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Poor became poorer, the behest of Pakistan Army-ISI including the JeM and the of another UN-banned terror SCongress over its party leader corruption went on increasing, (Inter-Services Intelligence) banned terror group will be able group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba + % Sam Pitroda remarks “Hua toh black money ruined the econo- combine in order to hoodwink to regroup and radicalise which rechristened itself as # " hua” (it just happened) on the my of the nation and the the international community youths. Under the new garb, the Jamat-ud-Dawah and subse- $ $ 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Prime Congress remained a mute spec- yet again into believing that JeM will be able to recruit quently to Milli Muslim League, & $ Minister Narendra Modi on tator, Modi said. Islamabad is acting against ter- more youths to its fold as the a political party launched dur- & Friday said that this shows the “Thousands of Sikhs were ror groups. outfit’s morale has faced drub- ing last elections to project % $ character of the Congress. killed outside their homes but The tactical shift by JeM bing post-Balakot strikes and LeT chief Hafiz Sayeed as a $ $,'- “Yesterday, one of the top today the Congress is saying comes days after the UN des- the terror tanzeem’s radicalisa- democrat. $ Congress leaders said the 1984 'Hua toh Hua'. Sikhs were tar- ignated Azhar as a global ter- tion and recruitment drive has The Pakistan Army-ISI riots just happened ('Hua toh geted in Haryana, Himachal rorist under the 1267 Sanctions also been adversely affected in combine is known to cheat its $ .#/$& Hua'). These three words sum Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, List. The UN had earlier the wake of the fear psychosis allies, including the US and $ up the arrogance of the Uttar Pradesh, and other states. banned the outfit. Post-UN generated after the attack at China. $011 * Congress,” Modi said at an elec- The rioters were led by the listing, the Pakistani terrorist Balakot, sources in the securi- Continued on Page 4 tion rally here in Haryana on the Congress. This sin was com- last day of campaigning for the mitted by every small Congress his name. In Congress, there is sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls. leader,” he said. only dynasty and one family “This leader is close to the He described Congress as a which is respected, the Prime Gandhi family, a good friend of party insensitive to the Sikhs Minister added. (the late) former Prime Minister who became victims of the 1984 He said that not only the Rajiv Gandhi and a 'guru' (men- anti-Sikh riots farmers, the Congress did not 56-inch chest is afraid to sit my family in general. But I He also claimed that the tor) of Congress chief Rahul In his 23-minute speech, the even spare our Jawans who with me in a debate,” he said. don’t mind,” he said. country's GDP fell by two per Gandhi,” Modi said without Prime Minister took a dig only were totally neglected during ongress chief Rahul On the last day of cam- Hard selling the Congress’ cent within one year of demon- naming Pitroda and calling at the Congress. He was in their regime. CGandhi on Friday claimed paigning for the sixth phase of proposed ‘Nyay’ scheme which etisation. upon the people of Haryana to Rohtak to seek votes for party’s It is the BJP Government that Prime Minister Narendra Lok Sabha polls, Rahul aims to provide Rs 72,000 to In his about 25 minutes teach such people a lesson dur- candidate Arvind Sharma, who which ensured the construction Modi is perplexed as the BJP addressed a rally here in sup- the poor annually, Rahul speech, Rahul Gandhi also hit ing the voting for the 10 Lok is pitted against three-time MP of various memorials including is heading for a defeat in Lok port of Congress candidate Gandhi claimed that it will out at Modi government’s flag- Sabha seats on May 12. and Congress candidate the National War Memorial and Sabha elections. former Union Minister Pawan jump start the derailed econ- ship schemes Made in India Pitroda, the head of the Deepender Singh Hooda. the Police Memorial. Maintaining that his Kumar Bansal, who is pitted omy of the country. and Startup India, alleging Overseas Congress and a close Hitting out at the Gandhi The Congress never talks party’s proposed minimum against BJP’s outgoing MP He said that unlike BJP, the that unemployment in the aide of Congress president Rahul family, Modi said that the about national policy and income guarantee scheme Kirron Kher. Congress don’t make false country was at its 45-year Gandhi, on May 9 had said, “hua Congress tradition is to ensure national security, he said. Nyuntam Aay Yojna (Nyay) Continuing his tirade claims of crediting people’s high. toh hua” (it just happened) the progress of just one family. He added that the BJP is will jump start the country's against the Prime Minister, the bank accounts with unrealistic “I want to tell youth, espe- about the anti-Sikh riots. He Lauding the contribution of committed to the agenda of economy, Rahul Gandhi chal- Congress chief accused him of figures like Rs 15 Lakh. He cially those in Chandigarh, made this remark in response to venerated Jat farmer leader ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ and lenged PM Modi to have an failing to keep his 2014 pre- every citizen. assured through that under we have to compete with a question on the riots by a Deenbandhu Sir Chhotu Ram, with each Haryanavi ensuring open debate with him and poll promises, including pro- “PM Modi is flummoxed NYAY scheme, 25 crore fami- China. Not only Made in India, mediaperson in Dharamshala in Modi said that the dream of that his each vote will go the claimed that in just 15 minutes viding jobs to 2 crore youth, as he can gauge that BJP is lies in India will be benefited, we've to print Made in Himachal Pradesh. Bhakra Nangal Dam was seen by account of Modi only, the coun- he will expose how corrupt the remunerative prices for farm- heading for a defeat in the gen- when the government puts Rs Chandigarh behind cell- The Prime Minister said Chhotu Ram but the ungrateful try will be able to move forward PM is. ers’ produce and Rs 15 lakh eral elections. He says a lot of 72000 in accounts of women of phones,” he said. that the Congress ruled the Congressmen did not even take with strength. “But our PM even with his into the bank accounts of things about me, my father and the family annually. Continued on Page 4 11 *+,-
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JP's Chandigarh candidate Kirron Kher on Friday hit out at Bher Congress rival Pawan Kumar Bansal for allegedly spreading "rumours" that no one turns up for her rallies and dared him to prove if he can pull a bigger crowd than her. "Come to any place alone in the city and I will also reach there without accompanying anyone. Then we will see who attracts the crowd," she said. "Rumours are being spread that nobody comes in my rally shame on you (Bansal). Is the Congress fighting elections on its own or a PR company is helping the party," Kher asked. Kher, 66, claimed that she had got many development works done for people of Chandigarh in the last five years. "Bansal sahib you had been non-existent here and remained in Delhi. We know you can hire big PR companies but elections are fought on the basis of work done. Remember that BJP and Kirron Kher will win elections with a huge margin on May 23," she said. 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The Chief Sonipat, at a rally held in Jind. his rallies in Hisar and Charkhi Minister Manmohan Singh, he ous designs and people will give ing nervous as he is facing a Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have Minister Manohar Lal addressed Indian National Lok Dal Dadri described him as the said that during the UPA regime them a befitting reply in the elec- tough fight in Sonipat against also held five rallies in the state. a rally in Sirsa (reserved con- secretary general Abhay biggest player of land scams. the Jawans were ill-treated and tions, he said. Digvijay Chautala, Dushyant Priyanka had also held a road- he campaigning for Lok stituency). Chautala held “Vijay Bhav Rally” Haryana got riddance from the faced barbaric acts, their heads His son Deependra Singh said. show in Rohtak earlier this week. TSabha battle in Haryana In Gohana (Sonipat), former in Kurukshetra in support of his corruption of Hooda and were also taken away but the Hooda also accused the BJP of The JJP leader added that BSP supremo Mayawati, ended on a high note on Friday Chief Minister and Congress son Arjun Chautala, who is goondaism of Chautalas which Mauni Baba kept silent. The dividing the society on religious the JJP-AAP alliance has given a Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, with the political heavyweights candidate from Sonipat Lok party’s candidate from were at its peak during the Congress is responsible for the and caste lines. The ruling BJP good alternative to the people of Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj, from ruling Bharatiya Janata Sabha seat, Bhupinder Singh Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat. respective regimes, he said. increase in terrorism, Shah is trying to divert the mind of this state, who will vote out the Uma Bharti, Uttar Pradesh Party and its main rival Congress Hooda alongwith his son, three- The last day of canvassing in Continuing his attack alleged. people as it has done nothing corrupt and dishonest political CM Adityanath, Delhi CM travelling the length and breadth time MP and Congress candi- Haryana saw no-holds-barred against Congress, Amit Shah said Reacting to the allegations of during its five years rule, he parties in the Lok Sabha elec- Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab of the state to give one final push date from Rohtak, Deepender attacks and counter-attacks by that the Congress is not working BJP top leaders, former Chief added. Hitting out at both BJP tions. Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh to woo the voters. Singh Hooda held “Samajik the political bigwigs. in the interest of the country but Minister Bhupinder Singh and Congress, JJP leader Notably, PM Modi and BJP Sidhu, Actor and MP Hema The ten parliamentary seats Bhaichara rally” to muster sup- Prime Minister Narendra the main opposition party is Hooda at his rally in Gohana Dushyant Chautala said that the chief Amit Shah had earlier held Malini are among other promi- in Haryana will go to voting on port in the Jat belt. Modi evoked the 1984 anti- working to protect the interest of said, “The BJP has done nothing two political parties are two two rallies each in the state. nent leaders who have held May 12, the sixth phase of Jannayak Janta Party leader Sikh riots at Rohtak’s rally to tar- neighboring Pakistan. The during its five years tenure. They sides of same coin. In Haryana, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi elections rallies over the past polling. and outgoing Hisar MP get the Congress party in the Congress by supporting anti- have no achievement to tell… Congress has always tried to help and party’s general secretary fortnight in the state. As a fitting end to BJP’s Dushyant Chautala, who is seek- backdrop of party leader Sam national elements is strengthen- They just divided the people of the BJP, he alleged. aggressive campaign, the Prime ing re-election on JJP’s ticket, led Pitroda’s remarks over the riots ing the “Tukde Tukde Gang” this country as well as the state.” Attacking Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi on the campaign of his fledgling while the BJP chief Amit chief which is out to weaken the Referring to Jat quota agita- Modi, Dushyant said that the PM )) Friday held “Vijay Sankalp rally” political outfit and its alliance attacked influential political fam- country. But the people of the tion 2016, Hooda said that at his election rallies at Fatehabad in Jat-dominated Rohtak, known partner Aam Aadmi Party to ilies of Hoodas and Chautalas for country will not allow the Haryana was burnt under BJP’s and Kurukshetra earlier spoke as political capital of Haryana seek vote for himself and his alleged misrule in Haryana. Congress to succeed in its nefar- regime to divide the people of the about JJP, which shows he is while the party chief Amit Shah brother Digvijay Chautala, JJP- Targeting former CM ious designs, the BJP chief added. state on caste lines. But the BJP scared of a new political party. held rallies in Barwala and AAP joint candidate from Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Shah at a dig at the former Prime will never succeed in its nefari- Former CM Hooda is also feel- - 9 - 2 @2 A" ( & $>> 2 CC -( 2 8 %$ @28%A - # " / #+ '-# 8 8 -& @88-A % # # % 0 #0 *$ & 2 O #$ : 8 /$# $& -($ 2 / (: $ *$ & & &2 $ $ & $ $& $ $2 *$ & $ $ $28%:88-: : & :& & @2,-/A: : & : 28% $ * - -)* )* 4 - %( @ A/ $$( :$$ ( ,'- - :" & $ $ &%-/ '#$ $ From Page 1 The Pakistan Army provid- Bhubaneswar: Even after seven expect to provide water supply rural areas of the district by May ed a facility to Al Qaeda chief days of cyclone Fani hitting the to rural areas in other affected 15," Singh said. Osama Bin Laden at the garrison Odisha coast, people are still districts including Puri by May In Bhubaneswar, 80 per town of Abottabad and kept him struggling to get basis facilities 13," said Information and Public cent power connection would be under cover for over a decade in the affected areas. The cyclone Relations secretary Sanjay achieved by today midnight and fleeced Washington for arms affected people are yet to get safe Kumar Singh. while 100 per cent by May 12, and funding in the name of drinking water, electricity and Puri and Khurdha districts said Singh. counter-terrorism operations. telecommunication. Moreover, are worst affected by the cyclone He, however, said there are The US Navy seals however the distribution of relief assis- Fani that hit the Odisha coast on some rural feeders which may killed him in an operation on tance is slow. May 3. not be achieved as per the tar- May 2, 2011. The Pak army and Even though the life is limp- Singh said total 563 water get. Since Puri district, where the ISI are employing similar tactics ing back to normal in urban tankers have been mobilised in cyclone made landfall, is worst to extract funding from China in areas, the rural areas are still the districts. affected, the state government is the name of protecting its inter- struggling to get the basic facil- Water and power have been facing hurdles to ensure power ests in the China-Pakistan ities. ensured to all health facilities, he supply in the region. Singh said Economic Corridor. On the ter- "While 100 per cent piped added. "By May 12, we expect the work was on warfooting and ror directed at the Indian hin- water supply is ensured in to restore power supply in all that power would be restored in terland and in J&K, Pakistan has Bhadrak and Kendrapara, we urban areas of Cuttack and Puri and Konark towns by May remained in denial mode even as 15. People are also facing diffi- it continues to use terror as a state culties while connecting their policy against India and the phones to networks as various JeM itself owned responsibility service providers are yet to for killing 40 CRPF men through restore their damaged infra- a suicide bombing on February structure. IANS 14 this year at Pulwama. 000 From page 1 rally, the Congress chief said, The Congress chief said “This is the dress rehearsal for that he is startled that May 23 (the day poll results will Chandigarh which was such a be declared) as another storm well-planned cities and had all will come that day wiping out the potential to become an the BJP." international center doesn’t Earlier, Rahul Gandhi’s have its own fully-functional speech was halted for few min- International Airport. utes owing to the breakdown in Talking further about the sound system, which was Chandigarh, he said, “I learnt due to the heavy winds and from Pawan Bansal that in rainfall on Friday here. Chandigarh many people still don’t have property owner- ship rights. I promise you that once we are elected to power, this shall be done for sure.” As a dust storm hit the area where Gandhi was holding the ,, *+,- "(% "+ Q 23 2. the light of environmental The researchers were SP km, out of which 2700 square Himalayan rivers. activists and organisations impact observed for the Tehri Sati from the Department of km lies in the glacial and “This is important consid- including South Asia Network fter locals and environ- dam in the region and the geo- Environment Science, paraglacial zones. The rock fill ering that majority of the on Dams, Rivers and People Amentalists, it is now logical understanding devel- Uttarakhand’s VCSG dam will create a reservoir of hydropower projects are (SANDRAP), a network of researchers, including those oped over the years”, a team of University of Horticulture and 116 square km, out of which 76 planned in higher Himalaya, organisations and individuals from the Government, who researchers has called for “re- Forestry and Shubhra Sharma, square km would be in India. implying that these would be working on issues related to the have Gambhir manifesto: BJP assessment of its (project’s) from the Department of Earth There have been doubts regard- sustaining largely on the melt water sector, have been up in candidate vows to convert geo-environmental implica- and Environmental Science, ing the impact of this project on water discharge with subordi- arms against green signal given Ghazipur landfill into green, tions in the ecologically sensi- IISER-Mohali, Naresh Rana the terrain and its ecosystem nate contribution from ISM (as to the project. clean Yamuna the ambitious tive Kaliganga valley.” from National Centre for besides concerns on the dis- the contribution of ISM Himanshu Thakkar, coor- 5,040-MW Pancheshwar The study has been pub- Seismology, Ministry of Earth ruption of the socio-economic decreases northward of MCT).” dinator of the SANDRP said, multi-purpose project pro- lished in the recent issue of Sciences, Harsh Dobhal from conditions of the people living This is also true for “Seismicity and Reservoir posed on the Kali river bor- Current Science. The the School of Media and quakes (more than 7.5 on ritch- ity of them were damaged dur- in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh Pancheshwar dam project. Induced Seismicity(RIS) are dering northern Nepal and researchers analysed in detail Communication Studies, Doon er scale) as being part of the ing the 2015 Gorkha earth- and Champawat districts. Recent study from Hindu Kush not the only hazards that the India’s environmentally-sen- three major factors related to University, Dehradun and Central Himalayan seismic gap. quake. Keeping this probable Finally, said the Himalaya region indicates that Pancheshwar Dam faces. sitive Uttarakhand region. sediment mobilisation from Navin Juyal, who is associated “The probability of a high threat in mind, the researchers researchers, we are yet to devel- a majority of the glaciers has Key point is to first assess A pet project of Prime glacial-paraglacial zones and with the Physical Research magnitude earthquake in the noted that as the project area op a reasonable understanding retreated and lost ice mass the inherent disaster potential Minister Narendra Modi, the unstable slopes, infrastructure Laboratory in Ahmedabad. gap areas is more, yet the pre- lies in Zone IV of seismic zone of the behaviour of the since the mid-19th century. As of the area. The next step dam will be the world’s tallest development and seismicity Citing various studies, they cise timing of the earthquake map of India where various Himalayan cryosphere in a consequence, the melt water would be how the project con- dam (315m high) on comple- and their likely impacts. They pointed out that while during cannot be predicted accurately,” faults around the proposed site response to climate variability contribution into rivers would struction and operation would tion and is expected to sub- concluded since there has been the last 100 years, earthquakes said the researchers as they are suggested to be currently and changing precipitation be adversely impacted, which change the disaster potential of merge land owned by close to no major earthquake in of magnitude more than 7.5 pointed out that in the Nepal active, it therefore highlights the trends. “This calls for a com- if, not accounted for, will lead the area and third step would 30,000 families spread over 62 Uttarakhand Himalaya region jolted Assam (1950), Bihar Himalaya most of the increased vulnerability of the plete re-evaluation of the to under-performance of the be to assess how the project will villages in the Hill State. for long now, the next one to hit (1934) and Kangra (1905), hydropower projects are run-of- site to seismic hazard. methodology employed for hydropower project. perform in these circum- After “evaluating risks this area could be a really big Uttarakhand Himalaya is yet to the river type and lack any The dam will have a assessing hydropower poten- Besides locals in the affect- stances. None of these are associated with the project in one with magnitude above 8. face high magnitude earth- major reservoir and yet major- drainage area of 12,000 square tials of the glacial and snow fed ed region, various green included in the EIA.” !" - - P - # $ - -:; ( +- 23 2. 