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Mumbai here on Thursday, but there are enough indica- The central election com- where names of probable can- tions that he will seek re-elec- mittee (CEC) of the BJP is didates were recommended to CEC. announced its candi- tion on the ticket of either of expected to meet on March 16 the BJP’s national parliamen- Meanwhile, the date for the contentious them. However, Azad will and 18 to decide the names of tary committee. NCP announced its Ahmednagar and have to wait for the outcome candidates for the seats going “Once the national com- first list of candidates Madha seats. Pawar of talk between the Congress to the polls in the first phase of mittee finalises the nominees, on Thursday. Party chief Gulabrao Devkar from Jalgaon, was expected to contest from and RJD before he knows his the Lok Sabha polls, beginning the final list will be announced ’s daughter Udyanraje Bhosale from , Madha but recently declared fate. on April 11. on March 16,” another senior figures in the first Dhananjay Mhadik from he won’t do so. RJD reportedly is plan- 7',/'!'+.'& (&&!,!! !8 The CEC may announce its BJP leader said. With 48 seats, list of 12 candidates. The list Kolhapur, The Opposition ning to field Md Ali /&/!&'('*'+  *!'&(8!'!9''!9+% ! 8 first list of candidates for sends the second does not include the name of (Mumbai North East) and Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is Ashraf Fatmi, who has been a Maharashtra, Karnataka and highest number of Pawar’s grand nephew Parth from . also likely to announce the longtime associate of Lalu     urged them to allow the visit of Uttar Pradesh on March 16. Parliamentarians after Uttar Pawar, as it does not mention Others in the list include seat-sharing arrangement on Prasad Yadav. pilgrims for all seven days a Names of some candidates for Pradesh, which has total 80 Maval constituency from where Rajendra Shingane from March 17 in Patna. There the Meanwhile, BSP chief   week without any break,” he other States going to polls in constituencies. Presently, BJP the young politician is likely to Buldhana, Rajesh Vitekar constituents of the grand Mayawati on Thursday gave said after the meeting. the first phase on April 11 also has 21 Lok Sabha members be fielded. from Parbhani and Babaji alliance will waste no time in final touches to the list of can-    emphasised that the may be announced on that day. from Maharashtra, followed Sule has been renominat- Balaram Patil from the Kalyan releasing their list of candi- didates for the Lok Sabha corridor should be absolutely Names of more candidates will by ’s. The Central ed from the Pawar family turf seat. The NCP has left the dates, which are nearly ready. elections and discussed other  $%&%'()*  ) visa-free, Das said. “There be announced on March 18. leadership is also expected to Baramati, which she repre- Hatkanangale seat for Suspense remains on the important electoral issues at a should not be any additional BJP chief Amit Shah on release the list of 22 of 28 sents in the outgoing Lok Swabhimani Shetkari candidature of suspended BJP party meeting in Lucknow. ndia on Thursday sought encumbrances in the form of Wednesday had personally met Karnataka Lok Sabha seats on Sabha. Sanghatna chief . MP Kirti Azad and BJP MP The BSP president held a Ivisa-free access from any documentation or proce- ticket aspirants and received March 16. The State core com- Prominent among those The Pawar-led party has field- Shatrughan Sinha. Azad, who meeting with important dis- Pakistan for 5,000 pilgrims per dure,” he added. their credentials. mittee will meet on March 15 named are former Irrigation ed Mohammad Faizal from represents Darbhanga in Lok trict and division-level leaders day to the historic Sikh shrine India also wants Pakistan Around 18 candidates of to finalise the names of candi- Minister from Lakshadweep. Sabha, formally joined in Uttar Pradesh, a party in Kartarpur. This was con- to allow devotees who want to Maharashtra will be announced dates which will be sent to the Raigad, former State Minister The party has so far not Congress last week, but Sinha release issued here said. veyed to the Pakistani delega- travel on foot to the shrine tion at a meeting here to dis- across the border. cuss the opening of a planned A statement earlier said the corridor for pilgrims between first meeting between officials     +%*! 9+  +!*'' 7!'  Punjab’s Gurdaspur district of India and Pakistan to discuss and Kartarpur Sahib across the modalities for opening the the border. Kartarpur corridor was held in "   'R #1 Q"   3R licity committee of the BJP for “From our side, we have a “cordial environment”.     the ensuing general elections, pressed for at least 5,000 pil- The Indian delegation was   1 -,     has quoted a part of the letter. grims per day to be allowed to led by SCL Das, Joint Secretary “Pt Nehru’s infamous letter to visit the holy Sikh shrine in the in the Ministry of Home    $%&%'()  $%&%'() inal sinner” who favoured Chief Ministers’ dated August 2, initial phase,” SCL Das, Joint Affairs. The Pakistani team China over India for permanent 1955, states ‘informally, sugges- Secretary in the Ministry of was headed by Mohammad he flip-flop on the alliance ar of words erupted membership into the United tions have been made by the Home Affairs, told the media. Faisal, Director General (SA & Twith the AAP in Delhi, the Wbetween the Congress Nation Security Council. United States that China should This was the first meeting SAARC) of its Ministry of latest being Congress asking its and the BJP on Thursday after “Weak Modi is scared of be taken into the United Nations between an Indian and a Foreign Affairs, the statement workers views on the party’s China blocked the United Xi. Not a word comes out of his but not in the Security Council, Pakistani delegation since ten- said. Shakti app regarding stitching Nation Security Council move mouth when China acts against global terrorist, the question on & that India should take her sions between the two coun- “Both sides held detailed tie-up with Arvind Kejriwal has to designate Jaish-e India. NoMo’s China every Indian’s mind is, what place in the Security Council.” tries spiked after the terror and constructive discussions on led to differences within the Mohammad chief Masood Diplomacy: 1. Swing with Xi in was the use of all the swinging Addressing a Press confer- attack in Pulwama, followed by various aspects and provisions Delhi Congress. Azhar as a global terrorist. Gujarat 2. Hug Xi in Delhi 3. with Modi and President Xi,” ence Union Minister Ravi retaliatory air strikes on of the proposed agreement Sheila Dikshit and Ajay While Congress president Bow to Xi in China,” read the Congress tweeted. Shankar Prasad also slammed Pakistan’s Balakot. and agreed to work towards Maken have taken heads on Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Rahul’s post on Twitter. Quoting a letter written by the Congress president. “Rahul Das said Delhi wanted expeditiously operationalising with the former expressing her Minster Narendra Modi, saying Congress used this to tar- Nehru to Chief Ministers on is in celebratory mood when access for both Indians and the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor,” desire to have no truck with the “This is Rahul’s decision. It he was weak and scared of get the BJP Government and August 2, 1955. Jaitley said, the country stands pained over people of Indian origin to the the statement said. AAP which uprooted the 15- is under the direction of Rahul Chinese President Xi Jinping, termed Modi’s foreign policy “a “The original mistake, both on this attitude of China…What shrine, located where Sikhism’s Technical experts from year rule of Congress in Delhi. that this referendum, in a way, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley series of diplomatic disasters.” Kashmir and China, was com- has happened to you Rahul? founder Guru Nanak both sides discussed the align- On the other hand, Maken is is being done. So, if anyone is said first Prime Minister “With China having blocked mitted by the same person.” Your tweet must be headline spent the last years of his life. ment and other details of the pushing for an alliance with the questioning in the Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru was the “orig- our bid to designate Masood a Jaitley, who heads the pub- news in Pakistan,” Prasad said. “We have also strongly proposed corridor. AAP to keep the BJP away on the decision of Rahul, I think seven Lok Sabha seats in the it’s wrong. The app is con- national Capital. trolled by data department Sheila was Chief Minister which comes directly under & $ $'()*+ ,- .- / 0(!+ of Delhi for three terms and Rahul,” Maken said. after a gap of three years she The Congress through its was brought to the helms of Shakti app uploaded an audio affair of Delhi unit by remov- clip of AICC in-charge PC ing Maken as Delhi Congress Chacko, asking 52,000 regis- president. tered party workers in Delhi The fresh tussle between about their views on an the two factions has come after alliance with the AAP. party chief Rahul Gandhi early Sheila questioned the move this week announced about and said it is “overriding” the no alliance in Delhi and that decision taken against the the Congress has to win back alliance by Rahul. “There all the seats. Maken claims should be no confusion. Our that AICC Delhi incharge P C stand remains what it was,” she Chacko is also inclined for the said referring to her meeting tie up. 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! !  4  %( 3$   $! $'  0  ! Child Rights (SCPCR) Usha of the parents who rushed to    +  Negi in the campus gives a dif- the school after receiving the he ‘She (Sexual Harassment    $ ! $  ferent picture as far as the cause news of the death said that the  ( )& Almora and Nainital. While TElectronic) Box’ which was 3#  $  +  /' of the death is concerned. cause might be different. They Antriksh Saini is fighting from inaugurated on January 24 on !   + '   An officer of SCPCR said said that the student who died ith not even a month left Haridwar Sundarlal Dhoni is the occasion of ‘National Girl that during their visit to the had been involved in a brawl Wfor the Lok Sabha poll, from Almora and Rajesh Child Day’ with much fanfare   +'      %( 3$ campus, many problems plagu- with other students a couple of the political parties are now Dubey from Nainital. Very can be cited as another '!$   ! $$3 ing the institution like the lack days before he died. They fur- engaged in galvanising the soon, the party high command Government initiative which he death of a seventh class of sanitation have come to the ther said that the management organisations and the activists. will put its stamp approval on has failed to yield the desired 4 '     Tstudent of a Ranipokhri- fore. “We have taken due note of the school was out to sup- However, the activities of the the proposed names" result. The inauguration of    $'   based school has raised ques- of the things and given direc- press the fact. We cannot com- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Aside from the finalisation both panic button and she box tions over the manner the tions to the persons concerned ment on it as we have not are the most visible presently. of the names of the contenders, had grabbed headlines for a ! $3#   $    school is running. The death is for action on such matters,” he received the post-mortem BSP brass is learnt to have the preparations for the day. However, both seem to '!$     $ being attributed to food poi- added. report yet. We would act only asked its state party president Mayawati rally are also going in have fizzled out for the lack of ! 5    ' soning by the doctors and the The officer further said after the report is received. It to mobilise 20,000 party work- full swing, though the venue of the expected volume of school authorities. However, that there was much confusion might come tomorrow,” he said. ers from each Vidhan Sabha the rally is yet to be finalised. response from the sections $$+ '!$   $ the statement of the student’s over the cause behind the death. He further said that there constituency for the rally slat- Election round the corner, the they are meant for.  $        parents given following the “The death of the student has are over 400 students, both boys ed on April 6 to be addressed party is all set to celebrate the Notably, they are meant to visit of the chairperson of State supposedly been caused by and girls, studying here while by the party supremo birthday of the founder Kanshi ensure safety and empower- '  Commission for Protection of food poisoning. However, some living in the hostel. Mayawati. Notably, Mayawati Ram in a big way on March 15. ment of the women in the State. would address two election She Box is an online por- However, as per the infor- warded to the department con- rallies in Haridwar and !   tal which is meant to solve the mation received from the offi- cerned promtly. This means !*'&/ /'* "</ )('9!.&&/ Rudrapur in Udham Singh     problems of the women. If any cers concerned, just one com- two things-the volume of crime Nagar district on April 6. girl or woman in any part of the plaint has been filed so far. The against the women in the State 18 crore set for last year was The municipal commis- Besides, the list of the party’s   0 State faces any kind of harass- single complaint was also is not much, which if true, is a  %( 3$ met. This year, the target was sioner Vinay Shankar Pandey prospective candidates for four '  - $ ment, she can register her regarding some other issues very good thing and lack of raised to 25 crore and out of said, “We are confident that our constituencies has already been  +12  complaint on the portal online. which was transferred by the awareness about the online unicipal Corporation of which nearly 20 crore has been team would achieve the target on sent to the high command. The District magistrates have been official to the department con- portal. There are still women MDehradun (MCD) officers collected so far. The tax collec- time. 25 crore is our target and BSP insiders said that the $   made the nodal officers of the cerned. and girls who choose to remain said that the target of collecting tion camps which are being 20 crore has been collected by names of the contenders from '  portals. It was also stated that Queried over the matter, quiet even if they are facing tax to the tune of 25 crore held would continue till March us till mid-March.” Haridwar, Nainital and Almora if any complaint was not the State project officer of something. They fear if the would be achieved much before 15,” said a civic body officer. Quizzed over taking due Lok Sabha seats have nearly    resolved in a period of 90 days women empowerment and crimes are made public they the deadline expires. They fur- However, the observers service charges from the been finalised. '    at the district level, the com- child development commis- would lead to greater crimes ther said that the collection of the sounded doubtful over whether Government buildings, he said, Speaking to The Pioneer, plaint would be handled there- sion Arti Balodi said, “We against them. Awareness tax has gained further momen- the target would be achieved on “No amount has been received the state BSP in-charge (  + + after by the state committee. have just received one com- among women is very impor- tum after they had started organ- time. Besides, they cast question from these buildings so far. Surajmal said, "We have already $   The complainant can also see plaint on the online portal She tant. Once they learn to stand ising tax collection camps in dif- over the civic body still fighting Steps to collect service charges discussed regarding the con- the progress of the complaint Box. Though it was not about for their rights, it would lead to ferent parts of the city. shy of collecting service tax from these buildings would be tenders from Haridwar, Tehri,   $ online. what it is meant for, it was for- their empowerment.” “The target of collecting from the Government buildings. taken soon.” (  /'&9(!'/(%&  

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The mystery is that the found that the bed, mattress-               %( 3$ he meeting of the charge- Manoj Rawat and Rajeshwar and the charge-sheet would fire, instead of spreading, died es, air-conditioner, refrigerator,        # Tsheet committee of the Painyuli-attended the meet- expose it fully. Rawat added on its own and it appears that some files and other gadgets !    1        he fire at the quarter of the Congress was held at the State ing. that there is no participation someone was there to douse it. had been gutted in the blaze.            7   Tdeputy leader of Congress party office on Thursday. In After attending the meet- of the people in these schemes What makes one suspicious is It is worth mentioning             in Uttarakhand Assembly course of the meeting, it was ing, Kedarnath MLA and ostensibly undertaken for the the fact that there is no CCTV here that Mahra on February        ?      Karan Mahra at the MLA decided that the comprehen- member of charge-sheet com- welfare of common people. He footage and the fire alarm 23 had claimed that the     # Hostel has assumed political sive charge-sheet on the failure mittee Manoj Rawat told The said that the people are reel- which was there in the room Congress would screen in all colour as the state Congress of the Centre and the State Pioneer that the State ing under the dismal perfor- failed to function.’’ 13 district headquarters of the  P president Pritam Singh said Government would be sub- Government has proved to be mance of the Government. Contacted by The Pioneer, State the sting CD displaying   1     "  that the fire at the quarter could mitted to the Governor any a big failure in every field. The deputy leader of the Mahra claimed that many some relatives of the CM forg-            have been ignited deliberately. day after March 21. He claimed that charge- Congress in the State important documents which ing deals. He had demanded 1          # Linking the fire with the claim The meeting was presided sheet would be fool-proof and Assembly Karan Mahra, for- were strong evidences had the State Government to con-                of Mahra that he had evi- over by the in-charge of the the people of the State before mer Ministers-Dinesh been gutted in the fire.“My bed stitute a SIT headed by a    "     dences of corruption against state Congress, Anugrah whom the Congress would Agarwal and Mantri Prasad along with the mattresses was retired Supreme Court judge to         +,     the Chief Minister’s relatives, Narayan Singh and co-in place this document would Naithani, MLA Harish Dhami, totally destroyed in the fire. I investigate the charges lev-  (   7 #+      Singh said that a full-fledged charge Rajesh Dharmani. The give their verdict against the spokesperson R P Raturi and normally place books and elled by the owner of a news           inquiry should be ordered into convener of the committee Government after going Godavari Thapli were also other things which I read on channel against CM and the             the fire incident. “There are and former Minister through it. He said that the present at the meeting. one side of my bed,’’ he said. CD released by him.   #) ?                       !                !(&''*.8'    # )  ) )     '! 7           '&'/'+&% 78 "  1     !         !  #)                              ,'          #%                  '           !                        %( 3$  #                  >  n the meeting of the               IBharatiya Janata Party legis-       #) lators held here on Thursday,  !        the party reaffirmed its stance *)%!*!'& !*&!' ' !+%  ! +3+! %' !' &,!'% ! 8                on winning from all the five +'        # Lok Sabha constituencies in the State. The BJP state president said that the names of sitting MPs from five constituencies in MLA has been made the in- to the party fund by cheque on  /! '!) +('/' ! '+ '!*!!/'(  Uttarakhand have been kept on charge of his or her respective Thursday itself. Three MLAs top in the list of ticket hopefuls constituency. The MLAs are including Cabinet Ministers sent to the party high com- expected to disseminate infor- Satpal Maharaj and Arvind Banjarawala area of Dehradun registered under the Clinical enforced in its present State. also wants reduction in regis- mand. mation about the achieve- Pandey along with Ritu  %( 3$ and sealed them. The chief Establishments Act in It has suggested that tration charges. However, an The meeting which was ments of the Central and State Khanduri were unable to medical officer (CMO) of February. Infuriated, IMA, the Uttarakhand Government unrelenting stance of the presided over by the party’s Governments while also attend the meeting in fter a brief lull, the State Dehradun, Dr S K Gupta, said association of private medical should follow the Haryana Government on the Act had state president was also attend- respond to the “misinforma- Dehradun. Ahealth department has that the action against the clin- practitioners, had given a call model of the Act where all clin- forced IMA to suspend its ed by Union Minister and tion” being spread by the However, they communi- intensified action against pri- ics, not registered under the of state-wide shutdown of the ical establishments having less strike. The State Government party Lok Sabha in-charge of Congress party. cated with the party’s State vate clinics and hospitals not Clinical Establishments Act, private clinics. than 50 beds are exempted had, however, set up a com- the State, Thaawar Chand In the meeting held here, president. In the meeting, registered under the Clinical would continue in the coming They had pitched for the from the purview of the strin- mittee to look into the Gehlot, Chief Minister all the MLAs committed them- Gehlot and the Chief Minister Establishments Act. On days. He further said that on modified version of the clini- gent provisions of the Act. It demands of the private clinics. Trivendra Singh Rawat and selves to work for a victory of also expressed their views. Wednesday, a team of health Thursday, the health depart- cal establishment Act being office bearers of the party. the party candidates from all The MLAs also put forth department had sealed four ment team has inspected a implemented in the State. IMA Talking to the media per- five seats in the State as in their suggestions. Cabinet clinics, not registered under the prominent hospital of the State had submitted an exhaustive sons after the meeting, the BJP 2014, to ensure that Narendra Ministers Prakash Pant, Harak act. The team led by the addi- to check it regarding the grant draft document of the state president said that the Modi gets a second term as the Singh Rawat, Yashpal Arya, tional chief medical officer of permanent registration. Uttarakhand Healthcare names of the sitting MPs were Prime Minister of the nation. Subodh Uniyal, State ministers (ACMO), Dr K K Singh had It is worth mentioning here Establishments Act in at the top in the list of ticket Bhatt further informed that Dhan Singh Rawat and Rekha raided Public Health Care, that as ordered by the December last year which, contenders sent to the party each MLA will deposit at least Arya along with party office Ruhani Dawakhana, Madras Uttarakhand High Court, the according to it, should replace high command. one month’s salary in the party bearers and MLAs were among Clinic and Komal Ortho state health department had Clinical Establishments Act. He further said that each fund. Some MLAs contributed those present in the meeting. 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'  ! the party ticket. Talking to The Pioneer,  (! ('. Rana said that his visit was basically a courtesy visit to ! *'+= the Chief Minister. He said, “I got to know from the newspapers that my name /( had also been included in the panel of potential candidates 9/     sent to the party’s high com- $  !   $  mand from the State. Along '   .  $ with former servicemen and '  ' others, I made a courtesy visit to the Chief Minister’s residence. The final deci-  %( 3$ sion about selection of the candidates is up to the party ear admiral (retd) Om high command, I simply met RPrakash Singh Rana, the CM as a courtesy,” he along with a group of ex-ser- said. vicemen, met Chief Minister It is pertinent to mention Trivendra Singh Rawat at here that with a considerable the Chief Minister’s resi- number of serving and dence here on Thursday. The retired servicemen compris- visit is being viewed as sig- ing a substantial proportion nificant considering the fact of voters in the State includ- that Rana is one of the poten- ing Garhwal parliamentary tial candidates listed by the constituency, there has been for a demand from some quar- contesting from the Garhwal ters to field an ex-serviceman Lok Sabha constituency on from the constituency. %# %#( )#%*+,-.*/  :

