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It is expected to be rivals jabbing at one another         Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya In , of the 10 Lok three-cornered fight involv- over alleged discrepancies in           Pradesh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Sabha seats voting BJP had ing the BJP, AAP and the affidavits and even a candi-           Haryana and West Bengal contested eight seats in 204 and Congress in all the seats. date of the ruling party in             with heavyweights like won seven, INLD two and The Congress is looking Delhi breaking down at a              Digvijaya Singh and Congress one. Union Ministers to bounce back after ending Press conference and attack           Jyotiraditya Scindia and Rao up at the third spot in the on Delhi Chief Minister and          (Congress), Union Ministers Inderjt Singh (BJP) too are in 2014 elections while the BJP national convener of AAP            Maneka Gandhi, Narendra the fray. Former Chief Minister is trying to retain all the Arvind Kejriwal.            Singh Tomar and RK Singh seven seats. The AAP is con- The campaign which got            (BJP) and former Chief (Congress) is trying to enter the testing the election on the off to a slow start as alliance          Minister Akhilesh Yadav (SP) lower house from Sonepat agenda of full Statehood, talks between the AAP and             testing their ballot popularity. while his son and sitting MP hoping to give a tight fight to Congress lingered on till the            Much is at stake for the from , Deepender Singh both the national parties. last days of nomination,      !  "     BJP-led National Democratic Hooda, is again contesting Voting will begin at 7 gained momentum over the   #   #  Alliance (NDA) which had from the same seat. am on May 12 and it is sched- last fortnight with senior  $           won 45 of these 59 Lok Sabha In West Bengal, Maoist uled to go on till 6 pm. A total leaders drawing huge crowds         %   %  seats in the 2014 elections, hotbed Jangal Mahal — the of 13,819 polling stations will at mega rallies and road &         pocketing all eight seats from forested region of Bankura, West be set up at 2,700 locations in shows in the national Capital.  #'& "  &   N)  Bihar and winning 13 of 14 Midnapore, Jhargram and Delhi, with one model polling The campaign reached a O  seats in Uttar Pradesh. Of the Sikhs to go for polls. between the two has also been Purulia, would go to poll. The station in each of the 70 crescendo in its last lap with #       )     59 seats, 14 are in UP, 10 seats Just like Mani Shankar seen as a litmus test for BJP’s ruling TMC, the BJP, the Assembly segments. Prime Minister Narendra  "          in Haryana, eight each in Bihar, Aiyar did with his ‘neech’ com- assertion that Digvijaya was Congress and the Left Front con- Seventeen polling stations Modi holding a massive rally            Madhya Pradesh and West ment before the 2014 polls, acting against the interests of stituents - the CPI(M), the CPI will be staffed only by at the Ramlila Maidan ,    + ! ,  Q   Bengal, seven seats in Delhi Pitroda seems to have stirred the majority community and and the AIFB — are the main women. Congress president Rahul    .   /0112/   and four in Jharkhand. the poll pot this time round in tainting it with a “terror tag”. contenders in the eight seats, As many as 523 polling Gandhi addressing two pub-        & %    The Trinamool Congress, favour of Prime Minister Digvijaya has matched Sadhvi’s where the fate of 83 candidates locations have been identified lic meetings, while his sister 3  % Q       which is locked in a eyeball- Narendra Modi and the BJP saffron credibility with his own will be decided by a 1,33,69,749- as critical and 60,000 per- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tak-             to-eyeball poll confrontation with his “hua to hua” (so what) by organising a ‘havan’ of ‘sad- strong electorate. sonnel, including those of ing out two roadshows in the           3 with the BJP, had lifted all 8 comment for the Sikh riots of hus’ in Bhopal. Manas Ranjan Bhunia is the Delhi Police, Home city.                  seats from Bengal in this 1984. Modi and the BJP have Among other poll fights, TMC’s candidate who is con- Guards and paramilitary, will BJP’s incumbent MP      phase in 2014 poll. The TMC since then came down heavi- Akhilesh is contesting from testing against BJP’s State presi- be on their toes to ensure that Manoj Tiwari is up against )            too will have to put its best ly on the Congress by saying Azamgarh, the seat won last dent Dilip Ghosh from there is no untoward inci- Sheila Dikshit for the         foot forward in this round to that these words are the “char- time by his father Mulayam Medinipur Lok Sabha seat. The dent. Northeast Delhi seat and has     ,         retain its tight grip in the acter and mentality and inten- Singh Yadav against Bhojpuri Bankura seat will witness a tri- According to the sum- already said her entry has     & %      State. The Congress had won tions of the Congress”. Though filmstar Dinesh Lal Nirhaua. angular fight because the mary of the electoral roll made the poll contest “one of     two and the Samajwadi Party Pitroda later apologised, the Union Minister Maneka Congress did not put up any can- published on April 23, there the most interesting in the 5       % Q    and the LJP one seat each in BJP seems to have made most Gandhi, who has changed her didate there. The high-voltage are over 1.43 crore voters in country”. AAP’s Dilip Pandey + ! ,        this round five years ago. of the controversial comments seat from Piliphit to Sultanpur, campaign saw poll meetings by Delhi, 78,73,022 male and is also in the fray from the       "  After the sixth round, anoth- before Punjab, Chandigarh is pitted in a good fight with Modi and BJP president Amit 64,42,762 female, while 669 seat.         +  &   er 59 seats would go to polls and Delhi votes. Congress leader Sanjay Singh Shah, Union Home Minister belong to the third gender. Other prominent candi-            in the last phase on May 19. The 6th round goes to the and BSP’s Chandra Bhadra Rajnath Singh, Congress presi- While 2,54,723 voters are dates in the race include vet-            As things stand, Sam floor with the eye-catching Singh alias Sonu who is the dent Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal in the age group of 18 and 19, eran Congress leader Sheila,            Pitroda, a close associate of contest between former ‘Mahagathbandhan’ candidate. Chief Minister and her Andhra there are 40,532 electorate Olympian boxer Vijender               Congress president Rahul Madhya Pradesh Chief Other prominent candi- Pradesh counterpart N with disability who would Singh, who is making his             Gandhi, has given a handle to Minister Digvijaya and date from UP contesting is Chandrababu Naidu. In be provided pick up and drop electoral debut from South    the BJP to beat the Congress Malegaon terror accused State Minister Rita Joshi Jharkhand, Giridih, Dhanbad, facility. Nearly 270 FIRs and Delhi, Union Minister Harsh 6           with seven seats of Delhi, 13 of Pragya in Bhopal which has Bahuguna from Prayagraj Jamshedpur and Singhbhum daily diary (DD) entries were Vardhan from Chandni        " &  Q Punjab and one of Chandigarh been a BJP stronghold and won (Allahabad). (ST) constituency are to witness registered against political Chowk, and cricketer-turned-      7"   /018&  having a sizeable population of by it previously. The poll bout Besides Bhopal, Guna in voting on Sunday. parties and others here till politician Gautam Gambhir.                   29        &!                          !         :               " :           %                                )           "                 )*)  ( tified in the Lok Sabha election 5           )+,  ( constituencies in the third         ;                  olling will be held in 8 par-   %   phase and more than 3600 $         &  Q    liamentary constituencies polling centres will be moni- P ! '         %  :       ith arrest of three for- of Morena, Bhind (SC),    - #  tored by webcasting / CCTV          Weign nationals, the Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha,  ))  ' cameras. In this phase, total   )      5      Narcotics Control Bureau Bhopal and Rajgarh from 7 am 1720 vulnerable areas have              ' (NCB) on Saturday claimed to to 6 pm on May 12 in the third       been identified and 3096 sus-       have made country’s highest phase of Lok Sabha Election- picious persons have been :             !   seizure of over 1,800-kg pseu- 2019 in State. A total of 45      identified. On the day of          doephedrine kept outside a thousand 53 security personnel polling, special monitoring of &   "     factory in Greater Noida. The including 85 companies of   vulnerable areas will be done by  &        estimated value of the seized Central Armed Police Force, 30 the sector officers.   #'&      ,   chemical, along with about 2 companies of State Armed posts falling under this phase Prohibitory action has ,   kgs of party drugs cocaine, is Police Force and officers- have been sealed. More than 11 been taken against 2 thousand #     &  around 25 crore. employees of State Police have thousand vehicles will be used 273 persons in Lok Sabha con-     !     A senior NCB official said been deployed to ensure unin- for transportation of polling stituencies of the third phase of ,              it stumbled on the narcotics terrupted voting. To deal with teams, sector officers and police the state to maintain law and         &    after grilling a South African any kind of situation, 446 force. Polling workers have order. One lakh 48 thousand            woman arrested on May 9 Quick Response Teams have been sent to the polling booths 616 licensed weapons have )&Q    from the IGI Airport. She was been formed. on May 11. been deposited and 9409 ille-            carrying 24.7 kg of pseu- As many as 101 inter-state As many as 4024 critical gal weapons have also been       doephedrine, siad officials. and 128 inter-district check polling centres have been iden- seized.   . 7       “The woman was first            intercepted by the Central             Industrial Security Force.               #           Pseudoephedrine is a pre-                      cursor used for the manufac- tating that Congress party               Q      ture of Methamphetamine, a Sand its leaders have no hatred,     !     drug widely used in Europe Congress president Rahul  "# $  %!  %       ,     %  &              and South East Asia. This is Gandhi asked Prime Minister  '    (     7       the biggest ever seizure of Narendra Modi to keep offering    '   '       % <2  pseudoephedrine in India hate claiming he would contin-  '         He alleged that these were tac- action in the matter. These are       :    kept outside factory premis- ue to hug him in return. tics adopted by the AAP since serious allegations," he said. He  & ;        es. As per our records, this is Amid assaults on him and he kept telling the Prime he Congress Delhi unit on it knew it was losing in the polls said this "kind of politics" has             the highest ever seizure by his family from the PM, Gandhi Minister for five years that he TSaturday has filed a com- as the battle is between the not been seen before and    any agency,” the senior NCB switched to a different pitch say- was a PM and had all the power plaint with the Election Congress and the BJP. everybody knows their reality. )      officer said. ing Congress party or its lead- of this country behind him so he Commission alleging recorded Khera claimed the AAP The complain said that    . 7        “During interrogation, ers possess no hatred. “The should work with lover and not phone calls are "being used to was using a call centre to make members of the public have  :  Q     :  the woman led the officials of hatred is filled in BJP, RSS and hatred. spread misinformation in an such calls to voters. "These calls been receiving phone calls  :     3  %  the Delhi zonal unit of the in the heart of PM Narendra Before Goods and Services attempt to influence the elec- have gone to voters in seven from various numbers, which Q           NCB to a house in Greater Modi,” claimed the Congress Tax was to be implemented, we torate" by Aam Aadmi Party parliamentary constituencies when picked up, play an auto-  7    :    Noida from where a total of national president who was had sent P Chidambaram to (AAP). and started at 5.10 pm. Initially, mated message purporting to         1,818 kg of pseudoephedrine addressing an election rally in convey a message that he (Modi) According to the com- when the call is received a be the result of a survey in  %  and 1.9 kg of Cociane were Shujalpur of Madhya Pradesh. was making a mistake as India plaint, "false" survey results recorded message is played which the person receiving the ,       . 7   seized on May 10,” said the “Our job is to fight this was a vast country and an ill- propagating through phone asking voters which party they call has participated.              senior NCB official. hatred,” added Rahul. He also planned policy would land you calls to voters during the 48- will vote for. After one-and-a- "The message names polit-    !      #    Two Nigerians, a man addressed public rallies in Dhar in trouble. But our leader was hour election silence period" half-hours they again receive a ical parties and completely =   = '    36   and a woman, have been and Khargone. sternly told that a decision has Romila Dhawan, the election call telling them the AAP is get- random and inexplicable per-        &:   #  arrested from the house apart Referring to PM Modi’s been made and would be imple- agent of the party's northeast ting 40 per cent or 52 per cent centages against their particu-             from the South African repeated assaults on Gandhi mented by midnight, recounted Delhi candidate and former votes," Khera told reporters. lars. The message conveys that   )        ;    apprehended earlier, they family, the visiting leader said Gandhi. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila "This has never happened. the result of the survey in &      PQ said. The arrests were made Modiji talks of my father, grand- The Congress further said Dikshit said in a complaint. When you know after 5 pm which the receiver of the call         under relevant sections of mother and great grandfather he (Modi) did not ask anyone Addressing media persons, (when the campaigning ends) has ostensibly participated is          the Narcotic Drugs and with hatred and anguish but I about demonetisation. “You AICC spokesperson Pawan that you are nowhere in the that AAP got 47 per cent, BJP #          

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Police said that the accused ered two more vehicles which "2+$  3' registration number Nath too resorted saying Bhagat Singh Malik molested were stolen by gang; two of the     MP09CM9047 were recovered Chouhan is unaware that loans and assaulted the victim after accused are wanted accused in from their possession. of his kin have been waived off hearing at the court in the dis- murder cases and were having  '   After the preliminary and he was talking about the trict court premises. a reward of 20,000.  3'  investigation the police regis- entire state. Notably, a case of rape was Acting on a tip off regard- tered a case under sections 379, Starting the assault, registered with Govindpura ing a tip off about two men try-     420, 467, 471 and 212 of the Chouhan had wrote on twitter police and in the same case the ing to sell Ford Ecosport which +*)1  +*)4- IPC and later nabbed the that Kamal Nath government two came for hearing but after was brought from Jabalpur    accused. The gang used to sell should stop lying claiming government had waived off written off. The former Chief used to transfer money to the the hearing victim was on her were nabbed and when they stolen vehicles and financed that his brother did not apply loans of 21 lakh farmers and Minister who is extremely crit- bank accounts. He also warned way back accused molested her were quizzed they confessed 5 6  vehicles by using registration for loan waiver so how some even Shivraj Singh Chouhan ical of Congress loan waiver the Chief Minister saying and assaulted her and victim stealing vehicles and selling    ' numbers of damaged vehicles his loan was waived off. He had accepted that his brother’s further tweeted that Kamal farmers are basis of state’s alerted for help accused escaped them in different areas using      in other states. also pointed out the state gov- loan was waived off. Nath was yet to furnish no prosperity and if you would the spot. Earlier, when victim fake documents. The gang has also sold ernment had made it clear Meanwhile, Chouhan con- dues certificates and loan cheat them, then the state and was sports teacher in Rohtak The nabbed accused were    heavy loading trucks in those filing Income Tax won’t tinued his assault saying first would not be considered country won’t forgive you. Haryana and a case of sexual identified as Sajid Khan (42)   Nagpur and Mysore. They be extended benefits of the order of loan waiver was wrong waived off unless no dues cer- Nath on Friday also had assault was registered in Rohtak and Aleem alias Sonu (32) of have also stolen and sold vehi- scheme so how the loans of his as the state government had tificates is offered to farmers by tweeted that farm loans of and later the victim was also Jabalpur who were wanted in cles in Maharashtra, Gujarat brother was waived off. announced to waive off all the banks. Chouhan’s kin –Nirnajan and sexually assaulted in the Bhopal murder cases in Jabalpur and vide shelter and help in dis- and . Details of vehi- He was replying to Nath’s loans upto Rs two lakh while He also asked Kamal Nath Rohit, have been waived off but and a case was registered with Satna in the year 2014 and posal. cles stolen and disposed would tweet in which the Chief later it emerged that crop loans to furnish UTR numbers of the latter had no idea about the Govindpura police. 