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Gehlot said Modi ment in a poll rally in former PM and termed it has been continuously levelling Pratapgarh that former PM derogatory and shameful. allegations against Gandhis Rajiv Gandhi left the world as In a series of tweets, Jaitley & L0 though no one from the fami- “Bhrastachari number 1.” said Rahul thinks that “dynast” O A ly has been a Prime Minister in Congress president Rahul does not have to answer any the past 30 years. Gandhi, his sister Priyanka question even though he can Indian Overseas Congress " # % Gandhi, and the Congress ally attack Modi — ‘a man of 8 85M 0O chief Sam Pitroda said the &# ' NCP have rapped the PM utmost integrity’. 85 '85 party is hurt by what the Prime Modi for such an undignified Jaitley tweeted, “Why is L 6 & ' B Minister said. “Why did he say -.)-%/0 former PM Rajiv Gandhi attack against a dead person Rahul so disturbed if the that? We are ashamed of the “Bhrastachari No.1.” while Union Minister Prakash integrity issues of the Rajiv > 4 ' A statement, I am a Gujarati too even States will go to polls Nearly nine crore voters Javadekra defended the Gandhi Government are 5 & 0O and come from Gandhiji’s Sfor 51 seats in the fifth will decide the fate of 674 PM’s remarks. raised? Why did Ottavio & '0 O state,” Pitroda said. “People of phase of the Lok Sabha poll on candidates, including political Rahul said, “Modiji, The Quattrocchi get kickbacks in this state can lie so much and Monday, but Uttar Pradesh, bigwigs Rajnath Singh, battle is over. Your Karma aw- Bofors? Who was the ‘Q’ con- O '1 O - M speak such lowly things, this Rajasthan and West Bengal Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi aits you. Projecting your inner nection? No reply has come.” '8 M saddens us. Normally the will draw most of the attention and Smriti Irani, in the fifth beliefs about yourself onto my Jaitley said even former Prime Minister of a country because more than two third of phase of polling on Monday in father won’t protect you. All my Prime Minister Indira Gandhi soon as the Prime Minister told rupt number 1).” The Prime leaders of the Congress hit out speaks for the people”. the seats in this phase come 51 Lok Sabha constituencies in love and a huge hug.” Priyanka was also assassinated and yet the truth about Gandhi family Minister claimed that the at Prime Minister for the NCP leader Jayant Patil from them. seven States. too slammed Modi and said, the Congress is questioned and especially Rajiv Gandhiji, Congress chief had admitted in remarks on Rajiv, saying it said Rajiv ushered in a tech- The stakes are high for the Voting will take place in 14 “The Prime Minister who about the Emergency and the the brother-sister duo started an interview that his only aim showed his “desperation” and nological revolution in the ruling BJP and its allies as it had seats in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in insults martyrs by seeking vote Operation Blue Star. abusing him. For a full year, is to tarnish the image of Modi. “fear of defeat”. In a series of country. “I condemn Modi’s swept 40 of these seats in 2014, Rajasthan, seven seats each in in the name of their sacrifices Javadekar justified the PM’s they called an honest Prime Javadekar asserted that tweets, the Former Union remarks against him. This is an leaving just two for the West Bengal and Madhya yesterday crossed his limits by statement by stating that the Minister a thief, now they call dynasts of the Congress were Finance Minister wondered if insult of not just Rajiv but the Congress and the rest for other Pradesh, five in Bihar and four insulting the sacrifice of a late PM had supported the him Hitler, merchant of death. afraid of the truth and that is any religion sanctioned speak- information technology sector Opposition parties such as the in Jharkhand. In Jammu and noble man who gave his life for killing of Sikhs in the 1984 It is the truth being spoken why the Congress president ing ill of the dead. which he helped grow. I hope Trinamool Congress (seven). Kashmir, polling will take place the country. The people of riots. “What Modi said is cor- which forces them to indulge in had tried to falsely accuse BJP Former Delhi Chief the Prime Minister henceforth With this phase, election will in Ladakh constituency and Amethi will reply as Rajiv rect, after the 1984 riots in wh- abusive politics,” he said. of corruption in Rafale deal. Minister Sheila Dikshit who will speak what is befitting his be over in 424 seats and polling Pulwama and Shopian districts Gandhi sacrificed his life for ich Sikhs were massacred, did Accusing the Congress and “The dynasts are afraid of the was very close to Rajiv post,” Patil said. in the remaining 118 seats will of Anantnag seat. them. Yes Modiji, the country Rajiv Gandhi not support it? its president Rahul of attempt- truth. Rahul tried to falsely expressed “shock and anger” Former NDA ally and now be held on May 12 and 19. The The Election Commission never forgives cheating.” He had said, ‘when big trees fall ing to tarnish his image over accuse us in the Rafale deal for over Modi’s remarks about in UPA, RLSP leader Upendra voting will take place in the lin- has set up 94,000 polling sta- On the other hand, Union the earth shakes’,” Javadekar the Rafale issue, Modi in a rally a full year but failed miserably. Rajiv, saying if politics is not Kushwaha too took on Modi and gering shadow of highly acri- tions/booths and made elaborate Ministers Arun Jaitley and said at a Press conference. in Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh They are worried that BJP’s repaired, future generations said the kind of statement being monious poll campaign security arrangements. In the Prakash Javadekar tried to cor- Also, he accused Rahul had said, “Your father was record is cleaner than theirs,” he will “not forgive us”. Rajasthan used by the PM suggest the cul- unsheathed by both the fifth and smallest phase, total ner Rahul by asking why he and Priyanka of abusing Modi termed ‘Mr Clean’ by his said. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ture of Modi and the party and Opposition and BJP leaders with 8.75 crore voters will decide the should be rattled by corruption after he spoke the truth about courtiers, but his life ended as Former Union Minister P accused Modi of defaming cadre (RSS) to which he belongs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi fate of 674 candidates. charges against his father and the former PM. “Yesterday as ‘Bhrastachari number 1’ (cor- Chidambaram and other senior Congress leaders by levelling triggering a major row by calling Continued on Page 4 ' $ Q!%!!R ( ! /1),/023 lives in India, a global terror- “And today, the same ‘bua’ worked for their own benefits, ist. Are you happy? Is Modi is seeking votes for the same the Prime Minister said, “For a ) $ rmed with new terminol- working properly? Pakistan, ‘babua’,” he pointed out. long time, I had been a Chief Aogy, Prime Minister Nar- which was hosting parties for Hitting out at the previous Minister of a prosperous State -.)-%/0 endra Modi launched a blis- him, is now compelled to act Congress-led UPA regime, like Gujarat and for the last five tering attack on the Opposition against Masood Azhar. This is Modi said, “During their 10- years, you had given me the am Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday and also sought to the impact of India’s growing year rule, they eroded the task of ‘pradhan sevak’.” Anational convener and drive a wedge among the part- prowess.” country’s goodwill.... There “Eighteen years is a long Delhi Chief Minister Arvind ners of the “mahagathbandhan” “But what shall I do with were scams worth crores of time. Has there been a single Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that (the SP-BSP-RLD alliance) in the ‘mahamilawati’ parties, rupees...the discussion was only taint on this person?,” he asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ,0)1 + Uttar Pradesh. who are not ready to accept this confined to corruption, inter- to a loud response of “no, no”. was responsible for the attack on Addressing a poll rally here achievement of India?,” he mediaries, dishonesty and “Is there any discussion on him during a roadshow and n a late night swoop, Noida in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Modi asked. In a scathing attack on nepotism. But this ‘chowkidar’ my property, farmhouse, bun- claimed he was targeted because Ipolice arrested 161 men and & said, “After Independence, the Opposition alliance in Uttar (watchman) of yours has put an galow in any foreign country, he had been questioning Prime 31 women who were taking there have been four types of Pradesh, the Prime Minister end to all this.” anything that I have done for Minister Narendra Modi’s “rela- part in a rave party C# governance, parties and polit- said, “The ‘mahamilawati’ par- Alleging that the Congress, my family, pushed ahead my tionship” with Pakistan. Addre- being held illegally at a farm- ##!& ical culture — ‘naampanthi’, ties say since it is election SP and BSP had always made brothers and nephews? What ssing media persons at the party house in Noida. & C" D ‘vaampanthi’, ‘daam aur time, Modi has got the ban people fight against each other else does the country need?.... headquarters, the AAP leader Police action came after it damanpathi’ and the fourth one imposed on Masood Azhar. in the name of caste and Continued on Page 4 termed the attack on him as an was informed on Saturday & that has been brought by us, the They see everything through assault on the people of Delhi night about a farm house in ) ‘vikaspanthi’.” the election lens and that is the and the mandate they had given Sector 135 where alcohol and He explained that “naam- reason the Congress and its to the party. “The incident hap- other intoxicants were being panthi are those who only allies are in this condition pened to silence voices raised served illegally to people. & indulge in chanting the names today. against Prime Minister Nare- “We had got an of the members of a family. Accusing “the ‘mahami- ndra Modi and establish dicta- information about such a rave Vaampanthi are those who try lawati’ people” of treating torship,” he said, adding that this party being held at the beer bottles, 30 liquor bottles !"#$%& to foist foreign policies on power as a means to multiply is the ninth attack on me and farmhouse. A raid was carried which were meant for sale in %(4,. India. ‘Daam’ and ‘damanpathi’ their wealth, he said, “For us Their rebuttal came fifth one since I took charge as out late Saturday night and Delhi, among other items, have & ' are those who rule using (BJP), power is a medium to against the backdrop of Modi the Chief Minister of Delhi. the information was found been seized from the farm- money and muscle power and serve the people.” day after PM Narendra saying at a rally in UP’s Holding the BJP and Prime true after which 161 men house, he said. for the ‘vikaspanthi’, the prior- Seeking to create a chasm AModi charged the SP with Pratapgarh on Saturday that Minister Modi responsible for and 31 women were held from “The key organisers ity is the welfare and develop- in the Samajwadi Party- going soft on the Congress as the SP was “going soft” on the this attack, he said they (BJP) the spot,” Senior have been identified as Amit !"# ( ment of the 130 crore people of Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, part of a “big game” against Congress, though Mayawati do not want common Superintendent of Police (SSP), Tyagi, Pankaj Sharma, Adnan ) + the country”. Modi said, “When ‘bua’ (BSP the BSP, the two “mahagath- was attacking the grand old man to enter politics so we are Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Ahmed, Balesh Kohli, all four Referring to Jaish-e- supremo Mayawati) and bandhan” partners blamed party. being targeted. Krishna said. from Delhi, and Kapil Singh & #" , Mohammed (JeM) chief ‘babua’ (SP chief Akhilesh the PM on Sunday for trying He also claimed that the “Our only fault is that we “Most of those arrested Bhati, from Ghaziabad,” & Masood Azhar, who has been Yadav) were arch rivals, then to create a rift in the alliance. SP had benefitted due to the have tried to develop national belong to Delhi, while some are Krishna said. +' declared as a global terrorist by the Chief Minister BSP supremo Mayawati alliance and “Behenji”had now capital by improving various from Haryana and A case has been the United Nations (UN), Modi (Mayawati) had named the said the alliance “will understood that the Akhilesh sectors such as education, only a few are from Noida,” the registered under various sec- said, “A couple of days ago, the district as Sant Ravidas Nagar. continue in the future as well”, Yadav-led party and the health and other sectors. They SSP added. tions of the Indian Penal biggest organisation in the But ‘babua’, due to his self while SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Congress were playing a “big (BJP) fear that people in other Five of the key organisers Code against those arrested world declared Masood Azhar, pride, removed the name when said the PM was “misleading” game” with her. states will start questioning of the event have also been and a probe is underway, he who has claimed hundreds of he came to power.” people. Detailed report on P7 them on real issue,” he said arrested and 31 hookah, 112 added. * + , !
$ &5 The official count as per 1 ! the 2014 census is 40 tigers in s Odisha takes steps to 6 Odisha as per the State Arecover from Fani devas- & Government. tation, the National Tiger However, the cyclone is Reserve Conservation 6 apprehended to have caused Authority (NTCA) has decid- & & damage to the habitats as well ed to take stock of damages & - as the felines. Now, because of caused to the two tiger reserves Fani, the ongoing census by the in the State by the nature’s fury. NTCA, Wildlife Institute of Similipal in Mayurbhanj and India (WII) and Odisha Forest Satkosia in Angul district are areas in the State where royal ties to the people. As is the pro- its strategy, six tigers (three Department has also been put two notified tiger reserves in Bengal tigers have been sight- cedure we are seeking report pairs) were to be brought from on hold. the State. ed in the past. from the State Forest officials Madhya Pradesh. Two felines The NTCA will also seek Member Secretary of The status of these new to give their assessment on the were released in Satkosia, but report on Sunabeda wildlife NTCA Anup Kumar Nayak on locations and prey base will damages, if any, that the Fani resistance from local popula- sanctuary in Nuapada district Sunday said that it would seek also be assessed by the has caused to the wildlife in the tion in buffer villages has and Debrigarh wildlife sanctu- a status report on damage to top tiger conservation body two tiger habitats,” said Nayak. delayed the transportation and ary in Bargarh district of the two tiger reserves from under the Union Environment At present, the State release of the other tigers. Odisha which are proposed to the State Forest Department Ministry. Government is focusing on Moreover, one of the two tigers be accorded tiger reserve sta- shortly. “Presently, the State is grap- increasing the tiger population that was released late last year tus in view of sighting of big There are four more new pling in providing basic ameni- in Satkosia reserve. As part of got killed by poachers. cats in the region. !
survive are becoming perma- was found out that those peo- roads. It is not only the family country almost one fourth of resources. nently disabled and only one ple who are driving and simul- and the friends who are losing the people are still living below The numbers of public fourth of them are achieving taneously using mobile phones, this precious resource but the the poverty line. transport vehicles are not their pre injury status in spite if they sustain a road traffic nation too. Those who cannot afford increasing with the same pace of the best treatment available accident, about 40 per cent of Statics show that 70 per three meals a day cannot be as private vehicles. It is the need in our country. them die. cent of the fatalities are occur- expected to afford costly med- of the hour to increase the Road traffic accidents are If you see the current sce- ring with the use of two wheel- ical treatment. number of public transport the leading cause of death nario of road accidents, the ers and remaining involve four In India health facilities are buses to reduce the over- among young people aged 25 to things are quite similar almost wheelers or public transport not comparable to those of a crowding of the private vehicles 29 years. Our country is eco- everywhere in India as the like buses. developed nation. In India, on the road and to develop new nomically losing the worth of author has travelled through A lot of the burden is 50-70 per cent of the hospital modes of mass transportation. one to three per cent of the nearly the whole country and borne by the pedestrian on the expenses are borne by the As the nation is growing, so GDP. scores of other countries in the narrow roads. Though the patient even in government is the number of vehicles. At 1 Almost 90 per cent of these world. numbers of accidents of the funded hospitals and almost present India has only one per fatalities worldwide occur in I think that aggression on public transport vehicles are the 100 per cent in private hospi- cent of vehicles but 10 per cent he United Nations is low income and middle income the road is a common scenario least but they are fatal partic- tals. It is not only in our coun- deaths from road traffic acci- Tobserving global road safe- countries even though these on Indian roads and it seems ularly on the well maintained try that medical treatments are dents. ty week from May 6 to 12. The countries are having only that Indians take pride in highways in the plain area and becoming expensive as in All of us should spread UN’s ongoing campaign: Save approximately half of the vehi- breaking the existing traffic they are more fatal in tortuous developed nations it is even awareness to prevent these Lives # Speak Up campaign cles of world. In a research con- rules while travelling on the bike and had a head-on colli- yours as well that the patient roads on mountains. more expensive. accidents because they have provides an opportunity for ducted by the author, 90 per roads. sion with another bike in which was requesting me to make him The numbers of accidents In India, many of the taken a form of an epidemic. If civil society to generate cent of these accidents The road traffic accidents the other biker died. fit as soon as possible so that he are less in mountains but the people are getting the treatment something is not done soon demand for a strong leadership occurred due to the driver’s can result in injuries ranging The impact of the collision can drive another bigger bike fatalities are more in after selling their assets like then it is bound to go out of for road safety and evidence negligence. from scratches to the death of was so high that five inch bro- more powerful than the one he Uttarakhand. According to jewellery, land, vehicle, animals control. based intervention which could The main causes of acci- the individual and knowing ken piece of thigh bone of the was riding earlier. state transport department’s and house. Once it is sold it is The public should learn the save many lives. dent in India are over taking, very well the consequences of patient penetrated into the This is not a unique exam- report of 2018, about 1,500 difficult to buy back especial- traffic rules and follow them; More than a million people over speeding, drunken driving road traffic accidents, the peo- thigh of the opposite biker. One ple but one of the hundred such accidents occur yearly and ly if the person is poor and the government should teach die worldwide every year on and recently, use of mobile ple are more adventurous on of his upper limb is still paral- cases I have come across in my about 1,000 people die in these unemployed. the traffic rules and should the roads and 20 to 50 million phones while driving. the road in India than any- ysed and even after treatment 40 years of orthopaedic expe- accidents. These road traffic acci- enforce them to prevent the people suffer from road traffic The seriousness of fatalities where else. he will not be able to achieve rience. This patient or the If we follow traffic rules dents are becoming a hurdle in road traffic tragedies. injuries. This situation is quite increases in drivers and pas- Because of this aggressive good upper limb function due other patients like him, do not than we will not only save the the growth of nation. It should Prevention is always better serious in our country. Almost sengers those who are not behaviour and violation of the to the severity of the injury. The repent what they have done to lives of these people but save a be the duty not only of the gov- than cure. 5,00,000 accidents are hap- using helmet on two wheelers traffic rules, the nation is los- same patient is still under themselves and to their fami- significant amount of the ernment but also of the public (The author is an pening in India resulting in the and not fastening the seat belt ing a lot in terms of human and treatment for the last one years. ly, friends and relatives. money which is unnecessarily and social organisations to orthopaedic and spine sur- deaths of about 1,50,000 peo- while in four- wheelers. In a economic resource. Here I In spite of the death of his Human resource is the being wasted on the treatment. spread awareness on society geon, and the founding presi- ple. recently published 2017 gov- would like to cite an example friend and prolonged suffering, biggest resource and country is According to the recent UN and nation losing a lot in terms dent of State Chapter of Indian One fourth of them who ernment of India report, it of a patient who was driving a to my surprise and probably losing it every day on the and World Bank reports, in our of human and financial Orthopaedic Association) P Q
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n the fifth day of Operation Mukti Oin Dehradun, field units continued to identify child beggars, collecting their family history and the reason behind their choice of work. According to Circle Officer (city) Shekhar Suyal, who is also appointed as the nodal officer of the campaign, more than 50 children have been iden- tified so far. This includes children who were found begging, who were being forced to work and children who were not going to school. Suyal said, “In the initial 15 days during the observation period we are trying to know what the basic needs of these children are. We are also trying to ascertain where they are coming from and what their surrounding is. After that we will start our enforcement and %# %% %, # %-. % # # # awareness programme.” / When asked about the decreasing number of child beggars near Gandhi Park he said, “Some of these children are more like nomadic people; they migrate from one place to another from time to time. For example, today they are here because some circus that is going to organised on Parade Ground, tomorrow kept the duration of 15 days, to identi- better picture and comparatively more away from us. they will be somewhere else. fy whether these children are rag pick- information about these children.” However, now they are bonding Our main focus is on the children ers or beggars, whether they are doing When asked about whether these with our units, sometimes they even eat )-/81) also been instructed to respond immediately on from Madrasi Colony, Lakkhibagh area it with the permission of their parents children are cooperating in the inquiry, together. This is our motive, to do in- any issue. and Bindal slums. That is why we have or without. In 15 days we will have a he said, “Yes, initially they used to run depth investigation.” n order to facilitate the observance of They have also been instructed to make sure IRamadan with harmony and peace, Dehradun that traffic runs smoothly.” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nivedita Circle Officer (city) Shekhar Suyal said, “We Kukreti issued instructions and conducted all have conducted meeting with peace com- ( P *P +% # meeting with peace committees in every police mittees in every police station to ensure peace station. The police department has been asked and harmony in the city. creative summer at Almora to remain alert not only towards any violent We have also requested mosque committees where he stayed at a bungalow activity but also to ensure smooth traffic dur- to install CCTV’s at the main gates. As such there which is now known as “Tagore ing the month. is no major issue; we have just spoken about House”, located in the canton- Superintendent of Police (city) Shweta basic concerns. ” ment area of Almora. It hous- Chowbey said, “We have conducted meetings It is pertinent to mention here that the es the cantonment board office. with all peace committees. Instructions have month of Ramadan which will start from May In May and June 1937, been given to observe Ramadan with harmony 6 in most countries is the holiest month in 1 Later, even Sami died (1907). Tagore stayed here and wrote and peace. Officers in every police station have Islamic calendar. )-/81) But Tagore could his poems “Sejunti”, “Akaash never forget the peaceful Pradeep” and “Nobojaatok” ummers in the Uttarakhand ambience of the Kumaon besides his book on science Shills, especially Kumaon Himalayas and kept returning “Bishwa Porichoy”.He also summers, bring to mind the to their echoing silence to made some sketches with local soulful connection which a experience tranquility which colours. A bronze statue of the great poet and philosopher inspired him greatly. He great poet and philosopher had with these mountains –a wrote some verses of Gitanjali can be seen at the Tagore connection that brought him while he was in Kumaon in House. here on many an occasion in 1903. And it was here that the The day Gurudev came to his life.I am talking here about idea of Visva Bharati first came Almora in 1937, the famous Gurudev Rabindranath to his mind. It is believed that poet of Kumaon — Gaur Da — Tagore.He was born in May, he had even thought of setting recited a poem at a huge pub- 1861. up an ashram in the Himalayas. lic reception organised at the The summer of the year Gurudev, whose birth Ramsay Inter College. In the 1903, 116 years ago, saw him as anniversary falls on May 7, poem, Gaur Da said that two a grief-stricken 42 years old came to the hills of Kumaon suns had arisen in the skies that father, with two of his children, again in early May in the year day-one was the natural sun trying to find solace in the 1914 and remained there till and the other Tagore. serene Himalayas in Kumaon. June. He was at Ramgarh, in a The influence of Tagore on He was both father and moth- cottage amid apple orchards the culture and literature of er to his children in his lonely and pines from where one gets Kumaon can also be seen as a retreat in the pines. a breathtaking panoramic view result of his several visits to the His wife Mrinalini had of the Himalayas from hill region and also due to the passed away in 1902 and his Chaukhamba to the Nepal fact that many twelve year daughter Renuka Himalayan ranges. The place height of 8,500 feet above sea and Gurudev visited their some of the writers of those had contracted tuberculosis. In left him spell bound and level. home in Almora often. days visited or studied at early May in 1903, he had left became a great favourite with The three kilometre long Shivani was at Shantiniketan. for the Kumoan hills with him. Ramgarh is 25 kilometres bridle-path that leads upto Shantiniketan for nine years Many of the Kumaoni sto- Renuka and his younger son, from Nainital and is in the Tagore Top has been rebuilt. and was influenced greatly by ries and also the works of Samindranath. He stayed in heart of the fruit bowl of The house deserves to be made Gurudev’s philosophy. She was Mrinal Pandey and Ira Pandey, Ramgarh near Nainital till Kumaon. The famous Hindi a national memorial. At the strongly influenced by daughters of Shivani, have a August and wrote the series of poetess Mahadevi Verma built moment, it looks nothing close Rabindranath Tagore and the flavour which is reminiscent of poems “Shishu” (The Child) a house at Ramgarh as she to a heritage building. Bengali culture and this is evi- Bengali culture and literature. that became known as “The found it an ideal place for her Tagore also visited Almora, dent in her works like Eighty one years have gone by. Crescent Moon” in order to muse to visit her. the ridge-top town 70 kilome- Krishnakali. When Tagore But the memories of Tagore’s entertain the motherless chil- The house where Gurudev tres from Nainital. Noted Hindi came to Almora, he would last stay in Almora, in May and dren. He took the two children lived at Ramgarh was on a high writer Gaura Pant “Shivani” always visit Shivani’s family. In June, remain etched clearly on back to Kolkata and in mid- ridge and is now known as and her elder sister Jayanti the year 1937, four years before the hills of Kumaon. September 1903, Renuka died. “Tagore Top”. It is situated at a were students at Shantiniketan he died, Tagore spent a very
