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JP’s lone legislator from BBastar region Bhima     Mandavi and four policemen were killed as Maoists targeted a group of BJP leaders travel- ling in a convoy in a forested     patch in Dantewada district on Tuesday evening. The Naxals        blew up the vehicle of the 40- year-old Dantewada MLA with n a daring terror attack, a an IED and opened fire at the Isenior RSS leader and his occupants in Shyamagiri hills personal security officer (PSO) when the MLA’s convoy was were shot dead from close heading towards Kuwakonda range outside the main gate of from Bacheli area in one of my MLA colleagues, I outpatient department (OPD) Dantewada. don’t have words to express my of Kishtwar district hospital on Visuals from the blast site grief, it’s definitely a major Tuesday morning. showed the mangled remains of attack on democracy… My According to police, the the vehicle and a gaping hole Government is consistently personal security officer of on the road on which it passed working to win people’s confi- RSS leader died on the spot, before Naxals blew it up. TV dence and Naxals felt upset while RSS leader, identified as channels flashed grisly images about that and this brutal Chandrakant Sharma, was air- *$$          of body parts strewn along a attack is basically the result of lifted to Government Medical +          road bisecting a forest and a their frustration.” College Hospital in Jammu   "  $   ,  % vehicle reduced to a heap of The State unit of the BJP where he succumbed to his      ! metal. The powerful blast left reacted angrily to the killing gunshot injuries. a big crater in the middle of the and alleged that State’s new Kishtwar Superintendent that the RSS leader was hit in road. Congress regime has nexus of Police Shakti Kumar Pathak the abdomen and his kidneys The attack has been with Maoists. BJP national told The Pioneer that after hit- were punctured by the bullets. described a classic case of a vice-president and former ting the RSS leader the terror- According to police, on complete intelligence failure. Chief Minister Raman Singh ists ran away with the service Tuesday morning around “It was a meticulously expressed shock over death of weapon of his PSO martyred in 12.30 pm when Chandrakant planned attack. Maoists specif- his party MLA and said the attack. The PSO has been Sharma, working as pharma- ically targeted BJP MLA’s bul- Maoists were freely roaming in identified as Rajinder Kumar. cist, arrived in the district letproof vehicle when he was            P             ! Bastar under the new Congress Police have launched hospital, Kishtwar, an uniden- rushing to Nakulnar to address regime. investigations in the case and tified terrorist, who was a public meeting in favour of against moving without fool- meet to assess the law and “Shri Bhima Mandavi was The sacrifices of these martyrs “It’s a failure of State is screening CCTV footages to already waiting there, opened the BJP candidate from Bastar, proof security measures. order situation. a dedicated Karyakarta of the will not go in vain,” he tweet- Government, I see a big polit- track down the footprints of fire at him from a close range Baidu Ram Kashyap,’’ The brutal killing of the Prime Minister Narendra BJP. Diligent and courageous, ed. ical conspiracy in the killing the terrorists. The SP main- and fled. Dantewada police chief Dantewada MLA triggered Modi condemned the killing of he assiduously served the peo- Baghel, who is facing flak because Mandavi was the lone tained the situation is well Bleeding profusely, the RSS Abhishek Pallav told reporters outrage in Chhattisgarh with “dedicated party worker” ple of Chhattisgarh. His demise for allegedly adopting soft BJP MLA from Bastar, situation under control after the impo- leader was carted into the at the blast site. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Mandavi and the police offi- is deeply anguishing. My con- approach to armed Maoists, is very pathetic in Bastar dur- sition of the curfew in operation theatre and was later He added that the BJP leg- putting off his poll campaign cials and said the sacrifice of dolences to his family. My trib- said in a series of tweets, “I am ing Congress regime,’’ Singh Kishtwar and nearby areas. airlifted to Jammu where he islator was strongly advised mid-way to chair a high-level those killed will not go in vain. utes to the security personnel. deeply disturbed by killing of told reporters in Raipur. Official sources revealed succumbed to his injuries. ,  -%         "   ! "#$#$   %

   5 of deposits while his wife owns shares in several firms, the affi-   &  ' ( adhya Pradesh Chief davit informed. As per the affi- MMinister davit, Nath owns a total of and his son on 67.20 acres of land in    Tuesday filed their nomination Chhindwara district. papers for Chhindwara assem- Nath's affidavit also men- fter calling the Indian bly by-election and tioned his five social media Aarmed forces ‘Modi ji ki Chhindwara con- accounts including his website, sena’ and branding the Muslim stituency respectively. Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest League ‘virus’, the BJP leader In the property affidavit and Google+. and Uttar Pradesh Chief submitted with the returning Nath, who is also MP Minister has now sparked a officer, it was mentioned that Congress president, is contest- fresh row by stoking the ‘Ali- Kamal Nath’s wife Alka own ing the Chhindwara bypoll as he Bajrangbali’ debate following movable and immovable assets needs to get elected to the Mayawati’s appeal to Muslim worth Rs 124.67 crore. Nath's Assembly voters two days ago. movable assets stand at  7.01 within six months of being “Agar Congress, SP, BSP ko crore while that of his wife are sworn in to continue as state ‘Ali’ par vishwaas hai toh worth 33.50 crore, the affi- CM. humein bhi ‘Bajrangbali’ par davit stated. Nath was sworn in as MP vishwaas hai (If the Congress, ) "     (              The total value of his CM in December last year. Samajwadi Party, and the            ! immovable assets is over 68. 36 Nath had not contested the Bahujan Samaj Party have faith crore while that of his wife is Assembly polls in November in Ali, then we too have faith Pradesh…in Saharanpur, last week issued a warning to over 15.79 crore. The immov-     "     ,  -    -  -  +   .    +       last year in which the Congress in our Bajrangbali),” Yogi said Bareilly where there is a size- the UP Chief Minister over his able assets include properties    ++  $    +   $    "      %  "      ended the BJP's 15-year rule in while addressing an election able Muslim population and I ‘Modi ji ki sena’ remark and held through family controlled   + MP. rally in Meerut. want to ask them not to divide asked him to “be careful in companies and trusts, it said. The MP CM is pitted Yogi’s statement is seen as your votes by voting for the your utterances in future”. The MP CM owns a Delhi over 8.77 lakh while his wife fiscal 2017-18 is over 1.38 while his wife showed an against the BJP's Vivek Sahu, a an attempt to polarise Hindu Congress. Give your votes to “Congress ke log registered Ambassador Classic possesses over 915 grams gold crore while that of Alka Nath is income of 23.74 lakh during leader of the latter's youth wing. voters after BSP chief Mayawati SP-BSP and RLD alliance,” she atankwadiyon ko biryani khilate car and a Safari Storm SUV reg- as well as 1989.13 carat diamond 96.22 lakh as per the couple's the same period. A nine-time MP from recently appealed to Muslims had said at the rally jointly held the, aur Modiji ki sena istered in Madhya Pradesh, the and stone jewellery valued at Income Tax Returns. Nath's The Congress leader Chhindwara, Nath graduated not to divide their votes. with the Samajwadi Party after atankwadiyon ko goli aur gola affidavit stated. He owns 300 2.20 crore, the affidavit said. annual income, as per his ITR detailed a number of bank from St Xaviers College, under “People of all communities two decades in Deoband. deti hai. Yahi antar hai. grams of gold jewellery worth His annual income for the for 2013-14, was Rs 32.48 lakh accounts with varying amounts Calcutta University, in 1968. live in western Uttar The Election Commission Adityanath had said.  ! !   $%&  '(  !       footage of the election office,   R"#  a case was registered at Omti case of violation of Model police station on Monday ACode of Conduct has been night against Patel, Godbole,       of an important app. registered on Tuesday against former ministers Ajay Vishnoi The Delhi CEO asked the seven BJP leaders, including and Sharad Jain, MLAs Sushil he c-Vigil app was residents of the National former Union Minister Prahlad Tiwari and Ashok Rohani, Tlaunched by the Election Capital to use the app only to Patel and city mayor Swati and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Commission to report cases report cases related to elections. Godbole. Besides, BJP's Morcha state president and incident where people felt The c-Vigil app that was Jabalpur Lok Sabha seat can- Akhilesh Pandey, district the model code of conduct was launched by the Election didate Rakesh Singh has also superintendent of police being violated, through illegal Commission provides a plat- been issued a show-cause Nimesh Agrawal said. Patel is hoardings, hate speeches or form for the citizens, where notice for alleged violation of the sitting BJP MP from other ways. But the people in they can send complaints and the poll code. Damoh seat in the state. Delhi have made a mockery of geo-tagged videos and photos District collector and The returning officer has the app as they have been of illegal gifts, money or liquor returning officer Chhavi also recommended suspen- flooding it with useless pic- being distributed or a hate Bhardwaj said that as per sion of Omti police station in- tures, mostly selfies, pictures of speech being made by any rules, only five persons includ- charge, city superintendent of flowers, parks and some other political party during polls. ing the party candidate are police and Homeguards dis- snaps that have nothing to do out of a car, parks, fans, and The Lok Sabha polls will be allowed to enter office of the trict commandant, who were with poll code violations. other frivolous things, which conducted in seven phases that returning officer during filing responsible for security in the “The people in Delhi using had nothing to do with poll will begin from April 11 and of nomination papers. area, for alleged dereliction of the c-Vigil App of the Election code violations,” said another continue till May 19. Elections   !"#  & '    &+&$ &   But, when Singh filed his duty, Agrawal said. Commission, were sending a official. in Delhi will be held on May 12 $& &'  '! / '#   'O !   ** &&  nomination on Monday, more Former advocate general lot of frivolous pictures, most- “Such entries comprised and the overall results will be   (!   ' !  ' - . than five people entered the PK Kaurav, who is the coun- ly selfies and images of flowers about “90 per cent of the ‘com- declared on May 23.        3   '  office, she said. Besides, those sel for BJP leaders, said they and parks, which had nothing plaints’ sent through this app in There are over 1.41 crore       !   R' '    * - '    " ! part of the BJP candidate's will move the high court to to do with poll code violations,” initial days, adding, now major- voters on Delhi’s electoral roll. " #! 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Addressing the depart- tariff of 1.38 per unit in its ISA has acknowledged MP’s ments, data room access for nder the popular museum     mental officials of health, edu- Renewable Energy Service RESCO projects, by web-cast- developers’ easy understand- Useries ‘Exhibit of the   istrict Collector Anurag cation, agriculture, women and Company (RESCO) I & II ing the pre-bid proceedings to ing and welcomed their sug- Month’ of Indira Gandhi      DChaudhary held a review child development and indus- rooftop solar tender last year, ISA member-countries and gestions to start the rooftop Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, meeting on Tuesday with all the tries, the collector said that all MPUVNL has now invited by sending a member from project work on time. a traditional object has been  " departmental heads and district the departments should set bids for 25 MW solar rooftop MPUVN as a part of ISA Manu Shrivastava said, displayed for a whole month.    # officials to discuss the status of goals and resolve the com- projects under RESCO mode Expert Group to the Republic “Rooftop solar project under The exhibit for the month is various schemes and other plaints at a fast pace. He added for industries in Madhya of Ghana for joint efforts to RESCO model is an attractive ‘Makonde’ (A traditional art   departmental activities. that no negligence or delay in Pradesh. roll out Rooftop Solar projects option for industries to imple- form of East Africa) used in    During the meeting, the this matter will be tolerated. 700 industries in in Ghana. PwC is the trans- ment and achieve significant Makonde Tribe from East collector directed the Public During the meeting, the collec- Mandideep industrial area action advisor to New & savings on their electricity Africa.     Relations Officer to speed up all tor also reviewed the depart- close to Bhopal have been Renewable Energy, Madhya bills. MPUVN and MPIDC Makonde tribe is the orig- #  the pending matters related to ment-wise TL activities. identified for the project. The Pradesh Government and have joined hands in this inal inhabitant of Makonde courts. He further said that it Anurag Chaudhary, while project is being implemented MPUVN for the project. EY is effort to aggregate demand plateau and it lies in the dis- has been come to his notice that reviewing the work of the labour jointly with MP Industrial the SBI-WB Technical and achieve scale for a com- trict of Cabo Delgado of there has been considerable section, asked the Labour Development Corporation Assistance (TA) consortium petitive tariff from RESCOs. Mozambique, bordering resents spirits or mystical the mapiko masks used in ini- delay in filing replies to queries Officer to prepare a list of such (MPIDC), which has provid- lead to MPUVN. For the first time, state Tanzania. They were Bantu beings associated with tiation rites and ritual dances. by the courts and warned that establishments where more than ed land on lease to the indus- Around 34 bidders from agencies have come together speaking people of east Makonde cosmology that can The mapiko mask dance is an such activities will not be toler- 100 workers are employed tries. MPIDC will be a co-sig- across the country attended for implementation of a mar- Africa. They are famed for be either good or bad. important element among ated. He asked the officials to before inspecting them to make natory to the Power Purchase the pre-bid meeting and got ket-based rooftop solar tender their carvings and are con- Binadamu represents realistic Makonde ceremonies. take all queries by the courts sure that the workers are not Agreement (PPA) and is offer- the opportunity to interact for industries without subsidy sidered to be the best tradi- human figures and daily life. They are worn by men seriously and file replies with- exploited in any way. ing payment assurance for with MPUVN representatives. support from Central or the tional artisan throughout the Cultural Beliefs and who dance to display their out any delay. The collector further asked the developer. Important topics, such as State.” African continent. The Practices: The early origin of power and to scare women He warned the concerned the officials of the Food and There is no subsidy in the parameters on project, RFP A Data Room has been Makonde sculptors tend to wood carving can only be and children. During the boys officials that a monetary fine of Civil Supplies departments to project. The aim of the exer- features, Power Purchase created under the SBI-WB observe their traditional more completely understood initiation ceremony the 2,000 will be imposed on the inspect all the Fair Price Shops cise is to derisk the project and Agreement clauses, compen- TA program by EY which beliefs, folklore, rituals and with reference to some key mapiko dancer reveals his concerned official for each case in the district to make sure that to have an appropriate allo- sation and termination claus- contains site wise survey many other cultural practices features of Makonde culture identity to the boys; in this the of delay. The collector said that no irregularities are taking place cation of risk between devel- es, Data Room, etc were dis- details and past electricity that are projected in the art and society particularly its dancer symbolically reveals the money collected as fines will there. oper, industry, MPIDC & cussed in detail in today’s bills for such sites. The access they create. matrilineal structure and ini- secretes of manhood. be deposited in the Red Cross He warned the departmen- MPUVN. meeting. to data room will be provid- This is reflected in all tiation rituals. Wood carving The mapiko masks were account. tal officials of strict action if any The World Bank (WB) Led by Manu Srivastava, ed to bidders who pay and four major forms of carving. played an important social once secretly carved, stored in The collector also asked irregularities are found in the through State Bank of Principal Secretary, New and have already paid the bid pro- Ujamaa signifies familyhood and cultural role among secret imboma (tree house) or the officials to take all the cases ration shops. The collector (SBI) and Asian Development Renewable Energy cessing fee. The RfP and the or togetherness (a composite Makonde. likuta (grass hut) of the related to CM Helpline seriously asked all officials to work with Bank (ADB) through Punjab Department, Madhya PPA are available on carving of many interlocking The traditional carving Makonde and used in ritual and resolve them without any a sense of responsibility. National Bank (PNB) are pro- Pradesh, officials from https://www.mpeproc.gov.in. human figures). Shetani rep- of Makonde was restricted to secrecy in rites of initiation. 2   # +      ( 34     +       # *     '  &   % %          " with sharp features adds life to said that these days street live    5    5    5 the portrait. Later, in the next portrait making is popular, session, they were told about especially among the tourists. he crime branch police free health check-up camp ainting is another form of the colour making and selec- So to let these children enhance Tnabbed 21 gamblers from Awas organised in Pexpression for an individ- tion. their skill, the workshop is an under-construction house Radharaman Ayurveda ual. From subject selection to She also emphasised over being organised. in Gandhi Nagar in the night Medical College Residential adding all the emotions in the the light and shadow, proper of Monday and recovered 2 Hospital on Tuesday. painting is all about this art. colour mixing and how bring  lakh from their possession. The camp was inaugurated The young artists of the city are out the best fo the emotions     One of the nabbed gamblers by Radha Mohan Group Vice learning painting skills in a over canvas. She also gave a was found to be serving Chairman Bhupinder Patel and special workshop organised in short demonstration of her  externment. Group Director Prof. J.L. Rana city. paintings to the participants.   Acting on a tip off, regard- lit the lamp. The painting and drawing Notably, the two day work- ing gambling, police raided an This camp was organised in workshop began here from shop is organised focusing on   under-construction house at collaboration with the World Tuesday at Jawahar Bal Bhavan. building a stronger foundation  Gandhi Nagar late in the night Ayurveda Council, Bhopal. As many as 30 young artists of in traditional and contempo- of Monday and found many More than 100 people were the city have participated in the rary art.  gamblers there. given medical check-up by the workshop. During the workshop the   The externed miscreant doctors.  +     +  .     $ +   +      + During the workshop, the participants will create a paint-   was identified as Ejaz alias These doctors were gynae- participants will learn about the ing. The workshop is being Chotu. Later, he was booked cology specialist Zodiac, surgi- basics of painting and then, organized by the fine arts    under NSA. cal surgeon, Dr Ruchi Mishra, they will be taught about the department of Jawahar Bal  %  Out of the nabbed 21 gam- Kaya Pathak paronychia, Parvati    + !   %  5  portrait making over canvas. Bhavan. blers, 18 hold past criminal Singh and Dr Shekhya Pathak Here on Tuesday, the partici- Besides, during the work-  records and have been booked Dr Prashant Nayak. pants learned about the basic shop the participants will  in different police stations. The diseases, which were strokes with water colours. enhance their skill and cre- Asif is in the list of goons of examined in this camp, held  O2  2 P    Being the first day of the ativity. Water colours, oil   Koh-e-Fiza police station and under the leadership of Senior workshop, artist told the par- colours, pastel and acrylic all  Shafeeq is in the list of goons Superintendent of Hospital Dr. ticipants about subject selec- kind of mediums will be used   of Bajaria police station. Gayatri Shelling, were related to , 5 / 6  tion. She said that for a paint- in the workshop. Police said that the nabbed skin, gynaecology, arthritis, ing, it is important to choose Umashankar Nagaich,    gamblers were identified as breathing, blood loss, old fever,  65 3/ the subject wisely. The subject Director of Jawahar Bal Bhavan Waseem alias Sufi, Shafeeq, weakness, headache and blood  3,/ Mukesh Sharma, Sharafat Ali, pressure. Blood Sugar check-up Shahnawaz Ali, Farhan Khan, was also done.  7  Rafat Khan, Mohd Aftab, RR Saxena, chairman of Shahbaz, Zakir Khan, Mohd the Radharaman Group, has 8.  , Javed, Shahid, Asif, Farhan said that his group is conscious Murtaja, Imran, Ausaf, Mohd of its social responsibility and / 5 2/  Shahwar, Mubeen and Nasir has been organising such camps 3  Alias Bhura. from time to time for citizens liv- The Police have registered ing nearby.    5 fitness and importance on diet a case under section 3 of the He also said that many as well at the event making it Gambling Act and started fur- patients of villages, surrounding ledging to keep India fit, more enjoyable. put on protective gear and let ther investigation. the group campus, are getting Punique event ‘Fat to Fit’ was Besides inculcating fitness participants really hit them. Meanwhile, police have health benefits every day. organised in city. The event is in everyone's daily routine and The participants experience nabbed 9 miscreants carrying Apart from treatment, the aimed to give fitness targets to to lead a stress-free life. what a real life situation is like, sharp-edged weapons in dif- students and locals were made the Bhopalites and was a fun Independence day was chosen and learn that they have the ferent parts of the State aware about health and hygiene for fitness freaks. for this event as the day was apt strength to fight back. Capital. The miscreants were by the team of experts and doc- Various fun performances to make inner self free from This camp is designed in nabbed from Ratibad, TT tors. and activities marked the day. worries, stress and physical such a way that the participant Nagar, Bajaria, Habibganj, Talking to students, Dr The event is organised at fitness problems. not only gets a practical knowl- Bilkharia and Khajuri areas. Gayatri said, “If we regularly visit Capital Mall. A huge number of Pushups and plank activi- edge but also get some theo- The miscreants were doctors and follow good eating Bhopalites of all age groups ties for the audience were also retical classes as well, so that nabbed in the checking drive habits, we can avoid problems. participated in the event and held. This workshop is unique they can understand each on Monday. But in modern hectic life, we are are enjoying the fitness work- as self defense classes are also aspect clearly. After the miscreants were least bothered about our care shop. organised. It allows partici- The participants are also nabbed, police have registered and that contributes to our There were Zumba perfor- pants to practice full force self learning aerobics in these class- a case under section 25 and 27 problems”, he added. mance and motivational talk on defense on actual people. The es. "     +     +      +      + of the Arms Act.

