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1/2%/ 3. each they hold the key to any MLAs. The BJP has 12 legisla- has reduced due to demise of Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte Congress yet again staked an Government formation. tors in the 40-member BJP MLA Francis D’Souza ear- last year. The NCP has one abortive claim to form a ' JP MLA Pramod Sawant “We have managed to con- Assembly, whose strength now lier this year, and Parrikar on MLA in the Assembly. Government in the coastal Bwas on Monday named as vince the alliance partners and is 36 after Parrikar’s death. Sunday, and resignations of Earlier, even as Parrikar’s State. 1/2%/ 3. Kingdom’s home secretary Sajid the new Goa Chief Minister finalised the formula of two The strength of the House two Congress MLAs Subhash funeral procession was on, the Continued on Page 6 Javid had referred India’s after party bigwigs, including Deputy Chief Ministers for London court has issued an request for extraditing Modi to president Amit Shah and the State,” a senior BJP func- Aarrest warrant against jew- a court for initiating legal pro- Union Transport Minister tionary said. Parrikar was head- ellery designer Nirav Modi, ceedings against the diaman- Nitin Gadkari, could bring ing a coalition Government the main accused in the USD 2 taire. about a consensus on his name comprising the BJP, three billion PNB scam case, in A British daily had recent- by making the other claimants MLAs each of the GFP, the response to an ED request for ly published a report and video to the post from the alliance MGP and three Independents. his extradition in a money showing Modi walking in the partners agreeable to his can- Shah said it will be hard to laundering case, officials said streets of London and said the didature, according to sources. fill the void left by Manohar Monday. They said the inves- fugitive diamantaire was living Sawant was the Speaker of Parrikar even as reports sug- tigative agency was recently in a swanky 8 million pounds the Goa Assembly. gested that two MGP MLAs informed about the issuance of apartment in the city’s West Swant’s name was cleared could switch over to the BJP to the warrant by the Westminster End and that he was involved hours after late Chief Minister increase its number in the Magistrate Court and Modi is in a new diamond business. Manohar Parrikar’s funeral cer- Assembly from 12 to 14. expected to be put under formal The ED and the CBI are emony, also attended by Prime Sawant has been a promi- arrest by the local police investigating Modi, his uncle Minister Narendra Modi, con- nent presence in Goa’s political (London Metropolitan police) Mehul Choksi and others for cluded at Goa’s Capital Panaji. scene since Parrikar’s illness soon. The warrant was issued a alleged money laundering and Sawant will be assisted by was announced in October few days back and the ED was corruption to perpetrate the two Deputy Chief Ministers — 2018. In February, the BJP subsequently informed, they alleged scam in the Brady Goa Forward Party (GFP)chief leader had updated the public said. House branch of the PNB in Vijai Sardesai and about the State of Parrikar’s After the arrest, Modi will Mumbai that was unearthed Maharashtrawadi Gomantak health, after the CM was admit- be brought before the court to last year. Party (MGP) MLA Sudin ted to AIIMS in Delhi. secure bail and the legal pro- Modi, 48, is currently living Dhavalikar. Interestingly, the Sawant represents the ceedings for his extradition in a three-bedroom flat occu- two who have now been Sanquelim constituency and is will begin thereafter, they said. pying half of a floor of the land- “accommodated” had earlier an Ayurveda practitioner by A similar procedure was mark Centre Point tower block staked their claim to the top profession. He was close to followed when absconding in London, where rent is esti- post in the State. Parrikar, who was understood liquor businessman Vijay mated to cost 17,000 pounds a There was no Deputy CM to have groomed him as a Mallya was arrested by the month, UK’s Telegraph news- post in place when Parrikar was politician. The Congress is London police after a warrant paper had reported. Modi has CM. But since the MGP and currently the single largest was issued based on the ED’s been chargesheeted by both the GFP both have 3 MLAs party in the State with 14 request to extradite him to the agencies and the ED has India in a money laundering also attached his assets worth case pegged at 9,000 crore. 1,873.08 crore under the ! Mallya’s case is in final Prevention of Money " # ! $ stages in that country. Laundering Act (PMLA), and *+ " " % & The Enforcement has also seized assets linked to ' Directorate (ED), early this him and his family worth R Monday asked the Congress Dal (RLD) alliance. ( %) month, had said that United 489.75 crore. not to “spread confusion” and “The Congress is free to said the alliance was capable of field its candidates on all the 80 defeating the BJP on its own. seats in UP alone. In other Hours later BSP’s poll ally words, our alliance (of SP- Samajwadi Party (SP) the SP BSP-RLD) is capable enough of too echoed Mayawati’s view. In defeating the BJP. The Congress a tweet, SP president Akhilesh should refrain from spreading Yadav said, “In Uttar Pradesh, confusion about leaving seven Q R the SP, BSP and RLD alliance seats for the (SP-BSP-RLD) is capable of defeating the BJP. tweets made it clear that the alliance,” Mayawati tweeted. & 1*2 The Congress party need not party will not enter into any She also said, “The BSP spread any kind of confusion.” alliance with the Congress. would like to make it clear once day after the Congress said Mayawati even dared the On Sunday, the Congress again that there is no alliance Ait was leaving seven Lok Congress to go ahead and field announced that it was leaving or understanding with the Sabha seats for the SP-BSP- candidates in all the 80 Lok seven Lok Sabha seats in the Congress in UP and anywhere RLD combine in Uttar Pradesh, Sabha seats in the State. State for the SP, Bahujan Samaj in the country.” BSP supremo Mayawati on The BSP chief in a series of Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Continued on Page 6 O " # !"# $ $ % & $$ ' # , - ( '' %) "45" one steamer all decked up for her, and they all jumped into $ '# Priyanka, and no arrangement the boat. n an hilarious turn of events for another boat to carry them The boat was soon stuffed $ Iduring the boat campaign by along to cover Priyanka’s poll beyond its capacity and became % Congress general secretary campaign. unstable. On boatman’s frantic &' (! !*#& * "+ Priyanka Gandhi on Monday, The drama started as soon instruction, some people had to a boat carrying media persons as Priyanka — who reached the alight. But as the boat reached ' and some Congress leaders ghat around 11.30 am — got the middle of the river, it ran O ran aground at Manaya ghat of onto her steamer. There was no aground in low water. 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1/2%/ 3. Purvanchali votes in Delhi. Mishra joining the BJP. “We are national Capital. Sources in the Delhi BJP said learning from past instances, in As per the Election he burgeoning population the party is focusing on Baniya 2012, during civic elections, the Commission data, in Delhi, Tof Purvanchalis (people and Purvanchali communities Delhi BJP fielded 18 there are at least 20 Assembly from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh) for the Lok Sabha elections. Purvanchali candidates and 12 constituencies or 80 municipal has altered the poll demogra- “Party is in the process of managed to win, and in 2017 wards where Purvanchalis con- phy of the national Capital. deciding the names of two the party gave tickets to 43 stitute 17 to 47 per cent of Punjabis, who used to domi- leaders each from the Purvanchalis and out of them the vote. nate the public discourse and Purvanchali and Baniya com- 34 won. As the Purvanchali The ruling Aam Aadmi poll outcome in the past, now munity while one candidate population is growing, one Party (AAP) has 13 MLAs stand relegated to play the sec- each from Jat, Punjabi and leader is not sufficient to rep- from Purvanchal background. ond fiddle to the domineering Dalit communities will be field- resent the community,” said a Gopal Rai, AAP’ Delhi con- Purvanchalis. ed,” said sources. BJP leader. vener and a Minister in the The situation has propelled When asked about anoth- If one considers voters’ Delhi Cabinet, hails from east- regional parties to select more er Purvanchali leader part from calculations in Delhi, the sig- ern Uttar Pradesh while leaders, representing Delhi BJP party president nificance of Purvanchali voters Deputy Chief Minister Manish Purvanchalis. The BJP is like- Manoj Tiwari, the party sources in Delhi can be measured by Sisodia belongs to neighbour- ly to field at least two candi- hinted at former Congress MP the fact that they form nearly ing Ghaziabad. dates eyeing sizeable from West Delhi Mahabal 35 to 40 per cent of votes in the Continue on Page 6 ! ( $#) *#% +,-./+,
/ ! " & 1*2 gets was sanctioned for quick 11,27,195 farmers under price implementation. support scheme in 2018-19 he Yogi Adityanath gov- “I want implementation of and on-line payment of Rs & 1*2 ernment will complete projects of Central and state 9231.99 crore was made with- (/ 31. 44*&4 Ttwo years in office on governments. Effective imple- in 72 hours. mall is not that small during (3/9 "(./9?&((3/4 Tuesday without any pomp mentation of schemes will UP is the first state where Selections, particularly in and show as the model code of ensure that benefits reached the maximum number of farmers Uttar Pradesh, where small 3@/ "5/9&*"(?9/.1 conduct is in force following identified sections effectively (approximately 28 lakh) bene- parties are much in demand as @. 5/9#(. (*+(3.9 9(/?9/ declaration of general elec- and in a transparent manner,” fited from the Prime Minister the major players know that a tions, polling of which will start Yogi said during one of his Kisan Samman Yojana. Besides, slight shift of votes can turn 1(&"1(3/+*"(&1/*+14 from April 11 and conclude on meetings with bureaucrats many closed and sick sugar their apple cart in the battle of "(4.1(3/?(( /*+? *(9# May 19. recently. mills were revived and in one ballots. A senior government offi- The feather in the cap of year the government carried Two days back, five small cial told ‘The Pioneer’ on Yogi was the way the govern- out record purchase of sugar outfits — Eklavya Samaj Party, small parties like Apna Dal analyses the BJP’s rise in UP, the Monday that all official func- ment organised Kumbh Mela cane. Bharatiya Samaj Party, (Sonelal) and Suheldev only success mantra is that it tions have been put on hold early this year in which over These achievements ended Navbharat Samajwadi Dal, Bharatiya Samaj Party. The formed alliance with smaller because of the Election 24.20 crore pilgrims took a dip in national awards as the Action Party and Ahimsa Party BJP has conceded two seats to parties. Commission directives but the at the holy Sangam. Government UP won 12 — which were hitherto Apna Dal (S) while SBSP is ask- “Even at national level, it is party may organise some func- For the first time, Pravasi awards for the first time for unknown to a majority of the ing for five seats. a conglomeration of around 30 tions. Bharatiya Diwas was organised successful execution of scheme people announced their sup- Even in the Congress, small parties. In political sce- Yogi Adityanath took oath in Varanasi and 5,000 foreign implemented by the Union port to the Bharatiya Janata Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has nario where caste is important, of office on March 19, 2017. delegates took part in it. Ministry of Rural Party. stitched alliances with Mahan such tactical alliances are a When the parliamentarian Foundation stones of projects tricity is available across the 29, 2019 in which it was decid- Development. Their importance can be Dal, Jan Adhikar Party and must,” he opined. Mahant of Gorakhnath temple, worth Rs 65,000 crore were laid state. ed in principle to construct The first year of Yogi’s gov- gauged from the fact that BJP Apna Dal (Krishna) with the It is not only smaller par- clad in saffron, was sworn in as in a groundbreaking ceremony To boost industrial devel- Ganga Expressway in order to ernment was a testing time but state chief Mahendra Nath aim to strengthen its caste out- ties, even castes like Kushwaha, Chief Minister of this political- as the confidence of investors opment of eastern Uttar link west UP (Meerut) with from the second year, the gov- Pandey, Deputy Chief Minister reach. Shakya, Kachhar, Kewat, ly sensitive state, many eye- was back. Pradesh (Purvanchal), about eastern part of the state ernment started marching on Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dr SP Pandey from Dr Mallah, Nishad, Kashyap, brows were raised. But two Through single window 341-km-long Purvanchal (Prayagraj). This expressway the path of progress. In this Union Minister of State for Govind Ballabh Institute of Maurya and Rajbhar, who fall years down the line, Yogi has system, Nivesh Mitra, operat- Expressway is under construc- will pass through Meerut, election year, the achievements Finance, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Studies in Rural Development in in the Most Backward Class proved everyone wrong. ed to facilitate setting up of tion through the state’s own Amroha, Bulandshahr, of the Yogi government will be attended the press meet in Lucknow said that in a state like (MBC) category. are considered Not only did he streamline industries in UP, 70 services of financial resources. A deci- Budaun, Shahjahanpur, put to test. which these parties declared UP where caste was the only politically sensitive. government functioning, he 20 departments are being made sion has been taken to con- Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Kannauj, “We are going to the peo- their support for BJP. driving force in politics, it was Nomita P Kumar of Giri also made bureaucrats to slog. available on-line to the struct a 91-km-long Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh ple with our report card and “You might not have heard an astute move by parties to ink Institute of Development Meetings were held to remove investors. Gorakhpur Link Expressway to and Prayagraj districts. asking them to vote for the their names but they are caste- deals with smaller parties. Studies (GIDS) said that in UP, the cobweb of indecision so The government realised link Gorakhpur with The high point of Yogi’s work we have done as we based and have influence in “Technically, you may call caste is the only force that dri- that the benefits of government what entrepreneurs needed Purvanchal Expressway. two-year rule has been the believe that the BJP govern- small pockets. Their support them small parties but they ves people to cast votes. schemes reached the masses. and hence it started spreading Similarly, construction of way he fulfilled the promises ment has worked for all sec- can make our journey a bit have a large support base in vil- “Ignoring these castes would All sectors moved ahead in uni- network of quality roads across 296-km-long Bundelkhand made by the Bharatiya Janata tions of society, be it farmers or comfortable,” Keshav Prasad lages. A tilt of this caste base can mean sure defeat of a party, son. Be it crime control, edu- the state and repairing the old Expressway is also on the anvil. Party to the people. A record women,” the Chief Minister Maurya told this reporter. turn the fortune of any party in therefore big parties go for cation, health, agriculture et al, ones. Power supply was A meeting of UP Cabinet was purchase of 52.92 lakh metric recently said at a private pro- The BJP has also entered the battle of ballots,” he said. these caste-based small parties,” projects were made and bud- improved and now quality elec- held in Prayagraj on January tones of wheat was made from gramme. into an alliance with other Dr Pandey said that if one she said. %1! 2 1 $ $ & 1*2 or even striking of alliance with of the alliance was stitched with has given seven seats to Jan kin of party founder Babu smaller outfits, particularly Congress. Adhikar Party,” Maurya is Singh Kushwaha. The party ICC general secretary with Babu Singh Kushwaha’s “It is now for Priyanka to heard saying. said that Kushwaha, an accused Aincharge of east UP, Jan Adhikar Party. probe as to how a pact was “I have dispatched a letter on bail in the NRHM scam, Lucknow (PNS): The Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s move Kushwaha has spent sever- made with Kushwaha without to Congress informing them of would not contest the election. Election Commission of India to go for alliances with small- al years in jail after the her knowledge and whether ending the alliance and any The candidates are (on Monday formally set the ball er parties like Mahan Dal and Congress exposed his role in she knew about Kushwaha’s association will be only possi- Kushwaha’s wife Shiv Kanya rolling for the 2019 Lok Sabha Jan Adhikar Party has not gone the multi-crore rupees scam in tainted past,” the Congress ble if Congress gives five seats from Chandauli, his founder polls in UP by issuing notifica- down well with party workers National Rural Health Mission leader said. to Mahan Dal,” he is further brother Shiv Sharan Singh tion for the first phase elections as the Congress scion faced (NRHM) projects in UP. Sources said that in anoth- heard saying to his party from Jhansi and a kin in which eight constituencies protests soon after the declara- Interestingly, a letter and er embarrassment for leader. Chandrashekhar Singh from will go to polls on April 11. tion of tie-ups with these out- an audio tape of a call on social Congress, an audio tape went Sources claimed that a Basti. The party also fielded Elections in the state will com- fits. media also embarrassed the viral on social media in which senior Congress leader also Suraj Singh Shakya from Etah mence from the western region Not just protest, the party grand old party. The letter Mahan Dal chief Keshav Dev informed Priyanka how a size- Lok Sabha seat. and gradually move through the leaders also forced the AICC showed that Jan Adhikar Party Maurya, while speaking to able amount was pocketed by Jan Adhikar Party candi- central part to conclude in the general secretary in charge of had declared names of five can- another leader, claimed that he another senior leader by ensur- dates will contest on the party eastern region of the state in the east UP to make a secret probe didates on March 16, a day decided to end his pact with ing a Lok Sabha ticket for a seat symbol of ‘bowl’ from five seven-phase polls covering all 80 into charges of money exchang- before it cemented alliance Congress to save himself from in east UP. The leader also pro- seats while from two seats — Lok Sabha seats. Chief Electoral ing hands in ticket allotments with the Congress. A day after embarrassment of accepting vided some documents to but- Ghazipur and Ballia — they Officer (UP) L Venkateshwarlu the alliance, on Monday, money for stitching an alliance tress the charge. will fight the election on said in Lucknow on Monday Kushwaha’s party declared four without taking any seat for the Annoyed at the embarrass- Congress symbol. that notification for the first candidates. party. ing development, Priyanka is Jan Adhikar Party general phase of polls for eight con- A Congress leader said “I was confident that the said to have asked UP secretary IP Singh Kushwaha stituencies had been issued. that Kushwaha had already Congress will join the grand Congress chief Raj Babbar to told the media in Lucknow on The last date for nominations for reached a secret pact with a alliance and if I fought on their look into the matter and report Monday that Babu Singh the first phase poll will be March senior Congress leader hence symbol and will become MP to her. Kushwaha would campaign 25. Scrutiny of papers will be he was confident of the tie-up and will be able to run my Meanwhile on Monday, for Congress candidates and done the next day and March 28 and went on to release the list party. I cannot give any clari- Jan Adhikar Party announced ruled out opposition within the will be the last date for with- of five candidates a day ahead fication now that Congress four candidates, mostly close Congress over the alliance. drawal of papers.
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+ & 1*2 apartments. The DM, who is also the district election offi- hief development officer cer, inspected Ashoka CManish Bansal, who is Apartments near Butler also the nodal officer of Palace. The booth-level officer SVEEP activities, said they said there were 49 flats in the had covered nearly 70 per apartment and all had not cent of the population in terms been covered under the yellow of yellow slips distribution for slips distribution campaign. Lok Sabha elections. Yellow Expressing anger, the DM said slips which are being given to the entire apartment must be people carry details of all the covered in the next three days family members who are reg- or else departmental action istered voters. would be taken against those Talking to The Pioneer, he found responsible. The DM said it was the most unique also visited Surya Square activity which they had con- Apartment where he was ducted under SVEEP activi- informed that there were 40 ties. He said it was being car- flats and all had been covered ried out for the first time in the under the campaign. It was city. He said that earlier, the confirmed by the apartment slips were distributed by polit- president. ical parties through agents Sharma then visited just before the polls. “Since Shalimar Apartment where those missing out did not one BLO was found absent. have time to get themselves ( The DM said that the wages of registered as voters, this exer- the BLO in question must be cise has been started earlier. He further pointed out register as voters. “Talks and Meanwhile, District stopped forthwith. When he We had also showcased this that they were issuing detailed meetings have already been Magistrate Kaushal Raj sought details regarding the activity before the Election instructions to the mobile ser- held with the mobile service Sharma carried out a surprise distribution of yellow slips, the Commission team and they vice providers to send SMSes providers and instructions will inspection of the yellow slips supervisor was unable to pro- appreciated it,” he said. to the people asking them to be released now,” he added. distribution campaign in vide any. ", 1 !""#$ %&'( ' #" "! # 1 + & 1*2 ith Holi just a few days *' ! Waway, a huge variety of sumptuous gujhias have flood- ed the markets with sweet + & 1*2 they gave to me. After I put my getting an FIR registered was (both of Jankipuram) had gone shops witnessing brisk sales. two gold bangles, a gold chain not an easy task. “First explain to LIC office for some work Attractively showcased, these wo conmen posing as CB- and a ring in the paper sachet, the police every minute details and were returning home by gujhias catch the attention of TCID sleuths forced a they took it from me without related to the incident and an autorickshaw. When they buyers. Chandra Bhan Singh, woman in Vikas Nagar to put my consent and returned it to then make rounds of the police got down from the auto, a sales incharge at a popular off her jewellery which they me after checking it,” the station,” he said. A police youth told them that a sub- sweet shop in Mahanagar, said later took from her and disap- woman told the police. spokesman said a case was inspector had summoned the varieties included golden peared on Monday afternoon. She said that as she was being registered and investiga- them for checking. “I saw a gujhia (Rs 32,000 per kg), Police registered a case in this frightened, she dropped the tions were on. man standing few yards away regular gujhia (Rs 740 per connection but said that the idea of shopping. “I returned “The woman was conned from the tempo stand. When kg), regular pagi gujhia (Rs woman was not harassed to home and checked my jew- by the miscreants who posed we reached near him, we saw 680 per kg), baby gujhia (Rs take her ornaments off. ellery again. I was shocked to as CB-CID. But they tricked that a man was putting off his 840 per kg), anjeer gujhia (Rs As per reports, Kiran see that there were small pieces the woman. The police are gold chain and giving it to the 1,400 per kg), badam gujhia Agarwal (52) of Vikas Nagar of stones inside the packet,” scanning CCTV footages in cop. The miscreant howled at (Rs 2,000 per kg), badam- (sector 3) was going for shop- she said. Her family later con- area to track down the miscre- my wife for wearing orna- pista gujhia (Rs 2,000 per kg), ping. After she reached the tacted the police but getting ants,” he said. ments at a time when there is pista gujhia (Rs 2,600 per kg), main road near her house, the help from the police, preoccu- Meanwhile, two miscre- a spate in loot cases. We gave pista-chilgoza gujhia (Rs 2,800 bike-borne conmen screeched pied in view of the approach- ants posing as policemen loot- him two gold bangles and a per kg), kaju gujhia (Rs 1,600 to a halt near her. “They told ing elections, was not easy. ed jewellery from a woman, gold chain which he wrapped per kg), and sugarfree kaju me that they were CB-CID “The police reached us late who was travelling to in a piece of paper and then gujhiya (Rs 1,600 per kg). sleuths and asked why I was and then showered a volley of Engineering College crossing returned it to us. Upon reach- Besides, there is also sheera wearing ornaments. They questions on us. They sought in Jankipuram along with her ing home, we opened the gujhia. These gujhias are gold- intimidated me into putting details about the conmen and husband on Monday evening. packet only to find fake orna- en, green, red and white in the ornaments off and keeping then accepted the complaint,” Reports said Arjun Acharya, ments inside,” Arjun told the colour. ! - 1 them in a piece of paper which her family said. A relative said along with his wife Ratnamala police. Singh said that with most of the women working these run-up to Holi. “These agents days, gujhia sales were good as help people select sweets and # 3 people did not have time to go savouries for the festival,” he % ! into the tedious process of added. ! 1 preparation. He said the best Meanwhile, several $# selling gujhias were the regu- women are making gujhias at 4! lar ones. “Regular gujhias are their homes. A housewife in selling well as compared to the Gomti Nagar said it was a way + & 1*2 and 5,000 kg coloured kachri in rich varieties primarily through which women bond- Allahabad were seized. She + & 1*2 because the latter are pur- ed with one another in the n awareness campaign was said that food material worth + & 1*2 chased for gifting,” he rea- past. “Since making gujhias is Acarried out by the Food Rs 90 lakh was seized. Apart undreds of widows of soned. However, he said the a tedious exercise, women Safety and Drug from this, 71,000 kg of food- HVrindavan have decided he probe into the / high rates of golden gujhias used to assemble in a lighter Administration (FSDA) in the stuff, 819 kg masala, biscuit, not to celebrate Holi this time TGosainganj cash loot did not deter buyers. With the mood while preparing these run-up to Holi. The campaign porridge and savouries were to mourn the sad demise of involving three cops, including current season of electioneer- items. Some would make the which kicked off on March 1 destroyed. Goa Chief Minister Manohar two sub-inspectors of Lucknow !! 