23 2. Ravishankar and senior advo- committee has sought exten- cate and renowned mediator sion of time till August 15 to he IAF on Friday made a cargo plane from he panel of mediators is Sriram Panchu as members of enable the committee to find an TGeorgia to force-land at Jaipur on Friday T“optimistic” about an ami- the mediation committee. amicable solution. after it entered the Indian airspace from Karachi cable solution to the political- During the brief hearing on We are inclined to grant through an undesignated route in Gujarat. ly sensitive Ram Friday, the counsel appearing time till August 15,” the bench Fighter jets including SU-30s were scrambled to Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid for both the Hindu and Muslim said, adding that the panel intercept the plane after it initially did not land dispute at Ayodhya, the parties expressed confidence would submit its report to the respond to radio call from Indian controlling tified as Georgian An-12 flying at 27,000feet. Supreme Court said on Friday over the ongoing mediation court after that. agencies. The incident took place at a time when The aircraft neither responded on interna- while extending till August 15 should we not grant time,” the proceedings and said they are One of the advocates the entire western border with Pakistan is on tional distress frequency nor to visual signals the time for completion of the bench, also comprising Justices fully cooperating with the appearing in the matter said the high alert post Pulwama terror attack and sub- during interception. However, when challenged, process. S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, process. apex court had earlier given sequent events and the IAF is on full alert. the aircraft responded and informed that it was A five-judge Constitution Ashok When one of the lawyers eight weeks time to the panel “Investigations by various agencies are now a non scheduled An-12 aircraft that had got air- 23 2. bench, headed by Chief Justice Bhushan and S Abdul raised the issue of translated of mediators to complete the on about the incident on Friday. It was learnt borne from Tbilisi (Georgia) for Delhi via Ranjan Gogoi, said it received Nazeer, told the counsel appear- copies of several documents in proceedings and now nine the Indian radars picked up the plane entering Karachi. The aircraft was shadowed and forced he Supreme Court on a report from former apex ing for the parties concerned. vernacular languages, the weeks have gone by. north Gujarat from Karachi through an undes- to land at Jaipur for necessary investigation, offi- TFriday asked for the court judge Justice F M I “They (panel) have submitted bench said they have received “We had given eight weeks ignated route at about 3.15 pm and after not get- cials said. Centre’s response on a plea Kalifulla, who is the chairman to the court to consider exten- a report on May 7 from the and the report has come. We ting any response, the IAF finally made the plane While the probe will find out the facts, seeking guidelines to of the panel, in which the com- sion of time, which we are chairman of the panel and are not inclined to tell you what to force land at Jaipur at about 4.30 pm . The Rajasthan and Gujarat besides the entire North regulate the mittee has sought extension till inclined,” the bench said at the “the member of the commit- is there in the report of the plane is operated by Motor Sich airlines regis- including Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir inter- functioning of online media August 15 to complete the outset. The apex court had on tee have not expressed any committee,” the bench said. tered in Ukraine and most probably deviated national border is on heightened alert after the streaming platforms like Netflix mediation proceedings. March 8 referred the matter to such difficulty”. One of the counsel told the from its designated flight path while coming to February 13 Pulwama attack followed by Indian and Amazon Prime Video “If the mediators are opti- the panel of mediators for “We have perused and con- bench that there are around India. air strikes in Balakot on February 26 and which display “uncertified mistic about the result and are exploring possibility of an ami- sidered the report of May 7 of 13,990 pages of documents in Giving details, the IAF said in an official Pakistan retaliating the next day in Rajouri and sexually explicit” seeking time till August 15, cable settlement and appoint- Justice F M I Kalifulla indicat- several vernacular languages statement later that an unknown aircraft entered sector by trying to hit Indian military content. what is the harm in granting ed Justice (retd) Kalifulla, spir- ing the progress made in the and said some wrong transla- Indian Air Space in North Gujarat Sector at 15.15 establishments by its jets. A bench of Chief Justice time? This issue has been pend- itual guru and founder of Art mediation proceeding. tions have been made which hours with its IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) At least two unmanned aerial vehicles used Ranjan Gogoi and Justice ing for years and years. Why of Living foundation Sri Sri Chairman of the mediation would be a problem. ‘on’. The aircraft did not follow the authorised by the Pakistan Army to gather intelligence about Sanjiv Khanna issued notices Air Traffic Services (ATS) route and was not Indian positions on the international border in to the ministries of broad- responding to Radio calls from Indian control- Rajasthan were shot down by the IAF jets and casting, law and communica- ' ling agencies. the Army early last month. Both the UAVs tions on an appeal challenging " Since ATS routes in the area were closed due crashed on the Pakistani side. the February 8 order of the 4 to the current geopolitical situation, and the Also, Pakistan closed several entry and exit Delhi High Court order - aircraft entered Indian Air Space from an points in its airspace for commercial flights com- which had + 4 / unscheduled point, the Air Defence interceptor ing from India since the Balakot attack and these dismissed it. -$ " on operational readiness was scrambled and vec- routes remain closed even now forcing the inter- The high court had reject- # - % tored towards the unknown aircraft for inves- national flights to take longer route for Europe ed the petition by NGO, Justice % $$L& tigation. On visual contact, the aircraft was iden- and US as the Pakistani airspace is blocked. For Rights Foundation, after $ M* the Ministry of Information & $ and Broadcasting had # +# + " $ & informed it that online plat- ( $ O forms are not required to + $ & /8 * obtain any licence from it. The plea, filed through advocate / H S Hora in the apex court, 4 + said these online web plat- 23 2. parallel negotiations being % '&$ $ forms are functioning in India undertaken by the PMO and % -# $ 23 2. had sought help from the ASI without obtaining licence ormer Union Ministers said that three members of ' # to assess the damage caused to which has been admitted by the 23 2. FYashwant Sinha, Arun the Indian Negotiation Team - ( # ani cyclone that left the these world heritage monu- ministries concerned in their Shourie and activist lawyer had objected to the parallel $ & : Feastern coast in Odisha bat- ments. The team will also affidavit filed before ongress President Rahul Prashant Bhushan on Friday negotiations. % + tered on May 3 did not cause suggest restoration exercise the high court on February 4. CGandhi on Friday told the sought from the Supreme He said that a prima facie & $ $ * any significant structural dam- needed for the monuments “The said online platforms Supreme Court that he has Court setting aside its earlier cognisable offence has been & $ age to the Sun temple in and the surrounding areas. are displaying unlicenced, already tendered verdict that dismissed their committed and it + $ $ Konark, a high-level central Earlier, the Superintending unregulated, uncertified con- unconditional apology for petition for criminal investi- warranted registration of the $ #$ & team that visited the historical Archaeologist, Bhubaneswar tent and collecting subscription “wrongly attributing” to it the gation into the Rafale fighter FIR. Attorney General K K & $ -$ monument said on Friday. Circle ASI had inspected amounts from Indian con- “chowkidar chor hai” remarks jet deal case. Venugopal, appearing for the $ $ O( The team said that the level which is being set right. Monuments including Shri sumers whereas the content and the criminal contempt A bench headed by Chief Centre objected to the review % $O %-$ * monument will be opened to More than 200 trees have been Jagannath Temple at Puri. He telecasted on the online plat- proceedings against him should Justice Ranjan Gogoi reserved petition and said that the public in next 2-3 days. The damaged which are being found certain damages on the forms is illegal to the extent be closed. its verdict on a batch of peti- basic grounds for seeking central team of Archeological cleared. surface but no major damage to that certain movies banned A bench headed by Chief tions seeking review of its review of the verdict are the - Survey of India (ASI) officials The electric and illumina- the structure of the temple, said under the provisions of the Justice Ranjan Gogoi reserved December 14 judgment last same as they were in the 4 $/& led by its DG, Usha Sharma, is tion system including internet the statement here. Indian Cinematograph Act and the verdict on the criminal con- year which had main petition. " in Odisha to also assess the access has gone out of order, The office of Odisha Chief not even passed by the Central tempt plea filed against him by dismissed the pleas challeng- The petitioners are seek- $ $ $ $ Jagannath Temple in Puri and restoration of which will take Minister Naveen Patnaik, in a Board for Film Certification BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi. ing India’s agreement with ing review of the judgment on $ $& will submit its report soon. some time. The monument tweet on Friday, said that he but are allowed to be telecast- Senior advocate A M France to procure 36 Rafale the basis of secret “stolen A statement from the will be opened to public in next had drawn attention of Union ed for the general populace by Singhvi, appearing for Gandhi, fighter jets. documents”. $ Union Culture Ministry said 2-3 days. The chemical clean- Culture Minister Mahesh bypassing the law of the land,” told the bench, also comprising Lawyer Prashant He also referred to the $ $ that the “team visited the ing and consolidation of east- Sharma to damage to these the plea said. Justices S K Kaul and K M Bhushan, during two-hour- secrecy clause of the inter-gov- * Konark in forenoon on May 10, ern face will be completed on temples. It added that due to lack of Joseph, that the Congress long hearing, referred to var- ernmental agreement 2019. The team observed that priority. The monument will be The State Government had any licence or regulating body, President has already ten- ious aspects including alleged between India and France P by and large there is no restored back to normal with- sought direction to the ASI for the respondents via their inac- dered unconditional apology suppression of material facts and said that this matter per- :- structural damage to the in about a fortnight, said a deputing a high level team to tion are creating a special class and has expressed regret over from the court and said that tains to defence deals and not 4 $/& monument”. statement here. assess damage and implement of broadcasters and therefore the wrongful attribution to the an FIR should have been to the award of contract for " B The team has informed The team is now in the remedial measures ahead of discriminating against the cus- apex court. lodged and a criminal inves- construction of flyover or & % that there is some dislocation process of visiting Sri Jagannath important cultural event of tomers, regular movie produc- Senior advocate Mukul tigation launched into the dams. %.$ in the scaffolding provided for Puri Temple to assess the dam- Rath Yatra in Puri, which is ers, Cable-TV operators and Rohatgi, appearing for Lekhi, case. He also referred to the Venugopal sought dis- $ chemical cleaning at upper age. The State Government slated for July 4. D2H operators. told the bench that the apolo- documents relating to alleged missal of the review petitions. /&# gy tendered by Gandhi should L C& M : be rejected and action must be law. Rohatgi also argued that make an apology to the public 2 P : 1 $ taken against him as per the the court should ask Gandhi to for his remarks. $& * P 23 2. of buffalo in the world. ! 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The instrument of rati- $C# on the back of successful Of the 13 buffalo breeds in rorism and climate change as nomic, commercial, scientific, fication of the UK joining the " & & launch of INDUSCHIP, a cus- India, the Murrah, native to the two countries held their regional and international International Solar Alliance && 3O tomized genotyping chip for central Haryana, is the most foreign office consultations to cooperation, including in the was formally handed over dur- indigenous cattle and their sought after and acknowledged review the entire range of bilat- Commonwealth, the Ministry ing the consultations. & & $N> 3 crosses. as the best ‘breed-improver’ eral relations. of External Affairs (MEA) said Over the past year, the $ Seen as a milestone for the with its gene pool now extend- Foreign Secretary Vijay in a statement. two countries have identified %>1 ; 23 2. s Delhi goes to vote on May 12, campaigning in the national Capital came to end on Friday evening. The contenders have left no stone unturned to reach out to the last of the voters. Local issues seem to be on forefront in deciding the fate of the candidates who are in the fray. Water supply, sealing, developing basic amenities, infrastructure are some of the key issues that is going to be a decisive factors in electing parliamentarians. All the candidates of three major parties — the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP, in the national Capital pulled up their socks raising local issues to Aturn voters in their favour. In a separate constituency based manifesto issued by the respective candidates also suggested way to address these issues affected the residents directly. - '-: / $ /$ # $ : ( $. $ : (%#: 8 ( / $: %$% $: !123## .:!123## !123## !123## !123## !123## !123## $ : -#( & : &- : / $: , ( $ : $$ $: , / $'#$: $ $ : %( : ( : %# $ .#$ : $, $ : - $/ $ 8 $: 8: - n this constituency igh-octane political n South Delhi constituency, caste the issues of nationalism, unemploy- orth-East constituency, a Burari and Gokalpur favoured AAP, cit- issues that dominating battle is expected in and community are playing an ment and full statehood status for stronghold of Bharatiya ing the development works carried out he main issue in this the poll discourse East Delhi con- important role. Keeping the caste Delhi, the residents of the high-profile Janata Party (BJP) and erst- by the party in the area but they said they constituency is seal- Iinclude the Goods and Hstituency among the Iarithmetic, the Congress has field- constituency insist that they need Nwhile Jan Sangh since its will decide a day before the election about ing drive which Services Tax (GST), demon- AAP’s ‘education reformer’ ed champion boxer Vijender Singh — someone who takes care of their day- formation in 1966, is headed for an to whom they are going to support. Twas conducted by the etisation, bad infrastructure, Atishi, cricketer-turned-politi- who is a Jat and also won bronze medal to-day problems first. interesting but tough battle among the The constituency has a large popu- Municipal Corporations irregular water supply and cian Gautam Gambhir and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He will While people admit that the sup- sitting MP Manoj Tiwari of the BJP and lation of Muslims and after that comes on the direction of the sealing drive. turncoat Arvinder Singh take on BJP’s sitting MP Ramesh ply has improved a lot over the last two former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Brahmin in the area and Purvanchalies. Supreme Court Monitoring A large section of people Lovely of the Congress. Bidhuri also a Gujjar and Aam Aadmi years, yet, they say, a lot remains to be AAP’s Dilip Pandey is also in the fray. AAP and Congress largely depend on Committee. in this constituency are Gambhir, the new entrant in Party’s (AAP) Raghav Chadha who done. The constituency boasts of a sizeable similar vote bases - Muslims, Dalits and It largely affected traders affected of these issues and the political pitch attacked the belongs to a Punjabi community. The The civic issue of parking and traf- number of Hindu and Muslim votes. those living in unauthorised colonies and all the party’s candidate claiming to elect the candi- rivals AAP and Congress. Gujjars and Jat voters dominate a fic congestion in the heavily-populat- The Purvanchalis also have a formi- and JJ clusters among others. have promised in its mani- date who has potential to Gambhir was severe in his attack number of Assembly segments ed constituency also weigh on people’s dable presence with 40 per cent voters. It is the same vote bank which pro- festoes to address sealing issue address these issue on pri- on AAP’s national convener in the seat. mind. Many complain about the Tiwari, the Bhojpuri film star, com- pelled AAP to power with an unprece- after voted as an MP. ority basis. and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind The seat is witnessing a triangular unending jams that they have to nego- mands a strong following among dented mandate in the 2015 Delhi Besides, water supply and Law and order is also Kejriwal for his persistent contest among AAP’s Raghav Chadha, tiate, especially during rush hour, and Purvanchali voters and had won com- Assembly elections but with alliance dysfunctional street lights and one of the issues in the con- demand full statehood Delhi. sitting BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri and say these matters haven’t been paid fortably in 2014. However, with the arrival between the two failed to materialised; traffic chaos are other issues stituency. After the delimitation of Congress’ Vijender Singh. The AAP, heed to. of Sheila Dikshit, the contest has queered it may divide the votes between the that the residents are suffer- Residents said that chain parliamentary constituencies which is seeking to wrest the seat from the pitch for the Delhi State BJP president. AAP and the Congress which will ben- ing from. snatching and harassment of in 2008, East Delhi parliamen- the BJP, has been raising local issues It has 10 Assembly segments — The constituency comprises 10 efit Manoj Tiwari. Though all the par- The constituency which women are common and it tary the constituency was before the people. Chattarpur, Palam, Bijwasan, Kalkaji, Assembly segments - Burari, Timarpur, ties