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Air chief Dhanoa leads Rajeev Kumar, senior Austrian Chancellor Kohli’s men take on ‘Missing Man’ formation IPS officer, seeks time Sebastian Kurz loses Bangladesh in WC to mark Kargil conflict to appear before CBI no­confidence vote warm­up game today page 9 page 13 page 14 page 17

Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Cong. in disarray as Rahul Modi scoffs at pundits, says insists on stepping down chemistry has trumped math Another CWC session likely; leaders dismiss speculation Prime Minister visits Varanasi after his victory for the second time Gehlot faces heat for Sandeep Phukan poll loss in Rajasthan New Delhi Omar Rashid Mr. Modi said more than JAIPUR Forty eight hours after the LUCKNOW 90% of the forces esta­ Rajasthan Chief Minister Congress Working Commit­ Hitting out at political ana­ blished in the country in the Ashok Gehlot has come under tee (CWC) met and analysed lysts after his party’s massive last 70 years were behind the intense pressure after the Lok Sabha election results, with the party’s débâcle in the victory in the Lok Sabha negative campaign. But, he State Agriculture Minister Lok Sabha election, there election, Prime Minister Na­ said, “transparency and Lalchand Kataria reportedly was no clarity on whether rendra Modi on Monday re­ hard work” allowed his par­ resigning and two others Rahul Gandhi would conti­ minded them that “arithmet­ ty and him to move forward, demanding a detailed review nue as party president. ic had been trumped by despite efforts to damage of the factors responsible for Sources told The Hindu chemistry this time.” their perception. the ruling party’s humiliating that there could be another Debunking ‘poll pundits’, Mr. Modi also questioned loss in the State. CWC meeting later this week Mr. Modi said that if they the “Hindi heartland party”

NEWS Ī PAGE 13 if Mr. Gandhi insisted on don’t open their eyes and tag for the BJP, saying it was DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD stepping down. ears even after the three suc­ heading governments in ev­ Action against five cops Mr. Gandhi is learnt to cessful campaigns by the BJP ery region of the country. He for thrashing woman have asked treasurer Ahmed Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi paying homage to Jawaharlal in Uttar Pradesh — 2014, 2017 said such a perception was * FARIDABAD Patel and general secretary Nehru on his death anniversary in New Delhi. SANDEEP SAXENA and 2019 — it means their A visit to temple: PM Modi and Amit Shah offer prayers being created, though it was Two head constables were K.C. Venugopal to look for his ideas and logic have become at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Monday. * PTI the biggest party in Karnata­ suspended and three Special replacement when they met was in that context. All other bearer who met Mr. Gandhi — obsolete, making them unfit ka, had ruled Goa for many Police Officers (SPOs) him on Monday. speculation is incorrect and was locked in back­to­back for analysis in the 21st grees.” The election results also chemistry,” he said. years, had a representative dismissed from service after a baseless,” he tweeted in res­ meetings with senior leaders, century. might be about numbers, Mr. Modi said some peo­ in Ladakh and was running video featuring them beating ‘Reports baseless’ ponse to reports that Mr. including Rajasthan Chief Mi­ On a thanksgiving visit to and in the 20th century even ple were playing the “same governments in the north­ up a woman in custody went Mr. Patel, however, denied Gandhi was insisting on step­ nister Ashok Gehlot, general Varanasi after his victory for the scope of elections might worn­out cassettes” and try­ eastern States and increas­ viral on Monday. An FIR has these reports. “I had sought ping down. secretaries and State in­ the second time, he said, “A have been around arithmet­ ing to build a “frightful” per­ ing its vote share in Kerala, also been lodged in time before the CWC to meet Sources, however, told charges, including Jyotiradi­ poor man connected to the ic, but after the BJP’s succes­ ception of his party, while Tamil Nadu and Jammu and Faridabad. Two of the the Congress president to The Hindu that Mr. Venugo­ tya Scindia and Rajeev Satav. ground has a better under­ sive victories, political ana­ deploying “lies” to ensure Kashmir. policemen — SPOs Harpal and discuss routine administra­ pal — the only other All India standing of things than those lysts “must accept that that a “correct perception” Dinesh — were arrested. Head tive work. The meeting today Congress Committee office­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 13 with 50­page profiles and de­ beyond arithmetic, there is was not built. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 13 constables Baldev, Rohit and SPO Krishan are on the run.

CITY Ī PAGE 2 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Three held for killing BIMSTEC heads invited to PM’s swearing­in P.S. Golay becomes CM of Sikkim BJP worker in Amethi AMETHI (U.P.) Imran Khan not the current chair of the SCO, Succeeds Pawan Chamling; 11 MLAs take oath as Ministers Three suspects have been Jagan may also attend and will host the organisa­ arrested in connection with on list of invitees tion’s summit in Bishkek Shiv Sahay Singh cluding Kunga Nima Lepcha, the killing of a BJP worker in for May 30 event YSR Congress Party Mr. Reddy, who returned next month. Kolkata the acting president of the Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi president Y.S. Jagan Mohan from New Delhi on Monday, Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) SKM who won from two district two days ago, the Kallol Bhattacherjee Reddy, who will be sworn in hinted at his attending the Oli coming was on Monday sworn in as seats; Arun Uperti, the MLA police said on Monday. Suhasini Haidar as Chief Minister on May 30, swearing­in of Mr. Modi after Bangladesh President Abdul the Chief Minister of Sikkim. from Airthang; and Sonam Director General of Police NEW DELHI is planning to attend the his own swearing­in at Hamid is expected to attend Mr. Golay’s party, Sikkim Lama, who won from Sang­ O.P. Singh said there was a local­level political rivalry India has invited several swearing­in of Prime Amaravati in the morning. the ceremony, diplomatic Krantikari Morcha (SKM), ha, a seat reserved for between the deceased, heads of state, including Minister Narendra Modi to He may accompany sources said on Monday. Ne­ won 17 of the 32 Assembly monks. Surendra Singh, 50, and the those from the Bay of Bengal be held the same day in the Telangana Chief Minister K. pal Prime Minister K.P. Shar­ seats in the April 11 election. Mr. Golay, 51, the sixth father of one of the accused. community (BIMSTEC) and evening. Party sources said Chandrasekhar Rao. Ī page 8 ma Oli and Prime Minister of The Sikkim Democratic Chief Minister of the Hima­ the Shanghai Cooperation DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Bhutan Lotay Tsering are al­ Front (SDF), which ruled the layan State, started his ca­ NORTH Ī PAGE 5 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Organisation (SCO), for so expected to attend. State for 25 years, won 15 P.S. Golay reer as a school teacher. He Prime Minister Narendra ‘Neighbourhood First’ poli­ dia and Thailand and re­ Unlike 2014, leaders of Af­ seats. was elected to the Assembly Modi’s swearing­in ceremo­ cy,” the spokesperson of the ceived sustained attention ghanistan, Pakistan and Mal­ over 24 years. in 1994 as an SDF candidate ny on May 30. Ministry of External Affairs during Mr. Modi’s first term. dives are not among the invi­ Longest-serving CM Governor Ganga Prasad when he was just 26 and “The Government of India said on Monday. President of the Kyrgyz tees. He succeeds Pawan Cham­ administered the oath of of­ went on to serve as Minister has invited the leaders of the The Bay of Bengal Initia­ Republic Sooronbay Jeenbe­ Pakistan Prime Minister ling of the SDF, who has the fice to Mr. Golay at a grand holding several portfolios BIMSTEC Member States for tive for Multi Sectoral Tech­ kov and Prime Minister of Imran Khan had called up record for being the longest ceremony at Palzor Stadium for three consecutive terms the swearing­in ceremony. nical and Economic Cooper­ Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth Mr. Modi during the wee­ serving Chief Minister of the in Gangtok. till 2009. This is in line with the go­ ation includes Bangladesh, were among the invitees, the kend, and congratulated him country, having won five Eleven other MLAs were vernment’s focus on its Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, In­ statement said. Kyrgyzstan is on being re­elected. consecutive terms for a little sworn in as Ministers, in­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 13 Supreme Court denies bail to newly elected BSP MP accused of rape

Legal Correspondent raping a college student the court refused to grant student on May 1. The com­ case was framed to bring New Delhi from Varanasi. him interim protection from plainant said Mr. Rai took him down. On Monday, his The Supreme Court on Mon­ A Vacation Bench of Chief arrest. her home to meet his wife lawyer said there was no pro­ day refused to protect from Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Mr. Rai is reported to be and assaulted her. Then, vision for anticipatory bail in arrest Atul Rai, the newly and Justice Aniruddha Bose absconding after an FIR was counsel for Mr. Rai had coun­ Uttar Pradesh. The High elected BSP MP from Ghosi declined to hear Mr. Rai’s pe­ registered at Varanasi’s Lan­ tered that his client was a Court dismissed Mr. Rai’s pe­ in Uttar Pradesh, accused of tition for relief. Earlier too, ka police station by a college popular candidate and the tition on May 8. Young man shot at for his name in Begusarai Mohammed Qasim’s attacker at large Special COrrespondent Patna BJP MP Gambhir A young man, Mohammed seeks action Qasim, was shot at in Be­ gusarai district of Bihar on Jatin Anand Sunday morning allegedly New Delhi after the assailant asked Newly elected BJP MP him his name. An FIR was from East Delhi Gautam later lodged at the local pol­ Gambhir on Monday ice station but the accused, sought “exemplary who was named, has not action” against those yet been arrested. behind the alleged assault Mr. Qasim, 28, was shot on a Gurugram resident at in Kumbhi village alleg­ returning from a mosque edly by a local criminal Ra­ after offering prayers on jiv Yadav. The victim, a de­ Saturday. Ī PAGE 4 tergent salesman, had gone CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC to Kumbhi on his bike to collect money from cus­ sim said none of the bystan­ tomers. ders came to his rescue at A video of an injured Mr. first. However, when Yadav Qasim speaking about the left the spot after firing in incident has gone viral on the air, some villagers took social media. him to the local police sta­ “I was stopped by Rajiv tion and the police then ad­ Yadav and he asked for my mitted him to the local go­ name… when I told him, he vernment hospital. fired on me, saying “What Mr. Qasim was later shift­ are you doing here? You ed to a private nursing should go to Pakistan,” Mr. home. “He is still critical. Qasim says in the video. Doctors are scheduled to “Rajiv Yadav was drunk and operate on him to remove when he started loading the bullet,” Mohammed another cartridge in his pis­ Javed, his brother, told The tol, I pushed him and fled Hindu over the phone. leaving my motorcycle.” Shot in the back, Mr. Qa­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 13 CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Govt. bans cooking, kitchens Policemen in trouble after video on rooftops and basements shows them beating up woman 2 Faridabad head constables suspended, 3 SPOs dismissed DU to reopen admission Amends ‘Unified Building Bye­Laws for Delhi 2016’; notifies new fire safety rules Special Correspondent The cops in the video portal for foreigners Staff Reporter FARIDABAD <> NEW DELHI Coaching centres defying have acted against New Delhi Two head constables were The Delhi University norms to be shut down the law of admission portal for foreign Banning of kitchens and suspended and three Special interrogation. cooking in rooftops and NEW DELHI Police Officers (SPOs) dis­ nationals will reopen from Interrogation must basements of commercial Delhi Home Minister Satyendar missed from service after a June 16 to June 25, the have been carried university said on Monday. buildings are among some of Jain on Monday ordered the video featuring them beat­ The portal would be for the the measures taken by the fire department to close down ing up a woman in custody out in the presence second phase of admissions Delhi government on Mon­ all coaching centres operating went viral on Monday. of a woman police for undergraduate, day, in wake of the Surat fire above fourth floor of buildings A case was also registered officer postgraduate, M.Phil, Ph.D, tragedy that killed 22 stu­ and are in violation of fire against the accused police­ norms, in wake of the Surat fire Sanjay Kumar certificate and diploma dents. men on charges of wrongful A video grab shows a cop Faridabad Police Commissioner accident. The Minister has also programmes courses (except The Delhi government on confinement, causing hurt beating up the woman with a ordered an immediate MBA programmes). Monday amended the “Un­ A view of Hotel Arpit Palace in Karol Bagh where a fire broke and insult the modesty of a belt. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT connection. Applicants are informed that inspection of all buildings ified Building Bye­Laws * FILE PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA woman. Two of the police­ out in February claiming 17 lives. housing such coaching centres the right to apply does not (UBBL) for Delhi 2016” for men — SPOs Harpal and Di­ But the policemen refuse ‘Acted against the law’ guarantee a right to and asked officials to take commercial buildings to in­ The amendment also than four floors (excluding strict action as per fire safety nesh — were arrested. Head to believe her and hit her. Taking cognisance of the vi­ admission. The office of the clude the changes. banned use of inflammable basement and stilt floor), as constables Baldev, Rohit and One of the policemen, deo, Faridabad Police Com­ Foreign Student’s Registry is guidelines to prevent “No kitchen will be al­ materials such as wooden per the amendment. SPO Krishan are on the run. whose face is not visible, can missioner Sanjay Kumar said reachable for queries at recurrence of such incidents. lowed on rooftops or base­ panels, foam panels and car­ “In many places in Delhi, be heard saying that the wo­ the cops in the video have 011­27666756. ments. No cooking activity of pets in passages, corridors after giving money to muni­ Hitting with belt man was “acting too smart” acted against the law of in­ any kind will be permitted or staircases. cipal corporation, people The Minister said that The over four­minute­long and not sharing the informa­ terrogation. Beating up the on rooftop or basement,” the “In Arpit Hotel fire trage­ have built six floors. But ac­ when a building catches fire, video features a woman be­ tion intentionally. woman had brought bad amendment read. Storage of dy [February 2019 that killed cording to the rules, more most of the people die due to ing interrogated by three The video dates back to name to the entire police fra­ inflammable materials will 17 people], the staircase was than four floors are not al­ carbon monoxide suffoca­ policemen, two of them in October last year when the ternity. He said the interro­ not be allowed on rooftops. carpeted that led to generat­ lowed,” the Minister said. tion than burns. plain clothes, with one of police team at Adarsh Nagar gation must have been car­ ing more smoke. As a result, The amendment also Also, there should be them hitting her with a belt police station had received a ried out in the presence of a Inflammable materials one could not even use the made it mandatory to have doors with fire­resistance for not sharing information. tip­off about a couple indulg­ woman police officer. “No temporary roofing over exit routes,” said Urban De­ carbon monoxide detectors rating of at least one hour at In the video, the woman is ing in an illegal act in a park. Efforts are being made to the roof or terrace using velopment Minister Satyen­ in all rooms and also natural the entrance of staircases of heard sharing a contact A raid was conducted and contact the woman featur­ fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) dar Jain. or mechanical arrangements each floor if there are more number with the police and the woman was detained, ing in the video to seek more or any inflammable material Also, fire NOC for guest for smoke ventilation in all than 10 people living on the pleading that she does not but the man managed to es­ details about the matter, said will be allowed,” read anoth­ houses will not be issued to corridors and passages at floor, according to the have any other information cape. No complaint has been Faridabad police spokesper­ er point in the amendment. buildings, which have more each level and staircases. amendment. on the subject. received by the police in this son Sube Singh. JNU online CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC entrance On the move exam begins Delhi Congress forms panel Staff Reporter to scrutinise poll debacle NEW DELHI The JNU entrance examina­ tion (JNUEE) began in the Panel to submit report to DPCC president within 10 days city on Monday. This is for Staff Reporter the first time that the un­ The committee will NEW DELHI <> iversity has switched to the probe the reasons computer­based mode of While many senior leaders for the defeat of entrance exams. in the Delhi Congress have the Congress The university has out­ seen a silver lining in the re­ candidates and sourced the entire process cently concluded Lok Sabha to the National Testing election in which the party what should be Agency (NTA) despite increased its vote share and done to ensure the strong opposition from fa­ finished in second place in victory of the party culty and students who five of the seven constituen­ in the 2020 feel that a multiple choice cies, State party chief Sheila Assembly elections question (MCQ) test would Dikshit constituted a com­ in Delhi not be the best way to mittee to probe its defeat. Delhi Congress spokesperson judge the capability of a Sheila Dikshit student seeking admission 5­member committee to the university that is The Delhi Congress has con­ the AICC Pawan Khera to en­ in Delhi. It will also look into known for its arts and hu­ stituted a five­member com­ quire into the reasons be­ how to further strengthen manities programmes. mittee to probe in­depth, hind the defeat of all seven the party organisation in JNU Vice­Chancellor M. the reasons behind the de­ Congress candidates. Delhi.” Jagadesh Kumar, wishing feat of the Congress candi­ Delhi Congress spokes­ The committee has been the aspirants success, said dates in the Capital. person said, “The commit­ asked to submit its report to that the computer­based Ms. Dikshit has named tee will probe the reasons the DPCC president within JNUEE begins today in former MP Parvez Hashmi, for the defeat of the Con­ 10 days. The Delhi Congress nearly 127 centres across former Delhi Ministers A.K. gress candidates and what lost all seven seats in Delhi the country. “Look for­ Walia and Yoganand Shastri, should be done to ensure and finished in third posi­ ward to meeting you when Work on a foot overbridge at Josip Broz Tito Marg in progress on Monday in the city.* SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR former MLA Jaikishan and the victory of the party in tion in South Delhi and in you join in JNU which is a CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC national spokesperson of the 2020 Assembly elections North West Delhi. top ranked University with exciting academic pro­ grams and excellent facili­ ties [sic],” the V­C tweeted. Father of murder accused found Details of over 6,000 properties now on govt. portal The NTA said that the JNUEE and Combined En­ trance Examination for dead at Bawana police station Union Minister Hardeep Puri had launched e­Dharti portal on March 7 Biotechnology (CEEB) that commenced today would Damini Nath 6,348 properties as of Mon­ clude institutional, commer­ line application process, the be conducted till May 30 in Kin allege foul play; disciplinary action taken against 2 officers NEW DELHI day, a Ministry official said. cial and residential plots. portal has also increased 142 programmes of study. From ownership to pending The portal of the Land The Ministry official said transparency when it comes Each day will have two Hemani Bhandari ble and investigating officer alleged. court cases regarding it, de­ and Development Office the L&DO has about 65,000 to ownership of the proper­ shifts: morning (9.30 NEW DELHI of the criminal cases, have DCP Sharma denied that tails of over 6,000 proper­ (L&DO) is meant to be used properties over New Delhi, ties and legal cases, the offi­ a.m.­12.30 p.m.) and after­ A 58­year­old man who was been sent to district lines for Rajrani was picked up, in­ ties in Delhi have been for online application for Central Delhi and South Del­ cial added. noon (2.30 p.m. ­ 5.30 called for questioning re­ negligence as disciplinary stead she came to the station uploaded on the Union conversion from leasehold hi districts, with the target of The portal includes Geo­ p.m.) in 122 cities across garding his wanted son at action. by herself, he said. Housing and Urban Affairs to freehold, substitution of March 2020. graphic Information System the country. Bawana police station on Balraj’s other son Sunil The family alleged that Ministry’s e­Dharti portal names of legal heirs and mu­ mapping of all 65,000 pro­ “Each centre has been Sunday was found dead in­ claimed that his father was Balraj was thrashed by the since its launch in March, of­ tation in the name of pur­ Increased transparency perties under the L&DO, provided with jammers. A side the premises. picked up from the house by cops and subsequently ficials said on Monday. chaser etc., according to a The official, however, said which can then check the total of 1,400 jammers While the police claimed the police around noon on pushed to death. The portal, launched on government statement on the project could be com­ status of the vacant proper­ have been deployed. To that the man jumped to Sunday. “My father called March 7 by Minister Hardeep the day of the launch. The pleted before the deadline. ties to see if there is any en­ oversee the examinations death, his family alleged foul me in the evening and asked ‘Routine questioning’ Puri, had validated details of properties under L&DO in­ Along with offering the on­ croachment or not. in addition to the NTA con­ play. me not to come to the police Mr. Sharma, however, said trol room, 122 city coordi­ Deputy Commissioner of station because the officers that Balraj was called for nators have been deployed Police (Outer North) Gaurav were beating him,” he “routine questioning” about by the NTA,” the agency Sharma said that the de­ alleged. his son and the questioning NGT fines U.P. pollution body for ‘misleading’ report said. A total of 1,16,558 can­ ceased has been identified Balraj’s wife Rajrani said was conducted in the pre­ didates — 67,801 males, as Balraj Singh, resident of that the police picked her up sence of his son­in­law. 48,751 females and six Bajitpur who was a labourer. from the company where “After the questioning Over inspection of two Ghaziabad industrial units; tribunal asks it to pay ₹10,000 transgenders — will be ap­ she works on Sunday late af­ was over, he was asked to go pearing for the exams. Son absconding ternoon but did not let her home. He went to have wa­ Staff Reporter We impose a cost of NEW DELHI <> His son Rahul who has been meet her husband. ter before leaving which is ₹10,000 which may absconding for the last five “Around 7 p.m., I went to when he jumped from the The National Green Tribunal be deposited by the DELHI TODAY months has three cases of at­ the washroom and was lurk­ third floor. The Duty Magis­ (NGT) has imposed a penalty UPPCB and Talk: Architecture and Society tempt to murder and mur­ ing around when I saw that trate was informed and in­ of ₹10,000 on the Uttar Pra­ recovered from the Series. Lecture on “Rain water har­ der registered against him. my husband was being quiry is being conducted by desh Pollution Control vesting in the cities” by Vikram Vyas, person responsible Chairperson, Ajit Foundation. A sci­ Mr. Sharma said that two pushed from the third floor Sub­Divisional Magistrate,” Board (UPPCB) over a “mis­ entist working in the field of theoret­ officers, including a consta­ of the police station,” she he said. leading” report filed by it for giving ical particle physics, Vikram Vyas is misleading report. also interested in developing math­ pertaining to the inspection ematical tools and models, which of two industrial units in Appropriate action would facilitate reliable and sustain­ Ghaziabad. be also taken by the able use of water and energy re­ sources. Chair: M.N. Ashish Ganju, Khattar chairs metro project meeting A Bench headed by NGT UPPCB against the architect at Amaltas Hall, India Hab­ Chairperson Justice Adarsh conduct of such itat Centre (IHC), 7 p.m. Special Correspondent save vehicle operation cost Starting from HUDA City Kumar Goel observed that person, after Exhibition: “Soulmate 2019”, a GURUGRAM and time of passengers sig­ Centre, the metro stations the report was misleading as The directions came when the green panel was hearing a plea group painting and sculpture exhibi­ identifying him The 4th meeting of Gurugram nificantly. It was informed which have been proposed the team failed to visit the ac­ moved by a city resident seeking action against polluting tion by Sanjay Chakroborty, Swaras NGT Bench das, R.S. Skaya, Anil Sinha, Swati Metropolitan Development that this metro project on this route are Sector 45, tual location of the work­ activities in Ghaziabad * FILE PHOTO: SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY Pasari and Dr. Soopan Paul at Visual Arts Gallery, IHC, 11 a.m.­7 p.m. Authority which met under would be implemented by Cyber Park, Sector 46, Sec­ shops. the Chairmanship of Chief Haryana Mass Rapid Tran­ tor 47, Sector 48, Technology “For such misleading re­ the conduct of such person, Pvt Ltd. based in Ghaziabad. The authorities were also Exhibition: “Seeing is (not) Believ­ ing”, recent works by Piyali Minister Manohar Lal Khat­ sport Corporation (HMRTC). Park, Udyog Vihar Phase 6, port, we impose a cost of after identifying him,” the asked to furnish a report af­ Sadhukhan at Akar Prakar, First tar in Chandigarh on Mon­ The total length of metro rail Sector 10, Sector 37, Basai, ₹10,000 which may be depo­ Bench said. On compensation ter taking appropriate action Floor, D­43 Defence Colony, 11 a.m.­7 p.m. day approved the Detailed line would be 31.11 km and it Sector 9, Sector 7, Sector 4, sited by the UPPCB with the The directions came Directing the UPPCB to take against the polluters. Project Report for metro rail would have 25 stations and Sector 5, Ashok Vihar, Sector Central Pollution Control when the green panel was further action in prohibiting The report mentioned Exhibition: Imagination Academy of Fine Art presents Annual Fine Arts connectivity from HUDA City six interchange stations. This 3, Krishna Chowk, Palam Vi­ Board and recovered from hearing a plea moved by city illegal activity, the tribunal that the unit had failed to ob­ Show of Paintings at All India Fine Centre to Cyber City/Rapid metro line would be con­ har Extension, Palam Vihar, the person responsible for resident Arvind Mahipal said that the compensation tain requisite clearances and Arts & Craft Society (AIFACS), 1 Rafi Marg, 11 a.m.­7 p.m. Metro. structed at an estimated cost Sector 23 A, Sector 22, giving misleading report. Ap­ seeking action against pol­ has to be recovered from the permissions from the Gha­ (Mail your listings for this column at This would not only help of ₹5,126 crore and is likely to Udyog Vihar Phase IV and V propriate action be also ta­ luting activities by the Ex­ polluters and “offenders ziabad Nagar Nigam and the [email protected]) decongest roads but also be made operational in 2023. and Cyber City. ken by the UPPCB against press Engineering and Spare prosecuted”. 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Four new High Court judges Gurugram assault: Gambhir seeks Three siblings get trapped in take oath action; party divided over remark quicksand, drown in Najafgarh Staff Reporter New Delhi The children died while trying to save each other Four new judges of the Del­ Party insiders distance themselves from his tweet, attribute it to his ‘inexperience’ SAURABH TRIVEDI tempting to save each oth­ The police said that hi High Court were sworn in NEW DELHI er, said the police. Aman Singh, the father of on Monday, taking the Jatin Anand being assaulted. The incident Delhi BJP condemns such in­ Three siblings drowned in Delhi Fire Service offi­ the children, owns a dairy New Delhi working strength of the allegedly occurred in the Ja­ cidents in the society,” he a pond while attempting to cials said that they re­ in the village. Since it was court to 40, against a sanc­ Newly elected BJP MP from cubpura area and the accused said. save each other in Dwar­ ceived a call around 1.15 the summer holidays, the tioned strength of 60. East Delhi, Gautam Gambhir, are still at large. A senior party hand said, ka’s Najafgarh, the police p.m. about three children children would assist their Delhi High Court Chief on Monday sought “exem­ The police have registered “Mr. Gambhir should take said on Monday. who had drowned in a father in the business. Justice Rajendra Menon ad­ plary action” against those a case under relevant IPC sec­ some time to observe the The incident happened pond. A fire vehicle rushed They had gone to graze the ministered the oath to Jus­ behind the alleged assault of a tions, including charges of functioning of the party. After on the outskirts of Rawta to the spot and the bodies cattle on the fields near tices Talwant Singh, Rajnish Gurugram resident returning promoting religious hatred, all, he is an MP now.” village in Najafgarh, when were recovered after three the pond. Bhatnagar, Asha Menon from a mosque after offering causing hurt, criminal intimi­ While some of his col­ Shubham (16), Piyush (13) hours, around 4.30 p.m. The mother was waiting and Brijesh Sethi in the prayers on Saturday. Gautam Gambhir dation, among others, at a lo­ leagues said they were not and Rudraksh (11) had ta­ Locals also assisted the for the children for lunch morning. His request, however, did cal police station in aware of Mr. Gambhir’s ken their cattle for grazing police and fire officials in when she was informed The judges were appoint­ not go down well with his “not a divisive force” as some Gurugram. tweet, others argued that he near the pond. the rescue operation. The that they had drowned, ed by President Ram Rath own party . The party was “individuals with vested in­ In a subsequent tweet, Mr. could not have “said what he The animals had got in­ bodies were found in said Mr. Singh. “I always Kovind after their names seemingly split down the mid­ terests” were “trying to Gambhir said that his said independently”. “We are to the pond. Piyush and deep­water area. asked my children to focus were approved by the go­ dle on whether the former In­ prove”. thoughts on secularism ema­ all representatives of the par­ Rudraksh went to get the “The police control on studies and stay away vernment. All four newly dian cricketer had acted out “In Gurugram Muslim man nate from Mr. Modi’s mantra ty and it is highly unlikely that animals out from the room was called around from the cattle, but they appointed judges were judi­ of naivete or toed the party told to remove skullcap,chant “sab ka saath, sab ka vikas, Mr. Gambhir tweeted without pond, when Piyush got 1.25 p.m. and informed had requested me to take cial officers in Delhi district line in sync with Prime Minis­ Jai Shri Ram. It is deplorable. sab ka viswas”, adding that seeking a go­ahead from the trapped in a quicksand about the incident. A pol­ rest and assured that they courts prior to their eleva­ ter Narendra Modi’s attempt Exemplary action needed by any oppression based on high command,” he said. and started shouting for ice team reached the spot would take care of the cat­ tion to the High Court. at distancing himself from the Gurugram authorities,” Mr. caste or religion is deplora­ A senior party leader ad­ help. and assisted the Delhi Fire tle. I don’t know how to According to the new comments of “some hard lin­ Gambhir tweeted, adding ble. “Tolerance & inclusive vised Mr. Gambhir to “wait” Seeing him drowning, Service staff in the rescue face my wife,” said the in­ roster of the High Court, ers such as Pragya Thakur”. that we are a secular nation. growth is what idea of India is for the conclusion of police Rudraksh started swim­ operation. When the chil­ consolable father. Justice Brijesh Sethi will sit A cross­section of party in­ Mohammad Barkat (25) based on,” he wrote. probe into the case . “ There ming towards him but got dren were recovered from The Jaffarpur Kalan pol­ in a Bench headed by Chief siders either sought to dis­ was allegedly accosted by a Delhi BJP chief and North seems to be an attempt to co­ trapped and drowned. the pond, they were un­ ice have initiated inquest Justice Rajendra Menon, tance themselves from his group of men while returning East Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari lour many local incidents Their elder brother Shub­ conscious. They were proceedings under Section Justice Asha Menon will sit tweet or to attribute it to his from the Jama Masjid in Guru­ issued a statement arguing communal since the BJP re­ ham, in a bid to rescue his rushed to Rao Tularam 174 of the Code of Criminal with Justice S. Muralidhar, “inexperience”. There was, gram on Saturday evening. that “some people” may be ceived the massive people’s brothers, then jumped in­ Memorial Hospital where Procedure, said an officer, Justice Talwant Singh with however, a small section of He was allegedly referred to trying to paint the incident in mandate,” he said. Another to the pond. However, he doctors declared them adding that the bodies Justice Hima Kohli and Jus­ party insiders who argued with a derogatory term, asked a communal light. “Mr. leader, however, said Mr. also got trapped. The both­ brought dead,” said a pol­ were handed over to the tice Rajnish Bhatnagar with that “he had done nothing to remove his skull cap and Gambhir has reacted with his Gambhir has merely “stated ers drowned while at­ ice officer. family after an autopsy. Justice Vipin Sanghi. wrong” because the BJP was chant “Jai Shri Ram” before innocence on this matter. The the party’s line” in the matter.