1 ing, Singh said he felt that the filling with khoya while others was monitored on a daily basis Jain said they had secured Parrikar. Hundreds of widow police, has proved to be an eye- sales would be high. “This is would roll the dough and put by the department till it con- 381 samples of oil, 608 samples sisters, mothers and people wash as only a paltry sum has Lucknow (PNS): A youth we reached the hospital, we the time when a lot of net- in the filling. Steaming hot cluded on Monday. Principal of khoya, 653 samples of papad gathered on Monday at the his- been recovered against the (22) died after a tree that he were told that Mithun died working happens and sweets gujhias have always been Secretary, FSDA, Anita and 905 samples of milk, sweets toric Gopinath temple of whopping amount (Rs 1.85 was cutting fell on him in after he came under a tree are the best way to reach out lapped up by men,” she said. Bhatnagar Jain said in reports and cottage cheese. She said Vrindavan and paid their last crore) which was looted. Gosainganj on Monday. His which he was felling,” victim’s to people, hence we are expect- She further pointed out that were analysed, 258 lakh kg that a total of 2,547 samples respects to the departed soul “On the fifth day of his parents accused the contrac- father Satyanarayan alleged. ing good sales,” he added. that they still prepared gujhias foodstuff and 10,562 litres of oil were taken. The maximum and offered condolences. PCR, prime accused Madhukar tors, who had hired him, of He said the contractors At yet another sweet shop, at home because it added to were found without label and samples were taken from Social organisation Sulabh Mishra did not reveal any- forcing him into the work fled the scene when he and his there are different varieties the traditional touch and also, was seized & destroyed. The oil Lucknow, Varanasi, Meerut International had planned to thing significant. He will be which he was not familiar kin demanded an explanation. including potli gujhia, samosa there was a vast difference was worth Rs 1.60 crore. and Kanpur. She said that the organise Holi celebrations for sent to jail on Tuesday,” the with. As per reports, two con- A police spokesman said that gujhia and gujhia made of dry between gujhias prepared at In addition, she said 2,000 samples were analysed in six the widows but it was cancelled Gosainganj SHO said. He said tractors Rahim and Shahid of a complaint had been given by fruits. Incidentally, there are a home and those purchased kg of gram flour in Agra, 2,000 different labs of the state and due to the death of the Goa the police recovered Rs 12.86 Mohanlalganj hired Mithun of the deceased’s father. “Sub- lot of gujhia varieties available from the market. “The gujhias litres palm oil in Ferozabad, reports provided on a daily Chief Minister. lakh in cash on Sunday. Mohanlalganj and took him to inspector Gyanesh Kumar has in gifts packs. are also called pidikyas because 2,200 litres of palm oil in Mau, basis. “The reports were col- To pay respect to the “Earlier, the police had recov- Rampur village of Gosainganj been assigned the probe and Sales incharge of another when they are fried, they gen- 1,100 kg refined flour in lected through e-mails and departed soul, a prayer meet- ered more than Rs 2 lakh from on Monday morning. the body has been sent for shop said that a lot of market- erally flip from one side to Shahjahanpur, 35,000 kg notices were issued in terms of ing was organised at Gopinath constable Pradeep Bhadauriya “Around noon, we got a call autopsy,” he said. He was clue- ing agents were involved in the another,” she added. coloured kachri in Kanpur, action taken” she pointed out. temple where the widows lit and his driver,” he added. from the contractors who less when asked if the contrac- candles and chanted bhajans. Three cheques of Rs 30.92 asked us to reach the commu- tors had taken permission for nity health centre. They said felling the tree. Later, he said “As a mark of respect to the lakh were also recovered from Mithun had taken sick. When it was also being investigated. departed soul, we have decid- the thickets near the residence ' 7 ed not to celebrate Holi this of Yashkant, who has been time. All widows mourn the named in the case and is refused to be in possession of + sad demise of our beloved absconding. the ill-gotten cash. Later, the + + & 1*2 leader and statesman,” said The police had arrested police also arrested Recovery of livestock car- Sulabh International founder sub-inspectors Pawan Kumar Madhukar’s aunt Shobha casses in Mau village of he Traffic department has Dr Bindeshwar Pathak in Mishra & Ashish Kumar Pathak and his cousin Saloni Mohanlalganj kept the police Tmade arrangements for Lucknow on Monday. Tiwari, constable Pradeep from their house in Barabanki. on their toes for hours. A case checking drunk driving and Vrindavan’s Holi celebra- Bhadauriya and his driver The police had termed was registered and the samples overspeeding of vehicles on the tions in recent years have Anand Yadav on March 9, Madhukar Mishra master were sent for forensic test. occasion of Holi. ASP, Traffic, become memorable occasions soon after the incident came to planner of the dacoity. Reports said some villagers said that over 50 cops would be for thousands of widows, who light. However, Madhukar On the fateful, the accused spotted the carcasses and soon deployed throughout the day until recently used to face remained elusive and he sur- had raided the Omaxe the news spread like wild fire. on the day of Holi for vehicle humiliation. Their lives, how- rendered in the court on Residency flat of coal business- Some social media activists checking. ever, changed for the better March 13. Left red-faced, the man Ankit Agrahari and loot- propagated the news after He said they were current- when the Supreme Court inter- cops then moved court seek- ed the cash from him while which the matter was brought ly in the process of identifying vened and asked non-govern- ing PCR (police custody holding him and his friends at to the notice of police. A team the zones in the city checkings mental organisation Sulabh remand) of Madhukar and it the gun-point. Pilloried by of police reached the scene. would be carried out. “A few of International to take care of the was granted for a period of five activists on social media, the Later, a local unit leader of BJP the areas which we have iden- widows in despair in the last days. On March 14, Madhukar police had registered a case of lodged a complaint in this tified are Lohia Path and stages of their lives. was taken on remand but he dacoity against the accused. connection. Riverfront where there are more chances of overspeeding” he said. The ASP (Traffic) said &' ( volunteers would also be deployed along with the police + & 1*2 comprehend the response of said, “We should have a uni- staff. He said they had over 150 secular parties to the New form approach in condemning breath analysers which would rominent cleric and Imam Zealand tragedy. The same acts of terror. If a Muslim is be used for the exercise. Pof Aishbagh Eidgah, parties condemned the inci- involved in the act of terror, he RTO AK Singh said the Maulana Khalid Rashid dent when two Muslim gun- is immediately dubbed as ter- Transport department would Farangi Mahali, expressed dis- men in Paris attacked the office rorist while non-Muslims also be carrying out checking and drive as it leads to the max- dents. Accidents also occur eyes and skin. “Synthetic may at the muted response of of French satirical weekly mag- indulging in such acts are through breath analysers at imum number of accidents in because children throw bal- colours can also damage hair secular parties to massacre of azine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 described as ‘gunmen’ and some points of the city. “We the city. Co-media incharge Dr loons filled with water or also and hence one should be 50 Muslims who were praying people and injuring 11 on ‘shooter’.” Farangi Mahali have five breath analyzers Sudhir Singh said triple-riding colours on commuters,” he careful,” he added. in Al Noor mosque in January, 2015. The secular par- added, “Anybody killing inno- which we will be using for few during Holi when people were pointed out. He said people He said that in cases com- Christchurch (New Zealand). ties vied with each other in cent person is a terrorist and hours in the day for checking drunk resulted in maximum should be specific about the ing to the Trauma Centre, The Maulana also accused condemning the incident in incident,” Farangi Mahali said those having soft corner for ter- drunk drivers,” he said. head injury cases. “The high colours which they use because doctors fount the wounds with the media of adopting double strongest possible terms but on Monday. The Maulana, also rorists are mentally sick. I feel KGMU doctors have also mood in which they drive also those allergic to colours might difficulty as patients were usu- standards in this case. they have maintained studied a member of the All-India that the root cause of terrorism appealed to people to not drink increases the chances of acci- end up with damage to their ally smeared with colours. “I am at my wits end to silence over the Christchurch Muslim Personal Law Board, is Islamophobia.” ! ( $#) *#% +,-./+, '
*-/%*9 )"* +" '( %' ((" ("% + $ ! at Aligarh Muslim University. Mahrukh Mirza, Vice- AMU celebrates the birth Chancellor of Khwaja Moinuddin Anniversary of Hazrat Ali on Chishti Urdu-Arabi-Farsi 13th day of Rajab (Islamic lunar (+ %& -"$( * % University, has been invited as calendar month) every year. An * " chief guest to ‘Ali Day’ celebrations array of activities like essay writ- + & 1*2 ing, article writing and speech & 1*2 E competitions are held with a view eware of dogs at + to highlighting the significant BJaneshwar Mishra and dimensions of Hazrat Ali’s life and Ram Manohar Parks in ttar Pradesh Chief inspiration and he “guided us promoting his teachings for Gomti Nagar. The canines UMinister Yogi Adityanath from the beginning, and he G H" humanity. Mirza will be presiding have the visitors, especially has attacked his rivals for crit- has said a safe and clean ( 4!!0 H over Ali Day celebrations at the morning walkers, scared. icising the government for Kumbh had been organised”, Aligarh Muslim University and The Lucknow Development renaming this year’s Ardh Adityanath said. “When the /=0=;!:5 ,!5 ! sharing his views on the life and Authority (LDA) adminis- Kumbh as Kumbh, saying the entire world is facing the men- ,!IJ H" teachings of Hazrat Ali and their tration is worried over the opposition does not have an ace of terrorism and living in 0 A ! ,! /K relevance in the contemporary menace and is engaged in “iota of knowledge” about an atmosphere of fear, we , I 1 1 world. The program will be held devising a strategy to do Indian traditions. were able to successfully on March 22. away with the threat. The state government had organise a surakshit Kumbh in 2 The number of visitors is renamed the Ardh Kumbh as which more than 24 crore rrqr vpv vr said to have decreased in the Kumbh and the Kumbh as devotees came,” the chief min- L- /K8 " A one-day workshop and past three months due to the Maha Kumbh in 2017. ister said. !#*#(O learning programme was carried menace. It is also seen that The Kumbh was held in He said with the prime (#)*)+<=>1"1 out at Abdul Kalam Technical people visit these parks in Allahabad from January 15 to minister’s efforts and motiva- University on Monday. It was groups avoid attacks by dogs. March 4 at the Sangam — the Modi, saying it was a “swachh tion, India’s biggest spiritual 0.4 ## ! . presided over by V-C Vinay Incharge of the parks SS confluence of the Yamuna, (clean) and surakshit (safe) and cultural gathering was 2J N !O Kumar Pathak. The workshop Sisodia said the LDA admin- Ganga and the mythical Kumbh”. recognised by the UNESCO as > 0= :1 8 was organised with the purpose istration was aware of the Saraswati rivers — and as per “If they (opposition) had an “intangible cultural heritage " !#*$( of using modern means for menace and was preparing a government data, it was even an iota of knowledge per- of humanity”. On the issue of boosting research on artificial plan to eliminate the menace. (3/1&?/"*+@.9.(*"9.99.%(*3@/ attended by over 24 crore peo- taining to Indian traditions, stray cattle in the state, the O (#)*)+<= intelligence, soft robotics, and 3D He said big posters and ban- ple. “When the entire country then I would have told them chief minister said it is an >1"1 0.4## designs in the affiliated colleges. ners informing the visitors of %/ "/9/%.1(3/9((3"//*1(39 feels proud about the valour something. But, it is futile to “manmade problem (kritrim ! . 0 !5 A grant of Rs 2,20,000 will be the dog menace would be put %&/(*(3//1 /#.(.9 9*9//1(3( and heroic deeds of the armed make them understand, and aapdaa)”. “This problem is N !O > given to the universities as finan- up at sensitive points already forces, they (opposition) seeks the public will eventually and not caused by nature, but by cial aid. identified. An exercise in /* /@.9.((3/9/" 9.1 evidence of surgical strikes and in time teach them a lesson,” the society, and the society 0= :1 8 this regard will begin after air strikes. “When the entire he said. There was a “saatvik should come forward to " !#*&(O 5"*&9@*.%(( 9?4%*59 Holi. world praises the divya taakat (pious force)” that redress the problem. In some (#)*)+ <= >1 The visitors will be (divine) and bhavya (grand) wanted “faith and trust” to of the districts, members of the "1 0.4)$#! advised through posters and the parks used to walk alone thanks to timely intervention Kumbh, then they do not feel prevail come what may in the society have come forward placards to move and walk in in the parks but the situation of security guards. proud and express sadness as Kumbh, Adityanath said. “But, and contributed,” he said. In . =" ;. ! " #$% #&'' '''(#)*)+, groups and to be careful has changed. Now, they are Sisodia said the LDA to why Ardh Kumbh was there was also a big section, January this year, the state gov- 0= :1 H2.-! 8 about safety of their children. accompanied by armed con- administration would seek made Kumbh,” Adityanath that was spreading disinforma- ernment had cleared a plan to - ./! 0 / " !#*B( O Over a dozen dog bite cases stable. The last attack by the help of Lucknow told PTI in an interview on tion about India, Indianness levy cow welfare cess to help 1 / 102 have been reported from dogs was reported on last Municipal Corporation. He Saturday. and the Sanatan Dharma. generate funds for its plans to (#)*)+<=##! #*'$'#)+)3'2, . ! 0.4 ## Janeshwar Mishra Park and Saturday morning when a said no force or any other The chief minister attrib- Disregarding all of them, we build cow shelters for stray 0!, 4!5 #+'$' nine from Lohia Park since family was walking in means would be adopted to uted the success of the recent- moved ahead and achieved cows. The new cess is applic- ! . ! ## #)+ @7 )$' )$'$ 2, December last year. Janeshwar Mishra Park. catch the stray dogs so as to ly culminated Kumbh to our mission,” he said. Prime able on excise items, road toll ! !0 !5 "!, 4!8 . 4! The VVIPs coming to Luckily, no one was injured, ensure they are not injured. Prime Minister Narendra Minister Modi was a source of plazas and Mandi Parishads. 0. 9 / 4!80-!:1 !2J 1 0; . <= > 1 1 2 H2.-! 8 0N! . ? " !#*3( : ))) ))&; > 1 O (#)*)+ <= ; ; "188 4 ! 4 . #(" '!/"$$- ! (%'# -&+ >1 1 0.4 "08A B$3 )*'$'#)+ CC > / 2,!2 DD8 ;."1 HP 0 + & 1*2 ing. The idols from Natveer Baba temple The police were trying to identify L- 8 0-!:1 and other roadside places of worship were those responsible for the incident. ith the first phase of Lok Sabha polls dumped there after damaging them. Meanwhile, in Muzaffarnagar, a 17- 0; . <= >1 1 . Winching closer, some unidentified As the news of recovery of broken year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped by five != A 7#B = ]A G miscreants tried to fuel communal hatred idols spread, hundreds of local residents youths at Phulat village under Ratanpuri )*'$'#)+ CC > / 0.A " #$( in the sensitive Gorakhpur by throwing converged on the spot within no time and police station on Sunday evening and the (41(#)*)+ , 2,!2 DD;Q /= broken idols in Padri Bazaar area on raised slogans against the police and one entire act was filmed by the miscreants. )+'$'#)+"!,! ! H2.- Monday morning. Luckily, the local community, alleging its hand in the After a case was registered, the police H py t H =^^^] A , ! , /KK8 police responded to an SOS in time and mischief. On learning about the incident arrested three of the accused. " #$((41( assured the agitated people of initiating and the protest, a police team led by As per the report lodged by the girl’s #)*)+"=! E stern action against the perpetrators. senior officers rushed to the spot and brother, she had gone to the field on 0-!:1 0; . !4 !/K02 /5 ##'$' A heavy police force was later defused the situation. They assured the Sunday afternoon to collect fodder for <= >1 1 41 #)+)&72,05 ! deployed to avert any untoward incident. agitated mob that the idols would be cattle when the five accused forcibly . 4 0=;! !, 4!5 #$'$'#)+)#7 The police also registered a case repaired or replaced and the culprits dragged her to a secluded place and took O (J H" /= 2, , R "! , 4!8 against unknown persons and started would be brought to justice in the short- turns with her. The miscreants filmed the !2. ;4 #*' !0. / 4!8 investigation. As per reports, residents of est possible time. Circle officer of entire act and threatened to make the $'#)+)&'2,0.A! 0. 1 Padri Bazaar area in Gorakhpur where Gorakhnath, Pravin Singh, said that video public if she reported the matter to ,!/K8())0N " rrqr vp ", shocked to find at least 12 broken idols prima facie it appeared to be an act of anyone. Efforts are on to nab the remain- #B)( ! !(41)(#)*)+7 <= /K80-!:10; .<= >11 strewn at the roadside on Monday morn- mischief and a probe was underway. ing two accused. >1 "1 2/ 0.4 )$# ## !. , 41 ! . = & " #%%+( (41(9) 5!5 H2.-! )*'$'#)+ CC > / 2,! 2 (:);! 4$$&8+ 8 - / R #' - 12N2 5!2N2 ;4)"=! #+'$'#)+)#7 4 DD 2,A N R#$3'( ! /)8(#)0N " #B#( ! !(41)(#)*)+7 <= 1 >1"12/ 0.4;. . . /= . 2 ! _^= "=!0.A1 Allahabad (PNS): In a H2.-! 8 - / R #' 0-/ : G H" daring incident four armed ;4)"=! #+'$'#)+ /=0=;!J (O / miscreants barged into the )#72,A N R#$3' 2.;4 " #B$ branch of a private bank sit- ( /)8 A =N( #+$#)+)&'2, uated in Kotwali area in O.2) 5 5! 0- ! 0 A!,!/K, !)B' Pratapgarh evening and 0; .<= >1"1412K 2, , RP ST= looted Rs 1.23 lakh from " (2K ,2K2K 00 - ! there during evening hours. " )*)#))#3+% 0-/ : ! 0 0-I According to a report 05O5 ! QVI7 ' ) -G "!, 4!8 received here the robbers 0 !,!5 (55O !- ;4- / - 0=; 1 also damaged the wiring of !0 0 5 V (0 ( , the close-circuit television ,!, 4! 2K , 1 ;4 5 1W (CCTV) cameras installed , : W !0 / 4! 8!K-"= inside the bank. The police "42K 0- ! ! +/4!8- / ;! said the robbers entered G / : 5 G E 0= /4! , 2K the bank and started pulling / : ! K. # ( !!0 (5O!0 R the wires of the CCTV 5!52K 4 1 !! K1! 0- !0; .<= >1"1 cameras there. On noticing , !2K .O ! 41 2.- /4! 0 the robbers there, some + Education Conference at religions lead to one god. ;!A Q 9! O A=N5 5!0- ! women customers became $ Gomti Nagar Campus II audi- They skillfully presented an J! 0!, 4!0. ! 0; .<= >1"1412K panicky and raised an At the Divine Education torium, Asharfabad branch example of value-based edu- G = " (2K ,22K alarm. At this the despera- Conferences, organised by celebrated it on its premises. cation which they received at 7 `, 48 /! " )*)#))#3+% does robbers hit them with City Montessori School, At both the functions, the stu- school throughout the year. ;4) !! 2 (K 05O5 ! QVI7 ' ) the butt of their guns. The Aliganj Campus II and dents showcased their tal- On this occasion, the stu- . KQ ,!5 ! ,! 1! 0 !,!5 (55O !- goons later took out a sum Asharfabad Campus, the stu- ents through singing, danc- dents, who performed bril- 1T 5 !!0=; , , !/K 2K , of Rs 1,23,650 from the cash dents put up their best perfor- ing, skits etc. They presented liantly in academics, co-cur- E ) [ 0 /K8- / , : W !0 box there and warned the mances and won hearts with a panorama of thoughts on ricular activities and sports ( =N , / 0 " " 4 2K cashier against informing their talents. CMS Aliganj religions before parents con- throughout the year, were ! !A= / 0- !G / : 5 the police. Minutes later Campus II organised Divine veying the message that all honoured. ;4#, !,!/K/!"! G / : ! K. they fled from the spot on , 4!8;4# 5 1W !5!52K 4 1 !! K1 their motorcycles. /! / 8 /! !, !2K .O ! Additional Superintendent , !0 /! /4!8 1 A , , of Police (ASP) Avnish !;! Srrqr 0 /K8 - / - 2 5 Mishra said that some eye- / ! =N( 5 ! /! ! , 4!8 witnesses told the police O.2)5 - / - =7, A 2K # 0 that one of the robbers was !,!0 /4!0. wearing a helmet. The said G = 7 0 !,!5 G ;=4 "= ! )#'2, 0- >! that his accomplices were O `, 48;4 not wearing any mask. 5 G! 7(,2 5 )' 0; . <= >1 "1 41 P (P , /K8 Mishra also said that the #*'$'#)+ )&' 2, police was scanning rrqr vpv 0! N R#$3(( /) "= ! 0 ! footages of the CCTV cam- 0 , !/K 8 ;4 eras installed in the nearby #+'$'#)+)#'2,5 ;4#(, 04 1 )=N5 - / - P - P "!, 4!8 shops to ascertain the iden- !=> / ,R 0-/ : ! ! 0 tity of the culprits involved 44 "!, 4!8"=! 0- = :/K8 in this daring loot and had 0/! 04 I 1 py t 2 also launched a hunt for - "! ;! " , /K 5 tracing their whereabouts. , 4!8 0 2 1 N 2 (0 # [ ;! ! /K8 )' 0 ! (;, 0- 0N #B$(( ) ! *++ , 0-/ : = : /48- ' 4(#)*)+7 <= >1 "1 / ( / 2/ 0.4 "1 0- ! 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1/2%/ 3. edges Congress, RJD, Upendra Kushwaha’s RLSP, Jitan Ram ith stalemate over seat- Manjhi's HAM, Sharad Yadav’s & Wsharing amongst the LJD and Mukesh Sahni’s VIP as Bihar grand alliance partners its constituents. Attempts are continuing, the State Congress being made by Madhepura leadership is believed to have MP Pappu Yadav whose wife 0 communicated to the high Ranjeet Ranjan is a Congress command to take the decision MP to seek entry into the for- 1/2%/ 3. polls in the first phase. The at the earliest keeping in mind mation though the same is & # #!&--8"!9 #! electorate in five (of 14 con- the necessity of being in the being opposed by the RJD etting in motion the high- 8 &9&" &8 #! stituencies) in Assam, one (of mahagathbandhan. which had fielded him on its Svoltage electoral battle, the 8&8 &8' "!--#- 11) in Chhattisgarh, seven (of The final decision has to be ticket five years ago but Election Commission (EC) on 48) in Maharashtra, one (of taken by Congress president expelled him later on discipli- Monday issued a notification .!:8#&"#*/ two) in Manipur, four (of 21) Rahul Gandhi within a day and nary grounds. for the April 11 first phase poll "8 &8! &** "#5;, in Odisha and one (of two) in that AICC sources said to keep Sharing of seats in the for 91 Lok Sabha seats in 20 &* 8!-* Tripura would also cast their the alliance intact the Congress grand alliance has been ham- States and Union Territories 8 &9&" &8-*- votes in this phase, the notifi- is ready to accept 10 seats pered by squabbles between across the country. cation said. against its persistent demand of smaller partners like the RLSP With the issuance of the &--!/9 --!.* Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and 11 Lok Sabha seats of the total and the HAM with each party notification, the nomination !*!" &8-&89 !- West Bengal will see polling in of 40 Bihar Lok Sabha seats and demanding a share that was process has begun which L 8/# /!-# all the seven phases. thus pave way for the success bigger than what the other would continue till March 25. Saharanpur, Kairana, of the grand alliance to take on was to get. Bihar mahagathbandhan. Jitan Ram Manjhi too is not going to accept at any cost, said Simultaneously, notification /&-#>519 *03? Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, the might of NDA. Sources also say that things Amid hard bargaining by budging from his demand for a senior party leader. was also issued for Assembly "8- & !8"&!-@ &AA& Baghpat, Ghaziabad (VK BPCC president Madan have reached an impasse on smaller parties, the major play- equal number of seats.. One of the constituent elections in four States - 8/ 8"#* /!-# Singh) and Gautam Buddh Mohan Jha sought to refute account of the Lalu Prasad’s ers — RJD and Congress — AICC sources said RJD is CPI(ML) too has asserted that Andhra Pradesh (all 175 con- Nagar (Mahesh Sharma) will reports of a rift, claiming “we RJD asking the Congress to be have locked horns over the seat not ready to give more than decisions relating to the state stituencies), Odisha (28 of vote in the first of the seven- have made no demands. Seat- content with eight seats, but the sharing arrangements. eight to nine Lok Sabha seats to “could not be taken while sit- total 147 constituencies), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal phase general elections. sharing talks are making good latter is making a “demand” of Bihar political sources said Congress which had already ting in New Delhi.” “You can- Sikkim (all 32 constiuencies) Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), The Jammu and Baramulla progress. not less than 11. Four of the 40 RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, finalised its candidates not take a decision about Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh (all 60 Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), seats in Jammu & Kashmir will The elections have just Lok Sabha constituencies in who is in jail (currently in hos- on 11 seats for the ensuing by holding parleys in New constituencies). Sikkim (1), and the Union also go for polling in the first begun. Wait for two-three days Bihar would go to polls in the pital), is keeping close watch polls. Delhi. All the constituencies in Territories of Andaman and phase. and you will come to know our first phase, notifications for over the development and In the given scenario, if the You have to be here, among both the Telugu-speaking Nicobar (1) and Lakshadweep All the 175 Assembly seats formula as well as other details,” which have been issued on determined that the RJD will Congress too sticks to its posi- the people of the state, to assess States Andhra Pradesh and (1), the notification said. Eight in the Andhra Pradesh assem- Jha said who reached Delhi to Monday. not contest less than half of the tion, the RJD will have to sac- the situation on the ground and Telangana will go to polls on constituencies (out of 80) in bly, 60 of Arunachal Pradesh, convey the feelings of Bihar to The current impasse sur- total 40 seats. rifice at least four seats to then take a realistic decision,” April 11 in the first phase. In Uttar Pradesh, two (of 42) in 32 of Sikkim and 28 of the central leadership. faced following RJD leader RLSP's head Upendra is accommodate others allies of CPI(ML) general secretary the first phase, voting will take West Bengal, four (of 40) in Odisha's 28 assembly seats The “mahagathbandhan” Tejashwi Yadav indicating “fis- pressing for not less than four the mahagathbhandhan. And Dipankar Bhattacharya place in Andhra Pradesh (25 Bihar and two (of 6) in Jammu will also cast their vote in the in Bihar formally acknowl- sures” as crisis deepened in the seats while HAM supremo this is something Lalu is not stated. seats), Telangana (17), & Kashmir will also go to first phase on April 11. , "-*- ('# - % - 1 # Q R 1/2%/ 3. The bus yatra would also mark the party’s campaign for eeking to scotch specula- the assembly elections slated 1/2%/ 3. Pappu... And now ‘Pappu’s woman! It is condemnable,” Stions about a rift in its State later this year, he said. “We will Pappi’ has also arrived! Wasn't Gurjar told PTI. “The BJP on unit, the Congress on Monday now follow the Andhra- nion Culture Minister and Priyanka already a daughter of its own should take some said it is united in Haryana and Karnataka model, which I had UBJP MP Mahesh Sharma this nation, a daughter of the action against him.” will display this unity when started about two decades back, has kicked up an unsavoury Congress. And would she not Sharma also claimed oppo- leaders undertake a bus yatra to to put all the leaders in one bus controversy by describing remain so in future? What sition leaders do not want a launch its election campaign and take them around,” Azad Congress president Rahul new has she brought in?),” he strong Government at the there. Itdenied differences said. Gandhi as “Pappu” and his sis- told a crowd of his supporters Centre but a weak one. They among functionaries over a The Congress did it in ter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as during his speech delivered want to support “Pappu, who state coordination committee Karnataka in 1999-2000 and in “Pappu ki Pappi” during a poll on March 16. has remained a Pappu”, he meeting being called off after Andhra Pradesh in 2003-2004, campaign in Gautam Buddh Regional politicians like said. He also attacked the being announced. he said . Nagar, inviting sharp riposte West Bengal Chief Minister Congress party for keeping Congress general secretary “They are different before from the Opposition Mamata Banerjee or her the Nehru-Gandhi family at the in-charge of Haryana Ghulam entering the bus, but when they A purported video of Karnataka counterpart H D helm. Nabi Azad's remark came days come out of the bus after a few Sharma's speech in his parlia- Kumaraswamy would make “First (Pandit Jawaharlal) after a coordination committee weeks, they are one. Twenty mentary constituency's no difference to the local peo- Nehru, then (former PM) Rajiv in Haryana was withdrawn leaders become one. When Sikandrabad area has gone ple even if they were “to come Gandhi, then Sanjay Gandhi, soon after it was made public. they speak from one stage, viral on social media in which dance or sing” here, Sharma thereafter Rahul (Gandhi) and Reportedly, a section in the & & $ - ' when they eat from the same he is seen condemning not only said. now Priyanka (Gandhi state unit expressed resent- ( %) plate, they become one. So, we Gandhi family politicians, but “If Mamata Banerjee Vadra)...And if there will be ment over inclusion and exclu- are working out this plan for a also other regional leaders dances Kathak (a classical another, it will also be a sion of some leaders in the The committee is likely to denied any resentment or dif- yatra” as part of its Lok Sabha bus tour,” Azad told reporters including BSP supremo dance form) here, Gandhi. Are they doing some panel. Two days ago, the party meet on Tuesday with former ferences over the committee's poll campaign in the State, here. During the yatra, he said, Mayawati, TMC chief Mamata Kumarasawamy, the CM of favour to the country?” he had announced the coordina- Haryana Chief Minister formation. Azad said. leaders would be laying the Banerjee and SP president Karanataka, comes and sings a asked. tion committee for the State Bhupinder Singh Hooda as its In its proposed meeting on Polling in 10 Lok Sabha foundations of the party's cam- Akhilesh Yadav. song here, who is going to lis- “If you want to rise above and later withdrew it, but there chairman, Azad said. Tuesday, it would decide the seats in the State will be held on paign for the Assembly elec- “Pappu kehta hai main ten to them? They have just 72 them, you can see only one was no major reason, he said. The Congress leader has date for the launch of the “bus May 12. tions. prime minister banunga… seats (in Lok Sabha). How will tiger and that is (Prime Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, they get 200 more (for a sim- Minister) Narendra Modi,” he Pappu.. Aur ab 'Pappu ki Pappi' ple majority)?” the Minister said. (<) bhi aa gayi hai. Wo Priyanka said. Congress national secre- Gautam Buddh Nagar goes * 8! kya pehle hamare desh ki beti tary and UP-west co-incharge to polls on April 11 in the first nahi thi kya, Congress ki beti Dheeraj Gurjar slammed the of the seven-phased Lok Sabha nahi thi kya, aage nahi rahegi Minister for his remarks. elections. Sikandrabad, which ( 8 kya? kya naya leke aayi hai? “As are his thoughts, so are geographically falls in the (.; (Pappu says he wants to his words. Being on such a Bulandshahr district, is a part New Delhi: With the objective patrolling aspects and aspects become Prime Minister. responsible post, Sharma ji has of the Gautam Buddh Nagar of fostering closer military ties related to humanitarian mine 1/2%/ 3. Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, made such a remark against a parliamentary seat. 5! with African nations, the first assistance. ever Africa-India Field The participating coun- he average assets of 153 1/2%/ 3. AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Training Exercise-2019 called tries from Africa include Benin, TMPs who were re-elected in Rastogi said. AFINDEX-19 started in Pune Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, 2014 grew by 142 per cent, * ? he Supreme Court has said The bench further said, “A on Monday and will end on Kenya, Mauritius, averaging 13.32 crore per MP, Tthat acid attack is an crime of this nature does not March 27. At least 17 nations Mozambique, Namibia, with Shatrughan Sinha, Pinaki “uncivilised and heartless deserve any kind of clemency. from the African continent are Niger,Nigeria, Senegal, South Mishra and Supriya Sule shar- ! crime” which does not deserve This court cannot be oblivious taking part in the exercise to Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, ing the top honours. Among any clemency. of the situation that the victim plan and conduct humanitari- Uganda, Zambia and the MPs, the highest rise of New Delhi: The scourge of ter- the people of two countries, relations between Japan and The apex court observed must have suffered an emo- an mine assistance and peace Zimbabwe came together for 116.73 crore was made by rorism threatening the world growing engagement in many India, Harivansh said it would this while asking two convicts, tional distress which cannot be keeping operations under the opening ceremony along Shatrughan Sinha, who was figured prominently during fronts, the future of India- be ideal if the Upper Houses of who have already undergone compensated either by sen- Chapter seven of the UN Peace with a contingent of Maratha with the BJP. In 2009, his assets the talks between India and Japan bilateral relation is full of the both Parliaments sign an five year jail for throwing acid tencing the accused or by grant Keeping operations. Light Infantry representing were around 15 crore which Japan when a parliamentary promise and potential. agreement to strengthen par- on a 19-year-old girl in 2004, of any compensation.” Giving details of the inau- India. went upto 131 crore in 2014. delegation led by Deputy The Indian delegation liamentary cooperation for to pay 1.5 lakh each as addi- The court delivered its ver- gural conclave, officials said Major General Sanjeev Pinaki Mishra of Biju Chairman Harivansh visited included Bhubaneswar Kalita, which the work is underway. tional compensation to the dict on an appeal filed by the here on Monday the exercise Sharma, General Officer Janata Dal (BJD) showed an that country recently. Noting Shamsher Singh Manhas and Referring to the Summit victim. state challenging the March 24, will focus on exchange of best Commanding, Golden Katar increase of 107 crore in his that terrorism tops the list of all Banda Prakash( all Members of meeting in 2018 between both The top court also asked 2008 judgement of the practices between the partici- Division, who was the Chief assets, to 137 crore in 2014. existential threats that the Rajya Sabha), the Secretary- the Prime Ministers, which the Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh High Court pating nations, team building Guest for the opening cere- The third highest jump world faces today, the Deputy General, Rajya Sabha and other achieved numerous milestones Government to pay compen- which had reduced the 10-year and tactical level operations in mony, reviewed the parade, in was made by Supriya Sule of Chairman thanked Japan for officials of the Rajya Sabha covering areas as diverse as eco- sation to acid attack survivor jail term awarded to both the conduct of United Nations presence of a large number of the Nationalist Congress Party expressing solidarity with India Secretariat, an official press state- nomic cooperation, maritime under the Victim men by a trial court to five mandated tasks to include Defence Attaches and other (NCP) whose assets climbed in its fight against global terror. ment from the Rajya Sabha said. security, new and digital tech- Compensation Scheme. years. establishment of a new mission, officials of the participating from 51 crore in 2009 to The Speaker of House of The Indian delegation nologies, agriculture, food pro- “Indeed, it cannot be ruled According to the victim, siting of a United Nations countries. A fly past by a set of 113 crore in 2014. Representative, Japan with interacted with their Japanese cessing and healthcare part- out that in the present case the she was on her way to college Headquarters for Peace Advanced Light Helicopters According to Election whom the delegation interact- counterparts under the aegis of nership, the Deputy Chairman victim had suffered an on July 12, 2004 when the two Keeping operations, siting of and Cheetah Helicopter of the Watch and Association of ed condemned terrorism and Japan-India Parliamentary called upon the Japanese com- uncivilised and heartless crime men came on a two-wheeler Military Observer sites during Indian Army carrying the flags Democratic Reforms (ADR), assured assistance to India in its Friendship League(JIPFL). panies to participate in flagship committed by the respondents and threw acid on her and fled the peace keeping missions, of United Nations, India and average asset growth for 153 fight against terrorism. Deputy Appreciating the role of JIPFL initiatives such as Make in (two convicts) and there is no the spot. She had suffered 16 protection of civilians, nuances the AFINDEX was the high- MPs in five years (from 2009 to Chairman expressed that given in providing bipartisan politi- India, Digital India, Skill India room for leniency which can be per cent burn injury in the of standing combat deploy- light of the opening ceremony. 2014) was 7.81 crore. the close friendship among cal support for strengthening and Smart cities. PNS conceived,” a Bench of Justices incident. ment, convoy protection, PNS The independent public research groups compared financial details submitted by 153 MPs who were re-elected in 2014. ) - . / The study found that aver- age assets of these MPs in 2009 was 5.50 crore which 1/2%/ 3. Ramalingeshwara Temple, the World Heritage site selec- tion, the earth was dug three more than doubled to 13.32 dates back to 1213 AD during tion process. meters deep for the foundation. crore. aving been pipped by the period of the Kakatiya While many structures of It was then filled with sand and Among the top 10 high net HJaipur City last year, the ruler Ganapati Deva. Now the the 1200 AD era are now in for the sand mixture to become worth MPs include Harsimrat 800-year-old Warangal-based temple, known for its architec- poor status, this temple, dedi- strong, it was mixed with gran- Kaur Badal of Shiromani Akali Ramappa Temple, the only tural marvel is under the pro- cated to God Shiva seems to ite, jaggery and Karakkaya Dal (SAD) at number 6 and temple in the country named tection of the Kakatiya Heritage have remain untouched by the (Chebula),” said the ASI offi- Varun Gandhi of the BJP at after its sculptor Rampapa, has Trust (KHT) that has been vagaries of the weather. For cial. 10th slot. Gandhi had shown been nominated for the pushing it for the World instance, there are cracks from Another unique feature of his assets to be only 4 crore in UNESCO World Heritage site Heritage tag since 2012, even the beams on the temple floor the temple is that it was carved 2009 which jumped to 35 selection process for 2019. It is before the formation of the but despite this, the structure with dolomite rocks, which crore in 2014. India's only entry this year. The Telangana State. has not collapsed. “The tem- are so intricate that even a hair At the party level, 72 BJP Archeological Survey of India The dossier was submitted ple roof (garbhalayam) of the can pass through it. The pillars MPs showed an average jump (ASI) has written to the to the Centre in 2018 along temple is built with bricks have 13 significant carvings, of 7.54 crore while 28 UNESCO for its nomination, with the dossier of Jaipur city. which are so light that they can probably indicating the thir- Congress MPs had an average said sources in the premier Both technically qualified but float on water. Also, it is built teenth century during which rise of 6.35 crore in their conservation agency under the the Centre chose Jaipur city on the sand box technology, the temple was built. Every assets. Union Culture Ministry. over Ramappa Temple in 2018. which made it resistant to Shivratri, a Hindu festival ded- Among top leaders, Located in Palmapet in Now, said an official in the ASI, earthquakes and other natural icated to Lord Shiva, the tem- Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Mulugu district, the Ramappa the temple has become the calamities. Depending on the ple witnesses huge congrega- assets went up from 2 crore in Temple, also known as the country's only nomination for size and area of the construc- tion of Hindu devotees. 2009 to 7 crore in 2014. !( $#) *#% +,-./+, )
))%# "# %' / ' " ' A5 ' 1 . ("+ ! ((% 3(' ' he last rites of Goa Chief TMinister and former ("'5)' - ('% $ Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who died on Sunday &?. New Delhi: The Union Cabinet after suffering from pancreatic 1 . pay their tributes. on Monday condoled the cancer for over a year, were held he Indian Institute of Earlier in the morning, his demise of Goa chief minister with full military and state TTechnology Bombay (IIT- rime Minister Narendra mortal remains were kept the Manohar Parrikar, saying he honours at the Miramar beach B) will hold a condolence meet PModi on Monday paid trib- BJP office in Panaji, located will be remembered for his here on Monday evening. on Monday evening to pay trib- ute to Goa chief minister around three km from the simplicity and as an exceptional Thousands of supporters utes to their alumnus, Goa Manohar Parrikar, who died of Kala Bhawan, for the party administrator. Terming and BJP workers accompanied chief minister Manohar pancreatic cancer on Sunday. leaders and workers to pay Parrikar as Chief Minister of the funeral cortege from the Parrikar, who died after a long After arriving in the coastal their last respects. commoners, the Cabinet reso- Kala Academy Arts and illness. state, Modi reached the Kala Parrikar, a four-time chief lution remembered his contri- Cultural Centre, where the The meeting will be held at Academy in Panaji where he minister, died at his private res- bution to the welfare of armed remains had been kept 5 pm at the institute’s P C paid his last respect to the 63- idence Sunday evening after forces and ex-service men. throughout the day for the Saxena auditorium here, an year-old senior leader. He met battling the pancreatic ailment After observing a two- public to pay last respects to the IIT-B spokesperson said. Parrikar’s family members and since February last year. The minute silence, the Cabinet nearby Miramar beach. Parrikar, 63, who had also offered his condolences to IIT graduate represented Panaji meeting chaired by Prime The mortal remains of been the defence minister, died them. Assembly seat in the state for Minister Narendra Modi Parrikar, wrapped in the on Sunday evening at his pri- Defence minister Nirmala over two decades. passed a resolution which said, national tri-colour, were placed vate residence in Goa after bat- Sitharaman also met Parrikar’s Parrikar’s final journey will in his death the country has lost on a pyre amid a 21 gun salute tling a pancreatic ailment since family members. begin after 4 pm. an able administrator who was at the beach and his elder son over a year. Earlier in New Delhi, a His last rites will be per- affectionately called the “chief Utpal Parrikar consigned it to - %) In 2017, he addressed the Union Cabinet meeting was formed at 5 pm at the Miramar minister of commoners.” flames. 55th convocation of the convened to condole the beach here, next to the memo- “Shri Parrikar will be Parrikar, 63, is survived by # # ! ,/ -- He served as Defence Minister Mumbai-based institute where demise of Parrikar, following rial of Goa’s first chief minister remembered for his simplicity two sons, two daughter in-laws 0 / - - # in the Narendra Modi cabinet he told the graduates to take up which Modi left for Goa. Dayanand Bandodkar, who and his abilities as an excep- and a grandson. 10 from 2014-17 before returning jobs in social and development BJP president Amit Shah was also cremated there. tional administrator. His con- Top BJP leaders including - , ! # to state politics. sectors. will also be in the coastal state Parrikar would be accord- tribution to the building of Prime Minister Narendra His death has triggered a An alumnus of the famed to take part in the funeral pro- ed a state funeral with full mil- modern Goa and to the mod- Modi, BJP President Amit political crisis in Goa, with the institute, he also asked students cession of the late leader, the itary honours, according to the ernization of India’s Armed Shah, Union Ministers Nirmala floral tributes to Parrikar. Parrikar was Chief BJP being unable to come up to join politics and the Army, party said. home ministry. The central Forces as well as improvement Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Chief Minister of Goa on four sepa- with a alternative Chief said a former IIT-B student The chief minister’s body government has announced to the lives of ex-Servicemen Smriti Irani, Suresh Prabhu Minister Devendra Fadnavis rate occasions, but could not Ministerial candidate, who is who was present at the convo- has been kept at the Kala national mourning on will never be forgotten,” the res- and Ramdas Athawale offered also paid his last respects. complete a single term in office. acceptable to coalition allies. cation ceremony. Academy to allow the public Monday. olution read. PNS * + , - 6 . , # ! # Mumbai: When a young and tribution in her life and shoot- a gold medal at the World $$ 1/2%/ 3. ## little known Tejaswini Sawant ing career. Championships, with a world- was in urgent need of financial “It was a brief meeting record equalling score in the he Delhi Police on Monday help to participate in a shoot- with Parrikar along with fam- 50m rifle prone event in 2010 Tclaimed to have arrested a ing world championship in ily friend and senior BJP leader in Germany. 30-year-old history-sheeter &?. Germany, Goa chief minister Chandrakant Patil. He just lis- “I could do it only because along with his two associates. Manohar Parrikar came as her tened about my performance of two people. First, Manohar The accused was wanted in six team of Indian Coast ray of hope. The support not and estimated the expendi- Parrikar for his trust and finan- cases of robbery, carjacking, AGuard (ICG) personnel only enabled the shooter from ture. He then signed a cheque cial support, and then attempt to murder, kidnap- rescued six members on board Kolhapur in Maharashtra to for me immediately,” the ace Chandrakant Patil, who took ping, molestation, extortion a tug “Revti” after it capsized participate in the competition shooter recalled while talking my case to Parrikar,” she said. and criminal intimidation. in the Arabian Sea off the in 2005, but also became a to PTI over phone. Since 2006, Sawant won The accused has identified Worli Seaface in south-Central turning point in her career as “The amount was around several gold and other medals as Ajay (30) who live in Mumbai on Monday. The ICG she scaled new heights there- Rs 1 lakh and it was the most in international champi- Qutabgarh, Delhi and his part- personnel were continuing after, Sawant said. needed help for me that changed onships. ners were Manish and Sunny their search one missing crew Her only regret now is that my entire career,” she said. She said after the early suc- who are also residents of member from the capsized she could not thank the chief It helped Sawant move cess in her career, she received Holambi Kalan in Delhi. tug. ‘Revti’ was on way from minister enough for his gen- ahead as she scored 397 and 396 offers for a job in the Goa gov- "Acting on a tip off on Mumbai to Tarapur when the erosity which made a big con- out of 400 in two rounds of the ernment and financial help for March 15 a trap was laid by the mishap took place. There event, comfortably securing a travel and training expenses till police team near Sector-16 in were in all seven members on place among the mainstream she wanted to play. Delhi's Rohini and at about board the ill-fated vessel. % ) 9): M0 N = ! # shooters to represent India. “I regret that I could never 9:20 PM, the accused Ajay was Acting on a distress call '! The boost further helped thank Parrikar properly for nabbed by the police team. On from `Revti’ , the authorities her in improving her perfor- his contribution in my life and the spot police also recovered diverted the Indian Coast ! " #$#' mance game by game, and she career,” the shooter said while a loaded 7.65 mm country Guard Ship Amartya, a fast ing vessel. The recovered crew helicopter have been launched Midnapur, West Bengal, ' '''(#)*)+, - subsequently became the first expressing her grief over his made pistol and five live patrol vessel on surveillance has been provided with neces- to undertake sea-air coordi- Ramesh J Keni (55), Dilip ./! 0 / 1 Indian woman shooter to win demise. rounds. He was arrested under mission, to undertake search sary first aid and their condi- nated search,” the release Yadav(29), both from Mumbai, / 102 #*' 25 Arms Act," said Rajiv and rescue mission. tion is presently stable,” an ICG added. Shanu Kumar (19), from $'#)+)3'2,0! Ranjan, the Additional “CG ship responded to press release said. “In addition The authorities identified Mumbai and Salem Siddiqui , 4!5 #+'$'#)+@7 Commissioner of Police, Crime the distress call and reached to the surface search by two the rescued sailors as Rashid The missing crew member Branch. "During interrogation, position of Tug at 10.54 am ships to find one missing crew, Quasim Sorathiya (38), Tonoy was identified as one Abdul )&' 2, "! , 4!8 . 4 Panaji: Thousands of people thronged the streets of the state cap- the accused Ajay revealed that and rescued six from the sink- two helo sorties by chetak Chalak (22), both from Azeez (53). !0. 9 / 4!8 ital Monday to catch a final glimpse of Goa chief minister Manohar he remained in jail for 3 years 0-!:1 0; . <= >1 Parrikar, who died of a pancreatic ailment, as his mortal remains and when he came out he met 1 . was brought to the BJP office here for party workers to pay their Manish and Sunny and togeth- ? : ))) ))& last respect. er they committed a number of ! ; ' ! ; >1;; "188 His remains would be taken to Kala Academy, around three crimes in Delhi and its neigh- 4 !4 "08A B$B km from the BJP office, later on Monday, to allow the public pay boring Haryana," said the New Delhi (PNS): Three men died According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the succumbed to his injuries during the treat- )*'$'#)+CC > / 2,!2 DD8 their tribute to him. Additional CP. after they were allegedly hit by a speeding Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), ment," said the DCP. "During initial Light Goods Vehicle (LGV) in national North-East district, a police control room investigation it was revealed there was a Capital North-east district's Shahstri Park (PCR) call was received regarding collision between two unidentified car area. The incident occurred on late the incident at about 12.15 am on Monday with a TSR. The crash attracted people % R "& Monday night at Dharampura red light. following which a police team rushed to from the vicinity. While they were The deceased have been identified as the spot. "On spot, the trio engrossed in sorting out the issue, the Chander (53) a resident of New Seelempur, injured was rushed to nearby hospital tragedy struck as a rashly driven LGV just Zahid Hussain (40) and Jamil Ahmed (45) where Chander and Zahid were declared ran them over near Dharampura red both residents of Delhi's Shastri Park. They brought dead by the doctors whereas Jamil light. Three men who were standing all used to work as labourer in the area. was referred to Trauma Center where he there, were crushed below the wheels. ## $ 0 ,,, Government comprising the reporters here Sunday. He said Bhojpuri language - the effec- $$ 1/2%/ 3. The ruling AAP had earli- The MLAs, led by Leader BJP, the GFP, the MGP and that the Congress was recipro- tive tool to connect to large er on March 2 announced the of the Opposition Chandrakant Independents. “During a meet- cating the gesture of the Puravanchali population. he speculation for alliance names of its candidates for the Kavlekar, went to Raj Bhawan ing with Gadkari, Dhavalikar alliance which has left Rae Addressing BJP booth Tbetween the Aam Aadmi six Lok Sabha seats. The AAP and handed over a letter to expressed his willingness to Bareli (held by UPA chairper- workers in Delhi on December Party (AAP) and the Congress declared its seventh candidate Governor Mridula Sinha, say- become the Chief Minister of son Sonia Gandhi) and Amethi 23, in the presence of Shah and came to an end after AAP’s for West Delhi Lok Sabha seats ing it was the single largest Goa. He said he has sacrificed (held by Congress president other senior BJP leader, Goel Delhi convener Gopal Rai on on Sunday. The party insiders party in the Assembly and many times by supporting the Rahul Gandhi) for it. who comes from Baniya com- Monday made it clear that said the name of Balbir Singh should be allowed to form the BJP, and now, he has put in his munity, sought to strike a there would neither be any Jhakhar was announced after government. They said unlike demand, but the BJP will not ,,, chord with the dominant alliance with the Congress nor the recalcitrant attitude of the two years ago when they were agree to that, “Michael Lobo, Interestingly, in the 2015 Purvanchali lobby in the party, a rollback of any of its candi- Congress leadership towards “denied” the opportunity , the BJP MLA and Deputy Speaker Delhi Assembly elections, these saying, .”jab tak Vijay bhaiya ba, dates in the national Capital. forging an alliance in the Governor must offer them a of the Goa Assembly, told voters had shifted their loyal- kauno ke majaal naikhe ki The statement came a day national Capital. chance to form the reporters. Earlier, GFP chief ty to AAP. All 13 Purvanchali Poorvanchal ke bhai logan ke after the AAP declared its can- The other six AAP candi- Government in the state. Vijai Sardesai also staked his candidates fielded by AAP won baal bhi banka kar sake, didate for the seventh Lok dates are Atishi from East For his part, Gadkari, who claim for the post. with thumping majority in (nobody in Delhi could dare Sabha seat in Delhi. Asserting Delhi, Guggan Singh from had landed in Goa midnight, 2015 Assembly polls. In the cause even a little harm to any that “enough is enough”, Rai North-West Delhi, Raghav led the BJP charge to ensure the ,,, 2013 Assembly polls, BJP had Purvanchali in Delhi as long as said these are the final seven Chadha from South, Dilip party continues to rule the “Our party wrokers should won 14 of these 20 seats while Vijay Bhaiya was there).” candidates of the party and Pandey from North-East, coastal State. But, expectedly, not succumb to confusion AAP bagged six seats. However, Recalling his years-long there is no question of “any roll Pankaj Gupta from Chandni the BJP’s allies upped the ante being spread almost everyday Tiwari did some damage con- agitation to bring lottery to end, back”. Chowk and Brijesh Goyal from with Dhavalikar and Sardesai by the Congress,” she said. The trol by bringing Purvanchali Goel, said people living in Rai said despite facing stiff New Delhi seat. staking claim to the top post. Congress on Sunday said it it voters back to BJP fold in 2017 slums still remembered him for opposition from its workers, The BJP and Congress Besides Sawant, BJP’s will leave two seats for the Apna municipal elections winning all this.” “Jab hum jhuggi jhopdi the party was open to an have not yet declared their Vishwajit Rane’s name too did Dal (Krishna), and entered three civic bodies. Significantly, me jayeen, aur sunai padela ki alliance with the Congress in candidates for elections in the rounds initially. As differ- into an electoral agreement large population of Purvanchali Vijay bhaiya dilli me lottery Delhi but after waiting for so Delhi. There were rumours of ent claimants refused a clarity with the lesser known Jan community forced a Baniya khatm kar dela, uu kabi bhulayi long and constantly hearing an alliance between Congress- to the scene, Shah took charge Adhikar Party. The SP and the leader to demonstrate his polit- na jayee, hamra man gadgad ho conflicting statements from AAP last week when the of the situation and held dis- BSP had forged an alliance on ical speech in popular Bhojpuri jayee” (It fills me with immense the party, we have decided Congress decided to seek feed- cussions with the alliance part- 80 Lok Sabha seats in the State. language. The incumbent Delhi joy and pride when I see peo- that now even if the Congress back from its booth-level work- ners. The BJP president met As per the deal, the SP will con- BJP president and Bhojpuri ple remembering the struggle approaches us, there will be no ers on a tie-up with the AAP. alliance partners - the GFP, test 37 Lok Sabha seats in UP superstar Tiwari remains of Vijay bhaiya to bring lottery alliance in Delhi. “There are many leaders and MGP and Independents at a and the BSP 38, leaving three undisputed leader of the to an end in Delhi). He also said there has been workers in Delhi Congress star hotel at Dona Paula near for the Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Purvanchalis but Union Goel also mentioned about no communication from the who are in favour of alliance Panaji and was able to con- Lok Dal and two for Sonia Minister and a Delhi BJP vet- BJP’s Purvanchali leader and Congress and it clearly shows with AAP. But a final call in this vince them on Sawant’s candi- Gandhi (Rae Bareli) and Rahul erans,Vijay Goel also project- said, “jab hamara Manoj Tiwari that the grand old party is “not regard will be taken by party dature for the Chief Ministerial Gandhi (Amethi). The seats ed himself as the new mass bhaiya bhi baitha hua, (not to serious” about elections in president Rahul,” P C Chacko, post,” sources said. The BJP offered by the Congress include leader of Baniya and forget, Manoj Tiwari bhaiya is Delhi. “AAP will fight the Lok a senior Congress leader, had chief also attended the funeral Mainpuri, Kannauj and Purvanchali combine. also here in Delhi), Goel said Sabha polls on the issue of full said earlier. of Parrikar at the Miramar Firozabad, all held by the SP, Exploring political in Bhojpuri. Feeling connected Statehood and it is ‘late now’ for Elections to the seven Lok beach. Gadkari, who was coor- and those likely to be contest- roadmap for Delhi, Goel made with Goel, BJP workers too talks on an alliance in Delhi. Sabha seats in Delhi will be dinating for the BJP, also con- ed by the BSP chief and RLD his intention very clear in the applauded him with loud The Congress is confused and held on May 12. The results will tinued to hold parleys with chief Ajit Singh and his son presence of party president cheers as BJP president Shah everyone is giving different be declared with the rest of the alliance partners. Parrikar, 63, Jayant Chaudhary, UP Amit Shah and Tiwari as he smiled at the surprise sprung statements,” Rai said. country on May 23. was heading a coalition Congress chief Raj Babbar told addressed party workers in by Goel. !( $#) *#% +,-./+, 2 ! < & !! -/ $+ *-(% ! %"$ ) # Q "$'/"- ( ('-/ * ( pressure from subaltern ranks Both the parties had joint- from Raiganj, Isha Khan in both the sides party source L2/21(1 ly contested the Assembly elec- Chowdhury from Malda * ( sounds philosophical adding CPI(M) candidate Dr Nandini ith alliance talks between said. “We want an alliance. The tions in 2016 with the Left North, his uncle AH Khan her party has no problem with Mukherjee a professor of com- Wthe Congress and the leaders should shun their per- .1 /(* Front managing to get nearly Chowdhury from Malda South, ntimely spells of squalls colours as “we use blue, pink, puter science from neighbour- Left Front almost crumbling sonal ego and look at the inter- 90 percent of its votes trans- Adhir Chowdhury from Uover the past a few days yellow and many other hues.” ing Jadavpur University. down, Bengal tended to head ests of the common people who "/9.9(?*(3 ferred to the Congress where- Behrampore, Abhijeet seem to have given the Roy and her husband a for- “Yes South Kolkata is a for a four-corner fight in the have been suffering at the as the latter managing to trans- Mukheree from Jangipur, Abu Trinamool Congress’ candi- mer TMC MLA and a scholar highly conscious political con- general elections. Leaders from hands of TMC,” said Abu (3/( 1% fer about 74 percent of its Hena from Murshidabad, dates a respite from early sum- have been in and out of the stituency,” she says adding how- both the parties said they had Akhtar a Congress worker votes transferred to the Left. Nepal Chandra Mahato from mer heat which is easily visible party on more than one occa- ever the people here “are tradi- not been approached by the from Kolkata said. “Had the Congress been able to Purulia. from the face South Kolkata sions. The couple had left the tionally Congress-Trinamool other side after Saturday “We want an alliance to ? 9?*(3 transfer its votes like we did we The Left Front however party nominee Mala Roy. Congress to join Mamata Congress and lately Mamata evening. resist both the TMC and BJP as would have formed the was holding a marathon meet- Taking advantage of the Banerjee’s battle against the Banerjee-oriented. So I am Subsequently Pradesh both are the two sides of the "/(3/(2* Government,” said a senior ing on its next strategy. Insiders “extended Spring,” Roy the Left Front before coming back confident that I will win.” Congress president Somen same coin,” said Samarpan PCC member adding “Though said that one group in the Chairman (equivalent to Speaker to the parent party. Banerjee had once won Mitra on Sunday night flew to another Congress worker from 9.%/9*+(3/ out of 294 the Alliance got 77 Front was for leaving the 17 of a State Assembly) of Kolkata Subsequently she joined the this seat by a huge margin of Delhi with a list of 42 probable Kasba blaming party MP seats we lost out to the seats to the Congress irrespec- Municipal Corporation and a TMC again in 2015 to become 2.35 lakh votes she reminds not candidates for party president “Pradip Bhattacharya and Deep 9/ *.1M Trinamool Congress in 70 seats tive of the other party’s stance “homemaker to the hilt” has a councilor and then the forgetting however that BJP Rahul Gandhi’s approval. PCC Dasmunshi for the failure of by small margins of 150 to which would not only save the drawn forward the fervor of Holi Chairman of KMC. Ever since, candidate Tathagata Roy had in leaders on Monday said talks.” L 4,000 votes.” CPI(M) from allegations of by a few days even as she plays she has been loyal to the party. 2014 elections come second Gandhi had “given his go- CPI(M)’s Dilip Jana want- Keeping that prospect in spoiling the alliance but also with colour while in election trail. “I am a loyal soldier of taking a lead from a couple of ahead and anytime soon the ed the party to “shed its big- mind a number of leaders on keep doors of talks open. “Everyone has a child hidden Mamata Banerjee. She has asked Assembly segments. AICC may declare a prelimi- brother attitude and follow the respectively. both sides had been asking for The second groups wanted inside. I too am no different. So me to go, contest and win the On the possible Left- nary list of 12 or 15 candidates.” path shown by the great Jyoti The Congress had also alliance between “particularly to go it all out to give the when I have found this oppor- polls from a constituency one Congress alliance she says, “I Even as Congress on Basu to sew up the alliance.” been asking for Raiganj seat because the Election Congress the real feel of its tunity to play with Aabir” or represented by herself. I will try don’t consume rejected stuffs,” Monday went ahead with its The Congress had been where former Union Minister Commission looks more seri- strength in the State. The third Gulaal (dry colours), “particularly my level best to do that” she says and on BJP one of her party men decision to announce its can- asking for 18 seats while the Deepa Dasmunshi had in 2014 ous beginning its area domi- opinion wanted to leave 11-13 with the children of the neigh- in the midst of taking a mid-day says “western disturbances do didates’ list the Left tended took Left was not willing to part with lost out to the Left Front’s Md nation exercise pretty early.” seats --- including the 4 seats bourhood,” she says liberally leave of a couple of hours when come occasionally only to fade a cautious approach withhold- 13-14 seats. Out of the 18 seats Salim by a wafer-thin margin While the Congress was the party had won in 2014 --- smearing faces with green Aabir. she goes back home to have a away with time,” reminding the ing its decision for the remain- the major bones of contention of 1,300 votes. With the almost ready with its list of 12 for the Congress. And why does she use light dinner with rice, fish, curry, “people of Bengal are largely not ing 17 seats which it had left was Purulia --- from where the “CPI(M) trying to dictate its candidates sources told your The BJP which had fast green only? “There is no hard neem-brinjal fry and some chut- communally oriented. You can out pending seat-sharing dis- Congress had in 2014 polled terms on us” and with Rahul reporter that the party could come up as the prime opposi- and fast rule about colours. ney. “I take plenty of water dur- firm up some support by con- cussions between the two sides. about 2.5 lakh votes whereas Gandhi categorically asking field Priya Roy Chowdhury tion party in the State on the Spring is the season of colours. ing my campaigns,” she says fusing nationalist and commu- Amidst talk process the Left the Left had got 3.25 lakh the State party units “not to from Coochbehar, Sukh Bilas other hand was likely to Any colour can be used. Green aware that her constituency was nal ideas but permanently the had earlier announced its list of votes—and Basirhat where the make compromise on the Burma from Jalpaiguri, announce its own list of can- however is more favourite once represented by the likes of fight will remain between Left 25 candidates. Left and Congress got about party’s prestige we had no Shankar Malakar from didates on Tuesday, party because it carries a meaning. It Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. ideology and the one preached There has considerable 2.84 lakh and 1.20 lakh votes other way but to stop the talks.” Darjeeling, Deepa Dasmunshi sources said. is more akin to nature,” she She contesting against by Mamata Banerjee.” 3+4 0 # . ! &2 +