have termed election as non-caste houses the residences and must be addressed on prior- divided into ten Vidhan Sabha Mehrauli, Deoli, Ambedkar Nagar, Seemapuri, Rohtas Nagar, Seelampur, but in the fray to win battle AAP has workplaces of all the key ity basis. segments namely Jangpura, The constituency has a total of 42 Sangam Vihar, Tughlaqabad and Ghonda, Babarpur, Gokalpur, also fielded Dilip Pandey who is also departments of the country With 15,62,268 voters, Okhla, Trilokpuri, Kondli, villages out of which 18 are dominat- Badarpur. Mustafabad and Karawal Nagar and has from Purvanchal. has a number of local issues Chandni Chowk is the Patparganj, Laxmi Nagar, ed by Jats and 12 by the Gujjar com- 19,57,707 number of voters in which 40 The BJP candidate is riding on the to deal with prominently. smallest parliamentary con- Vishwas Nagar, Krishna Nagar, munity. Gujjars are predominantly The constituency currently has per cent voters are Poorvanchalis. support of the Purvanchalis voters New Delhi constituency stituency in Delhi in terms of Gandhi Nagar and Shahdara. present in Chhatarpur, Badarpur and 20,65,755 voters. A split in the vote Interestingly, out of the ten Assembly which is more than 40 per cent in this was formed in 1951, is the electorate. In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Tughlakabad areas while Jats also have bank between Congress and AAP and seats, nine has AAP MLAs. constituency. oldest of the seven con- The constituency com- Bharatiya Janata Party’s a sizeable presence in the villages bor- a new face of Congress Vijender Singh The Pioneer visited these areas to Further division of Muslim votes stituencies of Delhi with prising 10 Assembly seg- Maheish Girri had won the dering West Delhi constituency. gives BJP an edge in the constituency. read the mood of the voters and found and those living in juggi clusters will 16,17,470 voters. It compris- ments — Adarsh Nagar, East Delhi Lok Sabha con- While AAP’s vote share has registered that Poorvanchalis are sure of to whom directly benefit BJP. Whereas the AAP es 10 assembly seats Karol Shalimar Bagh, Shakur Basti, stituency with a margin of Problems faced a decline in elections held since 2015, they want to win the seat but others candidate Pandey also has a share of the Bagh (SC), Patel Nagar (SC), Tri Nagar, Wazirpur, Model 1,90,463 votes. Water supply remains one of the Congress’ has been growing slowly. were waiting till the last to clear the air purvanchalies votes in the area votes. Moti Nagar, Delhi Cantt, Town, Sadar Bazar, Chandni The East Delhi seat has seen biggest concerns for the residents of AAP and Congress largely depend on over the selection of the candidate to However, with Sheila Dikshit’s Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, Chowk, Matia Mahal and some of the biggest names of South Delhi. Some places in Mehrauli, similar vote bases — Muslims, Dalits cast their vote. In some of the Assembly entry into fray has made the contest tri- Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Ballimaran. Delhi politics fight elections. Chattarpur and Sangam Vihar still and those living in unauthorised constituencies such as Seelampur, angular. Seelampur, Babarpur and Nagar, R.K. Puram, Greater Traders and Muslim These include former Delhi experience water scarcity. While the colonies and JJ clusters among others. Babarpur and Mustafabad, Hindu vot- Mustafabad have a sizeable Muslim Kailash. votes will hold the key. CM Sheila Dikshit and her son people admit that the supply has It is the same vote bank which pro- ers appear to be inclined towards the population. AAP and Congress candi- Congress Ajay Maken, In 2008, when a delimi- Sandeep Dikshit. The seat was improved a lot over the last two years, pelled AAP to power with an unprece- BJP but Muslim voters are divided as dates have launched a massive door to BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi and tation exercise was under- formed in 1966 and witnessed yet, they say, a lot remains to be done dented mandate in the 2015 Delhi to whom they should support. door contact to lure voters to cast their AAP’s Brijesh Goyal are in taken, several North Delhi its first election in 1967. While political parties are raising Assembly elections. However, these voters in Timarpur, votes in their favour. fray from the seat. neighbourhoods such as Model Town, Tri Nagar, Wazirpur, Shalimar Bagh olitical parties in the Pockets such as Rajouri Garden, and Shakur Basti were made national Capital have Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri and Hari orth West (NW) Mundka, Kirari, Sultan Pur Majra, part of this constituency, blamed each other for Nagar have a large Sikh population, Delhi reserved con- Nangloi Jat, Mangol Puri and Rohini. which accounted for about Pplaying caste and com- while Jharoda, Dichaun Kalan, and stituency has over 23 In 2014, BJP’s candidate Udit Raj 15 per cent Muslim voters munity cards during elections Dhansa are Jat strongholds. Nlakh voters, the bested AAP’s Rakhi Birla by over one that was 30 per cent before but the reality is that caste affil- Varma, the son of former Delhi Scheduled Castes and Jats are lakh votes. Former Union minister delimitation. iations of voters as well as can- CM Sahib Singh Varma, belongs to the two big communities here. and Congress leader Krishna Tirath, The percentage of voters didates seem to play a crucial the Jat community and the party Much of the constituency has ran in third, while BSP’s Basant of the SC and OBCs has gone role in the Delhi politics despite the Later, Purvanchali voters became a believes it would help him win a sec- a rural character, with thousands of Panwar got 21,485 votes. The result up to about 25 and 20 political party’s campaigns hinging vital part of the West Delhi seat,” said ond term but Jakhar, who also migrant workers living in unautho- for the candidates belonging to the this year could parallel the last elec- respectively post delimita- upon issues such as infrastructure a political analyst. belongs to Jat community, is a rised colonies, JJ clusters and slums Scheduled castes. NW Lok Sabha tion’s. tion while the Vaish com- development, price rise, water crisis After the delimitation of par- native of Mitraon village in spread across Mangolpuri, constituency comprises of ten While the candidates are munity accounts for 10 per and corruption. Going by caste arith- liamentary constituencies in 2008, Najafgarh area in the constituency. Sultanpuri, Sultanpur Majra. While Vidhan Sabha segments such as promising to resolve all issues in the cent voters. metic in the West Delhi constituen- West Delhi was constituted with 10 Though Both Varma and Jhakhar Jats form a large vote bank, the mid- Narela, Badli, Rithala, Bawana, constituency but the residents says The constituency is wit- cy, communities such as Jat, Gujjar, Assembly segments-Madipur, does not give much weight to the dle and upper-middle classes have a Mundka, Kirari, Sultan Pur Majra, otherwise. The rural population nessing a three-corner fight Punjabi, Sikh and Vaish continue to Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak caste but the reality is that the con- presence in areas like Rohini. Nangloi Jat, Mangol Puri and Rohini. rued about the lack of sanitation between the BJP, the dominate area’s electoral fortunes. Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Uttam stituency which has also a strong The constituency comprises Congress has fielded Rajesh facilities which also mean that there Congress and the Aam There are two Jat candidates — Nagar, Dwarka, Matiala and hold of Jats in several areas may see large rural belts where locals rely on Lalothia, Aam Aadmi Party has is a threat to women when they step Aadmi Party. Incumbent BJP Parvesh Varma from BJP and Balbir Najafgarh. vote division. Whereas, Congress dairy farming and traditional farm- fielded Gugan Singh whereas out to attend nature’s call, which is MP Harsh Vardhan is pitted Singh Jhakhar from AAP. Congress West Delhi has a population of candidate Mishra, a migrant is ing and has three types of residents Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Hans either early in the morning or late in against Congress’ old-timer has fielded Purvanchali candidate 25.43 lakh and a population densi- banking on Purvanchali voters to — original habitants who rely on Raj Hans is also in the fray. the evening. JP Agarwal, who represent- Mahabal Mishra who had won this ty of 19,563 inhabitants per square repeat his 2009 performance. farming, migrant population, com- Other than Rohini and limited The constituency has a sizeable ed the seat in 1984, 1989 seat in 2009. Purvanchali, Jat, Sikh kilometer. While neighbourhoods According to political pundits, the prising rickshaw pullers and indus- areas in North West where there is SC population, with the roughly 19.1 and 1996. and Punjabi voters will ultimately such as Dwarka, Janakpuri and Purvanchali votes also divided here trial workers and the set of people Delhi Metro connectivity, civic issues percent. According to CEO data, decide the outcome. Rajouri Garden are considered afflu- between Congress and BJP. who reside in housing societies that plague most portions of this con- NW Delhi constituency has It is believed that the Jat votes ent and middle class, areas such as Though, the economic and cul- have sprung up in the last few years stituency. Haphazard, unplanned 23,77,604 electors in the con- may split. “Purvanchalis who form Madipur, Hari Nagar and Matiala tural make of the area is varied but in Rohini. development has created its own stituency — 13,04,555 (men); a formidable vote block, too, can are considered home to migrants the demands of people are largely NW Delhi constituency came problems too, especially in rural and 10,72,891 (women) and 158 (third split, mainly between Congress and and working-class families who live the same which we can see in other into existence in 2008 as a part of the unauthorised areas. gender). The number of electors in BJP. Earlier, the constituency was in unauthorised colonies whereas six Lok Sabha constituency in implementation of the recommen- There is, therefore, a sense of some of the other constituencies are considered to be very important for Najafgarh is considered as a place National Capital. The residents of dations of the Delimitation unhappiness across the 10 assembly — West Delhi (23,67,509); North the Jats, when Sajjan Kumar, a for- where one can see a glimpse of rural Dwarka rued lack of water and con- Commission of India constituted in segments that make up the seat: East Delhi (22,89,493); South Delhi mer Congress leader, was in power. areas. nectivity in the area. 2002. This constituency is reserved Narela, Badli, Rithala, Bawana, (20,65,755). - !%&6%!3#4 ! & '( &! :- 9-:- , $@D A 8 # :- $ $&:- $&:/$$:8 $ : &(:/ :%$(( @% A $ K $ $ @N A $ $#: $2 $ :2 $ : $ : $3 $ : : $ $ $ *** 3 $ :/ $ $ *, O * : $( @<1 A :# $ :/ : ::/ & :$ #:,$ % ( : $ & ( $ %$ $: :" $ : $ $ '$#$ @= A $: $ :' $ &:/ $$ : N O 23 2. about the issues of the interest in the metro constituency. work,” he said. erming his rivals from the AAP and Lovely also accused When asked about Tthe BJP as political tourists, the Delhi Government the problem of unautho- Congress candidate from East Delhi for failing to curb pollu- rized colony, he said in Lok Sabha constituency Arvinder tion. “Anand Vihar is the 2013, we regularise 1200 Singh Lovely said that these “para- most polluted point in colonies but the present chuted” candidates visit the con- Delhi because of failure Government has not stituency only at the time of the elec- of public transport sys- given any attention in tion and never turned back among the tem in last five year. The providing facilities in the public after winning election to listen gocernment has reduced unauthorized colonies. and solve residents’ plights. the buses and failed to “My priority would be to In an interview with The Pioneer, implement Mono Rail regularise these colonies Lovely talked about the various issues, project Shastri Park to and provide all civic challenges and priorities of this con- Mayur Vihar that was sanctioned by the amenities to residents of these stituency and asserted to solve it ami- Congress in Delhi. colonies,” he said. cably after being elected as an MP. He said that pollution was a big Lovely said that whatever develop- Lovely said that the Congress party issue in East Delhi, and Anand Vihar ment East Delhi witnessed was carried needs to score just six per cent more and the Gazipur landfill areas were the out during the 15-year Congress rule votes to win the East Delhi Lok Sabha worst affected, and people are strug- under the leadership of Sheila Dikshit, seat, as after 2015, in all the elections, gling to breathe. “Almost 80 per cent and after that, all the development works the Congress had either come first or of the air pollution was on account of have been stalled. “I have detailed 25 second with the AAP candidates fin- vehicular traffic and the rest due to the main points that require his immediate ishing a distant third. construction dust and garbage accu- attention, including replacing the old “I am a resident of this constituen- mulation, and in the last five years, pol- iron bridge across the Yamuna river, cy while the BJP and the AAP has field- lution in East Delhi has reached dan- which has outlived its utility. “ ed outsiders as their candidates who are gerous levels,” he said. Expressing concern at the plight of reluctant to meet the people of East “Garbage crisis in Delhi is one of the families of small traders and indus- Delhi even during the elections cam- the major issues. Gazipur landfill site trialists who have been worst affected paigns while he personally interacts which was exhausted years back caught by the sealing and demolition drives, with the people and understands their fire frequently. The AAP government said that as soon as the Congress comes issues and problems,” he said. “The real did nothing to solve the problem. The to power, the people of Delhi would be issue is unavailability of the candidates third and fourth phase expansion of the given relief on a priority basis from the from the constituency. That is the rea- metro project has been progressing at ‘sealing and demolition’ drives so that son the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) was a snail’s pace, as neither the Kejriwal they can earn them livelihood without forced to deny ticket to its sitting MP Government nor the Modi hardships, and also end the unem- from here,” Lovely said when asked Government at the Centre take any ployment crises the people are facing. ! - - at Ashok Nagar that the “BJP is IPS officer and the SP of the % bringing boxes loaded with same district however said she cash to purchase votes,” adding had been framed as she was amata Banerjee on Friday the “central forces were not carrying cash withdrawn from Mcame down heavily on the checking the boxes being car- bank and that the remaining BJP for smuggling cash to pur- ried in the convoys of Prime cash in excess of the prescribed chase votes after the police Minister Narendra Modi or Rs 50,000 belonged to her fel- recovered Rs 1.13 lakh from the other BJP leaders while the low passengers. vehicle of Bharati Ghosh the vehicles of other opposition At Diamond Harbour BJP candidate from Ghatal leaders, including the Chief another BJP candidate Nilanjan Lok Sabha seat. Ministers, were being checked Ray was reported against by the While Ghosh claimed that without following the mini- WBCPCR for abusing a girl she had been framed by the mum decorum.” child. The panels chairperson State police another case Referring to cash seized Ananya Chakrabarty said “the involving a second candidate from Ghosh’s vehicle she said incident took place on April 26 burst in the saffron party’s “this is one case that has come but it came to our notice yes- face with the West Bengal to light,” adding “howsoever terday and we have directed the Commission for Protection of money they spend to buy votes police to lodge an FIR against Child Rights booking BJP con- the result on May 23 will show him.” She said the victim in the testant from Diamond Harbour that the TMC has won 42 out case was 17-year-old girl. on charges of child abuse. of 42 seats from the State.” Incidentally Ray was con- Close on the heels of Earlier the police said that testing against Trinamool Ghosh being booked for car- Ghosh’s was vehicle was chased Congress outgoing MP rying money in excess to what for several kilometers on Abhishek Banerjee who was " = !"# $ + she was permitted the Chief Thursday night and she was also the nephew of Chief +% &' Minister told an election rally intercepted. Ghosh a former Minister Mamata Banerjee. ,, *+,- " " , & & #*5 & 4$ - *5 & 5 ! &,- ! ) * ) ""R " R $ 3 $ ,( # :$ $ & #& 8 # & $ : $-# $ ,$. 9 - : ) S 9 ( S ( ( $ ( '( !)*+ -' ( ( eneral-turned Pakistani ( # President, Pervez Musharraf, : ( never moved into the Aiwan- S ( e-Sadr (official presidential palace) of Pakistan but chose ;; #S $ ( Gto stay in the real centre of power in the ( Pakistani military establishment ie, the # Army House at Rawalpindi. The current Army House was taken over by the + ( Pakistani military after disposing of its ( previous resident in the form of its 9 S * ( democratically elected Prime Minister, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Today, it remains the cynosure, epicenter and the final pit-stop + # for all significant approvals and substan- 0 < $ ,0<$. tial decision-making. The Army House of the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) $ = ( is practically the more important address % % as compared to the Chaklala residence of $ " ( the nominally higher Pakistani Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC). ( Frequently, the occupants of the Army % ( House have tended to overstay their man- 0 dated tenures. The Pakistani Army is under its 16th head (10th Chief of Army S # Staff and six previous Commander-in- Chiefs); whereas its genealogical other- S $ ( half of the Indian Army is already under ( its 26th Chief of Army Staff (not count- ing the earlier four Commander-in- ( ( Chiefs). In the Pakistani narrative, the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Task Force (FATF), which toring the narrative to suit the ever that is), Gen Bajwa per- 0 ( military chiefs who extended their Government of Imran Khan. threatens to “blacklist” Pakistani ears, the claimed sonified the professional face tenures, like Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Earlier, murmurs of Pakistani Pakistan. “capture” of Indian command- of the Pakistani military with Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez Army’s handiwork in creating Now, Gen Bajwa is in the ing officer Kulbhushan Jadhav no supposed personal affilia- > S Musharraf, too, appropriated the role of civic disturbances, then play- last leg of his mandated three- and Indian fighter pilot tion to overt politics or reli- ) ( Presidents; whereas the more recent ing mediator and finally man- year tenure and would be in a Abhinandan Varthaman has giosity, whilst simultaneously ones like Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and aging political perceptions “legacy mode” to leave a retained the halo for the “apo- pandering to the duplicitous Raheel Sharif preferred to pull the strings were the hallmark of Bajwa’s definitive imprint of his reign. litical” and professional instincts of retaining the “ter- * from behind the façade of a civilian and looming, though silent shad- If Gen Raheel Sharif could Pakistani Army. ror industry” that is outward- %:# democratically-elected Government. ow from Rawalpindi. Yet he appropriate ‘Operation Zarb- Within its own “uni- ly facing towards India, * 9 ; The current Pakistani Chief of Army kept on reiterating that irre- e-Azb’ as his legacy, Gen formed” fraternity, the bud- Afghanistan and Iran. This Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, is spective of the incumbent, Bajwa could stake claim to the gets towards the Pakistani posturing retained the rele- ? ; 9 ? seemingly following the footsteps of his the COAS — the institution of relative success of ‘Operation military and its expansive vance, credibility and emo- + 