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Meanwhile the health Tourism secretary Dilip Jawalkar and Chalted the Uttarakhand On CM Rawat’s initiative, department appears to have Disaster Management secretary Amit government’s much acclaimed equipment of telemedicine come out of its long slumber on Singh Negi visited Badrinath and Telemedicine service for the pil- equipment have been installed the neglected studio of the Kedarnath to check the Yatra arrange- grims at Kedarnath and in four Community Health telemedicine service installed ments on Sunday. Badrinath shrines. The medical Centres (CHC), two each in at the Government Doon Visiting the temple complex and health and family welfare Garhwal and Kumaon divi- Medical College hospital. internal pedestrian routes of the department is now planning to sions. The service has become This equipment had Badrinath temple township, the chief shift the telemedicine equip- functional in CHC turned out to be a mere show- secretary directed that all necessary ment from Badrinath shrine to Okhlakanda (Nainital), CHC piece in absence of lack of will arrangements be ensured before start of Joshimath. The nodal officer for Bhikiyasain (Almora), CHC on part of the officials to the Yatra. He also expressed satisfaction the scheme in the state, Dr K S Naugaon ( Tehri) and CHC implement the ‘Telemedicine at the works done so far in Badrinath Martolia accepted that the con- Agastyamuni ( Rudraprayag). service’. The deputy Medical by the district administration and tem- nectivity issues are being faced The service is installed in Superintendent (MS) of the ple committee. in Badrinath and Kedarnath. these CHCs under Corporate hospital Dr N S Khatri said that Arriving at Badrinath in an army He however added that the ser- Social Responsibility (CSR) the studio would now be used helicopter on Sunday morning, the vices would be available in programme of HPEIL for the services of char dham chief secretary paid obeisance at the Joshimath as the department Company by which they are pilgrims. He said that the doc- portals of Badrinath shrine which is has got a dedicated connection. connected to Srinagar tors on duty would provide slated to be reopened to the devotees The health department is mak- Medical College. However their service on the studio. on May 10. He discussed various issues ing consistent claims that it has due to issues like poor con- Telemedicine service is with the officials involved in the pil- made all preparations for the nectivity and lack of a system used to overcome the barrier of grimage facilitation. Char Dham Yatra is starting in place, very few patients in distance by use of Information Expressing satisfaction at the from May 7. these CHCs are actually avail- Technology to provide medical works done in Badrinath so far, he It is worth mentioning ing the benefits. services to patients located in directed that all arrangements should here that the ‘Telemedicine Dr Martolia said that the far flung areas. A studio of be made properly for the pilgrimage. Service’, is one of the dream studios in Srinagar and Doon Telemedicine includes a mon- The Chamoli district magistrate Swati projects of the chief minister Medical College have been set itor, high resolution cameras, S Bhadauriya informed the chief sec- Trivendra Singh Rawat meant up for the service. He claimed speakers attached to Doctor’s retary about the status of electricity sup- 0*1 to provide services of special- that a total 4500 patients so far chair. ply, water supply, housing, toilets, park- ing, food stuffs and the progress of var- arrangements there. They inspected the ious works in Badrinath. police post, hospital and other facilities The district’s superintendent of police in Kedarnath. 2 # 03%4 Yashwant Singh Chauhan The chief secretary directed the informed the chief secretary about the officials concerned to ensure proper )-/81) be staying at Badkot on Sunday night. On arrangements made for security of the supply of electricity and water along Monday they will leave for Yamunotri.” pilgrims. with telecommunications. our buses carrying about 120 pilgrims left It is pertinent to mention here that Chief development officer The Rudraprayag district magis- Ffor Char Dham Yatra from Rishikesh on Regional Transport Office has made it com- Hansadatt Pande, chief medical officer trate Mangesh Ghildiyial and superin- Sunday. The Char Dham Yatra will start with pulsory for every bus to have a list of passen- Dr AK Dimri, Badrinath Kedarnath tendent of police Ajay Singh were also the reopening of the portals of Gangotri and gers travelling from outside stations to Temple Committee assistant engineer among those present during the visit of Yamunotri shrines in Uttarkashi district on Uttarakhand. This list is to be marked with a Vipin Tiwari and other departmental the senior officials to Kedarnath. May 7. unique hologram at the inter-state borders and officials concerned were also among It is pertinent to mention here that President of Rishikesh transport and will be checked at the green card centre in those present during the chief secre- Kedarnath shrine is set to reopen for the tourism co-operative association Manoj Rishikesh. tary’s visit. pilgrims on May 9. Up to 11 feet of Dhyani said, “On Sunday four buses have left This step has been taken by the RTO to Later the chief secretary and other % & + % snowfall this year has caused some for Char Dham Yatra. About 120 pilgrims from make sure that no outside bus can work as a officials visited Kedarnath to inspect the #( 0% damage to facilities here. outside the state travelling in these buses will stage carrier in the state. -.! # %# # % #56 / 0 # 789:9
R )-/81) high amount of challan viola- tors of traffic rules are paying. investigating officer of Peeli he amount of penalty col- For example if someone is /180).18 Padav Gram Panchayat in PM Tlected by the Dehradun caught talking on phone while Awas Yojana. Regional Transport Office driving or riding they have to ocated about 22 kilometres A samaritan, Jasvinder (RTO) has doubled in the pay fine of about Rs 3,000. Also, Laway from the district head- Singh rose to the plight of these financial year 2018-19 com- the strict enforcement also quarters of Haridwar is an poor women and made the pared to the previous year. plays part.” indiscreet village, Peeli Gaon. complaint online but despite According to the Assistant Giving further details he Many residents of this village his good intention and efforts, Regional Transport Officer said, “Among the 10,000 chal- are ineligible to get grant from things are not paced up. He (ARTO) Arvind Pandey this is lans, most of the drivers or rid- the government purportedly on said, “When I talked to VDO, mainly because of the high ers were male. About 6,000 account of the woman Gram he told that Pushpa’s name is amount of challan that violators Driving License were also sus- Pradhan who is allegedly per- not in census 2011 list so she of traffic rules are paying. pended and 1258 vehicles were forming her duties on the say cannot get grant.” Regarding Providing information, the seized.” of her own family members. Centralised Public Grievance ARTO Arvind Pandey said, “As It is worth mentioning that Villagers allege that many a Redress and Monitoring compared to the financial year despite all the efforts citizens time, her family members are System (CPGRAMS), when 2017-18 the penalty we have continue to violate traffic rules. even attending this samaritan working in collected from violators of traf- Authorities concerned contin- the official meetings and mak- Indian Navy followed with the fic rules is double in 2018-19. ue to state that following traf- ing deals in certain welfare person handling CM helpline In 2017-18 the total amount of fic rules is something that cit- schemes of state and centre where he had lodged com- penalty collected was about Rs izens have to follow for their governments thus depriving plaint, he was told that since two crore whereas in the finan- own safety too. However, the eligible poor beneficiaries CPGRAMS is not integrated cial year 2018-19 the amount according to some citizens lack while the district officials have with CM helpline so they can’t went up to Rs four crore.” of strict enforcement is the rea- failed to take action in the mat- transfer complaint to He further added, “The son behind continued traffic ter. Panchayati Raj department. main reason behind this is the violations. When this correspondent It is also alleged that works visited the place, it was revealed and meetings of the lady Gram )-/81) earlier. by some villagers that they Pradhan are handled by her 1 2- About 717 workers were have not been able to get their brother in-law who expects ontinuing their protest, the left without a job since the new 0 ; 6 dues since January 2018 in certain monetary benefits for Cousted workers of the 108 + company took over. governmental schemes like the forwarding the papers to the emergency ambulance service Continuing their protest near Dehradun: Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has expressed Pradhan Mantri Awas officials. He has allegedly also on Sunday wrote letters using $ the Parade Ground in grief at the damage caused by cyclone Fani in Odisha. In order Yojana. started warning Pushpa asking their blood instead of ink to the Dehradun, the now jobless to help in provision of relief and aid to the disaster affected peo- It is alleged that out of Rs her why she had made the chief minister and director ! workers have so far resorted to ple of Odisha, the Chief Minister has approved a sum of Rs five 1.3 lakh, the Gram Pradhan is complaint online at CM general of medical health and other means apart from their crore as financial assistance from Uttarakhand State Government. asking for a share of up to Rs helpline. family welfare reiterating their dharna to raise their demands Rawat said that the people of Uttarakhand stand with the peo- 20,000. If someone is unable to When asked about the demands. $ while undertaking their indef- ple of Odisha. pay that amount, their file is issue, the Bahadrabad ADO It will be recalled here that inite period agitation. They The Chief Minister has also asked the voluntary organisa- not forwarded. Pushpa, a 27 Rajbir Singh said, “I am aware the contract of GVK- EMRI have taken out a protest march tions and social workers based in Uttarakhand to come forward year old widow from the same of the case. Since model code company to operate 108 emer- ambulance service. The new and the association of workers. to the collectorate in Dehradun. and help the disaster affected people in Odisha. The chief min- village has been trying since last of conduct is in place, we can- gency ambulance service had company CAMP is offering less The workers are demanding On the way some of the work- ister said, “The people of Uttarakhand are familiar with the dif- year but to no avail. not release the money. Once it ended on April 30 after which salary to the experienced work- that they should be absorbed ers also begged for alms from ficulties caused by disaster scenarios. We can feel the pain caused It is learnt that ADO is over, the beneficiaries shall be the new company, CAMP took ers which is the main cause of into the new company on the the general public in an attempt by such situations. The people of Uttarakhand stand with the peo- Bahadrabad is appointed as taken care of.” over the operation of this conflict between the company same salaries they were paid to highlight their plight. ple of Odisha in this difficult time,” he added. PNS $ %% & $ ' ( )
( & under-construction home on Saturday evening. On being informed about it, Barakoli ranger Pradeep Kumar and Dauli ranger Anil Kumar reached the site along with department /1%).10 personnel. They managed to net /1%).10 village in the Terai East for- the cub estimated to be Aest division had a surprise about six months old. leopard cub was found dead in the Bannakheda range of visitor on the weekend—a lone The first priority of the ATerai West forest division. The cub is reported to be a female tiger cub. Coming to the rescue department was to try and aged a little above one year. Bannakheda range officer MC Pande of the tiger cub, the forest reunite the cub with its informed that department staff on patrol spotted the cub’s body department team toiled for mother. in Dhamola beat. The body was sent for post mortem exami- about two hours and succeed- The caged cub was nation. Prima facie, it appears as if the leopard cub was killed ed in caging the cub without placed below a tall tree in infighting. humans touching it. atop which a machan was The caged cub was kept out built. Two trainee IFS offi- took the tiger cub to the in finding her. in the open in the woods and cers- Kundan Kumar and Nainital zoo’s rescue centre at The cub has been sent to two personnel kept watch the Mahatim Yadav stayed on Ranibagh. the rescue centre for proper whole night but its mother did the machan the whole night The ranger of Dauli range, care. In the meantime, the not return for the cub. to open the cage in case the Anil Joshi informed that the department staff will continue The divisional forest officer mother returned. department personnel marked searching for the mother of the Nitish Mani Tripathi informed However, till Sunday a spot in the jungle and built a cub. Apart from searching on that in the Devnagar village evening, the mother of the machan on a tree. They also foot, cameras will also be set up adjoining jungles of the Dauli cub did not come to the 3 % % began a search for the mother in places to help in the search range, a tiger cub reached an site. The department then # # of the cub but did not succeed operation, he informed. * ! , -./) ./! $ ,016 #& & .01 JP chief Amit Shah on P BSunday claimed that people of Haryana have rejected the pol- ! 2# itics of dynasty and corruption, ! #$Q & ! #($ ) $&#$ which prevailed during the pre- -.)-%/0 eigners can obtain online visa vious Hooda and Chautala gov- (/1)018/F Gurdaspur Sunny Deol, Shah The Prime Minister’s political within 72 hours for travel relat- ernments in the state. 16/14,6 said: “This is incident that hap- will power has given a new ndia had issued over 25 lakh ed to tourism, business, health, Shah, while addressing a pened in Pulwama...Pakistan’s boost to our forces and the ene- Ie-Visa last year, a five-fold medical attendant and confer- rally here, also attacked Congress ampaigning for the SAD- terrorists killed 40 of our mies of India now know how to jump from 2015, and reduced ence purposes. president Rahul Gandhi saying CBJP combine candidate in jawans. And what does minis- remain in their limits. We can the main category visa from 26 The scope of film visa has that his ambition of becoming Punjab’s border area, BJP ter, (Navjot Singh) Sidhu say — go to any extent to save our to 21, an official said Sunday. been increased to include web the Prime Minister would not be national president Amit Shah terrorism doesn't have a coun- nation and its proud country- The Home Ministry offi- shows and series and recce of fulfilled. advised Congress’ star cam- try. You should go across the men,” he said. cials also said sub-categories of locations. No registration is “Rahul baba, your number paigner and state Cabinet Punjab border and live there.” Blaming the Congress visa has been reduced from 104 now required if stay of a for- won't come to become the PM Gaya Ram’ concept of former Shah said that Rahul Gandhi Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu to “He (Sidhu) was happy to party for putting the national to 65, thus rationalising and eigner with film visa is up to of this country as people have Chief Minister Bhajan Lal. should understand in clear terms “live in Pakistan”, while also hug Pakistan’s army chief. Was security at risk for saving their simplifying the visa regime 180 days in India, the official made up their minds to bring Referring to the Chautala that Modi will return as Prime declaring to revoke Article 370, he not aware about the atroci- vote bank, he said that its and removing confusion. said. back the Modi government,” family, Shah said no other qual- Minister and he will not allow if voted to power. Hitting out ties they made on our soldiers national president Rahul The number of e-Visas These measures will Shah said. ified person could stand before that (separate Prime Minister for at the cricketer-turned-politi- and on the people living on the Gandhi’s silence on National issued by the Bureau of remove the present obstacles in Referring to the state of grandfather- grandson. As soon J&K) to happen. cian Sidhu for visiting Pakistan border areas?” he asked. Conference Party’s demand for Immigration, under the Home implementation of film visa affairs in Haryana, Shah said that as the grandson becomes eligi- The Congress scion is no and “siding” with the neigh- Claiming that the national having a separate Prime Ministry, has risen from 5.29 regime and is expected to pro- the BJP got the residents rid of ble to vote, he is given the party match for Modi who in office as bours, BJP president Amit Shah security has become stronger Minister of the J&K state “puts lakh in 2015 to 25.15 lakh last mote India as a favourite des- three Ds – Damaad, Darbaari ticket for contesting the election, Gujarat Chief Minister for 14 asked him to live in Punjab under the Narendra Modi him under dark clouds of year, the official said. tination for shooting of various and Dealers. Shah said adding that how can years and Prime Minister for 5 across the border. “If you like Government, Shah said that the uncertainty. They are yet to On the other hand, the kinds of films and shows. He said that the residents of a party which only promotes years has not taken even a day’s Pakistan so much, why are you BJP-led Central Government’s clear their mind on the status of number of regular or paper The scope of tourist visa Haryana long tolerated the dynastic politics deliver the leave, he said. living in this side of Punjab?” he top priority would be to revoke J&K, which is an important part visas issued by Indian missions has been expanded by includ- regimes of Hooda-Chautala dur- results in the state on various The BJP chief on Sunday asked the Congress’ firebrand Article 370 in Jammu and of the India”. abroad has come down from 45 ing activities like short-term, ing which corruption and failure fronts. Continuing his tirade addressed rallies at Sonipat and leader. Kashmir, if voted to power. “On the other hand, BJP lakh to around 35 lakh in the unstructured courses (up to six of law and order were matters of against the Congress, he said that Panipat falling in Sonipat and Addressing a rally in “Pakistan now clearly government is clear that no same period. months duration) on local lan- concern for every resident. They it was unfortunate the Congress’ Karnal Lok Sabha constituencies Pathankot in favour of SAD- understands the importance power in this world could sep- The number of main cate- guages, music, dance, arts and only maligned and tarnished the ally former Jammu & Kashmir respectively in Haryana, where BJP combine candidate from of national security for India. arate J&K from us,” he said. gories of visa has been reduced crafts, cooking, medicine. image and name of Haryana, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah the elections to the 10 Lok from 26 to 21 by clubbing some Voluntary work BJP chief alleged. of National Conference demand- Sabha seats will be held in the visit Haryana again on May 10 Minister Narendra Modi is Kurukshetra on May 8 and at categories. up to one month has also now Shah said that Haryana also ed a second Prime Minister for sixth phase of polling on May 12. to address rallies at Barwala also scheduled to address ral- Rohtak on the last day of cam- The e-Visa facility now been allowed under tourist got ill-fame due to the ‘Aya Ram Jammu & Kashmir. Amit Shah is scheduled to and Charkhi Dadri. Prime lies in Fatehabad and paigning on May 10. covers 166 countries and for- visa. 2% #0 2 + - 3 ) % < (/1)018/ mous damage to the country.” n’t do even a single press con- He further said, “After ference. All he did was a Sagar (Madhya Pradesh): to manufacture submarines. ormer Union Minister and demonetization, hasty impo- staged interview with an actor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Who gave the chance". Fthe deputy leader of oppo- sition of the flawed GST was Akshay Kumar, who must here on Sunday launched a The Prime Minister further sition in Rajya Sabha, Anand another blunder which wiped surely be thinking that perhaps scathing attack on the Congress said since the submarine scam Sharma on Sunday said that off 2 percent of our country’s PM Modi is even better actor saying first it was Bofors, then came into light, 'naamdaar' the BJP is shying away from GDP. Instead of creating the than him,” Sharma added. helicopter and now the sub- and his all his colleagues had the real issues. promised 2 crore jobs, crores Talking about the recent marine scam has been gone into the 'kop bhawan' (a “Prime Minister Narendra of jobs were destroyed. A large escalation between India and unearthed. plave where an angry or Modi is campaigning contin- number of factories got shut Pakistan, the Congress senior Addressing an election anguished person hides). uously while insulting oppo- down, workers were forced to leader said, “It is highly insen- rally, the Prime Minister said, "Bofors guns then heli- sition and speaking the kind of return to the villages, so many sitive on our PM’s part to talk "'naamdaar' had established a copter and now submarines. language that doesn’t suit a people committed suicide. about the preparedness of company in England named Micheal 'mama' (uncle) is still statesman of his stature at all. Further Narendra Modi even missiles in public. No PM or 'Backups'. The company's name revealing the secrets. The We want him to account for all smeared the image of India by President of any other country matches with its style of work- meaning of Congress is only lie, the promises that he made claiming that our economy is would’ve talked about such ing that's working behind the conspiracy and cheating," Modi before 2014 elections,” said running on black money.” confidential matters in public. curtain. This company was said. Talking about the action Anand Sharma who was in The deputy leader of We are supposed to be a shut in 2009. Now it has come in Pakistan's Balakot and the Chandigarh on Sunday to opposition in Rajya Sabha responsible nuclear state,” he to light that partners of 'naam- recent ban on Masood Azhar, campaign for Congress Lok also mentioned that he has said. daar' secured a contract from he said: "It was because of the Sabha candidate from been campaigning all over the “Such surgical operations the Indian government in 2011 Congress policies that terrorists Chandigarh, Pawan Kumar country and all he can see is happened during UPA’s rule to manufacture submarines," were coming in our country to Bansal. people feeling betrayed. too but we never made the sac- Modi said. do explosions and threaten the Sharma lamented, tyr PM of the country. He level. I would like to tell him pened in November 2016, “People have now seen rifice of our soldiers as means He said: "Once the com- India. Thereafter, the 'strong “Yesterday, the words he shouldn’t forget that he was that history doesn’t forgive Sharma said, “There’s been through the false promises of to garner votes,” Sharma pany belonged to him (Rahul government' of India used to (Modi) spoke against Late PM assassinated by the terrorists. those who insult the martyrs monumental mismanagement PM Modi. They believed in added. Gandhi), owner of the compa- cry in front of the whole Rajiv Gandhi are unacceptable. He died for India while fight- of the country,” he said while of Indian economy under the him and he has betrayed them Present among others ny was also his friend. Now the world". On the other hand, the Narendra Modi is known for ing terrorists. PM Modi will talking to the mediapersons watch of PM Modi who has no badly. The ones who suffered were Pardeep Chhabra, people is asking 'naamdaar' BJP-led NDA government making shockingly insulting perhaps be the only PM of here. understanding of economy the most are farmers, youth Chandigarh Congress you and your partners only had came with a strong strategy. statements about his opposi- India who will go down in his- Blasting Narendra Modi and through his reckless deci- and the poor,” he said. President and party leaders, the experience of brokerage The 'chowkidar' is alert. tion.” tory as the one who dragged led BJP left, right and center sions and authoritative func- “Another grave issue is Rana Varinder Singh, HS and liaisoning, why did you opt IANS “Rajiv Gandhi was a mar- political discourse to a gutter over demonetization that hap- tioning, he has inflicted enor- that in five years our PM did- Lucky, Sandeep Bharadwaj.
