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India to stop its water into Pak SP bags 37, sacrifices 1 Implementation may take six years as 100-m high dams need to be built for RLD, gives BSP 38 PNS/PTI n NEW DELHI Hon’ble PM Sri @naren- PNS n LUCKNOW while the SP will contest on 37 Akhilesh had said they would dramodi ji, Our Govt. Has seats, the BSP will fight on 38. contest 38 seats each and leave ndia has decided to stop the decided to stop our share of ver a month after Amethi and Rae Bareli — the four seats for other parties Iflow of its share of water to water which used to flow to Oannouncing an alliance pocket boroughs of the including two for Congress. But Pakistan from rivers under the Pakistan. We will divert water for the upcoming Lok Sabha Rahul family — have been left the SP sacrificed one seat from Indus Water Treaty, a move from Eastern rivers and supply polls, the Samajwadi Party (SP) for the Congress. its quota to pacify the RLD to seen as an immediate fallout of it to our people in Jammu & and the Bahujan Samaj Party The three other seats left by remain in the alliance. deadly terrorist attack that Kashmir and Punjab,” Gadkari (BSP) announced the allocation the BSP-SP alliance are As per the list, the SP will killed 40 paramilitary person- v Officials said the Government decision is in no way a violation of the said in a tweet. of seats to each partner on Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar and contest eight Lok Sabha seats in nel in south Kashmir. Indus Water Treaty and is only aimed at getting the rightful due to He further said, “The con- Thursday. Mathura for the RLD. west UP, 16 in east UP, nine in Water Resources Minister people of the country struction of dam has started at In a statement, SP presi- On January 12, when the central UP and two each in Nitin Gadkari tweeted to con- v Under the Indus Water Treaty signed in 1960, the waters of the western Shahpur-Kandi on the Ravi. dent Akhilesh Yadav and BSP SP and BSP announced their Terai and Bundelkhand region. vey the decision of the rivers — the Indus, the Jhelum, and the Chenab — was given to Moreover, UJH project will chief Mayawati announced that alliance, both Mayawati and Akhilesh is likely to contest Government to stop India’s Pakistan and those of the eastern rivers — the Ravi, the Beas, and the store our share of water for use from Kannauj and Mulayam share of water going to Sutlej — to India in J&K and the balance water from Mainpuri. Pakistan. will flow from 2nd Ravi-BEAS The SP has been given all But the actual implemen- v However, while about 95 per cent of the water is being used in India Link to provide water to other the five seats it had won in the tation of the decision may take after the construction of three main dams across the rivers, close to 5 basin States.” 2014 parliamentary elections - up to six years as dams as high per cent water flows to Pakistan Gadkari’s tweets have come Azamgarh, Kannauj, Mainpuri, as 100 metres will have to be barely a week after the grue- Budaun and Ferozabad. In the built to stop such flow, officials Chenab — was given to construction of three main back. Water to Pakistan from some Pulwama terror attack on Lok Sabha by-elections, the said insisting its decision was Pakistan and those of the east- dams across the rivers, close to the three rivers has been flow- February 14 in which as many SP had wrested the prized in no way a violation of the ern rivers — the Ravi, the 5 per cent water or 1.6 MAF ing for 60 years while the as 40 CRFP personnel were Gorakhpur and Kairana seats Treaty and was only aimed at Beas, and the Sutlej — to India. would flow to Pakistan. country needs the same to martyred when a terrorist from the BJP. getting the rightful due to peo- India’s share of water from To gain access to this water, meet needs of its citizens, they rammed an explosives laden Because of its sway in east- ple of the country. the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej India is now building more said insisting stopping of its vehicle into a bus carrying ern UP, the BSP will contest 17 Under the Indus Water came to 33 million acres feet dams which will be completed share of water from going to them. New Delhi believes the seats of the region, including Treaty signed in 1960, the (MAF). While about 95 per in six years, officials said. Pakistan is in no way a viola- attack was planned and sup- Ambedkar Nagar from waters of the western rivers — cent of the water was being Another official said the tion of the Treaty. ported by elements in Pakistan. where Mayawati is expected to the Indus, the Jhelum, and the used in the country after the decision was taken two months “Under the leadership of Continued on Page 6 contest. The BSP will contest 11 Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam seats of western UP, eight in CAPSULE Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav central UP and two in Akhilesh has destroyed half of SP address their party workers in Lucknow Bundelkhand region. EPFO FINALISES 8.65 PC UNSC ignores China on Thursday PTI Continued on Page 6 INTEREST FOR 2018-19 NEW DELHI: Retirement fund by giving BSP 38 seats: Mulayam body EPFO has decided to PNS n LUCKOW weakening the prospects of that even as the SP was forging Opp to meet on Feb 26 to provide 8.65 per cent interest on bid, hits out at JeM the party,” Mulayam said while alliances, the BJP was far ahead PF deposits for 2018-19 against xpressing annoyance over addressing party workers at SP in preparations and had already 8.55 per cent in the last year to Ethe Samajwadi Party (SP) State headquarters here in the sent its observers to different plan panel to draw up CMP its 6 crore subscribers, Labour joining hands with the Bahujan presence of media persons on constituencies. PNS n NEW DELHI Minister Santosh Gangwar said for Pulwama attack Samaj Party (BSP), SP patriarch Thursday. The remarks come days on Thursday. All members of the Mulayam Singh Yadav said This is the first time that after SP patriarch created a stir gainst the backdrop of political parties, including the BJP Central Board of Trustees (CBT) AP n UNITED NATIONS / the spokesperson said in a state- that Akhilesh Yadav had “fin- Mulayam has come out open- in Parliament, saying he wished Aand the Congress, making alliance partners for the Lok of EPFO at a meeting here ISLAMABAD ment. ished” the party by deciding to ly against his son and SP chief that Prime Minister Narendra Sabha polls scheduled for next couple of months, the agreed to give a higher interest “It was further decided that contest only 50 per cent of the after the party stitched an Modi returns to power. Opposition leaders are all set to meet on February 26 to dis- for subscribers for the current he United Nations Security Jamat-ud-Dawa and Falah-e- Lok Sabha seats in Uttar alliance with the BSP. The SP patriarch urged the cuss the strategy and formation of a sub-committee for evolv- fiscal, the minister added. The TCouncil on Thursday con- Insaniat Foundation be notified Pradesh. “The fight of the SP is with party workers to approach him ing a common minimum programme (CMP). The meeting to proposal would now go to the demned in strongest terms as proscribed organizations by “By contesting just 40 of the BJP. The party workers if they want a party ticket to be held at Mohali in Punjab is to be attended by top leaders Finance Ministry for approval, “heinous and cowardly” suicide the Ministry of Interior,” he the total 80 seats in the State, should pull up their socks to contest the parliamentary polls like Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Gangwar said after the CBT attack in Pulwama by Jaish-e- added. Akhilesh has finished half the fight and win majority of the and suggested that he could West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, TDP supremo meeting Mohammed. However, it remains to be party. Delaying the announce- seats that the party is contest- “change” any decision taken by N Chandrababu Naidu among others. China had been abortively seen how effective the latest ban ment of candidates is further ing,” he said while conceding Akhilesh. Detailed report on P5 TRIPLE TALAQ ORDINANCE trying to block any reference to would be on the two groups, PROMULGATED AGAIN Jaish-e-Mohammad — the which have the tacit backing of NEW DELHI: The ordinance Pakistan-based terror group the political leaders and the making the practice of instant which has accepted responsibil- security agencies. Surgical strike brains to head DMRC set to open its Govt allows triple talaq a penal offence for ity for the attack — in the state- Earlier, the two outfits were Muslim men was issued for the ment. The UNSC also ignored kept on the watchlist of the inte- third time on Thursday. The Law China’s insistence on “India- rior ministry. Cong task force on security air travel by Ministry said President Ram administered Kashmir”. According to officials, JuD’s PNS n NEW DELHI vision paper for the country,” longest Noida corridor Nath Kovind has signed the The Meanwhile, Pakistan on network includes 300 seminaries party said in a statement. Hooda paramilitary Muslim Women (Protection of Thursday banned the 2008 and schools, hospitals, a pub- he main architect of the will lead the panel and prepare Rights on Marriage) Second Mumbai attack mastermind lishing house and ambulance ser- T2016 surgical strikes on the paper in consultation with next month, trials on Ordinance, 2019. On Tuesday, Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawa vice. The two groups have about terror launch pads in Pakistan a select group of experts. GAYATHRI MANI n NEW DELHI 6.6-km long corridor is an jawans in J&K the Cabinet gave its nod to re- and its charity wing Falah-e- 50,000 volunteers and hundreds Occupied Kashmir (POK), for- Hooda’s appointment by extension of the existing Blue PNS n NEW DELHI issuing of the contentious triple Insaniat Foundation, amid of other paid workers. mer Northern Army the main Opposition ommuting will become Line corridor that connects talaq ordinance. intense global pressure to rein in The JuD is believed to be the commander Lt-Gen party attains signifi- Ceasier between the nation- Dwarka with Noida City week after the Pulwama the militant groups following the front organisation for the LeT (retd) DS Hooda, will cance as the Congress al Capital and Noida as the Centre. Aterror attack on the AVALANCHE: TEAM AWAITS Pulwama terror attack that killed which is responsible for carrying head a Congress task has been accusing the Delhi Metro is set to open the “The section will be a Srinagar National Highway, CLEAR WEATHER 40 CRPF soldiers. out the Mumbai attack that killed force on national Modi Government of 6.6 kilometre Noida City major boost for around 80,000 Union Home Ministry on SHIMLA: A glacier slid on A spokesman of the Interior 166 people. It has been declared security. Congress politicising the surgical Centre-Electronic City Metro new passengers living in the Thursday approved entitle- Thursday morning at Shipki La Ministry said that the decision to as a foreign terrorist organisation sources said party strikes. On September corridor by next month. inner circles of Noida and will ment of all paramilitary per- where rescue parties are on ban these groups was taken dur- by the US in June 2014. president Rahul 29, 2016, the Army had Signalling trial runs have also connect various parts of sonnel to travel by air on the standby to restart the operation ing a meeting of the National The US Department of the Gandhi had met carried out the strikes already been commenced on Delhi. Moreover, the entire Delhi-Srinagar, Srinagar- to search for five Army jawans Security Committee (NSC) Treasury has designated its chief Hooda earlier and discussed on seven terrorist launch the section. The Blue Line cor- Phase-III project of the Delhi Delhi, Jammu-Srinagar and trapped in the snow avalanche in chaired by Prime Minister Imran Saeed as a Specially Designated the modalities of the panel to pads across the Line of Control ridor will become Delhi Metro’s Metro will be completed once Srinagar-Jammu sectors. Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur Khan at his office on Thursday. Global Terrorist, and the US, which Hooda agreed. (LoC) in retaliation to an attack second longest Metro corridor this section will be ready to Till now, officers in the district, officials said. The Army “It was decided during the since 2012, has offered a USD 10 “The Congress president on its base in Uri earlier that after the 59 kilometre long open for public,” said a senior rank of Inspectors and above is waiting for the weather to meeting to accelerate action million reward for information has set up a ‘task force on month. Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor Delhi Metro Rail Corporation were given this air travel clear to restart the operation. against proscribed organisations,” that brings Saeed to justice. national security’ to prepare a Continued on Page 6 of Phase 3. (DMRC) official. facility. With this extension, the The new section will have The Ministry of Home Blue Line will become 56.46 a total of six stations at Sector Affairs issued an order saying kilometres long. 34, Sector 52, Sector 61, Sector it “has approved the entitle- The route will be formally 59, Sector 62 and NOIDA ment of air travel on Delhi- thrown open to the public Electronic City. Srinagar, Srinagar-Delhi, No wind power at ecology cost: Govt once the Commissioner Metro Officials added that the Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar- Rail Safety (CMRS) inspects six stations on this corridor will Jammu sectors to all the per- ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI proposed rules. The rules also ing on the depth. The large- the corridor and accords oper- cater largely to densely popu- sonnel of the Central Armed propose penalty to the default- scale deployment of offshore ation clearance. lated areas of Noida. The hous- Police Forces (CAPFs)”. o ensure that its ambition to er project proponent in the wind farms is the part of the Once the section starts ing societies in Sectors 34, 52 This includes, the order Tinstall 30,000 megawatt of form of fine and jail imprison- Government’s shift to renew- operation, a large number of and 22 will be immensely ben- said, their journey for joining offshore wind power by 2030 ment, if found violating the able energy. Offshore wind people living in Noida such as efited as it will help commut- duty, transfer, tour or going does not come at the cost of the norms. power projects are used to sectors 34, 52 and 22 as well as ing within Noida as well. on leave. marine ecology health, the As per the draft rules, lease exploit the potential of wind in commercial areas in sectors 59, Further, commuters can As many as 65,000 Central Government has proposed that of an offshore wind power open seas, where wind blows 61, 62 and Electronic City will also easily reach major hospi- Reserve Police Force (CRPF) lease of wind farm in the sector project can be cancelled if it is stronger than on land. be benefitted as currently there tals such as Safdurjung and personnel are deployed in the will be cancelled if they are found to be “causing environ- The rules follow the is no metro connectivity. The AIIMS in Delhi. State as part of 65 battalions found posing threat to flora and mental damage to both flora national offshore wind energy apart from units of the Border fauna beneath the sea. and fauna beneath the sea and policy which was notified in NOIDA CITY CENTRE TO Security Force, Indo-Tibetan This is one of the major posing threat to human life and October 2015, providing a ELECTRONIC CITY Border Police (ITBP), Central reasons for lease cancellations property while carrying out the ation of the wind turbines/wind under sub-rule (a), which basic framework for develop- 6.6 kilometre Industrial Security Force proposed in the draft Offshore activities under water and turbines is causing damage to enquiry shall be held within a ment of offshore wind energy NUMBER OF STATION: (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal Wind Energy Lease Rules, 2019 operation of the wind energy environment or damage to reasonable period of the mak- in the country. SIX — Sector 34, Sector (SSB) and the National Security issued by the Ministry of New turbines during validity of the property, or pollution can ing of such order.” As per the policy, offshore 52, Sector 61, Guard (NSG) present in the and Renewable Energy lease.” thereby be prevented, the In offshore wind farms, wind energy blocks will be allo- Sector 59, Sector Kashmir valley for rendering a (MNRE). The Ministry is now The draft rules also main- Central Government may wind turbines are elevated over cated to successful bidders 62 and NOIDA variety of roles in the internal seeking suggestions and opin- tains that “If, in the opinion of order the Wind Farm to be shut the sea level with different through global bidding. Electronic City security grid. ion from the public about the the Central Government, oper- down pending an enquiry types of foundations, depend- Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 city 02

Six killed in mishap Poll panel’s 3-day Lko Modi likely to visit on Agra-Lko e-way CM launches scheme visit from February 27 Unnao (PTI): Six persons were killed and 18 injured when Amethi on March 3 three vehicles were involved in PNS n LUCKNOW meeting with Chief Secretary, PNS n LUCKNOW an accident on the Agra- for adolescent girls DGP, Principal Secretary (Home) Lucknow Expressway in ith the Lok Sabha elections and Principal Secretary (Excise). Prime Minister Narendra Mirzapur Ajigawan village here PNS n LUCKNOW Wslated to be announced On February 28, the Election Modi is expected to visit early Thursday. The incident next month, an Election Commission would hold a meet- Amethi, the parliamentary took place at about 2 am when aunching a Scheme for Commission team led by Chief ing with district magistrates/ constituency of Congress chief the driver of a truck carrying Adolescent Girls (SAG) in Election Commissioner Sunil returning officers of 80 Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, on March 3. pipes lost control and hit a road LLucknow on Thursday, Arora will visit Lucknow for constituencies, SPs/SSPs of all 75 During his brief visit, the divider. As the pipes got scattered Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath three days starting February 27 districts along with divisional Prime Minister is scheduled on the expressway, a bus coming said that girls who were unable to assess poll preparedness in commissioners and DIGs/IGs. to inaugurate the new unit of from behind overturned and hit to go to school would take Uttar Pradesh. The Election Commission Munshiganj ordnance facto- a car from the back. Three home nutritious ration. Besides, The Chief Election team will also meet officials of ry manufacturing assault rifles women, two children and a the Chief Minister also Commissioner will be accompa- Income Tax, Narcotics, Transport, and later address a public man were killed on the spot. announced a hike in honorar- nied by two Election departments banks, railways and meeting. the visit was postponed and Chief Minister Yogi ium for Anganwadi workers. Commissioners Ashok Lavasa civil aviation to make them aware Union Textiles Minister no reason was ascribed for it. Adityanath expressed grief over “The SAG will serve two Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launching the Scheme for Adolescent Girls in and Sushil Chandra. of their role in the elections. Smriti Irani, who had unsuc- Bharatiya Janata Party’s the loss of lives in the accident purposes. One, the girls will get Lucknow on Thursday. Basic Education Minister Anupama Jaiswal and BJP state Chief Electoral Officer of UP, Venkateshwarlu said that cessfully contested the 2014 Amethi unit has been work- and prayed for peace to the nutritious food and, two, farm- president Mahendra Nath Pandey are also seen in the picture Pioneer L Venkateshwarlu, said here on before winding up the visit, the Lok Sabha polls against Rahul ing overtime to woo people to departed souls. He also ers of Bundelkhand will get Thursday that during its three-day Chief Election Commissioner Gandhi from Amethi, would attend the Prime Minister’s instructed officials to ensure good remunerative prices for nurse midwives (ANMs) will “The government is work- stay, the Election Commission would address a press conference be present at the Prime rally, which will be an occa- that the injured get proper pulses required for the scheme, take the weight and heights of ing hard to ensure that children team would meet a delegation of to make the media aware of the Minister’s programme. sion for the party to launch its medical treatment, an official as this will be directly pur- girls and also medically exam- and women get nutritious food political parties followed by a outcome of these meetings. Modi was slated to visit poll campaign against Rahul statement said. chased by the government. ine them. Blood tests will also in villages. During the previous Amethi on February 27, but Gandhi in his constituency. This way, the income of farm- be done to check the haemo- regime, departments involved ers in Bundelkhand will go up, globin level and record BMI. in ICDS had become centre of and this is the priority of this All these records are to be corruption. We have tried to government,” Yogi said while maintained. If required, the make its working transparent,” launching the scheme. help of specialists would be Yogi said. FIR registered in Under the scheme, girls taken,” the Chief Minister said. Elaborating on the suc- between the age of 11 and 14 On this occasion. Yogi also cess of his government, Yogi years who have dropped out of announced a hike of `1,500 in said that six community-based Kalindi blast case schools will be given nutritious the honorarium of Anganwadi programmes were being imple- ration — kala chana, arhar dal, workers, `1,250 for mini mented through Anganwadi Lucknow (PNS): An FIR has been registered on Thursday coarse grains like ragi, bajra, Aganwadi workers and `750 workers every month. in connection with the low-intensity blast in the toilet of a gen- jwar, makka and wheat, and for assistants. The Anganwadi “On the 5th day of every eral compartment of Kanpur-Bhiwani Kalindi Express at desi ghee — to take home. workers are presently getting month, Bachpan Diwas is Barrajpur railway station near Kanpur on Wednesday. The FIR The PCDF has signed a `5,500 while assistants are get- observed, the 15th day is cele- was lodged by the guard of the train with the Government memorandum of understand- ting `2,250 per month. The brated as Mamata Diwas, the Railway Police (GRP) at Farrukhabad railway station. ing with NAFED to supply decision is likely to benefit 20th as Annaprashan Diwas, The FIR was registered against unknown persons and under foodgrains in 53 identified dis- 1.80 lakh Anganwadi workers. the 25th as Laadli Diwas and Section 151 of Railway Act, sections 3/4 of Explosive Substances tricts where the scheme will be The government also the 30th as Godbharai Diwas,” Act and Section 286 of the Indian Penal Code. The GRP said implemented. launched Suposhan Guide the Chief Minister said. that more sections could be included in the FIR later. The government also which will be given to Basic Education Minister During preliminary investigation, the police had recovered announced that the eighth day Anganwadi workers to apprise Anupama Jaiswal and a letter purportedly issued by terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad. of every month would be people about government Bharatiya Janata Party state Subsequently, senior officials and a team of Bomb Disposal observed as ‘Kishori Diwas’. schemes and how they could chief Mahendra Nath Pandey and Detection Squad and sleuths of Anti-Terrorists Squad also “On this day, auxiliary avail the benefits. also addressed the gathering. inspected the scene. SP-BSP alliance will sweep LS polls in UP: Hardik Patel PNS n LUCKNOW

ujarat’s Patidar reservation Gleader Hardik Patel met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Thursday and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that it would not come to power at any cost at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. “Uttar Pradesh will play a piv- otal role in the Lok Sabha polls and it will also show the door to the BJP,” Patel said, claiming that the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance would sweep the polls in the state. In a joint press conference with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Patel said that he would support any party Patidar reservation leader Hardik Patel addressing a press conference with Samajwadi Party which was opposed to the BJP like chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Thursday Pioneer SP, BSP and Congress in UP, but his first choice would be the SP. had become very powerful in the ists,” Patel said. He also denied any intention of country, Patel said the opposition The Patidar leader also raised contesting the Lok Sabha polls would have to throw out the regime the issue of intelligence failure lead- from UP. “I have been coming to UP which has been violating all consti- ing to the killing of over 40 CRPF for the last 3-4 months and there is tutional norms. jawans in Pulwama, Kashmir. “This a strong resentment against the “I am still learning politics by BJP government at the Centre has (Narendra) Modi and Yogi going around the states. But it is failed to deliver and is playing pol- (Adityanath) governments every- true that the Gujarat model show- itics over the country’s security. In where. The farmers and youths are cased by Modi and other BJP other words, I can say that the BJP depressed in this regime while fake leaders has fallen flat. In Gujarat, is doing politics on every issue,” he promises made by the Prime there are 20 districts which do not said. Minister before and after the elec- have irrigation facilities. Those When asked if a joint opposition tions indicate the ruling party’s opposing the BJP are termed as against the BJP in UP could have anti-people stance,” the 25-year-old anti-nationals and those who sup- been more powerful, Patel said, “I leader said. port their anti-constitutional tried for a grand SP-BSP-Congress While admitting that the BJP approach are stamped as national- alliance but it did not materialise.” No talks with Congress over LS polls, says RLD

Lucknow (PNS): Ajit Singh-led work stations and working on the line Rashtriya Lok Dal has vehemently of action as decided earlier,” he said. denied any talks with the Congress On Wednesday, it was reported in for the Lok Sabha elections and the media that the RLD has opened asserted that it will go with the channels of communication with the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Congress for a possible alliance, Party alliance. ahead of the general elections in April- In a statement issued on May, as it did not get firm assurance Thursday, RLD vice-president Jayant from the SP-BSP alliance on the Chaudhary said that his party was number of Lok Sabha seats as per working for opposition unity to RLD expectations. There were reports counter the Bharatiya Janata Party’s that Congress had assured 10 Lok anti-farmer and anti-youth policies. Sabha seats to RLD in Uttar Pradesh. He said the RLD had already What gave credence to the decided to have an alliance with SP reports was that the RLD had contest- and BSP in Uttar Pradesh. ed from one seat in Rajasthan in “Working on this agenda, we alliance with its old partner — the have already prepared a strong oppo- Congress. sition platform comprising the SP, the Sources had said that the RLD BSP and the RLD,” Chaudhary said. was testing waters to find out if The RLD leader cleared the air on Congress was posing a strong oppo- reports that his party was in consul- nent to BJP in the Lok Sabha election tation with the Congress, saying it was or the SP-BSP alliance. “No doubt, already a part of the SP-BSP alliance. the Congress workers are upbeat after “Chaudhary Ajit Singh too has the appointment of Priyanka Gandhi announced and given his message to Vadra as in-charge of UP East. But the party workers to work hard for the vic- RLD leaders were estimating if the tory of SP-BSP-RLD alliance in the Congress plan has had any effect on Lok Sabha polls. We are already on our voters,” a leader said.

