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Names of Over 50,000 Teachers Figure on Rolls of More Than One Institution

Names of Over 50,000 Teachers Figure on Rolls of More Than One Institution

, MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015

Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. TNENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 5 ● No. 111 ● CITY EDITION ● 20 Pages ● Rs. 8.00 ● www.thehindu.in Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, , Hubballi, Mohali, Allahabad and Malappuram

PERSPECTIVE | PAGE 9 NATIONAL | PAGE 11 NATIONAL | PAGE 11 SPORTS | PAGE 15 A BOOST TO TIES ACTOR ALLEGES ATTACK LION NUMBERS UP IN GIR ROSBERG REIGNS SUPREME The ratification of the - ANANTAPUR: Actor Neetu Agarwal, GIR: The number of Asiatic lions BARCELONA: Nico Rosberg ended Land Boundary Agreement will help to accused of involvement in the in the Gir sanctuary and the Lewis Hamilton’s winning streak in expand bilateral ties, writes retired smuggling of red sanders, has nearby areas has gone up to Formula One in a near-flawless diplomat Jayant Prasad in a special accused a man of attacking her. 523 from 411 in 2010. victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. article for . • • Govt. set to grant citizenship ‘OPEN SECRET’ EXPOSED Analysis of data reveals engineering colleges across the country share faculty to Hindus from Bangladesh Names of over 50,000 teachers figure Will submit policy document soon to Supreme Court on rolls of more than one institution Eight major while in it was over Jayant Sriram States were 92 per cent. : The BJP-led NDA AICTE silent government is set to move studied by Neither the colleges nor the forward on the question of campaigners AICTE could offer an explana- granting citizenship to Hin- tion. Despite phone calls and du immigrants from Bangla- Rukmini S. an emailed questionnaire, no desh and is expected to AICTE official responded to submit a policy document to NEW DELHI: It has long been an The Hindu’s questions. the Supreme Court soon. open secret that engineering Even accounting for the The document, being for- colleges ‘share’ faculty mem- probability of some people mulated by the Home Minis- bers to meet official norms; sharing the same name, the da- try, will decide the fate of now there is data to prove it. ta, Mr. Dubbudu said, showed Official data from eight major that norms were being fla- EXCLUSIVE States shows that over 90 per grantly violated. “If people like thousands of Bangladeshi cent of engineering colleges us can find these trends using Hindus living in 18 States. religious minorities coming have at least one teacher data on AICTE website, I am The Centre is expected to The previous UPA from Bangladesh to India was whose name also features on sure it is far easier for AICTE submit the document in re- government went not confined to Assam alone. the rolls of another college, to find this out if they are will- sponse to a case filed in 2012 slow on the case as it The UPA government was and there are at least 50,000 ing to,” he said. The findings by two NGOs, Swajan and Bi- careful to go slow on the case such ‘duplicate’ teachers. build a case for greater public malangshu Roy Foundation, involved the question since it involved the question All accredited engineering access to official data, he said. which pleaded that Hindus of granting rights on of granting rights on the basis colleges must submit to the All In Tamil Nadu’s Kanyaku- and persons of other minor- the basis of religion of religion. The files show India Council for Technical mari district, KNSK College of ities from Bangladesh mi- that since 2012, the govern- Education (AICTE) the names than one college, Mr. Dubbudu seemed to be working in more repetitions, while in Odisha it Engineering at Therekalputh- grating to India to escape ment had not filed any offi- of their faculty members, and and his team found, which than one college. In Maharash- was 40 per cent. Every engi- oor and NSK Polytechnic Col- religious persecution must later be converted to citizen- cial response to the petition colleges are not supposed to meant that a quarter of the to- tra, over a quarter of all faculty neering college in the two lege at Chenbagaramanpudur not be bracketed with illegal ship. It was made clear that and had not even sent a law- share faculty. tal engineering faculty in the names consisted of repetitions States had at least one such share 11 faculty members. Yet, migrants and sent back. the focus of the case was on yer to attend the hearings. Open data campaigner Ra- States consisted of duplicate and over 95 per cent of colleges repetition. Over 2,500 faculty Dr. K. Thanappan, chairman of According to the Assam Assam where animosity to- Since the NDA came to kesh Reddy Dubbudu and his names. In all, nearly 90 per members in Odisha and over the Vellalar Trust running the Accord, all persons who wards refugees from Bangla- power in May last year, it has team at the public data website cent of the over 1,500 accred- INVESTIGATION 8,000 in U.P. were named in institutions, says it is a “false crossed over from Bangla- desh is a strong political proactively followed the case ‘Factly’ downloaded faculty ited engineering colleges in the multiple colleges. allegation.” desh after 1971 are to be de- issue. and, in the words of one of data from the AICTE site for States had at least one ‘dupli- had at least one such ‘dupli- In , over 2,000 (With inputs from ported. However, in July 2013, the the lawyers involved, made eight States and searched them cate’ teacher on their faculty. cate’ teacher. In all, nearly teachers’ names were found in R. Ravikanth Reddy in Supreme Court made the emphatic assurances that it for duplicates. They shared 8,000 teachers in the State more than one college, while in Hyderabad, S. Sandeep Refugee status case into a national issue — would resolve the matter. their findings with The Hindu. 8,000 repeats in TN were present in the lists of Karnataka had 3,000 such 'du- Kumar in Vijayawada and R. The petitions demanded the Bench hearing the case In and Te- In Tamil Nadu, over a fifth of multiple colleges’ faculty lists. plicate' teachers. Over 97 per Arivanantham in Nagercoil) grant of refugee status to made 18 States a party to it, ½ HOME MINISTRY UNCLEAR OVER langana, nearly 8,000 names all faculty names were repeat- In Uttar Pradesh, over half cent of colleges in Gujarat had these persons, which could observing that the problem of GUIDELINES | PAGE 10 were repeated across more ed and over 8,000 teachers of faculty names consisted of at least one duplicate name ½ COLLEGES AT A LOSS | PAGE 10 Parties slam AAP Govt. over circular Staff Reporter “He talks about unfettered as per the opinion of the Di- defamation, but to start a spe- freedom of speech but he rector (prosecution), an of- cial drive against the media is NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi wants everyone else’s throat fence of defamation is made a subtle intimidation. Inde- Party-led Delhi Government to be throttled. This is the out in relation to any news pendent and active media is came under strong criticism height of hypocrisy,” BJP item whether aired or pub- essential for , and from political parties here on spokesperson G.V.L .Narsim- lished, the Principal Secreta- the media knows that irre- Sunday after it gave its De- ha Rao said. ry will refer the matter to the sponsible reporting can lead partments the go-ahead to Delhi Congress chief Ajay Law Department and obtain to a loss of credibility for seek legal recourse against Maken termed the circular the sanction under Section them,” said D Raja, CPI leader news items with “defamatory “virtual censorship”, adding 199 (4) of the Criminal Proce- and Member of Parliament. imputations against the Chief that it was not only an attack dure Code (Cr.PC). A senior Government offi- Minister”. on the media but also on After the sanction is ob- cial, however, said the circu- Terming the circular, is- democracy. tained, the Home Depart- lar was a reiteration of sued by the Directorate of In- “As soon as his party came ment will forward the case to existing rules. “The said cir- formation and Publicity to power, he had stopped the public prosecutor for cular is an internal communi- (DIP) on May 6, a result of media’s entry in the building making a complaint under cation and is not a new rule or “repeated exposures by (the Delhi Secretariat). He Section 199(2) of the Cr.PC. law which has been enacted media of the Arvind Kejriwal should not have a problem The move comes days after by the Government; there is Government’s misdeeds”, the with the media as his party the Delhi Government issued nothing more to be added to (BJP) came to power with their an order for close monitoring it,” said a spokesperson. accused the of help,” Mr. Maken said. of all news channels. ½ being a “hypocrite”. According to the circular, if “There are laws that punish MORE REPORTS | PAGE 5

Road rage: DTC driver beaten to death

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old Del- hi Transport Corporation REPORTS ON PAGE 11 (DTC) bus driver died after being mercilessly thrashed by Team India a motorcyclist in an apparent Third Phalke for the family case of road rage reported in needed for West Delhi’s Mundka on Sun- Shubhomoy Sikdar day morning. progress: Modi The police said the assault : Shashi Kapoor — an was triggered after the moth- Indrani Dutta actor par excellence, the man er of the accused suffered in- who brought Hollywood and juries when the motorcycle BURNPUR (): Ob- cinema closer, a direc- was hit by the bus. serving that eastern States tor who was always affable on The incident led to angry have remained neglected, the sets and yet a stickler for bus drivers and conductors Prime Minister Narendra discipline. staging protests in the city Modi, on the second day of Tributes flowed for the vet- and threatening a strike on his visit to West Bengal on eran actor-filmmaker, who Monday. Sunday, said these States received the Dada Saheb According to the police, the have to be strengthened if Phalke award from Union In- accused motorcyclist pound- India is to progress. formation and Broadcasting ed the bus driver, identified as He also emphasised that Minster Arun Jaitley at the , with his hel- “without Team India, Hin- here on Sun- met. dustan cannot progress.” day. Ill-health had prevented Kapoor from attending the ½ DETAILS | PAGE 3 ½ CALLS FOR FEDERALISM | PAGE 10 official ceremony in Delhi. Applause filled the Prithvi Theatre when the 77-year- old actor came to the dais on ‘’ TIME: Shashi Kapoor poses for a selfie with children Sanjana and Kunal. with actors , , Ranbir Fellow actors, including Kapoor and after receiving the Dadasaheb nephew and su- Phalke Award in Mumbai on Sunday. — PHOTO: PTI perstar , shared their memories. The doubtedly a versatile person- Phalke award after Prithvi Union Minister led the gath- ality Indian cinema has ever and Raj Kapoor. ering in showering tributes produced,” said Mr. Jaitley. This prompted Mr. Jaitley to on the thespian who began as Mr. Rishi Kapoor said his quip: “The way the family is METRO PLUS a child artist in the 1940s. uncle was the third in the Ka- producing talent, I am sure — 4 Pages “Shashi Kapoor is un- poor clan to receive the this is not the last one.” CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI 2 THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 Major blaze erupts at factory Leopards seek a safe haven A footwear factory in North West Delhi’s As many as six leopards, including an eight-month-old Keshavpuram was gutted early on Sunday cub, have been reported dead in Gurgaon in less than a CITY morning: Page 4 year: Page 4

DIFFERENT SHADES OF SUMMER

The Capital continued to sizzle on Sunday, with the maximum temperature settling at 42.3 degree Celsius or three notches above normal. (From left) Some men beat the heat by taking a splash in a fountain in the afternoon. A mirage on Rajpath near India Gate. A child cools down with an ice cream. — PHOTOS: SANDEEP SAXENA & SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

My experiments with learning chemistry the fun way ‘Unofficially banned’ in Gujarat, released in Delhi EXCLUSIVE I-Cube Science Club trains teachers to make learning interesting Staff Reporter Jaideep Deo Bhanj ence at a time when it is a ‘Writing the book Practical methods using low- challenge to get them to at- NEW DELHI: He was a terror helped me to move NEW DELHI: cost materials we hope will Around four years tend school as parent feel accused for about a decade on from the mental ago, Lakshya Kaura, then a the children are better of and then a convict change the attitude in schools Class VII student, would working to support the condemned to be hanged state of being ‘‘ towards science and encourage spend hours browsing vid- family. till death. Now, he is an imprisoned to more students to attend school eos on YouTube just like The training was conduct- author. somebody who can to conduct experiments and other children his age. ed with the help of a trans- That’s how 52-year-old try to build his life develop interest. Unlike most children lator and simple Mufti Abdul Qayyum however, Lakshya was spe- experiments were conduct- introduces himself. He is again from scratch’ HALEEMA one of the six accused in Trainer from Afghanistan cifically looking for videos ed using easily available ma- showing chemistry experi- terials that will help the 2002 Akshardham ments conducted in a fun children grasp concepts terror attack case, who childhood of his two way. easily. were acquitted in May last children and sanity of his Despite his mother’s con- The gathering had a lot of year by the Supreme wife,” he adds with We have a theory-intensive cerns about damage and his fun using dry ice, and paused Court. moistened eyes. method of teaching science. marks, he formed a chem- before and after every ex- The Apex court pulled He makes it a point to This will take out equations and istry club in his neighbour- periment to deliberate the up the Gujarat authorities say that the 300-page book make chemistry an interesting, hood. Under the guidance of process. for “framing” the accused is not meant to be a ‘‘ a mentor, the club met every On being a trainer though and “non-application of “revenge” against the exciting activity. weekend to conduct experi- he is just a Class XI student, mind”, Qayyum police or the authorities. ALI KARIMI ments and learn. Class XI student and I-Cube Science Club founder Lakshya said he often trains specifically mentions, “I am a peaceful and an Trainer from Afghanistan The I-Cube Science Club Lakshya Kaura training teachers and trainers from teachers who are uncom- adding that he was optimistic man! I only soon turned into a social the Bamiyan Province of Afghanistan. fortable being taught by him “honourably” acquitted by want the authorities and venture that reached out to as they feel they know bet- the Court. Qayyum’s book the police to be fair to schools in semi-urban and block of Faridabad district. Or” for the academic year ter. However, once they see “Eleven Years Behind innocents. There is a long It is a challenge to get rural areas of and The club reached - 2014-15. him conducting some exper- Bars” was effectively way between being an teachers to realise that Karnataka. taka when Lakshya received Expanding its reach, the iments, they realise his ‘banned’ by the Gujarat accused and proven guilty In 2013, the club caught an invitation from the State club is currently conducting process can be a fun way of authorities without any and convicted. That although their method is the attention of Block Ele- to train teachers from vari- a 10-day training session for teaching children. official notice or difference should not be ‘‘ correct, learning through the mentary Education officer ous districts. So far, 50 17 teachers and trainers Talking about the infras- explanation. compromised,” he says. scientific method is more fun Anita Sharma, who allowed teachers each from 14 dis- from Afghanistan. tructure available, Lakshya Qayyum puts in a minor “Being innocent, I knew and experiments engage the it entry into all the primary tricts of the State have been Speaking about their ex- says many schools either do clarification. I will get justice. I always students to learn better. schools under her. trained. perience, the trainers from not have laboratories or “The book has not been had full faith in the The club now trains The Haryana State Board Bamiyan Province of Af- have laboratories that are banned officially but in judiciary. My lawyers and LAKSHYA KAURA Class 11 student and trainer teachers and students in 49 has published Lakshya’s ex- ghanistan said the hands-on not well-stocked and hence effect it is almost like that. the judges at the Supreme primary schools and 24 mid- periments in a book titled teaching process is sure to not used to conduct experi- The authorities have made Court, all of them were dle schools in Ballabgarh “Nanhe Kadam Vigyaan Ki interest students learn sci- ments while teaching. sure that my book doesn’t Hindu,” maintains get released in Gujarat. We Qayyum for whom writing have not been getting the book was also a permission to release it in process of coming to terms Revisiting childhood ROLL THE DICE the first place,” he says on with the “torturous” the sidelines of his book experience of the 11 years. Staff Reporter release function in the “Eleven years is a lot of Capital on Saturday. time. Writing the book NEW DELHI: French sculptor “In this book I have helped me to move on Christine Margotin has revi- You won’t get bored playing these board games documented 11 years of my from the mental state of sited childhood in her recent life since the day I was being imprisoned to works of life-sized bronze A service allows you to picked up. It is a story of somebody who can try to sculptures, that are on exhibit lies and fabrication. It is build his life again from in a show titled “Being a rent games for adults also a story of a helpless scratch, howsoever Child”. that are challenging, man expressing regret difficult it may appear to The artist, who has been over what he lost in those be,” he says on a living in Delhi since 2009 and but expensive to buy 11 years — his father, concluding note. works both from her studio in Delhi and from Jaipur, where Jaideep Deo Bhanj she gets her bronze pieces cast, is mainly a self-taught NEW DELHI: Before gaming consoles, sculptor. computers and smart phones changed She has divided her works the way we play indoor games, board CINEMA into three categories — chil- games were the perfect way to unwind ENGLISH Karkardooma), Movie Time (Raja dren’s games, children’s atti- during hot summer afternoons or PLAY NIGHT COOL: PVR Garden, Pitampura), DT (Saket, (Plaza, Rivoli, Saket, Citywalk), Shalimar Bagh, Vasant Kunj), tude and children’s message. while waiting for dinner. DT (Saket, Shalimar Bagh, Satyam (Patel Nagar, Janakpuri, Through these, she reminds In fact, the entire family could play Vasant Kunj), Spice (Noida). Nehru Place), BIG (Odeon, Noida, Vaishali, Kaushambi), the viewer of carefree child- classic games like scrabble, chess, HINDI hood memories that are Wave (Raja Garden, Noida, pictionary, taboo and Monopoly as PIKU (New Release: Amitabh Kaushambi), SRS Cinemas, bound to fade away with time nobody “outgrew” them. While board Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Galaxie, Star X (Vaishali), Spice or are suppressed somewhere games for children continued to get ): Delite Diamond, (Noida), MMX, JAM Shipra, Games on Wheel allows you to Milan, Cinemax, Eros One, M in our sub-conscious minds. more and more innovative, the Movie Palace, Movie Magic, rent board games for adults like Cinemas, Batra Reels, G3S Chaudhary (), Movie The artist, in her realistic segment for adults in India continued (Rohini), PVR (Plaza, Rivoli, World and Silver City sculptures, has explored the to offer tried and tested game. Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Saket, Priya, Citywalk, Naraina, (Ghaziabad). dialectics between childhood Dominion, Dixit, 7 wonders and Vikaspuri, Prashant Vihar, EDM, GABBAR IS BACK (Akshay Games that needed a certain Mahagun, Opulent), M2K (Rohini, and adulthood, and has even amount of intellectual application Camel for two, four or seven Kumar, Shruti Haasan, Prakash Pitampura), FUN (Moti Nagar, Raj, ): Shiela, made sculptures of people en- continued to be manufactured in the days. The prices, including Pitampura, Laxmi Nagar, Golcha, Batra, Liberty, Ritz, gaged in actions that inspire foreign markets. However, these courier charges, vary according Karkardooma), Movie Time (Raja Samrat, Vishal, Amba, Batra joy, compassion or reverie. Garden, Pitampura), DT (Saket, Reels, G3S (Rohini), Cinemax, never reached Indian shores as they Shalimar Bagh, Vasant Kunj), The “children’s games” cat- to how popular the games are. Batra Reels, M Cinemas, PVR were priced between Rs.5,000 and Satyam (Patel Nagar, Janakpuri, (Plaza, EDM, Mahagun, Opulent), egory has a series of sculp- Rs10,000. Nehru Place), BIG (Odeon, M2K (Rohini, Pitampura), FUN tures showing children An exhibition of French Looking at this as an opportunity, a more once charges are board game cafe soon, where people Noida, Vaishali, Kaushambi), (Moti Nagar, Pitampura, Laxmi Wave (Raja Garden, Noida, Nagar, Karkardooma), Movie playing games and a child’s sculptor Christine group of friends who would meet up included,” he said can meet over a cup of coffee and test Kaushambi),SRS Cinemas, Spice ability to be happy without Time (Raja Garden, Pitampura), Margotin’s life-sized regularly to play high-end games for Some of the games the rental their skills with other players. (Noida), MMX, M4U, JAM Shipra, DT (Saket, Shalimar Bagh, needing a reason to be. bronze sculptures, titled adults decided to stock these games service stocks are Settlers of Catan, “Gaming consoles had removed the Galaxie, Star X (Vaishali), Vasant Kunj), Satyam (Patel She has used colour-paint- and start a rental service so that Ticket to Ride, Dominion, Dixit, 7 multi-player experience of spending Chaudhary (Ghaziabad), Movie Nagar, Janakpuri, Nehru Place), World and Silver City ed bronze to create these “Being a Child”, is on at Delhiites too could have fun playing wonders and Camel. These games time over a game, negotiating, BIG (Odeon, Noida, Vaishali, the Hungarian Culture (Ghaziabad), Inox and Q Kaushambi), Wave (Raja Garden, works. them. belong to different genres like planning and even talking about other Cinemas (Faridabad). Noida, Kaushambi), SRS The “children’s attitude” Centre till May 15. Games on Wheel co-founder strategy, card, historical, tactical and things as the game progressed. What KUCH KUCH LOCHA HAI (New Cinemas, Galaxie, Star X series has been created as a Release: Sunny Leone, Ram (Vaishali), Spice (Noida), MMX, Eklavya Girotra says these games even a party-card game. They are these games do is provide that Kapoor, Evelyn Sharma ): result of various attitudes the group of artworks made on provide a mentally stimulating couriered to you once you signup on nostalgia with newer and more M4U, SM World, JAM Shipra, Abhishek Cineplex, Amba, Delite, Movie Palace, Movie Magic, artist observed over time that canvases bring forward mess- experience and gamers need to read their website and a nominal fee is challenging games to master,” says Regal, Aakash, Gagan, Supreme, Chaudhary (Ghaziabad), Movie are the signs of the under- ages about childhood. the brochure a couple of times before charged for renting them. Members Eklavya. Seble, Suraj, G3S (Rohini), PVR World and Silver City lying qualities of children. The exhibition is on at the (Plaza, Rivoli, Priya, Saket, (Ghaziabad). playing. can rent games for two, four or seven Two-day rental costs, including Citywalk, Naraina, Vikaspuri, These include qualities like Hungarian Culture Centre, (BOOKING ENQUIRIES: PVR “The games are not popular in India days, and prices vary according to how courier costs, is between Rs.200 and Prashant Vihar, EDM, Mahagun, 51513391; Spice Gold trust, goodness, and playful- Janpath A-1, near Claridges as they are very expensive. Even if one popular the games is. Rs.350, while the maximum for a Opulent), M2K (Rohini, 012043890000; Satyam Cinemas ness. Hotel, till May 15 between 10 orders them online, they will cost a lot The rental service plans to start a seven-day rental is Rs.700. Pitampura), FUN (Moti Nagar, 25797385; Delite 23272903; “Children’s messages” is a a.m. and 6 p.m. Pitampura, Laxmi Nagar, Wave 51832222) CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 CITY 3 DELHI May 11, Mon May 12, Tue May 13, Wed

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Jatin Anand precise reason behind his a quick temper death. The incident occurred at NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old Delhi 9:40 a.m. on Mundka-Rohtak Damini Nath Transport Corporation (DTC) Road. The bus conductor, on bus driver died after being mer- whose statement a case of mur- NEW DELHI: Let’s face it. We’ve all had that cilessly thrashed by a motorcy- der has been registered, told moment. It could have been that crucial in- clist in an apparent case of road the police that the motorcyclist stant when someone stole your parking spot rage reported in West Delhi’s suddenly changed his lane at a mall or when someone knocked you down Mundka on Sunday morning. which led to the two-wheeler while rushing to the Metro or when someone The police said the assault was being hit by the bus. jumped the queue at a café. triggered after the mother of Seeing his mother’s fall, the You want to scream and curse. You clench the accused suffered injuries motorcyclist allegedly flung his your fist and grit your teeth. Though most of when the motorcycle was hit by helmet at the windshield of the us manage to control our anger in such sit- the bus. bus, shattering it in the process. uations, Delhi gets a rap as an “aggressive The incident led to angry bus An argument broke out be- city”. This is a city where news of petty fights drivers and conductors staging tween the motorcyclist and the turning serious and violent road rage cases protests in the city and threat- driver which soon turned vio- hit the headlines. ening a strike on Monday. Ac- lent. Before the bus passengers As per the Delhi Police data, while the cording to the police, the could react, the accused had Police Control Room has received over two accused motorcy- landed several lakh calls pertaining to quarrels this year, last clist pounded the blows on the year, it recorded 10.22 lakh calls. As of March bus driver, iden- Eyewitnesses claim face and chest 31, 26 road rage cases have been reported. tified as Ashok biker was mad with of the driver. The numbers have only increased with a Kumar, with his rage after seeing his He also at- string of incidents in the last one month. On helmet. tacked him April 5, Mohammad Shahnawaz was beaten The bus in- mother fall when the with his hel- to death after his motorcycle grazed a car at volved in the in- bike was hit by bus met which the Turkman Gate. On May 3, 35-year-old Amar- cident operates police suspect jeet Singh was assaulted in Rohini when he on an inter-State caused his asked a fellow driver to make way for his car. route between Karampura in death. Some eyewitnesses also On May 5, a 24-year-old was bludgeoned to West Delhi and Bahadurgarh in claimed that the accused used death at Bharat Nagar, following a drunken Haryana, where it was heading the bus’ fire extinguisher to as- brawl with friends. to at the time of the incident. sault Ashok, but the police said The victim is a native of Jhajjar that is yet to be confirmed. What’s up? in Haryana. Senior officers said state- While it may not be evident to native Del- “The motorcyclist’s mother, ments of the bus conductor and hiites, migrants like 32-year-old Deepak who was riding pillion, fell other eyewitnesses ruled out Martolia, who moved to Delhi from Dehra- down. Eyewitnesses claim that the role of any other person. dun in 2008, feels that Delhiites tend to be the accused was mad with rage Scores of DTC employees “bullies”. “As a motorcyclist in Delhi, I see a after seeing his mother fall,” a staged a protest at the Rohini- fight almost every day on the roads. Many senior police officer said. III DTC depot on Sunday eve- people I come across are loud and aggressive, The biker , who, according to ning, demanding immediate ar- though I have never had a fight. Living in police sources, is suspected to rest of the accused. They also Delhi, I’ve noticed that I get angry too. You be a minor, fled before the po- blocked Peeragarhi Outer Ring can’t help it,” he says. lice could reach. He has, howev- Road for a few hours. Is there something up with Delhi? Psychia- er, been identified on the basis K C Malik, spokesperson of trist Sandeep Vohra thinks so. “Delhi is like a of the motorcycle’s registration the DTC Mazdoor Mahasabha, ticking time bomb. Apart from multiple number. said they would sit on protest stress-inducers of a hectic lifestyle, Delhiites There were no external in- again on Monday. “We will seek tend to be egotistic and ambitious. So fights juries on Ashok. His autopsy re- a compensation of at least Rs. 1 over perceived hostility or negativity break port is awaited to ascertain the crore for his family,” he said. out often,” says Dr. Vohra. He says the fast-paced lives in metropoli- tan cities, coupled with long commutes and lack of adequate sleep, make matters worse. Slow down “We need to slow down, tune out from work for at least one day a week. Many a time, people get angry on the roads if they are late. So, keeping the traffic in mind, leave 15-20 minutes to avoid getting stressed,” says Dr. Vohra. However, senior law enforcement of- ficers don’t think there’s anything wrong with Delhi per se. Rajan Bhagat, Deputy Commis- sioner of Police (Crime), says, “It’s not right to paint everyone with the same brush.” Road rage cases should be seen in the perspective of ever-increasing cars and stagnant road length. A month on, justice nowhere in sight Police yet to file chargesheet in the death of Shahnawaz, a victim of road rage