two constituencies for the ... Congress. Union Home * #$#+ $#&#, ! ( Minister Rajnath Singh is seek- $ From Page 1 ing re-election from Lucknow, The fifth phase of polling in while his colleague at the Centre :1)01 14 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Smriti Irani is again taking on From Page 1 Congress got defence deals Pradesh will see a clash of Rahul in Amethi. Two former olding one-after-another road shows If they (Opposition) get an done for his business partners titans, including Union Olympians, one former IAS Hattracting huge crowds to have a opportunity for two years or and close friends. Ministers Rajnath Singh and and one former IPS officer, and glimpse of their “hero”, the SAD-BJP can- five years, their relatives The ‘naamdar’ never Smriti Irani, UPA chairperson two seers are among the 134 didate from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha Sunny become rich overnight...when thought about giving houses, Sonia Gandhi and Congress candidates whose fate will be Deol on Sunday made it clear that he was I fight against corruption, it is toilets, electricity connections president Rahul Gandhi. decided by voters in Rajasthan’s here not for vendetta politics, albeit he for safeguarding the rights of to the poor. He never bothered The BJP had bagged 12 of 12 Lok Sabha seats on Monday. wanted to usher in multi-faceted develop- the poor and honest people,” about the needs of the poor, but these seats in 2014 with the After this phase, polling will ment for the constituency. Modi said. travelled all the way from Congress winning Sonia’s Rae come to an end in the desert “I will not give any importance to score Seeking to strike an emo- London to Delhi for his busi- Bareli and Rahul’s Amethi -- the State. settling but to the developmental issues,” tional chord with the crowd, he ness partners. That is why the only two constituencies where Former Olympians said Sunny Deol while talking with the said, “Why is the entire coun- people of his constituency have the Congress succeeded out of Rajyawardhan Rathore (BJP) media after attending bhog ceremony of try loving Modi? The honesty compelled him to leave the the 80 in the and Krishna Poonia (Congress) akhand path at Gurudwara Sahib and dedication that the coun- place.” entire State. have locked horns in the Jaipur Ghallughara Chamb in Qadian. try was looking for, Modi has Rahul Gandhi, the Lok The Bahujan Samaj Party Rural seat. Rathore is a Union Notably, Sunny Deol on Sunday held the spent his life in the pursuit of Sabha MP from Amethi in (BSP) is contesting on five seats Minister. In Bikaner, Union road-show for the third consecutive day in those feelings for the country. Uttar Pradesh, is contesting the -- Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Minister and former IAS offi- Gurdaspur constituency. Before reaching “They (Opposition) have a ongoing Lok Sabha polls from Mohanlalganj, Fatehpur and cer Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP) Gurudwara Sahib, he went door-to-door for problem that nothing is hap- two constituencies. Besides Kaisarganj. Its ally Samajwadi is facing a tough fight from his campaigning in Nawan village and appealed pening to Modi. How can any- Amethi, which is a Gandhi Party (SP) is fighting for seven cousin and Congress candidate the people to vote for him. thing happen to Modi as 130 family bastion, the Congress seats -- Lucknow, Banda, Madangopal Meghwal, a for- Addressing people at different places, crore people are standing like chief is also in the fray from Kaushambi, Barabanki, mer IPS officer. Two seers -- he assured them of multi-faceted develop- a wall.” Wayanad in Kerala. Faizabad, Bahraich and Gonda. Sumedhanand Saraswati and ment. Hitting out at Congress Bhadohi, famous for its In Amethi and Rae Bareli, Baba Balaknath -- are contest- “I am the son of Punjab and have come president Rahul Gandhi, the carpets, has a sizeable Muslim the SP-BSP alliance has not put ing the polls from Sikar and to serve the State and its people,” Sunny Prime Minister said, “The population. It goes to the polls up any candidate, leaving the Alwar respectively. Deol told the villages of Chak Sharif village. ‘naamdar’ (dynast) of the on May 12. ,0/ R- -, ,! - 2 ++ !+ 4 +
(/1)018/ ing out at the Central To make the situation “As a central agency, the Bathinda, Mansa, Fazilka, Government for diverting the worse, the glut production FCI was working under direct Ferozepur, Muktsar, unjab Chief Minister Capt much-needed bales from from Haryana was being orders from the Central Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Tarn PAmarinder Singh on Punjab to Haryana. pushed into Punjab through Government which is acting in Taran and Gurdaspur. Sunday accused the BJP-led the open borders, said the a totally partisan manner to Sinha requested that Central Government of acting He said four lakh bags Chief Minister, adding that create political problems for Punjab be allowed to pur- at the behest of the Akalis to (16,000 bales) had been divert- he had instructed officials to the Congress-led government chase B class bags from the deliberately create shortage of ed from Punjab to Haryana. stop such attempts. in Punjab,” he added. open market to meet the short- gunny bags with an aim of For the first time since tak- The Chief Minister said In fact, the state’s Principal fall. obstructing the procurement ing over, the Congress gov- that the BJP must put an Secretary KAP Sinha also It may be noted that process in order to defame the ernment in Punjab was having immediate end to such petty wrote to Centre’s Secretary Haryana got permission to Congress Government in the problems in procurement, due tactics to promote its electoral (Food and Public Distribution) use B Class Gunny Bags (sub- State in this election period. to the Centre’s politically-moti- prospects. on Saturday warning that if the ject to satisfactory inspection “While Punjab, with its vated actions in depriving the The Punjab Government shortage of bales persists, it by FCI), but the same was glut production of wheat, is state of its much-needed sup- had been repeatedly taking could lead to a law and order denied to Punjab. being made to sweat it out for ply of bags, said Capt up the issue of shortage of situation in the State. This was Sinha’s second gunny bags, the neighbouring Amarinder while accusing the gunny bags with the Centre As of May 3, 105.4 LMT of such letter in four days but Haryana is being supplied BJP-led Central Government and the FCI, said Capt wheat had arrived in the man- with the FCI failing to respond, extra bags by the Centre to of acting at the behest of its Amarinder, disclosing that he dis, with another 15-16 LMT the situation was likely to ensure smooth and stream- allies, the Shiromani Akali Dal personally spoke to the Food expected to arrive by May 6, he aggravate, with a total of 132 lined procurement operations (SAD), to mess up the pro- ernment in Haryana is getting this year,” said the Chief Punjab a step-motherly treat- Corporation of India (FCI) pointed out, adding that a LMT of wheat expected to there ahead of May 12 polling,” curement process at mandis. additional bags to handle the Minister, lashing out at the ment to promote is political chairman DV Prasad a day serious shortage of A class arrive in the Mandis this said the Chief Minister, lash- “In contrast, the BJP gov- excess production of wheat Centre for once again giving interests in this election year. before. bales was expected in season. ! + R ,!
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A single man said Sunday. base in connection with the “This reflects the bankruptcy of can neither represent all the Singh, in an exclusive inter- probe into a terrorist attack. ) ) - (% a national security vision for desires of 130 crore people of view to PTI, dismissed the Singh, known as the archi- the country.” India and can also not solve the notion that there was a wave in tect of India’s economic reforms ) ( ) /$ “Five years of Modi variety of problems faced by favour of Modi and asserted that in 1990s, felt the country is Government is a sad story of them. The idea of ‘one man as the people have made up their headed for a slowdown and ) 0 governance and accountability the monolith of knowledge’ minds to vote out the govern- accused the Modi regime of failure. In the year 2014, Modiji cannot be applied to India,” he ment that “does not believe in leaving the country’s economy ' '1 ' came to power on the promise said on whether a presidential inclusive growth and is only wor- in “dire straits”. of ‘acche din’. His five years rule form of election is good for ried about its political existence He said people are “fed up” $ 2 ) has ended up being the most democracy. On foreign policy, at the altar of disharmony”. with the daily rhetoric and traumatic and devastating for he said India has always been In one of his most fierce cosmetic change by the current India’s youth, farmers, traders, guided by national interests and attacks on the Modi dispensa- dispensation and there is an National Park instead of chair- marred by a series of flip- tum jump. with the BJP and it thrives on businesses and every democ- not for “image building of any tion, Singh alleged that the past undercurrent against this “illu- ing any meeting of the Cabinet flops- from going to Pakistan “A lie spoken a hundred societal fissures. ratic institution,” he said. individual”. five years only witnessed sion and boastful self aggran- Committee on Security (CCS) in uninvited to inviting the rogue times does not become the “A government which “Our socio-political ambi- Foreign policy entails “stench” of corruption peaking dizement”. the immediate aftermath of the ISI to investigate the Pathankot truth,” he said on Modi’s plank does not believe in inclusive ence has lost cohesiveness. “gravitas”, a sense of diploma- to “unimaginable proportions”, In a bid to counter the BJP’s Pulwama terror attack in which Air Base terror attack. Does it of nationalism, adding that growth and is only worried People are fed up with the daily cy and restraint, sensitivity adding demonetisation was focus on the issues of nation- 40 CRPF personnel were killed. not speak volumes about the terror attacks in Jammu and about its political existence at loud rhetoric of cosmetic towards the concerns of the perhaps the “biggest scam” of alism and terrorism in this elec- He claimed the “gross intel- strategic failures of Modi Kashmir alone have gone up by the altar of disharmony change. There is a sense of deep host nation and ultimately fur- independent India. tion, the former prime minis- ligence failure” in Pulwama Government on national secu- 176 per cent and ceasefire vio- should be immediately shown despair and disillusionment thering the interests of India, Incidentally, the BJP cam- ter sought to question Modi’s speaks volumes about this gov- rity front,” he asked. lations at the border with the exit door,” he noted. amongst the masses. People but “regrettably, this govern- paign in the run-up to the 2014 commitment. ernment’s preparedness to tack- Singh said the Modi gov- Pakistan up 1,000 per cent in He alleged that in the past have made up their minds to ment’s foreign policy is found- elections had centred on vari- He said it was “distressing” le terror.”Let’s not forget that ernment’s record on national the past five years. five years the stench of cor- reject the Modi Government ed upon anything but a mature ous alleged scams, including in to note that Modi was “filming Narendra Modi’s slipshod pol- security is “dismal” as incidents He said that division and ruption has peaked to and the BJP so that the future comprehension of diplomacy”, the allocations of 2G spec- movies” in the Jim Corbett icy on Pakistan has been of terrorism have seen a quan- hate have become synonymous “unimaginable proportions” of India is safe and secure,” he said. *$#&$ & P !#Q&#& 2 O' % 9<9888 3Q ,! +!& 2 '4, #787!P -.)-%/0 so called mainstream Muslim organizations since 2016 for $ been given by the Gujarat gov- give his nod to this? We n what could upset career alleged involvement in radi- New Delhi: With around 2,500 also provide better healthcare ment has made provisions to -.)-%/0 ernment to its MLAs, MPs demand proof from you...The Iprospects of several senior calization activities, but new hospitals proposed in next services. double the number of UG and its chosen people...Now, chowkidar has stolen the plot IPS officers in the fray for the Hashim’s movement could not 5 years and thereby creating 2.5 FICCI, jointly with NITI seats in medical education by ccusing Prime Minister even Modiji has written in his of a dead man and did not give top job at the Intelligence be tracked. Sri Lanka million additional jobs in the Aayog, has been working on 2024, but attaining the required ANarendra Modi of “steal- affidavit that these plots were true information about this in Bureau, the government has Thowheed Jamat is believed to health sector, India is expect- identifying innovative alter- number of specialist doctors is ing” a dead man’s plot of land, amalgamated. We made his affidavit. That is why we moved a proposal for granting be a branch of TNTJ and NTJ ed to meet the WHO norm of nate methods of strengthening a five times more difficult the Congress on Sunday alleged enquiries, we found that these repeatedly say that ‘chowkidaar yet another extension to IB was an offshoot of the former. 1:1000 doctor-patient ratio by the number of specialized doc- agenda. He further added that that the PM had submitted plots can’t be transferred or chor hai’,” he alleged. chief Rajiv Jain, who got a six NTJ along with another 2024, said Dr VK Paul, tors in India that can be scaled- 80,000 PG seats will be added wrong information to the sold. So if they can’t be trans- Khera also said the land months extension in January radical group of Sri Lanka Member, NITI Aayog at an up, especially for high burden by 2024, with participation of Election Commission about ferred then how can they be allotment was in 2002 when just before his superannuation. Jamathei Milathu Ibrahim have event here. He however, added diseases and conditions. In private sector healthcare the plot allotted to him in amalgamated,” he asked. Modi was chief minister of During the extended been identified by Colombo that attaining the required continuation to this, FICCI providers. Gandhinagar. Reacting to the allegations Gujarat. He claimed that BJP tenure of Jain, the Pulwama authorities for the serial suicide number of specialist doctors is has partnered with ECHO Manoj Jhalani, AS & MD Congress spokesperson made earlier in April, the BJP leader and advocate Meenakshi suicide hit occurred leading to bombings last month that a five times more difficult (Extension for Community (NHM), Union Health Pawan Khera claimed that had said that four plots pur- Lekhi has also told the Supreme the deaths of 40 CRPF jawans killed over 250 people includ- agenda. Healthcare Outcomes) to Ministry highlighted the Modi was asked which of the chased by four different people Court that no allotments for and forced the country to ing 11 Indians on Sunday Around 80,000 PG seats launch the first of its kind quadruple challenge of quan- plots belonged to him, point- were amalgamated into one on plots had been done post 2000. mount an aerial attack at Jaish Easter. will be added by 2024, with Diabetes Certification Course tity, quality, right skill-mix and ing out that in the first affidavit April 25, 2008, stating that the “They are full of lies. The facility inside Pakistan and Jain’s predecessor participation of private sector for General Practitioners (GP), physical distribution of human in 2002, he said it was plot number of the amalgamated first lie was that I (PM) have also put the two countries to Dineshwar Sharma had turned healthcare providers, said Dr considering the WHO statistics resources for healthcare. He number 411, then said 401/A in plot was different from the sep- ownership of 1/4th of the land, the brink of war. down a government proposal Paul at the launch of certificate of 69.2 million Indians suffer- said, “It is important to empow- the next affidavit, which found arate individual numbers. second lie was amalgamation... In the same period, the for one year extension in the course on ‘Specialist Training ing with diabetes in 2015 and er primary health teams and no mention of number 411. “What is shocking is that the Amalgamation is illegal. Colombo suicide bombings interest of professionalism and To Tackle The Burden of not enough endocrinologists to General Physicians (GPs). The The Congress had earlier also person whose plot has been Present the proof of amalga- occurred and the National in keeping with the career NCDs’ organized by FICCI deliver specialized care. Ministry is working on sever- alleged irregularities in the amalgamated with the PM’s is mation,” the Congress leader Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) chief prospects of his subordinates. here recently. Commenting on the tie-up, al aspects to increase number disclosure which the BJP had the former BJP president Jana said. “Did Jana Krishnamurthy Zaharan Hashim was freely Bypassing the officials in line He added that with the Dr Paul said, “The ECHO of specialist doctors in the strongly rejected. Krishnamurthy. He died in give his consent for this seven roaming in South India with- for promotion can potentially improvement in the ease of model is unique in more than country and is also exploring Khera said that BJP in a September 2007. It was only months after his death...The out any inkling to the IB. lead to resentment amongst the doing business in the private one ways, but what makes this participatory approaches for tweet had clarified that the seven months after it that his country wants to know which Reports suggest that IB officials which can have a bear- healthcare sector, new players program even more unique is engaging private sector like plots were amalgamated. “Four plot was amalgamated with property papers are in your bag had knowledge of the suspi- ing on the overall profession- will enter the sector which the partnership with the indus- contribution for stipends paid plots were amalgamated. These Modi’s. and which address will you be cious activities of Tamil Nadu alism of the covert agency, will not only create new try through FICCI”. He also to DNB students at both pub- are allotted plots which have “Tell, me can a dead man going to,” he asked. Tauheed Jamat as also a slew of sources added. employment opportunities but highlighted that the govern- lic and private hospitals.”PNS 3 +0 %# 3 5661
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-.)-%/0 data in this regard. cadre allocation of the success- preference’,” the bench said and September 5, 2017. According to that policy, indicated the preference, he candidates have been denied “For all the aforesaid rea- ful candidates allocated to the disposed of four petitions. The pleas claimed that the the candidates were required to shall be allotted along with the cadres to which they were he Delhi High Court has sons, we are inclined to allow IAS and IPS, according to their For no preference in zones interpretation of Cadre first give their choice in the other such candidates in the otherwise entitled according to Tquashed the Centre’s cadre these writ petitions and to quash merit and by taking into con- and cadres, the candidates had Allocation Policy 2017 adopt- descending order of prefer- order of rank to any of the their preference and the same allocations of IAS and IPS offi- the cadre allocations made by sideration the preferences given to enter “99”. ed by the authorities was unrea- ence from amongst the various remaining cadres, arranged in have been allocated to the less cers of 2018 batch under the the respondents of the IAS offi- by the candidates irrespective of The court’s verdict came on sonable and grossly unfair, zones. Thereafter, the candi- an alphabetical order, in which meritorious candidates. new policy and ordered a fresh cers vide communication dated whether they have filled ‘99’ in four petitions filed by various unjust and arbitrary. dates will indicate one prefer- there are vacancies in his cat- “There can be no gain say- cadre allocation. December 3, 2018, and the IPS any of the zones or cadres. officers challenging the notifi- “The same is violative of ence of cadre from each pre- egory after allocation of all the ing that the common thread A bench of Justices Vipin officers vide OM dated “If a candidate is not able to cation of Central government the principle of equality in as ferred zone. candidates who can be allotted running in the said Cadre Sanghi and Rekha Palli accept- December 19, 2018. We, accord- get any of the preferred cadres allocating the cadres to candi- much, as, the more meritorious The candidates will indicate to cadres in accordance with Allocation Policy, 2017 is to ed the submission of the offi- ingly, direct so,” the bench said. according to his rank, cadre dates of Indian Police Service candidates, who have ranked their second cadre preference for their preference, it had stated. reward merit. The more meri- cers, who had approached the It said the court was allocation in respect of such a (IPS) on the basis of the results higher in CSE, 2017, have been every preferred zone thereafter. The petitioners’ grievance torious candidates are entitled to court challenging the process, inclined to grant relief to the candidate may be resorted to in of the Civil Services denied allocation to cadres for Similar process will continue till was that the authorities have consideration for allocation of that cadre allocation is a mat- petitioners considering that the manner set out in.... ,that is, Examination (CSE), 2017. which they had given their a preference for all the cadres is not allocated the cadres to cadres before the less meritori- ter which would affect their they have approached the court he may ‘be allotted along with They sought direction to preferences, and less meritori- indicated by the candidate. them as per their declared pol- ous candidates are considered. careers for all times to come. at the very earliest and at a stage other such candidates in the the Centre to issue a new list ous candidates have been allo- If a candidate does not give icy of merit-cum-preferences. “This is clear from the It noted that re-allocation when neither the IAS officers order of rank to any of the allocating the respective cadres cated to the said cadres,” the any preference for any of the The bench agreed with the overall scheme/policy ... That of cadres by the authorities nor the IPS officers of the remaining cadres, arranged in to the selected IPS candidates officers’ counsel had argued. zones/cadres, it will be pre- officers that the interpretation principle has been clearly should not take much time as 2018 batch have commenced alphabetical order, in which in the CSE, 2017, purely on the As per the 2017 office sumed that he has no specific and implementation of the breached by the respondents it is done electronically, that is their on-site training which are there are vacancies in his cate- basis of merit and preferences memorandum on cadre allo- preference for those Cadre Allocation Policy, 2017 due to the manner in which through computer program or cadre specific. gory if allocation of all the can- indicated in the online form, by cation policy, the states and zones/cadres and accordingly, resorted to by the respondents they have interpreted and software, and the authorities “We, therefore, direct the didates who could be allotted to correctly interpreting the Office joint cadres were divided into if he is not allocated to any one is unreasonable and arbitrary, implemented the OM dated already possess the requisite respondents to undertake fresh cadres in accordance with their Memorandum (OM) of five zones. of the cadres for which he has since the more meritorious September 5, 2017,” it said. ! ?
