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P fifth phase onwards to single- Lok Sahba seats in this poll Polling for Tikamgarh, handedly cross the majority round is: UP (14 constituen- Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, "# mark. For the Congress, its cies), Rajasthan (12), Madhya Rewa, Hoshangabad and Betul & & president Rahul Gandhi is in Pradesh (7), West Bengal (7), seats, all held by the BJP cur- & & " the fray against BJP’s Smriti Bihar (5), Jharkhand (4) and rently, will take place on May , "- Irani from his pocket-borough Jammu & Kashmir (2). The 6. This will be the second ./! " Amethi. However, the contest phase would see conclusion of phase of polling in MP, the first && & seems to be tougher this time voting in all 29 seats of phase having been held on & && given the BJP’s focus on the seat Rajasthan, which were won by April 29. Union Minister * / "- for the last five years. Rae the BJP in 2014. Virendra Kumar Khatik is the Bareli, Congress leader Sonia In contrast to previous BJP candidate from Tikamgarh Gandhi’s constituency, is one of rounds, poll campaigning in while former Union Minister "* & & Q the 12 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar * + $ - %! $ % & this phase has been peaceful and sitting MP Prahlad Patel is * Pradesh which will go to polls even as electioneering during the party’s Damoh candidate. " on Monday. Lok Sabha poll, yielding a duck Rajnath Singh is seeking re- Chambal dacoit Malkhan the last couple of days was Turn to Page 4 0 The other seats in the elec- for the BSP and only six seats election from Lucknow con- Singh of Pragati Sheel "% torally important UP are for the SP. stituency, which has been rep- Samajwadi Party (Lohia). In the & & "0 Dhaurahra, Sitapur, In this phase, the BSP is resented in the past by the BJP Faizabad parliamentary con- & & Mohanlalganj (SC), Lucknow, contesting on five seats — patriarch Atal Bihari Vajpayee. stituency, under which the & & & Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Rajnath Singh is facing temple town of Ayodhya falls, "* & (SC), Barabanki (SC), Faizabad, Mohanlalganj, Fatehpur and Samjawadi Party’s nominee sitting BJP MP Lallu Singh is & $1 Bahraich (SC), Kaiserganj and Kaisarganj. While Samajwadi Poonam Sinha, wife of actor- taking on Nirmal Khatri of the $2 & & "3 Gonda. SP-BSP-RLD has Party is fighting on seven seats politician Shatrughan Sinha. Congress. Khatri is a former " & emerged in UP as the main — Lucknow, Banda, Former Union Minister Uttar Pradesh Congress & M rival of the BJP and banking on Kaushambi, Barabanki, and Congress candidate Jitin Committee chief. & & its combined vote bank share Faizabad, Bahraich and Gonda. Prasada is contesting from In 2014 elections, 12 of 14 , M & which was divided in the last Union Home Minister Dhaurahra against former seats of this phase in UP were & , " % ) . 5 &M / & M ') & "0! ) 1* "# bus ferrying 42 female % Aemployees of a private & company overturned after it * + & was hit by a speeding truck, + ' - & resulting in injuries to passen- %! % & gers in Noida Sector 93 on , " Saturday around 6 am. & ('0* BJP slamming the Congress “The bus had 42 passen- for taking the segment for P &Q" gers, all women employees of a he last day of the Lok granted with dynasty politics. "# private firm, who were on their TSabha poll campaigning Campaigning for her & & ! way to work when their vehi- in Amethi turned interesting brother, Priyanka said, “Smriti * " cle overturned after being hit with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Irani comes here and distrib- 3 "# by a truck,” Phase 2 SHO and Smriti Irani locking horns utes shoes and sarees. She - ! 5 Farmood Ali Pundir said. on several issues. should come and beg for votes "751 The injured were rushed to Sitting MP and Congress rather than distribute you % a nearby hospital, while those chief Rahul Gandhi is seeking shoes. I also want to ask if the & critically wounded were taken to defend his turf for the BJP is so concerned about &8 "2 7 ! to Kailash Hospital, he said. fourth time against Union Amethi, why did they wind up * * 9 “The truck involved in the Minister Smriti Irani, who projects which Rahul Gandhi 5 incident has been impounded had brought down Rahul’s initiated.” &"1 & and its driver detained,” the victory margin to just over a On the other hand, Smriti & " SHO said. lakh in 2014. mocked Rahul in a rally, say- ) % * " He scotched rumour of Charges have been flying ing, “Absentee MP has already 0 & the law and order situation at thick and fast with the given up on you and run away : & 7 P ! ! the accident site, and said Congress accusing the BJP of to Kerala.” && * / "0 # $ ! % & probe is underway. trying to bribe voters and the Turn to Page 4 & && Q* "0 * & & "07 & & & / & " (,($0* The Andhra Pradesh moved away, flight operations 0 ;* " Government informed about resumed at Kolkata and ## ! 0 eople of West Bengal heavy rainfall and some dam- Bhubaneswar airports on "- & < Pheaved a sigh of relief as age to crops and roads in Saturday. “Flight operations to % "#$ = severe cyclonic storm Fani Srikakulam district. and from Bhubaneswar airport & : = weakened on Saturday morn- In Bengal, the storm lashed has resumed. Alliance Air flight Prime Minister Narendra Modi The UN agency for disaster ",Q ing which wreaked havoc in Digha, Haldia, Tajpur, from Ranchi is the first flight on Saturday discussed the sit- reduction has commended the ! "! & Odisha leaving 12 persons Mandarmani, Sandehskhali, to land,” tweeted the Ministry uation with Odisha Chief India Meteorological 7 & Q dead. However, Fani killed at Contai, Diamond Harbour, of Civil Aviation. Minister Naveen Patnaik and Department’s “almost pinpoint least 14 people in Bangladesh Bankura, Sriniketan, Asansol, The Eastern Naval assured all support from the accuracy” of early warnings "0 as it barrelled into the nation on Dumdum and Alipore, Command has launched a Central Government. Modi that helped authorities conduct "> ? Saturday. Kharagpur, Kolkata, and massive rescue and rehabilita- will visit Odisha on Monday to a well-targeted evacuation plan O P & ? North-East States — Burdwan. Trees were uprooted, tion effort in Odisha. take stock of the situation. and minimise the loss of life. !"#$ "O & Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, power and telecom lines Turn to Page 4 " " Meghalaya, Nagaland, snapped, metal hoardings " " * 7 & Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura blown away as the storm swept & Q — have witnessed intermittent through Bengal. However, no " "0 & & & rain since Friday due to the loss of life was reported from $ ! % " * && impact of Fani. As many as 79 the State. N O 9 flights were cancelled at According to Bengal Chief "! & different airports in the Minister Mamata Banerjee, the 7 * Northeast region due to bad entire administration was / Q weather. awake the whole night. “We % "0 According to the National were very worried about the & & / Crisis Management Committee cyclone Fani. There were not '( / (NCMC), headed by Cabinet much damage in the State. At " Secretary PK Sinha, the cyclone least 850 mud houses in the "0 has caused extensive damage to districts were partially dam- ) * telecommunications and power aged while 12 were complete- *@" infrastructure in Puri, ly destroyed,” she said. * ) 7 / Bhubaneswar and some other The Kolkata Port Trust ! ! M areas of Odisha while the West (KoPT) also resumed its rou- & M )"0 Bengal Government has tine operation on Saturday ' & 9 reported mild impact of the morning at both Haldia and ! ' (') ' " cyclone. Kolkata docks. As Fani has $ % & + ,- ./01
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I am here to support such can- 88 (,($0* the Prime Minister and the BJP "Another negligence in the didates, such party, which is fighting for chief. security of CM @ArvindKejriwal. ctor cum politician Prakash Raj will a change in this election, compared to elhi Chief Minister and Aam He said the BJP could not Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal got Acampaign for the Aam Aadmi Party other parties. DAadmi Party (AAP) National break the morale of Kejriwal and attacked during the roadshow. We (AAP) in Delhi for a week. Raj began his "This is what we need, this is my ges- Convener Arvind Kejriwal was could not defeat him in elections in condemned this cowardly act. This Delhi campaign from the North East Lok ture, and my belief, that different peo- slapped by a AAP supporter during the last five years despite putting in opposition sponsored attack cannot Sabha constituency on Saturday evening ple with different thought processes but his roadshow in New Delhi's Moti all its might. "Now, you want him stop the Aam Aadmi in Delhi," the with a meeting in support of AAP can- love for the country come together to Nagar area on Saturday. The inci- removed form your way like this. AAP tweeted. didate, Dilip Pandey, at Babarpur. make this democracy, to reclaim our dent took place when Arvind You cowards! This Kejriwal is your This is not the first time that the Addressing the media along with republic which is on the verge and that Kejriwal was holding a roadshow in "As he was meeting and greet- od of time, he got disenchanted with end," he said in a tweet in Hindi. Delhi CM has been attacked. A sim- the AAP Delhi convenor Gopal Rai at we may lose with the onslaught of com- favour of his party's candidate ing his party workers, who had gath- the party and its leaders. He got AAP spokesperson, Saurabh ilar incident happened in April, 2014 the party headquarters, Raj, who fought munal and hatred politics of the gov- Brijesh Goyal who is contesting ered around the Gypsy, suddenly, a angry because of the incompatible Bharadwaj, too, alleged that the BJP when Arvind Kejriwal was slapped the Lok Sabha polls as an independent ernment, which is in place," Raj said. from the New Delhi seat. person got on to the bonnet of the comments on the armed forces by might be behind the attack and by a man in Delhi's Dakshinpuri candidate from the Bengaluru Central He will campaign in the New Delhi The man, identified as Suresh Gypsy and attempted to assault him. the top leaders of the party," the asserted the incident would not area. The incident happened when seat, said that people need to unite to and East Delhi constituencies on Sunday. (33), who has a spareparts business He was immediately overpowered DCP said. stanch the spirit of the party. Arvind Kejriwal was holding a "reclaim the republic" of the country Meanwhile, AAP chief spokesperson in Kailash Park, climbed atop the and saved from the agitated sup- "The man was wearing a cap "The Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal roadshow in the Capital city. A man which is on the verge of losing with the Saurabh Bharadwaj on Saturday said that open jeep and slapped Kejriwal porters and was taken to hospital for (which he later took off) and scarf was attacked during the roadshow. lunged at Arvind Kejriwal and onslaught of communal and hatred- the party's Lok Sabha candidates will across the face before he was pulled medical treatment. The road show of AAP, and was in the reception We condemn this cowardly act. This slapped him on the neck before based politics. declare their constituency-wise mani- off the jeep by the AAP workers. then started and continued as per group of the CM. No one objected Opposition-sponsored attack can- being taken down by Kejriwal's sup- "The AAP is fighting the elections on festoes this week. According to Monika the schedule," said the DCP. to him being there as he had been not stop the Aam Aadmi Party from porters. Four days later, Arvind the issues of health, education, their "AAP is the only party, which has Bharadwaj, the Deputy "Preliminary interrogation has an organiser for the party. He was making itsstrong presence in Delhi," Kejriwal faced another such attack vision and based on their work. I am very already put its Delhi Lok Sabha mani- Commissioner of Police (DCP) revealed that the person, Suresh, a standing near the front right tyre of he said. BJP Delhi president, Manoj after an unidentified man slapped happy, proud and I feel meaningful in festo in the public domain 10 days back West district, the incident occurred scrap dealer in the area, has been a the Gypsy. He took off the scarf, Tiwari, condemned the incident and him during a roadshow in Delhi. this journey in Indian politics to be with for the residents of the national capital at around 5:43 pm when Chief supporter of AAP and used to climbed the bonnet and attempted said the AAP might have "scripted" The assault left Kejriwal with a AAP. I am not from Aam Aadmi Party, to thoroughly examine what our party Minister got out of the official work as an organiser of the party's to assault the CM," said the DCP the incident. swollen face and eye. In 2013, but I am one of those Aam Aadmi which can do for Delhiites and on what basis vehicle and got on to the open rallies and meetings," said the DCP. adding that further interrogation of "We do not support violence Arvind Kejriwal has also been look upto to the ideology and the work we are seeking their votes," said Gypsy prepared for the road show. 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Earlier last week, the BSP's be ready that we will never con- Addressing an election attack, Indian Air Force went Exuding confidence that Guna candidate Lokendra Singh test elections in alliance with the rally in Fatehpur, he said, deep inside Pakistan to Balakot Narendra Modi will return as had opted out and joined the BJP and Congress, both of "Erstwhile Governments of SP and killed terrorists and the prime minister, Shah said Congress while extending sup- which are casteist, capitalist par- and BSP would divide people destroyed their bases. Modiji people seem to have made up port to the party's sitting par- ties," she said. on caste lines and would not has a strong will to take strong their minds to vote for the BJP. liamentarian Jyotiraditya Mayawati urged her party focus on development. The decisions for the security of the Showering praise on Modi, Scindia. workers to bring together peo- Yogi Adityanath Government country," Shah said. the BJP chief said, "Modiji is the "The Congress will have to ple from the Scheduled Caste, and the Narendra Modi Sonia Gandhi was the pres- man the country had been pay a heavy price for this when Scheduled Tribe, Other Government have shifted the ident of the Congress when it waiting for 70 years...For devel- time comes. Due to similar acts, Backward Classes, Muslim and focus entirely to development governed the country from opment to take place in real we brought down the Atal Bihari other minority communities without any caste discrimina- 2004 to 2014. sense." Vajpayee Government," she said. along with the poor from the tion." Taking on the Congress for Taking a swipe at Congress The BSP supremo said the general category to form a Hitting out at the Congress, promising to remove the anti- president Rahul Gandhi, he Congress Government in the Government in Madhya he said, "The biggest achieve- sedition law if it comes to said, "In the past 20 years, state had misused official Pradesh. She told the gathering ment of the Modi Government power, the BJP president asked Modiji has never taken even a machinery to pressurise Singh to that this formula had led to the is that of securing the nation who the party and its followers day's holiday. But Rahul Baba withdraw in favour of Scindia. BSP forming a majority gov- against terrorism. During were trying to protect. goes on holiday every now Addressing a rally here, the ernment several years ago in Sonia-Manmohan rule, terror- "Who do you want to pro- and then." PTI former Uttar Pradesh chief min- Uttar Pradesh. PTI ! 0 % & * 3 % - . %! 0! Q - Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief become the butt of jokes on the people of the country learnt machines worked fine in three / Minister Vijay Rupani on social media. about the word 'surgical strike' state elections (where Congress Saturday accused the Congress "Congress, which was seek- from Modi government, which won), but they will be called Mumbai: Bajirao, the last captive white An expert advisory committee of the 1 2 3. of doing a U-turn on the issue ing a proof of air strike and sur- conducted the operations in faulty when it is defeated." tiger at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park SGNP, comprising senior veternarians, of surgical strikes, saying the gical strike, had to say yester- response to the terror attacks in He also targeted Congress (SGNP) in Borivali, died at the age of 18. including those from the Bombay Bhopal: The Opposition BJP on Saturday party which earlier sought day that it had conducted sur- Pulwama and Uri. People were in-charge of eastern Uttar A statement issued by the SGNP Veterinary College (BVC) and retired released an 'aarop patra' or charge sheet against proof from the Modi gical strike six times. It means not even aware of the word till Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi said, the tiger breathed his last early ones from the SGNP, had earlier exam- the Kamal Nath-led Government in Madhya Government, was now claim- looking at the mood, enthusi- then. And India made it pos- Vadra over her meeting with Friday. ined Bajirao and suggested the line of Pradesh, targeting it over its "failure" to deliver ing that six such operations asm and patriotism of people, sible," he said. snake charmers in Uttar "Bajirao had been suffering from treatment considering his advanced on the promises it had made to the people. were carried out during the you have made a U-turn. You The Congress had Friday Pradesh, and said that she and chronic ankylosis on left shoulder and age, the statement said. The chargesheet, which is a 12-page book- UPA rule. would ask for proof earlier, but stated that it conducted six sur- her brother Rahul Gandhi have chronic senile generalised arthritis for the Bajirao's post-mortem was con- let, lists the "unfulfilled promises" of the He claimed that people now you accept that it has hap- gical strikes between June 2008 become the butt of joke on last four years. He had been unable to ducted by the pathology department of Congress, which formed the Government in the came to know about the phrase pened. Now you say we (UPA) and January 2014. social media. walk for the last ten days and succumbed the BVC and the final reports are await- state in December last year. 