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Based on the -2   ( &% '"' '   +' ( + %> '  Pravin Kakkad, ex-Officer on ment and tried to hinder the I- stated that he received a mes- tigation. Police have registered complaint after the preliminary -'!  (-! *  (  / +  '$=9& '  !  Special Duty of Nath, in the T investigation against Kakkad.   sage on facebook regarding a case under section 67 B of the investigation the police have (!  ! "' ! '-'  /) / )  + *-!) ' ) city's Vijay Nagar area while an The SSP should be transferred   her sister like figure threaten- IT Act. registered a case under section     ' 3' !  *! =&. ( ' (!   ' ' I-T operation was underway immediately.   ing to block her over facebook During the investigation 354 IPC and have started  '-'    !  ' *! =$) $=9&. there. The party's complaint to and to end all kind of relations police would track the IP search for the accused. ! ! '"' ' + $% '  ' * ! "' ! '-'  /) $9 + 9> '  ' / ) ?> + $% '  '  + *-!) $% + 9> '  ' ' ) ?> + $@ '  '     ' ?9 '"' ' + $? 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''   ( " ( '. cent children and women?” stolen a woman passenger’s After this he was drawn to bag carrying valuables worth $! , 5 $ 1   "4"     the teachings of the Buddha 12 lakh travelling in Valsad #  $ ! and soon became a devout Puri train on March 15, said -2 (   ,#  7-" !  ' B%A  !C   +' '   Buddhist. He called himself ADG (Raiways) Aruna Mohan / /  '  *  +  ' ,# #  '. Piyadasi, meaning ‘beloved of Rao while speaking with the .* +       !' ( * )   ,#  7-" !  ') (!"! '! ' ) the gods’. mediapersons on Tuesday.           ' ' .   ' ')  +' *!' - '  The play stresses that all She said that the accused    +    43   .  " '  9)::: (! !' ! '* ' '    ( ! worldly achievements are was tracked in Bihar who was 6 #   %  +    +' *!(!" ' / /  '  * . !- 3  ' ' *  indeed ephemeral. He donat- identified as Raju Mistry. The   + "    * ! - ' *! ! -   ( " ed tons of gold to various victim Tanuja Ropre was trav- ""+! (!  ' '. Buddhist institutions and for elling in the AC coach of the      + O-  P   $   +      + humanistic causes but towards Valsad-Puri Superfast Express / /  ( 6$ 6!      "1  the end he could donate just train along with the family      5 Shrivastava. The play was Maurya Empire. The entire life an apple to a Buddhist monk when the miscreant targeted  33 / -2  $> ! " '   ' -  !! (!  presented by the artists of changing incidents of his were this is the abysmally miserable her and escaped with the bag. /  37  ! *' ' "-!!' "'! ! '  ! D /  ! ! . play 'Nav Prabhat' show- Rang Vidushak Theatre portrayed through a hindi fall of an emperor. The couple was travelling  - ,!'!     9$ ! ! '  +   ' Acasing the life of King Troupe. play ‘Nav Prabhat’. The special music effects in the same train but victim  5 / '  "!'' '  *! ( !**' ! " +- ! * ' Ashoka was staged at Shaheed He emerged victorious The writer of the play and light design were the cap- and her husband were in dif- ! ' !    ' !- ' #-') '* ! 3/  ! !  . Bhavan on Tuesday. and was one of the Kings who basically highlighted the turing point of the play. The ferent coaches according to 6 / E  " ' ! ! '"!   "  ! D *    The play is written by was really cruel until he fought events from Ashoka’s life that play was worthwhile watching their reservations and which -D  . '  "'!  ' !  " ' '  Vishnu Prabhakar and was the Kalinga War. King Ashoka happened after the Kalinga with its serious and intense the target easier for the mis-  / 8 '') ( " ""+! + '  !  '  !  * )E directed by Sanjay is one of the bravest kings of War. A king, basically an acting skills. creant to escape with the bag   . victim was carrying. The bag  *  ! !   "D + ' !!  )  . was having mobile phone, E   +'  ! -'! ! '  ' (  ! ' (  $   golden ornaments and cash. 3!' (!" /-  5(('  B53/5C   '  ' ' '            The total loss in the theft was Ujjain the alighted off the train 3)E !  /-*!''' (   " / '  .      12 lakh. and lodged a complaint with The couple was travelling the police based on the com- +      + from Vadodara to Odisha plaint a case under section CCTV footages were checked Bihar where the accused was         when the theft occurred near 380 of the IPC was registered but nothing was found useful nabbed. Police suspects that   +  Ujjain and when she woke up and started further investiga- and later the mobile phone more crimes would be revealed she found that bag was missing tion. which was in the bag was by the accused in the further    1.76 crore), his declaration in form of a loan of Rs 13.87 and when the train reached During the investigation tracked and it was found in investigation. said. lakh. he assets of Madhya His total assets were worth Singh owns agricultural    5 TPradesh BJP chief and the Rs 1.36 crore (including Rs 1.10 land of 24.29 acres (worth Rs party's Jabalpur Lok Sabha crore-worth inherited immov- 1.76 crore) while his wife owns itting BJP MP from  72 5  candidate Rakesh Singh able assets) in 2014. His wife a 3,000 sq ft plot of non-agri- SBalaghat Bodh Singh   /5/) increased by over one and a Mala Singh's movable and cultural land worth Rs 1.11 Bhagat on Tuesday resigned half time to 2.14 crore in past immovable properties are crore, it added. from the primary member-  33 /  five years. Singh, the three-time worth Rs 2.11 crore (including Singh is in possession of ship of the party and filed local MP, filed his nomination self-acquired immovable assets jewellery worth Rs 2.29 lakh nomination as an indepen-  8 56 Monday. of Rs 1.11 crore), the affidavit and his wife possesses jewllery dent, after he was denied 82  The affidavit of Singh also said. worth Rs 21.60 lakh, it said. A ticket but was hopeful that the mentioned that he was a This was an increase of Rs criminal case is pending in a party could reconsider his  37 farmer, and a criminal case was 86 lakh from Rs 1.25 crore court against Singh for alleged- nomination and field him  pending against him. The total (including self-acquired ly obstructing train operations from Balaghat which was not value of movable and immov- immovable assets of Rs 97.58 during a demonstration held the case to be.  //  6 5 able assets of Rakesh Singh is lakh) she had declared in 2014. here in 2010, it said. The MP An upset Bhagat on Rs 2.14 crore (including inher- While Singh said he has no lia- also declared that he possessed Tuesday, the last day of filing 65  ited immovable assets of Rs bility, his wife showed liabilities a 0.32 bore revolver. nomination, sent his resigna- / tion to party district head Ramesh Ranglani but did not 2 /7 specify any reason for his step. / 3  2 Talking to the media per-   5  sons, he accused the party of denying him the ticket under 5 7/ /  pressure from former minis- ter Gaurishankar Bisen claim- ) 5   ing he did more works as an    MP, more than what Biden did as minister for many / / 65 years. He claimed the senior 8 8 / leaders including Prabhat Jha and Narottam Mishra had urged him not to contest as an independent but he had urged him to reconsider his name but nothing happened. He flayed the party nom- inee saying he won’t be able to win and has lost two polls in the past. Bisen was lobbying for a tick- et to daughter Mausam but in order to avoid a conflict between Bisen and Bhagat, the party had fielded former minister Dhal Singh Bisen. -   +  $         +        +             ,  The latter’s supporters also    # +  +      + had violent conflict with the Bhagat backers recently. Besides, former BJP MLA !#    P       ' 7$  ,  - RD Prajapati on Tuesday joined the Samajwadi Party in the presence of party supremo  5  residence during the raid that could seize during the action, Akhilesh Yadav and could be started at around 3.30am on claimed Kakkar whose various the party’s candidate from peaking before the media Sunday. I can also show you establishments in Indore and Tikamgarh, against union Safter the IT raids on his the doors, he added. Bhopal were raided by the IT minister Virendra Khatik. establishments, Chief Minister “The IT officers spent officers as part of the nation- Prajapati was instrumen- Kamal Nath’s OSD, Praveen around 48 hours at my resi- wide operation carried out by tal in raising rebellion against Kakkar, claimed IT sleuths dence,” said the CM’s OSD 300 officers at 50 locations Khatik ahead of ticket distri- found nothing from him. denying there was any misbe- across the country. bution. The former cop turned an haviour from the investiga- “No cash or jewellery was Congress and BJP also influential figure in MP poli- tors. recovered from my residence released list of their star cam- tics, Kakkar however alleged During the two-day and nothing objectionable paigners for the Lok Sabha the investigating officers had action, they found nothing was found from bank lockers,” polls in Madhya Pradesh. broken his doors to enter his objectionable which they he added.     !"#! $   . "   $+7    0   

  !  !  1  Congress high command has expected to seek her re-election 32  36 / 3    /2 / expressed dissatisfaction over from the constituency known the names recommended by as the Badals bastion. wave of resentment  ,       / the state election panel for Finance Minister Manpreet Abrewing within the crucial seats of Bathinda, Badal was the top choice for the )23 ( Congress party over the allo- 5 368  352 // ,    Ferozepur, Sangrur, and Sri seat, but he has expressed his cation of tickets in Punjab has Anandpur Sahib considering reluctance to contest, and con-  #, / tions vying for a slot across compelled the party’s national // 2   L/  M 5/5. 5, ) the not-so-favourable reports veyed the same to the party /  the country. president Rahul Gandhi to about the shortlisted candidates high command. Besides him, The Pharmacy College of intervene. 78 /  /5  /    5 in the party’s latest survey. the state panel has recom- ix Himachal Pradesh- the University and its Taking serious note of the Now, the high command mended the name of the state Sbased universities figure in Management Department situation, Rahul has, in fact,  /8  /  5 /    8 has taken upon itself the task Health Minister Brahm the top 200 rankings given by were ranked number one in sought a detailed report from of deciding on the candidate for Mohindra’s son, Mohit the Union Ministry of Human Himachal Pradesh. the party general secretary KC 8      / 65 , these remaining seats. Notably, Mohindra, for the seat, but that Resource’s under the National The Pharmacy college Venugopal. the high command has, so far, was too overruled by the high Institutional Rankings was ranked at 39 out of 301 So far, the Congress has decided the candidates on nine command. Framework (NIRF). while its Management declared its candidates for nine, et to sitting Jalandhar MP leader, after meeting Kaypee, Capt Amarinder for denying seats considering the recom- After being denied ticket Among these are three Department was rated at an out of the total 13 seats, in Chaudhary Santokh Singh as told The Pioneer that the party her the ticket from Hoshiarpur mendations by the state lead- from Chandigarh Lok Sabha government universities - Dr all India rank of 65 out of 555 Punjab, while the decision on his “political murder”, and gave was serious on grievances while asking the party high ership. seat, Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu’s YS Parmar University of institutions. remaining four is expected by enough indications to enter the raised by him, and may review command to explain why she Moreover, the state leader- name was being considered for Horticulture and Forestry, The nine year old this week. The next meeting of electoral field from the con- the seat from Jalandhar. “Not was “punished for no reason”. ship is also not speaking in one Bathinda or Sri Anandpur Nauni, CSK Krishi University is perhaps one of the central election committee stituency as independent can- fielding a Valmiki Majhabi That is not all! The voice on the remaining four Sahib constituency, even Vishvavidyala and Himachal the youngest private univer- is expected to be held on April didate, if needed. Sikh candidate from any of the Congress is also facing problem seats. Capt Amarinder is back- though the former MLA has Pradesh University and three sities to get such rankings. No 12 or 13. Chief Minister Capt reserved seat is a mistake. The in Faridkot reserve con- ing Cabinet Minister Rana made it clear that shge would private universities - Shoolini other university from the The Congress is facing Amarinder Singh has inter- decision about this will also stituency from where the party Gurmeet Singh Sodhi from not contest from other seat University of Biotechnology state figures in the top 75 list resentment against its nomi- vened in the matter and made come soon,” said the leader. decided to lay its bet on the folk Ferozepur, while Jakhar is than Chandigarh or her home and Management Sciences, for Pharmacy and nees in Patiala, Jalandhar, attempts to pacify the Congress Giving party ticket to sit- singer-turned-politician Mohd proposing to field the sitting constituency Amritsar—from Jaypee University, Waknaghat Management. Faridkot, and Hoshiarpur con- veteran while assuring him a ting legislator from Chabbewal, Sadique — a decision opposed MP Sher Singh Ghubaya who where the COnggress has and Chitkara University, The state has five gov- stituencies, with senior party “suitable” position. However, Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal, too by the leader if Majhabi Sikh recently switched sides from already fielded former Union Solan. ernment universities and 17 leaders and ticket aspirants Kaypee has met senior leader- failed to go down well with community. SAD to Congress. Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, An analysis of the rank- private universities. going public against the lead- ship in Delhi on Tuesday other aspirants as the former Ferozepur Rural MLA In Sangrur too, Capt and sitting MP Gurjit Singh ings show that Dr Parmar Meanwhile, a total of 23 uni- ership. amidst the reports that the Union Minister of State and Satkar Kaur maintained that Amarinder is recommending Aujla, respectively. University slipped from last versities out of 97 in the Congress’ sitting MLA party may put the Jalandhar former Hoshiarpur MP the community wanted that the name of former MLA For Sri Anandpur Sahib, year’s ranking of 71 to 80 this north of Delhi figure in the from Amloh Randeep Singh seat for review. Santosh Chaudhary minced one ticket from any reserved Kewal Singh Dhillon, but the the state Election Committee year while two other univer- top 200 rankings out of about Nabha, who has been seeking To mollify the angered no words to say that the “mon- seats should be given to party high command is con- has recommended the name of sities — Himachal 300 universities, which had ticket from Patiala, was the first Congress leader, intensive eyed and powerful” had an Majhabi Sikhs — a dominant sidering him a “weak” candi- former Union Minister Manish Pradesh University and applied for rankings. one to vent his ire against the efforts were being made by the advantage in getting them- community in the state date, and backing the state Tewari, while the party chief Chitkara University— slipped Panjab University, party nominee Preneet Kaur by party leadership. After the state selves nominated from the amongst the dalit population. Cabinet Minister and former RaGa has made clear his inten- from the 101-150 band to Chandigarh tops the list in the declaring that he would not Cabinet Minister Sukhjinder reserved seat. The Congress has so far failed MP Vijay Inder Singh’s candi- tions of not giving him the tick- 151-200 band in over-all region by attaining the rank of campaign for the former Union Singh Randhawa and Jalandhar Questioning party ticket to to give the Majhabi Sikh any dature. et after he refused to contest rankings. 21 followed by Thapar Minister. Cantt MLA Pargat Singh met former Union Minister representation in the four For the hot-seat of 2014 elections. Shoolini University suc- Institute of Engineering and Jalandhar’s former MP Kaypee, the former MP met the Preneeet Kaur, who lost 2014 reserved seats of Jalandhar, Bathinda, the party is consid- Besides, party’s national ceeded in obtaining a hattrick Technology (Deemed-to-be- Mohinder Singh Kaypee too Chief Minister and party MLA election, this time again, 76- Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, and ering to field a strong candidate spokesperson and young leader of retaining its position in the University) and Punjab washed the dirty linens in pub- Raj Kumar Verka. year-old Chaudhary also Fatehgarh Sahib. against SAD’s sitting MP Jaiveer Shergill is also being 101-150 band despite an Agricultural University, lic by describing the party tick- Another senior party blamed the Chief Minister It has been learnt that the Harsimrat Badal, who is considered for the seat. increase of about 150 institu- Ludhiana. 2   (  '/0P2)#(2+*)   4 !565  $+8   '37R 

   5 must discharge their duties Sabha Election, Ananth Kumar  32  another ignominious defeat, ests of the country and people Khaira alleged that “ECI and crook. with attentiveness and prompt- Singh, Joint Chief Electoral the BJP was trying to save it at would not forgive the ruling has become party to political “Punjab Chief Minister he intensive checking drive ness. Officer. Rajesh Kaul, Nodal day the poll panel direct- any cost, according to the party for such indulging in conspiracy hatched by SAD in Capt Amarinder Singh’s role is Tby GRP in trains, railway The Madhya Pradesh Officer Election Expenditure Aed transfer of Punjab Chief Minister. such vicious acts,” he added. connivance with BJP led also under scanner as he seems stations and surrounding areas Director General of Police VK Anup Jain, Police Police Inspector General “The brazen nexus Capt Amarinder also Central Government to remove to have buckled down to pres- have lead to the seizure of  4.4 Singh has instructed the GRP Superintendent Railway Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh — between the BJP-SAD and ECI urged the Election Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh in sure of SAD and BJP to shift crore unaccounted cash; drive to maintain strict vigil of all the Jabalpu, Sunil Jain and Bhopal, member of SIT probing 2015 was manifest in the latter’s Commission not to allow its the name of model code of con- Kunwar Vijay,” he said reiter- is conducted in the wake of Lok trains passing through all the Manish Agarwal and Assistant sacrilege and related firing spate of recent orders and integrity to be compromised in duct. ating that the Badals and Capt Sabha elections. More than railway stations of the state to Bridges Number IG other incidents, Punjab Government directives that are clearly such manner by the political “Kunwar Vijay’s removal at Amarinder were hand in glove 900 miscreants involved in conduct fair and peaceful Lok related officials including on Tuesday decided to skewed against the Congress, vested interests of the ruling a crucial time is mala fide and and misusing their powers to theft and other crimes in trains Sabha elections. Railway Minister Dharamvir approach the Election particularly in the states ruled BJP and its allies, including politically motivated when SIT save each other in criminal were also arrested in the cam- In this regard DGP had Singh were present. Commission of India seeking by it,” said the Chief Minister, SAD. People have faith in the was about to nail Badals for cases. paign said AGD Mohan Rao in also held a joint meeting of the GRP Bhopal, Indore and a review of its decision “in the lamenting the demolition of all EC institution but such actions their involvement in the cases Khaira maintained that if the review meeting of prepa- senior officers of Railway Jabalpur have book 120 per- interest of justice and consti- major Constitutional and are bound to destroy their of sacrilege of Guru Granth Capt Amarinder had no role in ration of elections of police offi- Police and GRP police stations sons under section 110 while tutional propriety”. democratic institutions in the trust, he added. Sahib and incidents of police “the murky deal of removing cials on Tuesday. in the last month. 371 persons were booked Agitated, the Chief country by the ruling party at firing in Behbal Kalan and Kunwar Vijay from SIT, he ADG Rao instructed in the On Tuesday the meeting under sections 151,107 and Minister Capt Amarinder the Centre.     !/  Kotkapura,” said Khaira while should immediately flash a meeting that keeping in mind was held in the auditorium of 116 of the CrPC and 63 per- Singh said that the EC’s “biased Capt Amarinder main- ,/"  demanding to immediately protest letter to the ECI and the Lok Sabha elections, all the Railway Lines and IG Gupta sons were booked under Arms order” was issued in response tained that the Government’s  ,/  withdraw this 'autocratic' order. also move Supreme Court to GRP officials and employees Gupta and Nodal Officer Lok Act. to a complaint by an Akali Dal sole intention in setting up the Strongly condemning IG Saying the the ECI has challenge the ECI orders”. leader, and “tantamount to SIT, of which the IG was a key Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh “overstepped its powers” and He feared that during the being direct interference in the member and instrumental in “removal” from the SIT, “interfered” in the process of course of model code is in force *+  -- investigations into the Bargari SIT’s aggressive investigations, Bholath MLA and Punjab Ekta investigation and delivery of for about another two months, firing incident”. was to bring the culprits to Party (PEP) president Sukhpal justice, Khaira said that it was the evidence collected by SIT “The Akalis have been try- book and take the probe in Singh Khaira on Tuesday clear that Parkash Singh Badal may be damaged and other  - +-   -/%-- ing unsuccessfully to scuttle 2015 case to its logical con- demanded immediate cancel- and Sukhbir Badal were dead members of SIT may also be the investigations into the sac- clusion. lation of such dictatorial against Kunwar Vijay and pressurised to dilute the case rilege and subsequent firing “The SIT has been carry- orders. wanted his removal by hook against Badals.    5 Director General of Police sonnel in MP and urged the cases that took place during ing out its investigations as per Madhya Pradesh VK Singh top bureaucrat to raise the their tenure, and are now the directions of the Punjab he Income Tax raids con- has written a letter to Chief matter with the Centre. resorting to desperate mea- and Haryana High Court, on Tcluded on Tuesday morn- Secretary of the State taking The top cop has claimed sures to save their skin,” said a civil writ petition and their ing but the rift continued objection to the unilateral that the presence of armed Capt Amarinder. report was placed before the between the Centre and State action of the IT Dept accom- jawans created panic in resi- Capt Amarinder said that HC, which had reposed full authorities. panied by armed CRPF per- dential area. The MP police the entire premise of the EC faith in the investigations and always remain supportive to order was based on a “flimsy” had declined to monitor the central agencies but in this complaint, which actually same,” he pointed out. case, their attitude was unsup- amounted to admission of In fact, the High Court portive, the senior cop guilt by the complainant. “It is had, vide order dated January observed in the letter. obvious that the complainant 25, 2019, had even declined to The officers of CRPF and was running scared at the transfer the probe to the CBI MP police had come face-to- thought of exposure by the SIT, as the SIT had conducted face during the raid on and had taken refuge in the investigations into four crim- Sunday when the para-mili- SAD alliance with the BJP,” he inal cases in a fair, impartial, tary personnel denied MP added. independent and professional police the permission to enter Spokesperson said that the manner, without being influ- the premises where the raid Chief Minister was of the enced by any extraneous con- was on. strong opinion that the EC was siderations, the Chief Minister Police had claimed that acting in a highly biased man- noted. they reached there to attend ner at the behest of the ruling The Chief Minister warned distress calls from the local BJP which was indulging in all the BJP and the Akalis against residents. Later, the police kinds of cheap tactics, includ- exploiting important institu- retreated and CRPF called ing witch-hunts and interfer- tions like the Election on additional reinforcements. ence in the state affairs, in a Commission and the defence Accusing the MP police of desperate bid to save itself forces to pursue its political interference, the CRPF local and its allies. and electoral agenda. officers have sent a report to Cognizant of the SAD’s “Destruction of these inde- 8   $  9. : "         $   .           the Home ministry on the pathetic position in Punjab, pendent institutions would be    +           .     +      + entire incident. where the party was facing highly detrimental to the inter- The Governor Anandiben Patel had also reportedly sought a report on the CRPF    (  '   ) –police face off during IT raids. Former minister !!  +  3 -  Umashankar Gupta of the BJP had claimed that IT raids  #, / didates… The INLD will also exposed corrupt money of the 32  announce its 10 candidates on three months old Kamal Nath April 15, government and termed it a day after his meeting with Chautala said. result of Nath’s misdeeds. AHaryana Chief Minister “We are holding meetings Congress media cell in Manohar Lal triggered specula- with the party workers to take charge Shobha Oza called the tions of BJP-INLD alliance, INLD their feedback on probable can- IT raids an attempt of the BJP secretary general Abhay Chautala didates for ensuing poll,” he to gain political mileage onadded. ahead of lok sabha polls. Tuesday said that his party will Responding to the state- She accused the BJP of contest on its own in ensuing Lok ments of leaders of the Congress political vendetta adding that Sabha polls and announce its and Jannayak Janta Party that the Congress would be offer- candidates on April 15. INLD is disintegrating fast, he ing a fitting reply. Abhay Chautala, alongwith said that the INLD is in a strong Responding in unison, INLD state president Ashok position. CM Kamal Nath and exCM Arora had met CM Manohar Lal Abhay Chautala had recent- Digvijaya Singh later in the in New Delhi on Monday. ly lost the post of Leader of oppo- day termed the IT action a Chautala, while talking to the sition in Haryana Assembly and political motivated move mediaperons said that the meet- the INLD has been going claiming the man found with $+    $ $    &%    "     +  $       & ing was on some personal issue through rough times ever since huge cash was a member of $ %              & $     $    +    and not political. the party’s split and formation the BJP.   + The BJP has of the splinter group- already announced its eight can- Jannayak Janta Party.     !"#! $   3