Damini Nath outnumbered. But, no help came.” NEW DELHI: He was a “hero” The boys then ran back to when it came to dressing up, their grandparents’ house to but a “darpoke” (coward) get help. when he had to confront, says “I was sitting at the same Noor Jahan about her son spot where I had given my son Mohammad Shahnawaz, who dinner just 15 minutes ago. DELHI BULLY died on April 5 in an incident The children came yelling of road rage. that he was unconscious,” In In 2014, of 586 murder cases, 115 were cases of “He never got into fights as says Mrs. Jahan. murder from sudden provocation a youngster. Once, he left his Shahnawaz offered to pay house and came to ours be- for the damage, but the men In 2015, of 165 murder cases, 23 were cases of cause the neighbours upstairs continued to beat him. “It murder from sudden provocation (Till April 30, 2015) were indulged in a fight and makes no sense why they kept the police were called. He be- hitting him,” she says. lieved in living a peaceful WAIT PROLONGS: When the family reached life,” she says, wiping tears as Parents and children of the spot near Turkman Gate, In 2014, the PCR received 10,22,861 calls her grandchildren, Shahna- Mohammad Shahnawaz say he believed in living a Shahnawaz was bleeding pro- related to quarrels waz’s children, enter the peaceful life. — FILE PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA fusely. He was later declared room. dead at the hospital. He left In 2015, the PCR received 2,00,591 calls related Just over a month after the and two sons around 11.15 ten by the occupants of the behind a 37-year-old wife, to quarrels (Till May 7, 2015 ) incident, Noor Jahan recalls p.m. He first dropped his wife car and a scooter that was fol- two sons, and a four-year-old how her world “fell apart” and then came back for the lowing it. daughter. that day. The family had just children. While the attackers beat The attackers were later had dinner at their residence While on his way home, his Fahad and Shahnawaz, Kaif identified as local residents In 2014, 93 cases of road rage were reported near Turkman Gate in Old motorcycle grazed an i20 car. ran to the policemen in the Ameen Pehalwan, Atif, Shah- In 2015, 26 cases of road rage were reported Delhi. With his sons, 14-year-old Fa- area. Kaif says, “Abbu [father] dab, Saleem and Wasim. They (Till March 31, 2015 ) Shahnawaz decided to had and 11-year-old Kaif, rid- managed to dial 100 and tell were arrested by the Delhi Source: Delhi Police leave for his home on Mata ing pillion, Shahnawaz was them that five people were Police, which is yet to file a Sundari Road with his wife stopped and mercilessly bea- beating him and that he was chargesheet.

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Published by N. Ram at Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002 and Printed by S. Ramanujam at HT Media Ltd. Plot No. 8, Udyog Vihar, Greater Noida Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P. 201306, on behalf of KASTURI & SONS LTD., Chennai-600002. Editor: Malini Parthasarathy (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act). CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI 4 CITY/NCR THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 Leopards seek a safe haven ‘Monitoring’ news makes headlines Six big cats have died in Gurgaon in less than a year The idea may not be viable due to proliferation of news channels in the past years

Ashok Kumar he decision of the Aam Aadmi Par- Tty government to monitor news GURGAON: As many as six leop- channels might have come as a surprise ards, including an eight- for many, but a few years ago, a similar month-old cub, have been re- idea was mooted by the ported dead in Gurgaon in less government. than a year. But, the idea was dropped after seri- While two cases pertain to ous consideration, largely due to the road accidents wherein the logistics involved in the process and big cats were hit by speeding resource crunch. vehicles, the remaining four “TV drives news through the day. So carcasses found near a golf it was considered important to keep a course in Manesar are sus- tab. However, with so many news chan- pected to be cases of poison- nels having proliferated over the past ing and the matter is pending few years, one needs to set up an exclu- yielded lukewarm response from the in the court. sive team to follow and document ev- farmers. The Aravalli Range, the nat- erything going on air all day long. It’s ot only farmers, but even media- The media hardly covered the event ural habitat of these big cats, easier to sort out the related devel- Npersons failed to take note of despite the fact that in an unprece- is the oldest fold mountains in opments in print. Even a small team Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay’s at- dented move, the PR department of India. The northern end of the can scan and make a file of paper cut- tempts to gain political mileage by the Delhi BJP kept informing the range continues as isolated tings within a few hours. Therefore, the holding Gramin Mahasampark Pra- journalists that vehicles were ready at hills and rocky ridges into Ha- idea was shelved after being discussed vas, a rural contact mission, demand- the party office to take them to the ryana, ending in Delhi. at the highest levels,” an official said. ing timely compensation for farmers different venues for the two-day The undulating hills of Ara- last week. event. valli not only provide unbe- ✪✪✪✪ Sources in the party said the initiative By Vishal Kant lievable natural ambience, but also act as lungs for the whole National Capital Re- A ban on mining by the gion. SC a few years ago in 8 held for selling Beside support to human Aravallis led to an population, the range also improved habitat which fake holiday Shoe factory gutted supports the important and already exhausted faunal di- is the primary factor for versity (as established by leopard survival packages wildlife census report 2012 which found seven carnivores GREATER NOIDA: A team of the species on Aravalli Range). roads nor have signages been Uttar Pradesh Special Task According to wildlife ob- put for the motorists to drive Force on Sunday arrested servers, leopards are very shy slow in this area. Ideally, bar- eight persons. It claimed to and are the most adaptable of ricades should be put on both have busted a gang involved the large cats and typify wild- sides of roads at those points in cheating people through life that lives outside forests. where the possibility of these fake holiday packages and Leopards have always lived wild animals crossing the mobile tower rental outside forests, be it tea gar- roads is more,” said a source agreements. dens, fringes of forests, in cro- in the forest department. Following the arrest, the plands and they have been Though States such as Guj- team sealed two call centres reported even from urban arat and Rajasthan have de- in Delhi from where calls areas. clared national parks in the were made to gullible A ban on mining by the Su- Aravalli Range to protect the persons. preme Court a few years ago wildlife, wildlife activists’ de- “Eight persons have been in the Aravalli area led to an mand for a sanctuary in Ha- arrested today. Gang leader improved habitat which is the ryana has long been Harvinder Singh was arrest- primary factor for leopard overlooked. ed from near Yamaha cross- survival. Over the years, several ing. The company’s office is The importance of this area farmhouses have come up in located at Laxmi Nagar in is also increased by the fact the range and large chunks of Delhi. Two call centres there Staff Reporter that it is surrounded by Asolla land has been bought by the have been sealed and docu- Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary on builders who are now waiting ments seized for scrutiny,” NEW DELHI: A footwear factory Delhi side and a continuous for the change in the defini- Triveni Singh, Additional Su- in North West Delhi’s Kesh- Aravalli chain in Rajasthan tion of the forest to commer- perintendent of Police, avpuram was gutted early on which extends up to Sariska cially exploit the area. UPSTF, said on Sunday. Sunday morning, the Delhi National Park. There was a lot of hue and “Sixty four call centres Fire Service (DFS) said. The Aravalli area, which cry over the recent directions were their channel partners. Though there were no casu- has a good leopard habitat and of the Haryana forest depart- These call centres are locat- alties, products and machines is rich in floral and faunal di- ment reversing its earlier or- PHOTOS: ed in Delhi, Gurgaon and worth several lakhs of rupees versity, is also exploited by der and asking officials not to Noida. Around fifty per cent were burnt and permanently human greed, mainly because designate lands in the Aravalli Two highways, passing through the Aravalli range, of these call centres are in damaged. of its proximity to Delhi. range as forests, other than bifurcate the natural habitat of the leopard Delhi and 30 percent in Gur- The fire department said “As many as four roads, in- those formally recorded as gaon and the rest in Noida, they had to dispatch 28 fire cluding two highways, pass such. No safe passage for animals to cross roads and Agra, Etah and other towns,” tenders to control the blaze. through the Aravalli range bi- Vivek Kamboj of Haryali no signage for motorists to drive slow he said. It took the fire fighters over furcating the natural habitat Welfare Society, a non-gov- “Teams will scrutinise re- two hours to completely of the leopard. And two more ernment organisation, said cords of all the 64 call centres douse the flames. Products and machines worth several lakhs roads — Kundli-Manesar-Pal- that the instruments of the Aravalli forest of native spe- are encroaching on forest to ascertain their involve- Short-circuit is suspected of rupees were burnt at a footwear factory in wal Expressway and Dedicat- present regime were no differ- cies that has stood safe for lands and forcing these ani- ment and to calculate the to have started the fire. How- Keshavpuram in North-West Delhi. ed Freight Corridor — passing ent from those of the previous thousands of years. If this is mals to move out and get magnitude of the scam,” he ever, nothing could be said PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA through the mountain range government. “The present not a forest, how come there killed. The area from Asola to said. with certainty and various are in the pipeline. Neither Haryana government seems is a leopard death? There Sariska is a wildlife corridor. “So far Rs 14 crore trans- possibilities are being looked flames spread quickly. two boys, are aged between the departments concerned keen to ensure that the land have been several such in- We demand that this should actions have been detected. into, said a police officer. It is Earlier this week, a 62- five and 15. The only injured have provided safe passages to sharks finally succeed in de- stances in the recent past that be declared as a sanctuary,” he Further investigations are also being checked if the fac- year-old man was charred to adult is their mother Nazre- the animals to cross these vouring the last remaining clearly demonstrates that we says. on,” he said. - PTI tory had the necessary licens- death and seven members of a en. Her husband Ayyub es- es to operate and whether family suffered burn injuries caped as he was out of home they were complying with the in two separate incidents of at the time of the accident. fire safety norms, the officer fire. The victims told the police Gurgaon gets ‘solar colony’ added. The blaze that left one dead that the blaze was ignited Court acquits man The DFS received a call at was reported from north Del- when Nazreen lit a candle in Staff Reporter tion and energy efficiency. around 6.15 am that a foot- hi’s Civil Lines area during the kitchen. It is suspected DEATH The PGCIL will also help in wear factory in Keshavpu- the wee hours of Thursday. that a small cooking gas cylin- GURGAON: Nirvana Country, creating the detailed project of rash driving ram’s Lawrence Road had The victim Narendra Singh der in the kitchen had been an upscale residential colony report, preparation of a bid Nirnimesh Kumar er’s brother from behind, gone up in flames. The fire Rawat lived alone in a single leaking all the while and light- in Sector 50 here, is all set to document, invitation of bids causing serious injuries to started on the ground floor of room on the third floor of a ing the candle helped ignite become the city’s first “solar as well as finalisation of NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has him. Later, he succumbed to the two-storey building and residential building. Rawat the flames. colony”. contract. acquitted a canter driver in a his injuries at the AIIMS quickly spread to the first worked as a domestic help at The flames immediately A first-of-its-kind Memo- road accident case as the only trauma centre. floor. the home of one of the resi- spread through the house, randum of Understanding Ideal for solar energy eyewitness, the victim’s The magistrate allowed a Since the fire broke out dents of the building. leaving the woman and her (MoU) was signed between With large buildings and brother, evidenced that he plea by counsel for the ac- during the morning hours, In another blaze, apparent- children injured. The DFS ar- Power Grid Corporation of enough number of sunny had not seen the manner in cused that the accident taken there were no employees at ly caused by a leaking gas cyl- rived at the scene to control India Limited (PGCIL) and days, Gurgaon is ideally which the accused was driv- had place not due to rash and the factory. A security guard inder, a woman and her six the blaze and rescue the vic- Nirvana Country Residents placed to exploit the good- ing the vehicle. negligent driving but owing noticed the fire and raised an children were injured in out- tims. They were rushed to Welfare Association in this ness of solar energy. Besides the evidence by the to the poor light in the alarm. The combustible raw er Delhi’s Narela. Maharshi Valmiki Hospital regard. The new solar policy by the eyewitness, Metropolitan underpass. materials used in manufac- All the injured children, from where they were re- As per the MoU, the PGCIL Haryana government an- Magistrate Manisha Khurana However, turning hostile ture of footwear helped the that include four girls and ferred to Lok Nayak Hospital. has been appointed as a solar nounced in September 2014 Kakkar of the Saket district by the victim’s brother put consultant for Nirvana RWA promotes the growth of solar courts also took note of the paid to the case as the prose- for solar generation, integra- energy in the State. place and time of the occur- cution had no other evidence rence while acquitting ac- to prove that the accused was cused Rajesh Kumar Bhagat driving the vehicle in a rash ‘Survival of kids not a privilege’ in the case. and negligent manner. According to the complaint Mr. Singh denied that he- Bindu Shajan Perappadan tality rate, educational status, lodged with the Defence Col- had seen the driver driving- ‘Urban poor children economic achievement and ony police in South Delhi, the the said canter at a high NEW DELHI: The quality of life are 3.2 times more political status. accident had taken place in speed. He further stated that of mothers and children in likely to die compared This year, the SOWM re- the wee hours below an un- he was in fact repairing the the urban slums of India’s port also looks at the mater- derpass near the Moolchand tanker and, therefore, did- Capital is one of the worst in to the urban rich in nal and child health gap Hospital in 2012. not see in manner in which the world and the health in- Delhi’ between the rich and poor liv- The victim was accompa- he was driving the vehicle. equity between the rich and ing in some of the major cities nying his brother, Hodal “Thus, keeping in view the the poor stark. This was in the world. Singh, who was driving a wa- place of occurrence and the stated in Save the Children’s close the gap in life chances “For the first time in histo- ter tanker on the day of the time of the accident and in 16th annual State of the for mothers and children so ry, more than half of the accident. the absence of any cogent evi- World’s Mothers (SOWM) re- that — no matter where they world’s population lives in ur- The tanker had broken dence to show ‘rashness’ and port titled ‘The Urban Disad- live — everyone has a fair ban areas. People are often down below the underpass. ‘negligence’ on the part of the vantage’ which was released chance to survive and fulfil drawn to cities by the pros- Mr. Singh was repairing it, accused, benefit of doubt has recently. their potential. pect of a better life for their DEATH while the victim was standing to be extended to the ac- The report further adds “The survival of millions of children, but many cities ANNIVERSARIES behind him. Suddenly, the cused,” the magistrate said that in the age group 0-5 children in cities should not around the world are unable canter came from the Ashram while acquitting the canter years, the urban poor are 3.2 be a privilege for the rich but to keep up with breakneck side and hit the tanker driv- driver. times more likely to die com- guaranteed for all,” the report growth, leaving hundreds of pared to the urban rich in noted. millions of mothers and chil- Delhi. A section of the SOWM re- dren in cities without access “For babies born in many port examines the urban to essential health services Kidnapped boy rescued of the world’s fast-growing ci- child survival gap between and clean water they need to ties, it is survival of the rich- the rich and the poor urban survive and stay healthy,” ob- GHAZIABAD: A four-year-old been abducted by some un- est. The young children are kids in 36 developing coun- served Dr. Sudeep Gadok, di- boy, who was allegedly kid- known miscreants, District dying in city slums today — tries. rector of programs, Save the napped from Dasna Mussoo- Police Chief even where lifesaving care The Save the Children re- Children. rie Main Gate market on May Singh said. may be a stone’s throw away port is aimed at highlighting The 10 countries showing 6, was rescued on Sunday, po- The child was rescued by — represents the saddest ex- the need for appropriate ac- the greatest survival divide lice said. two police teams on Sunday pression of urban health sys- tions based on the urgent pri- between wealthy and poor ur- An FIR was lodged by the from Gang Nehar bridge. A tem failure and the everyday orities to bring about lasting ban children are: Rwanda, father of the victim, Abdul ransom amount of 14 lakh misery faced by millions of change. , Kenya, Vietnam, Please contact: 011-43579797 Gafoor. A resident of Masjid which was handed over by fa- others,” noted the report. The report ranks countries Peru, India, Madagascar, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m wali Gali in Dasna town, he ther to the kidnappers was al- The report asserts that on five key factors: risk of ma- Ghana, Bangladesh and stated that his son Adnan has so recovered from them. - PTI there is an urgent need to ternal death, under-five mor- Nigeria.

CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 STATE 5

Waste burning: NDMC says yes Metro to come up with elevated train depots to zero tolerance NEW DELHI: Drawing flak from This will enable better space management the National Green Tribunal for its failure to check waste Special Correspondent stabling lines is being con- ble deck structure to cater to burning, the New Delhi Mu- structed at Jasola Vihar 20 stabling lines. nicipal Council (NDMC) has NEW DELHI: To tackle space near Kalindi Kunj on an ele- Out of the 20 lines, nine decided to adopt a ‘zero toler- constraint, the vated deck about 13 to 14 lines will be at ground level ance’ policy on burning of Rail Corporation is setting metres from the ground, and 11 lines would be on the leaves, plastic and garbage in up elevated depots for park- where the trains operating deck. open areas. ing trains that would be op- on this section would be In addition, four lines will “No lenient view will now erational on the upcoming stabled. be for the inspection bay be taken regarding such inci- corridors under Phase-III. “In the main depot area at and two lines will be dedi- dents. We have decided to Two of Delhi Metro’s up- Kalindi Kunj, the auto wash- cated to the workshop,” a adopt a zero tolerance policy coming depots will have ing plant, for the cleaning of spokesperson said. towards burning of leaves, many of their major compo- the trains, would also be set Both the depots will have plastic or garbage in open ar- nents constructed on elevat- up at on an elevated deck for depot control centres, ef- eas, and the officials have been ed decks for better space effective space manage- fluent treatment plants, instructed about the same,” a management, officials said. ment. A similar facility had sewage treatment plants, in- senior NDMC official said. All the existing eight metro earlier been set up at the spection bays, workshops, “Two teams have been con- depots have been construct- Sultanpur depot in Phase-II auto train washing plants, stituted which conduct field ed at grade level. due to space constraints,” a etc. inspections and keep a check A metro train depot gen- metro spokesperson said. The construction work on such incidents in order to erally requires about 2.5 This facility will be able to for both the depots has been curb air pollution,” he said. lakh square metres space for accommodate 27 trains and started. Last month, the Tribunal the setting up of stabling the inspection bay would be The Delhi Metro is con- had come down heavily on the lines, inspection bays, work- able to hold six to eight structing six new depots at NDMC over its failure to shops, washing plants, etc. trains at a time. Kalindi Kunj, Mukundpur, check burning of nearly one However, for both the up- In addition, another ele- Vinod Nagar Badli, Ghazia- tonne of leaves in Lodhi Gar- coming Vinod Nagar and vated deck for stabling addi- bad and Faridabad, in the den. Imposing a complete ban Kalindi Kunj depots, the tional trains in the future is present phase of construc- on burning of wastes, includ- space available was limited also being planned. tion to meet the require- ing garbage, leaves, plastic and and inadequate. The depot at Vinod Nagar ments of the new trains crop residues, in the open ar- Therefore, a decision was for the Majlis Park-Shiv Vi- which are under eas, the NGT had said viola- taken to construct their vital har corridor has a drain and procurement. tors will be fined Rs.5,000. components on elevated a road in between the allot- At present, the DMRC has The residents are also being decks for better utilisation ted area and the site is frag- eight depots for its existing encouraged to register their of the space, an official said. mented into two parts. corridors at Shastri Park, complaints at the NDMC call “One side of the site is at Khyber Pass, Najafgarh centre if they find anyone Stabling lines the ground level and can ac- (Phase-1), Yamuna Bank, burning waste in the open, For the Kalindi Kunj de- commodate 11 stabling lines Mundka, Sarita Vihar, Sul- and stringent action will be pot, a 1.3-kilometre long and without any roofing. The tanpur and Dwarka Sector taken against the violator, he 30-40 metre wide deck for other side comprises a dou- 21 (Phase-II). said. — PTI BJP terms AAP circular ‘draconian’ Now, ACB looks at Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Launching a sharp Editors Guild slams attack on the Arvind Kejriwal weeding out government over its contro- Delhi Government versial circular threatening Jatin Anand action against the media for NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild of India any defamatory news, the on Sunday deplored the controversial NEW DELHI: After having Bharatiya Janata Party lead- circular issued by Delhi Government initiated penal proceed- ers on Sunday called the Del- regarding defamatory news, calling it ings against close to hi Chief Minister a a “crude attempt” to “still” media three dozen Govern- “hypocrite”. criticism and demanded its immedi- ment officials on the ba- The Delhi unit of the party ate withdrawal. sis of direct complaints, has decided to launch an ag- The Guild said it is shocked by the the Anti-Corruption itation over the issue till the circular asking public officials to re- Branch (ACB) now aims AAP government withdraws port “defamatory imputations” relat- to pre-empt corruption its circular. ing to the Chief Minister, ministers across departments of- Delhi BJP chief Satish Up- and public officials in respect of their fering public services. adhyay termed the circular conduct in relation to their public According to a senior “draconian and a veiled functions for the purpose of launch- Government official, threat to the media to stop ing criminal defamation proceedings the ACB would, over the The ACB will encourage officials to come doing stories exposing mis- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s relationship with the media has of late against the media, thereby enthron- coming days, step up in- forth with complaints of graft against co- teraction and feedback deeds of the Arvind Kejriwal turned sour.— PHOTO: PRASHANT NAKWE ing “intolerance as official policy”. workers and colleagues. — FILE PHOTO government”. The Guild said that it is strange sessions with officials “The BJP has always main- Lekhi accused Mr. Kejriwal of that a Chief Minister and a party that across the hierarchy of source, were already un- tained that Mr. Kejriwal and playing ‘shoot and scoot’ poli- Congress flays Kejriwal rode to power on a popular democrat- Departments involved der the watchful eyes of his circus is extremely double tics. ic platform should turn “intolerant” in direct communica- the ACB for any proce- faced having no faith in de- “As far as suing is con- Staff Reporter against the government, when when in office. tion with the residents Corruption seeps in dural discrepancies; mocracy, constitutional insti- cerned, anybody and every- the wrong-doings of the “It is doubly ironic that Mr Kej- of Delhi requesting when services, which more would be added to tutions, freedom of speech body has the right to sue. But, NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress has government are exposed, he riwal who in the Supreme Court has them to reduce both the should be time- the list over the coming and moral values. For Kejri- filing false cases and incorrect strongly criticised Chief objects. That shows his anti- challenged the constitutional validity time-frame required to days. wal and his coterie, these cases is an offence. The peo- Minister Arvind Kejriwal for democratic attitude,” of the criminal defamation provi- deliver on their services bound, are not The official said while were just electoral points,” ple should take him to the what they referred to as his Congress Delhi in-charge PC sions of the Indian Penal Code when as well as the gap be- delivered within arrests under the Pre- said Mr. Upadhyay, adding cleaners for making defama- ‘anti-democratic attitude’ in Chacko said.The party’s Delhi used against him should direct his tween the former and deadlines, and when vention of Corruption that Kejriwal was a ‘dictato- tory statements about others, relation to a circular Chief Ajay Maken asked, “The government to use the same provi- the latter. touts and agents are Act served their purpose rial anarchist’ and that fol- which he has done in the past. regarding media. Government will launch sions against the media,” it added. This, sources said, as deterrents against lowing his 67-seat victory, his It’s ‘shoot and scoot’, because “Kejriwal is losing his proceedings against news The Guild called upon Mr. Kejriwal was in addition to gen- allowed to fill the graft corruption would true colours are now for the he would make a statement, ground very fast. He is being items, which the Director of and the Delhi Government to with- eral instructions encou- gap that should not not be allowed to take people and the media to see. run away and get the benefit,” exposed on many issues… Prosecution finds defamatory; draw the circular and also ensure free raging officials to come exist between the root if the ACB itself New Delhi MP Meenakshi Ms. Lekhi said. When there is criticism but who appoints the DP?” access to its offices.— PTI forth with complaints of continued to function in graft against co-workers public and officials a transparent manner and colleagues as and when it came to dealing when these came to with the public at large. DJB constitutes their notice. of ease of business, the “Although the 1031 Two held with heroin worth Rs. 60 lakh “Corruption seeps in concept of ease in deliv- helpline and several award for staff when services which ery of services is very other avenues exist to Staff Reporter on the basis of which teams possession. trafficking after her second should be time-bound important when it report instances of Special Correspondent led by DCP Rajan Bhagat were In the second incident, the husband, one Javed, met two are not delivered within comes to the relation- graft, efforts to encour- NEW DELHI: Two alleged drug constituted to affect arrests. police said, information was local drug runners Danny and deadlines and when ship between the Gov- age more and more NEW DELHI: In order to motiva- traffickers, including a wom- In the first incident, informa- received on May 7 that Sha- Kusum. touts and agents are al- ernment and the members of the public te its employees, the Delhi Jal an, were arrested in separate tion entailed that one Ali Sher, heen, who resides in village Police records revealed that lowed to fill the gap that general public. We have to step forward and get Board has constituted an incidents by the Delhi Police who resides in South East Del- Karala with her brother, was Javed, too had been arrested should not exist be- asked officials to be as in touch with the ACB ‘Employee of the Month’ Crime Cranch with heroin val- hi’s Jaitpur, was into sale and selling heroin. by the crime branch in 2014 tween members of the sensitive to the latter as with complaints per- award for its work force. The ued at more than Rs.60 lakh in supply of heroin in the Delhi “Information further en- after he was found with 500 public and Government possible,” the official taining to it will be pur- Board has also decided to the international market, the Gate and surrounding areas,” tailed that Shaheen would grams of heroin. officials appointed to added. sued to address hold Karamchari Sampark police said. said Mr. Yadav. come near the City Park Re- “After his arrest, Shaheen deal with them,” said a Several Departments procedural lacunae in Sabhas every three months. Identified as Ali Sher Shefai According to the police, sort on Rohtak Road to supply took over the drug business senior Government which directly dealt the delivery of time- “The Board has decided to (55) and Shaheen (55), they based on the tip-off, a trap was a huge quantity of heroin to and started procuring heroin official. with the public on a dai- bound services,” the of- constitute a committee which were arrested with 600 gm of laid below the Ranjeet Singh someone. A trap was laid and from his source Rashid of Fa- “Just like the concept ly basis, according to a ficial added. will examine the issue of in- the narcotic, said Ravindra flyover and Sher was arrested Shaheen was arrested with ridpur, Bareilly and selling the troduction of a new perform- Yadav, Joint Commissioner of when he reached the area to 300 grams of heroin,” Mr. Ya- same in Karala and adjoining ance related incentive Police (Crime). supply a consignment of hero- dav said. areas to her customers to scheme for the employees. In “We received information in to one of his local contacts During interrogation, the make easy money. Further in- addition to this, yardsticks about two separate heroin and 300 gm of the narcotic police claimed, Shaheen re- vestigation is in progress,” are being prepared for assess- rings operating in the Capital was recovered from his vealed that she took to drug added Mr. Yadav. ing the performance of the employees to declare a best performer as the ‘Employee of the month’,” a DJB state- No printing of prospectus ment said. at DU likely this year Organ donor NEW DELHI: In what will be a been adopted by Jamia Millia move that saves trees and cuts Islamia University, which meet held costs, Delhi University is likely claims that it has saved on to do away with the printing of printing costs running into Staff Reporter its prospectus from the up- lakhs of rupees. coming academic session. DU earlier used to sell the NEW DELHI: Over 55 people of- The varsity, which enrolls prospectus along with the cen- fered to donate their organs 54,000 students every year in tralised OMR form but, in case in the future at the 24th ‘Deh various undergraduate courses of online registrations, the fee Daniyon ka Utsav’ organised being offered at its over 75 col- was supposed to be paid on- by the Dadhichi Den Dan leges, sells over 2.5 lakh pro- line. Samiti. Union Minister Harsh spectuses every year. The colleges used to sell Vardhan chaired the event as “The prospectus, priced at their separate prospectuses, the chief guest and requested Rs. 100, used to be printed at priced anywhere between Rs. all present to support Dadh- the varsity’s press. However, it 100 and Rs. 250. ichi Den Dan Samiti’s initia- has been recommended this “Though the colleges will be tive for organ donation. He year that there will be no print- free to decide whether they declared that he had also ing of prospectus and the uni- still want to continue with the signed a document to donate versity will be able to save the printed prospectuses, they his organs so that it may ben- printing cost,” a member of the have been directed to sell them efit medical students and oth- admission committee said. only to those students whom ers in need. The DU prospectus will be they have enrolled and should The event was organised at available for download on the not compel the seat aspirants the All India Institute of varsity’s website. to buy the same,” the official Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The initiative has already said.— PTI CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI 6 NORTHERN REGION THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL A bridge too long: 300 cops to man Patna’s crucial link EDUCATIONAL Amarnath Tewary lucky. We shiver and start praying every time PATNA: A dilapidated we cross,” Dr. Atul Ver- bridge across the Ganga ma and his wife Dr. in Patna, the Mahatma Jaishree Shekhar told Gandhi Setu, needs a se- The Hindu. nior IPS officer, 300 po- The doctor-couple licemen equipped with have their clinic in Haji- wireless sets, a separate pur across the bridge police station, one crane and use the bridge it and scores of CCTV twice a day. cameras to clear the pe- rennial traffic jams on To the wedding, on it. At least, the Bihar time government believes so. Vehicles move across the Mahatma Gandhi During the wedding Recently, Chief Min- Setu, built over the Ganga, in Patna. — PHOTO: season, a group of bik- ister held ers can be seen sta- a high-level meeting of tioned at both ends of officials to chalk out a the bridge who ferry strategy to tackle the re- stalled to screen the line connecting north bridegrooms caught in current traffic snarls on movement of about and south Bihar. How- the traffic jam. They call the bridge. Later, he 75,000 vehicles that ever, its dilapidated themselves “bridge bik- asked the Chief Secre- cross the bridge daily. condition today has ers for the marriage tary and the Director- Besides, a crane earned it the epithet the season.” General of Police to would be stationed per- “hanging bridge of “We take the bride- constitute a “dedicated manently on the bridge. Bihar.” groom and a few of his team” led by an IG [In- The bridge would be di- With incomplete relatives on our bikes spector-General of Po- vided into three parts maintenance work go- through the traffic snarl lice] rank-officer for the by the monitoring po- ing on for several years, on the bridge for Rs. task. licemen for the smooth the two-lane bridge be- 700-800 so that they “Following the Chief movement of vehicles. comes just one lane at won’t miss the auspi- Minister’s instruction, a “I’ve also instructed some points. Passing cious time,” Pappu Ku- special team is being the officials to explore vehicles set of violent mar, a biker from formed,” said Anjani the option of construct- vibrations. Hajipur, told The Hin- Kumar Singh, the State ing two pontoon bridges Earlier, the State gov- du. Every marriage sea- Chief Secretary. [makeshift boat bridge] ernment had made sev- son, we earn a decent It is learnt that the flanking the Mahatma eral plans deploying amount through this, he government has decid- Gandhi Setu which can senior policemen for added. ed to form a contingent be used by small vehi- the smooth movement Patients often die in of over 300 policemen cles,” said the Chief of traffic but they were ambulances trapped in with wireless sets to Minister. active only during VIP long jams on the Ganga monitor the traffic movement. Traffic jams Setu. “The nightmare round the clock on the Dilapidated state on the Ganga Setu continues despite gov- 5.575-km bridge. A sep- Inaugurated by the stretch not just for ernment assurances,” arate traffic police sta- then Prime Minister, hours but for days. rued Manoranjan Pra- tion will also be set up at , in May “If we cross Ganga sad, whose wife died re- the northern end of the 1982, the Mahatma Setu without getting cently on her way to a bridge. Scores of CCTV Gandhi Setu (also called caught in a traffic jam, hospital in Patna from cameras will be in- Ganga Setu) is the life- we feel blessed and Hajipur. U.P. Minister’s Fadnavis orders probe into blaze

daughter feared Shubhomoy Sikdar sue read: “State govt will fully sup- port their families. Praying for drowned MUMBAI: A day after two firemen speedy recovery of injured offi- were killed and two others, in- cials. Directed BMC Commission- Staff Reporter cluding the city’s fire brigade er for in-depth enquiry. A chief, were injured while trying to Committee is formulated to en- DEHRADUN: Abida Hasan, the daughter douse a massive fire that broke out quire Gokul House Fire Incident.” of Uttar Pradesh Labour Minister in Kalbadevi here, Chief Minister Consequent on the Chief Minis- Shahid Manzoor, is feared drowned Devendra Fadnavis ordered an ter’s instructions, a seven-mem- in the Ganga at Phoolchatti in Pauri inquiry. ber-committee has been set district. Expressing condolences over up.Preliminary inquiry has re- “Search operations were carried the deaths on Twitter, Maharash- vealed that the fire at Gokul Niwas out at the place of the accident, but tra Chief Minister Devendra Fad- started from the electricity meter her body was not found [till Sunday navis made the announcement on room on the ground floor around evening],” Pauri SP Ajay Joshi said. Sunday. “Pained to know that our 4.30 p.m. and spread quickly and Abida, who is a student of medicine at 2firefighters lost their lives in Kal- even led to the collapse of the a college in Meerut, went to the banks badevi fire. I salute their fighting building. Firemen -- assistant di- of the Ganga in Rishikesh, which she spirit & commitment towards visional officer SW Rane and sta- was visiting with a few other friends, serving people,” tweeted Mr. tion officer MN Desai -- found when she slipped and fell into the Fadnavis. themselves trapped in the build- river. Another tweet posted on the is- ing, which proved fatal for both.

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Sathish G.T. ities. But whenever something campaign dates goes wrong, officers of the HASSAN: The episode of a se- Mines and Geology Depart- Girish Menon sion, sought postponement nior geologist of the Mines ment are held responsible. of the Central Kerala leg of and Geology Department in The department is already THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The the rally citing Mr. Mani’s Hassan, H.C. Divakar, seeking short of staff. We cannot take United Democratic Front personal inconvenience as voluntary retirement from this pressure. A few others too (UDF) leadership is likely to reason since he was listed to service, has brought to the have sought VRS,” the officer agree to rescheduling the inaugurate the rally. fore the pressure that officials said on condition of government’s fourth anni- Mr. Mani, it is learnt, had face when tackling illegal sand anonymity. versary political campaign second thoughts about the transporters. Hassan district has wit- slated for May 19 in the light advisability of participating The officer is said to have nessed such incidents earlier. of the Kerala Congress (M)’s in a rally when he was facing cited pressure on him to work lease the trucks. telephone from Bengaluru, a In January 2014, H.L. Nagara- demand to defer the dates in a probe in the bar bribery in favour of illegal transpor- He expressed his disap- senior colleague of the officer ju, the then tahsildar of Chan- view of its party chairman case. Mr. Mani strongly be- ters as the reason for volun- pointment over the non-coop- said at least 70 per cent of the narayapatna, had filed a and Finance Minister K.M. lieves that without getting tary retirement. eration of police officials officers in the department complaint against a lorry driv- Mani’s inconvenience. his name cleared by the Vigi- During his recent raid on during such raids and alleged were planning to quit because er for allegedly trying to run Chief Minister Oommen lance, participating in the trucks carrying excess load of that they did not provide secu- of work pressure and harass- over him and his staff. This Chandy and Mr. Mani, who rally does not have any sand above the prescribed rity to officers conducting the ment by external forces. “Nine happened when he was fol- held a round of discussion on meaning. In the initial round limit, he reportedly received raids. departments are involved in lowing trucks carrying illegal- the issue in Wayanad when of discussion, Mr. Mani was phone calls asking him to re- Speaking to The Hindu over handling sand mining activ- ly extracted sand. the two met soon after Youth brought around to dropping Affairs Minister P.K. Jaya- his demand, but Kerala Pra- lakshmi’s wedding ceremony desh Congress Committee on Sunday, sought to play (KPCC) president V.M. Sud- VS calls on down the KC(M) demand, heeran’s statement that the No other option but to hold but the purportedly minor Congress was opposed to res- Veerendrakumar issue only served to show up cheduling the rally appeared the trust deficit of the leaders to have complicated matters Staff Reporter classes under trees? of the two parties. a bit, with Mr. Mani becom- The UDF had decided to ing insistent on changing the KOZHIKODE: Leader of the Op- organise four regional rallies date. Mr. Sudheeran also ex- position V.S. Achuthanan- 344 classrooms razed but yet to be rebuilt in the district simultaneously on May 19 on pressed the view that chang- dan and Janata Dal the occasion of its fourth an- ing the date would send a (United) [JD(U)] State unit H.S. Narasimha Kumar quest him to release the re- rooms, 344 were demolished. niversary and for a political wrong message to the electo- president M.P. Veerendra- quired grant to re-build the The SSA officials are refus- campaign to counter the cor- rate. kumar had a one-to-one MYSURU: Thousands of chil- classrooms. The department ing to release grants for the ruption allegations that Responding to questions, meeting at the Government dren in Mysuru district may had appealed to the president purpose saying that there some of the ministers, in- Mr. Chandy said differences Guest House here on Sun- have to sit under trees and of the Mysuru Zilla Pan- was no provision to give cluding Mr. Mani, were fac- were minor enough to be day afternoon. take their lessons in the new chayat, Pushpa Amaranath, funds for re-construction of ing. The decision on the sorted out through discus- The meeting lasted 40 academic year, as over 344 and Chief Executive Officer classrooms. So the next step regional rallies was taken at sions. minutes. However, neither classrooms, which were de- P.A. Gopal to appeal to the is too appeal to the Chief the UDF meeting. But the The leaders would meet of them divulged any details molished recently are yet to Chief Minister on its behalf Minister. Kerala Congress (M), which formally on May 12 and take of the meeting. be re-constructed. Just over during his next visit to Mysu- Even if the grants are re- was a party to the UDF deci- a decision, he said. Mr. Veerendrakumar, 20 days are left for the begin- ru. leased soon, at least six to who termed it as a friendly ning of the academic year and Over 488 classrooms in eight months are needed to meeting, said that Mr. the authorities have failed to several schools in the district re-build the classrooms. The Achuthanandan had want- take any action. Officials of were identified as being in department has a rough plan ‘Effective water management ed to call on him as he was the department are in a quan- bad condition and unfit for to conduct classes on shift not well for sometime now. dary over where to conduct use. The department had in- basis or in community halls “Our conversation was the classes. structed the Block Education till the classrooms are ready. confined to matters of The Education Depart- Officers to impress upon the The last option is to hold immediate solution for water crisis’ health,” Mr. Veerendraku- ment is yet to meet Chief SDMCs to demolish the classes outdoors, under the More tanks should be built to save available water: mar told mediapersons. Minister to re- classrooms. Of these class- shade of a tree.