'surgical strike' thanks to the also conducted it," Rupani told On the controversy sur- "Priyanka Gandhi is play- to his ailment at 5.30 am on Friday due ed. He was later cremated as per the pre- The saffron party alleged that among other Modi government. reporters in Gandhinagar. rounding the electronic voting ing with snake charmers. This to his advanced age," it said. scribed procedure, it added. things, the Congress duped farmers in the name The chief minister also "It means you have quiet- machines (EVMs), he said, is childishness. Both the both- Bajirao was born at the SGNP in Taxidermist Santosh Gaikwad of loan waiver. It also said that the ruling party said that Congress president ly accepted that there was a sur- "Congress is blaming the er-sister have become the butt 2001 to Renuka and Sidharth. He was expressed inability to perform taxi- has disappointed the people of the state as its Rahul Gandhi and his sister gical strike (under the Modi Election Commission. It will of joke on websites, YouTube," the last surviving white tiger in the park, dermy on Bajirao due to the unsuitable assurances have remained "only on paper", as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have government)...The truth is that start blaming the EVMs. These he said. PTI it said. skin condition, the statement said. PTI against its claim of implementing 83 promises. However, the ruling party hit back at the BJP saying the allegations against it were "baseless". 5 ! *+ The booklet was released at the BJP's state ((( 4= party office by former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, party's national vice presidents Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Prabhat Jha, among From Page 1 extent of damage could not be Navy revealing widespread others. “The cyclonic story ascertained. Energy infra- destruction localised around Talking to reporters on the occasion, ! crossed Kharagpur and is like- structure has suffered a mas- the temple town of Puri, , Chouhan said, "The farm loan waiver scheme of ly to continue further in north- sive damage in the region. according to an official state- 5 the Congress, on the basis of which it came to New Delhi: Promoters and top offi- east direction with a wind Failure of mobile connectivi- ment. Based on the aerial sur- power, has been a complete failure. Not a single cials of realty firm Amrapali Group speed of 90 kilometres per ty has added to the chaos. The veys, the Eastern Naval Indore (MP): Officials of the farmer in the state has received a loan waiver cer- diverted homebuyers' money for hour. The extremely severe National Disaster Response Command is undertaking a ; - Directorate of Revenue Intelligence tificate." personal benefits and building cyclonic storm relatively weak- Force (NDRF) has moved 16 three-pronged rescue and (DRI) on Saturday raided a zoo here "Although the Congress Government had their own empire, said the forensic ened after entering coastal additional teams, comprising rehabilitation effort centred head of the holy month of Ramzan, and rescued 134 foreign animals, issued an order of loan waiver, the debts of not report submitted to the Supreme Odisha and transformed into about 45 personnel in each, for around Puri and its suburbs in Aa senior BJP leader from South allegedly brought into the country ille- a single farmer have been written off. Court. “very severe” as it approached rescue and relief work in coordination with the State Kashmir district of Anantnag was shot gally. "Farmers across the State are setting on fire The audit report reveals that West Bengal. Analysis and Odisha and has removed fall- Government and the district dead by unidentified terrorists in On a tip-off, DRI officials raided the copies of false certificates, while Congress around 3,500 crore of homebuy- numerical model guidance en trees and other obstacles on administration. Nowgam area of Verinag at around 10.00 the zoo located in Malharganj area, run leaders, including party chief Rahul Gandhi and ers' money was diverted by the suggested widespread rainfall most of the roads. Meanwhile, the examina- pm on Saturday. illegally by the NGO Karuna Sagar, an CM Kamal Nath, claim that the Government has Amrapali top brass. According to activity across Northeastern In Andhra Pradesh, Fani tion authority, National Testing Confirming the death of his party official release said. waived loan of up to 2 lakh as promised, which the auditors, the money was spent States and widespread rainfall triggered heavy rain in coastal Agency (NTA) has cancelled colleague, BJP candidate from Anantnag Creatures found in the zoo includ- is actually false," Chouhan alleged. on houses, luxury cars and wed- activity over Arunachal on districts of Andhra Pradesh NEET UG 2019 for candidates Lok Sabha seat, Sofi Yousaf said, "Gul ed a South American Marmoset, Referring to the power outages in the state, dings among others and also invest- May 4 and 5,” the IMD said. besides uprooting 10,000 appearing in Odisha in wake Mohd Mir, district Vice President, Australian Iguanas, a Persian cat, Red he said, "It reminds us of the 'Bantadhar Yug' ed in shares and mutual funds. Heavy rain along with a coconut trees and destroying of Fani. The notification has Anantnag was killed by unidentified ter- Eared Singapore Slider Turtle, North (ruined state) when electricity cuts had become The Supreme Court on wind speed of 175 kilometres agriculture and horticulture been issued a day before the rorists late Saturday night". American Alligator Gar, South routine." Wednesday slammed both the per hour battered Odisha as crops. scheduled exam date on May He said, Mir was a senior and American Guinea Pig and South Chouhan's 'Bantadhar Yug' remark indirectly Noida and Greater Noida author- cyclone Fani made landfall The Jharkhand 5. According to the notifica- respected leader of the party in Kashmir American Macaw. referred to former MP Chief Minister Digvijay ities and the banks concerned for close to the temple town of Government issued an advi- tion, “NEET exam scheduled valley. He had contested 2008 and 2014 The rescued animals, birds and Singh's rule. the diversion of funds by the group. Puri on Friday morning, leav- sory on May 3, asking all dis- for May 5 in Odisha has been Assembly polls and recently won the reptiles were shifted to Kamala Nehru He said, power had tripped even when Nath Pointing to the diversion of ing a trail of destruction in the trict deputy commissioners to postponed as per the request Panchayat polls. Zoo in the city. had gone to cast his vote in his constituency. 3,500 crore by the Amrapali State. Life remained paralysed set up control rooms to meet of the State Government work- According to doctors of the The NGO which was running the "It shows the kind of situation in the State Group as estimated by the forensic on Saturday, a day after the any exigency in the wake of ing on relief and rehabilitation Anantnag district hospital, BJP leader zoo could not present legal documents and the Government is blaming BJP for it instead auditors, Justice Arun Mishra said: ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic Fani. work in the wake of Fani. had received five bullet injuries, three in related to import or purchase of these of tackling the issue...They are so afraid of power "3,500 crore have gone away. Due storm in Odisha. Two maritime reconnais- Revised dates for the exam in chest and two in abdomen. He was foreign animals, the DRI release cuts that now the CM has provided a mobile gen- to your inaction, cheating has As communication net- sance sorties were undertaken Odisha will be announced declared brought dead on arrival in the alleged, adding that appropriate legal erator to (Digvijay) Singh for his campaign to taken place. The banks' inaction has works are not in place, the by the Dornier aircraft of the soon.” district hospital. action will be taken against it. PTI deal with power cuts," Chouhan added. PTI contributed to it. Had you taken action timely, this would not have happened." "It is your own doing. You have ' # ((( not done anything. If you had done anything, this would not have hap- !) pened. If it is not hand in gloves Frrom Page 1 To the women of Amethi, remains a factor here with then what it is," Justice Mishra told I am sending the Congress Smriti has promised sugar at some locals indicating that the Noida, Greater Noida author- manifesto in an envelope to 13 a kg and to voters she has despite lack of development, ities and the banks. the people. They are sending pledged development calling Rahul Gandhi was likely to be The forensic auditors' report you 20,000 each. They think out the slogan ‘Phir ek baar voted back. pointed to instances where money they can buy you with votes. Modi sarkar’. For Uma Shankar Pathak, & moved from one company to They are mistaken. I have As titans clash in this an old timer, “The Nehru another company of the Amrapali learnt so much from you.” largely underdeveloped area, family gave this place its iden- Group. Earlier Priyanka said, some locals see Amethi and tity though there has not been From Page 1 Prime Minister’s commitment (SC) seat, Shantanu Thakur Congress has nominated The court said that that "with- “The way my father was ded- the Gandhis as inseparable, adequate development.” In 2014, the BJP had won to his work which is evident was injured in a road accident. Sourav Prosad. out the active support of the banks, icated to the welfare of people while others are willing to According to another local 27 of 29 seats in the State. The from his having not taken a Seats in which elections In Barrackpore, the TMC this kind of large scale money laun- of Amethi, my brother too is shun old loyalties and seek Bhola Nath, “For the sake of Congress later increased its day off in 20 years. will be held on Monday are has fielded its sitting MP dering could not have happened". committed.” new horizons. the Gandhi family’s legacy, tally to three after wresting Bollywood actor and BJP Bongaon (SC), Barrackpur, Dinesh Trivedi against BJP’s IANS Priyanka’s canvassing for Amethi is still awaiting people may still vote for Rahul Ratlam seat from the BJP in a MP Hema Malini held a rally Howrah, Uluberia, Arjun Singh, who had defect- her brother centred on emo- fruits of development so much Gandhi here.” bypoll. The Congress, which at Sitamarhi where she Serampore, Hooghly and ed from Mamata Banerjee’s tion as she went around greet- so that a cluster of local villages A section of people dis- came to power in the State in expressed delight over the Arambagh (SC) where party ahead of the poll. The ing locals, addressing them as is considering to boycott elec- agree and feel the competition December last year after 15 improved infrastructure in 1,16,91,889 electorate will Congress has nominated Md “family members” and recall- tions over an old unfulfilled this year is cut throat and any- years, hopes to carry forward Bihar and recalled with decide the fate of 83 candi- Alam and CPI(M) Gargi ing the old days when her promise of a rail under bridge thing can happen. the winning momentum while amusement the 1990s when dates, the Election Chatterjee. father, the late Rajiv Gandhi, in the Amethi town. “It is a very close contest the BJP hopes to repeat its then Chief Minister Lalu Commission said. Howrah Lok Sabha seat used to represent Amethi. “We have been demand- and nothing can be said. This 2014 magic. Prasad reported promise of The EC will deploy a total will see TMC’s Prasun “I used to come here with ing a rail under bridge at an time the Gandhis are cam- The five seats of Bihar making the potholed roads of 578 companies of Central Banerjee, a footballer-turned my father as a 12 year old. I unmanned rail crossing for paigning much harder than which would go to poll are the State as smooth as her forces, which will cover almost politician locking horns with have seen this arid land turn decades. Even in the last elec- before and their anxiety is vis- Muzaffarpur, Saran, cheeks had made headlines. 100 per cent polling booths in BJP’s Rantidev Sengupta. green after my father came tion we had threatened a boy- ible,” said Mahesh Jaiswal of Sitamarhi, Vaishali and BJP MPs Ajay Nishad and the seven constituencies to Congress has nominated here. The way my father was cott but Rahul Gandhi told us Amethi. Hajipur. Prime Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy are seeking ensure free and fair polling, Suvra Ghosh and the CPI(M) dedicated to the people of he will help. Nothing has Chhattisgarh Chief Narendra Modi led the cam- re-election from their respec- officials in the poll body said. Sumitro Adhikary. Amethi, my brother is also moved. We feel betrayed,” said Minister Bhupesh Baghel and paigning from the front, hold- tive seats of Muzaffarpur and The campaign saw poll Kalyan Banerjee is the committed,” Priyanka told the Surinder Singh of village OBC leader Tamradhwaj ing a rally at Muzaffarpur Saran respectively. Rudy faces meetings by Prime Minister TMC candidate from people. Birahimpur, where locals have Sahu, besides Ghulam Nabi where he canvassed in favour Chandrika Rai of RJD, father- Narendra Modi, BJP president Sreerampur seat against BJP’s The BJP, on the other resolved to boycott the May 6 Azad and others also cam- of the local BJP candidate as in-law of Lalu Prasads elder Amit Shah and West Bengal Debjit Sarkar. The Congress hand, flagged Congress’s poll. paigned for Rahul. also nominees fielded by son, Tej Pratap Yadav. Chief Minister and Trinamool has nominated Debabrata dynastic politics as the bane of According to Mumtaz The BJP also gave a final alliance partners the JD(U) LJP chief Ram Vilas Congres supremo Mamata Biswas and CPI(M) has field- Amethi and sought to woo Khan, an ex-village head of push to its campaign with and the LJP. Paswan, who has announced Banerjee. Mamata also par- ed Tirthankar Ray for the seat. locals with development. Raydepur, the fight for an Amit Shah holding a road Congress president whose that he would no longer con- ticipated in a number of road- In Hooghly seat Ratna De “Where was the absentee under bridge started in 1987 show for Smriti on Saturday party is not contesting any of test direct elections, has field- shows. Nag of TMC will contest MP when 10 Amethi villages and people are dejected and Yogi Adityanath holding the five seats going to the polls ed his younger brother and In Bongaon (SC) seat, against BJP’s celebrity candi- caught fire recently? He aban- enough to consider a boycott. rallies earlier. on Monday, did not hold an State Minister Pashupati which is on the Indo-Bangla date Locket Chatterjee. The doned you even after winning “We are a VIP segment yes Another local Shiv Kumar election meeting in these con- Kumar Paras from his pocket border and has a large num- CPI(M) has nominated Pradip the seat in 2014 whereas I but we are fed up now,” he said, “Earlier, the Gandhis stituencies which are, howev- borough of Hajipur. ber of voters from the Matua Saha and the Congress Pratul stood by you even after losing,” rued as the segment wears a would only come to file the er, being contested by alliance In Bengal, the fear over community, TMC has fielded Chandra Saha for the seat. Irani told people as she exud- desolate look bereft of finesse nomination. This time they partners in the Fani cyclone led all political Mamata Thakur against the Braving inclement weath- ed confidence that they will that should have been attached are spending much more time Mahagathbandhan. parties to cancel their election BJP candidate Shantanu er due to Cyclone Fani, the “teach the absentee MP a les- with such a seat. in Amethi because they know BJP chief Amit Shah meetings in last two days. On Thakur. The Left Front con- polling personnel have already son for ignoring his con- That said, generational Smriti Irani is a tough chal- addressed rallies at Saran and the last day of campaigning stituent CPI(M) has nomi- left for the 13,290 booths in stituency for 15 years”. loyalty for the Gandhis lenger.” Sitamarhi and spoke about the the BJP candidate of Bongaon nated Alakesh Das, while the the seven constituencies. + ,- ./01 +! > % 2'!