4 '2522'6)#'2 #   # 377 1& "   5       !   '   5 1      / 3/   35 3 5  // 56    0 - +-      wo days after it "strongly 566/  //   / 35/    8/ Tadvised" the Finance ice Admiral Bimal Verma, Ministry to ensure that all N   O) N   O  N5/3  5 8O  '1 Vwho filed a petition in the enforcement agencies under it  /3, 56 8 5 3 66 5 Armed Forces Tribunal(AFT) be "absolutely neutral, impartial     Modi-led BJP Government. seeking reasons for getting and non-discriminatory" while N  Incidentally, It will be the overlooked for the Navy chief's cracking down on illicit money ypoll to the Panaji Assembly second bypoll for Panaji post despite being the senior use in elections, the Department Bseat, which fell vacant fol- Assembly seat since State polls most, withdrew his plea here of Revenue on Tuesday wrote to lowing the demise of Manohar in 2017. The first one was in on Tuesday after the Tribunal the poll watchdog stating that Parrikar, will be held on May August that year after BJP MLA asked him to first appeal before the searches were conducted on 19. The Election Commission Siddharth Kunkolienkar the Navy. If not satisfied after the basis of reliable tip-offs and (EC) also announced bypolls to resigned from the House to exploring "internal remedies," lawyers asked the judges to asserted that its actions were four Assembly constituencies in allow Parrikar, then Defence he can approach the Tribunal, order the government to always "neutral", "impartial" and Tamil Nadu and one in Minister, to become an MLA. Verma was told. address his concerns in a time "non-discriminatory" irrespec- Karnataka. The notification for Parrikar died of a pancreatic ail- The Government on bound manner. However, the tive of any political affiliation. the six by-elections will be ment on March 17. March 23 announced that Vice judges refused his request, stat- The Election Commission issued on April 22, which will The Assembly constituen- Admiral Karambir Singh, now ing that they do not act as (EC), for its part, summoned PC start the nomination process. cies in Tamil Nadu where by- heading the Eastern advisers to the Government of Mody, chairman of the Central According to EC, the election was announced are Command, will be the new India. Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) bypolls will be held on May 19, Sulur, Arevakurichi, Chief after incumbent Admiral While announcing Singh's and Revenue Secretary, AB coinciding with the last phase Thiruparankundaram and Sunil Lanba retires on May 31. name for the top navy post, the Pandey, to discuss the ongoing On the meeting with election and other appropriate The EC in its letter to of the Lok Sabha elections. Ottapidaram. Kundgol in Singh is the second senior government had said the selec- income tax raids amid allega- Revenue Secretary and CBDT laws, if they come across any Revenue Secretary had on April The counting will be held on Karnataka will also go for a most officer and the govern- tion was made following a tions by the Congress that the chairman, an EC spokesperson specific information about the 7 "strongly advised" the depart- May 23, along with that of the bypoll. The bypoll was neces- ment for the second time merit-based approach. This ruling BJP was using enforce- said that issues arising out of the use of illicit money in electoral ment that any action by its parliamentary polls. Parrikar sitated after Karnataka bypassed the tradition of meant that the tradition of ment agencies to target it dur- advisory of the Election processes. They may also, if enforcement agencies during was sworn-in as the Goa Chief Municipal Administration appointing the senior most picking the senior most for the ing the poll season. So far, the Commission of India dated deemed fit, pass on the infor- the election time should be Minister in 2017 after he won Minister and three-time MLA officer for the top job. In 2016, Chief's post was ignored. agencies have carried out 55 07.04.2019 regarding all enforce- mation confidentially to Income "neutral" and "non-discrimina- from Panaji. He had earlier from the constituency C S Bipin Rawat was made the Besides Verma, the senior raids across the country. The ment actions being neutral, Tax department for taking fur- tory" and officials of the should been the defence Minister in the Shivalli passed away in March Army Chief superseding senior most officer in the race for the Income Tax Department, impartial and non-discrimina- ther necessary action," Saran be kept in the loop about such Prime Minister Narendra due to cardiac arrest. most Lt General Pravin Bakshi. Navy chief's post, other con- Enforcement Directorate and tory and its implementation wrote in the letter. actions. Verma, commander-in- tenders were Vice Chief of Directorate of Revenue were discussed in detail. chief of the strategically impor- Naval Staff Vice Admiral G Intelligence are the executive The CBDT said the depart- tant tri-Service Andaman and Ashok Kumar, Western arms of the Revenue ment has also detected a trail of Nicobar Command, Command chief Vice Admiral Department dealing with finan- 20 crore suspect cash alleged-    + % "    /" approached the Armed Forces Ajit Kumar and Southern cial crimes. ly being moved to the "head- Tribunal (AFT) on Monday, Command chief Vice Admiral In response to a letter from quarters of a major political asking why he was overlooked Anil Kumar Chawla. Vivek Batra, Director (EE) of the party in Delhi" from the house 78   ! !  !!%  /8%  as the next Navy chief despite On reasons for overlooking EC, Deputy Secretary of an important person who being the senior-most in the Verma, sources had said he had (Headquarters and lives on Tughlaq Road, home to line of command. he had not commanded as Administration) of Department many VIPs.     3 85 6 / ,5  In another development, However, the officer with- chief of operationally impor- of Revenue, Arvind Saran said In its letter, the Department the EC ordered the transfer of drew his petition after the AFT tant Western and Eastern that it had shared "specific of Revenue urged the EC to he CPI(M) on Tuesday 3 5   , police chief of 's judges asked him to first Commands and these tenures information" with the Income advise its field officers to take Twrote to the Election Cooch Behar and posted explore "internal remedies" for are considered very important Tax department about illicit "immediate action" if they come Commission on Tuesday alleg-  8 / 56     another officer in his place his grievances. The Tribunal for selecting the Navy chief. money in the electoral process. across any specific information ing violation of the poll panel's ahead of polling in the district also said Verma should also He was reportedly over- "…the department fully agrees about the use of illicit money in directive after Prime Minister B 5 37CH on April 11. first file a statutory complaint looked for these postings as he with the observations that there the electoral process. Narendra Modi at a rally in The EC ordered the trans- with the Defence Ministry as was the principal director of is a need to conduct operations "It is the responsibility of the Maharashtra asked first-time —PM Modi fer of Superintendent of Police, per the Navy Act, sources said naval operations during the ruthlessly to contain this mal- Election Commission as also of voters to dedicate their votes to Cooch Behar, Abhishek Gupta, adding the judges also said it 2005 Naval War Room leak in practice," the letter said. the revenue agencies to check the brave men who carried out "With deep anguish, we are Addressing an election and replaced him with Amit was not an extraordinary situ- New Delhi. Several critical The EC's advice had come and eventually eliminate the the air strike in Pakistan's drawing your attention to the rally in Maharashtra's Latur, Kumar Singh. The transfer ation which warranted admis- commercial and some opera- in the backdrop of the Income use of unaccounted money in Balakot. In the letter, the party's latest violation of Model Code Modi said, "I want to tell the orders came ahead of the sion before the AFT. Verma's tional documents were leaked. Tax Department's raids in election, we would also like to politburo member Nilotpal of Conduct (MCC) by the first time voters, can you ded- polling in the district on daughter Rhea along with Verma came under scrutiny but Madhya Pradesh on Sunday urge the Election Commission Basu urged the EC to "strong- Prime Minister, Narendra icate your first vote to the the Thursday. senior counsel Ankur Chibber was cleared with a "severe dis- and in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, to advise its field officers ly initiate" appropriate action to Modi. He is also violating the brave men who carried out the The Trinamool Congress appeared on behalf of the Navy pleasure" note. He later served and Andhra Pradesh in the involved in the enforcement of stop the pre-election atmos- specific direction of the airstrike in Pakistan's Balakot? wrote to the Chief Election officer. Incidentally, Verma is as India's naval attaché in Iran recent past on Opposition the model code of conduct to phere from being vitiated, Election Commission to refrain "Can your first vote be dedi- Commissioner on the transfer the brother of former Navy and also commanded a ship. politicians and people con- take immediate enforcement which is fast degenerating from invoking the armed forces cated to the brave martyrs of saying its decision was "arbi- chief Nirmal Verma. Verma retires in November nected to them. action at their end under the towards polarisation. for seeking votes," Basu wrote. the Pulwama (terror attack)?" trary, motivated and biased". The superseded officer's this year. +)4 %* 250)* * 45) "&8&&   Q  Q   -- + 2 8%2  +-   * R'  Q+R&   /! !      said PM Modi, who recently threw an enraged  +++ tantrum in a television interview on the ques- New Delhi: CBI on Tuesday vehemently opposed ongress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday tion of Rafale scam , should accept this chal- New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday in the Supreme Court the bail plea of RJD supre- Csaid Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lenge.   !  R dismissed a petition filed by a Congress mo Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam cases "scared" of debating with him on corruption "Modiji who screams and scrams on the activist seeking stay on the release of biopic on saying that the ailing leader suddenly claimed to issues, particularly pertaining to Rafale scam, issue of Corruption must open his mouth on New Delhi: The Supreme Court The plea has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the be "fully fit" to undertake political activities in the which, according to his party, is the the biggest the 'Loot & Scoot' of 28 Economic Offenders on Tuesday directed the Assam prisoners are kept in detention Election Commission would be an "appropri- upcoming Lok Sabha polls. defence corruption scandal of Independent like Nirav Modi, MehulChoksi, Vijay Mallya, Government to apprise it of indefinitely because they are not ate" place to seek the redressal. Yadav, who has been in hospital instead of jail India. Jatin Mehta among others who looted Rs 1 Lakh "ways and means" that can be Indians and are treated as "ille- The apex court said it was not entertain- for last over eight months, has sought bail on med- Rahul has been repeatedly daring Modi to Crore from our banks. Modiji must tell who in adopted to release illegal for- gal aliens". ing the petition for the stay on the release of ical grounds and for leading his party simultane- debate with him on issues of national security, his PMO was 'managing the money collections' eigners languishing in the State's The apex court asked the the film as it was "premature" since the movie ously, CBI said while arguing that granting of bail especially the Rafale fighter jets deal, asserting during Demonetisation as shown in the video detention centres for almost a Assam government to consult is yet to be certified by the Censor Board. to him would set "very wrong precedent" in cases that when it happens, the truth will be out in sting," said AICC spokesman Pawan Khera. decade. authorities and file an affidavit It said even if the film is released on April involving "serious corruption in high offices". the open. After releasing the Congress manifesto for Hearing a PIL filed by on or before April 23, giving 11, as claimed by the Congress activist, it will Accusing Yadav of undertaking political activ- The BJP has, however, ridiculed the the Lok Sabha polls earlier this month, Rahul activist Harsh Mander, through details of "ways and means" for be appropriate for him to seek a redressal from ities from a hospital in Ranchi, the probe agency Congress chief's idea and described him an Gandhi had challenged the prime minister to advocate Prashant Bhushan, on releasing over 900 illegal for- the Election Commission. said: "Simultaneous raising of pleas for bail on med- ignorant politician. debate with him on the issues of national secu- the plight of foreign detenues, eigners who are languishing in "We, therefore do not consider it fit to ical grounds and bail to guide the party and to carry "Dear PM, Scared of debating me on cor- rity, corruption and foreign policy. the court also took note of the six detention centres in the entertain the petition", said a bench compris- out all essential responsibilities as a party presi- ruption? I can make it easier for you. Let's go The Congress has also accused Modi of state's submissions that the state for nearly a decade. ing Chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices dent in ensuing Lok Sabha election are mutually open book, so you can prepare: 1. helping industrialist Anil Ambani make a prof- court's "loaded observations" It appointed senior appoint- Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna. contradictory and manifests that in the garb of bail RAFALE+Anil Ambani, 2. Nirav Modi, 3. Amit it of 30,000 crore by favouring him as the off- during the hearing of the case ed Gaurav Bannerjee as amicus The court had on Monday said that "any on medical ground the petitioner in essence wants Shah+Demonetisation," Rahul Gandhi tweet- set partner in the Rafale deal. may impact Lok Sabha polls in curiae to assist it on the issue of kind of order from the court will be possible to pursue his political activities which is imper- ed with #Scared2Debate. The Government has denied any wrong- Assam. identification and tracing illegal if the petitioner states and pleads what the film missible in law." Later addressing a Press conference fol- doing in the fighter jets deal. Ambani has also It will now be heard on foreigners and their deportation is seeking to depict and his objections on this The bail plea of Yadav would come up for hear- lowing Rahul's tweet, a Congress spokesman rejected all allegations. April 25. A bench of Chief to their country of origin. count". ing on Wednesday before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and jus- The bench rejected The bench said the petitioner has been Justice Ranjan Gogoi. tices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Bhushan's submission that unable to append the copy of the biopic and "It is, in the most humble and respectful sub- Khanna decided to hear the Bannerjee be asked to visit the the video clipping, which is a two minute trail- mission of the investigating agency, a case where Q8  (  ' matter after April 23, when the detention centres and submit a er, was not sufficient to assess that the film grant of bail would set a very wrong precedent in three-phase polls in the state report on the living condition would influence or impact the upcoming gen- cases involving a serious corruption in high conclude. there. PTI eral elections. PTI offices," CBI said. PTI    '  R Q8   (9    + ' Q:   !    !       -     nion Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on 3     UTuesday said the next Census of 2021 !    R will see the use of mobile app for data col- $"    " P + lection and enumerators can use this facili- New Delhi: Women can file matrimonial ty to speed up the process. A total of 33 lakh    R New Delhi: Nirmohi Akhara, one of the litigants cases, including criminal matters pertaining enumerators, the persons who conduct door in the Ayodhya case, moved the Supreme Court on to cruelty, from the place where they have to door counting, would be mobilised for data New Delhi: The Supreme Court on from job seekers for several days. Tuesday opposing the Centre's plea which seeks to taken shelter after leaving or being driven out collection for which notification has already Tuesday directed the CBI to file the Amid the protests, the SSC had return to the original owners the 67.390 acre of of their matrimonial home, the Supreme been issued, he said at a conference of cen- sentatives from ministries of central and state case diary and the status report of recommended a CBI probe into the "non-disputed" land it had acquired around the dis- Court said on Tuesday. sus data users here. He was addressing the governments, academic institutions and the investigation in the 2017 SSC allegations of paper leak. puted Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid site. The apex court's verdict came on an seminar organised by Registrar General of international organisations — to deliberate exam paper leak case. On August 31 last year, the The Allahabad High Court in 2010 had decid- appeal filed by Rupali Devi against the India on the forthcoming census in 2021. on the strategy and questionnaire for the cen- A bench headed by Chief apex court stayed the declaration ed that the 2.77-acre of disputed land at the site Allahabad High Court which dismissed her The home secretary said Census is not sus to maximise the benefits from this exer- Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it will of result of the SSC CGL and CHSL would be divided into three equal parts and will plea to file a dowry harassment case from her just an exercise of head count but it also pro- cise. take up the matter for hearing on Examination, in which lakhs of stu- be handed over to — Nirmohi Akhara, Sunni Waqf parents' house. vides invaluable socio-economic data which Registrar General of India and Census April 11. dents had appeared, saying it Board, and Ram Lalla. The high court order held that cruelty forms credible basis for informed policy for- Commissioner Vivek Joshi said the Census The apex court on April 1 seemed that the entire test and the The Nirmohi Akhara, in its fresh plea, has punishable under Section 498A of the IPC is mulation and allocation of resources.The 2021 will be conducted in two phases. allowed the Staff Selection system was "tainted". The apex opposed the Centre's application by which it had not a continuing offence, and thus cannot changing demographics and socio-economic In the first phase, house listing operations Commission (SSC) to declare the court then favoured cancelling the sought modification of the Supreme Court's 2003 be investigated or punished in a jurisdiction parameters reflected by the census helps in would be conducted in any two months cho- result of a re-examination of SSC 2017 SSC examination, and hold- order so as to allow it to return to original owners outside the one in which the matrimonial reformulation of country's plans for the eco- sen by the states between April and Combined Graduate Level (CGL) ing it afresh by the National Testing the 67.390 acre of "non-disputed" acquired land house of the complainant is situated. nomic development and welfare schemes for September in 2020.In the second phase, actu- 2017 held last year. Agency or the CBSE "in the inter- around the disputed site. The application has said A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan its people, he said. al population enumeration would be done The top court had said that est of students". that the Centre has proposed returning of acquired Gogoi said the impact on the mental health Gauba said the census data caters to the during February 9-28, 2021, followed by the lakhs of unemployed youths have However, the Centre said that land to Ram Janambhoomi Nyas (RJN) and that of the wife by "overt acts" by the husband or constitutional requirement of delimitation of revision round from March 1-5, 2021.In suffered because someone from the there was no need for re-exami- there are many temples on the acquired land and his relatives, mental stress and trauma of constituencies and reservation of seats for SCs Jammu and Kashmir and snow bound areas organisation was corrupt. nation of entire paper as the leak their rights would be affected if the land is being driven away from the matrimonial and STs. The home secretary also urged for of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, The examination papers of was "extremely localised" and those returned to one party. The apex court recently home cannot be ignored while understand- exercising caution while using technology for population enumeration would be conduct- the SSC CGL 2017 were allegedly behind the leaks were identified appointed mediators to find an amicable solution ing the meaning of "cruelty" in Section 498A data collection in Census 2021 and stressed ed during September 11-30, 2020, followed leaked, leading to huge protests and action was taken. PTI to the vexatious land dispute. PTI of the Indian Penal Code. PTI that data confidentiality should be main- by the revision round from October 1-5, tained. He asked the participants - repre- 2020, Joshi said.     !"#! $   7     ( +. "I *'!  K '!  ' ! ". "I *'!I 3"0.:55.-      (    2!+;<5  ' '  +;<= '     6> %& !   (     ,   ; $  3,;$4      " ! *! ' (  6 '  !" "  '   '! !" 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He is a former Army    A * A            # Chief, who distinguished himself in office              2     ( by taking his own Government to court on            a personal matter, breaking the Army’s code of “nation first and service before self.” *              S -     On March 31, at another rally in         =97>         Ghaziabad, Adityanath referred to the                     armed forces repeatedly to draw a contrast with “Congress ke log”. Said he, “Congress           !      $(,  leaders would feed biryani to terrorists but                     *  Modiji’s sena only gave them goli and gola.”  1                  ( This graceless description of the armed forces as Prime Minister Modi’s private                  8@9    8B army and crude depiction of counter-ter-               ;  C  rorism operations are an attempt to politi-  1                 ( cise our forces. The Opposition raised the red flag even as retired Generals and other        #      8B        ( foot soldiers of the services condemned the              0    crass politicisation of an apolitical institu-       8@9  =97>               tion despite the Election Commission’s (EC)          $      $  3$$4 stricture: “Political parties/candidates/cam- paigners should desist from indulging in           0           ( propaganda involving activities of defence indicated that the Indian Air month, Defence Minister posters containing pictures of Abhinanadan in the back-    $        ,;$     +  forces’ (presumably military operations).” Force (IAF) strikes on terror Nirmala Sitharaman ducked the Director General Military ground till EC’s notional pro-                $ But all the EC did was to issue the Chief camps in Pakistan would be an awkward questions on an Operations, Lt Gen Ranbir hibitory orders. Each BJP cam- Minister an advisory of caution, so tooth- issue for her party in the Lok imperfect One Rank, One Singh, flanked by Modi and paigner is competing to outdo        C  0         less is the commission. The Chiefs of Staff Sabha poll. She said that her Pension scheme and the Shah in Lucknow and Uttar his own party rival in lavishing       ,;$                 Committee of the three service Chiefs party would come out with two Government blocking Non Pradesh. Modi was hailed the praise on Modi’s mythical pow-    C             -  ( ought to have condemned Adityanath’s leaflets — one containing ini- Functional Upgrade (NFU) for invincible conqueror and so on. ers of leadership. The BJP is remark. Just last month, Gen Angus tiatives of her party for welfare the armed forces. Defence Former Defence Minister drunk on its Balakot brew,              *       Campbell, Australian Chief of Defence of women and the other coun- reforms, including CDS, have Manohar Parrikar, an RSS refusing to either ponder on                     Staff, intervened in an interaction between tering the Opposition regard- not moved an inch. Making pracharak, would tell stories Pulwama or Balakot and <+     ,             ( his Defence Minister Christopher Pyne and ing Balakot air strikes. national security a poll plank is about how he infused the beyond. The two military oper- soldiers, ticking off the Minister for rais- The Government’s glorifi- like shutting the stable door Hanuman spirit in the Army ations of the IAF and the Army               *  ing a political issue. cation of the armed forces is a after the horse has bolted. (Yogi Adityanath has also may win the BJP another term           -      *    Though Singh pretended that none of welcome step but not when the Yes, Modi delivered on the likened the Army to in Government but will dan- *       S              *   the Adityanath theatre happened till four real motive is not their deifica- National War Memorial but Hanuman). Lt Gen DS Hooda, gerously politicise the secular days later, he spoke up, especially after the tion but that of the political muddied the event by diving now retired, the chief architect and professional armed forces.                     EC issued a notice to the Chief Minister for leadership enhancing its own into a diatribe against the of the surgical strikes, said: “We The EC must ensure its               *         his offending comment. Singh said, “Those image. The Government’s Congress instead of restricting should have kept the operation prohibition on the use of mil-                   calling the Indian Army Modi’s sena were claims of caring for the soldier the occasion to extol the sacri- under wraps and not let it get itary operations/defence activ- not only wrong but also traitors to the and the military are highly fices of the armed forces. politicised.” The BJP has ities in campaign rallies is not O   S     0          nation.” He added that he did not know the exaggerated, merely through “Disgraceful@Narendramodiji. squeezed the last drop of elec- flagrantly violated by the gov-       (      =97>             reference and context of the controversial symbolism and lip-service: You have used an event of inau- toral juice from the surgical ernment. Phrases like “should                 ==    *   ( remarks by Adityanath. Rakhi-tying for soldiers in guration of NWM for petty strikes in every Assembly elec- desist from” are innocuous. Never in the history of independent Siachen or Modi spending politics. You did not maintain tion in 2017-18. In Karnataka, Ahead of the Lok Sabha poll, a       P      Q        India has any Government milked the “mil- Diwali with ITBP soldiers. decorum”, tweeted Col Ashok Modi targeted Nehru for shab- survey of public opinion by     1            itary operations” of the armed forces for With four defence Ministers in Singh, just one of the many offi- bily treating one of the two Lokniti and Azim Premji  #                 political or electoral gains as blatantly as the five years, lowest defence bud- cers who felt the speech was in Coorg military icons, both University indicated that the =9==                 ( ruling establishment does. Prime Minister gets since 1962, stinging bad taste and nothing more army Chiefs, KM Cariappa Army is the most trusted insti- Modi inaugurates his campaign speeches rebukes on operational pre- than an election pitch. Noted and KS Thimayya, though he tution (88 per cent) and polit-        *    "         ( with “Mere saath bolo: Sena ki jai” sloga- paredness and defence mod- strategic expert Brig Gurmeet got the wrong General and ical parties (minus 55 per cent)                 #     ( neering. Further, BJP leaders have openly ernisation by the Standing Kanwal said: “Dear@PMO made matters worse by inject- Just the right time for the three                   stated that they would exploit military Committee of Parliament on India. Please avoid making ing politics into a class of Service Chiefs to make Modi achievements despite the EC’s ban. After Defence and the Estimates political speeches at a solemn Coorg nobility which has been walk the talk on “Sena ki jai.”                      the surgical strikes in 2016, BJP president Committee by the BJP’s own occasion.” historically apolitical. (The writer is a retired       (    #          Amit Shah said that it would be used in the veterans, Maj Gen Khanduri Systematic efforts have The political antics over Major General of the Indian Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and other and MM Joshi, no less, every- been made at politicising the Balakot have outclassed surgi- Army and founder member of States — and they were. While speaking to thing indicates a muddle in the military starting with the post- cal strikes. Modi excelled him- the Defence Planning Staff, cur- party workers in Mumbai last month, higher defence management. Uri surgical strikes. Brazenly, self by describing the air strikes rently the revamped Integrated   '   External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj At a CNN18 programme last the BJP unfurled banners and graphically with pictures of Defence Staff) > )23  !   !      2 4 5 (  "'*   2 61     (  ?    +' + * ' *     '! '!   "   -'  " ! **!  + -   !- ! ' "  *  **''  '". - ! ' ' '  2- !  '  "  ( '.   

