring valley, winning all the three cent) followed by Congress' BJP minister Lal Singh and even failing to reach one per 30,524 votes (24.44 per cent). availability of Clean Water to seats of Srinagar, Anantnag official candidate Rigzin BSP leader Badri Nath got cent mark. The Baramulla parlia- All. and Baramulla. Spalbar who polled 21,241 below one per cent votes. National Conference pres- mentary constituency was Kumar told The Pioneer he A total of 79 candidates votes (16.8 per cent). The constituency had ident Farooq Abdullah won by senior NC leader has termed his expedition as Everest was inspired by the focus on water sector, especially were in the fray for the six par- The Ladakh Lok Sabha recorded the highest 72.16 retained the seat by getting Mohammad Akbar Lone after "Swachchh Ganga Swachchh Sikkim Earthquake of 2011, drinking water, is need of the liamentary seats, but 63 of constituency is the largest in per cent polling in the state 1,06,750 votes (57.14 per securing 1,33,426 (29.29 per Bharat Everest Abhiyaan 2019" where mountaineers were hour. As per World Bank esti- them lost their security India in terms of area but has and only 2,618 among cent), defeating Aga Syed cent) votes, defeating Raja with Ganga symbolising all called for search and rescue mates 21 per cent of commu- deposit of Rs 25,000 and Rs the lowest number of over 14,78,795 voters pushed the Mohsin of the PDP, who got Aijaz Ali of the Peoples' rivers of India as one of the mission post earthquake in nicable diseases in India are 12,500 (for schedule tribe and 1.71 lakh voters in the state. A NOTA button. 36,700 votes (19.64 per cent). Conference, who got 1,03,193 main sources of water. the State. linked to unsafe water. Rivers scheduled caste candidates) as total of over 1.26 lakh voters Similarly, the Udhampur People's Conference can- (22.65 per cent). Engineer Kumar is the first and only His second Everest are nearly dying due to dis- they failed to get the mini- had exercised their franchise parliamentary constituency, didate Irfan Raza Ansari was Rashid managed 1,02,168 IAS officer of India who has Expedition in 2015 could not charge of pollutants and lack of mum required one-sixth with 922 of them preferring which was retained by union the only other candidate who votes (22.43 per cent). climbed Mt. Everest. Ravindra be completed due to the earth- continuity due insufficient (16.67 per cent) of the total None Of The Above (NOTA), minister Jitendra Singh by a managed double figures with The constituency has Kumar is presently on a Central quake in Nepal. That mission water. Ground water table is polled valid votes, according which was 0.73 per cent of the huge margin of 3.57 lakh 15.4 per cent (28,773 votes). recorded the highest 34.71 deputation Minister of to spread awareness about declining and creating ground to official data by the Election total voting. votes defeating Dogra scion The Anantnag parlia- per cent voting in the Valley. Drinking Water and Sanitation. importance of Sanitation in for future water crisis. Commission of India. The voting trend in the and Congress leader mentary constituency, where Six of the candidates, includ- Begusarai (Bihar) born India through 'Swachchh Therefore, this sector needs The Ladakh parliamen- Jammu parliamentary con- Vikramaditya Singh, saw 10 the second highest 18 candi- ing from the PDP, the Ravindra Kumar has also Bharat Abhiyan' was flagged off immediate through people's tary seat which was won by stituency, where the highest 24 candidates loosing their secu- dates, including former chief Congress and the BJP, got authored two motivational by Prime Minister Narendra involvement in addition to 33-year-old BJP leader candidates were in the fray, rity deposit. minister Mehbooba Mufti, only 11.75 (53,530), 7.58 books on his previous journey. Modi. Government's effort," said Jamyang Tsering Namgyal -- revealed a direct contest The BJP's candidate got were locked in a multi-cor- (34,532) and 1.73 per cent His first scaling of the "In the present scenario, Kumar. the youngest among the six between BJP's Jugal Kishore 7,24,311 votes (61.38 per cent) nered contest, saw 15 candi- (7,894 votes), respectively. PTI 0)( & (8 # .&# Q (8 Hyderabad: YSR Congress pres- Bhavan in Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh State also," the Kolkata: The BJP on Saturday Government, Vijayvargiya said ident Jaganmohan Reddy, who staked claim to form the gov- release said. described TMC chief Mamata it will fall on its own. was invited to form the next ernment. Rao said he visited Banerjee's offer to quit as West He said, "We will not top- Government in Andhra Pradesh The swearing-in ceremony Maharashtra to meet Chief Bengal Chief Minister as ple it. It will fall on its own. by the Governor, on Saturday would be held at Indira Gandhi Minister Devendra Fadnavis to "drama" and claimed her TMC leaders have lost confi- called on Telangana Chief Municipal Corporation stadium, sort out water disputes between Government will fall on its dence in her. They are fed up. If Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Vijayawada, on May 30 at 12.23 undivided Andhra Pradesh and own and the saffron party will they come to us and crib about here and invited him for the PM, a Raj Bhavan commu- Maharashtra. not need to topple it. her misrule and authoritarian swearing-in ceremony at nique said. The disputes reportedly held Banerjee offered to quit as approach, what can we do?" Vijayawada on May 30. Reddy called on Rao after up irrigation projects in chief minister following her Bengal witnessed a saffron A release from the CM's meeting the governor. Telangana. party's drubbing in the Lok surge in the Lok Sabha polls as office said Reddy extended his During the meeting, Rao Maharashtra cooperated Sabha polls, but the TMC reject- the BJP inflicted a blow to rul- personal invitation to Rao to told Reddy that his govern- after the initiative and this has ed it. ing TMC by winning 18 of total attend the ceremony. ment would like to have cordial led to Telangana being able to "It is good that at least she 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state. There was no official word relations with Andhra Pradesh, construct irrigation projects like has accepted defeat. But her The TMC won 22 seats, down on Raos response, but TRS the release said. Kaleshwaram, Rao told Reddy. offer to quit is nothing but a from 34 in 2014. Addressing her sources indicated that it was like- "Chief Minister K "Our policy would be to drama to garner sympathy," first press conference after the ly to be positive. Chandrashekhar Rao made it maintain similar relations with BJP national general secretary election results were declared, After he was elected leader clear that the policy of Telangana the present Andhra Pradesh Kailash Vijayvargiya told PTI. she on Saturday accused the BJP of the YSRC legislature party, is to maintain cordial relations state also. Let us act in such a Reacting to Banerjee's com- of polarising people on religious Reddy met the Governor of with neighbouring States in a manner so that both the states ment that BJP will commit a lines to garner votes in West Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, give and take manner, and same are benefitted," the release quot- ! ! % & / / 6 ! mistake if it tries to topple her Bengal. PTI ESL Narasimhan at the Raj would be followed in case of ed Rao as saying. PTI ( 6 $ , *) & ( #