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Shimbhu came back registered at Naraina police Monday sought RBI’s res­ er group living in the same was found that Vikas Tha­ along with his friends Sushil station. The injured are cur­ ponse on a petition claim­ building for allegedly play­ kur, who works as a cab driv­ and Khanda after 20 mi­ rently undergoing treatment ing that Paytm Post Paid ing music too loud, in west er, was partying in his room nutes and an argument en­ at a hospital and the doctor wallet was being operated Delhi’s Naraina, the police with his friend Bajrang Tha­ sued between the two par­ has said that they are out of in contravention of RBI’s said on Monday. The ac­ kur and Gopal Thakur. ties,” said a police officer. danger. guidelines. cused have been arrested, Shimbhu Mehto, who lives Mr. Shimbhu, meanwhile, “We have arrested Sushil, The court also sought they said. in a room opposite to Mr. Vi­ picked up an utensil from Shimbhu and Sunil from a response from Paytm Pay­ The police said that they kas’, was also partying with the room and hit Mr. Vikas location in Naraina. The ments Bank on the plea received a call around 11 his friends. Around 11 p.m., on the head, while Mr. Sushil knife and the kitchen utensil filed by financial econo­ p.m. on Sunday night re­ Mr. Shimbhu went to Mr. Vi­ took one kitchen knife and used in the attack has been mist Abhijit Mishra, post­ garding a scuffle at a build­ kas’ room and objected to stabbed Mr. Gopal in the ab­ recovered. The accused ing the case for hearing on ing in Naraina. A police team the loud music that they domen. The attackers then work in Naraina industrial Huge posters of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Jagan Mohan Reddy at Andhra September 3. reached the spot and took were playing and threatened fled the spot,” added a pol­ area,” added the police offic­ Pradesh Bhawan in New Delhi . * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The petition stated that the injured persons to a hos­ of dire consequences if they ice officer. er. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC that the guidelines for li­ censing of payments bank does not have credit or loan disbursement activi­ Woman held for posing Vivek Doval records his evidence in SEC to decide on plea on ties or products as author­ ised activities for the pay­ ments bank. “The Paytm as Crime Branch official defamation case against magazine election symbol removal Payments Bank Limited has been lending to the Accused duped a woman of ₹2.5 lakh Deal with issue before municipal polls: HC customers through its Article had tarnished our reputation, says NSA’s son PayTM Post Paid wallet, Staff Reporter the matter by paying her Staff Reporter graphs of contesting candi­ thereby violating the gui­ New Delhi Nirnimesh Kumar amination by counsel for the New Delhi dates were put on the ballot­ delines,” the petition said. ₹2.5 lakh. Fearing the conse­ New Delhi A 34­year­old woman was ar­ quences, the victim paid the accused. The Delhi High Court on ing unit of the EVM. rested for allegedly imperso­ money. A few days later, the Alleging that The Caravan’s The court had in April Monday asked the State “In the presence of photo­ nating a Crime Branch offi­ victim again received a call article ‘The D Companies’ granted bail to all the ac­ Election Commission (SEC) graph of the contesting can­ cial and duping people in from the same woman de­ was replete with random cused persons on their ap­ to decide on a plea seeking didates on the ballot paper, Woman jumps west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh, manding money further. and wrong facts, Vivek Do­ pearance following issuance to remove election symbol there is no need of any other the police said on Monday. The victim garnered cour­ val, son of National Security of summons. from the ballot paper, in­ election symbol. Even illiter­ to her death The accused, a resident of age and approached the pol­ Advisor Ajit Doval, on Mon­ Summoning them, Addi­ cluding the unit of the EVM, ate voters can identify their Madipur, was arrested on ice, the officer said. day submitted before a Delhi tional Chief Metropolitan in the municipal elections in candidate by seeing the pho­ Staff reporter May 25, a day after the police Confirming the incident, court that it was defamatory Magistrate had said: “Jairam the Capital. tograph of candidates and New Delhi received a complaint from a Deputy Commissioner of and had tarnished his and Ramesh; Paresh Nath, the A Bench of Chief Justice cast his vote in secrecy,” it A 28­year­old woman, who woman, they said. Police (West) Monika Bhard­ his father’s reputation. The Vivek Doval editor­in­chief of The Cara- Rajendra Menon and Justice said. got married last month, al­ In her complaint, the vic­ waj said the accused was ar­ article was published in Ja­ van and Kaushal Shroff, the Brijesh Sethi asked the SEC “Further, the name of the legedly jumped to her tim said that she used to rested on May 25 and the nuary 2016. such as money laundering author of the alleged defa­ to take a decision on the is­ contesting candidate along death at her residence in work at a call centre in Mee­ swindled amount of ₹2.5 Mr. Vivek was recording and round tripping of the matory article in the maga­ sue raised in the petition be­ with his photograph be­ east Delhi’s New Ashok Na­ ra Bagh. However, she left lakh was recovered from his evidence in the court of Capital,” he submitted. zine, are summoned for fore the next municipal comes a unique combina­ gar on Monday afternoon, the job two months ago. her. Additional Chief Metropoli­ commission of offence of de­ elections. tion and eliminates need for the police said. A few days ago, she got a During the probe, the ac­ tan Magistrate Samar Vishal Dismisses allegations famation under Section 500 “Let the SEC deal with the any another election sym­ DCP (East) Jasmeet call from a woman claiming cused revealed that she had in a defamation case filed by “My father [Ajit Doval] is my of the IPC.” issue before the next elec­ bol,” the plea said. Singh said the woman’s to be a Crime Branch Officer. gone to the call centre for a him against the magazine, hero... When I came back to tions,” the Bench said. The plea alleged that the father told the police that The accused woman job. She had failed to get the its editor­in­chief Paresh Delhi, I was confronted by Vivek’s complaint The plea filed by Alka presence of reserved sym­ she had been depressed as claimed that she had re­ job, but somehow managed Nath, reporter Kaushal my father on the veracity of In his complaint, Mr. Vivek Gahlot, who had contested bols for candidates of recog­ she got married very late ceived a complaint of cheat­ to access the contact details Shroff and senior Congress these utterances. I broke said that the accused linked and lost the MCD polls in nised political party creates but had not alleged anyth­ ing against the victim from a of the employees. leader Jairam Ramesh. down. I felt helpless. My his Cayman Islands­based 2017, said the SEC puts the bias and violates Article 14 ing against her in­laws’ or few employees of the call She then started calling a “The article in a very sys­ father has no relation with hedge fund GNY Asia to de­ reserved symbol on the bal­ (equality before law) of the husband. The police said centre where she used to few and threaten them with tematic way creates infe­ the company,” he further monetisation and money lot paper in “blatant viola­ Constitution and restricts that a magisterial enquiry work previously, a senior false complaints, the police rences and innuendos which submitted. laundering. Thus, they de­ tion” of the provisions of the the entry of individuals in has been initiated as the police officer said. said, adding that they have make readers think that Vi­ On conclusion of his evi­ liberately maligned and de­ Constitution and the Delhi the corporation. She also death occurred a month af­ The “fake officer” told the not received complaints vek Doval and his family are dence, the court fixed July 10 famed him, seemingly to set­ Municipal Corporation Act, contended that if she con­ ter marriage. victim that she could settle from anyone else yet. involved in illegal activities as the date for his cross­ex­ tle scores with his father. as there is no reference to tests the election in 2022, Suicide prevention hel- political parties in the Con­ there is a fear of losing as she pline: Sanjivini, Society for stitution and the Act. would be allotted a new elec­ Mental Health: 011-4076 The plea said that in the tion symbol just 15 days be­ 9002 (Monday-Saturday, We noticed change in his behaviour: mother of murder accused 2017 MCD elections, photo­ fore the polling day. 10 a.m. -7.30 p.m.)

Recalls her juvenile son failed in exams, came home intoxicated and had started keeping to himself

Hemani Bhandari ment school due to financial completely. He had stopped of their relatives has a crimi­ volved in a fight. They did not NEW DELHI constraints. “Weeks later, the talking to us. One week before nal background, she claimed. mention murder. Scared, I “We noticed a change in his principal of his new school the incident, he had come The minor’s elder brother took my daughter to my in­ behaviour only a few months called us and said that he did home drunk. I had beaten works at a company in Mum­ laws’ house in Ghummanhera ago. He failed in his Class XI not attend school. We scolded him black and blue,” she bai. “We have no idea how he and informed my husband,” examinations, started coming him, but nothing happened. recalled. started keeping bad compa­ she said. The police, she ad­ home intoxicated and had He failed in his Class XI exams She said that the minor had ny,” the mother said. ded, had taken the family for stopped talking to us,” said and said he did not want to never shared whom he used On the day of the incident, questioning that night. the mother of the 17­year­old study anymore,” she said. to spend his time with outside the mother said, he had gone Meanwhile, a neighbour boy who was apprehended The boy wanted his pa­ the house. “A month ago, my out twice after receiving informed the daughter about for his alleged involvement in rents to open a grocery store brother lost his son at birth. I phone calls — once around the minor’s involvement in the murder of a gym trainer in for him, but was told that had gone to his house . That 12.30 p.m. and then again the murder. Najafgarh on May 21. since they had a 19­year­old was when my daughter called around 4 p.m. “Around 6 “I am just worried about The minor had told the pol­ daughter to marry, finances me to say two boys had come p.m., my daughter came to my daughter’s wedding. This ice that he wanted to impress would not allow them to open to our house and they looked know that someone had been episode should not hamper gangsters and wanted to join a store at the moment. The suspicious. When I asked my murdered in the main market that,” she cried. The mother them. mother said that he had been son about them, he dodged area,” she said. She asked the met the accused briefly after His 50­year­old mother, sit­ spending time at home, most­ the question,” she said. daughter to call up the son to his apprehension on Thurs­ ting at their double­storey ly using the phone, since a The mother said that her check on him. His phone was day. “He said he had commit­ house in Najafgarh, said that year. husband, an employee at a switched off. The police ar­ ted a mistake. He asked me to the minor studied in a private “About a month­and­a­half private company in Con­ rived at their house around 8 help him get out. The police school till Class X, after which ago, I noticed that he had naught Place, is a religious p.m. “They asked me about said he was still intoxicated,” they shifted him to a govern­ started keeping to himself man and is a teetotaller. None my son and said he had got in­ she said. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI Timings Tuesday, May 28 No threat to my government, RISE 05:25 SET 19:12 Three suspects arrested over RISE 01:47 SET 13:33 Wednesday, May 29 ready for floor test, says Nath RISE 05:25 SET 19:13 RISE 02:18 SET 14:25 killing of BJP worker in Amethi Thursday, May 30 M.P. CM may expand his Cabinet to ensure stability RISE 05:25 SET 19:13 Incident a result of old enmity, say police; blood­stained towel recovered RISE 02:50 SET 15:19 Press trust of india just one seat in the just con­ Press trust of india he was sleeping in his house The officer said the towel SIDHI (M.P.) cluded Lok Sabha election — Amethi (U.P.) at Baraulia village, 25 km had been sent for forensic Madhya Pradesh Chief Mi­ Chhindwara (bagged by Ka­ Three suspects have been ar­ from the district headquar­ examination. nister Kamal Nath on Mon­ mal Nath’s son Nakul) — in rested in connection with ters, on Saturday night. The “In unveiling the entire day asserted there was no the State which sends 29 the killing of a BJP worker in former village head was re­ case, the police have exa­ threat to his five­month­old MPs to the Lower House of Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi dis­ ferred to a Lucknow hospi­ mined circumstantial evi­ Congress government and Parliament. trict two days ago, the police tal, but succumbed to inju­ dences and electronic sur­ expressed readiness to take said on Monday. ries during treatment. veillance,” he said. the floor test to prove his BSP, SP support Director General of Police “The incident is a result of Mr. Singh said Atul Singh majority in the Assembly. The Congress won 114 seats O.P. Singh said there was a old enmity. There was ten­ and Waseem, who are on the Mr. Nath’s statement in the 2018 Assembly polls, local­level political rivalry sion between the slain ex­ run, have been traced to Del­ came in the backdrop of two short of a majority in the

between the deceased, Su­ pradhan and Dharamnath hi and Lucknow. Leader of the Opposition CM Kamal Nath. * 230­member House. rendra Singh, 50, and the Elected Amethi MP Smriti since the last panchayat elec­ Gopal Bhargava of the BJP It formed the government father of one of the accused. Irani consoling a kin of slain tion,” the SP said. CM’s direction writing to Governor Anandi­ government. Let the floor in December with the sup­ “We have arrested three Surendra Singh. * FILE PHOTO Both were preparing for The arrests come a day after ben Patel on May 20, re­ test take place. We are ready port of two BSP MLAs, one persons. After the incident the coming panchayat elec­ Chief Minister Yogi Aditya­ questing a special session of for it,” Mr. Nath told from the SP and four Inde­ was reported, as many as se­ those arrested have been tion that is likely to be held nath directed the DGP to the Assembly to discuss reporters. pendents. The BJP, which ven people were taken into identified as Ramchandra, later this year, police sources take effective action in the pressing issues and also The Chief Minister along lost power in the State after custody and they were tho­ Dharamnath and Naseem, said. case. seeking division (voting) on with senior Congress leader 15 years, bagged 109 As­ roughly quizzed,” Mr. Singh while two persons are The DGP said a .315 bore Ms. Irani, who met the de­ financial matters. Digvijay Singh and others ar­ sembly seats. told reporters here. “Among absconding. countrymade pistol and a ceased’s family in Amethi on A division of votes in the rived at Shivrajpur, Churhat, Sources had said on Sun­ the seven people, there were blood­stained towel had Sunday, had alleged that her House will indicate whether near here to pay tributes to day that Mr. Nath had made three who were linked with Irani’s close aide been recovered from Ram­ aide was killed so that the the Congress government Saroj Singh, the wife of form­ up his mind to expand his Indo­Pak meet the incident.” Surendra Singh, a close aide chandra, whose motorcycle constituency could be “ter­ enjoys majority support or er Union Minister, late Arjun Cabinet and induct some of Amethi Superintendent of of newly elected Amethi MP was also used in the incident rorised, disintegrated and not. Singh. these MLAs to ensure stabili­ on Kartarpur Police Rajesh Kumar said Smriti Irani, was shot when and is yet to be recovered. bowed down”. “There is no threat to my The ruling Congress won ty of his government. corridor

Press trust of india ‘IED’ destroyed on J&K highway LS poll results create vacancies in U.P. Cabinet Chandigarh Officials from Pakistan and Traffic suspended for more than an hour on the stretch Three Ministers elected as MPs, disgruntled Minister O.P. Rajbhar sacked by CM India on Monday held a Press trust of india meeting to discuss the mo­ Press trust of india and Suheldev Bharatiya Sa­ BJP sources said. comes. We will do everyth­ Lucknow dalities for a corridor link­ Jammu maj Party leader O.P. Rajb­ This would be the first Ca­ ing in the interest of the ing Dera Baba Nanak A major tragedy was averted The BJP’s massive win in Ut­ har was sacked by the Chief binet reshuffle since Mr. Adi­ State,” the Chief Minister shrine in Punjab’s Gurdas­ on Monday with the timely tar Pradesh has paved the Minister for his outburst tyanath was sworn in as the had said. pur district to Gurdwara detection of a suspected im­ way for the first reshuffle of against his senior NDA partn­ Chief Minister in March 2017. Four Cabinet Ministers in Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur provised explosive device Chief Minister Yogi Aditya­ er, the BJP. He indicated during an in­ the U.P. government were in across the border. (IED) along the Jammu­ nath’s Council of Ministers as terview that a Cabinet resh­ the poll fray. Of them, three The meeting lasted for Poonch national highway, three Ministers have won the Rewarding leaders uffling was very much on the won and one lost. With the about two hours and a host prompting suspension of Lok Sabha election creating The ruling party is likely to cards and he was likely to monsoon session of the As­ of issues pertaining to the traffic for nearly one and a vacancies in the State reward its leaders for their take a decision soon. sembly likely in the next cou­ building of the corridor half hours, officials said. Cabinet. hard work during the elec­ “We will do it (Cabinet ex­ ple of months, it is to be seen were discussed, an official A bottle filled with liquid Also, a vacancy was creat­ tion campaigning which re­ pansion). We will do eve­ whether the reshuffle takes said. material and a polybag filled ed after disgruntled Minister sulted in it winning 62 seats, rything as and when time place before or after it. The meeting took place with some solid material was at the Kartarpur Zero found by the roadside near Security personnel cordon off the road at Kellar Chowk on the

Point. Kallar chowk along the high­ Jammu­Poonch highway in Rajouri on Monday. * PTI The group from the In­ way in the morning, Rajouri dian side had officials from SSP Yougal Manhas said. particular stretch. However, to the matter has been start­ the Ministry of External Af­ He said an Army unit not­ the traffic resumed around ed with the Deputy Superin­ fairs, Ministry of Home Af­ iced the suspicious material 10 a.m. after the bomb dis­ tendent of Police fairs, Land Ports Authority around 7.30 a.m. and subse­ posal squad completed its (Headquarters), Govind Rat­ of India, National High­ quently the bomb disposal action, Mr. Manhas said. tan, personally conducting ways Authority of India, squad destroyed the IED on The device was suspected the investigation. among others, the official the spot. to be planted by some anti­ On May 22, the police said. A police team headed by national elements, he said. busted a major militant hide­ Earlier in April, techni­ in­charge of Chingus Chatya­ out in the same region (Cha­ cal experts and foreign of­ ri police post and Sub­In­ ‘Timely action’ tyari forest) and recovered a fice officials from both the spector M.D. Khan reached “Timely action by the alert huge cache of arms and am­ sides had participated in the spot soon after the Army jawans of Army averted any munition, including four Ka­ the talks held at the same flashed an alert and en­ untoward incident,” the SSP lashnikov assault rifles and 11 venue. forced closure of traffic on said, adding that a probe in­ pistols. ‘Son of Portugal’ tag on Savarkar: BJP flays Cong. Contests Class X textbook revision

Press trust of india Savarkar in 1970,” he said. Jaipur “Indira Gandhi had do­ Former Rajasthan Educa­ nated a sum of ₹11,000 tion Minister Vasudev Dev­ from her personal account nani on Monday flayed the to Savarkar Trust and or­ Congress government for dered the Films Division to affixing “son of Portugal” to produce a documentary on RSS ideologue Vinayak Da­ his life,” he tweeted. modar Savarkar’s descrip­ The former State Minis­ tion in Class X social ter said calling the freedom science textbooks. fighter “son of Portugal” is Recently, the Congress an insult. government constituted a He alleged the Congress textbook revision commit­ government had the single­ tee in the school education point agenda of insulting department. Based on the heroes and eulogising only committee’s findings, the one family. department revised a short In response, Rajasthan biography of RSS ideologue Education Minister Govind Savarkar introduced by the Singh Dotasara said the previous BJP government. changes were made by the Now, in the textbooks it expert committee. is mentioned that Savarkar had described himself as Panel of experts “son of Portugal” when “What can I say? A commit­ seeking clemency from the tee of experts has written it British government in based on authenticity and 1910­11. their recommendations. I In a series of tweets on can only say that whatever Monday, Mr. Devnani said has been written in the text­ the State government books have been written should take inspiration based on the recommenda­ from former Prime Minister tions of educationists,” Mr. Indira Gandhi who had de­ Dotasara said. scribed Savarkar as the “by­ In other changes, the word for daring and patrio­ committee removed the tism.” prefix ‘Veer’ from Savakar’s name in the textbooks and ‘Source of inspiration’ it now refers to him as Vi­ The former Prime Minister nayak Damodar Savarkar had called Savarkar “a clas­ who “plotted assassina­ sical revolutionary and tion” of Mahatma Gandhi, countless people drew in­ who was killed by Nathu­ spiration from him,” Mr. ram Godse on January 30, Devnani said. 1948, less than a year after “Former Prime Minister India gained independence Indira Gandhi recognised from Britain. and hailed the legacy of The revision of textbooks great freedom fighter Veer not only drew flak from the Savarkar. The then govern­ Opposition but also from a ment had issued a com­ couple of leaders in the rul­ memorative stamp on Veer ing Congress.

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Concern over delay in 10% Weather Watch Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday NRC sample reverification 11% rise in number of MLAs NRC coordinator to give time frame with criminal records in Odisha SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT and 1951 NRC, establishing a GUWAHATI person’s family tree are re­ 46% of 146 newly elected legislators declared criminal cases against themselves The non­government organ­ ferred to as legacy data. isation whose petition in the The Supreme Court, Mr. Staff Reporter The assets of the According to the OEW, 33 BHUBANESWAR <> Supreme Court made the Sarma said, also requested 112 BJD legislators (30%) of 112 BJD MLAs, 10 government start the exer­ State NRC coordinator Pra­ Odisha has been witnessing a average ₹5.08 (44%) of 23 MLAs from the cise of updating the National teek Hajela to submit a re­ steady rise in the number of crore each; the BJP and 5 (56%) of 9 MLAs Register of Citizens in 2015 port on sample reverifica­ legislators with criminal re­ from the Congress have de­ corresponding has expressed concern over tion and the possible time cords over the past three As­ clared serious criminal cases the delay in undertaking frame within which such an sembly elections, said Odisha figure is ₹1.01 crore against themselves in their 10% sample reverification of exercise could be Election Watch and Associa­ for 23 BJP MLAs affidavits. names included in the list. completed. tion for Democratic Reforms and ₹5.67 crore for As far as financial muscle “After the complete draft on Monday. nine Congress is concerned, out of the 146 of NRC was published, we July 31 deadline “Out of the 146 MLAs ana­ MLAs newly elected MLAs, 95 (65%) had on August 24, 2018, in­ “We submitted another affi­ lysed, 67 (46%) have declared are crorepatis. Compared to formed the Supreme Court davit on October 23, 2018, criminal cases against them­ related to murder (IPC sec­ this, 76 (52%) MLAs were cro­ about legacy data having after we could not see any selves. Out of the 147 MLAs tion 302) while 11 MLAs have repatis in 2014. In 2009, Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) been traded in 22 out of 33 action on the issue since dis­ analysed during the Assemb­ declared cases related to at­ there were only 22 members districts in Assam. The tricts such as Dhubri, Kok­ ly elections in 2014, 52 (35%) members, 49 (34%) MLAs tempt to murder (IPC section having declared assets worth Forecast for Tuesday: Heavy rainfall likely at isolated places court deemed it necessary rajhar, Barpeta, Nagaon, MLAs had declared criminal have declared serious crimi­ 307). ₹1 crore or more. The assets over south interior Karnataka. Thunderstorm/lightning likely at to carry out sample reverifi­ and Hailakandi need 100% cases against themselves,” nal cases, including cases re­ Party­wise, 46 (41%) out of of the 112 BJD legislators aver­ isolated places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and cation of at least 10% of the reverification,” Mr. Sarma said OEW after analysing lated to murder, attempt to 112 MLAs from the Biju Janata age ₹5.08 crore each; the cor­ Telangana. Heat wave conditions likely at isolated pockets over central Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha names included in the draft said. their affidavits of the elected murder and kidnapping. Dal, 14 (61%) of 23 from the responding figure is ₹1.01 city rain max min city rain max min NRC,” Aabhijeet Sarma of “We shall be submitting members. In comparison, 41 (28%) Bharatiya Janata Party and 6 crore for 23 BJP MLAs and Agartala...... 2.4.... 34.9.... 28.0 Kozhikode ...... —.... 35.7.... 27.5 Assam Public Works said on yet another affidavit as the In 2009, as many as 48 MLAs had declared serious (67%) of 9 MLAs from the ₹5.67 crore for nine Congress Ahmedabad...... —.... 43.2.... 28.2 Kurnool...... —.... 43.1.... 27.4 Aizawl ...... —.... 29.5.... 16.9 Lucknow...... —.... 43.1.... 24.7 Monday. claims and objections round (33%) MLAs had criminal cas­ criminal cases against them­ Congress have declared cri­ MLAs. Naba Kishore Das of Allahabad ...... —.... 46.5.... 26.4 Madurai...... —.... 41.0.... 28.5 A set of documents, in­ of NRC is to be completed by es against their names. selves in 2014. minal cases against them­ the BJD has declared liabili­ Bengaluru...... 37.4.... 34.2.... 20.0 Mangaluru...... —.... 35.5.... 26.5 cluding pre­1971 voters’ lists July 31,” he added. In 2019, of the 67 elected Two MLAs declared cases selves in their affidavits. ties of ₹21.76 crore. Bhopal...... —.... 44.0.... 27.4 Mumbai...... —.... 34.2.... 27.7 Bhubaneswar ...... —.... 38.2.... 27.2 Mysuru...... 21.2.... 33.1.... 20.4 Chandigarh ...... —.... 39.9.... 23.6 New Delhi ...... —.... 41.9.... 25.4 Chennai ...... —.... 36.3.... 29.6 Patna ...... —.... 43.6.... 24.8 Former Assam MP and Coimbatore...... —.... 38.4.... 25.6 Port Blair ...... —.... 32.3.... 26.4 Govt. school students excel in Bengal Class XII exams Dehradun...... —.... 38.2.... 20.9 Puducherry...... —.... 36.2.... 28.4 Gangtok...... 57.... 20.0.... 15.2 Pune ...... —.... 38.9.... 23.7 Goa ...... —.... 34.5.... 26.5 Raipur ...... —.... 45.8.... 32.4 ‘lottery king’ passes away Guwahati ...... 3.8.... 30.4.... 21.6 Ranchi...... —.... 41.2.... 25.4 Shovan Mondal, Rajarshi Burman share top honours with 498 out of 500 marks Hubballi...... —.... 37.0.... 22.0 Shillong...... 0.2.... 31.4.... 19.0 Hyderabad ...... —.... 42.5.... 30.1 Shimla...... —.... 27.2.... 15.6 Special Correspondent the Class XII examination Represented Cong. thrice in Lok Sabha Imphal...... 0.2.... 31.4.... 19.0 Srinagar ...... 9.5.... 24.7...... 8.8 Kolkata this year securing a pass per­ Jaipur...... —.... 43.0.... 29.5 Trivandrum ...... —.... 34.2.... 27.2 Kochi...... —.... 33.6.... 27.2 Tiruchi ...... —.... 42.3.... 29.2 Students from government centage of 86.29. The overall SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ed to Parliament from As­ GUWAHATI Kohima...... —.... 32.7.... 16.2 Vijayawada...... 0.2.... 42.0.... 30.0 schools came out with flying pass percentage last year sam in 2006. He represent­ Kolkata...... —.... 36.5.... 28.7 Visakhapatnam ...... —.... 34.3.... 29.6 colours when the results of was 83.75, she said. Mani Kumar Subba, a con­ ed the Congress thrice in the (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) the West Bengal Board of Se­ The second rank was troversial former MP from Lok Sabha from the Tezpur Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday condary Examination were shared by six candidates, Assam whose allegedly constituency before the par­ CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE declared here on Monday. each of them scoring 496 doubtful citizenship was ty dropped him. Ahmedabad...... — 122 .54 ..108 .....— ....* In observation made at Bengaluru ...... 11 .99 .73 ....43 ...68 ....* 4.00 p.m., Singrauli, The toppers of the Class (99.2%), while the third rank probed by the Central Bu­ He fell ill while campaign­ * Madhya Pradesh recorded Chennai ...... 12 .14 .77 ..153 .....— .... an overall air quality index XII board examination were was shared by four candi­ reau of Investigation, ing during the 2014 election Delhi ...... 17 .45 .27 ..178 .228 ....* (AQI) score of 340 passed away in Delhi on that he contested and lost as Hyderabad ...... 14 .39 .12 ....80 .125 ....* indicating an unhealthy from the State­run schools. dates and each of them Kolkata...... 3 .27 .11 ....90 .113 ....* level of pollution. In Shovan Mondal from Birb­ scored 494 (98.8). Sunday night after a pro­ an Independent. Subba did * contrast, Lucknow...... 5 .43 188 ..187 .....— .... Thiruvananthapuram hum Zilla School and Rajar­ Students elated with their success after the West Bengal Sanjukta Bose, who longed battle with illness. not quite recover and spent Mumbai ...... 19 .12 .72 ....31 ...86 ....* recorded a healthy AQI Pune...... — ...— ...— ..... — .....— ....— score of 45 shi Burman of Jenkins School Board of Secondary Examination declared Class XII results on ranked second in the overall Going by the age men­ the rest of his life in his Del­ Visakhapatnam ..— ...— .37 ..... — .....— ....— in Cooch Behar jointly Monday. * PTI list, topped among girls. She tioned in the affidavit he hi farmhouse. * * * shared the first rank , secur­ is a student of Bidhannagar filed for contesting the Tez­ In a condolence message Air Quality Code: Poor Moderate Good (Readings indicate average AQI) SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, ing 498 out of 500 marks. The WBBSE came out the examinations, and se­ Government High School at pur Lok Sabha seat in 2014, on Monday, Assam Chief Mi­ making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air Two students from Birbhum with a merit list of 137 candi­ cured a pass percentage of Salt Lake in North 24 Parga­ he was 61. nister Sarbananda Sonowal particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues and monuments. Zilla School and four from dates for ranks 1 to 10, and 98.49. About 9.1% students nas district. commiserated with Subba’s NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by Jenkins School in Cooch Be­ out of these 25 were from go­ of these schools have se­ A total of 7,818 candidates Wealthiest MP family. The All Assam Gork­ reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. har made it to the list. Six vernment schools. There are cured more than 90% marks. secured 90% or above marks Subba, aka ‘lottery king’, ha Students’ Union said his CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause students from Bankura Zilla 39 schools in West Bengal and 2,63,149 students se­ was the wealthiest MP from death was a great loss to the dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. School and two from Krish­ that are administered by the Pass percentage up cured 60% or above marks in the Northeast before per­ community, particularly PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, nanagar Collegiate School al­ State Education department. WBBSE president Mohua the examinations this year, fume baron Badruddin Aj­ poor children and the needy nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and so figured in the merit list About 3,841 students from Das said that about 7.77 lakh said Ms. Das. mal of the All India United who were beneficiaries of premature death in people with heart or lung disease published by the WBBSE. these schools appeared for students had appeared for (With PTI inputs) Democratic Front was elect­ his largesse.

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THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019 WEST 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Expansion of NCP seeks Bill to regulate coaching classes Over 14 lakh students Cabinet likely await HSC verdict Staff Reporter Mumbai Alleges that deal between minister, coaching class is delaying introduction of Bill in Assembly Class XII results for State board As the State government Alok Deshpande exams to be declared at 11 a.m. today gets ready for the last ses­ Mumbai sion of the current Assemb­ Hardik Patel ly, the news of a possible In wake of the Surat fire tra­ Shoumojit Banerjee Other websites to access the Cabinet expansion is mak­ gedy, the Nationalist Con­ threatens Pune results are www. ing the rounds again. gress Party (NCP) on Monday The much anticipated Mah­ maharashtraeducation The monsoon session accused Maharashtra Educa­ hunger strike, arashtra Higher Secondary .com and mahahssc­ begins on June 17. While de­ tion Minister Vinod Tawde of Certificate (HSC) or class 12 board.maharashtra.gov.in. tails of a meeting between striking a ‘deal’ with coach­ detained results to the Maharashtra Candidates can also view senior BJP leader and Reve­ ing class operators to delay State Board of Secondary results via the SMS facility. nue and Relief Minister the Bill seeking to regulate Press Trust of India and Higher Secondary Edu­ Those using mobile opera­ Chandrakant Patil with private coaching classes in Surat cation (MSBSHSE) will be tors like Idea, Vodafone, Re­ Shiv Sena chief Uddhav the State. Police on Monday detained announced on Tuesday. liance, Tata, BSNL can send Thackeray on Monday were “Maharashtra has more Congress leader Hardik Pa­ Authorities said that the their seat numbers to 57766 not made public, sources than one lakh coaching class­ tel after he threatened to results would be officially or 58888111. said it was to discuss the es, with Mumbai alone hav­ sit on a hunger strike if the declared by 11 a.m. while In order to clear the ex­ possibility of expansion. ing 30,000 to 40,000 class­ Gujarat government failed students would be able to am, candidates need to State Finance Minister es. Many of these are to take action against the access their results online score an aggregate 35% of Sudhir Mungantiwar, in an running in small rooms, Tinder boxes: Smoke billows from the third and fourth floor of this building in Surat where Mayor of Surat and fire de­ after 1 p.m. by logging on to marks in addition to scoring interaction with mediaper­ without following any safety coaching classes were on. At least 22 students died in the incident last week.* FILE PHOTO partment and municipal the official website a minimum of 20% of marks sons, said, “Yes, there is a norms. The Bill needs to be January 4, 2017. The commit­ was the Education minister cannot do anything,” Mr. corporation officials within http://mahresult.nic.in/ in the theory exams. possibility of Cabinet ex­ cleared at the earliest espe­ tee held three meetings to fi­ himself. Why didn’t he bring Deshmukh said. 12 hours. This year, 14.91 lakh stu­ The cumulative pass per­ pansion. The ultimate right cially after the Surat trage­ nalise draft of the Bill. The a law to regulate coaching Surat Police Commis­ dents — more than 8.42 lakh centage figure for 2018 was to decide rests with Chief dy,” said NCP leader and draft was opposed by repre­ classes in his tenure? The ‘Enforce safety norms’ sioner Satish Sharma said male and 6.48 lakh female — 88.41, a slide in little more Minister. More ministers former minister Anil Desh­ sentatives of the coaching draft is being modified to ex­ Meanwhile, Leader of Oppo­ Mr. Patel was on his way to appeared for the HSC exams than one percentage point would mean better gover­ mukh. class following which several clude housewives who hold sition in the Gujarat Assemb­ the accident site despite that were held over the from 2017’s figure of 89.5, nance,” he said. Last week, 22 children lost changes are likely to be sug­ tuitions at home. There has ly Paresh Dhanani has called the police denying him course of month between but higher than the State Political circles are also their lives in a fire in Surat gested. been no deal with any coach­ for strict enforcement of fire permission to hold a prot­ February 21 and March 20 HSC pass percentage figure discussing the possibility of that engulfed a building Reacting to the allega­ ing class,” he said. safety norms. est at the site of the fire. across nine divisions in the of 86.6 recorded in 2016. former Leader of Opposi­ where coaching classes were tions, Mr. Tawde said the “The Minister had assured The Congress leader de­ Mr. Sharma said, “He al­ State. This year, a total of 2,957 tion and senior Congress being held. NCP leader is using the Surat to bring the law based on the manded that the State go­ ready visited the place on Students can view their examination centres were leader Radhakrishna Mr. Deshmukh alleged tragedy to push his politics. draft, but there has been no vernment conduct a tho­ Sunday and was attacked results by entering details of set up across the State. For Vikhe­Patil joining BJP and that Mr. Tawde had struck a “The tragedy in Surat has execution. We will be meet­ rough probe into the by a member of his rival their hall ticket numbers in the first time, applications getting a cabinet berth. Ho­ deal with the coaching class nothing to do with Educa­ ing Chief Minister Devendra incident and said his party group. It’s a question of his the blank text box, to be fol­ for the examination this wever neither BJP sources association to delay the Bill. tion department, it is an is­ Fadnavis with a request to in­ would raise the issue of fire protection. We cannot al­ lowed by entering other de­ year were accepted online nor Mr. Vikhe­Patil’s aides The committee to formulate sue of Urban Development troduce the Bill in Assembly safety during the monsoon low him to visit the area ev­ tails and can download a co­ through the SARAL portal have confirmed this yet. the Bill was constituted on department. Mr. Deshmukh since the Education Minister session of the Assembly. ery day.” py of the same accordingly. this year.