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' Commission (EC), alleging that it                   party should govern the country !  '    ' '  -'!O *"' ' has acted at the behest of the BJP.  *           (       for the next five years. -  ! "-  " ! ' '-"+! ' '  !  The EC has asserted that it is well        1         ( The Kairana bypoll success ' N- (  "'!. within its powers to transfer and prompted the two arch-rivals — 6!     ' +  *! ' * 9&>% appoint officers when the model         2  - !      32-!4 Samajwadi Party (SP) and  ) '' "     '.  -!'  ' !  - !")  '  ' * (   code of conduct is in force.          Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) — to *!'*''   ) -" !  ! ( +' -+ - !" (!" *!' N-  **!-'  ' '  Banerjee has also accused the EC ,      S       * forge an alliance in UP. Both #-  +  " #! + - (  '*!') '  *! ' ( '-"!   ! "'! (!"  " #! of taking the decision arbitrarily.  ' -! ( " ! ) *'*'' ) ! ( ! ) - *' -" '   ( ( ! (  " #! ! 5    3 *!54       0      know it well that Muslims are Amidst all this, she needs to their core votebank. The "  +  " ' ( -! *   .      ' '('' "  * !  + .  - * explain why she is insisting that the                  6  Congress has decided to fight the ' -!  (!  -"  +! (' ( ( ! (!    ' *!  "'  *    ' same police officers continue.    78                 elections alone. If the Muslim vote  !')    (! -! *         ( ! ' '    '!   . What is her problem when the offi-  79       #            gets divided, like it happened last +!' "   " '! ". '       9 cers posted in place of the trans- time, the BJP will stand to bene-     ** !-. ' -! ! ' ( +  ferred ones are of similar seniori-                       fit. This is why BSP chief ty and from the same West Bengal              2 6     Mayawati asked the Muslim cadre only? The decision to trans- *S           +       :7  community to not vote for the expeditious building of the Ram erty in Jammu & Kashmir. True, matter once and for all during its fer is said to be based on “cumu- Congress but the SP-BSP alliance. temple. It is surprising that the rul- this special status has made this current term but lacked the polit- lative feedback” from one of the * *      *         Bal Govind ing party is wanting to build the border State remain aloof. The ical will to do so. Its promise now EC’s top officials and the special          -        ( Noida temple in a haste. This, to reap div- Congress and other allies must to secure Constitutional protec- police observer. If their recommen-          -! 2          idends with an eye on the elections, support this move. tion is nothing but opportunistic dation for transfers does not carry       which are just a few days away. Further, the BJP also made a politics. After having fished in weight, the very purpose of       *             ( However, one of the laudable mention of the Sabarimala con- troubled waters, the party is appointing them is defeated.                  and highly acceptable poll- troversy in its manifesto, saying ready now. It’s not hard for peo- KV Seetharamiah                     Sir — In its election manifesto, the promises made by it is the resolve that it will endeavour to secure ple to see through the tricks Hassan (BJP) has to annul Article 35A of the Constitutional protection on being played by political parties.                   made a plethora of promises, Constitution, after which out- issues related to faith and beliefs. TK Nandanan $   '    2-!           prominent among them being the siders will be able to own prop- The party could have solved this Chennai 9-2-89;<=*>-=     !"#! $  9     +')2485 ( +    #45(*) #   !$ 1  ! $ ,  $ 'O   P -3+-0  /#  *  !     #   0  1 # 1 !   !  1 /1 *! *     '/, * (  ' - ' -    ' '  !  L/'  L       ''   '  N '' ')D   + ('   ' ! +   ' +!'  *!' (   !!! -'!  1!'       !  !' + @= *! 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Israel got to open an embassy "         ;     3H99999  ost of us visualise PV Narasimha in New Delhi. He ordered the intelligence commu-  =>  $ 4     >=      Rao as a frail old man but he was nity in 1992 to start a systematic drive to draw the  G S         S  ( a firebrand activist during his international community’s attention to Pakistan’s         $      youth, engaging in guerrilla-type sponsorship of terrorism against India and not to ,          ;        ( insurgency to topple the Nizam of be discouraged by American efforts to undermine                Hyderabad.M The angry young man subsequently the exercise. Rao initiated the ‘Look East policy’ with               rose to become the Prime Minister of the world’s three objectives in mind, namely to renew politi-        $          largest democracy. Rao’s calibre and competence cal contacts with the ASEAN member nations; to       2       "      can be equated with Jawaharlal Nehru’s gold stan- increase economic interaction with Southeast *  S 0            )  0   dards in politics. The tale of perhaps India’s two best Asia in trade, investment, science and technology Prime Ministers is contradictory yet fascinating. and tourism; and to forge strategic and defence links              S  Nehru and Rao did not have much in common with several countries of Southeast Asia. He                ( except that both were intellectuals. Nehru’s intel- decided to maintain distance from the Dalai Lama      I P# J; K          ( lectualism was shaped by Harrow, Cambridge and in order to avoid aggravating Beijing’s suspicions    *     Q *         Lincoln’s Inn; by Bernard Shaw, Russell and the and concerns and made successful overtures to "       P!S    <      Fabians. He probably dreamt in English. The title Tehran. The ‘cultivate Iran’ policy was pushed      !   Q    ( of his book, The Discovery of India, is a disarming through vigorously by him. These policies paid rich      *      confession of his need for discovering the land of dividends for India in March 1994, when Benazir 1        L #   his birth. Rao’s intellectual centre, on the other hand, Bhutto’s efforts to have a resolution passed by the    *    3   4 "     was India. Unlike Nehru, his knowledge of UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the        I PG        ( Sanskrit was profound. He was a man of learning, human rights situation in Jammu & Kashmir failed, a scholar, a linguist and a thinker of the first order. with opposition by China and Iran.        O          His roots were deep in the spiritual and religious In spite of significant achievements in a diffi-     *      J*  K    * S matrix of India. cult situation, the Indian electorate voted out Rao’s                 Q Rao was a man of the soil. From humble social Congress party in the 1996 general elections. Soon, R       S           1 S origins, he rose to become the ninth Prime Sonia Gandhi’s coterie forced Rao to step down as     7??: O P)     M   Minister from 1991 to 1996. As a teenager, he was party president. Receding into forced oblivion, he                   part of the Vande Mataram movement in the died on December 9, 2004. But the Congress insult-         )   S   Hyderabad of the late 1930s. Rao was a polyglot ed a loyalist even in his death, simply because he     Q O      — aside from his mother tongue, Telugu, he had didn’t figure in the dynastic paradigm of the party. P6  Q ;      O       excellent command over several other languages protectionist to a free market champion happen? situation and acting in time goes to him alone. It is alleged that the closest aides of Sonia Gandhi         +           — nine Indian and six foreign. His political career What techniques did he apply to have his way in Adopted to avert the impending 1991 econom- ensured his body was not allowed inside the AICC was shaped by his involvement in India’s struggle a party that largely had little regard for him? This ic crisis, the reforms progressed furthest in the areas building and moved to Hyderabad. The grand old   *    O           0  , for independence. His early mentors included happened in a year of multiple changes and chal- of opening up to foreign investment, capital mar- party ignored the debt it owed to the “Brihaspati *                 Nehru and Indira Gandhi. He was the most trust- lenges. India and the world were in turmoil and kets, deregulating domestic business and altering (wise man) of Andhra Pradesh.” On multiple occa- P Q                ( ed advisor to the latter, having impressed her with grappling with change, the historical significance the trade regime. His Government’s goals were to sions, Sonia praised contributions of all Congress    0  ,  *      B9    his intellectual prowess. Former Law Minister HR of which was not immediately understood by many. reduce fiscal deficit, privatise the public sector and Prime Ministers except Rao in her various speech-          (     Bharadwaj acknowledged that Indira Gandhi Similarly, we hold Rao in high regard for his increase investment in infrastructure. Trade es. Even today, the Congress leadership shows         -        always depended on Rao’s intellect to navigate her Right-wing, pro-capital reform measures for open- reforms and changes in the regulation of foreign extreme reluctance to acknowledge the role played      F              ! Government’s policies and party’s machinery. She ing up the economy to liberalisation, privatisation direct investment were introduced to open India by Rao to bail the Indian economy out of a severe      P !Q    ( appointed him the country’s Foreign Minister in and globalisation. But he was a fierce advocate and to foreign trade while stabilising external loans. Rao crisis.   *S         *         1980. This gave him a big break. With his penchant practitioner of socialism when he was the Chief chose Manmohan Singh for the job: An acclaimed Rao was India’s first “accidental” Prime   !(          F for picking up languages, Rao fitted snugly into the Minister of Andhra Pradesh. His bold reforms for economist, he played a central role in implement- Minister and a path-breaking one. He took charge high-flying world of international diplomacy redistribution of land to the poor and downtrod- ing these reforms. The impact of these changes may of the national Government and restored political F      %     M     despite being a teetotaller and a vegetarian. In 1986, den as also his strict enforcement of the land ceil- be gauged from the fact that total foreign invest- stability; assumed leadership of the Congress, prov-      "    7=9     C   3  4 Rao, as Human Resources Development Minister, ing Act created such a strong backlash from estab- ment (including foreign direct investment, port- ing that there was hope beyond the Nehru-Gandhi #  S                formulated the National Policy on Education on lished big landlords that Indira Gandhi had to take folio investment and investment raised on inter- dynasty; pushed through significant economic  %      %     S his newly-acquired word processor in six months. him back from State politics as a Minister in the national capital markets) in India grew from a reforms; and steered India through the unchart-                However, he was unable to push for funds to imple- Union Cabinet and declare President’s rule in minuscule $132 million in 1991-92 to $5.3 billion ed waters of the post-Cold War world. While the     F ment the ambitious policy, which included the Andhra Pradesh for some time. So it is extremely in 1995-96. Rao began industrial policy reforms Congress has distanced itself from him, the cur- #                  Navodaya schools. wrong to paint Rao as a Right-wing politician just with the manufacturing sector. He slashed indus- rent Prime Minister Narendra Modi has acknowl-            "     By the summer of 1990, Rao was preparing to because he was an architect of economic reforms. trial licensing, leaving only 18 industries subject to edged his contribution in nation-building.     (        ( retire from public life and had packed his bags to The economic crisis of 1991 was the conse- licensing. Industrial regulation was rationalised. A simple man, Rao deployed Chanakya like       -         61 $   move home to Hyderabad when Rajiv Gandhi was quence of a political impasse India found itself in. Rao, who held the Industry portfolio, was per- tactics and strategies in dealing with the minority  #            ( assassinated by LTTE sympathisers. Suddenly, cir- A series of political and economic events of 1980s sonally responsible for dismantling the Licence Raj, status of his Government, winning over support cumstances catapulted Rao into the country’s top came to a head around 1990-91. India was on the as this came under the purview of the Ministry of at times through questionable means. He was a man   0  , #        61 )  job. His ascendancy to the Prime Ministership was verge of defaulting on its external payments oblig- Commerce and Industry. For this, he is often called of simple tastes but with a complex mind. ;          *  S     politically significant in that he was the first hold- ations, with foreign exchange reserves dwindling the “father of Indian economic reforms” although Vinay Satpati, his biographer, has done an  (             7?H@   er of this office from a non-Hindi-speaking rapidly as oil prices went up, exports went down his own party refuses to acknowledge it. He was, admirable job of putting up the thought process 2             *    ( region, the South. Rao was supposed to collapse and non-resident people began withdrawing their in fact, the author of the most radical shift in India’s of the original “accidental Prime Minister” and the    % -      1   "    soon — if not under his advancing age, then from deposits in foreign currency accounts in India. economic policy since Nehru’s famous Industrial good and bad which came from that accident. In        *          ( pressure from multiple sources. Instead, he lasted While this situation can, in part, be attributed to Policy Resolution of 1956. Nehru’s resolution had the end, though, the good is so overwhelming that  1  #     *       the full five-year term, turned the economy unexpected and extraneous factors like the Gulf declared that India would strive to establish a the bad must take a back seat. To quote Sitapati,  0  ,L 0 L        # S around, brought normalcy to Punjab and stamped War of 1990-91, the difficulty was almost entirely “socialistic pattern of society.” In 1991, Rao moved “His legacy lives on…his half-burnt body contin-                his authority by virtually pushing detractors to the on account of political brinkmanship and populism. away from that pattern to unleash private enter- ues to glow.” To sum up PV in a line, “he had Pandit $     R(1 S    61     *   ( wall to be the real centre of power in the Congress. The responsibility for the events that combined to prise. Nehru’s intellectual capacity and Sardar Patel’s How did he manage this feat? What led to the trans- push India to the brink of default must lie with Rajiv Rao increased military spending and set the administrative calibre.”         -     7?  formation of a timid party worker more willing to Gandhi, VP Singh and Chandra Shekhar and it was Indian Army on course to fight the emerging threat (The writer has worked closely with the late   S       %  $I # 5  follow than lead as a decisive head of Government? left to Rao to arrest the slide and clean up the mess. of terrorism and insurgencies as well as Pakistan Prime Minister of India; is Editor-in-Chief of     0  How did the change of heart from a Left-leaning The credit for understanding the seriousness of the and China’s nuclear potential. It was during his term Opinion Express and a columnist with The Pioneer) *                     +4)*'/(*:*       

tion and all organisations have to gear as market conditions continue to renewing portfolio strategy, corporate something wrong with the employees employees of the company and up to face it and come on tops. change. and capital structure, robust business or the change management system? change management comes from the The current business world is Nokia is a prime example of ‘ser- plans and a new management team. In reality, there has been no proper top. This needs to be changed to quite demanding for companies. ial’ business transformation. Having Its enterprise value has grown man- development of the capacity of man- incorporate ideas of the employees. Faced with a “two-speed world” — reinvented itself several times in its ifold since bottoming out in July 2012 agers to actually implement the The organisational environment rapid growth in emerging economies 150-year history, this company, which and the company has returned billions change management programmes. should be open to creativity and and slower growth in developed once dominated the mobile phone of dollars of cash to its shareholders. Outsourcing of the change manage- divergent thinking. Critical feedback,   ) countries — firms have to develop industry, embarked on its most rad- Since change is the new normal ment process to consultants has been that endures detection of flaws and unique strategies for each environ- ical transformation till date by exiting for corporates today, how can an detrimental to the strengthening of continuous learning and adapta- 2 8  / &0#6 ,4# ment. In addition, digitisation and the business in 2014. The device busi- organisation embark on this journey? the managers’ ability to manage tion, should be an integral part of the   * *! globalisation are blurring the lines ness had been moving towards a dif- The first critical step is to get the right change and be accountable for the process. Otherwise, companies can hange is the only constant — be between sectors as well as between tra- ficult stalemate, generating dissatisfac- strategic vision and be able to antic- same. This approach is the single fail big in their effort to bring about ''-'  +  ! it in life or business. In this ditional competitor groups. New tory results and requiring increasing ipate the requirements of customers largest determinant of the failure of change. And most importantly, !'"' "*  Cdynamic landscape, all busi- technology is changing consumer amounts of capital, which Nokia no and strategies to achieve them. A the change management programmes. change management should be a ! " -!)  nesses, whether small start-ups or behaviour, empowering start-ups, longer had. When Microsoft sound strategy is necessary for a broad Many large organisations are not continuous process and cannot be " (  ! .  large organisations, at some point or making pricing more transparent expressed interest in taking over range of enterprise-wide investment comfortable with any changes as viewed as an intermittent project,   " *  ! another, need to change their strate- and reducing product life cycles. Nokia’s device business, it sold its decisions, resource allocations and their main focus is on control ability, with a beginning and an end. gies and vision and go through a Additionally, owing to changing costs, mobile business for $7.2 billion and performance expectations and helps routinisation, stability and risk-avoid- In this continuously evolving  ' !- ' (  transformation process to stay alive evolving demand and unfolding trade simultaneously orchestrated another to derive value from the transforma- ance. How can employees, who are business environment, change man- '!'. -   "*! ' and relevant by aligning people, restrictions, companies must rethink deal to buy out Siemens from the tion. It also includes defining the used to these habits, take to change agement is important. Making it '    ( !. processes and technology. Although — and continually reassess — their Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a depth and scope of the changes and easily? Change and stability do not go happen effectively, however, needs to - '  '!'  change has been a part of businesses operational footprint. To survive in 50-50 joint venture with Siemens, giv- the redesign of internal processes and hand -in-hand and the result will be be a core competence of managers and '  ! +-  'O + for long, it is the speed that has ren- this shifting environment and to ing Nokia 100 per cent control over structures. friction and organisational fatigue. their role has changed from the abil- dered transformation as an important keep up with the pace, most business- the unit and forming the cash-gener- Even though there are a number Since we are discussing change ity to complete change projects to   !  *.  "-  and integrated business function. es must transform — either in strat- ating core to fund the journey of the of change management models, there management, traditional change design the organisation in a way that (   * *!  What took radio 38 years to reach a egy, operating model, organisation, new firm. After surviving a near-death is only a 30 per cent chance that management theories should also enables continuous adaptation of an  ' "*  (' user base of 50 million people was people, or processes — and this gen- experience and abandoning phones, change management in an organisa- look at improving or changing them- ever-evolving environment.  * '   -' achieved by television in 13 years and erally results in the alteration of their this corporate phoenix has re- tion is successful. In addition, employ- selves.The traditional top-down (The writer is Assistant Professor,  !   ! N-'. the internet in just five years. Today, growth trajectory. For most compa- emerged as one of the world’s largest ee resistance is one of the major chal- approach does not take into account Amity University) the challenge is speed of transforma- nies, it is an ongoing, adaptive process telecom network service providers by lenges in change management. So is any suggestions from general           !"#! $ <

    53 7-5.437;  ' $ $ ' " ' '  + !  ' ' " ' '  + !  ' '! !  !--) /! - ") , '  ! ") ,  * ' ") '  * ) he Congress and the BJP have built their electoral narratives on 7 '  ) "  *-! ") # "-'!)  ! *-! ") -!-) past records versus electoral promises. While the Prime Minister * ' ") ,#    ) 2-'-!)  !  ! *)  *  ) Narendra Modi-led BJP has pinned its hopes on “Phir Ek Baar 5')  ' ) 7-!') ' ' *-!) '-*-!) 7  * ) T !) !-* ) # "*) 3! Modi Sarkar” (once again a Modi Government), on the other, Congress has pitched its “Ab hoga Nyay” (justice will happen now) slogan — also !-'   !  !-'   !  ) !-'   !    a reference to Nyuntam Aay Yojana, the party’s minimum income guar-  " *-!) 7 +!) ! ) +!- !) "*-! antee promise, and its key poll pitch. Both parties have also released their  ! -! ' + ) 2  )    )  "- campaign theme songs for the elections. 3  !   !  ""- T 7 "!  ! "- )  ""-  *  *  ! !  ! ) ")  *-!)  ' ! 2' ) 2  !3"-!) 3 '! *-!) 8  "  " '*-! 5-! '*-!    /') -! ! " ! "    '    ' 5 7   ')  + ! '*-!) ! "*-!) 7! *- /" /"  ' '  * ) 7 !"'  !)  " + ) R ! + )  )  #!) / -'! + ) ! + ) 3 ) +-+'  !)   !-!')  ' ) '!)  ! ' )  +-+ + ) 7 "" " !*-! !*-!   ! !  /  ! '*-!) 7 ! ' ) - (( !'  !) #'!) !-)  * ) 2  + ) 2 - " -   !  !  ' ! 2 ! ) 2 ! )  '   "'   !) "! )  ! !  '  3 + !) *-!- ! D1 61D1 