9'+93; to change all this." Similarly, Chennai based Vidya % % ! aving missed her polio vaccine in Sagar has started a project called 'Get Hher childhood, Nimmi is crippled Going' to enable people with disabili- for life. Her disability restricted her to ties to travel and feel empowered 9'+93; the four walls of her home as well on whenever they need to. Larsen & the wheel-chair, gradually pushing her Toubro (L&T), has donated two wheel- wo Assam Rifles personnel into depression. "After my mother chair-friendly vehicles to help the Twere killed and four others died, I felt all alone. There is nothing NGO to reach out to people with dis- injured on Saturday in an worse in the world than being lonely," abilities. ambush by insurgents in Mon she says. The transport will make travel for area of Nagaland near the With the timely intervention of disabled people easier and will be India-Myanmar border. The Delhi-based 'Yes, We Can' NGO, the available to people with intellectual as injured were given medical 35-year-old today actively participates well as physical disabilities, said S N treatment immediately and in range of social activities like watch- Subrahmanyan, CEO - Managing their condition was stable. ing movies to quizzes conducted by the Director, L& T. Efforts were on to identify the organisation throughout the year, par- Planet Abled NGO is engaged in militant group responsible for ticularly during special occasions like providing accessible travel solutions the attack and combing opera- festivals. and leisure excursions for people with tion was launched to track Meenu Arora Mani, a wheelchair- different disabilities. With a tagline — them down. officer(JCO) and a soldier were National Socialist Council of user herself and head of the 'Yes, We sense of freedom and mingle with oth- people. For instance, Bengaluru-based 'Together let us make the planet acces- Giving details of the inci- killed while four others were Nagaland(IM) insurgents on Can', notes: "Usually, specially-abled ers. Anuprayaas is trying to making India sible for everyone to travel, one trip at dent here, military sources said wounded. The attack took place Tuesday last in Tirap district of people don't interact with a lot of oth- "With the help of philanthropists a blind-friendly nation. Founded by a time', the organisation run by Neha it took place at about 1.30 pm near border pillars 147 and 148 the State. The Indian Army ers. Neither do they have enough and volunteers, we also organise work- Pancham Cajla, the NGO has installed Arora— whose parents are differently- when a patrol of the Assam in Mon area of Nagaland along along with the State police has exposure to the outside world. So they shops to focus on their financial Braille signage at Mysuru, Mumbai and abled — has developed more than 35 Rifles in two vehicles was sub- the India-Myanmar border. launched a massive operation to barely meet new people. We want it to empowerment so that they can lead a Bengaluru railway stations. destinations including Leh-Ladakh jected to an improvised explo- This attack comes days hunt down the perpetrators of be changed and try to provide a plat- dignified life." Says Cajla, "In India, accessibility across the country around various sive device(IED) blast. The after Arunachal Pradesh MLA this incident which saw a group form to people with intellectual and In fact, Meenu's is just one of the at public places is still a distant dream themes. It is almost a hit among the militants then opened fire and Tirong Aboh and his son of more than 15 to 20 insur- developmental disabilities besides phys- NGOs in the sector which are trying to for people with disabilities. Hence, trav- people who love travelling despite in the ensuing gun fight a besides eight others were killed gents waylaying the four-vehi- ical disabilities to let them enjoy the give the 'wings' to the specially-abled elling becomes difficult. We are here their disabilities. junior commissioned in an ambush by suspected cle convoy of the MLA. + ,-. ,/01 $ 0 < QR
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On all three occasions, there was ndian batting line-up's soft under- distinct lack of footwork. belly lay exposed in slightly Skipper Virat Kohli (18 off 24 Ifavourable bowling conditions as balls) found his defence breached by New Zealand gave a rude wake-up Colin de Grandhomme's off-cutter call, winning the first warm-up trying to play across the line. game ahead of the ICC World Cup by Jadeja's half-century ensured a six wickets here on Saturday. 175-plus score for the 'Men In Blue' Under overcast conditions, Trent after being reduced to 115 for 8 at one Boult's (4/33 in 6.2 overs) incisive stage. His 62-run ninth-wicket stand 7 swing bowling was a test of technique with Kuldeep Yadav (19) was the only for the Indian top-order batsmen and saving grace for India in an otherwise the Men In Blue never recovered from disappointing batting performance. an early collapse, being bowled out for Before Jadeja, it was Hardik 179 in 39.2 overs. Pandya (30 off 37 balls), who added It was a walk in the park for the 38 runs with Mahendra Singh Dhoni 'Black Caps' as they reached the tar- (17 off 42 balls) for the fifth wicket. ■ %8;*% caught in the deep by Jonny get in only 37.1 overs with Kane Dhoni's painful stay at the crease Bairstow off Liam Plunkett, Williamson (67) and Ross Taylor was cut short by Tim Southee when teve Smith said he had no was greeted by immediate (71) helping themselves to half-cen- he was caught at short mid-wicket Sproblems being jeered by cheers from England fans. turies. while trying to give the bowler charge. spectators as he marked his first But there were more boos While it was a warm-up game and Dhoni, who takes time to settle match against England follow- as he returned to the pavilion the outcome of the result isn't some- down, not for once looked comfort- ing a year-long ban for ball- to be replaced by Smith, com- thing that India would be bothered able and failed to rotate the strike dur- tampering with a hundred at ing in with Australia 82 for two too much but what certainly would ing the partnership, consuming a lot Southampton on Saturday. in the 17th over. keep them worried is the failure to of deliveries. Smith's 116 was the cen- The BBC reported there find a solution to their problems. It was Jimmy Neesham (3/26 in 3 trepiece of Australia's 297 for were a few chants of "cheat, KL Rahul failed at No 4, Dinesh overs), who dismissed Hardik with a nine against England in a cheat,cheat", although a lone Karthik's poor IPL form continued cross-seam delivery that moved a World Cup warm-up fixture. Australia fan shouted "Get 'em while Vijay Shankar and Kedar shade, inducing an outside edge. "I'm pretty chilled, every- Stevie!". Jadhav's respective injuries in all like- Hardik was promoted ahead of one's entitled to their opinion," There was, however, the lihood would prevent the team man- Dhoni in adverse conditions and he Smith told Sky Sports during the customary round of applause agement from checking them out showed positive intent with six innings break when asked from the crowd for a batsman against Bangladesh in the second boundaries. about the crowd's taunts. reaching his fifty when Smith warm-up game at Cardiff. Dinesh Karthik was gone in the "I'm just happy to be back got to the landmark. The two wrist spinners — same over, flicking a half-volley playing. Fortunately, I was able Long a thorn in England's Kuldeep Yadav (0/44 in 8.1 overs) and straight to fine leg and it was Jadeja, to contribute today and hope- side, Smith went to 99 with a Yuzvendra Chahal (1/37 in 6 overs), who resurrected the innings with fully I can take this form into superb carved six over third who have gone off the boil in the past Kuldeep for company. the World Cup." man off Ben Stokes. few months — also didn't make When New Zealand batted, Jasprit If the sound of Smith and The next ball delivery saw much of an impact. Bumrah (4-2-2-1) bowled a testing team-mate David Warner being Smith complete a 94-ball hun- A sub-200 total meant that first spell and Mohammed Shami (4- booed was a sign of things to dred, including eight fours, Williamson and Taylor, during their 0-16-0) also found the right length, come, England will hope the prompting yet more boos as 114-run stand, hardly took risk against which will be a positive that Kohli and former Australia captain's well as clapping to acknowledge the duo, getting run-a-ball with min- Co. Can take from this game. innings is not an omen for a his century. imum fuss. season that includes both the Smith's innings ended in For India, Ravindra Jadeja's World Cup and a five-Test bizarre fashion when, off the decent show (54 off 50 balls and 1/27 6 & & 8& Ashes series. penultimate ball of the innings, in 7 overs) was the only silver lining. Smith and Warner only third umpire Joel Wilson ruled There was a possibility that after returned to international duty he'd been caught and bowled by IPL, played on pitches devoid of any ■ 3% +% precautionary scan, the take part in the first earlier this month after they Tom Curran off what