8 8 predecessor, Gen Raheel Sharif, and has the Pakistani Army — Radd-ul-Fasaad’ and to the commercial activities remain tions in the face of a tangible *S 0 promised to “retire” on time at the end remains independent, decisive whispered ‘Bajwa Doctrine’ as healthy as ever with the “enemy”, ie, India. of his three-year tenure in November and wholly non-interfering that ostensibly counter-posits template of plausible-deniabil- Gen Bajwa and his succes- # > 2019. On November 28, 2016, the fourth in non-military matters. the Pakistani perspective in ity readily available for any act sor are expected to keep the : ( in seniority, General Qamar Bajwa from Like his immediate prede- the Afghan-US-Pakistan triad. of misdemeanour, for which waters boiling selectively as , ( ( the 16th Baloch Regiment, superseded cessor, Gen Bajwa, too, has Despite the recent embar- the politicos carry the public peace delegitimises the edi- two other officers to start his three-year maintained public reticence rassment emanating from the can. The formula of fronting fice, rationale and scale of the . , ( tenure as the Chief of Army Staff. General and only allowed his work to Masood Azhar episode and Islamabad (civil politicians), Pakistani military. The " . ( Raheel Sharif, too, had superseded two do the talking. In his tenure, the grovelling for interna- while retaining the essential proverbial “bleed with thou- * 0<$ % senior officers — in both these cases their there has been no realistic tional finances towards its levers in Rawalpindi (military sand cuts” has been the suc- appointment was initiated by former break from the past on the empty coffers (done by the headquarters) has been work- cessful formula as opposed to Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, part of the Pakistani Army civilian Government), the ing flawlessly, post the Pervez a full-on or even a “theatre - S O 7 $ ( ostensibly to get a “non-political” officer. and its machinations in Pakistani military is back in Musharraf era of direct mili- level” confrontation that could ( However, all five Pakistani COASs, Afghanistan and India, much the saddle on the crucial tary takeover. end up embarrassingly for + 0 $ who were sworn by Nawaz Sharif, gave to the consternation of both Afghan front, with the US Lt General Sarfraz Sattar the Pakistanis as did Kargil. him subsequent grief, including Gen the countries. forced into co-opting the (Corps Commander, Multan) Now, three Chiefs in a row 8 : - : Waheed Kakar (forced Sharif to resign), Pakistan’s continued eager Pakistanis in the that would be the senior most for would have walked a consis- ( Gen Jehangir Karamat (forced him into patronage of the likes of JeM nation’s future. the appointment as the next tent pattern and as Gen Bajwa 0<$ 9 ( premature retirement), Gen Pervez chief Masood Azhar remained Gen Bajwa has also man- Pakistani COAS or CJCSC in makes way for the 11th Musharraf (ousted him) and later Raheel intact till it became imperative aged to keep the Chinese in November, though historical- COAS, more of the same is Sharif and Qamar Bajwa, who bore no to publicly disavow the terror- good humour with a dedicat- ly, seniority is no guarantee for expected, “Naya Pakistan” subsequent favour or loyalty to Sharif to ist in the face of pressure from ed division of 15,000 soldiers the appointment and essen- notwithstanding. bail him out politically. In fact, the the international community to secure the various infra- tially Imran Khan will toe the (The writer, a military vet- unmistakable hand of the Pakistani Army and multilateral agencies like structural elements of the advice of the Pakistani mili- eran, is a former Lt Governor , under Gen Qamar Bajwa was the UN and the latest Achilles China–Pakistan Economic tary. Like his predecessor and of Andaman & Nicobar Islands omnipresent in ushering in the Pakistan heel, the Financial Action Corridor (CPEC). Spin-doc- possibly his successor (who- and Puducherry) " %R & $$ '( ( % C $ $ & $ ( ) S ( $ $ $ && && $+/ & ( : , $ 8(& C/ #$ *! ', '' < $ $ ( ( & $ % $ * ( ? ( A ( + S O 7 O ( O !-,), / ( S ( amta hurries towards the bushes, glanc- / : ing over her shoulder frequently. She ( Mavoids eye contact with a passer-by, / 7 holds her chunni close, her hand clasped tight- ( ly with that of her daughter’s. Her head down, her posture almost apologetic, she makes her way / = through the bushes to relieve herself. After some respite, she watches her daughter imitate her. She ) ( can’t help but wonder if her daughter’s future will RS be the same. If she will also have to go through S ( her days, uncomfortable, bloated, weak and in pain. After a few moments, she cleans herself and her daughter, gathers her clothes quickly, grabs # ( her bucket, her daughter and begins her journey * towards home. She only hopes that she will make "+2: * it for the next 12 hours without any major dis- %- / comfort. In many rural areas of the country, S ( ( %+/,2 women like Mamta have watched their mothers, 2/ 2 , . ( grandmothers and even great-grandmothers # ( ..2 2 practise open defecation with complete resigna- / 2. %/ C4( tion. Taught from a very young age that toilets # ( are not meant to be part of the household infra- +.+. = structure, they dutifully walk several kilometres + 2/,9 every day to relieve themselves. Many find it dif- , %2 ficult and de-humanising, some even feel threat- 3%2 C4 > ened and uncomfortable. However, now almost 22 all such women have embraced it. + 2/ 2 According to a 2017 report by WaterAid, 27+ 2%2 " titled, Out Of Order: The State of the World’s .2* 2 ( Toilets, India had the highest number of people C4 > * +/2C C (732 million) without access to toilets, out of 2""2 which, 355 million were women and girls. As a interventions. The underlying idea is to is inclusive of diverse aspects such as women can become the cornerstones or matter of fact, women and girls often face seri- 2. / - identify localised systems and translate human waste management, smart tech- foundation of success for such drives. ous threats to their life and safety. When they go ,2322 2// related knowledge and research into nology for sanitation, data collection If the woman, as a primary caregiver, to the fields to relieve themselves, they are often .2/ effective and widespread action. and maternal health management. is aware of safe sanitation and the toi- > followed, stalked and ogled at. In a few horrific ,222. The conceptualisation and imple- Campaigns need to be designed to let culture, she will be able to inculcate ( cases, women have been beaten and raped while " . mentation of the Swachh Bharat mis- challenge societal norms and cultural the same in her children. ( # ( conducting private business. +%2/ / sion in 2014 created a movement to attitudes by bringing men and women Take the case of Mamta. She has a R S Therefore, to protect their dignity, they avoid 2/,. /2 : solve infrastructural issues and fulfill together to understand the requirement daughter, who needs to be toilet- going to the toilet repeatedly during the day by -2-.23 .. the goal of universal sanitation cover- of a toilet. Once these campaigns trained. Should Mamta resort to teach- minimising their intake of food and water. This age. Data from the Swachh Bharat establish a cause-and-effect relationship ing her in the bushes, or explain to her ( ) ,2%2%2 often causes several health problems like anaemia +/%2 Mission (SBM) portal suggests that 27 between access to toilets and better why she needs to use a toilet? What if % and stunted growth among others. Additionally, out of India’s 36 States and Union health and financial outcomes, people Mamta herself is unaware of how to use the sheer humiliation women face when they +/ 2% Territories are now open defecation free may become more accustomed to a toilet? Or why exactly she needs a toi- ) have to defecate openly leads to irreparable psy- (ODF) with 98.6 per cent of Indian using toilets. let? What if there is no toilet in the vil- : chological damages, too. Other than poor health, households having access to toilets. What must not be forgotten is that lage? How will Mamta help her daugh- # the lack of toilets has caused women and girls While the Government must be con- many campaigns have actually been ter toilet-train in a healthy manner? * ( to drop out of school and get limited education gratulated for this remarkable feat, it designed for base of the pyramid con- Between the ages of one and six, a * ( or face harassment. In rural areas, most girls drop must also realise that for India to sumers. Affordability is always an child’s perception of right and wrong, out of schools at an early age because of the lack achieve 100 per cent open defecation issue. Toilets in any rural household, his/her ability to adapt and respond to of toilets. free status, a comprehensive behaviour- whether rich or poor, are considered situations, primary responses and reflex R S India is a country of over a 1.3 billion peo- al change strategy is a must. The focus low on priority. At times, women are actions are determined. A mother’s abil- : / * S ( ple, out of which over 320 million defecate in the of future communication strategies not even consulted even if what is at ity to position a toilet as a safe space, / # open. What’s more startling is that the country must be on changing the mindset of the stake is their comfort. This is mainly where her child can go and relieve her- accounts for 60 per cent of the world’s popula- people, who still hold on to puritan reli- because of prevailing mindsets, most- self without being stared at, without # O tion that lives without sanitation. While no other gious beliefs and refrain from installing ly in rural India. This is why men need feeling humiliated, without being vio- ( * ( country has taken a decisive stance on sanitation, a toilet within their premises as they to be part of the process and made lated, is what makes her so indispens- 7 ( ( the Government has been addressing this infra- view them as impure. aware of how toilets can provide and able to the sanitation movement. ( structural challenge on a mission mode. But People in rural areas even mock the protect dignity of their women. In essence, India will move forward ( much more needs to be done. toilet culture itself. Under coercion, Progress can only be deep and endur- one mother at a time, one child at a * Given the complex nature of India’s sanita- many have built toilets in their homes, ing when the community itself is time. This is critical not just for the tion problem, initiatives geared towards toilet consoling themselves by using it as a involved in the planning, decision-mak- nation’s social and economic prosper- " ( construction and behaviour change need to be storage space. Many do not even ing and implementation process. ity but also for the progress of the next " S strengthened, in addition to other infrastructur- understand why toilets have to be Wherever the devolution of power generation. It is important for cam- / 9 al and skilling issues. The Government cannot used when vast forest areas are at their has happened at the level of commu- paigns and policies to pay heed to the ( be held solely responsible for this. In order to disposal. How does one explain to nity women, the Swachh Bharat has fact that as primary caregivers, moth- make these more effective and increase collec- those, who have grown accustomed to been an empowering tool of not only ers are indeed the fore-runners of the ( tive ownership, public-private partnership defecating openly since their childhood, change but women’s health. sanitation movement in India. becomes an obvious solution, especially in that a toilet experience is much more While behaviour change is the (The writer is Asia Pacific head of terms of financing and providing technology than just building and using them? It Achilles heel of a successful campaign, public affairs of a Japanese firm) * $ E - 1 to fulfill the responsibility of being may just be about skipping a corpo- commitments. Maintaining a time quality time and does no good on may sound glamorous but one has a full-time mother. rate socialising event to attending a log for a week or two can reveal the both ends — be it professionally or to build the resistance power of After all, the struggle of striking a school function for the kids or hours being spent involuntarily, personally. bearing the blows life throws. balance is real. missing out a family brunch to fly considering humans have the ten- Being smart in setting bound- One has to keep calm even after The term “work-life balance” for an important investment meet. dency to overestimate the time aries: This is something no one else missing a few deadlines sometimes / + . indicates the distinct nature of work There will be plenty of moments spent on working and underesti- can do for a person. As the boss lady, or when a fever-ridden kid is and life. It also suggests that one when life will give some harsh mate the number of hours spent for one is required to be smart in mak- screaming his heart out while you .. / +/2 needs to delegate equal options to choose from. But one has fun or leisure. The important part ing commitments. Rather than are attending a conference call. 3 $$ time for both. From juggling to do the best with what is available. is to keep the family members in the pleasing everyone around by agree- The sooner you accept this reality, : $ *!.-, 0 between the house and office work, There’s no need to go on a guilt trip loop about the schedule so that even ing to all requests, she must stay the easier it will be to eliminate a surpassing in managing offices, after making bold choices. Being a if someone has to hit the gym in the selective and keep “no” as an option, lot of stress. Not only will it make t least once in her career, running an organisation and man- woman entrepreneur and a mother evening, she can arrange childcare too. While at work, instead of blind- your life easier but also of those you & $& every working mother is aging children at home, ensuring at the same time, it’s okay to be in advance and avoid unnecessary ly following deadlines, identify their are surrounded by. O Aasked: “How do you maintain that nothing is ignored — all of it strong enough to lead in times of stress. importance; offer to send updates It goes without saying that & K & work-life balance?” With a progres- can just be chaotic. In the melee, modifications. After all, sacrifices Remain focussed: Whether it is through emails if possible instead of mompreneurs are superheroes for $- O sive Indian society forcing mothers there comes multiple moments have always been a fact of life. For about taking charge of the entrepre- attending long meeting hours where commendably handling household to “have it all”— career, love, fam- when meeting all the obligations ages, men have been making such neurial responsibilities at work or you are not a key stakeholder. chores and professional leadership $ O ily and me-time — achieving work- seems impossible. But not giving up sacrifices on the personal front for being an ideal mother to the kids at Saying “no” to certain things isn’t duties with aplomb but while work- $# life balance is easier said than done on the integration of both career and work commitments but when it home — every role demands hun- always a negative deal. It can often life balance may seem like an end * $ & : even though the concept of “work- family is the key to deal with strug- comes to women entrepreneurs, dred per cent focus. While it may lead to opportunities for others to goal, in reality, it is probably impos- & $ ing mothers” has come into exis- gle. Mompreneurs, as women in they often end up feeling guilty. sound impossible for many mom- pitch in, learn and let you say “yes” sible. tence since decades. leadership roles are called today, will Gladly, times have changed and so preneurs, it is the key to making life to other crucial things in life. So, instead of striving to make However, there are many definitely swear by this mantra. should mindsets. easier eventually. Keeping the lap- Learning to embrace the chaos: it happen, mompreneurs must # $ * : $$ women who have perfected the art Being open to making bold Being mindful about the top aside and focussing on children Life of a mompreneur can be embrace the integration of both to of doing both at once, that, too, suc- choices: Entrepreneurial duties are schedule: There is always enough and other family members at home, extremely erratic and unpredictable. achieve tremendous success in the $ $ : cessfully and conveniently. Thanks challenging and in a competitive time for work, being with family talking about things that matter to Despite meticulous planning, things boardroom while being able to $ to digitisation, the boundaries industry, everyone wants to move and friends, exercising and binge- them even if it is for a short period, might seldom fall out of place. One raise and enjoy a healthy generation. between work and personal time ahead that, too, at a fast pace. watching Netflix. It all depends on can work wonders. What does not can fail to meet even daily goals, (The writer is CEO and co- have blurred. Yet, there are some Technology has created choices that being mindful while planning the is spending hours with them with regardless of them being real. Being founder of a leading training, skilling $>1>1 * women, who take breaks from work demand quicker decision-making. It week ahead, focussing on all set half a mind. It’s far from having a CEO or a co-founder of a start-up and consulting organisation) ,, *+,- 2" 3 ! " $! " !! " ./001 +, 3/ will meet us halfway, and work 23 2. with us to resolve existing / # $ + trade war between the issues through cooperation and hares of Jet Airways rose by Aworld’s two largest consultation,” the statement O $ Snearly 3 per cent Friday #' economies escalated on Friday said. after SBI chairman Rajnish after the US more than doubled A Chinese delegation led Kumar said the lenders have " ) +,+(!' ! #34 , P %+%, tariffs on $200 billion worth of by Beijing’s top trade negotia- received two “unsolicited” bids $+, +#34 =' +)= Chinese products and Beijing tor Vice Premier Liu He arrived for the company and “one” 0 " vowed to retaliate. in Washington on Thursday for $ more is expected by the end of tate Bank of $ 0&=" $ +=3+ The Trump administra- the latest round of trade talks. the day, keeping the hopes for SIndia chair- (!' ! tion’s move comes as high-level Under the current circum- ,2 ' the revival of the grounded car- man Rajnish officials from both sides are stances, Liu said he “hopes to rier alive. Kumar on attempting to salvage a trade engage in rational and candid eijing on Friday slammed The scrip went up by 2.85 Friday said the deal in Washington. exchanges with the US side,” he Bthe US for the “unreason- per cent to close at 151.80 on lenders have The higher tariffs will be was quoted as saying by China’s able suppression” of China the BSE. During the day, it received two applied to relevant US-bound state-run Xinhua news agency. Mobile after US regulators gained 6.91 per cent to 157.80. “unsolicited” goods exported from China on Liu said that China believes denied the telecom giant’s In terms of traded volume, bids for Jet or after Friday, according to a raising tariffs is not a solution request to operate in the US 21.26 lakh shares were traded Airways and notice from the US Federal to the problems and is harm- market over national security on the exchange during “one” more is Register. ful to China, to the United concerns. the day. expected by the '? '@ " Tariffs are taxes paid by States and to the whole world. The Federal The consortium of 26 end of the day, keeping the we are expecting one more bid + '++ A 2 importers on foreign goods, so Talks between the two Communications Commission lenders, led by State Bank of hopes for the revival of the by the end of the day,” Kumar the 25 per cent tariff will be sides will resume in on Thursday said that because India, which now owns 51 per groundedsaid told reporters at the earn- paid by American companies Washington on Friday, hours of China Mobile USA’s owner- cent in the airline, had invit- carrier alive. ings conference here. who bring Chinese goods into after the tariffs