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The he ruling BJP suffered a set- office premises belonging to the lodged a police complaint with According to Sawant, the ical parties to desist from using BJP has engaged small children Tback on Tuesday, as a flying United Phosphorus Ltd (UPL) the Khar police. However, the BJP had not taken permission or making references armed to stick the chips on the pam- . ' !  squad of the Election at Khar in north-west Mumbai. EC had not issued any official from the Election Commission forces in their poll campaign, phlets by paying hefty sums to Commission — accompanied Major chunk of propaganda statement in this regard till late to undertake manufacture of Sawant said: “In a blatant vio- them daily,” the Congress by a group of Maharashtra materials are electronic cards in the evening. such electronic propaganda lation of the EC’s directive, the spokesperson said.  1' '1  75 7 Trinamool Congress support- Congress workers — “raided” worth Rs 300 each which car- Having taken cognisance of materials. “TheEC’s flying squad BJP is engaged in making lakhs Sawant demanded strict ers even as he went about an “illegal” make-shift set-up rying message from Prime the complaint, the police did a also found pictures of defence of these electronic pamphlets for action against the UPL author- n a swift and unprecedented removing anti-Narendra Modi engaged in manufacturing elec- Minister Narendra Modi,” panchnama of the site and aircraft, Army, Air Force, sur- distribution without the EC ities for allowing their premis- Idecision, the Election posters — written chowkidar tronic propaganda material for Maharashtra Pradesh Congress launched investigations into gical strikes and recorded clips clearance. It looks like the BJP es to be used for such illegal Commission (EC) on Tuesday chor hei (watchman is a thief) the party and seized material Committee (MPCC) spokesper- the complaint. of voice messages of Prime would not account for in the poll poll-related activities and transferred out the — from parts of his Asansol worth Rs 6 crore. son Sachin Sawant said. Sawant claimed that the Minister Narendra Modi’s expenses to be submitted to EC.” against BJP’s national president Superintendent of Police (SP) constituency where he was “During its raid, the After the “raid”, the EC fly- Election authorities had carried speeches appealing people to “The pamphlets have spe- Amit Shah for his alleged com- of Cooch Behar Abhishek campaigning. Election Commission has seized ing squad sealed the UPL out “surgical strikes” the BJP’s vote for the BJP,” Sawant said. cial chips with Modi’s poll plicity in the matter. Gupta barely 30 hours ahead of Elsewhere in a related the first phase of elections. development alleged TMC Gupta was transferred and goons beat up CPI(M) candi- divested of all election duty date from Asansol and after the Opposition BJP and Diamond Harbour: Gaurango         ;  '   the Left complained against Chatterjee and Fuad Halim. him of pro-TMC bias. Both were badly beaten The ruling outfit however up while campaigning and  1' '1  75 7 much of that flavour is gone he alleged partisan conduct on the were admitted to government calls himself a chowkidar while part of the EC. hospitals in respective areas. amata Banerjee on people say ‘chowkidar chor hei “It is strange that he was Halim a doctor and MTuesday attacked Prime (watchman is thief).’” moved out a day after the son of former Bengal Minister Narendra Modi call- However, “I say apart from Trinamool leader Mukul Roy Speaker HA Halim is contest- ing him the “king (samrat) of that this chowkidar is also a liar publicly said that he will make ing against sitting Diamond the fascists” to remove whose who offers promises not to deliv- the SP suffer for his deeds,” said Harbour MP Abhishek Government “is my one-point er on them.” Asking the people senior Bengal Minister Partho Banerjee, then nephew agenda.” to make a careful decision Chatterjee. of Chief Minister Mamata The Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee warned “if this person Gupta who allegedly Banerjee. who picked up from where she returns to power he will finish all refused to cooperate with the In both the cases the left on Monday lambasting the the democratic institutions of the SPG during Prime Minister respective SPs said they had saffron brigade for “spreading country. He will also drive away Narendra Modi’s meeting on received oral complaints. politics of hatred,” said Modi all of us you the country. Only Monday was also reported “We have been sustaining who had his “baptism in poli- he will live and none else. Such against by the Left for remain- physical attacks on candidates tics through riots and mass is his autocratic ways.” ing a mute spectator to its com- in local elections but if it hap- killings,” would have put even Daring the Prime Minister rades being attacked by the pens in parliamentary polls Adolf Hitler to shame by his dic- to go ahead with his Citizenship TMC goons. The SP was then nothing is more shameful tatorial ways and hateful politics. Bill as proposed by his party in replaced by AK Singh. than this,” CPI(M) “Even Hitler would have its next tenure, Banerjee said “we Meanwhile, Union leader Sujan Chakrabarty said committed suicide if he were will allow no NRC in Bengal. I Minister and Asansol BJP can- demanding actions from the alive and seen his (Modi’s) dare them to do this here. didate Babul Supriyo was on ECI while the TMC denied the style of politics,” Banerjee said Earlier they said that they will Tuesday heckled by alleged allegations. adding removal of the Prime 8   "        "      & only do it in parts of Assam. Minister from power was her       +    -   &+        ! Now they have decided to take one-point agenda. it to other parts of India and “Throwing the BJP and its role in forming the Government only half successful.” So “from threatening to bring it in Bengal. 3    liar Prime Minister out of in Delhi. I wish success to other where they will manage their But we will not allow them to power is my one point-pro- anti-BJP parties like SP and BSP seats. It is just because of some implement NRC here.” gramme,” Banerjee told a in UP,” she said. purchased media houses they The Chief Minister also Q    R Trinamool Congress election Alleging that some pur- are making themselves rele- held another meeting at neigh- rally at Raiganj bordering Bihar. chased media houses were play- vant.” bouring Islampur which falls in The Chief Minister said ing for the BJP she said the saf- Attacking the Prime Raiganj constituency. Here the '  +  her party would play the pivotal fron outfit will “be defeated in Minister for “delivering TMC’s Kanhaialal Agarwal is role in forming a Government Bengal where they will get no untruth” in his meetings and contesting against Congress, in Delhi this time round. “The seat, Bihar, Odisha, UP, MP, through his actions Banerjee Deepa Dasmunshi and CPI(M) Congress will not be able to Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil said “when he came last time Md Salim. The BJP is also con-      -      $  $   )     make a Government on its own Nadu, Kerala, Punjab” adding asking for votes he called him- testing from here making it a    +    ++              % and the TMC will play a pivotal even in “Gujarat they will be self a chaiwalla. But now when four-cornered fight.    %     ! >)8 ! !    +   > R           8#8 '  '   '! Shahjahanpur: An election candidate who dressed himself as a bridegroom and got atop a horse to file his nomination papers  '   + '  '  rode right into trouble. The police booked Sanyukt Vikas Party 1 /!!   candidate Vaidh Raj Kishan on Monday night for violating pro- 3 Tezpur: A Muslim man was the SP said. A man was arrest- hibitory orders when he tried to lead a “wedding procession” to allegedly beaten up and forced ed in connection with the inci- the collectorate to file his nomination from the Shahjahanpur n a rare incident of its kind, to eat pork by a group of peo- dent and questioned. Lok Sabha seat, Chief Development officer Mahendra Singh Ione of the top bureaucrats in ple who were angry over his Ali claimed he had been Tanwar Said. Tamil Nadu has approached selling beef in Assam, police selling beef at the market for “Mai rajniti ka damad hoon (I am the son-in-law of politics),” the Government of India with said on Tuesday. over three decades and never Kishan said when asked about his unusual attire. Kishan said he a plea to prosecute the coun- Consumption of pork is a faced such a situation. was dressed as a bridegroom as it was his marriage anniversary try’s Chief Vigilance taboo among most Muslims. The group also beat up 42- on Monday. He wore a sherwani, donned a turban and rode a Commissioner. The AIUDF and Jamiat Ulema’s year-old Kamal Thapa, the con- horse as he was accompanied by his supporters who danced to Dr Jagmohan Singh Raju Assam unit condemned the tractor of the market, for allow- : In a setback to tiger Bollywood numbers. (56) who holds the post of incident and claimed it was a ing Ali to sell beef dishes. Cow conservation efforts in The “wedding procession” was stopped by the police at Sadar Additional Chief Secretary of mous/pseudonymous letters to as the additional secretary to conspiracy to disturb peace in slaughter and consumption of Sundarbans, a decomposed Bazar area and Kishan had to dismount the horse to reach the Tamil Nadu is at the receiving the Chief Vigilance Commission the Government of India had the state ahead of the Lok beef is not banned in the state body of a big cat was found in collectorate and file his nomination, Tanwar said. end of victimisation and humil- which were inquired and found approached the National Sabha polls. but the Assam Cattle the mangrove forest. This is not the first time when this candidate tried an unusu- iation unleashed at him by to be false and frivolous by the Commission of Scheduled The victim, Shaukat Ali Preservation Act, 1950, permits According to Forest al way to file his nomination papers. In 2017 Uttar Pradesh none other than the Chief Ministry of HRD in 2013 itself. Caste (NCSC) which found to (48), was assaulted by a group slaughter of only cattle above 14 Department officials, recovery Assembly elections, Kishan had arrived on a funeral bier to file Vigilance Commissioner of the In spite of the clearance by its dismay that the officer has of locals at Madhupur weekly years of age after due certifica- of the carcass of a full-grown his nomination. PTI country, according to a legal the ministry, the Chief become a victim of high hand- market in Biswanath district on tion by a veterinary officer. tiger was a major “cause of con- notice sent to the Government Vigilance Commissioner has ed behaviour by the CVCr. Sunday and required hospital- A man was beaten to death cern” and the cause of its death of India by senior lawyer ordered a re-inquiry into the The NCSC after a thorough isation, Superintendent of and three others were critical- has not yet been ascertained. Prasant Bhushan on behalf of charges levelled against the perusal of Dr Raju’s case opined; Police Rakesh Raushan said. ly injured when villagers “A detailed probe has been Dr Raju. official in the anonymous “ His case is a sordid reminder A video of the incident that assaulted them on suspicion of ordered to find out the actual Dr Raju has asked the /pseudonymous letters , an act of how members of the has gone viral showed a dazed being cattle thieves in cause of its death. The autop- Department of Personnel and hitherto unheard of in the Scheduled Caste continue to be Ali surrounded by some peo- Biswanath district in August sy report could provide some Training (DoPT), Ministry of annals of Indian bureaucracy. discriminated against and vic- ple who angrily demanded to last year. clues to the mysterious death,” Personnel, Public Grievances The action of the CVCr timised by not only the society know from him where he came Sunday’s incident came to an official said. and Pensions that action be ini- has delayed further the empan- at large but also the government from and whether his name fig- light when a video shot by one Forest officials suspected tiated for removal of the Chief elment of Dr Raju as the addi- and its instrumentalities which ured in the contentious among the group of assailants that the tiger might have died Vigilance Commissioner in tional secretary to the are constitutionally obligated to National Register of Citizens went viral on social media. A 10-15 days ago. terms of Section 6(1) of the Government of India. safeguard their rights”. that intends to weed out illegal case was registered with the The Forest Department CVC Act , 2003, including a According to Prasanth “If such a senior Scheduled migrants. Biswanath Chariali police sta- has been looking at all the pos- Presidential Reference to the Bhushan, the lawyer repre- Caste officer has to face dis- Ali, according to Raushan, tion on the complaint of the sible angles behind the death of Supreme Court for holding an senting Dr Raju, the Chief crimination and injustice lead- was beaten up by locals not victim’s brother Sahabuddin the big cat including the pos- inquiry and registration of FIR Vigilance Commissioner K V ing to impediment in his career aligned to any fundamentalist Ali on Monday evening. sibility of an poaching attempt against the CVCr under the Chowdary has acted in a most by delay in empanelment, organisation. The alleged vic- The police superintendent though the claws, teeth and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled inappropriate manner by demoralising him as well as the tim, who owns a food stall, said raids are on to apprehend skin or any other parts of its Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities ordering a re-inquiry into a petitioner having to unnecessary claimed he was force-fed pork others involved in the incident. body were recovered. Act) 1989 for committing case which was inquired and bear the stigma of an officer by the assailants but police did The All India United It was learnt that a trap atrocities. found to be false by the con- under the investigation by the not confirm it. Democratic Front (AIUDF) and which is generally used for Upset over the spectacular cerned agencies of the CVC, then what is the recourse “We have also heard about the Jamiat Ulema’s Assam unit catching deer was found lying performance of this IAS officer, Government of India. of the thousands of ordinary that. It is a matter of investiga- have demanded an investigation near its body and there may be some forces in Tamil Nadu or Dr Raju, upset over the Government servants belonging tion. It is only after that has been into the incident and immedi- some “foul play” as its death elsewhere had sent anony- delay in his getting empanelled to the Scheduled Caste . done that I will be able to tell,” ate arrest of the culprits. PTI was “not seen as natural”.     !"#! $  > 5  #  "     @  !  ! ?4%@AA +   # +   !D65A! 3E/<=        !        Import of the item into India has increased from 421 he Commerce Ministry tonne in 2014-15 to 543 tonne Thas recommended an during 2017-18. 2#>. :@8 (     anti-dumping duty of Indonesia is a key trading $1,633.17 per tonne on partner of India in the  Saccharin, a kind of sweet- Southeast Asian region. The    ' !!  ener, from Indonesia to bilateral trade between the guard domestic manufactur- countries increased to $20.4    ers from cheap imports from billion in 2017-18 from about  '    !  the Southeast Asian country. $17 billion. et Airways domestic pilots The Ministry’s investiga- In international trade par- Jbody, the National Aviators tion arm — Directorate lance, dumping happens Guild (NAG) on Tuesday      augment the additional capac- General of Trade Remedies when a country or a firm served a legal notice to the ity in the market”, and ways to (DGTR) — has conducted the exports an item at a price airline, setting an April 14 ndia’s aviation regulator has increase the overall availabili- probe into alleged dumping of lower than the price of that deadline for the new man- Iasked all airlines to come out ty of flights will be discussed at this product following a com- product in its domestic mar- agement to clear their salary with individual medium-term a meeting on Wednesday. plaint from Swati Petro ket. dues. plan by Wednesday on enhanc- The DGCA last month Products Ltd. Dumping impacts price Jet Airways pilots along ing availability of domestic approved a nearly seven- The directorate has of that product in the export- with engineers and senior exec- flights, in a move aimed at month-long summer schedule concluded in its findings ing country, hitting margins utives have not been paid for curbing rising airfares, beginning March 31 for that the product has been and profits of manufacturing the last three months amid Government officials said. SpiceJet, Vistara, IndiGo, Air exported to India from firms.      collection, especially on senior Finance Ministry official cash-drought in the airline Airfares have been on an India and GoAir. However, for Indonesia below their nor- According to global trade account of disinvestment pro- said. that saw an ownership change upswing across India for last Jet Airways, the DGCA mal values, due to which norms, a country is allowed he Government has man- ceeds. The Government had last month with banks taking few weeks due to sharp decline approved the summer schedule the domestic industry has to impose tariffs on such Taged to meet the revised fis- About 25,000-30,000 revised the direct tax collection majority shares. in number of flights primarily for nearly a month only due to suffered material injury. dumped products to provide cal deficit target of 3.4 per cent crore worth of subsidies due to target upwards to 12 lakh Along with these staff, the caused by grounding of three- its financial crisis. Material injury has been a level-playing field to of the GDP after it cut last PSU oil companies for selling crore from the original Budget airline has defaulted on the fourths of cash-strapped Jet The DGCA approves win- caused by the dumped domestic manufacturers. The minute expenditure and rolled LPG and kerosene oil below the Estimate of 11.5 lakh crore for payment of March salaries to Airways’ 119-aircraft fleet. ter as well as summer schedules imports, the DGTR has said duty is imposed only after a over fuel subsidies to make up cost during 2018-19 have been 2018-19. It was expecting high- other employees as well. The availability of flights was every year in order to ensure in a notification. thorough investigation by a for the shortfall in tax collec- rolled over and will now be er collections from corporate “My client (NAG) calls also hit by pulling out of Spice Jet’s smooth flights operations. “The authority recom- quasi-judicial body, like tion. paid in the current fiscal. taxes. upon the management of Jet 12 “737 Max” aircraft in March The airlines were asked to mends imposition of defini- DGTR in India. The interim Budget pre- Last week, Finance The revision was made Airways to pay their outstand- following safety concerns in the come out with immediate and tive anti-dumping duty... So as In its probe, the direc- sented in February revised Secretary Subhash Chandra during the interim Budget for ing salaries for January, wake of crash of an Ethiopian medium-term plan over and to remove the injury to the torate has to conclude upward the fiscal deficit target Garg said the Government is 2019-20 in February. February and March, by April Airlines jet on March 10. above the summer action plan to domestic industry,” it said. whether the dumped prod- to 3.4 per cent from 3.3 per cent close to meeting fiscal deficit As far as non-tax revenue 14 (and future salaries by the “The Directorate General of make available additional flights The final call to impose ucts are impacting domestic of GDP estimated earlier for target of 3.4 per cent for collection is concerned, the first of every month,” NAG said Civil Aviation has been meeting so that airfares remain in control. the duty would be taken by industries. 2018-19. 2018-19. Government has exceeded its in a legal notice. with the airlines continuously so During the last few weeks, the Finance Ministry. Imposition of anti-dump- According to sources, the "We are very close to meet- disinvestment target for 2018- “Failing which my client that they augment their additional the Jet Airways has been Saccharin is used in a ing duty is permissible under revised target has been met ing (fiscal deficit)," he had said 19 by 5,000 crore, taking the shall be constrained to resort to capacity, which would be over and grounding its aircraft in tranch- variety of industry such as the World Trade Organization with the help of expenditure when asked whether the total proceeds to 85,000 all constitutional and legal above the flights approved for the es due to non-payment of dues food and beverage, person- (WTO) regime. savings and other measures Government has met the fiscal crore. means available with them to summer schedule,” a senior to its lessors. While the airline al care products, table top The duty is aimed at including the rollover of the deficit target. Besides, the non-tax rev- ensure payment of their Government official said. has a fleet of about 119 aircraft, sweeteners, electroplating ensuring fair trading practices fuel subsidy. As a result, the The Government is esti- enue was boosted by the sec- salaries,” the notice stated. According to officials, the civil aviation secretary Pradeep brighteners, and pharma- and creating a level-playing shortfall in tax collection has mated to have witnessed a ond interim dividend collection The NAG claims to repre- each of the airlines was Singh Kharola said on April 4 ceuticals. Saccharin is more field for domestic producers been matched. shortfall of 50,000 crore in from various companies sent around 1,100 of the total “requested to bring an imme- that only 26 aircraft of Jet than 500 times sweeter than vis-a-vis foreign producers There has also been some direct tax collection target of including Coal India, IOC and 1,600 pilots of the carrier. diate and medium-term plan to Airways are flying “currently”. sugar. and exporters. increase in non-tax revenue 12 lakh crore for 2018-19, a ONGC. -'   ! ' 9=7 Q) R% 0  ( 2 + !  $/    4   + --    '- ' (!        -*   - - +  ''    (23  &  B#C  ' *+  - %+           in May this year.      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India. whether there is a need to fix duce its global technology our customers,” Hyundai In a report marking the of 3.5 percent of British GDP The report by Nomura A detailed entry-level net worth for MSO? BlueLink in the Indian market Motor India Senior General coming spring meeting, pub- between now and 2021 and 0.5 Research Institute (NRI look into the If yes, what should be the with the launch of the compact Manager Marketing Puneet lished just days before the percent for the EU. Consulting & Solutions) on the product groups value of the net worth required SUV which is set to hit roads Anand told reporters here. scheduled Brexit date of Friday, The fund notes however country’s micro, small and manufactured in at the time of registration for the IMF looked at the impact that it cannot predict all the medium enterprises (MSMEs) various clusters such as artifi- behaviour and technological MSO,” the Telecom Regulatory of possible “no deal” scenarios. effects of a “no deal” Brexit, or said dedicated focus on devel- cial jewellery, sports goods, shifts happening across the Authority of India (Trai) said in In the worst-case situa- all the mitigating measures oping MSMEs in select seg- scientific instruments, textile globe. its latest consultation paper. tion, the fund assumes that a that might be taken. ments can create additional 75 machinery, electric fans, rub- “This puts India’s domestic Typically, a consultation disorderly break between The “no deal” scenarios lakh to 1 crore employment ber, plastic, leather & related micro and small-scale indus- paper, where Trai seeks stake- Britain and its largest trading assume that, in the absence of opportunities in the next 4-5 products, among others, sug- tries into the driver’s seat to holders’ written comments on partner would bring border a new trade agreement, British years through partial substitu- gests that a dedicated focus on lead the employment genera- multiple questions, serves as disruption, raising import costs exports to the EU revert to tion of imports. developing these MSMEs can tion. To scale-up, the MSME the starting point for discus- for businesses and households being subject to World Trade The manufacturing sector create additional job opportu- sector needs a market-orient- sion on a particular issue, and in Britain. Organisation (WTO) rules. in India needs to shoulder the nities, the report said. ed strategy based on two key the regulator comes out with It estimates that the trade This would see tariffs dual responsibility of accom- Ashim Sharma, partner areas of demand led manufac- its views on the matter after disruptions in that scenario increase, while Britain would modating the shift of labour and group head at NRI turing and advocacy marketing following a consultative would cause a decline in Britain’s also lose access to trade agree- from agriculture, and also cater Consulting & Solutions, said of the products,” Sharma said. process. gross domestic product (GDP) ments struck between the EU to the added labour force, the the manufacturing ecosystem is NRI Consulting & A MSO is an authorised of 1.4 percent in the first year, and other countries. report said. constantly evolving under the Solutions is a Japan-based con- service provider, providing As per the annual report influence of several trends sulting firm with a strong foot- cable TV services to its sub- 2017-18 of the Ministry of around changing consumer print in Asia. scribers. 