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Alok Deshpande Mumbai Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pa­ war has called a party meeting on June 1 to review the Lok Sabha poll results. “The NCP president will take stock of the post­re­ sults scenario and review the party’s position in Mah­ arashtra to get ready for the Assembly election that is to be held in the next four months,” NCP nation­ al spokesperson Nawab Malik said on Monday. Mr. Pawar has called all district presidents and the candidates for the meet­ ing. He will held talks with the senior party leaders be­ fore meeting the candi­ dates and is likely to an­ Seeking respite: A troop of langurs seeking shelter in the parking area of an apartment in Ahmedabad on Monday. Gujarat is in nounce the party strategy the grip of heatwave and the city is on an Orange alert.* VIJAY SONEJI for the Assembly poll. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The NCP won only four seats in the general elec­ tions in Maharashtra. An independent supported by the NCP won in Amaravati, Prakash Ambedkar should look beyond and the party also bagged the Lakshdweep seat. The elections come as a shock personal political gain: Raju Shetti for the Pawar family too in the form of defeat of Parth Pawar from Maval. He is Swabhimani Paksha leader says election took the focus away from farmers’ issues the grandnephew of the NCP chief and son of Ajit Shoumojit Banerjee least the entry of the VBA headed by NCP and Congress Pawar, former deputy chief Pune which only queered my pitch politicians. minister of Maharashtra. Attributing his defeat in the and benefited the BJP. The But Swabhimani Paksha This is the first time since Hatkanangale Lok Sabha other factor was that while leaders and workers say Mr. Mr. Pawar entered the pol­ constituency to Prakash Am­ the farmers in this region Shetti was defeated because itics in 60s that a member bedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan voted for me, their children the contest in Hatkanangale of his family has lost a poll Aghadi (VBA), Swabhimani veered towards Mr. Modi, was fought on caste factors. battle. Paksha chief Raju Shetti on chiefly owing to the aura of “The BJP and RSS in­ The meeting is likely to Monday said that vital issues hyper­patriotism, post the dulged in vicious campaign­ address issues of infighting affecting farmers and their Balakot airstrikes,” said Mr. ing, particularly on social within the party and im­ future were all swept aside in Shetti. media. Right from spreading pact of the Vanchit Bahu­ this year’s general elections. He however stressed that canards that Mr. Shetti was jan Aghadi led by Prakash He said Mr. Ambedkar, while he had lost an election, partial towards the Jain com­ Ambedkar on the opposi­ whose front severely under­ With Raju Shetti’s defeat, he was far from defeated and munity in the Sangli­Kolha­ tion’s chances of winning cut the chances of NCP­Con­ his supporters feel farmers would continue to fight for pur belt to projecting him as the election. gress and their allies, should have lost an ‘authentic’ farmers and address their an ‘arrogant’ and ‘privileged’ As per the Lok Sabha re­ look “beyond personal polit­ leader who could take up problems. leader, they completely di­ sults, the Bharatiya Janata ical gain” in the Assembly their cause in Parliament. His immediate objective, verted issues plaguing farm­ Party (BJP)­Shiv Sena com­ elections due later this year. he said, was to help the farm­ ers,” said Swabhimani bine leads in over 210 As­ “I concur with Mr. Ambed­ Shetti of the crucial support ers and their families in the Paksha leader Anil Pawar. sembly seats of 288, while kar’s sentiments on the need of the backward castes. drought­afflicted hinterland. Mr. Pawar further said the Congress and NCP may to fight Mr. Modi and the rul­ Mr. Shetti, who severed “I am going to visit every despite the Paksha having a limit to 50 seats. The NCP ing BJP to save the Constitu­ ties with the BJP­led NDA in fodder camp and take stock stronger ground­level organi­ will also discuss the course tion. But if that indeed was 2017, told The Hindu that the of the situation. This govern­ sation owing to Mr. Shetti’s correction to overcome the his intent, then why is it that VBA’s candidates, by canni­ ment [BJP­Sena govt.] was origins as a grassroot leader, vote difference in the As­ his vote­splitting tactics have balizing the Congress­NCP’s not sensitive about farmers’ the BJP shrewdly ma­ sembly poll. ended up benefiting the BJP­ traditional vote bases had in­ issues in the past and will be noeuvred the campaign with Mr. Pawar has been tour­ Sena in Maharashtra?” Mr. directly helped the BJP­Sena even more apathetic in the their ‘negative’ propaganda ing the State since the elec­ Shetti aked. to win on at least eight or coming term, now that they of Mr. Shetti via social media. tion results were declared A two­time MP from Hat­ nine crucial Lok Sabha seats have secured absolute major­ “In the end, Hatkanangale as drought looms large. He kanangale in Kolhapur, Mr. including Hatkanangale. ity. The reports of a deficient witnessed something unpre­ has demanded a complete Shetti, who secured 4.87 Gopichand Padalkar of rainfall this time means that cedented in the past 15 years farm loan waiver in lakhs votes, lost to the Shiv VBA also played spoilsport to farmers’ problems will only in that it was fought entirely drought­affected Maha­ Sena’s Dhairyasheel Mane by Swabhimani Paksha’s Vishal multiply and they will have a on caste lines and not on rashtra and also sought an a margin of 96,000 votes in Patil in Sangli. hard time securing a fair farmers’ issues,” said Mr. appointment with Chief what turned out to be one of Mr. Shetti’s loss is being price for their produce,” Mr. Shetti. Minister Devendra Fadna­ the biggest upsets in the viewed by his supporters and Shetti said. He further said that Raj vis over the issue. State and in the ‘sugar hear­ well­wishers as being detri­ Some observers feel that Thackeray’s Maharashtra Mr. Malik said the meet­ tland’ of western mental to the interests of the Mr. Shetti’s alliance with Sha­ Navnirman Sena (MNS) ing with the CM may take Maharashtra. farmers as they have now rad Pawar’s NCP and the should be accommodated in­ place within two days. The key factor here lost an ‘authentic’ leader Congress cost him Hatkanan­ to the Congress­NCP coali­ “Farmers’ orchards have proved to be the presence of who could take up their gale as he was, until recently, tion and that he would be become dry, which means the VBA candidate Sayyad cause in Parliament. the avowed nemesis of Mr. meeting MNS chief on Tues­ heavy losses. Therefore, a Aslam who secured 1.23 lakh “A number of factors con­ Pawar and the ‘sugar lobby’ day to discuss preparations complete loan waiver must votes, thus depriving Mr. tributed to my defeat, not in western Maharashtra for the Assembly elections. be given,” he said. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Bid to placate ‘rebel’ MLAs in Karnataka Jagan may attend Modi’s swearing­in on Thursday Kumaraswamy, Parameshwara hold talks with Mahesh Kumatalli, agree to look into demands He will take over as CM earlier in the day Special Correspondent Bengaluru Special Correspondent Case against Kerala DGP ‘Won’t drop any Minister’ In a bid to save the one­year­ Amaravati over autobiography old Congress­JD(S) govern­ Special Correspondent here, he also ruled out a YSR Congress Party presi­ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM MYSURU Kerala DGP Jacob Thomas, ment, Karnataka Chief Mi­ reshuffle of portfolios. dent Y. S. Jagan Mohan Red­ who is under suspension for nister H.D. Kumaraswamy Former Karnataka Chief Of the three Ministerial dy, who is going to be sworn the past 18 months for and his deputy G. Paramesh­ Minister Siddaramaiah on berths, the Congress has to in as Andhra Pradesh Chief alleged violation of service wara made attempts to reach Monday said there was no fill one and the JD(S) the Minister on May 30, is mull­ rules, is now facing a criminal out to nearly a dozen dis­ proposal before the other two. ing attending the swearing­ case and termination threat gruntled Congress legislators coalition government to “We have decided to fill in ceremony of Prime Minis­ for writing his autobiography through various channels on drop Ministers, but a the vacancy caused by the ter Narendra Modi to be Sravukalkkoppam Monday. decision has been taken to death of C.S. Shivalli,” he held the same day in the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Neenthumbol (Swimming They held an hour­long fill the vacant berths in the said. evening. With Sharks). In the book, he meeting with MLA for Atha­ Cabinet. Shivalli was Minister for Party sources said that with his family in Vijayawa­ has attacked many leaders, ni, Mahesh Kumatalli, asso­ Speaking to reporters Municipal Administration. Mr. Reddy, who returned da on Wednesday to offer including former Chief Mahesh Kumathalli, left, with H.D. Kumaraswamy and ciated with the rebel camp, CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC from New Delhi on Monday prayers to goddess Kanaka Minister Oommen Chandy. PTI at the State Secretariat and G. Parameshwara in Bengaluru on Monday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT afternoon, hinted at attend­ Durga and stay overnight to told him that the govern­ ing the swearing­in ceremo­ attend the swearing­in cere­ Protest over move to do ment would look into all tion government had been he, along with “rebel” MLAs, ed to visit Bengaluru on and it would complete its ny of Mr. Modi after his own mony of Mr. Reddy. away with Telugu medium their demands, including in­ weighing various options, in­ planned to move to Goa. Tuesday. In view of the tu­ five­year term. ceremony to be held at the The two Chief Ministers KHAMMAM Activists staged a duction of Ramesh Jarkiholi cluding a Cabinet reshuffle He was not seeking a Cabi­ multuous political develop­ Indira Gandhi Stadium in Vi­ may then go to New Delhi demonstration here on into the Cabinet, transfer of and expansion, to accommo­ net berth or post of Chair­ ments, the State Congress ‘Not after post’ jayawada in the morning. together. Monday in protest against the officials, and development date the disgruntled Con­ man of any government cor­ party has called for a Con­ In a related development, While party sources said Governor of Andhra Pra­ alleged discontinuation of funds for their constituen­ gress legislators. poration or board, Mr. gress Legislature Party meet­ Home Minister M.B. Patil dis­ that Mr. Reddy would ac­ desh and Telangana E.S.L. Telugu medium sections in cies. Speaking to reporters af­ Kumtalli said. ing on May 29 in the city. missed reports that he was company Telangana Chief Narasimhan, who is sche­ B.Sc and B.Com courses in the Sources said Mr. Kumaras­ ter the meeting, Mr. Kumtalli Speaking to presspersons, aspiring for the post of KPCC Minister K. Chandrasekhar duled to attend the swear­ SR&BGNR Government wamy asked that the mes­ said, “I am in the Congress Venugopal’s visit KPCC president Dinesh Gun­ president. “Mr. Gundu Rao is Rao, officials said they had ing­in ceremony of Mr. Mo­ Degree and PG College. They sage be conveyed to Mr. Jar­ and will remain in the Con­ Meanwhile, AICC general se­ du Rao and Revenue Minis­ the president of the KPCC not received any intimation. di, would accompany the said it was particularly kiholi. Sources in the party gress.” cretary in­charge of Karnata­ ter R.V. Deshpande said that and and I am not after the The Telangana Chief Mi­ two Chief Ministers, officials detrimental to rural students. said the leaders of the coali­ He scotched rumours that ka K.C. Venugopal is expect­ the government was stable KPCC top job,” he said. nister is scheduled to arrive said. Rahul’s Amethi loss dashes hopes Man aboard flight unzips UDF promises legislation to of many Cong. leaders in Kerala in front of women crew protect Sabarimala customs Indo-Asian News Service us. When the woman cabin They were aspiring to contest bypoll from Wayanad seat New Delhi staff member called her col­ In a case of sexual offence leagues for assistance, the LDF lost moral right to continue in office, says Chennithala Biju Govind was given ticket from Alap­ against women, a 24­year­ man allegedly unzipped his Kozhikode puzha and is now the lone old man from Kerala, flying pants and made obscene Special Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram Sabarimala gold stock intact: TDB The shocking defeat of AICC Congress­led UDF candidate from Jeddah to New Delhi, gestures,” a source said. president Rahul Gandhi to lose in the just­concluded unzipped his pants on being After the flight landed in Following the massive victo­ Special Correspondent offered by devotees at the from Amethi has dashed the polls. stopped by a woman cabin Delhi, the crew reported the ry in the Lok Sabha election PATHANAMTHITTA hopes of many Congress Mr. Siddique, who vacat­ staff from lighting a ciga­ incident to the airport oper­ in Kerala, the United Demo­ Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple leaders in Kerala, who were ed the seat for Mr. Gandhi, rette. The accused, Abdul ations control centre, fol­ cratic Front on Monday pro­ The Local Fund Audit wing over the past several years. aspiring to fight a bypoll would have secured the safe Shahid Shamsudeen, a resi­ lowing which the Central In­ mised to bring in legislation of the Kerala government on Travancore Devaswom from the Wayanad Lok Sab­ seat. But recently­appointed dent of Kottayam in Kerala, dustrial Security Force was to protect the customs and Monday completed the Board president A. ha constituency in case he AICC general secretary (or­ was on board a Saudi Air­ informed. The security per­ traditions of Sabarimala if it scrutiny of the Thiruvabha­ Padmakumar told The vacated the seat. Rahul Gandhi ganisation) K.C. Venugopal lines flight when the inci­ sonnel then detained the ac­ came to power after the next ranam Register, showing the Hindu that the auditors The seat was offered to had also set his eyes on the dent took place. cused and handed him over Assembly poll. stock of gold and silver found the register intact. Kozhikode District Congress didate selection for Waya­ Wayanad seat. He has been According to airport to the Delhi police. It would address the issues CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Committee president T. Sid­ nad. One of the strongest the ‘Man Friday’ of Mr. sources in Delhi, Mr. Sham­ The accused has been faced by the minorities, the imical to their interests. of humility and not arro­ dique, following pressure ex­ contenders then was Shani­ Gandhi, taking on the Naren­ sudeen first verbally abused booked under Sections 354 Dalits and the backward At a press conference gance. The verdict was so erted by AICC general secre­ mol Usman, whose candida­ dra Modi government on the woman crew member (molestation) and 509 (us­ classes due to the policy per­ here, Leader of the Opposi­ vehement, decisive and tary and former Chief ture was supported by Lead­ many critical issues during and refused to stop from ing word, gesture or act in­ spectives of the Narendra tion Ramesh Chennithala sweeping that the Left Demo­ Minister Oommen Chandy er of the Opposition Ramesh the tenure of the previous lighting a cigarette. tended to insult the modes­ Modi and Pinarayi Vijayan said that the UDF’s response cratic Front had lost the mo­ during the last stage of can­ Chennithala. Instead, she Lok Sabha. “The man created a ruck­ ty of a woman) of the IPC. governments, which were in­ to the poll outcome was one ral right to continue in office.

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Special Correspondent Alleged defamatory story on Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil VISAKHAPATNAM Managing director of the Staff Reporter As a father, I spoke <> “The story on Nikhil is Sraddha Hospital, Dr. Pra­ Bengaluru to the editor and imaginary and baseless. As a communicated the deep Kumar, was arrested A criminal case registered father, I spoke to the Editor early on Monday. Cases un­ anguish the against Vishweshwar Bhat, and communicated the an­ der various Sections of the Editor of Kannada daily defamatory story guish the defamatory story AP Transplantation of Hu­ Vishwavani, over an alleged­ caused me caused me,” tweeted Chief man Organs Act, were re­ ly defamatory report on Nik­ H.D.Kumaraswamy Minister H.D. Kumaraswa­ gistered against him and he hil K., the Chief Minister’s Karnataka CM my, appealing to the media was sent to remand till son, sparked outrage on to refrain from peddling fake June 4. Monday with the BJP mount­ demned cases against Ma­ news. The hospital had come ing an organised campaign hesh Vikram Hegde of Post Krishna Prasad, Editor of under the scanner of the “#Emergency in Karnataka” Card News, arrested for a media critique blog Indian law enforcement agencies on Twitter that saw several communally polarising fake Journalism Review, sought for an alleged kidney leaders condemning the go­ news, and journalist He­ to differentiate between the racket. vernment for what they manth Kumar, arrested over earlier two cases of fake A couple of weeks ago, termed “curtailing the free­ a fake letter in the name of news and the present case Dr. M. Manjunath, an Ayur­ dom of expression”. Home Minister M.B. Patil. against the editor of Vishwa- vedic doctor from Bengalu­ “After witch­hunting the However, the Chief Minis­ vani. ru, who acted as the mid­ right wing social media acti­ ter’s Office said none of He said that Mr. Kumaras­ dleman, Dr. D. Prabhakar, vists, now the State govt is af­ these incidents was an at­ wamy’s response was “an nephrologist, and J. Kumar ter the popular media hous­ tack on the press but utilisa­ overreaction”, while the BJP Varma, manager (adminis­ es and its editors,” tweeted tion of legally available re­ terming it #Emergency in A fire broke out in Kochi’s busy market area Broadway on Monday. Three shops, including one selling textiles, were fully gutted, tration), were arrested for Shobha Karandlaje. medies to counter fake Karnataka was “politically an alleged illegal tran­ The BJP had earlier con­ news. motivated.” officials said. It took firefighters more than an hour to douse the blaze. * H. VIBHU CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC splant. The police acted on a complaint filed by a donor T. Pardhasaradhi, who al­ Nothing stops her, not even lack of oxygen leged that he was promised Telangana heatwave continues money to donate one of his kidneys, but was never Kerala woman with pulmonary hypertension to carry cylinder to exam hall paid. The Collector consti­ as temperatures spiral tuted a committee com­ S.R. Praveen playing skills, she has also THIRUVANANTHAPURAM prising District Medical participated in television and Health Officer S. Tiru­ When Latheesha Ansari en­ shows. State matches highest ever temperature recorded in May pathi Rao, District Coordi­ ters the hall to write the Civil She had planned to appear nator for Hospital Services Services examination on June for the civil services examina­ Special Correspondent (DCHS) Nayak and KGH Su­ 2, she will be taking along a tion last year, when she was HYDERABAD perintendent Dr. L. Arjuna bulky oxygen cylinder. Suf­ diagnosed with pulmonary Telangana continues to reel to investigate the case. fering from pulmonary hy­ hypertension. Since then, under heatwave conditions pertension for the past year, she has mostly spent her days in the last leg of summer, Hospital closed she needs oxygen support for at home, as oxygen support and on Monday, the State The committee submitted a major part of the day. A resi­ was needed throughout. matched its highest ever a report stating that there dent of Erumeli in Kottayam, “We have rented an oxy­ temperature recorded in the was a gross violation in the she has to travel all the way to gen concentrator and cylin­ decade during May. case of Mr. Pardhasaradhi Thiruvananthapuram for the der for my regular use. In­ According to data from and that 29 of the 68 tran­ examination. A few months itially, I needed oxygen the India Meteorological De­ splantations the hospital ago, following a request to support round­the­clock. partment, Ramagundam re­ had performed violated the authorities, the Kottayam Now, I can do without it for corded the highest tempera­ the basic norms. Following District Collector had sanc­ Battling on: Latheesha Ansari was diagnosed with brittle short intervals. To appear for ture of 47.2 degree Celsius, Hotter and hotter: A hawker sitting with her baby under an the report, the Collector tioned a portable oxygen bone disease at birth and is confined to a wheelchair. the examination, I would which is the highest in the umbrella in the blazing sun in Nalgonda. * SINGAM VENKATARAMANA ordered the closure and it concentrator for her, but need to take these cylinders. past decade, and matched was shut down on May 25. with the tendering process impedes blood flow through ta (brittle bone disease) at The portable oxygen concen­ the temperature recorded gree Celsius, while Nizama­ gree Celsius above normal. Since the beginning of yet to happen, she will have the lungs, leading to eventual birth. She has been confined trator is unaffordable to us. I on May 26, 2010, also at Ra­ bad simmered at 45 degree Night temperatures too the investigation, the pol­ no other alternative but to weakening of the heart mus­ to a wheelchair due to this. had to set aside my civil ser­ magundam. Temperatures Celsius. Khammam and Me­ hovered at 32 degree Celsius ice had been on the loo­ take the oxygen cylinder with cles due to increased strain in But the condition did not vices dreams last year, but recorded at other centres dak too have almost at quite a few places, includ­ kout for Dr. Pradeep. her. pumping blood. stop her from pursuing her this year, I am determined to too have spiralled to far touched 45 degree Celsius, ing Adilabad, Bhadrachalam According to Inspector Pulmonary hypertension One of the symptoms of education. Refusing to go to a appear. I only wish that I beyond the mean values for and Hanumakonda record­ and Nizamabad, while Kesava Rao, as per the in­ is a type of high blood pres­ the condition is shortness of special school, she studied in could get a portable concen­ the respective locations. ed a maximum of 44 degree crossing 30 degree Celsius vestigation so far, Dr. Pra­ sure that affects the arteries, breath, even when at rest. a regular school and later trator before I head to the ex­ Nalgonda and Nizamabad Celsius. at Hyderabad, Khammam, deep was mainly responsi­ causing the narrowing or des­ Ms. Ansari was diagnosed went on to complete her amination hall,” says Ms. An­ recorded the next highest af­ Across the State, the tem­ Mahabubnagar and ble for all the surgeries and truction of capillaries. This with Osteogenesis imperfec- M.Com. With her keyboard­ sari. ter Ramagundam, at 46 de­ perature was two to five de­ Ramagundam. the irregularities.

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IN BRIEF India among countries where women face most violence by partner

WHO findings suggest that it can negatively affect a woman’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health

Bindu Shajan Perappadan countries and 24.6% in the woman’s physical, mental, education, exposure to NEW DELHI WHO Western Pacific region sexual, and reproductive mothers being abused by a Action director Veeru Global estimates published to 37% in the WHO Eastern health, and may increase the partner, abuse during child­ Devgan passes away by the World Health Organi­ Mediterranean region. risk of acquiring HIV in some hood, and attitudes accept­ MUMBAI zation (WHO) indicate that “Violence against women settings. ing violence, male privilege Veeru Devgan, popular action about 1 in 3 (35%) women — particularly intimate Explaining how gender­ and women’s subordinate director behind films such as worldwide have experienced partner violence and sexual based violence is perpetrat­ status. Roti Kapda Aur Makaan and either physical and/or sexual violence — is a major public ed, the global health organi­ Warning that intimate Mr. Natwarlal and father of intimate partner violence or health problem and a viola­ sation said that men are partner violence cause se­ actor Ajay Devgn, passed non­partner sexual violence tion of women’s human more likely to perpetrate vio­ rious short­and long­term away here on Monday. He in their lifetime. rights. WHO together with lence if they have low educa­ problems for women and ad­ was 77. The cause of death is Worldwide as many as UN Women and other partn­ tion, a history of child mal­ versely affect their children immediately not known but 38% of murders of women ers has developed a frame­ treatment, exposure to besides leading to high social family sources said he had are committed by a male inti­ work for prevention of vio­ domestic violence against and economic costs for wo­ not been keeping well for mate partner. What make lence against women called their mothers, harmful use men, their families and so­ some time.PTI this worse for countries like Respect which can be used of alcohol, unequal gender cieties, WHO said: “There is Rajiv Gauba may be next India is the fact that intimate by governments to counter norms, including attitudes now evidence that advocacy Cabinet Secretary partner violence is the high­ this menace,” noted WHO. accepting of violence, and a and empowerment counsell­ NEW DELHI est at 37.7% in the WHO sense of entitlement over ing interventions, as well as Union Home Secretary Rajiv South­East Asia region. Multiple ramifications women. home visitation are promis­ Gauba may be appointed as As per figures released by Meanwhile, healthcare pro­ Women are more likely to ing in preventing or reducing the next Cabinet Secretary, WHO, the violence ranges fessionals cautioned that vio­ experience intimate partner intimate partner violence replacing P.K.Sinha, whose from 23.2% in high­income lence can negatively affect a violence if they have low against women.’’ four year tenure comes to an end on June 12, officials said Monday. Mr. Gauba, one of the senior most bureaucrats, is supposed to complete his Surat begins two­year tenure as Home Air Force chief leads Secretary on August 31. PTI Schools, colleges shut in Valley demolition Prince of Arcot welcomes ‘Missing Man’ formation PM’s statement Sporadic protests witnessed on Sunday despite Hurriyat’s call for normalcy campaign CHENNAI To honour men killed in Kargil war The Prince of Arcot, Nawab Special Correspondent phased manner was taken af­ Asian News International Mohammed Abdul Ali, has Srinagar ter sporadic protests and Surat/New Delhi welcomed Prime Minister The authorities closed all shut down continued on After the fire tragedy at a Narendra Modi’s statement higher secondary schools Sunday despite the Hurriyat coaching centre which on the need to win the trust and colleges in Kashmir Val­ asking people to resume dai­ claimed the lives of 20 peo­ of minorities. He said the first ley on Monday in the wake of ly work. ple, mostly students, the step in this direction would protests sparked by the kill­ A purported video of Mu­ Surat Municipal Corpora­ be to strictly enforce the law ing of Ansar Ghazwat­ul­ sa, who was killed on Thurs­ tion (SMC) sprung into ac­ against violent mobs indulging in lynching in the Hind chief Zakir Musa four day in Pulwama’s Tral, sur­ tion and began a demoli­ name of cow protection. days ago in an encounter. faced online. In the video, tion drive on Monday. “Deputy Commissioners Musa, who headed an al­ Jayesh Solanki, Execu­ Water troughs to be set have been authorised to take Qaeda affiliated group, was tive Engineer of the West up to prevent deer deaths a call on class work based on seen asking locals to pray for Zone, SMC, said the drive THENI Brothers in arms: Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa and his their own assessment,” said Unabated violence: A Kashmiri protester throwing stones him. “Jehad and not hartal was targeting illegal con­

The onset of summer has ** colleagues before flying MiG­21 planes. * PTI Divisional Commissioner, during a protest against the killing of Zakir Musa, REUTERS politics is the way out to re­ structions in all zones of claimed the lives of at least Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad solve the Kashmir issue,” he the city and would conti­ five sambar deer since March Special Correspondent first time an Air Chief and Khan. An official said the De­ postponed examinations for down was observed in parts reportedly said. nue till they all cease to ex­ while they were foraging for NEW DELHI AOC­in­C flew in the same puty Commissioners had de­ Bachelor of Education while of Shopian. Train services in The police said it could ist. He said the restaurant water across the highway in Air Force Chief Air Chief formation to pay homage, cided to allow work up to the Islamic University of south Kashmir also re­ not verify the veracity of the being torn down was con­ Gandamanur range of Meghamalai Wildlife Marshal (ACM) B.S. Dhanoa ACM Dhanoa said after the Class 10 “as a precautionary Science and Technology mained suspended. video, apparently shot in the structed illegally by flout­ Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. In a on Monday paid tribute to flypast. measure”. closed the campus for the The decision to open the house where he was killed in ing the norms. bid to combat such deaths, Squadron Leader Ajay Ahu­ On May 27, 1999 the IAF The Kashmir University day. A spontaneous shut educational institutions in a the Dadsara area. “This is a high­rise the Forest department ja who lost his life 20 years lost two fighter jets while at­ apartment in which a res­ submitted a proposal to ago during the Kargil con­ tempting to evict infiltrators taurant was being operated establish at least five water flict by flying a ‘Missing from the icy heights of Kar­ illegally. We are tearing troughs inside the range, said Man’ formation in a MiG­21. gil. While Flt. Lt. K Nachike­ In joint family, brother-in-law has liability to pay down the illegal portion. an official. He was accompanied by Air ta was taken Prisoner of War This demolition drive is be­ Team in Nepal to bring Officer Commanding­in­ (PoW) by Pakistan after his ing carried out in all 8 back mountaineer’s body Chief (AOC­in­C) Western MiG­27 was shot down, Sqn. maintenance to domestic violence victim: SC zones of the city. We will BHUBANESWAR Air Command Air Marshal R Ldr. Ahuja lost his life on the continue it till all the illegal A three­member team on Nambiar. ground after ejecting from Legal Correspondent lence Act of 2005 to confirm court ordered him to pay ‘domestic relationship’ structures are brought Monday left for Nepal to ACM BS Dhanoa led the his MiG­21 and was posthu­ NEW DELHI an order of a Panipat Ses­ ₹4,000 as monthly mainte­ means under the 2005 Act. down,” Mr. Solanki said. bring back the mortal four aircraft, MiG­21 flypast mously awarded the Vir Even the brother­in­law has sions Judge that Ajay Kumar nance to his brother’s wi­ They held that the term The drive started by the remains of Kalpana Dash, at the AF station Bhisiana in Chakra (VrC). Sqn. Ldr. Ahu­ a liability to pay mainte­ should pay maintenance to dow and ₹2,000 to the child. meant a “relationship where SMC is in a bid to avoid in­ Odisha’s first woman Bhatinda to honour the va­ ja was at that time the Flight nance to a victim under the the widow and minor child Kumar unsuccessfully ap­ two persons live or have cidents such as the one Everester, who died while lour and supreme sacrifice Commander of 17 Squadron Domestic Violence Act if of his dead brother. pealed in the Punjab and Ha­ lived together at any point of which took place on descending the mountain on of men killed in action dur­ and ACM Dhanoa was its they had lived together un­ Both brothers lived in the ryana High Court, which time in a shared household Friday. May 23. Ganesh Jena, a ing the Operation Safed Sa­ Commanding Officer. der the same roof in a shared ancestral family home on upheld the trial court deci­ when they are related by mountaineer, and family gar at Kargil, an IAF spokes­ ACM Dhanoa and Air household as part of a joint different floors with their sion. Subsequently, he consanguinity, marriage or Probe ordered members of Kalpana will person said in a statement. Marshal Nambiar are Kargil family at any point of time, respective families and to­ moved the apex court. through a relationship in the Gujarat Chief Minister Vi­ coordinate with Nepal to “The formation is an ae­ veterans. In a missing man the Supreme Court has held. gether ran a shop. After the nature of marriage, adop­ jay Rupani ordered an in­ complete the formalities. The rial salute accorded to ho­ formation, three aircraft fly A Bench of Justices D.Y. brother’s death, the widow Definition by SC tion or are members living vestigation and announced Odisha government said it nour the fallen comrades­in­ in a four­aircraft formation Chandrachud and Hemant was not permitted to live in In a nine­page order, the together as a joint family”. a compensation of ₹4 lakh was working closely with the arms,” the spokesperson leaving a gap in between to Gupta interpreted the provi­ the same house. apex court Bench interpret­ The court said Kumar had each to the families of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. said. This was probably the depict the missing man. sions of the Domestic Vio­ In July 2015, the sessions ed what the expression to pay the duo maintenance. those killed. In Kashmir, Rakshaks are a cop’s best friend