took effect. ship and control by the Chinese ed expressions of interest The consortium of 26 The lenders are offering the country. Reactions in Asia markets government, allowing it into (EoIs) between April 8 and 12 lenders, led by State Bank 31.2-75 percent stake in the The US imposed a 10 per to the US move were mixed. the US market “would raise and had received four prelim- which now owns 51 percent in company on a fully diluted cent tariff on $200 billion Having started the day in substantial and serious nation- inary bids. the airline, had invited expres- basis. Currently, the airline worth of Chinese products — positive territory, Japan’s Nikkei al security and law enforcement “Two unsolicited bidders sions of interest (EoIs) between owes 8,000 crore to the including fish, handbags, cloth- Index fell nearly 1 per cent in risks.” have submitted EoI for Jet and April 8 and 12 and had received lenders. ing and footwear — last year. afternoon trading. The China Mobile — the we are expecting one more bid four preliminary bids. Jet Airways stopped oper- The US raised tariffs on Shanghai Composite Index world’s largest mobile operator by the end of the day,” Kumar Friday is the last day to ations on April 17 due to acute $200 billion worth of Chinese rose more than 2 per cent and with nearly 930 million cus- told reporters at the earnings submit financial bids and financial distress. imports from 10 per cent to 25 Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index tomers as of February — first conference in Mumbai. media reports said none of the Jet founder Naresh Goyal, per cent on Friday, China’s was up around 1 per cent. filed an application for per- Jet Airways stopped oper- four bidders — private equity who was forced to step down L"& 0 Ministry of Commerce said in Even though President mission to operate in the ations on April 17 due to acute firms IndiGo Partners and from the airline on March 25 as $" " 0 Beijing. Trump has downplayed the United States in 2011. The financial distress. TPG, and Jet’s strategic partner part of a deal with lenders, had M=N “China expresses deep impact of tariffs on the US five-member FCC said in a The BSE had sought clari- Etihad and the country’s sov- earlier partnered with Future regret over the development economy, the rise is likely to statement that the decision fication from Jet Airways ereign wealth fund NIIF — are Trend Capital to submit a bid and will have to take necessary affect some American compa- was made after “extensive Thursday with respect to news likely RPT likely to submit for investing in the airline. But countermeasures,” the min- nies and consumers as firms review” and “close consulta- that regional director report financial bid. later he reportedly withdrew istry said in a statement. may pass on some of the cost, tion” with national security finds instances of siphoning of “Two unsolicited bidders the offer, as others threatened “We hope the United States analysts said. and law enforcement agencies. funds. have submitted EoI for Jet and to walk away. -C . #','+4I & =C -) R <1 #Q " $ &>& # "P # ) #$+,+ * 0 " 0' + ?J*J> +/ #=/ ) ?A+, A@ 0' + $ $ $ "$ #$ 0 23 2. Iran, Trade Promotion Council #$ $ # +0 23 2. cantly improved the ‘Getting 23 2. %+%, of India (TPCI) Chairman # #4! Electricity’ process reducing the resh sanctions by the US Mohit Singla said in a state- ith use of smart tech- number of steps involved and mall Industries napping its four-session los- Fagainst Iran’s steel and min- ment. Wnologies like ‘Advanced simplification of the document SDevelopment Bank of India Sing run, the rupee ticked ing sectors are expected to “This fresh restriction will Distribution Management procedure through acceptance (SIDBI) and Equifax, collabo- higher by 2 paise to finish at impact Indian manufacturers not impact India immediately System’ (ADMS), ‘Geographical of self-certified declaration along rated to launch a first-of-its- 69.92 against the US dollar in the Persian Gulf nation, as the import of metals and Information System’ (GIS), with two documents namely kind newsletter “Microfinance Friday. TPCI said Friday. other mining products from ‘Field Force Automation’, and ownership, rent proof and iden- Pulse” to track the lending Forex traders said the US President Donald Iran are not much. However, it ‘Digitalization of Services’, Tata tity proof, he said, adding that trends in the microfinance sec- domestic unit recovered in the Trump on Wednesday will surely deter India’s poten- Power Delhi Distribution (Tata applicants can get a new con- tor. The first edition of the later part of the day amid announced tougher-than-ever tial investor sentiment in Power-DDL) has released over nection within seven working newsletter reported that Non- reports that the US is expect- sanctions against Iran’s steel Chabahar port and also impact 10,000 electricity connections days tracking the status of their Banking Financial Company – ed to remove India from its and mining sectors, hours after the Indian manufacturers in in this year within an average connection in real time. Microfinance Institutions currency manipulation Tehran said it would suspend Iran who are into steel, billets time of 48 hours. Sanjay Banga, CEO, Tata (NBFC-MFIs) continue to watch list. some curbs under a denu- and bars for export purposes,” A senior Tata Power-DDL Power-DDL said, “Tata Power- maintain their market domi- According to media clearisation deal rejected by he added. said that the technologies are help- DDL has made significant nance with the market share of reports, the US Treasury Washington. India imports iron and ing the company to track con- technological advancements 38% in third quarter of finan- Department may name The restriction may impact steel, machinery, mechanical = = ' & ?='&@ sumer service request instantly, do and process simplification for cial year 2018-19 (Q3-FY19). Vietnam as a currency manip- those Indian manufacturers appliances, nuclear reactors, ?@) " ?)@!+ remote diagnosis, coordinate with providing faster electricity con- Gross Loan Portfolio (GLP) for ulator and is expected to who are into steel, billets and boilers, and electrical machin- project managers and find the best nections to consumers. Now the industry stood at Rs. remove India and South Korea bars for export purposes, in ery from Iran. solution all the while keeping the applicants can get the connec- 1,57,644 crore as at end Q3- from its watch list. customer updated in real time. tion with minimum docu- FY19, registering a quarter-on- However, rising crude oil Besides drastically improv- mentation by following simple quarter (Q-o-Q) growth of 7%. prices in the overseas market, - ing several processes and steps. 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PNS & '+( 0# EF :E +& " G1:H ,, *+,- 2" 33 212 INDIAN STEEL GIANT GOES GLOBAL E & K % :$ $ $# && $ $ :$ $ $ & $ 3# / & %+%, Tech, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, Foreign institutional ndia is going to be the bright spot over the helm of NMDC.” The TCS, ONGC, Bajaj Finance, investors (FIIs) net sold shares Iin the steel world, said N discussion also focused on how enchmark indices buck- PowerGrid, Vedanta, Asian worth 655.36 crore on Baijendra Kumar, chairman-cum- environmental protection, social led under selling pressure Paints, NTPC and Hero Thursday, while domestic insti- managing director of the National initiatives, and compliance Bfor the eighth straight MotoCorp, which shed up to tutional investors (DIIs) pur- Mineral Development regimes are key to the success of session on Friday — marking 4.07%. chased equities to the tune of Corporation (NMDC). He was any mining company, as point- their longest losing streak since SBI was the top gainer, up 677.91 crore, provisional data speaking at the Iron Ore Week ed out by another panelist, February — as investors 2.94%, after the country’s available with stock exchanges (IOW) at Singapore which was Cynthia Carroll, the former remained on the sidelines amid largest lender reported a net showed. organised by SCX India. chief executive officer of an grim global cues and lacklus- profit of 838.40 crore for the The Indian rupee appreci- Kumar explained that steel international giant, Anglo tre corporate earnings. fourth quarter of 2018-19 on a ated marginally to 69.86 against production and demand is pegged American. After a highly volatile ses- standalone basis as non-per- the US dollar intra-day. to grow at a healthy rate of over NMDC’s chairman also sion, the 30-share BSE Sensex forming assets (NPAs) Ahead of the outcome of 6-7 percent, whereas the produc- informed the gathering that the closed 95.92 points, or 0.26%, declined. Bharti Airtel, ICICI the two-day talks in tion and consumption in major company has won the Platt's award down at 37,462.99. Similarly, the Bank, HDFC twins, Axis Bank, Washington aimed at ending countries/regions like China, for CSR last year and had been broader NSE Nifty shed 22.90 Kotak Bank, M&M and Tata the trade war between the Japan and the European Union shortlisted for the same award points, or 0.20%, to settle at Motors too ended in the green, world’s two largest economies, (EU), is likely to stagnate in the again this year. He also mentioned 11,278.90. During the week, the rising up to 2.09%. US President Donald Trump near future. “The Government that NMDC would be happy to Sensex lost a hefty 1,500.27 “The earnings season has on Thursday accused China of push on infrastructure and allied participate in such global events on points, or 3.85%, while the Nifty not panned out well going by trying to renegotiate a trade industries would ensure that the world and more than adequate this regard and several trade a regular basis so that visibility of dived 433.35 points, or 3.69%. the numbers of auto, consumer deal that has been negotiated targets of the National Steel Policy reserves to cater to India’s inquiries were made. It was the first the company improves and On the global front, the US and private banks’ quarterly after months of efforts and (NSP) 2017 would be achieved. enhanced needs. NMDC opera- time that a chief operating officer investor confidence is generated. hiked tariffs on USD 200 bil- results. We have started to see asserted he will not let that The per capita consumption of tions are comparable to the best in of an Indian public sector enter- “NMDC has largely not been vis- lion worth of Chinese imports, signs of slowdown in the econ- happen. However, Trump said steel and steel production capac- the world and on several indices prise participated in panel discus- ible in the world community and prompting Beijing to threaten omy, going by management he received a “very beautiful ity is increasing in line to meet the like the cost of production, sions in such a prestigious inter- recall is much less than should be retaliation. commentary of consumer letter” from the Chinese NSP targets of 300 million tonnes employee cost and others its per- national event. keeping in view its commendable However, investors pinned companies,” said Sanjeev President Xi Jinping, and that by FY31,” said he. formance is comparable with On the sidelines of the financial and physical perfor- their hopes on an eventual trade Zarbade, vice-president, PCG it is possible that the US and According to Kumar, cur- international giants like Vale, Rio event, during the round table mance. I assure that I will take per- deal as the two sides remained Research, Kotak Securities. China will ink a trade deal. rently, $14-15 billion investment is Tinto, FMG and so on.” conference of CEOs, Kumar sonal initiative to communicate on the negotiating table. Sectorally, the BSE metal, Bourses in China ended underway in the steel sector which Kumar also pointed out that mentioned that his experience of and interact with the global steel Tata Steel was the biggest IT, oil and gas and teck indices significantly higher, with would substantially increase the the company also has an excellent having worked as a senior and iron ore community and loser in the Sensex pack on declined up to 1.54%. Shanghai Composite Index ral- steel-making capacity. “NMDC is track record on environmental bureaucrat in Chhattisgarh investors so that NMDC gets the Friday, tumbling 6.10%, fol- Consumer durables, bankex lying 3.10% and Hang Seng fully geared to meet the increased protection, social responsibility Government, which is difficult respect and recall it deserves.” lowing reports that German and finance rose up to 1.51%. ending 0.84% higher. iron ore demand and is investing and regulatory compliances. terrain to mine and where the At the event, Kumar also industrial conglomerate Broader indices outper- Elsewhere in Asia, Nikkei fell in mines and evacuation capacity Indian ore is cheaper by 50-55 per- company’s big mines were situ- assured that NMDC is fully geared Thyssenkrupp expected the formed benchmarks, with the 0.27%, while Kospi rose 0.29%. for augmenting capacity to almost cent than imported ore, which ( / ) +,+(, ated, had helped him immense- up to take over any mine that it European Commission to BSE midcap and smallcap gain- European stocks were also double in the next 3-4 years. gives Indian steel industry a great ly to act as the CMD of NMDC. may be offered to it in any state of “block” its plan to merge its ing up to 0.24%. trading higher in early trade. NMDC is India’s largest produc- competitive advantage. NMDC is al prices of ore would make it fea- “It’s important for a mining India, in the eventuality of any dis- European steel business with Persistent outflow of for- Global oil benchmark er of iron ore and 10th largest in also exploring the opportunity to sible and profitable to do so. company to take care of the local ruption in the allocation of mines the Indian steel giant. eign funds too weighed on Brent crude was trading 0.38% the world. It has the best quality export its tailings from Bailadila Keen interest was shown by community and our focus has through auction to be held next Other losers included HCL investor sentiment, traders said. higher at USD 70.66 per barrel. ore, with highest Fe content in the sector as the current internation- many participants of the IOW in been on the same since I took year in India. SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11314.15 11345.80 11251.05 11278.90 -22.90 Script Open High Low LTP VGUARD 206.35 211.25 198.30 208.50 TV18BRDCST 29.00 29.55 29.00 29.40 HUDCO 38.90 39.40 38.80 39.20 ZEEL 361.90 373.90 360.00 370.50 12.60 RPOWER 6.19 6.34 6.08 6.16 STRTECH 186.60 187.00 182.25 182.75 TRIDENT 65.50 67.25 64.80 67.05 ISEC 216.45 219.75 215.30 218.00 SBIN 301.80 310.75 292.45 306.90 7.60 SUZLON 5.57 6.50 5.49 6.40 PERSISTENT* 614.70 615.85 609.10 610.00 GSFC 93.90 97.40 93.55 96.80 TIMETECHNO 80.00 83.65 79.55 79.75 TITAN 1108.00 1137.85 1094.30 1129.45 25.00 TATASTEEL 522.45 526.00 479.75 487.30 ADANIPOWER 41.30 42.25 40.95 41.35 RAYMOND 800.00 813.20 795.55 805.00 JAMNAAUTO 52.55 52.80 51.75 51.90 BHARTIARTL 318.90 328.40 315.20 321.50 6.05 YESBANK 172.30 174.15 163.05 164.00 GODREJPROP 798.95 808.85 784.00 789.25 PHILIPCARB 138.00 142.00 137.00 138.50 MRF 54600.00 54696.20 53544.15 53722.00 IBULHSGFIN 688.00 708.45 686.00 694.30 12.70 SBIN 301.95 310.70 292.20 308.05 CEATLTD 1025.00 1025.10 990.00 991.90 BLISSGVS 163.50 165.65 160.25 161.65 REDINGTON 92.90 93.75 90.00 90.00 ADANIPORTS 363.90 378.70 363.90 370.00 6.10 RELIANCE 1264.90 1277.90 1245.00 1250.50 UNIONBANK 82.60 84.60 82.10 83.95 MINDTREE 980.00 984.60 971.00 973.25 EIDPARRY 187.00 190.50 185.75 186.35 UPL 951.00 962.95 947.00 955.50 6.60 JETAIRWAYS 150.90 157.80 145.00 151.80 EVEREADY 87.00 89.50 84.25 86.95 BAJAJELEC 526.05 548.45 521.70 542.95 VINATIORGA 1788.00 1836.00 1771.00 1790.00 HDFC 1915.25 1956.00 1910.75 1926.80 12.20 JPASSOCIAT 4.95 4.99 4.90 4.94 ADANIPORTS 365.00 378.25 363.65 371.05 INTELLECT 224.95 228.40 224.00 224.90 FRETAIL 416.50 421.00 413.55 417.50 ICICIBANK 383.50 389.20 382.25 383.65 2.25 PCJEWELLER 119.95 129.70 119.85 127.10 TECHM 815.50 815.50 800.60 803.00 FSL 50.50 51.00 49.95 50.70 GESHIP 271.55 272.65 261.00 263.80 KOTAKBANK 1370.00 1406.50 1368.10 1393.05 7.55 PNBHOUSING 723.00 792.80 723.00 782.35 NTPC 128.45 128.70 126.45 127.15 SWANENERGY 100.25 104.00 97.80 102.00 DEEPAKFERT 135.35 135.50 132.00 132.20 SPICEJET 124.50 126.75 122.70 123.50 JUBLFOOD 1283.85 1293.75 1260.50 1263.90 HEXAWARE 347.90 349.85 343.70 347.80 FCONSUMER 40.25 40.70 40.00 40.15 TECHM 810.40 813.40 800.40 813.40 3.75 TATAMOTORS 188.00 190.45 184.40 186.00 HEROMOTOCO 2550.00 2558.25 2500.00 2511.65 EXIDEIND 209.90 213.50 209.00 211.05 HEIDELBERG 176.40 181.20 175.40 179.95 HDFCBANK 2291.35 2324.90 2291.35 2296.50 5.60 VOLTAS 539.80 585.25 537.00 579.70 VIPIND 432.00 440.00 429.20 436.90 HINDCOPPER 43.55 43.65 42.85 42.95 APLLTD 542.15 542.15 520.85 530.05 AXISBANK 734.40 738.50 729.50 732.55 1.55 RELCAPITAL 118.90 123.10 116.80 117.90 ONGC 168.95 169.40 165.65 166.35 FORCEMOT 1570.95 1591.95 1560.00 1567.40 CONCOR 475.00 480.55 472.00 476.05 BRITANNIA 2680.00 2725.00 2673.00 2675.00 2.60 MARUTI 6620.95 6655.00 6573.90 6624.25 JUSTDIAL 553.00 568.60 553.00 564.95 KEI 368.45 378.00 365.85 377.00 JSLHISAR 81.50 81.50 79.00 79.75 GAIL 341.00 343.80 338.20 340.75 0.35 ZEEL 361.10 372.80 360.85 370.30 RAIN 111.00 113.15 109.00 109.85 TVSMOTOR 486.00 488.35 474.70 477.65 ITI 86.00 86.60 85.00 85.40 MARUTI 6623.00 6664.90 6575.00 6630.00 5.05 DHFL 118.00 119.45 115.10 116.35 DBL 469.65 484.95 460.85 484.95 OFSS 3452.55 3499.85 3359.55 3390.00 KSCL 455.00 455.05 443.45 446.65 M&M 626.25 631.85 619.00 625.85 0.40 IBULHSGFIN 688.10 707.95 686.35 696.40 COALINDIA 242.60 244.95 240.35 241.55 KANSAINER 424.30 425.85 412.00 418.65 CUMMINSIND 706.65 707.20 697.15 697.65 JSWSTEEL 286.00 289.30 283.00 285.55 0.10 INFY* 723.00 723.00 714.50 716.05 BRITANNIA 2668.10 2720.00 2668.10 2688.60 MERCK 3667.05 3742.30 3667.05 3719.00 NILKAMAL 1258.40 1305.85 1255.35 1261.00 LT 1359.65 1362.50 1345.10 1356.65 0.20 KAJARIACER 566.00 593.00 544.75 583.90 OBEROIRLTY 509.00 527.30 509.00 520.00 GAIL 340.00 343.50 338.70 339.50 BBTC 1181.80 1187.30 1171.00 1171.05 COALINDIA 242.00 244.95 240.00 242.30 0.00 HCLTECH 1126.70 1126.70 1074.45 1086.05 SUNTECK 439.00 458.60 434.35 441.45 ABFRL 208.00 213.00 207.00 210.45 PHOENIXLTD 593.00 593.00 574.65 578.45 EICHERMOT 20390.00 20417.55 20301.00 20361.35 0.45 ASIANPAINT 1310.05 1355.00 1310.05 1340.95 ALBK 45.30 45.80 43.70 45.00 ENGINERSIN 108.05 109.50 107.55 109.20 REPCOHOME 405.50 406.40 396.00 400.75 WIPRO 291.50 292.40 290.00 290.10 -0.95 RELINFRA 102.55 108.40 102.35 107.05 AVANTI 346.85 355.70 342.05 352.10 LTTS 1689.05 1708.40 1680.00 1680.00 CROMPTON 226.90 227.40 221.25 224.00 SUNPHARMA 437.00 442.65 434.45 437.65 -1.70 KOTAKBANK 1375.00 1405.40 1370.00 1392.35 LICHSGFIN 477.10 484.60 472.10 476.80 CHOLAFIN 1321.70 1327.80 1285.50 1289.00 THOMASCOOK 240.40 246.00 239.60 244.50 SANOFI 5401.55 5535.00 5401.55 5440.