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COIMBATORE: Renowned water Kerala Minister ties the knot with farmer conservationist Rajendra Singh strongly felt that effec- E.M. Manoj in State-level competitions. tive water management was She won the election on the solution for water crisis. KALPETTA: P.K. Jayalakshmi, her debut in 2011 from the The Stockholm Water 34, the youngest and sole Mananthavadi Assembly Prize and Magsaysay Award female Minister in the constituency. winner was addressing the United Democratic Front VIPs galore gathering at a function orga- government, got married on nised by the Rotary Club of Sunday to her father’s grand A large array of VIPs, Coimbatore on Saturday to nephew C.A. Anil Kumar, 36. including Chief Minister bestow the Amruthavarshini The function was held as , Leader of Award to Siruthuli. per the traditional rituals of the Opposition V.S. Doubting if Karnataka and the Kurichiya tribesmen at a Achuthanandan, Speaker N. Tamil Nadu would reach special stage set for the Shakthan, Finance Minister terms for the Cauvery water purpose at Palottu K.M. Mani, and Home dispute, resulting in Tamil tharavadu, Ms. Minister Ramesh Nadu getting water from the Jayalakshmi’s ancestral Chennithala attended the river, he stressed the need to Siruthuli chairman S.V. Balasubramaniam (fifth right) and managing trustee house, at Mambayil, near marriage. save water. “We should iden- Vanitha Mohan (fourth right) receiving the Amruthavarshini Award from Valadu. Priests from the Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Around 6,500 people tify the source of water, the president of Rotary club of Coimbatore G. Karthikeyan (fourth left) in the Sree Rajarajeswari temple at congratulating State Youth Affairs Minister including people’s path in which it flows and presence of water conservationist Rajendra Singh (third left) in Coimbatore on Paingattiri near P.K. Jayalakshmi and her husband C.A. Anil representatives, senior clear the blockages disturb- Saturday. — PHOTO: S. SIVA SARAVANAN Mananthavadi solemnised Kumar after the marriage. officials of various ing the natural course of the marriage ceremony after department and public also flow,” he said. the traditional tribal rituals tharavadu at Kambalakkadu as Minister. attended the function. T.V. Mr. Rajendra Singh said ciously saved water had also good water could be used for to solve water related held at the family temple in in the district. Though the Ms. Jayalakshmi, who Thomas, K.R. Gouri, that opportunities should be turned out to be a collecting drinking while sewage could problems. the early morning. marriage was fixed nearly holds the charge of Welfare Oommen Chandy are among made for seeping water to the point for sewage. be used for irrigation. The Mr. Rajendra Singh and Mr. Anil Kumar is a seven years ago, it was of Scheduled Tribes, Zoo the Kerala legislators who ground. More tanks should He pointed out that 80 per conservationist also president of the Rotary Club farmer and belongs to postponed following Ms. and Youth Affairs, is an ace got married while they were be built to save available wa- cent of water in River Ganga stressed on the need to de- G. Karthikeyan handed over Cheruvadi Kurichiya Jayalakshmi’s appointment archer and a silver medallist Ministers. ter. He observed that in many was used for irrigating sugar- pend on indigenous knowl- the Amruthavarshini Award places storage points for pre- cane fields. He added that edge – that is rich in India – to Siruthuli. Navy mulling docking options Talks fail, RTC employees to continue strike Special Correspondent leaders promised to hold of 27 per cent hike in salary. only put an additional burden crore could be netted. Mr. talks with the management in The Ministers also told the of Rs. 300 crore annually on Padmakar said curbing illegal for repair of vessel HYDERABAD: Talks between the a couple of days. union leaders that their de- the management, adding that operation of private buses Cabinet Sub-Committee and Speaking to reporters, Mr. mands needed to be examin- if suggestions of the employ- would yield an additional in- S. Anandan RTC employees’ union failed Atchan Naidu said the union ed in-depth. The ees’ union were implement- come of Rs. 1,000 crore for to achieve breakthrough, leaders were told that their Sub-Committee members ed, an additional Rs. 2,000 the management. KOCHI: While the newly-in- with the union leaders insist- demands could not be met and the management will ducted Russian-origin air- ing on a 43 per cent pay hike immediately, and that the meet the union leaders dur- craft carrier INS and resolving to continue the government would consider ing the next three weeks to Vikramaditya is undergoing a stir. them sympathetically. He arrive at a settlement. short refit at the Naval Ship The Cabinet Sub-Commit- added that the strike had APSRTC Employees’ Repair Yard at its homeport tee, comprising Finance Min- caused gross inconvenience Union general secretary K. in Karwar, the Navy is weigh- ister Yanamala to people, even though 62 per Padmakar said the union had ing docking options within Ramakrishnudu, Transport cent of services were operat- submitted a representation to the country for the 45,000 Minister Sidda Raghava Rao ed in AP on Sunday. the government that if 43 per tonne carrier’s underwater and Labour Minister Atchan Mr. Naidu maintained that cent pay hike was granted, refit, due by the end of next Naidu, appealed to the union the employees’ demand for 43 employees would strive to in- year. leaders to call off the strike, per cent hike was not dis- crease the corporation’s reve- A top source in the Navy seeking three weeks to re- cussed and reiterated that the nues without hiking bus fares. said the choice would be be- solve the issue in an amicable APSRTC management was He said implementing a tween Pipavav Defence and manner. Meanwhile, union committed to its earlier offer pay hike of 43 per cent would Offshore Engineering Com- pany and the public-sector INS Vikramaditya, India's third aircraft carrier, Cochin Shipyard, which has can carry 24 MIG-29 fighter aircraft and 10 been maintaining the under- helicopters. water package of the outgo- ing carrier INS Viraat. — PHOTO: VIVEK BENDRE “While Pipavav boasts of a dry-dock large enough to take after some 30 engines on the shore-based test facil- on Vikramaditya for hull-in- (RD-33MK engines) power- ity (SBTF) at INS Hansa be- spection and underwater ing the twin-engine MiG-29K fore it is replicated on the maintenance, Cochin Ship- fighters of the Black Panther carrier. yard’s dry-dock too fits the squadron packed up after As part of its ongoing short bill. It will only require a bit sustaining foreign object refit at INS Kadamba, the car- of dredging at the mouth of damage (FOD). rier would be equipped with the dry-dock to take the ves- “There were some issues self-defence systems such as sel in,” he said. with the runway at the naval the AK-630 close-in weapon This would be the only air station INS Hansa where system (CIWS) and the Barak time the Navy would have to the squadron is based. We are missile defence — both dis- depend on a shipyard for un- now addressing this and the mantled and overhauled derwater repairs of the carri- runway is being resurfaced,” from the frigate INS Godava- er, as construction of a naval said a senior officer. ri, due for decommissioning dry-dock big enough for ves- “Flying operations are shortly. sels of the dimensions of Vik- scaled up in a phased manner The Navy was originally ramaditya was expected to be and clearance has not been planning to fit the under-de- complete by 2017-end or given for single-engine land- velopment long-range sur- early 2018, he said. ing so far. The Russian test face to air missile (LR-SAM, As previously exclusively pilots are addressing this,” also called Barak 8) on the reported by The Hindu, flying the officer said. The vital sin- Vikramaditya. The maiden operations from the deck of gle-engine landing capability short refit of the carrier Vikramaditya had taken a hit would be tried and perfected would be over in July. CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI 8 EDITORIAL THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 India and in a multipolar world the view, best expressed by China’s Great Moderniser, Deng Xiaoping, who famously If China rejects an imperialist view of history and told “An Asian is only believes in the creation of a multipolar world of possible when India and China come together”. Sanjaya Baru the pre-imperial era, then it can work with India Deng said that in 1988 when China had not MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 yet demonstrated its capacity to emerge as and other world powers. What path China chooses the undisputed power of Asia. Today, few in week before marking the first anni- for itself will determine how other nations China believe that as a necessary precondi- Discrimination versary of his assumption of office, tion for the 21st century to be China’s. A new Prime Minister respond to its rise. For India, the task is cut out post-Deng generation of smart young Chi- Aends his year of hectic diplomacy nese believe tomorrow belongs to them. In with a visit to China. For India, no other Chinese President’s Xi Jinping’s words, they most foul bilateral relationship is more complex and and wise policy of engaging China at every ond, despite all its weaknesses, the Indian believe in the “Chinese dream” of a world in challenging than the one with its biggest possible level while remaining on full alert in economy has demonstrated its capacity to which China would once again be the cyno- lose to seven decades after Independence, in neighbour. Fortunately, the mistakes that dealing with Chinese assertiveness. sustain higher rates of economic growth; sure of all eyes. many villages of India the nature of certain could have been made by India’s political One of the great positives of the India- third, India’s flexible diplomacy has enabled How the India-China relationship devel- social equations has not changed from what leadership in dealing with a big neighbour China relationship over the past decade has it to widen its geopolitical options; finally, ops in the years to come will depend on were limited mostly to the very first decade of been the increased business-to-business and China’s assertiveness in its neighbourhood whether the Chinese still believe in Deng’s C they have been for centuries. Such villages the republic. For half a century, India has people-to-people contacts between citizens has encouraged many Asian nations to take a view that the 21st century cannot be Asia’s continue to remain what Dr. B.R. Ambedkar called been on a learning curve. of the two countries. A highlight of Mr. Mo- more benign view of India’s rise. without China and India coming together, or “sinks of localism, dens of ignorance and narrow-min- ’s errors of judgment in di’s visit will be a public meeting with the whether they come to imagine themselves to dedness”. How else could one see certain recent in- dealing with China cast a long shadow on Indian community in China. While this In a different league be the masters of this century, much like the cidents reported from Tumakuru in Karnataka about bilateral relations. Every Prime Minister draws attention to the increased presence of The problem that India’s political lead- British were of the 19th and the Americans of village barber shops denying haircuts for , temple since has tread cautiously, perhaps far too , India can do more to facil- ership has dealt with is the coming to terms the 20th. Many western and Asian analysts, cautiously, in dealing with China. Prime itate the travel of Chinese to India. Millions with China’s manifest, comprehensive na- blinded by China’s bright lights and seduced festivities remaining out-of-bounds for families, Minister Manmohan Singh once said that he of Chinese Buddhists would want to visit if tional power. India was lulled into compla- by its charms, have been holding forth how and other forms of prevalent discrimination? By all had devoted considerable time to reading India were to become a more attractive desti- cency by the myth that the two civilisational the 21st Century will indeed be China’s. De- accounts these are not isolated incidents. Discrimi- carefully through the Nehru files on China so nation. Institutional and professional inter- neighbours were somehow in the same fensive American analysts have responded nation against Dalits is widespread and ingrained in the as not to repeat any of his predecessor’s mis- action must also increase. Indian-Americans league merely because both had a population with arguments to claim that the U.S. will psyche across India, in rural settings in particular. In takes. I guess every Prime Minister would in the U.S. are full of stories about how they of over a billion! Today, China’s economy is brook no challenge and will, if necessary, some places it takes the form of violent oppression, in have done that and Mr. Modi may well have contain China. done this too. others it is disguised yet omnipresent. To be fair, when Unlike in the 1950s when the world adopted a more benign Multipolarity and the world the incidents in Tumakuru came to notice, the adminis- Chinese assertiveness in Asia approach to China’s land grab, there has been greater concern Make no mistake. The 21st century will not tration took corrective steps immediately. This sug- But, Nehru’s errors of judgment were not be China’s century alone nor will it remain gests responsiveness on the part of the state to issues of inevitable. Indeed, we now know that as early about China’s assertiveness in Asia which has put its America’s. The geopolitical and geoeconomic social justice at least in some cases. But recurring acts as on November 7, 1950, Sardar Vallabhbhai conditions that enabled Britain to become Patel had cautioned Nehru about the trust leadership on notice. ‘Great’ in the 19th century and claim that and persisting practices against the Dalit community deficit in the bilateral relationship and of century for itself, building a global empire, beg the question whether state response and constitu- China’s expansionist instincts in Asia. Patel’s find it easier to travel to and work with Chi- five times bigger than India’s. and that enabled the U.S. to emerge as the tionalism alone are enough to overcome longstanding prescient and cautionary note to Nehru, bur- nese academics and businesses than with In- That China was already in a different dominant world power of the 20th century social injustice and prejudices in India’s villages. ied in government files for decades, was made dian counterparts. As a U.S. analyst once put league was made brutally clear to India even do not exist for China or anyone else today. In other words, has political justice — achieved in public a decade ago and is now freely avail- it, “China is a closed society with an open as early as in 1945 by none other than John The “unipolar” world of the British and some respects over time by means of affirmative action able on the Internet. mind, India is an open society with a closed Maynard Keynes who refused to give India American empires was a historical aberra- If China annexed in Nehru’s time, it mind”. the same voting share as that of China in the tion. European scholarship wrongly viewed — managed to overcome social injustice at all? The now seeks to usurp maritime territory in The time has come for the bilateral rela- newly formed International Monetary Fund. all great powers in history as “global powers”. alacrity shown by state authorities in the Tumakaru South China Sea. Time was when Chairman tionship to move well beyond official govern- Keynes’s student, J.J. Anjaria, representing The global moment of many of them was cases reflects to some extent the political power gained Mao Zedong dubbed the Soviets as “social ment-to-government relations, precisely the , fought for parity short-lived. At best they were all continental by Dalits in India and the efficacy of the rule of law. imperialists”. No one has yet so branded Chi- because the bilateral relationship has be- with China but failed to convince Keynes and powers. Multipolarity or polycentric disper- After all, the Constitution guarantees the right to equal- na. However, unlike in the 1950s when the come more stable, despite episodic provoca- the Americans. Then came the membership sal of power and prosperity defines the nor- world adopted a more benign approach to tion on the border by China. There are of the United Nations Security Council and of mal state of the world. ity of all citizens and affirmative action for Dalits. Years China’s land grab, there has been greater several reasons why China may not want to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). If China succeeds in becoming both a pre- of following the policy of affirmative action has yielded concern about China’s assertiveness in Asia push India beyond a point. First, India has dominant maritime power of the Indo-Pacif- a high degree of participation and representation of which has put its leadership on notice. While demonstrated its ability to tide over a variety The ‘Asian century’ ic region and the predominant land power of Dalits in politics and in governance. But without pro- the Western leadership seems to be in dis- of political and economic storms that have Recovering from the ignominy of the 1962 the Eurasian land mass, it would of course gressive social consciousness permeating society at array in responding to China’s smart diplo- engulfed it from time to time, thereby estab- war, our political leadership went into a sec- emerge as the dominant world power of the large, constitutionalism, state actions and political matic forays, India has pursued a balanced lishing the resilience of the Indian state; sec- ond bout of self-delusion when it bought into 21st century. China’s control of Tibet and its sway over the Eurasian land mass, on the one equations simply do not suffice. It would help if the side, and its control over South China Sea and political actors who have accommodated Dalits among the Indo-Pacific region on the other become their party and governance structures, due to the their CARTOONSCAPE central to any quest for unipolar dominance. sheer weight of numbers as a representative section, But that is not inevitable. also believed in and worked as conduits for social trans- If China seeks to dominate the land to its formation. Perhaps if Dalits were not merely accommo- west and the waters to its east and south and thereby emerge as the hegemon of the centu- dated but were accorded leadership roles in parties, that ry, it will force all other major powers, in- could aid this process of social activism. A recent study cluding Russia at some point, to come pointed out that barring exceptions such as the Bahujan together and resist such a build-up. On the Samaj Party, the leadership of major political parties other hand, if China rejects such an imperial- suffered from a clear diversity deficit, with Dalits being ist view of history, and truly believes in the creation of a multipolar world of the pre- severely under-represented in the leadership across imperial era, then it can work with India and parties. Being made part of the political leadership — other powers of Europe and Asia. What path one way of being among the elite in the country — will China chooses for itself will determine how not by itself guarantee the eradication of social preju- other nations respond to its rise. dice, but it will be a step in the right direction. For India, the task is cut out. At the end of a year of hectic diplomacy, Mr. Modi would have discovered that all the king’s horses and all the king’s men cannot put the Humpty- Dumpty of national power back in shape if its A charge sans economy crumbles under the weight of bad policy. A country’s international stature and power is built in its fields, factories, class- substance rooms, laboratories and neighbourhoods. Not at the high tables of diplomacy, nor on sually, the Army does not play the television. (Sanjaya Baru is Director for blame game directly. But in a departure from Geo-economics and Strategy, International practice, a formal meeting of Pakistani corps Institute for Strategic Studies, and Honorary U commanders in Rawalpindi on May 5 blamed Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and New Delhi.) Analysis Wing (RAW), for “whipping up” terrorism in Pakistan. In a six-paragraph statement, which dwelt at length with Pakistan’s internal security challenges, the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. corps commanders, often described as the real cabinet of Pakistan, took “serious note” of RAW involvement in appeared from another planet or a second referendum. Mr. function that Indian basic necessities have to be met in spreading terror. The statement came just days after Maoism and Bastar sprung up from vacuum but are Cameron’s last stint saw great is independent and consistent with order to survive. A “mad” city life Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had telephoned his Indian While the Prime Minister’s advice ‘rebels with a cause’. It is futile to engagement with India. One hopes its national interests. does ensure him some of this. counterpart Narendra Modi and conveyed his condo- to the Maoists is sensible and aims try to eliminate them without that it increases substantially in his Nations boycotting the event However, a stage may come — but lences over the recent loss of lives in the -centred at a change of heart on Gandhian seeking to tackle root causes like new term. might remember that it was the in the lives of the slightly well-off, earthquake. Earlier, in an interview to Saudi Gazette lines, it appears to be too simplistic destitution, social inequity, K.B. Dessai, entry of the Soviet Union into the talented and a notable few — to and appears to apportion all the economic exploitation and threats Margao, war that hastened Germany’s come to the conclusion that enough Mr. Sharif had expressed disappointment at the lack of blame on them (“Bastar will be free to the lives and livelihoods of the surrender and that it was Russia is enough and that the rat race does progress in resuming talks with India despite his “ex- from dance of death”, May 10). Mr. poor. The launch of multi-crore The resounding win is heartening that suffered the most. Such a not make any sense anymore. ceptional decision” last May to visit India for Mr. Mo- Modi’s appeal has missed the schemes cannot cancel out the news for New Delhi because Mr. colossal sacrifice in order to make There is also a quest to look within di’s swearing-in ceremony. It is evident from the corps structural roots of the extremist structural violence against Cameron has always held India in the world a safer place for and pursue a vocation that one has commanders’ statement that the Pakistan Army doesn’t ideology which turns poor tribals marginalised people like tribals. high regard. His liberal views and a humanity should not have been always longed to do. The stories in share Mr. Sharif’s stated interest in improving relations into killers. Maoism stems from Also, the government must not go soft corner for Asians have also rejected by those boycotting it. This the article show that power and structural poverty, a lack of ahead with projects that will prove opened a new chapter in India- was hardly an occasion to indulge in riches are not all in order to sustain with India. So what exactly is Army Chief Raheel Sha- development, alienation of tribal disastrous to the environment and Britain relations for the better. an international geopolitical a well-meaningful life. rif’s game here? One, he is signalling to his civilian lands and forest resources and of tribal populations in order to make K.R. Srinivasan, slugfest. Seshagiri Row Karry, Prime Minister that India policy is in his domain. Two, exploitation in numerous forms, corporate investors happy. Secunderabad P. Krishnan, Hyderabad as he takes on some of the terrorists seriously in Pakis- some of it state-led. We need to Development projects without a Puttaparthy tan, he wants to keep the India bogey alive. Friendship appreciate that Maoists are also human face cannot be overstressed. India-U.K. ties have experienced India and world war The articles were an eye-opener with India remains anathema to the Army despite humans. Ensuring productive Any visitor to tribal hamlets in several highs and lows, but they are and made an interesting study of employment, imparting skills and forests will be horrified when he not like what they used to be The only memory for most Indians how we have to reorient ourselves American efforts over the years to convince Rawalpindi education to young people and sees first-hand the conditions in earlier. With its economic about the Second World War is of in order to live in a healthy manner. that it might not be such a bad thing. Central to the tackling poverty with adequate which tribals live. liberalisation, India is a different the defeat of the INA and the The conclusion is that when you Army’s ideology as the defender of the nation is its schemes, along with an appropriate G. David Milton, country. India does not stand to Japanese Army at the hands of the live along with nature, you are anti-India position: any dilution in such an approach ‘surrender and rehabilitation’ Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu gain much economically from the British (“India as the pivot in Asia”, bound to be healthy and live a long will be considered a sign of weakness, or so General policy for the Maoists are some U.K. when compared to what it May 9). In addition to this, the most life. Even growing your own food steps forward. A vote for the Tories gains from France and Germany. serious blot on the Raj was the can make a world of difference. Sharif and his commanders seem to believe. The Gener- Amritpal Singh, The victory of the Tories has belied The growing Indian diaspora in Bengal famine. All these dwarf the Vazuthur Raghavan, al has also strengthened his foreign policy role in Pakis- New Delhi all exit poll predictions of a hung Britain is so huge that it was only contributions made by Indian Bengaluru tan by opening up to the Afghans and Americans, Parliament (Editorial, May 9). The pragmatic that Mr. Cameron had to divisions in the East African, Iraq, something his predecessor Ashfaq Kayani failed to do. The Maoist threat in India needs to surprise win now gives David quote “abki baar Cameron sarkar” North African and Italian We might have reached top Clearly, he is a sought-after man. And during his tenure, be addressed through the twin Cameron the chance to look at in order to appeal to them. Thus in campaigns. Also, Churchill refused positions in our professional lives, ties with Kabul and Washington have improved a lot. strategies of “winning hearts and engagement with the European these present times, the tide has to grant independence to India earned hefty amounts as salaries, minds” and “affirmative security Union and also try and save turned for India, to being one of which led to Nehru asserting that owned bungalows and a fleet of cars The charge that RAW is involved in fomenting trou- policies”. More people-centric Scotland. For India, it can only be equals. “there is no question of my giving but we should also admit that we ble in Balochistan or Karachi is not a new one. Other policies are needed rather than a heartening that Asians and Indians Sajal Manchanda, help to Britain. How can I fight for a have also lost plenty in terms of than one line in the statement, the Pakistan Army has single, monopolistic idea of will form the face of the new New Delhi thing, freedom which is denied to true happiness, peace of mind and come up with precious little evidence to prove it. As industrialisation. As Maoists are on government. Trade between these Signalling solidarity me?” The declaration of love and affection from our near Mumbai was attacked in 2008, the bravery of martyred the backfoot now, the time is right two nations can improve by leaps independence to India at that time and dear ones in the process of to cash in on the situation and and bounds. Sectors like food, India’s participation at the Victory could have augmented its embracing “modernity” and policeman Tukaram Omble ensured the capture of one address the genuine concerns of health, medicine, education, Day parade in and contribution to the war. “success” which has only made our of the attackers, Pakistan national Ajmal Kasab — the tribals. , global warming, IT and President Pranab Mukherji’s Shrey Bhatnagar, lives “mechanical”, “monotonous” most potent piece of evidence ever collected by India Jishnu J. Raju, culture all need a growth impetus. reiteration of an all-weather, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh and “boring”. Against such a pointing to a Pakistani link to terrorism on Indian soil. Thiruvananthapuram N. Visveswaran, privileged and strategic backdrop, it is a happy trend that Statements, in themselves, don’t mean much; only hard Chennai relationship between India and A return to nature many young people are realising evidence counts. While India takes note of the Pakistani The triumphalism over the capture Russia is a fine way of reiterating An ordinary man on the street does this and taking up occupations of of top Maoist leaders recently The win has come as a major friendship with a trusted friend not have the options to get away their choice and even searching for charge, the relationship as it stands is unlikely to shows that the state still thinks that surprise. However, the surge of the (“Pranab meets Putin, signals from the madding crowd (‘Sunday their lost roots. change. Not much has happened in one year in the the ‘problem’ is reducible to one of Scottish National Party once again solidarity”, May 10). It is also a Anchor’ page – Far from the Kshirasagara Balaji Rao, bilateral relationship, and there are no signs otherwise. law and order. Maoists have not raises possibilities of a demand for message to those boycotting the madding crowd”, May 10), because Hyderabad CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 PERSPECTIVE 9 FROM THE READERS' EDITOR Breakthrough in India-Bangladesh ties Sensitive reporting in The Indian Parliament’s momentous ratification of the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement has paved the way for further expansion of ties between the two countries a time of catastrophe Jayant Prasad cooperation and investment between In- dia and Bangladesh are energy, infras- A.S. Panneerselvan he passage of the Bill ratifying tructure, and connectivity. The the 1974 India-Bangladesh 71-kilometre Baharampur-Bheramara touchstone that determines whether a newspaper is Land Boundary Agreement transmission grid now carries 500MW of Acapable of speaking the truth to power is the way it covers T(LBA) is a sign that India’s electricity to Bangladesh. This supply its own fraternity and its follies. The media, which is generally ‘neighbourhood-first’ policy is beginning will soon double. vocal in holding others accountable, has a tendency to withhold to work. Prime Minister Narendra Mo- Partnership in energy has been a two- its punches when it comes to its own. Whenever a newspaper di’s deftness in reversing course on this way process. Bangladesh facilitated the takes an ethical stand on the role of its peers, pointing out the issue within his party and winning sup- transportation, by the riverine route, of lapses and using the same yardstick it uses to measure the performance of port from all others enabled him to fulfil the two 300-tonne gas turbines for the other players — such as bureaucrats, diplomats, politicians, corporate the assurance he had extended to his Palatana power project in Tripura, along leaders and legal experts — it enhances Bangladeshi counterpart last September with 88 other packages of over-dimen- the credibility of the public discourse. in New York. sional cargo — virtually impossible to In this context, the role of The Hindu The Himalayan Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hailed carry through the serpentine, single-lane in calling a spade a spade in the the event as a new milestone in bilateral roads of northern Bengal, Assam, Megha- aftermath of general revulsion by quake is a relations. The Bangladesh Nationalist laya, and Tripura. Now, 100MW of power Nepali citizens over the behaviour of multilayered story. Party (BNP), in the name of its Chair- will flow to Bangladesh from Palatana. Indian television journalists covering person, Khaleda Zia, described the pas- NO BARRIERS: “India’s land and maritime boundary agreements with When additional hydropower becomes the post-earthquake relief operation It required a range sage of the Amendment “an important available from Bhutan and, later, from deserves a detailed study. The report, of expertise to day in our national life.” Bangladesh also show that intractable issues can be wrapped up India’s northeast, Bangladesh will bene- “Indian media jingoism was trigger for between neighbours within an overall relationship of growing trust fit from these, while wheeling electricity backlash in Nepal”, documented a capture the various Significance of LBA and friendship.” Picture shows the Akhaura Indo-Bangladesh border through its grid for supply to other Indi- particular occasion where a TV India’s relations with Bangladesh had post. — PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR an states. journalist was heard rudely telling the dimensions of the already taken a distinctly positive course India is promoting Bangladesh’s ener- officer that it was his right to go along in tragedy since Sheikh Hasina’s 2010 visit to New Targeted industrial development has gy security by encouraging investments the Indian Army’s chopper: “My Delhi. The LBA’s unanimous endorse- made Bangladesh the fourth largest gar- in power generation. On the anvil are a countrymen are taking part in the rescue operations and it is my duty to ment is seen in Bangladesh as an affirma- ment exporter globally. 1,320MW coal-fired plant in Rampal, and go along with them.” Jayant Sriram’s report rightly pointed out that this tion of the general attitude of A disquieting element is the periodic a 130-kilometre long ‘Friendship Pipe- led to a situation “in which TV journalists inadvertently became friendliness towards it in India. “What it visitation of political violence in Bangla- line’ from for supply of one mil- embedded reporters”. has done,” says Shamsul Bari, a promi- desh, whose latest bout was inspired by lion tonnes of diesel annually. Basharat Peer, The Hindu’s Roving Editor, after filing an exhaustive nent resident of Dhaka, “is to create a BNP, with storm troopers provided by For countries that share so much in ‘Sunday Anchor’ piece, had to write about the role of the journalists in his positive image for India in Bangladesh.” the Jamaat-e-Islami, which has still not common across densely populated fron- lead essay, “When messengers shoot the message” where he recorded the It reflects the resolve of India’s leader- come to terms with the logic of 1971. tiers, more people-to-people initiatives stoic dignity with which the Nepalese handled their tragedy and the ship to be fair towards a country that has Many of its leaders have been sentenced are needed to stoke shared memories, insensitive intrusions by the media. And on May 8, 2015, the newspaper demonstrated goodwill for India by tak- Jammu & Kashmir, which can be resolv- in the war crimes trials that have target- including revival of railway routes (such carried an editorial, “Mikes in the time of disaster”, in which it ing action against insurgent leaders shel- ed as a function of improved India-Pakis- ed the Razakars — employed by the Pa- as between Kolkata and Khulna) and bus unequivocally reminded fellow journalists from the television stream to tering within its territory, as also its tan relations, and not the other way kistan Army against the liberation connections (between Shillong and Syl- remember that “in a disaster, relief must take primacy over media readiness to partner India on mutually around, as sought by Pakistan. movement. het, effectively connecting Guwahati and privilege. Indeed, it must be seen to take precedence. A disaster of this supportive connectivity and infrastruc- If -pasand forces regain political Dhaka). magnitude leaves in its wake traumatised families that have lost ture initiatives. Developments in Bangladesh space within Bangladesh, they could rep- India could strengthen Bangladesh’s everything in one fell swoop. Ethical journalism must place humanity India’s decision to opt for internation- After gaining its freedom, Bangladesh licate the mayhem that exists today in short term liquidity by offering it a cur- above professional urgency.” al arbitration to settle her maritime has made remarkable progress. At a time Pakistan and Afghanistan. Any regime rency swap facility similar to the one boundary with Bangladesh was a similar when Bangladesh was emerging from a change that places power in their hands provided to . Fresh credit com- The Hindu’s coverage gesture of goodwill. It signified a deliber- quarter century of neglect and the trau- will result in the Inter Services Intelli- mitments will be needed for road, rail- The Himalayan quake is a multilayered story. It required a range of ate, a priori relinquishment of its claims ma of war, and it was derisively dismissed gence’s re-establishment in Bangladesh ways, and waterways connectivity expertise to capture the various dimensions of the tragedy. This on the disputed waters, nearly 80 per as “an international basket case”, few and terrorist attacks in India from Ban- projects. Bangladesh will require help to newspaper, in its ‘Science and Technology’ section, covered two cent of which have gone to Bangladesh. could have imagined its evolution as a gladeshi soil. ensure navigable depth for the Inland important aspects. First, “Making buildings earthquake-safe”, which Negotiations could never have settled flourishing multiparty democracy and, Water Protocol routes, and to develop explained how the extent of damage to buildings depended not only on this matter since the India-proposed arguably, as the most socially dynamic The promise of partnership Ashuganj as a transshipment point, with the magnitude of the earthquake, but also on the type of construction median line was drawn in a way – taking South Asian country. With Bangladesh’s growing prosperity, a railway link from Akhaura to Agartala. practice followed. Second, “Himalayas: next major quake may be west of account of the concave configuration of Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi trade with India has grown. Indian ex- Bangladeshi business and industry will the recent one”, was an early warning piece that looked into the nature of the coast – that the Bangladeshi waters had prophesied this at her public rally in ports more than doubled over the past gain from connectivity and infrastruc- the seismic activity in the region. In the ‘Comment/Perspective’ page, got confined to a narrow triangle be- Dhaka in March 1972: “I am confident five years, from $2.7 billion to $6.1 billion ture investments, as also India’s north- there was an interview with a leading geologist, Michael P. Searle — who, tween India and . that you will go forward step-by-step, in 2013-14. Bangladeshi exports last year east. The linking of Nepal, Bhutan, and two years ago, predicted a disaster in Nepal — looked at the issues of lack By establishing its ability to resolve and that with each step Bangladesh will were at $462 million. A esti- India’s northeast to Bangladeshi ports of infrastructure in South Asia along with the other geological details. sensitive, sovereignty-related issues of become stronger, and that the progress mate places illegal trade at three-fourths might help make Bangladesh the natural There were two first person recollections — one by Aditya Adhikari and its land and maritime boundaries and you will achieve will not be limited to a of regular trade, mostly constituted by bridge between South and Southeast the other by The Hindu’s Nepal correspondent Damakant Jayshi — which displacement of peoples, India has sig- few people, but extend to all your people Indian exports of consumables. The Asia. contextualised and gave us the language to understand the tragedy as a nalled, just prior to Mr. Modi’s visit to and reach every doorstep whether in vil- barbed wire fence constructed by India is India and Bangladesh are seminal to human suffering and not as a distant number crunching spectacle. China, that the Sino-Indian border may lages and towns. It is then that your permeable to all manner of goods, in- each other’s progress and prosperity. By It may be of some help if reporters, especially from the 24X7 television be ripe for a similar settlement. India’s country will become ‘Sonar Bangla’ — cluding live animals. the smooth passage of the 119th Amend- channels, get acquainted with the literature on disaster reporting. There inability to ratify a 41-year old LBA, Golden Bangladesh.” The transaction costs of trade remain ment Indian parliamentarians have con- are more than 10 manuals that are specifically designed on how to handle which addressed issues of a lesser magni- In the 20 years following 1990, Bangla- extraordinarily high, with forced trans- veyed to the people of Bangladesh that disaster in a humane manner. It is important that readers or viewers are tude than the McMahon Line, had given desh has reduced absolute poverty al- shipment of goods at the border and the India wishes them well and is ready to also aware of some of the best practices by reporters in a disaster reason to China to continue to keep on most by half, from nearly 60 per cent to absence of coastal shipping. Customs and work with them cooperatively as their situation to evaluate the quality of journalism offered to them. hold the settlement of the boundary dis- just over 30 per cent, together with im- documentation requirements are not up preferred partner. pute with India. proved child health and nutrition, re- to international standards. India could (Jayant Prasad is Advisor at the Delhi Key tips India’s land and maritime boundary duced infant and maternal mortality, redress the trade imbalance with greater Policy Group, Visiting Fellow at the The International Center for Journalists has a simple but effective agreements with Bangladesh also show greater access to drinking water and san- facilitation, further reducing non-tariff Research and Information System for manual, “Disaster and crisis coverage”. It offers workable and ethical tips that intractable issues can be wrapped up itation, and gender parity in primary and barriers, and promoting Bangladesh’s in- Developing Countries, New Delhi, and for reporters to approach victims and survivors. Let me share some of the between neighbours within an overall re- secondary education. There has been a dustrialisation. All these issues are now Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for key suggestions from that manual so that readers understand why The lationship of growing trust and friend- sharp decline in the fertility rate, and receiving attention. the Advanced Study of India, University Hindu took up the case of sensitive reporting in a time of catastrophe. ship. It is also instructive for the issue of steady growth in women’s employment. The three prime areas of economic of Pennsylvania.) They are: “Calmly and clearly identify yourself before you begin asking questions or filming. The person needs to know who you are and needs to understand that the material could be published or broadcast. Treat each victim with dignity and respect. Journalists walk a fine line: they must be sensitive, but at the same time, must not be timid. Start the interview with open-ended questions that gently prod them into telling their story. The case for liberal arts education “When did you learn of this? Who have you spoken to so far? Ask survivors what they saw and heard. These questions are non-judgmental and provide a chance for them to tell what they are feeling and thinking. There is an urgent need to institute well grounded liberal arts education in India to prepare Understand that people react differently in these situations – some withdraw, while others find solace in talking. If the person says no to an for challenges of the globalised post-industrial society of the 21st century interview or becomes emotional about the media pushing for Vishakha N. Desai critically about life’s choices. information, back off. Give victims a sense of control. Ask if they would be more comfortable sitting or standing during the interview or whether he party tents are up Interactive learning they would like to go somewhere else, away from the chaos to talk.” Tand bleacher stands In India, there is an urgent need to [email protected] are in place on the Colum- overhaul the higher education system, bia University’s beautiful- not only because there has been a sys- ly apportioned Commons tematic erosion of any serious emphasis (public yard) that will on the study of the humanities, but bring together some 45,000 people — more importantly, it has resulted in a undergraduates, graduates, Doctorates, lack of deep understanding of our own FROM THE ARCHIVES their families, the faculty, and the uni- cultural history and our own classics. versity administration—to celebrate the Some well-respected industry leaders in value of higher education at one of the India have also pointed out that the lack great universities of the world where I of any sense of value-based leadership dated May 11, 1965 teach. The undergraduates, trained in and moral judgment has resulted in the the famous Columbia Core program wide spread acceptance of corruption at New Soviet rocket to moon been breached already while in that incorporates western and Asian all levels that we witness in India today. Russia’s latest moon shot, Orissa it was just now picking up. In Philosophical systems, great literature Let me be clear. I am not talking Luna-5, launched yesterday [May 9] Andhra out of 800,000 tons of rice of the world, as well as introduction to about a nostalgic reverence for the past, from an orbit around the earth set as target four lakhs had been natural sciences and maths, will proud- nor am I talking about simplistic ideas where it was placed by a multistage already procured. The Minister said ly get their Columbia degree, confident about teaching in all govern- rocket, was moving on a trajectory that when the second crop was in their knowledge that the degree from ment schools. I am also not advocating close to the planned one. It is harvested the entire quantity would one of the most prestigious institutions ILLUSTRATION: SATWIK GADE the cause of liberal arts education at the expected to reach earth’s nearest be procured. He admitted in reply of higher education will prepare them to expense of vocational training that is neighbour sometime tomorrow to a question that there was become leaders, not just for the first job system that some have described as “a these subjects in college as I was more required for preparing the young work [May 11] or Tuesday [May 12]. wastage of foodgrains in storage. out of college. sea of mediocrity with a few islands of interested in the liberal arts courses force to take on the 21st century jobs. Official secrecy still surrounds the That was why the Government had For much of the last century, the U.S excellence.” such as psychology, Sanskrit, and politi- But this century, described by some ve- has led the way in developing and sus- cal science. My parents, true Gand- ry thoughtful scholars as a post-indus- exact purpose of the shot, and taken steps to improve the storage Indian education several possible objectives were put facilities. A member from Kerala taining institutions of tertiary educa- hians, were happy with whatever choice trialised society, will need people who forward here [Moscow] to-day complained that rice was being sold tion with a focus on liberal arts What is lost in the debates over meri- I made, but my school teachers were so are capable of navigating cultural differ- [May 10]. The unmanned, 3,252-lb at Rs. two per kilo in the State. The education and innovative research that tocracy and access, or excellence and upset that they came to our home to ences, have a sense of grounded-ness space station, that was launched Minister said that there was has allowed the country to be a global equity is the fact that in India, ever since convince me and my parents that I must without being nationalistic, and to lead yesterday [May 9] could fly around rationing for everyone in Kerala leader in developing new technologies the time of the country’s Independence, pursue science and not “waste’’ my in- in an ever more interdependent, bor- the moon, transmitting close-up and if somebody chose to pay a high and finding solutions to intractable we have privileged technical knowledge telligence and academic talent! This der-collapsing world. Without liberal pictures back to earth, and later go price for a particular variety of rice, problems. It is no surprise that in most and applied sciences over a well-round- narrow attitude has not only persisted arts education, it will be next to impos- into permanent orbit around the it should not bother them. international rankings of major univer- ed liberal arts education. We all have but hardened (with a few notable excep- sible to gain these qualities. A critical sun or earth itself. It could make a sities, American universities take the heard stories of the pressures put on tions of relatively new universities, such study of the humanities and of our own hard landing on the moon, Library gifted to University largest number of top spots. It is equally talented students, boys in particular, to as the Ashoka, Azim , and Shiv literary and cultural past will require a depositing the specially protected Nearly 6,000 rare volumes in disappointing that in none of the 150 pursue engineering, medical fields, or Nadir Universities), as the discussion more interactive form of learning, grea- instrument package. The Portuguese and other languages such rankings, Indian universities fig- now, business administration, as they has centered around job skills and ca- ter financial support for scholars and instruments might be contained in microfilms and photostats ure anywhere near the top one hundred graduate from high school. There is an reer opportunities. There is a feeling teachers who have dedicated their lives a hard shell which would break on belonging to the personal library of spots. There are many reasons for this unspoken but well understood assump- that learning about philosophical sys- to these studies without politicising the impact but leave the instruments the eminent historian from Goa, Dr. glaring absence. One could argue that tion that you pursue liberal arts or the tems or great literary classics, political knowledge base, and making a convinc- intact. They could then send back Pandurang Pissurelenkar, have for a country that needs to create jobs humanities in college only if you could theory or imaginative poetry is an in- ing case for the importance of the liberal to earth seismic measurements and been donated by him to the Bombay for 14 million new entrants to the mar- not get into the desired fields of science tellectual luxury at best and waste of arts education for a more just and re- information on the moon’s soil University. ket every year, the priority has to be and commerce. I had a personal experi- time at worst. flective society, confident in its millen- structure. The microfilms were obtained given to vocational training for the large ence with this phenomenon when I These are the very things that the best nial roots but ready to engage with the from archives in France, Portugal masses of people who are equipped to graduated from high school almost five and the brightest of students learn in world. Let us hope that the trend of a Buffer stock and the Vatican. The library take on the low to mid-level jobs. Some decades ago. I was a pretty good student, the most selective of American univer- few liberal arts universities, recently es- Mr. C. Subramaniam, Food contains 16th and 17th century would also make the case that after all, and I did extremely well in the State sities. As the President of Williams Col- tablished, will lead to a bigger force, Minister, told the Rajya Sabha Marathi works in Roman script, with the establishment of the highly Board exams, with the highest marks in lege, no. 1 ranked liberal arts college in providing the sense of prestige to the to-day [May 10] that it was including a biography of Shivaji, competitive Indian Institutes of Tech- general science and advanced arithme- the U.S., Adam Falk said to the 2014 liberal arts education that India so des- proposed to build a buffer stock of written 40 years after his death and nology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of tic. I had taken these subjects, not only graduating class, we learn these things perately needs. two million tons of rice and four Portuguese-Konkani dictionaries of Management (IIMs), the country has because I was good at it, but more im- because they give us insight into what it (Vishakha N. Desai is Special Advisor million tons of wheat. Rice 17th century. A large collection of taken care of the highly talented stu- portantly, because I knew I could get the means to be human, and they prepare us for Global Affairs to the President and procurement on the whole was precious maps and other historical dents who become industry leaders. But kind of marks that would propel me for leading a meaningful life, not just the Professor of Practice, Columbia satisfactory he said. In Punjab and materials are also included in the this does not take into account the stark toward the top ten in the Board exams. I next job. They teach us what it means to University, President Emerita, Asia Madhya Pradesh the targets had collection. reality of the Indian higher education was pretty clear that I would not pursue have a moral compass and how to think Society.)