The specially designed vehicles have withstood stones, grenades and bullets

Peerzada Ashiq administering the most vo­ in 2016 that my Rakshak Srinagar latile district in south was stuck on an interior The contrast couldn’t be Kashmir, tweeted a picture stretch in Anantnag, with more incongruous. Affec­ of his battered but unde­ stones raining from all tionately referred to as ‘Ra­ terred Rakshak. “Our tro­ sides. It was evening, the ni’ and ‘Basanti’, there is phy. It takes stones, bricks, front lamps were dam­ nothing feminine about petrol bombs, grenades, aged. The vehicle took the the bullet­proof Raksh­ live fire, pipes, fruit carts, stones for over two hours aks — specially designed rods, and what not. The before we negotiated the vehicles by Mahindra De­ Rakshak vehicle is a true huge logs and boulders fence Systems for crowd companion of the J&K Pol­ blocking the road. It stood control — that the Jammu ice,” he said. steady all this while,” he and Kashmir police in­ Sub­Divisional Police Of­ told The Hindu. creasingly view as saviours Safe inside: The vehicle has armoured plating by Plasan ficer Amran Farooq is Introduced in 2008 amid a rising graph of prot­ Sasa, a variety of steel fabricated in Israel. among the officers who with just 100 vehicles, the ests this month. survived an attack of Rakshak was improved af­ To express their grati­ social media after the de­ of Police (SSP), Ganderbal, stone­throwing, thanks to ter the 2016 street prot­ tude to the vehicles that monstrations against the Fayaz Ahmad Lone wrote: the vehicle’s armoured ests. The company claims keep them safe, many se­ rape of a three­year­old “One can understand the plating by Plasan Sasa, a the vehicle has withstood nior officers have posted girl in Bandipora earlier quantum of stone pelting variety of steel fabricated 41 live fire tests and a gre­ pictures of the dented and this month. we face.” SSP, Shopian, in Israel. “It was during the nade explosion under­ battered vehicles on the Senior Superintendent Shailendra Kumar Mishra, post­Burhan Wani protests neath it. FIR filed over rape threats to director’s daughter They were issued on Twitter by a self­proclaimed follower of the PM

Special Correspondent About 8,800 users res­ Kashyap submitted a Mumbai ponded to the tweet, complaint on Sunday. The Amboli police here which garnered 11,000 He said, “We have re­ on Sunday registered a retweets and 28,000 gistered an offence of out­ First Information Report likes. Many users said raging a woman’s modes­ (FIR) over the alleged they disagreed with Mr. ty under the Indian Penal rape threats issued on Kashyap’s political views, Code, along with relevant Twitter to the daughter of but were outraged at the Sections of the Informa­ filmmaker Anurag Kash­ threats issued to his tion Technology Act. yap last week. daughter by a self­pro­ Further investigations The filmmaker, a vocal Anurag Kashyap claimed supporter of the are under way with assis­ critic of the Narendra Mo­ Prime Minister. Several tance from the cyber di government, had on self as Chowkidar Ram­ users advised him to file a police.” May 23 taken to Twitter to sanghi, sent tweets to his complaint with the Mum­ Mr. Kashyap acknow­ express outrage over the daughter using abusive bai police. ledged the efforts of the threats. He said a Twitter language and threatening Senior police inspector police and thanked them user, who identified him­ to rape her. Bharat Gaikwad said Mr. through a tweet. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE How to rescue genuine secularism The government must focus on its primary business; to prevent religion-based violence, oppression and discrimination dom violence creates are only the rights. dian national should be against tip of this gigantic iceberg. Right, This opened the door for view­ communalism. But no one should because when in power, most non­ ing secularism first as a tool to pro­ decry legitimate forms of com­ Not losing in defeat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) par­ tect the interests of Muslims and munitarianism. It is simply wrong ties have done little more than Christians, of no relevance to Hin­ to conflate communitarianism K. Palaniswami has proved to be an artful provide security. Now, the condi­ dus, and then for twisting it to ap­ with communalism. survivor despite the AIADMK’s massive losses Rajeev Bhargava tion of feeling safe and secure pear as pro­Muslim and anti­Hin­ Attention must also be drawn to eldom does someone on the losing side have so must not be underestimated. Free­ du. The strength of Indian another problem of Indian secula­ dom from fear is important, and to secularism — its advocacy of mi­ rism. Our education system often much to be satisfied about in defeat as Tamil Nadu ne word conspicuous by its live in the fear of being lynched nority cultural rights — was easily fails to distinguish religious in­ SChief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami. The mas­ absence not only from the only because you are a Muslim is a made to appear as its weakness struction and religious education. sive drubbing suffered by the AIADMK­BJP alliance in Oelection campaign but per­ very real unfreedom indeed. Yet, GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO and the burden of its defence, No publicly funded school or col­ the State may be a notable outcome of the Lok Sabha haps from the entire political dis­ political parties have not helped not just discrimination and other rather than be shared by all citi­ lege should have religious instruc­ election, but the positive takeaway for him is that he re­ course in recent times was secula­ Muslims with their vikas. Some worse forms of inter­religious zens, fell on the shoulders of mi­ tion, best done at home or in priv­ mains in office, and with added sheen of stability. By rism. Prime Minister Narendra have even pampered the ortho­ domination such as exclusion, op­ norities and ‘pro­minority’ secula­ ately funded schools; but garnering nine out of the 22 Assembly constituencies Modi brought it back in his victory doxy within their communities pression and humiliation. It is rists. This is unfair. Secularism is reasonable, decent education speech. Most political parties in and have done little to bring them equally opposed to intra­religious needed as much to protect Hindus should include elementary know­ that had by­elections alongside the Lok Sabha polls, the the last 30 years had practised a out of their ghettos. So, this secula­ domination, i.e. the domination from intra­religious domination, ledge of all religious traditions. A ruling AIADMK has got enough seats to stave off the naqli (fake) secularism, he said. rism is partly fake because it has (of women, Dalits, dissenters) from their ‘fringe elements’, as deeper understanding of these tra­ prospect of losing its majority in the 234­member His great achievement, he im­ often meant tolerating minority within every religious community. well as from proponents of reli­ ditions is vital, for it would enable House. Although it lost 13 seats to the Opposition DMK, plied, was to have unmasked these communalism, and hobnobbing For instance, the fight against the gion­based caste and gender hie­ students to discern their strengths its tally went up to 123, five above the requisite majority. fake secularists and single­hand­ with the most selfish and conser­ hierarchical caste system in India, rarchies. And required equally to and weaknesses and identify what Another upshot is that T.T.V. Dhinakaran, the principal edly dismantled secularism. Until vative spokespersons of the multi­ quite like the struggle against the protect minorities from their own in them is worth preserving or dis­ challenger to the AIADMK for Jayalalithaa’s legacy, end­ now, for Mr. Modi, fake secularism ple Muslim communities of India. church in European history, is in­ orthodoxies and extremisms. Asli carding. But Indians come out of has been the handmaiden of mi­ It is very sad indeed that in the tegral to the fight for secularism — secularism plays that role. their education system without ed up losing so badly that he may not be in a position to Naqli nority appeasement. Next day, ho­ election campaign, these ‘fake sec­ a point noted by both Ambedkar secularism protects fanatics and any critical understanding of their wean away any more legislators from the party jointl y wever, he spoke of winning back ularists’ failed miserably to speak and Nehru. Equally important for legitimises gender and caste­based religio­philosophical traditions. As led by Mr. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. the trust of the minorities, who, he up for Muslims. Perhaps they were secularism is opposition to reli­ domination. a result, a defence of our own reli­ Panneerselvam. With none of Mr. Dhinakaran’s candi­ said, have been deceived and terrified that if they spoke of the gious fanaticism and bigotry. Secularism today has other pro­ gious traditions or critique of oth­ dates coming close to victory in any of the Lok Sabha or cheated by other parties. With legitimate interests of Muslims, Neither of these is explicitly cap­ blems. One is its intellectual fai­ ers is shallow and frequently mis­ Assembly constituencies, the possibility of so­called this, fake secularism was given a they would be immediately brand­ tured by ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’. lure to distinguish communitar­ chievous. This too is fake fence­sitters leaning towards him has disappeared. In different meaning; it does not ed as pro­Pakistan, anti­national ianism from communalism. secularism. two years, Mr. Palaniswami has survived challenges t o pamper but cheats minorities. In or anti­Hindu. Yes, ‘fake’ secula­ Misunderstanding secularism Communitarianism simply notes other words, it does not satisfy rism has failed the minorities and That Indian secularism is not anti­ that an individual is at least partly What is to be done? his leadership, first from Mr. Panneerselvam, who later their real needs, but only gives the the people of India, but the BJP religious is widely understood — defined by his or her religious/phi­ What then must be expected from became his ally in a joint attempt to keep out Jayalalith­ illusion of doing so. Here, Mr. Mo­ and its supporters, particularly the but not that it is simultaneously losophical commitments, com­ real, genuine secularism? Justice aa’s friend V.K. Sasikala, and later Mr. Dhinakaran. He di acknowledges that Muslims are so­called ‘fringe’, must take a lot of against both forms of institutional­ munity and traditions. Therefore, to all citizens, affirmation of all survived the first crisis by striking a deal with Mr. Pan­ a deprived lot. So, what, according blame for that. This needs course ised religious domination. How it is entirely appropriate to claim reasonable religious identities, re­ neerselvam and his supporters. To combat the crisis to Mr. Modi, is asli (genuine) secu­ correction and the nation would did this misunderstanding deve­ that one is a Hindu/Muslim/Sikh/ jection of majority communalism, caused by the Dhinakaran faction’s revolt, the party got larism? The answer he gives is the be grateful to the Prime Minister if lop? First, the struggle against in­ Christian/atheist etc, and to take careful defence of legitimate mi­ 18 MLAs loyal to him disqualified from the House. The inclusion of minorities in ‘ sabka he began that process. ter­religious domination (a de­ legitimate pride in one’s commun­ nority rights only when accompa­ saath sabka vikas’, which is tran­ But is the secularism propound­ fence of minority rights, ity or be ashamed of it when there nied by a robust critique of minor­ ensuing litigation kept his regime going. The disqualifi­ slated by his party as ‘justice to all, ed or implied by the Prime Minis­ opposition to majority and minor­ is good reason to be. ity extremism, and a critical cation tactic did not turn out too well in the end. Ten of appeasement to none’. To this he ter genuine? At least in theory, ity communalism) became sepa­ Communalism is different. Here appraisal of religions with a deep­ the DMK’s 13­seat haul came from vacancies created by added ‘ sabka vishwas’, winning ‘sabka saath sabka vikas’ gets one rated from the fight against intra­ one’s identity and the existence er, empathetic grasp of their tradi­ disqualification on defection charges. But the AIADMK the trust of all. thing right: no individual citizen religious domination (religion­re­ and interests of one’s community tions. The government’s primary managed just enough to survive in government. should face discrimination on lated patriarchy and caste are viewed, even defined, as ne­ business is to prevent religion­ The next question was whether Mr. Palaniswami Fears of minorities grounds of religion. Basic ameni­ domination, fanaticism, bigotry cessarily opposed to others. It is based violence, oppression and would survive an electoral test, given that this was the On the treatment of minorities by ties, good health, education, hous­ and extremism). Then, this intra­ communal to believe or act in a discrimination. Perhaps, those other parties, the Prime Minister is ing and employment should be religious dimension was jettti­ way that presupposes that one outside the government should at­ first election held after the demise of Jayalalithaa and partly right and partly wrong. available equally to all, regardless soned from the meaning of secula­ can’t be a Hindu without being an­ tend to its other functions. Togeth­ DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi. With his government Wrong, because the insecurity of their religion. If he succeeds in rism and, much to the detriment ti­Muslim, or vice­versa. Commu­ er, we may just rescue our genuine seen as a proxy of the BJP regime at the Centre and the amongst minorities is created lar­ this endeavour, he would make of its overall value, secularism be­ nalism is communitarianism gone secularism. mood in the State being one of antipathy towards Prime gely by Mr. Modi’s own political great strides towards realising sec­ gan to be identified, by propo­ sour. It is to see each other as ene­ Minister Narendra Modi, the AIADMK had to contend supporters. Lynchings in the past ularism. nents and opponents alike, exclu­ mies locked in a permanent war Rajeev Bhargava is Professor, Centre for with double anti­incumbency. Losing around 20 of the few years and the fear such ran­ However, secularism combats sively with the defence of minority with one another. Every decent In­ the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi 22 Assembly seats could have propelled arch­rival an d DMK president M.K. Stalin to power. But while the DMK alliance had to share the honours in the Assembly by­ Global implications of the mandate elections, in the Lok Sabha constituencies it won a land­ slide. Mr. Palaniswami’s electoral strategy was largely It opens the window for India to take advantage of economic opportunities in the geopolitical space geared towards retaining as many Assembly seats as that the rising aspirations of peo­ turning 75. There is no democratic vism that has threatened Indian in­ possible. He succeeded in the limited objective of p ro­ ple in one of the fastest growing parallel anywhere else in the terests through its pursuit of in­ tecting his regime. Mr. Stalin, the undoubted overall economies have resulted in this world to the Indian context and nocuous agendas ( net n eutrality winner on the electoral field, will have to wait for kind of a mandate. While it raises the Indian experiment. This is mis­ and privacy) which have advocat­ another day to try to dislodge the artful survivor at the the bar on expectations, more im­ sing in the manner in which the ed measures inimical to India. The helm in Tamil Nadu. Despite a stellar show at the hust­ portantly, it gives the leadership of global media, especially influential political mandate demands that ings, the DMK remains out of power at the Centre and Shashi Shekhar the country the necessary where­ western media outlets, have tend­ India devise ways and means to in the State. withal to take the kind of decisions ed to view India. This mandate stay ahead of the curve in emerg­ that are needed to put India on a ought to be a wake­up call for glo­ ing technology areas such as 5G he clear and decisive man­ high growth trajectory. At a time bal media outlets to shun their and artificial intelligence, among It’s there date for Prime Minister Na­ when two of the largest economic myopic view of the democratic dis­ others. It calls for out­of­the­box Trendra Modi is a defining powers in the world, the U.S. and GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO course in India. They must now thinking as India can no longer It’s obvious why so many try to scale Everest — moment in India’s democratic his­ China, are locked in a trade war of few initiatives such as the Interna­ discard the stereotypes they still risk being left out of setting the but the safety protocol must be tightened tory. Its extent, which is manifest sorts, this mandate opens the win­ tional Solar Alliance, while facili­ use in their reportage. course for technology changes from the highest­ever voter tur­ dow for India to take advantage of tating global action on climate The mandate also places Mr. that will not only shape the global ount Everest, the world’s highest peak at 8,848 nout in a general election and the economic opportunities that are change through the Paris Agree­ Modi as first among equals within economy but also geopolitical dy­ metres, draws adventurers from all over. But share of votes won by the winning likely to develop in the geopolitical ment. India has also projected its his peer group of world leaders to­ namics. Mthe mountain on the Nepal­China border is coalition, creates its own very un­ space. To get the Indian economy soft power through a global pro­ day. While a whole generation of India is also the largest open fast becoming a dangerous place to visit even for the ique set of circumstances. on the right trajectory, to spur our jection of y oga to shine the spot­ strong leaders have emerged from market to global technology ma­ hardened mountaineer. The inherent risks were this To put this in perspective, as the exports and to create jobs — while light on how Indian spirituality among the G20 nations, be it the jors which continue to locate their month highlighted with a photograph by Nirmal Purja, world’s largest democracy, India this kind of a mandate creates ex­ can be a force for greater good . U.S., Japan, Russia, Turkey, Aus­ computing and storage infrastruc­ a Gorkha ex­soldier. The image, which went viral and al­ has a staggering 900 million­odd pectations, it also empowers the Now, with this kind of political tralia, Indonesia or South Africa, ture outside India and beyond In­ voters, of whom about over 67% leadership to take the right deci­ mandate and the unique set of glo­ only Mr. Modi can credibly claim dian jurisdictions. The mandate tered the manner in which people worldwide imagine turned out, making it about a little sions to realise the same. bal circumstances it has been deli­ to have been tested by the largest demands that India leverage the what it is to scale Mt. Everest, showed a long queue over half­a­billion people partici­ vered in, the expectation is even number of voters in a free and fair strength of its democracy and the awaiting a final tilt at the summit, with all the dan gers pating in the general election of A chance to steer geopolitics higher that India would take up its election. The mandate gives In­ power of its markets to ensure that such a wait holds. This season, at least 10 climbers have 2019. Out of this, the winning coa­ The poll result also paves the way rightful role in steering geopolitics dia’s voice heft at key multilateral the global platforms play by rules died or gone missing, including four Indians. Experts lition is estimated to have earned for India to take its rightful place in in a host of areas: from global platforms. It creates the opportun­ that do not hurt the Indian nation­ have been calling for Nepal to restrict the number of close to 300 million votes. When the world order not just as a parti­ trade to regional conflicts to set­ ity for him to advance Indian va­ al interest. While India continues permits. It awarded a record 381 for this spring, each we compare this with the next big­ cipant in the deliberations that ting the global direction in emerg­ lues and advocate uniquely Indian to benefit from global digital inno­ gest democracy, the United States, happen at multilateral platforms ing technology areas such as artifi­ ways of solving global problems. vations, this needs to happen fetching $11,000 (climbing from the Tibet side is mo re which has a population of more but, more importantly, to set the cial intelligence and space within a framework that enhances expensive). On Wednesday, 200 climbers ascended the than 320 million, the magnitude of course for the kind of change that exploration, to name a few. Protecting interests Indian interests. summit, a new record for a single day. Last year, 807 the mandate earned by Mr. Modi we would like to see in the world. India’s democracy after Inde­ The mandate also calls for a new managed to reach the summit. In 2012, the United Na­ becomes clear. India over the last five years has ta­ pendence is a very unique experi­ creed of t echno­nationalism as a Shashi Shekhar is CEO, Prasar Bharati. tions estimated that there were more than 26,000 visi­ It is a unique moment for India ken a leadership position in quite a ment, just a few years away from counter to borderless techno­acti­ The views expressed are personal tors to the Everest region, and this figure has grown ma­ nifold since then. Nepal officials argue that permits are LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. not issued recklessly, and that jams such as this ye ar’s near the summit are on account of spells of bad weath­ After the debacle er, which result in mountaineers being compelled to hai”, had not only failed to politics. Mr. Gandhi is a by Jawaharlal Nehru at the norms are the order of the major fire. All this is the The infectious sycophancy gain any traction but also charismatic leader and he meeting of the AICC in May day because of the virus result of an apparently summit within a narrow time­frame. Waiting in sub­ze­ witnessed in the Congress backfired on him with must display an attitude of 1958: “Communalism of the called corruption (Editorial, compromised governmental ro temperatures at the rarefied altitude can be fatal — from the days of Indira Narendra Modi accusing courage. Just as there are majority is far more “Fire and laissez­faire”, May authority that is beholden to this season’s deaths were mostly due to frostbite, ex­ Gandhi is still alive and former Prime Minister Rajiv millions who support the dangerous than 27). What prevents the state builders. Builders often hand haustion, dehydration and lack of oxygen. kicking. No one was in Gandhi of corruption. If Mr. party that has won, equally communalism of the machinery from ensuring over buildings to buyers even This year’s drama has caught the public imagination, doubt that Congress Gandhi is adamant about there are those who look to minority.” He noted that that fire­fighting skills are without basic fire­fighting as happened in 1996 when eight persons died in a single president Rahul Gandhi’s stepping down, why force him with hope and communalism is a part of our enhanced by enabling the devices such as sensors, day amid an unexpected storm — events of and around offer of resignation as the an unwilling soldier to lead expectation. One election society and explained why required equipment and alarms and extinguishers. party president over the the charge in politically debacle is not the end of the Hindu communalism was far trained manpower and S. Jagathsimhan Nair, that day were the subject of Jon Krakauer’s bestsell ing party’s disastrous challenging times? world. Mr. Gandhi must more dangerous. “When the resources? There is no Thiruvananthapuram book, Into Thin Air. The adventure industry that is built performance in the Lok S.K. Choudhury, guide and inspire the party minority communities are purpose served in holding around the human desire to scale the peak has meant Sabha election would be Bengaluru rank and file, revamping and communal, you can see that inquiries for violation of May and Brexit many amateurs take up the challenge, confident that wholeheartedly rejected by rejuvenating the party at the and understand it. But the norms if States do not wake It is unfortunate that Britain support teams and specialised equipment will make up the Congress Working ■ The result in Karnataka grass­root level. He must communalism of a majority up to the reality of improving is still struggling to leave the for their lack of adequate mountaineering experience . Committee (CWC) packed (considered a Congress advise the cadres to work community is apt to be taken the efficiency of the fire European Union (‘World’ The fallout is that in case of a disaster not only are some with Gandhi­family bastion) and the surge of the among the people. Act like a for nationalism.” This is the services departments across page, “Brexit became a trap loyalists. The CWC has BJP in West Bengal should statesman and look forward danger we are facing today. It the country. Safety nets and for Theresa May”, May 25). of them unable to manage, but they hold up others, authorised him to have forced the grand old to the next election. Work was Mahatma Gandhi who ladders seem to be alien British Prime Minister putting them in harm’s way. The commercial opera­ undertake a complete party to initiate drastic sincerely for the people and also said: “You represent the ideas. With sky scrapers Theresa May’s resignation tions have led to the Everest being called the world’s overhaul and restructuring measures. Continuing with power will follow. vast ocean of Indian mushrooming, basic fire­ will throw the country into highest garbage dump as many climbers discard non­ of the party. A good Mr. Gandhi will progressively Dr. George Vareekal, humanity.” He added, “India fighting measures in such further turmoil and it critical gear and fail to clean up the mess. It is unlikely, suggestion. But should this push young blood to defect Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh does not belong to Hindus high­rise buildings must be a appears that a soft Brexit however, that this season’s tragedies will deter future not begin from the top? to some other party since a alone.” These are prophetic priority.. deal is very unlikely. A snap summiteers, as the hypnotic lure remains intact. As Ge­ There are reports of Mr. Congress revival is not on the On majoritarianism reminders for the BJP. Ganesh Surath, parliamentary election or a Gandhi pointing fingers at cards — at least in the near Narendra Modi has achieved N.G.R. Prasad, Secunderabad second referendum on the orge Mallory, the English mountaineer who perished in the State leaderships for future. a landslide victory but it is K.K. Ram Siddhartha, issue appear to be the only the attempt to scale Everest, reportedly said of its pull, their failure to highlight V. Lakshmanan, his majoritarian politics that Chennai ■ Not a single multi­storey options. “Because it’s there.” But the authorities must learn from alleged corruption in the Tirupur, Tamil Nadu has become a source of apartment block I have seen Vidhya B. Ragunath, this year’s tragedies and work out an optimum number Rafale deal, little realising anguish and concern. The Fire safety in this city has space for a Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu ■ of climbers and strengthen safety measures. that his poorly crafted Victories and defeats are dangers of majoritarian Flagrant violations of fire tender to get close to it more letters online: slogan, “chowkidar chor not uncommon in electoral politics were best explained building and fire safety and go around in case of a www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/

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THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019 VERDICT 2019 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The BJP’s ‘Act East’ moment The party weakened State­based outfits and embarked on the project of superimposing its Hindutva ideology on regional narratives

Suhas Palshikar delible footprint in the entire eastern parties. This will not only change the political competition has sidelined and northeastern region. politics of these two States, but also ideological considerations. When the 2019 Lok Sabha election In the case of the Northeast, years serve as an indication of the newly In Assam, most other States of the commenced, there was not much of sustained work by affiliates of the shaping political competition el­ Northeast, and Odisha, there has for doubt about the prowess of the Bha­ Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have sewhere. The Congress (both in West long been a clearly regional­regional­ ratiya Janata Party (BJP) as far as come to fruition, with many Adivasi Bengal and Odisha, besides Assam ist flavour to politics. West Bengal, north, central and western India communities coming close to the already) has been completely side­ too, has been often described as hav­ were concerned. The curiosity was BJP. Besides, its political flexibility lined and the BJP has taken over as ing a more Bengali Left politics than about the east and the south. In has allowed the BJP to also forge lo­ the main challenger to the State­ merely Left politics. With its surge in 2014, the BJP had a skewed base and cal alliances with different players in based parties in both States. the entire region, the BJP has not on­ was not able to expand enough in the region ensuring that any non­BJP ly weakened State­based parties, but these two regions. Now, that has formation becomes unviable. This, Ideology sidelined done two more things. One, it has changed. of course, has a serious caveat which West Bengal presents an even more neutralised the political require­ goes beyond electoral successes. interesting picture than what ap­ ment that regional sentiment is ex­ Increasing its footprint There are many small and large in­ pears on the face of it. The BJP has pressed through a regional/State­ Of course, its ‘Look East’ policy did surgent groups and communities clearly served notice to the Trina­ based political vehicle. Two, it has yield positive results even in 2014 that are eager to rediscover or reass­ mool Congress. A State known for its audaciously embarked on the pro­ when it won Assam. Assamese socie­ ert their particular identities. The Left politics will now have a com­ ject of superimposing on regional ty is not just plural rise of the BJP in the region can only pletely non­Left political framework. narratives its Hindutva ideology as like the rest of Indian become a catalyst to the inflation of If in Kerala the Left has suffered be­ the master narrative, thus, for the society, it is also di­ these myriad identity politics in the cause BJP sympathisers are sup­ first time, subordinating the region­ verse and laden with troubled region. It would, therefore, posed to have rallied behind the al. In its effort to represent regional complications that be a huge challenge for the BJP to en­ Congress, in West Bengal the BJP interests and identities and at the are of a historical na­ sure that inter­community negotia­ might have done well because of the same time tame the ‘regional’, the ture. The fact that the tions take place along with smart support of Left voters. In their exas­ BJP appears to have taken upon itself BJP had won there was a clear indica­ political manoeuvres. peration with Trinamool politics, a very hard task. How it balances its tion that it would be making deep in­ Beyond the Northeast, the BJP many Left sympathisers are sup­ electoral ambitions in the region and roads into not just the Northeast, but must be basking in the glory of its posed to have rallied behind the BJP its more deeply ideological ambi­ the eastern region in general. The prized possessions of West Bengal to ensure Trinamool chief Mamata tions here will decide the course of State that geographically links the and Odisha. In both States, the party Banerjee’s defeat. These two possi­ politics in the entire eastern region. east to the northern parts, Bihar, was was up against entrenched State­ bilities indicate one thing (not adeq­ “Its political flexibility has allowed the BJP to forge local alliances with also captured by the BJP in 2014 . based parties. The clash between all­ uately evidenced as of now, though Suhas Palshikar is the co-director of the different players in the Northeast.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 85th This time, the BJP has clearly esta­ India and State­based parties has re­ our survey in both States points to Lokniti programme and chief editor of Annual Conference of Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha in Sivasagar in Assam in blished its very large and perhaps in­ sulted in a setback for State­based that): in both States, the intensity of ‘Studies in Indian Politics’ 2016. * PTI When the Left moved right The duel between Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee during the election campaign helped polarise voters in West Bengal

mony of the Trinamool and chal­ BJP. Mr. Modi’s strategy was success­ lenged Ms. Banerjee’s popularity. ful in influencing the electorate in Although 43% of the voters liked general and the younger voters in Ms. Banerjee more than Mr. Modi as particular. The BJP’s success vis­à­vis a leader, Mr. Modi was not far behind the Trinamool was quite noteworthy (37%). Mr. Modi’s popularity at the among those aged between 18 and 35 national level prevailed over Ms. Ba­ years — it was ahead of its rival by six nerjee’s popularity — 42% of the res­ percentage points among this seg­ pondents preferred him as the next ment. On the other hand, the Trina­ Prime Minister, while only 13% who mool was ahead of the BJP by 10 per­ preferred Ms. Banerjee. This finding centage points among those aged Jyotiprasad Chatterjee & Suprio Basu is significant considering that all sur­ above 35 years. veys done by Lokniti between 2017 The decisive entry of the BJP into “Despite mass protests last year, 68% of farmers were found to be satisfied with the performance of the BJP­led It took almost 40 years since its in­ and 2018 had found that Ms. Baner­ West Bengal obviously raises the is­ NDA government at the Centre.” Families of farmers from Telangana who committed suicide due to non­payment ception in 1980 for the Bharatiya Ja­ jee was far more preferred than Mr. sue of further communal polarisa­ of loans at the Kisan Mukti March in New Delhi in November 2018. * SANDEEP SAXENA nata Party (BJP) to truly reach West Modi for the post of Prime Minister. tion in a State where a strong non­ Bengal. In the 17th Lok Sabha elec­ Interestingly, voters’ assessment of Hindu population can be a potential­ tion, the BJP not only arrived in West the State government was slightly ly sensitive factor. But the survey Bengal but almost conquered it. better than their assessment of the data suggest that despite political Farmers’ issues were The result is spectacular for the Central government — while 64% polarisation at the moment, full­ BJP. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, said they were satisfied with the per­ fledged communalisation may not it won only two seats and secured formance of the Mamata Banerjee occur immediately. Besides the fact not centre stage about 17% of the votes. In the 2019 government, 61% expressed their sa­ that only a tiny segment of the elec­ election, besides bagging 18 parlia­ tisfaction with the Modi govern­ torate supported the demolition of mentary seats out of 42, it also raised ment. Yet, Ms. Banerjee could not the Babri Masjid in 1992, a huge ma­ PM­KISAN and a nationalistic campaign seem to have worked for the BJP its vote share to 40%. On both ac­ capitalise on this. jority (about 84%) holds that India is counts it closely matched the ruling a country of all religions equally, not Manjesh Rana & Trinamool Congress, which secured A successful campaign just Hindus. Amrit Prakash Pandey 22 seats (a loss of 12 seats compared In his public meetings in West Ben­ The West Bengal verdict is indica­ to 2014) with a vote share of 43%. gal, Mr. Modi spoke at length about tive of the emergence of the BJP as a In November last year, thousands The Trinamool managed to maintain the developmental achievements of strong challenger to the ruling Trina­ of farmers marched to Parliament its south Bengal bastion while the the National Democratic Alliance go­ mool. This has implications for na­ to highlight the agrarian crisis and BJP made big inroads into the north­ vernment at the Centre and termed tional politics as well. For the State, demand higher crop prices, full ern and western parts of the State. Ms. Banerjee as the “speed breaker” it means that bipolarity may conti­ loan waivers and drought relief. Since the BJP is a relatively new en­ in Bengal’s development. He nue to mark competitive politics in There were quite a few such prot­ trant in the map of competitive polit­ stressed the need to restore democ­ the State. ests in 2018, and considering their ics in West Bengal, the saffron man­ racy in Bengal, which under the Tri­ scale, many believed that it was date raises a number of pertinent namool regime had been seriously Jyoti Prasad Chatterjee is Associate Professor likely that the discontentment of questions. Lokniti’s post­poll survey undermined. Unable to counter Mr. of Sociology at Barrackpore Rastraguru farmers, who also make up an im­ data might hold some answers. Modi politically, Ms. Banerjee resort­ Surendranath College, Barrackpore, West Bengal, and Suprio Basu is with the portant voting bloc given that half ed to personal attacks. This resulted Department of Sociology, University of the country’s population is en­ made them swing in the BJP’s fa­ Nature of polarisation in more voters moving towards the Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal gaged in farm­related work, would vour. Among farmers who had be­ It appears to be a highly polarised hurt the prospects of the BJP in the nefited from PM­KISAN and credit­ verdict; since the Trinamool and the parliamentary election. However, ed the Central government for the BJP almost equally shared a mam­ with a thumping majority for the same, 56% voted for the BJP (NDA moth 83% of the votes polled, they second time, the Narendra Modi­ 65%) and only 8% chose the Con­ relegated the Congress party and the led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gress (UPA 11%). On the other hand, Left to the point of near irrelevance. seems to have successfully neutral­ among those who credited the Such moments often imply churning ised the anti­government senti­ State government, the figures were and volatility. The survey shows that ment among farmers. almost the same for both (UPA about two­fifths of the traditional 30%, NDA 29%). Interestingly, two­ Left voters shifted to the BJP and Priorities while voting In other words, farmers did not fifth of those who credited the about one­third to the Trinamool Lokniti’s post­poll survey found vote differently from the rest. State government voted for parties Congress. Similarly, 32% of old Con­ that the majority of farmers did not When we further broke down other than UPA and the NDA. gress voters moved to the BJP and vote on issues that directly con­ the numbers on the basis of their Among farmers who had heard 29% moved to the Trinamool. cern them. Development (’vikas’) respective caste groups, 52% of up­ about India’s air strikes in Balakot, The moot question, however, per­ was important — 15% of farmers per caste farmers were found to 42% voted for the BJP while 17% tains to the nature of polarisation. went to the polling booths with this have voted for the BJP and only 13% voted for the Congress. Contrary to Given the much­publicised Hindutva as their single­most important chose the Congress. When further this, among those who had not agenda of the BJP and the alleged agenda. Unemployment was se­ segregated, we found that 41% of heard about the strikes, the gap Muslim appeasement of the Trina­ cond (10%). Surprisingly, only 5% peasant proprietors voted for the was merely three percentage mool, the issue of communal polari­ had farming or related issues as BJP, which is 22 percentage points points, with 31% voting for the BJP sation immediately crops up. This their most important agenda when lower than the rest of the upper and 28% for the Congress. Cash gets bolstered by the fact that among they went to cast their votes. This caste farmers. The number of pea­ transfer through PM­KISAN and the sampled Muslim electorate, may also be considered a failure of sant proprietors who voted for the the wave of nationalism just weeks there was overwhelming support for farmers’ movements and the Op­ Congress was almost the same. Ho­ before the election seem to have the ruling Trinamool. And not just position which did not politicise wever, with 34% voting for the BJP clearly swept farmers’ issues away Hindu upper castes, but also Other farmers’ issues sufficiently in the and 18% voting for the Congress, from the centre stage. Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes few months before the election . the gap between the Congress and With the BJP back in power, it is and Scheduled Tribes voted for the Farmers’ distress was very much the BJP was much more narrow in important to highlight three key BJP in large proportions. on the national agenda until the the case of Dalit farmers. promises made by the party to More than the communal split, beginning of the election year. farmers in its manifesto: zero­inter­ the electorate appears to be polar­ Despite mass protests last year, Direct cash transfer est loans for up to ₹1 lakh; exten­ ised politically. One part of the elec­ 68% of farmers were found to be The survey suggests that some ac­ sion of PM­KISAN to the rest of the torate supports the Trinamool and satisfied with the performance of tion by the government at the ele­ farmers; and pension to small and another the BJP. This is evident from the BJP­led NDA government at the venth hour, such as providing di­ marginal farmers. Considering the the fact of a majority of the electo­ Centre, with 27% saying that they rect cash transfers through the fiscal burden these schemes would rate deciding who to vote for either were ‘fully satisfied’ and 41% saying PM­KISAN Yojana, and the ultra­ add, at the moment it doesn’t seem during the campaign or after. The they were ‘somewhat satisfied’ nationalistic campaign of the BJP like they will be implemented in Narendra Modi­Mamata Banerjee when probed further. The survey might have helped the party as­ their entirety. Will these schemes duel witnessed during the campaign found that among respondents suage the angry farmers and shift merely end up as poll gimmicks or helped in this polarisation. Our sur­ who reported agriculture as their the narrative from farmers’ issues will they add anything substantial vey shows that 48% of those who de­ main occupation, 39% voted for to development and nationalism. to farmers’ plates? It might be too cided who to vote for during the the BJP (NDA 47%) and 20% voted PM­KISAN, under which ₹2,000 is early to answer these questions. campaign ended up voting for the for the Congress (UPA 26%). These transferred to the bank accounts of BJP. Mr. Modi addressed 17 public figures are almost the same as the farmers with small land holdings Manjesh Rana & Amrit Prakash Pandey meetings in West Bengal in which he overall vote shares of both parties. every four months, seems to have are researchers with Lokniti relentlessly tried to break the hege­ CM A ND-NDE https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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DELHI THE HINDU 12 VERDICT 2019 TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Naveen’s track record helps overcome BJP blitz The national party is snapping at the heels of the BJD after displacing the Congress as the main Opposition party in the State