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 2980.50 3008.00 2954.35 2970.05 -12.85 ICICIBANK 384.00 389.00 382.35 384.80 CIPLA 558.50 562.55 551.10 551.10 GMRINFRA 16.10 16.30 15.85 16.05 TORNTPOWER 248.45 252.20 248.45 251.15 HERITGFOOD 445.00 445.00 431.10 439.95 PRESTIGE 261.20 266.00 261.10 262.90 INFY 720.80 726.00 715.00 716.50 -4.55 STAR 485.80 506.00 479.25 485.70 INDIANB 239.50 246.70 237.70 244.05 WELSPUNIND 51.05 52.90 51.05 52.90 INDOSTAR 364.85 364.90 357.00 357.45 EIHOTEL 173.70 175.40 173.05 175.40 ASIANPAINT 1314.10 1350.00 1314.10 1345.00 -9.20 VEDL 158.80 159.60 153.90 155.25 AUROPHARMA 758.90 762.40 745.00 745.90 IDFC 37.00 38.25 37.00 38.00 MMTC 24.70 25.05 24.60 24.60 AKZOINDIA 1679.50 1687.70 1662.00 1669.00 TATAMOTORS 187.00 190.60 184.30 184.95 -1.40 IDEA 14.35 14.35 13.60 14.00 NATIONALUM 50.45 50.55 49.50 49.60 GUJFLUORO 955.00 972.00 916.60 943.50 COCHINSHIP 366.05 370.00 362.05 364.55 ZYDUSWELL 1298.05 1322.95 1296.10 1300.00 RELIANCE 1265.00 1277.70 1245.00 1245.75 -10.70 MGL 924.70 928.00 882.00 888.95 DABUR 366.00 371.50 366.00 369.50 EICHERMOT 20273.90 20450.00 20271.35 20348.80 GLAXO 1267.85 1277.95 1245.50 1269.90 TCS 2174.35 2193.60 2125.00 2135.55 DIVISLAB 1617.00 1657.55 1555.60 1651.20 MCX 835.50 835.50 815.05 816.00 SUDARSCHEM 313.10 314.15 306.95 309.95 FORBESCO 2146.00 2160.05 2081.20 2100.00 CIPLA 557.75 562.70 551.00 552.80 -4.95 CARBORUNIV 353.85 355.00 350.00 352.55 ITC 300.00 300.45 296.90 297.15 -2.70 HINDUNILVR 1700.00 1709.90 1678.90 1687.10 POWERGRID 187.95 187.95 185.00 185.50 BLUESTARCO 752.70 755.00 741.15 745.00 MAHINDCIE 222.10 224.85 222.00 223.85 HINDALCO 198.00 201.05 194.50 196.95 KTKBANK 121.50 123.50 121.00 122.80 CASTROLIND 147.95 148.75 146.30 146.35 LALPATHLAB 985.00 990.00 969.05 975.00 COFFEEDAY 251.05 251.45 247.00 249.95 BAJAJFINSV 7495.00 7528.95 7351.00 7399.00 -68.30 CANBK 259.00 268.60 256.40 265.45 ABCAPITAL 98.40 98.40 96.90 97.70 JINDALSAW 78.35 78.50 76.70 76.90 WHIRLPOOL 1343.95 1388.95 1341.00 1377.05 NAVNETEDUL 107.80 107.80 105.50 105.95 DRREDDY 2908.00 2917.20 2866.35 2873.00 -27.60 BAJFINANCE 2980.00 2995.00 2902.25 2921.45 GSPL 172.10 180.60 172.00 175.60 GRASIM 869.95 872.05 850.00 856.55 FDC 167.70 169.00 165.30 165.65 CAPPL 331.20 342.10 331.20 336.00 HINDUNILVR 1708.95 1709.00 1678.50 1686.00 -17.75 J&KBANK 52.90 57.75 52.80 54.10 UJJIVAN 313.00 318.80 311.15 312.75 GREENPLY 147.50 147.50 140.60 143.35 WABAG 269.65 272.60 266.00 266.95 NBVENTURES 91.50 91.60 89.65 89.85 NTPC 128.45 128.75 126.25 126.30 -1.40 DELTACORP 231.20 233.35 202.00 213.45 SREINFRA 23.50 24.05 23.30 23.75 RAJESHEXPO 671.00 678.40 663.00 671.95 CENTRALBK 28.80 29.15 28.70 29.00 MHRIL 232.50 232.50 223.70 227.00 VEDL 158.40 159.55 153.85 155.40 -1.75 IBREALEST 102.50 104.90 100.00 101.00 MANAPPURAM 113.90 117.75 113.10 116.25 AUBANK 634.80 646.20 634.80 643.95 LEMONTREE 73.10 73.10 70.55 70.55 ESSELPRO 132.90 133.50 132.50 132.50 ULTRACEMCO 4508.70 4508.70 4422.60 4425.00 -53.40 HDFCBANK 2292.00 2325.00 2290.00 2296.75 ABB 1390.80 1393.05 1340.00 1389.95 INFRATEL 264.50 266.00 261.35 262.35 BOSCHLTD 17230.00 17337.45 17115.25 17247.05 TEAMLEASE 2927.95 2976.00 2876.40 2907.25 HEROMOTOCO 2535.00 2560.00 2500.05 2506.05 -31.70 LT 1364.40 1364.40 1345.80 1355.25 TATAELXSI 867.00 875.00 859.75 863.05 IPCALAB 972.75 982.30 961.15 971.85 ORIENTCEM 108.60 109.60 107.05 108.15 ALLCARGO 106.10 106.10 102.00 104.55 POWERGRID 188.40 188.45 185.05 185.50 -2.40 DMART 1256.00 1285.90 1250.00 1254.25 JISLJALEQS 49.45 51.10 48.75 50.55 SUVEN 258.95 260.65 254.50 260.50 HSIL 276.60 277.35 274.00 274.00 ITDC 245.25 253.55 245.25 253.45 BPCL 367.05 367.50 359.80 362.45 -5.60 JINDALSTEL 166.50 167.00 161.30 161.30 DEEPAKNI 275.80 283.50 273.00 281.10 SADBHAV 225.60 230.95 217.05 217.05 KRBL 318.10 327.95 318.10 324.10 JKCEMENT 837.95 853.00 837.65 850.00 HINDALCO 199.10 201.05 193.60 195.05 -3.10 WIPRO 291.80 292.45 290.10 290.55 UPL 948.35 962.80 947.80 955.15 OIL 178.05 178.05 174.95 175.50 PIIND 1029.75 1033.80 1022.30 1024.50 MINDACORP 112.55 114.80 112.35 112.90 ONGC 168.40 169.40 165.70 166.75 -2.65 PNB 84.70 87.15 84.40 86.20 HDFCLIFE 409.60 411.65 409.00 409.05 KALPATPOWR 468.50 474.60 456.25 459.30 GICRE 236.40 238.85 232.55 232.65 SJVN 24.05 24.10 24.00 24.10 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859.50 851.00 856.35 ASHOKLEY 85.45 86.25 84.90 85.75 MANPASAND 111.30 114.40 110.00 110.70 CARERATING 939.95 943.00 932.05 943.00 NESCO 494.00 495.00 483.05 483.05 SAIL 52.40 53.50 51.65 52.45 MARICO 356.70 358.40 355.10 357.20 TRENT 372.00 377.00 368.40 373.30 MAXINDIA 73.00 73.00 71.10 71.50 GRAPHITE 374.00 377.75 362.00 364.00 ASTRAZEN 2191.30 2253.05 2168.00 2216.65 SUNDRMFAST 534.00 535.00 525.20 526.00 ALKEM 1740.00 1740.00 1703.30 1727.50 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE BIOCON 531.15 545.15 531.15 540.60 MEGH 62.95 63.05 61.90 62.50 MOTILALOFS 682.70 683.35 663.00 663.55 DBCORP 185.00 190.10 185.00 189.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 26643.35 26718.10 26500.80 26558.95 -73.65 EDELWEISS 153.00 159.80 152.75 158.60 AJANTPHARM 1078.00 1081.30 1056.85 1067.00 TATAMETALI 604.85 608.40 591.75 599.90 INOXWIND 60.25 61.00 59.25 60.25 MCDOWELL-N 525.80 540.45 525.30 536.00 10.20 AXISBANK 732.05 738.50 730.00 731.85 BIRLACORPN 534.00 549.45 534.00 547.65 RCOM 2.36 2.36 2.36 2.36 IFBIND 786.65 818.90 775.00 818.90 DIVISLAB 1609.20 1657.80 1603.00 1652.80 27.25 M&M 627.10 631.70 619.60 629.35 JSWENERGY 68.95 68.95 67.00 67.00 SHREECEM 19250.00 19296.35 18918.15 19099.00 CENTRUM 29.50 29.55 28.85 29.50 BANKBARODA 112.30 114.95 110.75 113.20 1.85 JSL 35.15 39.85 34.40 38.40 MRPL 64.30 65.10 63.00 63.85 SYMPHONY 1337.35 1339.00 1300.00 1301.50 ENDURANCE 1138.60 1154.15 1125.05 1127.75 ASHOKLEY 84.85 86.25 84.85 85.80 0.95 ESCORTS 612.00 615.65 591.00 598.30 IFCI 9.45 9.65 9.35 9.53 SCI 32.35 32.80 32.25 32.50 TTKPRESTIG 8000.00 8010.00 7960.05 7986.90 BIOCON 532.00 544.85 531.40 537.00 5.75 IOC 150.85 150.85 147.20 147.80 TATAGLOBAL 200.40 201.20 198.00 198.45 SONATSOFTW 333.30 334.00 330.65 334.00 TNPL 183.25 186.25 182.20 185.90 GODREJCP 639.80 646.70 634.05 644.50 5.40 DLF 169.90 172.50 166.05 166.75 NIITTECH 1240.50 1251.00 1238.45 1245.65 FLFL 463.00 464.95 456.35 462.00 GDL 131.45 132.00 129.05 129.05 NIACL 172.65 177.55 172.65 174.00 1.35 EQUITAS 124.30 128.20 123.60 125.35 LTI 1682.45 1700.00 1682.10 1689.00 MAHSCOOTER 3698.25 3708.95 3558.25 3701.90 UNITEDBNK 10.80 10.85 10.75 10.76 BHEL 62.70 63.50 61.85 62.90 0.45 HEG 1689.00 1692.00 1647.00 1657.75 ADANITRANS 208.30 212.40 205.75 209.00 NETWORK18 30.35 30.35 29.35 30.15 TVTODAY 295.55 301.00 294.10 299.10 DABUR 368.20 371.45 367.45 369.25 1.95 RBLBANK 668.00 677.35 659.50 674.00 COROMANDEL 413.35 419.00 410.05 412.45 SCHAEFFLER 4860.00 4927.10 4790.00 4806.00 ERIS 595.45 633.00 594.15 621.00 PIDILITIND 1160.00 1178.75 1153.00 1165.20 5.70 JSWSTEEL 286.55 289.20 283.00 286.90 BHARATFORG 462.00 465.75 454.00 456.60 GODREJAGRO 505.00 505.90 495.00 504.65 UCOBANK 17.25 17.60 17.20 17.40 THERMAX 959.55 959.55 948.25 949.00 PEL 2181.65 2230.00 2166.45 2190.95 9.30 WESTLIFE 361.00 379.00 361.00 376.00 ORIENTBANK 92.80 96.60 92.65 95.45 GMDCLTD 74.00 74.90 73.25 73.65 BAJAJCON 341.90 343.25 329.00 330.35 MONSANTO 2524.00 2574.00 2521.15 2538.85 HDFCAMC 1634.00 1646.95 1625.55 1639.10 6.35 FEDERALBNK 98.00 98.20 96.05 96.90 PIDILITIND 1166.85 1177.00 1154.00 1166.75 PAGEIND 21500.00 21552.15 21207.10 21280.00 JBCHEPHARM 323.00 325.20 307.00 325.00 MAGMA 127.35 127.95 124.55 127.95 SAIL 52.60 53.50 51.60 52.35 0.20 L&TFH 120.50 122.90 119.75 121.00 JUBILANT 619.95 627.50 613.00 616.00 AARTIIND 1586.90 1590.00 1564.40 1582.00 SHARDACROP 387.70 399.45 380.30 392.50 APLAPOLLO 1481.35 1481.35 1421.55 1439.20 CONCOR 473.50 480.50 471.85 475.55 1.65 IRB 114.90 124.10 114.90 123.05 BATAINDIA 1356.10 1362.30 1328.55 1349.90 GODREJIND 485.00 485.00 468.50 470.50 PNCINFRA 152.55 159.70 151.00 156.40 SUNCLAYLTD 2685.00 2685.00 2520.00 2561.00 BOSCHLTD 17162.00 17351.30 17113.75 17218.80 57.95 BHEL 63.00 63.55 61.90 63.15 BANDHANBNK 574.70 580.90 568.00 569.25 JMFINANCIL 82.00 82.50 79.10 80.05 CYIENT 576.90 579.95 575.05 578.00 CHOLAHLDNG 506.60 515.00 505.00 509.10 ACC 1595.00 1614.95 1592.40 1601.00 4.65 SHANKARA 474.70 530.30 454.00 520.95 MUTHOOTFIN 572.00 581.00 568.00 574.00 LINDEINDIA 514.00 519.80 504.50 518.00 GSKCONS 7136.00 7136.00 7001.00 7012.05 GET&D 232.00 232.00 226.30 226.30 MARICO 353.50 358.65 353.50 356.30 0.65 BAJAJ-AUTO 2978.00 3008.55 2959.95 2972.00 GRUH 307.40 309.75 302.30 306.70 GODFRYPHLP 1024.95 1041.60 1013.40 1026.30 PTC 67.30 68.10 67.05 67.10 NH 191.10 197.95 189.70 194.85 HDFCLIFE 410.40 411.95 408.95 410.00 0.45 CGPOWER 37.60 38.30 36.60 37.20 CADILAHC 285.40 294.15 285.40 289.70 AMARAJABAT 639.15 645.35 633.10 634.30 GALAXYSURF 991.50 1029.95 991.50 1023.45 CCL 266.00 270.80 266.00 269.25 PGHH 10410.00 10511.50 10280.00 10400.00 8.55 PFC 111.90 111.90 107.05 108.65 IDBI 37.70 38.35 36.90 37.10 TATACOMM 550.75 564.40 550.75 556.00 ITDCEM 113.40 114.25 112.05 113.00 DHANUKA 369.40 375.20 364.85 367.10 AMBUJACEM 213.95 215.90 213.10 214.10 0.15 GRANULES 114.20 115.20 109.00 110.60 PETRONET 237.00 239.40 234.40 235.90 ECLERX 989.95 1001.50 988.00 990.00 QUESS 656.95 662.40 652.05 655.00 MAHLOG 481.00 481.90 476.70 476.70 ABB 1380.50 1398.80 1341.65 1385.00 -0.90 HDFC 1919.00 1956.00 1912.00 1931.15 CENTURYTEX 927.00 934.00 918.00 926.15 NAVKARCORP 30.05 30.10 29.10 29.35 ISGEC 524.00 532.50 491.40 507.05 LUXIND 1242.80 1254.00 1230.45 1231.10 DMART 1259.80 1283.00 1245.15 1250.40 -1.20 SUNPHARMA 437.45 442.10 434.70 438.00 ACC 1595.55 1612.95 1595.10 1603.15 LAKSHVILAS 74.75 77.90 74.75 75.85 PFIZER 2997.50 3042.40 2991.75 3028.45 SUPPETRO 201.90 206.00 201.90 206.00 ICICIGI 1090.00 1099.00 1070.00 1089.00 -1.85 INDIACEM 99.05 100.75 98.10 99.20 SPARC 158.60 160.50 153.35 156.95 LAURUSLABS 384.05 392.35 384.05 386.20 FINCABLES 420.00 429.50 418.00 427.00 TIMKEN 537.65 543.30 532.00 541.75 INDIGO 1549.10 1551.90 1512.10 1533.95 -2.85 DCMSHRIRAM 497.95 513.60 497.95 507.40 OMAXE 206.55 206.55 204.75 205.35 ADANIGREEN 39.95 39.95 38.60 39.05 BDL 272.05 273.25 268.00 271.95 CERA 2765.25 2765.25 2700.00 2700.00 L&TFH 120.50 122.95 119.60 120.50 -0.25 LUPIN 866.00 866.00 831.65 836.85 DCBBANK 214.10 217.70 214.10 216.40 PARAGMILK 236.00 240.25 236.00 239.50 NIACL 171.75 177.00 170.35 173.40 3MINDIA 23200.00 23200.00 22655.10 22931.75 BANDHANBNK 575.00 582.50 567.00 570.05 -1.85 INDIGO 1555.00 1555.00 1513.60 1537.20 GLENMARK 610.05 626.30 607.55 617.60 INOXLEISUR 320.75 320.75 306.00 307.35 GRINDWELL 594.50 595.00 586.10 593.00 GEPIL 911.85 911.85 885.00 885.10 CADILAHC 288.00 294.90 286.65 289.00 -1.55 BANKINDIA 84.30 86.60 84.30 85.40 BAJAJFINSV 7518.95 7531.85 7354.00 7389.45 INDHOTEL 147.65 148.55 145.20 145.65 CORPBANK 25.65 26.55 25.60 26.15 KIOCL 120.00 124.70 120.00 120.10 GICRE 236.20 241.95 233.00 233.60 -1.45 PVR 1808.00 1808.00 1696.50 1713.45 DRREDDY 2905.05 2917.20 2868.40 2870.00 MAHABANK 16.10 16.40 15.40 15.80 RELAXO 889.95 889.95 861.70 877.00 WABCOINDIA 6249.90 6249.90 6179.00 6186.60 BAJAJHLDNG 3098.95 3100.00 3036.05 3054.20 -18.90 INFIBEAM 43.00 44.40 42.50 43.10 ULTRACEMCO 4488.70 4497.00 4426.05 4434.20 CENTURYPLY 163.00 165.00 160.00 160.00 KNRCON 226.80 236.15 226.80 231.00 SOLARINDS 1055.20 1085.50 1055.05 1055.05 PETRONET 237.05 240.00 235.10 235.55 -1.80 BOMDYEING 119.45 119.70 116.00 117.00 HFCL 21.90 22.15 21.75 21.90 UBL 1380.00 1380.00 1347.00 1351.35 GPPL 84.25 85.50 84.20 85.00 ASTERDM 143.40 143.40 140.00 140.55 NHPC 22.65 23.00 22.35 22.45 -0.20 WELCORP 143.10 144.90 141.50 143.55 NHPC 22.60 23.05 22.35 22.40 BALKRISIND 845.30 847.35 836.75 840.95 VBL 921.00 921.00 904.15 915.00 MAHLIFE 374.05 374.15 370.05 370.05 MRF 54600.00 54798.95 53751.60 53905.00 -526.20 TATAMTRDVR 90.00 90.50 87.95 89.00 RCF 56.25 56.75 55.70 55.85 CHAMBLFERT 140.35 143.95 140.15 142.25 FINOLEXIND 445.50 459.95 445.15 458.00 SFL 1255.85 1265.00 1248.95 1248.95 DLF 168.50 172.50 165.75 166.10 -1.70 NCC 91.40 96.80 91.05 95.85 SIEMENS 1095.00 1102.30 1062.00 1072.05 ZENSARTECH 249.00 250.75 240.00 240.20 THYROCARE 457.10 462.00 455.45 460.30 KPRMILL 596.80 600.00 593.00 595.40 HAVELLS 735.00 742.55 725.25 734.10 -7.60 IBVENTURES 263.40 267.70 261.60 263.35 GNFC 293.60 296.55 291.00 293.20 HINDZINC 264.00 264.35 259.50 260.25 VTL 1105.40 1120.00 1097.20 1120.00 SHOPERSTOP 459.50 464.80 451.20 461.10 NMDC 95.30 95.90 92.85 93.70 -1.10 PEL 2185.00 2226.00 2167.70 2195.40 RADICO 340.90 346.95 336.55 345.40 HIMATSEIDE 204.45 206.00 198.00 201.00 MOIL 147.05 148.80 147.05 147.75 LAOPALA 202.00 210.00 200.50 207.70 HINDZINC 263.00 264.60 259.00 259.10 -3.05 WOCKPHARMA 382.30 384.90 378.00 380.50 APOLLOHOSP 1178.25 1192.00 1168.30 1183.85 GICHSGFIN 242.75 242.75 235.10 235.50 SOBHA 447.65 449.25 444.50 445.00 JCHAC 1736.00 1795.05 1736.00 1770.00 PAGEIND 21472.45 21599.00 21125.00 21220.00 -266.85 AMBUJACEM 214.70 216.00 213.30 214.35 HAVELLS 738.45 741.55 725.80 738.10 GREAVESCOT 140.55 142.10 139.60 141.70 BAJAJHLDNG 3060.00 3199.00 3054.95 3080.00 CRISIL 1404.50 1409.85 1401.75 1405.00 COLPAL 1154.90 1154.90 1125.25 1131.00 -17.40 APOLLOTYRE 185.00 193.00 184.00 191.20 BHARATFIN 910.00 915.85 886.00 888.00 IOB 13.24 13.32 13.10 13.24 VMART 2656.90 2666.00 2537.70 2544.20 SKFINDIA 1845.00 1877.85 1838.85 1854.15 MOTHERSUMI 130.60 131.40 127.00 127.05 -2.00 IDFCFIRSTB 48.95 49.60 48.55 49.25 ICICIPRULI 361.00 361.00 350.00 351.15 SHRIRAMCIT 1465.40 1498.80 1410.00 1450.00 ASTRAL 1160.00 1174.00 1142.00 1161.30 BAYERCROP 4087.00 4100.65 4080.00 4080.05 UBL 1370.10 1379.80 1346.60 1350.75 -21.25 BPCL 368.00 368.00 360.00 362.95 JYOTHYLAB 162.00 162.00 155.50 155.90 NATCOPHARM* 545.00 547.70 535.00 535.30 UFLEX 221.15 221.30 216.55 218.15 HONAUT 23875.00 24044.90 23850.00 24044.90 SBILIFE 650.10 668.00 639.20 642.00 -10.25 HINDPETRO 275.00 275.00 269.90 271.45 TATACHEM 593.35 593.95 588.05 590.30 TATACOFFEE 86.30 86.80 85.50 86.00 ABBOTINDIA 7300.00 7390.00 7251.05 7390.00 STARCEMENT 108.65 109.50 108.25 109.25 AUROPHARMA 756.95 762.65 743.25 744.20 -12.45 SRTRANSFIN 1030.10 1049.00 1010.20 1013.00 CANFINHOME 319.00 323.15 314.00 319.35 LAXMIMACH 5405.00 5559.80 5356.00 5515.00 PGHH 10425.00 10445.10 10286.00 10363.00 BLUEDART 3000.00 3053.15 2986.10 3007.85 HINDPETRO 275.00 275.00 269.80 271.90 -4.80 NMDC 95.60 95.90 93.05 93.80 NESTLEIND 10410.00 10435.60 10152.55 10200.00 MINDAIND 343.20 349.60 340.20 348.65 SHK 148.40 148.85 145.60 148.00 ELGIEQUIP 257.00 260.40 254.55 260.40 SRTRANSFIN 1025.00 1049.90 1012.20 1014.00 -19.05 BEML 823.05 849.00 823.05 843.60 RNAM 190.55 192.60 187.50 191.10 ADVENZYMES 178.60 178.60 175.00 175.00 GULFOILLUB 824.15 848.85 824.15 827.00 GAYAPROJ 161.80 161.80 156.00 156.00 SHREECEM 19250.00 19366.00 18900.00 18953.70 -365.20 JAICORPLTD 103.35 106.30 102.85 104.70 M&MFIN 392.00 392.00 378.00 381.70 EMAMILTD 368.00 374.00 359.00 373.00 SOMANYCERA 377.00 381.95 369.25 376.05 RATNAMANI 870.00 870.20 865.00 867.00 SIEMENS 1089.85 1104.95 1061.45 1069.00 -20.85 IGL 318.00 321.00 308.90 310.90 KEC 289.90 295.00 284.30 286.00 GILLETTE 7036.05 7036.05 6837.65 6906.00 APARINDS 668.40 671.00 645.00 649.30 AEGISLOG 194.25 195.50 194.10 195.50 OFSS 3489.95 3500.00 3355.70 3371.00 -80.55 BEL 90.40 90.65 88.85 89.50 GODREJCP 641.00 646.50 634.80 645.70 GHCL 240.50 244.25 240.00 244.00 AIAENG 1735.00 1754.00 1735.00 1740.60 TVSSRICHAK 2129.95 2129.95 2090.10 2091.00 ICICIPRULI 361.65 361.70 351.00 351.10 -8.40 COLPAL 1155.00 1155.00 1126.15 1131.60 PRSMJOHNSN 87.60 87.60 84.20 86.55 RAMCOCEM 751.20 751.35 740.65 742.00 BALMLAWRIE 168.00 171.00 167.05 167.10 HATSUN 730.00 730.00 724.00 730.00 IDEA 14.30 14.30 13.55 13.95 -0.35 SYNDIBANK 37.00 38.30 36.75 37.90 NAUKRI 1925.80 1976.60 1915.90 1948.95 IBULISL 264.00 268.05 256.65 260.95 ASHOKA 116.05 117.75 114.65 117.05 ASAHIINDIA 226.00 226.00 222.00 222.05 LUPIN 867.00 867.00 831.45 833.00 -32.00 TATAPOWER 64.25 65.30 63.65 63.65 SUNTV 502.00 553.40 502.00 541.90 JKLAKSHMI 347.85 350.00 342.15 345.45 TIINDIA 365.15 374.00 365.00 369.00 SUPRAJIT 214.00 214.00 214.00 214.00 ,, *+,- #3 .# - *R 4 - I P - 2 + $ &3&64-# &&# # & /+,% 2 / in any form, doing so will hotels on April 21. $ result in the Board of Trustees The ISIS terror group ,$ & : "/2% / being held fully responsible claimed the attacks, but the Colombo: A Sri Lankan court " *$ under may laws including the government blamed the local has ordered a DNA test before $&& ,$ O .%, Penal Code, according to a Islamist extremist group May 15 to verify the death of $ $ $ statement issued by the National Thawheed Jammath Mohamed Cassim Zahran, the he Sri Lankan Government Ministry of Muslim Religious (NTJ) for the bombings. The ring leader of the local Islamist & Ton Friday said the trustees Affairs. victims included over 40 for- extremist group NTJ which the :# : & of all the mosques in the coun- “In view of the prevailing eigners, 10 of whom were Government blamed carried try should not engage in or situation in the country, the Indians. out the devastating Easter * allow any gathering to promote Trustees are directed hereby to Mohamed Cassim Zahran, Sunday bombings killing over or propagate hatred and also send audio records all the mastermind of the blasts 250 people. - directed them to send the sermons of Jumma (Friday) or and NTJ leader, was running Zahran, the mastermind 8- - audio recordings of the ser- otherwise on their Masjids his own mosque in the eastern behind the Easter blasts, led the !1(!14 mons to authorities. and to forward them to the Kathankudi region, police said, attack on the Shangri-La hotel $+ $ The Government’s ministry,” said the statement adding that his extreme reli- and was accompanied by a sec- ( <> $ move came after security signed by Muslim gious sermons had attracted ond bomber identified as Ilham L& M forces recovered swords and Religious Affairs Minister followers. Ahmed Ibrahim. He was killed other weapons from mosques MHA Haleem. Two weeks ago, Zahran’s inside the hotel where he blew C$ $ % during search operations Muslim theologists and family members committed himself up. The Colombo Fort %$ $ * following the April 21 civil society organizations have suicide by triggering a blast at Magistrate also ordered the &/ $:0?: bomb blasts in which over warned radicalisation of a safe house in Sainthamuruthu Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid (DNA) & # $ 250 people, including 44 for- Muslims with support from area of Kathankudi following a verification of Ibrahim, the sec- $ */ $:$ eigners 10 of whom were mosques in some places, par- gun-battle with the security ond bomber. Nine suicide & $& Indians, were killed and 500 ticularly in the island nation’s forces. bombers carried out a series of $ $ others injured. eastern province. Police on Friday recovered devastating blasts that tore $ : <> All trustees of Mosques Nine suicide bombers car- a stockpile of explosives, through three churches and as $ ( % $/ should not engage in or permit ried out a series of devastating belonging to the suicide gang, many luxury hotels on April 21, %$ any gathering to promote or blasts that tore through three hidden on the beach at killing more than 250 people $ * propagate hatred or extremism churches and as many luxury Kathankudi. and injuring 500 others. PTI / / "&& # ) $ & N& . O B B , - $ # D & - / 3/ announcement hours after the . North Korea fired two sus- Baghdad: The Islamic State rance opposes “repeated he US said Thursday it has pected short-range missiles cotland Yard has launched an group has claimed responsibil- Fextensions” for Britain’s exit Tseized a North Korean toward the sea, a second Sinvestigation after a gunshot ity for a suicide bombing at a from the European Union, a cargo ship that was used to vio- weapons launch in five days was fired outside a mosque in Baghdad market the previous presidential official said Friday, late international sanctions, a and a possible signal that stalled east London during Ramadan day that killed 8 people. keeping to the hard line of Paris first-of-its kind enforcement talks over its nuclear weapons prayers on Thursday evening. The extremist group on Brexit. action that comes tense program are in trouble. The Metropolitan Police released a statement early on France does not want to moment in relations between Justice Department lawyers said the firearm discharge at Friday saying the bomber det- enter into “a cycle of Brexit the two countries. The “Wise laid out the case for confiscat- Seven Kings Masjid in Ilford is onated his explosives vest at the summits” following this Honest,” North Korea’s second ing the ship in a complaint filed believed to be related to a pre- Jamila marketplace in Baghdad’s month’s European parliament largest cargo ship, was detained in New York, arguing that pay- vious altercation and is not sprawling Shiite neighbour- elections which Britain will during an April 2018 stop in ments for maintenance and being treated as an hood of Sadr City on Thursday take part in after the deadline Indonesia and will be moved to operation of the vessel were “Islamophobic hate crime or ter- evening. Fifteen people were for its departure from the bloc American Samoa, Justice channeled through US finan- ror-related incident”. wounded. was extended to the end of Department officials said. cial institutions in violation of The Met Police’s firearms Iraq’s security agencies have October, the official said. Officials made the American law. officers attended the scene and invested heavily in securing The official, who asked confirmed there were no report- Baghdad, the country’s capital, not to be named, added that ed injuries or damage to the even as insurgents continue to London should “have a solu- building. “At this early stage, bal- stage attacks in the countryside. tion before October 31” when "0 listic evidence recovered from the Iraqis are out late during the Britain is due to leave the EU. scene suggests that the weapon holy month of Ramadan, when “The European elections was a blank firing handgun. observant Muslims fast from could create a political shock Officers from Trident Specialist dawn till sundown. Hakim al- that ends in a bipartisan agree- Crime investigate. There have Zamily with the Sadrist politi- ment before June 30,” the offi- been no arrests and enquiries cal movement, which enjoys cial said. continue,” a Met Police statement wide support in Sadr City, said “But if the situation is not said. It said that the incident may lax security was to blame and clarified before October 31, as have stemmed from an earlier that IS cells are taking advantage the new commission is taking Moscow: Russia and Japan’s top Japanese counterpart Taro Kono. altercation in the street. of slackened security measures its place, we are not going to diplomats said Friday there was The territorial dispute cen- “Initial enquiries indicated in Baghdad. AP have a cycle of Brexit summits.” a way to go before their coun- tres on four islands, between the that the incident may have tries could resolve a World War Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific stemmed from an earlier alter- II-era dispute over a chain of Ocean, seized by the Soviet cation in the street close to the islands, following a meeting in army in the last days of World mosque. Officers continue to Moscow. Ahead of talks, Russia’s War II. The string of volcanic work closely with representatives Sergei Lavrov said “significant islands are called the Kurils by from the mosque and are pro- differences” remained between Russia and the Northern viding reassurance to the local Moscow and Tokyo’s positions, Territories by Japan. community,” the statement despite several previous rounds “Solving a problem noted. Officers were called to the of negotiations. that remains unresolved more mosque at 22.45 local time to “The task is not easy, it’s than 70 years on from the end reports that a man, believed to clear it will only be solved by of the war is not easy,” Kono be in possession of a firearm, long, painstaking and creative said at a joint press conference, had entered a mosque on High work,” Lavrov told journalists in remarks translated into Road in Seven Kings, east following his meeting with Russian. AP London. $ <> .