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Mamata Banerjee to power — would be held are Hooghly, Among the notable candi- goes to vote the a large section Arambagh and Serampore in dates whose fates would be of the voters still wonder Hooghly district, Bangaon (SC) decided on Monday are TMC’s whether the Tata Motor’s ouster and Barrackpore in North 24 Dinesh Trivedi who is pitted from the disputed territory Parganas and Uluberia and against the BJP’s Arjun Singh was a prudent decision. Howrah in Howrah district. who left TMC last month to The entire Singur block On the whole 578 compa- join the saffron outfit, BJP’s seems to be vertically divided nies of CAPF will man 13,290 Locket Chatterjee contesting over whether anti-land acqui- booths on the Monday’s polls from Hooghly and TMC’s sition movement that swerved Khasherbheri another village the fortunes of Bengal and Hooghly and part of it falls in when about 1 crore 16 lakh 91 Kalyan Banerjee. CPI(M)’s the entire rural folk, the main says, “we have been reduced to Hooghly would have become Arambagh parliamentary con- thousand and 900 voters will Alokesh Das is contesting from support base of the Marxists, beggars. Our lands were taken another Jamshedpur in the stituency — both of which decide the fate of 83 candidates Bongaon. towards Mamata Banerjee’s away by the CPI(M). We were vicinity of Kolkata. “Only Didi presently retained by the TMC. Trinamool Congress overdid convinced by the TMC that our did not allow that to happen,” On who will win the elec- itself in driving away the Tatas land would be returned. Yes he says helplessly. tions, locals seem divided say- from the region. they were returned but come “We know that the CPI(M) ing the BJP is practically trying Bifal Bangal a local says and see whether we can cultivate is the best party and they have to feed on the Marxist vote “Tata Nano plant should have it. It is a wasteland now. It seems the best candidate but can they bank. “The BJP may win if the been allowed to function now that we should have survive the massive advertorial people can vote,” says a local because it would have given not allowed the Tatas to stay here so onslaught of the BJP and the refusing to give his name. The only Singur or Hooghly district that our next generation could TMC. Crores of rupees are being reason: “more than anything but whole of Bengal a huge eco- have lived with pride and not on splurged in the elections but no else the people are very angry nomic boost. Today we though the doles of the Government.” one looks up at us,” says Basanti because the voters were not Didi (Chief Minister) is taking For Bireshwar Manna a Manna a woman from Singher allowed to vote in the pan- care of us we are fed up of being local from Beraberi village who Bheri who had given away her chayat elections. Even the TMC dependent upon the had been trained by the Tatas land “looking at the future of my supporters were driven away.” Government like beggars.” to work in the Nano car facto- son. But nothing happened.” Another villager says “it is Binapani Biswas from ry “all hopes have been lost. As of now about 70-80 per- the TMC supporters who are Bajemelia village says, “Didi has Now I work as a courier boy in cent of the Singur acres lie fal- likely to vote for the BJP more done enough for us. She stood Howrah earning Rs 7,000 and low. “The Government won the than the Left this time round.” by us when the CPI(M) forcibly travelling more than 35 km per case from the Supreme Court. However, Becharam Manna took away our land and gave it day. Had the Tatas been there We rejoiced. But now we under- a local TMC leader and MLA to the Tatas,” asserting boast- my salary would have been Rs stand that the court order went says “the people still are with Didi fully “we have taught the 40,000 or so,” he rues. Manna against our interests. It only and will vote for her in hordes.” CPI(M) a lesson. Now Didi is had joined the long walk along stoked the ego of one side. The His voice is echoed by Anjan taking care of us. 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108 Dausa and Nagaur. While the Congress is con- Two Olympians — Union fident of winning from he fifth phase of Lok Sabha Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Bharatpur and Karauli- Telections on Monday will Rathore of the BJP and Dholpur Lok Sabha con- witness intense battle between Congress MLA from Sadulpur stituencies, which are reserved the Congress and the Bharatiya Krishna Poonia — are up seats, the late entry of the Janata Party (BJP) in the 12 against each other in the Jaipur Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) remaining parliamentary con- Rural Lok Sabha constituency. may hurt Congress’ prospects. stituencies in Rajasthan. While Poonia is confident Also, Modi’s recent rally in Thirteen of the 25 Lok of garnering the Jat votes in the Hindaun, the first by an Indian Sabha constituencies in area in addition to enjoying the Prime Minister in 40 years, can Rajasthan had voted in the support of the traditional change the equations. fourth phase of elections on Congress vote banks such as Alwar will witness a battle April 29. The 12 seats going to the Muslims and the SC/ST between Congress’ Bhanwar the polls on Monday include community, sitting MP Rathore Jitendra Singh, who belongs to Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, is likely to corner the Rajput the erstwhile royal family of Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, votes along those from the Alwar, and Mahant Baba Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Alwar, Brahmins and Baniyas. Balaknath of the BJP. However, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, As the Union Sports cow smuggling and mob lynch- Minister, Rathore has revived ings in the name of cow pro- #$ # !#(#,$# ! kabaddi in the constituency tection have definitely affected besides pushing other sports in the saffron party’s image in this the region. Another interesting constituency. Sikar will see a tri- battle will be fought in the angular contest between BJP’s 1@ Jaipur Lok Sabha constituency Swami Sumedhanand Saraswati, where the Congress has field- a confidante of Uttar Pradesh %.11 and all eyes will be on how the ed Jyoti Khandelwal, a Vaishya Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, ground zero responds. face, against sitting BJP MP Congress’ Subhash Maharia and n eerie silence descends on Gulzar Wani, a grocery store Ramcharan Bohra, a Brahmin CPM’s Amra Ram. Athe streets of militancy- owner, who virtually turned contestant. In Dausa, an interesting infested Pulwama district. agitated when asked about the Interestingly, the Congress clash is on the cards between People mill around but are prospects of Monday’s voting, has fielded a woman candidate two women from the Meena guarded in their response. They says “I don’t think that there in Jaipur after 48 years, chang- community — Savita Meena of want to talk about anything but will be any voting in this area. ing the dynamics of the seat the Congress and BJP’s Jaskaur elections. The machines may return which has traditionally been a Meena. In Churu, the Congress Pulwama, known as the untouched,” he said. Brahmin stronghold. has fielded Rafiq Mandelia, its “Anand (delight) of Kashmir” Senior police officials While Prime Minister only Muslim candidate in the for its congenial climate, innu- believe that the voting may not Narendra Modi’s rally has state, who faces a tough fight merable springs and water falls, cross the double-digit mark. instilled confidence among the from sitting BJP MP Rahul hogged the headlines when a The district has hardly BJP supporters in this seat, Kaswan. suicide bomber rammed his car seen any election campaigning Congress too is trying its best BJP has not fielded any into a CRPF convoy on by political parties. to put a dent on the saffron Muslim candidate in any of the February 14, killing 40 para- The National Conference party bastion. 25 seats in Rajasthan. military forces. and the Congress confined In Bikaner, sitting BJP MP Another interesting battle Since then the campaign their political activities to party and Union Minister of State will be seen in Nagaur, where for 2019 Lok Sabha polls has offices. Arjun Meghwal is up against the BJP has formed an alliance revolved around Pulwama and The PDP, which has a his cousin and Congress can- with the Rashtriya Loktantrik terrorism with parties making strong base in south Kashmir, didate Madan Gopal Meghwal. Party (RLP) fileding Hanuman nationalism a key poll issue. is almost missing. Party can- Beniwal on behalf of the NDA On Monday, Pulwama — a didate Mehbooba Mufti has 5/ 3 0 against Congress’ Jyoti Mirdha, part of the Anantnag Lok preferred to stay away from 0 P3 who belongs to the influential Sabha seat — will go to polls canvassing. #% 3 ' Mirdha family here. ! A
& $2 + 0 O9:8 P ) . !( *"" O$ P $ P %(4,. President Rahul Gandhi is 5 ) % > O fighting from Amethi, while his 1 >1 ahujan Samaj Party (BSP) mother and United Progressive 5 > Bchief Mayawati on Sunday Alliance (UPA) Chairperson & '0 60 appealed voters in Amethi and Sonia Gandhi is the candidate ) % > Rae Bareli parliamentary con- from Rae Bareli. 1 > L B M stituencies to vote for the She also accused the Prime > L& M Congress, and accused Prime Minister of trying to use “divide ' Minister Narendra Modi of and rule” policy to bring down practicing “divide and rule” the SP-BSP alliance. “Ever since < $ - policy to bring down the SP- we announced our alliance, ( BSP alliance. the Prime Minister has gone > She clarified her decision to into a panic mode. His latest 1 support the Congress in Amethi comments are nothing but an !C and Rae Bareli was not because attempt to break the alliance,” of any soft feeling towards it but Mayawati told the media at her % was an attempt to “remove” the home. & BJP from the power. “In the four phases of elec- & The former UP Chief tions, the people has support- & D are fighting the election for suc- Uttar Pradesh said it was he who Minister maintained that both ed the SP-BSP coalition. It is & %/ @ 4 # cess of the alliance. It will win had approached Mayawati for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) disturbing the BJP. This alliance / @ maximum seats.” the grand alliance. and the Congress were the will not only produce a new '1 Yadav said the alliance is all He said the grand alliance two sides of the same coin and Prime Minister at the Centre %618 votes to provide benefit to the about ushering a new era of was required due to the pre- didn’t deserve to return to but also a new government in L,!C N& O2 SP-BSP alliance. development in Uttar Pradesh vailing situation and circum- power. UP.” Modi on Saturday had 3 N&& O2 1 >3 escribing Narendra Modi He said the Congress lead- by ensuring social justice and stances. “People wanted some- “I have asked my support- attacked the SP-BSP-RLD N&& O N& O Das a “180-degree Prime ers are saying so because “they it would continue for 2022 thing to glue with and this ers to vote for the Congress in alliance, saying Mayawati knew '6 'M Minister”, Samajwadi Party know the alliance is winning Assembly elections as well. alliance has given them that.” Amethi and Rae Bareli. The that she had been betrayed by chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday and people are with them.” He said the country is Bitter political rivals SP BJP and the Congress are the the Samajwadi Party, which has - - $ 1 P said the country is set to have Some other Congress lead- going to have a new PM this and BSP have come together same. We have not no coalition been working hand-in-hand / a new PM who could be from ers have also said that the year and it is this alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- with the Congress, but our sup- with the Congress. 85 O5 the grand alliance his party has party has fielded its own can- which will decide who will be tions after facing drubbing porters will vote for the Addressing a poll rally in ( forged in UP with Mayawati’s didates in some seats where the that person. Attacking Prime from BJP in 2014 general elec- Congress in Amethi Pratapgarh Lok Sabha con- 'L6 ( BSP and Ajit Singh’s RLD. grand alliance is strong in such Minister Modi, Yadav said tion and in the 2017 assembly and Rae Bareli to defeat the stituency, the Prime Minister ' He also dismissed as a a way that the BJP’s vote share demonetisation was a “disaster” elections of Uttar Pradesh. BJP,” Mayawati said in a BSP had said the Akhilesh-led party '1 & '6 “wrong statement” the report- gets split. In an interview to PTI for the Indian economy. The BJP had won 71 out of 80 press note. kept promising Mayawati of '''M5 1 & ed comments made by during his election campaign, “Modiji is 180 degree Prime seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 Her announcement has support as prime ministerial & 01'85 % Congress leader Priyanka Yadav said, “SP-BSP-RLD Minister he does totally oppo- while SP could manage only come just a day ahead of the candidate, but behind her back & Gandhi that her party has alliance is working on the site to what he says,” he said. five and BSP was unable to polling in Amethi and Rae they worked with the Congress 2 3& '/ 5 O fielded candidates to cut BJP’s ground and it is the people who The former Chief Minister of open its account. Bareli on Monday. Congress to betray her. ( O 4 '
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/ 1-.18 careful to avoid accidental elec- ! trocution,” he said, when asked he death toll due to Cyclone if power supply will be restored TFani mounted to 34 in in Bhubaneswar, which con- C Odisha on Sunday, two days tinued without electricity for 6 1 after it caused widespread dam- the third day on Sunday. age in the coastal region and According to Chief left hundreds grappling with Secretary AP Padhi, 21 of the 8#K water shortage and power cuts, 34 deaths were registered in B& ,' an official said. Puri district, where the storm Although the official figure made a landfall on Friday, flat- is 34, many more are feared tening fragile houses, uproot- dead in the calamity as infor- ing scores of trees, electric 4 ( mation from several areas, poles and mobile towers. H5 including the severely-dam- Giving the break up, aged Khurda district, is still Special Relief Commissioner , awaited. (SRC) BP Sethi said four deaths & +' The number of people each were reported from Jajpur affected by the cyclone has also and Mayurbhanj districts, and jumped to around 1.08 crore in two from Cuttack, while 14,835 villages spread across at Kendrapara district accounted ( least 11 districts, the official for three casualties. ) + said, adding that over 13.41 The massive evacuation, lakh people had been evacuat- touted as the largest ever ahead & 8#" ed in a span of 24 hours ahead of a natural calamity in the , of the disaster. country, played a major role in & Chief Minister Naveen keeping human casualties to a +'N+O Patnaik has already unveiled a minimum, he said, adding & , relief package for those affect- nearly 25,000 tourists had also + ed by the calamity. been evacuated from Puri, #LK In Puri and in those parts Ganjam and Balasore districts !M of Khurda that had been as a precautionary measure. & “extremely severely affected”, The State Government had the families will get 50 kg of mounted a massive restoration ' rice, Rs 2,000 in cash and poly- work across 14,835 villages thene sheets if they are covered and 46 urban areas ravaged by 1 under the National Food the storm, affecting 1.08 crore C Security Act (NFSA), Patnaik people, Sethi said. The 6 5 said. For the rest of Khurda dis- “extremely-severe” cyclone, one 8K trict, categorised as “severely of the “rarest of rare”, unleashed , affected”, the NFSA families copious rain and windstorm + will get a month’s quota of rice, that gusted up to 240 kmph on ! # 4 7' $* ' Rs 1,000 and polythene sheets, Friday, blowing away thatched Patnaik said. houses and swamping towns Those living in the “mod- and villages, before weakening -.)-%/0 Director General (services) els. “There are island observa- 1 erately-affected” districts of and entering West Bengal. Mritunjay Mohapatra told PTI. tories that fed us with data,” 6 #! Cuttack, Kendrapara and As the cyclone barrelled hirteen days before cyclone Mohapatra, a veteran in Mohapatra said. Jagatsinghpur will be eligible through entire coastal Odisha, & T‘Fani’ hit the Odisha coast, tracking cyclones, played a Ramesh said data was for a month’s quota of rice and 11 districts of Balasore, the IMD had an indication that critical role in tracking Fani’s processed under different N+O Rs 500 in cash. Bhadrak, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, -.)-%/0 “ICG ships, aircraft and the low pressure in the Bay of progress and accurately pre- weather models by the Indian + The Chief Minister also Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, shore based remote operating Bengal and the Equatorial dicting its path. Elaborating on Institute of Tropical ' announced an assistance of Rs Kendrapara, Khurda, re-emptive measures stations relayed warning to Indian Ocean could balloon the formation stage of cyclone Meteorology (IITM), Pune and 95,100 for fully-damaged hous- Mayurbhanj and Puri were Pundertaken by the Indian fishing and merchant mariners into a massive storm and start- ‘Fani’, he said help from other National Centre for Medium $ es, Rs 52,000 for partially- severely affected. Coast Guard like alerting the on very high frequency (VHF) ed preparing for the onslaught, institutes of the MoES played a Range Weather Forecasting damaged houses and Rs 3,200 Assuring that efforts were fisherfolk and merchant marine along the entire east coast,” the the weatherman said. crucial role in predicting the (NCMRWF), Noida. These two , for houses that had suffered on to restore electricity supply community resulted in zero Coast Guard said. On April 21, based on data development of the cyclone. institutes have two supercom- minor damage. in the affected areas, Energy loss of life at sea during Cyclone Warnings were also broad- from various sources, the India The National Institute of puters that process data. & Patnaik, who visited the Secretary Hemant Sharma said Fani, the maritime security cast in regional languages for Meteorological Department Ocean Technology (NIOT), The data was further cyclone-ravaged Puri and dis- the power infrastructure was agency said on Sunday. the benefit of local fishing (IMD) forecast that conditions Chennai has over 20 buoys in processed by the Indian N+O 4 tributed relief to the affected severely damaged in Puri, In a statement, the Coast community. Contingency were conducive for formation the Bay of Bengal and the National Centre for Ocean 1 people, claimed that water sup- Khurda, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Guard said on April 24, when meetings were held with of a low-pressure area in the Arabian Sea that collected data Information Services (INCOIS), '1 ply had been restored in 70 per Kendrapara and Balasore dis- Fani was in its formative stages, authorities at Mandapam, Equatorial Indian Ocean and on rainfall, temperatures below Hyderabad that gave predictions & & cent areas of the seaside pilgrim tricts during the cyclone. it started working on risk Puducherry, Chennai, south Bay of Bengal. the sea and above, wind speed, on the extent, depth and dura- town and 40 per cent of the The SRC said clearing of assessment of the vulnerabili- Vishakapatnam, Paradip, A low-pressure area is the Mohaptara said. tion of the inundations in the ' places in Bhubaneswar. roads and power restoration ties on eastern coast. All the Bubhaneshwar, Haldia and initial stage of the formation of Different satellites provid- low-lying areas due to the “I hope water supply will work was in full swing, while seven Indian Coast Guard Kolkata to chalk out mobilisa- a cyclone. Armed with data ed data and images on clouds cyclone, Ramesh said. be fully restored in 321 mobile medical teams had (ICG) stations and six of its dis- tion plans, it added. from different institutes of the in oceanic area for monitoring A similar model is run by Bhubaneswar shortly and at been deployed with adequate trict headquarters on the east Special community inter- Ministry of Earth Sciences low pressure systems, said Indian Institute of Technology 6 least in 90 per cent areas of Puri number of doctors. coast were put on alert. action programmes were con- (MoES), the meteorologists IMD’s Director General Delhi to help the IMD with 8#" town by Monday,” he said. Prime Minister Narendra “No loss of life has been ducted at 13 fishing hamlets deliberated on how low pres- KJ Ramesh. Satellite data was information on inundation. ( O “The government has made Modi is likely to visit Odisha to reported at sea. ICG Disaster with participation of local sure could pan out to be. also used in running the mod- IMD also used its radars at 8 + arrangements to provide review the situation. Modi had Response Teams are assisting community leaders to ensure The IMD and other insti- Chennai, Karikal, Machili-pat- ( +,' cooked food for free over the spoken to Patnaik on Saturday the state administration in the no fishing boat ventured at sea, tutes of the Ministry of Earth nam, Visakhapatnam, Gopalpur, $ next 15 days. We will also take and assured continuous sup- relief operations,” the Coast the agency said. Maritime Sciences ran data through 10 Paradip, Kolkata, Agartala to the up tree plantation on a mission port from the Centre for the Guard said. Rescue Coordination Centres specialised weather models. fullest. “Twelve hours before mode.” Patnaik, however, could rehabilitation work. Around 14 ICG ships and (MRCC) at Chennai and “We realised all the models landfall, we kept sending updates 6 ( 4 not give the details on the sta- Meanwhile, the East Coast four aircraft were tasked daily Mumbai were tasked to update suggested that it was going to on locations to concerned states tus of the ongoing work for Railway (ECoR) resumed oper- at sea to warn fishing and the merchant mariners over turn into a cyclone. So, from every half hour using our radars, 8#" N+OB power restoration in the affect- ations on the Howrah-Chennai merchant marine community Navigational Telex and April 25 we started issuing spe- besides releasing hourly bul- , ed areas. “We have to be very route on Sunday. since April 24, it said. International Safety Net. cial bulletins,” IMD’s Additional letins,” Ramesh said. & ' ! ( 7 # # &' F ?6 ) ' F F !*!+,-.!* / ! 3 3 162R R $ $$ ! + 6 '1 2 S P Q " ( B %& ( 9 ? + 5?+6 ( 4 + + " ( ( , $ 4 %&& 2 4 9;$ 2 t seems to be the end of the road for ) veteran politician Lal Krishna ; , Advani as his party denied him tick- 9;$S 2 + ( et for the Lok Sabha elections. It is speculative whether the party will ?+ Ioblige him through the Rajya Sabha route. 4 2 ( Opinion is divided on whether he should 2 4 9 have been offered a party ticket or not. On the one hand, there is little dispute about 2 4 PQ his towering stature in Indian politics, on , $ the other, his advancing age and scanty 1 @ participation in the proceedings of the 16th Lok Sabha clouded his prospects. P4 Q 4S This polarised debate, however, con- P Q + ! % ceals an impersonal tragedy. Will LK A S 2S " ( Advani, therefore, turn out to be the last leader from Sindh in Indian politics? Once $ S " there was Acharya JB Kripalani (1888- ?+S ( 1982), the former Congress president. # ?+ S ( Then there was also KR Malkani (1921- 2003), the journalist and historian-turned ( BJP politician. At present, there are just # two nonagenarians left in Parliament viz, > 1 LK Advani and Ram Jethmalani. With the former’s retirement, only one will be left. ( S Jethmalani, a legal luminary, is not a career politician. His main interest in being a Rajya Sabha member, the joke goes, is " $ 4 retaining his official bungalow at 2, Akbar Road, New Delhi. His son, Mahesh + Jethmalani, a senior advocate, also entered India. This Hindu-majority claimed, Malkani argues, the ed communities, who enjoy counted as part of the 1 ?+ ( politics but without success. district could have then Khairpur state, as big as the political representation despite Christian population, since ( At any rate, Sindhi politicians do not become the “little Sindh” in Tharparkar district itself. The having lesser population. The the census of 1941. represent their community. That, howev- India. Had it been converted ruler of Khairpur, viz Mir Faiz Konkani speakers were only The Sindhis, therefore, 1 ?