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FROM PAGE ONE AICTE NORMS FLOUTED Citizenship issue: Home Ministry working on guidelines Colleges at a loss to explain ‘shared’ faculty Jayant Sriram ‘Allegations the handiwork of rival groups’ NEW DELHI: Since the NDA R. Ravikanth Reddy, members, as per the data way of explanation. sions and summer classes. came to power in May last S. Sandeep Kumar & from the All India Council for In West Godavari district “Out of negligence,” the poly- year, it has proactively fol- R. Arivanantham Technical Education of neighbouring Andhra Pra- technic college staff could lowed the case filed in the Su- (AICTE), extracted and ana- desh, the 100-acre Sri Vishnu have failed to update the list preme Court by two NGOs HYDERABAD/ VIJAYAWADA/ NA- lysed by the public data web- Educational Society campus of such faculty members and urging that Hindus and other GERCOIL: In the midst of bar- site ‘Factly’. These were at Bhimavaram has an exclu- continue to list them to be on minorities from Bangladesh ren lands in a remote village among the 174 colleges re- sive community FM radio sta- their rolls, Mr. Suryanaraya- migrating to India to escape in Nalgonda district of Telan- cently denied permission by tion and concrete structures, na said. religious persecution, must gana, the small building is the the Telangana government to and students and faculty In Kanyakumari district of not be bracketed with illegal only concrete structure admit students for lack of fac- members praise the facilities. Tamil Nadu, the KNSK Col- migrants and sent back. around. There is hardly any ulty and infrastructure. Yet Sri Vishnu Institute of lege of Engineering at There- In the words of one of the movement of students or fac- Technology and Smt. B. kalputhoor and NSK lawyers involved, the govern- ulty in the building to reflect Zero admissions Seetha Polytechnic College Polytechnic College at Chen- ment made emphatic assur- that it is an educational in- The college had zero ad- run by the society share 17 bagaramanpudur, which ances that it would resolve Hindus and other minorities from Bangladesh, stitution. The silence around missions in the last three faculty members, as per the would appear to share 11 the matter. Two initial hear- migrating to India to escape religious persecution, it is punctured occasionally years, but it has managed to data. Generally, M. Tech stu- teachers, are nine km apart. ings were handled by an Addi- must not be bracketed with illegal migrants and by the rural youngsters riding attract a group of students dents pursuing correspond- K. Thanappan, chairman of tional Solicitor-General, sent back, NGOs say. - FILE PHOTO: AP bikes to reach their villages. from Kerala in the manage- ence courses conduct classes the Vellalar Trust that runs while Attorney-General Mu- The Adusumilli Vijaya Col- ment quota for the Petroleum for polytechnic students, so- the two institutions, besides kul Rohatgi appeared at the timeframes — in order to ar- to religious disturbances. The lege of Engineering in Maisi- Engineering course. “We ciety’s director D. Suryana- an Industrial Technical Insti- last hearing, held on April 7, gue that Hindus were perse- BJP will give all of them citi- reddypalli village in have facilities and faculty re- rayana explained. After tute, claims that it is a false and told the court that the cuted in Bangladesh before zenship once we come to Bommlaramaram Mandal quired for the course,” is all completing the M. Tech allegation aimed at maligning matter was being considered coming to India, the Ministry power in Assam next year,” and the Adusumilli Vijaya In- that the director of the col- course, they are employed by the name of the trust. He said by the Home Ministry and a has to cite specific events that party president stitute of Technology and Re- lege, who refused to identify the Vishnu Institute of Tech- it might be the handiwork of decision would be communi- took place in Bangladesh. had said at a rally in Assam on search Centre share 15 faculty himself, told The Hindu by nology to conduct lab ses- rival groups within the trust. cated soon. That could complicate bilat- April 27. He said his party According to sources, the eral ties if the events men- would also work towards giv- Home Ministry has had to tioned happened to have ing Indian citizenship to all consider several variables occurred when the current Bangladeshi Hindu immi- while formulating its re- ruling party in Bangladesh grants across the country. At Help boost trade, Pranab tells Pranab’s tip to sponse that will decide the was in power. the same time, echoing the fate of thousands of Bangla- The BJP has already de- campaign speeches of Prime deshi Hindus living in 19 clared that the immigration Minister Narendra Modi, Mr. promote study of States. Because the period in policy will be a major plank Shah said the BJP sought to question is since 1971, the on which it will contest the get rid of illegal immigrants Suhasini Haidar first variable is the number of Assam Assembly elections or “infiltrators” – read: Mus- Indology in Russia Hindu migrants that the case next year. “Some Hindus have lims who come over from MOSCOW: Wrapping up his will cover. Second, it has to fix come from Bangladesh owing Bangladesh. four day visit to Russia, Presi- Suhasini Haidar sponded to a scholar who dent Pranab Mukherjee told called for Indian coopera- Russia’s 15,000-strong Indi- MOSCOW: Faced with a de- tion in strengthening the an community to contribute clining interest in the election process in Russia Modi calls for cooperative federalism to enhancing bilateral ties, study of “Indology” in Rus- which they said is “often pointing out that despite sia, President Pranab Muk- suspect,” ahead of Duma, Indrani Dutta have been the Chief Minister were scams galore… now friendly relations and the herjee urged scholars to try or parliamentary elections of a State for long. It is un- things have changed… we “closest institutional ties,” and build “living contacts” in Russia in 2016. KOLKATA: Prime Minister Na- fortunate that this continues have taken measures to allo- Russia accounts for only 1 per with Indian universities The President said that rendra Modi on Sunday said so long after Independence… cate coal and iron ore through cent of India’s total interna- and academics, and an- the Indian parliamentary though the Western regions this is not good for the coun- auctions… the States are get- tional trade, at $6 billion last nounced a new prize for In- system was successful be- of India had made good eco- try,” Mr. Modi said during the ting resources, industry is year (down from $10 billion dology, instituted by the cause the Election com- nomic progress, the eastern inauguration which was also getting blocks allocated. A in 2013 and $11 billion in Indian Council for Cultur- mission was “ferociously States — Bihar, West Bengal, attended by with Chief Minis- year ago, the world said India 2012). al Relations (ICCR). independent.” “We cherish Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam, ter . was sinking, but now multi- He also urged the Indian President Mukherjee it and we celebrate it,” he the North East — despite be- Making a pitch for Team lateral agencies and interna- community members, who met a group of professors added. ing rich in natural resources, India, he said: “Prime Minis- tional rating agencies are attended a reception hosted President Pranab Mukherjee being presented with a and indologists during his were lagging, he said. Stating ter and Chief Minister to- saying that India is the fastest in Moscow, to promote India portrait at a reception for members of the Indian visit to Moscow, where he Indian films that these States would have gether make a team… without growing economy,” the Prime as a destination for Foreign community in Moscow on Sunday. — PHOTO: PTI attended the 70th year The scholars also spoke to be strengthened, he said, Team India, Hindustan can- Minister pointed out. Direct Investment. commemoration of Rus- of the problems with mak- “Your sweat will not go waste. not make progress… country Ms. Banerjee, in her short Officials say that since nessmen and tourist arrivals nation in Russia compared to sia’s World War II victory. ing Indology studies rele- West Bengal will be strength- is above any [political] party. speech also talked about April 2000, of the $246 bil- to India have dropped 40 per in other European countries. “It is a political reality vant to a new generation of ened.” Mr. Modi inaugurated Whether it is Rajya Sabha or working together for India, lion that has flowed into In- cent in the past year.Busi- The biggest problems howev- that Russia and India have . dedicate to the nation, the Rs. Lok Sabha, all opinions can be saying that while politics will dia, Russia has invested less nessmen here point out that er are work-visa restrictions drifted apart as compared Interestingly, the Indian 16,408-crore modernised and amalgamated for the sake of play out in its own way, devel- than $ 1 billion. Russia may be a good invest- put in place by the Russian to the Soviet days, and as a film industry has also come expanded IISCO Steel Plant Team India.” opment too has to take place. Speaking to The Hindu at ment destination for India government in 2010 that result the interest in Indol- to the rescue of Indology of the Steel Authority of India “United we gain, divided we the event, however, Indian rather than the other way stipulate that immigrants ogy has suffered,” Dr. Klara studies, St Petersburg Uni- Ltd. Policy decisions fall,” she said. businessmen in Russia point- around. “This is the perfect working in Russia can only Dryukova, who teaches at versity professor Yulia “There is now talk of coop- Recalling his visit to the She said land had been al- ed out several problems with time for example, for Indian belong to “high-skilled” cate- the Moscow State Institute Alikhanova, one of the few erative federalism and coop- State last year amid electio- lotted for the expansion of the trade relationship, add- hotel chains to set up in cities gories, and must pass Rus- of International Relations, people in the group of In- erative competitive neering, he said in jest that the Durgapur Steel Plant ing that India is not seen as here, especially Moscow,” sian fluency tests within six tells The Hindu, but adds dologists in a younger age- federalism,” Mr Modi said. those were combative days close by and these two pro- an easy destination for Rus- says Hiren Prabahakar, Gen- months. Many hope that the that this year she has 22 group under 50, told The Speaking at Burnpur after and he too had engaged in jects would resuscitate the sian FDI at a time the Rus- eral Manager of the St. Regis issue will be taken up by students who have submit- Hindu. the inauguration of the mod- some rhetoric, but since then twin industrial cities of Dur- sian economy is in straitened hotel in Moscow, adding that Prime Minister Narendra ted diplomas on Indian Professor Alikhanova ernised IISCO steel plant, Mr his government had taken gapur and Asansol. Another circumstances. The past year the Starwood Hotel Chain is Modi when he travels to Rus- studies on subjects as di- says she has even incorpo- Modi made a strong case for many policy decisions and project -- the new airport at of sanctions against Russia, planning dozens of new sia in July and again in No- verse as Indian history, the rated the Mani Ratnam the dissolution of tensions even changed policies to, Andal -- got a fillip with the and the sharp fall in oil prices hotels. vember this year. “Given the Kashmir conflict and film “Ravan” and Bolly- between the Centre and the which help the State. Prime Minister returning to have both added to the prob- According to Sanjeev special ties and goodwill be- SAARC relations, which is wood hit “Hum Saath States. “I know what it is, as I “When we came, there Delhi from there. lems within the country, in- Shukla, a senior executive tween the two countries, In- the highest number in a Saath Hain,” as a part of cluding a significant with the Four Seasons Hotel, dia should press Russia to decade. her course on the influen- devaluing of the Russian rou- who also attended the event, make exceptions for India on The President also re- ces of the Ramayana text. Belur Math: a return to spiritual roots ble. As a result, both busi- Indians face little discrimi- visas,” says Mr. Shukla. Special Correspondent Modi repackaging UPA KOLKATA: Taking time off Congress to stall proceedings from a hectic two-day visit to West Bengal, Prime Minister schemes, says Congress Narendra Modi, visited Belur if Gadkari is not sacked Math, the headquarters of Special Correspondent try, however, can see through the . Smita Gupta ernment has no expectations this subterfuge. They know Mr. Modi spent more than an of getting its controversial NEW DELHI: Taking aim at the that the schemes are nothing hour walking barefoot across NEW DELHI: A combative Con- amendments to the 2013 NDA government’s much but a repackaged the Aam the complex on Sunday and gress has decided to block all Land Acquisition Act publicised launch of three Aadmi Beema Yojana (AA- praying at different temples . business in the Rajya Sabha through Parliament: it hopes major social security schemes BY), the Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi “Where would I get this in the three remaining days of to get it through the Lok Sab- on Saturday, the Congress has Swasthya Beema Yojana opportunity to relive the the budget session, unless the ha and then bring it to the accused Prime Minister Na- (RGSSBY) and the Rashtriya days of my boyhood, the government sacks Union Sur- Rajya Sabha, get it rejected, rendra Modi of simply re- Swasthya Beema Yojana Prime Minister said,” Swami face Transport Minister Ni- so that it can make a case for a naming and repackaging the (RSBY) — schemes that the Subhakarnananda Maharaj, tin Gadkari, whose joint sitting of the two schemes launched by the UPA previous government a monk who took Mr. Modi family-linked Purti group has Houses to pass it. But all this government. launched with an aim to wid- around at Belurmath, quoted been named in a Comptroller is contingent on the Houses “The high-voltage media en the social security net,” the Prime Minister saying. and Auditor General report being in order: if the Con- exercise undertaken yester- Mr. Surjewala said. The monks of the Ramak- Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting monks of as beneficiary of a series of Gadkari's family-linked gress stays the course on the day was yet again a blatant Beneficiaries rishna Mission chanted Ved- the Ramakrishna Mission at its headquarters in dodgy loans. Indication of Purti group has been Mr. Gadkari issue, even this attempt at renaming, repack- ic chants as the Prime Belur Math in Kolkata on Sunday. — PHOTO: PTI this came on Friday itself named in a CAG report will not be possible. aging and relaunching, cou- He claimed the UPA Minister walked around the when proceedings in the Up- The key Constitutional pled with the now schemes had benefited about complex. He also took a pho- emotional when he went in- and had decided to join the per House were punctuated as the beneficiary of a Amendment Bill to roll out a characteristic event manage- five crore (AABY), 42 lakh tograph with them outside side the room where Swami order as a monk and had by repeated adjournments af- series of dodgy loans. Goods and Services Tax is al- ment style of governance. It (RGSSBY) and 12 crore the main temple of the Math. Vivekananda photographs visited Belur Math as a ter slogan-shouting Congress so unlikely to get past the Ra- has again established the ‘Na- (RSBY) people and an “When Suhitananada ji Mah- and footwear were kept, said youth. members, demanding his re- been listed for Monday – as jya Sabha. Two notices have Mo’ style of governance i.e. amount of Rs. 2,155 crore, Rs araj offered a bouquet, he the monks. Mr. Modi also visited the signation, trooped into the well as demand an apology already been moved to send it nothing-original, message- 327.71 crore and Rs 4,300.07 [Prime Minister] asked when The Prime Minister re- Dakshineswar temple, locat- well. from the government for de- to a Select Committee, one only,” said Randeep Singh crore respectively has been a boy of the house returned flected on how he consid- ed on the bank of river In the Lok Sabha, the Con- scribing Rahul Gandhi’s ac- jointly by the Congress, the Surjewala, head of the Con- disbursed already. to his home does he need a ered the ideas of Swami Hooghly, offered floral trib- gress is likely to block pro- cusations on food parks as CPI, the BSP, the Samajwadi gress party's communication “The cumulative number of reception,” a monk said. Vivekananda and Lord Ra- utes and performed aarti at ceedings on the Land “the politics of deception.” Party and the DMK, and the department, on Sunday. individuals covered under Mr. Modi turned visibly makrishna an inspiration the temple. Acquisition Bill – that has As things stand, the gov- other by the AIADMK. He said contrary to claims, these schemes exceeds 17 the entire exercise on Satur- crore [six crore families] and day was aimed at “credit tak- the amount benefiting them ing” by appearing pro-people sums up to over Rs.7,800 ‘Modi-Mamata alliance unholy’ India asks Maldives to ensure space for dissent in the midst of the “anti-peo- crore. We sincerely hope that ple suit-boot sarkar” image the Modi government is not Soumya Das ya Janata Party and the Tri- The State Congress presi- Smriti Kak Ramachandran nation. and other political that this government has wanting to shut down these namool Congress are trying dent pointed out that in his “We have seen reports by detainees. made for itself by its “mis- major schemes providing a KOLKATA: On a day when to put up a show of friendship speech at Burnpur, after the NEW DELHI: Amid growing U.N. agencies that press deeds and crony friendly security umbrella to 17 crore Prime Minister Narendra in Delhi and animosity in inauguration of the modern- clamour for India’s interven- freedom is being abridged. ‘Missed the chance’ policies”. people of the country,” he Modi and West Bengal Chief Bengal.” ised IISCO plant, Mr. Modi tion in the ongoing political The Special Rapporteur on Former Ambassador Kul- “The people of this coun- said. Minister Mamata Banerjee had made no mention of the turmoil in the Maldives, New the independence of judges dip Sahdev, who headed the shared the dais at Burnpur in ‘Scared of CBI’ Saradha scam. Delhi has asked the island and lawyers has also report- MEA’s Maldives division, Bardhaman district, both the Mr. Chowdhury accused Left Front chairperson Bi- nation to ensure that space ed their increased politicisa- said India had already mis- State Congress and the Left Ms. Banerjee of trying to be in man Bose claimed that the for legitimate political dis- tion. Maintaining public sed the chance to intervene Front claimed that the two the good books of the Prime meeting between Mr. Modi sent is safeguarded and safe- trust requires strong adher- when the coup took place. had entered into an “unholy Minister as she was afraid of and Ms. Banerjee indicated ty and security of foreign ence to due process. The Referring to the strategic alliance.” State BJP leader- the Central Bureau of Inves- close ties between the BJP workers is secured. space for legitimate political importance of the Maldives, ship, however, denied the tigation (CBI) probe into the and TMC. India’s statement, made at dissent must be safeguard- he said the international allegation. multi-crore Saradha scam. State BJP president Rahul the Universal Periodic Re- ed,” India has said. community, particularly In- Addressing a rally in Cen- “Over the last few months the Sinha denied the allegations view of Maldives at the 22nd However, India is yet to dia, had a role to play in tral Kolkata on Sunday, West intensity of the CBI probe has and said Mr. Modi did not Session of the Working respond to the demand from restoration of democracy. Bengal Pradesh Congress decreased,” he said. criticise the Trinamool gov- Group on UPR of the U.N. pro-democracy and human “Things will only get Committee (WBPCB) presi- Several Trinamool leaders ernment as it was against de- Human Rights Council in rights activists to put pres- worse in the Maldives in the dent Adhir Ranjan Chowdhu- including Transport Minister corum to criticise a State Geneva last week, follows re- sure on the current leader- coming days; now India ry said: “Mr. Modi and Ms. Madan Mitra were arrested government in presence of ports of human rights viola- ship in Male to consider the needs to sit up and take no- Banerjee have entered into an by the CBI for their alleged the Chief Minister tions and impingement on release of the former Presi- tice and carve out a role for unholy alliance. The Bharati- involvement in the scam. concerned. press freedom in the island dent, Mohammed Nasheed, itself,” he said. CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 NATIONAL 11