$ / $ # .2 he death toll in the suicide Tattack targeting one of Pakistan’s oldest and most revered Sufi shrines in Lahore rose to 12 on Friday as a police commando succumbed to his injures. Ten people, including five police personnel, were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Data Darbar shrine, the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia on Wednesday morning as the country marks the fasting month of Ramzan. 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Clearly it defied all logic, People have set expectations when it Cgrammar and imagination till a tentative comes to Italian food especially, and to me, nibble here and a shy sip there resulted in this is where I like to have fun and chal- an unknown explosion of flavours. It all lenge people’s perceptions. When trying out came together, the luscious prawns embed- new components, I always ask myself “how ded in translucent tortelli, with a relish of can this elevate my dishes” and “how does Delica pumpkins, all caramelised and but- this take my cuisine to the next level?” tery, lifted like a magic carpet with the heather honey and vanilla fudge feel of the You’ve always blended your home coun- Glenfiddich 15 year-old. The lingering trail try traditions into your food with hints of sweetness left by each is the reason that and accents. Do you think progressive the juicy lobster bursts forth in a gush of cuisine can actually save cooking tradi- sealed-in flavours. tions more effectively? We never imagined the humble egg- Traditions work well to set the foundations plant as an accompaniment of an 18-year- and essence of any strong cuisine but that old single malt. Yet who would have does not mean they alone should define or thought that its warming and fruity aromat- limit a chef. Rather, they should be used as ics and finish would invest the vegetable an inspirational tool for elevation. To with such character and lend it me, modern Italian cuisine is one enough courage to wipe off the that honours classic traditions smoked yolk sitting coyly by exemplifying them around it? Such is the through a contemporary artistry by chef restaura- lens in a way that brings teur Beppe De Vito, the out a dish’s full potential. Michelin-starred chef This has always been the of his signature approach I have taken kitchen Braci, which with my cuisine and has become some- one of the driving what of a forces that conceptu- Singaporean bench- alised Braci as our mark. culinary playground Beppe De Vito’s — creating a space passion for food where we could really first began to take dive into our craft and form while he was push the boundaries of still a child, living in the perceptions of Italian Italy and working at gastronomy. I focus on the his neighbourhood cafe. essence of our very own All he remembers from version of Italian cuisine, those days is how we would which we are constantly dissect- source fresh, the fruit from a ing and reinventing, through a tree, the fish from a river, meat contemporary lens. This keeps the spark freshly cut by the butcher...something that of curiosity alive with diners, without com- dominates his produce-based kitchen even promising our identity and to me, is key now. From then it was an around the world to successful progressive cuisine —keeping ditions, flavours, sourcing of ingredients methods in ways that elevate our dishes. trip where he imbibed the spirit of a glob- traditions alive but constantly evolving. and, of course, how cultures respect For example, our popular Roasted Pigeon al traveller, collecting rich experiences and their produce. Japan, in particular, with Green Asparagus and Sumac is made distilling them into his food. And it is What shaped your food logic while is a place that I always find by utilising the whole bird. With meat- because he values every distinct encounter growing up? What are your inspirations? myself going back to — I love the less movements becoming so promi- that his commitment to his craft shines Any anecdotes to share? respect the people have for nent, I have also made it a point to through, be it in the menu, to the design, My experiences at home, learning and seasonal and quality ingredi- provide vegetarian and vegan service, the plating and beyond. So it is that observing the way people react to each dish. ents and is something I very options across all of my menus, on his India trip, he got the yeast which had I find myself inspired by the places I’ve N32 O+/2 9 much ascribe to in my own without compromising on quality been cultured for over 2,000 years in Italy lived, the places I’ve travelled to and the dif- cuisine and Italian traditions. and to me, that is an opportunity to make a crispy, crunchy bread. And he ferent cultures I had the opportunity to /- 2 + The Japanese minimalist phi- to get creative. loves not only serving food but reading learn about. %2 +,+.2 ,+ losophy is also something I find your reaction to it. Over the years, he has myself reinforcing. Sometimes a What is your guilty pleasure and had the opportunity to personally cook for Nobody would usually think of a lobster /%2" / 2/ dish can appear simple, elegant what is your at-home meal? local distinguished guests, which includes with pumpkin relish... how much time 2+ 9*,2"2 and beautiful, but there is so much Caviar. On very special occasions I feed the late founding Prime Minster Lee Kuan and research goes into working these technique behind it, and it is definite- it to my children as well. Otherwise, we Yew, President Tony Tan, Prime Minister combinations in your menu? 2+ ly quality over quantity when it comes to eat quite simply, but always organic with Lee Hsien Loong, as well as foreign VIPs, My eyes and mind are always open for new / -2:3232 this school of thought. Japan is one of my a lot of different vegetables and good such as former President Bush, Sting and ways to be inspired. I get many customers /- 2 favourite locations to travel. I will go there Japanese brown rice. many more. He has also collaborated on coming to me and telling me how intrigued six-seven times a year and always come nutritional balance? multiple four-hands dinners with respect- they are with some of the combinations of ,+ 7+ 2,+ : back with new ideas and ingredients I want Italian and Japanese. Especially the cuisine How do you make the most humble veg- ed Michelin star chefs from all over the my dishes. Inspiration is not much of an .+ ,. to implement in my dishes, which is why from southern Italy, which is always sea- etable exotic? world, from Chef Massimo Bottura (3 issue for me, but the execution does take our menu is continually evolving. sonal, uses only fresh ingredients, is light You must know your produce inside out Michelin star), Chef Andrea Berton (2 a little more thought and experimentation. 22 %%: I like to adapt elements from travels and well-balanced. and never turn your nose up on ingredi- Michelin star), Chef Tom Sellers (1 With my cuisine at Braci, I really do look 3 / " within my cuisine in a way that makes a ents. The simplest things in life turn out Michelin star), and world-renowned Chef for ways to keep things as simple as pos- dish their own as opposed to fusion cui- With a Lancet study predicting a short- to be the most incredible, and the same Tetsuya Wakuda. But clearly he is not look- sible when it comes to presentation and the 22*32./ sine. To me, inspiration is about taking in age of livestock and animal protein by goes with food. You have to find ways to ing at VIPs. “They come to our restaurants number of components of my dishes, but /"" the best from all around you and making 2050 and advising rationing, how will the make ingredients bring out the best out of always. Honestly, I am looking for some- it is important to me that each element of / /2O things your own. We didn’t use any Indian way we eat food change? As a chef, where each other, and even the most humble veg- one who is just coming for fine dining for my dishes makes a powerful impact, spice in our menu but we had the oppor- do you see the global food movement etable can have one element within it that the first time ever and I can impress the which is why I like to experiment with tunity to learn about some fantastic spices heading to? can be transformed and reinvented. It can person and that person will remember it unusual combinations. The process can be in India and will incorporate this knowl- We are living in a fascinating time for food; also do the same for the most prestigious forever,” says the maestro, who has made lengthy at times but it is always rewarding edge for future recipes. Before returning to faced with challenges and innovations that of ingredients. It is important to keep your science look artful as never before. once you’ve created something that makes Singapore, we went to a spice bazaar and we’ve never seen before. People these days mind open to everything when it comes customers light up. bought quite a bunch, including green and are now open to more options than ever to produce and elevating cuisine — the Normally Italian food and flavours are black cardamom. Green cardamom is when it comes to cuisines, diets and even most humble vegetable could be a hidden always complemented with wine. People How do you adapt your dishes to local very hard to find in Singapore. We also took sustainability, all of which have a role to gem. have that expectation... how difficult was ingredients while travelling? Any Indian back saffron and star anise, which is play in the global food movement. A good trick is to create several tex- it to work on a combination with whisky? spices or dish that may have caught your much sweeter and aromatic than ingredi- Sustainability, in particular, is something tures from the same ingredient. For What was the logic in your pairing as it fancy? ents used in Italian cuisine. I foresee becoming very popular in the instance, we may cut the best part and seemed to work on similarities rather I am always inspired by my travels. New culinary world and is something that we blanch it or grill it while making a creamy than contrasts? sights, smells, sounds, conversations and Which cuisine in the world would you say are already implementing at Braci — sauce with the trimmings, and pickle other I am always looking for new ways to exper- emotions. I am inspired by everything; tra- comes closest to the perfect sensory and finding ways to use sustainable cooking parts to make a tart pesto. ,, *+,- ( %/0 3* ,I - )( 0# ,((1 * " " $ " hat if your home the floor, says Case. Painting a can be turned on only when you’re that an open garage can be a great had a spare room cement floor a dark taupe or gray spending time in the garage. Adding place to set up a buffet table during you’d never noticed can have a big impact, she says, or insulation also helps control the cli- an outdoor summer party. before? Your choose an even bolder colour. mate, making the garage feel more Case suggests adding ceiling- garage, even if it “You’ll feel like you’re in this fresh, like an indoor room. And don’t set- mounted tracks for curtains in an Whas one or more cars in it, can pull fun space,” she says. tle for a bare bulb in the ceiling. indoor/outdoor material like double-duty as a gym, a crafting But do test the colour by paint- Replacing it with a larger, more Sunbrella, so you can draw them room and even a place to socialise. ing a piece of foam core that’s at least attractive fixture can dramatically behind a serving table in your Designers and architects tell us a few square feet, she says, and leav- change the way a garage feels. open garage. Barn doors or other that gaining more living space with- ing it on the garage floor for a few types of upgraded garage door can out putting an addition on your days to make sure you like it. ENTERTAINING OPTIONS make the space more attractive house can make the effort worth- Another option: Showroom Although it’s common to have a and accessible during parties. And while, even if it means investing in flooring is available for as little as $5 workshop in a garage, and many upgrading your garage door does things like upgraded lighting, floor- per foot, says Rill. And if you won’t people use the space for messy more than just add beauty to the ing and heating. We shouldn’t be be parking cars in the garage and are crafting projects or as a home gym, exterior of your home, Mannarino “treating the garage as a big box,” instead using it as a “man cave or a a garage can also become an enter- says. It also gives you the option of says Bethesda, Maryland-based she-shed,” Mannarino says, consid- tainment space. If you’re a car adding more windows, bringing architect Jim Rill. “Make it anoth- er upgrading the flooring with enthusiast who works on a vintage natural light into your garage. er room. It’s a lost opportunity if you something you’d normally use inside car or hotrod, Rill says, why not don’t.” the house. Walls come next, “Why use part of your garage as a place IS THERE AN ATTIC? Marina Case, founder of the is the garage always just a drywall to hang out with friends talking Many detached garages have a tiny Warwick, New York-based design box?” Rill asks. about cars? Case suggests adding second-floor attic or loft space, firm The Red Shutters, agrees, “A If your garage walls aren’t sheet- a bar area with comfortable seat- Rill says. Even if its ceiling is low, garage,” she says, “can be anything rocked, Mannarino says you can ing, even if it’s small, to make the that space can become a furnished you need it to be.” We’ve asked Rill, add that and give it a coat of paint. garage an inviting place to hang clubhouse for younger kids, a place Case and interior designer Anna Or put up paneling, Rill says, mak- out with guests. You can also hang to practice musical instruments or Maria Mannarino of New Jersey- ing it easier to hang items like rakes up a flat-screen TV and add a even a cozy guest suite. based Mannarino Designs for or hoses. You can add a flat hang- refrigerator. On one garage project, Rill advice on creating a well-organised ing system that includes space for sturdy shelving units. You can line where the garage door opens, con- a professional. Rill has a vintage cooler, replaced the solid wooden ceiling in garage that can also function as a hanging baskets and brackets for them with large, clear bins neatly sider adding storage on the ceiling, reclaimed from a supermarket, in a large detached garage with a per- flexible spare room. shelves. Many closet-design brands labelled or fancier storage bins, Mannarino says. HEATING AND LIGHTING his garage for soft drinks, water and forated metal floor. That gave added offer flat systems that will hold Case says. Or go an extra step and “It gives you that much more If your garage gets cold in the win- beer. It’s used all summer when the natural light to the attic space FLOORS AND WALLS heavy outdoor items. have built-in cabinetry installed. real estate,” she says. But don’t cut ter, you can add a separate heating family is outdoors. Along with above, which was then transformed Upgrading the look and feel of your If you prefer freestanding stor- And if your garage ceiling is corners: Have ceiling shelving or system that’s inexpensive to run. year-round entertaining inside a into a kids’ clubhouse. garage can start at the bottom: Paint age along the walls, add several tall, high and has ample space away from storage racks mounted properly by These “mini-split” heating systems garage, these designers point out L- )I - Q.R R R , ( (32'(,-' -.2O $ &$ $ $ , .$ $ O $ $ 23 *$ 45 ctress Patralekhaa, who my films as an audience ' $"#,+&* features in the forth- N%92 because I am the first audience Acoming film Badnaam /+. 82 of my film. Though it is a $6 $ " Gali alongside Divyendu story told in a lighter manner, Sharma, says the dull phase in / - :,+ it raises some important ques- her career has taught her not /2+. ,2 tions. She is a surrogate moth- $ to live on someone’s mercy 8+. 