lenger to the Biju Janata Dal. Since ed to its State­level leadership. For than bureaucrats. This style of gover­ there is no “second­line” leadership instance, BJP leader Dharmendra nance has helped the BJD sideline in the BJD, the BJP is only waiting to Pradhan tried his best to create an the Congress completely in the capture power in the State. authentic Odia image outside Od­ State. The Congress used to enjoy While the BJD lost eight Lok Sabha isha. However, the BJD establish­ the support of the marginalised seats from its 2014 tally, the party ment was smart enough to counter communities in the past. Today, the still managed to be ahead of the BJP him in many ways and would not al­ competition is between the BJD and despite a clear preference for Naren­ low him to carve out a space for him­ the BJP. The BJD continues to garner dra Modi among voters. The party self in the media­discourse as an al­ support across social blocs, but the won 12 seats to the BJP’s eight. While ternative. The survey shows that BJP is raising a serious challenge to Gyanaranjan Swain the BJP increased its previous vote even among the BJP’s Lok Sabha vo­ the party that has been in power for Hilal Ahmed share by 17 percentage points to ters, Mr. Pradhan emerged as the four terms now. Both among the Adi­ 38.4%, the BJD’s vote declined mar­ chief ministerial choice of just 17% vasis and the OBCs, the BJP has ta­ The election results in Odisha under­ ginally to 42.8%. The Congress’s respondents with close to three­ ken over the BJD this time. line two crucial aspects of the com­ share came down drastically, though fifths of them backing Naveen The survey found that the KALIA petitive electoral politics in the State. it did manage to open its account Patnaik. (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood First, one finds an elusive “battle of (unlike last time) winning the Kora­ The survey found the BJP to have and Income Augmentation) scheme images” between Naveen Patnaik as put seat. done particularly well among the of the Patnaik government to give fi­ a simple and committed Chief Minis­ middle and upper classes. But this nancial aid to farmers may have ter and Narendra Modi Changing gears was not sufficient to destabilise Mr. been crucial in the BJD’s lead over as a powerful and deci­ The BJD’s performance in the simul­ Patnaik’s people­centric image as the BJP in the Lok Sabha election . sive Prime Minister. Se­ taneous Assembly election is more the poor and the lower classes were Though the survey found farmers to cond, it was a clear remarkable. Mr. Patnaik’s party lost firmly behind him yet again. While be supporting the BJP more than the tussle between rural merely five seats, winning 112 of the both the BJP and the BJD were found BJD, among farmers who had bene­ Odisha, which de­ 146 seats (a three­fourths majority). to be doing slightly better in urban fited from the KALIA scheme (39% pends on welfare and Its vote share of 44.7% in the As­ than rural areas and among women said they had benefited), the BJD led affirmative action, and the aspira­ sembly election was also higher than than men, when it came to class, the the BJP by 9 percentage points. tional urban Odisha, whose popula­ in the previous election. The BJP profile of their voters was different. Among farmers who did not benefit tion wants to emerge as a powerful won 23 seats and 32.5% of the vote, One may read these findings in re­ from KALIA, it was the BJP that led middle class. displacing the Congress as the main lation to the style of governance. Mr. the BJD by a similar margin. This election marks a major de­ Opposition party. for the post of Chief Minister . Ho­ were absolutely clear that it was Mr. Patnaik has a team of dedicated bu­ parture in State politics as the Con­ The survey shows that an over­ wever, this does not mean that the Modi. reaucrats, who manage different (Gyanaranjan Swain teaches Political gress is completely marginalised and whelming majority of respondents people of Odisha ignored the Modi The failure of the BJP (if it may be welfare programs. All activities are Science, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack; the BJP has emerged not only as the (two in every three) identified Mr. phenomena. On who should be the called so) to overtake the BJD in the centrally monitored. In this schema, Hilal Ahmed is Associate Professor at Centre main Opposition but also as a chal­ Patnaik as the most suitable person next Prime Minister, BJD supporters Lok Sabha election may be attribut­ the politicians enjoy fewer powers for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi). BJP’s polarisation strategy hits the mark Puzzle of preference NDA managed to mobilise all social groups, except Muslims, in its favour and electoral outcome

tea­worker base was heavily eroded. This marks a high point in religious Protests against BJP did not check its advance consolidation both ways. The controversy over the Citizen­ traditional Congress bastion, ship Amendment Bill does not seem seem to have got equally divided. to have affected the BJP much Lothas and Chakhesangs too seem among Assamese Hindus, the com­ to have been divided. Though not munity that was at the forefront of captured in the survey sample, we the protests. The survey found that assume that the ultimate swing in the BJP alliance managed to secure the votes favouring the NDPP Dhruba Pratim Sharma 59% of the Assamese Hindu vote. came from the Mon tribal area. Vikas Tripathi Hilal Ahmed This is despite the fact that the sur­ A glaring pattern was the mis­ vey found that 75% of Assamese Hin­ match between voters’ opinions Amongla N. Jamir The election in Assam revolved dus were opposed to the Bill. The Achanger and preference against the actual around three crucial political fac­ BJP alliance got more votes than the election outcome. According to tors: the consolidation of the BJP as Congress even among those Assa­ The Citizenship Amendment Bill the survey, 48% of the respon­ the dominant party in the State; the mese Hindus fully opposed to the and the Naga political issue were dents favoured Rahul Gandhi as inability of the Opposition to pro­ Bill. the glaring issues in the election in the next Prime Minister against duce a counter­narrative; and the so­ Thus, opposition to the Bill, taken the State, besides references to re­ Narendra Modi getting only 25% cial polarisation on religious lines. up by anti­BJP forces as the main is­ ligion and identity. The competi­ support. As much as 48% did not The political dominance that the sue, failed to have much of an im­ tors for the lone Lok Sabha seat want the NDA to have a second BJP forged first in 2014 and then in pact on Assamese Hindus except in were Congress candidate K.L. term, while 25% wanted the BJP 2016 in Assam has been a vital factor pockets. It did help consolidate Ben­ Chishi backed by the Naga Peo­ back. Again, the emotive issue of in giving the National Democratic Al­ gali Hindu votes towards the BJP ple’s Front (NPF); Tokheho Yepth­ the Bill was thought to be serious liance (NDA) a definitive edge over across the State, contributing espe­ omi from the Nationalist Demo­ enough to checkmate the BJP’s ad­ other parties in this election . The Adivasis ended up voting for the BJP. cially to the defeat of the sitting Con­ cratic Progressive Party (NDPP) vance. Three­fifths of the respon­ party retained its alliance with the But 70% of the Muslims, who consti­ gress MP in Silchar, where they con­ representing the People’s Demo­ dents (62%) were aware of the Bill Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the tute about a third of Assam’s popula­ stitute a majority. The party cratic Alliance with the BJP as a and among them, 83% were found Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) to at­ tion, consolidated behind the Con­ registered an unprecedented suc­ partner; M.M. Thromwa, an Inde­ to be opposed to it. tain a regional character and used its gress. Not only did the Congress cess in the Barak Valley owing to the pendent candidate; and Hayith­ However, data show the Bill was newly attained regional clout to attract an overwhelming proportion significant shift of the Bengali­speak­ ung Tungoe of the National Peo­ the single­most important issue check the consolidation of anti­BJP of Muslim votes in Kaliabor and ing Hindu community to the party. ple’s Party. for only 2% of the electorate. votes. Nowgong as the All India United De­ The survey found most Bengali­ Mr. Yepthomi defeated Mr. With a 36% vote share, the BJP mocratic Front did not field any can­ speaking Hindus to be in favour of Chishi by a thin margin of 16,344 (Amongla Jamir is Assistant Professor at was able to win nine of the 14 seats in didates in these constituencies, the the Bill. votes. The trend of the Lok Sabha Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung, Nagaland. the State, a gain of two from the 2014 party also won in Barpeta, where the Most Assamese Hindus were op­ member getting elected from the Dr. Achanger is Assistant Professor at St. Joseph University, Dimapur, Nagaland) tally. In the 10 seats it contested, the regional party was very much pre­ posed to the Bill and yet a majority State’s ruling party has been set party’s vote share was much higher sent. The AIUDF, which contested in of them voted for the BJP alliance. since the first election in 1967. The — 54%. The AGP with just 32% failed only three Muslim­dominated con­ In a socially diverse State that had only exception was in 1984. to win a single seat. The BPF could stituencies to avoid a division of undergone decades of ethnic con­ The survey shows that three­ not win the lone seat it contested. Muslim votes elsewhere, managed to flict and insurgency, religious polari­ fifths of the NPF’s 2014 voters The Congress managed to secure win just the Dhubri seat. sation cutting across ethnic cleavag­ transferred their votes to the Con­ around 35% votes (almost a 6% in­ Though the Congress fielded its es presents an interesting case. The gress and one­third to the NDPP . crease from the 2014 share) and ment and the performance of the candidates in all constituencies in­ party’s success lay in its ability to But it seems that the vote transfer three seats, retaining its 2014 tally. BJP­led government in the State cluding those where the AIUDF con­ neutralise the opposition to the Bill was not enough to ensure a Con­ Two of the three seats came from since 2016 — the reason for the par­ tested, the BJP lost no opportunity in and divert the attention of Hindus to­ gress victory. Upper Assam, where it secured 42% ty’s success seems to have been the accusing the two of having a tacit al­ wards the increase in Muslim popu­ Likewise, the voting pattern votes. It, however, performed poorly polarisation it achieved. liance. This put off traditional Hindu lation, presumably due to influx among different tribes throws up a in the Barak Valley, winning no seat The survey indicates that the NDA supporters of the Congress, adverse­ from Bangladesh with Congress pa­ picture of traditional bastions and getting just 25% votes. managed to mobilise all social ly affecting the party in many consti­ tronage. shifting allegiances. The survey Even as the BJP’s campaign strate­ groups in its favour, except Muslims tuencies. The Congress strength had data suggest that over three­ gy remained focussed on three ma­ who voted overwhelmingly for the traditionally been the support of (Dhruba Pratim Sharma and Vikas Tripathi fourths of the voters from the An­ jor issues — the leadership of Prime Congress. Three­fourths of upper Muslims and migrant tea workers. work in the Department of Political Science gami tribe, NPF’s traditional sup­ Minister Narendra Modi, develop­ castes, three­fifths of the OBCs, two­ While Muslim support saw an unpre­ of Gauhati University and Hilal Ahmed is an porters, voted for the Congress . ment activities by the Union govern­ thirds of Dalits and over four­fifths of cedented consolidation this time, its Associate Professor at the CSDS) The votes from the Ao region, a Citizenship Bill had its resonance Naga solidarity gets a boost Half of all respondents were against giving Modi govt. another chance Regional party trumps BJP in one of the two constituencies

polls alone, while it is a partner in elections for strategic reasons. to be aware of the issue and among came within the constituency vot­ the State government. That is also In Shillong, Congress candidate them, four­fifths said they fully op­ ed mainly either for the BJP or the one of the reasons for the easy victo­ Vincent H. Pala won the election pose the Bill. However, when it Congress. The NPF seems to have ry of the Congress in the Shillong with a huge margin of 1,52,433 votes. came to expressing their disappro­ swept the Tangkhul vote. constituency for the third time in a BJP candidate Sanbor Shullai could val through the ballot, the people Thus, in the Inner constituency, row. In the survey, when respon­ manage to get 76,683 votes only. did not rally together and put up a the contest was between the two dents were asked if they particularly There was a three­cornered con­ combined opposition to the BJP. all­India parties, whereas in the disliked any party, four­fifths of test in Tura among the Congress, the Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, BJP Outer constituency, the contest those who said they did, took the BJP and the NPP. In the late P.A. candidate from Manipur Inner, was between one all­India party R.K. Satapathy name of the BJP. Half of all respon­ Sangma’s turf, the youngest sibling won the seat by a margin of 17,755 and one State­based local party. dents were also against giving the of the family, Agatha, defeated the S. Mangi Singh votes over Congress candidate Oi­ National issues and the Modi fac­ Two Lok Sabha constituencies of the Narendra Modi government another Congress candidate and former nam Nabakishore Singh. tor do not seem to have mattered — State have voted in opposite direc­ chance. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma with a The election underlined basically In the Manipur Outer consti­ only 17% wanted Narendra Modi tions. Though the BJP has emerged Though there was a multi­cor­ comfortable margin of 64,030 votes. two important facts in the case of tuency, it was the NPF which was back as Prime Minister whereas dominant in the region, it has least nered contest this time in both the The issues of illegal migration, Manipur: failure of the plainsmen victorious and the BJP the runner­ preference for Rahul Gandhi was influence in the State. The issue of constituencies, the fight was mainly NRC, rat­hole coal mining were to translate their opposition to the up. The success of the NPF gave a nearly double at 33%. Only two­ the Citizenship Amendment Bill had confined to the Congress and the played up by candidates to seek Citizenship Amendment Bill into big moral boost to the solidarity of fifths of the respondents said they its fallout in this election. The public non­Congress front excluding the votes. Pulwama and Balakot inci­ the defeat of the BJP and a moral the Nagas. It underlines the Naga were satisfied with the perfor­ in the State with a predominantly BJP. After a long gap, non­Congress dents had marginal influence on vo­ boost for Naga solidarity. tribes transcending their indivi­ mance of the Modi government Christian population are wary that if regional parties could come to an ters. The survey shows that over one dual tribe identities in favour of the with over half being dissatisfied. the BJP returns to power in Delhi, it understanding to field common can­ in every four respondents said he larger Naga identity. However, data will revive the Bill. didates in both constituencies. (R.K. Satapathy is a Professor at the or she had taken part in a protest suggest the Kuki­Chin­Mizo group (Senjam Mangi Singh is a Professor at the That is precisely one of the rea­ The BJP wanted to face the battle Department of Political Science, North or demonstration against the Bill. of tribes (the Thadous particularly) Department of Political Science, Manipur sons for which the BJP went to the alone as in the previous Assembly Eastern Hill University, Shillong) Moreover, nearly 75% were found and the Meiteis/plainsmen who University) CM A ND-NDE https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019 NEWS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Yechury’s offer to quit rejected Gehlot faces heat for Chemistry has trumped CPI(M) Polit Bureau brushes aside suggestion; backs Kerala govt. stand on temple poll loss in Rajasthan math, says PM Modi Sobhana K. Nair had successfully managed to Congress lost all 25 Lok Sabha seats New Delhi shift the popular narrative Mr. Modi also lamented that We are not CPI(M) general secretary Sit­ away from livelihood issues. Special Correspondent <> JAIPUR despite his party increasing divisive. We walk aram Yechury has reported­ “The BJP changed the narra­ its presence, it had long ly offered to take responsibil­ tive from jobs and livelihood Rajasthan Chief Minister with the mantra of faced twin challenges of be­ ity for the party’s debacle in to Pulwama and Balakot Ashok Gehlot has come un­ ing targeted with “political unity the Lok Sabha election and around Modi. The narrative der intense pressure after violence and untouchabili­ Narendra Modi hinted that he was even will­ built around communal na­ the Lok Sabha election re­ Prime Minister ty.” ing to step down. tionalist jingoism, along with sults, with State Agriculture He said BJP workers were to the smooth division of According to sources, he the issues of fighting terro­ Minister Lalchand Kataria hounded and murdered in States like Madhya Pradesh, told the party’s Polit Bureau rism, brushed aside all other reportedly resigning and States like Kerala, West Ben­ Uttar Pradesh and Bihar un­ meeting that while it was issues of day­to­day concern two others demanding a de­ gal and Tripura for just their der the BJP rule in compari­ true that the party was run to the people,” he said. Be­ tailed review of the factors Ashok Gehlot “political ideology” and son to the political tumult in by a collective leadership, cause of this, the BJP man­ responsible for the ruling rued the “selective humani­ Andhra Pradesh, which was the responsibility lay with aged to get more than 50% of party’s humiliating loss in ter’s Office and the Raj Bha­ ty and sensitivity” of some divided under the Congress him as the first among the votes in 200 seats. The the State. van here on Monday. Mr. Ka­ quarters. rule. equals and he was willing to Taking stock: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Opposition failed to counter The Congress, which taria said in his He said if there was a par­ Calling himself a ‘s evak’ give up the post of general addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Monday. * PTI this narrative. came to power last Decem­ “resignation” that he consi­ ty today in the country that of Varanasi, Mr. Modi of­ secretary. But the PB unani­ The nationalistic fervour ber, lost all 25 Lok Sabha dered it “morally inappro­ honestly practised democ­ fered prayers at the Kashi mously brushed aside the was correct, but the party the Congress is better placed was further amplified by seats in the State. Mr. Gehlot priate” to continue in the racy, it was the BJP and said Vishwanath temple, accom­ suggestion. did not sense in time that the to counter the BJP,” a PB building up the Modi perso­ is also feeling the heat over Cabinet after the party’s even while in power, “we panied by BJP president On the Kerala results, the BJP was using the issue as an member said. na using multiple tools. his son Vaibhav Gehlot’s de­ defeat. are most concerned about Amit Shah and U.P. Chief Mi­ only State where a CPI(M)­ effective political tool. The PB did agree with the “These included the effec­ feat in Jodhpur, as it has Cooperation Minister democracy.” nister Yogi Adityanath, after led government is in power, Kerala secretariat’s conten­ tive use of technology and its been alleged that he put his Udai Lal Anjana and Food “We are not divisive. We a roadshow as his cavalcade the severe erosion in vote Divergent stand on Cong. tion that the party’s diver­ instruments of messaging to son above the party’s inter­ and Civil Supplies Minister walk with the mantra of un­ traversed through the city share and seats was most The PB did not agree with gent stand on the Congress the people, backed by big da­ est and spent more time Ramesh Meena have raised ity,” said Mr Modi, referring amid high security. shocking. The party got only the Kerala unit’s analysis that in the State and at the na­ ta analytics and micro level campaigning for him. the issue of assessment of all one seat in the State. there was a minority consoli­ tional level had an effect on social engineering,” Mr. Ye­ Though Mr. Kataria’s re­ Congress candidates, saying The PB concluded that dation against the CPI(M). the voters. chury said. He alleged that signation letter did the it was necessary for streng­ Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi­ “The elections in Kerala Speaking to reporters at the Election Commission rounds on social media, thening the party ahead of Cong. in disarray as Rahul jayan government’s stand on were primarily anti­Modi the end of the two­day meet­ had a critical role to play in there was no confirmation the local body poll due later insists on stepping down the Sabarimala controversy and the electorate felt that ing, Mr. Yechury said the BJP the BJP’s win. on it from the Chief Minis­ this year. A close aide of Mr. Gandhi everyone including the me­ Assam Cong. Punjab Cong. also met Mr. Venugopal. dia to respect the sanctity of If Mr. Gandhi insists on a closed door meeting of the chief Ripun Rumblings in Bihar grand alliance chief tenders stepping down as party CWC,” Mr. Surjewala added. chief, the Congress could On Sunday, The Hindu Bora quits resignation then ask him to either head had reported that though Party MLA wants Tejashwi to quit; Cong. leaders call for ending tie-up with RJD the Congress Parliamentary the CWC had unanimously SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Special Correspondent Mr. Kushwaha himself con­ Special Correspondent Party (CPP) or lead the par­ rejected Mr Gandhi's resig­ Guwahati PATNA tested in Karakat and Ujiyar­ Chandigarh ty in the Lok Sabha. nation, one has not heard Assam Pradesh Congress Following the crushing de­ pur and ended up losing in Punjab Congress chief Su­ The party, however, is the last word on the issue. Committee president Ri­ feat it suffered in the just­ both. nil Jakhar has tendered his three short of the numbers Inside the CWC meeting pun Bora has offered to re­ concluded Lok Sabha poll, a Rumblings have erupted resignation from the post required to qualify officially last Saturday, Mr. Gandhi sign after the party’s poor simmering discontent is evi­ in the Congress too. “The following the defeat in the for post of Leader of the was firm on his quitting the performance in the Lok dent in the mahagathband- leadership must introspect Lok Sabha election from Opposition. party post and called his de­ Sabha election. han [grand alliance] in Bi­ why we have been losing Gurdaspur. Adding to the sense of cision 'non­negotiable'. Mr. Bora, a Rajya Sabha har. elections after entering into In his resignation letter disquiet within the Con­ “He said he would conti­ member, sent his resigna­ A senior RJD leader and this alliance in 1990... There sent to party president Ra­ gress, several State chiefs in­ nue to fight for the party’s tion to Congress president MLA has demanded the re­ is no reason to be in the ma- hul Gandhi, Mr. Jakhar cluding Assam’s Ripun Bo­ ideology as an ordinary Rahul Gandhi owning “mo­ signation of the Leader of hagathbandhan,” said State pointed out that despite ra, Punjab’s Sunil Jhakhar worker,” said a CWC mem­ ral responsibility” for the the Opposition Tejashwi Ya­ Congress leader and party support from him, Priyan­ and Jharkhand’s Ajoy Ku­ ber was privy to the party’s electoral show. dav, while some State Con­ Difficult times: Congress president Rahul Gandhi with RJD MLA Abdul Jalil Mastan. ka Gandhi Vadra and Chief mar have offered their proceedings. “Whatever maybe the gress leaders have urged the leader Tejashwi Yadav at an election rally. * RANJEET KUMAR State Congress president Minister Captain Amarin­ resignations. He also reportedly lashed reason for this humiliating party leadership to part Madan Mohan Jha has called der Singh, he failed to re­ out at senior Congress lead­ defeat of my party in As­ ways with the RJD. cost the party dear. seat in the State, while the a meeting of party leaders to tain his seat. “In such a sce­ ‘Don’t fall for rumours’ ers who focussed more on sam, my conscience “Tejashwi Yadav must re­ “I had raised this issue Congress won the lone Kish­ discuss the poll results, but nario I cannot continue as Congress communication campaigning for their sons doesn’t allow me to conti­ sign as the Leader of the Op­ earlier too, but it was ig­ anganj seat. The NDA swept most of the party leaders State chief. I felt a moral chief, Randeep Surjewala, and put them above party nue as president of Assam position taking moral res­ nored… RJD will break in the the poll, winning 39 of the have urged the leadership to responsibility to quit.” however, issued an official interests. PCC. In order to give a new ponsibility for the defeat, coming days if this demand 40 seats. reconsider the alliance with Mr. Jakhar was defeated statement almost imme­ Apart from Mr Gehlot’s look to the party and rejuv­ and he should appoint a se­ is not met,” he warned. He On Sunday, the Upendra the RJD. by BJP’s actor­turned­polit­ diately, urging the media son, who unsuccessfully enate it, I think a new suc­ nior party leader to the declared that he would not Kushwaha­led Rashtriya Lok “This is not right… if the ician Sunny Deol. “not to fall for conjectures”. contested from Jodhpur in cessor should be take im­ post,” said RJD MLA Mahesh­ attend the upcoming RJD Samata Party’s two MLAs party leaders have to say so­ Capt. Amarinder Singh “Various conjectures, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh mediately in my place,” he war Yadav. meeting scheduled for May and an MLC joined the JD(U). mething, they should speak said Mr. Jakhar’s resigna­ speculations, insinuations, Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s wrote in the letter on May The MLA from the Gaighat 28 and 29 to discuss the poll The RLSP, a constituent of in the party forum and not to tion was unnecessary, gi­ assumptions, gossip and ru­ son, Nakul, won from 24. constituency in Muzaffarpur results. the mahagathbandhan, the media,” said senior State ven what he termed an im­ mour mongering in a sec­ Chhindwara and former Fi­ The Congress won just 3 district of north Bihar said The RJD, for the first time, could not win even one of Congress leader Prem Chan­ pressive performance of tion of the media is uncalled nance Minister P. Chida­ of the 14 seats in the State. pariwarwad (nepotism) had failed to win even a single the five seats allotted to it. dra Mishra. the party in the State. for and unwarranted,” Mr. mabaram's son, Karti, won Surjewala said in a from Sivaganga. statement. Resorting to some plain­ “The CWC looked at the speaking in the CWC, party Rajeev Kumar seeks 7 days Ram’s work will be done, High Court notice to reverses in the Lok Sabha general secretary Priyanka elections as an opportunity Gandhi Vadra is learnt to for radical changes and a said that the senior leader­ to appear before CBI says RSS chief Bhagwat Robert Vadra on ED’s plea complete organisational ship of the party didn't sup­ overhaul, for which it auth­ port her brother “who was Agency to question him in Saradha case Reiterates resolve on Ayodhya temple “In all likelihood, the res­ orised the Congress presi­ left alone to fight a lonely Wants grant of bail pondent [Mr. Vadra] is likely dent, Shri Rahul Gandhi. battle” against Prime Minis­ Special Correspondent Special Correspondent to him in money to tamper with the evidence The Congress party expects ter Narendra Modi. Kolkata AHMEDABAD laundering case and the witnesses in the Senior IPS officer and form­ With the BJP’s landslide vic­ case”. er Commissioner of Kolkata tory in the Lok Sabha poll, cancelled Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for ED, P.S. Golay sworn in as Police, Rajeev Kumar, on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Special Correspondent Monday sent a letter to the on Sunday reiterated the or­ NEW DELHI said, “It is a clear case of CBI seeking additional time ganisation’s commitment to black money and money Chief Minister of Sikkim of seven days to appear be­ building a Ram temple in The Delhi High Court on laundering... He [Mr. Vadra] fore the agency. Ayodhya. Monday issued notice to was asked to cooperate, he Mohan Bhagwat Robert Vadra, brother­in­ didn’t.” Mr. Mehta said the However, after differences post of Chief Minister or ap­ On Sunday evening, a Rajeev Kumar Speaking at an event at law of Congress president agency needed Mr. Vadra’s cropped up between him point someone else, but the group of CBI officers arrived Udaipur in Rajasthan, Mr. Rahul Gandhi, on Enforce­ custody to reach the truth. and Mr. Chamling, the party speculation was set aside on at his residence in South eral of CID on Sunday even­ Bhagwat said the RSS was this is our work and we will ment Directorate’s (ED) pe­ He said no chargesheet had president, he formed the Monday. Kolkata and served a notice ing by the West Bengal go­ committed to building a glo­ have to do it.” tition seeking cancellation been filed. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha in After being sworn in, Mr. on him in his absence asking vernment after the model rious Ram temple. His remarks came even as of the anticipatory bail In the petition, ED said, February 2013. Golay assured the people him to appear before the code of conduct was lifted. “Ram ka kaam karna a Supreme Court­mandated granted to him in a money “The bald denials to the bas­ In the 2014 Assembly that his government would agency on Monday. In the letter submitted to hai, Ram ka kaam ho kar hi mediation process is under laundering case. ic facts, contrary to the re­ election, the SKM bagged 10 work to ensure peace in Sik­ During the day, a group of the CBI, Mr. Kumar said he rahega (Ram’s work needs way to resolve the Ram Jan­ Justice Chander Shekhar cords of the case, by the res­ seats. Mr. Golay was later kim, and for the welfare of officers from West Bengal’s was on leave due to perso­ to be done and Ram’s work mabhoomi­Babri Masjid also directed Mr. Vadra’s pondent only highlights his convicted and served a pri­ all sections. Criminal Investigation De­ nal reasons and sought time will be done). This is our dispute. close aide Manoj Arora to non­cooperative and eva­ son term till his release in At his first meeting with partment, which is headed of seven days to appear be­ work, so we have to do it A three­member panel, respond to ED’s plea and sive attitude.” August 2018. government officials, he by Mr. Kumar, arrived at the fore the agency. Sources ourselves. We have given headed by former Supreme posted the case for hearing The agency said Mr. Va­ Since his release, Mr. Go­ asked them to work without Central Government Offic­ said Mr. Kumar is likely to the responsibility to some­ Court judge F.M.I. Kalifulla, on July 17. The probe agency dra instead of dispelling lay’s political events and ral­ fear or favour. He also an­ ers Complex in Salt Lake move a court seeking antici­ one, but will have to keep an is currently engaged in a has sought quashing of a lo­ doubts and coming clean lies drew huge crowds. It nounced that Saturdays and submitted a letter to the patory bail. The CBI is keen eye on it,” the RSS chief was mediation process and is cal court’s April 1 order about his role in the case, was not clear whether the would be a holiday for go­ agency. to question Mr. Kumar in quoted as saying. scheduled to submit its re­ granting anticipatory bail to has remained evasive SKM chief would take up the vernment employees. Mr. Kumar was reinstated connection with the Sarad­ Mr. Bhagwat added, port to the court by August as Additional Director Gen­ ha chit fund case. “Lord Rama lives in us, so 15. Mr. Vadra, contending that, throughout.