3/11. 39 seats on its own. challenge posed by the break- Though Tamil Nadu will away AMMK faction. tage is set for the ‘mother of see four-cornered contests in all While the AMMK is sure & 1*2 incident and the protest, a Sall battles’ in Tamil Nadu. the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies to erode the strength of police team led by senior offi- Both the DMK and the and the 18 assembly by-polls AIADMK in some of the con- ith the first phase of Lok cers rushed to the spot and AIADMK, the two main pro- (this may go up to 21 by-polls stituencies dominated by the WSabha polls inching clos- defused the situation. They tagonists, announced the as the apex court would decide Thevar community ( the com- er, some unidentified miscre- assured the agitated mob that names of candidates and con- by this weekend the pleas by the munity to which Dhinakaran, ants tried to fuel communal the idols would be repaired or stituencies from where the par- opposition DMK to conduct Sasikala belong), what type of hatred in the sensitive replaced and the culprits would ties would lock horns for con- the by-polls in three more damage the MNM would cause Gorakhpur by throwing broken be brought to justice in the trolling the State as well as the vacant seats which are is yet to be seen. Kamal Haasan, idols in Padri Bazaar area on shortest possible time. Centre. enmeshed in legal imbroglio), who prefers to be addressed as Monday morning. Circle officer of Voters in Tamil Nadu will the main fight would be Ulaga Nayakan (Global Hero) Luckily, the local police Gorakhnath, Pravin Singh, said decide on April 18 which polit- between the fronts led by the is yet to declare the ideology of responded to an SOS in time that prima facie it appeared to ical formation should rule not AIADMK and the DMK. the party though it has seen and assured the agitated peo- be an act of mischief and a only the country but also the The AIADMK leadership many leaders making an exit. ple of initiating stern action probe was underway. fate of the Edappady had shown that it is no differ- The AMMK would contest against the perpetrators. The police were trying to Palaniswamy government in ent from the DMK in dynasty from 38 constituencies in the A heavy police force was identify those responsible for the State. This is because the and family politics. The list of State leaving one seat to the later deployed to avert any the incident. by-polls to be held on the AIADMK candidates include P SDPI. “It is certain that the untoward incident. Meanwhile, in same day to 18 assembly con- Raveendranatha Kumar (son of AMMK and the MNM would The police also registered Muzaffarnagar, a 17-year-old stituencies is crucial as well as deputy chief minister O end up as also ran in this bat- a case against unknown per- Dalit girl was gang-raped by critical for both the AIADMK Panneerselvam) , Manoj tle. These parties are unlikely sons and started investigation. five youths at Phulat village and the DMK. Pandian (son of former Speaker to make any impact in this elec- As per reports, residents of under Ratanpuri police station There are two more fonts Paul Pandian) and VVR Rajan tion . The DMK is having an Padri Bazaar area in on Sunday evening and the in the State in addition to the Sathyan (son of Madirai MLA overall advantage in this elec- Gorakhpur where shocked to entire act was filmed by the two fronts led by the traditional Rajan Chellappa) who will tion ,” said Sam Rajappa, vet- find at least 12 broken idols miscreants. After a case was rivals, the AADMK and the contest from Theni and eran commentator. strewn at the roadside on registered, the police arrested DMK. The AMMK led by Madurai respectively. J But T Ramakrisnan, author Monday morning. The idols three of the accused. TTV Dhinakaran (who was Jayavardhan, who is seeking re- and columnist is of the view from Natveer Baba temple and As per the report lodged by eased out of the AIADMK election from Chennai South is that one should not underesti- other roadside places of wor- the girl’s brother, she had gone along with his aunt and former the son of AIADMK senior mate the AIADMK led front. ship were dumped there after to the field on Sunday after- Jayalaluthaa aide V K Sasikala) minister D Jayakumar. “TTV Dhinakaran will pose damaging them. noon to collect fodder for cat- and film actor-turned politician Interestingly, only six of sit- problems. But Eda As the news of recovery of tle when the five accused Kamal Haasan too are in the ting 37 MPs who won the 2014 Palaniswamy and broken idols spread, hundreds forcibly dragged her to a fray in all the constituencies. Lok Sabha election have been Panneerselvam are seasoned of local residents converged on secluded place and took turns While the AMMK is having an re-nominated to contest this politicians who are capable of the spot within no time and with her. electoral alliance with the SDPI, time. The party leadership has springing surprises. This is an raised slogans against the police The miscreants filmed the an Islamic extremist outfit, the brought in the old war horses open match in spite of the fact and one community, alleging entire act and threatened to Makkal Neethi Maiam of like KP Munusamy and Agri SS that DMK-led front has a slight 0 )% M) N 1 ! its hand in the mischief. make the video public if she Kamal Haasan is fighting all the Krishnamurthi to take on the edge,” said Ramakrishnan. ? 4+@A %) On learning about the reported the matter to anyone. 8 1 # , @ 'A 0 # & him brought dead. Ahmad Lone from his home in This is the fifth incident Dogripora village, Awantipora herself wrote to the Chief Chidambaram and facilitate errorists shot dead anoth- since past week in which civil- in Pulwama and later dumped 3/11. Election Commissioner stat- his fraudulent victory,” Ter ‘unarmed’ youth outside ians were targeted by terrorists his body in an adjoining village. ing that Chidambaram’s win Jayalalithaa had told the CEC. his home in Reshipora area of and four among them later suc- Same day terrorists shot at n what could be a major was by fraudulent means and Though the case was filed Tral in South Kashmir’s cumbed to their injuries. and injured National Conference Irelief to Congress strong- not based on the votes cast by in 2009, the court is yet to Pulwama district on Monday A civilian, a woman SPO block president Mohammad man and former union the electorate. complete the hearing . “For evening. and an army deserter were Ismail Wani outside his home at finance minister P Chief minister J five years, Chidambaram The deceased has been iden- killed and a National Bijbheara in south Kashmir’s Chidambaram, AIADMK Jayalalithaa, in a letter to the played all tricks to get the case tified as Mohsin Ahmad Wani Conference (NC) leader was Anantnag district. leader Raja Kannappan quit chief election commissioner derailed. Once the court son of Gh Mohammad Wani. injured in these firing inci- On Wednesday, terrorists the party and joined the DMK in 2011 had said that during agreed to take up the case, it According to ground dents. killed 37-year-old youth on Monday. Raja Kannappan counting of votes in the 2009 took us nearly three years to reports, “Wani was shot at by On Saturday, a woman Showkat Ahmad Naik outside had filed an election petition Lok Sabha election , ‘blatant collect the evidences and sub- terrorists outside his home in Special Police Officer, Khusboo his home at Pinglina village in in Madras High Court chal- irregularities’ were committed mit the evidences. Then there Reshipora village of Tral on Jan, was killed by terrorists in Pulwama district. Naik had lenging the election of by the Data Entry Officers at were the routine delays due Monday evening”. He was shift- Shopian inside her house. joined the Army but deserted Chidambaram from the Sivaganga to further the poll to retirement of judges and ! 0 & -! - ed to sub district hospital in the On Thursday terrorists during training in September Sivaganga Lok Sabha con- prospects of Chidambaram. court holidays,” explained - 1 area where doctors declared abducted 40-year-old Manzoor last year. stituency in the 2009 General Jayalalithaa said in the let- Saravana Kumar, the Madas 0- %) Election. Though it is more ter that 3400 votes polled by High Court lawyer pursuing than decade since he filed the Kannappan from 11 polling the case. According to Lt- Col petition, the case is getting stations were entered in He said though Raja Devender Anand, Ministry of dragged on much to the relief favour of Chidambaram and Kannappan had crossed over Defence Spokesman in Jammu, of Chidambaram. 1617 votes polled by the later to the DMK, it would not “Pakistan army initiated ‘unpro- The victory of were entered in favour of the affect the case. “He would not voked’ ceasefire violation by Chidambaram in the 2009 AIADMK candidate. She said be able t withdraw the case as shelling forward areas and tar- election was shrouded in con- this was done by the DEOs at that stage is over. We expect geting Indian posts along the troversy from the day the the behest of the then DMK the court to pronounce the line of control in Sunderbani results were announced. government and no action verdict in this year itself” said sector sunday evening at around Though the returning officer was taken against the opera- Saraana Kumar. 6.30 p.m”. The firing continued initially declared that tors who indulged in such Raja Kannappan jumped 0 & -! in the area for about four hours, Chidambaram lost the elec- grave offences. the fence on Monday and local reports claimed. tion, the former had to retract “The votes that were phys- went to the DMK camp as the & After a brief lull, Pakistan the announcement. At the ically entered by the counting AIADMK leadership over- army once again resorted to end of the day Chidambaram agents/ counting officers of looked him while selecting 24 year old Rifleman heavy shelling early Monday was declared elected by a Kannappan were deliberately the candidates for the Lok Aattained martyrdom in a morning in the same sector at wafer thin majority of 3354 changed by the DEOs at the Sabha election. Chances are fresh incident of ceasefire vio- around 5.30 a.m In response, votes, the lowest margin of time of making entries in that his case against lation along the line of control Indian army retaliated strong- victory from south India. Form-20. A comparison of the Chidambaram may remain in Keeri Battal area of ly and effectively. As the firing Raja Kannappan’s argu- hand written entries made by as the longest fought election Sunderbani sector of Rajouri continued Rifleman Karamjeet ment was that the data entry the counting agents of petition in the country. Tamil district early Monday morning. Singh received critical injuries operators employed in the Kannappan and the entries Nadu electorate are electing Three other soldiers of the and later he succumbed to his counting station by the then made by the Data Entry their MPs on April 18 and Indian army also received injuries. Lt Col Devender DMK government entered Operators in Form 20 would there is no possibility of any injuries and were rushed to the Anand said, “martyred army the votes polled by him in the clearly reveal that the votes verdict in this case by that nearby army hospital. jawan hailed from Janer village account of Chidambaram and polled in favour of Kannappan time. As tennis commentators Tension prevailed in the of Dharam Kot tehsil in Moga vice versa. J Jayalalithaa, the were entered with mala fide say, it is Advantagearea following fresh escalation district of Punjab and is sur- then Leader of the Opposition intention to favour Chidambaram. since late Sunday evening. vived by his parents”. > ! %) !( $#) *#% +,-./+, - 6 8# !+ "-''%8/"$ '#7 $ 6( % #7 $ 7 89%#*-48*$+ ' & 2% % 3 ! ! $1 O ' ' ! ' $ $ 8 $ . 0 ! ) # ! 0 2 ) ) 738 $ eclining to release Kuldip Nayar’s + # posthumously published book, $ On Leaders and Icons: From " Jinnah to Modi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh $ informedD the veteran journalist’s wife that on , + ! 4 0 perusing the book, “I found a reference on 0 5 5 " + + page 172 that during my prime ministership, Government files would go to Sonia Gandhi’s ( house. This statement is not true and Kuldip , did not check with me about its truth. In this ) background, I would find it embarrassing to attend the book release function on February 8, 2019.” Raconteur par excellence, Nayar wrote that Singh’s lack of a popular base helped 2 + 4 # /+4#3 ! his political career. Selected as Prime Minister, for 10 years, he served as a “convenient front , 6 man for Sonia Gandhi and her dynasty.” +4# " Government files would go to her residence ,, where senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel guided her in day-to-day Government affairs. $ ! This is hardly news for most Indians. 2 What is startling is the revelation that when 1 former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru suffered a stroke in January 1964, Indira 7+6 5 Gandhi ruled the country in the name of +4# 8 her ailing father. Lal Bahadur Shastri, as mation. Indira Gandhi wanted ty byte regarding his power in the Kashmir with them, I did not 55" 6 ) Minister without portfolio, “began quietly Shastri cremated in his home country he created. muck up my own creation…” # dealing with the files marked to Nehru. town, Allahabad, away from Raj Interestingly, Nayar recounts (Mountbatten and Independent Indira Gandhi did not like this. She would Ghat where Mahatma Gandhi that when he met Louis India, Vikas: 1998: 56) /#3 9 55" : S insist on seeing important files herself and Nehru had samadhis. She Mountbatten near London on Nayar says Jinnah sowed ) 2 ) +4# before sending them to Shastri. The latter had already (though Nayar omits 14"949 .113 October 1, 1971, the latter the seeds of separation when, $ learnt of this but did not protest”. to mention it) denied him the recalled a conversation with during his first official visit to Nehru’s ambition to make Indira Gandhi Prime Minister’s residence at 9*2/%(3/9//%9 Jinnah at the Viceroy House in East Pakistan, he insisted that # his successor was visible to all. In 1959, UN Teen Murti by turning it into a *+9/"(.*1 Delhi on April 9, 1947: “I told Bengalis would have to learn +4# $ 5 Dhebar stepped down as Congress president memorial. An enraged Lalita Jinnah that his moth-eaten Urdu, Pakistan’s national lan- ;<<= and aware of Nehru’s desire, proposed Indira trounced Indira Gandhi by 23/1%&".153.9 Pakistan would not last more guage. Yet, in India, Nehru Gandhi as next president. Aghast, Home threatening a fast-unto-death. +."9(*++. . than 25 years.” Mountbatten allowed Sheikh Abdullah to , Minister Govind Ballabh Pant protested that Indira Gandhi then opposed claimed he told Jinnah that East impose Urdu on Jammu & " +4# ! her frail health would hinder the extensive inscribing Shastri’s famous slo- @.9.((*/9( Pakistan would become an inde- Kashmir, when Kashmiri has a 6 ) travels required of a Congress president. But gan, “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” on his .9(13/ pendent country in 25-30 years. rich literary tradition. Nehru raised his voice: “she is healthier than samadhi at Vijay Ghat; Lalita However, his former Press advis- Nayar reveals that Nehru 6 2 ! both of us — and could put in longer hours threatened self-immolation. .19.9(/%(3( er, Alan Campbell-Johnson, told had said, “Even if Kashmir # of work.” With that, Indira Gandhi was unan- Later, searching for an appropri- ?/15 .92*& % Nayar, “Mountbatten’s memory were to be handed over to , ( $ O imously elected and cleared the first hurdle ate prime ministerial bungalow, probably fails him. I should have Pakistan on a platter, Pakistan to prime ministership. Indira Gandhi inspected the 3@/(* /"1 known if he had made such a would think of some other way O Indira Gandhi’s name came up after Shastri home, sneered at his remark.” Cyril Radcliffe, who to keep its quarrel with India 5 Nehru died but Morarji Desai’s ambition “middle class living” and left the &"%& .9(1O9 delineated the border, concurred alive, because Kashmir is only thwarted a consensus and the mantle fell on place to the family. 1(.*1 with Campbell-Johnson: “You are a symptom of a disease and that Shastri, who died of a heart attack less than Despite his gargantuan the first person to tell me this. I disease is hatred of India.” $ two years later in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Nayar, memory, Nayar states that Jinnah 15&5/#4/(.1 had never heard it before.” Surely Nehru realised that the " , ) who was in the media delegation, recounts joined the Indian National .1%.1/3"& One wonders why object of hatred was India’s # that Shastri retired slightly agitated as the Conference in 1906. Actually, the *2/%93/. 3 Mountbatten, who presided Hindu majority. Though he , accompanying Indian media had badgered Conference had merged with the over the bloody Partition and does not say so overtly, Nayar him about the return of Haji Pir and Tithwal Indian National Congress (INC) ?%& 3(* decapitation of India’s northern places the burden of maintain- ' to Pakistan after the 1965 war. Angered over in 1886; Jinnah joined INC in frontier to serve the West in the ing plurality solely on the Hindu ) " the concession, his wife, Lalita, had refused 1906. He recalls Jinnah’s first .*9/&"%&*1 emerging Cold War, embell- community. His ode to Noor ) # to speak to him over the telephone. speech as President of Pakistan, & 93." ished the truth. Speaking to Jehan should have queried why At the dacha, Swaran Singh asked wherein he admits the intractable Larry Collins and Dominique famous artistes in cosmopolitan Nayar, “Who do you think the next Prime problem of minorities in both 23/1 93.". Lapierre in 1972, Mountbatten Mumbai went to Pakistan. Why, Minister will be?” Nayar repeated what countries: “…All the same, in this 39". 3 claimed, “I was always con- when Maharaja Hari Singh ran Shastri had told him a few months earlier: division it was impossible to vinced East Pakistan would a secular Government, did his “If I die in the next two years, my successor avoid the question of minorities .(/""4 never work. The whole concept court artist, Malika Pukhraj, go will be Indira Gandhi. If I survive, it will be being in one Dominion or the of two different peoples being to Pakistan? Above all, why did YB Chavan (then Defence Minister)”. In other.” Clearly, Jinnah knew the ("%.(.*1 held together over all those Saadat Hasan Manto? . ! R ! Delhi, he recalls, Lalita Shastri asked him, problem he was creating but went miles by the same religion was (The writer is Senior Fellow, “Where were you? Can’t you see he has been ahead. More tellingly, the Quaid- absolute nonsense. 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L # ( Mumbai ' 8 !:#8 ' 1 8 Sir — China has once again ) ! blocked India’s bid to declare Masood Azhar as a global terror- 6 ! officials entitled to travel in pliance of Model Code of Conduct ist. But we must not be disheart- Sir — A huge amount of public business class. However, those during the elections. The app fur- ened as placing terrorists on such money is being wasted in allow- desirous of travelling in business ther acts as an effective feedback lists does little to combat terror- 5 ing senior officials in the legis- class can do so by paying the dif- Sir — The Election Commission mechanism for a voter to reach out ism. India must strengthen its 5 lature, judiciary, bureaucracy ference in fares. Frequent-flier- of India (ECI) has launched a new directly to the ECI. internal security mechanism to and public sector undertakings points earned should go into the ‘Citizens Vigil’ or CVIGIL app for The effort made by the ECI prevent any future attacks. ! to travel in business class rather accounts of the Government the benefit of voters ahead of the to monitor voter feedback effec- Shivansh ! than economy class in domestic department concerned rather general election. The app has tively through apps is welcome Via email 5 ! flights. All airlines may be direct- than in the names of individuals. been launched with a primary but it benefits only smartphone- ed to reserve the first two rows SC Agrawal focus to enable the citizens report savvy users, especially in urban ! 5 ! of the economy class for those New Delhi any instances related to non-com- and semi-urban areas. A novice *! ! - '&8!! 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February, in my view, was Pakistan’s finest hour manner it deals with India and the internation- alistic credentials, going so far as to shameful- !# " after the nuclear tests of 1998.” Moreover, while al community. We have been experiencing this (3/ **.15 ly depict Wing Commander Abhinandan in ),)0 $ # Pakistan’s Foreign Minister acknowledged since decades. Remember, Pakistan denied any / / (.*19 posters used for election rallies. Prime Minister " # , 0 JeM chief Masood Azhar’s presence in connection to the so-called “raiders”, who near- Modi may well scream ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ /#,'3 @? ),)0 Pakistan, the Director-General of Inter- ly captured Srinagar in 1948 or to the “mili- &9(.+49& 3 from the rooftops but it has not in any way Services Public Relations (ISPR) blandly con- tants”, who occupied the Kargil heights in 1999, stopped his Government from refusing to grant tradicted him a day later, unequivocally stat- only to recant and accept its involvement sub- "99 One Rank One Pension (OROP) to military ),)0 8 ! ing that the JeM does not exist in Pakistan as sequently. It isn’t as if it reserved such treat- ?/3@.*&" veterans or opposing the grant of Non it is a “proscribed terrorist organisation”. ment for India alone as Iran and Afghanistan Functional Upgrade (NFU) in the Supreme 0 ),)0 ! Similarly, with regard to the Indian have also found to their cost. Therefore, in the /9/ . 49.1 / Court using all manner of lies. That the NFU response, the ISPR spokesperson was the first present instance, to have expected Pakistan to is already authorised to the Civil Services and one to admit that the Indian Air Force (IAF) behave any differently was sheer fantasy, .(.9. (.15 the Central Armed Police Forces, thereby had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and car- especially given that the military uses proxy (3/ "/%.?. .(4 changing long-standing civil-military parity, 5 ried out a strike in the vicinity of Balakot. He, war to retain its pre-eminent role within the has been deliberately ignored. Their efforts to 2 however, attempted to mislead and obfuscate country and the region. 1%* .(. humiliate and lower the prestige and standing 5 the issue by hinting that this attack was in the The sad truth is that its very foundation 1(&"/*+*&" of the armed forces continues unhindered. I 5 2 vicinity of the village, in close proximity to the was built on the British construct — that it was It isn’t as if other political parties, includ- LoC in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and religious antagonism and not its requirement "/%+*" /9# ing the Congress, have behaved any less hyp- O ),)0 not the town by that name in Khyber for a pliable state that would help protect its ocritically. On the one hand, they have “offi- " Pakhtunkhwa, deep inside Pakistan, where it interests in the region — which resulted in the 23. /2/4?/ cially” supported and praised the action of the ! actually struck. While the IAF claimed to have horrors of partition. 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Pakistani Army and its refusal till date to allow thering their own interests. 3&9(.159(3/"/ they believe that the only manner in which the " any access raises questions and suggests an Leaving aside Pakistan’s desperate attempts steadfastness and strength of character ‘Modi’ ! , attempt to cover up. to change perceptions what should be of .9?9* &(/ 41* displayed on this occasion can be negated is Finally, there was the confusion about two immense concern to all right-thinking people, by deliberately destroying the credibility of our 8 $ ! Indian fighter aircraft having been shot down here is the horrendous manner in which this %*&?((3(*&" military’s achievements. While we may be ),)0 with both pilots taken prisoners. It, however, issue is being used by politicians and the media uncertain of who will succeed at the hustings, ! turned out that the IAF’s claim at that time of to gain attention for their selfish agenda even . .("439 there is absolutely no doubt that our armed ),)0 having lost one MIG-21, piloted by Wing if it is at the cost of the nation’s interest. Neither *9(*&( forces have lost out yet again. Commander Abhinandan after he had downed free speech nor the looming elections justify (The writer is a military veteran, a consul- ! a Pakistani F-16, was correct. Bizarrely, not such crass behaviour, especially since it is 4/(5.1 tant with the Observer Research Foundation and only has Pakistan continued to deny the loss impacting the credibility and apolitical nature Visiting Senior Fellow with The Peninsula of its own aircraft, it even insists that the F- of our armed forces. 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flow of 670 mld (million litres per NMCG is developing infra- four major tributaries of Ganga — Declared as an authority in is indeed a gargantuan task. day) of sewage into Ganga while structure for sewage treatment, the Yamuna, Gomati, Damodar October 2016 under the Realising that the scores of 243.27 has been earmarked for surface cleaning, afforestation along and Mahananda — and further Environment Protection Act of interception and diversion drains, improving the Patna riverfront the river bank, monitoring indus- broad-based in 1995 with the inclu- 1986, NMCG has since then taken sewage treatment plants and sewage involving construction of new ghats, trial effluents, development of river sion of other rivers and renamed as a collaborative approach, converg- pumping stations need to be oper- promenade and community-cum- front, saving biodiversity and the National River Conservation ing multiple agencies at both the ated and maintained efficiently — cultural centre among others. improving public awareness. With Plan (NRCP). Also, 34 other rivers Central and State level under one which has been one of the weak The Namami Gange pro- seven thrust areas and 21 action were taken up for cleaning with the roof with an aim to achieve the goal links in the efforts made to clean the 3.1O993/ gramme, which is undertaking this points, it has enough on its plate to same model of GAP. of clean Ganga within the next river over the last three decades — :#; massive task as an Integrated qualify as a separate Ministry. However, while GAP has man- decade or so. it has opted to award Operation and & $= Conservation Mission, was Efforts to clean up Ganga had aged to spend less than 4,000 crore With a catchment area of Maintenance contract for a period ' renewed effort to cleanse the approved as a flagship programme started as early as in 1979, when the in three decades, the reconstituted 8,61,494 square km, the Ganga of 15 years to SPVs, which involve Ganga was made by Prime by the Union Government in June Central Board for the Prevention body (NMCG) has already spent basin covers no less than 11 States, various stake holders. $ O M AMinister Narendra Modi 2014. With a budget outlay of and Control of Water Pollution was 5,650 crore, and for year ending five of them being on the mainstem. With an allocation of a dedicat- under the Namami Gange pro- 20,000 crore, it has the twin objec- directed to undertake a comprehen- March 31, 2019, projects worth The river itself is 2,525 km long ed budget for five years and adopt- gramme, more than three decades tives of effective abatement of pol- sive survey, and its report ultimate- 2,295 crore are expected to be with a 1,000 km long stretch in ing a hybrid annuity-based PPP ' #( &9 after a similar attempt was made by lution, conservation and rejuvena- ly formed the basis for setting up of completed. With an outlay of Uttar Pradesh alone. Around 43 per model, NMCG hopes to achieve the $$ $ former Prime Minister Rajiv tion of the national river, Ganga. the Central Ganga Authority (CGA) 20,000 crore for the period 2015- cent of India’s population depends so far elusive objective, especially as Gandhi at Varanasi. Pursuing this Additionally, under the Ganga in February 1985. The Ganga 20, NMCG is aiming big with 267 on it while it makes 57 per cent of these funds are non-lapsable. NMCG seemingly elusive objective, anoth- Gram project, the Ministry of Water Project Directorate (GPD) was projects sanctioned so far costing the nation’s agricultural land fertile. has already attracted notice as one er round of foundation stone-laying Resources, River Development & established as a wing of the 26,360 crore, of which 82 have Ninety seven towns on the of the four short-listed initiatives — $ ' ceremony for projects in Bihar, Ganga Rejuvenation has identified Department of Environment, with been completed. main river stem have 155 drains dis- which includes Ofwat of the UK, #( estimated to cost a whopping 700 1,674 gram panchayats situated on a budget of 350 crore to adminis- A comprehensive management charging 2,853 mld of sewage into Water and Electricity Company of crore, was taken up with much fan- the bank of river Ganga in five States ter the cleaning up of Ganga and to plan for Ganga was the result of a it. In addition, 1,109 gross pollut- Saudi Arabia and Water Services ' fare, this time in Patna. (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, restore it to pristine condition, brain storming report by a consor- ing industries, mainly tanneries, Regulatory Board of Kenya — for the National Mission for Clean Jharkhand and West Bengal). A sum with the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) tium of seven IITs in January 2015. paper, pulp, sugar, textile, dyeing Public Water Agency of the Year ' #( $ Ganga (NMCG), under the Ministry of 829 crore has been released to launched on June 14, 1986, by Adopting a comprehensive and distilleries are discharging toxic Award of 2019. Hopefully it would O N of Water Resources, River the Ministry for the construction of Rajiv Gandhi in Varanasi. approach, NMCG has brought effluents into it. Tributaries such as emerge as the winner. 