JUDGMENT DAY ‘Muslims alienated us, All eyes on Karnataka High Court verdict Hindus didn’t accept us’ It will virtually decide the political future of Jayalalithaa and the AIADMK

Sruthisagar Yamunan New Delhi since the Parlia- ramanian Swamy, reached its 100 crore was also levied. penses Ms. Jayalalithaa madhu MGR as fictitious and ment is in session. Till Sunday climax on September 27 last The verdict put Ms. Jayala- incurred for the marriage of an “afterthought” to account BENGALURU: The proceedings evening, there was no infor- year, when a Special Court lithaa in jail for a brief period Mr. Sudhakaran, her now dis- for the illegal income listed by in court hall 14 of the Karna- mation on any AIADMK Min- convicted Jayalalithaa and before she eventually got bail owned foster son, in 1995, and the prosecution. In total, the taka High Court on Monday is ister landing in Bengaluru. three of her associates — V. from the Supreme Court in construction and renovation court fixed the value of the il- certain to have a huge bearing Sasikala, V.N. Sudhakaran October. The apex court had expenses for a number of legal wealth at Rs. 53 crore as on the politics of Tamil Nadu. 18-year assets case and Ilavarasi — for amassing set a three-month deadline buildings, including a part of against the Rs. 66 crore claim The Special Bench of Justice The 18-year assets case wealth disproportionate to for the High Court to com- her residence at Poes Garden. of the prosecution. C.R. Kumaraswamy will de- launched by the DMK govern- their known sources of in- plete the appeal. The trial court also dismissed In the appeal, counsel of liver its verdict on the appeals ment in 1996, following a come. They were sentenced to Among the disproportion- a subscription scheme started Ms. Jayalalithaa has laid great We remain marginalised, says Rahmat Ali, seen in the disproportionate assets complaint by BJP leader Sub- 4 years in prison. A fine of Rs ate wealth listed are the ex- by AIADMK party organ Na- emphasis on the argument outside his house in Dabli, U.P.— PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY case, virtually deciding the that the trial court disregard- immediate political future of ed the orders of the Income Mohammad Ali sits on land belonging to the the former Tamil Nadu Chief Tax Appellate Tribunal, village panchayat, which Minister Jayalalithaa and the which had already accepted DABLI (AGRA): As a child, Arif has allowed the Nats to use AIADMK. ‘A judge must consider evidence objectively’ the proof shown for many of Ali dreaded the sight of it. Anticipating trouble by the Krishnadas Rajagopal On April 27, 2015, a three- Kumaraswamy’s prowess as dispassionately.” these incomes and assets. Cit- children doing tricks at Ali became a Hindu along presence of AIADMK cadres, judge Bench of the Supreme a High Court judge to Justice Misra quoted two ing Supreme Court judg- traffic signals or walking on with his wife, his two the police have issued prohib- NEW DELHI: When Justice Court led by Justice Dipak administer justice in a apex court verdicts on ments, the lawyers had argued ropes on fields for money. younger brothers and their itory orders in an one kilo- C.R. Kumaraswamy delivers Misra flayed the appearance corruption case. corruption by public that a trial court cannot dis- This resident of Dabli wives last Christmas metre radius around the High his judgment on the appeals of Public Prosecutor G. It is this April 27 judgment servants — Niranjan miss the findings of the Tribu- village in Agra, didn’t want provoking a strong reaction Court. About 500 policemen filed by former Tamil Nadu Bhavani Singh in appeals that cleared the path for Hemchandra Sashittal nal. to end up like them. But from his fellow community are expected to be on duty to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa pending before Justice Justice Kumaraswamy to versus State of The last three months also being born into the ‘Nat’ members. “It became major avoid trouble. and three others against Kumaras-wamy at the deliver his verdict in the and Dr. Subramanian witnessed high drama as the community, he was news,” Arif tells this However, since Ms. Jayala- their conviction in a Karnataka High Court as appeals on May 11 — a day Swamy versus Union of appointment of Bhavani supposed to do exactly that. correspondent. To escape that fate, he lithaa will stay back in Chen- disproportionate assets “bad in law.” before the SC deadline ends. India — to emphasise that Singh as Special Public Prose- Wait begins nai on Monday (it is not case on Monday, it is But Justice Misra, writing Justice Misra, speaking “corruption is an enemy of cutor in the appeal was chal- became a barber. necessary for the accused to pertinent that the verdict the judgment on a petition through his judgment on the nation and tracking lenged by DMK general But poverty didn’t leave With their ghar wapsi be present in the High Court satisfies the high standards filed by DMK leader K. April 27, conveyed to Justice down corrupt public secretary K. Anbazhagan. Af- him and his father Rahmat started the wait for the during the judgment), senior of judicial accountability Anbazhagan, did not order a Kumaraswamy how “the servants and punishing such ter a split verdict by a two- Ali, who spent all his life promised land, money and AIADMK leaders have given and objectivity set for the fresh hearing of the appeals. duty of the judge is to persons is a necessary member Bench, his appoint- performing circus tricks in job. They never came. Arif Bengaluru a miss this time. judge personally by the Instead, the apex court consider the evidence mandate of the Prevention ment was struck down by a western Uttar Pradesh. says Pandit sought time and Sources said party MPs have Supreme Court. sought to bank on Justice objectively and of Corruption Act, 1988”. larger Supreme Court Bench So when the offer of land, asked him to be patient. been instructed to stay put in in April. job and money came from Their wait began — so did Love Pandit — a Hindutva their social boycott. “We got leader he had befriended at alienated among Muslims. his barber shop — 35-year- At the same time, we did old Arif couldn’t resist it. All not gain acceptance among Actor Neetu alleges attack Lions’ roar grows louder in Gir he had to do was to convert the Hindus,” says 75-year- while she was returning nool police and was then Vidya Venkat to . old Rahmat Ali. “Our Staff Reporter from the Rudravaram police remanded by the Allagadda Despite severe resistance identity was that of a Nat. station. She told the Sirivella court. NEW DELHI: There is more from his community, Arif We were never Hindu or ANANTAPUR: Actor Neetu police that Nagaraju tried to She was released from the good news for wildlife enthu- convinced his family of the Muslim. We remained Nat Agarwal, who is accused of extort money from her. sub-jail on May 6 after she siasts in India. After a tiger “generous offer.” even after our conversion.” being involved in illegal However, Nagaraju told was granted conditional bail. census earlier this year Nat community “Over all, we continued to transportation of red sand- the police that he was picked The court directed her, in found a jump in the numbers traditionally did folk circus be marginalised. My ers and being an accomplice up by Neetu Agarwal at Ru- the bail order, that she would of the big cat, the population and tricks, a source of daughter had to be married. of another red sanders ac- dravaram and was thrown have to present herself in the of Asiatic lions too has been entertainment for rural Though we converted, we cused —Kondampalli Mas- off the vehicle at Sirivella, Rudravaram police station found to have increased con- people. But increasing were not getting any good tan Vali — on Sunday when he asked her to return every Sunday. siderably in the Gir wildlife urbanisation ensured other match from Hindus,” he accused a man of attacking him the money he had spent Meanwhile, the Rudrava- sanctuary — from 411 during ways of entertainment adds. “So we decided it was her. on arranging food, etc, dur- ram police told The Hindu the last census in 2010 to 523 which brought the not worth it — the entire Nagaraju, according to ing her stay in the Nandyal that the actor had only com- in 2015. community to the roads and exercise of converting or A success story in conservation.— FILE PHOTO: VIJAY SONEJI Neetu Agarwal, attacked her sub-jail for close to 10 days. plained orally and sought Gujarat Chief Minister traffic signals of metros. reconverting,” he says. and the driver after stopping Neetu Agarwal was arrest- protection from Nagaraju. Anandiben Patel released cubs and sub-adults distrib- ensure that lions were not Hailing from an They became Muslims her car at Sirivella village ed on April 26 by the Kur- the much-awaited census da- uted across four districts — attacked if they strayed into extremely backward caste again last Saturday. like Nat, he and his ilk were ta at a function held at Sasan Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Am- any nearby villages. He said Key player absconding in Gujarat on Sunday. Ms. reli, and Bhavanagar. in order to avoid the danger born with “limited Patel said that all measures of overestimation, new possibilities.” Pandit, the key player in would be taken to conserve Pat for Maldharis methods were adopted. The “So, the idea of owning a the entire episode, remains Expanded team for SAI probe the forests in Gir and ensure C.N. Pandey, Principal enumerators were GPS en- house and a piece of land inaccessible. He has Special Correspondent The police case was that The SAI trainees have that the habitat of the pride Conservator of Forests, Guj- abled and only recorded li- felt like heaven for us,” he reportedly gone the students had attempted been declared as ‘out of crit- of Gujarat is undisturbed. arat, told The Hindu that the ons when they saw them says. His dilapidated house underground. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala suicide by consuming a poi- ical stage’ by doctors at the The Gir forest is the only members of the Maldhari physically and not through Home Minister Ramesh sonous fruit. Government T.D. Medical place in the whole of Asia community living next to the pugmarks or any other signs Chennithala on Saturday Assistant Superintendent College Hospital in Alappuz- where the Asiatic lion is now forest area had been of great like hearing a roar. the re- said an expanded team of Police Merin Joseph will ha. The girls were admitted found. assistance to the Forest De- sults are accurate,” he said. would help investigate the head the probe. Three sub- to the hospital at Vandanam The lion census, conduct- partment in their conserva- Recently, Member of Par- circumstances that led to the inspectors, two assistant on Wednesday. ed by over 100 enumerators tion efforts. He said under a liament Parimal Nathwani death of one student and sub-inspectors and a woman Hospital sources said the over five days, concluded on government programme, had raised the question hospitalisation of three oth- civil police officer will aid trainees would continue to May 5. The enumerators some 300 Vanya prani saath- whether the lion would re- ers at the Sports Authority of her. be treated at the intensive found 109 adult males 109, is (friends of the forest ani- place the tiger as the national India (SAI) centre in Alap- Alappuzha Staff Reporter care unit. They would be un- 201adult females, and 213 mals) had been recruited to animal. puzha. adds: der observation for a week. Pahalgam to be developed as tourist, Battle of ideas a challenge: Mufti educational centre, says Mufti Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kash- mir Chief Minister Mufti Mo- SRINAGAR: J&K Chief Minister hammad Sayeed on Sunday said said the famous tourist resort on Sunday the “battle of ideas” of Pahalgam has a huge po- he had talked about on the day tential to be developed as a of his swearing-in was a chal- leisure-cum-education cen- lenge before him. “The battle of tre on the pattern of Dalhou- ideas has to be won politically sie in Himachal Pradesh. and it is a challenge before us,” “Pahalgam will be devel- the Mufti said. oped as an all-season destina- He was responding to a ques- tion after its Master Plan is tion on his government’s crack- approved by the State Cabi- down on the separatists with net,” Mr. Sayeed said. whom he had said the govern- The Chief Minister was ment would engage construc- chairing a high-level meeting tively. Mr. Sayeed said the “rest called to review the Draft Union Minister for Minority Affairs Najma of the country” needed to be Master Plan for Pahalgam in Heptulla with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister “taken along on everything.” south Kashmir’s Anantnag Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his daughter and “We cannot do anything alone. district. PDP president in Srinagar on We have to carry the whole Referring to a few estab- Sunday. – PHOTO: PTI country with us.” lished quality schools and in- Mr. Sayeed, who had posi- stitutes that have come up in add-on activities like skiing, fer them wholesome tioned the PDP as a soft-on- and around Pahalgam, the ropeway from Mammal to entertainment,” he said, di- separatism party in the Oppo- Chief Minister called for de- Bysaran, mountain biking in recting the Tourism Depart- sition, cracked down on the veloping a cluster of main- Aru and joyrides for children ment to devise a plan to separatist leadership in his stream and adventure in Pahalgam Amusement attract visitors to other tour- coalition government with the institutes in the resort to in- Park. ist spots like Aru and Betaab BJP. Hurriyat leader Masarat crease its USP. “The tourists will be at- Valley in the winter months. Alam was rearrested and He stressed on taking up tracted to Pahalgam if we of- - PTI slapped with the Public Safety Act last month. Other separa- tist leaders have also been reg- Cong. suspends eight 24 Myanmar ularly put under house arrest. nationals held

MLAs for joining govt. AGARTALA: Twenty-four KOHIMA: The All-India Congress sued by AICC general secretary more Mayanmarese, in- Committee has suspended its in-charge of North East, V. cluding six women and 12 eight legislators in Nagaland for Narayanasamy. children, have been arrest- defying the party directives and They (MLAs) have been ed for illegally entering principles by joining the Naga asked to explain within seven Tripura, the police said on People’s Front-led DAN gov- days as to why the party high Sunday. ernment under the leadership command should not sanction Two Indians, including a of T. R. Zeliang. any disciplinary actions against resident of Kashmir, were The suspension orders came them for joining the DAN gov- also arrested along with the within 24 hours of the swear- ernment, and thereby, “sailing foreigners. ing-in ceremony of the Con- together with sworn enemies -- “Acting on a tip-off, 24 gress legislators into the DAN the BJP”. Congress legislature Myanmarese were arrested government held on Friday. party leader, Tokheho Yeptho- from a house at Meleghar in Newly-appointed ad hoc mi, had been inducted as Minis- western Tripura on Satur- president of the NPCC, K. The- ter for Public Health day,” police officer Ashok rie, on Sunday confirmed that Engineering while former Pra- Kumar Sinha said. all of the Congress legislators in desh Congress president S. I. Ja- The house owner, Kur- the State have been placed un- mir was appointed as advisor for ban Ali, and a Kashmiri der suspension since yesterday. Urban Development Depart- youth, Amir Hossain, were The suspension order was is- ment with Cabinet status. - PTI arrested too. - IANS

CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI 12 INTERNATIONAL THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015

Five killed in GERMANY’S COMPROMISE GESTURE ‘Internet makes censorship redundant’ Swiss shooting approach. In remarks that signal the government’s GENEVA: Five people were intention to open Iran up to the killed in a shooting in north- Merkel pays tribute to WW-II soldiers world, Ali Jannati told police ern Switzerland, police said commanders that new delivery on Sunday, rocking the nor- systems ignore borders, mally tranquil nation. Meets Putin, stresses the need for cooperation on Ukraine making censorship measures The shooter in the drama TEHRAN: The Internet and the redundant. that played out on Saturday MOSCOW: German Chancellor pro-Russian separatists and proliferation of satellite Although satellite television evening in the town of Wue- Angela Merkel on Sunday said Kiev forces. But Kiev and the technology mean Iran can no remains illegal, Iran is a renlingen, near Zurich, was there was still no genuine cea- insurgents accuse each of con- longer control foreign news and technologically wired country among the dead, Michael sefire in eastern Ukraine, as tinuing to violate the ceasefire television broadcasts, the with more than half its Leutpold, the head of the lo- she paid a visit to Moscow to deal despite claims that they country’s Culture Minister said population under the age of 30. cal police told a news confer- commemorate millions of So- have withdrawn heavy weap- on Sunday, urging a new — AFP ence, adding that it was viet soldiers and civilians who ons from the frontline in ac- linked to a personal conflict. died in WW-II. cordance with the agreement. All the victims and the “Unfortunately we still do Ms. Merkel said that despite Thai King Bhumibol leaves hospital shooter were Swiss, he said, not have a ceasefire today,” disagreements, Russia and adding: “We have ruled out a Ms. Merkel said after talks Germany must seek dialogue BANGKOK: ’s revered terrorist angle.” with Russian President Vladi- and a peaceful solution and but ageing King Bhumibol He said the shooter was a mir Putin. make diplomatic efforts. Adulyadej on Sunday left a 36-year-old Swiss national Mr. Putin for his part said he Bangkok hospital where he has but did not reveal his identity. ‘Historic responsibility’ and Ms. Merkel did not see eye been recuperating since Local media reports de- She also paid tribute to to eye on the Ukraine crisis but October for his coastal palace, scribed him as a policeman those killed in the Second pointed to an improvement on as hundreds of well-wishers and father of three. World War, speaking of a “his- the ground. cheered him on his journey. He did not have a gun li- toric responsibility” to re- However, the Russian lead- The convoy carrying Bhumibol (87) left Siriraj cence and did not fire with a member the conflict. er insisted that a peaceful so- Hospital for his home in the police weapon, the police “As Germany’s Chancellor, I lution was only possible southern town of Hua Hin spokesman said. bow before the millions of vic- through “direct dialogue be- shortly after 2 pm, with Queen The shooter first went to a tims caused by this war, which tween Kiev and Lugansk and Sirikit (82) and their daughter house in a residential area was started by Nazi Germany,” Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel Donetsk,” referring to the sep- Princess (60) and fired on three people, kill- Ms. Merkel told a news confer- in Moscow on Sunday. — PHOTO: REUTERS aratists’ self-proclaimed peo- travelling behind the monarch, ing a 58-year-old man, his 57- ence in the Russian capital. ple’s republics. all three in separate vehicles. year-old wife and a 32-year- The German leader said that observers from the Organiza- the conflict including the vil- and French President Fran- Russia will “bring to bear all (Picture shows a well-wisher old man. The older couple she was aware of many vio- tion for Security and Cooper- lage of Shyrokine and the Do- cois Hollande helped broker a the influence we have on the outside the hospital) — AFP were his parents-in-law and lations of the ceasefire by pro- ation in Europe (OSCE). netsk airport and the risk of peace deal for Ukraine in a leadership of Lugansk and Do- the younger man his brother- Russian separatists, citing in- She said that she and Mr. the renewal of fighting. last-ditch effort to stop netsk,” Mr. Putin pledged. in-law, police said. — AFP formation from international Putin discussed hot spots in In February, Ms. Merkel months of fighting between — AFP ‘NSA asked Germany to spy on Siemens’ BERLIN: The U.S. National the newspaper, citing unnamed Security Agency (NSA) asked U.S. intelligence sources. its German partner service BND The newspaper also said it Osborne to lead EU to spy on the European remained unclear whether the Taliban releases video of missile country’s engineering and BND had in fact delivered any technology giant Siemens, intelligence on Siemens to the negotiations: report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban German newspaper Bild am NSA. The Merkel government on Sunday released a video Video shows militants Sonntag reported on Sunday. It has so far declined demands by LONDON: Prime Minister David showing its militants with a with a surface-to-air said NSA had suspected that a parliamentary oversight Cameron plans to make Fi- surface-to-air missile which missile (SAM-7B) Siemens was supplying panel to release a list of the nance Minister George Os- it claimed was used to bring communications technology to NSA’s requested search terms— borne his lead negotiator as he down an Army helicopter in which Pak. Taliban a Russian secret service, said AFP speeds up his push for conces- Pakistan-occupied Kashmir says was used to bring sions from the EU before a (PoK) that killed seven peo- down the Mi-17 S. Africa Opposition’s first black leader planned referendum on Bri- ple including two helicopter last week tain’s membership of the bloc, Ambassadors. ruling African National the Sunday Times newspaper A video released by a jiha- Congress (ANC). reported. George Osborne was dist media forum shows at Norwegian envoy Leif H. “Your new leader is Mmusi made the second-highest least four masked militants Larsen and Domingo D. Luce- Maimane,” outgoing leader Hammond to assist with the surface-to-air mis- nario Jr. of the Zille announced to loud The report said Foreign Sec- ranking member of the sile (SAM-7B) allegedly used were killed along with the cheers at the party’s annual retary Philip Hammond would Cabinet. — PHOTO: REUTERS in hitting the Mi-17 that Pakistani military officials and others on Saturday wives of the Malaysian and conference, after she opened a back up Mr. Osborne — who crashed in Naltar valley of offer prayers for victims of the helicopter crash Indonesian Ambassadors, be- sealed envelope containing the was made the highest-ranking Scottish National Party Gilgit-Baltisitan in PoK. in Islamabad. — PHOTO: AP sides two Army pilots and a PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH election results. Mr. Maimane (34) was raised member of the Cabinet after (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon Pakistani crew member after AFRICA): South Africa’s main ‘Missile hit the tail’ in the township of Soweto — Cameron on Friday — and that repeated on Sunday that her which the missile hit the tail distance of three km to down the helicopter crashed. Opposition party the heartland of the anti-apartheid both Ministers would visit party could demand another In a written message in Ur- rotor of the helicopter so it the helicopter on Friday. The Taliban had claimed Democratic Alliance on Sunday struggle — and joined the Berlin and Brussels as part of referendum on Scottish inde- du just at the start of the vid- did not get destroyed fully in “God willing, we will carry responsibility for the down- elected Mmusi Maimane as its Democratic Alliance (DA) only Mr. Cameron’s first 100-day pendence if Britain voted to eo, the Tehreek-e-Taliban the air. out [more] such attacks,” a ing of the chopper and said first black leader, a major step in 2009. — AFP plan. A spokesman in Downing leave the bloc against Scot- Pakistan claimed that the The message claimed that Taliban statement said on Premier Nawaz Sharif was in its efforts to challenge the Street declined to comment. land’s wishes. — Reuters chopper was turning due to the missile was fired from a Sunday. their target. — PTI Raul Castro thanks Pope for Boats with 500 Huthis accept Saudi-proposed truce Rohingya land CAIRO/ADEN: Yemen’s dom- mediating thaw with U.S. inant Huthi group accepted on in Sunday a five-day humanitar- JAKARTA: Boats carrying more VATICAN CITY: Cuban President ian ceasefire proposed by its than 500 members of Myan- Raul Castro on Sunday adversary Saudi Arabia but mar’s Rohingya Muslim com- thanked Pope Francis for bro- said it would respond to any munity washed ashore in kering the thaw between Ha- violations of the pause. western Indonesia on Sunday, vana and Washington and said Neighbouring Saudi Arabia officials said. They warned the Pope so impressed him had said on Friday that the that thousands more are be- that he might return to the ceasefire could begin on Tues- lieved to be stranded at sea. Church, despite being a day if the Iranian-allied militia Steve Hamilton, deputy communist. agreed to the pause, which chief of mission at the Interna- The 83-year-old younger would let in badly needed food tional Organization for Migra- brother of Cuba’s revolution- and medical supplies. tion in Jakarta, Indonesia’s ary leader Fidel spoke with the capital, said his teams were Pope for nearly an hour, which Allowing aid racing to the Aceh province is unusually long for a papal Saudi-led coalition has been sub-district of Seunuddon, meeting. It was strictly private conducting air strikes against where the boats landed. Of the and not a state visit, he said. the Huthis and army units loy- four boats found, three had ap- Papal audiences on Sundays al to ex-President Ali Abdullah parently been abandoned by are extremely rare. Pope Fran- Pope Francis with Cuban President Raul Castro Saleh since March 26 with the the smugglers and the other cis made an exception when during a private audience at the Vatican on Sunday. aim of restoring the govern- ran out of fuel, he said. President Castro asked if he —PHOTO:AP ment of President Abd-Rabbu Smoke rises from a house of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh after Most of those on the boats could stop in Rome on his way Mansour Hadi. a Saudi-led air strike in Sana’a on Sunday. — PHOTO: AP were Rohingya, but there were back from Moscow to thank impressed by his wisdom and revolution. “We will deal positively with also some Bangladeshis on the Pope for the Vatican’s his modesty.” “When the Pope comes to any efforts, calls or serious and allied army, said on Sunday compound in the capital Sa- bia in remarks televised by his board, Mr. Hamilton said. mediation between the United Pope Francis, who is due to Cuba in September, I promise positive measures that would Yemeni forces had agreed to na’a which is home to ex-Pres- TV channel, Yemen Today. Attacks on Rohingya in the States and Cuba, Cuban offi- visit both Cuba and the United to go to all his Masses and I will help lift the suffering and al- the truce but would confront ident Saleh, a key player in “It isn’t just me who is being last three years have sparked cials said. States in September, is a mem- be happy to do so,” he said, low aid, supplies and ships to any attacks by Hadi loyalists Yemen’s political crisis whose targeted but every citizen ... one of the biggest exoduses of Later, at a news conference ber of the Jesuit religious or- adding that he reads all of the move safely to Yemen,” the on battlefronts which stretch loyalists in the army fight on This aggression is cowardly. boat people since the Vietnam with Italian Prime Minister der. The President joked that speeches of Latin America’s Huthis said in a statement car- across much of the impover- the Huthis’ side. Mr. Saleh ap- Go ahead and come by land, War, sending 100,000 people Matteo Renzi, President Cas- “even I am a Jesuit in a certain first Pope, who has made de- ried by state media Saba. ished country. peared unscathed and stood we’ll make a welcome for you,” fleeing, according to Chris Le- tro said he came out of the sense” because he was educat- fence of the poor a major plank Colonel Sharaf Luqman, Arab planes bombed for a before the ruins of his political Mr. Saleh, wearing sunglasses, wa, director of the Arakan Pro- meeting with the Pope “really ed by the Jesuits before the of his papacy. — Reuters spokesperson for the Huthi- second day in a row the vast residence to taunt Saudi Ara- said calmly. — AFP ject. — AP Nepal focusses on sanitation to stem illness after quake Nepal media body “It is a battle we cannot win. Gardiner Harris We can only try to minimise They are coming to a coun- condemns ‘threat’ the pain and death.” try that was already among PAUWATHOK (NEPAL): After Two weeks have passed the world’s most unsanitary, Damakant Jayshi years of intense effort, offi- since a magnitude 7.9 earth- with a 2011 government sur- Spokesperson of cials here in rural Sindhupal- quake devastated large vey finding that 45 per cent of KATHMANDU: The Federation Indian High chok district had persuaded swaths of this mountainous Nepalis did not use toilets, of Nepalese Journalists Commission admits almost all of the nearly country, killing more than one reason 82 percent of (FNJ) on Saturday accused 61,000 households to each 7,900 people and injuring drinking water supplies are the spokesperson of the Indi- talking to editor of build a toilet. Then the earth- more than 17,000. Nepal’s contaminated with faecal an High Commission here of Nepali daily but quake struck, destroying government and charitable bacteria. issuing a threat against the denies issuing threat most houses — and the very organisations are racing to A study found that about 11 editor of a Nepali broadsheet toilets that could have helped beat monsoon season, which percent of Nepali children daily for practising “yellow stave off the diseases that can begins in about six weeks, to have diarrhoea at any given journalism”. rials. “I asked him why the run rampant after natural get tents and food to as many moment, which contributes The umbrella body of jour- Post was indulging in yellow disasters. as 800,000 Nepalis whose to the stunting that affects nalists condemned the journalism vis-à-vis India but Now, instead of celebrat- homes are uninhabitable. more than a third of the na- “threat and accusation of yel- I have not threatened him or ing a public health triumph, But they say an equally ur- tion’s children, according to low journalism.”. “If the em- anyone else,” Mr. Kumar said. residents are holding servic- gent task is to provide clean government figures. bassy had any objection es for their dead and digging water and toilets before the Arun Simkhad, the district regarding news, it could have ‘Sensational news’ through the rubble to find rains make the poor sanitary water and sanitation chief, made it public at diplomatic “The newspaper has been more bodies. And relief environment in these devas- said the area had been tanta- level, instead of issuing writing sensational news tar- workers are pouring into the tated areas far worse by car- lisingly close to having all its threat,” the statement said, nishing India’s image,” Mr. district, hoping to salvage the rying contaminants into residents use toilets when adding it was an attack of Kumar said. remarkable progress in im- water supplies and making LIFE GOES ON: Nepali women sell garlands of flowers near a temple in the quake undid the pro- press freedom. He also said that the FNJ proving hygiene made here direct contact with faecal Kathmandu on Sunday. — PHOTO: AFP gress. “People are going to re- Abhay Kumar, Indian High was taking sides on the issue. in recent years. bacteria almost inevitable. build their homes,” Mr. Commission spokesperson “No one checked with me be- “There will be outbreaks of quake, and although such ting residents to consider government agencies have Simkhad said. “And when denied issuing any threat. fore issuing the statement.” cholera and other diseases,” Diarrhoea outbreaks outbreaks are routine here, building more toilets amid poured into Nepal since the they do, we are asking them Speaking to The Hindu, he When asked, Ujir Magar, said Antti Rautavaara, chief Small outbreaks of diar- they have raised worries that the devastation has not been quake to work on its well- to build a toilet as well.” — admitted speaking to the the FNJ general secretary, of water, sanitation and hy- rhoea have been reported the quake’s aftermath is at easy. documented water and san- New York Times News Chief Editor of Annapurna said that he did “call Abhay giene for UNICEF in Nepal. across Nepal since the earth- least partly to blame. But get- More than 80 charities and itation problems. Service Post daily, Yubaraj Ghimire, Kumar once but could not over news items and edito- contact the spokesperson”. CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 13 BUSINESS REVIEW