2017. Police nabbed Vinod From the accused Ford be revealed in the Minister claimed that Congress upto Rs two lakh would be bank transactions which are this. Police have registered a Rai of Bhopal who used to pro- Ecosports bearing registration further investigation. case of molestation and started search for the accused. Meanwhile Hanumanganj 3-!4/%% police booked a man for sexu- ally assaulting and exploiting a 26-year-old married woman at ::-%3&- Ghora Nakkas for the past one year. The accused had threat-       ened to kill her family if she lodged any complaint to police. ngry mob of family mem- Police have booked Yogesh Abers and locals were wit- alias Yogendra Kushwaha for nessed at Hamidia hospital sexual exploitation. The victim, where post mortem of 6-year- in her complaint, stated that she old boy was conducted on was acquainted with the Saturday. The body died of accused and last year in the multiple bites by stray dogs in month of June he took her to the evening on Friday at Shiv a hotel in Ghora Nakkas area Sangam Nagar under and sexually assaulted her. Awadhpuri police station area. The accused lured her of After people protested at marriage continued sexual the hospital, officials from exploitation of victim. The vic- administration reached to paci- tim asked the accused to marry fy with compensation of Rs her but accused refused to 250000. The BMC also started marry her few days ago after drive to catch stray dogs which which the victim lodged com- are found in scores at several plaint with the Hanumanganj places. police and based on the com- The locals have made sev- plaint after preliminary inves- eral complaints still no action tigation police have registered for resolving issue of stray a case under section 376(2) of dogs has been taken by BMC.       )#*##+                     the IPC. After the complaint,    O/ 0 P  / ( &  !  '  '   !  In the evening on Friday        - !    '   !      hunt for the accused is on. PNS     six year old Sanju was attacked by over a dozen stray dogs at around 6 pm and when his mother spotted him she tried & '  (  : :#  + & & to save but failed and later when he was rushed to hospi- tal he died during treatment. %  !  % The father of the deceased reached home at around 6 in     )*   & 7  the evening and asked for Sanju but his mother failed to !      find his as he had gone to dump garbage around half an "  ," al/posters within 100 metre hour ago. The death occurred       radius of the polling centres. due to multiple injuries across Candidates or parties will not the body of the boy.       &       he Election Commission do any activity to lure and The family which hails ' !   !  There on Saturday issued intimidate voters. In addition from Silwani Raisen lives in a hopal Branch of The      guidelines to candidates and they will not be allowed to use rented house in Shiv Sangam BInstitute of Chartered    political parties for voting day loud speaker, mobile phones Nagar. Head of the family Accountants of India has on Sunday. within 100 meters of polling Harinarayan works with a organised a one day Seminar   '  :  On the day of polling in the centre. catering service provider. on GST on Saturday at Hotel ;'   ! third phase of the state in the Stalls can be put up by can- Sanju was eldest among Atishay, Bhopal. -  ' /   Lok Sabha elections in 2019, didates outside 200 metre three siblings and lone boy The Programme was < =  - the candidates will be able to radius of the polling centre. among the siblings. attended by Chartered <  !   use one vehicle each for them- They will be able to use one Accountants from Bhopal and   selves, their agents and their table, two chairs and 3 x 1.5 feet     nearby areas in large numbers. workers / party workers. These banner. For this, prior permis- CA Mayank Agrawal the manner present about the vehicles will not have more sion from local body will be     -             2 '    Chairman, & other members of manner in which GSTR-9 form than five persons, including the mandatory. The expenses will     ! # -   3!#-4 '   !      Bhopal Branch enlighten the is to be filed and the manner in driver. If the candidate is absent be included in the candidate's lamp and address the members which irregularities of 2017-18 in the parliamentary con- electoral expenditure. The can-  ' >         bond is also called Indian the famous bakery lingerie of present about the issued rele- in GST-3B can be removed. He stituency, then no other person didate or party can distribute !  Wordsworth and he wrote Mint Flavored Ice Tea Mussoori vant in GST. advised the members present to will be able to use the voter slip on plain white %  /' he Ruskin Bond Festival about 500 short stories, novels was also kept in the Ruskin It is to be noted that dur- guide the business communi- these vehicles. paper to the voters, but this will Tbegan on Saturday at Swami and poems. Dr. Amita Singh Bond. ing the programme there were ty for filing the required returns Candidates or parties will not have the name of the can- '    Vivekananda Library. The four also gave interesting informa- Next event will be organ- Two Technical Sessions con- to avoid penalties and to rec- neither be able to campaign nor didate or the party's name or day festival received a won- tion related to the life of the ised on Sunday i.e. May 19 from ducted by Expert Faculties of oncile their GSTR-3B with put up promotional materi- the election symbol.     derful response on the first day. Ruskin bond, saying that the 2 to 5:30 pm. The event Ghost GST being CA. Arun Chhajer GSTR-9 to avoid various non-    !  The festival is organised by Ruskin bond was born in and Hills will be organised. from New Delhi and CA. compliances resulting to strict 7     !    ' ! ! Swami Vivekananda Library, Kasauli. The time spent on them by Navneet Garg from Bhopal. statutory actions against the Youth Literary Enthusiast Club After this there was a dis- the mountains will be dis- Later, during the session assesses.         '   and Club Literati. cussion on a Ruskin bond and cussed and their nature towards CA Arun Chhajer briefed the CA Zuber Ullah Khan,  ' ! -  About 100 participants some things related to his life the mountains and the Ghost delegates about the procedures Vice Chairman, CA Samank  %     +*)8 took part in this event. were shared by the partici- Stories created by them will be to be followed by CAs for con- Mohabe Treasurer, CA Anshul  '  Beginning at the festival, pants. In the end, a quiz dynasty discussed. ducting GST Audit. He Agrawal, Chairman CICASA,         '  ' Rushariak Goyal, the founder of was made by the Uppal, whose On this day, discussions on informed about the penalties CA Pradeep Mutreja and CA Literary Cottage, presented the winner was Lavnya Kapoor superstation stories and trea- which will be levied over non- Aditya Shrivastava Executive '     /'    presentation and a small video and Adi Shrivastav. sure hunt will also be organised. compliances of Audit which is Committee Members also par-   !       about Ruskin bonds and inter- Keeping the theme in This is his 85th birthday too, so on daily basis. ticipated the seminar. As many esting personal information. mind, the favorite peanut but- his birthday will also be cele- CA Navneet Garg guided as 200 members were present   % 9   %    He told that the Ruskin ter and chocolate cookies and brated. the members present about in the seminar #    $%&  ' (  

      area on Friday. The victim  5      Anand Dubey had gone to iscreant targeted a house ! - ! '   office and when he returned Mat Bijli Colony under the valuables were found bur- Ashoka Garden police station   !    gled. area and fled away with valu- ' ! - &    !  /  After the victim found that ables over 90,000; victim the valuables were burgled a lodged complaint on Friday   '   4**** complaint was lodged with the after he returned from  Piplani police stating that he Chennai.  +?***    ' ! -  had gone for work in the morn- Police said that the victim       ' !    ' ing and when he returned Rajni Kumar had gone to locks were found broken and Chennai on May 5 and when 8**** valuables were burgled. he returned on May 10 valu- Gold and silver jewelry ables were found burgled. were found burgled and worth 70000 and 25000 cash and 8000 cash were burgled. A complaint was lodged The CCTV cameras were burgled. The total loss in The total loss in the burglary with the police by the victim in installed will be investigat- the burglary is around 90000. was around 70000.The police which the victim stated that he ed.The neighbours have Meanwhile, valuables have registered a case under along with the family had gone expressed ignorance over the worth 70000 were stolen from section 454 and 380 of the IPC to visit Chennai on May 5 and burglary. In the incident, gold Siddharta Lake City under and have started further inves- when he returned valuables jewelry and other valuables Anand Nagar police station tigation. %' !$') ') 011203   *1

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All sections of the date Sunita Duggal, a former In the election season, the . 4-4#- -/&  % -.:=-.%& .!<-  + The BJP had registered test is mostly confined to BJP society including women, IRS officer and INLD’s outgo- violent Jat agitation 2016 is a 34  10 4&.131.3-&  % -. victory on Lok Sabha seats and Congress except on one or farmers, youth are suffering ing MP Charanjit Singh Rori. key issue with all political par- -1144-.-#.3 #- 4.1. % -%-%% . s many as 1.80 crore voters including Gurugram, two seats. under the BJP’ regime and A prominent woman Dalit ties trying to provoke the 24  . 4 42 -& .!-.-# $ -- 34- Awill seal the fate of 233 can- Faridabad, Kurukshetra, “The poll outcome on May they will teach a lesson to the face of Haryana, Kumari Selja, strong caste sentiments among   -. .3$-%%.!&-- 40<-4 .4-.-# 3- 1.- didates including political big- Karnal, Ambala (reserved con- 23 in Haryana will set the tone BJP in the elections, he said. who is a MP is the voters. More than 30 peo-  4 -.!! %/  323  32 32.! wigs contesting on 10 Lok stituency), Bhiwani- for State Assembly polls due to contesting against BJP’s outgo- ple had died and over 250 were  .42)+ 8-& 32.4-.3- 1.>$ --&43?2 Sabha seats in Haryana, which Mahendragarh and Sonipat, be held later this year. Any gain Political bigwigs in the ing MP . left injured in the quota stir that 44$-244&--/ $ --443&&./42$-4-## 9  goes to polling on Sunday. INLD had won on Sirsa in Congress’ tally this time will fray The Hisar Lok Sabha seats, had made to international 342 34443-.22&%  .3/.!4.3&% Among the total candi- (reserved constituency) and indicate that it is on a revival In the high-stakes elec- is witnessing an electoral con- headlines. In the agrarian 30-02 -.1.$$4-#)1&-#%1.211&-# dates in Jatland-Haryana, 40 Hisar seats while Congress had path in Haryana while gain in tion, many political heavy- test among three scions from milieu of Haryana, Jats are !4%441&%2)1&4-# !4%-. %11&421 are from national and state level won only on Rohtak seat. BJP’s tally will suggest further weights including former Chief influential political families of counted as the dominant vote 3443.3 4 1-#%&-3$1..3% recognised parties whereas 99 Later that year, the BJP had surge in saffron wave and that Minister Bhupinder Singh Haryana. The Jannayak Janta bank constituting about 29 .4. 13443.3 4 1-# %&- candidates are from registered also managed to make its maid- popularity of PM Narendra Hooda, his son three-time MP Party-Aam Aadmi Party’s joint percent of state’s population 3$1.0 parties and 84 are indepen- en State Government under the Modi and CM Manohar Lal is Deepender Singh Hooda, candidate and outgoing MP (around 25 percent of the elec- dents. This time, only 11 leadership of Chief Minister still high in the state,” say Union Ministers Rao Inderjit , great torate) and stated to have     $ $ $+ .$ + women candidates including Manohar Lal in Haryana. political analysts. Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar, –grandson of former Deputy always polarized behind a 01 )-&%$$N<- .-A 4&.13&  % -. four from national and state In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, “The performance of INLD, Rajya Sabha MP Kumari Selja, Prime Minister Devi Lal is favoured Jat leader in the maze -1144-.-#.3-$-3.#-1-.-#-.!$ .!0 . level recognised parties and the political scene has taken an JJP-AAP and LSP-BSP alliance Haryana Congress chief Ashok locked in a tough triangular of state politics. While around &3-.%-33#-1 --!%%-0 $3344-#-.!. seven independents are in the interesting turn in Haryana, will decide their future in the Tanwar among others face an poll battle against two political 25 percent of total electorate in -4 -/&  -.4. 4 .&-&.3 -!  $$0 fray. which is witnessing a multi- regional politics,” they say. acid test in the Jatland. greenhorns --BJP's Brijender Haryana are Jats, the remain-  # % -%## < '. +- 443  4%$-# 1- / The stakes are high for cornered contest with the Exuding confidence in In Sonipat Lok Sabha con- Singh, former IAS officer and ing 75 percent are non-Jats, $-%% %3&#- -.!&!.4%%&/$. 4-.!--10  both the ruling Bharatiya Janata emergence of new political BJP’s poll prospects, Chief stituency, two-time former great grandson of acclaimed which include Dalits, << %%&4%3-.%# &-# << 43-. 3 Party and its main challenger parties and new alliances. Minister Manohar Lal said that Chief Minster and Congress’ farmer leader Sir Chhotu Ram Brahmins, Yadavs, Gujjars, -#-.!48 3. $4. -# $-%%.!!.0 Congress on 10 parliamentary The grand old Jat-centric his party will win on all 10 par- prominent Jat face Bhupinder and Congress’ nominee Bhavya Baniyas, Rajputs among others. seats in Haryana, which will INLD has divided and its splin- liamentary seats in Haryana. Singh Hooda is pitted against Bishnoi, grandson of former Dalits voters form around 20  $ $+.&&$  $2  !!" also witness the State Assembly ter group Jannayak Janta Party People are happy with the BJP’s outgoing MP Ramesh Chief Minister . percent in the state. As per the 01.3 .3 +4 )..! %.34$-$% polls to elect 90 legislators later is contesting the general elec- development works undertak- Kaushik and Jannayak Janta In Chief Minister Manohar election trends, the Jat vote 41144-#N-.3 .O3 -.%$-!11441$.! this year. tions in an alliance with Aam en in last five years in Haryana Party- Aam Aadmi Party’s join Lal’s hometurf- Karnal, the bank has traditionally voted for ..!-#-49 #.3$#-1.!43.! 411 In the last three general Aadmi Party of Delhi Chief under BJP’s leadership at the candidate Digvijay Chautala Congress has fielded former the Congress and rival Indian -%34#-. 444-#%%!!-$40. 4449 ..! 1 elections, the people of the state Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Centre and the state. They while his son, three-time MP Speaker and MLA Kuldeep National Lok Dal. After INLD’s 31-.4-.-/4 -$-.3-.%-..!-#34  have reposed faith in either Another fledgling outfit— have made up their mind to Deepender Singh Hooda, who Sharma against CM’s confidant split, its splinter group &.!-!.43#-1)-9=0 !4-.#-14#- Congress or BJP. In both 2004 Loktantra Suraksha Party— of elect Narendra Modi as their is seeking a mandate for the Sanjay Bhatia. Jannayak Janta Party is further  4$-!11 .&-&.3#-1 +)9!.-&$.!+4 and 2009 general elections, the rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini, Prime Minister again to ensure fourth time is taking on BJP’s segregating the Jat votes. =0 !4-.#4+4C=0 $.4%%&4% 3-.#4 Congress had managed to win has forged an alliance with national security and develop- Arvind Sharma, a former MP. Key factors in elections While the BJP is banking -1#4!&440(- # .#-1-.9 -. -.=DCC: nine seats. However, in 2014 Bahujan Samaj Party of former ment of the country, he said. Union Minister Rao on strong polarization of non- CCCC9*C=E=*0 Lok Sabha polls, the saffron Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister The poll outcome in Inderjit Singh is seeking re- In the state, which is bit- Jat vote bank, the Congress is party had turned the tables on Mayawati to woo the dalit and Haryana will put an end to election from Gurugram while terly divided on caste lines hopeful of consolidation of Jat $$" $. $  !""  ."   the Congress, which could backward classes voters in the dynasty politics and corrupt his colleague Krishan Pal following the violent Jat reser- vote bank to capture maximum 01 ..%(. -.-#  34 3 -.%%#.! retain only one constituency. state. regimes of Congress and INLD, Gurjar is facing a tough fight vation agitation 2016, the caste seats in Haryana. 4 %&3 - 3 .!4$144 !%.3 Riding high on Modi wave and Even as the BJP, Congress, he added. against Congress’ Avtar Singh is seen as the X-factor in shap- The popularity of PM #-0. 4- 4-.' /9   -9&  / with the help of several politi- INLD, JJP-AAP, LSP-BSP com- Former Chief Minister and Bhadana in Faridabad parlia- ing the poll outcomes. Narendra Modi and his nation-   34%&  -$%G4 ).4$4.4  cal turncoats, the BJP had bine are the mainstream polit- Congress veteran Bhupinder mentary seat. The divide between Jat and alism plank may also work in $ % # 40&  /943.  34 & managed to win seven seats ical parties contesting on 10 Singh Hooda said that people In Sirsa constituency, non-Jat communities will Haryana, from where youth % -1.! !4 %! -. -&8 -#  %&0 43 while the Indian National Lok parliamentary seats in are fed up with the BJP, which Haryana Congress chief Ashok decide the fate of key candi- have significantly contributed  3 -.%%#.! 4&.4$3.!1-3.3 -.- Dal had won two seats in 2014 Haryana, the political pundits has failed to deliver on its poll Tawar is taking on BJP candi- dates on all 10 seats. in the armed forces. 3##.4!1.4-# 4- 0 &"$+      + !5  &    @/    A   % ! ,        Clearing of roads and power restoration process are in full swing in Bhubaneswar city  R "   '' & , ,  &    % and all affected districts. In Puri district, the      marine drive, Nimapara-Satsankh road, New Jagannath Sadak, Gop-Balighai Road,   % + largely tribal voters of Santhal $  ) ' +   -  Pipili-Konark, Patnaikia-Khordha road and Pargana, party insiders said. In Pipili-Jatni road have been cleared. All rime Minister Narendra the ongoing election season, hree jawans of the elite Special Operations Group $    + PWD roads have been cleared in PModi is set to address his Modi has addressed rallies in T(SOG) were martyred in a landmine explosion trig- Bhubaneswar and other parts of Khordha dis- fourth election rally in Lohardaga, Singbhum and gered by Maoists in Malkangiri district on Saturday. he death toll due to the very severe trict. The SRC said 100-per cent power sup- Jharkhand on May 15 at Giridih. He also attended a The incident occurred at the Bogapadar hill under the TCyclone Fani, which hit the State’s coast ply has been restored in Cuttack city. Deoghar’s College Ground as road show in Ranchi. Mathili police station when a team of SOG on May 3, rose to 43 with two more casual- SRC Sethi has written to the Khordha the (BJP) “Last time, we lost Dumka personnel were carrying out a ties being confirmed by the Government on district Collector asking him to ensure gears up for a faceoff with and Rajmahal by a whisker.  '   combing operation based on intel- Saturday. According to Special Relief implementation of the Chief Minister’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Santhal Pargana was cut off   ' ligence inputs about the presence of Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi, the two package to the families who do not have a (JMM) in the latter’s bastion, from the rest of the State for a 2*  1* '  Red rebels in the area. more bodies were recovered at two different ration card. Santhal Pargana. long time. The BJP started      Sources said that around 30 to places. He asked the Collector to provide assis- “Modiji will land at the development works in the   '  40 ultras, who were in a hideout, had Out of the toll, the highest 21 is in Puri tance to families living in slums under the Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi region and it will reflect in the   planted the landmine suspecting a district, six in Cuttack, five in Khordha, four Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on May 15 and take a chopper polls,” said BJP spokesperson   search operation by security forces. each in Mayurbhanj and Jajpur and three in even if they do not own a ration card under to Deoghar. He will address the Pratul Shahdeo. '!  Later, they triggered the landmine Kendrapada district. the National Food Security Act and the State people of Deoghar at 12pm,” In his term as the Prime   when they spotted the SOG per- According to the SRC, three persons were Food Security Scheme. said Pradeep Sinha, a member Minister, Modi paid at least sonnel. Following the landmine injured and hospitalised in Bhubaneswar, four The decision was taken after several slum of the BJP’s media cell in eight official visits to Jharkhand     explosion, a gun battle also ensued grievously injured in Kendrapada and 74 in Keonjhar, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh dwellers expressed unhappiness over not Ranchi. since the landslide victory in '    between the jawans and Maoists. Jajpur district. A total of 1,65,30,900 people and Puri. being paid Government assistance even The fourth and final phase 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The The injured security personnel of 16,659 villages under 159 blocks and 52 Besides, 5,08,467 houses and 87,39,657 though they have suffered a lot due to Fani. of General Elections in party here claims that no other had been rushed to the nearby BSF urban local bodies spread over 14 districts livestock have been affected in the calami- According to the package, the families Jharkhand, in which Dumka, Prime Minister has paid as camp for treatment, but they succumbed to the injuries, have been affected in the cyclonic storm. ty. As many as 34,56,362 domestic animals living under the BMC who do not possess a Rajmahal and Godda will go to many visits to Jharkhand in the sources added.Later, a joint combing operation by the The affected districts are Angul, have died in the storm, said a situation report ration card would receive 2,000 as mone- polls on May 19, is likely to be single tenure. During his last SOG and the anti-Maoist forces of Chhattisgarh was con- Baleswar, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, released by the State Emergency Operation tary assistance, 500 for polythene and 50 kg a litmus test for the BJP. Despite official visit to Jharkhand as the ducted in the area. Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Centre (SEOC). of rice. the overwhelming Modi wave Prime Minister of India, Modi of 2014, which swept the entire inaugurated three medical col- country, the BJP lost to the leges in Hazaribag, Daltonganj      JMM in two of three con- and Dumka. This election, /  % ? @ /   89  2: stituencies in Santhal Pargana. BJP’s Sunil Soreng is taking on The BJP won 12 of 14 Lok JMM’s veteran leader Shibu   Sabha seats here, the highest Soren in Dumka, while BJP’s     ever by one political party, but Hemlal Murmu is set to chal-  6 7 could not defeat JMM Supremo lenge JMM leader Vijay Shibu Soren in Dumka and Hansdak’s incumbency. On the $    + $   + Vijay Hansdak in Rajmahal other hand, in Godda, BJP’s despite fielding a JMM turn- incumbent parliamentarian he hearing over the assengers of the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar coat Hemlal Murmu against Nishikant Dubey will have a TMahanadi water dispute PRajdhani Express were panicked as Hansda. faceoff against Jharkhand Vikas between Odisha and smokes emerged in the power car of the train The BJP is expecting Morcha-Prajatantrik’s Pradeep Chhattisgarh was postponed to at the Khantapara railway station here on Modi’s rally, scheduled days Yadav, who happens to be a for- July 13 by the Mahanadi Water Saturday afternoon. However, no passenger before the polling, will help the mer minister and is represent- Disputes Tribunal in New coaches were affected. party garner support of the ing the ‘Mahagathbandhan’. Delhi on Saturday. Following the incident, the train As soon as the proceedings halted at the Khantapara station for about started in the tribunal, both two hours. The train service resumed Odisha and Chhattisgarh only after the affected coach was detached Governments pleaded for a from it. An expert team from the '6   period of four weeks because Kharagpur railway division visited the the third joint meeting between station. An official of the East Coast them couldn’t take place owing Railway said three fire extinguishing to Cyclone Fani hitting Odisha engines reached the spot and doused the    on May 3. flames. Overhead electric wires were imme- The tribunal accepted the diately switched off for safety reason and pleas and fixed the next date of the generator car was also disconnected hearing on July 13. from the rest of the train. The train left for “For the Cyclone Fani, Bhubaneswar at around 3 pm. $    + Immediately after the cyclone, the Angul and Damanjodi have been  ;6 State officials are busy in relief According to reports, the smoke was Nalco has been working round the pressed into service at Bhubaneswar and rehabilitation works in detected in the unit of power car that sup- esponding to the appeal by Nalco clock for providing relief to the affect- for providing water. $  + ensure victory of their candi- the affected districts. Thus, plied power to the coaches. RCMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand in ed people of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack In another development, Nalco dates but they are not getting the Government couldn’t hold the aftermath of the Cyclone Fani, all and Puri. CMD Dr Chand has been appointed harkhand Mukti Morcha support. Chief Minister another joint meeting and employees of Nalco have donated one Seven dedicated teams comprising as the chairman of the Confederation J(JMM) today alleged that Raghubar Das is holding failed to undertake site visit. day’s salary to the Chief Minster’s plumbers, wood cutters, electricians of Indian Industry’s (CII) cyclone the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) numerous meetings but it is Therefore, we pleaded for more Relief Fund (CMRF). and volunteers have been put to work management committee. Dr Chand, is using every ways and means benefiting Grand Alliance as time to conduct site visit, pre- A cheque of 2.53 crore was in different localities. Also, more than who is also the chairman of the to win the election but the peo- people of the region are not lis- pare a report and submit it to handed over by top Nalco officials, 8,000 families have been provided Aluminium Association of India, has ple of the State understand tening to him. As Prime the tribunal,” informed Odisha including Chand, to Chief Minister relief packets. appealed to all corporate bodies to their gimmick and the party Minister Narendra Modi will Advocate General Surya Prasad Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat Also, several water tankers drawn help in the relief and restoration will be wiped out form the visit on May,15 it will also ben- Mishra. on Saturday. from the Nalco’s production units at works in the cyclone-hit areas. entire State this year. efit us and we inviting the PM Addressing a press meet, that he should come on May,19 General Secretary of JMM also,” he added. Supriyo Bhattacharya said on Bhattacharya said that the Saturday that JMM supported leaders of BJP are talking on #'&   2 "   &   Grand Alliance will perform water, forest and land but they better in this election and will have plundered the resources all 14 seats of the State. and given those to Adani for its $  + will win in all three seats of        '   +*)1  %  and toilets. These all things Mocking at BJP National power plant. “They are only Santhal Pargana.  -      6/  ='%  ! are in the memory of people. president Amit Shah, he said talking on futile issues. They hief Minister Raghubar “People of Godda had “As far as there is a question that Shah started street meet- don’t have guts to talk on issues CDas on Saturday said that made us win the 2014 Lok    ' '      % of winning other seats, the ings because his rallies are not such as unemployment, issue of the BJP is ready for third and Sabha polls. This time people   #     '    !  BJP won 12 seats in 2014 elec- witnessing enough foot-fall. displacement and others,” he fourth round of polls in the of Rajmahal and Dumka will '    % tions, but in 2019 the people Very few people attended the added. Bhattacharya asked the State. After holding the State give way to lotus, because they of the State will make us win rally held at Agrico Ground in PM and the national president BJP core committee meeting in have assessed the works done on all 14 seats. The people are Jamshedpur. “A large number of BJP as to what are their Dumka on Saturday morning by MPs of the two constituen- with their work,” he said. and people of all communities them benefits under PMAY, well aware that the election in of star campaigners of BJP are preparations to plunder the the CM said that their party cies and are grossly unhappy The CM said that tribals know the fact as to who gave who gave them LPG cylinders for country,” he said. camping in Kolhan region to treasure of Kolhan region. %' !$') ') 011203   % *? #3       /( %  !%  % % ! 

$     multi-role, vertical-lift plat- :%#/?  R    form, which is used for trans- n a significant step to mod- porting troops, artillery, equip- Iernise the helicopter fleet, the ment and fuel. The IAF had  ! $+!    first Apache attack helicopter inked a deal for 15 Chinooks. manufactured by US aerospace These top of the line induc- fter students, now CRPF major Boeing was handed over tions follow similar efforts by Ajawans are getting addict- to the IAF on Friday. India had the Government to sustain the ed to the online gaming app inked a nearly 1.5 billion dol- momentum of modernisation PUBG (PlayerUnknown's lar deal for 22 Apaches in 2015 and inaugurating a joint ven- Battlegrounds), which is posing to enhance its capabilities to ture in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh a threat to their operational destroy enemy tanks, armoured in March for manufacturing performance and aggression personnel carriers and fortified 7,50,000 AK-203 rifles. It is an besides leading to attitudinal enemy positions. At present, advanced version of the icon- issues. the IAF has Russian origin ic AK-47 and Ordnance The addiction to PUBG is MI-35 helicopters. Factory Board in collaboration also minimising the interaction notice said that the PUBG ban Lesser interaction with col- The first of the 22 Apache with Russia will manufacture between the jawans and lead- was necessary as children are leagues is affecting bonding helicopters was formally hand- the rifles in India. The overall ing to less camaraderie and now getting addicted to the and comradeship between the ed over to the IAF at Boeing project cost is more than 7,000 bonding, sources said. The online multiplayer battle royale force's personnel, it said. production facility in Mesa, crores as the factory will later CRPF's Bihar unit has direct- which was "adversely affecting "All Deputy Inspectors Arizona, the US on May manufacture these rifles for the ed all DIGs and company com- their studies". General to ensure and instruct 10,officials said here on para-military forces and state manders to ensure that the Senior CRPF officers said, all unit/company personnel Saturday adding the helicopter police after meeting the armed gaming app is deleted from all "Addiction to online gaming under your command to get it has been customised to suit government were also present, attacks at standoff ranges and ministry in 2017 approved the forces requirements. phones and conduct random has impacted the operational deleted/deactivated from their IAF's future requirements and the IAFsaid. operate in hostile airspace with procurement of six Apache Similarly, a deal worth over checks on all such phones at capabilities of jawans. Many of mobile phones. All company would have significant capa- The IAF signed the con- threats from ground. Moreover, helicopters along with weapons 700 crores was inked earlier regular intervals, they pointed them have withdrawn them- commanders will ensure that bility in mountainous terrain, tract in September 2015 for 22 the ability of these helicopters, systems from Boeing at a cost this year for buying 72,4000 Sig out. selves from socialising with this app is deleted in all phones they said. Apache helicopters and the to transmit and receive the bat- of 4,168 crore for the Army. Sauer rifles for meeting imme- PUBG has become a rag- their fellow jawans. Besides, it and random check of phones The AH-64E Apache is a first batch of these helicopters tlefield picture, to and from the This will be its first fleet of diate operational needs of the ing point of discussion in India has also led to sleep deprivation should be done," added the cir- leading multi-role attack heli- is scheduled to be shipped to weapon systems through data attack helicopters exclusively army. The rifles will start com- with cases of mental harm to owing to less physical activity cular sent to all the formations copter and is flown by the US India by July this year. networking makes it a lethal operated by the Army. ing in within a year after the kids or teenagers being report- in the wake of addictive hook- of Central Reserve Police Force Army. It is an advanced all- "Selected aircrew and ground acquisition. "These attack heli- Fuselages for this Army order contract was signed in February. ed due to the online gaming ing up to the game." and Combat Battalion for weather attack helicopter that crew have undergone training copters will provide significant will be produced by Tata These rifles made by a US addiction. An order issued by the Resolute Action (CoBRA). can engage both air and ground at the training facilities at US edge in any future joint oper- Boeing Aerospace Limited, a company will enhance the fight- In January this year, the CRPF's Bihar unit on May 6, CRPF is the lead Central targets with relative stealth Army base Fort Rucker, ations in support of land joint venture between Boeing ing capabilities of infantry sol- Gujarat Government had said that CRPF troops, young paramilitary force for counter- using low-altitude obstacles Alabama. These personnel will forces," the IAF added. and Tata Advanced Systems in diers deployed on the Line Of issued a new circular stating personnel, are addicted to the insurgency, anti-terrorist and like trees and hills as cover. Air lead the operationalisation of Since the attack helicopters Hyderabad. Control(LOC), Line of Actual that district authorities should PUBG app. It's affecting their anti-Naxal force deployed in a Marshal AS Butola represent- the Apache fleet in the IAF," the provide cover to its own army India has already bought Control(LAC) and engaged in now ensure that there should ops performance and posing major way in Jammu and ed the IAF and accepted the IAF said in a statement. tanks and infantry during bat- the Chinook transport heli- counter insurgency operations be a ban on students for play- aggressive and attitudinal Ksshmir, Naxalism-hit States first Apache in a ceremony. The helicopter has the tle by taking out enemy tanks copter, made by Boeing, from in Jammu & Kashmir and the ing PUBG in schools. The issues, it outlined. and the Northeast. Representatives from the US capability to carry out precision and artillery guns, the defence the US. The Chinook is a North-East.  &   !&& 0 1 2    5*5   ;6   $     rect. As one of the senior most woman employee of the court. Clarifying on a news report, members of the Bar, he The matter, however, was Venugopal Friday said: "I admit nion Finance Minister Arun (Venugopal) certainly has his scrutinised by a panel of three that I had written a letter before    - ' 0 UJaitley on Saturday termed views on some issues. The sitting judges of the Supreme the appointment of an in-house as “absolutely incorrect” reports Government respects him for Court. inquiry committee seeking of differences between Attorney the objectivity of his advice,” Venugopal said he had writ- appointment of three retired General KK Venugopal and the Jaitley said in a tweet. ten the letter on April 22, before judges of the Supreme Court." $     racist and sexist remarks. targetting Modi at the behest Government over the sexual Venugopal had written to all the three-member in-house The law officer also said he Taking a swipe at Sidhu, of Madhya Pradesh Chief harassment case against the the Supreme Court judges to set committee headed by Justice S wrote a second letter clarifying he BJP on Saturday Patra said he keeps making all Minister Kamal Nath who, he Chief Justice of India. up a committee of three retired A Bobde was set up to hold an his position that the earlier one Taccused the author of the sort of loose statements but has alleged was also involved in the “The motivated news item judges of the apex court to look inquiry into the allegations. was written in his personal Time magazine article that not spoken a word against riots. of differences between the into allegations of sexual The three-judge panel has capacity as a senior bar member called Prime Minister Congress leader Sam Pitroda's Sidhu at a poll rally had Attorney General and the harassment made against CJI given CJI Gogoi a clean chit in having an experience of 65 Narendra Modi "divider in "so what" remarks on 1984 asked people to defeat "kale Government is absolutely incor- Ranjan Gogoi by a dismissed the matter. years. chief" of pursuing Pakistan's anti-Sikh riots. angrez", in an apparent attempt agenda and termed it an Pitroda, a close aide of to liken the Modi Government attempt to malign Modi's Gandhi and Overseas to the British rule before inde- image. Congress' head, on Thursday pendence. 4     BJP spokesperson Sambit said, 'hua to hua' (So what, it The Congress leader had Patra told a press conference happened) about the anti-Sikh also claimed that Modi was like 4    that article's author was a riots. He made this remark in a bride who makes noise from Pakistani and that nothing response to a question on the her bangles to give an impres- better can be expected from Patra also slammed riots by a newsman in sion that she was working ?  ># Pakistan. He also took a swipe Congress leader Navjot Singh Dharamshala in Himachal hard but did not really work. at Congress president Rahul Sidhu for his barbs at Modi, Pradesh. Patra said these remarks New Delhi: Actor and singer Gandhi for retwitting the accusing Sidhu of making Patra claimed Sidhu was showed the Congress' mindset. Arun Bakshi joined the BJP here story. on Saturday in the presence of The piece, a sharp criticism former Chhattisgarh Chief of Modi's leadership, has been Minister Raman Singh. written by Aatish Taseer, son of !  ,:         #+ Bakshi has acted and sung Indian journalist Tavleen Singh in several films and tele-serials, and late Pakistani politician $     29, had made disparaging including 'Mahabharat'. and businessman Salmaan comments about Modi. He said he has always sup- Taseer. n fresh trouble for Congress He had reportedly accused ported the BJP's ideology and Patra said several foreign Ileader Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Prime Minister of "making expressed his admiration for magazines had written stories the Election Commission has money in the Rafale jet deal" Prime Minister Narendra Modi, critical of Modi in 2014 as well. again issued a showcause and also "allowing" the rich to saying he has been serving the Calling the Prime Minister notice to him for prima facie escape the country after "rob- nation diligently with hard work a unifier, the BJP spokesperson violating the Model Code of bing" nationalised banks. and honesty. listed a number of welfare Conduct by allegedly making The poll panel had in April Bakshi said there was no measures started by the Modi disparaging remarks against censured Sidhu for allegedly one like Modi and the country government to claim that the Prime Minister Narendra warning the Muslim commu- had seen such a leader after Atal country was heading towards Modi. The poll panel had nity that efforts were on to Bihari Vajpayee in 1990s. Singh a new India under his "reform- He was given a day to reply received a complaint from the divide their votes in Bihar and said many actors and artistes in ing, performing and trans- to the notice that was issued BJP that Sidhu, during a rally it barred him from campaign- general have been voicing their forming" agenda. Friday by the commission. in Madhya Pradesh on April ing for 72 hours. support for the BJP. PTI   ' ( '6         2!   /=  !  +<           & 23##   /             *6"&5  % ) % &         <-           2( 5 & .!""$ to murders. The last three   years have seen many such $     Jammu: Several leaders of the girls falling prey to the evil Jammu & Kashmir Congress ednesday's cold blooded designs of the boys," said Chitra cting tough for seeking Saturday staged a protest here against Wmurder of Tilakavati, a Raghulan, a Chennai based Acomplementary passes Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 19-year-old college student in activist . for IPL matches from the Governor Satya Pal Malik for their a village near Virudachalam in What has upset the resi- Delhi District Cricket remarks on former Prime Minister Cuddalore district, substanti- dents of the village was the apa- Association (DDCA), the Rajiv Gandhi. ates the fear among social sci- thy of political leaders and Government has curtailed "We have assembled here to entists and psychologists that social activists towards the the Central deputation of express our anger over the insult to there is something abnormal incident. G K Mani, president senior bureaucrat Gopal the former Prime Minister who laid with the youth in the State. PMK, the political outfit of Krishan Gupta and has down his life for the country 28 years ago. It is most unfortunate that Tilakavati, ailing from a poor Vanniyar community to which $  ' '  repatriated him back to his the State Governor has joined the vilification campaign of BJP and Modi," family was a graduate student about his love for her, the girl belonged was the only cadre — the Railway Ministry. J&K Congress chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma told reporters. and wanted to take up a civil Tilakavati told him that her top politician to visit her house and engal has been warned of a The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), On Thursday, the Governor had said in Srinagar that Rajiv Gandhi service job to help her father, priority was to complete her consoled her parents. The vil- Bpossible Fiadayeen attack in headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved pre- was not initially corrupt but, under the influence of some people, he a tea vendor who was strug- studies in order to find out a lagers staged a road block on the election season. According mature repatriation of Gupta with immediate effect, an order got involved in the Bofors corruption case. gling to meet both the end of job to minimise the hardship of Friday demanding a compen- to sources, the Central issued by the personnel ministry said without mentioning During a rally in Uttar Pradesh on May 4, Modi had targeted life. her parents, according to one of sation of Rs one crore to the Intelligence Bureau has warned any reason. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, saying, "Your father (Rajiv Gandhi) was Dr S Tamadoss, founder of her close relations. family of Tilakavathy of such an attack in a temple on Gupta, a 1987 batch officer of the Indian Railway Service termed Mr Clean by his courtiers, but his life ended as 'bhrashtachari' the PMK asked the State and When Akash continued K Balu, PMK spokesman, the Buddha Purnima. of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), is posted as the Joint no 1 (corrupt number 1). Central Governments to with his pleas and requests , she called for an investigation into The attack could be carried Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Besides, Modi on Wednesday accused the Gandhi family of using address the grey areas in the blocked his number from her the murder which he said out either by the Jamaat-ul- He had in March sought complementary passes of an IPL warship INS Viraat as its "personal taxi" when Rajiv Gandhi was the law concerning safety of girls mobile phone which seems to would reveal a major conspir- Mujahideen Bangladesh or match from DDCA president Rajat Sharma's office, accord- prime minister. and women in the State. "This have infuriated the boy. This acy. "The youth have been Islamic State (ISIS) either in ing to an official communique. "Over the years, the BJP left no stone unturned to implicate him is not an isolated incident and led him to her house where deployed by certain political Bengal or Bangladesh, com- After not getting the desired response from the DDCA, (Rajiv Gandhi) but nothing could be proved against him and he came Tamil Nadu has been witness- there was a verbal altercation parties to forcibly marry girls muniqué from the IB says. A Gupta wrote a letter to Sharma on April 3, giving the sequence out clean in the judicial process. But the BJP continued its vilification ing such murders over the last between the two and this cul- from some particular castes as fortnight ago, a message was of events. Gupta mentioned telephonic discussion between campaign against him and entire Gandhi family, till date which is abuse so many years. There is a def- minated in Akash stabbing a strategy to abolish the caste released by the pro-ISIS Sharma's executive assistant Sapna Soni and his personal staff. of judicial process and insult to the martyr, who got assassinated due inite pattern in all these mur- Tilakavati many times leading system. While we are not telegram channels, warning of "I do not know whether this episode and the sequence to lack of foolproof security by then BJP supported Government at the ders which is dangerous to all to her death. against love marriage or inter an attack in West Bengal or of events as narrated above has been brought to your notice Centre," Sharma alleged. womenfolk in the State," said Though he made a quick caste marriage , what we are Bangladesh, sources said and whether your executive assistant had informed you about Criticising Malik for his remarks, state unit senior vice president Dr Ramdoss. retreat from the scene, police opposing is the targeting of cer- The State IB has beefed up my call and my request for arrangement of passes," Gupta Raman Bhalla said, "He made the statement to please his bosses in Delhi. Tilakavati was murdered nabbed him and has been tain communities by these security with Naka checking said in a letter to Sharma. It is better if he resigns from the constitutional post and work as a by Akash, a school drop out of remanded to judicial custody. youth," said Balu. The going on in "likely locations," "May I request that your office staff may show courtesy spokesperson of the BJP," he said. the same age, for rebuffing his "This is a strange phenomenon Vanniyars, a dominat com- police sources said. JMB had in such matters and give timely feedback even if the response Sharma accused Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of advances towards her. Both of in Tamil Nadu and the number munity in northern Tamil set up a strong base in this side is not affirmative. I think, we must have mutual respect for bringing the election campaigning to the lowest level by using abusive them were class mates in school of such murders have increased Nadu is upset over the murder of the border with one such the positions being held by us," his letter reads. language and hurling expletives on the opposition leaders, including before Akash dropped out of over the years. The boys fail to as they feel let down and alien- module getting busted in The ACC's decision on curtailing Gupta's tenure is said former prime ministers. studies and started moving understand the reality that the ated by the indifference of October 2014 following a blast to have been taken after the copy of this letter was shared The agitated Congress leaders protested outside the party head- with his friends for a carefree girls have a right to tell no to major political outfits in con- at Khagragarh in Burdwan dis- on a public platform. quarters at Shaheedi Chowk and raised anti-BJP slogans. 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Trump his last at a private hospital in 1994. When ITC split the role down and it is cautiously opti- imports,” Lighthizer said. tions have not broken down. said he is in no rush to con- Gurugram. of the Executive Chairman mistic to reach an agreement. “The President also “Negotiations have not bro- clude trade talks with China. “We deeply mourn the between Chairman and Chief Expected to further esca- ordered us to begin the process ken down. Quite the opposite. I “Talks with China contin- passing away of YC Deveshwar, Executive Officer with effect late the trade war between the of raising tariffs on essentially think they are normal. Small set- ue in a very congenial manner Chairman ITC,” ITC Managing from February 5, 2017, as part US and China, Trump’s latest all remaining imports from backs are inevitable in bilateral — there is absolutely no need Director Sanjiv Puri said in a of succession planning in the move came less than a day after China, which are valued at negotiations. Looking ahead, we to rush — as Tariffs are NOW statement. Deveshwar pas- company, Deveshwar contin- he ramped up punitive duties approximately $300 billion,” are cautiously optimistic about being paid to the United States sionately championed the cause ued as chairman in non-exec- on $200 billion worth of he said. the future,” the Hong Kong by China of 25 per cent on 250 for sustainable and inclusive utive capacity and played the Chinese imports, raising them The process for public based South China Morning Billion Dollars worth of goods growth and the transformative role of mentor to the executive to 25 per cent from 10 per cent, notice and comment will be Post quoted him as saying. & products. These massive role businesses could play in management led by Sanjiv Puri. and Beijing vowed to retaliate. published shortly in the Federal “Both sides agree they will payments go directly to the creating larger societal value. A recipient of Padma #+      The new increase applies to Register. “The details will be on meet again in Beijing in the Treasury of the US...,” he said. This vision drove ITC to pur- Bhushan — one of the highest an even greater value of goods the USTR website on Monday future and keep pushing for- “We have lost 500 Billion sue business models that today civilian awards in the country — put at about $300 billion. as we begin the process prior to ward the negotiations,” he said Dollars a year, for many years, support over 6 million liveli- — in 2011, Deveshwar also C     US Trade Representative a final decision on these tariffs,” without giving a date. on Crazy Trade with China. hoods, many among the weak- played his part in nation build- In a series of tweets, Trump NO MORE!” Trump said. est in society, Puri added. ing, taking up various roles in described the talks as candid In a transcript of the press He leaves behind his wife several institutions. He served C  )     and constructive, but indicat- interview published on the and two children — a son and as a director on the Central :          ed taking a tough approach website of Phoenix Television, a daughter. Deveshwar joined Board of the Reserve Bank of      Confederation of Indian against massive imbalance of a Hong Kong-based broad- ITC in 1968 and was appoint- India, as a member of the Industry (CII) expressed its  3!   C    trade with China. caster, Chinese Vice President ed as a director on ITC’s board National Foundation for rime Minister Narendra condolences at the demise of “Over the course of the past Liu said there were several on April 11, 1984. He rose to Corporate Governance and PModi on Saturday con- Deveshwar, terming it a great   6 Kong’s Phoenix TV showed two days, the United States and issues on which the two sides become its chief executive and member of the governing body doled the death of business loss for the Indian industry. him as saying. China have held candid and still disagreed. chairman on January 1, 1996. of the National Council of tycoon and ITC Group chair- Deveshwar was the president hina’s leading envoy to Liu said it was “China’s constructive conversations on “China believes tariffs are One of the longest serving Applied Economic Research. man YC Deveshwar, saying he of CII in 2005-06. Ctrade talks in Washington opinion that the tariffs are the the status of the trade relation- the starting point of the bilat- top executives of a corporate “Inspired by a patriotic made a strong contribution to In a tweet, Assocham says the failure to strike a deal starting point of the trade fric- ship between both countries,” eral trade disputes. If a deal is entity in India, he was respon- fervour, manifest in his clarion the Indian industry. President BK Goenka said he in the tariffs war with the US tion and must be totally lifted Trump said, praising his rela- to be reached, the tariffs should sible for transforming ITC from call of ‘Lets Put India First’, he Deveshwar, 72, who was a “tall leader of India Inc was “just a small setback” and if a deal is reached.” The tionship with Chinese President all be eliminated. This is the mainly a cigarettes maker into led ITC’s strategic thrust to cre- passed away at a private hos- who immensely contributed to negotiations will continue Trump administration raised Xi Jinping and saying the nego- first point,” Liu said. a diversified entity with interests ate an exemplary Indian enter- pital in Gurugram near here the industry and society”. despite increases in import tariffs on billions of dollars of in FMCG, hospitality, paper, prise dedicated to serving this morning after a brief ill- Chairman of RP-Sanjiv duties on American imports Chinese goods to 25 per cent agri business and information national priorities,” Puri said. ness. “Shri YC Deveshwar Goenka Group, Sanjeev from China. from 10 per cent on Friday. technology, among others. Deveshwar was also a made a strong contribution to Goenka, said, “Yogi was a tall In comments to reporters US Trade Representative A  When Deveshwar took member of the Board of Trade, Indian industry. His efforts leader and a visionary. before he left Washington for Robert Lighthizer said the US charge at the helm of the com- Ministry of Commerce and helped ITC become a profes- I have lost a friend. I am deeply Beijing on Friday, Vice Premier was preparing to expand those pany in the mid-1990’s, ITC Industry, and a member of the sionally-run Indian company saddened.” Liu He said he was cautiously tariffs to cover USD 300 billion was confronted with formida- National Food Processing with a global footprint. Ambuja Neotia Group optimistic but that a deal of Chinese products that aren’t   *< ble challenges, with diversifi- Development Council, Ministry Saddened by his demise. My Chairman Harsh Neotia said would require the Trump already facing import taxes, or cation efforts either failing or of Food Processing Industries, thoughts are with his family, Deveshwar was an extraordi- administration to agree to end virtually everything imported languishing. The company’s Government of India. friends and the ITC group in nary professional, who steered the punitive tariffs it has from China.     :>7$    revenue was less than Rs 5,200 Well respected by his peers this hour of grief,” the Prime the company in “troubled imposed on billions of dollars’ Liu also said the two sides crore and Profit Before Tax in the industry, YCD, as he was Minister said in a tweet. times and diversified it from worth of Chinese goods. were disagreeing over the (PBT) stood at Rs 452 crore. popularly known in corporate Condolence messages also tobacco to FMCG and hospi- In comments carried by amount of goods China would In 2017-18, the company circles, was also a past president poured in from other political tality. He has been a family China’s state-run CCTV, Liu pledge to purchase from the posted revenues of Rs 44,329.77 of CII, besides being on the and business leaders. Finance friend for two generations.” said the remaining differences US to help reduce the crore and net profit of Rs National Executive Committees Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted: Keventer Agro CMD are crucial ones having to do American trade deficit. 