looked to lateral movement and conditions that reports of which came warm-up game and is both completed 12-month sus- be a bump ball. didn't aid swing bowling, the footwork he Indian team on Saturday. also unlikely to play in pensions. Earlier, injury-prone would remain a touch iffy for Indian Theaved a sigh of "Vijay Shankar was the second practice Warner was booed first by England fast bowler Mark batsmen. relief after scan reports hit on his right forearm match against spectators on Saturday when he Wood could only manage 3.1 It was Boult's first spell which saw revealed that all-rounder during practice on Bangladesh at Cardiff walked out to open the innings overs before going off with openers Rohit Sharma (2) and Shikhar Vijay Shankar hasn't sus- Friday. He underwent on Tuesday as there is a with captain Aaron Finch after what a team spokesman said Dhawan (2) along with No. 4 KL tained a fracture on his scans and no fracture bit of bruise, which will Australia lost the toss. was "left foot discomfort". Rahul (6) being dismissed that proved right forearm after being has been detected. BCCI take time to heal. The Durham quick then to be decisive in overcast conditions. hit by net bowler Medical Team is aiding Shankar on Saturday O D * ED went to hospital for a scan. The lack of footwork was evident Khaleel Ahmed during a him in his recovery," took some throwdowns And when the left-hander Meanwhile Liam Dawson as Boult trapped Rohit with a deliv- training session on BCCI posted on their batting 'single-handed' arrived at the crease, one fan split the skin on his right fin- ery that darted in while Dhawan had Friday. twitter handle. during the net session shouted: "Get off Warner you ger, with England saying the an inside edge to a delivery that had Shankar had left the However, the Tamil prior to the New cheat." spinner would not bat on his a shade more bounce. Rahul was field and was taken for a Nadu all-rounder didn't Zealand game. Warner's dismissal for 43, Hampshire home ground. ' " & ■ 9'+93; est Indies' recent one-day Winternational form isn't any- ■ %8;*% thing to swoon over, but with a full strength team at their disposal, ormer skipper and they will hope to send a message Fcurrent assistant coach as they take on South Africa in Paul Collingwood on their first World Cup warm-up Saturday was forced to game on Sunday. take the ground as a sub- Windies come into their first stitute fielder after official warm-up on back of mixed England pacers Mark fortunes. While they trounced Wood and Jofra Archer hosts Ireland in each of their two suffered injury scares in a games in the tri-series, they were warm-up game against Australia. 0 outclassed on all three occasions by The 42-year-old, who had led England to 2010 T20 Bangladesh, including in the final. World Cup title, walked out to field after Mark Wood . 6 However, they were not play- and his replacement Jofra Archer left the ground fol- ing their full strength side in that lowing injuries. series and stalwarts like Chris While Wood walked off the field after suffering a . ■ 9'+93; gone by then. The Gayle, Andre Russell and Nicholas to play big shots for breakfast, too many of those came against hamstring injury in his fourth over, Archer also left soon Sarfaraz Ahmed-led side Pooran among others, were absent. while Darren Bravo and Shai Bangladesh. after injuring himself while fielding at the deep. ■ 4 +&& akistan, who suffered will look to capitalise With them back in the fold, Hope are capable of holding things They will be up against a con- Collingwood, England's fielding coach, was then seen Pa three-wicket loss to their final chance to make Windies look a lot more well- down. fident South Africa, who come into running around on the ground wearing Wood's World t was a cakewalk for South Africa Afghanistan in their first amends, before they take rounded outfit although they were It is their bowling that looks a the game on back of a resounding Cup jersey, giving ample display of his fitness. Ias they registered a 87-run victo- warm-up game on Friday, on West Indies on 31 beaten rather convincingly by touch off-colour. Skipper Jason 87-run win against Sri Lanka in Joe Root, who was rested for Saturday's warm-up ry against Sri Lanka in a World Cup will look to find winning May in Nottingham in Australia in an unofficial warm-up Holder's recent rise in Test crick- their first warm-up. The Proteas match, was also asked to take the field. warm-up game on Friday, but more ways against Bangladesh, the tournament proper. fixture two days ago. et hasn't reflected in his ODI seem to have covered all bases, but England captain Eoin Morgan was missing in action importantly it was their depth in before the real action Bangladesh come The Windies batting has a numbers. Kemar Roach picked a will want their batsmen to get Saturday due to a finger injury suffered during a train- squad that came to the fore. unfolds at the Men's fresh from a tri-series pretty robust feel about it. The likes whole bunch of wickets in the tri- some more runs. ing session, while spinner Adil Rashid skipped the warm- Andile Phehlukwayo (35), World Cup. win in Ireland, after they of Gayle, Russell, Pooran, Shimron series and while Shannon Gabriel (Venue: Bristol County up game due to a shoulder injury, leaving the hosts with Dwaine Pretorius (25 not out) and Things aren't looking beat West Indies in a Hetmyer and Evin Lewis are able was also among the wickets, not Ground) no option but to bring Collingwood onto the field. Chris Morris (26 not out) got impor- great for Pakistan ahead rain-affected final. After tant runs while Phehlukwayo (4/36) of the World Cup as being clean-swept in and Pretorius 1/34) bagged wickets they've remained winless New Zealand earlier in too, strenghthening their case for a in their last 11 ODIs. the year, the series saw < ( 4 , spot in the starting XI. Their three-wicket loss to great results for them Phehlukwayo was particularly Afghanistan in their first with significant contri- impressive with the ball, as Hashim warm-up match only butions from their senior ■ 5 4; Sarfaraz's batting posi- players — Muhammad as an excuse to blame him Amla (65) and skipper Faf Du Plessis deepened concerns. At players like Shakib Al tion has become a matter of Hafeez and Shoaib Malik — for letting the team down. (88) also got runs. 203/4 in the 38th over, Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, ormer Pakistan crick- debate as he has batted properly. "A captain has to lead by "I think there is quite good com- they were on course for Tamim Iqbal and Feters have urged skipper mostly lower down the order Former wicketkeeper- example and if he comes at petition and good depth within the getting an above par first Mushfiqur Rahim. New Sarfaraz Ahmed to bat high- but moved up a couple of batsman Moin Khan said he number four, the other bats- squad," Phehlukwayo was quoted as innings total. But the comer Abu Jayed, whose er up the order so that the times in the recent ODI had suggested Sarfaraz men will also respond and saying by www.cricketworldcup.com. lower middle-order col- spot was uncertain in team could post big totals in series against England but before the team left for play sensibly," Test wicket- "Personally, I am not looking in lapse restricted their the final World Cup the upcoming World Cup, on Friday in the warm-up England to open the innings keeper-batsman Kamran terms of those competitions. I just innings to 262 all-out in squad earlier, too pro- starting May 30. game against Afghanistan, if necessary. Akmal said. want to contribute for the team, who- the 48th over. duced a match winning "Sarfaraz does not have he again came late at num- "In the last World Cup I Enigmatic fast bowler ever is playing in that all-rounder Their bowling unit spell of 5/58 against the big shots to justify his ber six. was the chief selector and I Shoaib Akhtar also urged position is obviously the person in seemed much the same Ireland. batting at number 5, 6 or 7. "He has to realise that tried him out as an opener Sarfaraz to bat higher up the form and hopefully they can do the like it was in the recent- Bangladesh, who had He needs to bat higher up so his worth for the team is at and he did well. He is some- order and be more authori- job