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Metro services to Petrol pump cashier was remain disrupted killed over land dispute for 6 hours today Lucknow (PNS): Lucknow Metro train services between PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Transport Nagar and Charbagh will not be available from 6 am etrol pump cashier Santosh to 12 pm on Friday on account PDixit (of Aliganj) was killed of migration testing of balance by a raconteur who exploited section systems with priority the victim’s faith in religious section. Meanwhile, ahead of practices in a bid to grab his the commencement of com- land. His accomplice was also mercial run on the entire charged with criminal con- North-South corridor (Phase- spiracy. Santosh was killed on 1A) from CCS Airport to the night of February 17. Munshipulia, Lucknow Metro The facts surfaced after Rail Corporation has started the arrest of the duo on the sale of ‘GoSmart’ cards at 10 Thursday. Umakant Tiwari of stations, administrative office at Banda and his aide Shiv Sagar Gomti Nagar and Transport Singh of Hamirpur were Nagar Metro Depot. nabbed near a bank. The police LMRC has set up special recovered a car, victim’s sale counters at CCS Airport, Aadhaar card and a sharp- The accused arrested for murder and criminal conspiracy Krishna Nagar, Alambagh bus edged weapon used for the stand, Charbagh, Sachivalaya, crime. Tiwari said he had a chased a land in Maal police ing his eyes closed. As Santosh Hazratganj, LU, Bhootnath, land dispute with Santosh and station area. However, Santosh closed his eyes, Tiwari repeat- Indira Nagar, and Munshipulia killed him taking advantage of got the land registered in his edly attacked him with a sharp- Metro stations along with “blind faith” that Santosh had daughter’s name after which the edged, killing him on the spot. administrative office and in religious practices. It sur- relations between the two He later hid the weapon in a Transport Nagar Metro Depot. faced that Tiwari had a good soured. Tiwari chalked out a mango grove and dumped his The ‘GoSmart’ card is available command over Santosh, his diabolic plot to kill Santosh. blood-stained clothes into the at Rs 200, inclusive of Rs 100 as family and even his relatives as Tiwari was invited to the Gomti river before fleeing the security charge, which is he used to perform puja to marriage of Santosh’s relative scene. refundable. The card saves “ward off evil effects of planets and he reached there along ASP, Rural, Vikrant Veer both money and time for users on them”. with Shiv Sagar on the fateful said Tiwari absconded after as 10 per cent discount on each A few months back, Tiwari day. The duo asked Santosh to executing the crime and the journey is provided to the had sought help from Santosh go to an isolated place to per- suspicion on him deepened. users and they don’t have to in getting a mutt constructed to form puja to ward off evil “We succeeded in nabbing Shiv stand in queues for tokens. perform puja and other reli- effects of planets on him. Sagar who spilled the beans. Besides, the ‘GoSmart’ users gious activities. Santosh agreed Santosh was asked to sit and we later arrested Tiwari can also enjoy free Wi-Fi facil- to help him and both pur- down and recite mantras keep- too,” he said. ity at Metro stations. Fire engulfs mattress godown in Maulviganj PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW service and the flames were extinguished after more than major fire broke out in a two hours. “The situation was Amattress godown in Bhedi grim as it was a mattress Mandi in Maulviganj under godown. We conducted a dous- Aminabad police station on ing operation simultaneously. Thursday. While no casualty Fortunately, no one suffered was reported in the incident, any injuries,” he added. sub-inspector SP Singh Singh said the reason for received minor burns on his the fire outbreak had not been hands. The fire broke out in the ascertained as yet. Aminabad godown at around 1 pm. The SHO Sunil Kumar Dubey said godown is run by Satyendra their major concern was to Gupta of Naka in the house of Smoke emanates from the mattress evacuate people living in near- Khursheed Alam. godown on Thursday Pioneer by houses. Sub-inspector SP As the area is highly pop- Singh suffered burns while ulated with narrow bylanes, it cue units found it difficult to buildings were evacuated. dousing the fire,” he said, took time for fire tenders to contain the flames while occu- CFO VK Singh said eight adding that the loss of proper- reach the site. The fire and res- pants of nearby houses and fire tenders were pressed into ty was yet to be estimated. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 city 04

19 more test Block pramukh Minister launches several schemes at KGMU positive for PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW on RALC campus. He indi- cated tough action on reports swine flu he foundation stone of of alleged misbehavior with thrashed, looted Tseveral schemes was laid patients, problem of dialysis by Health and Technical machines and other issues Lucknow (PNS): As many Education Minister Ashutosh and also assured KGMU as 19 fresh cases of swine flue Tandon at Brown Hall of financial help by the cases were detected in different over old enmity KGMU on Thursday. The state government for all the parts of city on Thursday, taking PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW also opened fire but the bullet schemes include 14 ventilator projects. the total number of patients to missed the target,” Rawat and six high dependency units However, he asked the 173. Two cases were reported lexing muscle power in full alleged. A police spokesman in the superspeciality KGMU doctors and staff to be from KGMU while 17 cases Fpublic view, a rival of a said a case was registered for Pulmonary and Critical Care well behaved with patients from SGPGI, according to CMO Dalit block pramukh, from rioting while armed with Medicine department in and their attendants. officials. The patients have been Ashoha in Unnao and his weapons, for murderous Shatabdi Phase 2, 100-bed KGMU Vice-Chancellor identified as Devi, Amna goons attacked the former and assault and for dacoity for MCH wing at Queen Mary’s, Dr MLB Bhatt said they had Hussain (KGMU), Anya, looted his rifle in Krishna looting rifle and other belong- multi-level parking at Lari the biggest ventilator unit Sheetal, Ajay Pal Singh, Nagar on Thursday morning. ings from Rawat. Though he Cardiology; new forensic wing with 200 functional machines. Shuryansh Mishra, Manavi The attackers also opened fire said the police recovered the to help students learn and He added that the process to Singh, Amay Raj, Zahida rifle, he did not disclose the Khatoon, Pushpak Verma, on the block pramukh but the research; extra floor in CVTS set up another unit with 50 Shivsena Prasad, Rajeev Prakash latter had a providential place from where it was recov- with 40 beds, and 36 houses ventilators was in final stages. Singh, Manju singh, Kishore escape. Even though police ered and from whose posses- Kumar Kaul, Mohsin Khan, tried to sweep the issue under sion. The spokesman said Karan Singh Sangeeta, Kuldeep the carpet terming it a minor Bajpai attacked Rawat due to 2-day special Verma, and Shashwat (SGPGI). skirmish, mediapersons an old enmity over block pra- spoiled their plan. The police mukh elections which were 5 underground parking lots in the offing registered a case of dacoity and held last year. Bajpai was at camp to enroll murderous assault. The police loggerheads with Rawat since PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW congestion due to increase in come up at fish market in regard. Chief engineer IS Singh also slapped SC/ST Act on the the candidate supported by left-out voters the volume of traffic and road- Kaiserbagh, in the open space said the parking lots would be accused and his aides. him lost to Rawat. ucknow Development side parking. The state capital on old High Court campus, constructed with the help of Ram Kumar Rawat of Lucknow (PNS): The dis- LAuthority will construct cannot be declared as Smart and at Gungay Nawab Park in private partners and funded Bajrang Nagar locality of SUICIDE ATTEMPT trict administration will hold a five underground multi-level City till the existing traffic sys- Aminabad. Nazul officer jointly by the state government Krishna Nagar left for his con- Piqued over police apathy special camp on February 23 parking lots in different areas tem is improved. Sanjay Pandey said the LDA and Union Ministry of Urban stituency along with his assis- in searching for her son and 24 to enroll voters missing of the state capital at an esti- The LDA administration administration had initiated Development. The project is tant Swami Vishwakarma in employed at a hotel in from the electoral rolls. Officials mated cost of Rs 500 crore. The will construct underground legal formalities for land acqui- expected to be launched by his SUV, which was being dri- Hasanganj, a woman doused said the voter list had already state government has approved parking lots in the premises of sition to start basic construc- April. The LDA Vice- ven by driver Sunil. When he herself in kerosene to end her been printed and the electorate to the plan and issued orders old Ayurveda directorate adja- tion work at the earliest. Chairman said the utilisation was about to reach the road life on Thursday afternoon. were requested to visit their for funds (first instalment). cent to Yojana Bhawan on Vice-Chairman PN Singh of funds would be audited by around 10:30 am, his rival Reports said the woman, iden- booths and check their lists. If The idea is to decongest roads Sarojini Naidu Marg. The sec- said the LDA administration, the account office and the Arvind Bajpai aka Neetu and tified as Rekha Mishra of they do not find their names on for smooth flow of traffic. The ond parking lot will be locat- in a bid to deal with traffic finance department so that his men in an SUV and ten Jankipuram, had lodged a the list, they can fill form 6 and initiative has been taken under ed in the compound of problems, was involved in there was no scope of misuse. motorcycles stopped him. case of missing for her son submit the same to BLOs. the Smart City plan as the Pratibha Cinema between chalking out a strategy and the The parking lots will be spa- They dragged out Rawat from Shubham (23) a couple of Officials said that if people biggest problem which the Bapu Bhawan and Secretariat. project was among several ini- cious enough to accommodate his vehicle and started thrash- days back. She sought help faced any problems, they could planners are facing is traffic Three other parking lots will tiatives to be taken in this over 1,500 four-wheelers. ing him. They also looted police but the cops sent her contact EROs of their respective Rawat’s rifle kept in his car. The back saying they were busy Vidhan Sabha constituencies. audacious group also opened with preparations for elec- ERO (West) Ajay Kumar Rai CITYBRIEFS fire to keep passersby away tion. Irked over this, she said voters should not show lax- from the scene. “The attackers reached a crossing in ity and try to get themselves reg- thrashed me and also my assis- Hasanganj and attempted istered. “This campaign of serve its natural resources so tant and driver. They pinned suicide. She was rescued by enrolling left-out voters has that every living being can have me down and kicked me. They passersby. seen an increase by 20,000 in assurance of provision of basic Lucknow West Vidhan Sabha needs for future,” speakers constituency and first-time said. voters form 16 per cent of these electorate,” he said ABHIVYAKTI In a recent review meeting Executive director Pankaj presided over by District Agarwal announced celebra- Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma, tion of annual cultural extrav- he had said that trainings of aganza ‘Abhivyakti-2K19’ of polling personnel would be car- Ram Swaroop Memorial ried out before elections. Group of Professional The Sindhi version of Governor Ram Naik’s book ‘Charaiveti! Chraiveti!’ was released by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at Officials said that the process for Shiv Shanti Sant Asudaram Ashram in Alambagh on Thursday Colleges to mark its nomination for the training of Foundation Day Celebrations polling personnel had been from February 22 (Friday). completed and they would be SEMINAR of Engineers, was organised at Dutt Degree College and The event will culminate with trained by master trainers. The Research Design and Babu Banarasi Das Northern Lucknow University, was held the performance of singer Standards (RDSO), in associ- India Institute of Technology. on Thursday. “Environmental Harshdeep Kaur. The extrav- ation with IIT-Kanpur, organ- Chairman, Institutions of conservation is the need of the aganza will witness partici- ised a three-day seminar on Engineers, Rajesh Trivedi was hour. Together we have to pants from various colleges of ‘Three-Phase Propulsion welcomed by BBDNIIT direc- protect our planet and con- the state. System’, which concluded on tor VK Singh. The main ben- Thursday. Around 20 techni- efits are dissemination and cal officers from RDSO took updating of engineering and part in the programme organ- technological knowledge and ised under ‘Competence diffusion among the mem- Building Centre’. DG (RDSO) bers and information on all Virendra Kumar and ADG matters affecting engineering (LTRR) AK Mishra addressed through technical activities. the participants and IIT facul- ty in the opening session. DELEGACY 2019 ‘Delegacy 2019’, an out- INAUGURATED reach activity on environment, The inaugural ceremony of laws and concerns, a joint student’s chapter, Institutions venture between Sri Krishna Press conference to announce ‘Abhivyakti-2K19’ Woman duped of gold ornaments PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW murder had taken place in the and was later run over by a locality. They cautioned Ratna road roller in Vikas Nagar on other of a clerk, posted at Devi against moving around Thursday afternoon. Reports Mthe office of DGP was while wearing ornaments. said Dubey was going for duped of her gold ornaments They kept her ornaments in a some work on his scooty. on Thursday afternoon by packet and gave another pack- When Dubey was passing two miscreants posing as cops. et to her. When Ratna checked via Tedhipulia crossing, a car Left red-faced, the police the packet after reaching driver parked the vehicle on announced a reward for those home, she found a plastic roadside and opened the door giving a clue about the miscre- bangle. She informed her son to spit. Dubey rammed into ants. The victim, identified as Pramod, who lodged a case in the door and later fell by the Pramod, lives on the office this connection. side only to be crushed by a campus of IG, Lucknow road roller. He was rushed to Range, in Vinit Khand. His ROAD MISHAP KGMU Trauma Centre where mother Ratna Devi was In a freak accident, 62- he was declared brought returning home around 12:30 year-old Hriday Narayan dead. The driver in question pm when she was stopped by Dubey rammed into the door was detained and the car the miscreants and told that a of a car opened by its driver seized. SCHOOLSCAN

CMS STUDENT WINS ABACUS educational institute BrainoBrain CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY in which students of several noted Dhairya Bansal, a class IV schools participated to showcase student of City Montessori School, their analytical skills. Dhairya Rajajipuram Campus II, brought opted for various abacus tricks to laurels to the institution by win- solve mathematical problems and ning the championship trophy of stood winner amidst a tough com- state-level Regional Abacus petition. All praises for Dhairya’s Competition. The competition skills, the organisers awarded him was organised under the aegis of with a certificate and other prizes. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 nation 05 Opp’s crucial anti-BJP meet on Tuesday After Pulwama attack PM was

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n NEW To discuss strategy, formation of sub-committee for evolving a common minimum programme Arvind Kejriwal, Naidu, Sharad DELHI Yadav, were present in the busy shooting for film: Cong o The meeting to be held at Mohali in Punjab is to be attended by top leaders like Congress o Moving forward on a meeting of Opposition parties gainst the backdrop of chief Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata united anti-BJP front for at Sharad Pawar’s residence on PNS n NEW DELHI Apolitical parties, including Banerjee, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu among others the upcoming Lok Sabha February 13. the ruling BJP and main o The decision of a public rally in the Congress ruled Punjab is yet to be formalised elections, top Opposition The leaders agreed to work he Congress on Thursday leaders were present in the Opposition Congress, making o together to prepare a common Tsharpened its attacked on alliance partners for the Lok Opposition meeting assumes significance in the wake of both the national parties — the meeting of Opposition minimum programme to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sabha polls scheduled in next BJP and the Congress — been working overtime to forge alliance parties at Sharad Pawar’s oust the Modi Government over the Pulwama terrorist couple of months, the o Both the national parties have announced their alliances in Bihar, Maharashtra and Tamil residence on and consider forging a pre-poll attack last week. While it con- Opposition leaders are all set to Nadu February 13 alliance. tinued to target Modi for his meet on Tuesday to discuss the Banerjee, one of the prime “opened arm” engagement with strategy and formation of a sub- movers behind the effort to the crown Prince of Saudi committee for evolving a com- The decision of a public Congress Working Committee take on the Modi juggernaut in cobble together an anti-BJP Arabia during the latter visit to mon minimum programme. rally in the Congress ruled meeting at Ahemdabad. crucial Uttar Pradesh. Both the alliance, had organised a mega India, the grand old party took The meeting to be held at Punjab is yet to be formalised The Opposition meeting national parties have announced rally of Opposition parties in on the PM over his publicity Mohali in Punjab is to be but the meeting is crucial as a assumes significance in the their alliances in Bihar, Kolkata on January 19. campaign shooting for a film in attended by top leaders like day later, the Congress will wake of both the national par- Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Banerjee has already stated the Corbett National Park till Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, launch newly appointed gen- ties — the BJP and the Moving forward on a unit- that the differences of parties the evening of February 14 NCP chief Sharad Pawar, eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi Congress — been working ed anti-BJP front for the while in States should be kept despite the Pulwama attack West Bengal Chief Minister in his first public rally in overtime to forge alliance and upcoming Lok Sabha elections, aside as the prime agenda of all taking place in the afternoon. Mamata Banerjee, TDP supre- Gujarat this month end. The the announcements of top Opposition leaders, includ- the Opposition parties is to tar- There was no immediate mo N Chandrababu Naidu same day the Congress has Parliamentary seats by the BSP- ing Rahul Gandhi, Mamata get the BJP ruled Centre in the reaction from the Prime among others. scheduled its apex body SP combine who are ready to Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Lok Sabha polls. Minister’s Office and the BJP over the allegations. Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, addressing a Press Singh Surjewala addresses a BJP: Attack on conference, also accused BJP Press conference at AICC in New Delhi Prez promulgates JeM fidayeen bomber used president Amit Shah of “politi- on Thursday PTI cisation of terrorism” in his Modi exposes speech in Assam on Sunday. action, instead of shooting The Congress said ques- films,” he said. Cong’s stand four ordinances YSMS app, says probe tions must be asked about the Surjewala said the PNS n NEW DELHI “gross intelligence failure” of Congress had shown restrain After nod, ordinance Ponzi schemes. The Ordinance RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI & YSMS, a mobile application, was hosted on the ‘dark web’ and regulation of this Government and on the on the direction of party pres- aking on the Congress for will immediately tackle the such communication apps on the Internet by the US could have helped in “priorities of a Prime Minister ident Rahul Gandhi, but it was Tattacking Prime Minister makes practice of menace of illicit deposit-taking reliminary probe into the containing the Pakistani terror groups’ nefarious agenda in the region who on a sensitive time like this important to raise issues of Narendra Modi over the activities in the country PPulwama has revealed that & The Jaish-e-Mohammad used the YSMS app for communication among one has gone on a foreign tour to such conduct that “insults mar- Pulwama attack, the BJP on instant triple talaq launched by rapacious opera- YSMS, a mobile application, another before executing the suicide bombing on a CRPF convoy South Korea instead of tackling tyrs”. “The Congress party and Thursday lashed out at the tors, which at present are was hosted on the ‘dark web’ & YouTube has uploaded millions of videos of LeT and JeM terror preachers, terrorism”. the entire nation stands united Opposition party saying its penal offence exploiting regulatory gaps and and regulation of such com- Citing reports from news- with our armed forces as also stand exposes the claim that it n including Hafiz Sayeed, Abdul Rahman Makki and MasooD Azhar, leading to PNS NEW DELHI lack of strict administrative munication apps on the inter- continuous radicalisation of the youth in India papers, Surjewala gave a time- our Government in every step was standing with the measures to dupe poor and net by the US could have line of events saying the terror that they take in tackling Government and armed forces resident Ram Nath Kovind gullible people of their hard- helped in containing the & Twitter is also being used by the Pakistan-based terror groups for furthering the attack happened at 3:10 pm on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. in the aftermath of the terror Pon Thursday promulgated earned savings. Pakistani terror groups’ nefar- jehadi agenda without putting any effective filters February 14 with the Congress We are determined in that attack in Kashmir and that the four ordinances, including the The Indian Medical ious agenda in the region, offi- & Search engine Google’s features are also being exploited by the terror groups for reacting to it at 5:15 pm. “The resolve even today,” he said. party sounds like echoing Muslim Women (Protection Council (Amendment) Second cials connected to the suicide accessing information under the Do It Yourself programmes Prime Minister also knew Surjewala also hit out at the voices from across the border. of Rights on Marriage) Second Ordinance, 2019 to allow the bombing probe said. for knowhow on sensitive issues like assemblage of IED and about it. Yet the PM, a person conduct of BJP leaders in the Addressing a Press con- Ordinance, 2019. After the Board of Governors (BOG) to Interestingly, the Jaish-e- remotely-operated vehicle who claims himself to be a aftermath of the attack. He dis- ference, Union Minister and President’s nod, the ordinance run the scam-tainted apex Mohammad (JeM) module that nationalist, continues to shoot played a photograph purport- BJP leader Ravi Shankar will come into force for the body for regulating medical carried out the deadliest attack a film (for Discovery Channel) edly showing BJP MP Sakshi Prasad accused the Congress third time in less than a year. education. in the three decades of militan- for self propagation in the Maharaj smiling during the of seeking to weaken the The ordinance makes the prac- The Companies cy in Jammu & Kashmir had Corbett National Park in final journey of a slain jawan morale of the armed forces at tice of instant Triple Talaq a (Amendment) Second used the YSMS app for com- Ramnagar,” he claimed. and cited Union Tourism a time when the whole world penal offence. Ordinance 2019 It is based on munication among one anoth- video sharing platform YouTube floated Ansar Ghatwatul Hind, The Congress spokesper- Minister KJ Alphons taking a is “firmly standing” with India. The Union Cabinet had the recommendations of the er before executing the suicide has uploaded millions of videos subsequently rechristened as al- son alleged that the Prime “selfie” at a soldier’s funeral. Prasad hit out at the given its approval to re-issue Committee to review offences bombing on a CRPF convoy of the LeT and JeM terror Qaeda Kashmir is seeking to Minister continued to “enjoy Alphons has denied taking the Congress for its “shameful” the ordinance on Tuesday. The under the Companies Act, leading to the death of 44 CRPF preachers, including Hafiz develop remotely-operated boat rides” with the camera picture himself saying some attack on Prime Minister Government failed to pass the 2013, so as to fill critical gaps personnel. The app does not Sayeed, Abdul Rahman Makki vehicles for execution of bomb crew and later ensured that miscreants circulated his pho- Narendra Modi and said he Bill, known as the Triple Talaq in the corporate governance & leave any signature on the and MasooD Azhar, leading to blasts in the Kashmir Valley. there was slogan shouting by tograph at the CRPF jawan’s was in Uttarakhand on the day Bill, in the Rajya Sabha during compliance framework as Internet and can be traced only continuous radicalisation of the Counter-terrorism expert the BJP people in his favour. funeral as a “selfie”. of Pulwama attack as part of the Budget Session of enshrined in the Companies if the hardwares are intercepted. youth in India and the region. Dr Rituraj Mate said, “The JeM “The Prime Minister con- Surjewala also said an official programme related Parliament. Act 2013, while simultaneous- The websites of Pakistan Yet another American firm and LeT might have outsmart- tinues to have tea, samosas at Pakistan will not succeed in its to tiger conservation. “Was the The Centre had first pro- ly extending greater Ease of army/Inter Services Public Twitter is also being used by the ed the US administration by seven o’clock at Government designs and invoked Indira Congress aware of the mulgated the Muslim Women Doing Business to law abiding Relations (ISPR) and its terror Pakistan-based terror groups getting their websites hosted in expense in a PWD guesthouse Gandhi’s strong action in 1971. Pulwama attack? We were not (Protection of Rights on corporates. proxies Lashkar-e-Tayyeba for furthering the jehadi agen- America but the USA had when every single Indian house- He also asserted that the aware,” the BJP leader said in Marriage) Ordinance in The President also gave his (LeT) and JeM also hosted on da without putting any effective invented the Internet technol- hold didn’t have food,” he said. Congress, when in power, has a dig at the Opposition party. September 2018. A Bill to assent to changes in the Indian a common server by American filters. Search engine Google’s ogy and will be bound to take On one hand the country always taken moral responsi- He said the Congress replace it was passed in Stamp Act, 1899, which will firm Cloudflare Inc which is a features are also being exploit- action against such misuse one was picking up the “pieces of our bility in such situations. attack on the Modi the Lok Sabha in December, rationalise and harmonise the contradiction of the sanctions ed by the terror groups for day or the other if it is serious martyrs”, and on the other hand Congress spokesperson Government would have but remained pending in the system of levying stamp duty and bounties put on the heads accessing information under in containing terrorism glob- the Prime Minister was involved slammed the Prime Minister pleased Pakistan adding that Rajya Sabha. and help curb tax evasion. The of the terror masterminds of the Do It Yourself (DIY) pro- ally, including those exported in his “propaganda and public- for receiving Saudi Arabia’s styles of what Imran Khan and The Government promul- Amendments to the Indian these two groups by the US grammes for knowhow on sen- by Pakistan.” Continuous back- ity,” Surjewala claimed. Crown Prince Mohammed bin the Opposition party have gated the ordinance again after Stamp Act, 1899, were intro- under its terror listing regime. sitive issues like assemblage of ing and funding to Pakistan by “Can such a conduct be Salman at the airport and asked said may be different but their the Winter Session of duced as part of the Finance The server of the Pak-backed IED and remotely-operated the US is bound to infuse an expected from the Prime whether according a grand contents bore striking resem- Parliament, but could not pass Act 2019, and was approved by Referendum 2020 campaign vehicle. IEDs have been used by anti-American sentiment Minister of a country. The welcome to “those who blance. He charged the the Bill in the Rajya Sabha dur- Parliament. targeting Khalistani movement the terrorists in Jammu & towards their products as is the Prime Minister should have praised” Pakistan’s “anti-ter- Congress with demoralising ing the Budget Session. The amendments propose is also located in the US and Kashmir. The inimical forces, case with China when boycott been chairing the Cabinet com- ror efforts” was his way of armed forces in the country The ordinance is set to to create the legal and institu- hosted by the Cloudflare Inc. including Zakir Musa, a former calls are often given against mittee on security immediate- remembering the Pulwama whore valiantly responding lapse on June 3, when the cur- tional mechanism to enable In addition, American Jaish commander who has since Chinese goods. ly and should have taken attack victims. to terror outfits. rent Government’s term ends States to collect stamp duty on Prasad said strength of the and before the next session of securities market instruments Modi Government reflected in Parliament. at one place by one agency removing security of the The Triple Talaq ordinance (through the Stock Exchanges Kashmiri separatists and has faced stiff resistance from or Clearing Corporations Nepotism in UPPSC: CBI starts probe against officials eagerness of Kashmiri youth the Opposition parties. On authorised by the stock to participate in Army recruit- February 20, SP chief Akhilesh exchange or by thePNS n NEW DELHI Babus granted favours to close relatives of public servants in an examination to The move of the agency ment. He said India has Yadav had said that the ordi- Depositories), the Finance became public on a day received global backing nance will be used as “a weapon Ministry said in a statement. he CBI has registered a pre- select additional private secretaries during Mayawati’s tenure as CM in 2010 Samajwadi Party and Bahujan against Pakistan on the against minorities.” A mechanism for appro- Tliminary enquiry against Samaj Party sealed their seat- Pulwama attack and the The other ordinances priately sharing the stamp duty unidentified officials of Uttar January. It is alleged in the did not fulfill even the basic the candidates to enable their sharing agreement for Lok neighbouring country was which promulgated by the with relevant State Pradesh Public Service complaint that certain uniden- minimum eligibility, the official selection. The definition of Sabha polls to forge a formi- diplomatically isolated. President, are the Indian Governments based on state of Commission for allegedly tified people including officials said quoting from the com- public servants includes elect- dable opposition against the Medical Council (Amendment) domicile of the buying client is granting favours to close rela- of the UPPSC committed irreg- plaint. ed representatives who have ruling BJP. Second Ordinance 2019; the also proposed, it added. tives of public servants in an ularities and misconduct in The complaint has alleged taken oath of office. The PE has no sanction Companies (Amendment) The proposed rationalised examination to select addi- the examination for about 250 that some selected candidates On a question whether the under the Criminal Procedure Second Ordinance 2019 and and harmonised system is tional private secretaries dur- posts of additional private sec- are “close relatives” of public “close relatives” were of elect- Code (CrPC) and the suspects the Banning of Unregulated expected to lead to zero tax ing Mayawati’s tenure as Chief retaries in 2010, officials said. servants then serving the Uttar ed representatives in the gov- can refuse to even join the Deposit Schemes Second evasion. The stamp duty will Minister in 2010. The officials who have not Pradesh Government which ernment, the official did not enquiry. Ordinance 2019. have to be paid by either the The PE is based on a com- been named in the PE extend- was headed by Mayawati from offer any comment saying, However, the agency can The Banning of buyer or seller of a financial plaint from the BJP-ruled ed undue favours to unde- 2007-12, they said. “These are allegations in the register a regular case (FIR) Unregulated Deposit Schemes security, as against the current Government in the State which serving candidates. Some of the The officials of the UPPSC complaint from the state gov- after gathering prima facie Second Ordinance 2019 is to practice of levying the duty on subsequently sent to the CBI by candidates who were the ben- in alleged connivance with the ernment. We have registered a material to substantiate the protect gullible investors from both, the Ministry added. the Central government in eficiaries in the examination examiners altered marks of preliminary enquiry.” allegations in the PE. Leprosy has not Kisan Nidhi 1st instalment on Feb 24 RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI farmers under the scheme. The l As many as 1.22 crore small and marginal farmers have been enrolled by the Centre to implement the declined, says IADVL UP Government is working on Ministry of Agriculture till date for the PM Kisan scheme scheme,” the sources said. rime Minister Narendra war-footing to upload details of l The Ministry is Agriculture is working to enroll over two crore farmers by the “The State Governments PModi is likely to launch the eligible farmers on the central time of launch of the scheme. As per estimate, there are 12 crore small and have to ensure that everybody PNS n NEW DELHI ment for longer duration. “Yes, Rohit Batra, dermatologist, Sir direct income support scheme database by Friday. Haryana marginal farmers in the country who is a farmer and owns two there is resurgence of cases, Ganga Ram Hospital and — Pradhan Mantri Kisan Government has registered l In the interim budget, the Modi Government announced direct income support hectares of land as on cut-off ontrary to the severe cases. Disability index of Chairman, IADVL People Samman Nidihi-PM-Kisan over 10 lakh such farmers. of Rs 6,000 per year to 12.5 crore small and marginal farmers with land date subject to exclusions CGovernment’s claims that these patients is definitely high. Connect Cell said that “Even scheme and distribute the first “PM Modi will address the holding up to 2 hectares under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana should be included. The sig- leprosy is on decline in the In fact some of the patients we though the prevalence of vitili- instalment of Rs 2,000 during two-day national conclave of nificance of PM-KISAN is that, country, the Indian received at our camp had bac- go is 1-2 per cent of the general his visit to Gorakhpur and the BJP Kisan Morcha on for the first time, an attempt has Association of Dermatologists teria droplets from their noses, population but we observed Prayagraj on February 24. Sunday and later release the been made to transfer income Venereologists & Leprologists making them highly infectious that out of all the people However, doubts are being money — Rs 2,000 per land directly to farmers without (IADVL) during its unique 63 to their contacts,” said Dr approached us during the drive raised over the implementation holding — electronically to using price policy (of either days drive which culminated Girdhar, highlighting the grav- it was more than 5 per cent.” of the scheme in some non BJP the bank accounts of farmers, inputs or output). In most of here on Thursday noted that ity of the situation. Talking about fungal infec- States — Andhra Pradesh and mostly from Uttar Pradesh, the programmes in the past, there were high endemic pock- “Due to lack of public tion observed during the drive, Telangana. Both the States are with the click of a button,” including those of previous ets of the crippled disease and awareness there is a delay in Dr Girdhar, said, “There were seeking funds from the PM- sources said. As per initial governments, the policy instru- that patients were suffering diagnosis of leprosy,” Dr Dinesh a lot of patients suffering from Kisan yojna and want to dis- reports, over 1.22 crore farm- ment used has always been with serious infectious cases. Kumar Devaraj, Joint Secretary fungal infections. We saw tribute by their own to the ben- ers have been enrolled under price,” said the officials. “What is worrying is that in IADVL said, adding most lep- chronic cases as high as 95 per eficiary farmers. the scheme across the country In the interim budget, the the last two three-years, and rosy cases were from Odisha, cent and recurrent cases as high As many as 1.22 crore small till date. The Ministry is Modi Government announced that what we also noticed dur- Bihar, West Bengal, as 60 per cent. Family members and marginal farmers have Agriculture is working to enroll direct income support of Rs ing our drive undertaken in 18 Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra. were affected up to 70 per cent been enrolled by the Ministry over two crore farmers by the 6,000 per year to 12.5 crore States that we are seeing During the drive, the asso- and more than 80 per cent of of Agriculture till date for the time of launch of the scheme. eficiary by their own to get Modi to consider inclusion of small and marginal farmers patients with multibacillary ciation reached out to more child cases have an affected PM Kisan scheme. The Modi As per estimate, there are 12 maximum political mileage in landless labourers, sharecrop- with land holding up to 2 leprosy - the more severe form, that 3,00,000 people with adult in family. Also, 50 to 70 Government intends to ensure crore small and marginal farm- the upcoming Lok Sabha and pers and vulnerable house- hectares under the PM Kisan which includes some of the chronic cases as high as 95 per per cent have used steroid release of first instalment to all ers in the country. Assembly polls. Earlier, the holds under the PM-KISAN, Samman Nidhi Yojana. Since most infectious cases,” said Dr cent and recurrent cases as high creams for fungal infections.” eligible farmers — small and According to sources, non- Odisha Government was not Assam and Jharkhand have the scheme was launched in Mukesh Girdhar, national Vice as 60 per cent. Quackery is of major con- marginal — before the model BJP State Government wants keen but now they have agreed sought explanation from the retrospective effect from President, IADVL. One of the other diseases cern in these situations where code of conduct kicks in. fund from the Centre and dis- to join the Centre’s PM-Kisan Centre over implementation of December 1, 2018, the first He said such patients that was widely prevalent was Schedule H drugs are pre- Top sources said that UP tribute it on their own while the scheme. the scheme and West Bengal instalment of Rs 2,000 is due (multibacillary leprosy) need Vitiligo. More than 10 million scribed by unqualified people Government has enrolled over Centre on the other hand, “Odisha Chief Minister and Madhya Pradesh have within the current fiscal year advanced and regular treat- Indians suffer from Vitiligo. Dr (quacks), said the experts. 70 lakh small and marginal want to distribute to the ben- Naveen Patnaik has urged PM asked for more time from the ending March 31, 2019. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 nation 06