11,223.25 crore. “His leadership of some of India’s premier trade “Saddened by the death of Yogi Mayank Jalan credited with principles, “and we will “We think this is a very transformed ITC into a valuable and industry bodies. C Deveshwar, Chairman ITC. Deveshwar for putting Kolkata make no concessions on mat- serious issue and we cannot and admired multi-business He also served as a mem- Yogi excelled as a corporate on the global business map. ters of principle.” easily change our minds,” he conglomerate with a robust ber of the UK-India CEO professional and an entrepre- Srei Infrastructure Finance Still, he said he did not said. Liu sought to downplay portfolio of front-ranking busi- Forum and US-India CEO neur and took his company to CMD Hemant Kanoria said, believe the negotiations had the scale and impact of the dis- nesses in FMCG, hotels, paper- Forum instituted by the respec- great heights. May God render “He built a great company like broken down. “On the contrary, pute, saying that China was a boards and paper, packaging tive Governments. peace to the departed soul & ITC and diversified it into so I think it is just a small setback strong nation and would sur- give to his family strength to many areas, all with sustain- in the talks between two coun- mount any problems caused by      Lohani in a letter bear this loss.” able long-term business and tries, which is inevitable,” Hong the conflict. dated May 6. In a statement, the social models.” he Civil Aviation Ministry Air India Air Transport Thas told Air India that it Services Limited (AIATSL), '  C  0 /    should prepare 2018-19 finan- Air India Engineering Services 5!  >    cials for itself and its sub- Limited (AIESL) and Airline      ?  ) sidiaries by end of June as the Allied Services Limited (AASL)    Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) are subsidiaries of the nation-        @89  has decided to speed up the dis- al carrier. Kharola said in order    investment process of three of to proceed with disinvestment $  (+ San Francisco: After settling a its wings, according to an offi- process of Air India and its sub- bitter multi-billion dollar legal cial document. sidiaries, audited financials for acebook is actively creating battle with Apple, the CEO of After a botched attempt to 2018-19 will be required. Fnew terror content on the US-based chip-maker sell Air India in May last year, “I would, therefore, request website with its auto-generation Qualcomm received a hefty a panel led by Finance Minister you to kindly get financials of feature, alleges a whistleblow- bonus of $3.5 million. Arun Jaitley had decided in Air India and its subsidiaries er who analysed over 3,000 Qualcomm CEO Steve June to scrap the stake-sale plan for the financial year 2018-19 Facebook profiles of individu- Mollenkopf received 40,794 for the time being. It was then finalised by end of June,” als expressing affiliation with shares of Qualcomm stock, decided to infuse more funds Kharola said. terror or hate groups. which works out to just under into the carrier and cut down Aviation secretary also said The social networking $3,501,757 at Friday’s closing debt by raising resources by that since the accounts for giant last year claimed that with price of $85.84, CNBC report- selling land assets and other 2018-19 would form the “basis the use of advanced Artificial ed. In an official filing with the subsidiaries. of bidding”, it is necessary that Intelligence (AI) technology US-based Securities and Air India has a total debt they are prepared with “utmost and a growing team of expert Exchange Commission, the burden of around Rs 55,000 caution so as to reflect the cor- human reviewers it could now chip-maker noted that the crore. On April 1 this year, a rect financial status”. block 99 per cent of the ter- entire executive team at meeting was held in the PMO He added that contingent Mumbai: Two of the SpiceJet’s rorist content of ISIS, al-Qaeda, Qualcomm received bonuses under the chairmanship of liabilities must be thoroughly Boeing passenger planes — and affiliated groups before it for settling the legal war with Nripendra Misra, the principal verified. Moreover, he added one from Mumbai and other was reported by users. the iPhone-maker. secretary to the Prime Minister, that “account receivables” and from Bengaluru — suffered The study by the anony- The two tech giants locked to discuss matter regarding “account payables” must be mid-air technical glitches, forc- mous whistleblower working horns in courts around the strategic disinvestment of Air verified and confirmed from ing their pilots to terminate with the US-based non-profit world over how much India and its subsidiaries. the other parties. journeys with one flight land- National Whistleblower Center Qualcomm charges for the intel- “A meeting was held on “A physical verification of ing back in Mumbai and sec- showed that terror and hate lectual property inside of the April 1 under the chairmanship the inventories need to be ond diverted to Nagpur on speech content are proliferating chips that enable devices like the of the Principal Secretary to done so as to ensure that the Saturday. on Facebook. The whistle- iPhone to connect to cellular net- PM in which it was, inter-alia, value of inventories shown on SpiceJet flight SG-611, blower found that 317 profiles works. Apple settled the legal bat- decided to speed up the process the balance sheet matches with which departed from Mumbai’s out of the 3,228 surveyed con- tle earlier in April at an undis- of disinvestment of AIATSL, the assets physically,” Kharola Chhatrapapati Shivaji Maharaj tained the flag or symbol of a closed amount and as part of the AIESL and AASL,” civil avia- told Lohani. International Airport for terrorist group in their profile deal agreed to use Qualcomm tion secretary Pradeep Singh The secretary also told Air Chennai around 7.30 am, images, cover photo, or fea- chips in its upcoming 5G- Kharola told Air India’s India CMD that a list of all returned to the city airport due tured photos on their publicly enabled iPhone, scheduled to be Chairman and Managing pending litigations have to be to a mid-air technical glitch accessible profiles. launched in 2020. IANS Director (CMD) Ashwani drawn up. after being airborne for about 16 minutes, a source said. A SpiceJet spokesperson con-      firmed the return of its Chennai flight to Mumbai due   <:   to a “technical” issue. “The aircraft has already   departed back for its destina- tion around 10 am after the the Islamabad: Talks between cash- engineers rectified the glitch,” strapped Pakistan and the IMF the spokesperson said. In a will continue over the weekend similar incident, the airline’s after the parleys between the two New Delhi-bound flight SG sides reached a deadlock due to 8720 from Bengaluru was Prime Minister Imran Khan’s diverted to Nagpur after the reservations over heavy taxation pilot reported some issue to the the people will have to bear, ATC and sought a diversion. according to a media report. “SpiceJet flight SG 8720 Head of IMF Mission to operating on Bangalore-Delhi Pakistan Ernesto Rigo is cur- route was diverted to Nagpur rently in Islamabad as the coun- due to a technical issue. try hopes to strike a deal with the Passengers were served refresh- global lender for a three-year ments at Nagpur. An alternative bailout package totalling around aircraft was sent to Nagpur and $6.5 billion. “We have made the passengers have now good progress in our discussions boarded the flight to Delhi,” the with the visiting IMF Mission. airline said in a statement. Consultations will continue over The spokesperson, howev- the weekend,” Khaqan Hasan er, did not share the number of Najeeb, spokesman of the passengers on board the two Finance Ministry said. PTI Boeing 737 planes. PTI C M Y K

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    676 Antonio-class ship that trans- Trump last year unilaterally terrorist activities.  68 ports US marines, amphibious withdrew from a landmark “We know that the Iranian     mid escalating tensions vehicles, conventional landing nuclear deal America and other regime knows what our mili- Awith Iran, the Pentagon has 96:9 56# craft and rotary aircraft with nations had agreed with Iran in tary capabilities are and we announced that it is deploying the capability to support 2015. Under the accord, Iran have a healthy respect for them.   '+ called in, Gwadar Station provinces of Pakistan working a warship and a Patriot air 2676 amphibious assault, special had agreed to limit its sensitive And that’s good. And while House Officer (SHO) Aslam at the port. defence missile system in the M5:6 operations or expeditionary nuclear activities and allow in they have avoided direct mili- hree heavily-armed terror- Bangulzai said. The hotel, frequented by Middle East to deter the threats warfare missions. international inspectors in tary conflict with the United Tists on Saturday stormed a Balochistan Home business as well as leisure trav- of possible operations against :596656 It also provides a high- return for sanctions relief. States and our partners they luxury hotel in Pakistan's port Minister Ziaullah Langov said ellers, is located on the Koh-e- US forces in the region by 576 quality command and control White House last month have demonstrated the will- city of Gwadar in the restive that all the three attackers were Batil hill, south of West Bay on Tehran. capability and improved inter- said it would end exemptions ingness and ability to attack our Balochistan province, leading killed by the security forces. Fish Harbour road in Gwadar. The USS Arlington, which operability with our allies and from sanctions for five coun- people, our interests and our to a fierce gunbattle in which He said that some of the All foreign and local guests transports amphibious vehicles closely monitor the activities of partners in the region. A tries — China, India, Japan, friends and allies in the con- four persons including the guests in the hotel were also staying at the hotel had been and aircraft, and the Patriot air the Iranian regime, their mili- Patriot battery is a long-range, South Korea and Turkey — that fusing, complex zone just short attackers were killed, police injured but their number was safely evacuated, Express defence system will join the tary and proxies. all-weather air defense system were still buying Iranian oil. of armed conflict,” he said. said. not immediately known. Tribune quoted Balochistan USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier The Pentagon said the US to counter tactical ballistic The US also blacklisted In his address to the The armed men entered The outlawed Balochistan Information Minister Zahoor Strike Group and a B-52 did not seek conflict with Iran, missiles, cruise missiles and Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Foundation of Defence and the upscale Pearl Continental Liberation Army (BLA) Buledi as saying. bomber task force in the but that Washington was “ready advanced aircraft. Corps, designating it as a for- Democracies, McKenzie (PC) Hotel and opened ran- claimed responsibility of the “At around 4:50 pm (local Middle East region in response to defend US forces and inter- Senator Jim Inhofe, chair- eign terrorist group. alleged that the Iranian regime dom firing, a senior police attack which it said was carried time) we got reports that there to “indications of heightened ests in the region”. man of the Senate Armed Iran on Wednesday threat- has smuggled ballistic missiles official said. out by the militants linked are two to there armed men in Iranian readiness to conduct “The Department of Services Committee, welcomed ened to enrich its uranium into Yemen and assisted with They shot dead a guard at with its Majeed Brigade group. PC Hotel,” SHO Bangulzai said. offensive operations against Defense continues to closely the move. “By proactively mov- stockpile closer to weapons- their construction and deploy- the entrance, the army's media Locals said several gun- “Two to three gunmen had US forces and our interests,” the monitor the activities of the ing the USS Arlington and a grade levels if Europe, China ment. wing Inter-Services Public shots were heard after the ter- first fired at and then entered Pentagon said on Friday. Iranian regime,” it said in a Patriot system to the region to and Russia fail to deliver sanc- And they’re employed by Relations (ISPR) said. rorists entered the luxury hotel. the hotel,” Inspector General of The approval to deploy statement. join the USS Abraham Lincoln, tions relief within 60 days. the Hufis against the King of A shootout between the Gwadar port is one of the Police (IGP) Mohsin Hassan additional military asset against “Due to operational secu- the United States is sending Early this week, US Central Saudi Arabia as well as against militants and the security forces focal points of the USD 50 bil- Butt said. Iran has been done at the rity, we will not discuss time- Iran a clear message: stand Command Commander the United Arab Emirates, broke out at the hotel as the lion China-Pakistan Economic “A clearance operation was request of US Central lines or location of forces,” the down or we will stand up,” he General Kenneth McKenzie threatening US partners as anti-terrorism force, the Army Corridor (CPEC) with many going on,” a spokesman of the Command, it said, adding that Pentagon said. said. alleged that Iranian regime well as Americans who live and and the Frontier Corps were Chinese workers from other Army said. the Pentagon continues to USS Arlington is a San US President Donald directly engages in far reaching work there. "   0  4  " 22 !               0        &    mittee on Wednesday. British PM once the Brexit      “It would be strange for process has been finalised # $      heresa May could be that not to result in a clear but the pressure from with- Tforced to set an exact understanding (of when she in her party has only mount-  %  ,  & (/(  date for her resignation as will leave) at the end of the ed for her to actually name   '+  ) Conservative Party leader meeting,” said Brady. a specific end date for her       ) Counter Terrorism Authority to make way for a new The 1922 Committee tenure. (NACTA), which works under udan’s military rulers have invited British Prime Minister in the has asked for “clarity” about On why the PM had so 26-year-old man in the akistan Government has the Ministry of Interior, Sprotest leaders for a new round of coming days, a senior Tory her plans for the future, and far been unwilling to set a AUK has been charged with Pbanned 11 organisations announced on its website that talks on transferring power to a civilian MP has said. she “offered to come and date to step down, Brady murder in connection with for having links with the pro- seven groups have been banned administration, the protest movement Sir Graham Brady, who meet with the executive”, he said: “I don’t think it’s about the killing of an Indian-origin scribed outifts Jaamat-ud- for their affiliation with the said Saturday. chairs the influential back- said. an intention for staying man who was stabbed to death Dawa (JuD), Falah-e-Insaniat JuD, which was proscribed in The call came as thousands of bench 1922 Committee of “clear understanding” of May has already indefinitely as prime minis- in a supermarket parking area. Foundation (FIF) and Jaish-e- March by the Pakistan gov- demonstrators remain camped outside the Conservative Party, told May’s departure timetable announced back in March ter or leader of the Nadeem Uddin Hameed Mohammed (JeM), an official ernment. army headquarters in central Khartoum, the BBC that he expects a once she has met the com- that she would step down as Conservative Party. Mohammed, 24, was formally statement said Saturday. The organisation which vowing to force the generals to cede identified by Thames Valley The decision to ban these have been proscribed are Al- power just as they forced veteran pres- Police as the victim of the organisations was taken during Anfal Trust, Idara Khidmat-e- ident Omar al-Bashir from office exact- attack in Slough, near London, a meeting between Pakistan’s Khalaq, Al-Dawat ul Irshad, ly a month ago. #         on Friday, when Aqib Pervaiz Prime Minister Imran Khan Mosques & Welfare Trust, Al- Talks on the protesters’ key demand was produced before Reading and Interior Minister Ijaz Shah Medina Foundation, Mazz- for a civilian-led body to oversee a four-   + backed Guaido. reject measures taken by the Zambrano, a civilian, was Crown Court charged with his on Friday. Bin-Jabel Education Trust and year transition have been deadlocked for Maduro also accused his Supreme Court against sent to a military prison, and murder. After the February 14 Al-Hamad Trust, the state- days, with the military insisting on hold- enezuela braced sacked intelligence chief of opposition lawmakers. said his rights had been vio- Nadeem, from Hyderabad, Pulwama attack, in which 40 ment said. All these groups are ing a majority in any new ruling body. VSaturday for another day being a CIA “mole” and the Zambrano is one of 10 lated. was living in south-west Indian security personnel were Lahore-based. “We received a call from the mili- of nationwide protests after architect of the failed military charged by the Supreme “From the moment of London with his parents and killed by a suicide bomber of Pakistan’s Ministry of tary council to resume negotiations,” the President Nicolas Maduro uprising. Court for participating in the the arrest, they have violat- seven-month pregnant wife. the Pakistan-based JeM, Khan Interior took the action on the Alliance for Freedom and Change said clamped down further on He said General April 30 movement. ed the deputy’s rights. We did The family is being supported had said Islamabad would not government’s directive to speed in a statement. Opposition leader Juan Christopher Figuera was “the He was transferred to the not have access to the file, by specially-trained officers spare any group involved in up implementation of the Late last month, the alliance, which Guaido, locking up his one who orchestrated the Caracas headquarters of the nor could we be appointed in from the police force. militancy or using Pakistani soil National Action Plan of 2015 to brings together protest organisers and deputy in a military prison coup d’etat” by contacting the military police, Fort Tiuna, his defense,” Camejo told “Aqib Pervaiz, aged 26, of for any kind of terror activity eliminate militancy and opposition and rebel groups, handed the following a dramatic arrest. group of around 30 members the court said. reporters. Rochford Gardens, Slough, was against other countries. extremism from the country’s generals its proposals for a civilian-led Edgar Zambrano, deputy of the armed forces who One of the other charged Guaido said on charged this evening (Friday) Pakistan’s National soil. transition. speaker of the opposition- joined Guaido’s mass lawmakers, Luis Florido, Thursday the arrests were with one count of murder,” But the generals have expressed majority National Assembly, demonstration. announced in a video on part of a bid by Maduro to Thames Valley Police said in a 7: “many reservations” over the alliance’s is being held in preventive “He was captured by the Friday that he had fled to dismantle the National statement. 