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)  )1 one goal, which is to defeat BJP not failed to retain its Jind 1( $)" ( and INLD in the elections, he assembly seat, which it had won said. in 2009 and 2014 polls, but also hile the ruling Bharatiya On delay in announcement ended up behind the candi- WJanta Party in Haryana of poll related committees for dates of JJP, Congress and on Thursday began its election state party unit, Tanwar said Loktantra Suraksha Party in the campaign with Chief Minister since, LS election in Haryana is bypoll. Manohar Lal’s roadshow in pushed to sixth phase, the com- INLD’s chief OP Chautala Ballabhgarh amid great pomp mittees will be announced in elder son- Ajay Singh Chautala and show, the opposition par- sometime. -is patron of the JJP while his two ties—Congress and Indian But our party workers are sons – Hisar MP Dushyant and  2  National Lok Dal—are still strug- already working hard to reach Digvijay -- are spearheading the 3     gling to put their respective out to the voters of Haryana, he party in his absence. )) house in order even as the Lok added. Both OP Chautala and Ajay (  1%   Sabha polls have been Like Congress, another are serving a 10-year jail term in    2  announced. opposition party -Indian Tihar Jail in connection with the      The state unit of Congress is National Lok Dal- is also trying teachers recruitment scam in         plagued by factionalism and to make a comeback in the Haryana.     7  infighting whereas the INLD is state. The INLD is likely to go it    '!7  %  A<.B showing no signs of revival with After 2014 polls, the recent alone in the polls after Mayawati’s            # continuous exodus of its senior Jind bypoll and civic body polls Bahujan Samaj Party had broken ) 7         party leaders to the rivals’ camp in Haryana had also brought bad its ten-month old alliance with            following party’s split and for- news for the Congress and the former and had joined        &   * &  mation of Jannayak Janta Party INLD. hands with Loktantra Suraksha   #(          last year. The BJP had registered vic- Party (LSP) of BJP rebel MP Raj                 The Congress and INLD, tory in both civic body polls and Kumar Saini.   #7              seen as major players in Haryana, !!!+&.'.!+!! )* /'*&,!)+! +% !)+ *!! +! !)+*!+9 Jind bypolls. The Congress and Looking for an alliance part-     7 #1  $   did not perform well in 2014 ! !)! 0 !//(! ) .'! ! !)! .82+!8!  %$!! '+ !  88+' INLD, on the other hand, had ner to contest polls, OP Chautala       %    polls and had to be content with faced humiliating defeat secur- had recently expressed willing- :#1%   C.CB<<< 7  just one and two seats respec- past five years made numerous been announced for neighboring to remain oblivious of such ing third and fifth spot in Jind ness to form an alliance with the   /A.;.     #(  A/DCC0D  AC tively out of 10 Lok Sabha (LS) attempts to dislodge Tanwar states such as Punjab and campaign plans. bypolls. BJP but the saffron party had .;;C5   CB      seats in Haryana. from the state party leadership. Himachal, the Congress is yet to Both Tanwar and Hooda The INLD’s popularity has rejected the offer. On election    55A;  7 # Both the parties had repeat- The Congress high com- announce the Haryana Pradesh had been holding separate func- been declining after the forma- strategy for LS polls, INLD ed their lackluster performance mand had in the past few Election Committee and other tions and party meetings since tion of its splinter group Haryana party chief Ashok     )  %&--%&-(&%( in assembly polls later that year months made efforts to end LS poll preparedness committees more than two years now. CLP Jannayak Janta Party headed by Arora said that the party has con- E   % 1 ) F%1)G when the BJP had managed to infighting in the faction-ridden in the state. Leader Kiran Choudhry and Ajay Chautala and his sons. vened a meeting of its national           perform exceedingly well and Haryana Congress and had been Not only this, the senior senior leader Randeep Surjewala While INLD’s chief OP Chautala and state executive committee on   '!7        "  made its maiden government in holding meetings with state party leaders of Haryana are yet had also been holding separate had last month undertaken a March 16 in Jhajjar. )  F)  G          Haryana. party leaders. While Congress to sit together to chalk out an public meetings in the state. statewide tour to meet party The party will chalk out its         #  !   1 After its humiliating defeat chief Rahul Gandhi had earlier election strategy even as the gen- Commenting on infighting leaders and workers to keep his election strategy for Lok Sabha %    >       in assembly polls when the party this week met senior leader eral elections 2019 have been in Haryana Congress, party state flock together and strengthen the polls and all hold discussion on        .0<<.0 and Hooda faction has in the party’s poll committees have meetings since long, continuous a serious issue and we all have Jind bypoll, where the INLD had failed to win any seat. >     (    +7E 1 E# >         $)1                       ! 8!!+,*+! ! 3+$,?!! @    #            #             # ###$%# &&' (  1( $)" ( Only a day before, “Sikhs are annoyed with the The demand was made Brahmpura’s nephew Gurinder Badal family for exonerating when a high level delegation of     )  )  ) f there is an eye for an eye, Singh Tony, his wife and Zila Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit SAD (Taksali), led by party pres-            #%%))%(%##( IPunjab politicians believe in Parishad member Rupinder Ram Rahim Singh,” he said ident and Khadoor Sahib MP          7+  having a relative for a relative. Kaur, and their supporters joined while blaming the Badals for Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, met the  1%     1    1( $)" ( Hooda will lose from Rohtak Day after SAD brought into the Badals’ led Akali Dal in the misusing religious institutes for state Chief Electoral Officer S 1  #           parliamentary seat. If a strong party fold its rebel MP Ranjit presence of SAD former minis- political gains. Karuna Raju.   !            ven before the polling day alliance of Congress, AAP and Singh Brahmpura’s nephew, SAD ter Bikram Majithia in Tarn Brahmpura welcomed Responding, Raju assured        #    Eand result of Lok Sabha polls, JJP is not made in Haryana, the (Taksali) on Thursday retorted Taran. Bubby Badal saying that large the party leaders that suitable               the Aam Aadmi Party in opposition will lose on all seats, with induction of Akali veteran However, Brahmpura had number of Akali Dal leaders action would be taken against the          *      Haryana seems to have accept- he added. Jaihind also accused Parkash Singh Badal’s nephew in maintained that tony is just an were ready to join them. “SAD guilty persons.            ed its defeat in the elections. BJP of politicizing the issue of the newly-formed outfit. acquaintance who had worked has lost base among the Sikh            +  # A day after Delhi Chief IAF’s air strikes in Pakistan and Harsukhinder Singh ‘Bubby’ against him in the previous elec- community and faced humiliat- )      11    AD    Minister and AAP convener befooling the people in the name Badal, along with his supporters, tions. ing defeat in the last assembly  4)       .A#)    Arvind Kejriwal pushed for an of nationalism. Notably, AAP joined the taksalis, and was A day after, Brahmpura set- elections. SAD is working under SAD (Taksali) president           11 alliance of Congress, AAP and chief Arvind Kejriwal had on appointed the party’s youth wing tled the score by inducting influence of RSS and will lost Lok Brahmpura maintained that he              Jannayak Janta Party in Haryana, Wednesday appealed to president. “It is a personal loss to Bubby Badal in the party. Sabha poll,” he maintained. was still hopeful of a political            AAP Haryana party chief Congress president Rahul the Badal family,” the former Maintaining that Sukhbir alliance with Aam Aadmi Party   27 1%    1  # Naveen Jainhind on Thursday Gandhi to form an alliance with SAD minister and SAD (Taksali) Badal was responsible for the sac-    (AAP) for May 19 Lok Sabha said that the BJP is winning on AAP and JJP for defeating the founding-member Sewa Singh rilege cases, Bubby Badal said    elections.  )3   3  P all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana BJP on all 10 LS seats in Haryana. Sekhwan is how described the that the Akali Dal failed to stop      The alliance talks between 7   !  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SAD (Badal) candidate from adamant on having Sri 7 72     >72    situation, the BJP will manage to to form alliance and announced Badal, Bubby is his nephew and “I was hurt and waiting for Khadoor Sahib, Bibi Jagir Kaur, Anandpur Sahib seat in their +    >7'  E  7 (     win all 10 Lok Sabha seats in to go it alone in LS polls in cousin of SAD president Sukhbir the right opportunity to step out for distributing the illegal liquor share, from where both the par- $     ,   7  7    Haryana,” Jaihind said while Haryana, the JJP had main- Badal. Son of late Surinder Singh of SAD (Badal),” he said adding in rally held a day before at Dera ties hjave announced their can- 7  >7 !!       ,   talking to the mediapersons. tained that it will not be a part Badal, Bubby is a known face, that he supported the cause of Sahib village in Khadoor Sahib didates. In lieu of that, AAP has 7  7 (   7" ,   % He claimed even Congress’ of any alliance which includes especially in Mohali area, and Brahmpura who took bold stand constituency “against law and now offered Bathinda seat to the 7 7 2    # three-time MP Deepender Singh Congress. had served SAD for a long time. against the Badal family. order”. taksalis. ' * ,'% '/!*'& +/')! !! 8/% )/( %

Shimla: The airlifting of people tribal areas of Lahaul-Spiti,     '+OA%*,/'' from snow-bound tribal areas of Kinnaur and Chamba districts. Himachal Pradesh could The former Lahaul-Spiti become an poll issue as the MLA alleged that the BJP lead- Congress has written to the ers are interfering through 8*!((P' .!/+6# state chief electoral officer, alleg- administration and police in ply- '  ing that BJP leaders were inter- ing of choppers and setting pri- ricular activities.” fering in the process to influence orities to influence voters in the  1( $)" (  %( 3$ She further said, “The voters. Lok Sabha elections. programme will be for around The BJP termed the allega- He demanded that the ply- ambasting Khadoor Sahib’s sitting MP Ranjit Singh ndian Space Research two weeks during the summer tion baseless, saying it was lev- ing of helicopters in all tribal LBrahmpura, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate IOrganisation (ISSRO) has holidays. Interested schools elled by the Congress out of frus- areas and passengers priority be from the constituency Bibi Jagir Kaur on Thursday said that launched a special programme and students can contact the tration on foreseeing its defeat in monitored by the EC. incumbent parliamentarian had been a non-performer and for student ‘Young Scientist chief education officer or can the Lok Sabha elections. Thakur sought the deploy- tration on foreseeing its defeat, November 15 to April 20, never took his work seriously as MP. Programme’ this year. The download the application form The Congress alleged that ment of CAPFs at all the heli- he added. Thakur added. Bibi Jagir Kaur, Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak State Council of Educational from the people close to local BJP leaders pads in tribal areas to ensure Markanda, who is a BJP The Rohtang Pass, located at Committee’s (SGPC) former president, urged the electorate Research and Training websitewww.scert.uk.gov.in.” were being airlifted on a prior- unbiased functioning, alleging MLA from Lahaul-Spiti, said, the height of about 13,050 feet, of the border constituency to give a befitting reply to the (SCERT) has sought maxi- For more details, one can ity basis as they were using their the BJP leaders set priority of "The passengers are sent on pri- and Kunzum Pass, located at candidate sponsored by Brahampura’s newly floated party, mum number of registrations contactinfluence with the administra- passengers through the admin- ority basis by the district admin- about 15,060 feet, remain closed christened SAD (Taksali). from the State. The registration [email protected],ph- tion and police to benefit in the istration and the police. istration and the BJP leaders are several feet of snow. “The party had sent Brahmpura from its pocket bor- for the programme is open for 08022172119, 9496040045. elections. State CEO Devesh Kumar playing no role in it as the Model Helicopters are used for ough to Lok Sabha but he miserably failed to deliver and all the schools from any board. Applications are open to all till In a fax to the Himachal could not be contacted, despite Code of Conduct is already in patients and other emergency never contributed to the debates in the Parliament,” she said. The programme aims at March 19. CEO Wednesday, state Congress repeated calls and messages. force." passengers in tribal areas where Citing Lok Sabha’s records, she said that Brahampura imparting basic knowledge of general secretary Ravi Thakur When contacted, The Lahaul-Spiti and there are around 22 helipads. participated for six times during his five-year tenure, while space technology, space science $   requested the (EC) to monitor Agriculture and Tribal Kinnaur districts, and Pangi, Over 1,600 people have on the average, each MP participated in 45.8 debates. “The and space application for the   +  the chopper services being run Development Minister Ram Lal Bharmour areas of Chamba dis- requested the administration to last time he participated in debate was on July 26, 2016, young students. by the state for airlifting patients, Markanda termed the allega- trict, falling under Mandi par- be airlifted from tribal areas as and before that in thrice in 2015 and twice in 2014,” she Elaborating further, the  '  / students and other emergency tions baseless. He claimed the liamentary seat, remain cut off most parts are still covered with said. director of SCERT Seema     passengers from snowbound Congress was acting out of frus- during winters, usually from four to 12 feet snow, he added. Another important parameter of performance is test- Jaunsari said, “In order to raise  +M#    ed during the question hour. “Brahmpura had asked only interest regarding this field, 30 questions during his tenure. It is astonishing that, on three young scientists will be    average, each member of had put 267 ques- chosen for the programme    +    ) , &       tions while Brahmpura was contented with just 30 ques- every year. This is for the first $+    tions which suggests how seriously he was taking up his time that ISRO has initiated  7()' Chand and Arjun Kumar buried following the job,” she said. something like this. A good '  $$ were recovered after 22 days avalanche on February 20 His last question was responded on August 11, 2017, number of registrations from '   he search and rescue of search, a defence near the Tibet border, around and since then, he has not even made any queries or ques- the State can give the young- !    Toperation for the remain- spokesperson said. He said 350 km from the state capi- tions from any Ministry. “None of his questions was select- sters a chance to learn more ing two missing soldiers who the bodies would reach their tal. ed as starred question which allow supplementary ques- from the experts. Students who  3 were trapped after an native places on Friday. Two separate parties of tions,” she said adding that his attendance itself was just have passed class 8th or are      avalanche in Himachal While Chand belonged to the Army and the Indo- 67 percent, far below the national average of 80 percent of studying in class 9th are eligi- #/9    Pradesh's Kinnaur district Himachal Pradesh, Kumar Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) all Lok Sabha MPs. “Despite this sad commentary on his ble to register for the pro- was called off on Thursday was from Jammu and were patrolling Namgia Dogri performance, Brahampura refused to pull up socks and gramme. Students will be  $  with the recovery of their Kashmir. when the avalanche hit. Five remained dull drab drain on state exchequer as his per- selected on the basis of acade-  bodies. Six Jawans of the Jammu ITBP Jawans were also formance worsened by each session,” she said. mic performance and extracur- The bodies of Videsh and Kashmir Rifles were injured in the disaster. %# %#( )#%*+,-.*/  "