for the team. Aside from that I ly concluded ODI series caused the biggest upset that he can build his innings number four or five. He is one who needs overs to tative as captain on the field don't think personally I have any against England, failing to at the World Cup 2015, and help Pakistan get big the sort of player who can pace his innings." and in the dressing room. agenda in terms of the all-rounder. produce wickets for most knocking the current totals," former captain change the momentum of With openers Fakhar "He has to marshal the Skipper du Plessis said that at part of the innings. hosts England out of the Shahid Afridi said. the game with his rotation of Zaman, Inam-ul-Haq and innings and he has to play least one of those three players Mohammad Amir went competition, will look to "He is wasting himself strike and ability to keep the one down Babar Zaman the team he wants not the would have to sit out. wicket-less in his six maintain their good form coming lower than four and scoreboard moving," having batting averages of 50 eleven the chief selector and "There is definitely not space for overs, bowling at an aver- and try to get a settled this doesn't help the team. If Pakistan's most successful plus, number four is the best the head coach want. Only three of them," he said. "Depending age speed of 82.6 mph, combination before their Pakistan is to do well in the Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq position for Sarfaraz fol- then will he be able to do on fitness, Dale Steyn is progressing. markedly slower than his campaign gets underway World Cup, Sarfaraz has a said. lowed by Hafeez, Malik, well in the World Cup." So, if he doesn't progress the way that normal pace. Wahab against South Africa on 2 big role to play as captain Misbah noted that Asif, felt Moin. Akhtar felt Sarfaraz he wants to then two all-rounders Riaz's late burst was the June. and player. He has to be the Sarfaraz coming up the Some of his critics have needed to be more assertive come into the equation. If our fast only significant positive (Venue: Sophia leader on and off the field," order will allow the team to used Sarfaraz's reluctance as a captain like India's Virat bowlers are all fit, we love that but the game was far Gardens, Cardiff) he added. utilise the two senior most to bat higher up in the order Kohli. diversity in our attack."
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hat India is a land of diverse literary book, the desire to resist the homogeneity Golden Age’ focus on the literary scenario of spite of there being no indication of rains. For and cultural traditions has been imposed on the region through the use of the Bangladesh — an otherwise severely neglect- him, at that point in time, the clouds evoked used so often as to have become a term ‘South Asia’. Socioliterary Cultures studies ed area in South Asian studies — through in Kajri represented the atmosphere of politi- truism. However, similar attention five nations — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the analysis of Anam’s debut novel released cal intrigue in contemporary Jammu. to the variegated nature of the India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka — which share in 2007. The novel depicts the struggles of a According to Prof Rahman, “The Ustad’s socio-culturalT as well as the literary landscape not just national boundaries but also a history widowed woman, Rehana Haque, trying to offering may be taken as a folklorist interlude of the larger region of South Asia is missing. In of diverse literary and linguistic practices raise her family in a country struggling to of hope, faith, and redemption that his music fact, in the popular narratives of the self-con- many of which have at different points in his- create its national identity. Anam’s work is might bring to listeners.” gratulatory brand of nationalism, one tends to tory overlapped, interacted or informed each noteworthy for the way it weaves together Since this poetic form of expression is juxtapose the fluidity and multiplicity of India other. Through its nuanced analysis, the book the personal and the public, but also how it rare, it is pertinent to note what the author with the apparently static literary and social stresses on the distinctive character of each of underlines a shared history of the subconti- has to say about it, in greater detail: “Kajri life of the nations in its immediate vicinity. these countries without contesting or under- nent all the while maintaining its commit- may be read as eminent examples of secular Additionally, the use of markers such as ‘South mining the sense of a collective South Asian ment to delineating the war for the libera- poetry rooted in history, culture, region, spiri- Asia’ denotes a sense of homogeneity and uni- identity. There is a clear sense of co-sharing tion of Bangladesh. tuality, and patriotism. Apart from other con- formity which leaves little room for conceptu- and co-development, which does not take As the author notes: “It has been general- stituents, nature and women remain at the alisation of a unique national identity, let alone away from an appreciation of the distinctive- ly argued that A Golden Age is a novel that centre of this composition. Kajri is an emo- of innovations and differences of each nation ness of each literary culture. In the author’s draws essentially upon the experiences of war tional and dramatic representation of village within the said area. It is only through an own words, “In addition to their social, cul- and liberation. To develop a larger and more life... It represents individual history as force- analysis of the entire region with an acute tural, economic, and political variables, South Catholic view, I should like to posit that apart fully as it does the history and geography of a awareness simultaneously of what unites and Asian nations have had a shared history of from drawing upon the idea and experience people, its sociology, and its philosophy of also what gives each constituent country its underdevelopment... they have always impact- of war and liberation, this novel operates at existence... Kajri has had various forms since distinctive identity can one truly begin to chal- ed each other either directly and indirectly, two particular levels of time and space as it its origin at some point of time in the past and lenge the imposition of labels of Western ori- but even while they have done so, they have moves through the meandering motions of a has passed through several variations in tech- gin. In spite of what they might suggest, labels maintained their intrinsic differences.” historical period and the shifting locations in niques of composition and styles of rendi- are never wholly organic and they always cre- The book covers a wide expanse of time a given space. Even while it engages directly tion... There are regional variations in the ate as much as they name a reality. from the medieval period of the Sufi poet ;97%%5 9 9 with Bangladesh, it also refers back and forth style of singing that may clearly be noticed in Socioliterary Cultures in South Asia by Rumi (1207-1273) and the Bhakti poet, Sant % ;9+ 4@9 to two neighbours —India and Pakistan — the way Kajris are sung in Ramnagar (Kashi) Anisur Rahman is an attempt towards under- Kabir (c 1338-1448) to the contemporary era. that act as causes to many effects at the per- and Mirzapur. In this respect, Kajris may also standing the “…self-evolved centrality of It has a clear postcolonial emphasis in the 4; 49 %&94; sonal level of the characters involved and the be read as manifestation of the tones and each location [in South Asia]” so that when ways it identifies the writers and texts as well 4%8 <';%8 political levels of the countries in question... tunes characteristic of a community of people “all of them [are] taken together”, they as in its acknowledgement of the distinctive This saga, which projects Bangladesh in a living in two areas of the same region.” “impart uniqueness to a broader South Asian literary history of each region. 4% 9 $% direct-indirect relationship with India and The book is a treasure trove of informa- identity”. The book has a twofold aim, which Socioliterary Cultures is divided into three 8 +9 $;9 Pakistan, with all their parities and dispari- tion for people who are interested in South is to celebrate the individual socioliterary thematically arranged sections: ‘Secular ties, represents a major aspect of contempo- Asian studies and who want a book that is identity of the nations comprising South Asia Traditions’, ‘Imaginary Landscapes’, and 9 9%&4%3394@9 rary history of the Indian subcontinent.” simultaneously engaging and informative and to also understand that this microcosmic ‘Realistic Configurations’, each of which %8; +9 ? sive geo-literary territory of South Asia. The layout of the literary landscape of the five suggest an environment of political turmoil aim of undertaking this challenge is prompted nations under consideration. Chapters such and pressure. The Ustad, once invited to a by, as the author writes in the preface of the as ‘An Evolving Text: Tahmima Anam’s A musical gathering in Jammu, sang the Kajri in 9 9 4;; &%8 +; 9+% ; ;9*%'9 %+94 9 9;9 9 < yvixiari %&* 7<B?*9 49