(,($0* Hai" jibe as it is a reality and con- tinue using the slogan again ongress president Rahul Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 3 R CGandhi on Saturday minced Rahul said he apologised to the no words in accusing the Supreme Court as he felt he had Election Commission (EC) of made a mistake. being "completely biased" when "There is a process is going 4 0! it comes to matters related to the on in the Supreme Court and I Opposition. His remarks come made a comment attributed to in the wake of clean chits given SC so I apologised. I did not (,($0* had found out to take a swipe at Gandhi, top Congress leadership to respond at the by the EC to Prime Minister apologise to the BJP or Modi ji. saying it is story of a man who aspired to earliest," he said. Taking a dig at the Narendra Modi and BJP chief 'Chowkidar Chor Hai' will irtually describing Congress President be a defence deal pusher and is now aspir- Congress president, he wondered if it Amit Shah on various com- remain our slogan," he said. VRahul Gandhi a defence deal pusher ing to be prime minister. would have been better had he remain in plaints of Model Code of "More than half of the elections or facilitator of defence offset contracts, BJP Detailing the allegations Jaitley said the defence business and not joined poli- Conduct violations. are over and there is clear cut on Saturday sought to counter Congress Rahul and his sister Priyanka Gandhi tics. Rahul also said Congress's * + feeling that Modiji is losing … on the Rafale controversy by alleging that Vadra were directors in Backops Services In another pincer attack by BJP internal assessment after four - %! 04)5 % & Our general assessment is clear- Rahul was instrumental in getting an Pvt. Ltd. Registered in India in 2002 and spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao phases of polling shows that the ly saying that BJP is losing the Scorpene submarine offset contracts to his then a firm of a similar name was regis- termed Congress president's attacks on BJP will lose in the Lok Sabha its responsibility and carry it out. as carried out under the UPA elections," Rahul said. company's partner in a deal which India tered in the UK in which Rahul Gandhi Prime Minister, outcome of frustration as elections and he sees a "scared "All this institutional capture rule, he said those were not con- "The reality is that Modiji is had with France during the UPA regime. and Ulrik Mcknight were directors. the party is not only losing elections across Prime Minister" unable to face that is taking place and all the ducted by his party, but by the losing the elections and it's vis- In a counter-offensive on the eve of the It was an "influence for cash" company, the country in a big way but its "so-called the onslaught of the Opposition. negative effects of it will have Army. "When he (Modi) says the ible on his face," he said. 5th phase of polling, BJP rejected Rahul's Jaitley alleged, adding that Mcknight was bastion Amethi is also crumbling." At the same time, the consequences in the future. We Indian Army's surgical strikes The main issues facing the claim that BJP was losing as per Congress married to a Congress leader's daughter Addressing a press conference, Rao Congress president lashed out are not going to allow Indian were video games, he does not country, he said, were unem- party's "internal assessment" and stated that and was part of Rahul Gandhi's "social said the remarks by the Congress chief Modi saying the Indian Army is institutions to be disturbed, insult the Congress, but the ployment and the crisis facing even Congress president was set to lose gang". indicate "desperation because the party is not the Prime Minister's "per- controlled, crushed and anybody Indian Army. "The Army had the farmers of the country but Amethi, his home constituency in Uttar Rahul and Mcknight registered the seeing not only its fortunes crumble all over sonal property". And seeking to who colludes, anybody who done this (surgical strikes). It is the Prime Minister said nothing Pradesh. same London address, which Jaitley said India but also seeing its so called bastions counter the BJP's zero-toler- falls to this pressure, is com- their job. We do not politicise the about the concerns of the com- Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley sought was owned by Ajitabh Bachchan, brother in Amethi and Rae Bareli crumbling". ance policy against terrorism, he mitting a crime," the Congress Army," Rahul said. mon people. to draw Rahul's attention to the charges of actor Amitabh Bachchan. In 2009 "People of the country want Modiji said the Congress will deal with chief said. He also took a swipe at the Hitting out at the Prime against him that his American associate Rahul Gandhi left the UK firm and the back. Rahul Gandhi knows the reality and it "more sternly" than Modi. Addressing a press confer- BJP on the release of Pakistan- Minister, Rahul said: "Modiji's who was a partner in his now-defunct Indian company wound up in 2010 but his is scared of losing Amethi, and out of des- On the EC, Rahul said, ence at the Congress headquar- based terrorist Masood Azhar entire strategy is to distract. We London-based company had got an offset partner remained associated with differ- peration is making such claims which are "When it comes to issues of the ters in Delhi, he launched anoth- back in 1999. "Who sent have fought four to five elections submarine contract and demanded an ent firms, he said. Mcknight won an off- factually incorrect," he added. BJP, the EC is absolutely on the er attack on Modi for "insulting" Masood Azhar to Pakistan? Did with him. We have fought "structured response" from him and his set contract with a French firm awarded "Congress is facing extinction in this straight line, when it comes to India's armed forces. The Congress send him to Pakistan? against him in Gujarat, party. an Indian Navy deal to build submarines, election. Despite a series of lies uttered by the Opposition's issues, it is Congress does not politicise the Which Government negotiated Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and " How come the company through he said. Gandhi over the last several months, he completely biased." army, Rahul said, and it is not with terrorism? Congress didn't Chhattisgarh. As soon as he vicarious ways get the offset contract ?" , Jaitley asked, "The question is how will simply has not been able to bring the party "The working style of Modi, anyone's property as PM Modi send him there. The reality is realises that he is not going to he asked addressing a press conference and you like now to be judged. You are judg- back to life and is literally on the death- the ruling BJP and the RSS is to questioned the Congress' claims that BJP compromises with ter- win then he brings something posed a counter to what he called Congress ing others when there is no evidence. You bed in this election," Rao said. put pressure on institutions. that the UPA government had rorism," Rahul said. new like he brought seaplane in President's wild and baseless allegation on distance yourself from a shady company Responding to questions by the This is evident everywhere — carried out six surgical strikes The Congress chief also Gujarat." The Congress chief's a private Indian company getting Rafale launched by Congress leaders as to why national secu- SC, EC, Planning Commission, during its tenure. "The army, air declared that it was clear the BJP remarks come a day after the offset contract signed between the BJP and you and then your partner gets an off- rity was an issue, he said it is the top issue RBI. That is their approach. We force or navy are not the per- was losing the Lok Sabha polls". PM said during a public meet- the French Government. He said it was a set contract." for the BJP and dominant issue for the do not expect that the EC will sonal property of Narendra He said it was the "assessment" ing in Rajasthan's Sikar that the serious charge. "What was his (Rahul) own role? Did country unlike the Congress, during not be affected by that pressure," Modi ji like he thinks," he said. of the Congress that the BJP was party which questioned the sur- Finance Minister cited a media report he want to start off as a defence dealer. It whose regime there have been several ter- Rahul said. However, he assert- Referring to the six surgical losing. Rahul also said he will gical strikes is now saying "me and gave more information that he said he is a very serious subject and we will want ror attacks. ed that the EC has to commit to strikes the Congress had listed stand by his "Chowkidar Chor too, me too". Q" ? ? # ' 5 * /9& (,($0* Wing Commander such violation of the extant ered by PM Narendra Modi at : Abhinandan at Patan in advisories/provisions is attract- Patan. n another clean chit to Prime Gujarat on April 21. ed," EC says. PM Modi had in his Patan ' ? ! (,($0* tioned that the National IMinister Narendra Modi, "The matter has been Sources in EC said that speech took on Pakistan and Commission for Protection of the Election Commission (EC) examined in detail in accor- Chief Electoral Officer of described how his government New Delhi: Former Union ollowing the Election Child Rights in January 2017 on Saturday said PM did not dance with the extant advi- Gujarat had sent a detailed had kept the Pakistan govern- Minister MJ Akbar, who FCommission notice for chil- had requested the EC to ensure violate the mode code of con- sories, provisions of the Model report on the alleged violations ment on its toes to ensure the recorded his statement before dren in campaign video, BJP that children are not involved duct at his speech in which he Code of Conduct. After exam- of advisories of the safety of Wing Commander a Delhi court on Saturday in a candidate Kirron Kher on in any form with election-relat- said he had kept Pak on toes ination, the Commission is of Commission and Model Code Abhinandan in the aftermath of defamation case filed by him Saturday apologised and said ed activities, by either elections for safe release of IAF pilot the view that in this matter no of Conduct in a speech deliv- Balakot air strikes. against journalist Priya that it was done "unintention- officials or political parties. Ramani, replied that he does ally", acknowledging that it The EC had subsequently not remember their meeting was "wrong". "Some party Chandigarh candidate Kirron instructed that it should be and other details after he was worker sent it and my social Kher after she shared a video ensured by all political parties cross-examined by Ramani’s media team shared on twitter in which children and election officials that chil- counsel. it...Sometimes because of rush were seen campaigning for dren are not involved in any Appearing before of work and enthusiasm, peo- her. The poll panel has asked election-related activity, as per Additional Chief Metropolitan ple do it and which is wrong. the actor-turned-politician to the notice. Magistrate Samar Vishal, Children should not be used reply within 24 hours. Kher is seeking re-elec- Akbar said that his defamation for this at all. I agree with that "You have shared a video tion from the Chandigarh Lok complaint against Ramani, and it was not done uninten- on your twitter account which Sabha seat and is pitted against who has accused him of sexu- tionally...So it was very bad, not shows that children are being four-time MP and Congress al misconduct 20 years ago, good and it should not have used for election campaign in candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal was “correct” as his public life been done," Kher said in her your favour through slogan and AAP's Harmohan has been “adversely affected” reply to Election Commission 'Vote for Kirron Kher' and 'Ab Dhawan. and “lifetime’s good reputa- (EC). Ki Baar Modi Sarkar'," the Chandigarh will vote in the tion” damaged by her “offen- Earlier, the EC issued a notice, issued on May 3, said. last phase of Lok Sabha elec- sive words”. PTI notice, seeking reply of BJP's In the notice, it was men- tions on May 19. &>?'! 3 5 2> (,($0* New Delhi: The Centre has ith assets worth over told the Supreme Court that W374 crores, Congress "categorical and emphatic" candidate from Guna findings recorded by the top Jyotiraditya Scindia is the rich- court in its December 14 last est candidate contesting in Lok year verdict in the Rafale deal Sabha sixth phase elections case has no apparent error while BJP's cricketer-turned- warranting its review. politician Gautam Gambhir is It said the petitioners, in the second in the list with assets the garb of seeking review of over 147 crore. Indian the verdict and placing National Lok Dals (INLD) can- reliance on some press reports didate Virender Rana is the and some incomplete internal third richest candidate with file notings procured unau- assets worth over 102 crore. thorisedly and illegally, cannot In its latest report on can- Lok Sabha poll. seek to re-open the whole didates contesting 6th phase of There are 12 candidates matter since the scope of the Lok Sabha polls, the who have not been analysed review petition is "extremely Association for Democratic due to unavailability of their limited". Reforms (ADR) said Scindia, properly scanned and complete The Centre's reply came who is also in-charge of the affidavits, at the time of mak- on pleas filed by former Union Congress in western Uttar ing this report," it said. Among Ministers Yashwant Sinha, Pradesh, topped the list of 967 the major parties 46 out of 54 Arun Shourie and activist- candidates. The Harvard and candidates from BJP, 37 out of advocate Prashant Bhushan Standford alumnus declared 46 candidates from Congress, seeking review of the movable assets of 45,58,00,245 31 out of 49 candidates from December 14 verdict by which and immovable assets of BSP, six out of 12 candidates their plea seeking probe into 3,28,98,18,500. from AAP and 71 out of 307 alleged irregularities in the The ADR has analysed the Independents have declared multi-crore Rafale fighter jet self-sworn affidavits of 967 out assets worth more than Rs 1 deal was dismissed. of 979 candidates, who are crore.The average asset per Two other review peti- contesting in the sixth phase candidate contesting in sixth tions have been filed by AAP that goes to polls on May 12. phase is 3.41 crores," it said. leader Sanjay Singh and advo- Second on the list is Gambhir It also said Shiv Sena's many as 189(20%) out of 967 cate Vineet Dhandha. with assets over 147 crore, candidate Rajib Mahato from candidates analysed have All the review petitions including 1,19,15,87,789 mov- West Bengal's Purulia con- declared criminal cases against are scheduled to be taken up able assets and 28,00,00,000 stituency has declared zero themselves. Nearly 146(15%) for hearing next week by a immovable assets. The former assets. The ADR said 395 can- out of 967 candidates analysed bench headed by Chief Justice national-level cricketer also didates have declared their have declared serious criminal Ranjan Gogoi. has the highest liabilities of over educational qualification to be cases against themselves. "The review petition...Is 34 crore and highest annual between Class 5 and 12, while Among the major parties, an attempt to get a fishing income of over 12 crore for 509 candidates have declared 18(33%) out of 54 candidates and roving inquiry ordered, financial year 2017-18 as they are graduate or hold a bet- from BJP, 12 (26%) out of 46 which this court has declared in the ITR among ter degree. A total of 35 candi- candidates from INC, 17(35%) specifically declined to go candidates contesting in Lok dates have declared just that out of 49 candidates from BSP, into based on perception of Sabha sixth phase elections. they are literate while 10 said 5(31%) out of 16 candidates individuals. A non-existent With total assets worth they are illiterate. In the sixth analysed from SHS, and 27(9%) distinction is sought to be cre- over 102 crore, Indian phase there 83 female candi- out of 307 independent candi- ated between an inquiry by National Lok Dals (INLDs) dates when 59 constituencies dates have declared serious the CBI and the court by Virender Rana is the third from seven States. criminal cases against them- playing on words," the richest candidate in sixth phase In the 6th phase polls, as selves. Centre's affidavit said. PTI + ,- ./01 !
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PModi on Saturday accused paigning here fiercely. “She (Irani) has come here the Samajwadi Party of going BJP president Amit Shah 16 times in the past four years soft on the Congress, saying the arrived in Amethi on Saturday and that too, for four hours each. two parties are playing a “big evening and held a road show Rahulji has come almost double game” against Bahujan Samaj for Union Minister Smriti Irani. the time and has spent more Party chief Mayawati. As the roadshow wound its way time with you,” Priyanka said. Addressing BJP rallies in through the district, chants of The Congress in-charge Pratapgarh and Basti, Modi “Jai Shri Ram” rent the air. for eastern Uttar Pradesh and said the SP-BSP alliance part- Several state Ministers and younger sibling of the party ners will be at each other’s & ) + senior party leaders partici- chief also said while Rahul throats when the results are out & % & pated in the event. Gandhi had sent a letter to the on May 23. He said while Shah said Congress presi- people of Amethi but the BJP Mayawati is openly targeting ‘vote katwa’ party, suggesting its country,” he said. dent Rahul Gandhi, who is was sending Rs 20,000 in the Congress and its policies, a only relevance now is to queer “The naamdaar must clear- seeking a re-election from the envelopes. Congress leader is sharing the the pitch for other parties. ly listen that this Modi was not Lok Sabha seat here, had failed Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi stage with the SP. Accusing the Congress and born with a golden spoon, nor to ensure development of the also visited his constituency The apparent reference was its president Rahul Gandhi of was he born in any royal fam- constituency and asked people and held a meeting with to Congress general secretary harping on the acquisition of ily,” he said, referring to Gandhi. to let the lotus (BJP symbol) women’s groups. He told medi- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s pres- Rafale aircraft only to tarnish Modi claimed that the Congress bloom in Amethi. apersons that he had no ani- ence at an SP meeting in Rae his image, Modi took a swipe is known for dividing the coun- Smriti Irani recalled the mosity towards Prime Minister Bareli on Thursday. at former PM Rajiv Gandhi. try, and charged it with bring- absenteeism of Rahul from his Narendra Modi. “The SP is going soft on the “Your father was termed ing down coalition constituency. “I will fight with him on Congress, but its alliance part- ‘Mr Clean’ by his courtiers, but Governments in the past. Congress General issues and not at a personal ner BSP chief Mayawati is his life ended as ‘Bhrashtachari Referring to the UN listing Secretary Priyanka Gandhi level. I believe that you can win attacking the Congress,” Modi No 1’ (corrupt number 1),” of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Vadra was also in Amethi with love and not hatred. I tell said in Pratapgarh. He claimed Modi said. He claimed that the Masood Azhar as a global ter- where she addressed a series of my party men also not to use the SP had derived advantage Congress chief had admitted in rorist, he said it was a “major vic- meetings during the day. harsh words but when things out of the alliance, talking an interview that his only aim tory in India’s fight against ter- She went from village to go beyond limits, I even take about “respect” towards her. is to tarnish Modi’s image. ror”. He attacked the Congress village but refused to climb on action,” he said. “It was said you (Mayawati) “By hurling abuses, you over its own record in tackling to the dais. She stood around Rahul Gandhi said a good will be made the prime minis- cannot turn the 50 long years terrorism. “These people had the people and asked who they leader should own up to his ter, but now ‘Behenji’ has of Modi’s tapasya (struggle) created the hype of Hindu ter- would vote for. mistakes and try to rectify understood that the SP and the into dust,” Modi said. “By tar- rorism. Today, the terrorists and She said, “Kyun pade ho them. Talking about terrorist Congress are playing a big nishing my image and by mak- their masters are praying that chakkar mein” and the people Azhar Masood, Rahul Gandhi game with her,” he said. ing me look small, these peo- Modi should not come to power, responded with ‘Koi nahin hai asked: “Who had sent Azhar Modi said the Congress has ple want to form an unstable but the country is saying ‘Phir ek takkar mein”, a n d “ Apna neta Masood to Pakistan? The been reduced to the status of a and a weak Government in the baar, Modi sarkaar’,” he said. kaisa ho” completed with Congress did not do this.” &'%