SPORT Haryana women Beant Singh clinches 800m gold Divij Sharan in clinch title final qualifying India-Pakistan to revive ties ATHLETICS / Kishan and Rajesh take honours Principal Correspondent with it in December as per be five series between the RAJNANDGAON: Haryana round schedule. The preparation is two countries in eight years,” clinched the title in the fifth in the 3000m and decathlon KOLKATA: The India and on in full swing. We have to Shahryar said. “My junior National hockey cham- NEW DELHI: Divij Sharan contin- Pakistan cricket boards have overcome the final hurdle,” relationship with Dalmiya pionship for women, thrashing DOHA: Haryana’s Beant Singh ued to impress with his singles agreed to resume bilateral said the PCB chief who had goes back a long way. We had Jharkhand 6-1 in the final on gave India its first gold, winning game as he made the third and cricket ties. called on the BCCI president hosted the 2004 Indo-Pak Sunday. Early goals by Manjeet the boys’ 800m with a dominat- final qualifying round of the The Pakistan Cricket earlier in the evening. series, and this series was and Neha put their side in con- ing run, at the first Asian youth $50,000 Challenger tennis Board chief, Shahryar Khan, made possible due to his trol before strikes from Saroj athletics championship here on tournament on red clay in Sa- made the announcement in Pat for Dalmiya efforts.” and Jyoti Gupta sealed the con- Saturday night. markand, Uzbekistan. the presence of the president Complimenting Dalmiya At the joint news test in Haryana’s favour. A late There was more to celebrate Divij beat eighth seed Denis of the Board of Control for for his proactive stand in conference, Dalmiya, too, brace by Devika Sen added with Maharashtra’s Kishan Yevseyev of Kazakhstan 6-2, Cricket in India, Jagmohan reviving the bilateral series was confident that the series gloss to the scoreline. Narshi Tadvi taking the boys 7-5 after having outplayed Dalmiya, here on Sunday. between India and Pakistan, will go ahead as planned. He In the match for third place, 3000m gold and Tamil Nadu Dmitry Resnyanskiy of Ka- The PCB chairman said Shahryar said fans all over added that a lot will depend Punjab trounced Odisha 7-1. decathlete Rajesh Ramasamy zakhstan 6-4, 6-0. the UAE was ready to host a the world will once again be on how the two governments The results: Final: Haryana 6 picking a silver on the cham- In the final qualifying round, series, which will include able to watch the biggest support the initiative. (Manjeet 2, Neha 9, Saroj 32, Jyoti pionship’s second day. Divij will challenge top seed three Tests, five ODIs and rivalry in the game. “Let me “We are very hopeful of Gupta 44, Devika Sen 63 & 65) bt Beant, who has already qual- Denis Matsukevich of Russia. two T20s. tell you that the India- reviving the series. We are Jharkhand 1 (Pramila Soren 54). ified for the forthcoming Youth Divij has been seeded No.1 in “This is part of an MoU Pakistan series is more going to take appropriate Third place: Punjab 7 (Arminder Worlds in Colombia, clocked the doubles main draw with Sa- (Memorandum of important than any other in steps, and the two boards will Kaur 9 & 62, Rajwinder Kaur 16 & 33, 1:52.26s which though slower keth Myneni. Understanding) signed world cricket. I think it is be in regular touch. Only a Manpreet Kaur 24 & 39, Ritu 44) bt than his personal best of BRAVO, BEANT: Beant Singh is all smiles after Yuki Bhambri will be the between the two boards in even more important than few things need to be sorted Odisha 1 (Dipti Lakra 22). 1:51.08, which came in New other Indian figuring in the 2014, and we are keen to the Ashes,” said the PCB out. We expect the support of Delhi in November, placed him claiming the 800m event at the Asian Youth Challenger, but the 22-year-old abide by it,” Shahryar said. chief. the home ministry and among the world’s top 10 in the championships in Doha on Saturday. — PHOTO: AP Delhi lad who had won his fifth “The series in the UAE will “I am grateful to Dalmiya Government without which Dunga to coach youth list this year. Challenger doubles title on Sat- see the revival of Indo-Pak for hosting me here. As per we cannot go forward,” said “I was feeling really good for urday in Karshi, will not com- cricket. We plan to get on the existing MoU, there will Dalmiya. Brazil at Rio this race and I have been pre- than’s youth National cham- (Ind) 8:26.24s, 2. Chihiro Ono (Jpn) pete in the doubles this week. paring really well for this com- pion Sonu Kumar finished 8:37.29, 3. Yaser Salim Ba Gharb RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil coach petition, so to win is a great fourth in boys’ long jump. (Yem) 8:37.65. Dunga will be in charge of his satisfaction,” said the 16-year- With Kerala’s 400m runner Long jump: 1. Youngbin Kim (Kor) BASKETBALL CRICKET country’s team at the Rio old after the triumph. Jisna Mathew and West Ben- 7.49m, 2. Yugo Sakai (Jpn) 7.31, 3. Olympics next year, the Brazi- gal’s 400m hurdler Taisha Sa- Jose Jerry Belibestre (Phi) 7.26, 4. lian Football Confederation Easy win maddar qualifying for the finals Sonu Kumar (Ind) 7.13. Delhi HC allows BFI said on Saturday. Kishan Tadvi, who has also in the girls section, there could Decathlon: 1. Mohammad Alferas Edgar received minimal Dunga takes over from Alex- made achieved the Youth be more good news. (Kuw) 6671, 2. R. Rajesh (Ind) 5867. andre Gallo. Gallo had been Worlds’ entry standard earlier, However, another hurdler, Girls: 100m hurdles: 1. Deng Xue- office-bearers to continue support from NZC coach of the Olympics and un- was a comfortable winner, fin- Kerala’s youth national cham- lin (Chn) 13.62s, 2. Lam Yan Tung der-20 teams for the last two ishing nearly 10 seconds ahead pion P.O. Sayana failed to make (HK) 14.22, 3. Hsiao Hui Lin (Tpe) Special Correspondent : Bruce Edgar said years. Brazil has never won an of the silver medallist from the cut finishing fourth in her 14.24. on Sunday that lack of support Olympics football gold. — AFP . semifinal. Shot put: 1. Liu Ziyue (Chn) NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has passed an order, allowing the and having to watch the World Meanwhile Rajesh, who had The results: Boys: 800m: 1. Beant 16.08m, 2. Yuri Lee (Kor) 16, 3. Liu office-bearers of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) who were Cup final sitting among been running second in a ma- Singh (Ind) 1:52.26s, 2. Mohaamed Xiuerui Chn) 15.36. elected in Bengaluru on March 27, to continue with the legal proce- players’ wives and girlfriends Pakistan fined jority of the events in the de- Raheem (Irq) 1:54.92, 3. Saeed Has- Hammer throw: 1. Shang Ningyu dures. were factors in him stepping cathlon here, took the silver san Olwani (KSA) 1:55.84. (Chn) 66.59m, 2. Yao Kailun (Chn) In the order passed on May 6, in the case CS(OS) 854/2015, Justice down as a DHAKA: Pakistan was on Sunday with 5867 points while Rajas- 3000m: 1. Kishan Tadvi Narshi 60.16, 3. Amineh Kashiri (Irn) 48.25. J. Manmohan stated that “the cause of action in the present suit is selector. fined for slow over-rate during confined to the conduct of election, which has already been under- Edgar, credited with being one its victorious second Test taken. Consequently, if the defendant No.1 applicant has any griev- of the brains behind the Black against Bangladesh here. GOLF ance, it is free to take the steps in accordance with law. It is clarified Caps’ revival over the past year, Match referee im- that pendency of the present suit shall not come in its way to do so”. resigned last week claiming he posed the fine after Misbah-ul- The Jammu and Kashmir Basketball Association, through the received little support from New Haq’s men were ruled to be two former deputy CEO of the BFI, Prem Pal, had filed the case, seeking Zealand officials. overs short of target when time Lahiri exits early, but vows to be back the court to declare the election called by the outgoing president R.S. During his 20 months as a se- Bruce Edgar.— PHOTO: allowances were taken into FLORIDA (USA): India’s Anirban Lahiri finished his and my putter worked in bits and pieces. So, I know Gill as “illegal”. lector, Edgar formed a close consideration. six-week stint in the USA on a somewhat dis- a good week is around the corner,” he said. The court had already observed in its order dated March 26 that partnership with coach Mike JASON OXENHAM/GETTY IMAGES Misbah was fined 40 per cent appointing note, missing the cut at the Players Talking of his stint in the USA, Lahiri said: “It “in accordance with the constitution of defendant No.1 society, it is Hesson and captain Brendon of his match fee while the other Championships at Ponte Vedra here, but he vowed has been a great learning experience, these past the president of defendant No.1 society who is to decide the time and McCullum as New Zealand went was given tickets well away from players lost 20 per cent. — AFP to be back again. Lahiri, 27, carded 76 and 72 in his few weeks. Playing Houston, Masters, Heritage, venue of the election”. undefeated in six Test series, the players’ and officials’ areas. two rounds and was done in by couple of doubles WGC Matchplay and the WGC Championships The newly-elected BFI, with K. Govindaraj as the president had won five and drew two of nine To have access to “a reason- and one triple bogey. earlier on and then the Players. These were all a requested the court, while responding to the case, to allow it to one-day international series and able part of the ground” he was Ricky nets two “I loved the course. It was one of the most first for me. I made the cut on a couple of occasions, discharge the duties and “to appoint a court commissioner to enable reached its first World Cup final. forced to buy tickets through a NEW DELHI: Ricky’s brace guided beautiful golf courses and one of the best layouts I won a good match at Matchplay, came close on the applicant to gain access to its registered office at A-282, First But Edgar told Radio Sport on third party. Shastri FC to a 3-0 win over have ever played on. I will be much better prepared some occasions, so it taught me a lot.” Floor, Defence Colony, New Delhi. The applicant has further prayed Sunday he received minimal For the final in Melbourne, Collegians FC in the Delhi Soc- when I return. I still feel like my best is not too far “I met a lot of players and feel more like I belong for exclusive access to www.indiabasketball.org”. support from New Zealand comfortably won by Australia, cer Association (DSA) ‘A’ divi- away. I need to put together two or three solid here after this stretch. Also I have played on both Justice Manmohan, while disposing of the application, has direct- Cricket throughout his tenure Edgar was given tickets among sion championship. rounds consecutively to get my confidence high sides of the country and different weather and ed the elected body to pursue legal course to establish itself. and the breaking point came the wives and girlfriends of the The results: Young Sports FC 4 again. Till then I’ll keep working hard and be pa- grasses. I will be even better prepared when I come He had in his earlier order, clarified that “the election result shall when he was asked to take a pay Australian players which he de- (Arsh, Arun, Siddhanth, Shivam) bt tient about the results,” said Lahiri. He added he back Memorial and the US Open later on.” Chris be subject to further orders to be passed by this court”. cut and a reduced role. scribed as an “awkward situation Royal FC 0; Shastri FC 3 (Ricky 2, felt he had played decent, but just fell short at Kirk (70, 68, 68) took a one-shot lead over Kevin The basketball fraternity had broken into two, and the splinter Edgar said he was also left to be in” as he was dressed in his Pradeep) bt Collegians FC 0; DDA times. “I think I played better than what the scores Kisner (73, 67, 67), Bill Haas (72, 67, 68) and Ben group headed by the former CEO Roopam Sharma, had elected with a sour taste in the mouth New Zealand tie and blazer. — FPS 0 drew with Victory FC 0. suggest. I made some errors on a couple of holes Martin (68, 71, 68). — PTI Poonam Mahajan as the president in on March 28. during the World Cup when he AFP

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Another Bravo-inspired victory for Super Kings The win takes the team to the threshold of play-offs; Jadeja named man-of-the-match for his superb spell

S. Dinakar Chidambaram Stadium on Sun- chewing his all-attacking style, width. A change of pace from day. came up with a match-winning seamer drew a CHENNAI: It was a moment of Defending a combative 157, effort of 81 (61 balls). mishit from southpaw Suresh pure inspiration. Dazzling un- CSK then gradually cut all es- The backbone of the innings Raina that was snapped up at SRH primed to der the lights, Dwayne Bravo cape routes for Rajasthan Roy- was a meaty 101-run third- mid-off. The impressive Mor- took off, defying gravity, even als to win by 12 runs. The win partnership in 76 deliv- ris, rightly sacrificing pace for continue as the ball seemed poised to took the host to the threshold eries between McCullum and control, sent down effective travel over him for a six. of a last-four place with 16 Faf du Plessis (29). Ankit, stea- cutters on this surface. good show Astonishingly, the athletic points from 12 matches. dy rather than threatening, Skipper M.S. Dhoni and Bra- Bravo pulled it off, emerging For CSK, Jadeja scalped four, struck in the third over when vo delivered a few vital big hits A. Joseph Antony with the ball in his right hand conceding just 11 runs in four Dwayne Smith miscued a whip at the end for the host. and balancing himself to per- influential overs. Surprisingly, to mid-on. Smith came in for Watson as HYDERABAD: Sunrisers Hydera- fection to avoid the ropes. off-spinner R. Ashwin did not To his credit, Ankit bowled captain for the game, but it was bad has the penchant to raise send down a single over. smartly, altering his length and Dhoni and CSK who made all its game, as it did against high- Spectacular catch Bravo was in the thick of not providing the batsmen the right moves. fliers Chennai Super Kings Batsman Shane Watson was things in the end overs. He (CSK), (RR) crestfallen, bowler Ravindra scalped his 19th batsman to top and Jadeja exulted, Bravo broke in- the list of wicket-takers in this SCOREBOARD (KKR) recently. to his inimitable dance of the edition. Earlier, Bravo dropped SRH’s quest for a place Caribbean flavour, Chennai Su- a simple caught and bowled, Chennai Super Kings: Dwayne Smith c Faulkner b Ankit 6 (10b, 1x4), among the top four continues per Kings players jumped for saw Brendon McCullum floor a Brendon McCullum c Ankit b Morris 81 (61b, 7x4, 4x6), Suresh Raina c Faulkner with vim and vigour as it takes joy and the Chepauk crowd sitter, and then plucked a blin- b Morris 3 (6b), Faf du Plessis run out 29 (25b, 3x4), c Smith b Morris on Kings XI Punjab at the Rajiv roared. The spectacular catch der to dismiss James Faulkner. 2 (3b), M.S. Dhoni () 13 (7b, 1x4, 1x6), Dwayne Bravo (not out) 15 (8b, Gandhi international stadium by this Caribbean game-chang- Royals began well before a 2x4); Extras (lb-1, w-7): 8; Total (for five wkts. in 20 overs): 157. on Monday. er altered the course of the cru- fluent Ajinkya Rahane top- Fall of : 1-12 (Smith), 2-15 (Raina), 3-116 (du Plessis), 4-129 On its off days, only the bat- cial match at the M.A. edged an attempted pull off (McCullum), 5-129 (Negi). ting (read as openers or top or- Rajasthan Royals : Chris Morris 4-0-19-3, Shane Watson 2-0-19-0, der) delivered for the home -8: POINTS TABLE Ankit Sharma 4-0-31-1, Pravin Tambe 3-0-24-0, James Faulkner 4-0-40-0, Rajat side. Bhatia 3-0-23-0. After a string of losses, the P W L NR Pts. NRR Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane c Bravo b Mohit 23 (17b, 4x4), Shane Eagles began to soar, from Vi- Watson c Bravo b Jadeja 28 (30b, 2x4), Steve Smith b Jadeja 4 (6b), c sakhapatnam where its bowlers Chennai Super Kings 12 8 4 0 16 +0.813 Ashwin b Jadeja 10 (12b, 1x4), Deepak Hooda c Raina b Jadeja 15 (14b, 1x4), choked KKR’s chase. Kolkata Knight Riders 12 7 4 1 15 +0.372 c Smith b Bravo 26 (17b, 1x4, 2x6), James Faulkner c Bravo b In more recent times, the IRREPRESSIBLE: Mohit 16 (13b, 2x4), Chris Morris (not out) 16 (10b, 1x6), Rajat Bhatia c du middle order, so much a cause Rajasthan Royals 13 6 5 2 14 +0.027 Dwayne Bravo’s (centre) incredible catching and Ravindra Jadeja’s (left) brilliant bowling were largely instrumental in Chennai Super Plessis b Mohit 0 (1b), Ankit Sharma c Nehra b Bravo 0 (1b), Pravin Tambe (not of concern in the early stages, Royal Challengers 11 6 4 1 13 +1.212 out) 1 (1b); Extras (lb-2, w-2, nb 2): 6; Total (for nine wkts. in 20 overs): 145. came into its own. Bangalore Kings prevailing over Rajasthan Royals in the final ‘home’ league game in Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Rahane), 2-48 (Smith), 3-63 (Watson), 4-75 (Karun), Moises Henriques’ consis- 11 6 5 0 12 -0.043 Chennai on Sunday. — PHOTO: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM 5-90 (Hooda), 6-123 (Samson), 7-130 (Faulkner), 8-130 (Bhatia), 9-143 (Ankit). tency and Eoin Morgan’s blis- 12 6 6 0 12 -0.302 Chennai Super Kings bowling: Ashish Nehra 4-0-29-0, Mohit Sharma tering displays have beefed up Mohit Sharma. If there is a right-hander – beating him on bowling all-rounder Rajat Bha- 4-0-25-3, Pawan Negi 4-0-35-0, Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-11-4, Dwayne Bravo the batting to such an extent Delhi Daredevils 12 4 8 0 8 -0.174 weakness in Steve Smith, it is the sweep – and got it to tia – his bowling was suited for 4-0-43-2. that the excessive reliance on Kings XI Punjab 11 2 9 0 4 -1.696 his tendency to leave his leg- straighten to hit the leg-stump. the surface – were included in Toss: Super Kings. and Shikhar * after the CSK-RR match on May 10 stump exposed and left-armer Left-arm spinner Ankit the team. But then, a deter- Man-of-the-match: Ravindra Jadeja. Dhawan now seems a thing of Jadeja delivered one across the Sharma and slow medium-pace mined Brendon McCullum, es- Super Kings won by 12 runs. the past. Kings XI Punjab, a pale if not a poor shadow of its past form in season seven, hit the plateau as regards performance this time round, barely one fourth Mumbai Indians ‘AB-struck’ of the way into the competi- tion. Though packed with game G. Viswanath three more matches to play, it ped catches — Rohit Sharma at genuity — to split the fielders, changers, little has gone its has almost clinched a playoff mid-on off Chris Gayle and rock back and take the aerial way. MUMBAI: A.B. de Villiers sent berth. On a batting beauty, MI Harbhajan Singh at slip off Vi- route over cover, shuffle far too Although it has the manpow- Mumbai Indians on a leather responded in a splendid way, rat Kohli with the RCB total at across to employ the sweep er to turn a match on its head, hunt, lit up the Wankhede Sta- with Lendl Simmons and Kie- 19 and 20 — the visitor virtually shot and dance down the pitch with the likes of Glen Maxwell, dium on Sunday with a pleth- ron Pollard hitting the big shots toyed with the set of local bow- to hit boundary shots — made David Miller and George Bailey ora of shots as Royal that entertained the spectators, lers who overdid the full toss the home captain not even look in its ranks, the Punjab side has Challengers Bangalore, looking but it was simply not enough to variety and were mercilessly a second time at Harbhajan failed to click as a collective to progress to the upper half of upstage a grand effort from de dispatched to the pickets and Singh and Suchith after the 11th thus far. the Pepsi-IPL-8 points table, Villiers. beyond by the current show- over. The uninterrupted string of quelled the home team chal- man of limited-over cricket. defeats should shackle it fur- lenge with a resounding per- Dramatic over If the ordinary trundlers Jas- Enjoyable batting ther when it faces an upbeat formance with the bat to win by After a dramatic third over prit Bumrah and Hardik Pan- Even Kohli, who played his host. 39 runs. that saw the near-hostile left- dya saw the low and full toss as natural aggressive shots, ap- RCB made the target of 236 arm seamer Mitchell McCle- the chief weapon to outsmart peared to enjoy watching a beyond MI’s reach and with naghan put up with two drop- two of the smartest and clever great player at work. de Villiers de Kock batsmen in international crick- struck two on-side sixes off SCOREBOARD et, they were pummelled in the seamer Hardik Pandya to reach fined course of a spectacular, uncon- his second IPL century in 99 Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rayudu c de Villiers b Harshal 14 (4b, quered second-wicket partner- innings; the first one — 105 not RAIPUR: Delhi Daredevils bat- Chris Gayle c Simmons b Malinga 13 2x6), Harbhajan Singh c Kohli b Starc ship that delivered 215 runs off out — was scored for Delhi Da- sman Quinton de Kock has (12b, 1x 4, 1x6), (not out) 82 3 (3b), Jagadeesha Suchith c Karthik b a mere 102 balls. redevils in his eighth innings at been fined five per cent of his (50b, 6x4, 4x6), A.B. de Villiers (not Chahal 4 (4b), Mitchell McClenagahan The rip-roaring action began Kingsmead against Chennai match fee for showing dissent out) 133 (59b, 19x4, 4x6); Extras (not out) 12 (4b, 2x6); Extras only from the eighth over when Super Kings. to the umpire after being dis- (nb-1,w-6): 7; Total (for one wkt. in 20 (lb-1,w-3): 4; Total (for seven wkts. in MI skipper Rohit tossed the But the normal services re- missed in his team’s loss to overs): 235. 20 overs): 196. ball to the experienced off- sumed quickly with the second- Sunrisers Hyderabad here. Fall of wicket: 1-20 (Gayle). Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Parthiv), 2- spinner Harbhajan Singh. de wicket pair on a run-riot, mak- “In the Pepsi IPL match in Mumbai Indians bowling: Mitchell 63 (Rohit), 3-133 (Pollard),4-143 Villiers reverse hit him for two, ing 114 off the last 42 balls. The MERCILESS: Raipur on Saturday, Quinton McClenaghan 4-0-40-0, Lasit Malinga (Pandya), 5-174 (Rayudu), 6-178 thumped a cover drive to the unbeaten partnership of 215 A.B. de Villiers, playing in an innovative and aggressive way, put de Kock of Delhi Daredevils 4-1-27-1, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-52-0, Ja- (Harbhajan), 7-184 (Suchith). ropes and stepped out to effect became the best for all wickets the Mumbai Indians bowlers to the sword with an unbeaten 133 and, in the was fined five per cent of his gadeesha Suchith 3-0-35-0, Harbha- Royal Challengers Bangalore an on-driven six. in eight years of the IPL; Kohli company of Virat Kohli, helped Royal Challengers Bangalore post a massive match fee for showing dissent jan Singh 2-0-30-0, Hardik Pandya bowling: Mitchell Starc 4-0-41-1, It was the most profitable and de Villiers displaced Adam total. — PHOTO: VIVEK BENDRE at the umpire’s decision,” the 3-0-51-0. Sreenath Arvind 4-0-29-1, David over for RCB in the first eight Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh IPL said in a statement. Mumbai Indians: Parthiv Patel run Wiese 4-0-38-0, Harshal Patel 4-0- overs. Things seemed to be un- (206 for the second wicket for “Mr. de Kock admitted to the out 19 (11b, 3x4), Lendl Simmons (not 36-2, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-51-2. der control after Lendl Sim- KXIP against RCB at Dharam- team’s fielding lapses alone for did not have a good day. We RCB’s Harshal Patel said that level 1 offence (Article 2.1.3 of out) 68 (53b, 5x4, 3x6), Rohit Sharma Toss: Royal Challengers mons took a flying two-handed shala in 2011). the defeat but made a direct were in a good position at the his team’s bowling depth is the IPL Code of Conduct for c Mandeep b Harshal 15 (13b, 1x4, Bangalore. catch to bring an end to Chris reference to his bowling end of the PowerPlay, but good and hence though Mitch- Players and Team Officials) 1x6), Kieron Pollard c Starc b Arvind Man-of-the-match: A.B. de Gayle’s potential threat. MI Bowling failed group’s plans not actually thereafter they added 100 odd ell Starc did not have a partic- and accepted the sanction,” it 49 (24b, 6x4, 2x6), Hardik Pandya st. Villiers. conceded only 39 in the Power- Mumbai Indians captain Ro- working. “You have to take runs; it’s during this phase that ularly great day, the others rose added. — PTI Karthik b Chahal 8 (4b, 1x6), Ambati RCB won by 39 runs. Play, but de Villiers and his in- hit Sharma did not fault his wickets and our bowling unit we did not get a wicket.” to the occasion. TENNIS Liverpool’s top-four hopes all but ends Bopanna-Mergea duo triumphs LONDON: Chelsea effectively on Sunday. MADRID: Rohan Bopanna won ended Liverpool’s hopes of The results: EPL: On Sunday: his third doubles title of the qualifying for the Champions Manchester City 6 (Aguero 4, 50, 65- season — his first with new League after the newly- pen, Kolarov 32, Milner 70, Silva 87) partner Florin Mergea of Ro- crowned Premier League beat QPR 0; Chelsea 1 (Terry 5) drew mania — after clinching a champion held it to a 1-1 draw with Liverpool 1 (Gerrard 44). humdinger against the Ser- at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. La Liga: On Sunday: Levante 2 bian-Polish combination of Ne- Liverpool welcomed Chelsea (Barral 31, Uche 62) drew with Atletico nad Zimonjic and Marcin with a guard of honour but the Madrid 2 (Siqueira 34, Torres 79); Vil- Matkowski 6-2, 6-7(5), 11-9 in champion was in no mood to larreal 1 (Campbell 26) beat Elche 0. the final of the Madrid Open on thank it and took the lead after On Saturday: Granada 2 (Mainz Sunday. five minutes when John Terry 45, El-Arabi 69-pen) beat Cordoba 0; Real Madrid 2 (Pepe 55, Isco 83) drew Murray humbles Nadal headed in from a corner. Liverpool captain Steven with Valencia 2 (Alcacer 19, Javi Fue- In singles, Andy Murray Gerrard capitalised on some go 25); Athletic Bilbao 1 (Aduriz 14) downed Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2 slack Chelsea defending to drew with Deportivo La Coruna 1. in the summit clash. It was a equalise just before halftime Serie A: On Sunday: Chievo 2 dominant display by the Briton but Brendan Rodgers’s men (Paloschi 9, Pellissier 40-pen) drew who hammered the ‘clay king’ failed to impose themselves in with Verona 2 (Gomez 20, Toni 26); in just one hour and 28 min- the second half. Palermo 2 (Vazquez 43, Rigoni 68) utes. lost to Atalanta 3 (Baselli 6, Andelkovic For Murray, it was his first Hat-trick by Aguero 17-og, Gomez 51); Udinese 1 (Di Na- Masters crown on clay, and the Meanwhile, Queens Park tale 87-pen) lost to Sampdoria 4 (Sor- second title on the trot after the MADRID MASTERS: Rohan Bopanna and Florin Rangers was relegated from the iano 26, 63, Acquah 80, Duncan 90); win in Munich last week. Mergea won a cliffhanger against Marcin Premier League following a 6-0 Cesena 2 (Defrel 15, Brienza 29) lost Matkowski and Nenad Zimonjic to clinch the title defeat away to Manchester to Sassuolo 3 (Zaza 48, Taider 51, Tough encounter City. Sergio Aguero’s hat-trick, FRONT-RUNNER: Sergio Aguero looks set to clinch the Golden Boot after scoring Missiroli 69). on Sunday. — PHOTO: CLIVE BRUNSKILL/GETTY IMAGES Bopanna and Mergea raced as well as goals from Aleksan- a hat-trick and taking his tally to 25 for the season. — PHOTO: AP On Saturday: Juventus 1 (Pogba away with the opening set in dar Kolarov, James Milner and 45) drew with Cagliari 1 (Rossettini just 23 minutes. However, Zi- Matkowski pulled level at eight Murray beat Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2; David Silva, sealed QPR’s fate 85); AC Milan 2 (van Ginkel 40, Destro monjic and Matkowski won the and even had match point at Semifinal: Murray beat Kei Nishikori as deposed champion City Wolfsburg secured next sea- him with 19 goals in all compe- squandered a chance to all-but 59) bt Roma 1 (Totti 73-pen). second in a tie-breaker. 9-8. However, Mergea saved it 6-3, 6-4. stayed second and booked its son’s Champions League berth titions to fire Wolfsburg back secure a place in next season’s Bundesliga: On Sunday: Pader- The super tie-breaker turned and the Indo-Romanian pair Doubles (final): Rohan Bopanna & place in next season’s Cham- following a six-year absence af- up to second. Champions League group stage born 1 (Rupp 90+1) lost to VfL Wolfs- out to be a tense affair though reeled off the next three points Florin Mergea beat Nenad Zimonjic & pions League. ter its 3-1 league win over rele- when Fernando Torres had to burg 3 (Klose 16, Dost 25, 82). On Bopanna and Mergea opened to win 11-9. Marcin Matkowski 6-2, 6-7(5), 11-9. — In Bundesliga, Dutch striker gation-threatened Paderborn Torres rescues Atletico come off the bench to rescue a Saturday: VfB Stuttgart 2 (Didavi 66, up a 6-1 lead. Zimonjic and The results: Singles: Final: Andy Agencies Bas Dost scored twice as VfL on Sunday. Dost’s double leaves In La Liga, Atletico Madrid 2-2 draw at struggler Levante Kostic 79) bt Mainz 05 0. — Agencies