4#.#. ,(#7//9/# )+! !P )&*9 R "     ( ''D=( /!  !  $%&%'() office of Jaish-e- Muhammad with much merry...I ask with   4   #7' $ ndia on Thursday expressed great pain today that what is the $%&%'()  $$ I“disappointment” after China Congress’commitment today blocked yet another move at to fight against terror.” ebriefing of Wing  $' ' the United Nations to designate Meanwhile, China defend- DCommander Abhinandan Pakistan-based terror group ed its stance against designation Varthaman by the IAF and      Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief of Azhar as a global terrorist, other agencies is over and the !$ +   Masood Azhar as a “global ter- saying the move would give it pilot, who was captured by rorist”. The latest Chinese move time for a “thorough and in- Pakistan on February 27 and -'   is the fourth instance in the last depth assessment” of the case released on March 1, has pro- ,#.0>  over one decade that it has and help the parties concerned ceeded on at least four weeks’ blocked sanctioning of the to engage in more talks to find medical leave. An IAF medical      dreaded terrorist. a “lasting solution” acceptable review board will shortly con-    For her part, Union to all. duct fitness test of the pilot, Minster Harsimrat Kaur Badal On a question as to why who had to eject from his !      3 exhorted people to boycott China once again blocked the MIG-21 Bison after it was shot (  $$    Chinese goods even as #boy- move, Foreign Ministry down thereby putting his body cottchinesegoods trended on spokesman Lu Kang told a under great stress. He may be ' $ !' $$ microblogging site Twitter. media briefing in Beijing that allowed to resume active flying “We are disappointed by the decision is in line with the if found physically fit. this outcome. This has pre- rules of the committee. Giving this information Delhi on March one and Kashmir(POK) and landed vented action by the interna- Stung by the Chinese here on Thursday, sources said underwent preliminary med- there after ejection. He was tional community to desig- move, US National Security here debriefing included get- ical tests here the next day. He beaten up locals before the nate the leader of Jaish-e- Advisor John Bolton said in a ting fist person account from was allowed to meet his imme- Pakistan Army rescued and Mohammed (JeM), a pro- tweet, “Met with Indian FS Varthaman about the treat- diate family for a short while, captured him scribed and active terrorist Gokhale to advance progress ment meted out to him during sources said. Prime Minister Imran organisation which has claimed O,!'!/+!.!/+P!/''! *! %*!''!*!'+8 'B7*!&'+! !/ ! on the US-India strategic part- captivity and questions asked As regards the detailed Khan announced in Pakistan responsibility for the terrorist + ! ) / '+!''('' '7!+==.+!(( ?7.@/+&.! +!+! +% ! 8 nership & our shared vision for by the Pakistan Army. He was medical review board review, Parliament on February 28 attack in Jammu and Kashmir the Indo-Pacific, as well as in custody for not more than 50 they said as per standard oper- about the decision to release on February 14,” the MEA sue all available avenues to Congress. Congress President Modi and President Xi,” the reiterate that the US stands hours or so and kept blind- ating procedure a pilot who has the downed pilot as a peace said. ensure that terrorist leaders Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “Weak Congress said on its official shoulder-to-shoulder with folded in a small room, they to eject from a crashing plane gesture and Varthaman was The proposal to designate who are involved in heinous Modi is scared of Xi. Not a Twitter handle. India in the fight against ter- added. While Varthaman was has to undergo the examination released on March 1. He set Azhar under the 1267 Al attacks on our citizens are word comes out of his mouth Reacting to Congress’ rorism.” not subjected to physical tor- as his body is put to great stress. foot on Indian soil at the Qaeda Sanctions Committee of brought to justice,” the MEA when China acts against India. charge, the BJP hit back at “Both (Gokhale and ture, the Pakistani interrogators Varthaman had to eject Attari-Wagah land border in the UN Security Council was said expressing gratitude to NoMo’s China diplomacy: 1. Rahul, asking why he is in a cel- Bolton) underlined the impor- put the pilot through mental his MIG-21 Bison on February Amritsar and then flown the moved by France, the UK and Member States who moved Swing with Xi in Gujarat. 2. ebratory mood whenever India tance of Pakistan taking tangi- harassment, officials said. 27 after it was hit by Pakistan same day to New Delhi. the US on February 27, nearly the designation proposal and Hug Xi in Delhi. 3. Bow to Xi is in pain over China blocking ble and irreversible action Harassment entailed air defence after he successful- IAF chief BS Dhanoa on two weeks after the suicide the unprecedented number of in China.” a UN resolution against Azhar. against terrorist groups based Varthaman forced to stand for ly brought down a Pakistani F- March 4 had said Varthaman bombing in Pulwama in all other Security Council “With China having Law Minister Ravi Shankar in territories under its control long hours and loud music 16 in aerial combat when at will fly an aircraft again after he Jammu and Kashmir in which members as well as non-mem- blocked our bid to designate Prasad said, “Why is Rahul and denial of safe haven for blaring to deny him rest, it was least three Pakistani jets intrud- is declared fit and may rejoin 40 CRPF personnel were killed. bers who joined as co-sponsors. Masood Azhar a global terror- Gandhi in a celebratory mood these groups to launch cross - learnt. ed into the Indian airspace in his Srinagar based No. 51 The JeM had claimed respon- The development at the ist, the question on every when country stands failed by border attacks,” the Indian The Indian authorities Rajouri sector. During the Squadron of Mig-21 Bisons. sibility for the attack. UN also led to a sparring Indian’s mind is, what was the this attitude of China? Your Embassy in Washington said in commenced debriefing soon chase, Varthaman entered He was posted in the same “We will continue to pur- between the ruling BJP and the use of all the swinging with tweet would be shown in the a readout of the meeting. after Varthaman reached New Pakistan Occupied squadron there. .) !&    7   "= +)&,%-( &+$ %7   ) !%/+     !   %%(/  $%&%'()  $%&%'()  $%&%'() s many as 40 farmers he Election Commission (EC) on Thursday started high-level team headed by Deputy Aunions on Thursday said ,( Ta new mobile app called ‘Observer App” for election AElection Commissioner in charge of political parties should include observers. Using this App, General, Police and will be in West Bengal, various demands, such as Expenditure observers can submit their Observer’s report Assam, Tripura and Manipur in the 5,000 monthly pension and an  $%&%'() and have been registered as securely to the EC, to upload the relevant document from coming days to assess poll preparedness additional income support electors. These first-time vot- the mobile app. after BJP urged the poll watchdog to under the PM-KISAN scheme, n a move to reach out to ers’ accounts for 1.66% of the According to EC, the observers will get all impor- declare West Bengal a “super sensitive in their election manifestos. Iyoung voters and increase the total electorate compared to the tant notifications, alerts, and urgent messages on this App State”. The All India Coordination voting percentage in the last Lok Sabha elections in while they are on duty. It will also facilitate observers to Sources said that a team led by Committee of Farmers’ upcoming Lok Sabha polls, 2014, where the voter turnout get their deployment status, download the ID card and Deputy Election Commissioner Sudip Movement (ICCFM), com- the Election Commission (EC) was recorded to be 814.5 mil- update their profile. Jain is expected to visit West Bengal to prising major farmer bodies has asked chief electoral officers lion including 23.1 million “Since the observers will be closely involved in real- assess the ground reality from March 16 like Bharatiya Kisan Union of all States and Union new voters. The total voter time disposal of the cVIGIL Model code and expendi- to 19. Jain will lead the team to West (BKU), Karnataka Rajya Raitha Territories to remove doubts of turnout in the last general ture violation cases, this App would help see all the Bengal on Saturday, Tripura on Sunday, Sangha (KRRS), Tamilaga voters and answer all their elections was 66.4%, the high- cVIGIL cases under their jurisdiction. The Observers can Assam on Monday and Manipur on Vivasayigal Sangam (TVS) and queries through live streaming est since 1952 elections. make a written observation after the flying squads have Tuesday to assess election preparedness Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha on social media sites like Sources said that through investigated the matter. Observers are put on deputation in the four states. (AGM), also demanded a white Facebook and Twitter. social networking sites, first with ECI for the entire duration of the election process,” While Lok Sabha elections in West paper on all the free-trade scheme is insufficient and does tee from the government for The officials will also time voters will be made aware the EC said. Bengal are spread across all the seven agreements signed by India, its not cover everyone. 100 per cent procurement of all inform the electorate about about election process and vot- On Thursday, EC held a meeting with Chief phases, they will be held in two phases performance, a special session “We want the government crops. voter verifiable paper audit ing. “Youth constitue a large Electoral officers of all states and Union Territories and each in Tripura and Manipur and three in Parliament on agricultural to give an additional income On crop loan, the farmers’ trail (VVPAT) , Electronic chunk of voters and social net- election observers. Over 1800 senior officers drawn from in Assam. issues and lifting of ban on support of 10,000 per acre per body said there should be an Voting Machines (EVMs) , working site Facebook is the IAS, IPS officers as also from Indian Revenue Service The sources in the poll panel said diesel vehicles older than 10 year per farmer to all farmers “unconditional” waiver of all election procedures, registra- best option to reach out to and few other Central Services attended the briefing that the chief electoral officer of West years used in agriculture. across the country,” Singh told types of loans of all farmers, tion in voter list or steps to them”, said EC officials. At pre- meeting. These officers are being deployed as General, Bengal has also been asked to file a The Lok Sabha elections reporters. including tenant ones. enroll those who are left out. sent a large chunk of voters Police and Expenditure Observers. report on the actual ground situation. are scheduled to be held in Small and marginal farm- ICCFM demanded tweak- CEO Chhattisgarh will go especially youth are on Reminding the Observers of their crucial role, the The BJP had on Wednesday also seven phases starting from ers should also be given a pen- ing of the Pradhan Mantri live stream on Facebook on Facebook social networking Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora pointed out demanded that central forces be April 11. The Model Code of sion of at least 5,000 per Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY) March 15 at 12 pm. Through site so this is the best way to get that the officers need to be earnest and have no choice deployed at all polling stations in the Conduct has already kicked in month after the age of 60, he to ensure the entire premium this they will answer the connect with them. but to ensure that no mistakes are committed. Election state. and the political parties are added. Among other demands, is paid by the government, queries. The Facebook page The move will help to Commissioner Ashok Lavasa reminded the group that Briefing the media after meeting EC busy finalising candidates and ICCFM wants the government payment of sugarcane arrears, will have all necessary infor- remove doubts on EVMs, as Observers, they need to ensure implementation of all officials, Union Law Minister Ravi the election manifestos. to fix minimum support price free electricity for irrigation via mation about enrolling one’s VVPAT, or any doubts on elec- instructions of the EC in letter and spirit. During the day Shankar Prasad had said, “We have “We have 18 key demands (MSP) based on the formula tube wells, specific social secu- name in voter list, list of cen- tion proceedings including long briefing sessions, the officers were given compre- requested the Election Commission and we want all the political suggested in the Swaminathan rity scheme, and linking of tre and other necessary infor- model code of conduct. hensive and thorough inputs about the various aspects that the state of West Bengal should be parties to include in their elec- report to ensure 50 per cent MGNREGA to agriculture. mation. Anyone having any First time voters behave of election management by the Senior Deputy Election declared as super-sensitive. And have tion manifestos with clear man- profit over the cost of the pro- Among others, the query or even complaint can differently. They are often bet- Commissioner, DECs and DGs of ECI. Detailed thematic also demanded that central forces should date of timeline when they duction. ICCFM demanded zero goods post on this page and officials ter informed, more educated presentations were made on Election planning, Observer’s be deployed at all polling booths in the would implement,” Yudhvir It should be ensured that and services tax on all equip- concerned will reply to it. and tech-savvy than the rest of roles and responsibilities, electoral roll issues, enforce- state.” Singh said. the crops should not be pur- ment used in agriculture, Nearly 900 million people their family, and they can take ment of Model Code of Conduct, legal provisions, He said the party also requested the He said the direct income chased below MSP under any detailed action plan for pro- have so far registered for the a stand that goes against the EVM/VVPAT management, media engagement and the poll panel to transfer those police offi- support of 6,000 per hectare condition. There should be a tection from wild and stray elections, out family’s established political wide array of activities undertaken for voter facilitation cers whose electoral impartiality is (comprising 2.5 acres) being provision of penalty if this is animals, non-eviction of of which 15 million are first leanings. “Many voters in the under the Commission’s flagship SVEEP (Systematic questionable as well as the withdrawal offered in three instalments in not followed by the agriculture indigenous people and forest time voters between the age of age group of 18-35 years do not Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation) pro- of former Kolkata Police Commissioner a year to small and marginal mandi, it said, adding that dwellers, and keeping agricul- 18-19.This includes the citizens exercise their voting rights for gramme. Rajeev Kumar from election duty. farmers under the PM-Kisan there should also be a guaran- ture out of WTO. who turned 18 on 1 January, whatever reason,” he added. 5  , !     !(!%'!%'! &( '%) '

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Malappuram in Kerala suf- from the Ministry. associated infrastructure — to 60 kV), due to the close spac- Underscoring the need to fered from the mosquito-borne The Indian Council of power lines and towers — the ing of the structures. It often save the GIB, Scientist Dr disease West Nile Virus, the Medical Research (ICMR) has Union New and Renewable involves large perching bird Rahul Rawat from MNRE in Union Health Ministry on also been alerted and a close Energy Ministry has directed species, such as storks, birds of the letter said “it is requested Thursday sent a multi-disci- watch is being maintained at wind farm developers to adopt prey and corvids, which can that power transmission line plinary team to support the cause of mosquito-borne dis- Central and State level. There birds-friendly measures like easily bridge the gap between agencies and wind energy farm State health authorities in man- ease in the continental United are no reports available so far bird diverters on the conduc- two cables, or the charged developers may identify criti- aging the virus which is most- States. It is most commonly for spread of this virus in other tors, paint vane tips of the wind parts and the power line struc- cal power transmission lines ly reported in the continental spread to people by the bite of parts of the country. turbines and lay underground ture,” the report said. and wind energy firms passing United States. an infected mosquito. Secretary Sudan has also transmission lines. A senior official from the through the Great Indian In a statement here, Union “Cases of WNV occur dur- spoken with Additional Chief The move follows request Ministry said that an ambitious Bustard (GIB) habitats in Health Ministry said that ing mosquito season, which Secretary Rajeev Sadanandan from the Union Environment Great Indian Bustard Species Rajasthan and Gujarat in con- Union Health Minister JP starts in the summer and con- in Kerala and reviewed the sit- Ministry Secretary SK Mishra Fewer than 150 GIBs sur- population of the GIB suc- Recovery Programme in col- sultation with the Wild Life Nadda is “closely monitoring tinues through fall. There are uation. who had, early this month vive today. 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'*1   -."  & Q+0R   Q"    " &   % $     R .,/ /$       ,  Amaravati: Creation of 10 lakh     2'2  “He is a traitor, a man of jobs every year and introduction Kozhikode: Launching his questionable conduct. Even last of a universal free health scheme  . R party's poll campaign in Kerala, he Bengal BJP continued to evening he was here in Mamata with an insurance cover of 10 Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Tpoach the Opposition, Banerjee’s house saying he was lakh per person are some of the on Thursday flayed the ruling clinching erstwhile Trinamool with the party and would follow highlights of the Jana Sena Party Bengaluru: Former Prime CPI(M) in the State and BJP- Congress strongman and MLA the party discipline and today he manifesto released on Thursday. Minister and JD(S) supremo H RSS for allegedly indulging in Arjun Singh as the latest pick is there. Soon he will see the real Party founder-president D Deve Gowda on Thursday violence and accused Prime even as senior saffron leader face of the BJP,” Hakim said. Pawan Kalyan released the man- announced the candidature of Minister Narendra Modi of Mukul Roy went on record say- The Chief Minister had ear- ifesto for the April 11 election on Nikhil, son of Karnataka Chief ignoring voices of farmers, ing “this was a picture and trail- lier in a circuitous reference to its foundation day at Minister H D Kumaraswamy, fishermen and small business- er follows.” Singh had said “there are some Rajamahendravaram on from the party bastion of men. Singh, a fourth-time MLA greedy people who want more Thursday night. Mandya Lok Sabha con- "BJP and CPI(M) use vio- enjoys a substantial clout in the and more. I have already set Fifteen per cent budgetary stituency. lence which is the weapon of Bhatpara-Barrackpore labour them free. It hardly matters allocation for the education sec- "After consulting with all the weak," Gandhi said mount- belt comprising largely of whether they stay or go from the tor and a major thrust to agri- our legislators, our party chose ing a scathing attack on the two migrant labourers from Bihar party.” Singh is the fifth turncoat culture sector with an offer of Nikhil as JD(S) candidate from parties at a massive election and Uttar Pradesh. Though the in the past few weeks to join the 5,000 monthly pension for Mandya Lok Sabha con- gains," he said. rally here this evening. BJP leaders would not comment BJP. He follows Khagen farmers over 60 years are the stituency," Gowda said at a Kumaraswamy said farm- In a whirlwind visit to the * ' !+%  ! +'++!' !  %*O7!!.!+! ! 3 much on Singh’s political future a CPI(M) MLA from Malda, other main highlights. party rally in Mandya, about 90 ers across the State have bene- state after the election schedule %) /('*!'2+ +% ! 8 apart from the Thursday’s floor Dulal Chandra Bhar a Congress The Jana Sena promised to km from here. fited from the farm loan waiv- was announced on Sunday, crossing, insiders said he was MLA from North 24 Parganas, move from the existing Kumaraswamy said Nikhil er scheme implemented by his Gandhi also referred to the Minister Narendra Modi on this country. definitely going to be fielded Birbhum MP Anupam Hajra Minimum Support Price system was interested to serve the Government. Rafale deal to attack Modi and Gandhi said "the Prime The Congress party wants against TMC veteran and former and his Bishnupur colleague to a new Profitable Price System people of the constituency and Prajwal Revanna, son of reiterated his promise that a Minister's job is not to tell the to listen to what the people Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi Soumitra Khan who had already (PPS) by including 25 additional added that party leaders would Gowda's elder son and PWD Minimum Guarantee Income nation his Mann ki Baat but to have to say and act according- who had already been nomi- joined the saffron party and crops that are not covered under ensure his victory in the elec- Minister H D Revanna, is con- would be provided to all citi- listen to the mann ki baat of the ly. That's why the doors of nated from the Barrackpore were likely to land tickets. MSP. It also promised to supply tions. testing from the party strong- zens if the Congress party is people," he said. Congress is open to every- parliamentary constituency. Reacting to the continued farm inputs like high-quality Countering BJP's allega- hold of Hassan Lok Sabha con- voted to power. The congress president said one," he said. Even as BJP’s Bengal observ- floor-crossing by the TMC seeds, micronutrients, fertilizers tions that he was promoting his stituency, which the JDS chief Stating that he was happy the Congress was the "voice" of "While Congress listens er Kailash Vijaybargiya echoed leaders, another senior Min and biocides free of cost, besides family by using his official had represented. to come to a state where peo- the country and not just the to to everyone, RSS wants to Roy’s “trailer-picture” observa- said “these are the people who 150 units of free electricity to position, Kumaraswamy said The Congress will contest ple of different ideas and reli- voice of one person or a com- tell India what to do. They tion saying, “there is no full stop have gone there with the lust farmers houses. he was not working for mone- 20 seats and JD(S) eight in the gions live happily together, he munity. It was the voice of all have an ideology which they or coma to what you see today. for ticket. The BJP cannot find A zero-interest agriculture tary gains but for the people of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka said an "ideological battle" was the people, he said. are convinced about and they Such things will continue in the candidate for even half of the loan for unirrigated and fallow the state. under a deal finalised by the being played out in the coun- "Congress does not want to want to tell everybody that coming days,” senior State 42 seats which is why they are lands will also be ensured under "Karnataka and people are two ruling coalition partners try today. impose anything on India. We their ideology is the truth," he Minister Firhad Hakim cursed delaying the announcement of a new scheme Rythu Sampada, my assets, not money. I am not on Wednesday after weeks of Taking pot shots at Prime do not want to impose any idea said. PTI Singh for playing the traitor. their list.” Kalyan announced. PTI keen on making monetary haggling. PTI (   2"1R   R     ..   . SSS. The SSS is an ally of the hood field its senior leader and country’s commercial capital.  ; 1 NCP and a constituent of the sitting MP Vijaysinh Mohite- Rajesh Vitekar (Parbhani),  ' !  Opposition Patil as its candidate from Anand Paranjpe (Thane), Babaji  "1 “Mahaghatbhandhan” in Madha constituency.nHis son B. Patil (Kalyan)and )   Maharashtra. Ranjitsinh is also lobbying for Mohammed P. P. Faizal The NCP did not name the the Madha seat. Ranjitsinh has (Lakshadweep Isles) are other  ) ) 3+ ) candidate for the Maval con- threatened to quit and join the candidates. The NCP has allo-  ) ) 3+ ) stituency in district from BJP in the event of his being cated the Hatkanangale con- n an effort to curb use of where Parth , the denied the Congress ticket. stituency for Raju Shetti of the Iblack money in the Lok he NCP on Thursday grandson of NCP President Among the named candi- SSS. “We will announce two Sabha polls, the office of Treleased its first list of 12 can- Sharad Pawar is expected to con- dates are: Supriya Sule-Pawar for more lists of candidates in the Director General of Income tax didates —including 11 candi- test. The NCP also did not Baramati, Sunil Tatkare coming days,” NCP’s (Investigation), Mumbai, will dates from Maharashtra and announce its candidate from (Raigad), Maharashtra President Jayant keep a close watch over the one candidate from the Madha constituency in western (Satara), Patil said. The NCP’s first list of movement of cash and valu- Lakshdweep Island —for the Maharashtra, from where Sr (Kolhapur), Rajendra Shingane candidates for the Lok Sabha ables and on other unlawful Lok Sabha polls. Pawar was to contest but he (Buldhana) and Gulabrao pollst came out a day after its ally means that influence elections Raju Shetty, founder presi- opted out on the ground that he Deokar (Jalgaon). Congress announced its second in the six constituencies of dent of the Swabhimani Shetkari had to pave way for younger Sanjay Dina-Patil (Mumbai list of candidates which includ- Mumbai. Sanghatana (SSS), is among the generation. North-East) is the only NCP ed five candidates from For the purpose, the +  !=+''+'!'& '/!' '+(!+! &'+, 2 !'!+% ! 8 12 candidates released by the The NCP will in all likeli- candidate who will contest in the Maharashtra. Investigation Directorates of Income Tax has set up a 24 x 7 control room in Mumbai.  !=8!+ '! 2!'!% In a statement issued here, ! %,0 & 2 "      the office of Director General of Income tax (Investigation), / )%'7E2)!*)%'& Mumbai, the Director General # #(#, of Income tax (Investigation),    & 3"   Mumbai—to ensure free and +' '9!.+))! fair elections and curb the use (%123%#(4 &(3 of black money in elections — Srinagar: The National two-day visit to the state. Mohammad Sagar said post- Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba their first meeting Thursday to -has urged citizens to pass on Conference has decided not to "In view of the EC visit to ponement of assembly polls can Mufti on Thursday said India finalise the modalities for the any information regarding ! . ! Magistrate Jaya Agarwal of meet the Election Commission Srinagar today, the National have serious ramifications and Pakistan were holding talks corridor linking Gurudwara stocking, movement and dis- Gangapur city court found of India (EC) delegation arriv- Conference has decided not to across the State. on Kartarpur corridor but the Darbar Sahib in Pakistani town tribution of black money, cash,    Meena guilty of violating ing in Jammu & Kashmir on meet the EC delegation," a "The ones who took this people of Jammu & Kashmir of Kartarpur with Gurdaspur gold silver on its specified tele- Section 144 (prohibiting an Thursday, saying the party has party spokesman said here. incoherent decision must be up were bearing the brunt of the district in Punjab. phone numbers assembly of more than four per- nothing more to add to its He said the NC has already to some mischief otherwise hostilities between the two Mehbooba said the PDP “The Office of Director Jaipur: A court in Rajasthan sons in an area) of the CrPC in demand of having simultaneous made its position clear on Lok there is no sound reason for not countries. wants that assembly polls be General of Income tax has sentenced BJP MP Kirodi two separate cases. Lok Sabha and assembly polls Sabha and Assembly elections conducting both assembly and "This is what we have been held as soon as possible in the (Investigation), Mumbai is Lal Meena to six months He was booked under IPC in the state. in the State. Lok Sabha elections together. If talking about that why is it only State. gathering intelligence and keep- imprisonment and asked him Section 188 (disobedience to Three special observers "Our demand of having the situation is conducive for that Jammu & Kashmir bears "Our party's stand is clear ing a strict watch over the to pay a compensation of 1 order duly promulgated by appointed by the EC is arriving simultaneous Assembly and parliament elections, what stops the brunt whenever there are that elections should take place movement of cash and valu- lakh to the Railways in con- public servant). here on Thursday to assess the Lok Sabha elections in the state them from conducting assem- hostilities between India and and take place sooner. People ables and on other unlawful nection with two separate cases The court sentenced six- ground situation for holding in our earlier meetings with the bly elections at the same time?" Pakistan. If Kartarpur is open- are facing tremendous difficul- means of influencing elections registered against him in 2009- month imprisonment each in Assembly elections. EC team remains as it is. We he said. Sagar said the powers ing, Wagah is open, (then why) ties — when there are arrests in the constituencies of 10. both the cases along with the They will interact with rep- have, therefore, nothing more to that be "are up to something the Poonch-Rawalkote is closed, going on and hardships in every Mumbai, so as to take necessary The court has also imposed penalty, Assistant Public resentatives of mainstream add," the spokesman said. which will create more fis- Uri-Muzaffarabad road was way. The polls should take place action under Income Tax Laws,” a fine of 10,000 on the BJP MP. Prosecutor Kuldeep Singh political parties and district In a statement issued here, sures" in a sensitive state like closed," she told reporters here. soon and a Government be the IT statement said. PTI A bench of Munsif Baroliya said Thursday. PTI election officers during their party's general secretary Ali Jammu & Kashmir. PTI India and Pakistan held formed," she said. PTI 7E28 /'!!/+ - . " /0. $% )! !*!&      