; - It is the young brigade of These two districts always son behind disenchantment Abdullah and former CM Omar ‘home grown’ militants who are played a pivotal role in electing with the poll process. Abdullah held closed door picentre of home grown still ruling the roost and setting PDP representatives during Meanwhile, in order to meetings in secure zones to Emilitancy — Pulwama and the agenda. They had pasted Assembly polls as it remained repose faith of the voter in the ensure safety of political work- Shopian — two South Kashmir posters and issued diktats PDP’s strong hold. election process, the Election ers. Similarly Congress candi- districts are set to witness low against participation in the Mehbooba Mufti’s fate too commission of India had date GA Mir focused on door- voter turnout, in the last leg of ongoing poll process. is hanging in balance due to recently rushed around 300 to-door campaign and avoided three phase polling for the At last count, around 100 poor voter turnout in first two additional companies of para big election meetings due to Anantnag Lok Sabha seat dur- local militants were still active phases. Poor turn out in these military forces to ensure inci- presence of foot prints of local ing fifth phase of polling in in the area. The current crop of two pockets does not augur dent free polling in the area. militants in the area. Jammu & Kashmir on May 6. top militant commanders, well for her political survival in Barring few election meet- In the run up to the 2019 active in Kashmir Valley, all the State politics. ings, organised in the party = 2& Lok Sabha polls, dastardly come from Pulwama district. In the aftermath of killing offices or residences of sup- attack on a CRPF convoy in Hizbul Mujahideen’s poster of HM Commander Burhan porters/officer bearers of these &'$ Pulwama, leading to martyr- boy Burhan Wani, followed by Wani in July 2016, the equation political parties no other sig- dom of 44 jawans, had changed his successor Sabzar Bhat both changed on ground zero dras- nificant political assembly has the political discourse across were natives of Tral area in tically. Unrest in the area pre- been reported in the area. the country. But on ground Pulwama. Riyaz Naikoo and vented the Election commis- The local politicians in the zero, as the entire Government Zakir Musa,active militant sion of India from holding by- area too have failed to change machinery is gearing up to hold commanders, also hail from polls to the Anantnag Lok the narrative. This is evident Pulwama: National Conference peaceful polls, the common Pulwama. Sabha seat after the same was from the participation of sup- leader Omar Abdullah on voter remains elusive. Compared to first two vacated by Mehbooba Mufti porters during campaign meet- Saturday said Prime Minister In the absence of high- rounds of polling in Anantnag before occupying Chief ings of rival political parties. Narendra Modi was harping on octave electioneering in the and Kulgam, which witnessed Ministers chair in the state. PDP Chief Mehbooba the Pulwama terror attack and area even the ‘passionate’ vot- 13.6 and 10.42 per cent polling, Political observers in Mufti, stayed away from these subsequent air strikes in ers are showing little or no Pulwama, Shopian — hot beds Kashmir claimed the voting areas fearing backlash from Pakistan’s Balakot to hide his interest in reaching out to the of militancy — are set to wit- may not touch double digit fig- common people, angry with her failures on economic front, job polling booths to cast their ness sharp decline in the voter ure in these pockets. They over her decision to align with creation and alleviating agrar- votes. Despite huge presence of turnout. Pulwama district com- attribute large-scale militancy the BJP after the death of PDP ian distress. security forces, fear is still lurk- prises four Assembly segments related violence and crack Patron Mufti Mohd Sayeed. The former CM said while ing in the minds of common of Tral, Pampore, Pulwama down by the security forces in She had joined protest demon- Kashmir was no more an elec- people over the outcome of and Rajpora, while Shopian the aftermath of killing of stration in support of Jamat-e- tion issue in Pakistan, it was participating in the ongoing district has two Assembly seg- Hizbul Mujahideen poster boy, Islami in Pulwama. NC top Prime Minister Modi who poll process. ments of Shopian and Wachi. Burhan Wani as the main rea- brass, including Farooq focussed his election campaign on the situation in the Valley. “There was a time when J&K used to dominate elections in Pakistan but now it is PM Modi who is going to town with J&K in the election campaign. The PM is raking up Balakot and Pulwama terror attack to hide his Government’s failures on economic front, employ- ment generation and the agrar- ian distress in the country,” Abdullah said. PTI
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ing Maha Vajiralongkorn, urkish President Recep KRama X of Thailand, was TTayyip Erdogan on crowned on Saturday in a daz- Saturday called for the opposi- zling show of pageantry, laced tion’s local election victory in with Hindu and Buddhist rit- Istanbul to be declared invalid ual, vowing to reign “with and the vote re-run, increasing righteousness” on behalf of the pressure on the country’s the Thai people. electoral authorities. Starting at the auspicious “Clearly, there were irreg- time of 10:09 am (0309 GMT), ularities and corruption,” the public was granted a rare Erdogan said in a speech at a window into the cloistered business leaders’ meeting. halls of Thai power as the key “If the Supreme Electoral rituals of the three-day coro- Council could dissipate all this, nation began. King that would ease the conscience Vajiralongkorn is the tenth of our fellow citizens,” he monarch of the Chakri dynasty, added. which has reigned since 1782. The electoral body, the He ascended the throne YSK, is due to meet on Monday over two years ago following to examine a request by the death of his beloved father, Erdogan’s AKP party to cancel but waited until after a long the result of the March 31 local mourning period before setting elections which the his coronation date. party lost in Istanbul, where the Saturday’s sombre cere- main opposition candidate mony opened with the white- !$ * 0 ' P Ekrem Imamoglu gowned king — the folds of his won the mayoral race by a tight robe leaving one shoulder ! + & % & margin. bared — receiving sacred water Several partial recounts from across Thailand and dab- Brahmins were also in atten- Victory, a tiered gold 7.3-kilo- have so far supported the ini- bing it gently across his face at dance at the syncretic ceremo- gram (16-pound) headpiece tial results in both Ankara and a shrine inside the Grand ny, which symbolises Rama topped by a diamond from Istanbul, with the main oppo- Palace complex. X’s transformation from a India. sition CHP party calling A cannon salute marked human to divine figure. Uttering his first, brief Erdogan a “bad loser” willing the moment as pipes played He later took his seat under royal command he vowed to to do anything to hold on to and Buddhist monks chanted. the umbrella of state and was reign “with righteousness” for power in the country’s eco- Several grey-haired Hindu handed the Great Crown of the benefit of the Thai people. nomic capital. 9 . " . )BC 3 8@! 2 #& 4 ! Q1 R 4 ! : " 4 ! London: The top-secret leak 1$1 71 Gunasekara said that police Dhaka: At least 14 people were that Britain had conditionally and army uniforms or such killed and 63 others injured as allowed China's Huawei to olice in Sri Lanka on camouflaged materials, which cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ barrelled develop its 5G network, which PSaturday asked members are in possession with the into Bangladesh on Saturday, a brought down the defence min- of the public to hand over common people should also be day after leaving a trail of ister, does not amount to a swords or other large knives to hand over to the police. destruction in eastern Indian criminal offence, police con- the nearest police station after “This will be in effect from coastlines, media reports said. cluded Saturday. Theresa May a haul of such blades were today until tomorrow”, he said, However, Bangladesh on Wednesday sacked Gavin recovered from mosques and adding, “If you are having Disaster Management Ministry Williamson as defence secre- homes during searches follow- police or camouflaged military officially confirmed four deaths tary over the leak last month of ing the Easter Sunday suicide uniforms, please hand them — two in Barguna and one the bitterly-disputed decision bomb attacks. over to the nearest police sta- each in Bhola and Noakhali — made at the April 23 meeting Announcing the amnesty tion”. on the basis of “initial reports” of the National Security scheme, police spokesman The move came after police from the three coastal districts Council (NSC). Ruwan Gunasekara that the recovered a large haul of and said it was yet to compile Following the police knives which are used for day- weapons, including swords, the details of the casualties and announcement, Williamson, to-day “domestic” and “justifi- and camouflaged materials damages caused by the cyclone. who has strenuously protested able” purposes were not during searches of mosques “The detailed information his innocence, said he was the required to be handed over to and houses following the Easter from all the affected districts is victim of a shabby "witch- police. Sunday’s suicide attacks, which yet to reach us,” State Minister hunt". AFP Apart from large blades, claimed 250 lives. said. PTI Q% R4! (! . ! & Islamabad: The Taliban on ;"1 =*$$(F-"G Saturday said the gap is nar- rowing in talks with charter plane carrying 143 Washington’s special peace Apeople and travelling from envoy over a timetable for the Cuba to north Florida ended withdrawal of U.S. Troops from up in a river at the end of a run- Afghanistan. The two sides are way Friday night, though no continuing to meet in Qatar, critical injuries or deaths were where the insurgent movement reported, officials said. maintains a political office. A Boeing 737 arriving at In a voice message to AP, Naval Air Station Jacksonville the Taliban spokesman in from Naval Station Doha, Suhail Shaheen, said Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with both sides have offered new 136 passengers and seven air- proposals for drawing down crew slid off the runway into U.S. And NATO forces. the St. Johns River, a NAS ! / % P =' This would be a significant Jacksonville news release said. / '(< ( & initial step toward a deal to end The Jacksonville Sheriff’s nearly 18 years of war and Office posted on Twitter that a ported to local hospitals in from The Associated Press. America’s longest military marine unit responded to good condition. Capt. Michael Connor, the engagement. assist. The plane was in shallow A photo posted by deputies commanding officer of NAS “There are proposals to water and not submerged. shows a Miami Air Jacksonville, said during a news lower the gap between the two Everyone on the plane was alive International logo on the plane. conference that passengers sides, but (it) still needs nego- and accounted for, the agency The company didn’t imme- were a mix of civilian and mil- tiation to reach a final agree- posted, with 21 adults trans- diately respond to messages itary personnel. ment,” he said. AP *+ + ,- ./01 Q'R ! = ! ! : !
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Monetary Fund (IMF) report “There is a growing con- published on Friday. sensus that carbon pricing... * ty and infrastructure trusts, But for the moment, car- Is the single most effective ADB can play a meaningful bon taxes remain unpopular, mitigation instrument,” sserting that Asia contin- role in development of private particularly in France, where they said. Aues to be the growth sector initiatives,” Garg, India’s plans to increase it to 55 euros It allows for a reduction in engine of the world, Economic Alternate Governor on ADB’s (or USD 61.60) from 44.60 The French Government The Paris Agreement, energy consumption, favours Affairs Secretary Subhash Board of Governors, said. euros recently ignited the was forced to suspend the plan adopted in 2015 by more than cleaner energies and mobilis- Chandra Garg on Saturday ADB’s private sector oper- 7"<, Yellow Vest protest movement. in the face of popular revolt. 200 countries, aims to cap es private financing, according said the ADB must expand its ations reached USD 3.14 billion ) ;9 overall increases in global to the IMF. “It also provides private sector operations to in 2018, a 37 per cent increase 7"< temperatures at two degrees much needed revenues,” they boost economic development. from the previous fiscal, and D6 %3D54 centigrade above the pre-indus- said, adding that countries Addressing the Board of stood at 14.5 per cent of its :D trial era. could use that income to Governors of the Asian overall commitment. “The 2C target would finance sustainable and more Development Bank (ADB) Emphasising that ADB has require cutting emissions by inclusive growth. here, he said there is a rising helped the developing coun- 7 need for the agency to focus on tries in building infrastructure 7"<, strengthening human capital and reducing extreme poverty " and develop social for the past 52 years, Garg said 8 %*"% 5 ! safety nets. innovation in financing will be )7"< “Therefore, we urge the the key to success of long-term 7"< ! )7"< 7"<, ADB management to expand it growth strategy. ! 7"< 2$$ social sector engagements in “This will require careful , countries like India, while at fine-tuning of both public and 7"<, 54L4 New Delhi: Committees of close down unviable ones, he the same time, continuing with private sector financing. > /MD )7"< ' % Creditors (CoCs) should pro- said. “If due to incompetence (of the focus on making cities Private financing has to be ) ;%7"<, % % vide all relevant information market participants) the reverse smart, providing 24x7 water carefully shepherded to the and share their vision for com- happens, then it is dangerous,” and power supply, enhancing right sectors like manufactur- N 0%< panies under the insolvency Sahoo said. connectivity, and mitigating ing, services and new digital 0 process, a senior official said on The Insolvency and the risk of climate change. Our economy industries with active Saturday as he asserted that it Bankruptcy Board of India regional cooperation support of equity financing 2 & will be dangerous to let viable (IBBI) Chairperson also noted initiatives must aim to integrate from ADB and other multi- O" " " % firms to close down. that CoCs must provide all rel- the countries of the region lateral agencies,” he said. ) %" 7 ! Amid rising number of evant information to resolution with the global value chains,” Private investment in more ! 8 stressed assets being referred for applicants so that they find he said. difficult sectors like infra- 8 1 /5% ' 8 resolution under the Insolvency interest in the companies. “While ADB should con- structure and human capital L6 and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), He was speaking on the tinue helping the member improvement, however, will " 7 ! IBBI chief MS Sahoo said the sidelines of a conference organ- countries harness their growth not flow unless these projects 0 < law also gives opportunities to ised by industry body potential by providing larger are sufficiently de-risked for the %" 8 rectify the mistakes during the Assocham. financial resources, it must private sector with both direct " ! insolvency process. The IBC provides for mar- expand its private sector oper- investment as well as provision The objective of the law is ket-driven and time-bound res- ations across the region. By of guarantees and other struc- to rescue viable companies and olution of stressed assets. PTI investing more through equi- tured support, he said. 1 ! ! 0 6 " ! @ ? ;* “During that conclave, a Barbry, who was in Goa to . number of memorandum of oversee Indo-French Naval he Government of France is understanding (MoUs) and Exercise ‘Varuna’, met Goa (,($0* Tplanning to organise an letters of intent (LOI) were Chief Secretary Parimal Rai on (,($0* investment conclave in signed between French and Thursday and discussed yundai Motor India Ltd Goa in October this year, to Indian companies. Now, we economic interests of France H(HMIL) said on Saturday odafone Idea said encourage French companies will try to bring in French in Goa. it has stationed a dedicated Von Saturday it to invest in various sectors in investment into Goa,” she said. She said some emergency road service team to will seek its share- the coastal State. The ‘Franco Goa French companies were inter- support the Fani cyclone affect- holders’ approval on A proposal to this effect Investment Conclave’ will look ested in investing in Goa in ed customers or vehicles in the June 6 to transfer would be submitted to the at investment in the field of different fields. states of Odisha and West optical fibre assets to Goa government soon, Consul green marinas, health, medical During her visit, the Bengal. The ‘Hyundai Relief a wholly-owned sub- General of France in Mumbai equipment and waste man- Consul General also met Goa task Force’ would enhance ser- sidiary, Vodafone Sonia Barbry said here on agement besides others, Barbry University Vice Chancellor vices for vehicle-owners affect- Towers Limited. Friday. The first such conclave said. “We have some companies Varun Sahani to discuss about ed by Cyclone Fani. The company has pro- around 1.56 lakh kilometre was held at Nagpur last year, in in France that know how to preparations for the upcoming “Hyundai has stationed a posed to hive off its telecom long telecom fibre assets. which Maharashtra Chief make sustainable marinas workshop for French dedicated emergency road ser- fibre infrastructure to “ The Transferor Company Minister Devendra Fadanavis without disturbing the envi- teachers to be held from May vice team to support the Fani Vodafone Towers before mon- (VIL) believes that it would be had participated, she said. ronment,” she said. 20-25 at Goa University. Cyclone affected customers/ etising it and approached the beneficial to restructure its vehicles along with 26 flatbed National Company Law business by divesting the Fibre trucks and 21 Towing Trucks to Tribunal Ahmedabad on April Infrastructure Undertaking assist the customers,” HMIL 11, 2019, for its approval. into a separate legal entity with said in a statement. “NCLT has directed a sharper and dedicated focus on In order to ensure the meeting to be held of the equi- the fibre infrastructure business availability of services in every ty shareholders of the Applicant so as to achieve greater infra- part of the city, Hyundai has Company... Notice is hereby structure sharing, operational activated a toll free number given that a meeting of the efficiencies and cost optimisa- (0124- 4343937 ) for towing the equity shareholders of the tion resulting in more afford- vehicles and over 40 techni- Applicant Company will be able and reliable telecommuni- cians will assist the vehicle held...On Thursday, the 6th cations services to its con- owners by offering timely deliv- day of June 2019,” sumers,” the filing said. ery. Special discounts on parts Vodafone Idea said in a regu- VIL in the filing said that are being offered on repairs/ latory filing. there would be neither any restorations of cyclone-affect- According to an industry change in its the capital struc- ed vehicles along with 50 per source, Vodafone Idea (VIL) ture nor in the Vodafone cent discount on depreciation has received valuation of Towers pursuant to the sanc- on insurance claims. around 15,000 crore for its tioning of the scheme. + @'A::