67&<    roadmap, They have singled out its detention for “the flagrant CIA a year ago and was neighbouring Colombia, Assembly legislature, “It is in connection with an silence on the constitutional position of commission of the crimes of working as a traitor, mole “sheltered from a regime Venezuela’s sole opposition- incident in Slough at 12.32 PM      Islamic sharia law which was the guid- treason, conspiracy and civil and infiltrator,” Maduro said that is willing to imprison controlled institution but on Wednesday, which resulted &  4 ing principle of all legislation under rebellion,” the Supreme of Figuera, whose defection deputies,” he said. one which had already been in the death of 24-year-old 3"  $P 2     Bashir’s rule but is anathema to secular Court said in a statement to the opposition saw him Three others — Richard rendered powerless by the Nadeem Uddin Hameed 561 ...41:-## % groups like the Sudanese Communist announcing the verdict of a rewarded earlier this week by Blanco, Mariela Magallanes pro-Maduro Supreme Court. Mohammed, from Southall, in .4!. 4$-.!       Party and some rebel factions in the lower court. the US, which and Americo De Grazia — “If we can talk about a the car park of Tesco in C01!.3 I/ 4 alliance. Zambrano was arrested removed him from its sanc- have sought refuge in the coup d’etat in Venezuela, Wellington Street. Mr 8-%3 4.!-.  '+ “We have identified the points of by Maduro’s SEBIN intelli- tions list. Argentine and Italian here it is: the dismantling of Mohammed had been stabbed &-3.!I0 .4 contention with the military council and gence service in dramatic cir- The latest regime actions embassies in Caracas. the national parliament,” in the chest and taken to hos- !. $-3-.3  journalist critical of ... 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Saturday morning. “We can identify situa- The network has hundreds ly newsletter on the phenom- pristine land, floats in huge divisions, and US Ambassador tions, do prevention work, of members in India, where sis- enon that is widely read with- masses in oceans and rivers and Robert Wood said reaching offer help,” she said. ters train young people in vil- in the Catholic Church there. entangles wildlife, sometimes agreement at the 2020 confer- *  R Efforts to help those lages and slums to be vigilant “We are able to talk with with deadly results . ence “will be an incredibly dif-  * &    trapped in prostitution are reg- and work together to find chil- people of influence, money, Rolph Payet of the United ficult task.”  - ularly lauded by the 82-year old dren who have been sold to education, to get them Nations Environment Program But he told the closing % !&"% !  pope. The Argentine choose an pimps or abducted by traffick- involved,” she said. said the “historic” agreement session of the two-week     & anti-trafficking Italian nun to ers. “We can mingle among linked to the 186-country, UN- preparatory conference that “it .  /   write the Way of Cross medi- “If a child goes missing, we the poorest of the poor and supported Basel Convention is a task we cannot abandon.”  5!  ! % tations this Easter, with sea- send the message out,” Sister among the richest of the rich.” means that countries will have The NPT is the world’s single     soned campaigner Eugenia Prema Chowallur from Assam In Australia, Sister Colleen to monitor and track the move- most important pact on nuclear Bonetti slamming public State in India told AFP by Jackson spends one week a year ments of plastic waste outside arms, credited with preventing    ) were Indians, were killed and obert Mueller, the US spe- “indifference” as the main rea- telephone. meeting with lawmakers. their borders. The deal affects their spread to dozens of 500 others injured. Rcial counsel whose report son girls are still on the street. The nuns have different “We are generally trusted: products used in a broad array nations since entering into ri Lankan authorities on “A three-day period has on Russian election interfer- On Friday, Francis opened types of shelters ready for those some victims will speak to sis- of industries, such as health force in 1970. SSaturday announced a been announced from 6.00 ence has shaken a divided an exhibition at the Vatican of determined to get off the ters before law enforcement,” care, technology, aerospace, It has succeeded in doing three-day deadline for public to a.M. Today (Saturday) to Washington, will not testify photographs by Lisa Kristine of streets, offering both first she said. While many non-reli- fashion, food and beverages. this via a grand global bargain: inform and handover all illegal inform and handover all illegal before Congress next week, a the US, portraying nuns work- response care and help with gious social workers appreciate “It’s sending a very strong Nations without nuclear explosives to the nearest police explosives material to the near- top Democrat said on Friday. ing with victims. reintegration into society. their dedication, some worry political signal to the rest of the weapons committed not to station as part of a crackdown est police,” Police spokesperson House Judiciary Committee Trafficking in women is Sister Luisa Puglisi lives in about the Church’s position on world — to the private sector, acquire them; those with them on suspects following the SP Ruwan Gunasekara said. chairman Jerry Nadler had “an octopus with many tenta- just such a shelter in Valencia abortion. to the consumer market — that committed to move toward Easter Sunday bombings in “Individuals in possession wanted Mueller to testify on cles,” said Sister Yvonne in Spain: “What matters most “We are all against abor- we need to do something,” their elimination; and all which over 250 people were of such explosives should May 15, but he said a date for Clemence Bambara, who runs is our presence with them on tion, but none of us will put a Payet said. endorsed everyone’s right to killed. inform the nearest police sta- the highly anticipated appear- a rehabilitation centre in a daily basis,” she said. girl who has made that choice “Countries have decided to develop peaceful nuclear The move came a week tion before 6.00 a.M. On ance before lawmakers Burkina Faso. “Doing the dishes togeth- out on the street,” Bottani said. do something which will trans- energy. after authorities directed peo- Tuesday (May 14),” he added. remained under discussion. “We have to work togeth- er, watching television... We Living with nuns does not late into real action on the Treaty members — every ple to deposit swords and other On Saturday last, the Sri “It won’t be next week,” er in many ways to overcome give them something for free in necessarily come naturally to all ground.” Countries will have to nation but India, Pakistan and sharp-edged weapons to the Lankan police asked the pub- Nadler told reporters. “But we’re it and mitigate the conse- a world where everything can of the girls, she admits, but she figure out their own ways of North Korea who possess nearest police station, after lic to hand over swords and negotiating with him, we’re quences as much as possible,” be bought and sold”. insists the human warmth and adhering to the accord, Payet nuclear weapons, and Israel police recovered sword s and large knives to the nearest talking to him and the Justice she added. As well as helping those support they are offered means said. Even the few countries which is believed to be a other weapons from mosques police station after a large haul Department.” Nadler has said Many convents have been who want to denounce their the world to many. that did not sign it, like the nuclear power but has never during search operations fol- of weapons, including swords, that the committee would sub- active in fighting prostitution captors, or return to their home “The most important United States, could be affect- acknowledged it — gather lowing the April 21 blasts in and camouflaged materials poena Mueller if necessary, but since the 19th century. countries, the nuns also raise things are captured in a look. ed by the accord when they every five years to review how which over 250 people, includ- were recovered during search- expressed hope that such a step Their efforts were brought awareness in societies that may How we look at them, how they ship plastic waste to countries it’s working. ing 44 foreigners 10 of whom es of mosques and houses. could be avoided. under one umbrella in 2009 be reluctant to acknowledge the look at us,” Bottani said. that are on board with the deal.

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 ■ L + Live on Star Sports 1& 2 HEAD amiliar foes and the two most TO successful teams of the IPL — HEAD FMumbai Indians and Chennai & '> Super Kings — clash in a mouth- +2 :!; watering final here at Rajiv Gandhi &  .33%--/. International stadium on Sunday, fol- C>=)2'= lowing a rather eventful season that  L  DPJ=) .  produced some unprecedented G4$-.4&%#-P moments on the field. It can't be disputed that Mumbai had its fair share of controversies.  ■ <' ) "Off the field also, we have go into the final as the favourites, hav- Amongst the ones that stood out gelled as a team and and now ing beaten CSK as many as three involved KXIP skipper Ravichandran umming up Delhi Capitals' it's time to grow from here on. times earlier in the tournament Ashwin and talismanic CSK captain Sperformance this season, I am really of proud the way we including in the Qualifier 1 at Mahendra Singh Dhoni. skipper Shreyas Iyer said every played this season. We've got Chennai on Tuesday. Early into the competition, player took initiative and a lot more to come next sea- However, statistics count for lit- Ashwin triggered a massive 'spirit of responsibility before they fell son," he added. tle going into the title fight with both cricket' debate in the entire cricket- just short of making their first Delhi Capitals ended the teams being in the situation before ing fraternity by 'Mankading' Jos ever IPL final, going down to league stage with 18 points, multiple times. Buttler who was backing up at the Chennai Super Kings in similar points as finalists Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai can non striker's end. Qualifier 2. Mumbai Indian and Chennai certainly take confidence out of the Two weeks later, none other Playing under a new name Super Kings. They also man- fact that they have won three out of than Dhoni's conduct was ques- in this edition, Delhi Capitals aged to win their Eliminator the four finals they have been part of, tioned after he stormed onto the pitch managed to turn their for- against Sunrisers Hyderabad including the two against CSK in from the dugout to dispute a no-ball tunes around with coach Ricky but could not cross the 2013 and 2015. call. It was a rare sight of Dhoni los- Ponting and advisor Sourav Qualifier 2 hurdle against the For three-time champions CSK, ing his cool. Ganguly at the helm. defending champions, losing by who have entered their eighth final, Bringing the focus back to the "There are a lot of positives six wickets on Friday. it has been another remarkable sea- final on Sunday, CSK will have to to talk about. At the start of the The 24-year-old said that son after last year when they made a redraw their plans against Mumbai, season with half of us young- Delhi players were lucky to triumphant return having serving a who have beaten them convincingly sters in the team (but) Ricky, have Ponting as their coach. two-year suspension. $ ! $" '.!4&*.4 ..> !? formed the most dangerous opening three times this season. Sourav Ganguly came in and "Ponting is definitely a leg- Whatever the outcome may be, ) 4P J  )1&.3.4& ..$ pairing this season alongside Jonny Rohit and Co have dealt with gave their views regarding how end. Whenever he talks in the the final here will add another mem- )1&.3.4  '.!4& /4 .. Bairstow. The left-handed opener, CSK's spin threat smartly while other we would be going this season. dressing room, no one has to orable chapter to their longtime  ..$'.!4  >Q%#? who is back in Australia for the World teams' batsmen struggled against Everyone was really enthusias- talk after that. 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attacks in the Indian subcontinent. Since May 2014, the Islamic terrorists have split themselves into various organisations bearing unique and strange names and had lowered their hoods to gear up for the big operations. Their targets would be crowded temples, market places, shopping malls, and other public places. India is no stranger to acts of terrorism by Islamic extremists. According to P Chidambaram, the former Finance and Home Minister, the country was completely safe under Dr Manmohan Singh’s Government (2004 to 2014). “Borders were secure, infiltration came down, civilian and security forces’ casualties came down drastically. The numbers will tell the story,” said Chidambaram. But studies released by the Global ccording to Christian belief, it was is to create a Darul Islam (pure Islamic State) from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan to the South Terrorism Database and National Consortium for the on the Easter day that the world saw and unite Muslims all over the world. They Asian region that includes Sri Lanka and India. Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism throw the death of death. Death, hitherto have also declared Christians, Jews, and If the versions of the official secret services more light on these figures, in sharp contrast to unconquered and unassailable, sur- Hindus as their main enemies. All terrorist pursuing the pattern of attacks carried out by Chidambaram’s claims. rendered to death and thus we got acts which have taken place in the world the Islamic terrorists are to be believed, more According to the data released by these agencies, theA Resurrection Sunday. The tomb of death was since the emergence of bin Laden and his fol- severe attacks are on the anvil. The disciples of 5,788 people died in terrorist attacks in India from blown to smithereens as the saviour of humanity lowers have been targeted against these three Osama bin Laden are adapting themselves to 2004 to 2013. Most of the international agencies spe- resurrected. While the world that had been fast- “enemies” of the Muslim world. new situations and horizons, which are yet to cialising in terrorism related studies say India experi- ing and praying for the return of the saviour Why Sri Lanka and why Colombo? The fall in the radar of the intelligence and spy ences more terrorist incidents annually (3,500) and ter- watched in awe, the son of the Lord appeared answer is simple. The Sri Lankan Government, agencies. Their modus operandi changes on a rorist related deaths (3,100) per year than any country before them, giving the message that their which came to power in the 2015 Elections, daily basis. The proposed Islamic Caliphate other than Iraq, wrote Dr Subramanian Swamy in the prayers had been answered. And they rejoiced dumped all stringent security measures and visualised by bin Laden and company extends book, Terrorism in India, published in 2008. Quoting by singing “hallelujah”. Since then, the world has laws brought in by its predecessor, the Mahinda from West Asia to Indonesia and includes various agencies, including the Union Home Ministry’s been surviving because of the Resurrection Rajapaksa Government. It became easy for major parts of the Indian subcontinent. (  (( Annual Report (2004-05), Dr Swamy wrote: “Of the 35 Sunday, a day which Christians all over the Islamist terrorists to operate freely all over the The attitude of the self-styled secular, liberal States of today’s India, 29 are afflicted by terrorism. world observe and celebrate as the Day of Hope. island nation. The LTTE remnants, who were intelligentsia towards the barbarians, too, has  +  +<  India is thus today a seriously terrorist challenged Not anymore. The 2019 Resurrection on the run from the Sri Lankan laws, made use changed — from love and respect to that of pas-  +    nation which has profound national security implica- Sunday saw hopes and dreams getting blown to of this interregnum to recover and recoup for sion. One was shocked when a Left liberal secu- tions.” This was written in 2008 and the country has pieces as a group of Islamic human bombs future attacks. The statement issued by the larist wrote a lengthy article in a Tamil Nadu  + undergone many political changes since then. walked into the Easter congregations being held transnational Government of the LTTE con- based newspaper (popularly known as the ( ' Even as the repercussions of the Colombo blasts in many churches in and around Colombo in demning the Sri Lankan Government order People’s Daily of Chennai), questioning and lam- are felt in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, an organisation Sri Lanka, resulting in death and destruction, banning the Muslim niqab is proof of this basting those who linked the Easter Sunday ++  L called the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath has started leaving more than 250 dead and 500 maimed unholy alliance between the Tigers and terror- attacks to the Islamic State. This despite the   ) running for cover. It issues daily statements claiming it for the rest of their lives. The suicide bombers ists. Visvanathan Rudrakumaran, the “Prime claims by the IS itself that it was behind the does not have any ties with the National Thowheed owing allegiance to the Sri Lankan National Minister” of the Transnational Government of blasts and had extended salutes to the suicide +++ + Jamaat of Sri Lanka. But R Abdur Razik, the General Thowheed Jamaat did not leave even some of Tamil Eelam operating from New York, said bombers who made the mayhem possible.    < 9 Secretary of Sri Lanka’s National Thowheed Jamaat, is the five-star hotels in Colombo owned and the decision of the Sri Lankan Government was The attacks happened in Colombo, an on record declaring that the two organisations are operated by the Christian community. tantamount to violation of the right to religious hour’s flight from Chennai. The moment TV )+  ' bound by common ideology and are promoting true The murder and mayhem, which shook the freedom. We must remember here that the channels flashed about the attack, this writer’s +   Islam unadulterated by non-Islamic influences. The global conscience, was not for money and gold LTTE had butchered 173 Muslims in a first reaction was to contact Siri Fernando, a 78- intelligence agencies in India have gathered details of stored in the churches or hotels, the scenario Batticaloa village in 1990. year-old devote Catholic in Colombo, who over < 0  how the Thowheed Jamaats in Tamil Nadu and Sri portrayed in the Spaghetti Western. All terrorist The truth is that the LTTE and the IS have the years has assumed the role of an elder +   Lanka mobilised billions of rupees from Saudi Arabia attacks unleashed by various Islamic outfits come together in their mission to establish sepa- brother. “We are fine and safe at home,” said to propagate Wahhabi Islam. around the world were perpetrated as part of rate Tamil Eelam in the north of Sri Lanka, Siri, who also disclosed that the IS was behind  +  In January 2013, the then Chief Minister of Tamil the “clash of civilisations” described by Samuel while the Islamists would strive for a Caliphate the cruel act. It took another three days for the ) 9 Nadu, Jayalalithaa, had disclosed during a press meet that Huntington, the Harvard University professor incorporating a part of the island nation. The IS to come out with video statements claiming the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath had 7.5 lakh active and social scientist in the book, The Clash of choice of Colombo and the churches should be responsibility for the attacks. )+' 9) 9 members. Jayalalithaa was no ordinary politician and Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. seen in this backdrop. Northern Sri Lanka has a But by the evening of Resurrection Sunday,   + whatever she said would be based only on facts and figures “For the first time in history, global Tamil majority, while the Christians in Colombo it turned out that the Sri Lankan Thowheed which she had gathered from the intelligence agencies. She politics is both multi-polar and multi-civilisa- are seen as friendly with the Government of the Jamaat, the module of the IS in the island      also cautioned the media from terming Thowheed Jamaat tional; modernisation is distinct from island nation. The Christians and Buddhists nation, was behind the attacks. It was also dis- as a fringe element. But strangely enough, the media did Westernisation and is producing neither a enjoy camaraderie dating back to centuries. closed that the Indian spy and intelligence agen- not report about the startling disclosures made by her. universal civilisation in any meaningful sense Most of the present day Christians in Sri Lanka cies had warned the Sri Lankan Police about the Since then, the Thowheed Jamath has gone from strength nor the Westernisation of non-Western soci- are the descendants of the Kauravas of the suicide bombs at least 10 days in advance. But to strength in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. eties,” said the professor, who pointed out that Mahabharata, who migrated to the shores of the President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, General Mahesh Senanayake, Sri Lanka’s Chief of Islam can never co-exist with other religions the island nation after they were defeated in the who were busy with shadow-boxing and the Army Staff, recently told a global news agency that in the world because it teaches its followers to Kurukshetra War by cousins Pandavas. The game of one-upmanship, paid scant regard to some of the suicide bombers behind the Easter Sunday kill all non-believers. “The Koran and other name Kaurava itself has its origins in Kauravar such crucial information. It was the hapless blasts had travelled to Kerala, Karnataka, and Kashmir. statements of Muslim beliefs contain few pro- and the Coromandel Coast of India, from devotees, who thronged the churches with The General, true to his reputation as an officer with a hibitions on violence, and concept of non- where they set sail to Lanka. prayers on their lips and hopes in their hearts, stiff upper lip, also said that the trip could have been violence is absent from Muslim doctrine and Not only Sri Lanka, even the neighbouring who had to bear the brunt. made as part of a training programme. practice,” wrote Huntington. India would not be the same after the Colombo The repercussions of the Sri Lankan blasts Osama bin Laden and those who took blasts. There is no guarantee for life in these would definitely be felt in India. 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or as long as I can remember, growing in this world. Why don’t I was seized by a sense of dis- the yogis make this world a better contentment, which sprung place to live in? Why do they from a rather abstract source. escape from the world? This is what triggered my “The world has always been like this. Fspiritual quest. That’s when I started There was injustice and misery even looking around for a master. Of in the time of Ram, Krishna or course, finding a master is a rare for- Buddha. Ram himself had to live in tune and it was a good many years the forest for 14 years in exile. Sita was before I finally met Osho, my master. also kidnapped. Buddha had to bear I used to be a BSc student at a lot of humiliation. During his own Trichandra College in Kathmandu lifetime, he saw the end of the Shakya and I had gone to Janakpur, my clan and Kapilvastu. Krishna could- hometown, for some familial chore. By n’t stop the Mahabharata war or the he world’s biggest elections are on. India, after all, is then, I had been initiated by a few demise of his Yadav clan. The war the world’s largest democracy and the over 900 mil- gurus and was trying many different between good and evil has been Tlion eligible voters spread across 29 States and seven techniques of meditation without going on since eternity and will go on Union Territories are in the process of electing a new much success. Countless times I had for eternity. The desire for freedom Government in a seven stage election. A huge event by any been praying to existence to bring a from this world arises only after you standards. Moreover, this year’s elections may also prove to real guide for me. understand that absolute justice, be the world’s costliest with mindboggling advertising spend- One morning, I woke up to find peace or system is not possible here. ing to the tune of several billions being invested by differ- a yogi standing silently at our gate, This world is a school. Learn your les- ent political parties to allure voters through all kinds of media seeking alms. Such a sight is not that son and be free of it. This is not a campaigns, propaganda, and gimmicks. Not just the con- uncommon in Janakpur. Janakpur place where you should live forever. ventional print and electronic media, but the now notori- used to be the capital of the kingdom I see a strong wish in you to change ous social media and even the contrived biopics by many of Mithila and the centre of Mithila the world. This is a good wish, but filmmakers are going the whole hog to prove their point by culture. I noticed that this yogi had you will not be able to change the trying to suggest to the electorate who is the “fairest of them an exceptionally bright countenance world. We come here with limited all”. But amid this deafening cacophony of sound and lights as though he was dripping with time and energy, which should be and advertisement blitzkrieg, the Indian voter is to watch radiance. I went to the kitchen and used for self-transformation. First out for. Though baffled and beleaguered, angry and con- filled a handkerchief with rice and realise God, then whatever the divine fused, the voter is keen to vote. But how will he vote is the came outside to give the pouch to the wishes for you will be the best for you billion dollar issue? While the so-called pollsters and psephol- yogi. The yogi was in silence so and the world at large. After enlight- ogists, the soothsayers and the astrologers, and even the data instead of speaking he took out a slate enment, God made Buddha roam scientists are all throwing their wisdom in the ring, the voter from his bag and wrote down, “I don’t vegetarian which has been made in silence for 12 years. Those 12 years How can I meet you? around villages for 45 years, while he continues to keep the cards close to his chest. Yes, he may have anything to carry the rice in, so the house is good for me.” gave him the taste of solitude and “I don’t have an ashram. I am a wan- made Raman Maharshi sit silently be wondering who he should vote for. Nevertheless, his it would be better if you could give We had a tradition of eating all beatitude. By the time his vow was dering monk. I go wherever existence below the Arunachal hill.” demeanour has also kept the so-called ivory tower think me some money.” our meals together, so my family over, he had immersed himself too takes me.” tanks at their wit’s end, wondering what the voter is going I fished into my pocket and members joined us too. After lunch, deeply in the blissful world of silence It is said that not even a leaf on a tree to do. Certainly then, the voter is standing tall to prove his found a quarter, which I gave to the I invited him to my room. He shared to ever utter another word again. What shall I call you? can move without divine will. If this point, like in the past: “Catch me if you can”. But this time yogi. He accepted the offering grate- some of the most insightful analyses Whenever necessary, he communi- A yogi’s past has no meaning and we is true, then why do you tell me to around, we are witnessing, perhaps, the most unpredictable fully. We did not exchange words. He of Aurobindo’s integral yoga, cated through his slate. don’t usually talk about it. And since make constant effort in my medita- of the elections, which many have already named as the was about to leave when he sudden- Vivekananda’s karmayoga and The yogi also gave me a short I wasn’t initiated by anyone, I don’t tion? Will my meditation not hap- mother of all elections. Not just because the results are hard ly turned back and started scribbling gyanyoga, as well as Raman mantra and a beautiful technique of have a name either. Due to God’s pen naturally if He wishes? to predict, but also because the stakes are high for the world’s on his slate again. His English was Maharshi’s silence. His presence was Rajyoga. I pleaded with him to be my grace, I am usually blissed out, so you “It is probably not happening now largest democracy. However, these issues notwithstanding, notably good, as was his handwrit- so pleasurable that I lost all track of guru, but he refused. “I am not des- can call me Mastaram (the divinely because He doesn’t wish it to be so. there is a need to raise the basic question that matters most ing. “What kind of meditation do time. When the time came for the tined to be your guru. You will find intoxicated one). On the surface, your question looks for the success as also the survival of a democracy. That cru- you practise?” I was taken off guard yogi to leave, he wrote on his slate, your guru at the right time.” I had like the ultimate philosophical query cial question of the wisdom of the voter. The Indian voter, by this rather strange exchange and “You have all my blessings. Now I come to inaugurate a yoga school in Is it true that yogis have various but underneath it shows the lethar- who has been delivering most unplayable of the googlies told him that I didn’t practise any shall leave.” I was enchanted by his Siliguri. There I heard your cry for miraculous powers? Do you also gic tendency of the mind. It is my to even the most formidable of the challengers on even the meditation. But he insisted, “Your presence and didn’t want him to leave, help and came to Janakpur just to help possess such powers? understanding that even a leaf does- most placid of the wickets. “Will he, won’t he” is the ques- vibrations tell me that you are try- so I requested him to come the next you. Whenever you have a real quest “The mind starts to become pure and n’t move without God’s wish. I am tion this time. Will he defy all those predictions to prove ing hard to meditate.” day. The next morning, the yogi and pray for it, someone will appear sharp once meditation takes hold of telling you to make effort in medi- that he has a mind of his own? Or will he prove to be the Surprised by his clairvoyance, I arrived as he had promised. After a to help you. I am happy with your you. A silent mind becomes very pow- tation so that you realise this by gullible simpleton some politicians assume? The advertise- told him how I had been trying dif- light breakfast, we again sat togeth- thirst and this thirst will lead you to erful. A lot of miracles start happen- yourself. Through constant medita- ments, the claims and counter claims of marketers, the blame ferent techniques of meditation with- er. As I mentioned earlier, I was strug- your guru in right time.” ing. These miracles are not necessary tion when your ego melts and you game, the charlatans and turncoats, who think they are omni- out much success. “My meditation is gling with my meditation and asked I got the darshan of Osho three on the path of samadhi, rather they are realise that you are not the doer but scient have all made this election hard to gauge. Naturally, not going well at all. Although I have a great deal of questions. years later. On the third day, the yogi hindrances. I do experience such just the watcher, only then will you we need to figure out whether the voter can keep his cool learnt many things from many gurus, His answers reflected the depth arrived at my house as usual. That powers but discussing them will not see that this whole world is a divine and apply his mind. We will have to wait for some more time. I am not able to practise something of his own meditation, inspiring meeting was to be our last one. With help you in any way. You are very play and runs exactly according to But who wins or loses is not the question. The question is that is meaningful,” I told him with fresh reverence in me. I was intrigued a cryptic precision, he told me to fetch inquisitive about such spiritual pow- His wish. When you say this now, it whether the voter entity is intact.That is, if there is voter utmost honesty. He again wrote on the by his answers and insisted on know- a diary, and wrote his answers on it. ers. Begin practising meditation as I only aids your laziness.” mind that transcends castes and communities and discrim- slate, “If you are ready, I am willing to ing more about him. He wrote that I brought a small notebook and start- have taught you and soon you will Soon the time came for the depar- inates between issues and non-issues, some kind of a col- help you.” After hearing that, I cordial- before taking sannyasa, he used to be ed asking him questions: experience these powers by yourself. ture of the yogi and although we were lective unconsciousness that proves the strength of unity in ly invited him into my house, made a professor in South India. Gradually, But it is not good to think and both unwilling, we bid farewell to each diversity. We certainly would come to know about that in him comfortably seated, and started it dawned upon him that no outward Which sect are you from and who is enquire about them. A lot of medita- other. For the next three years before a few days. But there is a popular saying which suggests that sharing my queries. He started writ- excellence or accomplishment could your guru? tors go astray this way.” I met my master, his words became Vox Populi, Vox Dei — that is the voice of people — is the ing the answers in perfect English and satiate his deepest longing. When this “I don’t belong to any sect and I my pathfinder, always challenging and voice of God. The onus, of course, is on the Indian voter Hindi on his slate. After a while it was realisation crystallised within him, he haven’t been initiated by anyone. There are many yogis, such as you, assuring me at the same time. to prove this Latin proverb right or wrong. time for lunch and I asked him what took the jump and became an ascetic. God himself is my guru and human- who have a lot of spiritual powers +           *  *   I could serve him. He said, “Anything Initially, he had taken a vow of ity is what I believe in.” but misery and injustice is only           8C    8 D 8  ;67#  : )       & "   & % #$.4/.-. %#-# /349 144!--31$%40.3