Young man shot at for Akash test­fired 3 killed, 100 injured in his name in Begusarai successfully Mamata sets up panel to probe ANI Tripura post­poll violence “Yes, we are feeling threa­ this trap. Matter shall be in­ Balasore vandalising of Vidyasagar bust tened after the incident… vestigated thoroughly and The DRDO on Monday suc­ Syed Sajjad Ali (M) alleged that their work­ The accused has not been guilty punished. But re­ cessfully test­fired the new Agartala ers are being subjected to arrested yet,” he added. quest all not to spread such version of the Akash sur­ Three persons were killed extortion. Even RSS workers It will be headed by Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay Begusarai Superinten­ rumours based on action of face­to­air defence missile and more than 100 injured were assaulted by what the dent of Police Awakash Ku­ a single individual. One system with a new indige­ in violence that broke out af­ BJP’s spokesperson branded Special Correspondent tam Kundu, as members. So mar said, “Mohammed Qa­ must realise this sends a nously­developed seeker in ter results were declared in as “new entrants” to the Kolkata far, two FIRs have been sim has lodged an FIR at the wrong message not only in Balasore off the Odisha the two Lok Sabha consti­ party. West Bengal Chief Minister lodged and 35 persons ar­ local Cheria­Bariarpur pol­ local area but to whole na­ coast. This is the second tuencies in Tripura. Houses of lawyers, senior Mamata Banerjee on Mon­ rested. ice station and has also tion and might disturb our successful test since A few hundred houses politicians, including CPI day set up a committee to Ms. Banerjee also reshuf­ named one person. We are social fabric in the long Saturday. and shops were attacked or (M) secretary Gautam Das, probe the vandalism of the fled the bureaucracy and the conducting a raid to arrest term.” The medium range mul­ set on fire. and journalists were stoned. bust of Ishwar Chandra Vi­ police, appointing Mr. Ban­ him but he is at large.” In the recently conclud­ ti­target engagement capa­ The flare­up is blamed on A mob demanded a hefty dyasagar at Vidyasagar Col­ dyopadhyay as the Home Se­ ed general election, former ble missile was developed police failure to get tough sum from two rural journal­ lege in the city during BJP cretary and Gyanwant ‘Don’t generalise’ Union Minister Giriraj Singh as part of the IGMDP other with perpetrators. Chief Mi­ ists. A 60­year­old man, president Amit Shah’s road Mamata Banerjee Singh, Commissioner of Earlier, Mr. Kumar had won the Begusarai seat, de­ than Nag, Agni, Trishul, nister Biplab Kumar Deb, identified as Rabi Paul, com­ show on May 14. Biddhanagar City Police, as urged people not to general­ feating CPI candidate and and Prithvi missiles. The su­ now in Delhi with the MPs­ mitted suicide in Belonia af­ The committee would be sioner Anuj Sharma, Addi­ the Additional DGP (Law ise a single incident. former JNU Students’ Union personic missile has a range elect, has asked the police to ter he was allegedly asked to headed by Home Secretary tional Commissioner of Pol­ and Order). Many district In series of tweets, he president Kanhaiya Kumar of around 25 km and up to restore law and order. pay ₹3 lakh for “victory cele­ Alapan Bandyopadhyay, ice Jawed Shamin and magistrates in south Bengal said, “Let us not fall into by over 4.5 lakh votes. the altitude of 18,000 m. The Congress and the CPI brations”. with Kolkata Police Commis­ principal of the college, Gau­ were also transferred.

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DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Austrian Chancellor loses no­confidence vote This comes after the ‘Ibiza­gate’ exposé Agence France-Presse Vienna Austria’s Chancellor Sebas­ tian Kurz on Monday lost a no­confidence vote in Par­ liament, removing him and his Cabinet from office over a corruption scandal that brought has down his coali­ tion government. “An application (by the opposition Social Demo­ crats) has been accepted, so Austrian Chancellor he has lost the confidence” Sebastian Kurz. * REUTERS of Parliament, Deputy Speaker Doris Bures said. The no­confidence vote The move comes in the against Mr. Kurz and his go­ wake of the so­called “Ibiza­ vernment took place in a gate” scandal, which saw special sitting of Parliament Freedom Party leader and with more than half of MPs Vice­Chancellor Heinz­ withdrawing their support, Christian Strache resign making him the shortest­ EU’s mainstream halts populist right’s march from both posts after he was serving Chancellor, as well caught appearing to offer as the first in post­war Aus­ public contracts in return trian history to be removed Centre­right coalition wins the most number of seats in European Parliament election; Eurosceptics win big in Italy, France for campaign help from a in this fashion. fake Russian backer. Social Democrats (SPOe) Reuters ers after turnout surged and last at least until a key sum­ met on Monday, although leader Pamela Rendi­Wagn­ Brussels nationalists advanced only mit on June 20­21. A stand­off building a common plat­ End of coalition er accused Mr. Kurz of an Parties committed to closer modestly. “The European is likely with Parliament, form, let alone agreeing on That led to Mr. Kurz ending unprecedented “uncurbed European Union (EU) inte­ elections were tangible proof where EU party chiefs want who to back for top EU jobs, his coalition with the party and shameless power grab” gration began bargaining ov­ that European democracy is the national leaders to back is unlikely to be smooth. and calling early elections when bringing forward the er jobs and policy on Mon­ alive and well,” Margaritis down from a refusal to re­ At the expense of Ms. Mer­ for the autumn, but the Op­ motion against him. Mr. day after an election to the Schinas, chief spokesman of place Mr. Juncker with a law­ kel, long Europe’s key pow­ position said the 32­year­old Kurz’s former partner, the EU Parliament which frag­ the executive European maker from among their er­broker but now in her fi­ leader must also take res­ Freedom Party, also sup­ mented the centre but gave Commission, told reporters. winning ranks. nal term, there has been ponsibility for the scandal. ported the motion. only limited gains to nation­ “The populists didn’t win leftward shift in the balance alists. National leaders of the this election.” Joint majority of power, with the Greens, bloc, many of whom hailed Facing a more hostile Rus­ The vote saw the centre­right Mr. Macron and Spain’s new­ the vote as a vindication, will sia, China’s growing econom­ EPP, dented by losses for the ly re­elected socialist Prime Sajid Javid enters race meet to chart the next steps ic might and an unpredicta­ Back to winning ways: U.K. Liberal Democrat leader Vince likes of German Chancellor Minister Pedro Sanchez flex­ on Tuesday. ble U.S. President Donald Cable, second from right, with new Members of the European Angela Merkel’s Christian ing their muscles. We are go­ Matteo Salvini, Italian De­ Trump, many Europeans ap­ Parliament in London on Monday. * REUTERS Democrats, and centre­left ing to build a social Europe, a to replace May as PM puty­Prime Minister and po­ peared to heed a message SD lose a joint majority in the Europe that protects,” Mr. tential builder of a far­right that the EU needed to stick discuss old and outdated quarter of Parliament’s seats legislature. Sanchez said, before he flew Home Secretary is the 9th candidate alliance across Europe, said together to protect workers’ rules that have hurt Europe.” into a united force. But gains for liberals, like to Paris for talks with Mr. Ma­ his party’s vote share of 32% rights, free speech and de­ But the far­right and other The 28 EU national lead­ those of French President cron to coordinate ahead of Agence France-Presse of the Italian vote was a man­ mocracy. Turnout rose to nationalists, including Nigel ers, including outgoing Brit­ Emmanuel Macron’s new the wider Brussels summit. London date to rip up eurozone bud­ 51% from just 43% in the last Farage’s triumphant new ish Prime Minister Theresa movement, and for the That could mean a bigger U.K. Home Secretary Sajid get austerity rules. election in 2014. Brexit Party, Marine Le Pen’s May, will meet over dinner in Greens, second in Germany, push to tax multinational Javid became the ninth can­ Mr. Salvini, calling the National Rally, which edged Brussels on Tuesday to dis­ third in France and fourth in companies and tighten envi­ didate on Monday to enter Surge in turnout shots in Rome and who now President Emmanuel Ma­ cuss the successor to current Britain, means a four­party ronmental rules on industry, the race to replace Theresa But despite other wins for emerges as leader of a poten­ cron’s liberals in France, and Commission president Jean­ alliance is already in the as well as a more protection­ May as Prime Minister, pro­ eurosceptics in big coun­ tial new European Parlia­ the ruling parties of Poland Claude Juncker and other works. These four pro­Union ist bent in trade negotiations, mising to “deliver Brexit” af­ tries, including France, Po­ ment group hostile to the and Hungary, may find it key jobs. groups lost fewer than 20 with a greater stress put on ter repeated delays. land and the U.K., the result Brussels establishment, told hard to overcome long­ Hard bargaining, playing seats to retain 503 seats in pressing commercial partn­ Referring to the drubbing was taken as a vote of confi­ a news conference: “The standing differences and off national interest, party the 751­seat chamber. ers to combat climate Ms. May’s Conservatives re­ U.K. Home Secretary Sajid dence by mainstream lead­ time has come to totally re­ turn what may be about a lines and gender issues, will Leaders of those groups change. ceived in European Parlia­ Javid. * REUTERS ment elections, Mr. Javid said the new party leader munities, reminding us of had to restore voters’ trust. our shared values as a Unit­ ‘Guru Nanak palace’ in “As last night’s results ed Kingdom,” said Mr. Javid. Sirisena assures diplomats on security made all too clear, we must Mr. Javid did not join sev­ get on and deliver Brexit to eral other leadership hope­ Pakistan vandalised Urges countries to lift travel advisories issued following the Easter terror attacks make sure there is renewed fuls in saying that he would trust in our democracy,” Mr. pull Britain out of the EU The structure is located in Narowal Meera Srinivasan nomy and the sector was Troops continue to conduct Javid said in a video message with or without a deal when Colombo picking up considerably in search operations. posted on Twitter. “We must the new deadline arrives on Press Trust of India ventilators, the report said. Sri Lanka is “99%” secure, the first quarter of the year. Meanwhile, Muslim politi­ bridge divides to heal com­ October 31. Lahore Muhammad Aslam, a re­ President Maithripala Sirise­ The scenic island’s earnings cians have appealed to Mr. A centuries­old ‘Guru Nanak sident of the area, said: na told select Colombo­ from tourism rose to $4.4 Sirisena to release “inno­ palace’ in Pakistan’s Punjab “This old building is called based diplomats on Monday, billion in 2018. However, the cent” persons in custody. A province was partially de­ the Palace of Baba Guru Na­ and urged countries to lift sector has taken a major delegation that included Ca­ molished by a group of van­ nak and we have named it the travel ban imposed fol­ beating after the Easter se­ binet Ministers Rauff Ha­ dals, who later sold its pre­ Mahalan. A number of Sikhs lowing the Easter attacks. rial blasts in which 258 peo­ keem and Rishad Bathiu­ cious windows and doors, a from across the world, in­ “He [Mr. Sirisena] Sri Lankan President ple, including over 40 fo­ deen and prominent Muslim media report said. cluding India, used to visit thanked the international Maithripala Sirisena. * REUTERS reigners, died. legislators, met the Presi­ The walls of the four­sto­ this building.” community for the coopera­ dent on Saturday, and point­ rey building had pictures of Evacuee Trust Property tion and assistance provided Australia and the European Travel restrictions ed to apparently arbitrary Sikhism founder Guru Na­ Board Sialkot’s zone Rent to Sri Lanka at this time of Union (EU) at his official resi­ Several countries, including arrests of some persons nak as well as that of various Collector Rana Waheed need and urged them to con­ dence, said that most of the the United States, India and from the Muslim Hindu rulers and princes, said: “Our team is investigat­ tinue to provide economic terrorists and suspects China had issued travel advi­ community. Dawn reported. ing the Guru Nanak Mahal assistance and lift the travel linked to the bombings had sories to potential tourists. Some were arrested for The structure at a village Bathanwala. If this palace advisories issued to tou­ been arrested and a huge In its advisory issued on having in their possession in Narowal city — about 100 was the property of Evacuee rists,” according to a state­ quantity of explosives and April 27, the Ministry of Ex­ copies of the Koran, Arabic km from Lahore — had 16 Trust Property Board, legal ment issued by his office. weapons had been seized. ternal Affairs advised Indian literature and Arabic new­ rooms, the report said. action will be taken against The appeal comes days af­ nationals “not to undertake spapers. The delegation The group of locals not those responsible”. President meets envoys ter Prime Minister Ranil non­essential travel”. The pointed out that security of­ only partially demolished The people in the area Mr. Sirisena, who met Am­ Wickremesinghe held a simi­ advisory is still in effect, as ficials, “lacked sufficient the structure, allegedly with have requested Prime Minis­ bassadors and High Com­ lar discussion with Colom­ are the travel restrictions im­ knowledge about the nature the connivance of local offi­ ter Imran Khan to take ac­ missioners of the United bo­based mission heads. posed by Western countries. of these documents”, and cials, but also sold its pre­ tion against those responsi­ Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Tourism is a major con­ However, China relaxed its hence made the arrests, ac­ cious windows, doors and ble. United States, Germany, tributor to Sri Lanka’s eco­ travel advisory last week . cording to a statement. ELSEWHERE U.S. is not seeking regime change in Iran, says Trump President makes historic visit to meet Japan Emperor Agence France-Presse Tokyo Nasheed nominated as The U.S. does not seek “re­ next Maldives Speaker gime change” in Iran, Presi­ COLOMBO dent Donald Trump said on Former Maldives President Monday, also praising North Mohamed Nasheed has been nominated as the country’s Korea’s leader Kim Jong­un parliamentary Speaker and is in comments made during a set to be sworn in on historic visit to meet Japan’s Tuesday, a party official said. new Emperor. Mr. Nasheed was Speaking at a joint press unanimously chosen to head conference in Tokyo with Ja­ the People’s Majlis, or the panese Prime Minister Shin­ Parliament, by his Maldivian zo Abe, Mr. Trump seemed Democratic Party. AFP at pains to dial down ten­ sions in the world’s two Royal guest: President Donald Trump and Japan’s Emperor Israel could face another most pressing flashpoints as Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday. * AFP general election the U.S. faces off against JERUSALEM Tehran and Pyongyang. peror Naruhito, with a state ing for Mr. Kim despite two Israelis faced the growing possibility on Monday of a Iran “has a chance to be a visit and banquet. short­range missile tests national poll despite a great country, with the “I really believe that Iran that sparked renewed con­ general election last month, same leadership. We’re not would like to make a deal. I cern in the region after a pe­ as Prime Minister Benjamin looking for regime change, I think that’s very smart of riod of relative calm. Netanyahu’s coalition talks want to make that clear. them and I think there’s a Asked about the missile remain deadlocked. Mr. We’re looking for no nuclear possibility for that to hap­ tests, Mr. Trump said: “My Netanyahu risks a major weapons,” said the Presi­ pen also.” people think it could have setback if he fails to reach an dent, who became the first Addressing another hot­ been a violation... I view it agreement before foreign leader invited to button issue, Mr. Trump as a man who perhaps Wednesday’s deadline. AFP meet freshly crowned Em­ doubled down on his back­ wants to get attention.” CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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for listed debt securities Press trust of india existing export policy of the NIFTY 50 New Delhi country. The DGFT said that PRICE CHANGE Company websites must display details of payment, redemption schedules The Commerce Ministry has the updated draft had been Adani Ports...... 412.40...... 2.15 come out with a comprehen­ prepared by including all ex­ Asian Paints...... 1366.85...... -17.65 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Axis Bank ...... 813.90...... 20.70 update such details for any sive draft of the export poli­ isting policy conditions, all MUMBAI Bajaj Auto ...... 3066.90...... -11.00 new issues handled during cy which includes product­ notifications and public not­ Bajaj Finserv...... 8213.05...... 61.35

Bajaj Finance ...... 3449.00...... -18.90 To further safeguard the in­ the financial year within five specific rules with a view to ices issued after January Bharti Airtel ...... 349.50...... -3.70 terest of investors in listed days of closure of the issue. provide a ready reckoner for 2018. Besides, it also in­ BPCL...... 402.00...... 6.55 debt securities, the Securi­ “DTs shall also update the exporters. cludes non­tariff regulations Britannia Ind ...... 2896.55...... 45.50

Cipla ...... 578.70...... 8.10 ties and Exchange Board of status of payment... against “Based on inputs received imposed by different govern­ Coal India ...... 244.10...... -0.80 India (SEBI) has tightened such issuers not later than 1 from various partner go­ ment agencies. Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2658.00...... -5.90 the disclosure norms for en­ day from the due date. In vernment agencies, it is pro­ Commenting on the Eicher Motors...... 20887.35...... 36.70

GAIL (India)...... 348.35...... 6.70 tities that have issued such case the payment is made posed to bring out a compre­ move, exporters body Fed­ Grasim Ind ...... 935.30...... 25.25 securities. with a delay by the issuer, hensive exports policy for all eration of Indian Export Or­ HCL Tech...... 1064.20...... -1.75 In a circular issued on DTs shall update the calen­ ITC (HS) tariff codes (includ­ ing. It was adopted by India ganisations (FIEO) said that HDFC ...... 2165.30...... 41.90

HDFC Bank...... 2408.35...... 35.00 Monday, the capital market dar specifying the date of ing items which are ‘free’ for for import­export opera­ it would provide a “ready Hero MotoCorp ...... 2821.20...... -7.25 watchdog made it mandato­ such payment, with a re­ export and do not currently tions. reckoner” for traders and Hindalco ...... 200.60...... 4.80 ry for such companies to dis­ mark ‘delayed payment’,” exist in the policy), covering Every product has been help in digitisation. Hind Unilever ...... 1771.95...... 22.35

Indiabulls HFL ...... 791.90...... -2.20 close on their websites the Investor-friendly: Enhanced disclosure norms have been said the circular. conditions/restrictions im­ accorded eight digit HS “It will help exporters in ICICI Bank ...... 435.50...... 3.75 schedule of interest and re­ issued to further secure interests of debt investors. * REUTERS For privately­placed debt posed by partner govern­ codes. The compendium understanding export IndusInd Bank ...... 1612.80...... -36.10 demption obligations for the securities, SEBI has made it ment agencies on exports,” will help an exporter know norms and conditions for Bharti Infratel ...... 279.55...... 2.00

Infosys ...... 708.10...... -1.10 complete financial year. According to the SEBI, the “DTs shall display on their mandatory for the inclusion the Directorate General of all the applicable norms per­ items,” FIEO director gener­ Indian OilCorp...... 162.20...... 5.40 enhanced disclosure norms website... details of interest/ of a clause stating that at Foreign Trade said. taining to a particular pro­ al Ajay Sahai said. ITC ...... 290.85...... 0.40 Within a day of due date have been issued to “further redemption due to the de­ least 2% per annum interest The draft policy aims at duct, helping him/her un­ The directorate had JSW Steel...... 287.75...... -0.25

Kotak Bank ...... 1529.40...... 17.70 Further, the status of pay­ secure the interests of inves­ benture holders in respect of would be paid over the cou­ consolidating the export derstand policy conditions sought the views of all stake L&T...... 1596.00...... 51.85 ments has to be updated tors in listed debt securities, all issues during a financial pon rate in case of a default norms for each product as for that item. holders on the draft. M&M ...... 679.35...... 13.90 within one day of the due enhance transparency and year within 5 working days in meeting the payment obli­ applicable at different go­ A similar policy exists for Maruti Suzuki ...... 7068.45...... -24.70 NTPC ...... 133.20...... 4.05 date, which effectively to enable Debenture Trus­ of start of financial year,” gations. The additional inter­ vernment agencies. Consolidating norms import purposes also. While ONGC ...... 173.65...... -0.75 means that any default or de­ tees (DTs) to perform their stated the SEBI circular, est would be payable by the ITC­HS Codes are Indian This exercise is for consoli­ Schedule 1 deals with im­ PowerGrid Corp ...... 187.35...... 1.70 lay will be disclosed within a duties effectively and while adding that the deben­ company for the tenure of Trade Clarification based on dating the norms and not for ports, Schedule 2 deals with Reliance Ind ...... 1310.65...... -26.20 State Bank ...... 361.70...... 6.35 day of the due date. promptly.” ture trustees will also have to the defaulting period. Harmonised System of Cod­ making any changes in the export related matters. Sun Pharma ...... 414.85...... -0.90

Tata Motors ...... 181.35...... -0.95

Tata Steel ...... 512.55...... 28.40

TCS ...... 2055.15...... 7.15

Tech Mahindra ...... 726.05...... -9.80 Titan ...... 1240.95...... 21.05 Release list of large loan Indigo Q4 net surges 400% Fiat pitches $35 billion UltraTech Cement...... 4841.05...... 40.95

UPL...... 1024.45...... 3.60 Vedanta ...... 166.50...... 2.60 defaulters, CIC tells RBI However, profit for FY19 was lower by 93% on fuel, rupee merger with Renault Wipro ...... 280.50...... -2.40

YES Bank...... 146.80...... 5.60 Special correspondent Zee Entertainment ...... 361.00...... -15.85 ‘RBI need not give copies of files’ transferring a part of its Seeks deal to help tackle challenges New Delhi market share to other Special Correspondent icy which stonewalls the Market leader IndiGo report­ players in the sector. Reuters investors welcomed the po­ NEW DELHI MILAN/PARIS EXCHANGE RATES disclosure of many types of ed a 400% increase in its During the financial year tential creation of a compa­ Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit The Central Information information under the Right profit to ₹589 crore for the 2019, the airline was able to Fiat Chrysler pitched a fine­ ny that would produce more except yen at 4 p.m. on May 27 Commission (CIC) has again to Information Act, includ­ quarter ended March 31, increase its domestic ca­ ly balanced merger of than 8.7 million vehicles a CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL directed the Reserve Bank ing the list of wilful defaul­ making it the most profitable pacity by 24% and capacity equals to Renault on Mon­ year and aim for €5 billion US Dollar...... 69.30...... 69.62 of India (RBI) to disclose the ters and annual inspection period of financial year 2019 on international routes by day to confront the costs of ($5.6 billion) in annual Euro ...... 77.60...... 77.96

British Pound...... 87.95...... 88.36 list of large loan defaulters reports. The policy was di­ for the airline partly due to 60%. far­reaching technological savings. Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 63.31...... 63.60 to activist Nutan Thakur. rectly contrary to the the suspension of flight op­ Indigo, with a fleet of 217 and regulatory changes by It would rank third in the Chinese Yuan ...... 10.04...... 10.09 However, Central Informa­ court’s December 2015 jud­ erations by Jet Airways. aircraft, will be adding 53 creating the world’s third­ global auto industry behind Swiss Franc ...... 68.93...... 69.25 Singapore Dollar ...... 50.41...... 50.65 tion Commissioner Suresh gement that the RBI could However, IndiGo’s full­ Airbus A320s and A321s as biggest automaker. Japan’s Toyota and Germa­ Canadian Dollar...... 51.52...... 51.76 Chandra said the RBI need not withhold information year profit was down by well as almost 11 ATRs in If it goes ahead, the $35 ny’s Volkswagen. Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.54...... 16.64 not provide copies of files sought under the RTI Act, 93%, allowing the airline to cond half of the year expe­ the current financial year. billion­plus tie­up would al­ But analysts also warned Source:Indian Bank related to the list. said an SC Bench. break even by a whisker. Be­ riencing a sharp recovery,” To a question on wheth­ ter the landscape for rivals, of big complications, includ­ In November 2018, the In the wake of the SC rul­ set by high fuel prices and a CEO Ronojoy Dutta said. er the airline would further including General Motors ing Renault’s existing al­ CIC had issued a show cause ing, the CIC has again direct­ weak rupee for the better diversify its fleet by adding and Peugeot maker PSA liance with Nissan, the BULLION RATES CHENNAI notice to RBI Governor Urjit ed the RBI to partially dis­ part of the fiscal, the airline Optimising network wide­body aircraft, the Group, which recently held French state’s role as Re­ May 27 rates in rupees with previous rates in parentheses Patel, holding him responsi­ close the details requested cobbled together a profit of Mr. Dutta attributed the CEO said, “There is noth­ inconclusive talks with Fiat nault’s largest shareholder

Retail Silver (1g) ...... 39.5...... (39.4) ble for not disclosing the by Ms. Thakur. She had in­ ₹156 crore, down from growth in the airline’s reve­ ing imminent. Are we stu­ Chrysler (FCA), and could and potential opposition 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3037...... (3030) same information, in a diffe­ itially filed her RTI request ₹2,242 crore profit in FY18. nue to two factors — actions dying it? Absolutely. But spur more deals. from politicians and work­ rent case. The recent CIC or­ in September 2017, on the “Fiscal 2019 was a tough taken by the airline to opti­ are we about to place an or­ ers to any cutbacks. der comes a month after the basis of a lecture by RBI De­ year for the airline industry mise its network such as der or do we see something Friendly proposal “The market will be care­ Supreme Court backed the puty Governor Viral in India because of high fuel reallocation of 10% of its ca­ happening in the near fu­ French group Renault said it ful with these synergy num­ GAIL reports transparency watchdog Acharya who said the RBI prices, weak rupee and in­ pacity as well as a rise in re­ ture. No.” was studying the proposal bers as much has been pro­ against the central bank in had directed banks to file in­ tense competitive environ­ venue from ticket sales due He also said the rift bet­ from Italian­American FCA mised before and there isn’t highest­ever an April 26 ruling. The SC solvency applications ment. However, it is a tale of to Jet Airways suspending its ween IndiGo’s partners Ra­ with interest, and consi­ a single merger of equals gave the RBI “a last oppor­ against 12 large accounts two halves for IndiGo, with flight operations. The cash­ hul Bhatia and Rakesh dered it friendly. that has ever succeeded in net profit tunity” to withdraw a No­ comprising about 25% of the the first half of the year in­ strapped airline shut down Gangwal over “one issue” Shares in both companies autos,” Evercore ISI analyst vember 2016 Disclosure Pol­ total non­performing assets. curring losses and the se­ its operations mid­April, would be resolved soon. jumped more than 10% as Arndt Ellinghorst said. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA NEW DELHI State­owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd. reported Reliance Capital to sell New code in offing for its highest­ever net profit, record dividend payout and largest­ever capital ex­ entire stake in radio unit textile, clothing sector penditure of ₹54,000 crore as it builds infrastructure Part of move to cut debt by ₹1,200 cr. May improve staff working conditions to take clean fuel to the un­ connected parts of the Special Correspondent tal enterprise value of Special Correspondent It is, however, compatible country to aid transition to MUMBAI ₹1,050 crore, it added. COIMBATORE with existing audit systems a gas­based economy. Reliance Capital and Re­ In addition, Reliance Cap­ The ‘Social and Labor Con­ and codes of conduct. The country’s biggest liance Land (a part of Re­ ital will receive an estimated vergence Programme A statement said the in­ transporter and marketer liance Capital Group) have ₹150 crore from the disposal (SLCP),’ an initiative to have itiative is led by world’s lead­ of natural gas reported that agreed to divest their entire of other assets of RBNL, a standard­neutral, con­ ing manufacturers, brands, net profit rose 10% in the equity stake in Reliance which do not form part of verged assessment frame­ retailers, industry groups, fourth quarter to ₹1,122 Broadcast Network Limited the deal with MBL, in accor­ work for the textile and non­governmental organisa­ crore and by 30% to record (RBNL) to Music Broadcast dance with the regulations. clothing industry, will be tions and service providers. ₹6,026 crore in the finan­ Limited (MBL). In aggregate, the transac­ launched in India shortly. This is a voluntary adop­ cial year ended March 31, RBNL operates under the tion will reduce Reliance According to K.V. Sriniva­ tion by the textile and cloth­ its CMD B. C. Tripathi said. brand name BIG FM Radio Capital’s outstanding debt san, chairman of The Cotton ing makers. For the export­ GAIL board recom­ network with 58 stations by an estimated ₹1,200 Textiles and Export Promo­ ing units, it will reduce the mended a final dividend of across India. MBL will in­ crore. “We are delighted to tion Council (Texprocil), the number of social audits and ₹1.77 per share to take total itially acquire a 24% equity announce the asset moneti­ issues of social and labour facilitate measuring of em­ dividend payout to highest stake of RBNL by way of a sation transaction with Mus­ compliance had become ployment practices, thus ­ever of ₹8.02 per share in preferential allotment for a ic Broadcast Limited . This highly relevant in labour­in­ improving working condi­ the fiscal, he said. total consideration of ₹202 deal is part of our overall tensive industries, including tions and employee rela­ “We are investing anoth­ crore and thereafter subject strategy to reduce exposure in the textile and clothing tions. The SLCP would be er ₹54,000 crore over the to regulatory approvals, in non­core businesses and sector. holding free seminars at next 2­3 years in the laying said a company statement. will reduce Reliance Capi­ The converged assess­ Mumbai, Bengaluru, Tirup­ of gas pipeline network MBL will acquire the re­ tal’s debt by an estimated ment framework is a tool de­ pur, and New Delhi and will that will feed households maining equity stake held ₹1,200 crore,” said Amit veloped by the SLCP, which launch operations in India, and industries such as fer­ by Reliance Capital and Re­ Bapna, CFO, Reliance provides a data set with no China, Sri Lanka and Tai­ tiliser plants,” he said. liance Land in RBNL at a to­ Capital. value judgment or scoring. wan this month. ‘H­1B curbs put pressure on IT firms’ margin’ Colgate­ Palmolive India However, revenue is expected to grow 7­8% in dollar terms in FY20, says Crisil net rises 4.67% Special Correspondent penses were about 13% on­ Bengaluru year for nine months ended Special Correspondent Indian IT revenue is expect­ December of fiscal 2019 as NEW DELHI ed to grow by 7­8% in dollar many are yet to declare Colgate­Palmolive India re­ terms during fiscal 2020, fourth quarter results,” it gistered a net profit of helped by double digit said in a report. ₹197.6 crore for the fourth growth in digital services. Such a rise in staff costs quarter ended March 2019, However, operating margin can be attributed to tighten­ a growth of 4.67% from is forecast to decline 30­80 ing of visa norms for Indian ₹188.8 crore in the January­ bps (basis points) for the sec­ players, resulting in higher March 2018 period. tor this year as local hires in­ onsite costs for them. Net sales stood at crease for onsite jobs, said Ever since the U.S. govern­ ₹1,146.6 crore, an increase Crisil Research. North bound: Rise in employee costs for the Indian IT firms are ment tightened its H­1B visa of 6% over the same quar­ Local talent comes at an due to the tightening of H­1B visa norms. * K.R. DEEPAK norms in 2017, challenges ter of the previous year. additional cost of 25 to 30% had mounted for the sector. This was led by a domestic compared with the salaries to various market forces — tier 1 players, rose faster at That year, Indian­origin volume growth of 5%, the paid to H­1B holders de­ mainly, changing U.S. policy about 17% and about 9% on­ employees were the largest company said. For the full ployed onsite. Traditionally, stance towards H­1B visas. year in fiscal 2019, respec­ consumers of H­1B visas at year 2018­19, the net profit the sector had relied on la­ “Employee expenses, tively, compared with about 63% of initial employment, stood at ₹775.6 crore bour arbitrage for maintain­ which account for nearly 60­ 6% and about 3% a year be­ so the sudden change meant (₹673.32 crore). The board ing margins, but that gap 65% of total operating costs fore. For mid­tier players, fulfilling onsite client re­ declared a special interim had been narrowing owing and cost per employee for the increase in employee ex­ quirements became tough. dividend of ₹8 per share. 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Piyush Pandey digital enterprise, connected MUMBAI mobility, future of energy The company plans to make India an export hub, says MD India will play an important and artificial intelligence,” Special Correspondent role in Siemens’ global digi­ said a company statement. production. CHENNAI talisation strategy as the Ger­ It added that IoT solutions “We have been selling our DLF cuts net debt by many based automation ma­ developed in India will com­ Yamaha Corporation of Ja­ musical products in India 38% in March quarter jor shifts its focus to high plement work done at the pan opened its first factory since 2008. Till now, they NEW DELHI margins digital business. MindSphere Application in India for musical instru­ were being imported from Realty major DLF reduced its “India is a key focus mar­ Centers in Pune, Noida and ments with a view to make it China. We posted revenue of net debt by 38% in the ket and plays an important Gurgaon where software de­ an export hub. ₹200 crore. We are coming fourth quarter of the last role in our global digitalisa­ velopers, data specialists “We have started making to India at the right time,” fiscal to ₹4,483 crore with tion strategy,” said Roland and engineers help develop musical instruments in India said Rehan Siddiqui, busi­ the help of funds raised from Busch, chief operating offic­ digital innovation for data for the Indian market,” said ness head, MI sales and mar­ selling shares to institutional er, chief technology officer Siemens will soon open Next47’s India office; the venture firm analysis and machine Takashi Haga, MD, Yamaha keting division, YMIPL. investors. According to an and member of the manag­ helps connect customers with global innovation. * REUTERS learning. Music India Pvt. Ltd. investors presentation, DLF’s (YMIPL) Boosting market share net debt has come down ing board, Siemens AG. Sunil Mathur, MD and The factory, located about Asserting sales was growing “from ₹7,224 crore in Q3 of “Research and software for Next47, a global venture tem, Siemens is well pre­ CEO, Siemens Ltd., said, Takashi Haga 70 km from here, is being at 20%­22% year­on­year, FY19 to ₹4,483 crore in Q4 of development in India, cou­ firm that aims to connect Sie­ pared to support India into “We are seeing an accelera­ FY19.” DLF’s net net debt pled with the sharpened fo­ mens customers with start­ the digital age,” Dr. Busch ad­ tion in interest and demand built in phases. The facility can produce Mr. Siddiqui said: “Right would further come down in cus on start­up innovations up innovation from around ded. “4,000 IoT and soft­ from customers for digitali­ The first phase involved 1.50 lakh portable key­ now, our market share in In­ the current quarter with the through Next47, will actively the world. ware experts will collaborate sation. IoT­enabled applica­ an investment of ₹380 crore. boards and two lakh acous­ dia is in single­digit and we likely infusion of ₹2,250 drive the implementation of “With our unique IoT plat­ with teams around the world tions will focus on contribut­ It is currently producing tic guitars annually. will double it soon. crore into the company by cutting­edge technologies,” form, comprising an ad­ to conceptualise, develop, ing to customers’ efforts to portable keyboards. This “Initially, the factory will “We will begin construc­ the promoters. PTI he added. vanced technology stack, test and bring­to­market ap­ maximise the potential with would be followed by acous­ cater to the demands of the tion of the second phase of The company will also domain know­how and an plications in the areas of digitalisation through data tic guitars and pro­audio domestic market. Later, we the unit after two to three Tata Tele: Airtel submits shortly open the India office inclusive innovation ecosys­ smart urban infrastructure, insights.” speakers. plan to export 50% of our years time,” Mr. Haga said. ₹644 crore to TDSAT NEW DELHI Bharti Airtel is learnt to have submitted a bank guarantee Rane Holdings Srei Equipment ties up with OBC to Infinix eyes 6% of ₹644 crore to telecom Natco Pharma net drops tribunal TDSAT to complete profit rises on market share in the merger of Tata on Tamiflu write­off Teleservices’ consumer higher offtake offer loans for equipment purchase smartphones business with the company. Declares third interim dividend On May 2, the TDSAT granted Special Correspondent Association to aid in boosting Srei’s leadership position Special Correspondent partial stay on a ₹8,300­ Special Correspondent CHENNAI KOLKATA crore demand raised by the primarily due to write­off of HYDERABAD Special Correspondent man, Srei, said: “With a sta­ telecom department from Oseltamivir (Tamiflu gener­ Rane Holdings Ltd. has KOLKATA Infinix India, a recent en­ Bharti Airtel for approving its Drugmaker Natco Pharma ic) inventory by the firm’s posted 22% increase in ble government in place, the trant into Indian smart­ merger with the consumer has reported a sharp, almost marketing partner in the standalone net profit for Srei Equipment Finance Li­ infrastructure sector in India phone market, is aiming to business of Tata Teleservices 60%, decline in its consoli­ U.S. “The flu season in USA the fourth quarter ended mited (Srei Equipment), a is expected to grow rapidly. grab a 5­6% market share Ltd. PTI dated net profit for the quar­ was weaker than expected March 2019 to ₹16.96 crore wholly owned subsidiary of Srei Equipment and Oriental by the end of this fiscal, ter ended March, which resulting in the write­off of on higher offtake across Srei Infrastructure Finance Bank of Commerce’s com­ CEO Anish Kapoor said. ‘AI adoption to raise staff came on the back of a more this inventory valued at ap­ major vehicle segments. Limited (Srei), and Oriental bined experience and exper­ Talking to The Hindu, he output by over 2 times’ than 38% drop in total proximately $5.5 million,” Total revenue rose to Bank of Commerce on Mon­ tise in offering innovative fi­ said the company expected NEW DELHI revenue. Natco Pharma said. ₹30.14 crore from ₹28.31 day announced a strategic al­ nancing solutions will help to launch four devices this Adoption of Artificial Net profit for the quarter In the domestic business, crore. Revenue from liance to offer loans for pur­ us in expanding our reach year on the back of the five Intelligence is expected to stood at ₹120.4 crore, or despite intense price pres­ lndian original equipment chase of equipment under a and create value for our launches in 2018. Under help double the rate of 59.82% lower from the sures, the company saw customers grew 11%, from co­lending arrangement. customers.” the Make­In­India initia­ industrial innovation, and ₹299.7 crore of the year­ear­ growth in the oncology seg­ international customers iQuippo, a Kanoria Foun­ Devendra Kumar Vyas, tive, the company services may result in an over two dation initiative, would facil­ CEO, Srei Equipment, said times jump in employee lier period. Net revenue at ment. A company statement 18% and lndian aftermarket the Indian market through ₹486.7 crore declined said the board of directors segment 12%. itate the sourcing of loans Sunil Kanoria that while the bank would its Noida unit, which was productivity in India by 2021, under this programme. benefit from SREI Equip­ a study by tech giant 38.23% from ₹787.9 crore. had declared the third inte­ The board declared a fi­ set up last year. He de­ The partnership would al­ mining and allied equipment ment’s domain expertise Microsoft said. The For the full fiscal, the con­ rim dividend of ₹1.25 per nal dividend of ₹11 per clined to give details on the low Srei Equipment and (CME), medical equipment, and stakeholder relation­ organisations that have solidated net profit declined equity share of ₹2 each, re­ share. It also recommend­ firm’s investment or the ca­ adopted AI saw tangible 7.6% to ₹642.4 crore (₹695.2 sulting in a total dividend ed the appointment of Har­ Oriental Bank of Commerce commercial vehicles and ships in the equipment fi­ pacity. Founded in 2013, improvements of 8­22% in crore), while total revenue payout of ₹6.25 per equity ish Lakshman, vice chair­ to collaborate, co­operate farm equipment would be nancing space, Oriental Infinix is a brand from areas such as customer stood at ₹2,224.7 crore share for 2018­19. The firm’s man, as joint MD for five and widen their respective covered under this Bank’s support would help Transsion Holdings, a Chi­ engagement, margins and (₹2,242.4 crore). shares gained 2.85% to years from August 1 subject markets and customer base. arrangement. in strengthening SREI’s lea­ nese firm, with presence in competitiveness, it said. PTI The decline in profit was ₹524.80 apiece on Monday. to shareholders approval. Financing of construction, Sunil Kanoria, vice­chair­ dership position. the emerging markets.