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The announce the details of con- ing with the BJP. “We will dence to seek the custody of ments recovered from him ruling AIADMK signed the stituencies by early next week. share the stage with them and the grenade thrower who was shows that he turned 16 on deal with Tamil Manila The Tamil Manila Congress will campaign along with Prime arrested in connection with Tuesday and another shows Congress (TMC) on is returning to the AIADMK Minister Narendra Modi,” said the Jammu bus stand attack that he's 14. Wednesday evening. This has, fold after 18 years. The party Gnanadesikan. last week. During his initial interro- in a way, ended the process of was born when G K Moopanar, Veteran commentators dif- The juvenile board had gation, the 'juvenile' had said alliance formation for the ensu- a senior leader came out of the fered in their opinions about the earlier rejected medical that he was paid 50,000 by a ing election in the State. Congress in 1996 in protest TMC’s decision of joining the reports suggesting the teenag- Hizbul Mujahideen militant to As per the agreement against the then Congress AIADMK led front. “It will not er allegedly involved in the carry out the grenade attack. signed by Chief Minister President Narasimha Rao’s deci- make any impact in the grenade attack was in fact an Replying to a question Edappadi Palaniswamy , sion to fight the assembly and prospects of the DMK-led front "adult" and had asked police to about the board rejecting the Deputy Chief Minister O parliament election in alliance which is expected to win most submit all relevant documents medical report, the SSP said: Panneerselvam and Tamil with the AIADMK. The TMC- of the seats. The AIADMK’s to establish his age. "We are going to present our Manila Congress president G K DMK combine had swept the popularity is at its lowest ebb The reports of the bone case before the board with all Vasan, the AIADMK would 1996 election. But in 2001, and the BJP’s strategy of exploit- and teeth tests conducted on the documents and proof allocate one constituency to the Moopanar joined the AIADMK ing the Hindutwa sentiments the accused showed that he which have been collected, latter in return for the whole front and contested the assem- would not work in Tamil aged around 19 and based on including the doctor's report, hearted support of the TMC to bly election which saw the Nadu,” said Govindarajan the report, police had sought so that they can take a call." the NDA candidates for the Lok obliteration of the DMK. Satyamurthy, columnist. a 10-day remand which was He said police are taking Sabha election and the 21 B S Gnanadesikan, former Though Sam Rajappa rejected by the board. various steps to prevent such AIADMK candidates in the president of the TNCC who agreed with Satyamurthy, he "We will project our case type of attacks in the city in by-polls to be held for the quit the party along with Vasan was of the view that the ruling afresh with all documents and the future. vacant assembly constituencies. in 2014 told The Pioneer that party-led front was in for a total proof, including the doctor's "The daily footfall at the The AIADMK has PMK there was nothing strange in the rout. “The incidents since the report," Senior bus stand is around 10,000. So, (seven seats), BJP (five), DMDK TMC joining the front consist- 2016 assembly election are still Superintendent of Police, we are working on developing (four), Puthiya Tamilakam, ing of the BJP. “The DMK fresh in the minds of the peo- Jammu, Tejinder Singh told and improving intelligence New Justice Party, All India NR itself was an ally of the BJP from ple. There is strong anti-incum- reporters here. network to ensure safety and Congress and TMC (one each 1998 to 2004 and was in the bency feeling against both the The teenager was nabbed security of people," the officer for the last four) in its front. The council of ministers headed by Centre and the State govern- immediately after he alleged- said adding the main focus is DMK-led UPA has the A B Vajpayee. 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Mumbai: The Bombay High then it is a tragedy. What mes- committed, it was unlikely the ;%'* + Court on Thursday said the sage are we sending to the soci- accused would stay somewhere State has been reduced to a ety?" the judges asked. within the state, or close to the "laughing stock" by adopting They were irked after read- crime spot. Srinagar: The National ratist groups in Jammu & elementary methods in probing ing a progress report, submitted "What stops them from Investigation Agency (NIA) on Kashmir. rationalist Govind Pansare's in a sealed cover by going and hiding anywhere Thursday issued fresh sum- The NIA team, accompa- killing. Maharashtra CID's Special across the country? Merely mons to moderate separatist nied by police and CRPF per- A bench of Justices S C Investigation Team (SIT), in the because someone owns a prop- leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq to sonnel, searched residences of Dharamadhikari and B P Pansare case. erty doesn't mean he will stick appear for questioning at the some of the separatist leaders, Colabawalla summoned As per the judges' observa- around in that area. The accused probe agency headquarters in including the Mirwaiz, Naseem Maharashtra Home tions made in an open court, the can seek shelter anywhere in the connection with a terror financ- Geelani and Ashraf Sehrai, the Department's additional chief SIT submitted, among other country. The elementary steps ing case, officials said. chairman of the Tehreek-e- secretary on March 28 to things, that in order to trace two you are taking to nab the According to the notice, Hurriyat. The houses of Jammu explain the cause of the slow absconding accused persons in accused have reduced you to a the Mirwaiz has been asked to Kashmir Liberation Front progress made in the case. the case, it questioned their rel- laughing stock," the bench said. appear at the National (JKLF) leader Yaseen Malik, "Let the state feel some atives. "Because of you, the public Investigation Agency (NIA) Shabir Shah, Zaffar Bhat and pressure. It must face conse- It also submitted that one of has a perception that some headquarters in New Delhi on Masarat Alam were also raided. quences some day. For most the absconding accused owned people can get away, remain March 18, the agency officials Barring the Mirwaiz and often, the police gets away. No an immoveable property in the uninvestigated only because said. Sehrai, all other leaders were memos are issued, no explana- state and, therefore, the SIT vis- they enjoy a certain patronage," The NIA had on February jailed for some time. tions sought," the bench said. ited the place to trace his where- it said. 26 carried out searches at The NIA had questioned "If crimes will be probed abouts. It said a "progressive State" premises of separatist leaders, two maternal uncles of the only after the court's interven- The bench, however, said such as Maharashtra must feel including the Mirwaiz, in con- Mirwaiz — Maulvi Manzoor tion...If in matter after matter, the SIT must realise that after proud of its thinkers and ratio- nection with the case related to and Maulvi Shafat — and his judiciary is the only saviour, four years since the crime was nalists. PTI financing of terrorist and sepa- close aides last year. PTI /%*!&'!&') *!!'!'!'/ ! %'+.%()!+% ! 8 =(/+,/4/ Mumbai: Five persons were cial said. among those injured, he added. '   killed and 29 injured after a An eywitness said when the "Fire brigade personnel major portion of a foot over- bridge collapsed, there was a red reached the spot immediately bridge near a train station in light at the nearby signal, and and rescue work is in full  ) 3('*1    (! &) ) south Mumbai collapsed on that is why the death toll was swing. We have appealed the Thursday evening, officials said. not more. motorists to avoid the D N road The bridge which con- Another eyewitness said to JJ flyover section," he said. " 1    nected the area near the Times the overbridge was being used "Foot over bridge con- /%, ,, of India building with the icon- despite repairs being carried out necting CST platform 1 north ic CSMT station was com- this morning. end with B T Lane near Times Ahmedabad: Over two dead in a moving train on monly known as 'Kasab bridge' The incident took place of India building has col- months after the murder of for- January 8 (this year), Patel had Jammu: Former BJP leader she went missing from the for- case, arrested eight people, as the 26/11 Mumbai attack ter- around 7.30 pm when a major lapsed. Injured persons are mer Gujarat MLA Jayanti fled to Muscat on January 2. and founder of the Dogra est area while grazing horses. including the alleged master- rorist passed through it during portion of the bridge caved in, being shifted to hospitals. Bhanushali, former BJP leader Thereafter, Patel went to the US Swabhiman Sangathan (DSS) "The demand for CBI mind Sanji Ram, in connection the terror strike. the official said. Traffic affected. Commuters to Chhabil Patel, a prime accused on January 10 and lived with Choudhary Lal Singh on probe will be the core issue of with the case which is present- All the injured have been Some motorists who were use alternate routes. Senior in the case, was arrested as soon his daughter in New Jersey, Thursday said the demand for this election...We will continue ly being heard on daily basis in rushed to nearby hospitals, a passing beneath the bridge officers are on spot, Mumbai as he landed at the Ahmedabad Bhatia said. a CBI probe into the rape and to strive for the probe and take a court in Punjab under the disaster management cell offi- when it came down, were police tweeted. PTI international airport on "Patel was arrested from murder of a minor girl last year the agitation to its logical con- supervision of the Supreme Thursday morning, officials the Ahmedabad airport as soon would be the core issue of his clusion because the incident Court. said. as his flight from New York party in the Lok Sabha polls. has put a question mark on sec- According to the charge 1. Q   5    The arrest was made the landed here early today morn- Singh had launched the ularism in Jammu and image of sheet, the girl was allegedly Gujarat CID-Crime. ing. He confessed to us that he DSS on July 22 last year to Dogras," Singh said. raped in captivity in a village Talking to reporters, played a key role in the mark the 100 days of his cam- Singh was addressing a temple and was kept sedated for    .     Director General of Police, Bhanushali murder case. He paign in support of the demand well-attended rally at Kootha four days before being blud- CID-Crime Ashish Bhatia said, revealed how he contacted for a CBI probe into the rape Morh near the scene of the last geoned to death. Singh, along Patel admitted that he played a sharp shooters and conducted and murder of an eight-year- year's crime. with his colleague Chander New Delhi: Prime Minister of a foot overbridge near a train bereaved families. Wishing that key role in the conspiracy to kill a recce of Bhanushali," Bhatia old girl from a nomadic com- The DSS has announced Prakash Ganga, had resigned Narendra Modi on Thursday station in south Mumbai col- the injured recover at the ear- Bhanushali, his political rival. said. munity in Kathua district of Singh as its candidate from from the previous PDP-BJP expressed deep anguish over the lapsed in the evening. liest," Modi tweeted. Patel had fled to Muscat in He said, more details will Jammu & Kashmir. Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Lok Government on April 13 2018, loss of lives in the Mumbai foot "Deeply anguished by the He said the Maharashtra Oman a week before emerge once they secure his Body of the minor was Sabha constituency. after uproar over his participa- overbridge collapse. loss of lives due to the foot over- Government was providing all Bhanushali was murdered. remand after he is produced recovered from a forest on The Crime Branch of J&K tion in a rally allegedly in sup- Five people were killed and bridge accident in Mumbai. possible assistance to those While Bhanushali was shot before the court. PTI January 17, 2018, a week after Police, which investigated the port of the accused. PTI 29 injured after a major portion My thoughts are with the affected. PTI $ =  8!%/   98 1   /!  !'&   

Pratapgarh (UP): The BSP ,!'!*! ! in-charge for the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency is among 68 people booked for Dimapur: The ruling People's the sitting MLA, on September violating the model code of Democratic Alliance (PDA) in 22, 2018. conduct, police said on Nagaland on Thursday Polling for the lone Lok Thursday. announced its candidate for Sabha seat and the by-poll will On Saturday, sector mag- the lone Lok Sabha seat in the be held on April 11. istrate Pradip Kumar reached State. The PDA comprises the Verma Nagar crossing where The candidate, Tokheho NDPP, the BJP, the National an election meeting was going Yepthomi, is the sitting Lok People's Party, the Janata Dal on without permission. Sabha member and a leader of (United) and Independents. The organisers failed to the Nationalist Democratic Nagaland Chief Minister produce any document to Progressive Party (NDPP), a Neiphiu Rio said the PDA establish they had permission major constituent of the PDA. candidates need to win by a for the meeting, Sub-Inspector The NDPP also huge margin. Dharmendra Singh said. announced the candidate for PDA chairman A case was registered the by-election to Aonglenden Chingwang Konyak, also the against BSP leader and Lok Assembly constituency. president of the NDPP, asked Sabha constituency in-charge Sharingain Longkumer, the alliance partners to work Ashok Tripathi, divisional pres- the consensus candidate of hard and not to be complacent. ident Ajay Pasi, Kamlesh the PDA, would contest the by- The Opposition Naga Verma and 65 unnamed peo- poll. People's Front (NPF) and the ple at Lalganj Kotwali on It was necessitated by the Congress are yet to declare Wednesday evening, the SI passing away of Imtikumzuk, their candidates. PTI said. PTI %# %#( )#%*+,-.*/ ! B 5, &)%#5%3  !# *   6      # *  * +' 5(   (., $%   ,  %$R   ' &   /61   20/   &          &       1,$ S            C<         6      % $  7%$8                 #+   AC         0*     1 1          (   1                   %$      : /                          +   (            1,$           (  ! )         +  4     %$             (  he Rajdhani Express, running     $  )     1 $  S 5   between New Delhi and Howrah,   # 1,$               Trecently completed 50 years in service.  (         $  )    )S :( But it is no longer the same train that was introduced on March 1, 1969 as 101 Up and                      102 Dn between New Delhi and Howrah.                   It has become a brand and proliferated on 1  1      *   -        a number of routes connecting different state capitals with New Delhi. Its current avatar                     ( reflects the socio-economic and mental    (            )   transformation of the Indian society as  )*            1   1,$    much as the technological evolution of the Indian Railways.                      The time taken to travel between New 1          P    Q     1 Delhi and Howrah has remained more or          +           less the same though. It was 17 hours and 20 minutes in 1969, when the train ran at            /       a maximum speed of 115 km per hour. It              /  - 1 is in the vicinity of 17 hours now (unless one /              (  gets trapped for an extra hour between Ghaziabad and Delhi as is often the case) -     "              running at a maximum of 120 km per hour.   (   ; 9     %$     )   But way back then, the engine could haul      1,$                only five coaches to meet that speed requirement. Out of the five, only one was    (            # %$    the AC Sleeper Car having 18 berths while                    the remaining four were AC Chair Car com-                   partments, each having 71 chairs. The fares                /  1,$  of two categories were as different as 280 and 90. But it was still able to find 96 per without suffering retardation in Express was started from Hazrat nights sleeping rather than be        0*     1      cent occupancy within three years. speed. Madhav Rao Scindia, Nizamuddin to Madras. seated. It was actually this fea-             2      Chair cars are not conducive for long Rajiv Gandhi’s Railway Minister, Simultaneously, both the orig- ture that made the Rajdhani 1,$                   and overnight journeys. But few complained is considered one of the best inal Rajdhani Expresses to Express India’s favourite train about it for auxiliary advantages that the ever. Under him, the railway (% :%$E 1 Howrah and Bombay Central whereas earlier it was just exot-                          Rajdhani Express entailed like end-to-end locomotion, dominated by ; )%  %' 1)$" respectively became a daily ic. Today it is a brand among           +       S   ( air conditioning, great speed, complimen- steam engines until the middle (%1( ) 1  phenomenon. long distance AC superfast                       tary quality food, books and magazines and of the 1980s, gave way to diesel Sharief was somehow deter- trains. The demand for intro- excellent upkeep. It was like a flight on the engines. But it was a barren 7)"$)E)%(%%$ mined to play Santa Claus with ducing the service on new           +  "      1,$  rails. Only one had to endure it for 17 hours period as far as Rajdhani the Rajdhani Express. By the routes is constantly heard in              9      too long. But chair cars were not intention- Express was concerned. There E(%%')% )$ end of his term in 1996, the pre- both houses of Parliament. In    0           ( al on the part of the Indian Railways. Just were clamouring voices in 7$%2$%&) mium train was operating on 11 October 2017, the present gov- that in those days, it was not possible to Parliament to introduce different routes from New ernment introduced a weekly     2           <=      manufacture coaches having enough safe- Rajdhani Express to Madras E ACO% 7#) Delhi. He also took an impor- service on the New Delhi- #        > (      1,$     ( ty features to accommodate sleepers and (now Chennai), Secunderabad & 7$& tant decision to replace the AC Agartala route, the longest dis-    (0   ?@    # 1,$      ( simultaneously travel at such a high speed. and Bangalore which he stern- chair cars with AC 3-tier on all tance covered by any Rajdhani On May 17, 1972, the first Rajdhani ly rejected. He rather introduced N$  'O Rajdhani Expresses. The Express. But at the same time,                    Express between New Delhi and Bombay the Shatabdi Express in 1988, 73% E 7 )$ bedrolls were to be supplied by the frequency of the New Delhi-       (  5        %     Central was introduced. Since both New which ran faster than the the Indian Railways. This, how- Bhubaneswar Rajdhani via ,    ,  /  . 7,/.8        Delhi-Howrah and New Delhi-Bombay ran Rajdhani but for a lesser dis- &(% % ever, had a cost to the customer, Bhadrak and Adra was reduced twice a week, both trains were oversub- tance without the need for an which was 25 per cent higher. from thrice to twice a week as /  )           + #   +)A scribed. For a long time, there was a overnight journey.  77%$"% 7 The AC 3-tier coaches an alternate route was opened    )A     )           demand to increase the accommodating But a new phase opened up 13'7%$ (with 67 berths) manufactured up through Sambalpur City.   $  / 1              A S capacity by adding coaches, increasing the in the early 1990s, when C.K. (%) $)"(7 at Railway Coach Factory at With the introduction of ,7.8  1    "        / /   )   frequency of trains and introducing Jaffer Sharief became the Kapurthala (estd.1986) around dynamic pricing, a berth in Rajdhani Expresses on new routes. These Railway Minister. Sharief, per- 7'%%)$"#)& 7 1994 were innovative products Rajdhani Express could be dear- +             demands pointed towards the growing haps being from Karnataka, that became extremely popular. er by 150 per cent than its noti- clout of the Rajdhani brand. By the 1980s, treated those voices from the ()7E% 3 %(  By the end of 1996, they had fied price. But on the other Indian Railways was reportedly developing South with sympathy. In his first  %(% been introduced on 46 trains, hand, the government is exper- high speed coaches. But high speed loco- railway budget on February 25, including 11 Rajdhani Express imenting with cost-cutting mea- )R   motives were still not there. Thus on April 1992, he announced weekly ,( $)%H %77 routes. It was a game-changer sures that hit service quality. For 1, 1981, when another AC Chair Car coach Rajdhani Expresses from New )$) O7E :3 )%# for the Indian Railways. instance, from last year, snacks (in view of increased demand) was added Delhi to Secunderabad and The advent of AC 3-tier, and soups have been reduced or "         . on the New Delhi-Bombay Central route, Bangalore respectively. Based on % ')% )& 7 replacing the chair car, signified taken off from the menu. Is /7    8       authorities conceded that the speed would passengers’ response, he even ,37%H)1 a reconceptualisation of the Rajdhani Express still evolving be reduced, which could be compensated by announced that new Rajdhani Rajdhani Express. It was the end or scrambling? putting an additional locomotive. services would be introduced on of that elite train as one knew (The writer is an indepen-  *        Since the mid-1980s, powerful locomo- the Madras and it for 25 years. It was now a dent researcher based in New  +       tives took over gradually. The Express Thiruvananthapuram routes. “normal” super fast train where Delhi. The views expressed here- ) hauled no less than 16 habitable coaches In 1993, a weekly Rajdhani passengers could spend their in are his personal)   #                   ,( ()                (  9   4 #             &       1 ) E7"!  )      A/*..              37      -              !        )      #37         -      #     ,K2#(                ,         (   # +,   L )       #      #         +  567 6 !8 "!6"65867"$8 987"6 7!8            K$   7   K    K,+ K: +    +    .       /   0          1 $S   0                  #     (      /   9  (   4#9/                      2 S        0S            going north. so time has come for #         *   + )     (    Q  women to be included in the      P-  Q     0     ( Sir — This is with regard to the edi- process of law-making and torial “Women reset agenda”   1          demand a decent and honourable    . )  (    .   (March 14). Congress general sec-                 living in society. The party which                           retary Priyanka Gandhi’s debut 7  ! #   L   7M  # promises women’s reservation in     - 0   +        public speech at the party’s          (   !   this elections is sure to get Ahmedabad rally stood out for its                women’s support.    "          +  ( dignity and clarity. In the land of     !   #1    Sravana Ramachandran,      ! *          P+Q Mahatma Gandhi, the contrast  O    7  "    Chennai       *            drawn between the power of love   #  0/      "                 )      "     $   and the pain inflicted by hate ?        7#      79 struck a responsive chord with the   > 9       #        Sir — After senior Congress          0   5  0S        expectant audience. Rightfully for   ! 7         #)    leader Digvijay Singh called  *     1          0($ a politician, she spoke about the      !  !     79     Osama bin Laden as Osamaji and 6 0  70$608      1   ! +  unfulfilled promises without          1    Hafeez Muhammad Saeed as attacking the promisor in >                  #L  Hafeez Sahab, party president                     ( unsavoury language. Terming each   #1  1     7    M     :$    Rahul Gandhi is now at the cen- 1    9    +          ( individual vote a weapon, she   ?     #   )  7       tre of a controversy for calling        2         urged the huge crowd to use it judi- 1    7 7         # Masood Azhar as Masood ciously. It seemed to resonate with     LM # )3) Azharji.  #           5   + the masses. Her call reminded us   79           Whatever the satire or asso-         0  (         of the great Abraham Lincoln’s ciations, both could have avoid-                   ( quote, “Elections belong to the ed the reference to terrorists in people. It’s their decision. If they which cries out for attention decades and the BJP for five tion in their law-making bodies such terms. What everybody      0        1 +    decide to turn their back on the fire considering that women comprise years but the women’s quota bill, to women. What prevents India needs to understand is that the           0    #    and burn their behinds, then they almost half of our electorate and though tabled in the House many from enacting a law earmarking Indian voter is mature and has        +S       0 will just have to sit on their blisters.” their representation in Parliament times, was allowed to lapse. a certain percentage of seats in seen both the UPA and NDA It was a good beginning by all is a dismal 12 per cent. All polit- The main reason for rejecting our legislature as a form of administrations. They will vote           +        ( means. ical parties talk of women’s reser- the bill by our male-dominated empowerment? Women in pan- the party of their choice regard-         0        0  Haridasan Rajan vations during the time of elec- political class is that its powerful chayats have shown how an less of campaign gimmicks.       +       0    $ Kozhikode tions but conveniently forget to men don’t want to lose their empowered role has helped them KV Seetharamaiah   Q  work towards it after the elections share in power. This is shameful take better decisions for the com- Hassan       +S               are over and they settle down to considering that even countries munity.               1     Sir — Women’s reservation is a business as usual. The Congress like Afghanistan have allocated a Moreover, the crime graph , %&& )!/''        long-pending electoral reform ruled the nation for over seven certain percentage of reserva- against women in our country is !!8 !:68;<9"79 %# %#( )#%*+,-.*/  $ 5 5, &)%#5%3 7#/9, (3 (#$  9/  4    =4 4)  4)   )4) - ( # )  4 4)= )   ?    1*) = )*34=)  )   !    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+   /# -  ( 1.    9        +%0               ?BCD   #C=?@=D      DEBFB              8 - &               + +                     #                        (( (     2S                       (  2             (   "                          %                 (               (    >   1  1 7>118   (                  7  9  8 >   1  1    "      ear Modi ji, Rahul ji, Pawar ji, Mamata di,               Akhilesh ji, Babu Garu, Rao Garu, Naveen      +    CBB      ( Dji, Stalin ji, Thackeray ji, Gowda ji and all                   ( the leaders of parties contesting the 2019 gener-    #         ( al elections: In a few days’ time, India will choose         +     ( its new government. This means one among you has a chance to become the next Prime Minister                 +  of India. For each one of you, including the incum-                  bent Prime Minister, it will be a new beginning    2            ( to lead the country.                Having served as the director in the Prime              7C<  Minister’s Office, I have seen how leaders evolve.  8              =B  The moment a leader becomes the Prime            +       Minister, one sheds the political colour and makes                 #  “development of the nation” as the priority. When cation for education has only decreased danger- olution, which powered India to create the high- Continuing with policies like GST, Aadhaar    (              Narendra Modi held his first meeting with ously. If this trend continues, the next generation est number of professionals, industry, education and strengthening them with legislative reforms   senior officers in the PMO, he said, “I want to will not forgive you. In 2013-14, when the direct institutions and FDI. The IIMs are the top man- was a good step forward. Not only the policies, achieve development like never before. Please sug- tax collection was over 6 lakh crore, the budget agement institutes in the country and their flag- even the professionals hired for the Digital 9                 gest the policies I should focus on. You don’t need for education was over 63,000 crore, at 6.15 per ship programmes are on Agriculture Management. Multi-media Centre that I had started during my                  to bother about what I said during the election cent of the budget. And this year, when the direct But 99 per cent of the students don’t work in agri- tenure in the PMO are completing another full- 7./8 #   >11       /    campaign, that’s for elections. Now that I am the tax collection has crossed 12 lakh crore, the bud- culture anymore. However, if the next government term. But the executive may not advise this. The                Prime Minister, I would like to take forward the get allocation for education has been reduced to could allocate substantial funding for agri-star- babus ensured that an effective specialist heading                 good policies of previous governments and 50 per cent at over 90,000 crore, which is just over tups to tap into these bright MBAs, it could be NSDC was shown the door. Eventually, when the    #               remove the wrong ones. Your job is to suggest the 3.3 per cent of the budget. another game changer for India. What is pulling skills programme started showing negative effect,               >11 best policies to take the country forward.” It was If you are sincere in your intention of devel- back the rural economy is lack of innovations in Modi had to replace the officers and even the   CBB              audacious of him to say this. Similar was the oping the people and the country, allocate at least agriculture. Similarly, there should be focus on the Minister. Always remember, nobody in the exec-        2    approach of all past Prime Ministers, from 10 per cent of the budget to the education seg- manufacturing and the service sector. utive will know the pulse of the people the way                 Pandit Nehru to Dr Manmohan Singh. ment in the first year and increase it by two per Another area to lay emphasis on could be pol- the political class would know. Specialist leaders As one of the participants of this meeting in cent every year. A part of this may be earmarked icy initiatives for preventive healthcare. Most of and not generalists are the need of the hour. The    1              the PMO, I suggested the importance of focus- for technological intervention. The world of edu- the healthcare spending is on hospitals. By way reputed economists are brought in by every    2 >11             ing on the youth and PM Modi was very inter- cation is changing and it could become inclusive adding a subject in school curriculum on preven- PM to run the finance and economic departments,            #    >11 ested. However, there was little follow-up to this. with the use of digital, mobile and internet tech- tive healthcare for 12 years of school education, the next PM could bring in 25 best educators from                 Though I have had multiple careers since, my work nologies. Nehru had started adult education but it could instill a culture of prevention. Like bud- across the world to run the Human Resource               +   with the youth has remained constant. It is with classes for seniors are still using the convention- get allocation for education, the allocation for Development (HRD), and youth specialists to    /            ( this experience that I am putting forward a few al methods or doing almost nothing. Transform healthcare has also been reduced to half this year. head youth-linked organisations. They will ensure                policy ideas that could help you become the best these departments with tech-interventions. Among the start-up initiatives, the greatest pos- that set goals are achieved, targets are met and the            Prime Minister. A country’s potential for growth Classroom teaching, by the best IIT professors, sibilities for growth are for healthcare and hence mission is accomplished. Remember, it is Kurien,               ( is determined by its policies for its youth. About could be made available to anyone in the world the government should start a special scheme to Swaminathan and Homi Bhabha who led the                $     75 per cent of India is below 40 years of age, and at a very low cost. Harvard, MIT and so on are support entrepreneurial initiatives by medical pro- white revolution, green revolution and the in the next quarter century, India will have this using these ways to make education inclusive. fessionals. Engage youth for community service. nuclear revolution respectively. >11             envious demographic advantage with a majority The AAP government in Delhi has shown Projects like ‘Swachh Bharat’ could have easily Kerala sets an example of how education and                   young population. The business community how a good budget could transform education and involved the youth groups like National Service engagement of their youth could transform a soci-       #        ( may project oil, land or data as the greatest empower the next generation. By consistently allo- Scheme (NSS), NYKS among others. If these insti- ety. It was in 1846, when a Christian priest from                 2 resources for growth but none of them can match cating 25 per cent of its budget to education, it tutions are headed by people with no connection my village of Kainakary, Fr Kuriakose Elias               S   the invaluable power of the youth. If nurtured has brought visible changes. This has empowered with volunteerism or headed by secretariat ser- Chavara, insisted on “pallikoppam pallikoodam”,             properly, the youth can become the greatest game educators, enhanced infrastructure and trans- vice officers, they are bound to fail. The NYKS meaning “a school with every church.” As he uni-          changer for the next government. But don’t for- formed the students. As the 13th child born to a was started as a department for engagement of the versalised education, there was opposition from   !"# get that having 75 per cent of the population as farmer and brought up in a village, that is not con- rural non-student youth. It remains headless for the elite as they felt education was their fiefdom. youth is as much an advantage as it is a danger. nected by roads even today, I endorse this as it is almost two years, after the ex-Army officer, who His schools were open for everyone irrespective If not nurtured and treated well, this segment education and reading that have transformed me after heading it for two years was asked to leave of caste, creed and economic status. Inspired by could also become the greatest threat to India. In from a village boy to a social innovator. since he failed to connect with the youth and work his work, every religious/caste group started Kashmir, marginalised youth turn to terrorism and Second, focus should be on skill development. with his colleagues cohesively. Youth development schools: SD/NSS schools by upper caste Hindus, in other areas, where they are disadvantaged, they Though Modi is the one who started a Ministry cannot be achieved with an ornamental event; they SNDP by the Ezhavas and the MES by the turn to anti-social activities. With the advent of for Skill Development, eventually the PM had to should be engaged consistently. The long-stand- Muslims. Today, Kerala has an educated, devel- mobile, digital and media technologies, the remove even the Minister! The entire allocation ing programme of the NSS has not been able to oped and vibrant society. The Keralites are able youth are now living in a globalised world. Access meant for skilling the youth and providing them attract the youth organically. Since the colleges to find jobs in India and abroad. Most important- to any information or any place in the world is with a job became a bogus affair as the business- have a compulsory programme, the students join ly, they remain the symbol of peace and progress. just a click away. It has made them ambitious and es could take money on the pretext of “re-skilling” NSS as it fetches grace marks for participating in If you as the next Prime Minister could take they are aware that they could make their dreams the already employed. Simply put, the business an annual event and one campus event. If the next a leaf out of his example and initiate a ‘Mandir ke into reality. If utilised well, “information” could houses, especially in the manufacturing industries government could do so, not only would the goal saath Shiksha-Mandir’, you could transform become the greatest empowering tool because it like textiles, could take away the money meant for of nation-building be achieved, it could also incul- India. No youth aspires to remain unemployed. is key to development in a democracy. If planned the unskilled and unemployed youth. And a well- cate the culture of service. They want to make progress; economically and and executed well, you could turn this threat into intended dream was again wasted. The future of governance will be based on a socially. Education and engagement are the only your greatest resource. The third area that needs focus is equipping hybrid model, where youth are engaged in poli- route to attain this. With this youth focussed man- The first step to nurture the youth is to pro- youth for innovations and entrepreneurship cy formulation along with the executive. This will ifesto and policy interventions, I am confident that vide high-quality education to catapult them into because it is through these that jobs can be cre- have a greater impact, as they will come up with you will become the best Prime Minister that India employable and empowered citizens. ated. For an emerging economy and a develop- policy ideas that work for all and are more futur- has produced. Unfortunately, budget allocation for education ing nation, there should be adequate policies and istic. In any case, it is the legislature, the repre- (The author is a young global leader of the does not match the talk. While the direct tax col- budget allocation for innovations and entrepre- sentatives of the people, who will have the final World Economic Forum and founder of many ini- lection has been increasing consistently, the allo- neurship. Rajiv Gandhi started the IT/telecom rev- say on this. tiatives for the youth. He was director in PMO) -   &                   E          D E!  "      