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fter failing to make single final cessfully lead Sunrisers to the winner’s tro- like Delhi could have tried Colin Munro up scored 27-ball unbeaten 78 (7 fours and 7 appearance in the cash rich, phy in 2016. 0&#&' the order in place of young Prithvi, who sixes) to help Delhi post-213-6 and then a high profile and glamorous While, Warner stint was satisfactory looked a slight off colour and hasn’t played combined bowling performance sent MI Indian Premier League (IPL) with Delhi, Caribbean powerhouse Andre +< +* $# $)* #D any such impactful innings so far apart his back to pavilion for 176 runs in 19.2 overs. even after being the regular Russell failed to make much an impact dur- 99 against Kolkata. This was the only game in the entire tour- participant in the tourna- ing his stay. He featured in seven games for = " :3 3M 3@ D D :6 M@ Or could have asked Rishabh Pant to nament when Mumbai was sent all packing. ment since its inception in 2008, Capital- Delhi wherein four innings he could only adjust his game plan according to the team But the brilliant start couldn’t last long A ) ) 3: 53 56 D D @M DD based side Delhi Capitals (formerly manage 58 runs and only one wicket. But situation. Because at times the Delhi lad as in the first home game at Feroz Shah Daredevils) made a string of changes this after moving to Eden, he managed 1318 runs ! L 3 @ D D 66 66 threw his wicket at crunch situation by play- Kotla, defending champion Chennai Super year (highlight of which was changing the in 46 innings with a strike rate over 185. He ing irrelevant short which could have been Kings beat Delhi by 6 wickets. name) before the start of this year’s tour- has also crowned the most valuable player ; 0 6 D 3 D 5 D DD avoided at that point. However the side quickly bounced nament. They retained the core this time in of the 2015 edition. ; 5M L 55 5 D 6L 55 But, neither of this happened and the back and halt Kolkata Knight Riders two- hope that the retention of three of India’s And the way these two performed this coaches and captain gave full freedom to match winning run in the third game (sec- brightest upcoming talents may lead to the season, making an impact in every game by 8 ' 3 D 5 D 5 D DD everyone in the squad, to express themselves ond at home) after a tense super over fin- change of fate for the side. their presence in the line-up, just imagine as per they want and that blossomed con- ish. Prithvi Shaw missed a well-deserved Till now the kind of performance the what Delhi could have done with these two , 3 D 3 D D D DD fidence in the players which was clearly evi- maiden century by a run but it was Kagiso young Shreyas Iyer’s side has delivered, it in its ranks. 55 5 5D D D 4 D4 dent in the field through their body-lan- Rabada’s brilliant Yorkers in the one over looks like the change has really worked for However the way, Delhi played this sea- guage. decider that steal the limelight. The South the new looking Delhi Capitals (DC). son with all young guys coming together and ; 5L L 4 D 5 @D DD The team looks fresher this time and the African pacer defended 11 runs against After 14 games, the side is at the sec- performing consistently well throughout has players are giving their best to contribute in Andre Russell and lead Delhi home. ond spot in the points table with nine wins made an impact for Delhi. Especially skip- ? 36 5D 56 D D @6 @I the game not only with the bat and ball, but The fourth game Delhi played at Mohali and has not just only secured its first play- per Shreyas Iyer, the way DC’s 12th skipper 6 3 5 D D LL LL also in the fielding. was the reality check for them where Sam offs berth since 2012 but also became the took the responsibility of leading from the The other significant change that is vis- Curran exposed loopholes in the batting line first team to do so in this year’s league. front. ible this time includes the team’s strong up as Capitals saw shocking collapse and lose What’s special about this time was the The 24-year old Mumbaikar is much nament. The local Delhi boy is in the fourth 0&&'& bench strength which provides the man- seven wickets for just 8 runs in 167 runs fact that despite not getting enough home disciplined with his shot selection and has place for Orange Cap race and has already agement to try out various combinations in chase and thus losing the game by 14 runs. advantage from the Feroz Shah Kotla pitch, kept his nerve calm in precious situations scored 470 runs in 13 innings. +; +9 *+, 8#+ games based upon the nature of the wick- In the fifth game, Sunrisers keep the jug- Delhi won matches and that too against the and time and again allowed his bat to make While, his opening partner Prithvi )*+#-#9 )*+#-#9 et. Often, it is seen that teams don’t try to gernaut rolling and won comfortably by five high profile fancy opponents like Mumbai an impact more than his words. Shaw, who made sensational Test debut 3DDM @ M " F@ G alter winning combination even though it wickets after restricting the hosts for 129 for Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata In the batting front, where explosive against West Indies in October 2018 by scor- mismatched with the on-field conditions but 8. Knight Riders, which have a perfect blend wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and ing 134 runs in his maiden innings in 3DD4 5 M " F6G DC has not hesitated with change and chop- With three defeats in first five games, of an all-round balance in its ranks in their seasoned campaigner Shikhar Dhawan is International cricket, has also played some 3D5D : M : ping. the ghost of yesteryears started to haunt own backyard. catching the eyeballs because of the flam- vital knocks at the top. 3D55 5D 5D 5D In the slow track of Kotla, at times they Delhi, but before it could make an effect the However securing a playoffs berth is just boyance, it is Iyer’s sensible cricket that has But, apart his 99 against Kolkata Knight played with three spinners — Amit Mishra, team bounced back in an amazing fashion the first step in the path of success for any helped Delhi to cross the finishing line on Riders at Kotla, he has not played any other 3D53 5 4 F6G Axar Patel, and Sandeep Lamichhane while and won the next three games on the trot. other team playing in the competition but many a times. impactful innings , but is complementing 3D56 4 4 4 in high scoring venues of Mumbai and The first was against Virat Kohli’s led for Delhi’s side that has finished at the bot- His three fifty-plus scores (67 vs Royal Shikhar well at the top by adding quick runs 3D5@ M M M Kolkata, they believed in the pace battery of Royal Challengers Bangalore at M tom half of the table for half a dozen year Challengers Bangalore in Bangalore, 52 at in the first power play to provide Delhi a 3D5: I M I Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Chris Chinnaswamy. Kagiso Rabada’s 21/4 first (three times at the last spot in the past six Kotla) and 58 not out vs Kings XI Punjab, solid start at the top of the order. Morris, and Keemo Paul. restrict RCB under 150 and then Shreyas years) this is certainly a moment to cheer along with 45 against Sunrisers, 43 in the tied Delhi’s success this time is much 3D5L L M L The kind of combinations with which Iyer’s first fifty of the season, 67 runs help for. game against Kolkata Knight Riders in Delhi, because of the impact innings from the top 3D5I L M L Delhi played shows the amount of game- DC win by four wickets. The side is always considered as an which was decided after super over finish four Indian batsmen and to complement 3D5M M M M changing talent present in the dugout. Next stop was at Eden Gardens where underachiever in this big cash-rich league came in winning the cause. them, the side has Kagiso Rabada in its rank, And that’s whats the primary element of a Shikhar Dhawan’s 97 not out anchors primarily because of the fact that they failed And to his support in the middle who after missing majority part of the last 3D54 6 M '7 successful team. seven-wicket triumph. In the third succes- to make use of the best possible resources order, there is Dhoni’s Indian team deputy season due to injury, is back into business Over the years, Delhi tried to bring sive away game, Delhi faced Sunrisers and available to them. Rishabh Pant. Delhi’s leading run-getter in and is currently the leading wicket-taker in 80 runs — its biggest defeat of this year’s impactful players for a big price and tried after posting 155 runs on the board, Delhi Many of the former players performed the last season (684 runs in 14 games), the tournament (25 wickets), campaign. to influence the result via them but every fought back against the likes of in-form exceptionally well in the tournament after Pant started this season with a miles ahead of his closest con- Though the side will miss its ace pacer time it turned out to be a blunder. The fran- David Warner and Jonny Bairstow and dis- moving out of Delhi, time and again leav- bang, thrashing World’s Number tender and countrymen Imran during the most important phase of the tour- chise spent 16 crores to land Yuvraj Singh missed last eight opposition batsmen for just ing Delhi with the guilt of not keeping 1 bowler Jasprit Bumrah during Tahir (21 wickets). nament, they still have enough players who in Delhi but the left-handed batting all- 15 runs to pull out result in its favour. enough faith in its squad’s abilities to per- his 27-ball, 78 run innings at His excellent death bowling, per- can step up and deliver in the big game. rounder could only manage 248 runs in 14 This was probably the game which form and win tournaments for it. Wankhede in the first game of this fect yorker, and wicket-taking abil- It is beyond any doubt that Delhi games and just took one wicket. In 2018, changed the perception about Delhi going For example, arguably one of the most year’s edition. ity makes him stand out of the always had some great names in its ranks, they went with Glenn Maxwell for 9 crores ahead this season. The comeback was just successful skipper Gautam Gambhir, who And after the World Cup rest. The South African also be it from the Indian subcontinent — the but the Aussie too failed badly and just man- out of the box against Sunrisers. won two IPL trophies with the Kolkata snub, he smashed 36-ball defended 11 runs against big- players who are traditionally the best play- aged 169 runs in 12 games. However, coming back to Kotla, does- Knight Riders in his seven-year stay at the against Rajasthan Royals, which hitting Andre Russell during ers against spin bowling or the fancy over- The problem with Delhi was not just n’t worked for Delhi initially and they lost City of Joy was part of the Delhi side for four earned him praise from Indian the Kolkata game in the seas players — ones more comfortable that their big picks failed to perform but also the third home game by 40 runs against seasons (2008-10 and 2018) but the local former skipper and Delhi seasons first super over. against the seam. the management’s lack of trust in its key Mumbai Indians. Delhi lad who is often referred to as the mas- Capitals advisor Sourav Ganguly, He sent Russell packing But what didn’t even happen in presence players. Constant changing and chopping of But, they finally manage to break the ter planner couldn’t help Delhi win the title. who took to social media to on his 147 km/h york- of seasoned campaigners like Virender the squad and the change of the support staff Kotla code in the fifth and sixth game against And it’s not just about Gambhir or praise the young batsman and er, which Ganguly Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, always have a bad impact. KXIP and RCB respectively with Shreyas Sehwag, but even the two most consistent wrote: “Rishabh Pant, you referred to as the Zaheer Khan, Kevin Pietersen, Ab de This time neither of this happened and Iyer and Shikhar Dhawan leading from the and impactful overseas players of the IPL deserve this. You are wow.” “ball of the IPL.” Villiers, David Warner, and Dilshan was the the result of which is evident in the points front by scoring half-centuries in both the over the years — David Warner and Andre Also adding to the list of However, by result in Delhi’s favour. So what different table where Delhi became the first team to games. DC won by five-wickets against Russell were also a part of Delhi’s side before consistent performers the end of the happened with time. Is it because of the pres- qualify for playoffs. Punjab and 16 runs against Bangalore. relocating to Sunrisers Hyderabad and for the Delhi side, tournament, Delhi ence of Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly The belief in abilities is such high among In between both these games, they Kolkata Knight Riders, where they become Shikhar Dhawan is the suffered a massive in the dugout? the players that when Shikhar Dhawan was played against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur, the biggest match winner of their respective most experienced player in setback when Certainly, the presence of two of the asked about what team is expecting from where Rishabh Pant’s 36-ball 78* outshines sides. the line-up. After being Cricket South Africa biggest leaders have a great impact but what now, the Gabbar said: “We are very confi- Ajinkya Rahane’s second IPL hundred (105 The leading run scorer of this year’s traded from Sunrisers called back Kagiso not to forget is the combination with which dent of winning the title and time and again not out) to help Delhi win by six-wickets. tournament and two time orange cap win- to Delhi in return for Rabada as a precaution- Delhi played this time. The franchise we have proved that in this season that we But, in the penultimate game of the ner in the past, Warner (692 runs in 12 Vijay Shankar, ary step keeping in mind backed its players to perform even after few are ready to do so. The belief is such high league phase, without the likes of Rabada innings) started his IPL journey with Delhi Shahbaz Nadeem, the ICC World Cup disappointing innings. This was some- that we will not only play the final but will and Ishant, Delhi first failed to understand in 2009 and stayed here till 2013. During his and Abhishek starting in less than a thing which was missing in the last 11 years. also win it and end the barren run of tro- the nature of Chennai’s wicket and failed to five-year stay, the New South Wales open- Sharma, Shikhar month time. Unlike previous times, where they con- phy-less tenure.” restrict MS Dhoni to take CSK close to 180 er smashed 1456 runs in 56 innings at an found his mojo The pacer was suffer- stantly used to tussle combinations for the Delhi started this year’s campaign with runs mark. The side suffered its heaviest average of 28.54 and with two hundreds and back and ing from a stiff back issue favourable outcomes. This time, the top four- a convincing 37 runs win against Mumbai defeat of the campaign at Chepauk by 80 10 fifties. While after relocating he managed became the lead- and was sidelined against Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer Indians at Wankhede in a high scoring affair. runs where Imran Tahir and Ravindra Jadeja 3271 runs in 71 innings an average of 55.44 ing run-scorer Chennai game on May 1, and Rishabh Pant played every game of this Rishabh Pant was the star performer in shared seven-wickets to sweep Delhi out for with 2 centuries and 34 fifties. Also, he suc- for Delhi in the tour- which Delhi went on to lose by year’s campaign even though at times it felt Mumbai, where the World Cup hopeful 99 runs. =
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Earlier, Ishant (3/38) did the himron Hetmyer and Gurkeerat early damage before leg-spinner SSingh Mann engineered an Mishra (3/17) came to the party to incredible turnaround that will linger rock Rajasthan's innings. long in IPL memory, powering Royal Young Parag (50 off 49, 4x4s, Challengers Bangalore to a four- 2x6s) was the lone bright spot for wicket victory over Sunrisers Rajasthan as he held on to one fort Hyderabad here on Saturday. and notched up his maiden IPL fifty Both Hetmyer and Gurkeerat hit to take the visitors close to the 120- blazing fifties as RCB recovered run mark. from a hopelessly placed 20 for Rajasthan had a disastrous start three in the third over to reach the to their innings after opting to bat 176-run target with four balls to as they were reduced to 30 for four spare. at the end of the first six overs of The win meant RCB ended powerplay with Ishant doing bulk of what has been a forgettable season on the damage. a positive note, while SRH's hopes of Ishant struck in the second securing a playoffs berth were kept over, removing Rajasthan skipper on standby. Ajinkya Rahane (2) and then came During their 144-run partner- back an over later to clean up ship for the fourth wicket, Hetmyer Livingstone (14). smashed half a dozen sixes and four To make matters worse for the boundaries for his 47-ball 75, while visitors, in-form Sanju Samson (5) Gurkeerat made 65 in 48 deliveries fell victim to an unnecessary mix up with the help of eight fours and one with Mahipal Lomror in the next maximum. over. This was the first time that RCB Lomror (8) didn't help his cause had a hundred-plus partnership either as he handed Ishant his third since 2013 when Kohli and De wicket of the day, nicking one to Villiers were not involved. Rishabh behind the stumps. After Parthiv Patel was snapped Parag and Gopal tried to sta- up early by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, & ■ (,($0* ment, finishing with just 11 points bilise the innings with a 27-run Virat Kohli got began RCB's riposte from 14 games. fifth-wicket stand before Mishra with two delightful strokes — a elhi Capitals crushed '0(,* $*<'( Chasing a modest target, Delhi scalped two wickets in consecutive straight-driven boundary and a Rajasthan Royals' play-off made a quick start through Shikhar deliveries in the 12th over to disturb flicked six — but the mainstay hopes with a convincing five- ($0*'1'0( Dhawan (16) and Prithvi Shaw (8) Rajasthan's resistance. nicked a length ball to stun the home Hyderabad plundered 28 runs in the to the team total, SRH lost their sec- Dwicket victory to finish off the "(1 "1'* '0( before Ish Sodhi (3/26) removed Mishra first foxed Gopal (12) to crowd. final over to reach a challenging 175 ond wicket when Guptill was dis- league campaign in the ongoing IPL both the openers in consecutive be stumped by Rishabh and then More trouble was in store for for seven. missed by Washington Sundar for a on a high note here on Saturday. "' * )",*'05M balls to give himself a hat-trick induced a faint edge from new man RCB as they lost AB de Villiers, who SRH were 147 for seven at the 23-ball 30. Already through to the play-offs, chance. Stuart Binny, which again Rishabh snicked Bhuvneshwar to the first slip end of the 19th over but Williamson Manish Pandey, who stretched Delhi Capitals first rode on veterans 1* '"<81 5@ Sodhi first got rid of Dhawan, obliged. This gave Mishra a chance where Martin Guptill took a neat cut loose after that, smashing Umesh Mumbai Indians with his brave half Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra's ) ("7-''1 in the second ball of the fourth over, for registering a hat-trick. catch. Yadav for two sixes and as many fours century in their last game, fell cheap- superb efforts with the bowl to holed out by Riyan Parag and then The leg-spinner was well on RCB were tottering at 20 for to finish the innings on a high. ly, for nine, leaving the visitors in restrict Rajasthan Royals to 115 for <* *"0""(1 Shaw played on the next delivery. course of scalping a hat-trick but three in the third over but Shimron Williamson remained not out on some trouble at 61 for three in the nine and then chased down the tar- Skipper Shreyas Iyer (15 off 9) Trent Boult dropped a sitter at Hetmyer and Gurkeerat Singh Mann 70 off 43 balls, hitting four sixes and eighth over. get in 16.1 overs, with Rishabh Pant 7("'"*(%'0( and Rishabh then added 33 runs off long-off to hand Krishnappa had other ideas. five fours at the M Chinnaswami Picked in the World Cup bound remaining unbeaten on a 38-ball 53. *'$",1-$ 25 balls for the third wicket before Gowtham life. It rained sixes and fours as the Stadium. Indian team for his 'three-dimension- The win lifted Delhi to the sec- the former was holed out by Liam However, Mishra got his man an duo of Hetmyer and Gurkeerat To make matters worse for al' abilities, Vijay Shankar raced to 27 ond spot in the standings with 18 (( - 7* Livingstone off Shreyas Gopal. over later as Gowatham gave a blunted the opposition attack with Yadav, he was wrongly no-balled by with the help of three sixes, but again points from 14 games but to finish * * "'1$1"( While Delhi lost two more straight forward catch to Ishant at their exemplary batting, bringing the umpire Nigel Llong. failed to translate the start into a big as second best side, the Capitals wickets in the form of Colin Ingram long-off and Rajasthan slumped to smiles back on the face of skipper Sent into bat, SRH were off to a score. would need Mumbai Indians to )* "'1$' (12) and Sherfane Rutherford (11), 65 for seven. Kohli and the faces of their faces. brisk start with Martin Guptill and Shankar was Sundar's third scalp lose against Kolkata Knight Riders Rishabh carried on his bat and fin- Parag opened up late and Gurkeerat was contend to play Wriddhiman Saha (20) putting on 46 of the evening and Yuzvendra Chahal on Sunday. *)0'8*(8"1 ished off the chase by hitting Sodhi smacked Ishant for two fours to pick second fiddle to Hetmyer initially, runs for the opening wicket in 4.3 picked up his 100th wicket in IPL A win for Mumbai would auto- "- 9 for a big six over long-leg off and in up 18 runs off the 17th over and when the Guyanese was dealing in overs, but the keeper-batsman failed when he lured Yusuf Pathan into matically drop Delhi to the third spot the process also notched up his fifty. then smashed Boult for two sixes in fours and sixes, but opened up later. to clear pacer Navdeep Saini as the playing an irresponsible shot to as they have an inferior net run-rate. Rishabh's unbeaten knock was the final over before perishing in the Earlier, Kane Williamson dealt in visitors lost their first wicket. leave Sunrisers at 127 for five in the Rajasthan are out of the tourna- studded with two fours and five hits last ball of the innings. fours and sixes as Sunrisers After addition of another 14 runs final ball of 16th over.