+ > 4 er, has little to do with their intention. The into a State, it could have sent Muhammed Khan-II, was 22,56,502 in 2011 but have deserve a non-territorial seat in ( franchise structure of the two Houses of at least one member each to ready to accede to India but Goa. The Manipuri speakers the Lok Sabha, if not another ) Parliament, under Articles 80 and 81, is the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Jawaharlal Nehru declined the were 17,61,079 in 2011 but in the Rajya Sabha. This can be territorial rather than ethno-lingual. A Sabha, besides having its own offer. Sindh, Malkani informs, have Manipur. The Bodos done through a suitable + ( Lok Sabha MP, who is chosen directly, Legislative Assembly. It could had 71 per cent Muslim pop- were fewer still at 14,82,929 Constitutional amendment. ? represents a constituency (geographical- have Sindhi as the official lan- ulation but the Muslim League but have the Bodoland Questions might immediately ly located in a State); whereas a Rajya guage of the State in a script secured only 46 per cent votes Territorial Council in Assam. be raised whether Zoroastrians Sabha MP, elected by the Legislative of their choice. in the 1946 interim elections. While these people are a and Jews also deserve a seat Assembly, represents the State itself. But On Tharparkar, the Nationalist Muslims like GM “political community,” the each in Parliament. Whether 2 # Sindhis, having lost their ancient province Congress leadership found Syed and Maula Bux won three Sindhis are not. they do or not, in one’s opin- 9 > completely during Partition, do not fit itself outwitted and outma- votes per four votes scored by Can a non-territorial ion, they should not impede into either category. They are a scattered neuvered by the Muslim the Muslim League. ethno-linguistic community the prospects of the Sindhis. + ?+ lot across Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, League. As KR Malkani The upshot is that have no representation in Jew, Zoroastrians and # + ? Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. describes in his book, The Pakistan got the entire Sind Parliament? Not really. There Syrian Christians took shelter + 5+?+6 The community mostly has two insti- Sindh Story (1984): “The though Hindus were more is the example of the Anglo- in India. Though Zoroastrians tutions viz, a temple of Jhulay Lal, also Tharparkar district had a than a quarter of the popula- Indian community, who can (Parsis) had thrown up stal- ) # 2 called Lal Sai temple, and Sindhi Akademis. Hindu majority and the tion. Sindh (or Sindhu) have such a representation in warts like Dadabhai Naoroji, +?+ /00. Sindhis are an enterprising community and Congress should have claimed remained only in India’s the Lok Sabha. The President Pherozeshah M Mehta and overall, commercially successful. But over it. Indeed, it had traditional- national anthem. A majority of of India, under Article 331 of Madam Bhikaji Cama, they the last 75 years since the Partition, they ly been more a part of Marwar the Hindus became refugees, the Constitution, can nomi- never had a representation as < have tried to protect their culture, religion than of Sindh. On the eve of fleeing to Bombay via the sea nate not more than two mem- Parsis. But Sindhis had a place and language. Even in the sphere of lan- Partition, the Sindh route. Some Sindhis might bers of the Anglo-Indian com- in the scheme of political rep- # +?+ guage, they had to adopt the local language Government promptly already have been living in munity if it is found that they resentation in India prior to the of the State they had chosen to reside in and merged Sanghar district with Maharashtra and Gujarat as are not adequately represent- Partition. This article merely 2 + 3 ?+ play down their identity. Thus, a political Tharparkar district — to can- the colonial Sind province ed. In the outgoing Lok Sabha, asks for their restoration, or representation remained a pipe dream. So cel out its Hindu majority. But was part of Bombay State the Anglo-Indian seats were semblance of it. The Indian in a highly caste/community-conscious even then, the case of between 1850 and 1937. occupied by George Baker leadership failed to wrest the Indian politics, they might just lose out for Tharparkar district was on par According to the 2011 and Prof Richard Hay. These Tharparkar district. A seat in all time to come. with that of Sylhet in Assam census, there were 27,72,264 are seats in the Lok Sabha not Parliament for the Sindhis will The demographic profile of the Sindh (now in Bangladesh), where native speakers of Sindhi in corresponding to any actual be a token compensation if not ! province on the eve of Partition made its the Muslim League had India. The number was under- territorial constituency. also an atonement. incorporation into Pakistan inevitable. demanded — and subsequent- standably meagre as they con- Curiously, the head count (The writer is an indepen- But had the Indian leadership been little ly got — part of the district, stituted only 0.23 per cent of of Anglo-Indians is not dent researcher based in New * + , ! + more sincere and tactful, the district of through a plebiscite (Pg 98).” India’s population. But consid- known. They are not enumer- Delhi. The views expressed R Tharparkar could have been salvaged for India could also have er those territorially-ground- ated as a separate category but herein are his personal) ) 2 1 5 B & 6 2- && 3 0 & $ '6 & B ' 0 0 (0 '0 ' 4 4 2 3 'N O ( ' ' & ' ' 1 (2 2#36D& 2!8#'> 3:2'&&2'&#)'3( * K % K8 K K8 ( ( ( S ( + ,S 3 21 -. -.. Pakistani Government has only issued orders to freeze his assets and put a travel ban on him. The /000 /.... # Sir — People have now become 0 Government will not in any ) % # used to the Prime Minister’s 0 . ) & ' way take drastic steps to end this empty rhetoric. But his recent 16 & & & & menace. Thus, New Delhi must declaration that 40 MLAs of the & not lose time and put in place a 1 % ( ( Trinamool Congress (TMC) are & concrete plan and strategy to ( in touch with him and that they & '1 & deal with terrorism so that it will desert their party once the & B does not raise its ugly head election results are declared is & again. 2 $ % too much even by his standards. & '%& KR Srinivasan S ( Can anyone in the history of O Secundèrabad India’s independence recall a B 2 Prime Minister openly admitting & & B 3 1 to what, in effect, amounts to & ' & '/ 4 S 514 6 P Q ( horse-trading? And this, from a 0 # & person, who claims to be the pro- & 0 %& ) B Sir — The Election Commission 1 ( tector of the honesty and integri- & of India was once a tall entity. # ( ty of the country. It is by now & ' But by not taking action against 9 ( clear that Prime Minister Modi '- 8 '33 leaders, who spew hate speech- and his party are willing to go to es during election campaigns, it any extent to hold on to power. has let down the citizens. # It is unfortunate that even as Instead, it remained a mute ! , 5 !,6 ( the elections are on, the Prime the democratic process? Azhar as a global terrorist at the move to proscribe Lashkar-e- spectator to this shoddy elec- Minister is talking of horse-trad- Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee United Nations Security Council Tayyeba chief Hafiz Saeed, who tioneering. Had it demonstrat- " ing. This amounts to making a Faridabad finally paved the way for declar- is already in the sanctions list, ed the will to attend to the vio- + 9 ) mockery of the democratic ing the militant mastermind as has meant little. Similar is lations of the Model Code of $ process itself. What is even a global terrorist. Surely, this is Azhar’s case. His terror outfit Conduct by parties and candi- more worrying is the seeming a diplomatic win for the world, was banned long ago but it con- dates, it wouldn’t have been inaction of the Election particularly for India, which tinued with its heinous acts. looked upon with suspicion. : ; ) Commission of India (EC), Sir — This refers to the editor- had been at the receiving end, To be sure, Azhar’s listing as Amit 1 which is tasked with upholding ial, “Azhar nailed, finally” (May bearing the brunt of terror a global terrorist will not end Via email < 1 =..( ( Constitutional values that form 3). China’s lifting of the techni- attacks originating from terrorism at the borders. Many the very foundation of a democ- cal hold on the listing of Jaish- Pakistani soil. terrorists groomed and trained #< > % racy. Is the EC unwilling to save e-Mohammad chief Masood But remember the UN’s by him are roaming freely. The '(('2&(#3''2E:!#%8! ! % B # # 91 & ( ) '! '! 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The penalties imposed are as follows: /1)+08-) O $ Disgorge an amount of 624 crore (profit ,66/166/- 2 9 5$296 O ( from its co-location operations) along with an interest of 12 per cent per annum to the SEBI’s .1>6,1(-6/- 1 ( >6-%1>0 ( Investor Protection and Education Fund (IPEF). NSE has been barred from accessing the -06/- " # +16-6,-6, P Q securities market for six months. (Hence, the Initial Public Offerings (IPO) of NSE can’t go through (,-(66,6/- for next six months). %,.-6%,1) 3 ?92 P( Barred it from floating any new derivative -8H-8'6/-8- Q products for six months. .-8- age of the income generated from Nifty occurred by enabling certain brokers, exchange has become crucial in the ( The regulator has ordered Ravi Narain and 1%%-160, trading. Suprabhat Lala, who was admin- who had their co-location servers in NSE game. Smart brokers had figured out that Chitra Ramkrishna — both former Managing 6/166/->/1) istration head at NSE, was married to premises, to get price information ahead the way to ace the system lay in being the Director and CEOs of NSE — to disgorge 25 per Sunitha Thomas, who is sister of Susan of the rest of the market participants. To fastest one to connect to the lowest load cent of their salary drawn when they were at the (,%%)-).06/ Thomas. Sunitha Thomas and Ravi understand how this has happened, one server. There were allegations that such P Q 6/-(,B%,(160, # ( helm of the affairs at the exchange. Varanasi, who was head of trading at has to first understand how the price smart brokers had colluded with co-loca- Barred OPG securities, allegedly the prime )161(-68- NSE, had promoted the company that information is disseminated by NSE. The tion data centre staff of NSE and also took 1 61++,+- 1 beneficiary of the co-location matter and its direc- designed the algo (Chanakya) for OPG NSE disseminates price information some officials on their payroll, developed tors from accessing the securities market for five 1)1%,6,,4 Securities. CBI also found that Sanjay through two types of price feed streams in-house software and took algos assis- ( years, while also directing the entities to disgorge ,-,++0(01% Gupta, the promoter of OPG Security Pvt — one is the broadcast stream or UDP tance of Omnesys, a technology partner ?92 ( 25 crore. ,6/-08 Ltd, had gained undue access to the serv- stream (User Data-gram Protocol), of NSE, to beat the system. 1 ( Ajay Shah of the Indira Gandhi Institute 1>8,%% er architecture of NSE with help of algo which is used by NSE for its VSAT and By front running through unfair " of Development Research has also been restrained )-H-%,-) developed by Ajay Shah and may have leased line networks. This multi-broad- access to price information, these few $ from holding any position with a stock exchange 0B/,- shared part of the proceeds. cast (which everyone can view on TV) privileged co-location brokers earned or a listed company for two years. ,+6.18-1) NSE got its algo systems audited by is limited to two mbps bandwidth due hundreds of crores of rupees at the cost “NSE has committed a fraudulent and unfair 6,,41%, Deloitte two years back as was ordered to NSE leased line network capacity. The of other investors. While NSE started ?92 trade practice as contemplated under the SEBI by SEBI. Audit of NSE’s algorithmic trad- second price feed stream is TBT, which TBT price stream in 2010, its technical (PFUTP) Regulations. It is established beyond 1061(-,+ ing practices found that the systems of actually reflects each and every new order team somehow felt that they could not ( ,->1 ? , 5 ?,6 doubt that NSE has not exercised the requisite due the country’s premier stock exchange price information coming into the generate this stream as a broadcast or diligence while putting in place the Tick-by-Tick 6-(/,%,> were prone to manipulation by brokers exchange system. Due to the large size multicast. NSE eventually upgraded its (TBT) architecture,” G Mahalingam, whole-time 186-8,+- and, in fact, indicated that some brokers of the price information, TBT price technology and converted this TBT member of SEBI said in the order. 6, -166/- may have had unfair access to NSE’s stream was available only to co-location price stream to what is called multicast R S It is noteworthy that it was only last year that >6- servers. NSE had then forwarded this brokers of NSE. TBT price information TBT stream sometime during 2014, to , ( the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had reg- Deloitte report to SEBI, requesting the was disseminated through TCP/IP blunt the front-running. But in the istered a case of undue access to NSE systems, regulator to advise further directions in (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet intervening years, a few privileged front 1 against brokerage firm OPG Securities Pvt Ltd and the matter. Protocol) mode. It’s like information is running brokers minted hundreds of its promoter, Sanjay Gupta, as well as Ajay Shah of The matter of unfair access started delivered to one by one instead of a crores of unfair profits and in the S the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development when a whistle-blower from Singapore broadcast. In a broadcast mode, every- process, severely damaged NSE’s repu- , ?92 2 Research, who facilitated Gupta’s exploitation of wrote to SEBI and NSE during 2015, one gets the price information at the tation. Allegations were also made that + NSE systems by developing a software called alleging that some brokers have gained same time. When NSE started TBT in the NSE management tried to hush up Chanakya. A case was also registered against unfair access to price and order book 2010, one TBT server of NSE had to serve the matter instead of attacking the issue ! 5 !6 9 unknown officials of SEBI and NSE for corruption. information, while trading on NSE’s algo- several connections of brokers. Since head-on when it first came to their ( The SEBI order and the CBI probe laid bare rithmic trading platform. It was then that TBT price information was disseminat- notice. The TBT system was discontin- NSE’s claim of being a provider of a “transparent” the regulator decided to conduct a spe- ed sequentially, it simply meant that the ued by NSE with effect from December > and “unbiased trading platform” and brought to cial inspection of NSE, after which it broker, who connected first to the NSE- of 2016, as per reports. # $ S 9 the fore the murky dealings of a coterie in the found preliminary evidence that as TBT server, would get the price informa- Due to unfair access to the exchange exchange. The CBI’s probe revealed that Ajay Shah many as 12 brokers might have got unfair tion ahead of others throughout the day. systems and unfair trade practices fol- 1 collected NSE trade data in 2005-06 under the garb access to NSE servers. The allegations Complications in TBT price stream lowed by some brokers, most small ( 1 of doing research while he was employed with the against NSE pertain to members who co- only raised further as demand for co- investors would have lost their hard ?92 Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). located their servers on the BKC premis- location servers by members sky-rock- earned money in margin trading and Ajay Shah, along with his wife, Susan Thomas, es of the NSE. This reduces the time it eted and NSE put up multiple TBT Futures&Options (F&O) trading. SEBI’s developed NIFTY 50 index, which is the most suc- takes for an order to travel to the servers. This meant that the traffic or load action will go a long way in protecting cessful product of NSE. In an unprecedented ges- exchange, giving them a speed advantage was not necessarily uniform across all the integrity of capital markets in India. ! " "# ture, the NSE had been giving Ajay Shah and over those who are at farther places. TBT servers of the exchange. So, connect- (The writer is former Managing " $ % & Thomas a hefty annual royalty as a certain percent- Unfair access being referred to ing first to the least-traffic TBT server of Director, Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Ltd) ' ! 9 1=
tation will be possible only after two Union Territories. access to fertilisers at low price, all buying fertilisers that their soil/crop If short funding continues even to three years. Under the said scheme, manu- of them are beneficiaries of the sub- needs the most, thereby reducing the under ‘real DBT’, this will literally This is not a new idea and has facturers receive 100 per cent subsidy sidy. Furthermore, the subsidy on imbalance in fertiliser use. But for the haemorrhage the farmers. So, the been on the Modi Government’s after fertiliser is delivered to the urea being higher than on non-urea transition to be smooth and to Government will have to make radar for quite some time now. In farmers and his identity viz, the fertilisers, this leads to excessive ensure that the arrangements are sus- adequate provisions and ensure that fact, it was also considered by the Aadhaar, is captured on electronic urea use, thereby creating an imbal- tainable, a few points need to be kept they receive subsidy in full erstwhile UPA dispensation. It was Point of Sale (PoS) machine at the ance in the use of fertiliser. in mind. and well in advance before the sea- ,,8- during the 2012-13 Budget that the dealer’s shop. Termed as DBT, the The subsisting architecture has First, unlike the existing dispen- son starts. then UPA Government had nomenclature is misleading as sub- been in place for several decades now sation wherein subsidy is open- Fourth, the Government should 0(-B(8-1H1 -!!& announced its intention to link sub- sidy continues to be routed through even as the change from April 2018 ended, the amount needs to be launch the scheme all across the 6 B sidy payments to manufacturers to the manufacturers. is only with regard to the manner of capped. The cap may be fixed at sub- country at one go as partial introduc- he Ministry of Finance and the sale of fertilisers to farmers by The producers sell urea at disbursing subsidy to manufacturers sidy per unit of nutrient (using the tion in some parts could trigger NITI Aayog are working retailers. Maximum Retail Price (MRP) con- ie, after sale to farmers from earlier formula under NBS) multiplied by diversion of subsidised fertilisers Ttowards preparing a roadmap Pilot projects in 10 districts trolled by the Centre at a low level receipt of fertilisers in the district. All nutrient use for a maximum of up to from areas as covered by the subsist- '6 to directly transfer fertiliser subsidy spread over nine States were to be and get subsidy reimbursement on this will undergo a metaphorical two hectares. To take care of spatial ing dispensation to those brought & & to the farmers. The data being used run. After successful implementa- unit-specific basis under the New change when real DBT, involving variations, the threshold for nutrient under real DBT. & to give 6,000 per year to 120 mil- tion, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Pricing Scheme (NPS). transfer of subsidy to farmers, is use may vary, depending on the soil Finally, the most important lion small and marginal farmers to farmers was to be launched in Manufacturers of non-urea fertilis- introduced. type, crop and agro-climatic zone. requirement for the scheme to take under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan these districts from April 1, 2013. ers are given “uniform” subsidy (on Under real DBT, manufacturers Second, considering heavy depen- off and run successfully thereafter is Samman Nidhi will be used for this Pan-India launch was contemplated per nutrient basis) under the will sell fertilisers to farmers at full dence on import (over two-third in the political will. For now, this is & '0 purpose. The subsidies on fertilisers from April 2014. But the plan did not Nutrient Based Scheme (NBS). cost/market-based price. The effi- nitrogen, 90 per cent phosphate and completely missing as may be seen O along with PM Kisan deposits will move beyond the drawing board. However, since payments are adjust- cient/low cost units will get to 100 per cent in potash), the subsidy per from the fact that since 2012-13, & serve to give a quasi-universal basic It was in 2016-17 that the Modi ed to actual cost data, effectively, even increase their profits even as ineffi- unit nutrient may be revised to reflect when a comprehensive action plan income transfer to the farmers. Government launched pilot pro- subsidy to them is not uniform. The cient/high cost units will be forced the impact of fluctuations in cost of was initially mooted by the then UPA & ' 5 & The proposal will be put before jects to link subsidy payment to man- system protects inefficient and high to down their shutters (this will also supplying fertilisers. regime till date, there has been no B the new Government for approval. ufacturers to sale of fertilisers to cost units even as efficient and low attract fresh investment giving a fil- Third, at present, inadequate movement. Will the new To begin with, this scheme will be farmers by retailers in 18 districts cost units get no incentive to improve lip to growth of the industry). budget allocation year-after-year Government crack the whip? run on a trial basis in select districts spread over 12 States. From April, efficiency and reduce cost. Further, subsidy can be restrict- results in unpaid dues to (The writer is a New Delhi-based ' to cover small and marginal farmers 2018, it was launched all across the Besides, since every farmer — ed only to poor farmers. Most impor- manufacturers, whose margins come policy analyst) only. However, full-scale implemen- country and covered 31 States and rich or poor, small or large — has tantly, farmers will use subsidy for under stress. ! ) 6 # 1 232 " 45