BHIMA KOREGAON-ELGAAR PARISHAD CASE DMDK proves to be tough, seeks more seats from AIADMK Supplementary chargesheet filed in court KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n reporters that his visit was to CHENNAI wish Vijayakanth best of health TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI read with 34 (common inten- Apart from Bhardwaj and ground means. Human and investigators had claimed that and a speedy recovery. “We tion), 121, 121 (A) (Waging or Ganapathy, the three other civil rights organisations like they had recovered from the he AIADMK which staged spoke politics also and I request- he Pune police on attempting to wage a war, or Indian Association of People’s laptop of Wilson an allegedly Ta ‘coup’ on Tuesday by rop- ed him to take a decision keep- TThursday filed a 1,837- abetting waging of war, against accused named in the Lawyers (IAPL), Anuradha incriminating letter, which ing in the PMK to its fold for ing the national interests in page supplementary the Government of India) 124A Ghandi Memorial Committee uncovered an alleged plot by facing the Lok Sabha election, mind,” he said. chargesheet before a Pune (sedition), 153 –A (wantonly supplementary charge-sheet are, (AGMC), Kabir Kala Manch, the Maoists to carry out “Rajiv came across an unexpected Sources close to the actor court against five more persons, giving provocation with intent Telugu poet Varavara Rao, all of which set up legally, Gandhi-type” assassination of road block by Thursday as said that Vijyakanth has some including human rights activist to cause riot..) and 505-1b were supporting the outlawed Prime Minister Narendra Vijayakanth of the DMDK “accounts to settle” with the Sudha Bharadwaj and fugitive (statements conducing public activists Vernon Gonsalves and CPI (Maoists) Modi. demanded seven constituen- AIADMK, which he claims was Maoist leader Ganapathy alias mischief) of Indian Penal Code Arun Pereira According to the charge- On August 28, the Pune cies for his party to fight the instrumental in decimating his Chandrashekhar, in connection (IPC) sheet, accused number two police arrested five more election. outfit after the 2011 assembly with the much-discussed Confirming that a supple- Minister Narendra Modi and Alias Ritupan Goswami from Rona J Wilson had colluded activists Varavara Rao, Vernon Vijayakanth has reportedly election. The DMDK which Elgaar Parishad-cum- Bhima- mentary charge-sheet had been overthrow the democratically Assam, Manglu, Dipu and with Shoma Sena and Gonsalves and Arun Pereira, told the AIADMK representa- contested the 2011 assembly Koregaon riots case. filed in the local court, Pune’s elected government in the Kishan Prashant Bose, all Prashanto Bose, secretary of Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam tive who called on him that election as an ally of the Three months after they Joint Commissioner of Police country. owing allegiance to the banned the outlawed CPI (Maoist)’s Navlakha for their association during the 2014 Lok Sabha AIADMK had won 29 seats and filed the first charge sheet Shivaji Bodkhe said on In their chargesheet filed CPI (Maoists). The charge- Eastern Regional Bureau, along with the Elgaar Parishad held election, his party was allocat- Vijayakanth was the Leader of against ten accused in the same Thursday, “The evidence that before a Special Unlawful sheet stated that these five with other underground in Pune a day ahead of the ed 14 seats by the BJP while the the Opposition. But 14 MLAs case, the Pune police filed a we have produced against the Activities (Prevention) Act accused had gone “under- activists hatched a conspiracy January 1, 2018 Bhima- PMK was given only seven belonging to the DMDK comprehensive charge-sheet five accused includes evidence (UAPA) Court in Pune ten ground” in various parts of the to kill the Prime Minister of Koregaon riots and their seats. The AIADMK had signed switched over to the AIADMK before ted before Additional retrieved from electronic weeks after the same court country. India. alleged links with the Maoists. a deal with the PMK on Tuesday camp. Vijayakanth believes Sessions Judge Kishor Vadane. devices seized from the arrest- extended a 90-day deadline The ten accused named in Like in the case of the pre- It may be recalled that on allocating seven seats and a that it was at the instance of Apart from Bhardwaj and ed activists. We have charged for filing the charge-sheet by the first charge-sheet in the vious ten accused, the current January 1, one Rahul Rajya Sabha seat for the Jayalalithaa, the then chief min- Ganapathy, the three other them with waging war against another 90 days, the Pune Bhima-Koregaon case have five have been charged with Phatangale (28), a Dalit, was Vanniyar dominated party. ister that the MLAs ditched him. accused named in the supple- the nation and spreading the police had named Sudhir P. been charged under the same “waging a war” against the killed and another 40-odd vehi- While the AIADMK had If the AIADMK parts with mentary chargesheet are, ideology of their banned organ- Dhawale, Rona J Wilson, sections as is the case with the nation. cles and some other property smooth negotiations with the seven seats to the DMDK, the Telugu poet Varavara Rao, isation and creating caste con- Surendra P Gadling, Shoma five accused, including Five Maoist-linked activists were damaged after some mis- PMK and the BJP, Vijayakanth ruling party would be left with activists Vernon Gonsalves and flicts, disaffection and hatred in Sen, Mahesh S. Raut as among Bhardwaj, against whom the Human Rights activists Rona creants attacked Dalits cele- is proving himself to be a tough just 19 seats. There are parties Arun Pereira. the society”. the 10 persons. They had been supplementary charge-sheet Wilson Jacob, Surendra brating the January 1, 1818 vic- nut. The situation turned curi- like Puthiya Tamilakam, TMC Like in the case of the ear- On November 15 last year, arrested from various parts of was filed on Thursday. Gadling, Sudhir Dhawale, Prof tory of British troops over ous on Thursday as S and fringe parties which too lier charge-sheet, the five the Pune police had filed the the country on June 6. The charge-sheet had stat- Shoma Sen and Mahesh Raut Peshwa Bajirao II’s army at Thirunavakarassar, the former have to be accommodated in the activists have been charged first chargesheet before a spe- The five other accused ed that the five arrested activists were arrested by the Pune Bhima-Koregaon in Pune dis- TNCC president called on the front, which is causing anxiety under various relevant sec- cial court in Pune against 10 named in their charge-sheet as --Dhawale, Wilson, Gadling, police on June 6, in connection trict of western Maharashtra. actor-turned-politician at the to the AIADMK leadership. tions of the Unlawful Activities persons in the Bhima- the absconding accused by the Shoma Sen and S. Raut –were with the Elgaar Parishad and Following the incident, latter’s residence in Chennai. The DMK had on Prevention Act (UAPA), 117 ( Koregaon riots case, accusing Pune police were M alias linked to the CPI (Maoists) subsequent Bhima-Koregaon Maharashtra had witnessed The Congress leader who Wednesday allocated nine seats abetting commission of them among other things of Milind Teltumbde from which carried out subversive caste riots. large-scale Dalit protests which spent nearly 30 minutes with the in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat offence), 120-b ( conspiracy) conspiring to kill Prime Yavatmal, Prakash alias Navin activities through under- Subsequently on June 8, the turned violent at some places. actor and his family later told in Puducherry to the Congress.

INDIA TO STOP... Government also submitted a CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the lease area,” stressing that the Following the attack, the revised cost estimate of Rs lease does not confer rights for Omar: Our students Government revoked the Most 2,793.54 crore and requested the mineral extraction or access to Favoured Nation (MFN) status Centre to include the project in GOVT ALLOWS... provided from the Indian Air resources beneath the sea bed given to Pakistan and also the prioritised list of the Pradhan The decision of the Force as and when required,” it and sea water. It also maintains imposed 200 per cent customs Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana Government comes in the wake said in a statement. A senior offi- that those granted the lease are being targeted, duty on all goods imported (PMKSY)/Accelerated Irrigation of the February 14 Pulwama cial said the step will allow “shall have no right to from the neighbouring country. Benefit Programme (AIBP) pro- attack in which 44 personnel of more and more personnel to block/bar/restrict the entire area “We have started the work of jects. The project, when imple- the CRPF were killed when a undertake air travel to and from under this lease from any rou- purification of river Yamuna ... mented, will enable the up- explosives-laden vehicle was Kashmir but the requirement of tine activities, as felt necessary why PM is silent After the formation of India and stream Ranjit Sagar Dam project blown off by a JeM terrorist, near running convoys of the securi- for the purpose of livelihood and Pakistan, Pakistan got three power station to act as a peaking a force bus that was plying ty forces cannot be brought to other activities that could coex- MOHIT KANDHARI n officers took care of rivers, and India got three rivers. station, besides having its own between Jammu-Srinagar as zero. ist with the offshore wind ener- JAMMU them and maintained The rightful water of our three generation capacity of 206 MW part of a convoy. gy farm, in the interest of com- co-ordination with the rivers was flowing to Pakistan. and irrigation benefit of 37,173- Questions were raised as to NO WIND POWER... mon public” provided those ours after former State Government and Now we will build three projects hectare to Punjab and J-K. why these troops are not allowed It also stipulates that “if the activities have no potential to HChief Minister kept the students safe. on them, and diver the water to to travel by air so that the risk holder fails to comply with the harm the project. At present, Omar Abdullah ques- Even yesterday in river Yamuna,” Gadkari said on SP BAGS 37... and threat of travelling on road, terms and conditions of the lease most of the installed wind power tioned Prime Minister Dehradun Kashmiri Wednesday at Baghpat in Uttar Out of the 16 reserved con- in large convoys in the Kashmir without sufficient reasons or to in India is concentrated in two Narendra Modi’s students stated that Pradesh while addressing a pub- stituencies, the BSP will contest Valley, is eliminated. A senior furnish the required informa- regions - the southern States of silence on Kashmiri students there was no risk or danger to lic rally. The Union Cabinet in on 10 seats while the SP will field official said jawans and sub-offi- tion’s in any manner as per the Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and being targeted in various parts them and PDP people there December had approved the its candidates from six of these cers, the ranks who were killed provisions under this rule, if Andhra Pradesh and the west- of the country J&K Governor were creating a false ruckus. Shahpurkandi dam project on seats. As per the list, the SP will in the suicide attack in Pulwama, detected during the inspections ern States of Maharashtra, Satya Pal Malik on Thursday There is an attempt to create the Ravi river in Punjab, a move field its candidates from will now be able to book tickets authorised by the Central Rajasthan and Gujarat. denied reports of attacks on an issue where there is no that was intended to help India Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, in regular commercial flights Government, shall be punish- students. issue, just to communalise arrest its share of water flowing Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Pilibhit, and claim reimbursement from able with imprisonment for a SURGICAL STRIKE... Addressing a press con- before the elections and I into Pakistan. For this, a central Kheri, Hardoi, Lucknow, Unnao, their organisation or force for term of six months with deter- As per the assignment by ference in Srinagar Omar told don’t want to react to such assistance of Rs 485.38 crore for Faizabad, Barabanki, Bahraich, this travel to and from Kashmir. mined fine by the Central the grand old party, Hooda will reporters, “All over the coun- childish man.” irrigation component over five Gonda, Gorakhpur, The Home Ministry said the Government. “Failure to pay fine manage a team of retired police try but especially in some During the press confer- years from 2018-19 to 2022-23 Maharajganj, Ballia, Azamgarh, new facility is “in addition” to the by the lessee would entail and Army officers to prepare areas, an entire population is ence Omar had also slammed was also announced. The Indus Chandauli, Varanasi, existing air courier services for imprisonment for further peri- comprehensive report on the being maligned. Our students Congress and said not just the Waters Treaty was signed Robertsganj, Mirzapur, Phulpur, central para-military forces od of six months.” The draft national security challenges. outside the State, with no con- ruling party and the PM, but between India and Pakistan in Allahabad, Banda, Jhansi, where an entire aircraft is rules also state that “every lessee AICC sources said he is com- nection to politics, are being even the opposition has been 1960 for sharing of Indus waters. Kanpur, Etawah, Kannauj, booked for the force personnel shall have the exclusive right to mitted to complete his report on targeted and expelled. This is absolutely silent on this issue. According to the Treaty, India Mainpuri, Kushinagar, Etah, from either Delhi or Jammu to carry out, in addition to geo- national security in next one nothing but a conspiracy. Why Referring to possibility of got the full rights for utilisation Firozabad, Hathras, Budaun, Srinagar and back. Home logical and geophysical surveys month. The report to tackle is the Centre silent on it” ? dialogue between India and of waters of the three eastern Kaushambi and Kairana. Minister Rajnath Singh said the data, other studies relating to major national security issues Reacting to Omar’s state- Pakistan Omar said, “talks with rivers — Ravi, Beas and Satluj. The 38 constituencies from decision will “immediately ben- geo-technical survey and inves- were assigned to Hooda 10 days ment on a TV debate Pakistan cannot be held in the “Some of the water of the Ravi where the BSP will field its can- efit approximately 7.8 lakh para- tigations and testing operations ago, Congress sources said Governor Satya Pal Malik later backdrop of terror attacks such river at present is going waste didates are Bijnor, Amroha, military personnel of the ranks required for development of which is before the unfateful said “I don’t want to comment as the one in Pulwama, in through the Madhopur Aonla, Shahjahanpur, Bhadohi, of constable, head constable offshore wind energy installa- Pulwama attack last week. on what Omar said but, I can which 40 CRPF jawans were Headworks downstream to Sitapur, Misrikh, Mohanlalganj, and assistant sub-inspector who tions or/and related activities in Hailing the step, Congress tell you something for your killed. “Our PM has talked Pakistan. Implementation of the Pratapgarh, Sultanpur, were otherwise not eligible ear- the area covered under the lease spokesperson Priyanka information, there are approx- about a ‘muh tod jawab’ but project would minimise such Akbarpur, Kaiserganj, Fatehpur lier”. The Ministry said for the but shall not have the overall Chaturvedi tweeted, “Yet anoth- imately 22000-25000 Kashmiri such a reply is not possible in wastage of water,” the Sikri, Basti, Domariyaganj, Jammu and Kashmir sector, an right to sublease any part of the er positive and welcome step students studying outside J&K, the current situation as the Government has said in a state- Nagina, Bansgaon, Gautam air courier service was already area covered under the lease”. It towards a strong nation and not a single student has even Pakistan PM has also stated ment. In September 2018, the Buddha Nagar, Salempur, available for para-military emphasised that the lessee also stronger national security by been slapped”. that they would not think of Punjab and the Jammu & Deoria, Ghosi, Lalganj, jawans and this was extended in has the right to carry out the Congress president He said, “At eleven loca- but retaliate if any attack is Kashmir Governments had Machhalishahr, Jaunpur, December, 2017 to cover more development works like con- @RahulGandhi. The experience tions we had appointed liaison launched by India,” Abdullah signed an agreement to resume Ambedkar Nagar, Ghazipur, routes like: Delhi-Jammu, struction of buildings, water- that Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda officers 6 months ago, these said. works on the Rs 2,793-crore Sant Kabir Nagar, Fatehpur, Jammu-Srinagar, Srinagar- ways, roads, evacuation infra- brings in, will benefit the nation Shahpurkandi project. Though Hamirpur, Jalaun, Dhaurahra, Jammu and Jammu-Delhi. structure (cables), offshore sub- in the long run.” In another the work on the project began in Shravasti, Farrukhabad, Agra, “The number of flights fur- stations, underwater electric tweet, she said, “The only thing 2013, it was halted due to certain Aligarh, Bulandshahr, Meerut ther extended in December, cables but “shall have no right to they will find is Surgical Strike Yuva Sena workers beaten issues raised by J-K. The Punjab and Saharanpur. 2018. In addition, air support is minerals and other resources in and How’s the josh?! :))” up 4 Kashmiri students TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI why they had come to Yavatmal and whether were they linked n a disturbing incident that with terrorists. “What is your Itook place a week after the name? Why have you come Pulwama terror attack, four here? You should not come Kashmiri students were humil- here.... What connection do iated, beaten up and forced by you with the terrorists there?... Yuv Sena activists to raise slo- You relatives are killing our gans like “Vande Mataram”, jawans there. Why have you “Hindustan Zindabad” and come here? How many students “Bharatmata ki Jai” at Yavatmal are here like you in Yavatmal”. in eastern Maharashtra. The replies from a student Umar Rashid Dar (19) and like “I have to come to study Umar Nazir Ganai (20) both here... I am the son of a doctor. from Kupwara in Jammu and I have not been to Kashmir for Kashmir and two of their other the last one and a half friends from the same state were years...There are 15 to 20 caught hold of near their rent- Kashmiri students in Yavatmal ed homes at Yavatmal late on (the Yuv Sena leader tells the stu- Wednesday night, beaten up dent: Tell them not to be here),” and forced to raise slogans hail- would not satisfy the Yuv Sena ing India, by the Yuv Sena leader who continued to beat activists. The victim students are him and other students up. from Dayabhai Patel College of The footage of the incident Physical Education. The Yuv also showed the Yuv Sena leader Sena activists accosted them order the victim Kashmiri stu- near their rented homes in dents to raise slogans like Waghapur Road area of the “Hindustan Zindabad”, “Vande town and physically harassed Mataram” and “Bharat Mata ki them as a mark of “protest” Jai”. The victim students readily against the Pulwama terror obliged the Yuv Sena leader. strike in which 40 CRPF jawans Incidentally, the incident took were killed. Two of the jawans place four days after Prime from the neighbouring Minister Narendra Modi visit- Buldhana district were among ed the Yavatmal town to launch those killed in the Pulwama several development projects. In attack. A clip of video footage his speech, Modi said that how- shot by the Yuv Sena activists ever the perpetrators of themselves went viral on social Pulwama mayhem “will defi- media on Thursday. The footage nitely be punished” and the showed a local Yuv Sena leader security forces had been given beating the Kashmiri students a “free hand” to deal with the and asking them questions like counter-attack they deemed to from where they were, as to fit. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 nation 07 Didi for united, powerful India IED recovered

SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA expressed on the Twitter her “best wishes to all on from Govt bus engal Chief Minister International Mother Language BMamata Banerjee on Day” asking the people to Thursday expressed her strong “respect all languages but take resolve to espouse and defend pride in your mother tongue” in Maharashtra India’s unity and urged the told a gathering at Deshapriya people to respect each others’ Park in South Kolkata that she Security beefed to defuse the IED by removing languages in tandem with tak- wanted a united India which the wires and detonator in it. The ing “pride in your mother was strong and powerful by at bus depots, police sanitised the ST bus in the tongue.” dint of its unity. stands, checks early hours of today,” a senior Banerjee who was speaking “We all want to sleep with ordered in buses police officer said. Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha members at the start of their Nashik to Mumbai at the inauguration of the unity, walk with unity, talk with Raigad’s district superin- protest march to press for their various demands in Nashik on Thursday PTI International Mother Language unity …we want a united India, TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI tendent of police Anil Paraskar Day said she wanted a truly a powerful India,” Banerjee said that device had been sent united India which was pow- said. n improvised explosive for forensic examination. "We erful and where the people Meanwhile, ruling Adevice (IED) was recov- have a reason to believe the Ex-Visva Bharati V-C, Registrar were mutually respectful each Trinamool Congress sources ered from a State Transport bus device might have been kept others’ cultures. said the Bengal Chief Minister in Maharashtra’s Raigad district to create a panic and terror In an apparent reference to would next week attend the late on Wednesday night. among people,” Paraskar said. get five-year RI for forgery the post-Pulwama hysterics anti-BJP opposition meet The ST bus was on its way After the incident, the where the people of Kashmir scheduled to be held at Mohali from Karjat to Apta village near coastal Raigad district was SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA were subjected to victimisation in Punjab. Panvel town when the driver placed under a high alert. The all over the country Banerjee The meeting is likely to be found a suspected material State-run Maharashtra State n a rare judgment a Birbhum said the entire community held on February 26. A senior kept in a bag on board the bus, Road Transport Corporation Icourt on Thursday sentenced should not be judged by the act TMC leader said “the Chief at around 11 pm. (MSRTC) ordered beefing up former Vice Chancellor, of one person. Minister will take part in the The circumspect ST bus of security across its depots, bus Registrar and a professor of the “I cannot expect victimi- all-party meeting at Mohali as driver quickly acted and asked stands and buses in the state. prestigious Visva Bharati sation of (Kashmiri) people for she has been a prime mover for the passengers to disembark the Maharashtra’s Transport University to five years’ rigor- one instance,” she said adding an opposition unity to throw bus. He also immediately alert- minister Diwakar Raote ous imprisonment after they “there is no reason to judge all the BJP out of power.” ed the police about the finding. ordered a check of all the buses were found guilty of forgery by Former Vice-Chancellor of Visva- the Kashmiris by the act of one Banerjee had earlier A team of Bomb Detection in its fleet. "This is serious and the same court. Bharati University Dilip Sinha (L) and person.” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pays floral tribute at the Bhasha attended a similar meeting at and Disposal Squad from the the matter is being investigat- Additional Chief Judicial Registrar Dilip Mukhopadhaya (R) A suicide attacker from Shahid Memorial monument on the occasion of International Mother Language NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s res- nearby Alibaug rushed to the spot ed," he said. Magistrate Arvind Mishra on being taken to be produced at ACJM Kashmir had last week rammed Day in Kolkata on Thursday PTI idence in Delhi where she met short afterwards. The team found Meanwhile, initial investi- Thursday sentenced ex VC court, in Birbhum on Thursday PTI into a CRPF convoy with an most opposition leaders includ- that the material looking a device gations have revealed the IED and mathematician Dilip IED-loaded vehicle killing 44 condemnation against in India. ing Congress president Rahul kept in a bag was indeed an IED. device was of relatively of a low Kumar Sinha, Registrar Dilip jawans inviting world-wide Pakistan-sponsored terrorism Banerjee who earlier Gandhi. “The team took nearly five hours intensity explosive. Kumar Mukherjee and Mutki in the University of Calcutta. Deb a former professor to 5 As a result Deb’s forged testi- years’ RI after they were found monials established her as a guilty under various sections of B.Sc, M.Sc and M.Phil pass Forgery Act, and Sections 467, outs from CU, Jadavpur Niti: Govt reforms made India fastest economy 468, 471, 475 and 120B (crim- University and Visva Bharati inal conspiracy) of the Indian University respectively. The Penal Code. Registrar was found guilty for economy along with the combined with the microeco- China, which is estimated to A prosecution lawyer said neglecting his duty by cross- India’s macroeconomic stability not nomic stability,” the note said. grow at 6.6 per cent in 2018-19, that Deb had forged her testi- checking the testimonials. growth in witnessed in the past, accord- Narendra Modi became the note said. monials and joined the A case was registered after ing to a note prepared by the the prime minister in May “The uptick in economic University as a lecturer in Deb applied for enrolment in the current Niti Aayog. 2014 after the Bharatiya Janata growth has come from various mathematics despite being an Ph.D course in 2002. When she The country’s growth, the Party-led National Democratic economic reforms undertaken undergraduate. Photostat was asked to produce her orig- fiscal year note added, has decisively Alliance won the general elec- by the Government such as copies of her forged mark inal certificates she withdrew her increased over the last five tions. The next general elec- improvement in ease of doing sheets and certificates were application saying they had is estimated years and is much higher than tions are due in April-May. business, opening up to for- allegedly stamped and attested been stolen and even placed a the average growth among the According to the note, in eign direct investments, the by Dr Sinha who functioned as police diary in favour of her to be 7.2 emerging and developing 2018-19, against India’s likely push for infrastructure devel- the VC of the said central claims. After the authorities economies. growth of 7.2 per cent, the opment and a stable and deci- University from 1995 to 2001. conducted a probe all the three per cent “India’s economic perfor- world GDP growth would be sive policy environment,” it Visva Bharati was founded were found guilty and an FIR mance dipped considerably 3.7 per cent and median of added. by Poet Laureate Rabindranath was registered with the Bolpur PTI n NEW DELHI during 2010-13. seven emerging market India’s growth in the cur- Tagore and is considered a cen- Police Station. “Over the last five years economies (Brazil, China, rent fiscal year is estimated to tre of excellence throughout Meanwhile, the advocate of he host of reforms under- (2014-18), the India economy Indonesia, Philippines, Russia, be 7.2 per cent with the growth the world. the convicts said his client Ttaken by the Government has recovered and now is going South Africa and Turkey) is 3.5 in preceding three years being It was alleged that Sinha would prefer an appeal in the has transformed India into through one of its best-ever per cent. 8 per cent, 8.2 per cent and 7.2 had impersonated as one higher courts even as the trio the fastest-growing major phases of economic growth The closest to India is per cent. Rashbehari Ghosh a professor was taken into jail custody. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Saudi significance India’s ties with Saudi Arabia have been symbiotic A befitting reply but it’s important to balance the relationship or some, it might seem incongruous that Prime Minister Narendra Modi received For India’s response to the Pulwama terror attack to be truly effective, we must show FCrown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin-Salman (MbS), at the airport when the de our ability to be patient and cause maximum damage at the most appropriate time facto ruler of the world’s largest oil producer and effective leader of the Muslim world land- ed in India. MbS, as a young leader who styles himself in an attempt to be cool with young Saudis, had after all just gone to Pakistan mere- ly days after the Pulwama attack and not even rapped the Pakistanis. But then, screamed crit- ics in India, why was Narendra Modi going to receive MbS at the airport? He should have been given the same treatment that AJOY KUMAR Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, got during his official visit last year ebruary 14, 2019, will henceforth thanks to the Khalistani links of that government. be remembered as a day marred by The problem is that this is a complicated geopolitical issue that cannot real- the horrific images of a cowardly ly be brought down to simplistic arguments. The close ties between Saudi Arabia act of terror where more than 40 and Pakistan go back a long way, to the formation of Pakistan as a theocrat- Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)F soldiers were killed in Pulwama. ic Islamist state. Saudi Arabia provided Pakistan with money and weapons dur- The suicide bomber, Adil Ahmad Dar, who ing the 1965 and 1971 wars, and it was rumoured to have even provided fight- has been identified as the culprit of this das- er pilots. Pakistan plays a role for Saudi Arabia as well, it channelised Saudi tardly act, detonated close to 60 kilos of explosives near a convoy of CRPF soldiers. money and citizens such as Osama bin Laden into Afghanistan where they fought The Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed as mujahideen against the Soviet Army in what became a “Holy War” of sorts. responsibility for this act of terror and it has Given the shortage of Saudi citizens wanting to be enlisted soldiers, Pakistani been widely reported that the JeM has been supported and enabled by the Government citizens make up large numbers in that nation’s army. And it was Pakistani spe- of Pakistan. There is no denying the fact that cial forces that finally helped the Saudi state and the ruling al-Saud family dur- this was a day of mourning for India but it ing the dramatic 1979 rebellion in Mecca when the Kaa’ba itself was stormed. is crucial that this incident also becomes an inflection point where India provides a Today, Pakistan is a pawn in Saudi Arabia’s undeclared war with Shia Iran. So befitting reply to its enemies and emerges when MbS says that Pakistan has the potential for $20 billion in investment, stronger than before. he is in essence repaying a debt to Pakistan. India then stands at the crossroads. While every Indian, I am sure, agrees that Therefore, some might ask why India should entertain a man so obvi- such acts of terror must not go unpunished ously allied with Pakistan. Of course, India’s huge Muslim population is the and should be avenged, the question for us most obvious reason, so keeping MbS and the Saudi state at least partial- as Indians is: What constitutes a befitting reply? Is it a reply that is ill-thought out, ly on one’s side is the intelligent thing to do. And it is no secret that Modi reactionary and detrimental to India’s has received very few leaders at the airport, MbS and previously Benjamin interests and values in the long-term or is Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, being two of them. India plays a criti- it one where we emerge stronger and show the enemies of our country that while its body examined the chronology questionable and are, in fact, an entire community due to our cal role between those two nations, in fact that is why Air India got over- enemies will try creating a divide through of events on September 11, aiding our enemies. The first pain over terrorist attacks, we flying rights over Saudi Arabia for its Tel Aviv flight. And then there is the cowardly acts of terror, our country will 2001, right from early 1999, type of reaction is one that lose humanity, something that simple fact that Saudi Arabia is home to millions of Indians and the remit- continue to stand unafraid and unmoved. when the hijackers prepared for demands an all-out war against distinguishes us from the cow- tances they send here are still important to our economy. MbS wants to We must refuse to give up those values, the attack while living in another nuclear power. ardly terrorists, who attack India which distinguish us from failed states that Germany till the point when the Unsurprisingly, a number of and what it stands for. encourage the ‘Saudisation’ of the job force in his country which will be have long ago given up the ideals of a pros- planes had been hijacked by the these calls are from individuals, All of us, including all polit- detrimental to Indian workers, so keeping him on our side is strategic. Of perous and democratic society. terrorists. At each point in the who have the luxury to opine ical parties, must come out course, Saudi Arabia is and will remain one of the largest suppliers of oil I am just as angry and livid at the attack chronology of events, the IF INDIA DOES without the threat of conse- clearly and unequivocally as any patriot but at a time like this, it is Commission submitted expert EXECUTE ITS quence. The more rational voic- against this behaviour. We must to India and now as it prepares for a post-oil future, its funds to India’s start- important to remember the words of suggestions on how to plug each es on the subject are typically recognise that such a reaction is up economy matter as well. MbS is no hero, his role in the brutal murder Aristotle, who had said, “Anybody can and every lapse that led to the RESPONSE from soldiers and members of what the forces, that seek to of columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the way he went after his rivals in the become angry — that is easy, but to be angry 9/11 attacks. It is imperative that the armed forces, who under- divide India, actually hope to with the right person and to the right degree India draws a similar approach WITHOUT ADEQUATE stand the cost of war and, per- achieve. Creating divides with- Saudi court should worry people. But we have little choice but to keep Saudi and at the right time and for the right pur- by constituting a commission of PREPAREDNESS haps, more significantly, the in the country so that we turn Arabia happy. However, it is plainly clear that MbS is learning on the job pose and in the right way — that is not with- experts, which examines the AND AT AN cost of rashness in a battlefield. on each other makes any future and has realised that prickling India is not the way to go even for him. in everybody’s power and is not easy.” In this chronology of events that ulti- For example, if India does acts of terror easier for our ene- week’s column, I will attempt to show how mately led to the February 14 INOPPORTUNE TIME, execute its response without mies. We must not allow the India can show its enemies that not only is attack and debate this report in adequate preparedness and at an enemies of the country inflict the country capable of taking hard decisions Parliament. Ultimately, this IT WILL RUN THE inopportune time, it will run the that sort of irreparable damage. and demonstrate that these acts of terror will report should be made public HUGE RISK OF huge risk of losing more brave An examination of acts of No gods in Tamil Nadu not be taken lying down but also that it will since such a step will help heap soldiers, not because of an act of terror throughout the world emerge stronger because of them. public pressure and prevent LOSING MORE terror but due to brashness. shows that rarely if ever are acts Minus the monolithic Jayalalithaa and Establish a Commission after such acts such lapses in the future. BRAVE SOLDIERS, Such an outcome is unacceptable. of terror random acts of vio- of terror: In the aftermath of 9/11, the US Strength from within first, While desire for revenge is nor- lence. Instead, they are thor- Karunanidhi, the state will give a mixed verdict instituted the 9/11 Commission, which was then without: Terrorism’s short- NOT BECAUSE OF AN mal, it cannot be at the cost of oughly planned and ruthlessly an independent, bipartisan body consisting term objective is to inflict pain ACT OF TERROR BUT reckless disregard for an Indian executed. Therefore, in order to or the first time in Tamil Nadu, elections of not only Republicans and Democrats but and sorrow through violence, life. That outcome, in my opin- be truly effective, our response won’t be about demi-gods in the also staff members, who were experts in var- and while horrific, its long-term DUE TO RASHNESS. ion, is unacceptable. While there must also demonstrate our abil- Fabsence of J Jayalalithaa and M ious fields. The Commission was charged aim of creating an environment SUCH AN OUTCOME are always casualties in war, it is ity to be patient and cause max- with preparing a complete report of the cir- that thrives on hate and suspi- difficult to justify such casualties imum damage at the most Karunanidhi, the two leaders who had cumstances surrounding the terrorist attack cion in the country is much IS UNACCEPTABLE if they are a result of aggression. appropriate time. While it may become larger than life enough to not only on the World Trade Centre and the more frightening and harmful. The other type of reaction be easy to give in to our more dominate state politics but alternately Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The report This terrorist attack seeks to we have seen is the targeting of basic demands for immediate examined the preparedness of the US and achieve the same goal. We, as Kashmiris across India. This, too, revenge, I think we can demand become kingmakers in national governments also provided recommendations to guard Indians, must not succumb. is a response that cannot be jus- better from ourselves and with plum portfolios. And considering the against such future attacks. It is imperative While understandably, tified and must be condemned. emerge stronger as a result of it. southern state along with Puducherry has that with acts of terror such as the recent one there is a lot of anger in our First, from a humane perspec- (The writer is Jharkhand in Pulwama, India responds similarly. As country over these attacks, tive, we must recognise that the PCC president, former MP and a sizeable 40 seats in the Lok Sabha, all part of the 9/11 Commission report, the some of the reactions to it are minute we take out our anger on IPS officer. Views are personal) national parties or coalitions have courted them at one time or the other. There have been stories about getting a rare audience with the imperious Jayalalithaa after S O U N D BITE hours of waiting at her Poes Garden residence and confabulations with the It is essential that there Who is destroying the They (BCCI) threaten the play- As far as development is closest aide of Karunanidhi to convey messages from Delhi. So yes, with must be accountability party? Our own people ers by asking them not to concerned, there should their passing, there is a political vacuum which their successors may not be under international law and from the party. It (SP) was play in the Pakistan Super be no politics on this. perpetrators of terrorist acts such a strong party and League, else they won't be State and Centre should able to fill. Despite best intentions. And though both the AIADMK and DMK be brought to justice swiftly. won elections on its own. allowed to play in IPL. unite for development. are looking at national parties, the former aligning with the BJP and the lat- ter with the Congress, to cushion themselves from a great fall, fact is both, UN chief Samajwadi Party veteran Former Pakistan skipper Vice President —Antonio Guterres —Mulayam Singh Yadav —Shahid Afridi —Venkaiah Naidu in their current denuded state, may for the first time give their national coun- terparts a confidence to make good in Tamil Nadu on their own. They them- selves might just become survivors rather than captains of their destiny. Contrary to the two icons, who have always looked outward as nobody challenged L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR their heavyweight status at home, their parties at this time are looking inward, hoping their alliances will decide their fate in the Assembly elections. China stands exposed is worth giving a try. Alliance politics in Chennai Azhar A Khan Let’s look at the AIADMK, the giant killer of the 2014 elections, and its Rampur tie-up with the BJP, which is not exactly riding a Modi wave this time. But it Sir — On the one hand, India has he battle lines are drawn in Tamil Nadu. The formal- Stand united is the best fertile ground for both to pull each other up, especially now that relentlessly been demanding that isation of the alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief, TParty (BJP) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra the BJP has mended fences with its erstwhile ally, the PMK. One doesn’t know Maulana Masood Azhar, be Kazhagam (AIADMK) followed by the Congress’ seat- Sir — This refers to the article, whether Jayalalithaa’s posters or videos will have the same effect as her live banned and has been exerting sharing agreement with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam “Getting a grip of Kashmir’s campaigns but the AIADMK under Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami is pressure on the UN to declare (DMK) means the choice before the electorate has been problem” (February 20) by him as global terrorist. On the limited to these two alliances. Whether TTV Dhinakaran’s Kalyani Shankar. All those, who clearly fearing a sizeable fall in vote share. Torn by dissension and faction other, China, one of the perma- Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) upstages try to divide India by killing inno- fights, he has safely staked the party’s future in only 25 seats. Besides, the nent member nations in the UN, the EPS-OPS-led AIADMK remains to be seen. If Kamal cent lives must be punished in nephew of Jayalalithaa’s aide Sasikala, TTV Dhinakaran, is likely to take a has constantly been foiling India’s Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiyam decides to go solo, it accordance with the law of the bid to name him. will have only an outside chance. the DMK-Congress alliance is more compatible as their land. Those, who do the same by big bite of the AIADMK’s vote pie. Dhinakaran is nowhere trying to appropri- Ironically, another perma- In the AIADMK-BJP combine, it is a clear case of ideologies may be divergent but not antithetical. The assaulting innocent Kashmiri stu- ate Amma’s aura but away from the alliance photo sessions, he is campaign- nent member country, France, one party piggybacking on another. The BJP and the anger against the Modi Government and EPS Government dents and shopkeepers, too, must ing in the villages, emerging to be the only leader after her to put Tamil Nadu has been moving a proposal to AIADMK are not natural allies but an opportunistic com- or anti-incumbency sentiment is strong and palpable in be punished accordingly. first and talk about people’s issues. Voters feel Palaniswami has not stood ban Azhar. Saudi Foreign bine. As a Dravidian party, AIADMK subscribes or should the State. For the formation of the next Government at In this hour of darkness, our Minister, Adel bin Ahmed Al- subscribe to the conception of social justice by Periyar the Centre, which alliance (and not which party) wins country needs to be united. We up enough in the Cauvery water dispute or the Sterlite protests. Besides, Jubeir, joined the chorus and and not to the Hindutva ideology espoused by the BJP. is what will count to the last seat. need to show it to the world that Dhinakaran has an excellent ground network in southern Tamil Nadu. Of course, demanded his proscription. No wonder, the BJP-AIADMK alliance is widely perceived G David Milton Kashmir is an integral part of India the PMK, given its past vote share, could steady the northern votes for the Meanwhile, Russia, too, has said to be an ‘alliance of convenience.’ On the other hand, Maruthancode and Kashmiris are our brothers that it isn’t averse to banning and sisters. Similarly, the interna- AIADMK-led alliance. But nobody expects a blockbuster performance, though Azhar. Clearly, China stands tional community must came every incremental seat for the BJP could only help in making up a projected exposed on its self-appeasing Bailing out the youth jobs has made matters worse. longed scenario of indecision together and pledge to root out the deficit in its national tally. Technically, the DMK scion MK Stalin has a slight approach. It is also a fact that the Sadly, despite severe castigation and precariousness hanging over menace called terrorism. The 45 JeM claimed responsibility for the from social, political and religious the youth’s future is at the root of CRPF soldiers, who were killed in edge and is following his astute father’s template in stitching up a pact with Pulwama attack. Beijing needs to Sir — This refers to the article, quarters, terrorist attacks contin- their disappointment and frustra- the Pulwama, represent the unity the Congress. First, the DMK is better off than 2014, when the 2G scam did know that terrorism in one part “Getting a grip of Kashmir’s ue unabated. tion. Ironically, they are exploit- in diversity of our great country. it in and it fought without allies, its voteshare plummeting in a free fall. Now of the world slowly and steadily problem” (February 20) by The writer is spot on in sug- ed by vested interests, too. Indeed, Pulwama martyrs teach us spearheads to every nook and Kalyani Shankar. I subscribe to gesting that while teaching the That a popular and democra- what India is all about. that Raja and M Kanimozhi are acquitted in the 2G case, the DMK and the corner. It cannot be an exception the writer’s view that radicalisa- recalcitrant neighbour, Pakistan, tic Government is trying to rope Sujit De Congress are hoping to regain their 2009 vote share of around 44 per cent. to terror. tion and alienation of the youth a lesson is a must, the Kashmir in prominent leaders from all Kolkata Meanwhile, actor Kamal Haasan could emerge vote cutter than the new god. KV Seetharamaiah in the Valley is on the rise. problem, too, needs to be political parties will help the sit- Hassan Failure to provide them with addressed pragmatically. A pro- uation return to normalcy. This Send your feedback to: Tamil Nadu seems to be setting an all-new template of hand-holders. [email protected] LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN Waiting for POINTCOUNTERPOINT WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS MOURNING, MODI WAS BUSY WHEN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS ONE, WHEN NATIONS polls in Nigeria SHOOTING FOR A FILM. IS THERE ANY PRIME MINSITER HAVE BEEN PASSING RESOLUTIONS, THE CONGRESS IN THE WORLD LIKE THIS? I HAVE NO WORDS REALLY. IS SEEKING TO WEAKEN THE MORALE OF THE NATION. Nigerian politicians switch parties as often as —CONGRESS’ CHIEF SPOKESPERSON —UNION MINISTER they change wives. You would think that such a RS SURJEWALA RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD system could not survive but it still does Words without meaning GWYNNE DYER engthy delays before announcing the results of African elec- Though general elections are a few months away, the BJP and the Congress are simply attacking tions are commonplace (the Democratic Republic of Congo Llast month, Zimbabwe last July, etc). It just means that peo- each other. Will they pull out a rabbit from their hats and bring a fresh narrative? ple voted the wrong way, and the Government needs time to re-arrange the results before publishing them. Postponing the vote at the last moment is much less common, and not so easy to explain. That’s what happened in Nigeria last week. Only five hours before the polls were due to open, the Independent National Election Commission postponed the election for a week, citing as reasons attempted sabotage, bad weather and problems with delivering the ballot papers. It’s weird but it’s hard to see who benefits from it. It may be down to simple incompetence. There are 79 candidates for the presidency but only two count. The incumbent, former general Muhammadu Buhari, is running again despite a less than stellar performance in his first term as an elected President. (He also held the office as a military dicta- AMITABH SHUKLA tor for 20 months in the 1980s, before being overthrown by anoth- er general.) Buhari won power in 2015 by claiming to be a born- fter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s entry into again democrat and a ‘new broom’ who would sweep away cor- active politics, our grand old party, the ruption and many Nigerians dared to believe him. He was the first ACongress, looks energised, motivated Opposition candidate ever to win a free presidential election. But and has the momentum on its side to face the four years later, Nigeria has fallen another 12 places on 2019 Lok Sabha election. Of course, it has been Transparency International’s corruption index: It now ranks 144th helped in no small measure by the Bharatiya out of 180 countries, just ahead of Mauretania. Janata Party (BJP), which now looks jaded, car- ries the disadvantage of anti-incumbency and Buhari is personally clean but his anti-corruption measures is seemingly devoid of the same energy and almost exclusively targeted politicians of other parties. Nigerian enthusiasm that marked the party’s campaign average incomes fell by more than a third and unemployment throughout 2013 till the 2014 general election. doubled on his watch (mostly because of the collapse in oil prices). Despite being on a roll — to an extent as He didn’t deliver on his promise to eliminate the Islamists extrem- Congress supporters would like to believe — ists of Boko Haram, affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), who after last year’s victories in the Assembly elec- have terrorised the north-east of the country. He is also so lethar- tions to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and gic, perhaps due to chronic illness, that he is popularly known Chhattisgarh, this would be the first battle in as ‘Baba-Go-Slow’. He took six months to name his Cabinet and recent years where the grand old party, which he was abroad so long on sick leave (five months) that when by default is the main challenger to the BJP, is yet to come out with a positive poll narrative or he finally came home, conspiracy theorists claimed that he had sound implementable promises. It needs a died and been replaced by a body double (‘Jubril from Sudan’) pitch, now. who had undergone plastic surgery. Rather than projecting any positive agenda Buhari should lose, and he probably will, because three ex- for the creation of jobs, to boost the country’s generals (all former Presidents), who once backed him, have economy or putting forth any dynamic agenda switched to his challenger, businessman Atiku Abubakar. ‘Atiku’ which it might have for foreign policy vis-à-vis is a billionaire who started out as a humble customs officer. People our neighbouring countries, all it is dependent speculate that this made him very useful to generals and other this time around is on the “failure” of the Modi farmers’ returns from investments in crop, seeds, the promise of achhe din acted as the catalyst powerful people, who wanted to parlay a small fortune into a regime to fulfill promises it made in 2014. As fertilisers and land are reduced and have, in fact, that instilled hope among a large section of the big one. Be that as it may, Atiku then went into the oilfield sup- of now, Rafale seems to be the single most come down significantly in recent years. But will population, cutting across caste and religious important agenda for the Opposition, even as the Congress implement the recommendations lines. ply business and prospered mightily (maybe with a little help from the ruling party is spiritedly defending itself and of the Swaminathan Commission report, which Five years down the line, all of these large- his friends). He served two terms as Vice President, after the has been denying any wrong doing. Attack, advocates a new mechanism for fixing Minimum IN THE ABSENCE ly remain a promise and the slogans raised then first of which, he was accused of having diverted $125 million attack and attack…seems to be the Congress’ Support Price for their crops? We have not heard have been given a decent burial. Even the of public funds to his own business interests. mantra as it enters the last phase before the elec- much from the party on this front except some OF A POSITIVE “Gujarat model of development”, which was sup- A US Senate report in 2010 accused him of having trans- tions are formally announced by the Election vague promises. posed to be implemented at the national level, ferred $40m of “suspect funds” to the US, using his American Commission of India. But Rafale doesn’t have In fact, even in Punjab, where the party has NARRATIVE remains forgotten and no one hears anything wife’s bank account but he has never faced a court. But he vows the ability to wash with the electorate as an emo- been in power for almost two years now, and AMONG BOTH about it anymore. What Modi and his party are to use his skills as an entrepreneur to sort out the country. If he tional issue. Can the Modi Government’s which is plagued by farm distress and farmers’ doing this time around is what they did in 2014 succeeds, and some of the money sticks to him, who cares? alleged failure, therefore, become the trump card suicides for long, we are yet to hear much except CONTENDERS FOR — virulently attack the Congress. Dynasty and At least it can be said on his behalf that he supports Arsenal. for the Congress? If the party’s think-tank that provisions for cosmetic loan-waivers have POWER — BJP alleged acts of omission and commission are the This is the choice that faces Nigeria and it’s really no choice at believes it can take the electoral plunge without been made. Farmers continue to be stressed in top subjects on which the grand old party can any positive agenda, or without any perfor- the State even though the Congress under Capt AND CONGRESS — be attacked. There is no attempt to even sell a all. Both candidates embody exactly the characteristics that define mance-oriented narrative, it is, perhaps, going Amarinder Singh took over the reins of power rescue plan for stressed Indians. the country’s problems. First, they are very old — Muhammadu through a delusional phase. There will be near almost two years ago. ELECTIONEERING So, there you are: Both the main contenders Buhari is 72, Atiku Abubakar is 72 — in a country where half unanimity among non-BJP parties and also a If you do not have anything concrete on the are calling each other names, they want the peo- the voters are under 35, and half the population is under 18. The large section of the academia and economists farm front, that’s fine, you can take a call later. SO FAR HAS BEEN ple to believe that the other is corrupt and are country is run by a congeries of mostly rich old men, mainly for that demonetisation was a blunder and that the But what are your plans about job creation and REDUCED TO trying to attract the voters’ eyeballs with their their own benefit and it has been, thus, ever since the return of implementation of the Goods and Services Tax giving impetus to the economy? There is no colourful vocabulary, which they are using democracy 20 years ago. Before that, it was run by a bunch of (GST) could have been done in a better way, and denying that demonetisation, which was fol- CHARGES AND against each other. What catapulted the BJP somewhat younger soldiers, also mostly for their own benefit. perhaps, in a phased manner. There can be no lowed by GST in quick succession, affected job COUNTER under Modi in 2014 was complete disillusion- Nigerian politicians switch parties as often as they change wives, argument on this front. But can this failure of growth. In fact, the combine triggered massive ment with 10 years of UPA regime, charges of and show only rhetorical concern for the 10 million young people the ruling party become the main weapon of the job losses. Has the Congress come up with a plan CHARGES. OF big ticket corruption, perception of a remote- Congress fightback? to infuse new life to the economy and create controlled Prime Minister and loss of hope who are unemployed. You would think that such a system could At present, all that the Congress has offered jobs? The answer obviously would be a big no. COURSE, REAL among the electorate for the future. Modi not survive and perhaps, one day, it will be swept away but there include loan-waivers to farmers in States like In 2014, when Prime Minister Narendra ELECTIONEERING brought in a wave of fresh air, positive change, is no sign of it happening in this election. The other thing the two Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, Modi was bidding for power at the Centre, he, political machismo and above all, hope for achhe chief presidential candidates have in common is a plethora of chil- where the party won last year, triggering spec- too, attacked the Congress left, right and cen- IS YET TO PICK UP din with some specific policy measures. dren. Buhari has 10 offspring from two marriages (one after the ulation that it would do well in the general elec- tre, using every possible imagery to pin down In the absence of a positive narrative other). Abubakar has 28 children from four marriages (simultane- tions too. But can loan-waiver alone be the the party and expose its inner contradictions. AND WILL BE SEEN among both contenders for power — BJP and ous). Humbler people can’t afford quite that many but most peo- panacea of all the ills that plague the farming This was similar to what the Congress is doing ONLY AFTER THE Congress — electioneering so far has been ple are doing their bit to ensure that Nigeria’s population outgrows community? No farmer, agriculturist or expert right now. At that time, Modi found traction reduced to charges and counter charges, attack its resources. This is a sensitive topic, but not to talk about it is to dealing with the farm economy and farm cri- among voters with three crucial words — Modi, NATION GETS and defence. Of course, real electioneering is yet ignore Nigeria’s biggest problem. In 1960, it had a quarter of the sis thinks so. At best, it is a pill which can only Modi, Modi — that echoed in almost all pub- to pick up and will be seen only after the nation remove the symptom but can never fight the lic meetings in the Hindi heartland throughout OVER THE gets over the Pulwama tragedy. But people are population of the US. Now it has more than half as many people cause of the disease. the campaign period. But at the same time, while PULWAMA still wondering if elections this time round would and by 2050, it will overtake the US to become the world’s third So, what can the Congress offer to the farm- tomtomming his personal charisma, he had also be fought on negative agenda, making both sides most populous nation. At that point, it will have over 400 million ers of the country? Farm distress is, perhaps, the come out with slogans of creating two crore jobs TRAGEDY look opportunist than committed visionaries people. Nigeria is only slightly larger than Texas (28 million). It will single most reason to make the Modi every year and gifting 15 lakh in every bank who will see us through. probably be a ‘free and fair’ poll, but it won’t change any of that. Government unpopular among the rural vote- account from the black money which was sup- (The writer is Senior Editor, The Pioneer, (The writer is an independent journalist) base. Low farm prices have ensured that the posedly parked in foreign accounts. Of course, Chandigarh) Give political shakti to women FOREIGN EYE Increasingly, women have shown equal, if not greater, understanding of their role as leaders. But obstacles are many and they have to triumph over them. Most important of all, the power to give women a chance still rests with the men