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But others including Rohit RCB on Saturday, this game will If the likes of seasoned Sharma (331 runs from 12), be like a quarter-final for KKR Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav (292 runs as a win will do the job. Krunal Pandya and leggie Rahul from 13), Krunal Pandya ( 176 However MI would like to Chahar have to be taken to runs from 13) and Kieron carry on the winning momen- task, then KKR batsman will Pollard (240 runs from 13) need tum as 18 points and a better net have to put up a special show. to shoulder responsibility. 1& 2 run-rate than both first placed Russell, who has been con- However an area of concern CSK and second placed Delhi sistently delivering for his team, their bowlers have been ripped Sandeep Warrier, Narine and for head-coach Mahela Capitals will give them two will have to showcase his apart by their opponents both in Piyush Chawla will have to bowl Jayawardene would be the fre- shots at qualifying for the final. prowess and mettle once again. the Powerplay as well as at the a tight line and length to restrict quent middle-order collapse and & & With Chris Lynn and For KKR, their bowling has death. the famed Mumbai batters. he would like to strengthen Shubhman Gill coming good been the biggest concern as Pacers Harry Gurney, Meanwhile, Mumbai before the knockouts. ■ 10$* already out of the play-offs race, would be playing only for pride. With 10 points from lready assured of a playoff berth, table 13 games, they are at last spot, after Royal Atoppers Chennai Super Kings will aim Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers 1 ) ! Q to maintain their pole position with a vic- Hyderabad on Saturday night. tory over Kings XI Punjab in their last group Inconsistent KXIP's hopes of making it league match here on Sunday. to the playoffs were dashed in a seven-wick- ! ! 25 After a defeat against Mumbai Indians et loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in their last ! in an earlier match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni- match here. Kolkata Knight Riders led CSK bounced back with a massive 80- Not being in the reckoning for play- skipper Dinesh Karthik is not ■ (,($0* run win over Delhi Capitals in their last offs will be a disappointment for the home known to lose his cool for on-field game, to once again capture the No 1 spot. crowd in Sunday's match but they will lapses but he doesn't mind letting ot known to pull back Heavy loss against Mumbai Indians saw hope that KXIP finish on a high. it rip occasionally if it can bring the Npunches, Gautam Gambhir their net run-rate falling In the previous game best out of his players. hit back at Shahid Afridi, offer- and now with just a game HEAD against KKR, despite post- During Friday's must-win away ing to take him for a session with left in the league stage, the TO ing a challenging 183/6, match against Kings XI Punjab, "a psychiatrist" after the former defending champions need HEAD visitors' openers Shubman Karthik lost his cool at the innings Pakistan captain wrote a few a win to maintain their 34 Gill (65 not out) and Chris break as his bowlers and fielders uncharitable things about the dominance and cement 6D" >&6 Lynn (46) took the match didn't execute his plans properly. Indian opener. & their position at the top. =0- away from the KXIP. When asked about his frayed Afridi, in his just-released With 18 points from 13 "- 9 @ODD E After the match, KXIP temper, the KKR skipper admitted autobiography 'Game Changer', games, a win will give them skipper Ravichandran that he wasn't happy with his sarcastically referred to Gambhir 20 points, which is unlike- Ashwin admitted that pow- bowlers and fielders. as someone who "behaves like a ly to be achieved by any other team. erplay has been one of his team's "massive "It's been a hard few days. I was- "He (Karthik) was telling us to cross between Don Bradman In their previous match against Delhi problems". n't too happy with what the bowlers be on our toes as it was a must-win and James Bond," and has a "lot Capitals, skipper Dhoni and Suresh Raina Ashwin summed up his team's cam- and the fielders were doing, so I game for us. He was telling us to of attitude and no great records". of the book here. Afridi's take on Gambhir in the guided the team to a challenging 179/4 and paign this season as not up the mark. thought I should let the boys know focus on every ball," said Warrier, Gambhir responded "He (Gambhir) has a men- book. then restricted the opponent to just 99. Their in-form openers Chris Gayle what I felt at that time. It is rare, not who got the wickets of KL Rahul through his official twitter han- tal problem and if he wants I "Gambhir behaves like he's Imran Tahir and Ravindra Jadeja shared and K L Rahul, who have been among many people have seen me angry. and Chris Gayle. dle, tagging Afridi. can get him treated at my hos- a cross between Don Bradman seven scalps between them as they wrecked runs, would be keen to come good against If I feel I need to be angry to get the The skipper however was all "...You are a hilarious man!!! pital," Afridi said in response to & James Bond. In Karachi, we havoc. CSK. best out of the boys, then maybe," praise for young Shubman Gill, who Anyway, we are still granting the Indian batsman's tweet. call guys like him saryal Dhoni, Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shane The likes of Sam Curran, Mayank Karthik said after his team's seven scored an unbeaten 65 off 49 balls visas to Pakistanis for medical "If he faces any visa prob- (grumpy). It's simple, I like Watson and Faf du Plessis will look to score Agarwal and Nicholas Pooran will have to wicket win over KXIP. to anchor the chase of 184. tourism. I will personally take lem I will get it processed happy, positive people. Doesn't big runs in Mohali, while Tahir and shoulder more responsibility in the mid- KKR fast bowler Sandeep "It's fair that we have given Gill you to a psychiatrist," Gambhir quickly for him," Afridi said. matter if they are aggressive or Harbhajan will aim to flummox the Kings dle-order. Warrier said that the skipper was a chance at the top of the order, and tweeted. The duo never shared a competitive, but you have to be XI batsmen with their spin magic. Their bowling largely depends on urging his men to be on toes dur- he has grabbed the opportunity Afridi was ready with his great rapport on and off the positive & Gambhir wasn't," he In contrast, Kings XI Punjab, who are skipper Ashwin and Shami. ing crunch situations. with both hands," he said. PTI retort during the official launch field and it was reflected in wrote. + ,- ./01 - 11
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8 ■ $1 1 ristiano Ronaldo headed in Ca late equaliser to spoil auricio Pochettino insisted Torino's dream of a first win at on Saturday that nine-man city rivals Juventus in nearly a MTottenham won't let a quarter of a century on Friday "cruel" 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth and frustrate their bid to move ruin their bid to finish in the top into the Champions League four and reach the Champions places. League final, while Fulham's 16- Sasa Lukic had fired Torino year-old Harvey Elliott become the ahead after 17 minutes in a Premier League's youngest ever match brought forward a day to player in their 1-0 defeat Wolves. avoid clashing with Saturday's Tottenham's South Korea for- 70th anniversary of the air dis- ward Son Heung-min was sent off aster that wiped out the all-con- for a needless push in the closing quering 'Grande Torino' team of moments of the first half and the 1940s. Argentine defender Juan Foyth saw But Ronaldo headed in for red for a studs-up lunge soon after 1-1 after 84 minutes to leave the interval. Torino in sixth place, two points Pochettino's side looked like off the Champions League they would hold on for a point as berths with three games left to the match entered stoppage-time, play. but Bournemouth defender Nathan Juventus have already sealed Ake ended third-placed the Serie A title for the eighth Tottenham's stubborn resistence to season in a row, but Torino still delay their attempt to guarantee a have all to play for as they tar- place in the top four. get a first-ever qualification for But Juventus increased the A win at Dean Court would elite European competition. pressure after the break with have achieved that aim, but fourth- "This draw burns, we could Ronaldo rising hightest to latch placed Chelsea will now go above have scored a second onto a Leonardo Spurs if they defeat Watford and goal and brought the Spinazzola cross to Arsenal, currently fifth, will move win home," said Torino beat Sirigu and deny to within one point of their north coach Walter Mazzarri. Torino a third consec- London rivals if they beat Brighton "The only time we utive victory. on Sunday. let down our guard the It was Ronaldo's "Of course it is difficult to get phenomenon that is 21st league goal this something positive. We made a Ronaldo punished us." season and moves him two massive effort," Pochettino said. Torino have not won at behind Sampdoria's Fabio "We need to move on. We have Juventus since 1995 while their Quagliarella, who leads the ahead two finals. It is in our hands. only win since then against Serie A scoring charts. If it does not happen we will be four, whatever happens I will feel May 18, the team which finishes 11-game goal drought with a brace their city rivals was at home in The Portuguese superstar proud because nobody expected proud and whatever happens in the seventh will go into the Europa in West Ham's 3-0 win against April 2015. brings his tally of career club Tottenham to be in the position semi-final I will be proud," League qualifying rounds next sea- Southampton at the London Ronaldo — who had scored goals to 601, edging ahead of his they are today." Pochettino said. son. Stadium. the only goal with a penalty in Argentina rival Lionel Messi, Tottenham's ninth defeat in In the 88th minute, Fulham Arnautovic hadn't scored for the reverse fixture in December who has 600. their last 15 games in all com- provided an historic footnote as Manuel Pellegrini's men since —was partnered up front by "We're lucky to play with petitions means they need to In their first season back Elliott was sent on to become the January 5, but the Austria forward teenage striker Moise Kean. Cristiano and live in this age of wait for Sunday's results to in the top-flight, Wolves Premier League's youngest ever fired mid-table West Ham ahead in Kean threatened early along two star players," said Juventus see if they need to win their moved a step closer to seal- player at 16 years and 30 days. the 16th minute with a clinical fin- with Torino captain Andrea captain Giorgio Chiellini. final Premier League game ing an impressive seventh English midfielder Elliott, born ish from Mark Noble's pass. Belotti. "They're somewhat com- of the season at home to place finish as Leander in April 2003, surpassed the previ- Arnautovic struck again in the But Serbian midfielder parable to (Roger) Federer and Everton on May 12. Dendoncker saw off rele- ous record set by former Fulham 69th minute when he headed home Lukic broke through following (Rafael) Nadal. They are both It was the worst possi- gated Fulham. player Matthew Briggs, aged just 16 after Arthur Masuaka's cross was a Miralem Pjanic error to slot in out of this world, one seems ble preparation for their Belgian midfielder Everton, who only have one game years and 65 days in 2007. palmed into the air by Southampton his first goal for Torino. stronger one day and then the bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit Dendoncker netted in the left, and six ahead of ninth placed London-born Elliott's only pre- keeper Fraser Forster. Ronaldo came close to an other replies." in the Champions League semi-final 75th minute at Molineux to give Leicester, who have two matches vious appearance for Fulham this Hammers defender Ryan equaliser soon after with his For Juventus it was a second second leg at Ajax on Wednesday. Wolves a third successive win. remaining. season came in a League Cup win Fredericks wrapped up the points in powerful strike just wide with consecutive stalemate after last "We are fighting six teams. It's Nuno Espirito Santo's team are If Manchester City win the FA at Millwall in September. the 72nd minute with his first Salvatore Sirigu denying Blaise weekend's 1-1 draw against impossible for all six to get the top four points clear of eighth placed Cup final against Watford later on Marko Arnautovic ended his Premier League goal. Matuidi. Inter Milan. E ! &
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Madrid". clear of title rivals Borussia Dortmund with tletico Madrid missed Like at Real, changes are But ahead of his team's La two games more to go in the title race. Athe chance to ensure they expected at Atletico this sum- Liga game at home to Hanover kept Bayern at bay for nearly Borussia Moenchengladbach and them lose 2-0 in Wolfsburg. finish above Real Madrid for mer but, unlike their neigh- Villarreal on Sunday, Zidane Pogba, I say he is a very good half an hour before Lewandowski headed Hoffenheim both stumbled in the race for They and Hanover were spared relega- a second consecutive year on bours, not all of them are like- appeared to downplay the player but he plays for the hosts ahead from close range and Leon the top four, as they shared the points in a tion for at least another week, however, as Saturday after slipping to a ly to be within their control. chances of Pogba moving to Manchester United. Goretzka curled the second in off the post. 2-2 draw. Hertha Berlin won 3-1 at home to Stuttgart, surprise 3-0 defeat by Lucas Hernandez has the Santiago Bernabeu. "At the end of the season The visitors hit back after half-time with Matthias Ginter cancelled out Pavel who remain in the relegation play-off Espanyol. already agreed to join Bayern "I said Pogba was a good we will see which players a Jonathas penalty, the result of a highly con- Kaderabek's opener, before Nadiem Amiri place. Atletico needed only a Munich, while uncertainty player but I could say the same come here, and who leaves, troversial handball decision from VAR restored the lead with a fine volley. Yet Josip Vedad Ibisevic ended a 395-minute goal point to guarantee second hangs over the futures of about other players," Zidane but I did not say 'We are going against Jerome Boateng. Drmic saved Gladbach's Champions League drought for Hertha when he prodded them place in La Liga, with two Godin, Filipe, Juanfran, Saul said at a press conference on to sign Pogba,' nothing like Ribery secured the win six minutes from hopes with a late equaliser. ahead on 40 minutes. Goals from Ondrej games left to play, but Niguez and Antoine Saturday. that. time, and the home fans had more reason At the bottom of the table, relegation Duda and Salomon Kalou sealed the win for Espanyol were deserving win- Griezmann. "I know him but nothing "I will not say anything to cheer a few minutes from time when looms ever larger for Nuremberg, after goals Hertha, despite a late consolation header ners at the RCDE Stadium Jan Oblak has signed a more. If you ask me about until the deals are done." Robben was brought on moments later. from Felix Klaus and Marcel Tisserand saw from Mario Gomez. thanks to Diego Godin's new contract until 2023 but own-goal and two strikes with a release clause includ- from Borja Iglesias, the sec- ed, reportedly set at 120 mil- ond a penalty. lion euros. $%8 The result means Alvaro Morata will hope )#C *= &-##%A:))#%-# # Barcelona, already champi- to stay after enjoying a resur- ons, can move 12 points clear gence since joining on loan 8 8*" PSG 12 minutes later after at the top of the table by beat- from Chelsea in January and Ganago's strike, but Alan * ing Celta Vigo. he might have given Atletico aris Saint-Germain's Saint-Maximin could Real Madrid face an early lead against Espanyol Pdismal recent run in only watch in horror as the other two aspirants in the fray are ex- Villarreal on Sunday but a but was unable to find the Ligue 1 continued on his shot from the bar Croatia national team manager Igor third-place finish seems space from the angle. Saturday as Edinson after being served an Stimac and former Sweden coach Hakan inevitable for Zinedine Instead, Espanyol took Cavani missed a stop- open goal by the dynam- Ericson. Zidane's side. To overtake the lead at the end of the first page time penalty for the ic Youcef Atal. The technical committee, headed by their city rivals, Real will half and while Godin turned French champions in a They were duly pun- former India international Shyam Thapa, need to win all three of their it into his own net, it was scrappy 1-1 home draw ished seconds later by will held another round of discussion with remaining games and hope Adria Pedrosa who made it. with Nice. Neymar, who coolly the short-listed candidates next week, ten- Atletico lose both of their last His driving run down the The Uruguayan shot strode up to score his tatively on May 8 or May 9. two. wing left Atletico's defence weakly at Nice stopper spot-kick after Angel Di "It will again be in the form of inter- Espanyol's victory is scrambling and his fired cross Walter Benitez nearly five Maria was hacked down views on Skype and then the most suitable unlikely therefore to prevent panicked Godin at the near minutes after Neymar, by Patrick Burner. name will be forwarded to the federation's Atletico finishing as Madrid's post. who scored PSG's lev- PSG pushed for a executive committee with recommenda- top club in La Liga for a third Atletico hardly troubled eller from the spot 30 Champions League defeat Parc des Princes to level winner without creating tions. The executive committee will take time in four years, fourth in their opponents, who dou- minutes earlier, was to Manchester United in Ignatius Ganago's stun- much, and they were then take the final call," Thapa said. six, but there was a lack of bled their lead shortly before judged via VAR to have March. ning volleyed opener just handed a golden oppor- ( $ ( ! * The Indian team is scheduled to play spark that has undermined the hour, Borja latching onto been brought down by Not even Neymar — after half-time, but tunity to snatch an unde- matches in the Kings Cup on June 5 and Diego Simeone's team too Oscar Melendo's pass before Dante. who is awaiting sanctions Thomas Tuchel's side served winner when ref- ■ (,($0* June 8, and a preparatory national camp often this season. finishing impressively past PSG retained the after hitting a Rennes fan were lacklustre through- eree Frank Schneider will be held under the new coach in the Just as concerning have Oblak. league title two weeks in the aftermath of the out and couldn't grab the pointed to the spot, book- he All India Football Federation's third week of May. The Kings Cup will be been the defensive errors, Oblak saved shots from ago and are 17 points cup defeat — bagging his winner. ing a distraught Dante in T(AIFF) technical committee has short- the new coach's first assignment. which Espanyol exploited to Sergi Darder and Borja but ahead of second-placed first league goal since Patrick Vieira's Nice, the process. listed four candidates, including two- Owing to the Indian team's spirited the full. Godin slid the ball Espanyol finally added a third Lille but they have now January was enough to who are down in seventh However Cavani, in time South Korean World Cupper Lee showing in the AFC Asian Cup and a run into his own net before after Juanfran knocked over won just one of their last rouse the hosts from their and seven points away his first start since Min-sung and the familiar Albert Roca, for of 13-match unbeaten streak prior to that, Juanfran conceded a late Javi Puado in the 89th six league games as their slumber. from the Europa League February, wasn't up to the the job of the chief coach of the men's more than 250 candidates, including penalty for a needless push. In minute. Borja beat Oblak season continues to dis- The Brazilian struck place, had a much simpler task and the hosts had to national team. some top names from Europe, have between, Borja had nipped with the penalty. appoint in the aftermath from the spot on the hour chance to double their make do with an under- Besides Lee Min-sung and Roca, who applied for the job since Stephen of their nightmare mark in front of a not-full lead and pile the pain on whelming point. tasted immense success at Bengaluru FC, Constantine resigned. + ,- ./01 6. -. 1 P & Q