3 ' 6' '   /!  %   <=A  * !'!  /   3!' 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N) chief and Opposition “We have said from the from Hillary Clinton’s cam- week’s local election in what Tens of thousands of peo- negotiations to form a coalition goes against the Chanting “freedom, free- Leader in the beginning that (special coun- paign team, and 25 Russians would be a major setback for ple have been taken into cus- government once results are in, demands of demonstrators, dom,” crowds of men and National Assembly Shehbaz sel Robert Mueller’s) commis- have been indicted. the party after a decade and a tody over alleged ties to US- with opinion polls having who have pushed for him and women, who had spent the Sharif on charges he misused sion would not find anything. Putin on Tuesday again half in power. based Muslim preacher shown Netanyahu best placed other top politicians to stand night camped outside his authority while he was the Nobody knows better than us, called accusations of meddling “We will take the path of Fethullah Gulen since the failed to do so. Polls opened at 0400 down. Khartoum’s sprawling com- Chief Minister of Punjab Russia did not meddle in any “total nonsense for the (US) extraordinary appeal... 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AFP Electoral authorities would of Izmir issued over 400 arrest challenge to the veteran prime that the constitution demands protests erupted following a Both Shehbaz and Hamza have to decide whether the warrants, 127 suspects were minister by brandishing his of me,” the 77-year-old added. three-fold increase in bread pleaded not guilty to the AKP has a case for a rerun of the detained, according to numbers security credentials while Opposition parties refused prices in December, before charges framed against them, Istanbul ballot after a very tight provided by state news agency pledging to undo damage he to back Bensalah’s election and mushrooming into which involve the misuse of race for the city’s mayor. AFP Anadolu. AFP says Netanyahu has inflicted on boycotted the session, as hun- nationwide demonstrations their authority and the illegal the country with divisive pol- dreds of students protested demanding that Bashir step use of public funds. itics. 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He with a disciplined effort. 2 8 Chahar's second victim, taken ing how much their batsmen Monday night over Sunrisers, and Hardik don't take away the port from the likes of Sam played the only way he knows, KKR were under pressure smartly by Ambati Rayudu. struggled to come to grips with need to chip away at the top of game like they did when carv- Curran, Mohammed Shami going for big shots, and suc- from the word go as Lynn and Robin Uthappa (11, 9 balls, the surface at Chepauk. the MI batting as well as ensure ing 45 runs in the last two overs and Murugan Ashwin. Q     !  ! R %&'&  % ("  '& '& %   5  ures don't do justice, but I think Mujeeb bowled well today. ings XI Punjab skipper Ravichandran "You do use spinners with the new  * + ( KAshwin has said his side has a lot of ball and Mujeeb has done it all his life for scope for improvement after they encoun- Afghanistan. And it was a good match- tered yet another "too close" game in the up between (Jonny) Bairstow and   5  ongoing Indian Premier League. Mujeeb," he said. K L Rahul (71 not out) and Mayank The Sunrisers skipper Bhuvneshwar unrisers Hyderabad's David Warner Agarwal (55) struck fluent half-cen- Kumar said he was happy with his Swas extra cautious while turies to guide Kings XI Punjab to a six- bowlers efforts, especially with the dew Ravichandran Ashwin operated in the wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in playing a major factor in the second IPL Monday night, deliberately drag- a nail-bitting contest here. innings. ging his bat inside the safe zone to avoid Chasing 151 for a win, Kings XI were "Of course it is hard but I am pretty becoming a victim of 'Mankading'. coasting at 132 for one before three quick happy with the way we bowled with the The incident happened during the   $      +   wickets took the game to the wire. dew around. It is a bit difficult with york- IPL match between Sunrisers "Too close for comfort. We have had ers and slower balls, but given the dew, Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab here. really close games, the biggest positive for we executed our plans pretty well," he said. Warner was seen taking precaution me is there is scope for improvement," "The yorker is something you can't by staying inside the crease during Ashwin said at the post-match presenta- bowl and the bowling plans depend on Ashwin's over. 5    tion ceremony. the length of the boundaries. When we Warner, who was at the non-strik- "It will be really harsh to say that we came to bowl we kept the dew factor out er's end, kept dragging his bat inside the ner Ashwin had dismissed Rajasthan conceded 100 runs in the last 10 overs. of our minds and all we wanted to do was safe zone to ensure that he does not Royals' Jos Buttler without giving him ' . The plans were held very well upon. There stretch it to the last over." become Ashwin's 'Mankad' victim. a prior warning and that had attracted is enough ability to work on it." Man-of-the-match Rahul said he The Australian's antics was quick- a lot of criticism from across the crick- Ashwin backed Mujeeb Ur Rahman, was happy to get his form back after an ly picked up by the cameras and et fraternity. As per the rules, a bowler    saying the Afghan spinner was an asset ordinary start to this year's IPL. replayed on the big screen. is within his right to dismiss a batsman who can be used upfront. "I didn't start off the way I wanted to The clip of the incident was later who leaves the crease before the ball is "Mujeeb knows Mohali very well and in the first couple of games. I am just uploaded by the official IPL website - being released. But the practice has been   5  as a spinner you need to know the lengths enjoying my batting and happy to end up - iplt20.Com. generally deemed as against the "spir- and speeds to bowl at. Sometimes the fig- *            on the winning side," he said. Earlier in the tournament, off-spin- it of the game." tar Australian pacer Mitchell Starc is taking legal Sroute to get $1.53 million of his Indian Premier League (IPL) contract paid out after he failed to play any game for his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders , +    P&   2++ -- +  Q (KKR), according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald. Starc was injured in last year's ill-fated Test series    $ +  7+    The Jharkhand player was against South Africa. candid in saying that although he According to the report, Starc filed a lawsuit in   /25  main draw of the women's sin- oung Mumbai Indians bats- would love to keep wickets too for the Victorian County Court last week against the gles event with a come-from- Yman Ishan Kishan hopes to MI instead of playing just as a insurers of his lucrative deal to play for KKR. ndia's Parupalli Kashyap and behind 16-21 21-14 21-15 win meet the high expectations his pure batsman he knew that South Starc was one of the most sought-after Australian IMugdha Agrey qualified for over Lauren Lam of USA in the team has from him, having African Quinton de Kock was players at the 2018 IPL auction, snapped up for a price the main draw of the men and qualification round. replaced veteran Yuvraj Singh in MI's first choice. tag bettered only by Chris Lynn. women singles competitions at Mughda will play the previous game. "Obviously, I would like to The left-arm quick, however, failed to bowl a ball the Singapore Open badminton Thailand's Pornpawee "He's such a big player and play as wicket-keeper-batsman during the cash-rich T20 meet as he broke down with tournament here on Tuesday. Chochuwong in her opening the fact that I am playing in his but with de Kock in the team, I injury in the preceding series against South Africa, Kashyap, a 2014 Glasgow round encounter Wednesday. place raises expectations from have to wait for my chance. I am which was marred by the ball-tampering saga that Commonwealth Games gold Elsewhere, it was curtains others. Playing under such pres- keen to learn from him. I have led to bans for Steven Smith, David Warner and medallist, defeated Japan's Yu for men's doubles pair of Arjun sure will help me in the long been able to learn a lot by seeing Cameron Bancroft. Igarashi 15-21, 21-16, 22-20 in MR and Shlok Ramachandran term," said Kishan here ahead of his fitness level and dedication. Starc, who is represented by Mills Oakley the final round of the qualifi- in the opening round after they Wednesday's IPL match against He's a very good player with good lawyers, is suing a syndicate of Lloyd's of London, the cation to seal his place in the lost 11-21 18-21 against sixth Kings XI Punjab. hand eye co-ordination with the insurance market where coverage can be bought for main draw. seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Kishan batted at number bat, a thorough professional." unique circumstances, the report added. Kashyap, who is married to Skaarup Rasmussen of four in place of Yuvraj who had Kishan disagreed with the The writ states Starc paid a premium of $97,920 London Olympics Bronze Denmark. managed to tally 98 runs in the notion that he had fallen behind to be covered between February 27 and March 31 in medallist Saina Nehwal, had The other Indian men's first four games. He was run out in the race for the wicket keep- 2018, when the tournament ended. earlier defeated Malaysia's June doubles pair in action on for 17 against Sunrisers er's slot for India behind his Going by Starc, he started feeling pain in his right Wei Cheam 21-5, 14-21, 21-17 Tuesday — Narendran Hyderabad on Saturday. deputy in the Under 19 World calf while bowling during the second Test in Port in his first qualification round. Balasubramannian Geetha and Asked whether he was now Cup, Rishabh Pant, who has Elizabeth. Kashyap will take on Raphel Sharon — failed to sure of his place, Kishan said, "We already played in Tests and is in "While bowling on uneven footmarks on a worn Denmark's Rasmus Gemke in qualify for the main draw after have so many good players in the the running to make the squad wicket, the plaintiff suffered a sudden onset of pain the opening round of the men losing 15-21 14-21 against team. All, including seniors, have for the upcoming World Cup. in his right calf. The pain worsened over the next few singles event on Wednesday. local pair of Danny Bawa to be on toes and my focus is that "I don't feel I have fallen bowling sessions and during the next Test match," the Besides Kashyap, young Chrisnanta and Loh Kean whenever I get opportunity I give !  ,          behind. My focus is on improv- writ said. Mugdha also made it to the Hean. my 100 per cent." ing my cricket."

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It is through these in futuristic automobile innovation. The reporting time for stu- options that organisations across the By breaking down sensor informa- dents was 7:30 am however the world are learning and understand- tion from associated vehicles, auto- exam started at 9:30 am. ing the massive amounts of data that mobile manufacturers can design Reactions from Students about potential customers leave behind. Be based on predictive calculations. JEE Main Paper — I held on April it online, or through retail, extensive Aviation: Predictive Analytics can 8, 2019 (forenoon session) : amounts of behavioural data of con- help the aviation industry by mon- There were no changes in the pat- sumers are being captured to devel- playing and AI to enable experts to Modifying operations: Predictive itoring the motor wellbeing of airline tern of Paper — I of JEE (Main) op algorithms & models that can predict future business targets. Analytics is empowering organisa- carriers. To improve the carriers’ up- compared to previous years or help in shaping business perfor- Driven by the big data metrics, tions to work all the more proficient- time and diminish upkeep costs, January session. Questions covered mance with effective distribution of predictive analytics is quickly becom- ly. A few organisations have profit- organisations can utilise predictive almost all chapters from the three services and products. ing imperative for numerous busi- ed by predictive models by determin- models to anticipate subsystem exe- subjects Physics, Chemistry and Predictive Analytics is the prac- nesses and organisations, as they can ing stock and overseeing assets. cution for oil, fuel, lift-off, mechan- Mathematics. The spread of ques- objective type. ing was asked. tice of drawing patterns to determine saddle through colossal amounts of This can be widely used across the ical wellbeing, and controls. tions was from almost all chapters The level of difficult as per feedback Overall the paper was of easy to future trends and outcomes through data to give the business a more prag- clothing, hospitality and airline Predictive modelling forms the from Class XI and XII. from students: moderate level as per students. extracting viable information from matic vision of where and how to industry where inventory manage- future of business strategies with its The paper had three parts : Mathematics: Easy to moder- As compared to last year, this year existing data sets. Predictive focus. ment is the biggest challenge at hand. extensive use of mathematical and Part—I: Physics with 30 ques- ate level. Our students reported paper was of easy to moderate level Analytics utilises chronicled infor- With expanding challenges, var- Healthcare: In healthcare, models computational methods. An iterative tions, marking scheme (+4 for cor- questions were easy. No question as per students. More focus was mation to anticipate future occasions. ious sectors are looking for an edge associating manifestations and med- process that makes one test a data set rect response, -1 for incorrect asked from Mathematical however given to NCERT. Regularly recorded information is in bringing items and administra- ications to results are seeing more and validate its results for a futuris- response, 0 if not attempted) Induction. As compared to January session utilised to construct a scientific tions to swarmed markets. The most extensive use by suppliers. By using tic time frame. 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Some big game devel- oving in the direction to lion by 2022, which are 10.9 and popular use of electronic tag- out of the need to stay attuned to opers who began humbly have now not fulfill its promise of cre- presently. ging technology, there is a recur- the evolving industry scenario and only created a huge fan base for them- Mating a healthy and well- rent demand of skilled talents. tech adoption on a large scale. As selves less but they have even shaped skill educated workforce. From giving THE EVOLVING INDUSTRY  52/3/  Every business today is in integrated logistics is the new based gaming in India for the better. relaxation to small businesses in Logistics is backbone of the /  8 3 / need of well-trained and qualified trend, talents working in the sec- Gamers who have a knack for online ;  $$ logistics sector to file GST once in nation’s economy but used to be professionals who can manage tor bag high compensation pack- gaming (sport, fighting, poker) and "# 2  2   three months to allocating  considered low-skilled industry 35   52 8 their inventory and warehouses, ages that vary from skills, expe- would love to earn some money out of 64,587 crores for improvement of earlier. Therefore it remained the 35  2 9?V keep tracks of accounts, and han- rience, and knowledge. In order it, various games are waiting for you all. rail transport, the Government is last career choice for many. The 5 O/ 2.  / dle the customs and regulatory to retain them and encourage Here are some of the key points. Mingle with super players: With working in favour of the industry. consequences of which were the compliance, and other processes adding value and innovation in The prospect of money through creative minds coming together on a sin- This is to support the ease of lack of well-trained talent and / 5 8 22 depending on the skills availabil- the business, companies also simple games: With simple games gle database, there is a huge chance that doing business in India, alongside innovation. The business had to 2 / ity. The professionals in this ensure the stress-free working including poker, rummy, trivia quizzes, you will come across more-established creating job opportunities for face endless struggles to source sphere continually strive to ensure conditions and complete safety to sports and other Real Money Games and talented players. The impetus is to youths, in which logistics indus- and retain the right talent for the / 2  that goods and services are deliv- achieve higher employee pro- (RMG), a lot of online players have been earn real cash along with top-notch gam- try is important. right job. Thanks to the latest dig-   23 56  ered to consumers on time and in ductivity and efficiency. benefitted financially. They get their pay- ing experience. The ongoing significant pub- ital technologies and MSMEs proper condition under mini- ments either through Paytm wallet or by Entertainment at its par: With a ris- lic and private investments in the who have joined the forces to 5/  mum costs to achieve the high RE-ENGINEERING SKILLS bank transfer. Such money-related ing youth population, India is evolving transport and warehousing facil- streamline and organise the  /65 2  levels of customer satisfaction. With tech-oriented logistics prospects have successfully ventured as the hub of mobile gaming and online ities have opened ways for underdeveloped industry that  5 5/ The focus is on providing the best gaining momentum, various uni- the popularity of such games in India. face-offs. In cohesion with the huge mar- MSMEs to reduce the overhead logistics has today become an service to customers and increas- versities and private educational Completely reliable start-ups: Many ket size, the extent of fervor is also expenses and focus on improving attractive career path. es the supply of goods in the mar- institutions offer degree, diploma, entrepreneurs are aiming to bridge the increasing in these online gaming plat- the supply chain efficiency. The outdated pen and paper ket. For this, the market players and certificate programmes in gap between games and cash prizes forms. Fun is an indispensable part of Rightly pointed out in Teamlease’s processes for documentation are require a large number of trained logistics and management. To through its online platform. Just like this, these applications and is eventually report Indian Logistics Revolution- replaced by new modes like E-way demand management between manpower. get jobs, a bachelor or master other developers like as Moon Frog, responsible for this gaming outburst. Big Bets, Big Jobs, public invest- bills, the traditional word-of- transportation modes. New Looking at the present degree or any professional diplo- 99Games, PlaySimple and Mech Mocha In today’s digitally active era, earn- ments and steady evolution of the mouth promotion and marketing national waterways being built, a employment status, over a lakh of ma course in Logistics and Supply not only estimated the potential number ing quick money is highly lucrative for sector, spurred by snowballing is now supported by digital mar- plethora of sophisticated 3PL and incremental jobs are expected in Chain Management that credit of players, but also implemented their obvious reasons. People sure do spend a demands, will continue to drive keting. The logistics and supply 4PL players revolutionising the warehousing alone. them with the essential knowledge strategy excellently. lot of time gaming online, so using it to the growth of 14,19,000 crore chain has come a long way con- warehousing sub-sector, increas- and skills of the field or respon- Smartphone frenzy at its peak: In earn some real cash is not a bad idea after logistics sector at CAGR of 10.5%. tributing 13% to India’s GDP. It is ing consumption and consumer RISE OF NEW JOB ROLES sibility. Even the Government is 2019, almost every household owns a all! But experience players would know The major impact can be seen in slowly getting digitalised spear- maturity is providing a big fillip The job roles like consign- keen to equip the youths with the Smartphone which is the major reason that skills also have a major role to play road freight, rail freight, air heading the emergence of new to the packaging sub-sector, lead- ment booking assistant, e-docu- optimal skill-set and empower the for digital gaming and its proliferation. when it comes to winning. Through their freight, warehousing, packaging, jobs and transformation of the ing to more job creation. As mentation assistant, courier deliv- existing employees in the logistics Fervent players are thereby leading to a easily retrievable smartphones, the play- and courier services and the cre- traditional ones. Indian logistics industry is now ery executive, warehouse packer, and supply chain management two-fold progress in technical arena. ers can expect their financial as well as ation of nearly 3 million new jobs adopting the digital technologies inventory clerk, logistics and dis- sector through the specialised Widen your gaming horizons: Such 'fun'ancial goals being fulfilled. However, is anticipated. With this, employ- THE NEW ERA and harnessing its potential, clear- tribution manager, supply chain training centres. games have gained huge acclaim in the they must incline on improving their ment numbers in the logistics sec- In coming few years, there ly evident from the digitalisation analyst, supply chain coordinator,    "/7#  % " gaming sphere owing to their exemplary skills as per the requirement of the games tor may increase up to 13.9 mil- will be an enormous shift in of export and import transactions supply chain manager are born    $   money earning capabilities. as luck is not a good option to rely on.