or local self-governments, that have priated by men, others are motivat- ing population in India. eral elections in 2014. Can this be woman from the backward Sahariya ensured that all households have ed to try and follow in their foot- Even at the national level, translated into greater participation tribe in the Lalitpur district of Uttar access to toilets; are free of open steps. Research has shown that women’s leadership in the political of women as candidates? Yes, says Pradesh. Jayanti’s journey from a defecation; and have separate toilets perceptions of women as leaders decision-making processes champi- a recent survey by Shakti, a non par- daily-wage labourer to a pradhan for boys and girls in schools and improve when they are seen and ons issues of development, gender tisan inclusive platform of women symbolises the growing political anganwadi centres. heard at village meetings. justice, elimination of gender-based across the country. empowerment and coming of age of IDEA OF A MIDDLE Although Sawant started her Studies have proven that violence, gender-equality laws, On being asked whether they many marginalised women. campaign much before she became women’s representation in local healthcare and safety of women, wanted more women MPs in Lok In the feudal and backward EAST NUCLEAR DEAL the village’s first woman pradhan, Governments can make a tangible irrespective of party affiliation. Sabha in 2019 elections, Shakti Bundelkhand region of the State, Congressional disaffection SWAPNA MAJUMDAR holding an office made it easier for difference. For example, the num- Despite their low numbers, (women received an affirmative answer from these women are now more willing with Saudi Arabia was her to push for sanitation and ber of drinking water projects in constitute 12.2 per cent of the MPs 10 lakh registered voters across the to participate actively in the elec- hen many of the guests left developmental work. It was her areas with women-led panchayats in the 16th Lok Sabha and 11.5 per rural, urban, women, men and toral process. Jayanti stood her already rising over the her wedding reception ability to catalyse change that cat- was 62 per cent higher than in those cent in the Rajya Sabha), women youth spectrum. Their Shakti-Neta ground despite threats and coercion Yemen war and the murder Wbecause of the terrible apulted her village to the top. that were led by men. Further, have shown equal, if not greater, App survey recorded 82.2 per cent to withdraw from the elections. of Jamal Khashoggi. The smell emanating from unhygienic Sawant is not the only one women legislators enhance eco- understanding of their role in ‘YES’ across 24 States. Even the announcement that House Oversight conditions prevailing in her village who has been bringing change. nomic performance in their con- Parliament. But first, political parties have she had lost by four votes did not Committee’s investigation in Maharashtra, Madhuri Sawant There are innumerable examples of stituencies by about 1.8 percentage While women MPs on an aver- to give women a chance to contest break her spirit. She exercised her was determined to change things. how the leadership of women in points per year more than male leg- age asked 234 questions in the Lok the elections. Only 8.8 per cent tick- right to a recount and was vindicat- painting a familiar picture of It took 14 years of single-minded panchayats is transforming India islators. Women legislators are Sabha, compared to 236 questions ets were given to women candidates ed when she was declared the win- Trump associates skirting determination to overcome a rigid and have been underlining why more effective at completing road by men MPs, female MPs on aver- by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ner by a thin margin of six votes. the law to curry favour with mindset and conditioning but there is an urgent need for an projects and, hence, creating infra- age participated in more debates and 12.9 per cent by the Congress Since then she has resolved prob- people who can make them Sawant ensured that her village was increase in women’s participation in structure for growth, according to (56) than their male counterparts in the 2014 general election. Will it lems related to the mid-day meals richer is a stark warning among the 12 villages from the political system. Their a recent study by the United (55), according to data collected by be different this time around? Will old age pension cards and roads. Maharashtra to win the first Nirmal presence in the village not only Nations University. PRS Legislative Research for the women be able to overcome prevail- The power to give women a that there is even greater Gram Puraskar, an award institut- inspires other women but increas- Additionally, by improving edu- 16th Lok Sabha (June 1, 2014, to ing cultural attitudes regarding chance still rests with the men. Now reason for concern and for ed by the Union Government in es aspirations among families with cational outcomes for girls, these July 31, 2018). gender roles, lack of finances and is the moment to prove that com- Congressional efforts to put October, 2003, to promote rural daughters. women leaders lay the foundation Incidentally, female voter the threat of violence? mitments for women-led develop- stricter controls in place. sanitation. Sawant’s village beat When women are seen taking for increasing their participation in turnout was higher than male That it is possible for women to ment don’t remain mere rhetoric. (The New York Times 443 contenders from 10 States to up responsibilities of village lead- the labour force and, thereby, clos- turnout in 16 States and Union triumph over these obstacles has (The writer is a senior win the award given to panchayats ers, which are traditionally appro- ing the gap of male-to-female work- Territories out of 35 in the last gen- been shown by Jayanti, a young journalist) editorial) LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 money 10

Tech Mahindra to RCap invites Nippon Life to buy its iRobot looks to Markets extend gains; PSU buy back shares at strengthen 14.59% premium entire stake in asset management JV presence in India banks, metal stocks shine New Delhi (PTI): IT firm PTI n NEW DELHI make further announcements company. According to the New Delhi (PTI): iRobot Tech Mahindra on Thursday at the appropriate time. sources, once the transaction Corp, which offers premium PTI n MUMBAI affirmation of slow pace in rate announced a `1,956-crore buy- nil Ambani-led Reliance As per BSE data, as on goes through, the company robotic cleaners globally, is look- Undercurrent hikes. back of its shares at `950 apiece, ACapital (RCap) on December 31, 2018, Reliance would become the largest ing to strengthen its distribution quity indices closed high- in the market “Accumulation is seen on a 14.59 per cent premium over Thursday said it has invited Capital held 42.9 per cent stake wholly foreign-owned mutual network as part of expanding er for the second straight is yet to stabilise heavyweights after recent fall current trading price. The share Nippon Life Insurance to in Reliance Nippon Life Asset fund in India. presence in India, according to Esession on Thursday, led due to caution on while mid and small cap out- buyback proposal has been acquire its entire 42.88 per cent Management. Anil Ambani-led Reliance an official. “We have witnessed by metal, pharma and banking performed. Undercurrent in approved by the company’s stake in Reliance Nippon Life Sources said the transac- Group companies have been strong double-digit growth in stocks amid widespread buying global trade and the market is yet to stabilise due board. The firm is proposing to Asset Management (RNAM). tion could help clear around 40 trying to monetise some of the Indian market. This is com- by foreign and domestic insti- growth while to caution on global trade and buy back up to 2.05 crore Japan’s Nippon Life per cent of Reliance Capital’s their assets and bring down the ing from both metros as well as tutional investors. growth while falling interest (2,05,85,000) equity shares at a Insurance already holds 42.88 outstanding debt worth debt significantly. smaller cities,” Puresight Systems Global markets were mixed falling interest rates and reforms by govern- price of `950 per equity share for per cent stake in RNAM. `18,000 crore. The Supreme Court on director and chief operating following release of Federal rates and reforms ment will give impetus to con- an aggregate amount not “Reliance Capital has invit- The transaction price is Wednesday held RCom officer Pulak Satish Kumar said. Reserve minutes which showed by government sumption-led stocks,” said exceeding `1,956 crore, Tech ed its partner, Nippon Life likely to be at a significant pre- Chairman Anil Ambani and Puresight is the exclusive dis- that the US central bank would Vinod Nair, head of research, Mahindra said in a regulatory Insurance, to make an offer to mium to the current market two others guilty of contempt tributor of Nasdaq-listed be patient on interest rate will give impetus Geojit Financial Services. filing. acquire up to 42.88 per cent price, as it would also involve of court for violating its order iRobot’s products in India. hikes. to consumption- Foreign institutional March 6, 2019, is the record stake held by Reliance Capital control premium, they added. by not paying dues of `550 Kumar said the products, priced After a choppy start, the led stocks investors (FIIs), who had been date for the purpose of ascer- in Reliance Nippon Life Asset The proposed share sale crore to Ericsson, and said between `19,900 and `89,900 30-share BSE Sensex settled heavy sellers over the past few taining the eligibility of share- Management,” Reliance Capital would also trigger the require- they faced a three-month jail were available through fran- 142.09 points, or 0.40% high- sessions, net bought equities holders to participate in the buy- said in a regulatory filing. ment of open offer to be made term if `453 crore was not paid chise outlets, Croma and online er at 35,898.35. The broader 19.02%, UCO Bank 8.75%, worth `713.47 crore on back, it added. The company said it would for 26 per cent stake in the to Ericsson in four weeks. retailer Amazon. NSE Nifty gained 54.40 points, United Bank 7.19%, Central Wednesday while domestic or 0.5%, to 10,789.85. Bank of India 5.50%, Allahabad institutional investors bought Tata Motors was the biggest Bank 5.34%, Andhra Bank shares to the tune of `113.27 gainer in the Sensex pack, ral- jumped 5.22%, Bank of crore, provisional data showed. lying 2.94%. It was followed by Maharashtra 3.96%, Syndicate Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Auto sales to pick up in second half of next fiscal: Ind-Ra Vedanta, Bajaj Finance, Sun Bank 3.59%, and Punjab Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.41% Pharma, ONGC, ICICI Bank, National Bank ended 2.95% and Japan’s Nikkei ended 0.15% PTI n NEW DELHI expected to grow “moderately” the expected price rise in 2020- ulation with increasing dispos- that of diesel variant by 20-25 Bajaj Auto, Tata Steel, RIL, higher. higher; while Shanghai next fiscal. 21 due to the implementation able income will be the key per cent,” it said. HDFC duo, L&T and SBI, ris- Sectorally, the BSE metal Composite Index shed 0.34% ndia’s overall automobile The commercial vehicle of BS-VI norms, improvement growth drivers for two-wheel- Due to this, Ind-Ra expects ing up to 2.78%. index, consumer durables, and Korea’s Kospi slipped Isales are likely to remain (CV) segment, which has in consumer sentiments along er segement, along with a young demand to pick pace in second On the other hand, Yes healthcare, finance and bankex 0.04%. tepid in the first half of 2019- grown 23 per cent in the ten with new model and variant population showing preference half of 2019-20, although it is Bank, Coal India, Infosys, rose up to 1.14%, while IT and In the Eurozone, 20, but the upcoming imple- months of 2018-19, is expect- launches will be among the key for premium products. likely to remain tepid in the IndusInd Bank, Kotak Bank, teck indices ended with losses. Frankfurt’s DAX was up 0.28%, mentation of BS-VI emission ed to see high single-digit to growth drivers for the PV seg- While maintaining a stable first half, it said. Axis Bank, ITC and TCS Broader indices outper- Paris CAC 40 fell 0.06% and norms will drive the demand in low double-digit growth in ment. outlook for automobile sector, The agency further said slipped up to 1.33%. formed the benchmark. The London’s FTSE was down the second half of the year, 2019-20, Ind-Ra said in a state- For the CV segment, it the ratings agency said BS-VI credit ratings of most of the Shares of public sector BSE Midcap index climbed 0.63% in early deals. according to India Ratings and ment. said, continued uptick in indus- implementation from April 1, large players in its sample are set banks (PSBs) jumped up to 0.88% while the small-cap The benchmark Brent Research (Ind-Ra). Two-wheelers are also trial activity, road and infra- 2020 will make vehicles costlier to be unaffected in 2019-20 19% after the government on gauge rose 1.07%. crude futures fell 0.12% to As per the ratings agency, poised for steady growth in the structure development, and across all segments. despite capex plans in view of Wednesday announced fund “Market extended gains as USD 67 per barrel. the passenger vehicle (PV) seg- next fiscal, it said. The segment the likelihood of liquidity of “As per industry estimates, the ongoing regulatory changes, infusion of `48,239 crore in 12 investor sentiment has been Meanwhile, the rupee ment, which has clocked a 4 has grown by 8 per cent so far NBFCs will fuel demand. the cost of petrol variant PVs development of an electric vehi- such lenders. boosted owing to recapitalisa- depreciated marginally to 71.14 per cent growth in the ten in the ongoing fiscal. The rise in rural income and two-wheelers could cle platform and continued Corporation Bank zoomed tion of PSU banks and Fed’s against the US dollar intra-day. months of the ongoing fiscal, is Buying preponement on and growing middle class pop- increase 10-15 per cent and new product launches