CM YK ND-ND NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 15 Telecast schedule Hussain backs Gillespie Pele discharged Sudirman Cup: STAR Sports2 & HD Nasser Hussain said former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie was Brazilian football legend Pele was released from a Sao Paulo hospital on EPL: STAR Sports4 & HD, 00.20 hrs (Tuesday) the right man to revive England’s flagging fortunes following the sacking Saturday following prostate surgery, doctors said, after his latest health scare. of Peter Moores as the national side’s coach The global sports icon has suffered a number of health crises in recent months. SPORT

Kamalpreet ATHLETICS wins gold Vikas Gowda tastes glory in Jamaica NEW DELHI: National record NEW DELHI: India’s Vikas Gowda came up with an Chad Wright of Jamaica was second with a holder Kamalpreet Singh won effort of 65.14m to win the discus gold at the throw of 61.84m while Jared Schuurmans of USA the men’s hammer throw gold Jamaican International Invitation meet at King- was third with an effort of 61.62m. with an effort of 69.61m at the ston on Sunday. Gowda is yet to qualify for the Rio Olympics for Sacramento State Open in the Gowda has touched the 65m-mark thrice in the which he needs to cross the qualifying standard of USA. last three weeks. 66m. His national record stands at 66.28m. — PTI Kamalpreet, representing as an unattached athlete, came up with a throw of 69.61m off his sixth and final attempt on Sat- urday. Kamalpreet had im- proved his own national record to 70.38m at an invitational event at the same venue recent- ly. — PTI Powell clocks 9.84s JAMAICA: Former world record- holder Asafa Powell clocked a world leading 9.84 seconds to win the 100m dash at a World Challenge athletics meeting in Kingston on Saturday. Jamaica’s Powell finished ahead of American Ryan Bailey, who crossed the line in 9.93, with Jamaican Nesta Carter in third with 9.98. CELEBRATION TIME: Nico Rosberg sprays the bubbly after driving to a splendid win at the Circuit de Powell, who owned the 100m Catalunya on Sunday. — PHOTO: AFP world record from 2005 until 2008, when Usain Bolt broke the mark, tested positive for a banned substance in 2013 and is on the comeback trail after a Rosberg ends the Hamilton run ban that ended last year. Powell improved on the pre- vious 2015 season best of 10.01 FORMULA ONE / Vettel finishes third in the Spanish GP set by Trinidad and Tobago’s Keston Bledman on April 24 in BARCELONA: Nico Rosberg end- great skill, coupled to a three- pion Sebastian Vettel of Kimi Raikkonen, in the second Gainesville, Florida. ed his Mercedes team-mate Le- stop strategy, to finish behind Germany, who outpaced Ha- Ferrari. It was Powell’s fastest 100m wis Hamilton’s winning streak Rosberg and deliver another milton off the grid, came home Brazilian Felipe Massa was since a 9.78 at Lausanne in in this year’s Formula One one-two for the dominant Mer- third for Ferrari ahead of Finns sixth in the second Williams 2011. His personal best is 9.72, drivers’ world championship cedes team. Four-time cham- Valtteri Bottas of Williams and ahead of Australian Daniel Ric- clocked in 2008. — AFP on Sunday when he drove to a ciardo of Red Bull and French- near-flawless victory in the THE RESULTS man Romain Grosjean of Lotus. Spanish Grand Prix. Local hero Carlos Sainz won Bharat FC The 29-year-old German, a late wheel-to-wheel battle who had been beaten by Hamil- 1. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) Stevens (Marussia) 3 laps, 18. Rober- with his Toro Rosso team- shocks Pune ton in all four of this year’s 1:41:12.555s, 2. Lewis Hamilton (Mer- to Merhi (Marussia) 4 laps. mate, Dutch teenager Jos Ver- ‘flyaway’ season-opening races, cedes) +00:17.551, 3. Sebastian Vet- Retired: Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) stappen, to take 10th and then PUNE: Bharat FC shocked Pune led from the 16th pole position tel (Ferrari) 00:45.342, 4. Valtteri 21, Fernando Alonso (McLaren). ‘stole’ ninth from Russian Da- FC 1-0 with New Zealand of his career all the way to the Bottas (Williams) 00:59.217, 5. Kimi Drivers’ standings: 1. Hamilton niil Kvyat in the second Red striker Kris Bright finding the chequered flag, his supremacy Raikkonen (Ferrari) 01:00.002, 6. Fe- 111, 2. Rosberg 91, 3. Vettel 80, 4. Bull. Kvyat finished 10th. target in the 90th minute in the interrupted only by his pit- lipe Massa (Williams) 01:21.314. Raikkonen 52, 5. Bottas 42, 6. Massa It was another day of disap- I-League held at the Shree Shiv stops. It was his first win since 7. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), 8. 39, 7. Ricciardo 25, 8. Grosjean 16, 9. pointment for the struggling Chhatrapati Sports Complex last November’s Brazilian Grp Romain Grosjean (Lotus), 9. Carlos Nasr 14, 10. Sainz Jr. 8, 11. Verstap- McLaren Honda team who ex- here on Sunday. and the ninth of his career, and Sainz Jr. (Toro Rosso), 10. Daniil pen 6, 12. Hulkenberg 6, 13. Perez 5, tended their pointless start to With this win, Bharat FC trimmed defending champion Kvyat (Red Bull), 11. Max Verstappen 14. Ericsson 5, 15. Kvyat 5. the season. Spaniard Fernando took its tally to 15 points from Hamilton’s lead from 27 points (Toro Rosso), 12. Felipe Nasr (Saub- Constructors’ points: 1. Mer- Alonso retired after a brakes 16 matches while Pune FC re- to 20. er), 13. Sergio Perez (Force India), 14. cedes 202, 2. Ferrari 132, 3. Williams- failure saw him narrowly avoid mained on 23 points. Hamilton, who slipped from Marcus Ericsson (Sauber), 15. Nico Mercedes 81, 4. Red Bull 30, 5. Saub- colliding with his own pit crew The result: Bharat FC 1 (Bright 90) second to third at the start, Hulkenberg (Force India), 16. Jenson er-Ferrari 19, 6. Lotus 16, 7. Toro and Briton Jenson Button fin- bt Pune FC 0. fought back with daring and Button (McLaren) (all one lap); 17. Will Rosso 14, 8. Force India 11. ished 16th. — Agencies

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# Natalie Portman to FAITH After 252 years, English warship to be recovered PICK play Ruth Ginsburg T R E N DING NOW Oscar-winning COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO signed the same year. The Agnes Varda to actress Natalie Prompted by destiny (URUGUAY): A sunken En- ship, outfitted to wage war Portman has glish warship, perhaps for three to four years, may receive Palme d’Or signed on to play Time and destiny aid one another with accuracy and holding a treasure chest of be carrying extensive French director Agnes Varda U.S. Supreme none can withstand their combined effect. Both gold coins onboard, will be amounts of gold, as well as will be honoured with the Court Justice Ruth Ravana and Vibhishana need a cause for getting raised from its watery barrels of rum and mercu- prestigious Palme d’Or at the Bader Ginsburg. The 33-year- separated and the situation arises naturally during the grave off the coast of Uru- ry. upcoming Cannes International old has agreed to star in a new meeting of the ministers called by Ravana to plan guay after being sub- Obstacles Film Festival for the global biopic, titled On The Basis Of further action after the havoc Hanuman had caused in merged for some 252 years, impact of her body of work. The Sex, which follows the life of Lanka. Valmiki describes Time as sitting pretty on a treasure hunter But before the explorers 86-year-old becomes the first the second ever woman to be Ravana to prompt his thought, word and deed to bring announced. can examine the wreckage woman to be selected for this appointed to the office of about his fall, said Kalyanapuram Sri The Lord Clive, sunk by and possibly display it for distinction. — PTI Supreme Court Justice. — PTI Aravamudhachariar in a discourse. the Spaniards in 1763, was the public, they must over- The same moment is also responsible for discovered by adventurer come numerous obstacles Vibhishana’s destiny that leads him to seek the feet of Ruben Collado in 2004. in the River Plate. Muddy Ranbir, Katrina to tie the knot next year the Supreme Lord incarnate, Rama. Vibhishana, the Mr. Collado announced waters, fast currents and youngest brother of Ravana, surprisingly does not have late on Friday he had re- tons of rock present a seri- Actor has finally confirmed his relationship with the tendencies of a rakshasa and is by nature a ceived permission from the ous challenge for recover- actress Katrina Kaif after years of dodging media speculations, and ‘dharmatma.’ It is obvious to Vibhishana that Ravana Uruguay government to ing the wreckage, Collado also revealed he will marry her by the end of next year. Ranbir, who is seeking his own fall by confronting Rama. He feels bring up the remains of the Treasure hunter Ruben Collado points at the said. is usually guarded about his personal life and his closeness with sorry that Ravana underestimates Rama’s prowess. He 60-gun privateer from off place were the 64-cannon British ship, Lord Sunk just offshore off Katrina even as they continued to be spotted together, opened up tries to impress this truth and make Ravana realise the the coast of Colonia del Colonia del Sacramento, about her in an interview to Anandabazar gravity of keeping Sita captive. He is troubled that Sacramento. Clive, was sunk in 1763 under fire of the Spanish the Lord Clive was covered Patrika. “This year both of us are Ravana is not advised properly and is blinded by the The Lord Clive was sunk land batteries, in Colonia del Sacramento, 188 with tons of rocky material extremely busy, so there won’t be any coterie of ministers who fan his vanity. by fire from the shore as km west of Montevideo. — FILE PHOTO: AFP that crews must remove to time for the marriage. We have planned to But Ravana interprets Vibhishana’s advice as that the British and Portuguese bring the ship to land. tie the knot by the end of next year. Both given by a worst enemy. He accuses Vibhishana of tried to bombard and take ers square off around the nia del Sacramento but Recovery efforts for the of us have agreed on that.” The couple being envious of Ravana’s fame and prosperity. He is the city from the Spanish globe. Some 270 people on- would eventually have to 50-meter (160-foot) six- became close while filming 2009 hit film like the brother who waits for a suitable time to during the Seven-Years board were killed. return the city to the Por- story high ship should be- Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, their first practise treachery. It is the way of the world that War that saw colonial pow- The Spanish held Colo- tuguese under a treaty gin in August. — AFP movie together. — PTI brothers and relatives who feed on one’s prosperity turn traitors in actual times of danger. Adverse times bring out their true colours. Ravana calls Vibhishana a base fellow and a disgrace to their race. This insult becomes the last straw to lead Vibhishana away from 94-year-old Lanka to Rama. Vibhishana says that unlike Ravana’s Famous works of art give Tehran a makeover ministers who speak sweet words to appease him man graduates without considering his welfare, he had spoken for TEHRAN: Drivers and millions of road accidents and bad driving coming, Hamid Rezaie, a pub- Ravana’s good, but that truth is bitter and people hate commuters used to spending are common. lic relations officer for the Or- from college it. The poet uses the term ‘Sriman’ to indicate the hours in Tehran traffic jams For example, The Son of ganisation for Tehran's auspiciousness that Vibhishana brings on himself have at least had something Man, the apple in the face of a Beautification, told AFP, not- after 75 years when he decides to seek Rama. nicer to look at during journeys man in tie and bowler hat work ing that an Iranian sculptor, this week: famous works of art. by Belgian surrealist artist Said Shalapour, came up with WASHINGTON Age no bar! A 94- Advertising hoardings that Rene Magritte, stares out at the idea a decade ago. year-old U.S. man will finally normally feature the latest drivers from an overpass. It became a solid possibility graduate from college this SU | DO | KU smartphones, home appliances But the sprawling scheme last year and a frantic push in month after working on his de- or banks and insurance plans represents an evolution, albeit the past month brought the gree on and off for more than have made way — until May 16 temporary, in the city's ap- plan together. Rezaie said it 75 years. — for masterpieces by famous pearance: after the Islamic rev- has already been judged a suc- Anthony Brutto of Morgan- artists in a giant urban beauti- olution in 1979 advertising was cess and will be repeated. town enrolled at West Virginia fication scheme. banned on the grounds that it The exhibition is being fund- University (WVU) in 1939 and Vincent Van Gogh's Sun- encouraged materialism and ed by advertisers under a started studying engineering, flowers, Edvard Munch's The consumerism. clause in their contracts with physical education and indus- Scream and The Blue Window Street and television ad- the municipality that sets aside trial arts before being drafted by Henry Matisse are among A billboard displaying the “Flower beds in Holland” verts, however, started pop- for cultural promotions or into World War II. the reproductions lining painting by Vincent van Gogh in Tehran. - PHOTO: AFP ping up in the 1990s and then events 10-15 percent of the fees He first majored in engineer- streets and highways, aiming proliferated, now accompa- paid for the billboards. ing, which he figured matched to get citizens more interested Mohammadi, a 24-year-old countless martyrs of the Iran- nied by the occasional public “Without a doubt, contem- well with his passion for design in art and to encourage gallery student in the capital. Iraq war. health promotion. plating works of art in a quiet and creating. visits. Some 1,600 billboards fea- The art, all of which would The art also offers a softer and silent space has more ef- It proved difficult, though, The project -- A Gallery as turing 200 Western and Asian have required approval by the side to an architecturally bland fect, but how many people can and he felt as if he did not have Big as a Town -- took the city by works and 500 Iranian ones culture ministry -- nudes are cityscape where concrete go to galleries and museums?” adequate guidance, the univer- surprise on Wednesday now sit near murals of su- banned in Iran and other housing blocks and revolution- asked Jamal Kamyab, head of sity said. morning. preme leader Ayatollah Ali works risk being deemed un- ary slogans such as “Death to the beautification “So, I switched to physical “It's great to see these paint- Khamenei, his predecessor, Islamic -- may be considered a America” and “We will always organisation. education and industrial arts,” ings instead of commercials for the Islamic republic's founder distraction as well as a wel- resist” are common. “We wanted to remind peo- said Mr. Brutto. this or that brand,” said Leyla Ruhollah Khomeini, and come sight in a city where fatal The art has been a long time ple about art.”— AFP In 1942, as he was nearing graduation, Mr. Brutto was drafted and had to leave school, serving in the Army Air Corps A mind game and a puzzle Director Gluckman’s pat for Indian animation until the end of World War II that you solve with three-and-a- half years later. reasoning and logic. Fill in S.R. Praveen them to take that decision. DreamWorks Dedicated Unit from building the characters, working so far from the U.S., For the majority of that time, the grid with digits in such “I feel the culture here lends in Bangalore, the team was pro- the look of the film, to the pro- and the problems of different he was stationed in Venice, a manner that every row, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When itself to creative things. Also, ducing animated commercials. duction phase. Though we timelines. But, coming to India Florida, where he worked on every column and every DreamWorks Studios, the there is a large native talent TV specials, high-quality mate- planned to produce the entire changed me, artistically and aircraft, using what he had 3x3 box accommodates American film production pool in animation here. The rial produced exclusively for film here, the last part had to be personally. I am a runner and learned in his WVU metal- the digits 1 to 9, without company, first planned on set- knowledge of English also television, happened later. shifted out owing to scheduling of late, I have been going into working classes. repeating any. The ting shop in other markets, helps. Cost-effectiveness was a Just six years later, in 2014, issues,” he says. villages and the visual culture After the war, Mr. Brutto be- solution to yesterday’s they launched a sort of interna- factor, but not the dominant they produced their first full- Working with a young team there is so fascinating. Also, the gan working in a local cement puzzle is at left. tional location scouting, before reason,” says Gluckman, who length feature Penguins of Ma- of 240, a majority of whom are people are very warm. I am also plant with his father and broth- zeroing in on Bengaluru , back was in the city this weekend to dagascar. from India, reminds Gluckman interested in learning languag- ers. He was still determined to in 2008. Creative Director Phi- participate in the Animation “Making major parts of Puss of his earlier days in the indus- es. We now speak Hindi at go back to school, though. lippe Gluckman says the di- Masters summit organised by in Boots here was a big deal for try, of working with small dy- home. We also watch Hindi In 1946, he re-enrolled at verse culture in India was one the Toonz Media Group. us. With Penguins…, we went a namic teams. films occasionally, like the WVU and was ready to finish THE HINDU CROSSWORD 11391 Afterdark of the key factors which led In the initial days of the step ahead. We worked right “The only downside here is Munnabhai series or 3 Idiots.” his degree.

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