How did acting happen? ing out well. Competition jisko lagta multiple things at the same time. He This the first time that I am host- I knew that I wanted to be an ho, woh uskey bare me sochey mere manages everything so well that it ing a crime-based show. Savdhaan actor when I was two-and-a-half years dimag me aisa koi khyaal nahin aata doesn’t make any difference while he India is an iconic show and I feel it old. I did my first stage performance hai. is shooting. So this concentration is will probably go on for many more back then. My parents worked as From Platform to Bioscopewala, *"'*$$<(($ something that I learnt from him. years. It is a talked-about show where teachers in a school and they wanted how has your journey been? (S*'('1)11 When it comes to Aamir Khan, then everyone has either seen it or heard somebody to play Lord Krishna, in I still feel the same excitement of course he does a few things but he about it. It has completed its seven his younger years. That’s how I went while going on the sets. I still feel '0("('" *<(($ goes deep into them, so this is what I years which is a big thing. Also, it is on stage for the first time. Now, I feel delighted to have signed a new film. I ($*)0'('10=( learnt from him. Then, Kareena not just an overnight thing, it is a fortunate enough to have spent two feel happy when people read out a Kapoor Khan was another great artist classic. I liked the idea of the show decades working in the industry, certain kind of script to me. I feel joy- "*) (,<*$ * to work with. She is lovely, generous, and the premise that it sets out — to doing some of my best work. ful. I like playing different kinds of happy, friendly and relaxed about be alert. In our country, where there Is it hard to survive in the people, that’s the thrill for me. <(($09,0( being on sets. It feels like she was born is such a vast populace, there is an industry? Do you have any regrets? (1$(8(1-' on the sets and it’s a part of her life. important need for alertness. I am in a comfortable Not really. Eventually, all my deci- You have worked on different Furthermore, in these seven years of place now where peo- sions have turned out right because I (8'* * 1< media — stage, TV, films and web. the show, they have kept up with the ple would not like to am still here in the industry. "8*'"'1 ( * What is the one differnce you felt in changing nature of the crimes. Also it compromise with You have shared the screenspace all of them? is a medium where I get to play wanting somebody with some of the prominent actors <(($;19<-$ *$*( Films are director-oriented. He is myself. It is my direct connect with else instead of me. I in the industry. What is that one the one who sees the whole thing in the audience where I can communi- have had made my thing that you learned from them? $9* )*<<(8( ' his head and he will shoot you and cate to them ki maksad aapko darana She is known for giving stellar performances in place in the industry I have learnt something or the put only those parts in the film that nahin, aap ko samjhana hai. films like Taare Zameen Par and Dil Toh where people show other from all of them. I have recently * "1<(1$( he likes. He will change and modify What next? Bachcha Hai Ji. She speaks with that belief in me that worked with Akshay Kumar for a film '0'O"'0( things according to him to make the There is a web series coming out you can do this and and he has a unique, razor-sharp performance work. Also everything is in May — Hostages. It is a dream role Musba Hashmi about her journey in you should do this. focus. He is doing about 75-80 things '08*$$<18 ( shot in bits and pieces. Television is for me. I am doing a film — Good the industry, hosting a crime The best of opportuni- at any given time — listening to the writer driven. Stage is solely an actor’s News with Dharma Productions. It is show and upcoming ties are coming my way. I songs of some upcoming film, listen- medium and there is no retake. I my first project with them and I am have produced a short film ing to the narration of some scripts, enjoy films and TV for their reach. excited about it. I am writing and — Chutney, which was loved meeting someone and working on the You are now a part of Savdhaan directing a feature, so that will be by all. So things have been work- promotions of something. He can do India so what made you say yes to it? next. 6R " "0$* *""( ! 7-77$(""708,$ $-"0* -7(9 ! K" 7 K O
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When peo- the audience recently because brings down theatre is the pro- ple ask me how many kids I its stars ranged between the hibitive cost that comes if one have I tell them two — biolog- ages of four to 13 with the 13- wants to showcase it in Delhi, ical — but tens of thousands year-old playing the lead in not so in the case of Mumbai otherwise. The minute you Sleeping Beauty. where there are places where talk to children, you are on par The musical is a brainchild one can get basic infrastructure. with them. I don’t mollycoddle of Bubbles Sabharwal (Swara Fourteen-year-old Tahira them. There is an intrinsic Bhaskar’s mother in Veere Di Solomon from Sanskriti School wisdom in kids,” Dubey P# Q Wedding) and Lushin Dubey. who played Aurora says: “I explains. With over 30 years experi- have been working with Kids There is an exercise that ence, the duo, who started World since I was about 6. Dubey insists upon. Each of her Q Kids World back in 1990, are With each play I’ve not only artists have to know the lines of also the creators of Wizwits that created many new friends but other performers. If an artist is performed at Kingdom of I’ve also learned many new unable to perform, other one Dreams. things and have grown into a can step in. This way each kid #%A:!# #9@ Sleeping Beauty that began much more confident person feels important and knows that as a theatrical workshop soon under the guidance of Lushin nobody is a lead. ;&1 &#B took the shape of a full-fledged and Bubbles ma’am and I hope “Five-year-old Dipshi stage as the kids wanted to see to continue my journey with knows all the lines of the nar- ' " & themselves grow. them.” rator. If today, if the narrator “Entertainment should be Her sister Amyra who is in falls ill, Dipshi will step in,” # " . . ( wholesome and healthy not Class IV tells you that she used each and every stage play that The workshops that ulti- Dubey says. only movies. There should be to watch her sister do plays in Kidsworld has given — From mately culminate into a pro- Interestingly, the theatrical 9#:626 #1@2# other avenues. Children’s per- Kids World since she was a tod- Annie to Oye Matilda! Tu Hai duction starts with introducing workshop found its way on to sonality grows with leaps and dler and was fascinated and that Ustaad! the kids to an animated version the stage. “We didn’t know & bounds having gone through got her interested in work- “My inspiration has always . * of a classical if it is available. what kind of lessons the kids theatre. We teach confidence shops. “Now , I got to be on been the kids. I started work- When it comes to singing, it is had imbibed. it is easy to per- and communication where stage and perform in front of ing with my uncle the minute * not purely classical; the music form in front of moms, dads What is the film about? there has to be clarity of many people. I have lots of fun I passed out of college. * * is peppy, something that they and chachas. The real test is to The film is directed and written by Alankrita Shrivastava. thought and speech. This and I make a lot of new friends,” Whenever we do a production, * can identify with. see them perform in front of an It is an interesting take on lives of people in our country. All empowers you,” Sabharwal says. the eight -year-old student of we make singing a little con- “For this stage show, we unknown crowd,” Dubey my scenes are with Konkana and the complex relationship they A majority of the inspira- Sanskriti Schools shares. She temporary so that the kids can -* * 7& have used instruments like the shares. have since they are from different class. tion and elements for the musi- played the witch, Gorgon. enjoy and have fun while learn- cello and the flute. This is However, to take Sleeping How has your journey been thus far? cal came from the fairytale. The Anya Rastogi, a nine-year- ing,” Santana explains. ,6 * because I didn’t want to tam- Beauty to other cities may not I have been in the industry for around 10 years, I would rest was from everyday life. old Class V student of Modern The challenge is that kids per with the classic too much be so easy since the cast is so say that my acting journey began only five- six years back as “There are some fictional ele- School, Vasant Vihar who today are not exposed to jazz, -* 8* but I introduced drums. The young — 4 to 13. In the past the I have been acting seriously in the last five years. ment to the play as well. There played Malificent says: “I have western classical and or even * *. beat here adds a bit of a tempo team has travelled with five What has been some of the ups and downs? are a couple of characters who had lots of fun performing as Indian classical. “The minute *- 7# so that the kids find it bouncy,” mothers as guardians and a In the beginning, there were many downs. When I came are not there in the original like Malificent in Sleeping Beauty. At they are exposed to music, it is Santana who also gets a lot young starcast. At best the to Mumbai I didn’t know anybody. I didn’t have any work. Ficklehead. They are like two Kids World, they don’t push you pop not that there is anything *. questions from the kids who directors will take the musical There were many lean periods. There were times of frustra- jokers. This is to introduce but make it interesting and wrong here. But we should be ** - want to introduce their own to close by places like tion. It was tough to pass time. Things changed in 2016 and humour into the play. make you take part in the deci- aware of our roots as well. touch to the song. Chandigarh or even Sohna. luckily I started getting work, a lot more than I expected. Maleficent is an eight-headed sions about the play also. I have Sleeping Beauty is western clas- “When they ask me this, I To put out this stage play, How tough is it to deal with this situation? monster whose power is in a also made a lot of new friends. sical by Pyotr Ilyich 6 give them options. if they want it has taken the directors two To be honest one is angry. It is easy to say have patience. purple flower. The reason for I love the music and the cos- Tchaikovsky. The minute they * it to try their way or my way or to three weeks. The kids have But this is not easy when you see others get work and you have this dramatisation is to let the tumes as well,” hear it, they say: ‘Oh my God! L, ,6* a middle path — theirs and been trained for two hours each none. One has to be patient in a good way. You don’t know kids’ imagination a flight of Laura Santana who gave What is this? We can’t sing this.’ mine. I work with each kid day with no break. how long you will last here. You have to be ready all the time. fancy,” Sabharwal tells you. the music tells you that she has To get them to change their individually. While working “Usually we don’t want to You have to keep yourself motivated at all times. Though 80 per cent of the ben part of the Kids World style of singing is challenging. with the lead of Sleeping Beauty, prolong the time of the work- Did you always want to be an actor? Sleeping Beauty is in English, since she was a kid herself. Her But then they go back and I see what her range is and cus- shops. The time that we work No, not at all. I was pursuing my engineering in from IIT- there rest is in Hindi. inspiration for the musical explore it and enjoy tomise the song accordingly,” with is crucial. So sometimes Delhi. I started acting doing plays where I was there— with- She doesn’t agree that the- comes from the fact that her Tchaikovsky which is satisfying Santana says and tells you that we work without a break,” in the campus and outside. I even worked for a year while pur- atre has come of age today. father and uncle gave music to for me,” Santana says. the audience is always in awe Dubey says. suing theatre. But it was tough because of office hours. I was getting frustrated. I realised that I was missing acting and want- ed to go back to the stage. That is when I decided to take a (,($0* The products make a huge dif- break. I met a few theatre people in Mumbai, quit my job and ference as one of the therapist gets shifted here. I never went back. re you a discerning customer 0 working on the feet. After the basic Usually, films is the first step after theatre, you chose TV. and wouldn’t mind paying for cleaning (they use disposable instru- Why? 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Lauda would go on to win two ference between a birdie and a bogey is At the end, it all comes down to and the rules we choose to write as a Idon’t even know why I got clicked with more championship titles before retiring. what makes us sit up and take notice. man’s inherent drive to be the best. To society don’t matter at all.” Tiger Woods at Madame Tussauds Muhammad Ali, widely regarded as It’s what instantly puts him and the be better than the rest. And you can’t Eldrick Tont Woods, nicknamed when I clearly didn’t know enough to the “greatest of all time”, was stripped of whole of golf right back on the map. inculcate that drive. Another thing I Tiger, was always the outlier from the admire him or the legacy he was creat- his title and suspended for three years The news of Tiger Woods winning was shocked about (albeit pleasantly) very start: A child prodigy who was ing at that time. Then I grew up. Last after he refused to serve in the US Army another Masters hit me in three stages. was the kind of reaction he is receiving. introduced to golf before the age of two month was pivotal in the history of during the Vietnam War. His comeback First was that of shock. I was (and I’m It’s almost as if everyone has forgiven by his athletic father, Earl Woods. He golf, in more ways than one. Tiger against the undefeated Joe Frazier in the sure many of you were too) genuinely him for doing the wrongs he did. He already had the proverbial ‘10,000 Woods winning his fifth Masters, 14 match dubbed as “the fight of the centu- surprised to see him not only competing has paid the price. He has spent his hours’ under his belt way before he years after he last put on the Green ry” ended in his first ever professional amongst the best but beating everyone time in hell. And now it’s his time to started competing professionally. And Jacket, 11 years after last winning a loss. He would go on to beat Frazier in a again to be the best. After all, that’s shine. But why was I surprised that although the 10,000-hour rule is more Major is nothing short of extraordi- rematch. Then came the much awaited occurred. After all that’s passed. After all people reacted so positively in the first fiction than fact, it does hold signifi- nary, poetic, superlative, and a touch Thrilla in Manila in 1975. Frazier and that he must’ve faced. After all those place? Which brings me to the second cance. It does give you pointers. It does redemptive. Let’s put this into perspec- Ali were both geared up for this, Frazier nights he must’ve spent waiting for this thing that hit me: Happiness. give you the extra edge before anyone tive. Since 2009, he has seen his repu- desperately needing a win for his come- fine day. I cannot even fathom the tur- Everyone wants to identify with else. He was an outlier not only in tation severely tarnished amidst an back but Ali would not be denied by moil that must’ve gone through that your success but never your failure. I’ve terms of being an early starter and hav- infidelity scandal followed by divorce him a second time. Ali went on to win mind of his. Just like I couldn’t fathom seen that all too well from close quar- ing the kind of resources and golf with his Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren, that dramatic 14 round fight (the 15th hearing what all he had done to put ters. Failure is an integral part of the courses only few could afford, he was had four back and two knee surgeries, was stopped as Frazier’s eyes were himself in that position. But I came to a success equation. By identifying in the also the outlier in terms of when he been addicted to painkillers causing swollen shut and he was badly beaten) realisation that people like him aren’t phenomenon of a successful comeback, was born. Augusta barred African his arrest for suspected driving under and Ali kept fighting till 1981. mere mortals. And maybe, just maybe, we are in some way relating it to our American players from the Masters influence, dropped out of the world’s Woods, though, was reluctant to that’s the reason they don’t have flaws own journey. His victory is somehow until 1975. Augusta National had no top 1,000 golfers, amongst many other claim it was even the best comeback in like the rest of us; something akin to a our victory. His win is somehow our black members until 1990. Tiger obstacles that makes this comeback all his own sport. He points to Ben Greek tragedy. Their flaws are tragic and hope. And his story is somehow our Woods’ birth year? Yep, 1975. He didn’t the more awe-inspiring. When we talk Hogan, who won the US Open a year fatal. They’re capable of extraordinary source of happiness. People want to have to deal with the racial barriers, of huge comebacks in the history of and a half after nearly dying in a car things in their field of specialty. They identify with your story because that the death threats, the prejudice. He sport — not just golf — this will rank crash. He does have a point. But the always have that extra mile in them, makes it more real, more tangible. And started his career when all of that had as one of, if not the best. comparisons of comebacks in different whatever the circumstances. And like there’s nothing more relatable than the been a thing of the past and golf was Peyton Manning is talked about in sports across different eras is not to any other Greek tragedy, their story has raw emotion of a comeback. There’s a ready to usher in the era of the greatest the great comebacks conversation after diminish one’s significance or impact the element of fate centred around them. (=(891 (7 reason why the Manchester United African American to ever grace the he endured multiple neck surgeries and from the other. It is only to laud the Speaking of fate and the role it has gathered an extraordinary fan following sport. Was all this a coincidence? Fate. was dumped by the Colts but had a late most recent one keeping the others in to play in the making or breaking of a =*'1890" in terms of numbers in the Nineties The rub of the green. Outlier. career revival in Denver; an MVP mind. What separates the story of genius, Malcolm Gladwell reiterates (8'* 0- and Noughties. It’s because their golden The third and last emotion that hit award in 2013 and a Super Bowl title in Tiger Woods from others is that he not over and over in his book, The Outliers, period of comebacks coincided with the me was that of belief and inspiration. 