with the rise of the right-wing nationalist which is still “hard-wired” in the human day political tribes. But eventually, they leaders are either billionaires and/or have quote to Khan. It received dozens of parties and individuals in various coun- psyche, reappeared. have all been relegated to the fringes. had close links with rich men and “likes” and positive responses. However, tries. Yet, a controversial book by the Chua sees the polities of many nation Chua herself is not a fan of modern women. an hour or so later, when someone Chinese-American academic Amy Chua, states now as extremely polarised by tribalism. However, her ideas have also But as Professor Rothman is likely to pointed out that it was a 2016 quote by Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate modern-day tribes competing against been criticised for facilitating the narratives suggest, this form of nationalism has exist- former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, not of Nations, claims that political tribalism each other. These tribes see themselves as of those groups who claim that the more ed long before Trump or Brexit. It failed only did the “likes” decline but the can be found among liberal and/or pro- victims of an economic and political elite. progressive and egalitarian notions of to neutralise the reaction and retaliation informer was told that Sharif said this gressive groups as much as it can in con- These include working-class Whites, work- democracy are the vocations of the polit- of conventional and wider nationalism and because “he had illegal business interests servative or reactionary ones. ing-class Blacks, gays and lesbians, femi- ical and economic elitists who want to democratic institutions and norms. In fact, in India.” + /( Chua writes that thousands of years nists, White supremacists, anti-immigra- undermine the voices of the “disaffected it either faded away or became part of the On Twitter, as most Indians seemed ago, when humans began to organise as tion activists, anti-racist groups, majority.” For example, recently the famous mainstream political apparatus that it to have been sucked in by the rather con- merican professor of history Adam tribes, tribalism offered safety and iden- Islamophobes, anti-Islamophobes and so Indian journalist, Barkha Dutt, wondered had set out to demonise and challenge. voluted narrative being shaped by the Rothman, in a November 14, 2018 tity, for which one had to fully identify with on. Chua writes that the US and Europe whether the rise of Hindu nationalism in Chua is clear that even though mod- hyperbolic Indian news channels, one Aarticle for the Washington Post, whatever the tribe stood for. That mind- became too haughty about their scientif- India was mainly due to the way her coun- ern-day tribalism is more prominent Pakistani gentleman suggested that the writes that “tribalism” has become a “hot set was overcome by ideas such as consti- ic, political and ideological triumphs and try’s secular and left-liberal elite ridiculed among right-wing groups, many left or Indian pilot captured by Pakistani forces topic” to explain the deep divisions with- tutionalism, nationalism, science and completely undermined the fact that trib- the religiosity and beliefs of conservative liberal groups are not immune to it. The should be released. The gentleman is a in the American polity. Tribalism, in this modern economics. Nationalism, in fact, al mindsets not only existed in develop- Hindus. American professor of psychology, Daniel self-described “leftist” and “proudly anti- context, means that societies are rejecting was a more sophisticated form of tribal- ing nation states but also within the One can also argue that Chua’s expla- R Stalder, agrees. In his essay for establishment.” But when PM Khan conventional notions of ideological nation- ism, but one which attempted to eschew developed ones. nation of tribalism is a renegade branch Psychology Today (June 18, 2018), Stalder ordered the release of the pilot, the same alism and pluralism, and the economics of ethnic and religious divisions within a Chua’s thesis has faced severe criticism of nationalism. The populist nationalist writes that conservatives as well as lib- gentleman tweeted it was the wrong move globalisation and the multiculturalism nation, even if through force. Are we more by many of her peers in the Western intel- parties and figures such as Donald Trump, erals have a tendency to exhibit “group- undertaken under pressure! that it inspired, and adopting the prima- concerned about who is saying something ligentsia (her own tribe?). Professor Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, Brazilian centric bias.” However, Stalder maintains Stalder writes that those who become cy of tribalism. Rothman cites examples in than what’s being said? Chua argues that Rothman writes that indeed the tribal president Jair Bolsonaro, UK’s pro-Brexit that tribal thinking is more ingrained in part of a tribe (on the left or the right) which various American analysts have once the nation states based on national- mindset has been a reality for centuries, activists and — at least before he became modern conservative groups. invest a lot of ego into the group they posited tribalism as the thing that is mak- ist impulses and ideas consolidated them- but it has been constantly checked through the Prime Minister — Imran Khan, all Recently, at the height of the Indo- have become a part of. That’s why they ing American politics so polarised and selves, economic factors such as rising progressive political, economic and social claimed to be the voice of an ignored Pak tensions, a Pakistani woman on cannot admit the other side has a good toxic. These analysts believe that the income inequalities and the formation of legislation. The US has had a history of moral, political and economic majority Facebook posted a quote about why war idea because they would feel like they are same is happening in many European ruling elites created severe divisions with- producing violent groups which under- being exploited and undermined by a cor- was not the answer to the two countries’ giving in to the “enemy.” In tribalism, rea- countries as well. in these nations’ polities. This is when, mined the American democracy long rupt ruling elite, who pose as enlightened problems. Being an Imran Khan fan, she son is willingly replaced by myopia. Interestingly, this debate has erupted according to Chua, the tribal mindset, before the emergence of Chua’s modern- democrats. The irony is that most of these intentionally or mistakenly, attributed the (Courtesy: Dawn) %# %#( )#%*+,-.*/ >

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O !,+"F6#P)**! !','08')%*9 %! ahead of general elections. markets seem to official said on Thursday. are no sudden flight disruptions according to a white paper. &(6"'+'6D'+.!/+"F6#0 8P!/+('+/! !/! The domestic currency in be factoring in As per the official, Jet due to grounding of aircraft. In a white paper on 88! '%!''+'0 / /9 &,'08')%* the four sessions to Thursday another term for Airways has been flying only 61 In addition to offering flight ‘National Green Aviation Policy’  ! * ! *'+!%'+&&/! ' '+88! 0 has appreciated by 80 paise or the current of the 116 planes it has in the tickets at starting fares as low as that has been put up for public ! 9'+88! !!%*%!' )!.* !9%  ! & 0.8 per cent on hopes of forex Government. fleet, forcing it to cancel as much 1,165, the airline is also offer- comments, the ministry said  !9,'08')%* inflows. FIIs have as 45 percent of its total flights ing 10 percent discount on flight aviation regulator DGCA would “Rupee and sovereign markets with $1.8 billion till pumped in 30,000 crore this per day. Jet Airways operates bookings for four or more pas- work with other Government bonds have recovered from date in March which has par- year. over 600 flights within Indian sengers travelling together, as per agencies for making bio-jet day’s low and turned positive tially helped market rally,” said Meanwhile, Brent crude and overseas. Jet Airways website. fuels commercially viable. even after RBI’s plan to inject Sunil Sharma, Chief futures, the global oil bench- “We may ask Jet Airways It has, however, not given Besides, the watchdog $5 billion liquidity via three- Investment Officer, Sanctum mark, rose 0.16 per cent to not to accept forward bookings any cut-off date for booking would assess and understand year foreign exchange swap Wealth Management. trade at $67.66 per barrel. beyond a particular period,” a tickets under the offer. emissions from all aviation auction,” said V K Sharma, At the Interbank Foreign Benchmark indices senior DGCA official told PTI “The tickets are valid for 12 related sources, their contri- Head PCG & Capital Markets Exchange market, the rupee Sensex and Nifty closed Thursday. The comments came months from the date of com- bution to the local air quality Strategy, HDFC Securities. opened weak at 69.75 a dollar almost flat Thursday after a in the wake of the full service mencement of journey,” accord- and their effect on compliance The Reserve Bank over its previous closing price volatile trade. The BSE Sensex carrier announcing on its web- ing to the website. with local air quality regula- Wednesday said it will inject of 69.54. The local unit moved erased its early gains to end up site sale at an starting all-inclu- The Naresh Goyal-pro- tions, as per the paper. long-term liquidity worth $5 in a range of 69.78 to 69.26 by just 2.72 points, or 0.01 per sive fares of 1,165 for travel to moted carrier has been looking According to the paper, the billion into the system through before finally ending at 69.34, cent, at 37,754.89, extending 37 domestic destinations with at various ways to raise funds ministry would create a dollar-rupee swap arrangement showing a gain of 20 paise over the winning run to a fourth one-year travel period validity amid acute liquidity crunch “favourable regulatory regime , 8*! 64'+!*8*!((!' !/'+'+( with banks for three years. its last close. session. The broader NSE under a discount scheme. that has forced it to ground air- for clearances of aviation pro- M&&/'/'&,%'!!) 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'+*!(('+/& 8!!+9+!(!9, 8E USD/INR spot on higher rupee rupee had finished at 68.83. at 11,343.25. had taken a similar action and delay salary payments to its There would be a special .9..9 +%)9/' ! 9, 89A 2  ! 8' liquidity in the economy, expec- Meanwhile, the dollar The Financial Benchmark against budget carrier SpiceJet pilots and engineers along with provision and timelines that  9! %/! +'& 5/'&8, tations of lower OMOs and like- index, which gauges the green- India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the in late 2014 when it was on the other senior staff. would be worked out in col- ly greater FX inflows on lower back’s strength against a basket reference rate for the verge of closure. On March 8, Jet Airways laboration with central and hedging costs,” Sharma said. of six currencies, gained 0.24 rupee/dollar at 69.6657 and for At that time, it allowed chairman Naresh Goyal wrote state government bodies, envi- The strong foreign fund per cent to 96.78. rupee/euro at 78.8416. The SpiceJet to sell tickets only for to Etihad Airways Group CEO ronment Ministry, pollution flows in current month also Foreign institutional reference rate for rupee/British travel within a month. Tony Douglas seeking an urgent control boards and the DGCA bode well for the rupee investors (FIIs) remained net pound was fixed at 92.2880 and The official also said that a funding of 750 crore under an to speed up the developmental strength. buyers in the capital markets, for rupee/100 Japanese yen final decision on the issue will MoU signed between various activities with due care envi- “FIIs have flooded Indian putting in 1,482.99 crore at 62.43. be taken after seeking a report stakeholders. ronment sustainability, it added. 8,(!''&'&"I2=IJ2/A"F  6 &(%