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Khawaja stars India gets another opportunity to sort out its issues for Australia

After the dismal show against New Zealand, the top­order will be keen to do well against Bangladesh in the team’s final practice match PRESS TRUST OF INDIA SOUTHAMPTON objective during the practice If the conditions in Cardiff Australia concluded its games is to fix its middle­or­ remain overcast, playing out World Cup preparation on der problems, but the two a testing first spell of Mustafi­ an emphatic note, beating protagonists who are likely zur or Rubel will be the top­ a struggling Sri Lanka by to fill the important No. 4 order’s priority. Apart from five wickets in their final and 6 slots have not fully re­ Rahul, the other player who warm­up game here on covered from injuries. would like to spend more Monday. While Kedar injured his time in the middle would be Usman Khawaja an­ left shoulder during the IPL, Ravindra Jadeja, whose chored the innings with 89 Vijay Shankar was hit in the knock was the saving grace in off 105 balls as Australia nets by a short delivery from the first warm­up game breezed to victory in 44.5 WARM-UP Khaleel Ahmed. against the Kiwis. overs, chasing Sri Lanka’s K.L. Rahul gets another 239 for eight. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA opportunity to score runs Hardik’s promotion Key middle­order bat­ CARDIFF and cement the No. 4 slot, An interesting move in the sman Glenn Maxwell, who The top­order will ideally this time against an attack first game was to send Hardik did not play against En­ like an extended session in comprising Mortaza, Musta­ Pandya at No. 5, ahead of gland, scored a run­a­ball the middle, but the injured fizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain M.S. Dhoni, who struggled in 36. Kedar Jadhav and Vijay Shan­ and Shakib Al Hasan. tough batting conditions, la­ The scores: kar’s lack of game time will Though Shakib is recover­ bouring to 17 off 42 balls. Sri Lanka be a bigger worry for India ing from a niggle, Bangla­ The bowlers did a decent At Southampton: ahead of its final World Cup desh coach Steve Rhodes ex­ 239 for eight in 50 overs (La­ job in the first outing with hiru Thirimanne 56, Dhanan­ warm­up game against Ban­ pects him to play a pivotal both Jasprit Bumrah and Mo­ jaya de Silva 43) lost to Aus­ gladesh here on Tuesday. role in the Tigers’ campaign. hammed Shami sharp and tralia 241 for five in 44.5 overs The Indian batsmen fal­ Rohit and Shikhar, who economical, but a good spell (Usman Khawaja 89). tered in bowling­friendly have had some success from Kuldeep Yadav will At London (The Oval): Af­ conditions at The Oval as against Bangladesh, will be keep him in a better head ghanistan 160 in 38.4 overs Trent Boult troubled them keen to make some runs and space after a dismal IPL. (Mohd. Nabi 44) lost to En­ with both swing and seam boost their confidence ahead Live on Star Sports 1 & Select gland 161 for one in 17.3 overs movement. India’s primary of the main event. 1 (SD & HD) from 3 p.m. IST. That’s funny! The Indian players share a laugh at a training session on Monday. * AP (Jason Roy 89 n.o.). Ignore the mavericks at your peril From tennis­ball cricket to the big stage It has been a team to admire in the history of the World Cup Jadhav has come a long way since his humble beginning

TEAM ANALYSIS MEET TEAM INDIA that Kedar has shown all against Zaheer (Khan) and he been reserved, so much so these qualities, even at the responded: ‘Let it be Zaheer that he is sometimes mista­ Vijay Lokapally Amol Karhadkar highest level.” or anyone, I’ll whack them ken as rude. “He is not easily Cut to January 2014. After all and finish the game in this approachable, not because akistan is one great team n the late ’90s, the Jeep having battled his way session,’” said Bhave. he is an India player, but be­ Pwhich can beat itself Iground in Kothrud, a west­ through the Maharashtra The chase was over 11 mi­ cause he is not someone who comprehensively. Experts ern suburb of Pune, was a batting order, Jadhav had the nutes before tea. Jadhav’s un­ gets along with everyone,” over the years have not been hub of tennis­ball cricket. Ke­ biggest moment of what he beaten 120 — the best of his says Maharashtra opener able to comprehend the rea­ dar Jadhav, whose home was refers to as a “1223 season”. six hundreds that season — Swapnil Gugale. sons for the under­perfor­ a short walk from there, had Bhave, the Maharashtra helped Maharashtra cruise “But once he trusts you, mance of this maverick team. built a reputation not just in coach then, was stunned to to the target of 252 on a he will do anything for you. Pakistan, perhaps, has its the suburb but across west­ see Jadhav’s confidence in seamer­friendly Wankhede Being a senior, he expects a roots of self­inflicting woes ern Maharashtra. He had the quarterfinal win over pitch. lot and is a great motivator. from the inaugural Pruden­ helped Rainbow CC win a Mumbai. “Kedar and Vijay There have been times when tial World Cup league match plethora of tournaments — Zol had survived the new ball The personality his speeches in the dressing in 1975 when it allowed the from two­ to 25­overs­a­side till lunch on the fourth day. Despite his easy­going nature room have spurred us on, West Indies to recover from games. As he was getting ready to go in the dressing room, his like during the Ranji Trophy 203 for nine and chase down Jadhav was in danger of in, I told him to be careful friends insist he has always semifinal in 2014­15 when I the target of 267. being lured into the vices scored a hundred.” Many hearts were broken surrounding tennis­ball “I believe in signs.” That’s that night as Javed Miandad, cricket and had not yet made one of Jadhav’s favourite making his debut, learnt the the transition to competitive one­liners. He has cited it in painful side of the game. His cricket. Sensing this, his fath­ the past to this writer. “Being team had done little wrong er Mahadev — a clerk in the the positive person I am, I and yet finished a loser. West state electricity board whose am always in search of good Indies went on to win the three daughters had earned vibes and sometimes these Cup. post­graduate degrees — let positive signals come from his youngest child pursue his anywhere,” he says. Clawing from the brink passion. His IPL debut was on Miandad, along with Imran March 26, 2010 — his 25th Khan, lived his dream of win­ The evolution birthday. He scored a match­ ning a World Cup in 1992 In less than three years after winning 29­ball 50 for Delhi when Pakistan scaled the playing serious cricket, Jad­ Daredevils against Royal summit in Australia, clawing hav was selected in the Mah­ Challengers Bangalore. from the brink to emerge arashtra under­19 team. On When he walked out at champion. his first outing, in the quar­ Harare in 2015 in India co­ Gifted with awesome ta­ terfinal against Kerala, he lours, he saw “March 1985” — lent, Pakistan has been a smashed 195 at the Nehru “the month I was born in” in­ team to admire in the history Stadium in Pune. scribed on the club plaque. of the World Cup — semifinal­ Dilip Vengsarkar, the He scored his maiden ODI ists four times (1979, 1983, reminder of the 1992 expe­ rial. Fakhar Zaman and slower stuff. former India captain who hundred during the series. 1987 and 2011), quarterfinal­ rience for Pakistan. A rain­ Imam­ul­Haq are explosive The enormously expe­ then headed the BCCI’s ta­ Being the first from the ists twice (1996 and 2015) marred contest against En­ batsmen while Babar Azam rienced batting trio of Sarfa­ lent identification wing, and Maharashtra team to make and runner­up once (1999). It gland, when it split points and Haris Sohail are capable raz, Shoaib Malik and Mo­ former Maharashtra captain the cut for the World Cup, has had a stunning run in the and escaped elimination, of consolidation. hammad Hafeez complete a Surendra Bhave were wit­ Jadhav will hope the positive

World Cup, beginning each should fire the aspirations of The top­order is the line­up that can pose a threat ness to that special knock. Kedar Jadhav... in the fast lane. * TWITTER.COM\KEDARJADHAVOFFICIAL vibes continue in England. edition as one of the the side. team’s strength. Mohammad to any side. Since then, Bhave has favourites. Known to play recklessly, Amir, the versatile left­arm The spirit of Asif Ali, worked closely with Jadhav. This time too, Pakistan has Pakistan takes the field with­ seamer, is a mighty force. mourning his daughter’s “Tennis­ball cricket ex­ its backers regardless of its out any pressures. That is death and returning to serve poses a batsman to different recent form — defeated 5­0 in precisely what helps Sarfaraz Hasnain’s scorching pace the team, is bound to bond it challenges. From scoring on­ New Zealand, losing to India Ahmed and his boys to bold­ Left­armer Shaheen Afridi into a formidable force. ly on one side of the wicket and Bangladesh in the Asia ly take on opponents who and the very quick Moham­ Imran did it in 1992 when due to the size of the ground Cup, a 5­0 pounding by Aus­ look stronger, at least on mad Hasnain, both 19­year­ he targeted the World Cup to to playing in different over tralia in the UAE and a 4­0 re­ paper. olds, can rattle the best. raise charity for a cancer formats, it throws up con­ verse in the five­match ODI Pakistan does not play the Hasan Ali and Wahab Riaz hospital. stant challenges. Most im­ series against England. But, opposition on its reputation. lend flair with their ability to It would be fascinating to portantly, irrespective of the as they say of Pakistan, ig­ It has a wonderful trait — provide breakthroughs while see if Pakistan turns this situation, a batsman is not nore it at your peril. amazing self­belief — to pro­ Shadab Khan and Imad summer into a celebration of expected to drop his guard,” The format is a pleasant ject itself as champion mate­ Wasm add variety with their achievement. says Bhave. “It’s phenomenal Serena off to a stuttering start IMPORTANT RESULTS First round: Men: 1­Novak Jaume Munar (Esp) 7­5, 4­6, Djokovic (Srb) bt Hubert 6­3, 6­3; Yannick Maden (Ger) bt No problems for Djokovic and Nadal; Medvedev and Wozniacki exit Hurkacz (Pol) 6­4, 6­2, 6­2; Filip Kimmer Coppejans (Bel) 7­6(0), Krajinovic (Srb) bt 32­Frances 7­5, 6­3 before World No.1 Djokovic over old rival Djokovic, while up to Roland Garros, and fell ROLAND GARROS Tiafoe (USA) 6­2, 4­6, 6­3, 3­6, Women: 10­Serena Williams saw off Poland’s Hubert Hur­ his French Open win­loss re­ away badly after a strong first 6­0; 21­Alex de Minaur (Aus) bt (USA) bt Vitalia Diatchenko kacz 6­4, 6­2, 6­2. cord now reads 87­2. set. Bradley Klahn (USA) 6­1, 6­4, (Rus) 2­6, 6­1, 6­0; 8­Ashleigh Agence France-Presse 6­4; Pierre­Hugues Herbert PARIS This was only Serena’s “It’s always amazing to Barty (Aus) bt Jessica Pegula fifth match since collapsing play here... It’s been an im­ No clay, maybe grass (Fra) bt 12­Daniil Medvedev (USA) 6­3, 6­3; Polona Hercog Serena Williams survived a to defeat late on against Ka­ portant place in my career,” Sixth seed Petra Kvitova (Rus) 4­6, 4­6, 6­3, 6­2, 7­5; (Slo) bt 32­Aliaksandra Sas­ first­round scare at the rolina Pliskova in the Austra­ the second seed said. pulled out of her scheduled Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) bt novich (Blr) 4­6, 6­2, 8­6; 23­ 15­Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) French Open on Monday as lian Open quarterfinals ear­ opener against Sorana Cir­ Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Liudmila 6­4, 6­1, 6­3; Miomir Kecman­ Samsonova (Rus) 6­2, 6­4; 26­ she battled back from a set lier this year, but she showed Wawrinka advances stea with a left arm injury. ovic (Srb) bt Denis Kudla (USA) down to defeat Russian excellent form in the second Also advancing was three­ Johanna Konta (GBr) bt Antonia 6­0, 6­7(7), 5­7, 6­3, 6­4; 2­Ra­ Lottner (Ger) 6­4, 6­4; 4­Kiki World No. 83 Vitalia Diatch­ and third sets in Paris. time Grand Slam champion fael Nadal (Esp) bt Yannick Han­ Bertens (Ned) bt Pauline Par­ enko, while Rafael Nadal and “It wasn’t easy today, I’ve Stan Wawrinka with a 6­1, 6­7 fmann (Ger) 6­2, 6­1, 6­3; 24­ mentier (Fra) 6­3, 6­4; 12­Ana­ Novak Djokovic eased practised hard and I’m hap­ (3), 6­2, 6­3 win over Slova­ Stan Wawrinka (Sui) bt Jozef stasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Luk­ through. py to win today,” said the kian Jozef Kovalik. Kovalik (Svk) 6­1, 6­7(3), 6­2, sika Kumkhum (Tha) 6­1, 6­4; The 37­year­old Serena, 10th seed, who has not won a Russian 12th seed Daniil 6­3. Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) bt who is attempting to equal Major title since the 2017 Medvedev exited the tourna­ 26­Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Ser­ 13­Caroline Wozniacki (Den) Margaret Court’s all­time re­ Australian Open. ment, blowing a two­set lead giy Stakhovsky (Ukr) 6­3, 6­3, 0­6, 6­3, 6­3; Kaia Kanepi (Est) cord of 24 Grand Slam titles, Nadal, a 17­time Grand to lose 4­6, 4­6, 6­3, 6­2, 7­5 6­4; 13­Borna Coric (Cro) bt Al­ bt 18­Julia Goerges (Ger) 7­5, racked up her 800th career Slam champion, set up a against Frenchman Pierre­ jaz Bedene (Slo) 6­1, 6­7(4), 6­1; Shelby Rogers (USA) bt As­ main draw win with her 2­6, clash with another German Hugues Herbert. 6­4, 6­4; Jo­Wilfried Tsonga tra Sharma (Aus) 6­3, 6­3 (Fra) bt Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 23­Carla Suarez Navarro 6­1, 6­0 victory in front of a qualifier — World No. 114 Yan­ In the women’s section, 7­6(4), 6­1, 4­6, 6­3; Richard half­full Court Philippe nick Maden — in round two. former World No. 1 Caroline (Esp) bt Dayana Yastremska Gasquet (Fra) bt Mischa Zverev (Ukr) 2­6, 7­6(0), 6­0; 20­Elise Chatrier. Nadal had suffered three Wozniacki collapsed to a 0­6, (Ger) 6­3, 6­4, 6­3. Mertens (Bel) bt Tamara Zid­ Nadal started his bid for a consecutive semi­final de­ 6­3, 6­3 loss to Russian World 19­Guido Pella (Arg) bt Guido ansek (Slo) 6­4, 3­6, 6­2; Zhang record­extending 12th men’s feats earlier in the clay­court No. 68 Veronika Kudermeto­ Andreozzi (Arg) 7­6(2), 6­4, 1­6, Shuai (Chn) bt Varvara Roland Garros title with a season, but appeared to find va. The Danish 13th seed had 6­1; Benoit Paire (Fra) bt Marius Lepchenko (USA) 6­1, 6­1; Driving ahead: Serena Williams bounced back from an early 6­2, 6­1, 6­3 win over German his best in an Italian Open tit­ retired injured from her two Copil (Rou) 6­4, 6­7(5), 6­0, Lauren Davis (USA) bt Kristyna setback to take out Vitalia Diatchenko. * REUTERS qualifier Yannick Hanfmann, le success sealed with victory previous matches in the lead­ 6­1; Salvatore Caruso (Ita) bt Pliskova (Cze) 6­2, 6­4

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TV PICKS Roland Garros: SS Select 2 Will continue after WC if body allows: Ross Taylor (SD & HD), 2.30 p.m. WC warm­up: India v Bangladesh, Star Sports 1 & ‘If these hamstrings and calves hold together then maybe I can be back in a few years’ Select 1 (SD & HD), 3 p.m. FIFA U­20 World Cup: Sony The way you rest Taylor said with the World Ten 2 (SD & HD), 9.30 p.m. WC EXTRAS <> and train between Cup format this time mean­ IN BRIEF IANS games is going to be ing every team plays each LONDON very important. It’s other in a marathon of nine Senior New Zealand batsman going to be a lot matches before the business Ross Taylor feels that he can tougher end of the tournament, ma­ naging workload is very continue even after the up­ Ross Taylor coming World Cup if his bo­ important. then maybe I can be back in a dy allows, taking inspiration “The way you rest and few years,” he said. from hard­hitting West In­ train between games is going dies cricketer Chris Gayle. to be very important. It’s go­ Aiming the title ing to be a lot tougher... Mak­ Taylor, 35, is expected to Taylor said he was aiming to ing the final four years ago take part in his final World help New Zealand lift its first we played a lot of games at Cup in England and Wales World Cup after it reached home and we knew our con­ beginning on Thursday. the final four years ago, los­ ditions very well. If you get “I’m 35 but you never real­ ing to Australia. off to a good start and get on­ ly know what’s to come. “My approach to the to a roll, you can get into World Cup is not necessarily those semifinals and sudden­ Kevin Na claims Charles Not a simple matter a mindset of going out there ly you’re only two wins away Schwab Challenge Chris Gayle is probably an in­ just to enjoy it. from winning it.” FORT WORTH (TEXAS) spiration — he’s 39 in this “You always put a lot of Taylor said the Black Caps Kevin Na with a a 13­under World Cup and I’m 39 at the pressure on yourself in big cannot get carried away with total of 267 won the US PGA next, so it’s not a simple mat­ tournaments — pressure the warm­up tie win over Tour’s Charles Schwab ter,” Taylor was quoted as comes with it whether you India. Challenge by four strokes saying by the ICC. over fellow American Tony think about it or not, so it’s “When it comes to a Finau at the Colonial Country Taylor scored 71 in New about managing those warm­up you just treat it as Club on Sunday. A further Zealand’s six­wicket victory moments. that and then get out of the stroke back were American over tournament favourites “I think you have to pace game what you want to get Andrew Putnam and Taiwan’s India in a warm­up match at yourself in a tournament like out of it. For us, we haven’t Pan Cheng­tsung. AFP The Oval here on May 25. this, it’s a long time and the played as a team for two or “You never know, this will way our schedule is, there three months, so it was about probably be my last World are a lot of games at the start going out there and testing Cup but if these hamstrings and a bit of a break in the our skills out against the Hoping to go on: Ross Taylor feels the 39­year­old Chris Gayle is probably an inspiration.* AP and calves hold together middle.” best.” ‘Chacha Cricket’ to get fan award Thumping win for India­A Women fans Bronte Law captures her IANS of fan stint while Ali has whelmed to get my first glo­ to throng WC first LPGA Tour title New Delhi been cheering Bangladesh bal recognition. This is an Rahul Chahar the destroyer; Dickwella’s century in vain WASHINGTON Pakistan’s ‘Chacha Cricket’ for the past nine years. emotional moment for me venues England’s Bronte Law won the Pure Silk tournament in aka Abdul Jalil along with Sri Lanka’s Senanayaka and I would like to thank my SL-A IN INDIA Press Trust of India Williamsburg, Virginia for her Bangladesh’s fan ‘Tiger’ aka started his journey as a fan family and well­wishers who Shoyab Ali and Sri Lanka’s when he was 17­years­old stood by me.” Ashwin Achal London first US LPGA Tour title. Law Belagavi finished with a 17­under 267 Gayan Senanayaka are three and first attended the World An excited Ali said, “This More than one lakh tickets total as she held off a hard­ other global recipients of the Cup in 1996. is a lifetime achievement for India­A hammered Sri Lan­ for the 2019 World Cup have charging field that included first ever Global Sports Fan With an aim to honour me. I am thrilled with this ka­A by an innings and 205 been bought by women and Madelene Sagstrom, Brooke Awards 2019 at one of a kind the passion of these great acknowledgement and have runs on the penultimate day over two lakh people will Henderson and Nasa award ceremony to be held fans, the Global Sports Fan no words to express my hap­ of the first unofficial ‘Test’, come to watch the action Hataoka. AFP in Manchester on June 14. Awards has been crafted by piness and accomplishment. at KSCA Stadium here on for the first time during the Two Indian super fans — Indian Sports Fan, India’s “This is a breakthrough Monday. course of the mega event, Sudhir Kumar Gautam and sports fan community to moment for fans like us who Sri Lanka­A barely put up claimed tournament direc­ Sugumar Kumar — will also acknowledge, honour and are on a sacrificing spree to a fight, and was bowled out tor Steve Elworthy, here on FIDE to be receiving the award. award the biggest fans. thoroughly follow our pas­ for 232 and 185. Rahul Cha­ Monday. restore ratings ‘Chacha Cricket’ is the Speaking on the occasion, sion. On receiving the Global har, with match­figures of most experienced and ol­ ‘Chacha Cricket’ said: “After Sports Fan Awards, my jour­ eight for 123, was the wreck­ ‘Incredible results’ of banned dest fan among the global five decades of cricket fren­ ney achieves a memorable er­in­chief. “This has been one of the awardees with five decades zy madness, I am over­ milestone”. The leg­spinner outwitted biggest cricket ballots we Indian players the batsmen with variations have run and the results in flight. have been incredible. When tossed up outside Press Trust of India “We have seen more than Anirudh­Niki off, he brought the slip cor­ CHENNAI Stimac releases 110,000 women buying tick­ don into play. The flatter de­ ets, we have 100,000 un­ The world chess body FIDE duo loses liveries had the batsmen on Clueless! Chamika Karunaratne is castled by a Rahul Chahar der­16s coming to witness on Monday decided to res­ the back­foot and in all sorts * six players SPORTS BUREAU flipper in Sri Lanka­A’s first innings COURTESY BCCI and experience the World tore the Elo ratings of do­ of trouble. Cup,” said Elworthy. zens of Indian players, who KAMPALA Chahar landed in Ankit Raj­ (20, 20b, 3x4). The tail of­ The organisers hope that were banned by the All In­ in the King’s Cup. Top seeds Anirudh Chan­ CAMP NEWS Brave approach poot’s hands at mid­off. fered no resistance, bringing the tournament will inspire dia Chess Federation near­ drasekar and Niki Poona­ “We have released six Resuming on 83 for four, the The Sri Lanka­A first in­ a swift end to the one­sided the youth to take up the ly a decade ago for taking PRESS TRUST OF INDIA cha were beaten 6­4, 3­6, players. Each one of them visitor required a couple of nings ended soon after Dick­ encounter. sport. “We have over part in tournaments con­ NEW DELHI [10­6] in the final by fourth has been given an individual big scores to stay in the wella’s departure. Sandeep The home team suffered a 200,000 people coming to ducted by rival chess asso­ seeds Julian Bradley and India football coach Igor Sti­ working programme which game. Niroshan Dickwella Warrier, Shivam Dube and scare when Rajpoot limped cricket for the first time.” ciation and in unrecog­ Guy Orly Iradukunda in the mac on Monday released six is to be executed in the fu­ (103, 115b, 15x4) provided Jayant picked up two wickets off the field with a hamstring nised events. ture by themselves in an at­ $15,000 ITF men’s Futures players from the list of 37 tennis tournament. hope, in a counter­attacking each. injury. “Nearly a decade ago, tempt to improve their fit­ who had assembled for the The Indian pair had bea­ knock of high quality. It remains to be seen if he Charles’ ’trick FIDE, at the behest of the ness, technical and tactical preparatory camp, which ten the same team last week The southpaw regularly Pacers on fire will be fit for the second un­ All India Chess Federation abilities,” said Stimac. kicked off on May 21 in the in the quarterfinals by the used the reverse­sweep to Asked to follow on, the visi­ official ‘Test’, which com­ puts Heroes (AICF), removed the Elo The 51­year­old, who had capital. same scoreline on way to defy spinners Chahar and tors disappointed in the se­ mences at Hubballi on Fri­ ratings of dozens of players guided Croatia to the World Vishal Kaith, German­ the title. Jayant Yadav. It was a brave cond essay as well. Warrier day. in the final and expunged their names preet Singh, Nandha Kumar, Cup as a coach, said he had approach fraught with risk, and Rajpoot tormented the The results: $15,000 ITF The scores: NEW DELHI: Garhwal Heroes from the records. Today we Redeem Tlang, Bikramjit informed players as well as men, Kampala, Uganda: but it paid off. top­order with the new ball, India­A 622 for five decl. bt FC sailed into the final of are delighted to welcome Singh and Sumeet Passi were the staff about “expectations Semifinals: Ivan Nedelko Dickwella put on a 111­run generating good pace and Sri Lanka­A 232 in 63.4 overs the Football Delhi Super back all those players with the ones released ahead of for the following week“. (Rus) bt Abhinav Sanjeev fifth­wicket partnership with movement. Sri Lanka­A lost (Niroshan Dickwella 103, Ashan League with a 6­0 win over immediate effect,” FIDE Shanmugam 6­0, 6­3. the King’s Cup, to be held in “We have accomplished skipper Ashan Priyanjan (49, three wickets in the first five Priyanjan 49, Sadeera Sama­ Young Men SC at Ambed­ president Arkady Dvorkov­ Doubles (final): Julian Bra­ Buriram, Thailand, from Phase­1 of our working pro­ 87b, 8x4, 1x6), before Pri­ overs, and it didn’t get much rawickrama 31, Rahul Chahar dley (Irl) & Guy Orly Iradukun­ kar Stadium on Monday. ich tweeted. June 5 to 8. gramme. We have had meet­ yanjan edged one from better from here. four for 78) and 185 in 52.3 ov­ da (Bdi) bt Anirudh Chandra­ N.N. Charles’ hat­trick The statement did not “I am very happy with the ings with the staff, and the Jayant to slip. ers (Samarawickrama 48, Ash­ sekar & Niki Poonacha 6­4, Chahar was back in busi­ led Heroes while Jamal mention the procedure to efforts put in by all the an Priyanjan 39, Dickwella 27, players about their work ac­ 3­6, [10­6]; Semifinals: Ani­ Chamika Karunaratne ness, accounting for key Rest (2) and Amanda Tha­ Chahar four for 45). be followed for reinduction players till now. There is a se­ complishments. We have in­ rudh & Niki bt William Busha­ was the next to go, castled middle­order wickets in Sa­ pa completed the tally. of the players. AICF offi­ rious competition to get into formed them about expecta­ muka (US) & Mehluli Don by a terrific flipper from Cha­ deera Samarawickrama (48, MoM: Abhimanyu Easwaran. Tuesday’s match (semifinal): cials could not be reached that final list of 23 who would tions for the following week,” Ayanda Sibanda (Zim) 6­1, har. Dickwella carried on 92b, 6x4), Priyanjan (39, India-A won by an innings IAF (New Delhi) vs Delhi FC, for comment. be representing the country the coach revealed. 6­4. gamely, until a failed slog off 69b, 7x4) and Karunaratne and 205 runs. 4.00 p.m.