A '&*R+$'*(* *+ * %+*;5 + 2 "5 O = 6 " + ;$% ' hri Krishna cast a magic spell with Mathura and Vrindavan and nei- over the minds of innumer- ther cherish him as Bala Krishna or able people from all parts of Gopala Krishna, rather are fond of the world, belonging to many calling him by the title “destroyer of creeds and castes, who find the vanity of many powerful and themselvesS impressed with one or the proud ones like the wrestlers Charura other feature of his magnificent per- and Kamsa”. The Jains also admire sona and character. In the same Krishna as the destroyer of Putana, strain, the Jains in India were fasci- Shakuni bird, vicious bull, and Kaliya. nated with Krishna’s grand persona, With regard to the other features so much so that they recast the of Jain ideology and notion on Pauranic account of Krishna saga in Krishna, it may be also stated that as their own way, as befitting their ide- they have included Shri Krishna ologies. In this context, it seems per- among their 63 personages of high tinent to note that in India, religious honour, it proves that they look he long-drawn seven-phase elections are over and the tradition flows through three major upon him as the great and noble results have come. Needless to say that the elections streams of thought — the Vedic or Kshatriya prince, who according to Tthis time were fought on emotive rather than rational Pauranic, Buddhist, and Jainism. them, was a representative of the plank. For some observers, though, elections are always based The latter two streams of ninth black Vasudeva and always on emotional rather than real issues. But the Indian expe- thought, however, originated and accompanied with white Vasudeva rience may prove otherwise on many occasions. Nevertheless, developed in India outside the pale who was Baladeva. The Vasudevas, in there is a need to focus on the core issues which were large- of Pauranic tradition, but their main alliance with the Baladevas, who are ly glossed over in the cacophony of noise largely created by aim was confined to delineating and also held by the Jains to succeed over- motivated media campaigns that were premised on the “heav- elaborating the theology and mythol- powering the Vishnudvishas who in ens will fall doctrine”. So the two sides of the divide were both ogy surrounding popular Indian Krishna’s case is Jarasamdha and not trumpeting the same sound — if not we, the heavens will deities, such as Shri Krishna or Shri Kansa. The Jains also know Krishna fall. But the fact remains that heavens will not fall, because Ram, with the help of assigning dif- as having multitude wives number- heavens cannot fall. Anyway, it is time to get on to the brass ferent features in their personae ing 16,000. The Jains also know tacks right away. Interestingly, everyone is aware of what needs character as suitable to their ideals. Krishna as the son of Vasudeva, who to be done. But immediate gains become important. So, there While pointing out three point of had two wives Devaki and Rohini. is a supplementary question that comes in the way: What views on Krishna and His interaction Besides Baladeva or Balarama is there for me? It is this question that makes all and sundry with the Jains, let’s not lose sight of Krishna is said to have another deviate from the issues as people are driven by the logic that the fact that from the very beginning, younger brother, Gajasukumar. in the long run, everyone is dead. Well, that does make sense in India they emerged as an impor- Summing up the Jain tradition for the present generation, but there is a need to think of the tant section of Indian society and 8th on Krishna, it can be ascertained that generations to come. History is replete with examples that century BC onwards have con- assigning him the role of the ninth suggest that even monarchs thought of the future and made tributed a good deal of thought Vasudeva and one of the 63 Shalka plans that were strategic and long term in nature. Sher Shah material of Indian civilisation, which Purushas, the Jains — although hav- Suri planted trees on both sides of the Grand Trunk Road, is considered a substantial and gen- however, preserve different lists of tion on Krishna tradition with which ing their rich theological tradition — though he knew it would take years before they grow full uine tradition of the Indian nation. Krishna’s ancestors and descendants. they became conversant and fascinat- could not overlook Shri Krishna’s length. The unfortunate part is that people, in their craving Similarly, the Jain tradition on Besides this, even distorted version of ed. So much so that they could not manifold personae-features so much for power, occupy themselves with next elections rather than Krishna holds great importance for Krishna’s exploits as given in the desist themselves from including so that they included him among the next generation. There is an urgent need for statesman- understanding the arch-type of Mahabharata and the Puranas is Krishna and his brother among their their great persons who were worthy ship in the political dispensation that can address issues of Krishna concept. It is found that the traceable in the Jain sources. 63 great personages of the era whom of their worship and honour, and realpolitik rather than abstractions that charge people for a Jains not only included the Krishna According to the Jains, Jarasamdha’s they cherish with great respect and also assigned him equal status next short while, but do precious little to address the ground real- concept within their religious fold, killer is Krishna and not the Pandava honour. Shri Krishna finds the last to that of the Tirthankara. This Jain ities. As the new Government takes over, there is a need to but also some other cults and beliefs brother Bhima; Krishna used to * 94;9 position in their list of great person- contribution towards Krishna con- broach over the basics, the real agenda. As many politics- in their own sect. According to remain disgusted with the Pandavas %& 5 ; ages, whom they call “Shalaka cept goes to prove that Krishna’s watchers rightly pointed out, the most serious issue of our some, the Jains were averse to the and for that reason they were forced Purushas”. They know him as appeal was not only confined to the times — climate change — hardly found a mention in the encounters of pastoral Krishna, for by him to leave Hastinapore and & + 4;9 ;9+ Vasudeva Keshava, the son of followers of the Vedic-Brahmanic electoral debate. The problem is serious and concerns all of they hardly talk about it, rather, they made to settle far off in south. The *% % ;9 Vasudeva. Besides, in Jain tradition, tradition, but spread beyond among us. It is the environment, the ecosystem, which sustains life. relish talking about the oldest tradi- Jain sources similarly speak different- Krishna’s 10 forms or incarnations are the non-Brahmanic believers and In the primary class geography books, we used to read about tion on Krishna, which hails him as ly about Krishna’s killer, who was an 2 +% ! also popular along with the notions devotees belonging to other schools its critical nature. Unfortunately, no one is bothered about the Lord of Dwarka and not Gopala anonymous fowler according to the of cowherd Krishna in passing. of thought and discipline like the