 3+ ) In the last four years, with which also supported the exit of of 4-6.3 percent,” rating agency 758-&&%#  large capital infusion from the five PSBs from prompt correc- Icra said in a note. fter four years of consecu- Government, the state-run tive action (PCA) framework of It said the GNPAs and %!%& !,'! ! ?,@/' *! !$ P!! Ative losses, the state run banks have been able to recog- the Reserve Bank of India. NNPAs of PSBs is likely to *!(( +% /+!(!+&,2(!9 ! ? =6@ banks are likely to report a nise and provide for their “PSBs are expected to decline to 8.1-8.4 percent and %& &(   +/+('+!4<$ &(' +7 /!'!''  '+ profit of 23,000-37,000 crore stressed assets with a steady report net profits of 23,000- 3.5-3.6 percent by March 2020, *!((07 &( !)%'+! (!*/+(! '+)&'& in the next financial year, with decline in their gross NPAs 37,000 crore during FY20, after as against 10.3 percent and 5.3- +! (!* // %*'+*!(( their gross non performing (GNPAs) and net NPAs four consecutive years of loss- 5.4 percent, estimated for  )7'  +  Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh loans declining to 8.1-8.4 per- (NNPAs). es, even though overall prof- March 2019 and; 10.9 percent Mohammed bin Zayed Al cent by March 2020, says a It also helped them in itability will remain weak with and 6.3 percent as on ash-strapped Pakistan has Nahyan, Pakistani authorities report. improving their capital ratios return on net worth (RoNW) December 31, 2018. Cfailed to secure a $3.2 bil- had hoped that he would lion oil on deferred payments announce the UAE credit oil 3 /&    facility from the UAE, a media facility following the same report on Thursday quoted model of Saudi Arabia. Later, Finance Minister Asad Umar as the February deadline was :;89<'  9;<  saying. given that was also missed, the The oil facility was part of report said. the $6.2 billion that the It will be a setback for the      United Arab Emirates Finance Ministry that had announced to give to Pakistan declared fully bridging the in December to help the financing gap on back of $14.5  3+ ) Previously, Etihad report- country overcome the serious billion financial support from ed losses of $1.52 billion for economic woes. the UAE, Saudi Arabia and bu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways 2017 and $1.95 billion in 2016. “Most probably, the UAE China, the report said. Asaid Thursday it lost $1.28 It blamed “challenging market oil facility agreement will not So far, only Saudi Arabia billion in 2018, the third- conditions and effects of an materialise,” Finance Minister has given $3 billion in cash and straight year the Government- increase in fuel prices” in part Umar told The Express Tribune. its oil facility on deferred pay- owned long-haul carrier has for the loss in 2018. The development could ments has also been finalised. lost over a billion dollars. Abu Dhabi’s rulers again bring under stress The development on the Since 2016, Etihad has lost launched Etihad in 2003, com- Pakistan’s foreign currency UAE front came amid a delay a total of $4.75 billion as its peting with the established reserves that have so far been in finalisation of an agreement strategy of aggressively buying Dubai government-owned car- maintained with help of with the International stakes in airlines from Europe rier Emirates that flies out of friendly countries, the report Monetary Fund (IMF), the to Australia to compete against Dubai International Airport said. report said. Emirates and fellow rival Qatar only 115 kilometers (70 miles) But Umar said the Umar said the IMF is Airways exposed the company away. Last year, Etihad began Government has made alter- demanding free float of to major losses. loaning pilots to Emirates native arrangements to meet its exchange rate but the govern- In the time since, it has under a new program. external financing needs for ment wants to move ahead embarked on a cost-cutting ini- In February, Etihad said this fiscal year. towards this objective in a tiative and recently announced that it will take delivery of five The reasons for cancella- phased manner. it would restructure planned Airbus A350-1000, 26 Airbus tion of the $3.2 billion oil “The timing and pace of aircraft purchases from Airbus A321neos and six Boeing 777- facility by the UAE could not adjustments on flexible and Boeing. 9 aircraft “over the coming be immediately ascertained, exchange rate was a matter of “Our transformation is years.” The airline said it also the report said while noting difference but now the differ- instilling a renewed sense of will continue to accept its orders that the UAE had also post- ences have narrowed down,” he confidence in our customers, for Boeing 787 Dreamliners, poned a scheduled meeting of said. our partners and our people,” without elaborating. the Joint Ministerial The negotiations with the Etihad Aviation Group CEO It said its remaining orders Commission last month. IMF are continuing since Tony Douglas said in a state- will be affected by “reschedul- The UAE has already trans- October last year. China is ment announcing the results. ing, restructuring or reduction.” ferred $2 billion cash into the also expected to provide $2 bil- The airline reported rev- In its 2013 purchase, Etihad coffers of the State Bank of lion dollars as loan next week, enues of $5.86 billion in 2018, made orders for 87 Airbus and Pakistan (SBP) and another $1 said the Finance Ministry that down from $6 billion in 2017. 56 Boeing aircraft. Etihad cur- billion was expected very soon, tried to downplay the cancel- It flew 17.8 million passengers rently has a fleet of 106 aircraft. the report said. lation of the UAE oil last year, down from 18.6 mil- During the visit of Abu facility. lion the year prior. %#  %#( )#%*+,-.*/ >>

&%*' "       II/*'+ 5     (%(/(  7B?C   1 1  ; (  New Delhi (PTI): India’s life insurance industry witnessed a rise of 32.7 per cent in its col-  $%&%'() According to the latest WPI In its analysis of the WPI  3+ ) up with the emerging market lective new premium income at data, the inflation in the food data, CARE Ratings said infla- O#  ' ' !   peers after a steep underperfor- 18,209.50 crore during nflation based on wholesale basket was 4.28 per cent in tion in the economy has started enchmark indices Sensex    !      ! mance in first two months of February 2019, data from Irdai Iprices inched up to 2.93 per February, compared with 2.34 moving up from the trough and Nifty closed almost  !   '     2019. FIIs have flooded Indian showed. The life insurers had cent in February over the pre- per cent in the previous month. reached last month both at Bflat on Thursday after a >537## $#    markets with USD 1.8bn till date collected first-time premium vious month on account of On a monthly basis, the data retail and wholesale levels. volatile trade as gains in finan- in March which has partially worth 13,724.96 crore in same firming up of prices of food showed that inflation was high- “The rise in wholesale infla- cials and power stocks were  4>3B $$ , ''  helped market rally,” Sunil month a year ago. items, including vegetables and er in cases of cereals, paddy, tion can be ascribed to increase balanced out by heavy profit !  $$$!   $$P Sharma, chief investment officer Insurance behemoth LIC, cereals, according to govern- wheat, pulses, vegetables, fruits in primary articles viz food and booking in IT and energy at Sanctum Wealth which has the largest market ment data released on and other protein-rich kitchen non-food articles... The build-up counters. rose up to 2.41 per cent. Bharti cent and the smallcap index end- Management, observed. share of 66.26 per cent, regis- Thursday. essentials such as egg, meat and inflation so far (April 2018-Feb The BSE Sensex erased its Airtel, Vedanta and Tata Steel ing 0.09 per cent higher. Among On the market rally, Hemang tered a growth of 42.2 per cent The Wholesale Price Index fish. However, the rate of price 2019) was 2.75 per cent, higher early gains to end up by just 2.72 also gained. Losses in index sectoral indices, the BSE real- Jani, head (advisory), Sharekhan in its new year premium at (WPI)-based inflation was 2.76 rise in February was slower in than the 2.56 per cent registered points, or 0.01 per cent, at heavyweight Reliance ty, metal, telecom and health- by BNP Paribas commented: 12,055.81 crore during the per cent in January this year and the case of milk. in the corresponding period 37,754.89, extending the win- Industries, ICICI Bank, and IT care indices ended the day in “The markets seem to be in a month, according to Insurance 2.74 per cent in February 2018. The wholesale inflation in last year,” it said. ning run to a fourth session. stocks such as TCS, Infosys and the green while IT, auto and positive mood ahead of the 2019 Regulatory and Development Earlier this week, the the fuel and power segment was Now, all eyes are on the The broader NSE Nifty HCL Tech offset the gains. power indices settled in the red. general elections. FII’s have Authority of India (Irdai) data. Consumer Price Index data also also higher at 2.23 per cent, Reserve Bank of India’s closed marginally up by 1.55 RIL touched a 52-week high Bank Nifty hit a record pumped around 30,000 crore The rest of the 23 market showed that retail inflation, compared with 1.85 per cent in Monetary Policy Committee, points, or 0.01 per cent, at of 1,361.45 in early trade but high of 29,070.35 in day trade this year which is a positive for players in life insurance business which is factored in by the RBI January. which will be meeting in April 11,343.25 as gains in financials failed to hold onto the gains due before settling up 0.13 per cent the markets. The markets seem (market share 33.74 per cent) while deciding key interest rate, Meanwhile, the WPI for for the first bi-monthly mone- like IndusInd Bank, Yes Bank, to heavy profit booking and on hopes that RBI may con- to be factoring another term for collected premium of 6,153.70 rose to 2.57 per cent, which was December 2018 has been revised tary policy review of the next fis- pharma and power stocks were ended down by 0.41 per cent. sider a rate cut on the back of the current government.” crore from new customers, wit- a four-month-high level, in downwards at 3.46 per cent as cal, at a time when growth rate offset by losses in IT, energy and HCL Tech with a 2.11 per cent moderate inflation and slow- Markets may continue to nessing a rise of 17.25 per cent February due to costlier food compared to provisional esti- of industrial production is slow- auto stocks. fall was the biggest loser among down in growth. remain volatile with the run-up from a year ago. articles. mate of 3.8 per cent. ing and inflation inching up. Financials such as IndusInd Sensex scrips. Hero MotoCorp, According to the official towards the elections, he added. Bank, Yes Bank, Kotak Bank Tata Motors and PowerGrid data, wholesale inflation inched Elsewhere in Asia, Hong and HDFC rose up to 2.84 per were also among the laggards. up to 2.93 per cent in February Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.15 per cent on expectations of loan “Market was range bound over the previous month on cent, Korea’s Kospi was up 0.34 &!' ''! +=*!  ! '%) *+! growth following the RBI’s and ended on a flat note while account of firming up of prices per cent, while Shanghai move to inject liquidity through FIIs continued to pour liquidi- of food items. Foreign investors Composite Index fell 1.20 per New Delhi (PTI): Reliance formed by global infrastructure fund-I in Delhi-Agra (DA) Toll Road Private the dollar-rupee swap auction. ty into the domestic market. remained net buyers in the cap- cent, and Japan’s Nikkei ended Infrastructure Ltd on Thursday said it Squared Capital and a wholly-owned sub- Limited, the company said in a statement. The RBI on Wednesday said it RBI’s new mechanism to pump ital markets on Thursday also. 0.01 per cent lower. Similarly, in would sell its entire stake in Delhi-Agra Toll sidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment “The total deal enterprise value is over would inject long-term liquid- additional liquidity of USD 5 bil- On a net basis, foreign institu- the Eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX Roadway to Singapore-based Cube Authority. The transaction is in line with 3,600 crore. In addition, NHAI claims of ity worth USD 5 billion into the lion through foreign exchange tional investors (FIIs) bought gained 0.43 per cent. Paris CAC Highways for 3,600 crore, following which Reliance Infrastructure’s strategic plan of 1,200 crore to be filed by DA Toll Road Pvt system through dollar-rupee swap from banks is likely to shares worth 1,482.99 crore on 40 rose 0.69 per cent and the Anil Ambani led company’s debt will be monetising non-core business and focus on Ltd will flow directly to Reliance swap arrangement with banks boost loan growth,” said Vinod Thursday while domestic insti- London’s FTSE was up 0.46 per reduced by 25 per cent to less than 5,000 major growth areas like engineering & con- Infrastructure,” the company added. for three years. Nair, head of research at Geojit tutional investors (DIIs) were net cent in early deals. crore. Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has struction (E&C) business. RInfra said, it would utilise the proceeds NTPC was the top gainer Financial Services. sellers to the tune of 817.77 Global crude benchmark entered into a pact with Cube Highways in RInfra on Thursday announced the of this transaction entirely to reduce its debt. among the Sensex stocks, rising The trend in broader mar- crore, provisional data avail- Brent crude futures rose 0.41 per this regard. signing of Definitive Binding Agreement Reliance Infrastructure’s special purpose by 3.53 per cent. Coal India, kets was mixed with the BSE able with BSE showed. cent to USD 67.83 per Cube Highways and Infrastructure III with Cube Highways and Infrastructure III vehicle DA Toll Road Private Limited oper- ONGC and Sun Pharma also midcap index shedding 0.26 per “India seems to be catching barrel. Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based company Pte Ltd for the sale of its 100 per cent stake ates the 180-km long six-lane road on NH 2.

  SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11382.50 11383.45 11313.75 11343.25 1.55 Script Open High Low LTP TRIDENT 71.50 72.55 70.05 70.65 BALKRISIND 935.35 948.40 921.10 931.60 GPPL 92.55 93.45 92.20 92.90 NTPC 148.90 154.90 148.10 153.50 5.30 SUZLON 6.89 7.19 6.80 7.05 HINDUNILVR 1752.75 1752.75 1728.75 1737.35 APOLLOHOSP 1122.00 1143.85 1122.00 1131.80 CENTURYPLY 194.80 194.80 189.65 191.50 INDUSINDBK 1649.00 1701.00 1635.00 1681.85 45.50 RCOM 4.90 4.95 4.65 4.69 INDIGO 1301.00 1325.00 1292.00 1299.55 FRETAIL 439.00 439.00 425.00 435.95 IFBIND 945.00 969.00 941.00 962.45 BHARTIARTL 337.00 345.95 334.55 345.95 8.20 YESBANK 247.00 254.00 246.25 249.85 BAJAJ-AUTO 3022.00 3022.00 2970.05 3010.50 GRASIM 822.00 837.00 809.45 833.05 SONATSOFTW 332.00 332.70 328.00 329.15 YESBANK 248.00 254.00 246.15 250.15 5.85 JUSTDIAL 626.00 654.50 617.20 638.45 GRUH 272.00 279.50 271.50 277.55 FLFL 450.00 475.20 450.00 465.95 HAL 683.00 685.00 675.00 675.85 SUNPHARMA 456.90 468.50 456.00 466.40 9.90 LAURUSLABS 360.95 384.40 347.65 375.45 UNIONBANK 82.90 83.85 81.50 82.75 CADILAHC 332.00 335.50 328.50 330.35 BALMLAWRIE 184.90 188.90 184.90 187.10 COALINDIA 240.90 244.10 238.50 243.80 5.15 JPASSOCIAT 6.57 6.68 6.10 6.20 ECLERX 1117.00 1174.00 1095.55 1149.70 INDHOTEL 154.60 154.60 149.05 149.80 SANOFI 5688.90 5790.00 5640.00 5724.65 GRASIM 823.15 837.40 808.50 837.40 14.25 RELIANCE 1350.00 1361.45 1334.00 1341.20 DISHTV 37.70 38.95 36.85 38.35 RNAM 202.05 204.60 189.05 192.60 TIMETECHNO 104.00 104.00 101.45 101.70 IOC 149.50 152.15 149.15 151.15 2.40 RELCAPITAL 188.10 188.95 170.10 171.95 UJJIVAN 343.80 344.90 336.70 339.70 TVSMOTOR 497.00 501.55 488.00 491.80 SYMPHONY 1353.45 1353.50 1314.00 1317.10 ONGC 150.00 152.50 149.50 152.00 2.25 DHFL 134.00 136.65 130.45 132.05 CHOLAFIN 1364.00 1393.20 1345.00 1362.85 ABB 1310.00 1324.00 1291.50 1307.20 GDL 124.45 128.00 122.05 124.55 GAIL 352.55 357.00 346.95 356.55 4.95 PCJEWELLER 82.25 88.85 81.20 86.25 STAR 441.75 456.95 438.20 449.20 ICICIGI 969.25 970.35 940.60 946.70 BAJAJHLDNG 3324.00 3375.00 3320.00 3338.90 INDUSINDBK 1644.60 1701.15 1637.45 1682.80 ONGC 149.70 152.15 149.60 151.35 GAIL 351.05 357.00 347.10 354.40 SJVN 24.15 24.30 24.00 24.15 VEDL 171.70 174.70 171.40 173.50 1.90 RELINFRA 129.15 131.15 124.10 124.90 DCMSHRIRAM 460.00 479.00 457.10 466.10 BHARATFORG 538.95 540.75 528.00 529.25 JYOTHYLAB 186.35 190.35 185.35 187.30 ASIANPAINT 1437.60 1446.95 1420.00 1440.00 11.70 BOMDYEING 135.95 141.90 132.60 139.85 EXIDEIND 230.45 231.70 227.60 229.15 COFFEEDAY 298.90 306.50 297.45 303.50 TTKPRESTIG 9020.15 9160.00 8985.35 9092.20 TATASTEEL 513.95 521.80 513.50 517.15 3.40 SPICEJET 76.50 80.15 76.00 79.65 BHEL 67.90 68.70 66.65 67.35 SRF 2399.00 2425.00 2349.00 2356.75 MERCK 3460.00 3485.00 3400.00 3422.40 KOTAKBANK 1263.00 1277.45 1257.00 1269.55 8.30 IBREALEST 83.30 90.85 83.30 88.05 SUNTV 615.00 623.00 603.25 613.55 OMAXE 210.00 210.45 206.65 208.50 COROMANDEL 481.35 488.00 475.00 480.05 TITAN 1078.90 1089.00 1063.15 1085.25 6.95 DLF 192.95 203.00 189.90 201.35 POWERGRID 189.00 189.50 186.75 187.45 SOUTHBANK 15.22 15.39 15.10 15.14 ANDHRABANK 26.70 26.70 26.25 26.35 HDFC 1971.80 1975.10 1949.30 1961.10 10.45 IFCI 14.10 14.17 13.70 13.84 ADANIPOWER 51.50 51.75 50.30 50.90 KSCL 435.50 441.00 431.40 437.85 CCL 297.15 297.15 286.80 287.60 BAJAJFINSV 6900.00 6955.00 6857.65 6935.00 36.80 IBULHSGFIN 715.00 727.95 700.10 702.15 FORCEMOT 1763.00 1797.90 1741.00 1755.60 PETRONET 241.90 242.90 236.45 237.55 SUPRAJIT 232.70 236.75 225.45 228.00 BPCL 388.95 391.35 382.65 390.90 1.85 ITC 290.30 296.00 290.30 295.45 MOTHERSUMI 166.00 167.20 161.50 163.35 ULTRACEMCO 4025.10 4055.70 3935.40 3965.40 3MINDIA 24300.00 24350.00 23861.00 23896.65 AXISBANK 740.00 749.70 737.40 741.30 3.30 WESTLIFE 411.90 450.00 411.90 445.05 VOLTAS 616.45 617.00 598.50 602.80 OIL 176.10 179.05 175.60 178.70 BAYERCROP 4299.00 4335.00 4295.00 4319.10 INFRATEL 314.00 318.00 312.00 314.15 1.00 SBIN 294.15 294.60 290.45 291.15 GUJGAS 156.10 157.00 154.25 155.05 DIVISLAB 1669.00 1701.65 1669.00 1694.25 CENTRALBK 33.95 34.25 33.60 34.00 ITC 295.40 296.00 290.45 295.50 0.60 IDBI 43.15 44.00 42.45 43.10 BAJAJFINSV 6897.00 6944.00 6857.20 6909.70 ALKEM 1729.00 1738.50 1704.00 1717.20 RADICO 400.40 401.35 394.00 396.25 CORPBANK 31.25 31.25 29.05 29.15 M&M 683.00 688.00 677.15 685.50 1.30 TATAGLOBAL 203.65 211.85 203.35 206.40 TATACHEM 578.00 582.50 568.90 576.50 IRB 152.10 153.15 149.35 151.85 SHANKARA 471.00 471.00 446.35 448.05 SHARDACROP 378.55 381.00 377.20 380.60 LT 1384.70 1396.00 1377.00 1379.95 1.35 SUNPHARMA 463.00 468.90 456.30 467.10 NETWORK18 35.20 36.50 35.00 35.85 ICICIPRULI 338.00 344.70 334.10 336.50 MAHINDCIE 247.00 247.00 240.05 243.80 LINDEINDIA 515.00 516.00 503.00 505.55 HINDPETRO 265.95 269.00 263.05 268.00 0.15 RPOWER 11.50 11.59 10.67 10.77 PEL 2595.05 2673.00 2584.15 2654.05 GRANULES 111.15 114.00 110.15 112.80 IGL 293.00 296.15 289.50 291.70 GREENPLY 152.00 152.00 146.55 150.35 TECHM 792.10 795.00 775.00 790.20 0.25 KTKBANK 131.00 131.10 126.40 128.05 EIHOTEL 204.50 214.95 203.00 204.80 SUVEN 251.00 254.00 247.00 250.50 ASTRAL 1220.95 1234.90 1150.00 1157.30 JBCHEPHARM 335.85 340.50 331.95 336.30 ZEEL 455.00 463.00 447.95 448.90 0.10 BEML 972.05 985.95 954.15 970.40 CASTROLIND 166.15 170.25 166.00 166.40 JSWENERGY 68.55 69.15 66.50 67.15 PTC 78.90 79.75 77.50 78.05 GESHIP 291.50 292.00 287.50 288.50 IBULHSGFIN 707.25 728.00 700.00 701.90 0.05 JUBLFOOD 1324.00 1369.90 1317.40 1331.20 TATAPOWER 74.00 74.00 72.70 73.00 GLENMARK 633.95 635.55 624.60 630.40 WELSPUNIND 64.35 64.80 63.35 63.65 KPRMILL 594.00 594.40 586.70 590.85 MARUTI 7103.00 7148.00 7047.25 7091.00 -0.05 INFY 714.00 715.00 706.30 708.35 DRREDDY 2652.00 2666.15 2616.55 2653.65 HFCL 24.50 24.70 23.65 23.75 MINDAIND 362.40 369.60 358.20 360.75 APLAPOLLO 1389.70 1391.80 1361.90 1370.35 INFY 714.00 714.90 706.20 708.45 0.00 TATAMOTORS 181.00 182.30 177.65 179.70 PIDILITIND 1185.00 1188.00 1166.00 1169.90 LEMONTREE 84.45 85.40 81.00 83.65 CHENNPETRO 264.35 266.20 261.05 264.30 SUPREMEIND 1135.05 1142.65 1126.00 1130.70 JSWSTEEL 286.35 289.80 284.00 286.15 -0.10 ICICIBANK 392.00 393.00 386.95 387.90 FORTIS 139.05 140.25 135.30 136.65 NIITTECH 1330.00 1340.20 1315.60 1319.80 GICRE 250.00 260.20 250.00 255.75 UFLEX 222.50 222.50 219.10 220.10 NBCC 60.00 65.10 59.50 64.65 MEGH 63.95 64.95 61.60 61.85 CENTURYTEX 896.10 896.95 879.65 891.90 CYIENT* 670.00 682.95 670.00 674.30 BDL 288.95 288.95 283.40 283.90 CIPLA 532.05 534.10 530.50 532.55 -0.25 AUBANK 610.70 627.00 573.70 586.65 GNFC 312.40 313.00 305.90 311.00 ESSELPRO 112.00 119.00 111.00 117.10 TORNTPHARM 1830.00 1840.60 1820.00 1835.40 TATAINVEST 846.00 849.45 843.00 844.80 BAJAJ-AUTO 3012.00 3025.00 2970.00 3007.40 -2.60 JETAIRWAYS 235.80 242.00 232.50 236.90 ORIENTBANK 97.05 100.60 95.60 99.70 OBEROIRLTY 484.55 487.45 477.95 479.65 SCI 36.60 37.60 36.60 37.30 JCHAC 2039.80 2039.80 1985.00 1997.10 ADANIPORTS 367.00 369.20 360.20 366.70 -0.45 ENGINERSIN 113.25 115.05 112.45 114.35 HEROMOTOCO 2824.95 2824.95 2745.00 2755.35 MARICO 343.00 348.55 339.75 346.50 IBULISL 320.00 330.50 305.15 323.70 MAHABANK 13.40 13.65 13.34 13.43 HDFCBANK 2244.85 2247.50 2210.60 2223.05 -3.50 AXISBANK 743.95 749.55 737.50 740.45 CONCOR 519.90 521.30 502.30 507.15 AJANTPHARM 1001.00 1033.75 1001.00 1028.40 PAGEIND 23800.00 24052.00 23572.05 23691.75 ASTERDM 152.50 157.85 152.10 156.30 DRREDDY 2655.85 2670.90 2616.00 2647.95 -7.90 JINDALSTEL 168.50 171.65 163.75 165.15 ISEC 263.00 264.20 253.35 258.95 DEEPAKFERT 136.05 137.60 134.60 135.55 STARCEMENT 107.50 109.90 104.00 104.45 ATUL 3330.45 3330.45 3285.00 3299.70 WIPRO 259.35 259.70 255.00 257.10 -0.80 WIPRO 259.75 259.75 255.00 256.80 ACC 1577.00 1583.80 1535.70 1539.80 EICHERMOT 22600.00 22960.00 22540.95 22640.10 SBILIFE 615.00 620.75 611.00 612.95 NAVNETEDUL 109.40 111.20 108.10 110.30 SBIN 294.50 294.70 290.75 292.10 -1.05 LUPIN 755.00 779.40 755.00 766.60 JSWSTEEL 287.50 289.80 284.00 287.00 MAHLIFE 380.00 380.00 360.30 363.15 GMDCLTD 87.55 88.10 85.00 85.35 MAHLOG 496.90 501.75 488.30 493.55 BAJFINANCE 2832.00 2835.00 2787.10 2814.90 -13.25 KOTAKBANK 1267.60 1277.70 1259.00 1270.50 KALPATPOWR 443.60 449.60 437.00 445.30 ASHOKA 139.85 141.85 136.50 138.55 QUESS 783.85 785.10 764.65 779.50 THYROCARE 531.10 548.00 523.00 534.15 TCS 2004.95 2007.80 1981.00 1990.40 -10.10 HDFCLIFE 368.20 369.30 366.00 366.60 TAKE 133.35 133.35 124.25 124.95 FSL 45.05 45.20 44.20 44.35 SADBHAV 253.80 258.40 252.75 256.50 AIAENG 1761.75 1795.00 1740.00 1750.80 HINDUNILVR 1750.75 1751.70 1730.20 1738.00 -9.60 ESCORTS 788.00 811.00 785.35 800.85 MOTILALOFS 610.10 640.00 610.10 626.60 BRITANNIA 3135.65 3168.25 3116.15 3149.90 NIACL 200.10 201.30 194.00 195.00 CARERATING 1006.75 1006.80 995.00 1001.70 RELIANCE 1349.75 1362.00 1336.10 1339.50 -7.80 HINDPETRO 267.55 269.00 263.50 267.35 ABFRL 228.60 233.90 226.35 229.95 AMBUJACEM 231.40 231.40 224.00 224.65 ADANITRANS 211.00 214.75 206.45 207.35 THOMASCOOK 222.05 223.00 220.40 222.60 POWERGRID 188.95 189.75 187.25 187.70 -1.25 PNB 85.60 85.75 83.70 84.45 BANDHANBNK 520.00 524.50 511.25 513.35 RCF 59.00 59.20 57.55 58.25 PRESTIGE 210.10 212.05 207.00 211.25 CUB 189.00 189.00 185.45 185.95 EICHERMOT 22800.00 22986.95 22501.00 22620.00 -157.25 ZEEL 453.00 463.00 448.05 450.55 PFC 111.00 112.85 109.60 111.25 ADANIGREEN 40.40 40.40 38.25 38.50 AARTIIND 1470.00 1470.00 1421.00 1425.95 TIINDIA 378.75 384.90 378.75 382.70 HINDALCO 202.35 204.60 199.75 200.50 -1.80 BEL 94.10 94.80 91.20 93.10 INTELLECT 200.75 203.55 198.80 199.70 GODREJIND 528.00 533.00 518.80 530.30 INOXLEISUR 309.35 316.20 300.80 311.60 FINOLEXIND 541.50 543.00 528.10 536.25 UPL 911.20 916.25 900.30 902.80 -8.40 TATASTEEL 514.05 522.00 513.45 517.80 HEXAWARE 340.10 342.00 333.10 336.85 RELAXO 742.00 789.00 742.00 757.60 TATACOMM 595.00 610.90 592.00 607.70 DBCORP 198.90 203.80 198.70 202.30 ICICIBANK 392.00 393.00 386.80 388.00 -3.90 LT 1378.70 1395.00 1376.75 1379.30 APOLLOTYRE 225.05 226.95 220.10 223.10 DCBBANK 202.00 202.20 199.25 199.90 BOSCHLTD 18708.15 18708.15 18316.00 18603.55 NILKAMAL 1403.05 1413.45 1386.50 1390.30 TATAMOTORS 181.50 182.45 177.65 179.40 -2.30 INFIBEAM 43.10 46.10 43.10 45.70 ALBK 53.15 56.05 53.15 55.00 ISGEC 5350.00 5650.00 5255.10 5544.20 SCHNEIDER 103.00 109.00 103.00 107.60 ITDC 285.05 290.35 284.00 285.45 ULTRACEMCO 4036.90 4061.15 3932.00 3961.00 -64.65 GRAPHITE 461.00 473.75 460.05 462.05 UPL 912.10 915.00 900.80 903.30 SUNTECK 452.40 457.20 449.40 454.85 AEGISLOG 202.00 205.60 200.80 205.05 PGHH 10456.05 10456.05 10250.00 10287.00 HEROMOTOCO 2813.00 2818.00 2744.10 2753.00 -50.65 HDFCBANK 2235.00 2247.25 2210.60 2223.25 HUDCO 44.95 45.05 44.20 44.75 BAJAJELEC 505.00 508.50 502.60 505.15 ORIENTCEM 88.00 89.45 86.10 87.20 ASHOKLEY 94.00 94.55 92.90 93.80 PRSMJOHNSN 100.10 100.10 96.20 96.85 UNITEDBNK 11.05 11.14 10.85 10.95 HCLTECH 1035.00 1040.55 1004.10 1006.00 -22.35 MHRIL 240.15 252.80 240.15 244.40 VEDL 173.75 174.70 171.55 173.70 KEI 424.00 431.45 420.70 428.50 SHK 151.85 154.15 150.00 150.45 SHREECEM 18000.00 18000.00 17568.90 17687.90   M&M 685.00 687.90 678.00 685.70 WELCORP 120.40 124.75 119.20 121.25 MMTC 28.00 28.50 27.70 27.90 TVSSRICHAK 2261.00 2290.00 2255.00 2271.55 IOC 150.00 152.15 149.50 151.40 EQUITAS 135.90 137.10 133.05 135.20 KNRCON 263.70 263.70 252.85 257.05 GALAXYSURF 1139.75 1145.95 1094.05 1097.60 NATIONALUM 52.50 53.50 52.15 52.60 JINDALSAW 93.10 95.35 92.60 93.55 TORNTPOWER 255.70 257.85 253.55 255.85 GLAXO 1307.15 1312.35 1300.00 1310.20 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE TCS 2009.00 2009.00 1982.30 1988.60 OFSS 3433.90 3433.90 3350.00 3378.20 GSFC 103.15 104.10 101.25 101.80 MRF 57800.00 57800.00 57098.60 57205.35 NIFTY NEXT 50 28104.40 28143.85 27848.25 27942.10 -105.75 JUBILANT 829.00 874.55 810.70 859.45 PNBHOUSING 901.05 902.50 883.15 889.05 MOIL 160.65 162.70 160.10 160.85 TEAMLEASE 3000.00 3000.00 2831.05 2874.80 DLF 192.80 203.15 190.05 201.75 9.60 AVANTI 425.95 441.20 420.10 424.25 IPCALAB 917.75 918.25 895.35 897.45 IEX 164.20 167.00 163.20 165.30 FORBESCO 2295.00 2295.00 2235.00 2240.50 MCDOWELL-N 573.40 591.00 567.00 591.00 14.60 CGPOWER 41.30 42.85 40.80 42.15 GMRINFRA 16.95 17.30 16.70 17.15 ZENSARTECH 216.00 217.50 212.05 215.70 ELGIEQUIP 250.80 250.80 242.05 244.55 PEL 2601.00 2675.00 2568.75 2651.55 50.30 RECLTD 134.30 138.00 133.95 137.65 CUMMINSIND 738.00 749.50 738.00 741.55 CAPPL 434.00 444.90 423.00 425.85 MINDACORP 145.20 147.00 143.20 144.85 OIL 175.65 179.10 175.30 178.65 3.20 COALINDIA 240.05 244.35 238.65 243.35 SYNDIBANK 38.90 39.15 38.25 38.85 JSLHISAR 91.00 93.90 84.00 92.10 APLLTD 553.00 554.00 547.05 548.80 AUROPHARMA 767.00 786.00 764.00 778.85 12.60 MINDTREE 933.00 954.00 925.00 950.75 RAJESHEXPO 618.00 627.70 616.50 619.05 GUJFLUORO 1056.85 1073.85 1055.00 1062.85 SOMANYCERA 385.60 386.85 380.00 384.45 LICHSGFIN 507.40 519.00 505.05 511.50 6.90 EDELWEISS 184.30 189.00 184.10 187.50 NAVINFLUOR 688.00 712.05 684.75 705.55 VMART 2833.40 2852.40 2655.00 2671.65 JAGRAN 111.55 113.80 111.05 112.85 MARICO 342.90 348.50 339.65 346.50 3.60 TECHM 796.50 796.50 775.65 788.50 UBL 1361.00 1387.80 1361.00 1378.60 PIIND 1000.50 1023.25 994.95 1011.00 MAHSCOOTER 3406.90 3406.90 3315.00 3322.60 COLPAL 1276.25 1294.00 1273.95 1288.90 12.65 MARUTI 7100.00 7147.95 7049.00 7086.80 NHPC 24.90 25.15 24.50 24.80 SREINFRA 31.70 32.00 31.20 31.40 CRISIL 1476.20 1476.20 1463.00 1467.30 BANKBARODA 116.00 117.90 114.40 116.60 1.05 HDFC 1967.10 1974.30 1949.50 1957.85 RALLIS 162.20 163.30 160.00 160.25 KANSAINER 462.10 465.20 458.80 462.55 KIOCL 143.15 146.50 142.50 144.90 ABB 1306.10 1325.00 1291.05 1308.10 11.15 MGL 928.10 950.00 923.80 928.00 HEIDELBERG 178.05 180.05 173.90 174.65 INOXWIND 74.00 74.45 71.25 73.05 SHOPERSTOP 477.50 478.50 469.45 473.20 ICICIPRULI 336.00 344.95 334.30 336.45 2.65 BANKBARODA 116.00 117.90 114.40 116.60 NOCIL 143.50 143.70 140.90 142.20 HSCL 122.30 122.95 121.10 121.85 WABCOINDIA 6485.00 6492.65 6390.00 6415.85 BRITANNIA 3135.00 3170.00 3116.00 3151.00 24.05 MANPASAND 130.00 130.00 116.00 118.80 MAGMA 118.10 119.20 116.00 116.55 LUXIND 1297.20 1321.15 1276.80 1304.50 MONSANTO 2644.35 2658.00 2602.00 2635.60 BOSCHLTD 18730.00 18745.00 18265.00 18745.00 136.10 BHARTIARTL 338.45 346.00 334.95 342.85 PVR 1630.00 1641.80 1617.55 1632.95 TV18BRDCST 36.85 37.05 36.00 36.45 SUDARSCHEM 343.75 345.95 341.20 345.15 HDFCLIFE 369.50 369.50 366.05 366.25 1.70 FEDERALBNK 91.25 92.35 89.90 90.20 JKTYRE 96.50 96.80 94.75 95.05 CIPLA 531.00 534.15 530.60 533.55 INDOSTAR 357.75 357.75 342.25 343.85 APARINDS 652.00 654.25 635.05 643.85 NMDC 114.20 114.80 112.80 114.30 0.45 NCC 107.00 107.85 104.85 106.20 ALLCARGO 114.30 126.00 111.70 121.15 EVEREADY 208.60 212.00 205.40 209.05 NATCOPHARM* 587.95 587.95 575.05 576.50 CARBORUNIV 384.20 384.95 375.10 377.30 SAIL 52.80 53.75 51.60 52.85 0.20 DMART 1500.00 1515.60 1462.00 1467.95 BATAINDIA 1369.00 1372.45 1339.00 1363.70 INFRATEL 312.85 317.80 312.65 314.00 HERITGFOOD 526.90 538.10 525.30 535.65 GHCL 246.30 246.30 243.25 245.10 LUPIN 757.60 782.00 755.50 765.95 2.65 DELTACORP 247.60 258.25 247.60 250.65 VIPIND 439.00 439.00 425.20 428.10 CEATLTD 1155.00 1167.80 1145.10 1151.55 SYNGENE 580.00 596.00 574.40 584.00 LAXMIMACH 6057.00 6262.10 6057.00 6171.35 SUNTV 614.00 623.65 603.05 614.40 1.85 M&MFIN 435.55 447.00 421.10 426.55 TATAELXSI 965.90 968.05 945.90 949.70 KAJARIACER 585.00 593.05 573.75 582.90 GSPL 178.60 182.20 178.00 180.05 TRITURBINE 119.90 120.30 115.50 116.20 ASHOKLEY 94.10 94.50 92.85 93.90 0.10 IDFCFIRSTB 50.20 51.10 49.80 50.45 DABUR 441.00 441.10 435.15 438.95 LTI 1640.00 1657.00 1630.40 1650.30 MRPL 73.00 73.60 72.70 73.40 LALPATHLAB 1043.70 1057.25 1030.10 1039.25 BIOCON 618.00 624.00 611.60 618.40 -0.15 JMFINANCIL 87.95 89.15 87.25 88.10 ADANIPORTS 366.45 368.20 360.40 364.95 DCAL 210.00 215.00 205.00 214.20 TATAMETALI 666.10 671.05 652.50 655.50 TVTODAY 335.00 338.30 330.80 332.50 INDIGO 1302.70 1327.95 1290.55 1300.00 -1.70 BAJFINANCE 2826.00 2833.20 2789.00 2808.75 VENKYS 2266.70 2323.15 2264.35 2277.95 KRBL 361.00 373.00 361.00 370.55 RAMCOCEM 724.95 726.00 711.60 716.75 CERA 2611.20 2645.70 2611.20 2622.75 CADILAHC 332.45 335.70 328.50 330.00 -0.65 HCLTECH 1033.50 1040.50 1004.65 1006.55 HINDALCO 202.00 204.60 200.00 201.25 FCONSUMER 46.95 47.45 45.75 46.10 CENTRUM 35.45 35.50 34.40 34.85 TIMKEN 581.05 585.95 574.05 575.25 ABCAPITAL 96.55 98.50 94.80 96.05 -0.20 JAICORPLTD 110.10 114.80 110.10 112.25 SOBHA 447.50 447.50 430.00 435.05 MAXINDIA 61.90 64.00 60.90 62.90 THERMAX 1044.05 1057.20 1018.10 1030.30 ASAHIINDIA 262.10 270.55 262.00 265.80 MRF 57990.00 57990.00 57001.00 57220.00 -194.60 MANAPPURAM 120.00 122.15 117.10 118.00 MFSL 434.40 444.00 433.40 435.90 IDFC 41.70 42.25 41.10 41.90 GUJALKALI 524.65 524.70 513.95 517.45 AKZOINDIA 1791.05 1792.90 1749.65 1765.15 SBILIFE 619.00 620.95 611.00 613.10 -2.25 SPARC 192.00 200.60 192.00 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O  '  $    >5! 0 mbroidery hold instinctive appeal best to progressively build a craft-based lin- organza petals in shades of blue, appliquéd ! for internationally-acclaimed eage that empowers the artisan. This lin- onto light fabrics and embellished with  3,  Edesigner Rahul Mishra. The physi- eage, at the heart of his brand DNA, is in Swarovski crystals, form a story in them-  $$ cist-turned-artist grew up in the sleepy turn a tribute to the universal DNA that selves of how the flawed perfection of the    village of Malhausi, 83 km from Kanpur has created a kaleidoscopic lineage of thriv- human hand can imitate and imbibe city. What was simply a delightful recre- ing life on this planet. In elevating the arti- divine perfection.”    ational activity in childhood, became a pre- sanal spirit and honouring the creative A private tour of Musee d’Orsay in $$  cious treasure trove of inspiration to deal spark that gives it shape and form he hopes 2016 brought him closer to the surrealist    with existential philosophies of adulthood to pay his dues to the beautiful life. magic of Van Gogh. His ‘sunflowers’ / -   for him. The artistic genesis of life, the spir- The designer says that his sacred series reminded him of the flowers grow- ituality in its pre-ordained symphony, the relationship with metamorphic memories ing wild and free in Malhausi. =  32 role of change in igniting its versatility, they fuelled the shape-shifting He says, “The sweet nostalgia   !! $ all began to captivate him. level of embroidery that manifests itself in the      He feels that his collection for Lotus defined his debut collec- O#     diaphanous silk gown from   $32 Make-up India Fashion Week (LMIFW) tion. Inspired by the     ' Fall 2017-18, which graced the looks back on a decade long journey, which tessellated prints of MC  ' runway yesterday at LMIFW.”   C   began with the exploration of an impor- Escher’s woodcuts, these   '3 Many of the looks in this       ! tant fact of life — metamorphosis. He says, changing embroidery +  collection have never been  $  “I didn’t consciously intend to make the patterns seem to give  0   showcased in India. $     concept a brand signature, when I the garment a life of its    ! $ Rahul says, “They are rem- C    32 launched ‘The Butterfly Effect’ back in own. The depiction of  $ + iniscent of the 10 Paris Fashion 2010. Maybe, it has become one now, life in motion remains !!$F   Week collections, that have C   because that first exploration was hon- to tell the tale of the $   '  given me the privilege of pre-  !!  $ est, straight from my heart, steeped in hands that made them. $$  senting the best of Indian hand-   3P the metamorphosis of the artist from He says, “As time icrafts on an international plat- the physicist.” Since he’s learning passed, I found that the   '  $+ form. The collection includes a L/ -  $ something new with each day, this physicist within me      range of fabrics and techniques, metamorphosis is continuous, both awoke from his deep $  from gossamer tulle and organ- within him and his brand. slumber and produced ! '   za to plush velvets; and tradi- 7 )    ! “The celebratory collection the 2018 Spectral Forest    '  tional aari work with resham "6C""3"6 "    would be incomplete without a Doppler dress. I meta-    threads, to French knots     # tribute to embroidery,” he says. morphosed into a  inspired by pointillism art. The     +   They have come alive through Father. Growing up, I ! ' P idea is to combine Eastern intelligent separates. They knew little of the world mysticism with Western metic-     have a strong aura of I saw and more of the ulousness and highlight the over-     dynamism in them world I imagined. I want my daughter, lap, so as to demonstrate that the world    because of the interplay Aarna to develop a fertile imagination too. shares common ideas of timeless intrica-   # between architectural I want to teach her how spending time in cy and elegance in fashion.” 7    silhouettes, vibrant nature is the only way out.” With the ‘Rahul Mishra in Retrospect’ colours, as well as Rahul narrates how once he and essence of this collection, he wishes to +    prints and motifs Aarna sat for sketching in a village near share a message which is close to his heart     inspired by the Nainital. Bold blue hydrangeas of varying — completing a full circle and then      unapologetic, sizes and distinctive tints inspired him to returning to the source is a celebration of   ?  unbridled create life-like renditions for the 2019 our roots and a testament to our ever-      # beauty of Spring/Summer collection. evolving aesthetic. As Rumi once said, “Let nature. He says, “It took months of arduous the beauty of what you love be what you   +  7   Rahul research and development to achieve a do.” L    !  has tried his refined surface. But, the hand-embroidered 8+'8!!$2%(!   7'+9       ?   #) 7 >        #(      >  #M 9  