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an diet alter your health happiness? The Canswer to this is a certain yes. One has to be thoughtful while eating if you love to be healthy and in shape. Festivals are a sweet delight we all know. However, too much of sweetness comes hand in hand with excessive calories which can hamper your body’s weight and health 9 $ $ ' 3 as well. Festivals like Holi in which sweet indulgence hile it’s a pleasure playing with is a must with no escape formula, it becomes colours on Holi, it’s always hard to avoid sweet as well as its cravings. quite a difficult task to get rid 98#8%9$ 9/9*+ 9-*$+ Certainly, there is no fixed diet which can be fol- of the same after the festive lowed during a festive season. Also, each per- "%' %-'# party. Here are few of the tips son will have their different set of rules. Like for whichW you can consider for post-holi cleansing ur eyes are among example a diet suggestion by our grandma and of your skin, hair and nails: those body parts, a plan given by a gym instructor will match First, you can opt for cleaning up after Holi Owhich are extremely nowhere during these festivities. But it is an indi- is to shampoo generously, and wash off the susceptible during Holi. Uses vidual’s responsibility to kill those little sweet "%' %$'# colours from the hair. It is also advised to oil the of synthetic colours that are craving monsters jumping inside or to satisfy hair again after the shampoo in an order to lock composed of chemicals pos- them with a little or optional indulgence. It has the moisture in the hair. Second, you should sess a great threat to one’s eyes. to be you and only you who can decide what and he incidence of type I Diabetes is rising by three per cent every clean your skin after Holi celebration with a face- The artificial green colour how much you are going to eat by following your Tyear, with nearly 75,000 new children being diagnosed to have wash which is gentle, and not harsh on the skin. used on Holi comes from ming or a heart. T1DM every year. Type I Diabetes is also known as Insulin Third, you can put some aloevera gel on the copper sulphate, which can What are the basics of diet which need to be Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) and Juvenile Onset areas affected by the colors or sun burn caused cause several eye infections kept in mind during festivals? Diabetes Mellitus. As of 2018, there were at least 97,000 cases of due to the long exposure in sunlight. It can also and allergy. ing and watery discharge. TESTS TO DIAGNOSE Festive season diet is very essential and a juvenile Diabetes reported in India alone, which is alarming. be helpful to reduce the itching on the skin, Eye infections are caused Eyelids become inflamed and, EYE INFECTION: Tests for beginning to the basics is by stocking the right Type I Diabetes is an autoimmune disorder which affects the caused due to the mixing of glass into the Holi by bacteria, chemicals or other sometimes, you may experi- diagnosis of eye infections type of food to munch on during celebrations. pancreas, and stops the production of insulin. Insulin is a hormone colours. microbiological agents. There ence blurred vision. The longer like viral retinitis, endoph- Getting your hands on the right ingredients is which plays a number of roles in the body’s metabolism. Insulin Fourth, you can clean up after playing holi. are different types of eye infec- the synthetic colour is in the thalmitis, and Fuch’s uveitis. the best to watch your calories and keeping your regulates how the body uses and stores glucose and fat. Many of Gently massage on your face and body with tions with different causes eye, the more damage it will Molecular panels for diagnos- diet healthy even amidst the celebrations. the body’s cells rely on insulin to take glucose from the blood for sesame seed oil as it helps in protecting the skin and treatments. Most com- cause. ing these conditions are based You can choose to go nutty over the nuts energy. The hampering of the production of insulin leads to along with helping in removing the residues of mon eye infections are con- You can save yourself from on advanced molecular since they contain the healthy fats which can help laboured functioning of other internal systems. The circulatory the colours. junctivitis/pink eye, keratitis, eye allergy post Holi by wash- methods and provide greater your skin and hair without any further harm- system, nervous system, skin, eyes, feet and others, are all impact- The final measure which you can take to endophthalmitis, blepharitis, ing your eye immediately with than 90 per cent sensitivity ing to weight. A handful of dry fruits like raisins, ed by Diabetes. clean up after playing holi is to apply a hair mask sty, uveitis, cellulitis and ocu- plain water and continue with the assurance of 100 per almonds, figs, pistachio, apricots, and cashews, Juvenile Diabetes has been connected to viral infections like or hair pack. It can be well prepared by using lar herpes. washing for at least ten min- cent specificity, leading to are few healthy eating as well as gifting options mumps, rubella, and even in-utero enteroviral infections, along the domestic remedies like making a mixture of EYE ALLERGY: Eye aller- utes. The particles of the faster and effective treat- during this Holi. Dried fruits can also be added with early stage nutrition. However, one of the most direct and henna powder, lemon juice and curd. Apply it gy post-Holi is fairly common. chemical will wash away and ment. to several home-made low-calorie sweets dur- apparent causes till date has been genetics. Men and women with on the hair and wash after an hour, it will make Symptoms of eye allergy you will feel relaxed. There are % ( & ing the festival as well. type I Diabetes tend to stand a greater chance of passing on the your hair free from harmful chemicals of the include redness of the eye, a number of eye drops that can >B( ( It is also important to avoid deep ghee indul- disease to their children. Holi colours and will ensure that your scalp is itching, tearing, burning, sting- help you relieve eye allergy. ( gence along with white sugar and instead, In case of women with type I Diabetes, the risk is higher in completely clean, while locking back the nour- switching over to sweets made from jaggery or case of pregnancies after the age of 25. About one in every seven ishment in the hair. dark chocolate with dry fruits will be a far bet- people with type I Diabetes have a condition called Type II Ensure that if you find any serious issue pop- skin. What you can do as a measure of precau- ter option. Sweets made from white flour, sugar, Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome. This condition leads to ping up, then you need to consult a rightly qual- Playing Holi is fun, but it’s hectic to get back tion is to keep a first-aid box, or medicine pouch and ghee must be minimised to keep excessive thyroid and malfunctioning of adrenal gland. The child’s risk of ified dermatologist for the same. your skin in the very same condition as Holi handy with yourself so that if any emergency calories at bay. Eating healthy as well as gifting developing Diabetes in this case is as high as 50 per cent. colours grasp the nourishment of the skin and strikes, it can be helpful. In that you can keep healthy items must be a proper mantra this Holi. It is crucial for families to be aware of the risk factors, and the $ thereby, turn it dry. Here are some of the tips some antiseptic powder, solution, cream, and Spicing of healthy festivals can be done with possible impact on their children. The best way to prevent/pre- Holi — the festival of colours is finally here, which you can adapt for a healthy skin, post Holi lotion, bandage, anti-burning cream, band aid, savory and sweet foods by adding cloves, saf- pare for possibility of the disease is regular screening, regardless. bringing a lot of fun and joy with itself. It’s a great celebration. One should also consult a qualified anti-allergic tablets, body oil, moisturiser, petro- fron, cinnamon, cardamom, and black pepper- There are tests that can accurate- amuse to drench into the hues of colours but at dermatologist for taking extra special care. leum jelly, face and hand cream, sunscreen to corns and others. Besides giving a good flavour ly assess risk of Diabetes, bifur- the same time it can be hazardous to our skin, Follow the following steps and get rid of all your protect the skin from sunburn. These solutions to foods these are enriched with several biolog- - 3 cated below. nails as well as hair, as it can result into acne, jitters. can act as a saviour for your skin from any kind ical properties to help the health with several # Glycosylated Hemoglobin: rashes and many other skin diseases. It’s quite First, have a bath in lukewarm or normal of hazardous skin diseases or rashes that can be benefits. These are also readily available in our - ! Which tells us the average blood an important thing to make yourself prepared water to remove the dry colours from the skin. caused due to the Holi colours. Indian kitchens as well. sugar level over the last two to well in advance for the same, you can do so by Do not use soaps as it is alkaline in nature and To keep yourself healthy and fit you can rely # ## three months, to identify whether keeping the points in mind. can be harsh on the skin, and can cause further + on the following tips: #,? 9 we are at a risk of developing dia- First, apply ice cubes and massage with the dryness. For face, choosing cleansing cream over Many skin treatments should be avoided Try to stick to your daily work out regime if betes or already have Diabetes same for around ten minutes as it will close the facewash is a better option as it will sooth the during the festive season of Holi as it can affect you follow any. Because little more food indul- Post-diabetes: After being open skin pores thereby, preventing the acne to skin and won’t be causing any itching or irrita- adversely to our skin as there is colour mixed gence with a break of workout regime can trig- detected with diabetes: appear on the skin. Second, you can put tion. Gently massage the cleansing lotion all over in the air and everywhere throughout the atmos- ger a sudden weight put on. Insulin level: The main anabol- almond oil on your whole body as it acts as a the skin and remove it with a moist cotton. phere. It can cause severe skin diseases like skin Cooking fiesta during festivals is a stress buster ! ic hormone of the body, regulat- wall between the skin and the color, preventing Second, after washing the facepack, you can peeling, rashes, itching, or irritation and others. for many. However, empty stomach cooking ing the metabolism of carbohy- the colour sticking onto the body. It’s also apply moisturiser all over the body. Skin treatments which involve exfoliation in any might result in snacking on each and every stuff drates, fats and protein. enriched with Vitamin E, providing nourish- Third, coconut oil can be used as a skin of the forms like scrub, peel, or dermabrasion your eyes get hold on. To avoid this, it is best is C peptide level: As a means of ment to the body. The third thing which you can cleanser and to lock the moisture in the skin. should be avoided before or just after Holi, either to cook while you are not too hungry or distinguishing type I diabetes from type II. do to prepare yourself before indulging into the Fourth, to remove the colours from the fin- instead you should go for mild hydrating and keeping unhealthy snacks out of your easy reach Antibodies, GAD and other pancreatic antigens colours is to put sunscreen on the whole body gertips, or around the nails you can mix the rose oxygen infusion rejuvenation treatments to prep in kitchen closets. Glutamic Acid Decarboxylace Antibodies (GADA or Anti- to shield your skin from the exposure to the per- water into the warm water and dip your hands your skin and make it healthy from within. You Grocery shopping during pre-festival prepa- GAD): This test looks for antibodies built against a specific enzyme ilous UV Rays, which can also lead to tanning. and feet in the same. can use home based remedies like aloevera as rations must be linked with some principles to in the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin and Insulin Auto The fourth thing which you can do for a safe Fifth, you can do to take care of your skin it moisturises the skin, reduces inflammation, follow. Like opting for only healthy foods to store Antibodies (IAA). Holi is to put petroleum jelly around the finger- is not to use any body or face scrub, exfoliators, and thereby, turning the skin cool, it also helps and avoiding unhealthy stuff from the beginning. In addition to attacking beta cells, the immune system in peo- tips, nails, in between the fingers, at the back- after at least 48 hours of playing holi. in reducing the peeling of the skin. It soothes Refrain from non-veg meals and opt for more ple with type I Diabetes also targets insulin. This test thereby, looks side of ears, and on the lips as well. The final Finally, you can adapt to take care of your the irritated skin and helps in reducing sunburn, natural vegetables and fruits in meals. Else opt for those antibodies that target insulin measure which you can take for a hassle free Holi skin is to avoid going out in much exposure to and areas which feel hot and painful. a mantra to keep a balance between veg and non- While, these are tests that directly indicate diabetes, there are is to shampoo as well as condition your hair well the sun. However, the best way to take precaution of veg diet with mindful diet instead of binging on certain other tests can also prove to be indicators of developing before playing Holi too, because if the pre-dirt skincare during Holi is to consult a qualified der- non-veg entirely giving the festival a reason to diabetes and should be regularly monitored like lipid profile, kid- of the hair mixes with the colours, it can dam- matologist for the same. yourself for overeating. ney profile tests, thyroid tests, skin & eyes age your hair at a great extent resulting into Holi colours can lead to skin rashes or skin % ( 0 ( ! 0 Always remember to stay hydrated and have Additionally, there are molecular tests which can be under- rough and dry hair, which can further lead to infection which can result into severe burning > C( ' plenty of water and other fluids. taken to assess the genetic root. Type I Diabetes is determined by a huge amount of hair-fall. and itching that can be very much harmful to ( ! C> % ?B& the presence of one or more autoimmune markers. One can get tested to assess the levels of these, to determine the possibility of ' AA (% developing type I diabetes, or complications thereof. 3 Diabetes can’t be cured (yet), but it can be controlled. Growing with Diabetes can be quite challenging for kids, from physical as The weather is just right to play Statistics by the well as an emotional point of view. Children with Diabetes require ecently Pharmazz India Pvt Ltd pre- technological answers to life-threatening WHO indicate balanced nutrition, exercise, and most importantly, support from Holi. While most people take care Rsented its nine years of research done challenges faced by millions of Indians,” Athat there are those close to them. of the skin and nails when they for developing life saving drugs at a con- Pharmazz Co-founder Anil Gulati, PhD, about 466 million people Medical science is striving endlessly to ensure easier manage- play with colours, many forget ference. These drugs will be helpful in MD, said. across the world with dis- ment of the disease, to enable young patients of type I Diabetes cases of accidents, maternal mortal- Millions of Indians are afflicted by abling hearing loss. This number is like- to lead fulfilling lives. In a situation with so much at stake, fore- that haircare is just as important. ity, diarrhoea and burns as these these injuries and diseases every ly to increase to 900 million by 2050 if no warned is definitely forearmed, and it falls on parents, doctors, ROISHANI DEVI shares tips to can control excessive blood loss year. For instance, we have very action is taken. The need of the hour is to and the adults in their lives to ensure that we take this responsi- prevent damage to them or fluid loss from the patient’s high rates of car crashes. People lay emphasis on early identification and bility. body to such an extent that are injured and bleed. Millions intervention for hearing loss. More than doctors can effectively get have lost their lives from the one billion young adults aged between 12 hen you are playing the hair from damage. extra time of 6-7 hours to save blood loss. Our drug has and 35 years are at risk of hearing loss due Holi, you forget the After you have finished the life. The event was attend- already saved lives in clinical tri- to exposure to higher recreational noise damage the colours playing with colours, it is impor- ed by medical researchers from als, and we hope it will be success- levels. Around one-third of people over 65 Cayenne peppers are a type of chili Wcan do to your skin, eyes and tant to wash your hair proper- India and the US. ful and save more,” Dr Gulati said. years of age are affected by disabling hear- pepper. They belong to the nightshade family of hair. But that doesn’t mean ly. First, thoroughly wash your Twenty highly-credentialed Indians Considering the preclinical and clin- ing loss. flowering plants and are closely related to bell peppers and that you can’t enjoy this fes- hair with plain water to are executing human trial tests in 25 major ical data till date, the chances of survival It is recommended that people who are jalapenos. Cayenne peppers are a popular spice used in tival of colours. Here are get rid the colour. Indian medical institutions, that address are very high. The drug has shown continuously exposed to a noise level of many different regional styles of cooking, and they have tips that one can follow: Use a mild sham- shock from serious blood loss, stroke from remarkable effects in patients of hypov- greater than 85 dB should be provided been used medicinally for thousands of years. Putting lots of poo. Leave it on reduced blood supply to the brain, olemic shock. Three important surrogate hearing protection. Tips from Heart Care The capsaicin in cayenne peppers has metabolism-boost- hair oil is an ageold for about 10 Alzheimer’s disease and injuries to the clinical endpoints for hypovolemic shock Foundation of India: ing properties. It helps increase the amount of heat your trick to prevent the minutes. Rinse spinal cord. are blood pressure, blood lactate and base- Traffic flow around areas like schools body produces, making you burn more calories per hair from getting and apply a con- “This conference shows Indian doc- deficit. 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+ 2*+9$%+9% - + + 1E$ B 1/2%/ 3. <+033 !! New Delhi: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) cut ! 1?( , production by over 8 per cent in February on account of subdued demand. The he government has constituted an &(/ ! 0 auto major produced a total of 1,48,959 units, including Super Carry LCV, across &?. Infosys, Vedanta Ltd, Bajaj emerging market assets and pro Tinter-ministerial panel for moni- 0 its factories last month, down 8.3 per cent from 1,62,524 units produced in the Auto, TCS, HDFC, ONGC, emerging currencies." During toring, sanctioning and implementation year-ago period, the company said in a regulatory filing. The production of pas- ! - ! - 1( xtending its winning streak Coal India and HUL, retreated the day, BSE realty gained the of projects under the 10,000-crore ,/ ! senger vehicles, including Alto, Swift, Dzire and Vitara Brezza, declined by 8.4 Eto the sixth consecutive up to 2.56 per cent. most rising 2.46 per cent, oil FAME-II programme, aimed at incen- per cent to 1,47,550 units as compared with 1,61,116 units in February 2018. session, the BSE Sensex gained A 15 per cent or 1,500- and gas 1.55 per cent, PSU 0.94 tivising clean mobility. 1&/ / However, the production of vans — Eeco, Omni — was up by 22.1 per cent to over 70 points Monday as point rally has ensued in the per cent, bankex 0.88 per cent, The Project Implementation and ! 0 16,898 units last month as compared with 13,827 units in February 2018. stocks made further headway Nifty 50 since October 2018. metal 0.79 per cent and FMCG Sanctioning Committee will be chaired 0! Production of Super Carry LCV was up by just one unit last month. When con- powered by unabated foreign The market's internals are the index up 0.42 per cent. by the secretary in the Department of - ! - 1( , tacted, MSI declined to comment on the reasons for taking this production cut. fund inflows and narrowing healthiest they have been since However, auto index, cap- Heavy Industries and will have other In January, MSI had reported a total production of 1,83,064 units, up 15.6 per country's trade deficit amid 2017, said Sunil Sharma, Chief ital goods, IT, teck and health- members including NITI Aayog CEO, cent from 1,58,396 units produced in January 2018. Production of passenger vehi- positive global cues. Investment Officer, Sanctum care indices ended lower by up Department for Promotion of Industry in India (FAME-II) scheme, 10 lakh reg- cles rose 14.3 per cent to 1,78,459 units in January as compared with 1,56,168 The 30-share benchmark Wealth Management. to 1.36 per cent. and Internal Trade secretary, istered electric two-wheelers with a units in the year-ago period. In February, MSI had reported a dip of 0.9 per cent advanced to hit a high of “First and obviously, dra- Investor sentiment also Department of Economic Affairs sec- maximum ex-factory price will be eli- in domestic sales at 1,39,100 units as compared with 1,37,900 units in the year 38,369.59 as buying activity matic inflows have come in remained upbeat on narrowing retary and secretaries in the power and gible to avail incentive of 20,000 each. ago period. In January, however, it had reported an increase of 1.1 per cent in gathered momentum. from FIIs. Capitulation by retail trade deficit, according to mar- new and renewable energy ministry, It will also support 5 lakh e-rick- its domestic sales at 1,42,150 units as compared with 1,40,600 units in January However, investors locked in has happened, and short cov- ket experts. among others. shaws having ex-factory price of up to 2018. Hit by lower offtake by end customers, passenger vehicles (PV) retail sales gains pushing the key index ering by the bears seems to be The marginal 2.44 per cent The Department of Heavy 5 lakh with an incentive of 50,000 declined by 8.25 per cent to 2,15,276 units in February as compared with the into the negative zone to hit a underway. Next, capital sitting increase in exports as well as Industries, in an order, said the com- each. same period last year, automobile dealers' body FADA said last week. The com- low of 37,952.10 before bounc- on the sidelines that is waiting lower imports of gold and mittee is constituted "for the purpose of FAME-II will offer an incentive of pany's installed manufacturing capacity from its two plants in Gurgaon and ing back to end 70.75 points, or out the elections, is going to petroleum products in overall monitoring, sanctioning and 1.5 lakh each to 35,000 electric four- Manesar stands at 15.5 lakh units per annum. Besides, Suzuki-owned Hansalpur 0.19 per cent, higher at start feeling the pull of runaway February significantly narrowed implementation of the scheme, with wheelers with an ex-factory price of up (Gujarat) plant also has an installed capacity of 2.5 lakh units from the first line. 38,095.07. equity prices against idle cash,” the country's trade deficit to immediate effect and until further to 15 lakh, and incentive of Rs 13,000 The second production line has been commissioned at the plant, but is yet to Likewise, the 50-stock NSE he said. USD 9.6 billion, data released orders". The panel's terms of reference each to 20,000 strong hybrid four- reach its peak capacity of 2.5 lakh units per annum. The third production line Nifty finished 35.35 points, or On a net basis, foreign by the commerce ministry includes modifying coverage parame- wheelers with ex-factory price of upto at the Gujarat plant would give an additional capacity of 2.5 lakh units per annum 0.31 per cent, higher at institutional investors (FIIs) Friday showed. ters for various components and sub- 15 lakh. It will support 7,090 e-buses to the company. 11,462.20 after hitting the day's bought shares worth a net of Strengthening gains, the components of the scheme, reviewing with an incentive of up to 50 lakh each high of 11,530.15 and a low of 4,323.49 crore on Friday, while rupee appreciated 54 paise to demand incentives annually or earlier having ex-factory price of upto Rs 2 2E 5?,3? 0; 11,412.50. Among Sensex com- domestic institutional investors 68.56 against the US dollar based on price and technology trends, crore. The scheme will have a Rs 1,500- ponents, Bajaj Finance topped (DIIs) were net sellers to the intra-day. Global crude bench- modifying limits of fund allocations crore outlay in 2019-20; 5,000 crore in New Delhi: Sugar production rose by 6 per cent to 273.47 lakh tonne till March the gainers list by surging 2.84 tune of 2,130.36 crore, provi- mark Brent crude futures fell among different segments and types of 2020-21 and 3,500 crore in 2021-22. 15 of the current marketing year ending September 2019, helped by higher output per cent. Other winners were sional data available with BSE 0.15 per cent to USD 67.06 per vehicles, reviewing the cap for maxi- It will cover buses with EV technology; in Maharashtra and Karnataka where mills started their operations early, according PowerGrid, RIL, Axis Bank, showed. barrel. Investor sentiment was mum incentive per vehicle, and decid- electric, plug-in hybrid and strong to industry data. The country had produced 258.20 lakh tonne sugar in the year- Tata Steel, Kotak Bank, “What we are witnessing also buoyed tracking a firming ing other scheme parameters for its hybrid four wheelers; electric three- ago period, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said in a statement. “During IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, and what markets seem to be trend in most Asian bourses smooth roll out. wheelers including e-rickshaws and 2018-19 sugar season, 527 sugar mills were in operation and they have produced NTPC, HDFC Bank, Asian telegraphing is a tilt back and a higher opening in The 10,000-crore programme electric two-wheelers. 273.47 lakh tonne of sugar till March 15, 2019,” the ISMA said. As many as 154 mills Paints, ICICI Bank, ITC, Sun towards synchronised stimula- European shares on speculation under the second phase of the FAME FAME-II also proposes support have stopped crushing and 373 sugar mills are continuing their crushing operations. Pharma and Yes Bank, rising up tive policy at some point in the that the US Federal policy India scheme will be implemented for setting up of charging infrastructure Mills in Maharashtra and Karnataka are closing fast and their crushing season is on to 2.29 per cent. medium term future by the Fed, makers will lower interest rate over a period of three years with effect whereby about 2,700 charging stations the verge of closing. According to the ISMA, sugar production in Maharashtra till On the other hand, Maruti ECB, Japan and Chinese central forecast after weaker-than- from April 1, 2019. will be set up in metropolitan cities, March 15 was 100.08 lakh tonne as against 93.84 lakh tonne in the year-ago peri- Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Bharti banks,” he said, adding that forecast economic data on Under phase-II of Faster Adoption other million-plus cities, smart cities od. In Uttar Pradesh, production was almost flat at 84.14 lakh tonne compared with Airtel, HCL Tech, M&M, L&T, these environments are pro- Friday. and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles and cities of hilly states across India. 84.39 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the 2017-18 marketing year.