ecology these days. But the rate at which the mean temper- Krishna. Further for knowing the Puranas, but according to the Jains, % $%;9 Moreover, it is interesting to note that Jains or others. atures are rising and pollutants choking the atmosphere, all Jain tradition on Krishna, the Jain he was Jarakumar or Jarakumar and &98 9 %&;9 the Jains not only agree upon treat- Besides accepting Krishna as one those investments in technology may be rendered ineffec- work such as Jaina Harivansha and happened to be Krishna’s half broth- ing their first Tirthankara as Lord of the nine Vasudevas, the Jains lib- tive. Nature’s disapproval of human ways are already loud other Puranic works have to be tra- er and a Yadava prince like him. Here 2 +% Vishnu’s great avatara, but even erally extend their support to the view and clear, only we need to read the writing on the wall. versed. These Jain works describe in it seems that the idea of an anony- % 5 ; ; recast the biography of the 22nd which accepts Krishna as belonging Addressing the sustainability of the ecosystem must then be detail the achievements of Krishna mous hunter killing a God could not Tirthankara Arishtanemi on the pat- to the status of the great chieftains of the topmost item on the agenda of the Government. But it and name him not Krishna but be acceptable to the Jains, so they %39 ;93% + tern of Krishna Saga and declared the age, and one who had obtained must also be understood that the physical ecosystem is too Vasudeva, as is common practice invented an idea of the killer of %&+' 5% him as the famous prince of Krishna’s supreme glory and was very kind- intricately connected with the social ecosystem. The trees, with the Bhagavatas. Krishna of equal royal rank and sta- Yadava clan and as being related to hearted. Concluding the discussion rivers, land all provide lifeline to the poor also. The plight Similarly, the Jains’ other descrip- tus as that of Krishna. Besides @5 him as his cousin. The Jains also treat on Krishna’s interaction with the of the underprivileged class which, despite the statistical jug- tions of Krishna’s forefathers, Yadavas, Balarama, Krishna’s other nine broth- % 9 +9 $ Krishna’s Preceptor Ghorangirasa as Jains, let us repeat verbatim their glery, comprises a large section of the populace and is no and his last days on Earth are in er are referred to by the Jains along in the Bhagvata tradition on Krishna. belief that “Shri Krishna would appear less responsible for the damage to the environment than the agreement with those of the Puranas, with their father, who is named as %;92 As a preacher of Gita, Krishna in the form of future 12th Tirthankara big industries. It is equally important to think of income gen- likewise, most of the childhood Andhaka-Vrishni. finds a cherished position in the Jain of the next world-period along with eration schemes for the poor and deprived. The rich man’s encounters of Krishna almost find With this general note on the tradition. Among other features of the other members of his family like his greed and the poor man’s need are both equally responsi- similar versions in the Jain sources. transference and innovations in Jain tradition on Krishna, His role as parents, brothers who will also ble. The physical environment and the socio-economic envi- For instance, the Jains also treat Krishna’s personae by the Jains, it the Lord of Dwarka or Raivataka is achieve similar position”. ronment are parts of the same whole. Baladeva or Balaram as Krishna’s may be added that the Jains have pro- most endearing to the Jains. They ( 6 6 brother and helpmate. The Jains, vided us a peculiar type of informa- abstain from associating Krishna . % 4 / % 4 @ 4 (, $ 258 7 ; %
$ R ( (, am using the word sadhana because I did not find a suit- '( $ +- -6-=-% Iable word for it in English. This Sanskrit word means wor- ndia recently witnessed the quin- considering where they can have win- shipping an idol or an image of quennial festival of democracy — ning candidates based on the caste of God like a photo. It also means Ithe General Elections. Democracy the mass population in that region. In wanting to please God by our has empowered people with choice. It such attempts and in the heat of elec- sincere efforts. Sadhana can be is the right and responsibility of each tions, unnecessary communal tensions done in many ways, like medi- citizen to vote. Almost all systems are aroused by provocative speeches of tation, chanting, just feeling the come with inherent faults, and it is our the leaders, which contribute to build- presence of God, looking at a duty to reduce the faults and increase ing fault lines between various castes murti of God or even a photo. the efficiency of the system. and communities. Atman is beyond There are no restrictions placed any physical conceptions of body like on how you do it as long as it So-called equality: The common peo- caste, religion, or nationality. Spiritual helps in becoming God-con- ple vote to elect the next Government. people identity unity among this scious. Some people regularly Every vote counts and adds or subtracts external diversity on the spiritual read spiritual texts. chances of winning or losing the elec- platform. This unity helps them give Such sadhana has enormous tion. Candidates who receive maxi- up external differences. benefits. I am detailing many of mum votes come to power. The votes them herein, some of them I of learned and ignorant are given equal Winning chances than performance: have experienced; these benefits preference. In a society where along While selecting candidates, many accrue only gradually. What is with the innocent population, there are times, the winning ability is prioritised our experience? That superior people like criminals, hate-mongers, over performance capability and char- benefit takes time in coming. do sadhana not how, because ous problem worldwide. ates better. Remember no one is addicts, abusers, debauchees, how can making contributions, make them acter assessments. Even criminals get Once we get started, momentum being able to do regular sadhana One realises spiritual truths. exempt from suffering. One we expect them to cast their vote for lazy and always waiting for such kind tickets to fight elections if they have will build slowly. As we begin to qualifies us for God’s grace. Personally, I have been very must tolerate what cannot be the Government which will act in a of largesse. Spirituality teaches us to a higher chance of winning. Scriptures experience the benefits of doing I begin with the great ben- fortunate in this regard. The cos- avoided. (2.14) If someone comes direction they may not like? It is like look beyond the immediate good. are torchlights which highlight what the sadhana, we will fall in love with efit of being freed from negative mic design begins to be revealed to God consciousness, some- an insincere student wishing to have Austerity, which is an integral part of desirable traits are and what aren’t. The God but that will take time. Life emotions. Of course, this hap- to us. This is a great boon; we how, anyhow, God will give the a strict class teacher. Generally, this cat- spirituality, is about voluntarily giving torchbearer of truth can’t be deceived will become smoother. Not that pens gradually only but one can know how we are placed vis-à- strength to be able to continue to egory of people will try to find a leader up certain pleasurable things for bet- by criminals hiding within the system. one will be freed from all trou- never underestimate this boon. vis the creation. We learn about do so. Steady sadhana will ensure who matches their narrative of life. ter spiritual prospects. Spirituality bles, because that never happens One is freed from debilitating what we need to do to get all that it. I can vouch for it. Faith will Spirituality teaches people to sober up teaches that we are eternal beings, Shifts in ideologies: Opportunism in this impermanent place of fears related to one’s body, near God has to offer like guidance, become stronger steadily. in life and helps them overcome their atman, and spiritual happiness comes trumps ideological integrity. People miseries. (Gita 8.15) Most and dear ones, material posses- help, shakti/bala, security, peace, In conclusion, I