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386.25 395.85 BAJAJHLDNG 3158.65 3214.95 3125.00 3140.30 TRIDENT 60.55 61.65 60.55 61.10 THOMASCOOK 209.90 214.50 208.30 212.75 POWERGRID 182.70 183.00 180.85 181.20 -0.60 IOC 129.00 131.60 128.15 131.15 HSCL 98.45 101.00 98.15 99.80 CHAMBLFERT 159.05 161.40 157.00 157.65 FRETAIL 432.45 434.00 429.00 430.05 HCLTECH 1060.00 1061.50 1042.60 1053.90 -4.05 DRREDDY 2530.10 2599.80 2520.00 2585.50 FCONSUMER 45.50 46.30 44.60 46.15 APLAPOLLO 1107.55 1145.85 1107.55 1138.45 RALLIS 153.75 153.85 151.75 152.75 EICHERMOT 20450.00 20634.70 20250.00 20447.95 -80.60 HEG 2135.00 2176.00 2118.15 2131.85 PTC 81.00 82.00 79.00 79.60 MHRIL 194.30 195.00 190.00 193.25 SYMPHONY 1177.70 1178.65 1155.00 1158.75 MARUTI 6868.95 6879.65 6715.00 6818.05 -31.85 INFY 739.00 739.15 727.95 733.35 EICHERMOT 20540.00 20599.20 20260.15 20469.85 THYROCARE 524.70 589.20 520.85 568.60 MONSANTO 2582.05 2640.05 2551.05 2589.15 FLFL 424.20 428.95 422.50 426.95 AXISBANK 700.50 706.50 695.10 697.00 -3.35 CORPBANK 29.00 30.60 28.60 30.35 ACC 1380.20 1397.00 1380.20 1390.10 REDINGTON 87.50 87.50 81.95 82.25 SJVN 24.80 25.05 24.60 24.70 INDUSINDBK 1479.45 1494.40 1455.00 1472.80 -8.00 HCLTECH 1056.00 1061.00 1042.90 1053.50 HEXAWARE 355.70 357.20 352.00 353.10 TEAMLEASE 3110.95 3129.00 3071.30 3089.00 DBCORP 177.55 180.70 177.55 180.00 COALINDIA 215.05 215.70 213.20 213.80 -1.15 PFC 109.20 111.90 107.85 110.20 PFIZER 2892.10 2965.00 2857.00 2929.30 KRBL 311.95 323.50 311.95 317.45 GILLETTE 6524.95 6554.00 6419.40 6494.10 NTPC 137.80 138.50 135.50 136.40 -0.80 UNIONBANK 73.00 73.25 70.80 71.50 SOUTHBANK 13.21 13.34 13.07 13.27 ADANIGREEN 31.00 31.40 30.70 30.90 BIOCON 620.00 624.60 618.15 621.65 JSLHISAR 78.80 80.05 78.45 78.60 ATUL 3398.00 3430.00 3357.45 3370.55 CRISIL 1566.35 1570.00 1550.55 1556.10 INFY 738.00 738.00 727.10 734.00 -6.70 ZYDUSWELL 1235.50 1265.00 1225.05 1237.75 YESBANK 218.85 218.85 214.00 215.50 -2.35 ZEEL 445.05 454.70 441.05 446.55 NMDC 94.50 95.60 94.00 95.30 ASTRAL 1091.70 1099.25 1068.15 1074.80 BAJFINANCE 2621.80 2660.00 2595.00 2653.05 CROMPTON 205.65 211.00 196.80 208.65 PARAGMILK 205.00 207.05 200.25 206.25 EVEREADY 200.90 201.60 198.35 199.50 INFRATEL 317.60 318.00 306.30 312.25 -5.95 ITC 276.00 277.00 274.10 274.90 MEGH 50.60 50.65 49.75 50.20 BLUESTARCO 590.35 613.75 583.70 603.85 GREENPLY 129.00 130.75 128.50 129.20 NIFTY NEXT 50 BOMDYEING 108.05 114.20 107.20 111.45 ICICIGI 901.80 928.00 901.80 924.40 KEC 237.30 240.80 236.10 238.55 BERGEPAINT 294.00 297.40 293.00 295.10 ESSELPRO 108.85 110.65 108.10 109.20 STRTECH 238.55 248.00 236.50 246.00 WELCORP 100.00 108.40 100.00 106.80 UBL 1367.00 1377.50 1353.00 1359.40 SHREECEM 15830.00 16222.35 15830.00 16150.35 IFBIND 770.00 786.10 757.00 765.05 MARICO 334.00 338.80 332.25 336.55 SIEMENS 966.45 988.00 945.65 985.55 SUPREMEIND 1025.00 1060.00 1015.45 1052.60 COROMANDEL 446.05 448.00 439.00 446.70 GAYAPROJ 148.85 151.75 147.30 151.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE HINDUNILVR 1740.00 1756.55 1738.05 1753.60 ASHOKA 113.00 124.00 109.60 121.15 UFLEX 187.45 198.95 187.40 196.70 VINATIORGA 1610.50 1614.90 1580.60 1588.80 SUPPETRO 204.45 210.00 204.45 210.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 25724.95 25944.70 25674.45 25896.95 219.65 FORCEMOT 1344.45 1409.00 1334.65 1389.40 INFRATEL 317.30 317.30 306.50 313.20 TV18BRDCST 32.50 33.50 32.20 33.35 SUDARSCHEM 310.00 330.00 310.00 317.80 PHOENIXLTD 593.30 599.00 581.55 590.80 ICICIPRULI 303.00 317.90 301.10 316.80 13.90 IBREALEST 72.60 75.10 72.35 74.40 AJANTPHARM 976.50 1004.25 973.25 989.95 DCMSHRIRAM 370.00 372.75 353.95 359.30 JSWENERGY 66.05 66.40 65.20 65.50 JKCEMENT 716.00 716.10 702.05 710.80 NIACL 172.70 180.00 170.00 178.65 7.20 CANFINHOME 253.10 275.95 251.80 270.60 POWERGRID 182.00 182.90 180.90 181.75 SRF 2204.00 2235.00 2192.00 2201.15 NLCINDIA 65.55 66.30 63.35 64.30 TIINDIA 357.55 357.55 350.05 354.75 SUNTV 565.00 592.00 562.10 588.10 20.85 ADANIPOWER 40.00 40.90 38.85 39.55 TITAN 1035.70 1045.00 1032.00 1042.40 JMFINANCIL 75.60 77.45 75.05 76.75 VMART 2533.10 2605.00 2533.10 2585.30 DEEPAKNI 219.10 219.65 215.40 217.15 HDFCLIFE 347.40 357.70 346.25 357.65 11.35 MANAPPURAM 109.90 114.95 108.05 113.80 APOLLOTYRE 210.05 211.40 207.10 208.75 AEGISLOG 193.00 196.00 186.10 193.95 NAVINFLUOR 592.05 601.50 583.80 597.65 NESCO 428.00 431.65 427.00 429.45 BRITANNIA 2943.95 3018.00 2935.00 3011.05 88.75 AARTIIND 1310.00 1431.45 1310.00 1381.05 BAJAJELEC 438.05 465.00 438.00 458.65 GSPL 150.95 155.60 149.15 152.80 ADVENZYMES 158.10 158.10 155.30 155.65 ERIS 620.00 620.00 608.05 614.25 LICHSGFIN 455.70 465.00 448.10 463.85 11.95 BANKBARODA 104.60 105.00 102.60 103.00 BEML 776.00 790.50 775.05 786.30 GICHSGFIN 229.95 238.25 228.00 235.60 SADBHAV 179.60 179.60 172.15 173.45 SCHNEIDER 85.95 87.05 84.30 86.20 PGHH 9940.05 10250.00 9916.60 10250.00 261.40 JUBLFOOD 1293.05 1326.90 1292.00 1316.90 EDELWEISS 149.20 152.20 146.35 151.30 GRANULES 90.30 92.85 90.00 91.30 WESTLIFE 357.00 357.00 350.70 354.80 LAOPALA 199.00 199.95 191.55 195.75 L&TFH 124.20 127.75 123.80 127.40 3.20 IDBI 43.70 45.60 42.35 45.00 ORIENTBANK 83.00 83.95 81.75 82.75 MGL 868.10 885.00 864.95 878.10 BAJAJCON 351.00 351.00 346.00 348.70 SANOFI 6000.00 6042.00 5979.90 6014.55 SAIL 47.50 49.20 47.30 49.05 1.15 SPICEJET 77.00 77.40 75.60 76.10 VIPIND 441.00 441.00 426.10 431.95 TORNTPOWER 239.50 239.50 233.75 234.30 MRF 55108.00 55495.00 54600.05 54728.70 KNRCON 204.05 204.05 199.00 200.20 BANDHANBNK 479.00 494.90 478.05 488.50 11.25 GRUH 242.05 250.00 241.85 248.15 SUVEN 222.35 237.00 220.00 234.25 CHOLAFIN 1190.00 1197.20 1166.40 1170.15 CYIENT* 601.05 606.50 599.15 603.15 SKFINDIA 1980.00 1980.00 1948.05 1963.45 SHREECEM 15632.00 16240.60 15632.00 16047.00 340.80 JSWSTEEL 277.00 278.95 273.70 277.05 INDIANB 224.00 224.95 218.60 220.45 KTKBANK 113.70 115.50 113.20 114.90 CENTURYPLY 161.10 162.95 159.00 160.25 ASTERDM 152.00 153.30 152.00 152.25 PEL 2192.00 2255.00 2191.10 2243.90 46.45 BANDHANBNK 477.45 494.90 477.45 488.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 2743.65 2820.00 2743.65 2809.65 SCHAEFFLER 5317.00 5443.65 5166.15 5285.60 TVSSRICHAK 2240.00 2285.00 2203.95 2218.10 INOXWIND 62.50 63.60 62.35 63.50 SIEMENS 967.00 991.00 944.50 986.10 19.50 RADICO 372.00 373.70 349.65 368.95 CENTURYTEX 740.00 773.35 740.00 765.85 WELSPUNIND 48.05 54.40 47.95 52.60 BOSCHLTD 18465.00 18465.00 17950.00 18032.65 ECLERX 984.00 994.05 980.00 981.15 DLF 163.00 166.90 162.10 166.25 3.25 BLISSGVS 151.30 170.40 149.85 169.05 RAIN 95.10 97.00 92.50 95.90 VGUARD 187.55 191.40 187.35 189.90 HEIDELBERG 153.55 154.80 149.50 150.60 BAYERCROP 4293.30 4295.00 4226.90 4273.95 GICRE 221.80 226.00 218.00 223.65 4.35 EXIDEIND 207.05 215.70 206.55 214.05 GODREJAGRO 479.95 482.85 478.50 479.35 DENABANK 11.20 11.48 11.20 11.26 MINDACORP 127.95 127.95 124.15 124.85 MAHLOG 437.70 445.00 432.75 438.60 ICICIGI 910.00 930.00 905.55 922.05 16.05 HDFCBANK 2107.00 2119.00 2094.20 2115.15 MPHASIS 1038.25 1041.15 1015.20 1018.80 MCX 668.45 676.90 666.00 672.85 GSKCONS 7263.90 7298.00 7231.80 7262.25 TIMETECHNO 87.15 87.20 86.45 86.90 PETRONET 214.35 216.00 213.75 215.50 3.65 WOCKPHARMA 395.40 404.50 392.05 397.95 CHENNPETRO 206.30 217.95 206.30 216.80 EIHOTEL 187.30 188.10 184.00 185.05 CENTRUM 32.10 33.35 31.90 33.05 SUPRAJIT 196.25 199.90 192.75 198.95 MCDOWELL-N 530.00 538.65 518.65 536.40 8.30 STAR 410.35 424.45 408.25 418.85 NCC 83.75 85.40 83.55 84.70 GMDCLTD 75.40 77.00 74.05 74.65 CCL 267.45 278.00 265.05 274.25 BLUEDART 2992.40 3000.00 2985.15 2989.80 NMDC 94.00 95.55 94.00 95.20 1.35 HEROMOTOCO 2630.00 2655.00 2585.10 2643.70 NESTLEIND 10500.00 10657.55 10431.00 10597.20 HUDCO 38.20 39.40 38.20 39.00 COCHINSHIP 340.75 341.70 336.90 337.75 ITDC 251.35 258.30 251.35 256.45 AMBUJACEM 206.90 210.50 205.50 209.55 2.75 AMBUJACEM 214.00 214.00 202.65 210.00 DIVISLAB 1558.45 1561.00 1540.80 1549.90 SRTRANSFIN 1049.50 1067.00 1049.50 1053.75 NBVENTURES 101.60 104.50 101.30 101.75 TRENT 330.45 332.00 326.85 329.95 MARICO 334.90 338.70 331.10 337.00 3.95 HINDPETRO 219.50 224.00 218.00 222.60 TATAMTRDVR 86.80 88.50 85.70 88.00 JKTYRE 86.00 88.95 85.70 85.95 GRINDWELL 518.40 527.00 515.30 520.35 STARCEMENT 96.50 99.10 95.40 96.50 IDEA 30.55 31.20 30.25 30.95 0.35 M&MFIN 385.15 397.30 379.35 394.70 MINDTREE 906.10 907.45 888.25 898.00 GHCL 214.95 226.00 212.40 223.85 AKZOINDIA 1699.00 1720.00 1666.00 1705.10 TIFHL 445.80 445.80 435.20 439.00 MOTHERSUMI 135.00 136.20 134.05 135.80 1.35 DLF 164.00 166.80 162.00 165.70 ANDHRABANK 25.30 26.05 25.00 25.20 COLPAL 1240.80 1248.90 1236.45 1239.35 BDL 249.45 253.90 245.00 251.15 PGHH 9920.40 10203.00 9920.00 10056.55 AUROPHARMA 723.00 732.90 720.20 730.00 7.20 COALINDIA 215.60 216.00 213.25 213.70 MOTHERSUMI 135.50 136.50 134.10 135.75 PIIND 889.35 928.00 889.35 908.80 CERA 2197.30 2218.25 2160.00 2188.10 SIS 778.95 778.95 760.35 768.40 LUPIN 760.55 772.00 755.00 770.20 7.55 TATAGLOBAL 187.60 194.75 187.60 189.95 HAVELLS 698.50 703.00 691.50 697.95 LTI 1736.00 1747.20 1719.95 1727.70 LALPATHLAB 1033.00 1045.00 1022.95 1035.90 MAXINDIA 77.50 78.50 77.30 78.20 HINDZINC 255.60 257.05 253.65 256.30 2.40 FSL 40.45 41.30 39.25 40.55 NBCC 51.25 51.90 50.80 51.60 BASF 1210.10 1297.75 1210.10 1279.05 MAGMA 89.65 91.60 86.50 89.65 CARBORUNIV 346.00 346.85 343.80 345.25 OIL 172.00 174.25 169.20 173.00 1.25 SUNTV 568.00 591.95 563.30 587.00 SYNDIBANK 34.00 34.00 32.65 33.20 FINCABLES 375.00 378.25 370.00 371.65 GLAXO 1330.45 1335.00 1316.00 1329.80 APARINDS 620.00 631.10 617.00 625.70 ACC 1392.00 1398.00 1382.00 1391.65 9.15 SAIL 47.90 49.15 47.30 48.95 OMAXE 210.60 210.60 207.95 208.20 SUNDRMFAST 505.40 513.05 505.40 511.05 CAPPL 330.05 344.00 330.05 341.25 TVTODAY 316.60 319.85 315.00 319.45 DABUR 426.00 428.75 423.10 427.40 2.70 PCJEWELLER 67.55 68.40 67.45 67.85 NTPC 137.90 138.50 135.55 136.60 PIDILITIND 1075.00 1083.35 1068.00 1075.35 COFFEEDAY 277.60 279.00 274.50 277.05 SHILPAMED 353.00 353.00 349.50 353.00 SRTRANSFIN 1055.40 1068.00 1049.30 1057.00 6.00 IRB 117.65 125.05 116.10 122.90 PETRONET 213.65 216.05 213.65 215.30 MOIL 143.95 143.95 140.20 140.60 TORNTPHARM 1763.65 1773.60 1763.00 1767.95 NAVNETEDUL 102.55 103.50 102.05 102.80 BHEL 63.00 63.10 62.35 63.10 0.35 IDEA 30.70 31.20 30.25 31.00 INDIACEM 86.00 86.40 84.55 85.90 HINDZINC 254.60 256.70 253.70 255.35 FDC 152.70 152.70 148.30 149.85 DHANUKA 395.00 399.95 394.00 399.45 ABCAPITAL 82.00 83.00 81.65 82.00 0.35 WIPRO 370.00 376.50 370.00 374.50 PERSISTENT* 632.80 639.00 618.70 629.75 GODREJIND 484.05 486.10 472.55 475.25 CUB 177.30 179.80 175.70 178.70 ORIENTCEM 67.00 69.45 67.00 68.55 BIOCON 620.20 624.90 617.40 621.00 1.60 LICHSGFIN 454.10 465.95 448.95 463.95 IGL 286.20 286.20 277.00 283.90 RELAXO 687.00 755.00 687.00 727.15 J&KBANK 39.90 39.95 39.20 39.40 ELGIEQUIP 243.00 248.95 242.00 247.10 ASHOKLEY 81.50 81.65 80.20 81.15 0.20 INDUSINDBK 1483.95 1493.50 1453.30 1471.55 HFCL 21.25 22.35 21.20 21.75 IBULISL 233.65 243.45 222.00 243.45 TNPL 191.35 191.55 187.25 189.30 SHARDACROP 343.00 348.00 338.20 345.50 HAVELLS 698.50 702.95 691.10 696.70 1.55 DBL 448.95 456.70 437.00 439.95 RAJESHEXPO 570.00 575.10 559.00 564.15 DCBBANK 173.20 176.05 173.10 174.60 GODREJPROP 714.65 720.70 711.55 719.70 MAHLIFE 374.70 375.50 371.75 373.85 NHPC 23.75 24.00 23.45 23.65 0.05 BRITANNIA 2943.00 3018.00 2936.95 3004.25 ABFRL 221.50 221.90 216.90 220.40 EIDPARRY 185.05 186.40 184.00 185.05 PNCINFRA 131.80 133.10 129.30 130.05 HIMATSEIDE 168.50 168.50 165.40 167.00 BANKBARODA 104.50 104.55 102.50 103.05 0.10 PHILIPCARB 152.00 153.50 146.40 149.00 JISLJALEQS 55.95 57.60 55.35 57.20 IDFC 36.20 36.30 35.50 36.15 ENDURANCE 1270.05 1290.35 1262.70 1269.65 ASAHIINDIA 250.50 256.15 250.50 254.45 BEL 77.20 77.95 76.05 77.50 0.00 ESCORTS 658.90 664.50 654.00 655.85 BHARATFORG 478.80 482.80 470.05 479.75 WABCOINDIA 5869.30 5994.55 5850.00 5948.65 ABBOTINDIA 7273.75 7292.00 7182.05 7243.70 JAGRAN 94.00 94.35 93.00 93.95 PIDILITIND 1075.10 1083.00 1066.15 1074.50 -0.45 GNFC 248.00 256.15 246.70 251.65 GMRINFRA 15.70 16.25 15.55 16.10 SCI 35.70 36.40 35.30 35.40 3MINDIA 22050.00 22820.75 22050.00 22719.70 RATNAMANI 843.55 860.75 842.00 855.10 MRF 54829.00 55250.00 54505.00 54740.05 -53.15 AUROPHARMA 722.50 732.00 720.80 730.55 GODREJCP 674.10 675.75 661.00 665.55 KEI 324.95 327.00 318.75 322.75 NILKAMAL 1238.05 1262.70 1238.05 1257.00 SUNCLAYLTD 2330.00 2354.00 2319.00 2345.40 CADILAHC 314.95 315.00 310.70 312.50 -0.70 BPCL 329.50 337.50 326.40 335.00 RBLBANK 555.95 561.90 550.25 558.45 CASTROLIND 150.00 153.50 150.00 151.50 PRSMJOHNSN 69.65 70.55 69.50 70.40 TRITURBINE 100.95 101.15 100.15 100.35 SBILIFE 562.00 565.70 560.00 560.00 -1.60 TVSMOTOR 467.00 468.75 456.15 464.25 ENGINERSIN 107.80 107.80 105.50 106.95 INOXLEISUR 277.00 283.65 272.15 273.60 ALLCARGO 100.95 101.00 99.00 99.60 KIOCL 126.30 128.05 125.60 127.15 COLPAL 1250.00 1250.95 1236.65 1240.00 -5.15 TATAELXSI 890.00 914.00 890.00 901.65 VOLTAS 529.75 536.25 526.50 533.15 HINDCOPPER 44.70 45.40 44.20 44.70 BIRLACORPN 458.00 461.50 450.10 454.20 SFL 1310.00 1310.40 1280.00 1310.00 OFSS 3491.90 3500.00 3449.30 3459.00 -25.15 TATACOMM 519.00 526.90 511.00 523.55 HDFCLIFE 348.50 357.00 346.15 355.70 OBEROIRLTY 481.55 488.80 478.30 485.80 FORBESCO 1825.55 1975.00 1825.55 1933.55 JCHAC 1692.00 1732.65 1680.30 1706.35 ABB 1259.00 1268.00 1239.00 1240.00 -10.50 HINDALCO 193.90 195.60 192.30 194.30 ULTRACEMCO 3610.00 3648.00 3570.00 3631.10 WHIRLPOOL 1348.45 1409.00 1348.45 1374.10 NH 201.75 202.90 196.90 199.90 GEPIL 749.95 756.55 743.25 747.80 DMART 1445.00 1475.05 1444.00 1459.00 -13.95 TATACHEM 574.00 574.00 565.00 566.65 LTTS 1468.05 1496.70 1465.95 1489.35 GUJALKALI 436.50 445.00 434.60 440.65 TIMKEN 527.05 559.45 527.00 553.90 HERITGFOOD 444.50 447.15 444.00 446.00 BOSCHLTD 18270.00 18294.50 17930.30 17956.80 -218.85 KOTAKBANK 1292.00 1297.40 1282.80 1288.90 CENTRALBK 31.90 33.00 31.25 31.75 IPCALAB 800.00 808.95 793.85 800.90 CARERATING 932.20 982.80 932.20 959.10 SHRIRAMCIT 1597.00 1597.00 1550.00 1553.50 GODREJCP 675.85 676.70 659.75 664.00 -12.35 RECLTD 127.60 130.10 126.60 128.25 INDHOTEL 140.40 145.00 139.65 143.10 BBTC 1229.10 1236.95 1207.65 1213.60 INDOSTAR 324.30 345.65 317.70 339.55 HONAUT 21427.65 21572.00 21376.00 21552.80 CONCOR 491.90 492.45 479.60 482.85 -9.05 BATAINDIA 1270.00 1288.25 1266.40 1284.70 ITI 96.45 96.45 93.55 94.00 ZENSARTECH 208.00 215.00 206.00 207.25 FINOLEXIND 447.60 457.90 440.00 454.10 SHOPERSTOP 488.70 489.50 486.35 488.20 INDIGO 1119.80 1134.30 1107.05 1113.00 -27.00 INFIBEAM 37.90 37.90 36.60 36.75 JAMNAAUTO 51.00 52.40 50.95 52.25 SYNGENE 594.75 595.45 575.00 586.00 NETWORK18 33.50 34.00 33.45 33.90 GULFOILLUB 880.00 880.00 880.00 880.00 LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 world 11 81 PERISH IN DHAKA BLAZE PTI n DHAKA tiple chemical godowns that fic jam when the fire broke out. made it difficult for the fire were situated in the area. It spread so quickly that peo- engines to reach the spot. The fast-moving fire swept The death toll in the mas- ple could not escape,” he said. fire fighters used helicopters through apartment sive blaze rose to 81, fire offi- TV images showed the and long hose pipes to set off Abuildings and chemical cials said, warning that the toll main gate of one of the build- the blaze. warehouses in a historic part of could rise further as dozens of ings was locked, leaving its res- Prime Minister Sheikh the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, people were trapped in the idents trapped, unable to Hasina expressed her shock killing at least 81 people and buildings and the fire fighters escape the blaze as it swept over the tragedy and conveyed injuring over 50 others, the lat- were yet to enter into the main through its five storeys. condolences to those affected. est such deadly blaze in the spot where the fire broke out. Witnesses said the victims The blaze is under control country. “Most of the bodies were also included passersby, some but not completely doused Officials said the fire broke retrieved from the houses people who were eating food at because of flammable chemi- out at a chemical warehouse on around that building while fire a nearby restaurants and some cals that were being stored in the ground floor of a five-storey fighters now prepare to enter members of a wedding party. several of the buildings, AKM building named Hazi Wahed into the building, the main spot Over 50 people, including Shakil Newaz, director of Fire Mansion behind a mosque in in search of more bodies,” a women and children, were also Service and Civil Defence told Locals and firefighters gather around buildings that caught fire late on Wednesday in Dhaka. The devastating fire raced through at least five buildings in an old part of Old Dhaka’s congested police official at the scene said. injured and admitted to near- Bdnews24. The five-storey Bangladesh's capital and killed scores of people AP Chawkbazar area on Bangladesh’s fire service by hospitals, including Dhaka building where the fire started Wednesday night and the chief Ali Ahmed said the blaze Medical College Hospital is at the risk of collapsing due The ground floor of the ding ceremony that was being Dhaka building, which was tle has been done in the last flames then quickly spread may have started with a gas (DMCH) and Sir Salimullah to damage, according to local building, where the fire origi- held in the nearby community also used as a chemical ware- nine years. through four other buildings cylinder before quickly spread- Medical College Hospital. media reports. nated, had several shops. centre. house, that killed more than 120 The lack of safety regula- nearby, including a communi- ing through the building where Some of the residents were The first floor of the build- The fire from the building An investigation panel has people in one of the worst fire tions in the country was high- ty centre where a wedding chemicals were stored. injured after they jumped off ing was being used as a ware- immediately caused an electric been formed to identify the rea- tragedies in Bangladesh. lighted in 2013 when over party was on. “The flames raced through the building. house of plastic goods, cos- transformer to explode, which son behind the fire. It had sparked a public 1,100 people died and thou- Dhaka Metropolitan Police four adjoining buildings, which The officials said 37 fire metics and perfume. Some set ablaze several cars parked on The fire brings back the ter- outcry, demanding the reloca- sands more were injured when (DMP) officials said the fire were also used as chemical fighting units were rushed to families lived on the upper the alley. The alley was packed rifying memories of another tion of chemical warehouses a building housing garment spread rapidly due to the mul- warehouses. There was a traf- the scene but narrow lanes floors, according to residents. with people because of a wed- massive blaze in 2010 in an old and stores from the area, but lit- factories in Dhaka collapsed. Trump threatens tariffs on EU Democrat resolution against border if no trade deal reached wall emergency coming today AFP n WASHINGTON and China. the EU have not yet begun. In one of many aggressive The European AP n WASHINGTON Formally introducing the needed later to override a certain S President Donald Trump moves against US trading part- Commission must seek measure sets up a vote by the full Trump veto. Uthreatened Wednesday to ners, Trump, who boasts that approval from member states ouse Democrats will file a House likely by mid-March, Even so, Republican sena- impose tariffs on European he favours tariffs, has threat- on a negotiating mandate Hresolution Friday aimed at perhaps as soon as next week, tors facing tough 2020 re-elec- auto imports if he is unable to ened 25 per cent duties on before it can enter into talks. blocking the national emer- because of a timeline spelled out tion fights in competitive states strike a trade deal with the EU. European autos, especially tar- EU trade ministers will meet in gency declaration that President by law. Initial passage by the like Arizona, Colorado and “We’re negotiating. If we geting Germany, which he says Bucharest on Thursday and Donald Trump has issued to Democratic-run House seems North Carolina would have to don’t make the deal, we’ll do the has harmed the American car Friday to review the proposal. help finance his wall along the assured. The measure would take stances that could risk tariffs,” Trump told reporters in industry. But the sides have differ- Southwest border, teeing up a then move to the Republican- dividing the GOP’s pro-Trump response to a question on new Trump reached a truce ences over what is to be includ- clash over billions of dollars, controlled Senate, where there and more moderate voters. tariffs. with the EU following a meet- ed: the US negotiating goals immigration policy and the may be enough GOP defections Moderate Sen. Susan Trump’s renewed threat ing last July with European include agriculture, while EU Constitution’s separation of pow- for approval. The law that spells Collins, R-Maine, said against the EU auto industry Commission President Jean- officials insist that will be off ers. out the rules for emergency dec- Wednesday she would back a takes on a new edge as it came Claude Juncker but on limits, and talks will be restrict- Though the effort seems larations seems to require the resolution blocking the decla- two days after the Commerce a move Brussels has vowed to Wednesday expressed frustra- ed to industrial goods and reg- almost certain to ultimately fall Senate to address the issue too, “move swiftly” to pass it and “the ration, making her the first Department delivered a report parry with its own set of tion with the state of talks. ulatory issues. short — perhaps to a Trump but there’s never been a con- resolution will be referred to the Republican to publicly state her that sources said found counter-tariffs. “We’re trying to make a The White House is also veto — the votes will let gressional effort to block one Senate and then sent to the support for the effort to thwart European car imports consti- Washington already has deal,” Trump said. “They’re locked in tough, high-stakes Democrats take a defiant stance and some procedural uncer- President’s desk.” the emergency. With tute a national security threat used the national security argu- very tough to make a deal with, negotiations with China to against Trump that is sure to tainties remain. Should the House and Republicans holding a 53-47 to the United States. ment to impose steep tariffs on the EU. They’ve been very dif- find a way to resolve the con- please liberal voters. They will House Speaker Nancy Senate initially approve the mea- majority, three more GOP sen- The report could set the steel and aluminum imports, ficult over a period of time, flict that saw punishing tariffs also put some Republicans from Pelosi, D-Calif., seemed to pre- sure, Congress seems unlikely to ators would need to vote with stage for the White House to drawing instant retaliation over many, many years.” exchanged between Beijing and swing districts and states in a dif- dict approval, telling colleagues muster the two-thirds majorities Democrats for the resolution to impose tariffs within 90 days, from the EU, Canada, Mexico However, negotiations with Washington. ficult spot. in a letter that her chamber will in each chamber that would be win initial approval. US: Alabama woman who joined Islamic State is not a citizen