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shall tell you a story from the Vedas Ask for a long life of a hundred years. Ask for Iton-ight. The Vedas are the sacred scrip- cattle and horses, ask for great kingdoms. Do tures of the Hindus and are a vast collection not press me to answer this. Whatever man of literature, of which the last part is called desires for his enjoyment, ask all that and I the Vedanta, meaning the end of the Vedas. will fulfil it, but do not want to know this It deals with the theories contained in them, secret." "No sir," said the boy, man is not to and more especially the philosophy with be satisfied with wealth; if wealth were which we are concerned. It is written in archa- wanted, we should "get it, if we have only seen ic Sanskrit, and you must remember it was you. We shall also live so long as you rule. written thousands of years ago. There was a What decaying mortal, living in the world certain man who wanted to make a big sac- below and possessed of knowledge, having rifice. In the religion of the Hindus, sacrifice gained the company of the undecaying and plays a great part. There are various sorts of the immortal, will delight in long life, know- sacrifices. They make altars and pour obla- ing the nature of the pleasure produced by tions into the fire, and repeat various hymns song and sport? Therefore, tell me this and so forth; and at the end of the sacrifice secret about the great hereafter, I do not want they make a gift to the Brahmins and the anything else; that is what Nachiketas wants, poor. Each sacrifice has its peculiar gift. There the mystery of death." Then the God of death was one sacrifice, where everything a man was pleased. We have been saying in the last possessed had to be given up. Now this man, two or three lectures that this Jnâna prepares though rich, was miser-   " ly, and at the same time wanted to get a great name for having done this most difficult sac- rifice. And when he did this sacrifice, instead of   giving up everything he had, he gave away only his blind, lame, and old cows that would never meditation as a means of elaborate customs and prominent practice in several more give milk. But he realising one's spiritual abilities. celebrations in order to please Indian religions. Various had a son called Several saints and distinguished those spirits. Community dances religious rituals manifest Nachiketas, a bright religious leaders are known to and music would be performed themselves in communal young boy, who, have renounced their temporal with all community people festivities. Bhajans and satsangs observing the poor gifts existence and isolated dressing and masking are just another instance where made by his father, and themselves from social themselves up. The energy which individuals try to attain a state of pondering on the connections for attaining exuded from this collective spiritual bliss. demerit that was sure to spiritual knowledge. In this union of people would almost Thus paths to spirituality are accrue to him thereby, perspective religion and intoxicate each one of them and myriad, with each one as starkly resolved to make Neeraj Kumar Pande spirituality are highly individual they would psychologically different from each other, as amends for them by and personalized experiences. experience a state of trance. For human perspective itself. While making a gift of himself. ike most other aspects of life, However on the flip side of the them, this itself was spirituality for some, spirituality is a deep So he went to his father Lspirituality has always coin is an another perspective which would transcend the dive within one's soul to find and said, "And to whom remained a matter of subjective which views spirituality as a barriers of the body, place and the real meaning of existence, will you give me?" The interpretation. Questions collective experience which time. It resembled a collective for others it can be achieved father did not answer pertaining to morality, religion humans together create through meditative practice. Like what is through transcending one's own the boy, and the boy and spiritual wisdom have been their interconnections with one said by the Buddha "Nothing being and joining others. asked a second and a an arcana to human mind since another. Early societies and ever exists entirely alone; Sometimes the spirit of third time, when the the genesis of humankind. An contemporary tribal cultures are everything is in relation to cohesion and group- bonding father got vexed and extremely intriguing and a perfect example of such everything else". create an entity which is much said, "Thee I give unto Yama, thee I give unto the mind. So you see here that the first prepa- confounding question regarding collaborative spiritual quest. Even in contemporary times larger and stronger than any Death." And the boy went straight to the king- ration is that a man must desire nothing else spirituality is that whether the Aboriginal village communities there are sporadic tribal and individual in isolation. dom of Yama. Yama was not at home, so he but the truth, and truth for truth's sake. See path of spiritual enlightenment would be highly dominated by miscellaneous groups in Whatever be the path to waited there. After three days Yama came and how this boy rejected all these gifts which can be treaded upon individually the personal relations which the hinterland of India, which spiritual wisdom, it is only the said to him, "O Brahmin, thou art my guest, Death offered him; possessions, property, or with help of our members shared between believe in invoking spirits by realization of ultimate truth and thou hast been here for three days with- wealth, long life, and everything he was ready interconnections with other themselves. Religion always had performing elaborate rituals. which liberates an individual out any food. I salute thee, and in order to to sacrifice for this one idea, knowledge only, people. For certain people, an influential role in the life of The distinctive element of these from the grind of the mundane. repay thee for this trouble, I will grant thee the truth. Thus alone can truth come. The spirituality can be achieved by such communities and each rituals is that the individuals Each one of us has been three boons." Then the boy asked the first God of death became pleased. "Here are two inculcating inner disciple and individual was an ardent involved go through extreme destined to achieve a unique boon, "May my father's anger against me get ways," he said, "one of enjoyment, the other strength. For them being participant in the religious forms of physical experiments in purpose in the world. The calmed down," and the second boon was that of blessedness. These two in various ways spiritual is about taking a affairs of the community. the process. The physical ordeal sooner we decipher they he wanted to know about a certain sacrifice. draw mankind. He becomes a sage who, of journey within themselves. Totemism was the most experienced by such people feels purpose the closer we get to And then came the third boon. "When a man these two, takes up that which leads to Perfecting the art of meditation prominent religious practice for trivial to them as psychologically eternal truth of life. Ultimately dies, the question arises: What becomes of blessedness, and he degenerates who takes up becomes integral to such a early villagers and the tribals they feel transported to an as put in the Buddhist him: Some people say he ceases to exist. the road to enjoyment. I praise you, spiritual quest. It naturally also around the globe. It was a belief almost oblivious state. In such a philosophy "just as a candle Others say that he exists. Please tell me what Nachiketas; you have not asked for desire. In involves a disciplinary seclusion system which had more to do social milieu, the spiritual reality cannot burn without fire, men the answer is. This is the third boon that I various ways I tempted you towards the path from various material and social with spirituality rather than emanates from togetherness cannot live without a spiritual want." Then Death answered, "The gods in of enjoyment; you resisted them all, you have pursuits of life. Throughout religion. The belief in spirits which people jointly create life". ancient times tried to unravel the mystery; known that knowledge is much higher than history, various philosophical behind every natural rather than an individual's (The writer is a former this mystery is so fine that it is hard to know. a life of enjoyment. schools have emphasized the phenomenon governed the life independent quest. Worshipping officer of Government of Ask for some other boon: do not ask this one. (To be continued) importance of exclusive of people. There would be in groups is in fact still a Uttarakhand) **        

worldly responsibilities. One has to devote more and more time for the works relating to welfare and upliftment of society. The last stage is Sanyas i.e. complete detachment from worldly affairs and to align the soul with the Almighty. The four stages of life are indicative of the partition of human life. It is not water-- tight separation though. It indicates the over- whelming attitude towards life in certain stage of life and accordingly the goals of life are determined. However, qualities developed or Pranav Pandya required at certain stage are also useful to some extent in other stages also. It is rare nowadays that one attains purposeful and active life for he title itself gives the clue. There can be hundred years. The active life span is of about Tonly one Goal of life whereas there can be 70-80 years. Therefore it will be useful to com- various Goals in life. In the different stages of bine the Vanprastha and Sanyas together and life the human endeavor is to attain certain one tries to achieve the goals of these stages excellence in life. Now we have to consider the of life simultaneously. various Goals of life, their importance in life During the four stages of life, one Goal of and the ultimate Goal of life for which we have life runs through constantly. This Goal is been given human life which is elusive even Dharma. Dharma should be understood in for Gods. its real sense and should not be confused with In Childhood it is gathering the Sanskars the different methods of praying to God. and Knowledge. Vidya and Siksha are two Dharma is the essence of human life. It is to important Goals at this stage. The child not attain unity and merger of soul with the only gathers knowledge but also develops his Parmatama. For this it is essential that one's potential. He learns the basic tenants of intellect is refined and is always willing to help human life. The child also gets training of out the intellect of others. The spread of good Brhamcharya i.e. restraining the senses. The thoughts is the best way of serving the soci- achieving of these Goals creates a Platform for ety. Thought transformation is the need of the a person for upliftment of human life. hour. Our Dharma is to serve this beautiful The next stage is when a person readies garden- the planet Earth. The various rivers himself to tackle the worldly affairs. He takes of Goals of life should flow towards this ulti- on the responsibility to raise a family. He gets mate Goal of life. The Goal of life is self- real- into married life and raise children. This is ization through virtues of love, compassion, essential for progress of the human race. The devotion, truth, restrain and service. Goals at this stage is to bond with a person of opposite sex through institution of marriage. (Pranav Pandya is the head of the World Enter in the household responsibilities of Gayatri Pariwar, Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Grahastha and engage in productive activities Vishwavidyalaya and director of Brahmavarchas like agriculture, education, Industry, business, rations i.e. Kamas. However our Rishis have of the society. One important task at this stage The next stage of life is Vanprastha which Research Institute. Besides, he is the editor of service for enrichment of the society. In this prescribed restrained fulfillment of aspirations is to provide good sanskars to newer genera- is preparatory to retirement. This is the stage Akhand Jyoti and president of Swami stage of life, one is engaged in different aspi- and utilization of resources earned for welfare tion when a person has almost completed his Vivekananda Yogvidya Mahapeetham)

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Our eleven is very in these games, he answered. then we lost three, against the important moments in the game." batsman who will      turn out to be a dark of his ability to go handy with the clear in our mind; it's just that we However, on being asked about team that has been more passion- "And when you capitalize on lead India as the horse in the tourna- bat too. None of it really worked out need to take good decisions in pres- the readiness of Pant and Rayudu ate and more energetic than us in probably every important moment prime contender for  ment after holding for India as the moves backfired sure situations to go far in the to come and play responsible knock pressure moments. And they have that comes in the game as a side it the glory in     World Cup hosts and India paid its price by losing World Cup. So this is the thing that at pressure situation during World grabbed the crucial moments in the gets very difficult to go past that England said that England for series series against a depleted Australian we want to focus on and now there Cup, the world number one bats- game better than us and they side. The way they batted in Mohali the tournament will 2 $ !  draw recently, he side that was touring with some of is no confusion about combination man said that he cannot comment deserve to win." after Maxwell got out chasing 130 be an evenly poised    1 said that as the tour- their premier names. or team. 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They deserve pressure on us throughout and the capable enough of the mindset will play and believes that the side is well bal- before World Cup, Indian captain pressure or they should be or they credit because they are a very areas that they bowl really made us lifting the trophy. a big part. anced and good to go and compete said that he wanted to test his side shouldn't be. One has to wait until young and inexperienced side com- play those shots that we played. So "Well, honestly every team in "You see how the West Indies at the World Cup. in pressure situations and see how the side is announced. You can't lit- pared to us they showed more heart the credit has to be given where it the World Cup is a threat. Anyone have come along. They are going "We definitely will not look our the players respond but there was erally speak about any of the com- and confidence in the precious is due and we certainly were not up who gets on a roll in the tourna- to be a serious threat in the experiments as an excuse for the no noticeable resistance both by binations of the team that is going situations and they believed that to the mark and they were and ment like this is difficult to stop World Cup as well because of the series defeat. Anyone who plays for Indian batsmen and bowlers. to go to the World Cup unless the they can play better cricket in hence as I said the deserving win- that team and having said that a balance they have been able to India is expected to come and While the bowlers failed to side is announced." crunch moments. " ners." team having said that a team on crack. England has been a very deliver that performance. Even if we restrict run flow in the slog overs "But having said that being "The win is good for Australian He also shrugged off the a roll can be knocked out in the strong side. Australia is now look- go with the same eleven (the World in Mohali, it was a combined bat- any International game, whoever side as well. They have won a big thought that it affected India's semis or even in the final they can ing balanced. We are a strong side. Cup playing 11) and don't perform ting failure in the series decider at plays, whoever gets the chance to series like this against India at mindset in any which way, "None be defeated immediately by a New Zealand is good. Pakistan accordingly then one can't say that Delhi where India could never play, we expect that guy to take home. It's good for their confi- of the guys in the changing room side that is more brave on that can defeat anyone on their day." we picked the wrong players. So I really recovered after the early responsibility and pressure." dence." are panicking or not feeling down particular day. And who wants it "It's very important to under- think what we need to breakdown departure of 'King Kohli'. The skipper also credited Dismissing the talks about the after this defeat because we know more and is more expressive as a stand what mindset you are tak- is the decisions what we didn't take "We expect the guys to take Australia for the historic comeback on-field conditions going against the things that we were wanting to side." ing into the World Cup. And I am right." responsibility and pressure and in the hard-fought series win and India in the last three games espe- do in these last three games." "I don't think that any team in sure every team would want to "As a side, we are very balanced. hence we expose guys to these kinds referred it as the better unit in the cially in Mohali. 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Turin, Messi delivered his own  !  court wasn't as good as his 6- he served for the match, just Hubert." serve and punishing Karlovic's Andreescu could get a shot at a top-10 player in the semi- symphony at the Camp Nou,   )   3, 6-1 third-round win over a small speed bump in a second serve. finals, or she could find herself up against another fast-ris- where Lyon were outplayed save      #R Argentine Diego match that he took charge of  2  Thiem said putting 87 ing teen. for a very brief period in the sec- K)  ) Schwartzman. early. A day after world number percent of his first serves in She'll take on the winner of Wednesday's match between ond half when they threatened a But he was more than a "He didn't have the best one Novak Djokovic tumbled play was key in his first meet- seventh-ranked Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and 19-year-old comeback in this last-16 tie. Ronaldo's imperious 124, but his match for 113th-ranked start, so that cost him the first out of the third round, 19- ing with Karlovic. Czech Marketa Vondrousova. "Cristiano yesterday (on latest double takes his team one Krajinovic, breaking him early set," Federer said. "Second year-old Miomir Kecmanovic "I felt pretty confident on Vondrousova, who reached her second WTA final in Tuesday) was impressive," Messi step closer to the trophy they in each set and saving the only set, it was definitely better. I kept the Serbian flag flying. my own service games. That's Budapest in February, arrived in California ranked 61 in the said afterwards. "It was a big sur- crave the most. break point he faced. think he probably struggled Kecmanovic became the what I transferred also to the world and is also projected to crack the top 40 by reaching prise because I thought Atletico Barcelona go into Friday's Nadal, who lifted the throughout a little bit. He first lucky loser to reach the return games," he said. "I the semis. would be stronger but Cristiano draw for the last eight as the sole Indian Wells trophy in 2007, never really got going. last eight at Indian Wells since made two breaks in the right The remaining quarter-finals will be played on Thursday, had a magical night." Spanish representative, along 2008 and 2013, is in the last "Conditions are tough the ATP's Masters 1000 series moment I would say." with Belinda Bencic taking on Karolina Pliskova and Venus A 0-0 draw in France in the with Juventus, Manchester eight for the first time in with the glare, and the jump launched in 1990. Thiem booked a meeting Williams facing Angelique Kerber in a battle of former world first leg last month meant Lyon United, Manchester City, three years after missing last of the ball it's sometimes hard Kecmanovic, ranked with 18th-seeded Gael number ones. always had a chance to make Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, year's edition, skipping both to find the rhythm and tim- 130th in the world, had taken Monfils of France, who defeat- Bencic, 22, stunned world number one Naomi Osaka 6- Barca nervous, but Messi's sump- Porto and Ajax. Indian Wells and the Miami ing." the first set against Yoshihito ed Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-0, 3, 6-1 in the fourth round, bringing the Japanese star's first tuously chipped penalty and a The last time Spain only had Masters with a hip injury. Federer will fight for a Nishioka 6-4 when the 74th- 6-2 in 57 minutes a day after WTA title defense to an abrupt end. simple finish from Philippe one team left at this stage was He next will take on 13th- semi-final berth against 22- ranked Japanese retired the German stunned world The Swiss player is on the rise after a spate of injuries Coutinho looked to have fin- 2010 and after defeats for ranked Russian Karen year-old Pole Hubert Hurkacz. because of injury. number one Novak Djokovic slowed her career and is ranked 23rd in the world after claim- ished them off before half-time. Atletico and Real Madrid, it Khachanov, who beat world Hurkacz, ranked 67th in Kecmanovic, who gained in the third round. ing her first title in four years at Dubai last month. Yet Lucas Tousart's volley left was up to Barca to avert a first Lyon one goal away from putting Spanish blackout since 2005. Barcelona out, only for Messi to Coutinho had been whistled take charge again. He scored off by his own fans last weekend @         >    once more, before teeing up but was picked to start, preferred Gerard Pique and Ousmane to Dembele who had just recov- Dembele to complete the victo- ered from a hamstring strain.  %'+3 $% season." Leclerc in for the experienced Raikkonen. ry. The Brazilian was bright, enjoy- Vettel is a winner and having to settle Asked if Ferrari were in a better situ- Messi now has 108 goals in ing one of his best performances our-time world champion Sebastian for second in the drivers and constructors ation now than 12 months ago, the 31-year- the Champions League, behind in weeks. FVettel on Thursday vowed to shrug off championship last year was tough to take. old replied: "Yeah quite frankly because last a "disaster" 2018 and topple arch-rival He said it was normal for Ferrari fans year's winter testing didn't go well for us. Lewis Hamilton, with his refreshed team to consider finishing runner-up a "disas- "We had some issues with the car to 4, 979/9,9( passionate about returning Ferrari to the ter". fix. We got a bit lucky during the race 3             top. "You know the winner takes it all. Lewis weekend (in Melbourne) with the safety The German won the opening race of has been in that position the last couple of car to grab the win.  +  9   ' 79       the season in Melbourne last year and years and we will try to turn it around," he "In this regard we are more prepared. '              #  +     backed it up with victory at the next in said. Our car seems to work fine, there are no       Bahrain. But Hamilton roared back to "In the end we are racing for Ferrari problems at this stage."                 > # sweep 11 of the remaining 19 Grand Prix and we will try to get Ferrari back to where But he added: "It's a tough weekend        ! and the 31-year-old is desperate to turn the we've been trying to get it back to for the ahead of us." Despite his huge experience,            :   !# tables. past few years." Vettel admitted to being "a bit nervous"  + %   :   R      "There is a lot of passion inside this Ferrari haven't won the constructors' ahead of the 2019 campaign.  >   !     team willing to get out and to express our- title since 2008 and their last drivers' crown "You don't know exactly where you       >   selves through winning I think is the best came in 2007 through Kimi Raikkonen. are, you don't know what's going to hap-     /#    R +     we can do," he said. The Italian team have a new look head- pen," he said.   1 $   #R    "So that's the target. So far the atmos- ing into the season, with tech chief Mattia "At this point we are all hunters and     +    ! #R  phere is good, the spirit is right within the Binotto replacing Maurizio Arrivabene as we are all the hunted. We have zero team and we will try to carry that into the team principal and young gun Charles points."