will state negative habits. Such trained populace when we disengage our senses from shift their ideologies for desirable importantly, one will begin to sions, etc. Even a habitual wor- happiness, support, etc. All we that we, small souls, are pro- can definitely give better candidates, flickering pleasures of this world to the perks. Voters get deceived if after the enjoy life in various ways. God rier can hope to be rid of this need to do is take God’s shelter grammed to be highly self-cen- who can represent them and do bet- service of God. In this way, people elections, elected candidates switch to helps us realise that ultimately painful habit. One can sleep bet- in all respects. Not only is the tered, but most people don’t ter for society. experience higher inner bliss and they or align with the parties with opposite life is meant to be enjoyed only. ter as anxiety will not affect that next birth guaranteed to be realise where their self-interest are able to develop distaste for imme- ideology. Spiritual people don’t have Initially, sadhana may appear much. Living in the material superior but the possibility of the lies. It is in Vasudeva, who is Populist measures: People go by what diate pleasures, which often rob peo- egoistic hollow attachments to their ide- difficult to do but it doesn’t world in material bodies, it is present life ending badly is also everything. (7.19) We must is good for their immediate future than ple of their valuable health, wealth, and ologies, but they have reasons for have to be. One should customise impossible to be completely rid eliminated. (6.40) realise that we are small and, in long-term benefits. The populist mea- character. Such people won’t go for things they value as sacred. In this way, for self because doing sadhana is of anxiety, but it becomes man- Connected with God, phys- the ultimate sense, quite helpless, sures corrode the economy in terms of temporary populist measures, but will spirituality can definitely help strength- important, not how it is done. ageable. And the mental facul- ical health becomes a beneficia- and it is in our best interest to investment in wrong things, burden on see the greater, long-term good for all. en the democratic system for the ben- God has given us multiple ty of such practitioners remains ry, because one comes under surrender to God. Regular sad- financial institutions like banks, efit of the people in general. options. We can choose our pos- sound till the end of life. What Lord’s care. Even family mem- hana will take us there. degrades the attitude of people who Casteism: Parties place their candi- ( ture, sitting down or even lying a boon this is when mental bers, ie the near and dear ones, % always want to take from the state than dates based on the caste arithmetic, . & +( .&A!, down. The idea is to be able to health is becoming a very seri- get the ripple effect. One toler- @%4 uvitiut R
he United States of TAmerica is a liberal nation par excellence and with the Trump regime, there has been an awesome impetus given to the Global War on Terror (GWOT). It was then President George Bush, who initiated the now extant terminology with the flock of the neo-con- servatives, and the PNAC (Project on New America) GWOT group. In academia, there are twin *H' 3(-99!P H 9 )9 93A#9 /9 H9' *  &A!7A-2 terminologies which hold M 6 ( % 444 much water in the context of . 4 444 both the global terror and the 44 & 6 N South Asian and West Asian * 6 **. 33 visage of cross-border terror- && %% ism. The formulation com- of counter-terrorism jurispru- ning of terrorist acts, and reaf- ( P prises the idea of the suppres- dence which has been created firming its conviction that the sor state which aids, abet and by the UNSC. suppression of international imposes terror modules on a The entire counter-terror terrorism is essential for the recipient suppressed state. jurisprudence involves the maintenance of international Another facet includes the ambit of the following few peace and security.” % canny nomenclature of super United Nations Security Thus, the feel of the UN % terrorism which includes a Council Resolutions compris- charter reverberates through- !! P deft utilisation of the nodes and ing the following UNSC out the nomenclature and the internodes of the suppressed Resolutions: 1267(1999), language of the UNSC state. This terror methodology Committee at the United most prized and special rela- the Mumbai terror attacks and COMCAST is another instance 1989(2011) and 2253(2015). Resolution No. 1267. refers to the idiom that nodes Nations. Thus, the long French tionship and both the nations the recent outage on Uri and of placing unprecedented pres- The United Nations Afghanistan might be the cen- can be construed as the urban leave of the terror mongers has are moving towards full- Pulwama, and the Indian sure on Islamabad to disman- Sanctions Committee has tre of the sanctions regime but centres, shopping malls along been curtailed by the United fledged alliance. Specially in the response in Balakot in tle its terror infrastructure, declared, “The entry specified the extended overarch of with the energy depots in any Nations. Even peacenik nations context of counter-terror coop- Pakistan. The impunity with primarily directed at India. below includes ISIL(Da’esh) counter-terror mechanisms receptacle nation. On the other have to absolve themselves of eration, both the nations have which terror leaders such as Also, the US has initiated a and Al Qaida Sanctions among comprise the terror spectacle hand, the internodes are the the globally infused guilt of attempted a clearly delineated Hafiz Sayeed and Masood move to invite India to play a the list of individuals and enti- spreadeagling across the Indian vast swathes of highways, rail- being hard nosed with the ter- definition of terrorism and Azhar roam around Pakistan more active role in the insur- ties subject to the assets freeze, and South Asian region. Early ways and air routes which con- ror mongers in their infested sought recourse to the United mobilising jehad against the gency ridden Afghanistan and travel ban and arms embargo on, the United States sought nect these sequestered nodes of terrains and populations. The Nations mechanism. imagined Indian excesses has what is required is a heady set out in paragraph 1 of irreversible action on the population and attendant infra- United States issued a much The UN mechanism com- already been commented upon response by the Indian inter- Security Council resolution scourge of terror in South Asia structure. needed warning to Pakistan prises aiding the less resourced by scholars and media alike. locutors. Thus, countering ter- 2368 (2017), and adopted and India. The US office of Thus, terrorists world over Prime Minister Imran Khan and developing nations in tech- Pakistan’s deep state has always ror in a manner reflects the under Chapter VII of the Foreign Assets control has now utilise the state infra- during the Pulwama incident nology and training in the war contested that its territory and American gumption and the Charter of the United Nations.” included the name of a few ter- structure to randomise the life which enervated Rawalpindi against terror. As an attendant resources are the hotbeds of Indian capacity to spread its This is what the United Nations ror financial facilitators which !! '(79( and support systems of civili- and Islamabad and secured fact, in the aftermath of the terror training. But facts speak arms to the region with New official web release declares in reflects the political will on the sational hubs and Defense blink quick release of Wing September 11 attacks, nations otherwise. The US has been Delhi playing a global role in its May 1, 2019 release. part of the US to initiate a facilities in India and South Commander Abhinandan in are required to submit an pro-active with US Marines taking to task the terror machi- The United Nations doughty mode of combat Asia, both being the staple the throes of a dogfight. annual report to the UN attacking terrorist hotbeds in nation directed against India, in Security Council Resolution against the global terror infra- targets of jehadi terrorism. There was a time in the Security Council in order to the Af-Pak region with heavy the name