AP n WASHINGTON State in 2014. He says she has He released a copy of the stripping the citizenship of renounced the terrorist group woman’s birth certificate, issued Shamima Begum, a 19-year-old n Alabama woman who and wants to come home to pro- two months after her birth on who left the country in 2015 Ajoined the Islamic State tect her 18-month-old son October 28, 1994, to support his with two friends to join the group in Syria won’t be allowed regardless of the legal conse- claim. Islamic State and recently gave to return to the United States quences. The lawyer also provided to birth in a refugee camp. with her toddler son because she “She’s an American. The Associated Press a letter It also comes as the US has is not an American citizen, the Americans break the law,” said from the US Mission to the urged allies to back citizens US said Wednesday. Her lawyer Shibly, a lawyer with the Florida United Nations to what was then who joined IS but are now in the is challenging that claim. chapter of the Council on known as the Bureau of custody of the American-backed In a brief statement, American-Islamic Relations. Citizenship and Immigration forces fighting the remnants of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “When people break the law, we Services attesting to the fact that the brutally extremist group gave no details as to how the have a legal system to handle the woman’s father, Ahmed Ali that once controlled a vast area administration made their deter- those kinds of situations to hold Muthana, was a member of the spanning parts of Syria and mination. people accountable, and that’s all Yemeni diplomatic mission to Iraq. Muthana’s lawyer said she “Ms. Hoda Muthana is not she’s asking for.” the UN from Oct. 15, 1990 to was “just a stupid, naive, young a US citizen and will not be Muthana and her son are Sept. 1, 1994. dumb woman,” when she admitted into the United States,” now in a refugee camp in Syria, President Donald Trump became enamoured of Islamic he said. “She does not have any along with others who fled the said Wednesday on Twitter that State, believing it was an orga- legal basis, no valid US passport, remnants of the Islamic State. he was behind the decision to nization that protected Muslims. no right to a passport nor any Shibly said that the admin- deny her entry, tweeting that “I Shibly said she fled her visa to travel to the United istration argues that she didn’t have instructed Secretary of family in Alabama and made her States.” qualify for citizenship because State Mike Pompeo, and he way to Syria, where she was But Hassan Shibly, a lawyer her father was a Yemeni diplo- fully agrees, not to allow Hoda “brainwashed” by IS and com- for the woman, insisted mat. But the lawyer said her Muthana back into the pelled to marry one of the Muthana was born in the United father had not had diplomatic Country!” group’s soldiers. After he was In this July 21, 2016, photo, Russian Dmitry Ukrainsky (right) and Uzbekistan's Olga Komova sit during a press conference at the Tourist Police Division in Bangkok, States and had a valid passport status at the time of her birth in The announcement came a killed, she married another, the Thailand. A Thai court ruled Wednesday that Ukrainsky who allegedly was part of a gang that stole millions of dollars online from bank accounts can be extradited to the before she joined the Islamic Hackensack, New Jersey. day after Britain said that it was father of her son. United States to stand trial, but the suspect could end up in Russia anyway. Komova had already been extradited to the United States. AP Aus announces two-year ban on entry of US sanctions on Indian man, parents citizens who fought for IS in Iraq, Syria for global drug smuggling network PTI n WASHINGTON trial. Australians who travelled to the prison for up to two years for PTI n WASHINGTON Maiwand General Trading nated Harmohan Hakimzada, ceeds. On April 5, 2017, a feder- Home Affairs Minister conflict zone in Iraq and Syria breaching a temporary exclu- Company LLC through financial Hakimzada’s father, for him being al grand jury in the US District ustralia on Thursday Peter Dutton said over 230 as far from our shores as pos- sion order,” he added. he US has slapped sanctions institutions in the US, Brazil, primary partner in the drug Court for the Middle District of Aannounced a two-year ban Australians had travelled to sible,” he was quoted as saying The minister said the Tagainst a UAE-based Indian India, Panama, the UAE and the trafficking and money launder- Tennessee indicted Hakimzada on the entry of its citizens who either Syria or Iraq to fight or in a media report. exclusion order could be man and his parents for alleged- UK, it alleged. The Department ing operation; and Eljeet Kaur, his on 46 counts of drug trafficking travelled to either Iraq or Syria support Islamic extremists He said Australians who revoked to then allow someone ly running a global money laun- of Treasury also designated his mother, who serves as an officer and money laundering, the to fight for or support the since 2012, but a number of are involved in supporting ter- to enter Australia under a dering and smuggling network parents and four entities regis- in two front companies in India. Treasury said in a media release. Islamic State and now want to them are now trying to return rorism, and who may have return permit. for heroin. The US Department tered in India or the UAE that The four entities designated Over the course of three return following the fall of the home that Islamic State’s power fought with terrorists in Syria “The return permit can of Treasury on Wednesday said form part of the narcotics traf- today include three entities based years from 2014 through 2016, terror group. The Australian is dwindling. or Iraq, pose a significant specify the conditions under Jasmeet Hakimzada, who lives in ficking organisation run by in India — Maiwand Exim Homeland Security government introduced a bill to “The government is deter- threat, especially since the mil- which the person returns to the UAE, runs a global drug traf- Hakimzada. Private Limited, Maiwand Investigations (HSI) conducted amend the law in the Federal mined to deal with these peo- itary collapse of IS. Australia, such as date of ficking network that smuggles “Jasmeet Hakimzada’s glob- Tobacco Limited, and Maiwand an extensive investigation into parliament. ple from as far away from our “That’s why we are intro- return, specific flights and heroin, cocaine, ephedrine, ket- al drug trafficking and money Beverages Limited — and UAE- Hakimzada’s global narcotics The move comes days after shores as is possible, to ensure ducing Temporary Exclusion security arrangements, to fur- amine, and synthetic opioids laundering network has been based Maiwand General Trading and money laundering operation US President Donald Trump that if they return, it is into the Orders, which would prevent ther manage any potential into the US, Australia, New involved in smuggling heroin and Company LLC, which operates uncovering dozens of drug traf- asked Britain, France, Germany hands of authorities,” Dutton Australians involved in ter- threat,” Dutton said. Zealand and the UK. synthetic opioids around the as a front for an array of illicit ficking and money laundering- and other European allies to said while introducing the bill rorism overseas from legally The proposed 12-month Since 2008, Hakimzada has world,” said Sigal Mandelker, activities to include shipping related transactions, as well as take back the captured IS fight- in the lower house. returning to Australia for up to return permit could also laundered hundreds of millions Under Secretary for Terrorism narcotics and illegal pharma- drug shipments directly to the US ers, who are citizens of these “It is vital for our national two years. include conditions around of dollars of illicit proceeds using and Financial Intelligence. ceuticals as well as laundering using commercial international countries, and put them on security that we deal with “A person could go to using technology. his UAE-based company The Treasury said it desig- large sums of narcotics pro- courier services. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 world 12 Terrorism, climate change biggest I was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings: Ban challenges before mankind: Modi PTI n SEOUL us,” the former UN Secretary General said. ormer United Nations Ban was the eighth PTI n SEOUL FSecretary General Ban Ki- Secretary-General of the Moon on Thursday said he was United Nations. He held office rime Minister Narendra inspired by the teachings of from January 1, 2007 to PModi on Thursday said ter- Mahatma Gandhi and his bust, December 31, 2016. He was rorism and climate change are unveiled at the prestigious unanimously re-elected by the two biggest challenges Yonsei University here, will General Assembly for a second mankind is facing now and serve as the source of inspira- mandate in June 2011. Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings tion for the people of South He said he felt honoured to and values can help the world Korea. be invited to serve as a mem- to address both the pressing Prime Minister Narendra ber of international advisors to issues. Modi, who arrived here on a commemorate the 150th Prime Minister Modi, who two-day visit to strengthen anniversary of Mahatma arrived here on a two-day visit India’s strategic ties with South Gandhi by the Indian Prime to strengthen India’s strategic Korea, along with South mon people. Minister. ties with South Korea, along Korean President Moon Jae-in He said he started his “Indian government or with South Korean President and former UN Secretary- diplomatic career from India in India had decided to place the Moon Jae-in and former UN General Ban Ki-moon unveiled 1972 and was inspired by the bust of this great figure on the Secretary-General Ban Ki- a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at principles of Mahatma Gandhi. campus of Yonsei University,” moon unveiled a bust of the prestigious Yonsei “Gandhi’s seven deadly he added. Mahatma Gandhi at the pres- University here. sins, which are: Politics without Ban said as UN Secretary tigious Yonsei University here. “It (Mahatma Gandhi’s principle, Wealth without work, General, he found Prime “It is a matter of great bust) is the most invaluable gift Pleasure without conscience, Minister Modi as one of the honour and my good fortune to to the Korean people and the Knowledge without character, “strongest and staunchest” sup- unveil the bust of Mahatma university students,” Ban said, Commerce without morality, porter of the United Nation, Gandhi in Korea’s premier uni- adding that from this day Science without humanity, world peace, human rights, versity today,” Modi said. onwards, it will serve as the Worship without sacrifice. It is climate change and overall sus- “This occasion assumes source of inspiration for com- most inspiring even for all of tainable development. greater significance since we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Gandhi and for the world he is the foremost messiah,” he said. Perpetrators of terror acts must Speaking on the occasion, the prime minister said today humanity across the world is Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (3rd R) after unveiling the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the Yonsei University in Seoul on facing two serious problems Thursday PTI be brought to justice: UN chief first terrorism and second is cli- mate change. “If we look at the lence through non-violence birthday as the day of non-vio- “Gandhi used to say the leave any carbon foot print. and PTI n UNITED NATIONS life of Gandhi, we can find can show us the way to hight lence and with this declaration God and nature have given showed what living in harmo- solutions to both these prob- against the scourge of terror- we got the strength to fight the everything for a human being’s ny with nature is. He showed N chief Antonio Guterres lems. If we look at his teach- ism,” he said. terrorism,” he said. need but not for the greed and that it is important to leave a Uhas said it is essential ings, values and the advice he His remarks assume sig- Modi said in the 20th all natural resources will be lost clean and green planet for the that there must be account- gave we can find a path for- nificance in the wake of the Century, Gandhi was perhaps if we go for greed. He said our future generations.” ability under international ward,” Modi said. deadly Pulwama terror strike the mankind’s biggest gift. “In lifestyle should be need based Modi is visiting South law and the perpetrators of “Terrorism has chal- by Pakistan-based terror group the last century through his and not greed based,” Modi Korea on the invitation of terrorist acts be brought lenged the mankind, and at Jaish-e-Mohammed in which personality, through his life and said. President Moon Jae-in. This is swiftly to justice, as he reit- this time Gandhi’s teaching, 40 CRPF personnel were killed. values, Gandhi showed us what “During his lifetime there his second visit to the Republic erated his strong condemna- message of unity, values, his “During the tenure of my the future will be. In fact he was no discussion on climate of Korea since 2015 and second tion of the Pulwama terror message of changing heart of friend and former UN chief used to say my life is my les- change and environment, but summit meeting with President strike by Pakistan-based ter- those taken the path of vio- Ban the UN declared Gandhi’s son.” through his lifestyle, he did not Moon Jae-in. ror group Jaish-e- Mohammed. The UN Secretary-General also “urgently” appealed to the Netanyahu governments of both India and in the process to encourage dia- Responding to a question Venezuela’s Guaido to leave for Pakistan to exercise “maxi- logue between India and that Pakistan’s Foreign Minister mum restraint” to ensure the Pakistan and if he is going to Shah Mahmood Qureshi has challengers situation does not further dete- take on that role, Dujarric said, said the UN must step in to Colombia as aid standoff hardens riorate. “As a matter of principle…the defuse tensions and whether “The Secretary-General Secretary-General believes that the Secretary General will take announce has been following with great all difficult challenges can be that role, Dujarric had said the AFP n CARACAS “Even though they point of entry at the Brazilian and weeks. Further details of how concern the situation in South resolved through peacefully good offices of the UN chief are guns at us — and all of us have Colombian borders, the island the opposition aims to distrib- Asia. He reiterates his strong and satisfactorily through available only if both sides ask enezuelan opposition received threats, rubber bullets of Curacao and the seaports of ute it were scarce. poll alliance condemnation of the terrorist meaningful mutual engage- for it. Vleader Juan Guaido made and even live ones — we are Puerto Cabello and La Guaira. Private bus driver Jose attack against Indian security ment.” “The Secretary-General plans to head for the border not afraid,” Guaido said, stand- However, the pro-Maduro Figueroa, 60, said he planned AFP n JERUSALEM forces in Pulwama” in Jammu He reiterated that both stresses the importance for with Colombia to personally ing on the back of a truck in a military has already blocked to leave Caracas in the coming and Kashmir on February 14 parties need to request for the both sides to exercise maxi- bring in US-supplied food and throng of supporters. the Tienditas bridge across the days in a convoy of some 30 he two main challengers to and the “subsequent violence”, Secretary-General’s good mum restraint and take imme- medicine in defiance of the “We will stay out in the Colombian border, and Vice vehicles. “The government is TIsraeli Prime Minister a statement issued Wednesday offices, “no matter where you diate steps to de-escalation, military-backed government, street with our chests bared, President Delcy Rodriguez leading us to war. It will be very Benjamin Netanyahu in April by his spokesperson Stephane look at them.” and his good offices are always raising fears of possible week- demanding freedom for all of confirmed the government was difficult. The situation is polls announced an electoral Dujarric said. On Tuesday, Dujarric had available should both sides end confrontations. Venezuela.” Shipments of food shutting down air and sea links extremely tense,” he said, as dri- alliance on Thursday in a bid He said it is “essential that said that the UN chief is “deeply ask,” Dujarric said. Guaido, who has set a and medicine for the crisis- between Curacao and vers parked their buses and to defeat him. there be accountability under concerned” at the increasing UN High Commissioner Saturday deadline for bringing stricken population have Venezuela. pick-up trucks at a rally in cen- Benny Gantz, a respected international law and the per- tensions between India and for Human Rights Michelle in the aid, planned to depart at become a key focus of the The military said in a tral Caracas. former military chief of staff, petrators of terrorist acts be Pakistan in the wake of the Bachelet had also strongly con- 6:00 am Thursday in a caravan power struggle between decree that it was banning ves- “But a bullet will kill you and centrist politician Yair brought swiftly to justice.” Pulwama terror attack that demned the attack against of buses with members of the Maduro and Guaido. sels from sailing out of more quickly than hunger.” Lapid said in statements they “It is the belief of the killed 40 CRPF personnel, Indian security forces in opposition-controlled National The 35-year-old leader of Venezuela’s ports until Sunday Wednesday’s rally gathered just would form a joint list for the Secretary-General that all dif- stressing on the need for both Pulwama and called on author- Assembly, forcing a high-stakes the Venezuelan legislature pro- to avoid actions by “criminal” a couple of dozen buses and April 9 elections and rotate as ficult challenges can be to exercise maximum restraint. ities to bring those responsible showdown with President claimed himself acting presi- groups. Amnesty pick-up trucks in Guaido’s sup- prime minister if they won. resolved peacefully and satis- “…Looking at the situation to justice. The already sour Nicolas Maduro. dent January 23, and has since International’s Americas direc- port. Gantz heads his recently factorily through meaningful in general between India and relations between India and On Maduro’s orders, the won the backing of more than tor Erika Guevara urged The pro-opposition dri- launched centrist Israel mutual engagement,” the state- Pakistan, we’re deeply con- Pakistan have worsened over military has beefed up border 50 countries. authorities to “not only recog- vers had planned to hold their Resilience party, while Lapid ment added. cerned at the increase in ten- the past week as New Delhi security and barricaded a major He wants to oust Maduro, nize this serious crisis... but also rally at a major crossroads fur- leads Yesh Atid, which cur- When asked at the daily sions between the two coun- blamed Islamabad for the border bridge to prevent the set up a transitional govern- to guarantee access” for those ther west but found the avenue rently has 11 seats in parlia- press briefing that Pakistan tries” in the wake of the Pulwama attack. Both coun- supplies from entering the ment and hold new elections. bringing in aid. blocked by a far bigger demon- ment out of 120. has asked for the Secretary- February 14 attack, Dujarric tries have called back their country from Cucuta, “This could be very soon, Underlining the swell of stration. Opinion polls have shown General himself to get involved had told reporters. envoys for “consultations.” Colombia, where tons of sup- between six and nine months, international support for Hundreds of state bus dri- the two as the main chal- plies are stockpiled. once Maduro’s current usurpa- Guaido, British entrepreneur vers rallied in the red shirts of lengers to Netanyahu, who has Although it was unclear tion ends,” Guaido told Richard Branson plans to hold the pro-government been expected to win despite exactly what Guaido intends to Mexican television station a pro-aid concert just inside “Chavismo” movement, in a corruption investigations into Advocacy groups urge US to do, he says he has enlisted hun- Televisa. Colombia on Friday, while gathering convened by the his affairs. dreds of thousands of volun- Guaido, who says 300,000 Maduro’s government stages a authorities. Former defence minister teers in recent days to help people could die without an rival concert on its side of the They yelled their loyalty to Moshe Yaalon had previously bring in and distribute the aid. influx of aid, says he aims to border, around 1,000 feet (300 Maduro — himself a former joined Israel Resilience and act against JeM, Masood On Wednesday, he rallied rally a million volunteers to meters) away. bus driver — and the memory another ex-military chief of bus drivers to go to the borders start bringing it in by Saturday. US officials say the aid of his predecessor, the father of staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, will also PTI n WASHINGTON The move came India,” said Jay Kansara of the to collect aid for Venezuelans Addressing supporters he will reach thousands of Venezuela’s socialist “revolu- join the new alliance, their HAF. suffering shortages. listed the planned transit points Venezuelans and last for a few tion,” Hugo Chavez. statements said. Hindu-American advoca- days after a Meanwhile, another orga- Acy group and an organisa- deadly terror nization of Kashmiri Pandits tion of Kashmiri Pandits have said it would host a virtual con- urged the US to take action attack on the ference to highlight the para- against the Jaish-e-Mohammad convoy of CRPF digm shift which has occurred ‘Concrete measures’ on sex abuse needed: Pope (JeM) terror outfit and its within the community global- leader Masood Azhar and to personnel in ly. “The conclave will be an AFP n VATICAN CITY through prayers, speeches, But the suggestion that condemn the alleged role of opportunity for the global audi- working groups and testi- Church laws need only fine- Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Pulwama ence to hear the prespectives of ope Francis opened monies from victims. tuning has angered many, China in providing physical district of speakers’ (from Jammu and PThursday a landmark sum- “I ask the Holy Spirit to including Anne Barrett Doyle, and diplomatic cover to such Kashmir) and policy positions mit at the Vatican on fighting support us in the following the co-director of terror organisations. Jammu and on the theme of the conference child sex abuse, saying that the days and help us to transform BishopAccountability.org, a The move came days after Kashmir. in the light of the present-day world expected “concrete mea- this evil into an opportunity for public database that docu- a deadly terror attack on the developments,” the Global sures” on tackling paedophilia awareness and purification,” ments cases of proven or sus- convoy of CRPF personnel in Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora in the Catholic Church. Francis said. pected cleric sex crimes. Pulwama district of Jammu jointly by the Indo-American (GKPD) said in a statement. The pontiff will dedicate “May the Virgin Mary “Canon law has to be and Kashmir. A suicide bomber Kashmir Forum (IAKF) and Former J-K finance minis- the next three and a half days enlighten us to try to cure the changed: not tweaked, not from the Pakistan-based JeM the Hindu American ter Abdul Rahim Rather, to discussing the Church’s serious wounds caused by the modified, but fundamentally drove his explosives-laden Foundation (HAF). Peoples’ Democratic Party response to child abuse by scandal of paedophilia both in changed, so that it stops pri- vehicle into a CRPF bus on The IAKF represents the leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig, members of the clergy with children and in believers,” he oritising the priesthood... over February 14, killing 40 securi- Kashmiri Pandit community chairman of J-K People’s bishops from around the world. added. the lives of children, and vul- ty personnel. residing in the US, while the Conference Sajjad Gani Lone, “The Holy people of God The summit aims to edu- nerable adults who are sexual- The two groups handed HAF is a non-profit advocacy president of J-K Bharatiya are watching and waiting not cate 114 top bishops who will ly assaulted by them,” she said. over a letter, jointly signed by organization for the Hindu- Janata Party Ravinder Raina, for simple and obvious con- then return home with clear Scicluna insists that sum- them, to the US Ambassador- American community. and former union minister demnations but concrete and ideas on how to spot and deal moning Church leaders from at-Large for International The letter was read in full and Congress leader Manish efficient measures,” he said as with abuse and paedophilia. all continents to Rome “is in Religious Freedom Sam before Brownback and the par- Tewari are likely to address the the summit opened, the first of The task is made difficult itself a very important message”. Brownback urging the Trump ticipants of the International global multi-media event, to be its kind. by the fact that some church- the defrocking last week by ists ahead of the meeting. The Maltese spent 10 years Administration to take action, Religious Freedom held at the attended by community mem- “Let us listen to the cry of es, in Asia and Africa in par- Pope Francis of a former car- Three themes — responsi- as the Vatican’s top prosecutor both at the international as well US Capitol on Tuesday, by bers from various parts of the the young ones who ask us for ticular, deny the problem exists. dinal — American Theodore bility, accountability and trans- on paedophilia cases, and was as at the domestic levels, to cen- Vijay Sazawal, the internation- world, the media release said. justice,” he said. “My hope would be that McCarrick — over accusations parency — form the backbone picked by Francis to travel to sure the terrorist organisation. al convener of the IAKF. In a separate statement, the The pope is aiming to tack- people see this as a turning he sexually abused a teenager of the summit and will provide Chile last year to hear from vic- “We call upon the US gov- Sazawal said “there is a cul- Kashmir Hindu Foundation le the continuing scandal, point,” said American Cardinal 50 years ago. its participants with the keys to tims whose voices had previ- ernment to condemn in all tural genocide happening in condemned the February 14 which again hit the Church in Blase Cupich, one of the pope’s “It’s not the end game, no ensuring child safety, he said. ously been silenced by an inter- international fora the role Kashmir”. “The environment of terror attack, saying these 2018 in countries across the trusted allies in the United one can ever say that... (but) There are reforms in the nal Church cover-up. played by Pakistan, Saudi intolerance at the grassroots attacks in Kashmir prove that globe, including Chile, States and one of the summit’s we’re going to do everything pipeline, such as the “tweaking” Scicluna has called for an Arabia, and China in providing level only feeds into the ecosys- the radical jihadi mind-set has Germany and the United four organisers. possible so people are held of certain canon laws, accord- end to the code of silence and physical and diplomatic cover tem which breeds terrorists penetrated deep into the psy- States. The US Catholic Church responsible, accountable and ing to another of the organis- culture of denial within the to terrorists like Masood Azhar like Masood Azhar who then che and polluted the minds of The 82-year-old hopes to has been shaken by one of the that there is going to be trans- ers, Maltese Archbishop beleaguered centuries-old insti- that have wreaked havoc in carry out such transnational a major population of Kashmiri raise awareness about abuse gravest crises in its history, with parency,” Cupich told journal- Charles Scicluna. tution. Kashmir,” said the letter, signed attacks in Afghanistan and muslims in the Valley. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 vivacity 13 PURSUIT

Raveena helps martyrs’ children Actress RAVEENA TANDON says OF BALANCE that her foundation will look into the education of martyrs’ children. As per reports, Raveena, who is Actor ANIL KAPOOR, who will be seen next in Total Dhamaal, known for her philanthropic work and her association with various tells SAIMI SATTAR that all genres need a good script noble causes, is already commit- ted to the education of the girl ctor Anil Kapoor Kapoor is Steve Martin, Mehmood, Kishore which she suggested to him. Even ear- child and provides scholarships conversing with the chef and Kumar traverse similar territory. Amitji lier, while choosing his international for the same. But she is now tak- Aasks him to send some meethi is more poker and physical while outing Slumdog Millionaire, it was his KUSHAN MITRA ing charge of children of all chutney to accompany the really deli- Govinda and Johnny Lever have their son Harshvardhan, who pushed him. martryrs. cious Delhi samosas. Eating fried, oily own streetsmart way of executing it. As for his much-acclaimed TV series snacks is quite contrary to the idea of Coming to the writers, the kind of com- 24, he went with his wife Sunita’s gut Talking about it, she the actor’s diet, who seems to have edy that was penned by Kader Khan feel. “When we started 24 about seven said: “These are drunk from the fountain of eternal was distinct.” to eight years ago, I had trouble moments when youth, but he lets us in on his mantra. Kapoor is categorical that if the explaining to people that there can be “The body is like a bank balance. It writing is flat, then even a Charlie a season and a daily soap is not neces- A Civic lesson everyone should come needs a certain number of calories to Chaplin or Laurel Hardy cannot make sary. I had to convince the producers run. If you’ve burnt more calories and a script work. “Gags have to be well- that we could pitch it well for TV and The new tenth-generation Honda Civic is certainly an attractive forward and eaten less, then you have the bank bal- written and thought out. When the if the casting was good with main- contribute ance which can be withdrawn when it writing is good, it is easier for the stream actors like me, then people vehicle, with or without its front-end. But will it set the roads whatever it is needed. Today is one such day when actors,” he says and goes on to give the would accept quality content on Indian might be — it is okay to indulge myself,” says the example of American show Modern TV. I wanted a certain amount of alight as the previous Civic did in India? actor, who, except the fine lines and Family as brilliantly written. money because I knew I couldn’t make whether it’s a creases here and there, looks not a day We rely on his experience to talk it in a lesser amount,” he recalls as he hen Honda Cars India launched the few times until you get the hang of it. big or small older to when he had made his debut about the progression of content in cin- keeps his fingers crossed for a third sea- Wfirst Civic here a decade and a half But you never buy a car for its looks amount. It in 1979. ema and inevitably talk revolves around son of the show. ago, it heralded a revolution. The car, alone, you do care about the performance goes a long Dressed in all black, he is promot- Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga. “The The fast-paced show won a lot of which was the eighth-generation of the too. So how is the new Civic? Well, first a way and I have ing his new film Total Dhamaal, where audience is evolving. The educated, sen- fan following. “Some people even said Japanese carmaker’s popular sedan (and disclaimer, this is a first drive, not a he reunites with Madhuri Dixit, his sible youth of the country are exposed it should be slowed down because it was hatchback in European countries), was a detailed test drive where I drive and expe- taken over the popular co-star of the 90s. “It has been through the internet and are engaging so edge-of-the-seat,” he says. But there sales success. But Honda was not able to rience a vehicle over a few days during my responsibility a long career. I have been quite lucky. with sensible content.” And he loves the are other problems too while shooting continue the Civic’s successful run in India commute. We drove the car around the of educating And there is the bonus of being able to next generation. While most actors do in the series format as opposed to a for too long for a multitude of reasons. highways near Bengaluru airport and up the girl chil- work with beautiful girls like Madhuri,” not like carrying work back home or film. “There are 24 episodes which rep- However, one has to admit that a major the twisty roads on Nandi Hills. Initially, dren. I am he guffaws. vice versa even when they have spous- resent an hour in one day. While the reason why sales of the Civic tailed off was I had the i-DTEC which comes with a six- As to what kept him invested in the es or parents from the industry, Kapoor films are for two hours, the content that India’s growing love affair with oil-burn- speed manual transmission. Now, I have not limit- adventure comedy film, he tells us, has no qualms admitting that shooting we needed for each episode is 40 min- ers, that is diesel cars. Honda globally did a strong opinion about six-speed manual ing it to “First of all, I laughed reading the script. with his daughter utes which adds up to 20 hours for the not have a smaller diesel motor that they transmissions in India because I still just That did it for me. This is an ensem- Sonam was a blast. entire season. That means 10 films in could bring to India back then and that believe it is one gear too many on any car. them ble cast and the biggest advantage is that “During the shoot- a year! It was strenuous and a roller played a role in the company ceding the That said, on the highway you can easily but the the entire film is not on your shoulder, ing of Ek Ladki Ko coaster ride. Sometimes we even segment to its rivals, first the Chevrolet put the car into sixth and just cruise at 80- which reduces the pressure. As a result, Dekha Toh Aisa worked for 18 hours.” Cruze and then further on the Toyota 100 km per hour, the diesel purring children of we enjoyed acting in the film more and Laga, we were Besides the content, another way Corolla Altis and Skoda Octavia. along. What does not purr along are the the martyrs. It’s did better. This is also apparent in the preparing for mar- that Kapoor has seen the industry But now the Honda Civic is back and tyres? Because of the need to derive high- not only of the Pulwama attack, it trailer and people are liking it,” he says. riage and in change is the way it treats women. He after skipping one global gener- er fuel economy, the i-DTEC is basically for all our jawans.” And the subject of mature romance between shots we believes that #Metoo has changed the ation, Honda cars India has comes with low rolling resis- worked well for him and Madhuri. discussed everything work environment. However, he brought in the tenth-genera- ONE tance tyres and those are “When you are younger, you can take related to it,” he believes, “I was fortunate to work in tion. This time, they have NEVER BUYS A noticeably noisy. You can the pressure because you are fresh, the says of the films where there was a healthy atmos- ensured that it has a diesel CAR FOR ITS drown that out by pumping ‘What can songs are great and as a pair you are also film phere. Whether it was my Telugu engine alongside a zippy the volume on the smart one do if looking good together. We are not debut as Bapu in Vamsa petrol motor. So let us deal LOOKS ALONE, infotainment system, which they Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. We Vruksham (1980) or with with the headline numbers PERFORMANCE is similar to those on other should stay in our auqat.” MS Sathyu with whom I first. The 1.6 litre tur- MATTERS TOO. ON new Hondas, and comes with (industry) Of course, he points out that there was a part of Kahan bocharged diesel engine, support for Apple CarPlay reach out are other factors that prove to be Kahan Se Guzar Gaye, which shares duty on the THE HIGHWAY YOU and Android Auto, standard to me clinchers. “The script, director, co-stars, our assistants and new- other recently introduced CAN EASILY PUT across variants. producers, distributors and the money comers were women. In Honda, the CR-V, produces a THE CIVIC INTO Now, on the twisty sec- asking for make me decide,” says the 62-year-old. Parinda, Renu Saluja decent 120 horsepower. The tions you really do need to blessings? But whichever genre he is working in, was the editor and she company claims that thanks SIXTH AND JUST mash the gears to keep the These are preparation is essential. “In today’s controlled everything. to their “Earth Dreams” tech- CRUISE AT 80-100 motor in its narrow power- time when the stakes are so high, Much later in Ayesha, nology, the Civic i-DTEC KM PER HOUR. band. While the car does take youngsters every detail including performance, Rhea was the pro- returns an astounding 26 km the corners very steadily who have worked dialect design, art and clothes have ducer and she was per litre under Indian test THIS IS CLEARLY indeed, you do feel that it with me in the past. to be prepared in advance. If you are 21. On the sets of conditions. The Civic also A CAR DESIGNED could do a bit more. Maybe prepared, your work will be faster, Veere di Wedding, I comes with a 1.8 litre i-VTEC TO BE AN with grippier tyres it could. Should I have told easier and better.” had to look for a boy petrol that produces a fairly Then again, even with enthu- them they don’t have Having worked in comedy fran- as there were 50 girls. decent 140 horsepower. ECONOMICAL siastic driving, the Civic my blessings? The chises quite a bit, Kapoor believes that In this film, the pho- Disappointingly for Civic LONG-DISTANCE Diesel returned almost 15 km the foremost role is played by the writ- tographer is a Japanese fans, Honda has not brought HAULER per litre. This is clearly a car proper thing to do ers. “Only a few people can work on girl. We are consciously either of the powerful engines designed to be an economical would have been to punches and understand them in a creating an atmosphere.” that do service on this particular sedan in long-distance hauler, but a boy racer. manner that it works pan-India, with the United States, which are a 158 horse- So on to the iVTEC, first things first, first for ask my people from villages to those in the power 2.0 i-VTEC and the very impres- there is no manual version on this Civic. consent before cities, students, children, intellectuals. sive 200 horsepower turbocharged 1.5 litre Nope. Nada. Nyet. What you get is Honda’s remixing Mungda.’ The dialogues should make everyone engine. Of course, India is a fuel-econo- very nice Continuously Variable or at least 70 per cent of the population my obsessed market but Honda has Transmission (CVT) with a Torque —Rajesh Roshan laugh. These days there is a surfeit of bucked the trend in the past with cars like Converter and seven forward speeds as comedy for various categories of the Honda Accord V6, which all car nuts standard, as well as a paddle-shift system Actor BOMAN IRANI will be essay- audience, be it TV, YouTube and in India who drove, including myself, when you want to have fun. Now, Honda’s ing the role of business tycoon even stand- up acts. So in a film, remember as a rocket, a thirsty rocket, but CVTs are very smooth — I loved the CVT Ratan Tata you need to add scale and adven- a rocket nonetheless. Even today, good sec- on the diesel Amaze for example — but they in the forthcoming film ture. We have got in an animal farm ond-hand examples of this car, like the are not designed again for very enthusias- PM Narendra Modi. “I have always like scenario in Total Dhamaal, original Honda City VTEC, which was tic driving. On regular day-to-day driving received com- which is not possible in a TV another amazing car, command top dol- on the highway and in the city, gear shifts ments on social show, for instance, to make sure lar. are brilliant and kick-down power when media that I that people feel that they’ve got But can the new Honda Civic become you need to get a move on gets delivered their money’s worth,” he says. a future classic like its illustrious prede- promptly. But you do start to sense some resemble Ratan Kapoor feels there are as cessors? Well, it does certainly knock the shift-lag when you start using the paddles Tata. I always many styles of comedy as there door on the looks front. Yes, the snout of a lot. Possibly I am saying this because dual- thought the day are directors, writers and actors. the car is a bit incongruous. In fact, the clutch gearboxes and their millisecond the character “Chameli ki Shaadi was situation- chrome slab across the front grille, which shifts have spoiled me. While this CVT is comes along, I will al. Indra Kumar does a combina- is apparently a Honda signature, does not what I would call lazy, it again feels tion of situational, gags and phys- make the car look quite weird. Because tuned more to regular urban commuting. be more than ical comedy. Similarly, from the side and particularly from the And you know what? Urban commut- happy to play it,” Priyadarshan is different and so rear, it looks fabulous. In fact, the rear ing is what most buyers of the Civic will do, Boman said. “So when Omung, is Rohit Shetty or the old guard three-quarter look of this vehicle is among and once you begin to live with it, you can Sandip and Vivek called me for the like Basu Chatterjee and the prettiest I have seen on a car in India. work your way around the CVT transmis- Hrishisda. Directors need to have a This car looks as attractive as a supermod- sion and figure it out. As such both the role, I immediately agreed to do it. sense of humour inherently and that el sashaying down the ramp with some toi- iDTEC and iVTEC Civics are very well suit- The team is quite wonderful and makes a difference. Their thinking, let paper stuck to her heel. Still very, very ed for that role and look fantastic as well. Omung is doing a great job. We the way of writing and the editing pretty but you know, something is off. The problem Honda India faces has have already shot my part and it can make a comedy work or fall What I did find interesting is that actually less to do with the Civic and more went very well,” he added. flat. The physical comedy that despite the looks, particularly the coupe- to do with the segment, because the seg- Jim Carey does was fantastic. The shaped sloping roofline which makes you ment is moribund. India’s love affair with way Ben Stiller works is different. Photo: Pankaj Kumar assume that the car would be very tight the Sports Utility Vehicle continues, any- inside, it really is not. I will not say it is body buying a car in the `15-18 lakh range the most spacious car in its segment but is looking lustfully at the Hyundai Creta. hat’s better than a tattoo? it does not feel cramped. After all, the Civic The Civic, which one expects to match the WOne in a foreign language, sedan is designed for the American mar- Corolla Altis for price, meaning it would of course. If trend meters are to be ket, where people are not quite small or be around the `18-24 lakh segment, will believed, then tattooing phrases, short. Headroom in the front is not bad have people look at the Hyundai Tucson, quotes, words in a foreign lan- Foreign ink at all, and I am 5’11.” In the rear, even with or have people who want space just look at guage has caught the fancy of the front seats pushed back, space is more the Toyota Innova. There is no doubt the celebrities. Hollywood celebrities Before getting a tattoo in an unknown than sufficient for myself and while three new Honda Civic is a good car and an excel- have often gone with Indian lan- adults on the rear bench is a squeeze on lent looking one at that, but I’m not sure it guages — Jessica Alba’s wrist is language, it is best to check its meaning or be any car, it will not feel so bad on the Civic. can make the Indian buyer start looking at inked with “Padma and Brittany prepared for disastrous results The only issue is possibly the fact that in sedans again. Snow’s right ankle says “Abhay.” order to get the space in the front and rear, Angelina Jolie has a verse in Pali with the Victoria tattoo on David “If celebrities can wake up to the seats ride rather low and although the emblazoned on her left shoulder. Beckham’s arm which was spelt the nightmares of a tattoo gone Indian Civic is 10 mm higher Closer home, our very own incorrectly or Gillian Anderson’s wrong, what are mere mortals than the outgoing model, Sushmita Sen has a tattoo in Latin unknown Hindi word. Recently, like us? The countless instances ingress and egress is a bit which reads Aut Viam inveniam pop singer Ariana Grande of tattoos gone wrong with dis- clumsy the aut faciam which translates as “I planned to get the title of her lat- astrous errors and weird transla- written in, find a qualified trans- may give us the words but the first shall either find a way or make my est hit single, 7 Rings, tattooed on tions happen because people fail lator or native speaker to trans- meaning can go out of context. own.” her palm in Japanese, but after to do their homework,” says late it for you. Then verify/cross The word “free” can denote free- A tattoo definitely looks more sharing a photo of the new ink on Malani. check with one more person dom or something that has no attractive in another language Instagram she got trolled and His words of advice? “Never who knows that language too. cost. In English, we use the same form and can be a great conver- learned that it was misspelled and trust the Internet /Google. Try We know the difference between word for both meanings, but in sation starter. It also adds a hint meant, ‘7 bbq grill’ instead. translating two languages that you’re and your but someone another language, it may be two of mystery, according to Vikas When she attempted to get it you know with its help and you who doesn’t know English might different words. So do a thorough Malani, founder of BodyCanvas fixed, it turned out to be an even know it can have errors — big just end up getting a tattoo with research beforehand to avoid Tattoos. But sometimes the results bigger faux pas, as the tattoo now ones. So, if you don’t write/speak a wrong meaning altogether.” any blunders and make your tat- are not so desirable as was seen means ‘7 bbq fingers’. the language that your tattoo is Malani feels that websites too rock. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 sport 14 Eves aim high against England After winning maiden series in New Zealand, Mithali and Co look to continue dominant run in home series