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$-    5    >?? @%C<<     45.355@35    peers aided the market,” Vinod On the other hand, Asian inched up 0.19 per cent and Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Paints, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng    +     5!  '!/ !!$ 1/  ',,!  he benchmark Sensex Financial Services, said. Bajaj Finance and ONGC were gained 0.27 per cent, while New Delhi: Jaguar Land Rover India (JLR) on Tuesday said it has commenced TTuesday climbed nearly After a highly volatile ses- the losers, shedding up to 3.54 Shanghai Composite Index fell      bookings for locally manufactured Range Rover Velar which is priced at 72.47 239 points to close at 38,939.22 sion, the market surged per cent. 0.16 per cent. lakh (ex-showroom). The model comes with both petrol and diesel powertrains, amid hopes of a robust earn- towards the fag-end of the Foreign institutional In Europe, Frankfurt’s tate-owned telecom firm BSNL has col- priced similarly at 72.47 lakh. “We continue to focus on providing the best of ings season and positive cues trade with BSE bankex, auto, investors (FIIs) purchased Rs DAX was up 0.18 per cent, Slected a record revenue of 6,500 crore British design, luxury and technology at highly competitive prices and we are sure from global peers. realty and metal indices gain- 329.60 crore Monday, while Paris CAC 40 rose 0.35 per from enterprise segment, making it suffi- that local manufacturing of the Range Rover Velar will make it even more desir- Besides, sustained buying ing up to 1.40 per cent. domestic institutional investors cent, and London’s FTSE ciently funded, which will help in meeting its able,” JLR India president & managing director Rohit Suri said in a statement. in banking and auto stocks Yes Bank was the biggest (DIIs) sold equities to the tune gained 0.30 per cent in early various requirement. The local manufacturing of the model also reaffirms the company’s commitment towards the fag-end of the ses- gainer in the Sensex pack, of Rs 623.81 crore, provision- deals. “We have collected 6,500 crore from to the Indian market, he added. Deliveries of the model will begin early next month. sion also pushed the markets climbing 4.08 per cent, fol- al data available with stock The benchmark Brent enterprise segment for 2018-19. This is JLR currently produces XE, XF, XJ,F-Pace, Discovery Sport and Range Rover up, brokers said. lowed by Tata Motors, ICICI exchanges showed. crude futures were trading highest ever that BSNL has collected with 91 Evoque locally. After swinging over 350 Bank, Bajaj Auto, Coal India, “The mood of domestic 0.13 per cent higher at USD enterprise making payment. On average, points, the 30-share Sensex Hero MotoCorp, HCL Tech, investors remains fairly cau- 71.19 per barrel.“Crude oil annual collection used to be from 50-60 /!  $   /! !    ("%%%/ index settled 238.69 points, or Vedanta, Sun Pharma, Axis tious ahead of elections, has been on a rise due to the enterprises,” BSNL CMD Anupam 1  /D1  '  ! 0.62 per cent, higher at Bank, Maruti, ITC, IndusInd although March has witnessed conflicts in Libya which threat- Shrivastava told PTI. New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Tuesday 38,939.22. Bank, TCS, HUL and SBI, ris- a return of domestic equity ened to disrupt supply, amid When asked if this will help BSNL to said it may direct global steel major ArcelorMittal to deposit Rs 42,000 In similar movement, the ing up to 2.67 per cent. inflows. Post a favourable US sanctions on Venezuela make salary payments, he said that financially, crore bid amount for acquiring Essar Steel in separate accounts during broader NSE Nifty rose 67.45 “Banks outperformed as election outcome, we continue and Iran. Higher oil prices con- the company is in comfortable position and next hearing on April 23. A two-member bench headed by chairman points, or 0.58 per cent, to outlook improved led by to expect the inflows into equi- tinues to be a Achilles heel for it has seen revenue stabilising in other seg- Justice S J Mukhopadhaya said that ArcelorMittal may have to deposit 11,671.95. reduction in stressed assets, ties by domestic investors to the Indian markets,” Hemang ments as well. the money in a separate account either before the NCLAT or NCLT “Market gained after a repo rate and pick up in cred- pick up markedly,” said Sunil Jani, Head - Advisory, “Even in consumer and mobility segment Ahmedabad-bench. The bench also asked ArcelorMittal to file an affi- range bound movement on it growth. But valuation is on Sharma, Chief Investment Sharekhan by BNP Paribas, revenue has stabilised and we have seen davit before it, detailing the steps to be taken for implementation of the expectation of a turnaround in a premium level while start of Officer, Sanctum Wealth said. slightly increase in it. Worst is behind us. We resolution plan of debt ridden Essar Steel. “ArcelorMittal India, successful earnings growth led by the first phase of polling may Management. Meanwhile, the rupee are looking for revival only. In my five years, resolution applicant, would file an affidavit for implementation of plan,” Q4FY19 results starting this bring volatility in the market,” In Asia, Korea’s Kospi rose appreciated 25 paise to 69.41 I have realised that BSNL has so much with the bench said. It further said: “The Appellate Tribunal may direct the week while positive global Nair said. 0.13 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei against the US dollar intra-day it that this organisation should never face successful resolution applicant to deposit money in one or another problem,” Shrivastava said. account in next date of hearing”. The bench also said that original plan BSNL has been ailing because of high rev- approved by NCLT Ahmedabad has to be implemented. The bench also enue-to-wage ratio as a large number of gov- directed the operational creditors and financial creditors of Essar Steel ernment employees were transferred by the to file a chart next week, detailing their claims approved by resolution !    "*-* "  (  ! ( @=)=== ! telecom department to the telecom PSU. professional and CoC. “Financial creditors and operational creditors are “We are sitting on gold mine. Department allowed to file one page affidavit giving details of their claims approved      tax mop-up coupled with revised the direct tax col- The target for GST col- of Public Enterprise has declared that BSNL by RP and its percentage,” it said. Moreover, it has also asked the Gujarat lower GST realisation may lection target upwards to Rs lection was revised down- has networth of 83,000 crore which is State Tax department to file an affidavit over its claims The NCLAT was he government is esti- have implications on fiscal 12 lakh crore from the orig- wards to Rs 6.44 lakh crore humongous. If we start working on asset hearing a batch of petitions filed by operational creditors, Gujarat State Tmated to have witnessed deficit, which the govern- inal Budget Estimate of Rs from the Budget Estimate of monetisation, we will be able to resolve most Tax department and others. ArcelorMittal’s resolution proposal provides a shortfall of Rs 50,000 crore ment has pegged at 3.4 per 11.5 lakh crore for 2018-19. Rs 7.44 lakh crore. of our issues,” Shrivastava said. financial creditors 41,987 crore out of their total dues of 49,395 crore. in direct tax collection tar- cent of the GDP. It was expecting higher col- The GST mop-up is also Despite being a loss-making telecom Operational creditors, under the plan, would get just Rs 214 crore against get of Rs 12 lakh crore for “Direct tax collection lections from corporate estimated to have missed the firm, BSNL has the lowest debt of 14,000 the outstanding of 4,976 crore and are contesting before the NCLAT. 2018-19, a senior finance for 2018-19 is around Rs taxes. revised target. The GST crore among all telecom operators. Essar Steel owns a 10-million-tonne steel mill at Hazira in Gujarat. This ministry official said 11.5 lakh crore...,” the offi- he revision was made Council had reduced tax The company has been operating in the high- was was among the first 12 cases selected by the Reserve Bank of India Tuesday. cial said. during the interim Budget rates on several items dur- ly competitive telecom market without hav- to be resolved under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code The shortfall in direct The government had for 2019-20 in February. ing 2018-19. ing spectrum for 4G services. (IBC).

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109.45 112.60 109.25 112.20 SUNPHARMA 457.25 472.40 454.80 468.80 6.35 ASIANPAINT 1470.00 1474.10 1439.70 1443.50 DABUR 403.00 404.90 400.20 403.45 AVANTI 396.70 399.05 394.00 395.85 OFSS 3566.05 3609.00 3547.50 3569.00 ASTRAZEN 1967.75 1972.00 1945.65 1963.60 BPCL 346.50 357.40 345.05 355.60 4.60 WIPRO 264.00 274.80 263.90 273.45 NIITTECH 1301.50 1305.00 1285.40 1298.20 UPL 945.10 948.00 931.10 946.40 GODFRYPHLP 1117.00 1117.00 1100.00 1103.90 JBCHEPHARM 343.60 356.95 340.20 352.55 HINDALCO 214.45 217.85 211.60 217.15 2.70 RELINFRA 133.00 133.90 126.60 130.45 MANAPPURAM 118.75 120.50 116.90 119.85 COCHINSHIP 393.55 408.15 391.60 402.65 SYNGENE 578.05 579.80 570.60 576.25 TTKPRESTIG 8469.05 8534.80 8420.15 8462.45 CIPLA 526.25 534.50 525.40 531.50 6.10 PCJEWELLER 91.65 93.85 89.15 91.10 INDIACEM 108.90 109.00 105.65 108.60 NOCIL 143.50 144.70 140.90 141.35 INOXLEISUR 320.00 321.00 310.90 314.80 HAL 706.30 714.95 706.25 712.70 ITC 292.50 296.70 292.25 296.00 3.25 JAICORPLTD 125.75 128.70 122.50 124.45 INDIANB 268.10 273.80 262.90 271.65 MOTILALOFS 686.20 695.75 668.45 675.70 AIAENG 1709.00 1789.00 1709.00 1768.15 IOB 15.00 15.03 14.66 14.82 INDUSINDBK 1758.00 1772.40 1730.25 1768.00 17.00 ZEEL 406.10 412.50 405.00 410.80 AUROPHARMA 784.00 788.95 772.45 784.95 ALKEM 1749.95 1771.50 1722.60 1738.30 MINDAIND 347.80 351.80 343.00 346.00 ECLERX 1126.15 1132.50 1126.00 1130.05 HINDUNILVR 1668.80 1683.90 1662.25 1681.00 16.10 INFY* 770.00 773.65 758.30 759.85 TORNTPHARM 1800.00 1872.05 1800.00 1865.00 VOLTAS 618.00 618.00 607.55 609.30 MMTC 28.05 28.20 27.75 27.95 KALPATPOWR 476.35 477.50 467.15 471.05 TATASTEEL 551.00 555.00 540.25 553.60 4.55 AXISBANK 754.05 766.05 750.60 763.55 COROMANDEL 455.65 457.00 435.00 442.85 TVSMOTOR 481.20 483.95 474.55 481.90 TATACOFFEE 90.60 92.20 90.50 91.20 LEMONTREE 78.50 79.45 78.30 78.70 TCS 2070.00 2098.00 2057.65 2087.45 16.70 TATASTEEL 550.05 553.90 540.50 551.80 CGPOWER 38.80 39.35 38.10 39.15 BAJAJCON 325.55 326.05 313.00 319.85 CENTURYPLY 206.10 206.10 201.55 203.00 BASF 1381.15 1412.70 1374.85 1394.10 RELIANCE 1328.90 1340.70 1321.00 1338.00 8.75 WOCKPHARMA 442.50 446.10 432.80 443.50 PARAGMILK 246.75 257.20 246.10 251.20 DCBBANK 197.15 198.00 194.35 197.10 RALLIS 161.40 161.50 156.60 158.00 BAYERCROP 4266.00 4319.00 4255.20 4277.30 HDFC 2062.50 2073.00 2039.15 2067.00 12.10 ITI 101.00 106.85 101.00 103.25 CANFINHOME 362.45 363.00 348.55 354.75 GESHIP 287.45 300.00 287.45 298.15 DEEPAKNI 272.00 274.75 268.50 270.80 IFBIND 883.85 897.85 858.40 877.45 SBIN 313.95 315.70 308.10 314.60 1.80 PNB 93.50 94.70 91.75 94.30 JISLJALEQS 55.90 57.00 55.10 56.55 MARICO 363.15 363.15 354.35 356.55 CARBORUNIV 385.00 385.75 379.00 381.45 GRINDWELL 574.90 579.50 568.05 578.15 JSWSTEEL 290.95 293.00 285.65 292.00 1.60 MARUTI 7125.00 7238.00 7089.05 7218.35 SUNTECK 485.75 492.30 473.00 484.35 BAJAJELEC 529.00 555.00 529.00 545.20 EIHOTEL 197.80 197.80 192.55 194.25 TVTODAY 311.00 319.90 308.10 316.60 JAGRAN 120.25 120.25 117.55 118.45 NTPC 135.50 136.45 135.05 136.25 0.70 ICICIBANK 387.10 398.35 387.10 396.90 STAR 491.25 493.85 482.95 491.70 NMDC 105.45 105.80 103.90 104.50 GET&D 272.35 281.95 268.20 279.15 ABBOTINDIA 7328.30 7358.25 7230.00 7283.30 BAJAJFINSV 7340.00 7400.00 7272.00 7371.00 23.75 IOC 149.25 155.75 149.00 155.15 INTELLECT 222.20 230.30 222.20 228.90 BHARATFORG 503.20 508.60 499.40 506.90 DCAL 228.30 231.45 228.30 230.60 VBL 871.50 882.00 871.50 879.25 GAIL 343.00 345.00 336.10 343.00 1.10 SPICEJET 96.35 96.40 93.00 95.35 KTKBANK 135.20 135.65 130.95 135.05 PHILIPCARB 169.70 169.70 167.00 167.65 ASHOKA 131.70 133.45 130.35 131.65 LAKSHVILAS 97.35 97.35 92.50 92.50 DISHTV 38.15 38.50 37.20 37.85 DCMSHRIRAM 408.85 408.90 403.00 406.35 PRSMJOHNSN 93.95 95.15 92.50 94.35 ORIENTCEM 97.55 98.10 94.75 95.85 GRASIM 837.00 849.10 829.00 843.00 2.55 TCS 2074.70 2096.10 2057.00 2088.10 BAJAJFINSV 7370.00 7409.00 7277.95 7382.85 PAGEIND 24013.90 24748.40 23789.55 24568.75 NHPC 24.15 24.40 24.15 24.20 ITDC 273.30 279.80 273.30 278.00 ADANIPORTS 379.75 381.60 373.00 380.85 0.95 BANKBARODA 130.55 132.65 127.90 132.00 SPARC 182.25 184.10 180.65 183.10 REPCOHOME 451.10 457.95 439.70 454.55 CORPBANK 28.85 28.85 27.00 28.15 MHRIL 235.00 237.15 232.00 232.70 M&M 667.80 669.80 660.45 668.10 1.10 FSL 49.40 51.85 48.90 51.30 CEATLTD 1100.00 1100.00 1075.45 1093.55 MEGH 61.30 61.50 59.55 60.15 SHOPERSTOP 440.05 442.85 432.25 439.85 APLAPOLLO 1461.15 1500.00 1436.40 1499.85 TECHM 790.35 797.70 787.30 788.00 0.85 BHARTIARTL 358.60 361.15 341.60 351.60 ALBK 52.50 53.60 51.50 53.25 RCF 60.80 60.90 59.55 59.95 INDOSTAR 410.05 413.95 399.00 405.35 SANOFI 5868.50 5912.50 5825.05 5871.20 LT 1375.90 1387.00 1366.00 1374.55 0.90 IDEA 17.40 17.70 16.70 16.90 PIDILITIND 1275.00 1278.75 1263.95 1273.15 WESTLIFE 419.00 419.00 402.60 410.25 TATAMETALI 648.05 660.00 648.05 657.35 SUNDRMFAST 572.30 574.25 567.00 570.15 KOTAKBANK 1339.95 1347.15 1322.10 1344.00 0.75 JINDALSTEL 184.00 184.50 175.70 183.45 FORTIS 136.95 136.95 134.80 135.70 ADVENZYMES 194.00 196.50 191.10 192.70 ZENSARTECH 229.00 239.00 229.00 234.00 ATUL 3509.95 3522.00 3478.75 3499.25 HDFCBANK 2296.60 2303.00 2267.00 2290.00 0.60 CANBK 274.00 287.95 272.35 286.30 PVR 1681.00 1687.45 1658.05 1682.70 ABFRL 214.45 219.75 210.20 217.60 NAVKARCORP 37.80 37.95 36.95 37.10 LUXIND 1353.00 1357.10 1322.05 1337.70 POWERGRID 198.95 199.35 197.05 198.25 -0.10 BAJFINANCE 3020.00 3051.00 2978.00 3014.20 VIPIND 465.20 470.30 452.90 466.25 IBULISL 360.00 360.50 348.00 351.30 JKLAKSHMI 349.20 355.00 339.05 348.65 FINOLEXIND 491.00 492.00 485.00 485.65 BRITANNIA 2973.10 2988.75 2942.50 2967.85 -3.65 VEDL 187.45 190.90 184.30 190.15 RAYMOND 796.00 796.00 775.30 782.70 QUESS 726.10 732.80 713.15 720.60 RELAXO 850.00 850.00 828.00 844.95 ASTRAL 1195.70 1201.40 1179.00 1197.10 ULTRACEMCO 4154.00 4174.65 4107.45 4157.60 -9.25 GODREJPROP 929.90 929.90 885.60 908.45 CASTROLIND 169.65 169.70 166.25 166.85 UFLEX 237.75 249.00 231.75 240.55 SHILPAMED 338.95 339.80 331.35 332.45 ONGC 158.60 158.90 157.05 157.75 -0.35 SUNPHARMA 458.00 471.40 455.55 469.75 TRIDENT 68.00 68.00 66.60 67.00 ISGEC 570.35 579.90 552.00 554.80 PGHH 10691.15 10776.90 10620.65 10704.45 INFRATEL 316.10 318.50 312.50 315.05 -1.05 LUPIN 792.00 810.95 791.00 809.25 IDFC 46.70 47.05 45.45 46.85 KRBL 331.20 335.00 326.00 330.50 TATAINVEST 857.15 863.00 855.10 857.15 TITAN 1109.00 1109.95 1091.50 1099.85 -4.55 RBLBANK 658.80 666.90 651.90 665.70 AMARAJABAT 680.00 683.00 673.00 675.35 HSCL 115.75 116.20 115.00 115.75 3MINDIA 23811.90 23825.00 23300.00 23374.45 DRREDDY 2764.00 2765.95 2736.90 2751.55 -12.15 BANKINDIA 99.00 102.70 97.55 102.15 SOBHA 507.00 511.00 494.00 498.30 EVEREADY 185.45 186.90 184.50 185.65 JCHAC 1959.00 2071.95 1915.00 2041.95 BAJFINANCE 3016.55 3049.10 2979.45 3010.60 -13.50 HINDPETRO 249.55 257.80 247.45 256.25 COFFEEDAY 281.50 281.50 274.45 277.15 HERITGFOOD 532.00 541.50 522.00 527.05 MAHSCOOTER 3595.35 3618.95 3557.40 3578.35 UPL 943.50 945.85 930.00 940.70 -6.10 HCLTECH 1098.70 1128.50 1097.00 1118.55 ABB 1400.00 1414.90 1381.40 1408.40 PNCINFRA 150.10 152.25 146.30 151.25 GSKCONS 7035.00 7077.50 6995.10 7070.30 INFY 770.00 773.00 758.20 760.80 -6.45 MGL 1012.00 1021.05 1005.05 1016.55 TV18BRDCST 35.25 36.05 34.80 35.80 GUJALKALI 484.45 488.50 481.00 486.30 TIINDIA 391.00 391.00 380.00 383.55 WABCOINDIA 6293.35 6345.95 6291.10 6329.20 BHARTIARTL 358.55 361.00 341.50 350.80 -4.15 CIPLA 526.90 533.50 525.60 531.60 OIL 179.50 179.95 177.60 178.50 GPPL 97.50 98.65 96.70 97.40 SUNCLAYLTD 2802.00 2890.00 2750.00 2793.60 ASIANPAINT 1464.70 1474.90 1437.20 1449.80 -46.55 JUSTDIAL 592.80 598.20 581.05 594.25 GLENMARK 642.40 643.25 635.15 639.95 JAMNAAUTO 59.20 59.75 58.85 59.40 TATAPOWER 72.00 73.00 70.80 72.50 SKFINDIA 2059.95 2074.00 2021.80 2056.20 BBTC 1276.25 1295.00 1271.15 1285.45 NBVENTURES 103.50 103.60 102.75 103.15 IBULHSGFIN 855.00 858.95 821.35 831.95 -27.40 SOUTHBANK 17.35 17.45 16.85 17.20 CONCOR 515.55 520.65 506.05 519.20 HUDCO 44.80 45.10 44.60 44.75 THERMAX 972.90 985.00 968.85 973.80   LT 1375.00 1386.30 1366.60 1374.80 VENKYS 2142.45 2162.60 2126.55 2148.30 PTC 75.20 75.30 73.80 74.10 GAYAPROJ 167.55 171.95 161.00 166.85 TECHM 790.90 797.40 785.00 788.95 CROMPTON 226.00 226.35 221.30 223.85 TIMKEN 577.00 593.95 570.00 582.95 ITDCEM 124.70 126.00 122.10 122.70 KOTAKBANK 1342.00 1346.90 1323.00 1342.15 APOLLOHOSP 1238.60 1262.55 1226.90 1258.25 EMAMILTD 409.55 410.00 401.30 403.65 LAURUSLABS 402.00 404.00 398.00 401.45 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE BIOCON 607.85 622.40 604.50 619.50 COLPAL 1219.90 1235.50 1216.50 1230.95 BOSCHLTD 17950.00 17993.95 17750.35 17876.90 APLLTD 536.85 545.00 533.50 541.