7 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11473.85 11530.15 11412.50 11462.20 35.35 Script Open High Low LTP ORIENTBANK 99.00 104.20 98.00 103.05 MAGMA 117.35 117.65 112.75 114.60 NAUKRI 1868.70 1878.95 1820.00 1830.80 RAMCOCEM 704.20 715.95 703.25 709.95 IOC 159.95 166.20 157.85 163.10 5.75 RCOM 4.26 4.39 3.96 4.00 ADANIPORTS 363.00 375.40 363.00 369.20 TATAMTRDVR 90.00 91.80 89.65 90.55 ABB 1314.95 1324.00 1302.15 1307.60 SJVN 24.50 24.65 24.25 24.45 HINDPETRO 278.35 287.75 276.55 286.50 9.55 SUZLON 6.81 7.23 6.80 7.11 HEG 2185.00 2235.75 2175.00 2193.50 EXIDEIND 229.60 231.60 226.30 228.05 RELAXO 757.00 766.00 741.20 760.00 SOMANYCERA 381.15 389.80 370.00 386.70 BAJFINANCE 2872.00 2941.10 2845.00 2940.00 79.25 BOMDYEING 134.35 149.30 134.00 145.30 RADICO 396.00 398.65 386.20 388.15 NLCINDIA 78.90 80.20 77.50 78.40 MOIL 159.25 159.40 155.30 156.70 ERIS 650.00 659.00 645.00 651.30 RELIANCE 1331.00 1357.95 1329.00 1356.50 34.85 JUSTDIAL 610.00 664.90 609.95 654.85 INDIGO 1298.00 1328.55 1298.00 1321.90 EICHERMOT 22698.00 22780.75 22080.45 22271.90 MRPL 73.40 74.65 72.00 72.95 GSPL 180.80 182.00 177.75 179.45 AXISBANK 741.00 756.00 740.25 754.40 19.30 DHFL 137.80 139.90 134.35 135.55 UJJIVAN 337.00 343.25 336.55 339.15 HEXAWARE 343.30 346.45 337.05 338.45 MINDAIND 372.75 372.75 357.00 358.35 AEGISLOG 204.75 205.70 204.00 204.55 BPCL 398.00 408.90 398.00 406.60 10.30 RELCAPITAL 175.25 181.95 174.00 180.10 SPARC 200.00 203.90 198.10 199.65 FSL 44.30 45.10 44.30 44.60 GLAXO 1299.00 1303.50 1282.00 1290.35 LINDEINDIA 504.05 513.75 493.80 502.30 JSWSTEEL 290.00 296.00 286.55 295.45 7.00 RELINFRA 133.00 138.20 132.30 134.35 INFRATEL 316.60 321.70 311.50 317.90 BALKRISIND 944.00 944.00 909.85 915.40 LEMONTREE 81.30 81.90 79.80 80.30 FLFL 478.00 480.60 460.00 463.30 POWERGRID 194.15 197.80 193.25 197.40 4.15 AXISBANK 738.65 756.00 738.65 751.95 ASIANPAINT 1441.30 1459.00 1436.35 1445.80 INDIANB 267.95 269.50 263.30 268.45 VMART 2640.05 2721.25 2616.00 2635.80 VTL 1093.15 1096.75 1065.00 1094.65 TATASTEEL 519.50 526.75 515.25 526.00 10.55 SBIN 298.40 300.75 294.30 298.45 LICHSGFIN 512.00 519.45 511.00 515.05 HFCL 22.75 22.95 21.95 22.25 ALLCARGO 120.00 121.05 113.00 115.40 NAVNETEDUL 108.00 109.85 106.00 108.10 INDUSINDBK 1708.00 1734.45 1702.60 1729.00 25.75 RPOWER 11.09 11.43 10.80 11.03 PNBHOUSING 887.00 888.30 841.10 848.30 TVSMOTOR 494.85 496.20 485.90 489.75 ALKEM 1760.00 1800.00 1750.50 1778.65 AIAENG 1768.00 1770.75 1717.05 1735.10 YESBANK 247.05 248.65 241.85 245.80 TITAN 1098.00 1109.00 1093.00 1102.30 DRREDDY 2654.00 2696.00 2641.10 2669.45 GUJFLUORO 1057.50 1064.00 1034.40 1060.15 CERA 2640.00 2715.00 2640.00 2696.50 KOTAKBANK 1340.00 1360.00 1330.80 1345.05 19.90 RELIANCE 1325.10 1358.15 1325.10 1347.60 BATAINDIA 1374.00 1374.00 1331.00 1342.05 J&KBANK 47.00 50.05 46.25 49.15 CHOLAFIN 1390.00 1407.95 1384.30 1391.85 ITDC 280.00 282.30 273.55 275.70 ULTRACEMCO 3949.00 3979.00 3918.05 3972.00 55.90 STRTECH 230.00 234.10 215.90 218.75 MUTHOOTFIN 602.75 605.00 591.00 594.55 THERMAX 1021.00 1024.20 988.35 1001.75 OFSS 3408.00 3408.00 3340.00 3345.60 LAXMIMACH 6261.00 6287.60 6013.00 6130.80 BAJAJFINSV 6970.00 7044.90 6880.05 7021.00 93.05 ICICIBANK 395.60 399.80 393.50 397.80 EQUITAS 134.00 140.15 134.00 137.55 BHARATFIN 1079.90 1088.85 1068.95 1082.15 JSL 40.90 40.90 37.00 38.15 NILKAMAL 1375.05 1444.75 1375.05 1406.15 TATAMOTORS 181.00 184.70 179.50 182.20 2.20 JPASSOCIAT 6.13 6.35 6.06 6.17 UNIONBANK 83.90 84.15 82.55 83.80 VENKYS 2240.00 2259.00 2200.00 2227.50 MERCK 3360.00 3380.00 3310.00 3341.35 GDL 125.00 129.00 125.00 127.95 INFRATEL 317.00 321.60 310.85 317.00 3.80 MARUTI 7070.00 7081.00 6780.20 6910.35 BHARATFORG 537.35 537.40 516.00 518.10 TRENT 389.65 392.50 373.10 381.55 ECLERX 1126.95 1128.50 1116.00 1123.10 SHARDACROP 380.00 380.00 355.00 360.45 ICICIBANK 396.25 399.90 393.50 399.65 4.35 IOC 159.55 165.85 158.15 162.90 MOTHERSUMI 166.50 166.55 161.15 162.35 REDINGTON 104.40 105.20 97.25 97.95 JINDALSAW 89.90 91.30 88.95 89.60 SUPRAJIT 225.00 230.00 223.00 226.65 ASIANPAINT 1446.00 1460.60 1436.60 1446.85 14.30 PRESTIGE 221.00 253.80 217.05 250.20 JAICORPLTD 112.05 113.00 109.00 110.05 GUJGAS 149.55 150.05 144.05 144.90 EMAMILTD 397.95 400.00 394.10 396.15 APLLTD 542.95 552.85 537.55 539.15 ZEEL 455.70 463.70 451.60 458.15 3.90 DBL 671.15 706.95 663.95 698.60 SUVEN 247.05 257.85 247.05 256.15 VIPIND 439.70 447.70 437.40 440.25 BDL 290.00 295.25 288.20 290.00 CENTRUM 34.70 35.10 34.00 34.35 ITC 292.00 294.20 291.30 293.20 2.40 NBCC 66.90 68.20 65.95 67.05 WESTLIFE 440.00 446.60 425.00 429.40 MEGH 59.35 61.95 59.35 61.35 REPCOHOME 459.45 461.70 451.85 458.45 TEAMLEASE 2795.60 2834.00 2780.10 2800.30 HDFCBANK 2261.90 2291.65 2247.00 2270.00 17.00 LUPIN 763.90 763.90 741.35 754.50 STAR 441.75 442.60 434.20 437.70 HAVELLS 743.15 755.10 741.15 748.80 UBL 1405.10 1405.10 1383.30 1390.30 UFLEX 222.90 225.60 219.10 221.20 YESBANK 247.00 248.55 241.80 246.80 1.75 INFY 723.45 723.85 705.65 709.75 KEC 302.00 308.55 299.85 304.00 SRF 2425.00 2449.00 2401.00 2410.00 NETWORK18 35.10 35.40 34.40 35.05 SHREECEM 17715.50 17815.25 17694.20 17767.35 UPL 923.50 935.95 916.80 929.00 5.55 IBULHSGFIN 709.00 712.80 692.00 700.75 IBVENTURES 280.70 282.80 274.00 274.65 ADVENZYMES 184.50 184.50 180.55 181.30 FORTIS 136.75 137.10 135.80 136.55 COROMANDEL 479.00 479.00 470.50 473.15 ADANIPORTS 365.05 375.80 365.05 368.95 1.85 BEML 972.00 1012.40 971.90 995.15 INFIBEAM 44.30 44.65 42.80 43.45 MMTC 27.40 28.65 27.00 27.90 ZENSARTECH 235.45 236.00 229.20 230.25 SYNGENE 571.10 579.75 570.20 571.95 CIPLA 533.05 535.80 529.00 535.00 2.40 IBREALEST 86.00 91.25 85.25 88.90 TATACHEM 585.80 597.10 582.00 588.15 IDFC 44.50 44.75 42.90 43.50 TV18BRDCST 35.85 36.05 35.20 35.45 MHRIL 248.20 250.75 242.45 246.70 HINDALCO 200.70 201.00 197.50 199.85 0.80 LT 1397.35 1411.30 1370.25 1378.85 JUBILANT 879.95 898.00 858.30 873.60 WELCORP 120.00 121.35 115.95 116.30 WELSPUNIND 61.35 61.70 59.75 60.50 ZYDUSWELL 1308.05 1310.00 1292.50 1307.20 TITAN 1105.00 1108.90 1092.10 1101.05 3.80 PNB 86.05 87.00 84.90 86.55 HAL 674.00 718.00 674.00 699.55 ISEC 255.00 258.00 244.00 250.65 NAVINFLUOR 714.00 716.30 701.95 704.45 APARINDS 659.80 660.80 634.30 637.95 SBIN 298.90 300.90 294.65 299.30 0.90 HINDPETRO 278.25 287.60 277.00 286.75 DMART 1476.00 1483.00 1458.55 1476.75 FCONSUMER 44.80 45.00 44.05 44.20 GODREJAGRO 503.00 503.00 495.00 499.25 BOSCHLTD 18500.00 18500.00 18340.00 18469.30 SUNPHARMA 466.00 469.90 458.65 465.65 1.30 TATASTEEL 520.90 526.00 515.60 524.65 NOCIL 144.85 146.90 141.50 144.85 AJANTPHARM 1015.00 1040.50 1008.90 1017.20 PTC 77.10 77.95 76.75 77.60 BAJAJHLDNG 3345.05 3350.00 3311.10 3315.60 GAIL 362.00 362.90 357.60 359.90 0.55 ASHOKLEY 94.40 94.65 91.25 92.35 INDIACEM 98.10 99.20 97.00 98.65 DEEPAKFERT 135.25 136.65 132.55 134.50 CHAMBLFERT 166.30 167.15 161.90 162.50 FINOLEXIND 535.00 542.90 526.05 531.05 IBULHSGFIN 711.70 713.45 691.40 700.50 0.45 TATAMOTORS 180.55 184.65 179.65 182.30 MFSL 439.90 458.40 439.90 452.20 MARICO 340.00 342.00 336.50 341.00 GPPL 93.00 94.85 92.15 93.40 TVTODAY 333.65 333.65 328.00 329.20 JETAIRWAYS 236.10 238.00 233.40 237.00 DCMSHRIRAM 446.10 451.80 429.15 433.25 WABAG 324.70 325.05 320.40 321.70 DRREDDY 2658.40 2674.30 2643.15 2660.00 1.10 KOTAKBANK 1340.85 1360.50 1331.15 1342.90 CENTURYTEX 889.90 890.25 867.95 882.85 MINDACORP 144.10 144.35 138.20 140.15 COALINDIA 243.95 245.60 242.00 244.20 -0.15 HDFCBANK 2260.55 2290.90 2250.30 2261.45 NIITTECH 1342.75 1342.75 1315.10 1318.40 RALLIS 163.50 163.50 159.50 159.95 HINDUNILVR 1710.00 1710.95 1686.90 1697.00 -1.40 SPICEJET 78.00 79.10 77.65 78.05 AUBANK 611.00 611.85 589.00 591.80 SUPREMEIND 1130.25 1134.10 1090.90 1101.45 NTPC 157.85 160.80 155.75 157.65 -0.40 RECLTD 144.10 146.20 143.05 145.20 TRIDENT 68.70 69.55 66.40 68.55 CYIENT* 656.00 675.25 655.00 658.05 HDFC 1982.00 1994.95 1953.10 1967.00 -7.65 BAJFINANCE 2864.00 2941.00 2847.60 2926.05 BAJAJCON 322.60 326.25 311.65 314.10 KNRCON 255.00 260.55 248.00 253.60 TCS 2043.00 2064.60 2011.00 2023.85 -16.10 TCS 2045.00 2062.90 2012.00 2021.30 PIDILITIND 1170.00 1181.40 1162.60 1174.55 CONCOR 517.55 518.50 509.45 511.60 BAJAJ-AUTO 3026.90 3047.80 2992.10 2999.60 -24.20 BANKBARODA 117.95 121.20 117.95 120.40 CADILAHC 345.00 345.05 338.05 339.25 GHCL 234.85 237.00 228.70 233.20 ONGC 155.00 157.30 153.60 154.55 -1.45 WIPRO 263.95 264.50 256.05 257.70 CEATLTD 1172.15 1174.40 1140.00 1145.55 ENDURANCE 1157.25 1170.00 1150.75 1156.95 TECHM 804.95 805.70 782.25 790.50 -8.80 LTI 1630.00 1633.00 1558.30 1573.30 HUDCO 45.10 45.25 44.30 44.90 PHOENIXLTD 678.00 691.85 666.30 677.75 GRASIM 816.50 823.50 806.10 819.70 -10.15 INDUSINDBK 1712.00 1733.55 1702.40 1723.25 TORNTPOWER 258.00 262.55 255.85 260.85 MAXINDIA 65.00 66.75 65.00 65.65 INFY 721.55 723.70 705.35 709.50 -9.05 HDFCLIFE 372.60 374.35 366.45 367.60 GREAVESCOT 145.40 146.75 140.50 141.00 CAPPL 427.00 427.00 406.00 409.90 LT 1397.00 1411.70 1370.35 1378.00 -18.50 L&TFH 147.95 150.20 146.55 148.70 SOBHA 431.05 444.15 430.00 438.55 IFBIND 977.75 980.35 925.25 940.30 HCLTECH 1032.10 1039.95 1008.35 1015.70 -13.60 BEL 95.40 96.20 93.45 94.45 TIINDIA 419.00 419.00 399.05 401.65 HSIL 263.40 268.00 263.05 264.60 VEDL 175.00 175.00 171.85 173.35 -2.35 PCJEWELLER 83.00 84.80 81.40 82.10 JSWENERGY 69.00 69.00 67.40 68.95 TORNTPHARM 1858.00 1872.75 1841.30 1849.20 M&M 696.00 704.20 682.05 685.00 -9.60 JUBLFOOD 1353.00 1392.00 1349.00 1387.55 APOLLOHOSP 1111.05 1138.90 1111.05 1117.85 EVEREADY 209.00 211.00 205.30 205.90 EICHERMOT 22600.00 22799.90 22102.00 22285.00 -327.35 SAIL 52.05 54.30 51.05 53.60 JMFINANCIL 91.30 91.30 86.50 86.80 INOXWIND 68.90 70.15 68.10 69.40 BHARTIARTL 338.00 343.65 329.30 329.85 -7.85 BPCL 397.70 408.70 397.70 406.05 NHPC 25.15 25.50 25.15 25.35 GICRE 254.15 254.35 243.80 246.25 WIPRO 264.75 264.75 256.05 257.30 -6.15 GRAPHITE 458.50 468.40 458.50 460.90 HIMATSEIDE 217.50 217.50 207.30 212.20 ASTRAZEN 1994.75 2008.60 1940.00 1950.05 HEROMOTOCO 2745.00 2763.15 2662.00 2671.00 -64.85 MINDTREE 966.00 968.55 953.80 962.50 LAKSHVILAS 68.40 69.50 64.00 64.50 TATACOFFEE 95.00 95.50 93.15 93.75 NTPC 158.20 160.80 156.10 158.70 DIVISLAB 1717.00 1721.25 1686.30 1690.95 FORBESCO 2320.00 2437.00 2260.00 2401.30 MARUTI 7077.45 7077.45 6776.60 6902.00 -182.00 GRUH 279.00 279.00 270.15 273.20 SHK 151.60 167.60 149.00 156.85 CIPLA 534.00 536.25 529.05 534.55 BLUESTARCO 672.25 675.00 666.80 670.75 COALINDIA 244.45 245.60 241.85 244.25 VOLTAS 604.25 610.50 600.00 604.30 NESTLEIND 10363.80 10484.00 10280.00 10465.00 HEIDELBERG 173.40 174.40 169.90 171.05 CGPOWER 44.10 45.00 43.55 44.60 GAIL 362.00 362.85 357.70 359.85 SHANKARA 449.30 449.90 428.80 431.65 ISGEC 5710.00 5710.00 5420.00 5451.20 SUPPETRO 224.75 228.80 220.00 225.65 IOB 13.76 14.13 13.75 14.07 GODREJCP 702.00 718.90 702.00 714.90 KEI 405.00 409.70 395.15 397.65 PRSMJOHNSN 91.40 92.40 88.90 89.60 MAHLIFE 374.45 374.45 363.05 363.85 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ZEEL 457.00 463.45 452.10 457.50 VGUARD 222.00 225.00 213.80 215.05 LTTS 1510.00 1515.90 1478.55 1490.60 TATAMETALI 630.60 636.00 627.90 630.25 GSKCONS 7121.20 7121.20 7022.00 7058.80 NIFTY NEXT 50 27995.55 28078.90 27841.10 27970.70 63.05 HEROMOTOCO 2749.10 2763.55 2665.10 2671.50 BERGEPAINT 311.00 317.35 306.50 308.15 PARAGMILK 257.10 259.80 251.30 255.35 PFIZER 3200.00 3248.00 3159.75 3227.80 GULFOILLUB 850.05 858.55 840.95 846.25 SAIL 52.15 54.30 51.05 54.10 2.55 SUNPHARMA 464.35 469.80 459.00 466.25 BIOCON 623.00 630.40 621.90 626.90 HINDCOPPER 48.90 49.55 48.60 49.10 TNPL 211.95 213.90 209.15 211.65 ATUL 3274.00 3332.35 3271.05 3317.60 PETRONET 236.00 245.00 235.85 245.00 8.45 JINDALSTEL 166.90 171.20 166.55 169.70 NMDC 115.00 116.60 114.60 115.70 INTELLECT 199.90 204.25 199.35 200.55 KRBL 355.55 366.50 354.90 357.95 JAGRAN 111.60 115.00 110.10 111.95 BANKBARODA 118.25 121.40 117.90 121.20 3.05 GRASIM 816.00 823.75 806.35 818.15 ICICIPRULI 340.00 349.70 340.00 342.95 IGL 290.35 294.60 288.00 289.75 ASTRAL 1144.00 1150.00 1123.45 1133.35 ESSELPRO 118.25 118.65 116.90 118.10 ABCAPITAL 98.90 102.70 98.10 102.00 2.50 IDFCFIRSTB 52.05 52.85 51.55 52.20 ACC 1535.00 1560.00 1535.00 1550.60 KANSAINER 472.45 476.50 458.65 464.85 ITDCEM 133.00 134.90 128.00 132.05 BALMLAWRIE 190.00 193.45 190.00 190.15 GODREJCP 706.00 720.00 705.35 717.00 15.40 BHARTIARTL 337.05 343.50 329.35 330.65 PEL 2650.00 2685.00 2566.15 2629.05 SCI 37.40 38.20 36.90 37.05 LALPATHLAB 1045.00 1088.00 1044.80 1073.75 UNITEDBNK 10.70 11.10 10.70 10.88 ICICIGI 968.00 991.85 968.00 989.00 21.05 M&M 695.25 703.80 682.00 683.80 ICICIGI 957.00 991.00 957.00 982.60 KSCL 442.40 445.00 439.20 440.60 PERSISTENT* 667.95 672.15 650.00 654.50 SUDARSCHEM 340.65 349.85 339.05 342.00 INDIGO 1300.00 1329.00 1300.00 1323.25 27.20 IDEA 33.90 34.05 31.80 32.20 NATIONALUM 54.95 55.10 53.75 54.25 OMAXE 208.75 208.75 206.40 206.85 LUXIND 1287.60 1305.15 1270.00 1296.55 ELGIEQUIP 242.25 245.00 241.00 243.80 BRITANNIA 3090.00 3134.90 3060.10 3129.50 62.95 IDBI 43.50 43.65 42.75 43.40 TAKE 121.00 127.70 121.00 124.95 BLISSGVS 168.85 171.20 166.80 167.70 UCOBANK 18.35 18.85 18.30 18.65 WABCOINDIA 6425.00 6425.00 6282.15 6311.90 PGHH 10399.85 10450.00 10206.35 10450.00 181.20 ABCAPITAL 98.05 102.60 98.05 100.15 OIL 180.00 180.70 178.10 179.55 QUESS 791.65 810.65 791.65 802.90 ANDHRABANK 25.95 26.10 25.55 25.70 ABBOTINDIA 7300.20 7368.65 7206.00 7341.15 SHREECEM 17620.00 17874.00 17607.05 17780.10 259.40 NAVKARCORP 43.00 43.25 38.00 41.80 JISLJALEQS 62.70 62.80 60.60 61.10 AARTIIND 1439.00 1449.10 1396.85 1430.00 GODREJIND 532.50 536.45 525.75 528.15 NESCO 468.90 468.90 458.70 462.05 LICHSGFIN 512.90 519.90 511.25 516.30 6.45 VEDL 175.90 175.90 171.85 173.25 APOLLOTYRE 220.15 223.90 217.50 218.50 SBILIFE 618.00 619.25 606.05 610.15 COCHINSHIP 381.55 383.10 370.50 374.85 FDC 176.25 180.65 176.25 179.10 COLPAL 1280.00 1302.75 1278.45 1288.70 15.85 MANAPPURAM 120.75 124.50 120.00 123.65 TATAGLOBAL 207.85 207.85 198.50 200.60 FRETAIL 447.35 450.40 434.55 436.70 CENTRALBK 34.00 34.10 33.50 33.85 3MINDIA 23700.00 23710.00 23199.95 23246.40 NHPC 25.40 25.50 25.15 25.45 0.30 M&MFIN 437.00 440.20 427.05 429.15 POWERGRID 193.65 197.50 193.65 196.75 HINDZINC 274.50 279.00 271.70 277.95 DCAL 214.45 214.45 209.00 210.85 SHOPERSTOP 472.00 481.95 469.05 478.60 L&TFH 147.55 150.30 146.50 148.30 1.65 HINDUNILVR 1702.50 1711.50 1686.45 1697.45 SUNTV 619.80 625.90 613.10 620.70 RNAM 194.35 197.80 192.00 193.70 BIRLACORPN 534.75 538.90 528.00 534.10 INDOSTAR 351.35 351.50 343.00 343.85 ACC 1541.90 1560.00 1532.70 1547.55 15.70 DLF 197.90 201.00 195.35 197.90 NATCOPHARM* 587.75 605.00 585.00 596.80 BAJAJELEC 517.00 519.80 505.15 507.60 SYMPHONY 1313.00 1321.80 1297.75 1312.30 KIOCL 145.00 145.00 138.00 140.10 BIOCON 625.00 632.00 620.20 629.05 6.05 BANKINDIA 93.05 95.60 92.90 94.95 RAIN 107.75 107.90 102.00 103.75 AMBUJACEM 225.40 229.60 225.10 226.65 DBCORP 202.60 202.60 194.85 198.30 GET&D 288.20 292.95 282.65 284.75 SUNTV 623.65 626.55 613.05 622.95 5.45 CANBK 266.00 273.20 262.00 271.75 COFFEEDAY 303.50 317.90 302.00 309.65 INOXLEISUR 319.00 319.30 303.75 311.65 GICHSGFIN 261.30 261.30 252.10 253.40 CCL 293.00 294.25 288.15 289.55 NMDC 115.00 116.65 114.60 115.60 1.00 FEDERALBNK 91.25 93.25 90.30 91.35 SRTRANSFIN 1266.00 1284.00 1230.80 1236.80 SYNDIBANK 38.45 39.65 38.10 39.45 PNCINFRA 159.00 162.80 157.00 157.50 VBL 826.45 827.00 813.20 816.50 ICICIPRULI 341.00 349.80 340.25 343.35 2.80 CANFINHOME 314.55 321.50 308.75 317.30 UPL 925.00 935.35 917.00 926.95 RCF 58.00 58.60 56.90 57.35 APLAPOLLO 1355.00 1403.20 1341.40 1388.85 AKZOINDIA 1766.00 1767.80 1735.10 1748.50 PIDILITIND 1167.50 1181.70 1161.00 1175.00 9.55 ESCORTS 803.00 807.55 776.80 785.25 HINDALCO 200.00 201.00 197.60 199.55 MAHLOG 494.05 503.00 483.00 494.60 WHIRLPOOL 1602.50 1602.50 1570.65 1572.90 PGHH 10369.50 10369.50 10201.05 10297.85 HAVELLS 745.85 756.00 741.00 750.50 5.40 BANDHANBNK 509.90 509.90 491.00 492.55 TATAPOWER 74.00 74.75 72.70 73.00 ITI 95.05 95.05 92.80 93.15 IEX 164.45 164.85 158.90 162.30 SKFINDIA 1935.30 1944.80 1912.00 1917.50 BOSCHLTD 18480.00 18510.40 18365.25 18498.00 132.75 FORCEMOT 1728.00 1728.95 1670.10 1684.90 ENGINERSIN 114.95 115.60 113.85 114.30 SIEMENS 1035.85 1046.55 1025.40 1034.85 HERITGFOOD 544.00 545.50 527.80 529.65 STARCEMENT 103.80 105.30 101.05 101.80 MARICO 338.65 341.95 336.00 341.00 2.35 NCC 106.90 107.20 103.45 105.20 PHILIPCARB 175.60 176.00 171.45 174.65 CROMPTON 223.45 228.15 221.00 222.00 BAYERCROP 4286.70 4340.00 4280.00 4323.95 GALAXYSURF 1136.30 1144.55 1100.50 1110.15 AUROPHARMA 776.00 780.70 764.40 776.90 5.30 HDFC 1980.00 1994.80 1956.00 1964.00 WOCKPHARMA 432.45 434.50 426.60 429.30 GUJALKALI 521.00 524.00 509.75 511.90 PIIND 1008.00 1010.00 996.85 1004.10 DHANUKA 424.35 433.85 424.35 430.10 HINDZINC 275.00 278.70 271.40 277.00 1.90 CASTROLIND 165.55 168.40 159.50 160.50 SUNTECK 465.85 473.55 463.10 470.65 NIACL 195.30 197.30 189.00 190.35 JKCEMENT 833.00 840.00 818.00 827.65 MONSANTO 2605.00 2605.00 2572.05 2599.40 DABUR 426.75 429.80 422.20 427.55 2.10 DELTACORP 247.75 250.00 240.50 241.45 CUB 189.95 193.00 188.40 189.65 GMRINFRA 17.00 17.25 17.00 17.10 MAHINDCIE 247.10 247.10 239.00 240.15 GILLETTE 6498.00 6498.00 6380.00 6438.65 DLF 198.45 201.20 195.25 197.85 0.40 ONGC 155.65 157.25 153.80 154.70 GODREJPROP 698.00 721.10 698.00 716.10 CUMMINSIND 747.65 751.00 741.00 749.15 THOMASCOOK 223.80 223.80 219.75 222.30 SUNCLAYLTD 3195.00 3195.00 3075.00 3075.00 ABB 1315.00 1325.00 1300.00 1305.80 2.00 ALBK 55.30 56.40 54.60 55.70 AUROPHARMA 772.00 780.35 764.15 777.50 ABFRL 227.00 231.25 227.00 230.55 JBCHEPHARM 330.25 330.25 322.00 328.45 BLUEDART 3300.00 3333.80 3275.00 3294.45 AMBUJACEM 226.90 229.55 225.00 225.65 0.30 RBLBANK 648.90 655.45 633.50 635.90 DABUR 428.45 429.50 423.20 428.90 SCHNEIDER 111.45 112.20 107.65 108.95 GAYAPROJ 159.15 159.15 146.65 150.00 TIMETECHNO 102.35 103.00 102.15 102.70 DMART 1484.40 1484.40 1456.65 1479.70 1.20 TATAELXSI 987.00 995.25 980.05 982.60 JKTYRE 93.00 94.00 91.70 92.60 MOTILALOFS 628.10 643.50 625.00 628.75 GMDCLTD 83.40 83.80 82.00 82.10 JCHAC 1910.25 1950.00 1901.00 1927.00 OFSS 3367.30 3399.00 3338.00 3355.00 -1.15 AVANTI 424.00 426.30 399.60 401.00 OBEROIRLTY 488.00 501.85 487.75 499.50 PAGEIND 23849.60 23892.30 23388.95 23523.70 LAOPALA 210.00 211.85 205.00 207.50 ORIENTCEM 88.10 88.40 86.60 87.05 MRF 57998.00 57998.00 57244.00 57500.00 -109.50 TECHM 802.10 805.50 782.80 788.75 HCLTECH 1029.00 1037.95 1008.75 1012.55 SWANENERGY 102.20 103.85 101.35 102.25 GESHIP 287.20 293.90 285.00 291.50 GRINDWELL 587.50 591.75 576.25 580.25 OIL 179.80 180.70 178.05 178.10 -0.40 PVR 1650.00 1699.00 1637.45 1692.50 IPCALAB 894.35 899.45 880.00 890.75 INDHOTEL 153.50 153.50 149.35 150.40 JKLAKSHMI 352.00 352.50 344.30 348.15 TVSSRICHAK 2261.00 2292.00 2231.00 2247.40 PEL 2650.00 2685.60 2627.90 2638.10 -5.80 GNFC 309.55 310.00 293.00 295.65 IRB 150.00 153.35 146.95 149.65 AMARAJABAT 749.95 750.80 730.00 734.05 ASAHIINDIA 270.00 280.90 269.75 276.15 MAHSCOOTER 3361.50 3385.00 3342.00 3357.95 SIEMENS 1037.00 1046.85 1025.20 1032.00 -3.85 RAYMOND 813.00 831.00 810.00 816.60 MCX 787.25 806.90 779.10 792.20 ADANIGREEN 38.10 38.50 37.00 37.50 BASF 1412.50 1424.40 1370.00 1382.70 KPRMILL 585.00 587.90 582.00 584.15 SBILIFE 616.05 620.90 606.05 612.55 -2.50 JSWSTEEL 290.20 296.00 286.70 295.10 SUNDRMFAST 554.05 586.20 554.05 568.55 TTKPRESTIG 8598.50 8598.50 8101.15 8115.30 CARBORUNIV 383.95 383.95 366.65 368.75 TIMKEN 571.50 574.00 562.55 566.85 HDFCLIFE 372.00 374.30 366.15 367.50 -2.60 KTKBANK 130.00 132.00 128.00 128.70 BAJAJFINSV 6911.00 7044.00 6885.00 6999.00 ASHOKA 139.30 139.50 136.00 138.10 IBULISL 316.00 321.00 306.45 306.45 THYROCARE 511.20 528.00 511.20 520.60 BHEL 68.20 69.15 66.45 67.25 -0.55 GODFRYPHLP 1090.00 1138.25 1074.70 1128.40 CORPBANK 28.65 29.00 28.50 28.90 JSLHISAR 91.50 91.90 87.70 90.40 CARERATING 994.10 1001.00 985.00 992.65 SHILPAMED 366.95 374.00 366.95 370.50 CADILAHC 345.45 345.45 337.80 339.30 -3.15 BHEL 68.00 69.20 66.50 67.10 ULTRACEMCO 3930.00 3987.35 3920.00 3974.00 GSFC 102.90 104.45 101.40 101.65 SADBHAV 249.30 249.40 236.00 239.50 ASTERDM 155.00 155.25 153.30 154.90 BEL 95.60 96.15 93.40 94.00 -0.95 MGL 939.35 955.00 921.55 950.60 MANPASAND 120.00 122.60 110.95 111.85 HSCL 121.00 121.00 115.55 116.20 JYOTHYLAB 187.85 189.00 184.75 186.95 SHRIRAMCIT 1765.00 1780.00 1750.30 1775.40 CONCOR 515.90 519.70 509.55 510.25 -5.20 PFC 112.60 115.70 111.65 114.65 PETRONET 238.85 245.00 236.15 242.25 TATACOMM 608.00 615.40 601.80 605.50 TEJASNET 179.50 181.00 173.80 177.35 HONAUT 22200.00 22340.75 22001.05 22066.60 MOTHERSUMI 166.00 167.00 161.15 162.40 -2.80 DISHTV 40.50 40.95 38.75 39.40 COLPAL 1265.30 1300.00 1265.30 1283.95 JAMNAAUTO 61.70 62.40 60.25 60.65 GREENPLY 149.85 151.85 141.00 150.65 HATSUN 709.00 719.00 706.10 711.40 ASHOKLEY 94.30 94.45 91.15 92.50 -1.60 IFCI 13.70 13.85 13.52 13.61 BRITANNIA 3080.40 3133.80 3064.05 3123.25 KAJARIACER 571.00 585.15 571.00 576.20 CRISIL 1453.00 1479.00 1449.30 1469.00 GEPIL 840.00 840.00 830.00 835.80 MCDOWELL-N 585.00 585.75 571.00 574.45 -10.00 ITC 291.10 294.10 291.10 292.25 BAJAJ-AUTO 3030.00 3045.25 2986.30 3004.20 VINATIORGA 1671.20 1673.00 1610.00 1617.05 MAHABANK 13.36 13.40 13.20 13.32 SOLARINDS 1030.00 1043.25 1030.00 1039.85 SRTRANSFIN 1279.80 1285.00 1230.00 1238.05 -29.05 LAURUSLABS 386.00 405.15 380.00 392.80 DEEPAKNI 265.20 272.80 263.00 271.55 KALPATPOWR 447.00 451.00 429.00 430.20 SANOFI 5745.70 5745.70 5549.80 5605.40 SCHAEFFLER 5474.15 5474.15 5413.65 5450.30 NIACL 197.00 198.50 190.05 191.05 -4.65 ADANIPOWER 50.85 51.20 49.20 49.80 MPHASIS 989.00 1004.00 964.70 968.75 CENTURYPLY 193.95 202.00 192.90 199.40 EIDPARRY 212.60 214.90 210.25 210.95 TRITURBINE 114.00 115.00 112.75 112.85 GICRE 252.00 254.90 245.55 245.95 -8.00 SOUTHBANK 15.55 16.20 15.52 15.79 EIHOTEL 194.20 202.00 194.20 198.35 GRANULES 115.90 115.90 112.10 112.65 SONATSOFTW 322.45 324.75 319.55 320.45 TIFHL 499.90 500.00 483.10 485.50 LUPIN 762.20 762.85 740.00 753.90 -31.25 DCBBANK 201.05 205.35 197.70 199.70 CHENNPETRO 264.00 269.80 264.00 267.30 FINCABLES 489.00 500.00 486.00 491.00 TATAINVEST 843.30 850.00 836.00 837.35 SIS 854.50 863.45 849.95 855.55 BANDHANBNK 508.00 508.00 490.10 490.80 -20.85 ADANITRANS 235.90 235.90 223.20 226.05 SREINFRA 29.90 30.45 29.45 29.95 GLENMARK 644.00 645.60 631.75 643.30 NBVENTURES 103.85 105.00 102.65 104.30 NH 226.00 226.00 220.65 221.00 IDEA 33.95 34.10 32.00 32.30 -1.65 EDELWEISS 191.00 191.50 185.35 187.45 BBTC 1315.10 1355.00 1305.00 1311.85 RAJESHEXPO 633.50 645.40 631.40 632.65 MRF 57825.35 57825.35 57239.25 57406.50 RATNAMANI 885.00 902.85 880.00 880.00 !( $#) *#% +,-./+, 1
8 ! % * O! $ ) C #! " 9 Q ) R ?/. .15 including the China-Pakistan P Economic Corridor (CPEC). $ ?/. .15 hina said on Monday that Both sides will also dis- Ctensions between India cuss the regional situation 293.15(*1 hinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan following the and cooperation at multilat- Cwill travel to Italy, Monaco Pulwama terrorist attack eral fora. Qureshi will also ore than a year before the and France this week, the foreign would figure in the first address the Political Parties Mkilling of journalist Jamal ministry said Monday, with Rome strategic dialogue between Forum on the CPEC and par- Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia’s pow- expected to join his global trade Foreign Minister Wang Yi ticipate in the ruling parties’ erful Crown Prince Mohammed infrastructure programme despite and his Pakistani counter- dialogue between the Pakistan bin Salman approved a secret reservations in other European part Shah Mehmood Qureshi Tehreek-i-Insaf and the campaign to silence dissenters, countries. on Tuesday. Communist Party of China. The New York Times reported Beijing has financed infra- Qureshi is visiting China, He will also call on the on Sunday. The campaign structure, maritime, rail and road days after Beijing for the Chinese leadership, the included surveillance, kidnap- projects in Asia, Africa and fourth time blocked a bid in reports said. The CPEC, ping, detention and torture of Europe, but critics warn that it the United Nations (UN) which connects Gwadar Port Saudis, said the report which mainly benefits Chinese firms Security Council on in Balochistan with China’s cited US officials who have read killing. Saudi Arabia has stressed while setting up a “debt trap” in countries should have a “coordi- Wednesday to designate Xinjiang province, is the flag- classified intelligence reports the prince was not involved. The more financially vulnerable coun- nated approach” to Beijing. Pakistan-based chief of Jaish- ship project of Chinese about the effort. American offi- kingdom initially said it had no tries.Xi will pay state visits from “It’s a good thing that China e-Mohammed terror group President Xi Jinping’s ambi- cials referred to it as the Saudi knowledge of Khashoggi’s fate Thursday to March 26, according is participating in the develop- Masood Azhar as a “global tious Belt and Road Initiative Rapid Intervention Group, the but later blamed rogue agents for to the foreign ministry. ment of many countries, but I terrorist” by putting a tech- (BRI). India is opposed to the Times said. his death. Saudi Arabia’s public An Italian official said last believe in the spirit of equality, nical hold on the proposal, a spokesman Geng Shuang told maintain close communica- project as it passes through At least some of the clan- prosecutor has charged 11 peo- week Rome would sign a non- reciprocity. The spirit of equality move India termed as disap- a media briefing here. tion with all parties, includ- Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. destine missions were carried ple over his murder. binding memorandum of under- means respecting the sovereign- pointing. “I believe the issues caus- ing India and Pakistan,” he Geng said China welcomed out by members of the team that Among its activities, the standing with Beijing to official- ty of nations,” Macron said. The JeM has claimed ing regional tensions will be said.Lu on Sunday exuded the talks between India and killed and dismembered Rapid Intervention Group ly support Xi’s massive USD 1 tril- Xi will be the first Chinese responsibility for the February discussed,” Geng said. To confidence of resolving the Pakistan last week to open the Khashoggi in October at the appears to have been involved in lion Belt and Road Initiative president to visit Monaco and will 14 Pulwama attack that left 40 another question whether the sticky issue of designating Kartarupur Corridor. Saudi consulate in Istanbul, sug- the detention and abuse of (BRI), also known as the New Silk hold talks with Prince Albert II CRPF personnel dead and issue of listing of Azhar would Azhar as a global terrorist India and Pakistan last gesting his murder was part of prominent women’s rights Road. during the trip, Geng said. The raised tensions between India figure in the talks specially in through consultations. “I am year agreed to open up a spe- a wider campaign against dissi- activists arrested last year, the In Italy, Xi will hold talks visit to the Mediterranean prin- and Pakistan. The proposal to the backdrop of Chinese quite sure this matter (listing cial border crossing linking dents, the report said, citing the Times said. The intervention with President Sergio Mattarella cipality is of “historic signifi- designate Azhar under the Ambassador to India Luo of Azhar by the UN) will be Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in US officials and associates of team was so busy that in June its and Prime Minister Giuseppe cance to the development of 1267 al Qaeda Sanctions Zhaohui expressing confi- resolved. Pakistan’s Kartarpur - the some Saudi victims. The murder leader asked a top advisor to Conte, as well as parliamentary China-Monaco relations,” he Committee of the UN dence that it would be This is only a technical final resting place of Sikh of Khashoggi, a Washington Prince Mohammed whether he leaders, foreign ministry added. Security Council was moved resolved, Geng said, “well I hold and the matter can be faith’s founder Guru Nanak Post contributing columnist, would give them bonuses for Eid spokesman Geng Shuang said at In France, Xi will meet with by France, the UK and the US can’t prejudge the topics” that resolved through continued Dev - to Dera Baba Nanak generated global outrage includ- al-Fitr, a major holiday at the end a regular press briefing. “The Macron, Prime Minister Edouard on February 27. are going figure in the talks. consultation,” Luo said on shrine in India’s Gurdaspur ing an order from US senators of the Muslim holy month of cooperation between China and Philippe and parliamentary lead- “As neighbour, China “But they will discuss the sidelines of an event at the district. for President Donald Trump to Ramadan. Saudi officials Italy under the framework of the ers, Geng said. “The two sides would like to see easing of issues of bilateral, regional Chinese embassy. “We welcome this inter- designate and punish those declined to confirm or deny that Belt and Road Initiative is mutu- have been maintaining close com- tensions between the two. and international issues of According reports in the action. Hope this can further responsible. He did not comply. such a team existed, or answer ally beneficial,” Geng said when munication and coordination on We would like to see the two mutual concern,” he said. As Pakistani media, Qureshi, ease tensions between both The senators, briefed by the questions from the Times about asked about US criticism of BRI. maintaining multilateralism, countries continue to engage per listing of Azhar, “China during his three-day visit to sides and improve regional heads of US intelligence agen- its work. The Saudi embassy in Following Italy’s announcement, improving global governance, and in dialogue for the peace and will continue to deal with the China will hold comprehen- situation. India and Pakistan cies, said they were convinced Washington did not immedi- French President Emmanuel addressing major issues such as stability of the region,” issue with a responsible and sive discussions on the entire are neighbours and always that Prince Mohammed was ately respond to an AFP query Macron said European Union climate change,” he added. Chinese Foreign Ministry constructive manner and will range of bilateral relations, live with each other,” he said. responsible for the Khashoggi for comment. "! /'% #+%"+'%( ' ! -&'#("9('%%"% +'/( 8@ / / ?*&"1/ ustralian counter-terror- Aism police on Monday O- - P searched two homes linked to / the family members of the gunman accused of killing 50 Wellington/Christchurch: Teen charged with dis- Vatican City (AFP): French people at two mosques in (AFP) New Zealand’s cabinet tributing mosque rampage Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Christchurch to obtain mate- agreed measures to tighten livestream who received a six-month sus- rial that may assist New gun control laws “in principle” An 18-year-old has pended jail sentence for failing Zealand Police in their inves- Monday, just days after a dead- appeared in a New Zealand to report sex abuse by a priest tigation into the terror attack. ly mass shooting killed more court charged with dis- under his authority, is to meet The attacker, identified by than 50 people. Prime Minister tributing the livestream Pope Francis at the Vatican to authorities as Australia-born Jacinda Ardern said details of video of a deadly mass tender his resignation on Brenton Tarrant, 28, targeted the measures would be rolled shooting at Christchurch’s Monday. The private meeting immigrants during Friday out before a cabinet meeting Al Noor mosque. is expected to take place around prayers. Witnesses said victims next Monday, saying “the time The teenager, whose 0900 GMT, according to his were shot at close range. to act is now”. name was suppressed by diocese, with the pontiff to He was arrested shortly Ardern also announced an the judge, was also charged decide within weeks whether to after entering two mosques — inquiry into Friday’s twin with publishing a photo- accept his resignation. The Masjid Al Noor and Linwood mosque attack in Christchurch, graph of the mosque with pope has previously defended - with high-powered weapons which raised questions about the message “target the cardinal, saying in 2016 that and shooting dead 50 people, how the suspected gunman — acquired”, and for inciting including five Indians. The a white supremacist — was not violence. New South Wales (NSW) Joint picked up by intelligence agen- He faces a maximum Counter Terrorism Team on cies. of 14 years in prison for Monday two properties on the / $ ' D 'E Although details have yet each charge, prosecutors state’s mid-north coast. to be hashed out, the speed of said. A judge did not grant One of the properties their inquiries.’ Police further the dead and injured,” he said. request bail during a brief “There is only so much content New Zealand’s move has res- him bail and he is due being searched belongs to assured the community that His grandmother, Marie court appearance on Saturday that can be covered, assessed onated around the world — back in court on April 8. Sharon Tarrant, the mother of that there was no information Fitzgerald, told reporters she and will next appear on April and analysed by ASIO and particularly in the United The hearing came after the attacker. ‘’Around 8.30 this to suggest a current or impend- could not fathom how “some- 5. He has been charged with other partner agencies,” said States, where reforms have 28-year-old Australian morning (local time) officers ing threat related to this search body in our family would do one count of murder but fur- Dutton. spluttered for decades, and Brenton Tarrant allegedly from the NSW JCTT execut- warrants. anything like this”. The 81- ther charges are expected. He also rejected claims similar debates are re-run after carried out the shootings ed a search warrant at a home The NSW JCTT compris- year-old said her grandson Australian Home Affairs the security authorities were each new mass shooting. at Al Moor and Linwood in the town of Sandy Beach, es representatives from the was “obviously not of sound Minister Peter Dutton defend- only focused on Islamic ter- It took us 72 hours, Ardern mosques in Christchurch his resignation before a trial near Coffs Harbour. A short Australian Federal Police, mind”. ed the ASIO and the Australian rorists, ignoring right-wing said. “We have made a decision on Friday in which 50 would be “an error, imprudent”. time later, a second search NSW Police Force, the The family had dinner Federal Police against sugges- extremists. as a cabinet, we are unified,” she people were killed and Barbarin is not expected to warrant was executed at anoth- Australian Security Intelligence with Tarrant 12 months ago for tions they had failed to iden- Dutton said Australia’s added, flanked by her coalition dozens more injured. speak publicly on Monday. er home in Lawrence near Organisation (ASIO) and the his sister’s birthday in tify the danger Tarrant posed. security agencies are very con- partner and deputy prime min- Investigators had said Francis said in February that Maclean,’’ the statement said. NSW Crime Commission.In Grafton.Tarrant, a self-avowed He said Monday that Tarrant cerned about retaliatory or ister, Winston Peters. Peters, that the teenager was so “no abuse must ever be covered ‘’The primary aim of the an interview with Nine News, white supremacist, lived in had spent only 45 days in copycat attacks in the wake of whose New Zealand First party far not believed to be up, as has happened in the activity is to formally obtain Tarrant’s family expressed Grafton, 500km northwest of Australia over the past three the Christchurch terror attack. has previously opposed directly involved in his past”, or be under-estimated. material that may assist New shock and apologised for his Sydney, where he worked as a years and was not on any ter- Tarrant’s travels through changes, said he backed the attacks. Barbarin, 68, is the most Zealand Police in their ongo- role in the shooting. personal trainer at Big River ror watch lists. Europe, Turkey and Asia are prime minister fully.“The real- District Court Judge senior French cleric caught up ing investigation,’ it said adding His uncle, Terry Fitzgerald, Gym. He moved to the New His social media ravings now being examined in detail, ity is that after one pm on Stephen O’Driscoll added in the global paedophilia scan- ‘’the family of the Australian mourned the victims in Zealand city of Dunedin at were missed because of the in part to see if he had any Friday our world changed for- that details related to the dal that has rocked the Catholic man arrested in Christchurch Christchurch. “We are so sorry some point in the last two or massive amount of digital traf- overseas help in carrying out ever and so will our laws,” he charges were also to be Church. He said after his continues to assist police with for the families over there, for three years. Tarrant did not fic which has to be monitored. the massacre. said. suppressed. March 7 conviction that he would travel to Rome to tender his resignation. %' $ The court in the south- % :: eastern French city of Lyon found Barbarin guilty of failing A to report allegations that a Sentani (Indonesia): A baby still missing. Scores have been priest, Bernard Preynat, had .9 ?% returned since, citing security trapped under rubble after flash injured in the disaster, triggered abused boy scouts in the Lyon and health reasons. Musharraf flooding destroyed his home in by torrential rain and landslides area in the 1980s and akistan’s former military was rushed to the hospital as an Indonesia has been reunited on Saturday. “The death toll 1990s.The priest, who was Pruler Pervez Musharraf has emergency on Saturday night with his father after the disas- could still go up with 43 peo- charged in 2016, is expected to been admitted to a hospital in after his condition suddenly ter killed the rest of their fam- ple unaccounted for,” said be tried this year. Barbarin’s Dubai after suffering a reaction worsened, All Pakistan Muslim ily, officials said Monday, as the national disaster agency lawyer immediately announced from a rare disease that has League (APML) Secretary- death toll hit 77. The five- spokesman Sutopo Purwo plans to fight the landmark rul- weakened his nervous system, General Mehrene Adam Malik month old was plucked Sunday Nugroho. ing, which was hailed by abuse his party has said. said Sunday. from debris inside a house Rescuers battled mud, victims as ushering in a new General (retd) Musharraf, APML Overseas President where his mother and siblings rocks and fallen trees in the period of accountability in the 75, who has been living in Afzaal Siddiqui told were found dead in the hard-hit hunt for survivors, as medical French Church. It remains to Dubai since March 2016, is fac- A conviction for high treason DawnNewsTV that Musharraf northeastern town of Sentani. Papua military spokesman to be reunited with his baby.” personnel treated the wounded be seen however if the pope will ing the treason case for sus- carries the death penalty or life suffered a reaction from amy- The tot has since been returned Muhammad Aidi told AFP. The news came as Indonesia’s in makeshift tents. The military accept his resignation ahead of pending the Constitution in imprisonment. The former loidosis, a rare condition for to his surviving father. “He was in stable condition disaster agency raised the offi- said 5,700 people have been the appeal judgement. 2007, a punishable offence for army chief left for Dubai for which the former president has “We took the baby to the and has been released. The cial death toll from 58, with evacuated from the hard-hit His trial comes as Francis which he was indicted in 2014. medical treatment and has not been receiving medical care. hospital and had him treated,” father was distressed but happy more than three dozen people area. battles to restore faith in the Church following a slew of abuse scandals that have spanned the globe, from " ''/"$+"-# $ '!+ * (+%" ( ('/ -/'%(# Australia to Chile and the United States. 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The types of coffee is associated tested six compounds, naturally four were treated with kahwe- than in untreated mice,” said This is a pilot study, so this in prison by a Melbourne court study, published in the journal with a reduction in incidence found in coffee, on the prolif- ol acetate, four with cafestol, Hiroaki Iwamoto from work shows that the use of for the “brazen” sexual abuse of The Prostate, was carried out of some cancers, including eration of human prostate can- with the remaining mice being Kanazawa University. these compounds is scientifi- two choirboys. on drug-resistant cancer cells in prostate cancers. Researchers cers cells in a petri-dish. They treated with a combination of “After 11 days, the untreat- cally feasible, but needs further Barbarin, an arch-conser- cell culture and in a mouse from Kanazawa University in found that cells treated with kahweol acetate and ed tumours had grown by investigation, researchers said. vative who took over as arch- model. 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- " ! "# !! . N$ * R $ (3/35&/ gunman opened fire on a O / Atram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday, killing at &9 he Maldives on Monday least three persons and wound- Treaffirmed its “India-First ing several in what officials Tehran (AP): Iran’s president is Policy”, saying it looks for- said was a possible terrorist urging Iranians to put a curse ward to working closely with incident. A body covered in a on the United States, Israel and India on all issues and will sheet was reportedly seen on Saudi Arabia — blaming the remain sensitive towards its the tracks as armed police and US and its allies for his coun- security and strategic concerns emergency services swarmed try’s ailing economy. as External Affairs Minister around the scene in one of the Monday’s televised remarks Sushma Swaraj held talks with largest cities in the by Hassan Rouhani were meant the country’s top leadership. Netherlands. Police said the to deflect criticism of his The Maldivian leaders attacker was still on the run administration’s performance also expressed commitment to after the incident. amid a spiralling economy support India’s efforts to com- “A shooting occurred on after the Trump administration bat terrorism, particularly the 24 Oktoberplein in pulled out of the nuclear deal cross-border terrorism, and Utrecht... Multiple people have rule out terrorist motive. Crisis at Amsterdam’s busy Central and re-imposed sanctions on crimes such as piracy, organ- been injured. The surrounding team is activated,” he said. Station before being shot and Tehran last year, targeting Iran’s ised crime, narcotic drugs and area has been cordoned off and “Offender still fugitive,” wounded. In September, Dutch vital oil sector.Rouhani urged human trafficking. Swaraj we are investigating the mat- Aalbersberg said, adding that investigators said they had Iranians to “put all your curs- arrived here on Sunday on a ter,” Utrecht police said on the terror threat level had been arrested seven people and es on those who created the two-day visit, the first full- Twitter. raised to the maximum of five foiled a “major attack” on civil- current situation” and added fledged bilateral trip from India “It is a shooting incident in in Utrecht for the next 18 ians at a major event in the that “the United States, the to the strategically located a tram. Several trauma heli- hours. Local media showed Netherlands. Zionists” and Saudi Arabia Indian Ocean island nation copters have been deployed to photographs of masked, armed They said they had found were to blame. He didn’t say after the government of provide help.” Dutch Prime police and emergency vehicles a large quantity of bomb-mak- what kind of curses the President Ibrahim Mohamed Minister Mark Rutte cancelled surrounding a tram that had ing materials including fer- Iranians should invoke.The Solih came to power in ? ! ! - ) $)$! # a meeting with his ruling coali- stopped near a road bridge. tiliser likely to be used in a car crisis that s gripping Iran has November last year. tion and was being briefed on Tram traffic in the area was bomb. The men were arrested hurt ordinary Iranians and She held talks with the situation, officials said. halted, operator Qbuzz was in the cities of Arnhem and emboldened Rouhani’s critics President Solih, Foreign Government of India on all for non-permanent seat for Business Forum in 2019. Police later said that “a possi- quoted as saying by the ANP Weert. to openly call for his ouster. Minister Abdulla Shahid, for- issues. He also reiterated that the year 2020-21. Shahid expressed the govern- ble terrorist motive is part of news agency. The Netherlands In June, two terror sus- mer President Mohamed the Government of Maldives The two sides signed three ment’s appreciation for the the investigation”. has been largely spared the pects were arrested while close Nasheed and other top leaders. would remain sensitive towards agreements, including on continued support extended The head of the Dutch kind of attacks which have to carrying out attacks includ- The External Affairs India’s security and strategic exemption from visa require- from India towards the devel- national counter-terrorism ser- rocked its closest European ing at an iconic bridge in Minister and Solih took stock concerns, “ according to a joint ment for holders of diplomat- opment of human resources, vice, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, neighbours in the past few Rotterdam and in France, of the progress made in bilat- statement. ic and official passports, an including capacity building said on Twitter that he was years, but there has been a prosecutors said. The men eral relations since his visit to Maldives is an important MoU regarding Indian grant programmes, and provision of having “crisis consultations” series of recent scares. aged 22 and 28, who were of India in December 2018. country for India’s maritime assistance for implementation training and scholarship over the incident. “NCTV is In August, a 19-year-old Moroccan origin, made a film Swaraj and her Maldivian security and there have been of high impact community opportunities. monitoring the situation in Afghan with a German resi- at the Erasmus bridge in which counterpart Shahid during concerns in India over China’s development projects through He highlighted in partic- #Utrecht. In close contact with dence permit stabbed and they sang a martyrdom song, their meeting on Sunday dis- growing influence over the local bodies and a pact on col- ular, the 1000 additional slots local authorities. We cannot injured two American tourists they said. cussed the entire gamut of country in the last few years. laboration in the field of ener- over the next five years for bilateral relations and also The two foreign ministers gy efficiency and renewable training and capacity building, noted the number of high level agreed on the importance of energy. Shahid thanked India announced during the State exchanges, between the two maintaining peace and securi- for its support towards the Visit of President Solih to "& # countries over the past three ty in the Indian Ocean Region, renovation of Indira Gandhi India. Highlighting the impor- months. They recalled the visit and to strengthen coordination Memorial Hospital (IGMH), tance of combating the impacts *1%*1 of Prime Minister Narendra in enhancing regional mar- which stands as an enduring of climate change, especially Modi to attend the swearing-in itime security. Shahid symbol of friendship between detrimental to developing ritish Prime Minister Theresa May is ceremony of President Solih in expressed the commitment of the two countries. The IGMH countries, including Small Bmaking a last-minute push to win November as well as his visit to the Maldives to support efforts is the first and largest govern- Island Developing States, the support for her European Union divorce India in December. to combat terrorism, particu- ment healthcare facility in the Foreign Ministers agreed on deal, with attention focused on wooing The bilateral talks between larly cross-border terrorism, Maldives, built with Indian the need to strengthen the Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist the Foreign Ministers was fol- and crimes such as piracy, assistance. global response to climate Party. lowed by a joint ministerial organised crime, narcotic drugs Shahid also thanked India change, through multilateral The DUP’s 10 lawmakers are pivotal meeting in which Swaraj held and human trafficking. for providing financial assis- forums including the UNFC- to May’s effort to overturn two over- discussions with Shahid, They reiterated the impor- tance in the form of budgetary CC and the Paris Agreement, whelming defeats in Parliament, because Defence Minister Mariya tance of an effective multilat- support, currency swap, and the statement said. their support could influence hard-line Ahmed Didi, Finance Minister eral system as a key factor in concessional lines of credit to Swaraj reiterated that India members of May’s Conservative Party. Ibrahim Ameer and other min- tackling global challenges and the island nation. Welcoming attaches the highest impor- Opposition has focused on the so-called isters. agreed on the need to pursue the increase in trade volume tance to its relationship with backstop, designed to ensure there is no She also met Maldivian reform of the main UN bodies, over the past few years, both Maldives, which is marked by hard border between Northern Ireland and Home Minister Imran Abdulla including the General foreign ministers agreed to trust, transparency, mutual the Republic of Ireland. But May suffered on Monday and discussed steps Assembly, and the UN Security improve connectivity as a understanding, and sensitivity. a setback Monday when former Foreign to continue the upward trajec- Council. The Maldivian side means to promote the exchange She said that in line with Secretary Boris Johnson refused to support tory in bilateral relationship. expressed its support for India’s of goods and services, culture, Government of India’s her deal. Johnson used his column in the “Foreign Minister Shahid reit- candidature for permanent and people. ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, Daily Telegraph to say that further # > 1 erated his government’s “India- membership of an expanded The ministers also agreed India stands ready to fully sup- changes are needed to the backstop, % # ? " First Policy” and said that his and reformed UNSC. The on the need to boost private port the Government of claiming it left the U.K. vulnerable to “an L L Government looks forward to Maldivian side also reiterated sector involvement, and to Maldives in its socio-econom- indefinite means of blackmail” by - working closely with the support for India’s candidature hold the Maldives-India ic development. Brussels. / 4+@AO) P + N O $ ".9 P5> -! ! thing?... Repairing the windows he French government has will cost at least 25,000 euros, and 1/24*" Tadmitted its security measures an important part of merchandise had been “insufficient” to stem an is gone.” “There’s been a surge of emale voters hold the arson and looting rampage by violence,” said Jean-Noel Fpotential to be game-chang- black-clad anarchists during a Reinhardt, head of the Committee ers by playing a significant “yellow vest” protest along the Champs-Elysees, a local associa- role in ensuring more gender- famous Champs-Elysees in Paris. tion with 180 members. inclusive laws and policies, Police had appeared over- “The authorities must put an making the year 2019 India’s whelmed on Saturday as demon- end to this situation,” he insisted “year of women”, Chair of the strators ran amok on the avenue, Sunday. Chaos broke out Saturday Hinduja Bank, Switzerland, with retailers there saying some 80 when groups of so-called “black Hinduja SP Shanu said as the shops and businesses were van- bloc” protesters swarmed the country readies for its upcom- dalised. Prime Minister Edouard Champs-Elysees, vandalising and ing crucial national elections. Philippe acknowledged Sunday later setting fire to Fouquet’s Shanu said that as India heads there had been security “flaws” brasserie, a favourite hangout of to the polls this spring, it is which needed to be rectified. the rich and famous for the past important to note that more “Analysis of yesterday’s events century — as well as luxury women are heading to the bal- highlights that the measures taken handbag store Longchamp. lot than ever before, with voter all-women’s political party, the across the country become were insufficient to contain the Clothing outlets Hugo Boss, turnout among women having National Women’s Party more literate, educated and violence and prevent wrongdoing” Lacoste and Celio were also dam- been higher in several state (NWP), launched recently. The empowered, they are also by the rioters, the premier’s office / ? ! 4 ? aged, as well as a bank, a choco- elections in the country. party has said it will contest 283 becoming more politically said, adding that Philippe was due & ? latier and several newsstands. “More female voters are Lok Sabha seats - half of total aware. “India’s recent collec- to meet President Emmanuel Police used tear gas, stun grenades additionally likely to lead to seats - in the upcoming polls. tive action was indicative of a Macron on Monday morning. and water cannon to repel pro- more gender-inclusive laws “The NWP now has a plat- revolutionary tide surging Already under political pressure, has vowed “strong” action. rallies. Saturday’s turnout was end,” said Emir Fatnassi whose testers who gathered at the foot of and policies. Gender awareness form to break down the deeply across the country,” she said. Macron — who cut short a skiing Retailers have expressed dismay characterised by a sharp uptick in shop front on the Champs-Elysees the Arc de Triomphe war memo- not only transforms how can- entrenched traditional cultur- Further, the #MeToo move- trip to rush back to the capital for over the 18th consecutive week- violence after weeks of dwindling was smashed in by rioters. “You rial, which had already been didates campaign, but also al values and beliefs that dictate ment and the US Mid-Term a crisis meeting late Saturday — end of potent anti-government turnout. “It feels like this will never can protest but why destroy every- sacked on December 1. opens doors for more female women’s role in society and act election results prove that there candidates in the running, and as a barrier to achieving and is power in insurrection and greater opportunities for female sustaining gender equality. As coming together to demand leverage within national deci- the world celebrates change. > # , - O# P sion-making bodies,” Shanu, International Women’s Day, “The women’s resistance the Chair of the Hinduja perhaps 2019 will be India’s movement has organized, *1%*1 Szucs from the University of dered stereotypes about math- Foundation US, said in an year of women too,” Shanu, mobilized, and empowered on Cambridge. ematics suitability and ability opinion piece given to PTI. who is also Co-Chair and a vast scale and at an unprece- irls tend to be more affect- Students often discussed might contribute to the gender Shanu pointed out that the Director of Hinduja Global dented rate,” she said. Across Ged by ‘maths anxiety’ than the role that their teachers and gap in maths performance. upsurge in women voters exer- Solutions Inc, said. the world, Shanu said women boys, according to a study parents played in their devel- “Teachers, parents, broth- cising their democratic and In the opinion piece, that are empowering other women which shows that teachers and opment of maths anxiety. ers and sisters and classmates constitutional right shows that also appears in Brussels publi- and this grassroots resistance parents may inadvertently play Primary-aged children can all play a role in shaping the determination of women cation ‘New Europe’, Shanu against a regressive and sexist a role in a child developing the referred to instances where a child’s maths anxiety,” said across India to have a voice and emphasised that endorsing political system broke into the fear of numbers. While math- they had been confused by dif- Ros McLellan from exercise their rights is on the women’s empowerment is cru- highest level of politics, allow- ematics is often considered a ferent teaching methods, while Cambridge. rise. cial to India’s prosperity and ing women to revitalize the hard subject, not all difficulties secondary students com- “Parents and teachers She said women are fight- success as an economic pow- political landscape. with the subject result from mented on poor interperson- should also be mindful of ing back across the political erhouse – particularly if it is to She, however, added that cognitive difficulties. Many al relations. how they may unwittingly landscape around the world. hit its development targets. the challenges that women face children and adults experience Secondary students indi- contribute to a child’s maths She added that for the US, the “Fair representation” is funda- across the country stand as a feelings of anxiety, apprehen- cated that the transition from anxiety. Tackling their own year 2019 marks ‘the year of mental to achieving the United testament to the lack of polit- sion, tension or discomfort primary to secondary school anxieties and belief systems in women’, with a record number Nations’ Sustainable ical support and will coming when confronted by a maths had been a cause of maths maths might be the first step of women – 127 – having Development Goal number 5 from its judicial system. She problem. anxiety, as the work seemed to helping their children or entered Congress. Starting with for Gender Equality. noted that existing political Scientists at the University harder and they could not students,” said McLellan. Women’s Marches in over 650 “We need to recognize that structuring and male-domi- of Cambridge in the UK detailed investigation in 1,700 isons to peers or siblings as cope. The researchers said that communities across the US, investing in women is not only nated parties have blocked the explored the nature and reso- UK schoolchildren found that reasons for feeling anxious. There was also greater as maths anxiety is present female activists worked togeth- morally critical but also a con- passage of the Women’s lution of ‘mathematics anxiety’. a general feeling that maths “While every child’s maths pressure from tests and an from a young age but may er, forming a pragmatic net- siderable business opportuni- Reservation Bill, which would In a sample of 1,000 Italian was more difficult than other anxiety may be different, with increased homework load. develop as the child grows, work that saw four million peo- ty. Women contribute approx- compel the Indian Constitution students, the researchers found subjects often contributed to unique origins and triggers, we Teachers and parents also need further research should be ple taking to the streets. imately one-sixth of India’s to reserve 33% of all seats in the that girls in both primary and maths anxiety, leading to a lack found several common issues to be aware that their own focused on how maths anxiety She stressed that one can overall economic output, one of Lower House of Parliament, the secondary school had higher or loss of confidence. Students among both the primary and maths anxiety might influ- can be best remediated before see collective action in India as the lowest shares in the world,” Lok Sabha and all state legisla- levels of both maths anxiety pointed to poor marks or test secondary school students that ence their students’ or child’s any strong link with perfor- well, citing the country’s first she said. 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Prayers and condolences. / -/'%+ ( '-( Anupam Kher: Deeply deeply sad- #. $ dened to know about the untimely ctor Mahesh Babu who never shies demise of Manohar Parrikarji. He was Aaway from giving it back to the soci- one of the most real, dignified, intelligent, ety, especially to his fans, reached out imme- $ M warm, down-to-earth and honest person diately to his ardent fan from Srikakulam I had met. He had a great quality of who’s suffering from cancer and had a wish # inspiring people so effortlessly. Will miss of meeting his favorite actor. 9 him. Om Shanti. three-time chief minister of Goa, away A source reveals, “Mahesh believes that '$5 9 Akshay Kumar: Extremely sad at from the trappings of a person in power, the position at which he is today is because . + O 8 hearing about the demise of Manohar IITian, well mannered, a true servant of of their loyalty and love. His heart melted ' $ # Parrikarji. I feel blessed to have had the the nation, an example to follow for one when he came across this request. Amidst fortune of meeting and knowing a sin- and all... Salute Manohar Parrikar. shooting for his forthcoming Maharshi, he cere and good soul as he was. Heartfelt Swara Bhasker: RIP Manohar tried every possible way to reach out to the condolences to his family. Parrikar. Condolences and strength to official authorities and set up a meeting with 4 # - Kay Kay Menon: Manohar Parrikar, the family in this tragic time of grief. his fan (Parvin Bybi) at the earliest. a fine example of ‘simple living, high Shankar Mahadevan: A big void “Mahesh didn’t want to inform any one 0- thinking’. A personality that inspired which can never be filled. An extreme- before going. He wanted to keep it is as " (@ confidence in every position that he ly sad day for India as we have lost one smooth as possible. He met her early in the served for the Nation. RIP Sir. of the finest leaders, Manohar Parrikar. morning and spent quality time. He’s now $ Randeep Hooda: Man of few words, My heartfelt condolences and prayers for in touch with her parents as well to con- simple, epitome of integrity and efficien- the family. stantly know about her health and help $ # cy, a straight shooter, defence minister, L) '! them out in every way possible.” . ' O IQ$ . -/<<-<%-#-%;& $ $ #?(/ @.@ $ A recent study conducted by Godrej said they slept after midnight while the t’s scientifically proven that children Interio revealed that children are one of ideal time would be around 10 pm. # Iwho don’t get adequate amount of sleep, most sleep-deprived segments in India. According to the sleep-o-meter data, develop cognitive and behavioral prob- They launched the sleep@10 campaign in respondents between 18-25 age group, lems years later. 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$ .1%.12/ 9 the WTA's prestigious Premier needed to take the set without Mandatory tournaments. facing a break point herself. anadian sensation Bianca "It's crazy. Crazy is the Kerber's consistency and Andreescu became the first word of the tournament for power from the baseline kept Cwild card to win the WTA me. Just crazy." the less predictable Andreescu title at Indian Wells on Sunday It's another giant step in a at bay in the second. 