-.)-%/0 “If the filings are indeed In signs of lower compli- is cut out for the next headwinds in an already of the economy, the tax collec- plateauing, it will be a worry for ance, the ratio of actual filings Government looking at stressed fiscal space. tions corroborate it too. n a first in recent history of tax the fiscal which has seemingly to registered filers was 79 per improving the tax buoyancy — “With the recent inception “Aggregate indirect tax rev- Ifilings, income tax e-filings in shifted its focus to compen- cent in FY2018-19, down from essential to fund the increasing of direct transfers in the budget, enues’ buoyancy has been weak FY2019 have dropped by more satory expenditure,” it said. “Tax 91.6 per cent in the previous fis- transfers in expenditure.” the fiscal could easily be on a along with targets being missed than 6.6 lakh, a trend that ana- filings have surprisingly cal. The compliance ratio was 85 The Government needs to slippery slope unless there is a on direct taxes too. Further, per- lysts said was surprising as tax plateaued in FY2019. This is per cent and 83 per cent in the look at further expanding the rationalization of expenditure,” sistently high borrowing cost base was expected to increase surprising given that post preceding two years. It was tax base (optimally using the it said adding around 55 per for financial institutions and post demonetisation. demonetisation it was expected 79.3 per cent in FY2014-15, data repository from demone- cent of central Government companies (given crowding out According to statistics put that the tax base would contin- which was a decline from 82 per tization and GST). expenditure is fixed in nature by the government sector) will out on Income Tax ue to increase.” cent of FY2013-14. Without a significant and the eventual impact could weigh on the near-term aggre- Department’s e-filing website, However, registered filers The data showed a steady improvement in the tax base, be on further lowering capex. gate demand in the economy,” income tax e-filings in FY 2018- have been on the rise - they rise in filers in the 5 lakh to 10 the medium-term growth path Given the stressed fiscal space, it said. 19 was 6.68 crore, down from grew by 15 per cent to 8.45 crore lakh range with 1.05 crore filings tered filers has continued to see etisation could yield better com- will be at risk, Kotak debt markets are burdened with From a medium-term per- 6.74 crore in the previous fiscal. as on March 31, 2019, the e-fil- in FY2018-19 including 1.02 steady growth.” pliance, especially in the high- said. heavy government and PSE spective, if the Government E-filers in FY 2016-17 were ing website showed. crore of individual taxpayers. “If compliance has been er income brackets.” It said that while it is hoped borrowings, which are likely to does not expand its capital 5.28 crore. Kotak Economic Registered filers were just Kotak said the declining e- weak, the new Government This combined with the that the filings for the assess- keep the yield curve steep in expenditure (higher transfers Research in an April 30 report 2.7 crore at the end of March filings “does beg the question will aim at increasing the filings granular GST filing data will be ment year increase (around FY2020, it added. and muted tax growth), the said: “We are surprised with the 2013 which almost doubled to whether compliance was weak- and collections in FY2020,” it essential in increasing the fil- August when filings are com- Kotak said while a number growth prospects will be under decline in income tax e-filing in 5.2 crore in March 2016 and to er in the latter part of FY2019 said. “A focused utilisation of the ings as well as revenues over the pleted), a relatively muted tax of activity indicators have been doubt given estimated fiscal FY2019.” 6.2 crore in March 2017. given that the number of regis- data on deposits during demon- next few years, it said. “The task filing growth will create further signalling a slowdown in parts multipliers, it added. 5 ( # 5 ( P O #%# ;A @@%## % % P # -.)-%/0 capitalist and dishonest busi- -.)-%/0 cases and also touch 99 per nessman - all obviously patent- cent. In prevoius years, the # ebutting Rahul Gandhi’s ly untrue statements,” the ith an aim to enable the Government had taken Sebi Rcharge that Anil Ambani is statement said. Wfurther recapitalisation approval for recapitalising PSBs a crony capitalist, Reliance The Reliance Group also of public sector banks (PSBs), which had pushed up the Group on Sunday said the said that during the 10-year the Finance Ministry may seek Government’s stakes in these group got over 1 lakh crore of Congress-led UPA regime a relaxation for PSBs in the banks. contracts during the UPA rule between 2004 and 2014, Anil market regulator Sebi’s norms “We have taken permission and the Congress president is Ambani-led Reliance Group for entities requiring promot- from Sebi on having over 75 continuing his campaign of was awarded projects of over Rs ers to have 75 per cent holdings per cent Government share- “calumny, disinformation, dis- 1 lakh crore across diverse in them, according to a senior holding in PSBs in the past and tortion and malicious lies”. infrastructure sectors such as official source if banks are further capitalised 10 The Reliance Group, react- power, telecom, roads, metro, The Securities and , we will do so again. Already ing to Gandhi’s recent media by a government-led by the Exchange Board of India (Sebi) the government stakes are fter a long hiatus, gold is statements, issued a statement Anil Ambani as a crony capi- Congress party. listing norms mandate that above 75 per cent in many of Alikely to glitter this 6 - ( +10 to say that the Congress pres- talist and dishonest. “The Reliance Group takes every listed entity will maintain the state run banks,” the source Akashaya Tritiya and the , ident “has attributed no basis Reliance Group said this opportunity to request a minimum public sharehold- said. industry is expecting high dou- B & 0( to these claims whatsoever, Gandhi, in a “cavalier fashion, Rahul Gandhi to clarify ing of 25 per cent. Asked if individual banks ble-digits volume growth given !C1 #M '0( and neither has he provided has continued his campaign of whether his government, for 10 The Government share- will take permission for exemp- the positive consumer senti- & 'C$ any credible evidence at all to calumny, disinformation, dis- long years, was supporting an holding in many state-run tion from Sebi’s 25 per cent ment and stable prices. ( ) 8 6 2)863 justify his derogatory and tortion and malicious lies”. alleged crony capitalist and banks is currently above 75 per public shareholding norm, the Retail price of gold has D & '- defamatory campaign”. “He has singled out our dishonest businessman, to use cent. In case of their further source said the Ministry seeks come down to around 31,500 6 ( ( 1& - Gandhi, in his recent group chairman Anil D Gandhi’s own words,” the recapitalisation, this will go the approval from the market per 10 grams from around ' media statements, has termed Ambani as allegedly a crony statement added. up over 90 per cent in some regulator. 33,700 in mid-February. “We expect robust demand for gold/gold jewellery this Akshaya Trithiya due to price . , . ( ) ) stability since the past few months and the improved con- ,1/1 folio. have been the two stars of tions is because Berkshire is so sumer sentiment since Gudi Buffett, 88, was pressed by Berkshire Hathaway, but on very peculiar. We have a dif- Padwa. Looking at the current illionaire Warren Buffett questions — each greeted with Saturday, Jain answered a ferent, kind of unbureaucratic momentum we expect at least Bon Saturday gave a clue on a torrent of applause — about shareholder question, though way of making decisions,” said 10 percent demand growth who might succeed him to who would succeed him. he did so from the floor. Munger. this auspicious occasion,” run his Berkshire Hathaway Without answering direct- Abel joined the company “But I don’t want to be like All-India Gems & empire, but did not complete- ly, Buffett said Gregory Able, in 1992 in the energy division, everybody else because this has Jewellery Domestic Council ly reveal his hand. 57, and Ajit Jain, 67 — both and for more than a year has worked better. So I think chairman Anantha The world’s third-richest promoted last year to the board overseen all non-insurance you’re going to have to endure Padmanabhan told PTI. man also said at his company’s of directors — would in the activities, while Jain came on us,” he said. Expectations are conserv- annual shareholder meeting near future join him and long- board in 1986 in the insurance Buffett’s departure is like- ative as the general election is that its recent investment in time business partner Charlie division, which he currently ly to open a new era at the com- still on in some parts of the & Amazon was not a shift in Munger, 95, on the stage to leads. pany, especially with shares of country, which will impact the ( strategy to focus on Silicon answer shareholder questions. tic what they’ve accomplished,” But who will prevail, or Berkshire considered to be 10 overall demand. & ' Valley firms, which have large- “You could not have two said Buffett, who is known as could they jointly take the to 15 percent above their real It can be noted that the 6 & ly remained missing from better operating managers than the “Oracle of Omaha.” For helm? “One of the reasons we value thanks to the billionaire’s Northern and Eastern states are & & Berkshire’s voluminous port- Greg and Ajit. It’s just fantas- decades, Buffett and Munger have trouble with these ques- presence at the helm. yet to complete the polls. ' B ' % # 9 78 1 '# % % -.)-%/0 targets. Our ongoing invest- business to achieve our strate- ments are improving broad- gic goals,” said Akshaya romoters of Vodafone Idea band coverage and capacity, Moondra, CFO, Vodafone Idea. Pcontributed 17,920 crore enabling us to offer a superior The board of directors on to its 25,000 crore rights issue network experience to our cus- March 20 cleared the 25,000- -.)-%/0 ucts like compact SUV Nexon compared to their commit- tomers as well as enhancing our crore rights issue at a price of and recently launched SUV ment of 18,250 crore follow- ability to win new broadband 12.50 per equity share, a steep uto major Tata Motors Harrier come with bigger 1.5- -.)-%/0 ing over-subscription of the customers,” said Balesh 61 per cent discount to the pre- Amay phase out small diesel litre and 2-litre powertrains scheme, the company said Sharma, CEO, Vodafone Idea. vailing market rate. cars from its portfolio as respectively and are expected to -commerce company Sunday. The Capital Raising In a regulatory filing, the demand is expected to slow be upgraded to the next level EInfibeam Avenues said on With this contribution, the lion,” Vodafone Idea said in a Committee of the board of company had said the rights down due to upcoming BS-VI going ahead. Sunday it has terminated ser- promoters’ stake in the coun- statement. directors of Vodafone Idea entitlement ratio has been emission norms that would The company sources the vices of chartered accountancy try’s largest telecom operator The promoter sharehold- Limited at its meeting Saturday fixed at 87 equity shares for make such vehicles expensive, 2-litre diesel engine for Harrier firm S.R.B.C & Co. LLP as one increased marginally to 71.57 ers—Vodafone Group and approved the basis of allotment every 38 shares held by eligi- according to a senior company from Fiat. Pareek said the of the joint statutory auditors on per cent from 71.33 per cent. Aditya Birla Group— had ear- of equity shares to the eligible ble shareholders of the com- official. Zest with a 1.3-litre diesel introduction of BS-VI engines grounds of alleged sharing of “The Company witnessed lier reiterated to the board shareholders including pany on the record date (April Already, market leader engine. will make the compliance unpublished price-sensitive participation from both that they intend to contribute renouncees, to conclude India’s 2, 2019). Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has “We feel that low demand expensive, particularly for small information. domestic and foreign public up to 11,000 crore and up to largest rights issue offering. The rights issue opened on stated that it would discon- for entry- and mid-size diesel diesel cars. SRBC & Co LLP, an affil- shareholders. The issue was 7,250 crore respectively, “We are pleased to April 10 and closed on April 24. tinue diesel models from April models will not justify the high “Given that these high iate of global auditing firm EY, oversubscribed approximately amounting to total of 18,250 announce the successful clo- According to Citi Research, the 1, 2020, when the BS-VI costs involved in developing a costs will ultimately have to be in a statement issued later in 1.08x and the public partici- crore, as part of the rights sure of India’s largest rights successful completion of the norms kick in, as it expects the new small capacity engine,” passed on to the end customer, the day refuted charges and said pation was approximately 1.2x. issue. issue offering, which witnessed capital raise is positive for the increased cost would put most Tata Motors President the sale of diesel vehicles will it is open to a regulatory “The promoter / promot- “Post allotment, the total participation from promoters company as it could strength- of the diesel cars, especially the Passenger Vehicles Business logically see a decline in the inspection and will respond to er group applied for higher promoter / promoter group along with the strong demand en the balance sheet, remove smaller ones, out of reach of Unit Mayank Pareek told PTI. industry,” he added. With diesel the regulators, as required. than their aggregate rights aggregate shareholding is 71.57 from other marquee existing going concern risks, and help small car buyers. Moreover, around 80 per cars set to become costlier In a regulatory filing, entitlement in line with their per cent versus 71.33 per cent shareholders and new enhance network capacity and Tata Motors currently sells cent of the demand in the said from the next year with the Infibeam Avenues said that the earlier commitment, however, as on the record date (April 2, investors. coverage. its entry-level hatchback Tiago segment is for petrol variants, implementation of stricter BS- board Sunday recommended, due to strong demand from 2019),” the statement said. “This funding along with The new shares are expect- with 1-litre diesel engine, and thus, the additional VI emission norms, major subject to approval of regulatory public shareholders, the final “We are progressing well the monetisation of our stake ed to be listed on the BSE and compact sedan Tigor with 1.05- required investment does not automakers are contemplating authorities and shareholders, allotment to the promoter / on integration and are well on in Indus will allow us to make NSE on or around May 10, litre powertrain and older seem viable, he added. about the future of such vehi- “to terminate company’s joint promoter group was 179.2 bil- track to deliver our synergy the required investments in the 2019. models like the Bolt and the The company’s other prod- cles in their portfolios. statutory auditor S.R.B.C & CO. LLP (Auditor), on the grounds of sharing company’s unpublished price-sensitive 91 ( %% 68++$ ' P % / % :!A 7 # information with personal e- mail accounts of their team and -.)-%/0 crude oil output fell from 36.9 third-party on multiple occa- million tonnes in 2015-16 to 36 ( # sions leading to breach of trust -.)-%/0 on the trend in May. It is pos- rime Minister Narendra million tonnes in 2016-17. The and loss of faith”. sible that FPIs might pause a PModi may have set a target trend of negative growth con- The company, on receipt of oreign investors pulled out bit in view of the election out- to cut India’s oil import depen- tinues in the following years as ( anonymous third-party infor- Fa net 1,255 crore from the come,” said V K Vijayakumar, dence by 10 per cent but the well as output fell to 35.7 mil- mation shared its preliminary domestic capital markets in chief investment country’s reliance on foreign oil lion tonnes in 2017-18 and to -.)-%/0 findings to the Auditor, which just two trading sessions in strategist at Geojit Financial for meeting its energy needs 34.2 million tonnes in the fis- has been verified and con- May after remaining net buyers Services. has jumped to a multi-year 82.9 per cent in 2017-18 to 83.7 cal year that ended on March ll invoices for business- firmed by the Auditor pursuant for the previous three months. Indian capital markets high of nearly 84 per cent, lat- per cent in 2018-19, according 31, 2019, PPAC data showed. Ato-business sales by entities to internal investigation, As per the latest deposito- have been receiving their share est Government data showed. to the oil ministry’s Petroleum The Government is focus- beyond a specified turnover Infibeam said. ries data, foreign portfolio of the capital flows into the Speaking at the ‘Urja Planning and Analysis Cell ing on measures like increasing threshold will be generated “The Board was also not investors (FPIs) pulled out a net emerging markets after leading Sangam’ conference in March (PPAC). domestic production, pro- on a centralised Government erated on a Government por- convinced on the Auditor sum of 367.30 crore from central banks of the world took 2015, the Prime Minister had Import dependence in moting the use of biofuel and portal by September, a move tal,” an official told PTI. explanations, processes and equities and 888.19 crore a dovish monetary stance, said that India needs to bring 2015-16 was 80.6 per cent, energy conservation to reduce aimed at curbing the menace The move will help in conduct leading to unautho- from the debt market during experts said. down its oil import depen- which rose to 81.7 per cent in dependence on imported crude of fake invoices and evasion of curbing Goods and Services rised sharing of company’s May 2-3, taking the total net Vidya Bala, Head - Mutual dence from 77 per cent in the following year, PPAC said. oil. GST, officials said. Tax (GST) evasion through UPSI (unpublished price-sen- outflow to 1,255.49 crore. Funds Research at FundsIndia, 2013-14 to 67 per cent by 2022 The country’s oil con- It changed exploration The revenue secretary is issue of fake invoices. Besides, sitive information),” it added. Markets were closed on said, “In April FPI inflows into when India will celebrate its sumption grew from 184.7 rules multiple times during monitoring the progress of it would make the returns fil- S.R.B.C & Co LLP in a May 1 on account of India were less robust than 75th year of independence. million tonnes in 2015-16 to the last five years to get the elu- implementation of electronic ing process simpler for busi- statement said, “We strongly Maharashtra Day. Prior to this, March, coming on the back of Further, the dependence 194.6 million tonnes in the fol- sive private and foreign invest- or e-invoice project for which nesses as invoice data would deny the allegations against us. FPIs infused a net amount of continuing rise in crude. FPIs can be cut to half by 2030, he lowing year and 206.2 million ment. The previous New an officers’ committee has already be captured by a cen- We have conducted a compre- 16,093 crore in April, 45,981 continued buying selectively in had said. tonnes in the year thereafter. In Exploration Licensing Policy already been set up, they added. tralised portal. hensive investigation and stand crore in March and 11,182 banking and financial services But with consumption 2018-19, demand grew by 2.6 (NELP) was changed to “E-invoice for B2B trans- “Once rolled out, the e- by our findings. We are confi- crore in February in the capi- and specifically in insurance growing at a brisk pace and per cent to 211.6 million Hydrocarbon Exploration and actions will be rolled out in invoice project will allow busi- dent of our position and are tal markets (both equity and sector besides oil and gas and domestic output remaining tonnes. Licensing Policy (HELP) next three-four months in a nesses to simultaneously gen- open to a third party/regulato- debt). utilities, according to data from stagnant, India’s oil import In contrast, domestic out- promising pricing and mar- phased manner. The entire erate e-way bill, if needed,” the ry inspection and will respond “It is too early to take a call NSDL.” dependence has risen from put continues to fall. India’s keting freedom. invoice would have to be gen- official added. to the regulators, as required.” ! ' 66
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6 & 6R " - O% P 1 /: G 1 ( # $:(3 ) 6 ( 6 1 4)P21+/10613 1P1(06> & 8 %,), that could be seen as helping Taliban suicide bomber sraeli Prime Minister the archrival Conservatives Aand several gunmen IBenjamin Netanyahu vowed ritain’s Conservative gov- deliver Brexit. Many party attacked a police headquarters Sunday to continue “massive ' Bernment and opposition members and lawmakers want in northern Afghanistan on strikes” in response to rocket Labour Party have a duty to Labour to support a new, sec- Sunday, killing at least four fire from the Gaza Strip as a strike a compromise Brexit ond referendum on Britain’s people and wounding 40 more, deadly escalation entered a agreement to end months of EU membership that could according to the insurgents second day, sparking fears of ># + political deadlock over Britain’s reverse voters’ 2016 decision to and Afghan officials. wider violence. exit from the European Union, leave. The attack occurred two Gazan authorities reported Prime Minister Theresa May They point to big gains in days after President Ashraf six Palestinians killed, includ- & - said on Sunday. the local elections for the anti- Ghani offered the Taliban a ing at least two militants, by O Writing in the Mail on Brexit Liberal Democrats and ceasefire during the holy Israeli strikes in the latest , ( Sunday newspaper, May told remain uncertain. The U.K.’s Greens parties as evidence the month of Ramadan, which round of fighting that && 5 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn: departure date has been post- public would welcome a second begins Monday. began Saturday as militants ' “Let’s do a deal.” poned from March 29 until referendum. Labour economy The insurgents rebuffed fired hundreds of rockets into The prospect of a cross- October 31 because May has spokesman John McDonnell the offer that came at the Israel. ' % /%- ( % % . party compromise has alarmed been unable to get British law- said Sunday that the party end of peace talks in Kabul, But Israel disputed their ' 1 0# % many Conservatives, however, makers to approve her divorce would try to “come to an agree- and as the Taliban meet with account of the deaths of a %' @ (3 H'3#3I 1 and even May said it was “not deal with the EU. ment if we can” with the the US at separate talks in pregnant mother and her baby, . 1 what I wanted, either.” But suggestions that May’s Conservatives. Qatar. blaming errant Hamas fire. The flare-up came as of Kiryat Gat, police and + “But we have to find a way government might make a deal But he said Labour would Sunday’s attack started with One 58-year-old Israeli Hamas, the Islamist movement medics said. & to break the deadlock — and I that accepts Labour’s demand only agree to a Brexit deal that a massive blast at the police man was killed overnight by a that rules the blockaded A man was also hospi- & believe the results of the local for close economic ties with the included a permanent customs facility in Pul-i-Khumri, about rocket strike on the city of enclave, sought further con- talised in Ashkelon, said police, +' elections give fresh urgency to EU have infuriated pro-Brexit union with the EU to avoid 250 kilometres north of Kabul, Ashkelon near the Gaza border, cessions from Israel under a citing other injuries without this,” she wrote. Conservatives, who are barriers to trade. The govern- sending a huge plume of smoke Israeli police and medics said. fragile months-old ceasefire. providing details. The Conservatives are des- demanding May’s resignation. ment wants a looser relation- into the sky. “I instructed the (military) Israel said its strikes were A house near Ashkelon $ perate to move forward after “We have to make a ship with the bloc that would The explosion was fol- this morning to continue its in response to Hamas and was damaged and other rock- '&2 1 losing hundreds of positions in change,” former Conservative let Britain strike new trade lowed up by gunmen storming massive strikes on terror ele- Islamic Jihad firing 450 rock- ets hit open areas. & last week’s local authority elec- leader Iain Duncan Smith told deals around the world. the police compound, accord- ments in the Gaza Strip,” ets or mortars across the bor- The Israeli army said its & tions. Labour also suffered LBC radio. “The message was McDonnell also said the ing to Taliban spokesman Netanyahu said at the start of der since Saturday, with Israeli tanks and planes hit some 220 '6 losses as voters punished both loud and clear that, since Conservative Party’s leader- Zabihullah Mujahid. a cabinet meeting. air defences intercepting more militant targets in Gaza in CKB B 1& main parties for the Brexit March 29, people have decid- ship machinations have made In a tweet, he said a suicide He said he had also than 150. response. impasse. ed they are absolutely furious negotiations difficult. bomber had detonated a bomb ordered “tanks, artillery and In addition to the Israeli They included an Islamic Almost three years after with the political class.” “We’re dealing with a very inside an armoured personnel infantry forces” to reinforce man killed, an 80-year-old Jihad attack tunnel that 5 Britain voted to leave the EU, Labour Party politicians unstable government,” carrier, “flattening most of the troops already deployed near woman was seriously injured in stretched from southern Gaza B1& the date and terms of Brexit are wary about making a deal McDonnell told the BBC. building”. Gaza. a rocket strike on the Israeli city into Israeli territory, it said. ' 5 1$ + & + ! 7 " ! 14,4 mands and cannons fired a 21-gun Sunday, the king bestowed royal #%# salute. Thais wearing yellow shirts titles on family members who -,% The weapons launches were a top officials at the presidential hailand’s newly-crowned — the royal colour — and carry- crawled to his throne in a strik- (,%, , Grades 1 to 5 the second term likely sign of Pyongyang’s Blue House in Seoul, also urged TKing Maha Vajiralongkorn ing hats and umbrellas to protect ing show of deference to the will commence on May 13, orth Korean state media growing frustration at stalled North Korea to stop commit- was carried by soldiers on a gild- against temperatures reaching 36 monarch, who was joined by his chools in Sri Lanka will re- Colombo Page reported. Non Sunday showed leader diplomatic talks with ting acts that would raise mil- ed palanquin through the streets degrees Celsius filled the streets new Queen Suthida. The queen, Sopen on Monday amidst However, classes of only Kim Jong Un observing live- Washington meant to provide itary tensions and join efforts of Bangkok on Sunday, in front outside with many clutching por- 40, was deputy commander of heavy security, officials said grade VIth and above will be fire drills of long-range multi- coveted sanctions relief in to resume nuclear diplomacy. of crowds who craned to witness traits of Vajiralongkorn and shout- the king’s royal guard before her Sunday, two weeks after the held, according to the Director ple rocket launchers and what return for nuclear disarma- South Korea’s Joint Chiefs the historic event. ing “Long live the King! “It may be marriage to Vajiralongkorn, country’s worst terror attack General of the Government appeared to be a new short- ment. of Staff initially said on The king, Rama X of the my first and last chance to see this,” which was announced days forced authorities to close the Information Nalaka Kaluwewa. range ballistic missile, a They also highlighted the Saturday that the North Chakri dynasty, wore a bejew- 57-year-old street Nattriya before the coronation. During educational institutions. Minister Akila Viraj day after South Korea fragility of the detente between launched a single missile from elled robe and broad-brimmed Siripattana told AFP ahead of the the procession, she marched in Nine suicide bombers, Kariyawasam said that a special expressed concern that the the Koreas, which in a military the site near the coastal town hat with a feather on the second first ceremony of its kind in 69 red and black uniform next to including a woman, carried out security programme will be launches were a violation of an agreement reached last of Wonsan but later said in a of three days of pageantry and years. the palanquin. Thailand’s a series of devastating blasts implemented in school premis- inter-Korean agreement to September vowed to com- statement that “several projec- royal splendour. The 7-kilome- The three-day coronation, monarchy is swaddled in ritual, that tore through three church- es with the commencement of cease all hostile acts. pletely cease “all hostile acts” tiles” had been fired. tre procession brings the public which started Saturday, is the protocol and hierarchy all orbit- es and three luxury hotels on the new school term. Pyongyang’s official against each other in land, air In its updated assessment into close proximity with the 66- first since Vajiralongkorn’s ing around the king, who is April 21, killing 253 people and Special circulars have been Korean Central News Agency and sea. on Sunday, the JCS did not con- year-old monarch for the first adored and revered father was viewed as a demigod. injuring over 500 others. issued by the Education said Kim expressed “great sat- South Korea said it’s “very firm whether the North fired a time, two years after he ascend- crowned in 1950. During the hours-long pro- Following the attack, the Ministry regarding the securi- isfaction” over Saturday’s drills concerned” about North ballistic missile, but said a ed the throne in an increasing- The highlight of Saturday’s cession Thais will have the authorities closed the schools ty of the schools, the report and stressed that his front-line Korea’s weapons launches, call- “new tactical guided weapon” ly assertive reign. sombre ceremonies was the opportunity to “pay homage” to until further notice. said. troops should keep a “high alert ing them a violation of the was among the weapons tested It started around 5pm (1000 King’s anointment with holy the king who will also stop at The second term of school An extensive security pro- posture” and enhance combat agreements to reduce ani- by the North, which also GMT) at the grand palace in water, before he placed the 7.3 several major temples to pray will commence on Monday gramme has been implement- ability to “defend the political mosities between the countries. included 240 millimeter- and Bangkok’s old quarter as trumpets kilogram (16 lbs) golden tiered before large gilded Buddha (May 06) for Grades 6 to 13 in ed by the tri forces, police and sovereignty and economic self- The statement, issued after an 300 millimeter-caliber multiple blared, soldiers shouted com- crown on his head. Early images. all government schools. For special task force. sustenance of the country.” emergency meeting Saturday of rocket launchers. 