t is an open secret that Kerala pension from the Union # 1/ -.. -.  -394/4 %1946 ' )+ Iand Tamil Nadu are safe havens Government to this date. for Islamic terrorists and members Chandmal Chopra of Kolkata ost parents will say that habits for the rest of his life. of other extremist organisations had in 1985 filed a petition in the they do. Do they really? What do parents watch on like the Maoists, Liberation Tigers Calcutta High Court, stating that MMy answer is no. I will television? Are they selective in of Tamil Eelam, and Kashmiri mil- “publication of Koran attracts explain why I made such an what they see? Or they see itants. Pon Radhakrishnan, the Sections 153A and 295 A of the assertion and you will agree. something which is full of pas- Union Minister of State for IPC because it incites violence, When a child is born, who does sion, even hate, sensuous, hor- Finance, has been warning the disturbs public tranquillity, pro- the child see most of the time, if ror, etc? Yes, children start with State Government about the pres- motes on ground of religion feel- not all the time, especially in cartoons but the foundation has ence of Islamic terrorists and ings of enmity, hatred, and ill-will today’s nuclear family culture? been laid for what they will Maoists in Tamil Nadu. Some of between religious communities The child’s parents, of course. watch later in their lives. Does it the Islamic outfits have their own and insults other religions or reli- Then, the child will learn from or not place a lot of responsibility arms training camps in places like gious beliefs of other communities ape his parents only, because we, on parents to be role models for Theni, according to a group of in India”. The petition was disal- human beings, mostly learn by their beloved children? Shouldn’t security experts who undertook a lowed by the High Court and the seeing, especially as far as our they be highly disciplined in recent survey on the vulnerability petitioner was incarcerated on behaviour goes. I am talking whatever they do? Living togeth- of Tamil Nadu to extremists and charges of inciting different reli- about the formative years of a er rubs off a lot on one another. terrorists. They point out that the gions. Sita Ram Goel brought out child when the foundation for Let me take up another heavily guarded Arivakam is the a compendium, The Calcutta behaviour is laid. Now the impor- Gita inform us? That whatever important activity, ie exercising. epicentre from where all conspira- Quran Petition, detailing the tant question: Are the parents on a superior person does, in our Why are children in India cies are hatched for Love Jihad as entire episode in 1986, but the perfect behaviour? What do you case a parent, other people, in becoming obese in larger num- well as murder of Hindu leaders. modern, liberal, and secular think the answer is? our case children, follow that. bers like in the West? Because Sources in the National media blacked out the entire inci- You know the answer but I Whatever standard a common B  % parents simply do not care. If Investigation Agency, probing the dent and published a different will still like to remind everyone man establishes, a child tries to    ' they were doing asans, attempt to murder on Arjun version altogether. The wound about what we actually do. Let me emulate that. (3.21) I don’t     pranayam, etc regularly, will the Sampath, the Hindu leader in still remains unattended to and start with speaking. How many of think that there can be a better   '  children not be influenced by Tamil Nadu, said they got the incorporating parts of Kerala, has become more infected. us can claim to be truthful all the proof than that. such practices and benefit for the leads to the Thowheed Jamath Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, The latest information is that time? The answer will be: “We try So now we can continue %  ' rest of their lives? How about plan to attack Sri Lankan churches Karnataka, and Telangana. The colleges in Kerala have allegedly but it is not always practical.” Is with what parents mostly do.     doing your own work? I blame while interrogating the suspects year 2020 will see various Islamist become breeding grounds to this what the child should learn, Let me take up eating. What '  - mothers for this; they are in too who had been taken into custody organisations demanding the for- recruit, train, and deploy jihadis ie speak lies when it suits him. determines what people most- much love to act sensibly. and this was instantly relayed to mation of the State of Malabar for the establishment of the Same is true about honesty. Are ly eat? The answer is taste.  ! ! Whether we like it or not, the authorities. Both Tamil Nadu because the next year marks the Caliphate. The CH Mohammed we really honest in our dealings. There is nothing wrong with it.    our role as parents is crucial to and Kerala are ticking time bombs centenary of the Moplah Koya College of Arts and Science I will admit that many are but The Gita also recommends it,    make a success of the lives of our and the day is not far when we will Rebellion, which ravaged the at Thiruvananthapuram recently that still leaves a large chunk of when it tells us, “Tasty, delicious children. The growing child see blasts of much higher magni- Malabar province of Kerala. saw students dressed as Islamic the population. How about rais- foods, which enhance life-span;  ' sees his parents as sample tude rocking the States. Thousands of Hindus were warriors with guns and waving ing our voice or getting angry promote vitality; give strength, !- =   human beings. Does it not place While Islamic terrorists have butchered by the marauding the black IS flags, undertaking a between parents? What are we health, joy; and which are con-       a lot of responsibility on parents established their base camps all Islamists and their temples plun- vehicular parade around the city. teaching our young wards? That ducive to cheerfulness are dear to act sensibly at all times? If over Kerala allegedly in con- dered. The mainstream political The same spectacles were repeated it is alright to get nasty with your to people in goodness.” (17.8)    they are really keen on the wel- nivance with some political parties parties accepted the demand by in many places in Kerala and loved ones? The child does that However, there is an important     fare of their wards, they must set vying with one another to appease various Muslim organisations and Tamil Nadu. Eternal vigilance is as he grows up; there are good difference. We are supposed to   good examples. This is expect- the minority vote bank, organisa- declared the Moplah Rebellion a the price we have to pay for liber- chances of it. eat those foods which do a lot ed if they really wish the very tions like the Thowheed Jamath blatant communal riot as part of ty. For that to become a reality, we Somebody may like to chal- of other good things, as men-   C best for their loved ones. And if are having a free run in south India’s freedom struggle. Those must have stringent laws and pun- lenge me on my assertion that tioned, besides being tasty. Do the parents make connection India as a prelude to demand and who took part in the rebellion ishments. Extraordinary situations young children learn mostly parents follow such wisdom? with God, sky is the limit. establish the Islamic Caliphate by continue to draw freedom fighters’ demand extraordinary measures. from their parents as far as The child learns what parents '         behaviour goes. What does the do and is burdened with bad    D(    8      uvitiut  2       

e perceive the world not stituency that is slated to and facts better coverage than Win any objectively accu- undergo the hammer of elec- other issues and events. rate sense but through the lens toral verdict. Time and again, It is this coverage that of our own needs, goals, and it has been proven beyond leads audience — by virtue of prior experience. Still, we take doubt that emotional connect the greater attention they a lot of pride in being a ratio- through group identity is of devote to specific topics — to nal person. This is evident in great value and that it decide that these are the most our endeavour to get the high- could never go out of fashion important ones to be taken into est degree of educational qual- during elections. consideration when adopting a ification from topmost educa- The political class in this position. tional gatekeepers — a signal- country, irrespective of the Therefore, every political +       ing effort on our part to make colour of their ideological party wants to have a definite      us look smarter and rational. undergarments, do have this say in deciding those selected Therefore, when it comes knack of weaving a reasonably issues and facts that could get 8))   to voting, we expect every per- believable narrative around them maximum coverage       son to exercise this democrat- complex issues to focus acute- through different media plat-      ic right with a lot of rationali- ly only on a topic that succeeds forms, because the amount of ty, but alas, that expectation is either in polarising or uniting news coverage can make a big        often misplaced. Because a the potential voters. It is difference in the perceived sig- *    voter in general never subjects because an air of polarisation nificance of an issue among      his/her decision to even a con- creates an immediate environ- potential voters. During an servatively moderate level of ment where voters tend to election, whichever political      analysis. That is why voting is conveniently forget the most party is seen by voters to have       inherently irrational, and con- obvious mistakes of their lead- a superior stance on the issue trary to popular belief, this irra- ers. As a result, every election, highest on the media’s agenda   tionality has nothing to do with including this one, has wit- at the moment gets a distinct the educational qualification of nessed an attempt by repre- advantage. the voter. sentatives of people to indulge Steven Pinker, the famous Do you think any voter can in politics of polarisation. thinker and evolutionary psy- afford to analyse what per- Whenever the polarisation chologist of the modern era, centage of promises made by a along identity lines succeeds in said that one function of the political party were fulfilled? Is finding its victim among the mind might be to hold beliefs there any plausible reason for potential voters, even the most that bring the belief-holder not delivering on their promis- rather than developing a water- Whether the groups are reli- ponents: a group of people, a have somehow intuitively man- self-proclaimed rational voter the most significant possible es? Is there threadbare analy- tight case for themselves gious, ethnic or political, we common cause and at least one aged to decode this social iden- finds it a bit too difficult to number of allies, protectors or sis to identify the party which through demonstrating their can’t seem to have enough of it leader who represents and tity for their political gains. entertain a perspective that disciples, rather than ideas that has a higher chance of deliver- intelligence. — humans need to belong to a organises the tribe. However, That is the very reason they lies on the other side of the fault are more likely to be true. ing on future promises? Today, politicians manip- group identity more significant the most important feature project their candidates as line. Any digression is often Therefore, even if you belong Looks like a lot of work to ulate the electoral process by than them. here is the shared cause. It’s the someone who could be trust- perceived as disloyalty against to a group of a selected few <>0!C&&- arrive at a decision that might influencing voters much before Tribes are everywhere; and shared cause that leads its ed to fight for the common their peers and interest groups. who could see through all not always be conclusive. they make an entry to the whether you know it or not, members to internalise the cause of these particular Be that as it may, every these elaborate facades, opting The educated voter doesn’t polling booth. Contrary to you also are a member of at tribe’s values and ideas as their groups. political party is well aware of to go against the grain by want to use their intelligence to popular belief, voting is not an least one of them — as an own; turning group members This is quite evident in the the active role of news media choosing to use your intelli- research and determine the individual but a group behav- employee of your organisa- into believers instead of mere way most political parties select (including social media plat- gence might not find many tak- best candidate, but they do ior — this behavioral response tion, as a member of your reli- followers. a candidate belonging to one of forms) in influencing public ers. It is so because in the end, want their candidate to demon- from the potential voter is gious community or a caste In India, caste is an essen- the largest religious or caste opinion. The parties are very everyone wants to contribute to strate a relatively adequate level something well known to the group. Being a member of this tial and sacred group identity. group from the constituency. much aware that media is a winning side by affirming of intelligence and capacity. For political class. exclusive group, you end up Time and again, in most of the And this is normally done capable of playing an indirect one’s identity. political candidates, it is far For millions of years, peo- internalising a lot of peculiar cases, caste identity has proven after a meticulous grassroots but persuasive role in shaping more easy to stoke base ple have been part of group, characteristics of the group. to be more potent than that of analysis of unique caste demog- the contours of public percep- (The writer is an IRS officer. emotions in potential voters commonly known as tribes. All tribes share three com- religious identity. 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It is to peace and stability. ers, jehad in this part of Africa is “a only retreating from Syria and Iraq At this hour, Bob Dylan’s forgotten war”. Despite an onslaught for the time being. In disguise, rem- prophetic words must serve as the of deadly attacks coming from a nants of al-Qaeda, ISIS and their sole guideline to the Western matrix of Islamist radicals, the local variants are appearing across nations while countering Islamist regional Governments are either not the world. Recently, when local terror in this part of the world. He been able to counter them or at offshoots of the ISIS massacred hun- wrote in 1963, “Come you masters times not willing to nip the terror- dreds of Christians in Sri Lanka in of war. You build all the guns. You ist organisations in the bud. April, the reclusive caliph of the ISIS, build the death planes. You build all The Sahel, a vast sub-Saharn Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (believed to the bombs. You hide behind walls. scrubland, has witnessed the emer- be dead), issued his first video You hide behind desks. I just want gence of a number of jehadi groups message in five years showering you to know I can see through your over the years. By early 2007, a local praise on his followers in Africa. masks. You never done nothing. But Salafist group in Algeria was brand- He said, “Your brothers in build to destroy. You play with my ed as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Burkina Faso and Mali…We con- world.” Maghreb (AQIM). Gradually, gratulate them for their joining the Most of the African nations are AQIM has become the centre of var- convoy of the Caliphate”, as report- fighting the worst of the evils that ious disruptive activities across the ed by the SITE intelligence group were simply left behind either by region. Afterwards, some other ter- that monitors communication net- their former colonial masters or the rorist groups emerged in the Sahel, works of the jehadi organisations. misguided policies and programmes such as Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s This shows how the ISIS in West designed by leading global powers Katibat (battalion) al-Murabitun Asia is connecting to their follow- in the name of GWOT. And what (Those who remain steadfast), the ers in Africa and considering the adds fuel to fire is long lasting mis- Movement for Unity and Jehad in conduct of French military’s broad and open lands, weak central Northern Burkina Faso and moving allies in the name of the so-called continent as a fertile ground for rule, corruption and mayhem West Africa (MUJAO), Boko Haram Operation Serval from January 11, Governments and porous borders. towards South along the border with global war on terror (GWOT). future course of action. brought by many of the African and its breakaway faction, Ansaru. 2013 to July 15, 2014, three of the These things work as catalysts for Niger. It is disheartening to note that On record, this year so far The jehadis in Africa have leaders and their ilk. Hence, the So far it has been observed that all five Islamist leaders —Abdelhamid jehadis to operate transnationally, new jehadi elements are fast spread- America has conducted 24 air mainly been fighting their own jehadis, ethnic militias and local these groups have their own strate- Abou Zeid, Abdel Karim and Omar often with absolute freedom. ing to areas such as Ivory Coast, strikes against al Shabab in Somalia, Governments, but generally they are goons are constantly gaining ground gies and dynamics, but they have Ould Hamaha — were killed. Today, what is happening on the Ghana, Togo and Benin. compared to 47 such operations in averse to westerners coming to both to exploit rich reservoirs of maintained communications with Unfortunately, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ground is that the US, the UK and Amid the gloom and a complete 2018. At the moment, only 6,000 US their lands. Some like Boko Haram resources and inflict torture on the each other. Further, in all of them, fled to Libya and Iyad Ag Ghali left France, along with other Western U-turn in the US global strategies troops and 1,000 Defence experts in Nigeria, which is known as the common citizenry. To put this as they are increasingly posing for Algeria. The French mission was countries, are trying to assist the and priorities under the Trump work throughout Africa. Their pri- Islamic State in West Africa, is by chaos to an end or to minimise it, threat to Western interests, two largely successful in pushing the local forces, both in the form of Administration, initiatives like mary task is to impart training and principle completely against the local governance system must typologies demand attention at the jehadis out of the main centres. offering training in advanced war- “Flintlock” were carried out in conduct exercises with local Western learning and it is virtually fight the evils first, instead of blam- moment: borderless criminals kid- The Sahel consists of parts of fare and financial aid to fight the Burkina Faso in February. The Government forces. Under Trump, creating chaos in that country. ing former colonial powers and top napping for ransom, and highly Northern Senegal, Southern growing menace of Islamist jehad in counterterrorism exercise drew no one knows who are America’s Whereas the groups such as the al- global players operating in the politically motivated terrorism. In Mauritania, Central Mali, Northern almost 16 African nations. But to 2,000 military personnel from more allies and who are friends. Nothing Shabab in Somalia is deep into the Sahel region. fact, following the coup d’etat in Mali Burkina Faso, the extreme South of date, these efforts are hardly bring- than 30 African and Western coun- seems stable for Trump, including teachings of the al-Qaeda and it is To bring peace, stability and in 2012, the Sahel has come at the Algeria, Niger, the extreme North of ing any result. tries. This kind of vigil and counter his own presidency. He is only cre- mostly targeting major population development back, it is time for the forefront of the US foreign policy. Nigeria, Central Chad, Central and Besides, ordering for troop terror steps might be helpful, but a ating chaos and bringing the whole centres in the capital city of Sahelians to think glocally. They Some of the security and intel- Southern Sudan, the extreme North withdrawal from Syria and sustained strategy is on high liberal institutions into limbo. Mogadishu. must propel good governors as ligence experts opine that as the of South Sudan, Eritrea, Cameroon, Afghanistan, the American military demand to secure this impoverished France, the erstwhile colonial This is how a strong tendency almost no governance is the root of Islamist militants are fast losing their Central African Republic and the is cutting back its forces in Africa by region from the grip of Islamist ter- power in West Africa, is today of establishing a proto-Caliphate is all their evils. hold in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, extreme North of Ethiopia. This vast 25 per cent in its western front. ror. The US is only providing air maintaining 4,500 troops in the area spreading in some parts of Africa. they may look for new operational expanse of Africa is mainly plagued Around the same time, the jehadis power or at most intelligence assis- to fight the jehadis in countries such To conclude, imparting training (The writer is an expert on grounds with local designs. 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