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Naomi Osaka, who won her 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to claim his first ATP Masters Grand Slam crown. .1%.12/ 9(* Andreescu's run to the first WTA title at Indian Wells 1000 crown. Ranked 60th coming into the &1 39(/ " final included rallying from 3- to launch a stellar season that The 25-year-old Austrian, ranked eighth in the tournament, Andreescu will rise to 1 down in the third set to beat has seen her capture the US world, had fallen in two prior Masters finals, both 24th in the world with her first WTA 9/9*1(3(399//1 Irina-Camelia Begu in the Open and Australian Open in Madrid. title. 3/" (&"/(3/&9 first round and a 6-0, 6-1 rout titles and rise to number one But he rallied for a third career win over Federer When she finally converted her of former world number one in the world. in five meetings, his first over the Swiss on hard fourth match point she kissed the */11%&9(" .1 Garbine Muguruza of Spain, She becomes the fourth courts. sun-baked court and flopped */1(.( /91%".9/ with a three-set win over unseeded champion after Thiem earned the crucial break in the 11th game spread-eagled on her back. sixth-ranked Elina Svitolina Serena Williams in 1999, Kim of the final set, connecting on two sharply angled (*1&?/"*1/.1(3/ putting her into the title Clijsters in 2005 and Osaka. passing winners to give himself a break point which O H F H 2*" % match. "Naomi did this last year," he converted with a stinging forehand winner. "If you believe in yourself, any- She showed no sign of Andreescu said. "Now to be He sealed the match after two hours and two thing is possible," Andreescu said as nerves as she opened the able to have my name beside minutes when Federer's backhand found the net and she hoisted the crystal trophy as the match with a break of Kerber's so many amazing champions will now return to a career-high ranking of fourth youngest player ever to win one of serve. It would be all she it means the world to me." in the world. It was the second year in a row that Federer was denied in the Indian Wells final. In 2018 he missed 1/2%/ 3. out on three championship points as he fell to )#&</)%<-;#)<<)=/%3/>? Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in the title match. he breakthrough run at the Federer, fresh off a remarkable 100th career title TIndian Wells has propelled in Dubai, remains tied with Novak Djokovic for the India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran to number 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili qualify for the singles main -5) and Sasi Kumar Mukund (36,+2) and Divij Sharan (41, -1). most Indian Wells victories with five. career-high rank of 84 but to register the biggest win of his draw of the Miami Masters this (268, +2). Mukund did not fig- Purav Raja (80, -1) and vet- "I think it's not my right to congratulate you, you injured Yuki Bhambri on career. week. ure in even top-400 five months eran Leander Paes (94, +2) com- have 88 more titles than me," Thiem told Federer Monday dropped out of top-200 The performance helped Yuki, who is nursing a knee back and has shown good plete the top-five. as he accepted the trophy. for the first time in almost two him zoom 13 places to his new injury, slid 36 places to 207. The progress in this time period. In the WTA rankings, He's the first Austrian to win a Masters 1000 title years. career-best ranking. last time the Delhi player was In the doubles, left-handed Ankita Raina continues to be since Thomas Muster in Miami in 1997. In the recently released ATP He was followed by placed outside the top-200 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan touched India's top-ranked player at 168 "It's been a great week for me, even though it did- rankings, Prajnesh had collect- Ramkumar Ramanathan (139), bracket was in July 2017. a new career-high of 64 and was (-2) and was followed by Karman n't work out," Federer said. "Congratulations to ed 61 points after reaching the who dropped three places. The next best in the singles third highest-ranked played of Kaur Thandi, who jumped seven Dominic — wonderful week and great play at the third round, where he beat world Both of them will try to chart were Saketh Myneni (251, the country after Rohan Bopanna places to 203. end. You deserved it." ! $ # ) B 5 @- R 1/2%/ 3. ) : ndian boxing star M C Mary Kom 1/2%/ 3. Isays her decision to skip the Asian Championships is part of a orld No 24 H S Prannoy will lead a 13- $ %/3"%&1 larger plan to enhance her chances Wmember Indian badminton team at the of Olympic qualification at a time Tong Yun Kai Cup 2019, the second edition fghanistan claimed their first when the competition in her weight of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Aever victory in Test cricket on category has become significantly Championships to be held at Hong Kong Monday, beating fellow newcomers "difficult". from March 19-24. Ireland in what captain Asghar Mary Kom, who claimed her In the absence of top shuttlers Saina Afghan hailed as a historic day for sixth world title last year in Delhi, Nehwal, P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, the war-torn country. will be looking to qualify for the all of whom have been rested, Prannoy has Afghanistan and Ireland both 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the World Championships in been entrusted with the responsibility to lead achieved full member status of the Yekaterinburg, Russia. The Asian Championship is a young Indian team. International Cricket Council in scheduled to be held next month in Thailand. The troika of Saina, Sindhu and Srikanth 2017, becoming only the 11th and "This year is very important for me. Qualifying for have been rested ahead of the upcoming 12th teams to play the long format the Tokyo Olympics is my main aim. Without compet- India Open. of the sport beloved of purists. ing in any competition I cannot qualify for the Olympics. In its bid to give exposure to talented Rahmat Shah and Ihsanullah It would be difficult. I have to know all the opponents youngsters, the Badminton Association of Janat scored fifties as Afghanistan in my category (51kg) and judge how strong they are com- India (BAI) has selected seven young shut- chased down 147 to beat Ireland by pared to me," Mary Kom said. tlers in the women's squad for the upcom- seven wickets on day four of the With three needed to win, international status in 2009 and have "I have to first compete in the India Open and then ing event, to be headed by Assam's won- one-off game in the north Indian Afghanistan lost Shah and then qualified for their second 50-over slowly choose my tournaments in the 51kg category. I derkid Ashmita Chaliha. city of Dehradun. Mohammad Nabi in successive World Cup in England and Wales, am looking to qualify for the Olympics at the Worlds and The 19-year-old prodigy from Assam "It's a historic day for deliveries before Hashmatullah due to begin on May 30. They have that is why I have decided to skip the Asian already has a couple of BWF titles under her Afghanistan, for our team and our Shahidi came to the crease and hit also been part of four Twenty20 Championships to prepare myself best for the Worlds. name and even reached the semi-finals of the people," Afghan said. the winning boundary. World Cups. "Without proper planning I cannot qualify for the Nationals this year. "We have been playing for a "I want to congratulate all the They have made India their Olympics. India Open is also very important for me. So She will be supported by Nagpur shut- >! while, we have been playing first- lads in the team, they have been base since 2015, far away from the I have decided to choose some important tournaments tler Vaishnavi Bhale, who was in last year's class cricket, so we have that com- absolutely brilliant," said Afghan. guns and bombs of their home to qualify for the Olympics," added the 2012 London Uber Cup team. Shlok Ramchandran, who won the Silver posure. The bowlers were very "We have got a few games country. Last year they made the Olympics Bronze-medallist, Shikha Gautam and Ashwini K Bhat have medal at the Nationals, will be spearhead- good, Rashid (Khan), Yamin before the World Cup and we want leap to Test cricket, taking on India The 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships will also made it to the team by virtue of their ing the Indian challenge in men's doubles (Ahmadzai)," he added. to make every opportunity count," in Bangalore, but were thrashed be held from September 7 to 21. fine show at the Nationals, where the duo along with Arun George and Sanyam Shukla Afghanistan were steered to the captain added. inside two days. Mary Kom would be competing in the 51kg catego- won the women's doubles title. Eleven teams have been divided into four their target by a 139-run partnership It was Ireland's second Test too. ry after her preferred 48kg divisions did not make the Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sara Sunil groups in this six-day biennial competition. between Shah, who made 76, and They played their debut Test against Olympic programme. The Manipuri had competed in the and UK Mithula are the other selected mem- The India team has been placed in Group debutant Janat, who hit an unbeat- Cricket has become the nation- Pakistan in Dublin last year, losing 51kg category in Germany during a training stint earli- bers in the women's team. B along side Chinese Taipei and Singapore. en 65. al sport of Afghanistan, torn apart by five wickets. er this month and came back undefeated. Among men, 2018 Asian Championships The top two teams from each group will Shah, a top-order batsman, by decades of war, with many of the "It's been a long tour, but the "I have already been competing in the 51kg catego- Bronze medallist Prannoy has the three-time advance to the quarter-finals. registered his second fifty of the Afghan players cutting their crick- lads have been very good. You are ry in last one year. I now know the areas where I have national champion Sourabh Verma for com- India reached the quarter-finals in the match after making 98 in eting teeth in refugee camps in never tired to play Test cricket, it's to work upon but fitness wise there are no issues. I just pany, in the six-member squad. last edition where they lost narrowly to Afghanistan's first innings score of Pakistan. always a special feeling," said Ireland have to work upon strength, power and stamina," she said. World No 45 pair of MR Arjun and Thailand. 314. The country gained one-day captain William Porterfield. Q- D1 !1 R ($ )# N1* * /1 4 = *12 9/ &".(4O 5 ' ? . "There could be repercussions and we $ " 3. may not qualify for the semi-finals. No media should blame the Indian team if they ) 50 he deadly New Zealand shootings plan to boycott playing Pakistan," he said. Twhich Bangladesh cricketers narrowly 1/2%/ 3. Asked what should be done if the two " 3. avoided means security will remain an teams meet in the final, Gambhir said in that "absolute priority" going into the World ormer India opener Gautam Gambhir on case, India should forfeit the final. nternational Cricket Council CEO Cup, the head of cricket's governing body FMonday said the BCCI should either snap "Two points are not that important. IDave Richardson on Monday said said on Sunday. all cricketing ties with Pakistan, including Country is important, those 40 soldiers who he doesn't forsee any threat to the Fifty people died in attacks on two multi-lateral events, or engage with the arch- lost their lives are far more important than high-profile India-Pakistan World mosques in Christchurch on Friday, in what rivals at every level as "there can't be con- a cricket match. If we let go of a World Cup Cup match, insisting that the two is believed to be the worst assault on ditional bans". final, the country should be ready for it. teams are bound by an ICC agree- Muslims in a Western country. Gambhir, who called for snapping ties "Certain section of society says that don't ment to show up. Bangladesh's Test cricketers were just a with Pakistan after the Pulwama terror mix sports with politics but Jawans are far "For ICC events, all teams have few minutes from being caught up in the attack, said the Indian Board has to decide more important than a game of cricket." signed a members' participation India and Pakistan, Richardson said massacre, arriving in a bus at one of the and be prepared for the consequences. India drew the International Olympic agreement which requires them to it is completely up to the two crick- mosques as shooting began. "There can't be conditional bans. Either Committee's (IOC) ire after Pakistani shoot- participate in all the matches of the eting boards. The third Test between Bangladesh and you ban everything with Pakistan or open ers were denied visas for the Delhi World tournament and (in case of) any The ICC CEO said the percep- New Zealand which was due to start in everything with Pakistan. What has hap- Cup owing to the Pulwama attack. The IOC unjustified non-compliance with that tion about Pakistan among the rest Wellington on Saturday was cancelled and pened in Pulwama is absolutely not accept- suspended all discussion on hosting of provision, the playing conditions of the world is slowly changing and the team returned home. able," Gambhir, who was recently con- major events in India and told other inter- will kick in and the points will be the world body is supporting its Speaking on the sidelines of Pakistan ferred the Padma Shri, said. ! national federations to halt interactions awarded accordingly (to the other member board to bring back inter- Super League (PSL) final in Karachi, the "I am sure it's going to be difficult for 0' & with the country. team)," he said when asked about the national cricket to the nation. International Cricket Council (ICC) chief India to boycott them in ICC tournaments The IOC demanded that the Indian matter. He also said that the successful executive David Richardson said security but stop playing Pakistan in the Asia Cup," But the request was turned down at the ICC Olympic Association must provide govern- There were demands that India hosting of Pakistan Super League had to remain "an absolute priority". said the left-hander. Board meeting in Dubai. ment assurance that none of the participat- should boycott the game against (PSL) matches will do a world of "I don't think security is anything new, Outspoken in his support for the armed Gambhir cited England's forfeiture of ing countries would be denied visa in case Pakistan in the World Cup in good towards achieving the goal. obviously something happening in New forces on social media, Gambhir reiterated their 2003 World Cup round-robin fixture India host any event. Recently, wrestling Manchester on June 16 in the wake Richardson also thanked for- Zealand probably took a lot of people by that there should be a blanket ban on engage- against Zimbabwe in protest of the Robert wold body withdrew the Asian junior cham- of last month's Pulwama terror eign players, who made the trip to surprise and it emphasised the need not to ment with Pakistan even if it comes at the Mugabe regime. pionship from India owing to the unresolved attack. Pakistan for PSL. be complacent, especially going into the cost of being ostracised by the sporting com- "England decided in 2003 and they matter. "The ICC's motto is clear we "Step-by-step, certainly Pakistan World Cup," Richardson said. munity. wouldn't go to Zimbabwe, they forfeited. If Asked if India's stand could lead to a don't want to mix politics with is on the right path," he said, assur- "I know the work has already been done The BCCI had appealed to the ICC to BCCI decides not to play against Pakistan, sporting boycott of the nation in the near sports." ing ICC's support to the PCB in its by the security director together with all the snap ties with countries from where terror- everyone should be mentally ready to give future, Gambhir said that he wouldn't mind Asked about the ICC's role in the efforts to encourage foreign teams to security agencies in the UK and they are emanates in a veiled reference to Pakistan. those two points," he said. that. resumption of bilateral ties between visit Pakistan. leaving no stone unturned," he added. !( $#) *#% +,-./+, - 1) ? R $ &1. 3
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Messi's treble, his second in a month in Rodriguez, on loan until the Wednesday, our focus is now on French winger Kingsley Seville, fourth of the season and 51st of his end of the season from Real the league," said Thomas Coman gave Mainz career, moves Barca 10 points clear of Madrid, came off to a standing Mueller. goalkeeper Florian Atletico Madrid with 10 games left to play, ovation with 20 minutes left after Dortmund and Mueller no chance with a gap surely too big to close. arguably his best display in the Bayern are level on 60 his shot six minutes "We had a great opportunity to increase famous red shirt. points, but the Bavarians before the break to the gap on Atletico," Messi said. "We had to "I am pleased for him, he hold a superior goal dif- make it 3-0 at half- take it tonight." deserved the applause," added ference of seven. time. Luis Suarez, whose superb flick set up Kovac, who declined to com- "We wanted to fight back Rodriguez wrapped up his Messi's second, scored his own brilliant ment on whether Rodriguez's after Dortmund's victory. The hat-trick with two goals in goal after a scintillating solo run but it was loan deal will be extended. last three games are a marker," four breathtaking minutes, ultimately reduced to a footnote, in what Canadian wunderkind Mueller added, with Bayern hitting the top corner past became another night all about his for Messi's opener as Canales obstructed Alphonso Davies, 18, scored his having smashed in 17 goals in Mueller's reach on 51 minutes, Argentinian partner. Arthur Melo just outside the area, to the right first Bayern goal on only his fifth winning their last three league then chipping the despairing The only blot was the sight of Suarez of centre. appearance after coming off the games. Mainz goalkeeper moments limping off late on, with what coach Ernesto But there was no luck in Messi's bench. Poland striker Robert later. Valverde suspected was a "bad sprain" to shot, which flew like a dart over the The thumping win saw Lewandowski, the Bundesliga's Just 11 minutes after com- his ankle. ducking head of Gerard Pique, past Bayern reclaim top spot in the top scorer, claimed his 18th ing on, Davies claimed his first Messi now has 29 league goals this the hand of Pau Lopez, and into the Bundesliga from Borussia league goal this season, tapping Bundesliga goal, netting the season, 39 in all competitions, and top left-hand corner. Dortmund, who briefly usurped in a David Alaba cross on three rebound from a saved together with Suarez's 18 their joint-total Betis came again, Arthur twice them with a nervy 3-2 win at minutes. Lewandowski shot. of 47 is more than all but two of the other scrambling the ball away from Hertha Berlin on Saturday, with Leon Goretzka laid on the Bayern have now won 13 of teams in the division. Canales in the box, before Suarez eight games left. second goal, chesting down into their last 14 league matches. A simple finish from Suarez's missed a sitter after being teed up exquisite assist came between a free-kick by Messi. perfectly planted into the top corner and a He made amends just before half- "?/ 0I O-$ bending lob that grazed the crossbar and time. Messi fired into the feet of the dropped in. Uruguayan, who took the ball one way and The Betis fans left at the Benito flicked it the other, behind his leg and into $ (&".1 Spaniards' 2-0 first leg win by Villamarin, and most of them were, felt com- the path of Messi, who did the rest. grasping his genitals and thrust- pelled to stand and applaud. Betis could have been four down by the EFA on Monday opened ing out his groin. "I don't remember the opposition cheer- hour as Suarez missed two more, but the Uan investigation into A decision will be taken by ing me for a goal, I am very grateful," Messi chances kept coming, and he finally hit the Cristiano Ronaldo's goal cele- UEFA on March 21. said. mark. bration after scoring a hat- Juventus take on Dutch This was supposed to be one of the more There were four defenders ahead when trick in Juventus' Champions club Ajax in the Champions awkward tests in Barcelona's run-in, which he began his run from the halfway line but League comeback win against League quarter-finals over two includes Atletico Madrid at home and fifth- Suarez sped past one and between two Atletico Madrid last week. legs, on April 10 in Amsterdam placed Alaves away. more, each of them colliding into the other European football's gov- and April 16 in Turin. All the rest of their opponents current- before being left sprawled on the ground. erning body said Ronaldo is fac- Coach Massimiliano ly sit 10th or lower. Aissa Mandi made one final lunge but ing charges of "improper con- Allegri has said he is confident But regardless of the fixtures, Barca Suarez skipped through to finish. duct" after he mimicked Diego Ronaldo will not be fined or seem to be saving their best for the home Loren Moron curled in a consolation for Simeone's crotch-grabbing suspended. straight, which bodes badly for Manchester Betis but Messi had the final say. Ivan 'cojones' gesture in last Tuesday's "I think everyone celebrat- United, whom they face in the Champions Rakitic rolled the ball back and he clipped a 3-0 win that sent Juventus ed their own way on the field League quarter-finals next month. sumptuous chip over Lopez, off the through 3-2 on aggregate. and in the stands. I saw noth- Already in the final of the Copa del Rey, crossbar and in. After scoring the decisive ing strange, just a celebration. where Barca will return to this stadium to face Suarez limped off injured in the penalty four minutes from time, There won't be a ban," said Valencia in May, a treble is certainly not final minutes and Messi could have Ronaldo turned towards the Allegri. beyond the realms of possibility. added a fifth, only for the post to rescue Atletico fans and replicated Simeone was fined 20,000 Barca were fortunate to earn the free-kick Betis. Four was enough. Simeone's gesture after the euros by UEFA for his gesture. ! ! 1!!
$ ".9 today, because it's important for our sup- $ 1 3/9(/" porters and for us." ngel Di Maria scored twice as Paris Kylian Mbappe put PSG in front ernardo Silva has said he wants to ASaint-Germain eased to a 3-1 vic- on the stroke of half-time with his B"make history" at Manchester City tory over Marseille on Sunday to 26th league goal of the season, but after helping the Premier League lead- extend their long unbeaten run against Valere Germain equalised in the first ers move a step closer to an unprece- their arch rivals and move 20 points minute of the second period. dented quadruple. clear at the Ligue 1 summit. Argentine Di Maria Silva played a key role in keeping A group of PSG ultras were restored the home team's City's four-pronged pursuit of honours ) ! boycotting the opening stages of advantage, though, and on track by sparking a thrilling fight- the game over the team's shock Marseille 'keeper Steve back as Pep Guardiola's side overcome Champions League defeat by Mandanda was sent off for a two-goal deficit to beat Swansea City 5 Manchester United, but when a clear handball 30 yards 3-2 in their FA Cup quarter-final on they arrived they were given a from goal. Saturday. 16th win in 19 meetings with Di Maria's wonderful Not only did Silva score City's first Marseille, alongside three free-kick added further goal at Swansea's Liberty Stadium but ) . draws, to cheer. gloss to the scoreline, he also set up Sergio Aguero's late win- Banners reading "We don't although Mbappe ner in south Wales to keep alive hopes $ . 1 forget", "respect the establish- saw a late penalty of adding the FA Cup, Premier League ment" and "banknotes in place saved by visiting and Champions League titles this sea- C Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso on Sunday said of a heart" were hung in a sec- substitute Yohann son to the League Cup that is already Athat he is more upset by an "unacceptable" bust- tion behind the goal to make clear Pele. in their trophy cabinet. up between midfielders Franck Kessie and Lucas Biglia supporters' unhappiness at PSG's The capital "All the players feel that this sea- and-a-half will be very tough. these games where you have to show on the sidelines at the San Siro than his team's 3-2 derby 3-1 home loss to United on March giants have not son can be special," said Silva. "It will be crucial, to make some- character," explained Silva. defeat to Inter. 6. lost to Marseille since a 3-0 "Last season was special in the way thing special and to try to write an "We could have been out after Ivorian Kessie, 22, and Argentina midfielder "There are some thing we can't defeat at the Stade Velodrome in we won the Premier League; this sea- important page in the history of this arriving at half-time losing 2-0, so we Biglia, 33, had to be pulled apart by teammates amid change, we have to accept that we November 2011. son can be special because we've club, and that's what we'll try to do." have to keep our focus, knowing our drama on and off the pitch in the "Derby Della had a very, very sad defeat — very, With the Ligue 1 title effec- already won one competition, we're still In the meantime, the Portuguese opponents are very strong. Madonnina" between the Milan city rivals very bad for us. But we started again tively secured, the only compe- playing for three," the 24-year-old midfielder was buoyed by the manner "There are no perfect teams, so we in northern Italy. at Dijon (last week) and even today tition left for PSG to play for this added. of City's victory over Swansea. try to improve, we know that in some Kessie, who had been substituted, the guys showed their character," said season is the French Cup, in "We can win three or lose all of "It's very important to win these moments of the game we're not as good was furious at something said by Biglia PSG coach Thomas Tuchel. which they face Nantes in the them as well, so it will be very tough, kinds of games as well, not only the as some teams, and we try to improve on the bench and had to be held back by "I'm glad we could show that semi-finals next month. so yeah, we know that the last month- games you win four or five-nil, but that. teammates as he repeatedly lunged at the Argentine. "The defeat that hurts me the most was Kessie and seeing what happened on the bench," said Gattuso, after his team's five-match winning run in the league was . B ended. "That is something I cannot accept with the way I see football, the way I see the team and the group ethic. "There has to be respect for everyone in the dress- &?. to win this one. Asia, we are back," sure on not letting it happen a matter of small details and the ing room and it was just unacceptable. Chhetri said at the post match today," he added. sending off was a big handicap for "This means the world to me and that is why it is n elated Bengaluru FC skip- media conference late Sunday Asked where he would rate us," Lobera said. a double defeat. I will have my say over the next few Aper Sunil Chhetri termed his night. this win, Chhetri quipped, "Top- Despite the loss, the FC Goa days," he warned. team's maiden Indian Super Now by winning the ISL, two. Number 2." head coach said he was "proud of Both players later apologised. League victory against FC Goa as Bengaluru FC will play in the The winning coach Carles his players". Tensions were also high on the pitch, with Andrea a "sweet one" especially after his AFC Asian Cup next year. Cuadrat said that the team was "Till today, we were focused Conti who had come on for Kessie after 69 minutes side had faltered in the sum- Chhetri also said it trying not to take the game to the today only on this game (the seeing red for a tackle on Inter striker Laurtaro mit clash last season is "commendable" that penalties as then it can be any- final). From tomorrow onwards, Martinez, but a VAR review saw the referee change it against Chennaiyin FC. a player like Ferran body's game. we will start working towards the to yellow, to the fury of Inter coach Luciano Spalletti, Courtesy Rahul Corominas, who "We were trying not to get (upcoming) Super Cup. I said to who was sent off for dissent. Bheke's championship- bagged the Golden into tie-breaker as it then becomes my players in the dressing room Matias Vecino scored after just three minutes for winning header in the Boot award, did not a lottery a lot of times. We are that I am proud of them and Inter, days after his team's Europa League exit, with second extra time, get any chance against happy that one ball in the box gave (what) they have done in the sea- Stefan de Vrij adding the second on 51 minutes, to give Bengaluru defeated FC Goa his team on all the three us the victory. This is the seventh son. Inter a two-goal advantage. 1-0 in an edge of a seat thriller on occasions when the two teams goal done by a set-piece and it "I am thankful to the players For Milan, Tiemoue Bakayoko headed in after 57 Sunday night to win their maid- clashed. shows how important set pieces and they have been very profes- minutes with Mateo Musacchio reacting quickly to fin- en ISL title. Bengaluru had last "The message from the coach are in the game," Cuadrat said. sional. It is sad that we cannot take ish off a rebound (71), just after Lautaro Martinez slot- year lost last year's final to was that we should try to attack Meanwhile, FC Goa coach the trophy to Goa," he noted. ted in the third from the penalty spot for Inter. Chennaiyin FC but as soon as we lose the ball, we Sergio Lobera termed Ahmed Meanwhile, Lobera's name "We've found the young striker who can put things "Last year after the final, I said should fall back and defend and / ! )!1 Jahouh being sent off the field has been 'linked to' the vacant right for us," Spalletti said of Martinez. next year we'll come back. Right have numbers (at the back). For after earning a red card as the key India coach job and specifically Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic cleared a late from the ball boy to Carles players like me, Miku and Udanta Nishu (Kumar) and (Harmanjot) open chances against us in three moment of the match. asked about it, the Spaniard said, Samuel Castillejo header with Patrick Cutrone also (Cuadrat — the coach), everyone (Singh), it was not easy because we Khabra got that security when games," he said. "The key moment was when "(It is) always nice to be linked to denied a last-gasp equaliser with Danilo D'Ambrosio wanted this. We wanted to win it are attacking minded people," Udanta and I traced back. It is "Last year, we conceded off set were reduced to 10-men in the national team of a great country clearing on the line. Inter leapfrog AC Milan and are (the title) badly. When you lose Chhetri said. commendable that a player like pieces and we were dominant first half of extra time. It was a like India, but I have one more two points ahead in third with Roma on fifth. the way we did last year, it's sweet "I am happy we did it because Coro (Corominas) did not get until those two goal, so we were very tight game was going to be year contract with FC Goa."