1 $ ! 9: ; O- 'P 83Q R + &# N O $ 061 % cluding arms deals with 680,%0 Medical Centre confirmed it Russian companies. had received nine dead bodies. urkey on Sunday dismissed “The US threats of sanc- (181(1 itary academy where Maduro ment and let the ashes fall to t least nine people were IS claimed responsibility & TUS threats of sanctions if it tions shows that they don’t appeared early Saturday to over- the ground. The armed forces Akilled on Saturday in an for the attack in a statement dis- went ahead with a Russian know Turkey,” Vice President even Venezuelan military see training exercises following “won’t be blackmailed or attack claimed by the Islamic tributed through social media, ,1/123 missile purchase, saying it Fuat Oktay told Kanal 7 tele- Sofficers were killed on a week of intrigue that saw a bought,” said a second officer State group targeting forces saying it had targeted “Haftar’s would not renege on a pledge vision. Saturday when their helicopter small group of security forces standing nearby. loyal to strongman Khalifa heretical militia” and freed pris- harlie Munger, business to Moscow. “The decision on the S-400 crashed while heading to a state turn against him in the failed Benito Rodriguez fumed as Haftar in southern Libya, offi- oners held on the base. Cpartner of billionaire Warren Washington has warned has been taken. Once a pact has where President Nicolás Maduro attempt by opposition leader he watched the events unfold. cials said. Sebha is controlled by Buffett, said on Saturday the two its NATO ally for months that been signed, one’s word given, appeared alongside troops, days Juan Guaidó to overthrow the “It’s a humiliation,” said IS fighters, “backed by Haftar’s self-proclaimed Libyan are “ashamed” of not having Ankara’s adoption of Russian S- Turkey respects it,” he said. after the opposition called in government. On board the heli- Rodriguez, a demonstrator who criminal groups and merce- National Army, which opposes invested in Google, which has 400 missile technology along- The S-400 purchase is one vain for a military uprising. copter were two lieutenant had joined a crowd of about 150 naries”, launched a dawn assault the UN-recognised Gover- become one of the world’s most side US F-35 fighters would dispute fuelling tensions The Cougar helicopter hur- colonels as well as five lower- protesters gathered near La on a military training camp in nment of National Accord based valuable companies. pose a threat to the jets and between two nations also at tled into a mountain outside ranking officers. The statement Casona, a residence historical- the southern city of Sebha, in Tripoli. A power struggle Buffett’s Berkshire endanger Western defence. odds over US support for Caracas in the early hours of an didn’t say if the chopper was part ly used by Venezuelan presi- which is controlled by Haftar’s between the unity government Hathaway empire, of which The US has said it will halt Syrian Kurdish militias which overcast day in the capital. An of the presidential delegation. dents. The scene highlights the forces, the city’s mayor Hamed and Haftar — who has over the Munger is vice president, a joint F-35 programme with Ankara brands as terrorists investigation was underway. Also in Caracas on Saturday, uphill battle now facing oppo- al-Khayali told AFP “The attack last month launched an offen- recently took a stake in Turkey if it acquires the Russian and Turkish backing for US foe The armed forces in a a protester handed over a writ- nents of Maduro who have left nine dead ... Some of whom sive against Tripoli and forces Amazon and has a $40 billion missile defence system. A US Venezuela. Ankara said the statement said the chopper was ten appeal for the military’s failed to persuade the country’s had their throats slit and others loyal to the GNA — has left the stake in Apple, but has gener- law furthermore provides for first deliveries of the S-400 are heading to San Carlos in support, but a Venezuelan security forces to join efforts to who were shot dead,” he said. country’s vast desert south a ally steered clear of the tech- sanctions on any country con- scheduled for June or July. Cojedes state. That’s near a mil- policeman burned the docu- oust the leader. A spokesman for the Sebha lawless no-man’s land. nology sector. > 3 $ -1 O P -,% and a new type of tactical guid- below that threshold. ed weapons with a range of The Saturday drill followed orth Korea’s state media around 70 to 240 kilometres” last month’s test-firing of very Nsaid on Sunday that leader (45 to 150 miles). short-range tactical weapons, !K Kim Jong Un had overseen a The United States and and came days after a senior rocket and tactical guided North Korea have been at log- North Korean diplomat chas- weapons test, after the drill gerheads since the collapse of a tised US Secretary of State 180 raised concerns Pyongyang was Trump-Kim summit in Mike Pompeo for making “fool- ,/0,23 roll back protections for spous- escalating provocations with February, when the two sides ish and dangerous” comments nti-Government protest- es focus on rapes that happen US nuclear negotiations dead- clashed over sanctions and the during nuclear talks. Aers marched in France for itches were still being when a partner is drugged, locked. extent of Pyongyang’s conces- Analysts said Pyongyang a 25th straight week on Wburned at the stake when unconscious or otherwise inca- The North last carried out sions on its atomic arsenal. appears intent on raising pres- Saturday but in significantly Sir Matthew Hale came up pacitated. a missile test in November But despite the latest sabre- sure on Washington. smaller numbers than during with his legal theory that Minnesota is the latest to 2017, before a rapid diplomat- rattling from Pyongyang, “Kim wants to ensure the the yellow vest movement’s rape could not happen within take action. The state ic rapprochement saw tensions Trump insisted that a break- world knows it is upset with the first months or for a May Day marriage. Legislature this week voted to ease on the peninsula and a through was possible. US hardline stance on denu- rally that attracted tens of The 17th century English eliminate the exemption, which series of summits. “Kim Jong Un fully realizes clearisation and will not bow to thousands of participants. jurist declared it legally impos- had prevented prosecutions in A return to missile launch- the great economic potential of -1 % % -1 .-1 external pressure,” said Scott Several dozen people sible because wedding vows those cases. es would be likely to infuriate North Korea, & will do nothing % @ Seaman of the Eurasia Group. demonstrated at Paris’ Charles implied a wife’s ongoing con- “No longer will this anti- US President Donald Trump, to interfere or end it,” Trump But Ankit Panda of the de Gaulle Airport to denounce sent to sex. quated and shameful law be on but the North’s official KCNA tweeted. carried 16 photos of the peninsula”. Federation of American privatisation plans. Three and a half centuries our books,” Gov. Tim Walz said news agency shied away from “He also knows that I am weapons test on its front page, The two have since dis- Scientists stressed that the pro- Protests were also held in later, vestiges of the so-called as he signed the bill into law on the term in its report, saying with him & does not want to including a picture of a grim- agreed over what that means, jectile launch “does not violate Paris and other cities around “marital rape exemption” or Thursday. “The concept of a Kim had ordered a “strike drill” break his promise to me. Deal looking Kim clutching his but Trump has insisted the Kim Jong Un’s self-imposed France, including Nice, “spousal defense” still exist in pre-existing relationship involving “long-range multiple will happen!” The US leader did binoculars in an observation leaders remain close even after missile-testing moratorium”, Marseille and Lyon, where most states — remnants of the defense should have never been rocket launchers” - which are not elaborate on Kim’s promise. post as well as several images of their follow-up meeting in which “only applied to inter- environmentalists and yellow English common law that part of our criminal statutes.” In not targeted by UN sanctions During Saturday’s drill Kim projectiles shooting skywards. Vietnam broke up without a continental-range ballistic mis- vest protesters joined forces. helped inform American legal Ohio, determined opponents resolutions - and unspecified urged his troops to remember Trump proclaimed that the deal or even a joint statement, siles”. The Interior Ministry traditions. plan to re-introduce a marital “tactical guided weapons”. “the iron truth that genuine North Korean nuclear threat and that Kim would maintain Even so, a statement from counted a total of 2,600 par- Legislative attempts to end rape bill this month, after two Seoul’s defence ministry peace and security are ensured was over after the two sides’ his- his moratorium on long-range Seoul’s presidential Blue House ticipants at three events in or modify those exemptions earlier attempts failed. said Sunday an analysis of the and guaranteed only by pow- toric first summit in Singapore missile and nuclear tests. said it was “greatly concerned”, Paris and 18,900 in all of have a mixed record but have Former lawmaker and launch indicated Pyongyang erful strength”, KCNA said. in June, when Kim pledged to But with negotiations lag- calling it a violation of a mili- France, a low for Saturday received renewed attention in prosecutor Greta Johnson was had tested “240-mm and 300- The state-run Rodong work towards “complete denu- ging, the North appears to be tary agreement signed by both protest marches, according to the #MeToo era. the first to introduce the Ohio mm multiple rocket launchers Sinmun newspaper on Sunday clearisation of the Korean testing the US while staying Koreas last year. 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t was a book called The Ocean in a Drop— ity or language had also given humanity our Insideout Youth Leadership that inspired biggest banes — uncontrollable desires, Ime to be myself. It was at this point when anxiety, fears, and regrets to name a few. my faith in the other four spaces legitimised How to manage these banes? For this, to youth today, (family, education/ career, symbolic literacy was the need of the hour. friends and leisure) was at its lowest and my We transact our lives in stories; at the core social hope was tattered that I came across of our being, we are word merchants and yet the ‘Fifth Space.’ The idea swept me off my we don’t know enough about our symbolic feet with its possibility. For the first time in learning ability. After an outdoor adventure my life, I felt that I could live up to my name. exercise, we recognised how our fears are only Possibilities were all around me... I just had phantoms produced by our imagination. It to seize them. was a liberating thought. When Fahad, the The book, written by founders of Dhara lead facilitator, helped us understand that we */&+/+6 + . and Changemakers Youth Collective, argued, could change our inner self merely by re- rather persuasively, based on the writers’ scripting some of the stories we’d told our- experience of twenty plus years in the field selves, it freed me up like nothing else ever of youth-centric development, that social and had before. Can you imagine being the sta- *6.,*/ ,(*. / economic renewal, needed creation of tion master rather than the driver (or many empowering spaces for young people where times even a passenger) of your train of 8 they could re-imagine the connection thoughts? Doesn’t it make you feel more in between themselves and the society, where control already? Further, imagine sitting in they could take a journey from self to soci- your station master’s office, pulling out the 81 >,0 81/1418 04 0 ety in such a way that they could re-exam- charts and observing the stops and timings? ine themselves. And then ordering a change in its schedule and route to assert your charge? he great history of mankind gives Youth and the society Fahad put it beautifully, ‘Freedom is just Tto us a panoramic view of the past What expectations do young people have and the expectations to conform that we for objects, concepts, feelings, processes another word for regaining control over your events and also presents before us a from the society? What does society want could never experience what it meant to and structures. Fahad, the lead facilitator, life.’ Of course, it was easier said than done. parade of similar and dissimilar but from young people? What are their dreams, make and live by our own laws. And as we showed us how we used language to trans- ‘We all have a fear of fears,’ Fahad said. This significant events that occurred in suc- passion and capacities? There lies one pow- grew up, we did what came naturally to us port us outside the moment (both in space made it very difficult for me to examine my cession, giving a running commentary erful answer to three questions that policy- — conform. We stayed within our own and time) or bring something from anoth- fears, let alone rewrite them. But for the first on the persons. These accounts of makers can ignore at their own peril. We need spheres of interest and concern leaving oth- er time and space into the ‘now,’ thereby giv- time, after the exercise, at least I was able to events were handed down to poster- young leaders who are wholesome, congru- ers (mostly ‘adults’) to deal with the common ing us the ability to take better decisions than articulate my major fear. I was mortally afraid ity in the form of oral tradition, pic- ent, and can create a lasting impact. There spaces. This was the reason for the degrada- other species. of failure or rejection, which made me avoid tography, edicts, coins and written is an ocean in every young person’s drop tion of our forests, oceans, deserts, cities and To understand what I am saying better, trying things beyond my comfort zone. In words. But from a study of the form which policy-makers should explore before villages. The authors argued that the com- do you want to try a thought experiment that case things didn’t go right, I blamed others; in which these narratives were hand- pushing one into the duty of nation-build- munity connect of youth had to be revived we did in the workshop? Alright, sit back with even if it meant lying to myself. I glossed over ed to the successive generations, the ing. Don’t you resonate with this idea? Our and our contracts with society, clarifying the your eyes closed. Wait. How will you read my errors and brushed them under the car- drawn conclusion is that the history identity quest should be treated like a fun- role each one was expected to play, needed with eyes closed? Take the help of someone pet. is a record of change that occurred in damental right. And to build our capacities renewal. To reverse the neglect of common else and make them read out this section to civilisations, nations, cities, states and to their full potential, we have to undertake spaces, they said these spaces would have to you. Youth facilitators or someone working Are you also running away from your human settlements or even nomadic the fundamental duties written in the be reimagined with the youth. Many success- with young people can use this exercise to fears like me? tribes. It is a continuous story of rise Constitution. Small social actions that sup- ful examples were shared, one of which I even get them (young people) to see this symbol- Fahad told us to do the opposite. He and fall of certain men and women port other people to live a better life. This way, visited later—the Ideabox Foundation in ic ability of language to transport us outside said the first step was to befriend these and also of communities, nations and I am changing the world even as it is trans- Bengal — but let me not get ahead of myself. the moment. fears, not shoo them away. Because only groups who were led by them during forming me. To make us mere foot soldiers So you see, we invented language to learn when you stop rejecting the fear, would a particular period. awakened and he vowed that he would for someone else’s cause, is to minimise the Get real — diving into the ocean of from the past, to imagine ourselves into the you get a chance to watch it and only when These chronicles of change show spend the rest of his life for the polit- potential of young people and the society they notion future and plan ahead of time. Language has you quit struggling against it would you that certain men and women had a ical freedom of his country. This is how live in. I remember my first Fifth Space experi- been a great boon and we have overtaken begin to see the patterns. How was I ever great transformation in their lives by his own transformation made the Thus, the authors imagined the Fifth ence well. It was a workshop on deep self- every other species by becoming masters of going to sit with my fear rather than bolt- reflecting deeply on the futility of their dream of free India a reality. Space as more psychological than geo- awareness called Get Real. I expected the the planet. We control everything except our ing from its shadow? The first shift hap- acts. It was always the trio of deep Such examples clearly indicate graphical. It was an experience that lived and question we were going to focus on to be minds. Fahad demonstrated how we had pened when I listened to others’ fears and reflections, realisation and resolve how inner transformation in men died in the moment. While each was unique ‘Who am I?’ but it turned out we were going learnt to thrive and survive by travelling out- found mine was not unique. Several oth- that enabled them to rise to great moral occurred after deep reflection, realisa- (and hence, there was no particular name or to spend most of the time on the question side the moment using our symbolic ability ers had the same fear. Suddenly, I found and spiritual heights. This transforma- tion and setting a resolve. These three ideology behind it), some principles guided ‘Who are we?’ Through many experiential but we couldn’t switch it off ever, not even the extreme turbulence in my mind that tion that began with them, later trans- steps changed sinners into saints, the creation of such an experience. One that games, thought experiments and rich discus- when we slept. Thought has no present, only arose from uncovering my fear start to set- formed large sections of mankind. A ordinary men into great leaders and appealed to me was that it had to be co-led sions, we figured out that as humans, our evo- a past and a future. We were trapped outside tle down. few of those people are Saint Valmiki, men of clay into higher-souled per- by the facilitators and young people. This was lutionary niche (like the camel feet are the moment just as the rest of the species were (The extract is taken from the book Gautam Buddha, King Ashoka, sons. These awakened their potential the most liberating thought in the book. We padded for walking on sand) is language or caged inside it. So, while it had helped us rise ComMutiny, Sparking an Inside-out Youth Tulsidas and Mahatma Gandhi. to do good. Those who were involved had got so used to the rules made by others our ability to put commonly-agreed symbols to the top of the pecking order, symbolic abil- Leadership Revolution.) Saint Valmiki used to rob passen- in destructive acts initially, now gers that passed his way towards the became constructive and creative. The deep forest. One day, he made an change in individuals thus resulted in hether it’s on an enormous attempt to rob some Sadhus or men- societal transformation. Westate or outside a little dicants. They told him that he was However, is it that easy a task to house, the modern garden aims for 3831-75>'7:636 earning his livelihood in a sinful way transform oneself? Experiences have wild-looking landscapes, native and none of his family members, for shown that the greatest difficulty in species and seamless transitions to whom he would rob, would save him this process of change is man’s own natural surroundings, according to 6 & & from the punishment for his sins. resistance, non-co-operation or a lack a new book featuring the work of Valmiki realised this and he made a of will or intention to change. But, in prominent contemporary garden firm resolve to not rob anyone in present day situation, when man does- designers. future. This led him to his inner n't have constant happiness, is In Garden Wild: Wildflower transformation and in turn, awakened unhealthy, has sorrows and sufferings Meadows, Prairie-Style Plantings, tive images. “This wilder look is example, something pretty to look many of his good qualities. He was or when the clouds of destruction are Rockeries, Ferneries, and Other absolutely catching on,” he says. at, or screening from a neighbour,” now a deeply compassionate man and looming large in the form of nuclear Sustainable Designs Inspired by The book begins with a garden she says. “The best landscape his mind became highly moved to weapons, there should not be any agi- Nature (Rizzoli), photographer in Water Mill, New York, designed design does that and more: it write about the victory of virtue over tation in thoughtful people to trans- Andre Baranowski explores a in the 1980s by pioneering land- should be environmentally respon- vice in the form of the great epic, form their lifestyles into a kind that dozen very different gardens — all scaper James van Sweden, co- sive and also artistic to fully engage Ramayana. Similarly, when Buddha does not bring suffering to other of them mostly devoid of mani- founder with Wolfgang Oehme of both the people lucky enough to saw people ailing and dying, he realised humans. Once the process of transfor- cured lawns and fussy pruning. the Oehme van Sweden firm. In a enjoy the garden and the breadth that there was a lot of suffering in the mation begins, then it will automati- The focus, instead, is on sus- departure from the staid hedges, of other living things that depend world and that he should try to iden- cally catch other people’s attention. We tainability and plant diversity. boxwoods and perennial borders on it.” tify their cause so as to liberate him- must ask — is there anybody who does Featured garden designers include that dominated the East End of Most of the gardens featured self and others from them. This not like a smiling rose? None. Well, Oehme van Sweden, Fernando Long Island at the time, von are in New York or New Jersey, brought in him a great transformation, who wouldn’t like a cool morning Caruncho, Jorge Sanchez and Piet Sweden planted low-maintenance with the addition of one in Ashley which later led to the transformation breeze in sunny summer days? Who Oudolf. grasses and other native plants, and Falls, Massachusetts, and one in of many others. Similarly, Ashoka would resist its refreshing and energis- Each chapter explores a single plants appropriate for the seascape Wilton, Connecticut. reflected over the great sufferings ing effect? Similarly, if there is a per- garden, explaining the designer’s like lavender, sedums, willows and The most public of the gardens caused to people as a result of the son who always wears a smile on approach, the challenges posed and magnolias. featured is the High Line in New Kalinga war. Realising the futility of his/her face and speaks words which garden highlights, with an eye to Bringing native grasses right York City, inspired by the self-seed- wars, he resolved to give up on war for- are refreshing, energising and sweet as inspiring home gardeners to try up to the pool’s edge was consid- ed landscape that grew up between ever. the nightingale’s melody, then no one their hand at this more natural- ered revolutionary at the time, elms, flowering dogwoods and sedum, mosses and periwinkle the rail tracks after trains stopped The great poet Tulsidas reflected will be able to resist the temptation of looking approach. Baranowski says. black locusts were left in place to (to add color) were chosen specif- running there in the 1980s. on the remarks of his wife when one being like fellow. Does the innocence “Tons of money still goes into In a garden in East Hampton, give the garden a more established ically to delight the feet. Baranowski notes that despite midnight he visited her at his in-laws of a child not attract and impress all? fertilisers and weed killers for tra- New York, Eric Groft, of the firm look. Throughout the property, the trend toward more natural- house without their invitation. He Is there anyone who has never been ditional-style manicured lawns, Oehme van Sweden, screened out In New York’s Lower Hudson Moreau replaced invasive plants looking gardens, many of the realised that sexual lust was an abject nourished by milk? but I’m trying to show people that traffic using ornamental grasses, Valley area, meanwhile, landscape with native or sustainable planti- country’s suburban spaces contin- form of dependence on women and it Archemedes had said, ‘Give me a weeds can be quite beautiful. They which have the added benefit of designer Kathy Moreau designed ngs — “sustainable in the sense that ue to run to manicured lawns and would be better to love God. When lever long enough and a fulcrum on can be stunning. Gardens can be deterring deer, the book says. and refreshed several gardens on they attract pollinators and do not hedges. Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi’s bag- which to place it and I shall move the gorgeous and sustain wildlife, and Plantings focused on green, an expansive property, in one area require a lot of extra water or nutri- “If that could change, just a lit- gage was thrown out of a moving train, world.’ Similarly, the Almighty at the same time be easier to gold and purple shrubs, perenni- creating a garden meant to be ents,” she says in the book. tle bit, it could be so much more he too was pushed out. Reflecting on Supreme says, if you change individ- maintain,” says Baranowski, who als, and grasses that thrive in the walked on — ideally with bare feet. “With every garden, you have beautiful and wild,” he says wist- this sad and humiliating event, he ually, you will be able to change a larg- visited the 12 gardens hundreds of local microclimate, with annuals While stepping stones suggested the chance to do more than pro- fully. realised how degrading it was to be the er part of the world. On your shoul- times, looking for the most evoca- appearing only in pots. Mature old the walking path, ground cover like vide a practical solution — for L@ citizen of a country that was under the der, rests the responsibility of transfor- yoke of a foreign rule. His self-respect mation of the whole world. $$ G ' ) ) - L%
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Dijk completely unmarked as Rondon Liverpool did not clear their lines from 1106,-,+6/- -66-10 four points outside the top A lengthy delay then ensued as Liverpool lost Salah to a head knock that slipped and the PFA's Player of the Year a corner and the ball broke for Rondon to -8,--H-8>0%--.(16%-+1 four with just one game of a new corner flag was found to will make him a doubt for Tuesday's powered home his fifth goal of the season. fire sweetly past the helpless Alisson Becker. /16, -/1>.06/6/16'U the season to go. replace the one Mbenza kicked over Champions League semi-final, second leg Newcastle had barely ventured over the Worse was to come for Liverpool as And failure to beat sta- and snapped in celebration. against Barcelona. halfway line in the first 20 minutes, but lev- Salah was caught on the head by Dubravka K81+1-% -06-P 2-.(16%- tistically one of the worst And the wait at least gave United Newcastle had twice come from behind elled with their first serious attack. as the Slovakian goalkeeper raced from his 06-)11-83 teams ever to play in the time to awake from their slumber. through Christian Atsu and Salomon Matt Ritchie's driven cross was turned goal to punch the ball to safety. 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K)0H,(4,800 Solskjaer a three-year con- Pogba then hit the crossbar for pressure back on Manchester City by mov- have followed for the Liverpool defender had Without two thirds of their prolific tract in March. the second time in the game with a ing two points clear of the champions thanks Atsu not put home the rebound. frontline, Liverpool would have been for- U06.116,/1-11061 The Norwegian has bemoaned curling effort from the edge of the to Origi's header four minutes from time. All of a sudden Newcastle looked the given for thinking their chase of City was ,.-8+%1)/>0(1%%>68,-8 United's lack of goals of late and area. The title remains in City's hands as they more dangerous side as Ayoze Perez turned up. But, not for the first time this season, 6/16-16,)1>'.-/1)6,+0/6' recalled Alexis Sanchez to his start- But in their desperation for a have two games remaining to Liverpool's Van Dijk before smashing off the crossbar. Origi, who scored a 96th minute winner 6/- ,>)0)6/161)0(,%)6 - ing line-up for the first time in two winner, United could have suc- one. However, an enthralling first 28 min- against Everton, came off the bench to score months in the search for more fire- cumbed to another stunning defeat However, in a recurring theme of a utes took another twist when Alexander- a vital late goal as he got his head to Xherdan ,8-8,)'U power. as De Gea was called on to deny thrilling title race, Liverpool dug deep late Arnold made the most of his reprieve to still Shaqiri's free-kick. K 8-4%, But the Chilean again failed to Grant a memorable winner. '; B 1)80) Diego Simeone's side finishing as the & &( H top team in the capital for the second eal Madrid delivered a winning year running. Rresponse to Zinedine Zidane's But more of a concern for Zidane 18(-%,1 stinging criticism as Mariano Diaz will be the 15-point gap behind scored twice in a 3-2 victory over Barcelona, which would likely be arcelona rested all 11 players that Villarreal on Sunday. even bigger had the already-crowned Bstarted against Liverpool in the An angry Zidane questioned the champions not rested players for the Champions League but paid the price on attitude of his players after last week's Champions League in recent weeks. Saturday as they were beaten 2-0 by 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano and react- Zidane warned Madrid's expec- struggling Celta Vigo in La Liga. ed by making more changes, with tant fans on Saturday that much of his Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Luka Modric and Gareth Bale not current squad will still be at the club Philippe Coutinho were all among even included in the next season but this felt like another those left out ahead of the return at = squad. exercise in experimentation, inside a Anfield on Tuesday but Barca were not Instead, youngsters Santiago Bernabeu that looked only unscathed, after Ousmane Dembele like Jesus Vallejo, Brahim a little over half full. hobbled off early in the first half. Diaz and Federico Mariano's display begs the ques- The club later confirmed Dembele Valverde were given tion whether he could have been more sustained a hamstring injury and will chances to impress, along useful during a campaign where his undergo tests on Sunday but it seems it two with a late penalty. with Mariano, who has barely been team have struggled for goals. unlikely the Frenchman will be fit to face Real Valladolid and Girona, both used since joining from Lyon last sum- Madrid six points behind Atletico In that regard, the sight of Vinicius Liverpool in the semi-final second leg. just beneath them, may feel disap- %,), mer. Madrid in La Liga with two games left. Junior coming off the bench here and Defeat will hardly trouble Barcelona, pointed by Ernesto Valverde's team His two goals, either side of Villarreal stay five points above 18th- making his first appearance in two who wrapped up their 26th La Liga title selection, particularly given his side took helsea moved into third place in the Premier Vallejo scoring his first for the club, placed Real Valladolid, who play at months after recovering from injury last weekend, but victory comes as a six and four points off them respective- CLeague as a quick-fire blitz from Ruben Loftus-Cheek were enough, despite Jaume Costa home to Athletic Bilbao later on will also have been a welcome boost. major boost for Celta, who move five ly this season. and David Luiz inspired a vital 3-0 win over Watford on pulling a late goal back for Villarreal Sunday. Mariano had scored inside two points clear of the bottom three with two The result also means Rayo Sunday. to set up an unexpectedly nervy fin- Madrid would need to win both minutes, prodding in after Santi games left to play. Vallecano are virtually relegated after Maurizio Sarri's side were booed off after a sloppy ish. of their remaining matches and Cazorla had been robbed in midfield Maxi Gomez's smart finish gave they were thrashed 4-1 by Levante ear- first half, but two goals in three minutes from Loftus- The result leaves third-placed Atletico lose both of theirs to prevent by the energetic Brahim. them the lead before Iago Aspas made lier on Saturday. Cheek and Luiz lifted the mood at Stamford Bridge. Gonzalo Higuain added the third and Chelsea are now one point clear of fourth placed Tottenham after their first win in four games in all competitions. If the Blues win their last league game of the sea- 6 # 0# %5# P son at Leicester next Sunday they will be certain to qual- ify for next season's Champions League via a top-four finish. 1)80) 0(/ Before heading to Leicester, Chelsea host Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday, aomi Osaka eased con- ayern Munich confirmed that with the tie poised at 1-1 after the first leg. Ncerns about her form and Bveteran French star Franck Finishing in the top four and winning the Europa fitness by coming through a Ribery will end his 12-year spell League would make Sarri's troubled first season a rela- tricky first round against at the club at the end of this sea- tive success. Dominika Cibulkova on Sunday son, and announced that he and Cahill was given a standing ovation by Chelsea fans at the Madrid Open. fellow stalwart Arjen Robben when Sarri sent him on in the final minutes for what Osaka has struggled since will be granted a farewell could be his farewell appearance. splitting with her coach Sascha match next year. Urging his players to "pass, pass, pass", Sarri's Bajin in February while an In a statement on their promptings almost brought a reward when Pedro went abdominal injury forced her to website on Sunday morn- close with a 20-yard blast after a neat link-up with withdraw in Stuttgart eight days ing, the Bundesliga club Gonzalo Higuain. ago, creating doubts about her announced that the It wasn't enough to prevent half-time jeers. challenge at the French Open Frenchman would not extend But Eden Hazard was beginning to warm to his task later this month. his contract beyond June 2019. and the Belgian, without whom Chelsea would be com- But there was little sign of ond one was tougher, and I feel to Sorana Cirstea of Romania. "When I came to Bayern it pletely toothless, helped Sarri's men silence the doubters physical problems during a test- happy that I could win this However, there were no was a dream come true," said in the 48th minute. ing 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) victory over match," said third-seeded Halep. such problems for former US Ribery, 36, who joined in 2008 and When Hazard took a short corner, he collected Cibulkova and afterwards, Former world number one Open champion — and recent- has won eight Bundesliga titles in Pedro's return pass and flicked a cross towards the far Osaka said: "I feel good. I don't Karolina Pliskova saved five ly engaged — Sloane Stephens the 12 years since. post, where Loftus-Cheek rose above Nathaniel Chalobah have much pain in my abs so match points to see off highly- as the eighth seed defeated "It won't be easy to leave, but to head home from close-range. that's always a good sign." rated Ukrainian Dayana Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-2, we must never forget what we have Champions League in 2013 as well successful decade in the history of Playing with more verve and belief now, Chelsea The Japanese world number Yastremska 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3. 7-6 (7/4). achieved together." as a host of domestic titles. the club." struck again from another corner three minutes later as one will now face Spain's Sara Unseeded Pauline She now goes on to face for- Robben, 35, confirmed his Bayern announced that they Robben made an emotional Hazard's delivery was met by Luiz with a thumping head- Sorribes Tormo in round two. Parmentier of France defeated mer world number one Victoria impending departure at the end of would organise a "big farewell return from injury and Ribery er past Foster. Meanwhile, French Open Ukrainian sixth seed Elina Azarenka. last year, and it was widely expect- game" for both Ribery and scored in a 3-1 win over Hanover Higuain put the result beyond doubt when he scored champion and two-time Madrid Svitolina, who had been strug- In one of the few ATP ed that Ribery would follow suit, Robben, to be held in 2020. on Saturday. just the fifth goal of his loan spell from Juventus in the winner Simona Halep brushed gling with a knee injury, 6-4, 7- matches played on Sunday, as Bayern prepare for a squad "Franck and Arjen are great The win lifted Bayern four 75th minute. past Russian qualifier Margarita 6 (8/6). Australia's Nick Kyrgios was a 7- overhaul ahead of next season. players, and Bayern Munich have points clear of title rivals Borussia Running onto Pedro's pass, the Argentine striker Gasparyan 6-0, 6-4. US 13th seed Madison Keys 6 (7/4), 6-4 loser to Germany's The two wingers have been a lot to thank them for," said club Dortmund, and put them on the clipped a delicate finish over Foster from a tight angle "It was a good match, even was also a surprise first round Jan-Lennard Struff, a quarter- defining stars in a dominant CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. brink of a seventh successive to cap Chelsea's second half resurgence. if the first set was fast. The sec- loser, going down 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 finalist in Barcelona last month. decade for Bayern, winning the "They helped shape the most Bundesliga title. "C
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In that second Harbhajan by four runs as Kings XI Punjab ularly punishing medium pacer ' There was no stopping Lynn as he struck two over which was fourth of the bowled well at the death to Andrew Tye (0/37 in 3 overs) 1 0% B towering sixes off leg-spinner Rahul Chahar in innings, Rahul hit the veteran for restrict Chennai Super Kings to and spinner Murugan Ashwin & B ' the sixth over as KKR finished the Powerplay at three boundaries and two sixes, 170 for 5. (0/33 in 3 overs), hitting two ! (4 & 49/0. completing his half-century off Courtesy Du Plessis' 96 off boundaries and a six in one of D ' B T"'#C# However, Hardik brought the home side back 19 balls. 55 balls and his 120-run stand their over. U0 & ) into the match by removing both the openers in He scored at fast clip albeit with Suresh Raina (53 off 38 Raina gave him good sup- B ( T"'"$$ quick succession. While he trapped Gill in front coming only after skipper balls) set a platform for the port at the other end, hitting five B of the wicket in the seventh over, he sent back Ravichandran Ashwin's public defending champions. boundaries and two sixes. & '2: D B 10 a dangerous Lynn in the ninth over, caught by admission that KXIP's However Sam Curran Raina, who along with du !3> 0% ' Quinton De Kock, as Kolkata slumped to 56/2. Powerplay batting left a lot to be (3/35) and Mohammed Shami Plessis tried to accelerate the U) ) ndre Russell failed to deliver when it mat- KKR could fetch only 12 runs in five overs desired. (2/17 in 3 overs) bowled well in pace of scoring, fell when the ' & & tered the most as Kolkata Knight Riders and were struggling at 61/2 after 11 overs. Harbhajan was far better in the final few overs as CSK score was 150 in the 17th over U. 4G0& B Ascored a sub-par 133 for 7 in their 'do-or McClenaghan bowled a maiden over as Robin his final two overs as he took seemed at least 10 runs short of off Curran's bowling. The & ' die' IPL game against Mumbai Indians here on Uthappa struggled to score. three wickets for 16 runs includ- par score. England all-rounder at the onset D B U6 Sunday. And in the 13th over, Malinga gave KKR a ing Rahul, Gayle and Mayank Du Plessis' knock had 10 had dismissed Shane Watson. U) D & KKR's top run-scorer of this IPL, Russell (510 double blow by removing skipper Dinesh Agarwal. However Pooran fours and four sixes and was dis- Ambati Rayudu (10) and ' & & from 13 innings) was dismissed for a first ball Karthik (3 off 9 balls) and in-form Russell (0 off played a cameo to ensure happy missed by brilliant Curran york- Kedar Jadhav's (0) wickets were (4 & & '6 & duck as the visiting side frittered away a good 1 ball), who gloved to keeper de Kock. ending for the home team. er in the 19th over. claimed by pacer Mohd Shami #R RBM 'U start to post a modest total after being sent into KKR were 73/4 then and they never recov- Earlier, Faf du Plessis missed Du Plessis destroyed the in the final over of the innings. bat. ered from there. < # 1?@+ + .
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erming it a 'step ahead', Mithali Raj Tfeels the Women's T20 Challenge will provide a platform to young crick- eters to rub shoulders with the best in the business. * Indian woman cricket team stars Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana will captain the three sides — Velocity, Supernovas and - Trailblazers, respectively — in the %? ■ %,), T20 Challenge that begins here on Monday. Four matches will be played among ofra Archer insisted he had received a warm wel- @ the three teams at the Sawai Mansingh Jcome into the England set-up but stressed he would Stadium with Supernovas taking on have no complaints if he failed in a late bid to make Trailblazers in the tournament open- it into the tournament hosts' World Cup squad. ■ 80 1- been selected, which is brilliant." er. Compared with last year's lone exhi- The Barbados-born fast bowler made his much Maxwell also denied any awkward bition match, the 2019 edition is a talked about England debut in a tense four-wicket teve Smith and David Warner are set moments, saying it had been "business marked improvement. "It is a step win away to Ireland in a lone ODI in Dublin on Sto don the Australian colours this week as usual". ahead," Mithali Raj said at the pre-tour- Friday. for the first time since their ball-tamper- "The way they came in (to the nament press conference. Archer, 24, has made an impact on the Twenty20 ing bans despite struggling with illness. dressing room), we wanted to hear how "It offers an opportunity for our franchise circuit but doubts have been expressed as The pair were welcomed back into they had enjoyed the IPL; wanted to hear young players in domestic cricket to to whether England, top of the ODI rankings, should the national fold last week for a pre-World how Davey enjoyed his time opening the interact with some of the best in the 'parachute' him into their World Cup squad at this Cup camp in Brisbane after serving year- batting with (England's Jonny) Bairstow world. When you get at least two late stage. long suspensions for their part in the (for Sunrisers Hyderabad)," he said. games, you can field several youngsters. Archer showed his quality when he bowled Mark "sandpapergate" scandal in Cape Town. "And they are both superstars. I Competing with overseas players could with juniors and see what they had got Adair with a 90mph yorker to claim his first inter- Both have been hampered by virus- watched both of them go about it (in IPL) benefit them," said Mithali Raj, the +,816(/-.0%% - to offer ahead of the T20 World Cup national wicket. es since returning from the Indian and they were both absolutely brilliant highest run-getter in women's interna- %1>-)1,6/- in February 2020. Before this match, several England bowlers — Premier League but took part in net ses- over there. tional cricket. "It's an ideal opportunity for David Willey, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood — sions on Sunday ahead of the first of three "There will be no worries about them The India captain hoped by the 6/8--6-1166/- seniors, like us, to play with younger whose places in the World Cup squad could be practice games against New Zealand coming back into the team." With next year there would be a full-fledged 1.1010/ players. With the T20 World Cup just threatened by Archer's inclusion were somewhat ret- beginning on Monday. Australia's defence of their World Cup league. "We must understand that to 10 months away, we could assess icent when asked about his imminent promotion to Allrounder Glenn Maxwell said he crown less than a month away, Langer start something different, we need to 61)0.06/ which players would perform well the international scene. was confident they will be fit to play. will use the three warm-up games to start small. Last year, we had just one -8,H16140, under pressure," Mandhana said. But the new recruit insisted he had felt no hos- "I assume so. They have been sick the fine-tune his plans. game and this year they have added one Dashing batswoman Harmanpreet tility when joining up with Eoin Morgan's men. last couple of days so, hopefully, they are The team has been in red-hot form, more team and it's a one-leg tourna- 6810% %1P-806/- lauded the selection of venue. "It has "It's been very welcoming. Since I've been here up and running," he told reporters. winning eight one-day internationals on ment. Maybe by the next year we might improved a lot since we last played here I didn't feel any malice at all. It's a really welcom- "But I am pretty sure most of the guys the trot, against India and Pakistan, built have a league." 6,81-6,--8 four-five years ago," she said. "The ing bunch of lads. will be ready to go." The duo have enjoyed on a flourishing opening partnership The 36-year-old batswoman said wicket looks good for T20 cricket. We "I knew most of the guys before coming here and a solid comeback in the Twenty20 IPL, between Aaron Finch and Usman the onus was on players to do well and have seen teams making good scores it's nice to come into a new team with some people with Warner in blistering form, topping Khawaja. they must ensure that. age the BCCI or the franchises to come in the IPL," she said. you know. I'm here with a great team at a great time. the competition batting rankings with A key decision for Langer is whether "Currently, it's like testing waters as forward to start a proper league," The tournament will also see big I'm happy." 692 runs from 12 innings. to retain that combination or move one we need to see how people reciprocate Mithali Raj said. names from around the world with "Anyone would think about it (the World Cup) Coach Justin Langer on Friday of them down to make way for Warner, and how teams perform. It's important Opener Mandhana, captain of players from England, New Zealand, but I'll just try to play well and hope, I guess," said insisted there was "no tension" between who traditionally opens the batting, with for us to perform well to grab eyeballs Trailblazers and the No 1 batswoman Sri Lanka, West Indies and Bangladesh Archer. "I'll try not to set my heart on it. the pair and the rest of the squad, adding: the line-up for Monday's game potential- and attract more people to watch our in the ICC Women's ODI rankings, taking part in it. "If I do well here it will probably put my case for- "They're back in the team now. They've ly answering that question. matches. That will, probably, encour- said it would give seniors chance to play The final is on May 11. ward but I'm not focusing on the World Cup spot."