of jehad for the State no. 1267 passed in 2019 structure. The argument that The manner in which the early nineties that then US monitor the still evolving glob- bombs termed as MOAB, the of Jammu & Kashmir. explains its concerns as, India is provoking a war by iso- United States, the United Assistant Secretary of State for al mechanism of countering mother of all bombs. The US Thus, the US also through “Recalling the relevant inter- lating Pakistan is a dysfunc- Kingdom and France have ably South Asia Robin Raphael terror and its global machina- has delayed the selling of its new immigration policy national counter-terrorism tional approach, which only sustained India’s impetus to would ask India while visiting tion. The recent decision in the weaponry to Pakistan on the has outlawed illegal entry from conventions and in particular reflects the sympathy and enlist Jaish-e-Mohammad chief New Delhi about the imagined heady portals of the UN charges of sponsoring terror nations such as Pakistan to its the obligations of parties to empathy for the ministrations Maulana Masood Azhar as a theme of human rights abuses Security Council to list Masood and has always been following homeland, that is, American those conventions to extradite of global terror and nothing global terrorist speaks volumes by the Indian security forces in Azhar as a global terrorist is the diplomatic line of seeking territory; it is more than a sym- or prosecute terrorists, strong- more. about the success of New South Asia. Since the advent of one of the initial mechanisms and demanding qualified evi- bolic impetus and a fillip to the ly condemning the continuing Delhi’s counter-terror diplo- the present world politics, the of the UN body aided by dence from Islamabad that it Indian stance on countering use of Afghan territory, espe- (The writer teaches macy with the recently consti- tide has turned the other way. American support to amelio- has not aided the terror drag- and targeting cross-border and cially areas controlled by the International Relations at tuted United Nations Security Now, President Trump calls the rate the concerns of New Delhi, net in the region and in India. other phoenix like ides of ter- Taliban, for the sheltering and Indian Institute of Public Council Resolution No. 1267 Indo-US relationship as the especially in the aftermath of The American legislation rorism. There is a whole body training of terrorists and plan- Administration, Delhi)
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locked from pursuing his polit- Spaniards vote on it. Parliament,” he said, because that conservative JxCat party were elect- Bical crusade in Spain’s parlia- Junqueras spoke via video con- would allow him rejoin former col- ed last month to a new, fragment- ment, the most prominent jailed ference from a jail on the outskirts leagues in the bloc’s assembly and ed Spanish lower house, along with leader of Catalonia’s separatist of Madrid shortly before the wide- “explain to them firsthand the deep another colleague who won a seat movement is vowing to take his fight ly expected announcement that he injustice that innocent people are in in the Spanish Senate. to the European Parliament. would be suspended as a Spanish prison.” Spain’s Supreme Court granted The lower chamber of Spain’s lawmaker. If he succeeds in becoming a them permission earlier this week Parliament on Friday suspended Speaker Meritxell Batet parliament member, Junqueras to attend — escorted by police — Oriol Junqueras and three col- announced that the governing body plans to launch a largely symbolic the opening parliamentary sessions leagues from their recently gained of the Congress of Deputies had candidacy to become European of the new legislative term. While seats as national lawmakers because ruled for the suspension in line with Commission president as the con- Junqueras has made clear that he they are currently in jail during an the country’s criminal code, which tender for the European Free wants to give up his seat to anoth- ongoing trial at Spain’s Supreme bans those indicted for rebellion or Alliance, a grouping of small region- er member of his left-wing separatist Court. They face up to 25 years in terrorism-related charges and in al and separatist parties from across ERC party, all eyes in Spain are prison for rebellion charges that preventive custody from holding Europe, including Scottish, Flemish on what the three JxCat politicians stem from a banned referendum public office. and Corsican nationalists. will do. and an independence declaration But the 50-year-old former While Junqueras said that if his Deciding to accept the suspen- made by the separatist-controlled number 2 of the Catalan regional attempt to become a European law- sion but not giving up their seats Catalan government in late 2017. Government, who was previously a maker is blocked he will appeal it in and leaving them empty would But Junqueras is also running European lawmaker between 2009 court, Puigdemont faces even alter the number of deputies need- for the European Parliament in and 2012, told AP that the suspen- greater potential challenges to join ed to form the next Spanish gov- elections that take place on Sunday, sion in Spain doesn’t affect him him in the continental legislature. ernment. Caretaker Prime Minister and polls say that he and his former because he was planning to give up According to an internal report Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party won boss, Carles Puigdemont, who his seat anyway: Members of the by the European Parliament’s legal April 28 national elections but fell unlike Junqueras fled the country to European Parliament can’t hold services that the AP has had access short of a majority and will need avoid arrest, have a high chance of certain public offices in their home to, Puigdemont would have to support to form a government. being elected. countries. return to Spain to be officially When not attending trial as a Even so, the Catalan separatists Junqueras is the lead candidate included in the list of its elected defendant, Junqueras, a historian, face several legal hurdles to be in the European elections of Ahora European lawmakers and thereby says he spends his time at the Soto sworn in as European lawmakers. Republicans, a coalition of a Catalan face arrest. del Real prison writing a collection “The sole fact that a European and other small regionalist parties Despite the chaos caused by the of stories for his son and daughter, lawmaker and a candidate to the in Spain. Polls give it enough votes Brexit referendum in the UK, who he estimates he has seen “a total presidency of the European for him to claim one of the 751 seats Junqueras is not wavering in his of 50 hours” since he was put Commission is a political prisoner & 9#& A $ 6 6 in the chamber, but his possibilities belief that the solution to the behind bars in November 2017. of one of the European Union’s C?6 C?DG4 $ H & % 6 # # 4 to be sworn in are unclear given his Catalan question is a regional vote “I tell (my children) that unfor- member states is a very powerful 6 6 % 4 % legal situation. on independence. tunately we live in a country where message in favour of democracy, Junqueras said he hopes Spain’s Election results and polls indi- I can be put in jail,” Junqueras said. fundamental rights and freedoms repeatedly rejected the term “polit- provisions in the country. achieve independence for a region Supreme Court will allow him to cate that the 7.5 million residents of “My job consists precisely in ensur- not only in Catalonia but in all ical prisoner” to refer to the prose- The Government also often like northeastern Catalonia is by travel to the European Parliament in the Catalonia region are roughly ing that this doesn’t happen again Europe,” Junqueras told The cuted Catalan separatists, pointing reiterates that political parties open- reforming the country’s 1978 con- Strasbourg, France, for the opening split down the middle by the seces- and that my children don’t have to Associated Press on Friday. out that they were jailed by inde- ly advocating for secession are legal stitution, which currently prohibits session in July. “For me, it will be a sion question. 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