PTI n MUMBAI India vs England Live from 9:00pm IST he aggressive STAR SPORTS 1 NETWORK Team focused on getting Harmanpreet TKaur's injury-forced absence is likely to be felt but a confident Indian direct entry into 2021 women's cricket team will look to make the home advantage count when it squares off against England in a three- World cup: Mithali match ODI series starting at Wankhede Stadium on Friday. PTI n MUMBAI Fresh from a decent outing in New Zealand, where the team won the ndian women's ODI team skipper Mithali Raj said the ODIs but were blanked 0-3 in T20 Iteam is focussed on avoiding the qualifiers ahead of the Internationals, the Indian team contin- 2021 World Cup but reckoned it will be a major challenge ues its ICC Championships engage- facing World Cup champions England in the absence of ments. injured Harmanpreet Kaur. The team has to hold on to its posi- Mithali said her team is focused on holding on to its tion in the top-four of the world rank- position in the top-four of the world rankings till 2020 to ings till 2020 to get direct qualification get direct qualification for the 2021 World Cup. for the 2021 World Cup. "It's a very important series for us, being number three All the three matches will be played right now in points table. Points are at stake and I definite- at the Wankhede and India would be ly want the team to get direct entry (into the next World firm favourites. The Mithali Raj-led out- Cup). It's important to get as many points as possible from fit had beaten England 2-1 the last time the series," she said on the eve of the series. the visitors were here, in 2018. India had beaten England 2-1 the last time the visitors Raj, whose position in the T20 were here in 2018 but Mithali said facing the visitors with- squad has created quite a bit of contro- out Harmanpreet will show the team's depth. versy in the past few months, is still at "England are a formidable side, being the World Cup the top of her game in the 50-over for- champions and they will come strongly at us. We should mat. The 36-year-old became the first be playing a positive brand of cricket," said Mithali. woman cricketer to play 200 ODIs for "They've got their senior players back into the squad, India during the tour of New Zealand be banked upon to provide the requi- Indian wickets, the role of slow bowlers anchor the innings for the visitors. Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), R and we are without one of our senior players. But this series a few weeks back. site spark. Mandhana, especially, was in Deepti Sharma, Ekta Bisht and Poonam With all-rounders like Sophie Kalpana (wicket-keeper), Mona will also show how we meet this challenge. It will reflect the However, the hosts will miss her top form in New Zealand and would be Yadav in the middle overs would be cru- Eccelestone, experienced pacer Anya Meshram, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari depth of our team." regular deputy and T20 captain aiming to continue the fine run. cial. Shrubsole and accurate medium pacer Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Shikha Harmanpreet, who was ruled out of the The team has had middle-order The England women, on the other Nat Sciver in the mix, England have the Pandey, Mansi Joshi, Punam Raut, entire series with an ankle injury. She issues in the past and newly-appoint- hand, are no pushovers in the 50-over bowling attack to trouble the hosts. Harleen Deol. has been replaced by Harleen Deol. ed coach W V Raman would be keen format. They have experienced cam- Anya would also take confidence England: Tammy Beaumont, Although Harmanpreet was off- to sort those out. paigners in top-order batting, such as from her four-wicket haul in the warm- Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Sophia colour during the series against New The home team's bowling has an Danni Wyatt (746 runs in 61 matches) up game. Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Zealand, she remains crucial for India all-round look with the pace attack and 28-year-old Heather Knight. Elwiss, Alex Hartley, Amy Jones, in its new-found aggression. being led by redoubtable veteran Jhulan Knight, with 2,331 runs to her cred- SQUADS Heather Knight, Laura Marsh, Nat But ICC's woman cricketer of the Goswami and also comprising the likes it in 86 ODIs, displayed good form in India: Mithali Raj (Captain), Jhulan Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Sarah Taylor year Smriti Mandhana and the young of Shikha Pandey and Mansi Joshi. the practice game against the Board Goswami, Smriti Mandhana, (wicketkeeper), Lauren Winfield and and sprightly Jemimah Rodrigues can With spin being a key element on Presidents XI and would be expected to Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Danni Wyatt. Want to make history in India: Knight PTI n MUMBAI pulled off a sensational win. "We've got quite a settled that the India opener has some "We have had some amaz- batting line-up and everyone of weaknesses which her bowlers eigning World Cup cham- ing games; that World Cup the batters in the top six or would look to exploit. Rpions England want to cre- final was an amazing game to seven are match-winners. So "I have obviously played ate history by defeating India in be involved in. Obviously the hopefully a lot more players with Smriti in Hobart their own backyard for the enormity of the occasion: to be can step up, as they have done [Hurricanes], very recently. first time in an ODI series, said in a WC final, to be sold out at in the last two years," she She played in my team, so I visiting team captain Heather Lord's. We've played some good added. know her very well. I know Knight on the eve of the open- games, including last year in Knight agreed that India she's a very good player. And ing clash. Indian conditions as well." will miss the injured having seen a lot of her, obvi- On the absence of Harmanpreet, Mithali said the injured "Yes, we have talked about According to Knight, her Harmanpreet Kaur. ously, it gives us the chance to player will be missed but her absence also provides chance it. It's something we want to do team's strength is its depth. "She has been a very good look at her weaknesses as well to the youngsters to come good. as a team. We want to make his- "The ODI cricket we've player for them. She has been and try and figure out how "She is one of the main players in the team for a long tory. When we came here last played in the last couple of playing in the leagues around we're going to exploit them in time, but it is also an opportunity for young players in the year, it was a slightly younger years, including the World Cup the world. I know what sort of the series," she added. team to rise up and use the opportunity to step up and per- team. We weren't able to do in England, that's been very player she is. Any team in the Meanwhile Mithali was of form," said the India captain. that; we lost that series 2-1," good. We have got perfor- world would miss her." the view that spinners would "Harman is not there because of injury. I should empha- said Knight. mances from different players. On how to stop the in- hold the key although because sise that we, as a batting unit, should take the (added) respon- The two teams had played We have got inexperience and form Smriti Mandhana, with of the early starts there would sibility and whoever gets the opportunity should play that a memorable World Cup final a group that has been around whom she has played in the be some moisture for the medi- role," she added. in 2017 when hosts England for a while as well. BBL in Australia, Knight said um pacers to exploit. For a direct entry into the World Cup, Mithali and com- pany need to hold on to their position in the top-four of the world rankings till 2020. The equation becomes a bit more complex in the wake Hardik out of Australia series of the terror attack by a Pakistan-based terror-outfit in Pulwama in Kashmir and the outrage it has given rise to England post record chase PTI n NEW DELHI consist of 14 members. Ravindra all over the country. Jadeja has been named replace- Now there's a distinct possibility that the Indian team AFP n BARBADOS ndia all-rounder Hardik Pandya ment for Hardik Pandya for the 5 may not line up against Pakistan and Mithali said she is aware Iwas on Thursday ruled out of ODIs," it added. of this sort of scenario. ontrasting centuries by the upcoming T20 and ODI series After returning from ban "It's always been in our minds that we probably won't CJason Roy and Joe Root against Australia due to "lower Pandya made instant impact in his play Pakistan, and that's why, whatever matches we play paced England to a comfortable back stiffness" with Ravindra comeback game, proving how against whoever, we should be going in by keeping in mind six-wicket victory over the West Jadeja replacing him in the 50- crucial his presence is for the bal- that we need those points," she remarked. Indies with their record one-day over squad. ance of the side. India had defeated New Zealand 2-1 in the recent ODI international run chase in a It is a minor setback for the let him undergo strength and con- The 25-year-old has so far series in different conditions and Mithali said they will take high-scoring opening game of a team and Pandya, who returned ditioning work for his lower back played 11 Tests, 45 ODIs and 38 the confidence into the series against England. five-match series in Barbados on to action during the limited- at the National Cricket Academy T20s. "It was our first win on the New Zealand soil, so it feels Wednesday. overs series in New Zealand after (NCA) in Bengaluru. Pandya will His absence from the ODI great to win a series there, but to come home and play Set what looked a daunting being handed a provisional sus- begin his strength work from next squad gives Jadeja another oppor- England is completely different," she said. target after Chris Gayle's 24th pension. week," said the BCCI in a state- tunity to stake his claim in the "The conditions are different. We'll take a lot of posi- ODI hundred anchored the "The BCCI Medical team ment. squad for the World Cup to be tives and confidence from that series win, but our prepa- home side to 360-8, Roy blazed decided to rest the all-rounder and "The T20I squad will now played in the UK in May-July. ration and strategy differs from what it was in New Zealand." 123 off 85 balls at the top of the order while Root cruised to a comparatively sedate 102 off 97 deliveries to take help the LOCAL EVENTS tourists reach their target with Iyer hits record-breaking ton eight balls to spare. In achieving the highest- ever ODI run chase in the Maharashtra beat Uttar Pradesh Caribbean and the third-high- est overall, England underlined PTI n INDORE a mammoth 258/4 in 20 overs. wickets each, while Dhawal their status as the top-ranked The domestic veterans then Kulkarni, Shubham Ranjane team in this format of the game STOKES, BUTTLER RESTED FOR T20S oung Shreyas Iyer hit a restricted Sikkim to 104/7 to and Tushar Deshpande picked and will be brimful of batting Yblazing 147 off 55 balls to start their campaign on a win- a wicket each. confidence heading into the LONDON: Ben Stokes and Jos series. help Mumbai defeat Sikkim by ning note. In another Group C match, second match at the same venue Buttler will be rested for England's Jason Roy will miss the series to 154 runs in their Group C Mumbai lost openers skip- Pujara hit a stroke-filed unbeat- on Friday. Twenty20 series against the West return home for the birth of his first opening match of the Syed per Ajinkya Rahane (11) and en 100 off 61 balls, with 14 Fresh from a hundred in the Indies, selectors announced on child after the final one-day Mushtaq Ali trophy on young prodigy Prithvi Shaw boundaries and a six, and his lone warm-up match at the Thursday. international. Thursday. (10) cheaply and were reduced team, Saurashtra, to 188/3 in 20 weekend, Roy was at his most Wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings Squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Iyer's 147 is the highest to 2-22. overs. ruthless against the hosts who and batsman Dawid Malan return to Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, T20 score by an Indian. He But one-down Iyer and But contributions from the missed key fast bowler Kemar the 14-man squad for the first time Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, surpassed the record of experienced Surya Kumar middle order helped Railways Roach. since last year's tour of Australia and Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Liam Rishabh Pant, who had scored Yadav joined forces as they overhaul the target with two Roy set the pace in racing to New Zealand. Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, unbeaten 128 for Delhi hammered the opposition balls to spare. a hundred off just 65 balls — the Stokes and Buttler were both David Willey, Mark Wood. AFP Daredevils. bowlers and conjured a 213-run Meanwhile at Palam A fastest-ever in ODIs in the involved in the Test series in the His 147 is also the 12th stand for the third wicket. Stadium, Maharashtra Caribbean — and dominated an West Indies and are playing in the highest score by a batsman in It was an absolute carnage thrashed Uttar Pradesh by 12 opening stand of 91 with Jonny ongoing one-day international the T20 cricket history. with Iyer being the more runs. Bairstow. Test specialist Cheteshwar aggressive of the two. Asked to take first strike, He maintained the charge Pujara also hit an unbeaten 100 24-year-old Iyer raced to Maharashtra posted a decent through a 114-run second-wick- announced that the upcoming record for an ODI innings. in 61 balls, but the effort went his 100 in just 38 balls. 149-5, riding on some useful et partnership with Root and by World Cup will be his interna- Despite conceding 34 runs in vain as Railways chased Surya too played a handy contributions by NS Naik (41), the time he fell in the 27th over tional farewell in the format, the off his final two overs, leg-spin- down Saurashtra's 189-run tar- knockof 63 in just 33 balls with NS Shaikh (41) and RD to leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, big-hitting left-hander signalled ner Rashid played an important get with five wickets in hand at eight boundaries and two other Gaikwad (35). England were well on course. his intentions for a lengthy role together with Stokes in the Holkar Stadium. shots over the fence. In reply, Uttar Pradesh Earlier, Gayle lit up the grand finale with an innings of limiting the West Indies progress At the Emeralds Heights Sikkim was never in the folded for 137 allout in 19.3 ALL LUCKNOW FINAL Kensington Oval with another 135 off 129 balls with 12 sixes over the final 15 overs. International School ground, it hunt to chase the total and their overs, despite a 61-ball 93 by Luck now region and Lucknow Hostel won their respective display of power-hitting. and three fours. Stokes returned the best was all Iyer show, who took the innings ended at 104/7. Samarth Singh. Only skipper semi-final clashes to set up a final showdown in the State-Level Playing his first ODI since His tally of maximums figures of three for 37, including Sikkim bowlers to cleansers For Mumbai, spinner AD Nath (10) posted a double Junior Girl’s Hockey Tournament at Mohd Shahid Stadium on the home series against dominated an innings in which the important wicket of Gayle in hammering 15 sixes and seven Shams Mulani and pacer figure as rest of the batsmen Thursday. Lucknow Hostel defeated Meerut 7-0 while Lucknow Bangladesh last July and having 23 sixes were struck, a new the 47th over. boundaries as Mumbai posted Shardul Thakur picked two were dismissed for single score. region beat Sporfts College Gorakhpur 3-1 to book the final berth. LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 sport 15 CRAZY LAST QUARTER Gimenez and Godin strike late to earn Atletico 2-0 victory in an entertaining first leg tie against Juventus

AFP n MADRID ristiano Ronaldo's Champions League Sterling winner caps mission with Juventus stalled on CWednesday as Atletico Madrid secured a deserved 2-0 victory from a thrilling first leg at the Wanda Metropolitano. Ronaldo returned to the Spanish capi- late City comeback tal, where he enjoyed unprecedented success in this tournament with Real, but it was AFP n SCHALKE their rivals celebrating at the final whistle as goals from Jose Gimenez and Diego aheem Sterling sealed a dramat- Godin put Atletico within sight of the quar- Ric 3-2 Champions League win for ter-finals. 10-man Manchester City at Schalke But this was a victory that Simeone's side on Wednesday as the English cham- fully deserved. Antoine Griezmann had hit pions scored twice in the last five the crossbar while VAR twice intervened, minutes. correctly, in Juve's favour, cancelling a Sterling tucked away the winner penalty for a foul on Diego Costa and then at the Veltins Arena in the 90th ruling out an Alvaro Morata header just minute just after substitute Leroy before Gimenez struck. Sane fired home a stunning free-kick While Juventus tried to preserve the for the Premier League leaders stalemate, Atletico were bold. Simeone against his former club in the last 16, introduced Morata, Thomas Lemar and first leg. Angel Correa, all around the hour-mark, and Schalke led 2-1 at half-time as the Figuratively his daring paid off. "I showed balls," Simeone VAR twice intervened to award said. penalties, both converted by Nabil Leroy Sané has been directly Juve are certainly not dead and Bentaleb, cancelling out Sergio involved in eight goals in his buried, particularly given Costa and Aguero's opener in Gelsenkirchen. 8last seven appearances in all Thomas Partey will both be suspended for City were in real trouble with 22 competitions for Manchester City the return in Turin after each picked up yel- minutes left when Nicolas Otamendi, (three goals, five assists). low cards. who gave away the controversial first Nicolás Otamendi has received But the failure to score an away goal, and penalty, was sent off for a second yel- his first red card for Manchester their clear inferiority in the second half does low card before Sane's moment of 1City in what was his 161st not bode well for any hopes of a comeback. brilliance and Sterling's winner. appearance for the club. "They don't give you chances," said However, City still have some Allegri. "They make you play badly." work to do in the return leg on March Manchester City have conceded Defeat in the last 16 for either team 12 with Fernandinho, who was at least two goals in six of their would be unthinkable, for Atletico, who booked when conceding the second 2seven games in the Champions League knockout stages under Pep UEFA know the final will be played here, at their Jose Gimenez celebrates after scoring Atletico Madrid’s opening goal against Juventus in round of 16 first leg clash at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid on Wednesday spot-kick, and Otamendi both sus- Guardiola. own stadium, on June 1, the perfect chance pended. to wrestle the trophy off Real in the very won a penalty when referee Felix Zwayer Schalke are just above the Since the start of last season, city they share. thought he was tripped by Mattia de Sciglio. Bundesliga's relegation places and only Cristiano Ronaldo (8) has Ronaldo "We are not through yet. But VAR showed he had not only exagger- winless in their last four league 7scored more away goals in the RONALDO SUBDUED Champions League than Sergio returned to the There is another ated the contact but also extended his run games, yet they gave Premier And for Juventus, whose wait for Spanish capital, into the area. League leaders City an almighty Aguero (7). Europe's premier prize has now match to play and we The rest of the half was tighter but scare. entered its 23rd year, when expecta- where he know we will have to Atletico had two golden opportunities The hosts initially strug- utes and they would be celebrating tions are higher than ever given enjoyed suffer." early in the second. First, Griezmann gled to get out of their half again soon after. The Germans took they now boast the tourna- unprecedented volleyed Costa in behind but the as Man City dominated the the lead when Fernandinho pushed ment's most prolific ever —Diego Simeone Spaniard sidefooted wide with only opening 30 minutes, until the Senegal defender Salif Sane when a player. success in this (Atletico Wojciech Szczesny to beat. game swung dramatically Schalke's free-kick flew into the box, and Ronaldo, though, tournament Madrid coach) Then, it was Griezmann's turn, this time way with the two penalty decisions. VAR again intervened and another endured a disappoint- with Real, but Szczesny intervening, tipping the Schalke shot themselves in the foot penalty went Schalke's way. ing night, suffocated it was their "Fortunately we didn't Frenchman's lob onto the crossbar before for City's opening goal on 18 minutes Bentaleb stepped up to smash the from the outset by a concede a third. Giorgio Chiellini stopped Costa from reach- when a lazy pass from goalkeeper spot-kick past Ederson and put typically relentless rivals ing the rebound. Ralf Faehrmann to Salif Sane was Schalke ahead. The second half was Atletico backline. celebrating Because 2-0 is a result Atletico were pushing and it was Morata, snapped up by David Silva. a much more even affair with Schalke Perhaps it was that can be turned on for Costa, who made the difference. He The Spaniard drew Faehrmann no longer intimidated to be playing frustration that at the final powered in a brilliant header only to see it and selflessly served up a simple tap- star-studded City. whistle as around. We're not made him wave dead yet." chalked off for a push but he was not in for Aguero to claim his 10th goal In turn, the visitors' problems five fingers in the goals from deterred, and when Juve failed to clear his in his last seven City appearances. were compounded on 68 minutes direction of the —Massimiliano knock-down at a corner, Gimenez was per- when Otamendi clattered Schalke's baiting Atletico Jose fectly placed. SCHALKE SPARKED INTO LIFE replacement forward Guido Gimenez Allegri crowd, pre- (Juventus boss) Juve were rattled and their failure to rally However, falling behind sparked Burgstaller and was dismissed. sumably to and Diego could cost them dear. Atletico scored again life into Schalke. In a bid to turn the match with signify his five Godin put as Godin rose to head in at the near post, Schalke drew level after Daniel 13 minutes left, Leroy Sane came on Champions driven free-kick from 30 yards, that had to only to turn and find Mario Mandzukic had Caligiuri fired in a speculative shot for Aguero and the Germany inter- League tri- Atletico be pushed over by Jan Oblak, and the cleared the ball to his feet. The angle was tight which clipped Otamendi's arm. national produced the goods against umphs. within sight of dummy-shot before it, that exposed Costa as but the net was open. Despite City's furious protests, the club he left in 2016. Then Sterling His best the quarter- encroaching, for which he received his yel- Juve might had snatched an away the spot-kick was duly awarded, latched onto goalkeeper Ederson's contribution low card. goal late on but Oblak pushed over Federico which Bentaleb tucked away to the long clearance as the home defence was an early, finals Costa was his bristling self and almost Bernardeschi's shot. They have it all to do. delight of the home crowd on 38 min- hesitated and slotted in. the pioneer LUCKNOW | FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 16