2015. Monica Seles was the youngest only suffered physically but mentally. that there are no geniuses in this world, ($( ( ' stratospheric rise in TV coverage and His story gave me the motivation to get French Open champion at 16 years of Of course, any physical injury has its just people who happened to be in the ''0('1*' Premier League revenues. More the up from the tangles of misfortune I find age and the youngest Number 1 in psychological repercussions. But the right place at the right time. In his number of exploits from the undisput- myself in. Every comeback victory has a world rankings at that time. She had grit and determination to come out of words, “No one — not rock stars, not (=(891 ($1=(" ed “comeback kings” (Liverpool fans certain human element attached to it. already won eight Grand Slams before so many and emerge a winner yet again professional athletes, not software bil- 8)"'18*0(" would argue otherwise), more the view- Everyone loves a rags to riches story, a her 20th birthday. Then when she was cannot be understated. lionaires, and not even geniuses — ever ers developed an affinity for the club come from behind victory, an underdog at her peak, she was stabbed in a In a multicultural consumerist soci- makes it alone.” Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, "'189%1 ( and hence more the fan following. It’s turnaround, an inspiring feat to talk bizarre incident on court by a deranged ety like the US that the whole world still the Beatles etc all had vision and talent, <81 7(0* not as if comebacks weren’t being about. In more ways than one, Tiger Steffi Graf fan, narrowly missing her pretty much aspires to model itself on, a but they were successful only because accomplished before or after that era. Woods was all of them. His reputation spinal cord and organs. But the damage win like this is monumental keeping in of a certain turn of events that went in =*'189% It’s just that in this case, they happened was in tatters, his health was nowhere was done psychologically. Seles had to mind the brand value of Tiger Woods their favour. Gladwell notes that suc- - (81) to be the ‘outlier’, the club at the right near the previous standards, he was battle depression and eating disorder before he was stripped of all endorse- cess “is not exceptional or mysterious. place at the right time. already being tagged a “former golfer”, before returning to the court after two ments following his promiscuity revela- It is grounded in a web of advantages '-8 81- % But all that is okay. 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The answer What the world thinks of you shouldn’t Niki Lauda had already won one American intelligentsia is debating and the building blocks in place first — 1 (%'*)(8,11" again lies with the Gladwell school of come in the way of your “personal leg- World Championship Title in Formula regretting the election results while still namely talent, hard work, and an ,"$$1<'0( thought. They always had it. This was end”, as Paulo Coelho calls it. Because One racing in 1975. In his second in reminiscing about the last President, undying will to succeed. always part of the script. The falling if it does, you’ll never achieve it. And 1976, his Ferrari swerved off track, hit who was incidentally black, Tiger Tiger Woods had everything as do down wasn’t. Once that was dealt with, then the world will have one less an embankment, burst into flames and Woods has given them another reason most champions in any sport. But what coming back up was no doubt difficult inspiring thing to talk about. “You made contact with Brett Lunger’s Ford. to be proud by coming up “trumps”. makes his story unique is that he was but the most natural thing to do. It never give up,” says Woods. “That’s a Unlike Lunger, Lauda was trapped in the A win like this is astronomical brutally brought down from his gave him hope. It gave him purpose. It given. You always fight. Just giving up wreckage and suffered severe degree because a win like this transcends pedestal when the scandal broke out. gave him his raison d’être. is never in the equation.” burns to his head and inhaled hot toxic sport. With all due respect to the other He wasn’t the god of golf anymore. He In the words of Gladwell himself: ! gases, damaging his lungs and blood. golfers devoid of such ups and downs was the proverbial Greek god. “There is something profoundly wrong ! 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he multiple bombings, authority to restore death Binali Yildirim — in Istanbul ment internally, which refused Tincluding suicide blasts, penalty, Erdogan further stat- is a severe jolt to AKP’s hege- to cater to the demand of he Easter Sunday fidayeen for global jehad. And here it targeting the mass congregation ed on March 19 in an election mony, rubbing salt to their Erdogan to promote him as Tattacks in Sri Lanka are needed a solid platform to at Catholic churches, hotels rally, “You (Brenton Tarrant, wounds is that the winner global Muslim political leader unique for three reasons. First, announce the same. and other public places in Sri the Australian attacker in from CHP has a credible through its global network of the island nation — unlike its Seen in this context, the Lanka have once again drawn Christchurch) heinously killed Muslim face. This explains schools and dialogue centres, at neighbours: India, Pakistan, reclusive ISIS chief Abu Bakr the concern of the internation- 50 of our siblings. You will pay why the Erdogan regime has domestic level and in the and Bangladesh — had not al-Baghdadi made the first al community over the danger for this. If New Zealand does- decided to demand the re- European Union. seen till then any terror act by appearance in five years, before of Islamist terrorism and radi- n’t make you, we know how to election of Istanbul mayoral Second, the Caliphal poli- proclaimed Islamist forces. the global media in a video calisation of a section of make you pay one way or election despite twice recount- tics of Erdogan requires a thor- )*- Second, the perpetrator ISIS, message to readily claim the Muslim youths across the globe. another.” ing of the ballots and even for- ough de-legitimisation, rather despite being badly battered responsibility for the Lankan %*)B *))5 The civilised world, including If one looks at the rhetoric mally lodged the complaint to criminalisation, of Arab state and ousted from the land of its terror attacks. He used the the Muslim religious and sec- and tone of these statements of Supreme Election Board (SYK) actors, principally Saudi Arabia Caliphate just a month before, occasion to outline the crum- ular intelligentsia, was swift to President Erdogan, one would to derecognise approximately and the UAE, with a view to has told the world loud and bling outfit’s vision, calling for - condemn the abhorrent attacks, find that it is not different from 13,500 votes, which belonged remove them as legitimate clear that it still has potential jehad via war of attrition, and which took more than 250 the rhetoric and semantic of to dismissed, imprisoned offi- leader of global Sunni Muslim in solitary confinement. There to surprise new territories with insisting on its propaganda of ! + P lives, and expressed concerned non-state Islamist radicals and cials alleged to be FETO community. As a result, the is a strong indication of foul its lethal action. robust presence in South-east about the failure of Sri Lankan terrorists. It is another matter (Gulen movement) members. Erdogan regime has closeted play by the Erdogan regime in Third, the curious selec- Asia, including the Philippines. state to the repeated warnings that statements and terrorist Interestingly the AKP candi- itself to Islamist allay, primar- this case, which was commit- tion of the island nation for the Baghdadi also exhorted from India and its local intelli- actions of non-state Islamist date, Yeldrim, lost to the CHP ily Iran, Qatar and Hamas, and ted to defame the UAE, for the suicide blasts by ISIS, in con- the “believers” for hijrah gent units as well as the ability actors are routinely con- candidate in Istanbul with the increased its physical inter- fact of the matter is that dur- nivance with Lankan-based (migration) to the # of the ISIS and other interna- demned, but world leaders margin of 13,500 votes. The vention in neighbouring Syria ing last three years Turkey has National Thowheeth Jamaath, Afghanistan-Pakistan region ! '! tional Islamist terrorist organ- hardly condemn the statement prosecutors of Turkish state has and Iraq to bolster it neo- witnessed 51 cases of suicide raises a pertinent question: for recruitment of jehadis. The isations to wreak havoc. and action of state actors. It now launched more than 32 Ottoman image on the one inside Turkish jails, including Whether the erstwhile ethnic ramifications can be found in While such incidents have happens because, first, terror- investigations into the alleged hand and leave no stone the suicide cases in solitary divide in Sri Lanka was reborn Sri Lanka Army Commander routinely brought into the ques- ism has been understood irregularities in Istanbul may- unturned in criminalising and confinement. In none of these in religious radicalisation? Lieutenant General Mahesh -+ tion the role of Wahhabi- essentially as “non-state phe- oral election held last month diplomatically isolating Saudi cases, the Turkish authority has However as there has never Senanayake’s interview to the ! Salafisation in raising a radi- nomenon”, and second, the and summoned more than 100 Arabia and the UAE. ever carried out autopsy to been any systemic discrimina- BBC in which he claimed that calised generation of Muslim state practice of political prag- polling station officials for The increase in anti- Saudi, ascertain the reason of death. tion against Muslims in the Sri some of the “suicide bombers youths with conception of matism, which tolerates such questioning as suspects, much anti-UAE rhetoric on the part Today Turkey has become Lanka — an essential ingredi- visited Kashmir and Kerala land in prison. “enemy other” to commit geno- state figures for the consider- after declaration of result ! of the Erdogan regime has a rogue state, with its hobnob- ent for the breeding of religious for some sorts of training or to Although Sri Lankan cide, the contribution of Turkey ation of wider economic and The success of Islamist, another aspect also: to show to bing with ISIS and other radicals — this question war- make some more links with Muslims have supported the under Islamist leadership of political interest. Caliphal politics of President the Muslim world that the Islamist terrorist elements rants special attention, also other foreign outfits”. Maybe Government’s crackdown Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Such alarmist Islamist pol- Erdogan depends upon fulfil- recent embrace of pluralism being widely reported. because experience shows that this explains why Sri Lanka methods against the Islamists process of radicalisation of a itics on the part of the Erdogan ment of certain conditions. and diversity by the UAE and President Erdogan has Islamist forces, particularly became the sure-shot target for in the wake of the Easter section of global Sunni Muslim regime is not difficult to under- One, President Erdogan must Saudi Arabia is a weakness of emerged as one of the princi- ISIS, have flourished only in homeless Baghdadi, who has bombings, the success of the youth has hardly been focussed stand. It is likely to increase in emerge and be recognised as Islamic tradition and project ple sources of radicalisation of those regions which are afflict- lost his last redoubt in Syria. efforts hinges on the narrative upon. If one aspect of Islamist near future for three important the leader of Muslim world. his brand of Islamist authori- the Muslim youth across the ed with pre-existing conflicts - Although Baghdadi claims the Government is able to bombing in Sri Lanka, as reasons. First, the Islamist pol- This has pushed Erdogan to tarian anti-pluralism politics as world, particularly in Indian sectarian, ethnic, or religious. caliphate is not bound by the construct. Any ostentatious claimed by the perpetrators, itics is centrally linked with embrace aggressive, authori- real Islamic and in line with subcontinent where the second Despite local and global geography, he is raring to gain action against religious-cul- was to avenge the killing of Erdogan’s personal ambition of tarian style of politics with Caliphatic tradition. largest Muslim community of Intelligence reports suggesting lost ground in Iraq and Syria. tural symbol is fraught with the Muslims in New Zealand by resurrecting the institution of foremost anti-Israel, anti-west Two recent examples the world is living as religious that National Thowheeth ISIS already has a covert net- danger of spawning more rad- white supremacists, one is con- Caliphate in 1924 — the 100th Muslim face who is also cham- expose this mischief of the minority with historical sense Jamaath and its south Indian work in Iraq. Therefore, it is icals born out of the narrative strained to bring into focus the year of abolition of Caliphate pioning the cause of Muslim Erdogan regime. The first con- of discrimination and legacy of cohorts have been in touch essential that the coalition of the State operation. statement of President Erdogan, by the Kemalist state of Turkey. minorities living into non- cerned the Jamal Khashoggi Kh?lafat movement. There are with ISIS for long, the choice forces should maintain its hold Therefore, the burqa (face veil) which may have implication in Second, the deteriorating con- Muslim majority countries. incident, which was badly already reports that publica- of Sri Lanka for the revolting in the areas of ISIS caliphate till ban may be a pragmatic deci- further motivating the radi- dition of Turkish economy is With physical liquidation of Al exploited by Turkish state to tions regarding Kashmir has attacks is more to do with the it destroys the outfit’s raison sion — considering the facts calised Islamist elements to also pushing Erdogan to Qaeda and ISIS and the near expose the Saudi state in bad tremendously increased in peaceful island nation being a d’être. that some of women accom- commit barbaric acts. embrace Islamist politics. absence of other anti-west, diplomatic taste and deprive Turkey during last three years. safe target for ISIS, which is As for Sri Lanka, the island plices of the suicide bombers During the campaign of Third, Erdogan is losing anti-Israel Muslim political fig- the Kingdom of its Islamic The Government of India must desperate to stay in the reck- nation needs to ensure ISIS had fled the scene in burqa — municipal election in Turkey domestic political ground as ure, a good section of Muslim legitimacy to rule and claim the be cautious in dealing with the oning for global Islamist terror doesn’t succeed in having local for the time being till the raids last month, President Erdogan evident from his failure to win world looks into Erdogan a rightful custodian of Mecca Erdogan regime and must deny leadership. ISIS, which wield- franchises there. Considering and investigation are over, the lambasted the politics of over mayorship in some of the modern day Saladin. This and Medina and leadership of him the opportunity to radi- ed enormous control over huge the sophistication of the high- ban should be lifted as soon as Islamophobia in the West, largest cities like Istanbul, authoritarian Islamist brand of Sunni Muslim world. The other calise the Indian Muslims. area stretching from eastern ly coordinated attacks all by possible before Islamist outfits showed a video clipping of the Ankara, Izmir and other cities politics of Erdogan demands a is the attempt of Turkish state Iraq to western Syria till March Lankan nationals, the bigger can exploit the situation with Christchurch mosque shoot- in March 2019 local elections. de-democratisation of Turkey to criminalise the UAE by (The writer is Senior Fellow this year, is straining every riddle for Colombo is to unrav- newfound purpose and energy. ings, and stated: “Turkey would The AKP defeat in Istanbul is and freedom from any demo- arresting two Palestinians for with Policy Perspectives nerve to peddle a global nar- el whether any of its citizen make the attackers pay for his very symbolic for its survival. cratic constraint in his gover- spying for the UAE in Istanbul, Foundations. 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