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 28068.25 28177.25 27885.10 28146.45 107.15 NBCC 62.80 62.80 60.25 61.40 OBEROIRLTY 539.00 544.90 525.75 541.35 GICRE 254.00 254.50 250.55 251.45 MAHLIFE 372.45 373.20 370.05 371.90 ASHOKLEY 87.30 92.80 86.20 92.05 4.80 DELTACORP 268.00 269.00 259.00 261.55 FCONSUMER 45.10 45.10 44.00 44.20 MAHINDCIE 221.00 224.60 220.60 223.05 GMDCLTD 79.20 79.75 79.05 79.40 PAGEIND 24100.05 24720.00 23800.00 24590.00 613.95 M&M 668.00 669.80 660.60 666.60 AARTIIND 1643.00 1646.45 1616.75 1636.05 SREINFRA 29.00 29.30 28.25 29.25 UNITEDBNK 10.91 11.28 10.91 11.05 ICICIGI 1042.20 1079.00 1035.65 1075.00 25.90 ITC 292.55 296.70 292.40 296.35 HINDCOPPER 50.10 50.50 49.50 49.90 GREAVESCOT 145.75 147.30 144.90 146.20 NILKAMAL 1390.05 1404.25 1390.05 1397.90 HDFCAMC 1533.00 1560.00 1515.00 1560.00 34.70 NCC 105.15 105.65 101.30 103.85 IFCI 12.94 13.04 12.80 12.96 GUJFLUORO 1064.15 1080.05 1051.00 1073.80 MAHLOG 517.50 519.55 515.45 517.55 LUPIN 795.00 813.40 790.20 810.15 17.50 IBVENTURES 343.40 343.40 333.90 337.25 VGUARD 221.20 222.05 217.00 218.15 GICHSGFIN 269.25 269.25 261.50 263.35 TVSSRICHAK 2218.80 2270.00 2190.00 2200.00 BANDHANBNK 548.00 559.00 536.10 559.00 12.00 BPCL 347.00 357.45 345.25 356.10 UBL 1411.80 1429.00 1395.95 1424.05 CUB 200.00 201.60 197.50 200.35 NH 215.00 220.45 214.50 218.00 BIOCON 607.00 619.90 603.55 619.05 12.35 HDFC 2054.00 2070.00 2040.00 2068.00 HSIL 276.00 280.15 272.00 274.25 AUBANK 585.00 588.50 579.00 584.55 NAVNETEDUL 110.10 110.85 109.80 110.50 MCDOWELL-N 533.00 546.00 532.10 544.15 10.60 SAIL 58.95 59.10 57.25 58.90 MPHASIS 973.00 991.40 968.30 983.65 FLFL 476.60 484.00 462.00 468.35 AKZOINDIA 1808.25 1811.00 1787.00 1792.25 DIVISLAB 1693.00 1719.75 1685.25 1715.75 31.30 ICICIGI 1041.60 1078.10 1041.60 1071.15 WELCORP 143.40 143.95 137.50 139.15 BALMLAWRIE 183.25 184.35 181.30 182.00 CERA 2874.70 2888.90 2841.00 2875.60 BANKBARODA 130.40 132.65 127.75 132.30 2.30 NTPC 135.00 136.35 134.95 135.85 GRANULES 112.00 113.30 110.80 112.90 TRENT 343.60 350.00 340.75 347.60 SUPRAJIT 239.00 239.00 233.00 234.55 DLF 186.00 189.50 183.40 187.60 3.00 BHEL 72.95 73.10 71.15 71.75 HDFCLIFE 385.50 387.25 378.70 381.20 WELSPUNIND 58.25 58.25 57.15 57.45 BIRLACORPN 525.00 525.00 498.50 505.85 CENTRUM 34.55 34.55 33.70 34.05 ABB 1391.20 1416.00 1379.35 1415.00 19.00 BEML 969.70 974.65 948.00 968.20 SCI 35.40 36.10 34.85 35.00 TATAGLOBAL 211.80 211.80 208.10 210.60 GSPL 178.25 182.00 178.05 179.85 INOXWIND 68.35 68.95 67.70 68.60 COLPAL 1225.90 1234.80 1216.00 1234.80 14.90 MERCK 3828.95 3990.00 3812.00 3952.10 SUVEN 270.00 272.85 266.40 268.65 WABAG 317.95 320.05 308.10 311.05 GHCL 240.70 244.15 240.25 241.55 NESCO 475.55 479.05 467.85 470.10 HINDPETRO 248.50 258.00 247.05 255.70 2.90 DMART 1484.00 1488.30 1460.00 1482.20 APOLLOTYRE 219.50 219.55 214.50 215.95 HIMATSEIDE 216.20 221.90 211.25 219.25 INFRATEL 316.15 316.45 312.60 315.10 SJVN 24.20 24.20 24.05 24.15 MOTHERSUMI 150.50 151.70 147.45 151.70 1.60 BOMDYEING 137.90 137.90 133.65 136.35 GMRINFRA 18.35 18.85 18.10 18.75 JMFINANCIL 88.60 90.90 87.75 89.50 SUPREMEIND 1138.50 1145.00 1131.10 1135.45 TIMETECHNO 95.65 97.25 95.30 95.60 PETRONET 236.50 241.30 235.50 240.00 2.35 SUNTV 632.00 632.00 606.30 612.70 SHANKARA 483.40 500.95 483.15 486.85 KSCL 477.00 477.15 464.40 471.35 JYOTHYLAB 196.35 196.35 188.60 189.60 JKCEMENT 853.75 865.60 849.10 860.60 DABUR 402.00 404.55 400.00 404.15 3.05 HEROMOTOCO 2598.00 2635.00 2568.00 2626.55 GSFC 103.65 104.45 101.20 104.05 RNAM 199.00 199.55 193.50 197.40 GREENPLY 172.10 173.90 168.35 170.70 GALAXYSURF 990.00 1005.00 977.65 985.45 SIEMENS 1145.10 1158.00 1134.20 1154.00 8.65 RECLTD 151.00 153.90 149.70 153.35 PETRONET 237.00 241.00 235.55 240.00 JSWENERGY 70.55 72.70 70.50 72.20 UCOBANK 18.80 19.00 18.70 18.90 TEJASNET 171.60 174.15 171.05 172.10 UBL 1416.75 1430.00 1396.45 1423.50 10.35 L&TFH 148.75 149.00 145.25 147.85 GODREJCP 670.70 670.70 663.55 664.75 FINCABLES 493.00 493.00 481.40 485.20 NAVINFLUOR 725.05 732.00 717.45 721.55 ERIS 630.75 640.00 629.45 632.20 ACC 1639.00 1658.45 1620.00 1651.00 10.60 FORCEMOT 1808.00 1840.00 1781.20 1802.85 ADANIPORTS 381.00 381.05 373.35 379.75 MAXINDIA 69.30 72.20 69.25 70.45 GILLETTE 6801.00 6999.00 6788.15 6963.45 SOLARINDS 1062.70 1068.40 1040.25 1044.95 HINDZINC 284.10 286.25 280.65 285.60 1.65 INDUSINDBK 1757.00 1772.40 1731.00 1768.15 ORIENTBANK 108.85 110.90 107.25 110.40 NESTLEIND 10881.00 10881.00 10735.00 10788.05 JSL 41.00 41.00 39.50 40.15 BLUEDART 3329.40 3329.40 3262.75 3282.95 AMBUJACEM 225.60 227.95 221.80 226.55 0.95 EDELWEISS 191.25 191.90 185.50 186.00 LTI 1639.55 1668.00 1635.15 1661.85 PRESTIGE 258.00 270.00 252.75 267.20 DEEPAKFERT 131.00 135.35 131.00 133.50 SHARDACROP 386.00 390.30 386.00 388.00 SHREECEM 18886.95 19021.70 18508.00 18900.00 74.60 TITAN 1104.10 1107.60 1092.80 1099.10 BANDHANBNK 547.10 557.65 537.50 551.95 SONATSOFTW 344.40 346.15 333.60 339.35 ASAHIINDIA 247.00 254.50 243.65 250.30 VMART 2580.00 2580.00 2542.00 2559.00 DMART 1484.00 1497.00 1459.00 1486.70 4.85 SBILIFE 619.90 628.60 614.65 619.60 ACC 1639.10 1658.65 1620.50 1653.90 DRREDDY 2754.00 2760.00 2737.20 2753.35 DBCORP 195.00 197.95 190.40 194.95 LAXMIMACH 6044.10 6098.55 6005.90 6085.90 GODREJCP 665.00 666.60 663.00 665.10 2.15 GRAPHITE 451.10 451.10 441.25 446.85 GRASIM 836.55 848.50 828.80 844.85 AJANTPHARM 1021.60 1025.30 1009.75 1017.70 FDC 168.00 169.45 165.00 168.00 MONSANTO 2542.35 2588.90 2542.00 2585.30 PGHH 10730.00 10850.00 10535.00 10750.00 30.65 TATAMTRDVR 96.15 100.20 94.95 99.20 FRETAIL 439.45 439.50 425.65 429.50 JKTYRE 91.35 92.30 90.55 91.90 LALPATHLAB 1030.00 1030.00 1010.00 1017.00 GULFOILLUB 865.30 881.95 865.30 873.85 CONCOR 516.00 522.00 506.40 518.00 1.45 FEDERALBNK 97.05 98.65 95.40 98.20 LTTS 1585.00 1600.00 1563.05 1586.70 BERGEPAINT 328.00 328.40 322.00 326.10 FORBESCO 2331.00 2434.95 2331.00 2417.10 CCL 281.80 282.65 276.00 279.95 AUROPHARMA 783.90 789.00 771.90 784.00 1.90 UNIONBANK 92.95 95.00 91.15 94.65 PEL 2649.05 2655.00 2620.75 2633.90 IEX 161.60 162.35 157.00 159.35 ESSELPRO 118.45 119.55 116.00 118.50 SHRIRAMCIT 1749.10 1749.10 1696.00 1720.10 SBILIFE 629.50 629.50 615.00 621.00 1.20 ONGC 158.70 158.90 157.15 157.55 EXIDEIND 217.05 218.80 214.40 218.00 REDINGTON 98.50 100.40 97.75 98.75 SHREECEM 18750.00 19036.20 18557.20 18956.55 SUPPETRO 221.75 223.60 219.75 221.30 SAIL 59.00 59.10 57.25 58.95 -0.05 ANDHRABANK 29.55 29.90 28.60 29.35 NAUKRI 1855.00 1908.00 1826.05 1890.75 SWANENERGY 114.00 114.00 108.25 110.80 THYROCARE 526.55 542.35 523.00 524.60 MINDACORP 136.00 136.00 132.50 133.55 OFSS 3562.00 3608.75 3543.10 3565.90 -3.30 COALINDIA 233.30 239.00 232.30 238.25 OMAXE 212.00 213.55 211.60 212.00 PIIND 1025.00 1025.00 1003.20 1008.05 NIACL 190.80 191.65 187.05 187.85 KIOCL 142.50 142.50 138.00 138.60 NIACL 190.35 192.00 187.00 190.05 -0.30 INDIGO 1409.00 1409.15 1384.40 1390.70 TATAELXSI 964.05 968.40 953.00 964.65 ADANITRANS 218.95 225.95 217.50 222.25 EIDPARRY 207.20 207.60 205.20 206.20 ZYDUSWELL 1295.00 1315.50 1295.00 1307.30 ICICIPRULI 366.00 366.05 359.45 363.90 -0.65 SRTRANSFIN 1238.40 1257.85 1220.50 1226.05 GNFC 323.90 326.50 319.00 322.70 MAGMA 122.00 123.20 117.10 119.15 VINATIORGA 1720.00 1734.05 1720.00 1725.65 LAOPALA 205.40 207.40 201.20 207.30 PEL 2647.80 2659.50 2617.40 2636.30 -6.30 HEG 2062.05 2062.05 2027.40 2040.30 JUBLFOOD 1430.00 1435.00 1406.20 1428.85 JSLHISAR 90.90 91.35 88.90 90.35 BLUESTARCO 693.00 694.15 682.00 685.10 TRITURBINE 109.80 111.00 108.40 108.90 CADILAHC 342.50 344.50 339.05 341.50 -0.95 BEL 95.35 96.80 93.30 95.95 IPCALAB 959.90 959.90 919.05 935.15 MRF 59074.05 59074.05 57590.00 57702.80 CAPPL 397.95 397.95 381.00 382.60 APARINDS 702.00 702.00 670.00 671.85 HAVELLS 764.10 764.75 752.00 760.70 -3.40 PERSISTENT* 630.00 647.75 612.35 622.65 IGL 315.50 316.65 308.90 310.55 KEC 292.40 292.40 285.05 286.30 BDL 293.50 294.85 290.00 293.45 SADBHAV 243.65 245.40 243.15 245.05 PIDILITIND 1278.55 1278.90 1263.65 1276.50 -8.45 RCOM 2.96 2.96 2.96 2.96 PNBHOUSING 890.00 909.00 882.60 892.50 ENDURANCE 1165.95 1171.65 1157.00 1168.30 NLCINDIA 67.90 68.25 67.65 68.05 VTL 1086.35 1097.50 1071.85 1093.05 L&TFH 149.40 149.40 145.10 147.80 -1.00 IDBI 44.20 44.35 43.30 43.85 EQUITAS 133.00 133.00 129.00 131.90 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■ 3/ points off the top four. Despite recent hiccups, he has le Gunnar Solskjaer enjoyed had notable success in his short time a charmed life as interim at the club and ultimately has his OManchester United manag- / 3 sights set higher than finishing in er but Barcelona's visit to Old the top four. Trafford on Wednesday will show 33 /)  / "You've got to aim high," he told him the scale of the task he faces as ESPN. "You cannot aim too low at the new full-time boss.  5  this club. You've got to aim to win The Norwegian was rewarded / 33//  / titles. with a three-year deal after dramat- "When I came back here as the ically reviving United's fortunes /5     manager I thought a lot about what since taking caretaker charge in makes a winning team. What does December, lifting them back into  3   it really take to win on the biggest contention for a top-four place and   8 / stage? I'm not one to sit back, rest transforming the mood at the club. on my laurels." The highlight of his reign so far / /2/ / The 46-year-old will probably was a dramatic 3-1 away victory be forgiven if United fall short over Paris Saint-Germain in the last 2  against a Lionel Messi-inspired 16 in the Champions League, which 6/2   Barcelona. enabled United to overturn a 2-0 But if he fails to reverse the first-leg defeat to reach the quarter- 5 65 mini-slump and United suffer a finals on away goals. heavy defeat to the Spanish cham- Solskjaer has given his creative pions there is a danger the season players licence to attack, with Paul could peter out and momentum Pogba and Marcus Rashford let off could be lost. the leash to devastating effect. Questions will be asked as to But some of the gloss has come whether United were too quick to off in recent weeks, with three put their trust in a likeable leader defeats in four matches badly dent- and whether Solskjaer has the pro- ing United's chances of qualifying file needed to bring in the top-level for next season's Champions recruits that United need, particu- League and dumping them out of larly in defence, to become serious the FA Cup. Premier League and European chal- Solskjaer, who famously scored lengers again. the winning goal for United against But he will lead his team out at Bayern Munich in the 1999   )  + +                        Old Trafford on Wednesday for their Champions League final in first Champions League quarter- Barcelona, was upbeat after final since 2014 with the same drawing the Spanish league lead- biggest teams. We had the final and this club crave. We are looking 1 since he was given the permanent never-say-die attitude he had as a ers in the quarter-finals last against them in 2009 and 2011 forward to this one." They were unfortunate to lose job as Watford enjoyed the better of player. month, before he was con- (both of which Barca won) Worryingly for Solskjaer, at Arsenal but appeared short of the chances in a 2-1 defeat at Old "We've got a chance, it's going to firmed as the new long-term and the semi-final in 2008 though, some of United's familiar inspiration in losing twice to Wolves Trafford. be a tough one. We've got a moun- boss. when Scholesy (Paul Scholes) failings under Jose Mourinho have in the FA Cup and Premier League, Solskjaer had a free ride when tain to climb, but we've climbed a "We want these games scored," Solskjaer said. returned to haunt them in the while even Solskjaer admitted they he took over from Mourinho, with few mountains before," said against the biggest clubs and the "It's these games our fans weeks since the draw was made. did not deserve their solitary win morale at a low ebb and the club 11 Solskjaer. 8    .'+   !22    AC  '    E & . 0I   @ B7   ■    ormer England manager Sven-Goran FEriksson headlines a list of 35 names short-  ■    listed for the post of the Indian football team ■ coach, which also includes the highly success- he Indian football team will be play- ful ex-Bengaluru FC manager Albert Roca. n the wake of Ajax's stunning Ting in the invitational King's Cup in The much-travelled Sven-Goran, a Swede, Ivictory against holders Real Thailand in June. and Spaniard Roca apart, Tommy Taylor Madrid in the Champions League All matches will be held at the Chang (England), Hakan Ericson (Sweden), Tomislav last 16, the headlines across Europe Arena, Buriram, which has a seating Sivic (Serbia), Lee Clark (England) and Lucas were mainly about the new gold- capacity of 36000. Alcaraz Gonzalez (Spain) are some of the other en generation emerging in Besides India and hosts Thailand, the candidates shortlisted for the coveted post. Amsterdam. other teams in the competition are Sven-Goran, who was in charge of England The club of Johan Cruyff, and Vietnam and Curacao. As per April 2019 for five years until 2006, had last month of Louis van Gaal's side that lifted FIFA rankings, India are ranked 101, with expressed his interest regarding the job to the the trophy in 1995, are into their Thailand at 114, Vietnam at 98, and All India Football Federation (AIFF). first Champions League quarter- Curacao at 82. The Indian team's spirited showings in final since 2003 with a team packed The King's Cup is a FIFA-sanctioned recent times had a ripple effect with the posi- with products of their famed youth international 'A' tournament being organ- tion of the men's coach attracting over 250 system. ised by the Football Association of applications, an unprecedented number that Midfielder Frenkie de Jong, Thailand since 1968. India's previous par- also includes some well-known names from aged 21 and headed for Barcelona ticipation in the King's Cup was in 1977. Europe. at the end of the season, and 19- Two matches will be held on June 5, The post has been left vacant since Stephen year-old defender Matthijs de Ligt the winners of whom qualify for the final. Constantine resigned after the Indian team's are the brightest young stars in a 3 / /35  The two others teams would be playing failure to make the knockout round of the AFC side that triumphed 4-1 at the $= 2  25 /) the play-off for the third spot. !    + +    +    Asian Cup. Santiago Bernabeu.  /   This is the first time in 18 years that "The federation has received over 250 However, the most decisive the Blue Tigers will be playing in a FIFA applications. 125 were selected after that and out player in this Champions League //// K 5/ Ranking tournament, the last being the "The new national coach will be on Thailand FA for sending us an invitation of which 80 qualified as per the AIFF's require- campaign for Ajax -- which con- 62 / 7  Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur board by mid-week of May. With the FIFA to play in the tournament." ments. After that, around 35-40 names, based tinues into Wednesday's quarter- in 2001. 2022 World Cup Qualifiers scheduled to The 2018 edition of the King's Cup on various criteria, have been forwarded to the final first leg against Juventus -- is  5/ 3/, Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF kick off in September, the King's Cup will was won by Slovakia when they beat technical committee. Seven to eight will be a grizzled veteran by comparison.  8   said the King's Cup is the perfect platform help the team get in proper shape for the Thailand 3-2 in a thriller in the final, called for the final interviews, following which Dusan Tadic, at 30, was the for the new coach to "understand the tough challenges ahead," he stated. while Gabon beat UAE 1-0 to clinch the the appointment will be made," an AIFF offi- oldest member of coach Erik ten  / /3 nucleus of the team". "I am extremely thankful to the 3rd place. cial said on the condition of anonymity. Hag's line-up in Madrid, with the / /  R  sole exception of 32-year-old Dane U  $==&I9= Lasse Schoene. The Serbian international ' '  + - ( 5"* N- (! attacker scored one of their goals      in Spain, and now has nine alto- gether in a continental campaign rivals 3-1 in Amsterdam. They are  ■  8 that started with a second qualify- into the Dutch Cup final, too. ing-round win over Sturm Graz. Tadic has scored 20 league '  <, he Indian women's football The goal apart, Tadic's display goals, and has added nine assists Tteam on Tuesday missed out an in Madrid will be best remembered — those figures make him the opportunity to qualify for the for that moment in the first half most decisive player in the third round of the 2020 Olympic when he escaped Casemiro with a Netherlands since Luis Suarez ■ 75 7 qualifiers after it was held to a 3- sensational turn. with Ajax in 2009/10. 3 draw by Myanmar here. "As time goes by we will realise "When he signed, he was athiyan Gnanasekaran wants to The Maymol Rocky-coached what we did, but now we just want expected to be the replacement of Sbe among the top 15 players in side, with an average age of 21, to enjoy our football and these Hakim Ziyech, but with the the world by the end of this year, needed a win to top Group A of the things will come. It's really special," Moroccan playmaker still at the but to achieve that, India's top Olympic qualifiers Round 2 but said Tadic after that match. club, the two have struck up a ranked paddler knows all too well squandered the lead twice to play Formerly of Groningen and FC partnership that knows no bounds that he has to work on his fitness out a draw and bow out of the com- Twente, Tadic came back to the in terms of creativity," says Michiel to brave the grind in the coming petition at the Mandalar Thiri !   +        Netherlands in an 11.4 million- Jongsma, a journalist and an edi- months. Stadium here. euro (£10 million) move from tor with sports analysts Opta, "I am looking at top 15 by the India and Myanmar got seven Premier League strugglers covering the Dutch league. end of 2019 if I can continue this points each from three matches but Myanmar, ranked 42nd in the howler of a clearance that fell to Southampton last year. "It seems like he had settled form. I am knocking on the door the home team advanced to the FIFA ladder. Ratanbala, who chested it down for for being a big fish in a smaller of top 20," the World No 28 . $  +      third round on the basis of supe- Sanju came close to handing Sanju and she made no mistake in O '    !! G pond by returning to the Sathiyan said. rior goal difference (plus 8 as India the lead as early as in the sec- burying the chance into the back His signing, and that of Daley Eredivisie, but with rumours "I need to step up my fitness compared to plus 4 of India). ond minute when her shot from of the net. Both teams headed to Blind, the defender rejoining from swirling that AC Milan and levels as well to match up to the playing such high quality matches. Only one team qualifies for close range, off a Dangmei Grace the interval at 2-2. Manchester United, highlighted Manchester City are interested, his gruelling schedule ahead. That is All the matches were like playing third round from each group. cross, went out for a corner. In the second half, Myanmar part of the strategy at the Johan head might be turned," adds something I need to work on if I semi final and final. I will watch the Sandhiya Ranganathan gave The Indian women had to dominated the opening minutes, Cruyff Arena. Jongsma of Tadic. have to get into the top 15," the 26- videos and comeback with better India an early lead in the 10th wait eight minutes more before forcing the Indian defence to shut The club's decision-makers, Another star turn against year old said. show when I meet him (Yun-Ju) minute but Myanmar's hat-trick surging into the lead. In the 10th the opponents with some astute with former players Edwin van der Juventus will only increase the Sathiyan booked a berth at the next time," Sathiyan said. woman Win Tun found the minute, Ratanbala burst out on the defending. Sar and Marc Overmars now chances of big-money offers com- World Cup after finishing sixth in The next few months will be equaliser in the 17th minute. Tun right flank and released a low cross India could have sealed the respectively chief executive and ing in. the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup held in gruelling for Sathiyan with the scored again in the 21st minute but for Sandhiya, who made no mis- match in their favour in the 76th technical director, needed experi- Van der Sar insists Ajax would Yokohama last week. World Table Tennis Sanju cancelled it out in the 32nd take to finish from inside the box. minute when Sanju ran clear of the ence to surround the youngsters. not need to sell anyway, although The left-hander stunned World Championships, seven Pro Tours minute. The lead, however, was short- defensive line, but the Myanmar The main goal for Ajax was the numbers are revealing — the No 14 Chun Ting Wong of Hong (China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Ratanbala Devi gave India the lived as Myanmar scored two goals custodian made a world-class save reclaiming the Dutch title, last club's accounts for last year, with- Kong in positions 5-8 match before Australia, Bulgaria and the Czech lead with a 64th minute strike but in five minutes. First, Tun headed from close range to tip the Indian's won in 2014. Ten Hag's team are out a European run, showed rev- losing to 17-year-old Lin Yun-Ju of Republic), Ultimate Table Tennis Tun levelled it yet again in the 72nd home in the 17th minute and four shot over the bar. level with PSV Eindhoven at the enue of 92 million euros ($104m). Chinese Taipei, who notched up a League and the Commonwealth minute to complete her hat-trick. minutes later, scored following a A minute later, Dangmei Grace top of the table with five games If Tadic continues his current 11-4, 11-8, 11-8, 14-12 win to fin- Championships all lined up before The Indian women, ranked spot Kick. burst through but this time the cus- left, having recently beaten their form, anything is possible. ish fifth. the World Cup, which is slated to 62nd in the world, displayed their Myanmar goalkeeper May todian put her body on the line to "It was a tiring tournament, be held in China from Oct 18 to 20. attacking intent early on against Nwe fluffed her lines and made a shield the ball.

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