2,.2* er, an independent girl with a and only sign up for films she /2 very unapologetic attitude and is convinced with. how society treats her... Digital $ "7 Patralekhaa of Citylights + - " platforms really have given us &! fame said, “One of the most %2 ." the opportunity to some of important lessons that I have 2829 / -O these progressive stories.” learnt from the tough phase of After Badnaam Gali, my career is that if I am not Patralekhaa has another film $ convinced, I won’t play the in her kitty. It is directed by character. I think for a per- 42 degrees and I was wearing Pradeep Sarkar, and the former, for an actor, convic- that prosthetic belly as you actress says it is quite dark and & 7 tion is one of the most impor- know I have played a pregnant different. “We have room for $, tant elements and if I am not girl. It was physically exhaust- versatility too,” she said. fully convinced, it shows in ing under that heat. I was Starting her career in +1,,& my performance. sweating all over and I was Bollywood with the film “So from now on, every- getting tired, but everything CityLights, Patralekhaa has thing I will do, I will do it with was worth it when we saw the also appeared in the web series conviction. Also I have end result,” she said. Bose: Dead/Alive. stopped taking nonsense from Asked about how the She has been through few people because we actors are story of a surrogate mother years of struggle to get good here by choice and we cannot has become acceptable for film offers, though critics be on anybody’s mercy... No the audience, she said: “The always praised her perfor- one should make us feel inse- good thing is that time is mance. While she has an incli- cure or vulnerable just because changing. An unmarried preg- nation towards playing a an artiste has a sensitive nant girl is always a taboo in strong woman on-screen, she mind.” the society and that is why knows that as an actor, she Releasing on the OTT earlier when actresses like shouldn’t say that “I only want platform ZEE5 on Friday, the Preity Zinta did that film Kya to play such character.” film Badnaam Gali tells the Kehna, it was an example. “Yes, my character should story of a young surrogate “Now it is great to see that have a strong opinion, but she mother named Noyonika the audience is receptive could be vulnerable too. I Ganguly, played by the actress. towards these kind of stories. think that is the intriguing The film was shot in That is how actors like us are point for me that I look for in Delhi. “We shot in summer. getting chances to work on every good script,” added The temperature was around good stories. I always choose Patralekhaa. L'-(# - - here did the inspiration for seeing how it came into our own Correct me if I am wrong... were Wthe film begin from? story. there three different sizes for The very first inspiration was every puppet? when we made Fantastic Mr Fox, . ( As a filmmaker, who makes ani- You can’t really break it down another animated movie which we mated films, why do you think we quite that way. What you have is shot at Bromley-By-Bow in East are so weary of animation as a based on what you need for some London. On the way, there was a medium that we can take serious- puppets. There is one scale and sign at the road for the turnoff to " #32/ 2/ O & '& ly to tell adult stories? that’s going to be sufficient for what the Isle of dogs, which is kind of Well, that’s a very good ques- this puppet needs to do but for an industrial island on the Thames. $ !" #,2% 8 8 tion. My answer is just going to be other ones there are different sizes. It always seemed very mysterious exactly the same thing as yours. If we are taking a very wide shot, to me. I love dogs and I looked it bit different, for some parts are the But here, I didn’t put children into we have some small puppets but I up and it was supposedly the place people I have known or have been consideration, but only the fam- was always trying to push us in the where the king kept his hunting following for years. We were audi- ilies. Not the way we really steer direction of smaller scale. I liked dogs in the 16th century (or some- tioning people and seeing people a thing for an audience and for an the idea of using smaller puppets thing related) and that was the like Akira. I didn’t really know age group. My earlier animated and having a larger scope to the set beginning of this movie, so I just Akira has been in one other film film was based on a book that was because that would include every- hoped there’s something in that for and Koyu hasn’t been in any other written with a particular age thing. Everybody said that we are us, which was this. Then I went to films and I just like their voices and group in mind, not ours. going too small and I kept push- Jason and Roman, my two good performances; really casting them The film was not necessarily ing it. However, I was wrong, we old friends and said I have this idea the way you cast an actor. written that way but the book was. should have had bigger puppets of of five dogs — Chief, King, So we were working with some- because often it became very chal- Duke, Boss and Rach on a garbage Could you talk about the thing that I already had built. We lenging to animate at that scale. We dump islands — and that was all I researching put into the Japanese didn’t write this one with anybody also reached a certain point where had. I had that information and we culture in this movie? in mind and as we went along the puppet would not hold up at a had also been hoping to make a Well, I think our first inspira- every now and then, we asked long distance. In the frame, the film together in Japan. So, we sort tion was Japanese cinema, that’s ourselves, can we do this? Is it puppet was not right and it turned of mixed them together and sud- why we wanted to do a film and going to be alright and will peo- out to be my fault. I had kept pup- denly we started to get some ideas. that was why we were thinking of ple accept this? Since it’s not real- pets smaller but then we had to at Japan in the first place and for us ly a children’s film at all and for times produce larger scale puppets, Can you talk about the voice cast- it was Kurosawa and Miyazaki. some children it might be disturb- change the schedule and so on... ing of this film because the voic- Those were the two very different ing. You know it has a PG-13 rat- not that everybody is dying to hear es are just beautiful. How did you kind of filmmakers but those are the woodblock print makers — ger on what we were looking for ing which animated films don’t the details of our scheduling take the final call for the voice the ones who were really inspiring Hiroshige and Hokusaiand — and what we were taking from usually get and when it got that process but it was quite complicat- cast? us and making us want to make those became our kind of guides them. It was more sort of steeping way it made sense to me because ed in the stop motion film. Yes, well I think for some this story in the first place. The as well. But all four of those ourselves in their work, putting the the dog hanged himself by his own (The show premieres on Star parts, the casting of every role is a other two masters I would say are artists, I can’t really put my fin- pictures on the walls, sharing it and leash. Movies Select HD on May 25.) ! %3+ ,, *+,- 011* "22%13)1* 41." 1-* 35* a 4-2 win, 7-3 on aggregate. Marcelino's side could have away from home, picked them tier competition. There will be a London few complaints. They were off with ease as Aubameyang "Auba was unbelievable derby for the final in Baku on second best at Emirates and Lacazette, boasting 48 tonight," Lacazaette told BT May 29 and, for the first time Stadium and defensively fran- goals between them this sea- Sport."Congratulations to in history, four English teams tic here. son, proved themselves to be Arsenal," said Marcelino. competing in both the Arsenal, usually so fragile a first-class attack in a second- "They had a bigger punch." Champions League and Europa League finals, with Liverpool and Spurs meeting in Madrid three days later. It also keeps alive Arsenal's chance of securing a place in the Champions League next season and, real- istically, their last chance, given they need to overturn three points and an eight-goal ■ 8.2 Gameiro finished at the back swing on Tottenham in the post but goals from Premier League this week- rsenal will play Chelsea Aubameyang and Alexandre end. in the Europa League Lacazette left the home side Valencia had been relying Afinal after a Pierre- needing four in 40 minutes. on the Europa League for Emerick Aubameyang hat- Gameiro scored again, Champions League qualifica- trick ended Valencia's hopes sparking hopes of a revival to tion too, given they sit three of another dramatic European trump even the efforts of points behind Getafe, who comeback on Thursday. Liverpool and Tottenham this face a demoralised Barcelona Trailing 3-1 from the first week, before Aubameyang hit on Sunday, with two games leg, Valencia made the perfect his second and then complet- left in La Liga. start at Mestalla when Kevin ed a brilliant hat-trick to seal But over the two legs, -'A--!--# '(4# '(# 33&13&,-- ■ . was widely criticised for his astonishing mutiny in the epa Arrizabalaga was League Cup final against KChelsea's hero as the Manchester City when he Spanish goalkeeper sent his refused to be substituted before side to the Europa League final the Blues lost on penalties. with two penalty saves in a dra- Hazard also relished his matic 4-3 shoot-out win against crucial contribution in what Eintracht Frankfurt on could be his last kick at the Thursday. Bridge amid rumours of a Chelsea took the lead in close-season move to Real the semi-final second leg Madrid. thanks to Ruben Loftus- "I am only thinking to win Cheek's first half strike at something for this club," said Stamford Bridge. Hazard when asked if the final But Luka Jovic equalised will be his last game for the soon after the interval as a tense club. clash finished 1-1 after extra "If it is my last game I will time and 2-2 on aggregate. try to do everything. In my Cesar Azpilicueta's penal- mind I don't know yet." ty was saved by Kevin Trapp in Having already qualified the shoot-out, but Kepa kept for next season's Champions out Martin Hinteregger's effort League when they guaranteed and then turned away Goncalo a top-four finish in the Premier Paciencia before Eden Hazard League last weekend, Chelsea slotted home the decisive kick can bring an uplifting end to to spark wild celebrations. Sarri's troubled first season in It was a sweet moment of charge by lifting the Europa redemption for Kepa after he League. & , $% ■ % end in this way. Thank you for the support." imona Halep closed in on a In the semi-final on Saturday, Sreturn to the top of the world Djokovic will face either Roger rankings after beating Belinda Federer or 2018 finalist Dominic Bencic 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 6-0 on Thiem. Friday to advance to the Madrid Halep awaits either Dutch Open final while men's top seed seventh seed Kiki Bertens, a Novak Djokovic made the semi- finalist in Madrid last year, or finals without hitting a ball. 2017 US Open champion Sloane Halep, currently number Stephens. three in the world, will reclaim "It's such a nice feeling to be the number one ranking should back in the final here. I really she win her third title at the Caja enjoy playing in Madrid, it moti- Magica. vates me," Halep said. Bencic had defeated Halep in The third seed comfortably their last two matches, but the claimed the opening set but let reigning French Open champi- her game lapse slightly in the sec- on, who lifted the trophy in ond. Madrid in 2016 and 2017, came Bencic, who opened the through in just under two hours. door for Halep to possibly return World number one and two- to the top of the world ranking time Madrid champion with her quarter-final defeat of Djokovic, meanwhile, walked current number one Naomi into the semi-finals when ninth Osaka, took a tight second set in seed Marin Cilic withdrew before a tiebreaker. their match with stomach prob- But Halep pulled herself lems. together to blitz Bencic in the "I am sorry to announce that third as she raced to a victory that I must withdraw from today's increases her chances of return- match. I have had a terrible ing to the top of the pile. night dealing with a case of food "I was rushing too much in poisoning," wrote Cilic in a state- the second-set tiebreaker," Halep ment. said. I was missing too many easy "I am extremely disappoint- balls — I lost control of that ed to have my time in Madrid tiebreak. 67 ,, *+,- 23"%3 1"% #) . * 8 9 ': 8!4+ + $ 9*4: ; . O%, -2932..* . 9 "3 2" ./I3+. 8 < 3 3 22- // %-.2 L 0 ' - #,& , * 89:'; ,:' (:$(I $$& #> # $ & $ 8 /- % was holed at deep square-leg by Bravo off Jadeja as the South African went for a slog efending champions Chennai sweep. Super Kings dished out a clinical Skipper Shreyas Iyer (13 of 18) tried to Dbowling effort to restrict Delhi anchor the innings but he too fell while Capitals to 147 for nine in the Qualifier going for a big shot, caught by Suresh Raina 2 of the Indian Premier League, here on off Imran Tahir (1/28) in the 12th over. Friday. To make matters worse for DC, new Dwayne Bravo (2/19), Ravindra man in Axar Patel departed in the next over, Jadeja (2/23), Deepak Chahar (2/28) and hitting a short delivery of Bravo straight to Harbhajan Singh (2/31) shared eight Tahir at third man. wickets between them to keep DC in Rishabh Pant (38 off 25) and Sherfane check after opting to bowl. Rutherford (10) shared 22 runs for the sixth Sent into bat, DC made a shaky start wicket but CSK didn't allow the Delhi out- = with Prithvi Shaw (5) and Shikhar fit to get any momentum, picking up wick- Dhawan (18 off 14) adding 21 runs in 2.3 ets at regular intervals to rattle their innings. overs before the former was caught Rutherford became Harbhajan's second plumb in front of the wicket by Chahar. victim, followed by Keemo Paul who was ,J( Shaw's dismissal opened the flood- cleaned up by Bravo's perfect yorker in the gates as DC lost three wickets in quick 18th over. time to slump to 75 for four in 11.3 overs. The onus was on hard-hitting Pant to ' -+ 7 !8"(2$ %8$ 9 #%8 Dhawan was the next to depart, take DC to a challenging total but he too %! 8 #$ 2 caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni off failed to cope up with the pressure, caught ndian leg-spinner Veda 2(% 8 !$"# 98%!! Harbhajan and then Colin Munro (27) by Bravo at long-on off Chahar. IKrishnamurthy has urged the BCCI Towards the end, Amit Mishra (6 not to organise more day-night matches for %8(%%8 ( ! (" out) and Ishant Sharma (10 not out off 3 the country's women cricketers as it will ( 2(% %8( balls) used their long handles to great effect not just bring in the crowds but also ( "9 "# % "! and struck some lusty blows to take the ensure that players don't drop catches Delhi side close to the 150-run mark. due to unfamiliarity with playing playing conditions. Most of the under lights. women's matches are scheduled dur- 8 K - Krishnamurthy's Velocity lost to ing the day. Former Indian skipper and Delhi Supernovas by 12 runs on Thursday in "I think it is very important. At least Capitals advisor in this year's IPL, Saurav a women's T20 Challenge match. The if we start playing T20s in the evening, Ganguly is thoroughly impressed by Delhi 26-year-old tweaker said the women are it will bring in more crowds. If we are Capitals performance in this year's IPL, not particularly familiar with playing promoting it and putting up a show, I where the side make it to the play-offs for under lights and that reflected in their would like more people to come," she the first time since 2012. fielding, especially catches. added. Speaking about what makes the differ- "Not playing under the lights is the Young India opener Jemimah ence this time for the Capitals, in his dis- reason for dropped catches. While prac- Rodrigues, who struck an unbeaten 77, cussion with long-time former India team- ticing at the academy ground we had also echoed her India teammate's mate VVS Laxman on Maruti Suzuki Cricket found it difficult to sight the ball views. LIVE show on Star Sports Network, 'Dada' because it was dipping in. So it was real- "We should start it with our domes- shared his take. ly difficult to pick the ball," said tic season. We have hardly been play- "Our team has the perfect mixture of Krishnamurthy. ing under the lights. Even in the experience and youth which quite often "Actually if you look at it, playing matches in New Zealand or even the makes a big difference to the entire game. under lights is quite challenging England series, we had morning games I was the captain of the team at a very young because the whole atmosphere changes, and our domestics are always from 10 age and so was VVS Laxman, in the years the way wind blows with the light and am," she said. from 1999 to 2012, and it all made us good the way ball travels on the field. So, "There is lot of difference when you players. This is an excellent situation for there is a lot difference from a day play under the sun and under the lights. Delhi Capitals to grow and become game," she added. So I think the more domestic match- immensely good at their game as a unit." Krishnamurthy urged the BCCI to es we play under lights, the more we "The team already has Shikhar Dhawan, schedule more matches under lights so will develop in our fielding and get bet- Kagiso Rabada and Sandeep Lamichhane that the players can acclimatize with all ter adapted," she added. who play tremendously well." ) :6 $O " . 2 $ 3 & $ $ ■ . ODIs, believes a top order set to feature Jason Roy, Jonny tuart Broad believes the Bairstow, Joe Root, Morgan, SEngland team have a once Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and in a lifetime opportunity as the Moeen Ali surpasses any country prepares to play host England have had in limited ■ , /, 2 For New Zealand, the to both a men's World Cup overs cricket. unheralded Will Young smashed and Ashes this year. "It's the men's best ever teve Smith plundered an his second century in a row, For the first time since the chance to win a 50-over World Sunbeaten 91 and Glenn mastering a top-notch inaugural men's World Cup in Cup," he said. Maxwell hit 70 on Friday before Australian attack led by Pat 1975, England will be staging "I've never seen a bad light stopped play, with Cummins and Mitchell Starc. the two biggest events in its (England) ODI team go in Australia winning their final The 26-year-old, who is international calendar — the with the quality this one has warm-up game before leaving uncapped and not part of New 50-over global showpiece and got, particularly in the batting, for England to defend their Zealand's World Cup squad, a Test series against Australia the top seven." World Cup title. followed up a classy 130 on — in the same home season. They were handed victory Wednesday by reaching anoth- "It's awesome, the summer O H by five wickets courtesy of the er ton with a pull for six over of our generation," England While the victorious 2005 Duckworth/Lewis/Stern method mid-wicket. paceman Broad said on Ashes skipper Michael after amassing 248 for five off 44 He eventually fell to Marcus Thursday. "What an opportu- Vaughan added: "This overs in reply to an under- Stoinis for 111. nity for the game to grow and England side have got all the strength New Zealand's 286 for While this week's series was inspire." tools required to win. nine from 50 overs. unofficial, his tally of 301 is just "I look back to when I was "They are a lot better (at It was another fine knock shy of the New Zealand record a kid, you get inspired by big one-day cricket)," said former from former skipper Smith, bat- for a three-match one-day series, series like World Cups and the England captain. "We weren't ting at three, who made his held by Martin Guptill who Ashes," explained Broad. good enough — that's a fact." return to Australian colours this scored 330 against England in "That's the added pressure "I just think this England week from a year-long ban for 2013. on us as players," the four-time group, for the past four years ball-tampering. Opener George Worker Ashes-winner said. "We can since the last World Cup have It followed his 89 not out in chipped in with 59, while make this a summer to had a clear definition of the the second of the three-match Cummins was the best of the remember by winning tro- plan. In the past, we've kind of series in Brisbane, which do not bowlers, taking 4-32 off eight phies." arrived at a World Cup just count as full internationals, on overs. No England men's team hoping 'Freddie' (Andrew Wednesday. Cummins and Starc, who have yet won a one-day World Flintoff) might just produce a But David Warner, who was took one wicket, were playing Cup, with the 2010 World magic day, or KP (Kevin in imperious touch during the together for the first time in Twenty20 their lone Pietersen) might do some- Indian Premier League, flopped three months as the latter International Cricket Council thing, or back in the day Alec again in opening the innings, out returns from injury. trophy. Stewart might get you off to a for two to follow his duck and 39 Australia play two more But Eoin Morgan's side, good start. in the series. warm-up matches at currently involved in a series "This team have got a real Like Smith, Maxwell has Southampton, against England with Pakistan, are now top of clear plan for every person's been in good touch, pounding and Sri Lanka, later this month the men's one-day interna- role in the side. You go from 70 off 48 balls to go with the before opening their World Cup tional rankings. 1-11 and you could argue that quick-fire 52 he made on campaign against Afghanistan in Broad, now a Test special- every single player could get in Wednesday. Bristol on June 1. ist after appearing in 121 another team."