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13 House food? (4) 5 Throw next to the entrance (5) To the Pandavas, the thirteenth year of exile poses a chal­ lenge as it would be difficult to hide their inherent val our 15 Inertia’s hard to check — 6 What ISIS wanted was to bomb and uniqueness. When the sages who had been with the m greatly affected (8) the capital within no time (9) so far take leave, they point out that disguise has bee n 18 Live to see the list included in 7 Lords, for example are one up adopted as a strategy by many prominent people to achieve the singing style (3,5) (5) important and sacred goals, said Sri M. V. Anantapadmanab­ 19 One among the internees is a hachariar in a discourse. There are many instances whe n 8 Ran away from French winger (4) hiding one’s identity is necessary as in the case of Indra and European upbringing (6) Agni. Indra once had to disguise himself as a Brahmi n and 22 Food for transport, mostly live in the Nishada kingdom when he suffered a setbac k at 14 Savoir­faire, here in Paris across America (5) the hands of the asuras and then he emerged victorious. Ag­ one's a strategist (9) 24 Dispatched again — almost the ni too had to hide himself in the waters for the sak e of the entire lot was bitter (9) 16 Prime minister will explain gods. Did not the Lord adopt various roles during His incar­ about calories (regular nations and hide His Paratva to achieve His purpose of pro­ 26 Malala gets aid, becomes a intake) (9) tecting the good, destroying evil and establishing dharma? displaced person (5,4) During Rama avatar, He chooses to be a mortal human 17 Scrape the bottom rung, being to bring about the fall of Ravana. But in that guise He 27 Definite article, perhaps it's to choose to have fun on the be deleted (5) also has taught the values and ethics that every hum an be­ way up (9) ing has to uphold at all times. Daumya advises them on ma­ 28 Some reportedly pick bird's Solution to puzzle 12636 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku 20 Remarks as the team enters ny subtle issues and hard realities that they should heed bone (7) ■ ACROSS (6) when they adopt to serve another king. To serve in a subor­ 1 Road transport is slow, 80% 29 She recalled name of rebel (7) dinate position and that too in disguise would be a great or­ will take flight (7) 21 Priest is extremely careful deal that needs tremendous resourcefulness and constant 5 Produce milk with hybrid ■ DOWN with a boy (6) alertness lest the disguise would be recognised. American cattle (7) After Daumya departs, they choose the kingdom and then 23 Comfort as Pound goes into 9 Old man takes note — it's old 1 Poor state, not many link it decide on appropriate disguises according to their indiv i­ deposit (5) fashioned (5) with Wisconsin (6) dual talents and nature. They have already received the 10 Cavalier's dubious role backing grace of Yama Dharma Raja who had come in the form of a 2 Near Tunis it turns dark (9) 24 Reign of the champions, Bill the clique (9) free to leave (5) yaksha and questioned Yudhishtira on matters of dhar ma. 11 Soon gets home, rather 3 Doubled infusion in beer, it will Yudhishtira propitiates Durga to help them complete the ex­ seriously (9) go bad (5) 25 City by the river is better (5) ile without being discovered before the stipulated time.

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Double delight: It was a memorable day for Rahi Sarnobat who took the top spot and also sealed her place for Tokyo 2020 while Saurabh Chaudhary, right, was in irrepressible form.* FILE PHOTOS

Traditional celebration: Simon Pagenaud douses himself with the bottle of milk after claiming the Indianapolis 500 Brilliant Rahi shoots gold, books Olympic quota on Sunday. * AFP Agence France-Presse Indy 500 as a rookie, held Saurabh rewrites world records en route to men’s air pistol gold Indianapolis the lead after the final res­ France’s Simon Pagenaud tart from caution of the MUNICH WC style. With three gold me­ hary, Divyansh Singh Panwar World junior and Asian maximise the chances of (582); 5. Shahzar Rizvi 177.6 won the 103rd Indianapolis race with 13 laps remain­ dals, Apurvi Chandela had and Abhishek Verma for the Games champion bettered shooters winning Olympic (583); 32. Abhishek Verma 577; 500 on Sunday, holding off ing. bagged the women’s air rifle Tokyo 2020 Games. his own world record of quota places. But, once Abh­ MQS: Om Prakash Mitharval SPORTS BUREAU Alexander Rossi in a fierce on Sunday, India was on top 245.0 set in New Delhi in Fe­ 579; Arjun Singh Cheema 575. MUNICH Rahi had qualified for the ishek Verma captured the se­ finishing duel to win Amer­ Regaining lead of the medals table. final with an impressive bruary and the world junior cond Olympic quota, Sau­ 50m rifle 3­position: 1. Zhao ica’s fabled race for the first Pagenaud quickly regained Asian Games champion Rahi The 28­year­old Rahi was score of 586, followed one record of 245.5 set by him in rabh got back into the main Zhonghao (Chn) 461.8 (1181); 2. time. the lead, and they would Sarnobat defeated reigning brilliant in the final, especial­ point behind by Manu Bhak­ the Worlds in Korea last year. team as a country can only Kim Jonghyun (Kor) 455.6 Penske driver Pagenaud trade it again before Page­ World Champion and former ly at the death, as she re­ er. However, in the final, Ma­ win a maximum of two (1180); 3. Hui Zicheng (Chn) started from pole position naud swept by on turn Olympic champion Olena turned repeated rounds of nu missed out on a medal Class act Olympic quota places in an 445.7 (1183); 41. Chain Singh and led 116 laps of the 200­ three of the penultimate Kostevych 37­36 to clinch the perfect five. It was the se­ and the Olympic quota fol­ After qualifying with the se­ event. 1171; 52. Parul Kumar 1167; lap race on the 2.5­mile lap on the way to a victory MQS: Swapnil Kusale 1178; gold in women’s sports pistol cond gold in a World Cup for lowing a zero in the seventh cond best score of 586, Sau­ oval of the Indianapolis by 0.2086sec. “It’s hard to Shahzar Rizvi also made Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and also booked an Olympic Rahi after the one in Chang­ series, a shocker as she was rabh was a class act in the fi­ the final with 583, but ended 1168. Women: 25m sports pis­ Motor Speedway, finishing believe it right now to be quota in the shooting World won, Korea, in 2013. in the joint lead till then. nal, proving his supremacy up fifth, while Abhishek tol: 1. Rahi Sarnobat 37 (586); in front of two former win­ honest,” Pagenaud said af­ Cup on Monday. Meanwhile, the 17­year­ in a strong field of 162 shoo­ could muster only 577. 2. Olena Kostevych (Ukr) 36 ners in Andretti Autos­ ter he had donned the win­ It was a memorable day Sixth shooter old Saurabh shot 246.3 in the ters. Saurabh had been The results: (590); 3. Antoaneta Boneva port’s Rossi and Rahal Let­ ner’s laurel wreath and for India, as Saurabh Chaud­ It was the sixth Olympic quo­ final to beat qualification­ forced to compete in the Men: 10m air pistol: 1. Saurabh (Bul) 26 (587); 5. Manu Bhaker terman Lanigan Racing’s doused himself with the hary had earlier shattered ta for India after those won topper Artem Chernousov of MQS section in the last World Chaudhary 246.3 WR (586); 2. 21 (585); 56. Chinki Yadav 571; Takuma Sato of Japan. bottle of milk traditionally his own world records to win by Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Russia by 2.5 points. In the Cup in Beijing after the Na­ Artem Chernousov (Rus) 243.8 MQS: Yashaswini Singh Deswal Rossi, who won the 2017 given to the victor. the men’s air pistol gold in Chandela, Saurabh Chaud­ process, the Youth Olympics, tional Federation wanted to (589); 3. Pang Wei (Chn) 220.7 577; Annu Raj Singh 572. CRICKET Cech will hope to make his farewell count Yash and Rahul Agence France-Presse Bridge, winning 13 trophies in­ nal’s No.1 during Unai Emery’s on ensuring Champions LONDON cluding four Premier League first season in charge, with League qualification that will shine for Rann Star Petr Cech will bring down the titles and the Champions Bernd Leno taking over in the come with victory. Emery the­ curtain on a glittering playing League in 11 seasons with Premier League since Septem­ refore has the difficult deci­ NEW DELHI: Yash Sehrawat’s ground here on Monday. career in strange circumstanc­ Chelsea before moving to Ar­ ber, but the Czech veteran has sion on whether to give Cech a 98 and Rahul Yadav’s knock es as the Arsenal goalkeeper senal in 2015. started all of Arsenal’s knock­ fitting farewell, or make the of 83 enabled Rann Star CC The scores: Vidya Jain Acade­ faces his former and potential­ And his close relationship out games to reach the Europa choice of playing his first­ defeat Vidya Jain Academy my 244 for eight in 40 overs (Shashwat Kohli 94, Shivam by seven wickets and enter ly future employer Chelsea in with Roman Abramovich League final. choice ’keeper in Leno. Sharma 42, Pawan Negi three the Europa League final on looks set to see him return to The success of Arsenal’s “I’ll make a decision after the semifinals of the 44th for 37) lost to Rann Star 249 Wednesday. the Blues in the coming weeks season depends not only on the last game,” said Cech . Lala Raghubir Singh Hot for three in 34.4 overs (Yash End of an era: The Europa League final will bring down the Cech, 37, enjoyed the best as the new sporting director. lifting a first European trophy “Now my focus is to win the Weather Cricket tourna­ Sehrawat 98, Rahul Yadav 83, curtain on Petr Cech’s glittering playing career. * REUTERS years of his career at Stamford Cech lost his status as Arse­ for 25 years in Baku, but also Europa League with Arsenal.” ment at the Modern School Abhishek Goswami 60 n.o.). Atalanta, Inter Milan qualify for Champions League AC Milan misses out; Genoa, Fiorentina survive relegation SERIE A

Agence France-Presse ROME Atalanta won at Sassuolo on Sunday to secure its first ever Champions League spot and Inter Milan joined it while ensuring Empoli was relegat­ ed after a frantic second half in the San Siro. AC Milan ended up fifth despite winning at SPAL. Ge­ noa and Fiorentina stayed in Serie A after a nerve­ wracked goalless draw. Because its ground is be­ ing redeveloped, Atalanta had to cede home advantage and play at Sassuolo where it quickly fell behind. Duvan Zapata levelled be­ fore half­time. After Sassuolo lost its scorer Domenico Be­ rardi, who received a red Hit­man: Atalanta’s Mario Pasalic celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal against card for his part in the mass Sassuolo on Sunday. * AP brawl that ended the first half, Atalanta comfortably enough to save Inter and sealed third as goals by Ale­ doom Empoli. jandro Gomez and Mario Pa­ salic completed a 3­1 win. de Rossi bids farewell Milan took a two­goal lead The wins of the three teams at SPAL, with goals by Hakan above it meant Roma fin­ Calhanoglu and Franck Kes­ ished sixth despite beating sie, but Francesco Vicari and visiting Parma 2­1. Mohamed Fares replied. It also bid farewell to cap­ tain and local hero Daniele Balde strikes De Rossi who came off to Meanwhile at the San Siro, rapturous applause with after a goal­less first half, In­ nine minutes to play. ter brought on Keita Balde. Sampdoria’s 36­year­old The striker broke the dea­ striker Fabio Quagliarella fin­ dlock with a solo goal six mi­ ished as the top scorer. nutes later, earning a yellow Torino finished their ex­ card for ripping off his shirt citing campaign in seventh in celebration. place, level on points with The home team had a Roma, following a 3­1 win ov­ chance to increase its lead er Lazio. when Mauro Icardi tumbled The results: Sampdoria 2 (De­ over Empoli goalkeeper Bar­ frel 84, Caprari 90+1) bt Juven­ tlomiej Dragowski. After a tus 0; Torino 3 (Falque 51, Lukic delay for video review, Icardi 53, De Silvestri 80) bt Lazio 1 missed the penalty. (Immobile 66); Atalanta 3 (Za­ A few minutes later in Fer­ pata 35, Gomez 53, Pasalic 65) rara, Kessie rolled in a penal­ bt Sassuolo 1 (Berardi 19); Inter ty to put AC Milan back in the top four. In added time, with Dra­ Milan 2 (Balde 51, Nianggolan the lead against SPAL. Five minutes later, Radja gowski in the Empoli attack, 81) bt Empoli 1 (Traore 76). It held on to win 3­2. Nainggolan changed that Inter rolled the ball into the Fiorentina 0 drew with Ge­ noa 0; SPAL 2 (Vicari 28, Fares Back at the San Siro, Salih when he pounced on a re­ empty net, but Balde had 53) lost to AC Milan 3 (Calhano­ Ucan’s low cross from the bound to put Inter ahead. pulled Dragowski back in the glu 18, Kessie 23, 66­pen). right reached Hamed Traore In a frantic finish, Empoli build­up. Cagliari 1 (Pavoletti 17) lots unmarked in front of goal came close several times The goal was disallowed to Udinese 2 (Hallfredsson 59, and he levelled to lift Empoli with Inter centre­back Stefan and Balde earned a second De Maio 69); Roma 2 (Pellegrini out of the relegation places de Vrij deflecting one shot yellow card. 35, Perotti 89) bt Parma 1 (Ger­ and push Inter Malan out of onto his own bar. Yet the 2­1 win was vinho 86). CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamsYK https://t.me/Banking4Exams https://t.me/UPSC4Exams https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official

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In opulence (Clockwise from above) Adil Ahmad’s interiors at Suján Rajmahal Palace in Jaipur; Maxime Pulci; more of Ahmad’s work

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nally admire how Europeans are masters of the art of the bespoke.

Return of decadence I’ve been tracking the highly­appeal­ ing sensibilities of a new aesthetic in interiors — of reviving a “rich classic, complimented with a twist of deca­ dence”. Zen has seen a subtle halt; Cognac for the the fresh choice is more opulent, rich in texture and objects, without being OTT. Someone who has become syn­ onymous with this particular style is Adil Ahmad. Viewed through his eyes, it effortlessly combines space modern Maharaja and design and is most visible in the Raj Mahal in Jaipur, and many perso­ nal spaces including his own home. The columnist recalls an evening with Louis XIII in New Delhi, and With a distinctive approach of mixing the decadent interiors designed by Adil Ahmad in Jaipur ultra­classic luxury with quirky and rare artefacts, his collaborative ap­ proach gives the client a voice and Raghavendra Rathore Pulci, the International Brand Am­ ful of bottles available in the world, participation in designing their own bassador for the House of Remy Mar­ the limited­edition Louis XIII Black space. While this can become a chal­ Growing up in a house with secret tin. At the sit­down dinner, in a dim­ Pearl is the king of cognacs. Each bot­ lenge sometimes, it allows the inte­ corridors and attics, I remember ly­lit room with roses and candles, tle is matured for over a century and rior to inherit bespoke flavour. Prabalika M Borah coming across storerooms piled high insight into the world of spirits were made with 1,200 individual eaux de It is not just a product that mat­ with boxes and handmade trunks. shared during what was named ‘The vie (fruit brandy). ters; it is also that product’s ability to Admit it. You need help sometimes to catch up with Each full of splendours from around Evening of Louis XIII Experience’. Of the two bottles designated for create an experience, whether the millennial lingo. Hence the under25dictionary, the world, frozen in time. One such My earliest memory of tasting cog­ India, one was opened at the dinner. through a romantic story or an aspi­ which calls itself ‘the trendiest dictionary to keep up discovery was a sealed consignment nac was courtesy Tikka Shatrujit With the handmade Baccarat crystal rational offering. Hence, my takea­ with lingo, words and phrases of this generation.’ of custom­ordered Louis XIII cognac. Singh, of Kapurthala. “Let the tongue bottle held high, Pulci spoke about its way of this new designer­client rela­ This page on the ’gram — with over 148k followers A couple of decades later, revisiting do its job,” he had said, “and expe­ history, and how the master cellars tionship is about mastering the art of — knows the ‘youngins’ are hooked to food delivery the stock, I realised the cognac had rience the flavours coming alive as it work on the spirit knowing they co­creation. Maintaining the delicate apps, so they recently made an interesting appeal: been sitting there for over 60 years, seeps down the funnel — maple, won’t see the final product. The eti­ balance of listening to the client and “Swiggy/ second mom/ noun: when you have 100 perhaps ordered for a state banquet smoked wood, honey and passion quette of savouring the cognac, Pulci offering design wisdom is generally meals to choose from but Ma ke hath ka khana is for a visiting viceroy. fruit.” The beauty of cognac lies in tells us, is to start with a drop and let the area of conflict and has to be not one of them *cries dramatically*.” the discovery of a unique flavour the palate “experience it”. A couple tread carefully. Whether it is a pa­ Why? “As hostellers and a young workforce de­ Louis XIII Black Pearl with each sip. Made for the modern of seconds later, take a sip. He cau­ lace, an old family home, or even a pend largely on food from outside, ghar ka khana More recently, at a well­curated din­ Maharajas, the Louis XIII cognac has tions us not to swirl our glasses, as it corridor, each element must dovetail (homemade food) is what is missed the most. Apart ner at The Lodhi hotel in New Delhi, I no real custom (it can be had before could destroy the consistency by en­ an experience that is an echo of the from being healthy, it is a had the pleasure of meeting Maxime or after meals). And with just a hand­ couraging rapid evaporation. perso­ client’s personality. taste you connect to in­ stantly,” says Anto Philip co­founder of under25dic­ tionary. He adds that this was SILK WITH BUNNIES AND CATS not a sponsored or a paid post from the online food Sari sparkles at Cannes Kangana is not the only celebrity delivery app service. If any who has worn Madhurya weaves. mother reads the com­ Priyanka Chopra chose a ments, she is sure to tear Actress Kangana Ranaut wore a Kanjeevaram sari, created by handwoven silk Jamdani sari from up. After all, in the com­ the company, when she received ments section, everyone raved about their mother’s Bangaluru­based Madhurya creations, for France’s fashion the Padmashri Award in 2017 . food. Apart from tagging each others’ mothers and forward film festival Alia Bhatt draped a glimmering Chanderi silk sari with cat motifs friends, some instagram accounts also commented ‘our life literally,’ ‘this made me cry.’ Some said, ‘this Ranjani Govind at the Zee Cine awards 2017, when she bagged the best is you looking for dal rice.’ Scroll down, and a clear trend is visible. Many ac­ Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut, who actress award for her role in Udta Punjab counts started tagging Swiggy with the (hashtag) wore a silk sari paired with a decorated . Other celebrities too who appreciate Madhurya’s re­ #gharkakhana. Account holder meduvada com­ blouse, had shutter­bugs going gaga over invention of lost crafts include mented: @swiggyindia ghar ka khana option daal her first look at the recent 72nd Annual Madhuri Dixit who wore a na bro! Thankfully none of the followers engaged in Cannes Film Festival 2019 in the French handwoven Banarasi silk with a battle of comments. This is not all under25diction­ Riviera. flamingo motifs, Kajal Aggarwal ary account started a GGKK(global ghar ka khana) Her ‘other­worldly look’ — as many so­ who chose a handwoven Kanchi community as well. cial media users called it — had the Mani- silk weave with bunny motifs and To the surprise of various account holders who karnika actor draped in a Kanjeevaram Samantha Akkineni who bought a follow Under25dictionary, @Swiggyindia responded sari , made by Bengaluru­based Madhurya Chanderi Silk with elephant Casting a spell The Madhurya team behind to their pleas with a reply, saying “We’ve heard you creations. She teamed the sari with an ele­ motifs. millennials! If #gharkakhana is what you’ve asked Kangana’s scintillating look * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA gant Victorian corset blouse designed by for, that’s exactly what you’ll Not get. You are setting Mumbai­based duo of Falguni and Shane us up for failure by asking to match upto moms and Peacock. Interestingly, among her acces­ traditional weaves. It works with tradi­ Kangana and many other celebrities be­ dads — thats’s beyond Herculean and we’re going to sories were a pair of long, plum­coloured tional weavers, encouraging them to keep fore this to wear saris designed, and wo­ count ourselves out!. However, if replacement gloves. Woven in dull gold­like weaves for their crafts alive. “Our handwoven silks ven by Madhurya,” says Bharathy. meals, which are temporary relief from our ailment a vintage feel, the silk sari was fused with and cottons enable the revival of tradition­ Interestingly, Cannes 2019 is the third of homesickness is what you are on the lookout for, Benarasi motifs, says Bharathy Harish, al weaves across the country. We bring time Kangana has worn a sari designed by we’ve got just the thing for you.” coordinator of Madhurya. “It is subtle, but forth designs that combine and fuse mo­ Madhurya. She earlier sported the brand Swiggy also added, “Just because we thought that elegant,” she says, adding that the sari, tifs and patterns from different segments at the Presidential screening of Manikar- we hadn’t spoilt you for choice with just this, we which cost ₹70,000, was made by weavers of India. In this particular sari worn by nika in January this year, where she wore have also launched... Swiggy daily.” Swiggy Daily is a at Kanchipuram, an ancient city in Tamil Kangana, we fused heritage Benarasi silk a Kanjeevaram silk with silver zari; and at subscription option (just launched in select cities) Nadu known for its silk weaving. motifs into a classic dull gold traditional the Umang Police Show 2017 where she where diners can subscribe to lunch or dinner plans “Kangana’s stylist Ami Patel had said Kanchipuram silk weave,” says Bharathy. turned up in a stunning handwoven Bena­ with a kitchen of their choice and “all (home chefs) the actress loved the idea of promoting In­ Madhurya is an initiative started by the rasi silk with unexpected, quirky dach­ have been certified for hygiene and quality.” This op­ dian weaves. Wearing the gold Madhurya volunteers of the Art of Living to revive the shund motifs. Kangana’s Cannes sari was tion gives subscribers the flexibility to opt for single Kanchipuram sari and modernising it with dying traditional arts and crafts of India. received with enthusiasm both online and meals as well. a corset was her way of giving out a con­ Traditional silk and cotton weaves are a off. Her Instagram page, @team_kanga­ Swiggy added, “We have our close­to­home sec­ temporary yet conscious message of how large part of this revival initiative. na_ranaut — which has 1.2 million follow­ tion Homely available in most cities.” Homely is present day global events can include tra­ “The proceeds of the sales we make, al­ ers — was filled with appreciative com­ available in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and in some plac­ ditionally woven crafts for preserving our so support over 400 free schools across ments from Indian followers who were es in Chennai. As for Homely on Swiggy, tried and heritage,” says Bharathy. the country. This initiative combined with delighted the actress wore a traditional sa­ tested and is highly recommended. Madhurya chiefly focusses on reviving the craft revival ideologies has prompted ri on the red carpet.

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Book launch Mango special Indie folk Executive lunch French Author Dr. Uday Vir Singh will release his book, For this summer, SodaBottleOpenerWala has South Delhi's jazz hub, The Piano Man Jazz Club La La Land Brew Pub, a dining restaurant and bar, The Alliance Française will screen Les grands Indo-Pak Relations: Beyond Pulwama and Balakot introduced a special mango menu that uses is presenting an evening of old songs with a new has come up with its new 4­course executive esprits, a French film. Directed by Olivier Ayache­ this evening. After the release, the author will be different varieties of mango. The menu will have kick and a few fresh melodies by Sheil Sagar. A lunch menu. The dishes on the menu range from Vidal, this is the story of a teacher at a in conversation with the audience. This book Keri kanda par eedu, a mixture of onions and ripe freshman at Delhi University and an active jalapeno cheese balls, roasted eggplant lasagne, prestigious Parisian high school, who is forced to deals with the fundamental causes of the Indo­ mango with spices, baked with egg and served member of the Hansraj music society, Sheil Sagar paneer tikka lababdar, to browned chilly fish, accept a transfer. There he finds himself Pak conflict, and why it is difficult to have peace with pav; it will also have Keri chicken, a Parsi is a 19­year­old musician. He dabbles in Indie dum galouti kabab, and blueberry cheesecake, confronting his own limits leading to the between the two neighbours. style chicken curry cooked with ripe mangoes. folk, rock, and pop. among others. upheaval of his values. Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre Venue: All outlets in Delhi and NCR Venue: B 6­7/22 Safdarjung Enclave Market, Venue: Golf Course Road, Gurugram Venue: M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Lodhi Estate Time: 7 p.m. Time: 8:30 a.m. ­ 11:30 p.m. Time: 9 p.m. ­ 11:55 p.m. Time: 12 noon ­ 3:30 p.m. Time: 10 a.m.

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Gowri S which used old radio dishes donat­ Running for the rest of the year, visit Google Arts & Culture’s ‘Once SCROLL AND STROLL ed by Australia. He started looking “The Big Bang, a moment when a Upon A Try’ interactive exhibit. The best part? You don’t need to NASA’S VISUAL UNIVERSE: for a site close to the equator for tiny speck of energy expanded, wait in a queue — just have an Internet connection Explore NASA’s archive of setting up a bigger telescope. The giving birth to space and time,” 127,000 historic photographs, appropriate site was found in Oo­ says the sonorous­sounding Tilda porary artist of Chinese origin, driven by Google Machine ty. It was constructed between Swinton right into my earphones. Cai Guo­Qiang and the ways in Learning. 1966 and 1970. This telescope led How did the universe come which he redefines gunpowder as CERN’S LARGE HADRON to many discoveries,” explains Yo­ about? She explains, in an Aug­ a medium. For this project, he COLLIDER: The largest machine gesh Wadadekar, of National mented Reality­powered app that studies Da Vinci’s works and in­ on the planet, through Street Centre for Radio Astrophysics lets you hold planets in your corporates gunpowder into his View. (NCRA), Tata Institute for Funda­ palms. existing works. mental Research. A movie docu­ Google Arts & Culture, the There is more than what meets Travel through India’s outdoor menting the ideating of the Giant platform which exhibits an eclec­ the eye in this carefully­curated astronomical observatory, the Metrewave Radio Telescope tic variety of classic works in the labyrinth. To find scientific con­ JANTAR MANTAR, through (GMRT) process, and an exhibit field of visual arts, has unveiled cepts in the form of displays amid Street View. showing the life and work of Pro­ ‘Once Upon a Try’. Google visual arts, is rare. But what ex­ Shrink down to the size of an fessor Swarup was created in col­ worked with over 110 renowned actly led to the inception of this atom to discover the latest laboration with Google. institutions across 23 countries to project? “Many of the cultural in­ advances in NANO AND digitise over 400 interactive col­ stitutions we engage with, have BIOTECHNOLOGY — in Digitising is key lections as part of this exhibition. amazing scientific collections. augmented reality, with the Has Google faced any criticism These institutions don the garb of And there are so many artefacts Deutsches Museum (DE) for making iconic works easily the curators, while Google pro­ through which you can learn significance and tell stories about Big Bang exhibit, one can witness Brush up on your available? Museums in India and vides the technology platform Art, a tap away about the tools that we them to a global audience.” the birth of the universe in the ASTROPHYSICS IN VIRTUAL in fact around the globe are im­ that allows the material to be Google Arts & take for granted, palm of your hand, and expe­ REALITY with a selection of plementing digital models as part uploaded, managed, and exhibit­ Culture has never realising Attention to detail rience its evolution right up to to­ museums from around the of their strategies to preserve and ed online. The framework for the collaborated with that someone, “People love experiencing art­ day in 360° Augmented Reality. globe through the Google promote their collection and our exhibit, as expected by the insti­ CERN, NASA and somewhere work in close detail,” says Simon. This new AR app has been deve­ Expeditions app. cultural heritage. Simon says, tutes, is also devised by the tech 100 other thought about Which is why ‘Once Upon a Try’ loped in collaboration with parti­ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA “About five to six years ago, the giant. institutes and creating it,” Si­ is generously peppered with ap­ cle physicists from CERN. One can discussion was: should a mu­ This is a treasure trove, com­ museums for this mon Rein, pro­ plications that make the art seem also join NASA astronauts Kathryn so provide an insight into the life seum go online and share its col­ prising not just art, but also in­ project * SPECIAL gram manager, easily available to the browser. Si­ Sullivan and Charles Bolden in of innovators like Professor Go­ lection? Today the question is, ARRANGEMENT ventions and discoveries curated Google Arts & Cul­ mon continues, “We use 360 o Virtual Reality, as they revisit the vind Swarup, a pioneer of radio ‘what is the best way to do it?’” in collaboration with CERN (Eu­ ture writes. “We panoramic imagery, which can space shuttle Discovery and their astronomy, and Chewang Nor­ The use of mobile devices ropean Organization for Nuclear thought it would be easily adapted into virtual mission to launch the Hubble phel, who creates artificial gla­ strapped with Internet, he says, Research), NASA and 100 other be fascinating to reality exhibitions that can be space telescope into the orbit. ciers in Ladakh to combat climate has become a priority, and is institutes and museums from uncover this and viewed using your phone and change. With institutes like Tata higher than on desktop devices. around the globe. Once Upon A maybe even in­ Google Cardboard.” Google Card­ The Indian connect Institute of Fundamental Re­ Sometimes museums don’t have Try is possibly the largest freely­ spire people to board is the affordable and folda­ We are not alien to prolific scien­ search (TIFR) and Hyderabad’s enough space to show their vast accessible collection of informa­ become creators ble VR headset made of tific inventions. Google feels the Salar Jung Museum joining hands, content, and this platform allows tion highlighting important­yet­ themselves.” cardboard. same way; in the platform, one the platform garners attention to them to overcome this by putting undiscovered creations in But a project of They have also developed a can revisit the story of the first the lesser­known discoveries up collections from their storage science. And one can explore this this scale, is not de­ high resolution ‘Art Camera’ electronic computer developed from India — and this is where online. “That way, not only the immensity from the comfort of void of challenges. which can capture ‘gigapixel’ im­ in India, and join the journey of Professor Govind comes into play. users but other institutions also their screens. “When you digitise ages of 2­D artefacts. A gigapixel chess becoming a global game, “The exhibits track the radio­ get to know of the hidden trea­ One rivetting exhibit is ‘Test­ art and culture, you image is made of over one billion learn about Ayurveda, and ex­ physics group of TIFR for the last sures and can contact them for ing the Limits of Gunpowder’, a still have a way to go to pixels and can bring out details in­ plore India’s contribution to med­ 55 years. Govind Swarup had set further research and possible col­ documentary exploring contem­ capture its meaning and visible to the naked eye. With the icine. The multimedia exhibits al­ up a small telescope in Kalyan, laborations,” Simon concludes.

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