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PAK ESCALATES TENSION AIRLINES REROUTE PAF violates Indian India demands safe return FLIGHTS AS PAK CLOSES AIRSPACE airspace; IAF shoots New Delhi: Various airlines of IAF officer immediately such as Air India, Jet Airways, Qatar Airways and Singapore down 1, but loses 1 Airlines on Wednesday New Delhi raps Pak announced they were rerouting RAHUL DUTTA n NEW DELHI military ethics,” Pakistani mil- for ‘vulgar display’ their flights as Pakistan closed itary spokesperson Major its airspace in the wake of day after India’s punitive air General Asif Ghafoor said in of the injured pilot escalating tensions with India. Astrikes against terrorist the evening after claiming in “Inbound and Outbound flights camps in Pakistan, the possi- the morning that two IAF in its detention from USA and Europe for Delhi bility of a major escalation pilots were captured. PNS n NEW DELHI are being re-routed through increased with both the sides Incidentally, during the Ahmedabad and Mumbai,” Air downing one fighter jet of each Kargil war in 1999, an IAF pilot ndia has taken strong excep- India tweeted. other and Islamabad capturing K Nachiketa was captured by Ition to “vulgar display” by an IAF pilot who landed in its the Pakistanis and released Pakistan of an injured IAF 4 INDIAN PASSENGERS territory after ejecting from the after some days as per Geneva pilot in its detention and STRANDED AT LAHORE shot-down jet. Convention norms regarding demanded his immediate and Foreign Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, with Indian Air Force Air Vice Lahore: Four Indian passengers His captivity is now in the treatment of prisoners of war safe return. Pakistan detained Marshal RGK Kapoor, gives a statement in New Delhi on Wednesday AP focus with the Indian (POW). Wing Commander are stranded at the Lahore Government assessing all pros Giving details of the Abhinandan Varthaman fol- conveyed strong objection to expects his immediate and safe airport after the Pakistan's Civil and cons to ensure his safe Pakistani action on Wednesday lowing a fierce engagement the neighbouring country at return,” the MEA said. Aviation Authority (CAA) closed return even as countering morning, the External Affairs between air forces of the two the “vulgar display” of an News agency PTI reported its airspace on Wednesday in the Pakistan militarily. Ministry officials said Pakistani sides along the Line of Control injured personnel in violation that Pakistan Army released wake of tensions with India. While New Delhi said an fighter jets violated Indian air- in which a Pakistani jet was of all norms of International two videos of the captured “The PIA’s PK-270 Lahore to IAF pilot was “missing in space in Jammu region’s downed. The IAF also lost a Humanitarian Law and the IAF pilot — one showing him Delhi was to leave for its action,” Pakistan claimed it Poonch and Rajouri sectors but MiG 21 jet in the engagement. Geneva Convention. blindfolded and bloodied and destination on Wednesday but shot down two Indian jets were pushed back by Indian India has asked Pakistan to “It was made clear that another while having tea. In due to suspension of flight which entered its airspace and aircraft. The jets dropped Captured and blindfolded after having ejected from his aircraft Wing Commander ensure that no harm should be Pakistan would be well advised both videos, he is seen answer- operations the four Indian captured two pilots. Later, bombs while returning, but Abhinandan Varthaman in Pakistan Army custody caused to Wing Commander to ensure that no harm comes ing questions in a composed passengers are stranded at Paksitan made U-turn and said there were no reports of dam- Abhinandan, said the External to the Indian defence person- and stoic manner. Allama Iqbal International it captured only one Indian age, they said. fully,” Kumar said. The aerial engagement Affairs Ministry, adding it has nel in its custody. India also Continued on Page 7 Airport,” said CAA. pilot. “India had informed about He said the Pakistan Air took place soon after at least Earlier in the day, in a terse counter terrorism (CT) action Force (PAF) activity was detect- three Pakistani fighter jets, Press statement, External it took yesterday(Tuesday) ed and the Indian Air Force including F-16, crossed the Captured pilot Affairs Ministry Spokesperson against a training camp of responded instantly. “In that Line of Control (LoC) in Raveesh Kumar, accompanied Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in aerial engagement, one Rajouri district around Abhinandan is War futile, let’s settle this by Assistant Chief of Air Pakistan based on credible evi- Pakistan Air Force fighter air- 10.30 am. Staff(space)Air Vice Marshal dence that JeM intended to craft was shot down by a MiG- The jets first dropped a son of decorated RGK Kapoor, said details are launch more attacks. Against 21 Bison of the Indian Air bomb in Krishna Ghati area being ascertained about this counter terrorism action, Force. The Pakistani aircraft and then turned towards Air Marshal with talks, urges Imran Pakistan’s claim of having cap- Pakistan has responded this was seen by ground forces Narian in adjoining Naushera tured one Indian pilot. morning (Wednesday) by using falling from the sky on the when the Indian air combat KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n CHENNAI PTI n ISLAMABAD same. Two of their MiGs were “There is only one pilot its Air Force to target military Pakistan side. In this engage- patrol aircraft team including shot down (in the ensuing under Pakistan Army’s custody. installations on the Indian side. ment, we have unfortunately SU-30s and MIG-21s inter- ing Commander n an address to the nation action) and their pilots are Wing Commander Due to our high state of readi- lost one MiG 21. The pilot is in cepted and engaged the intrud- WAbhinandan Varthaman, Iwhich was telecast live, with us,” Khan said. Abhinandan Varthaman is ness and alertness, Pakistan’s their custody. We are ascer- ing aircraft, sources said. the fighter pilot of the crash- Pakistan Prime Minister Imran His comments came min- being treated as per norms of attempts were foiled success- taining the facts,” he said. Continued on Page 7 landed Mig-21 Bison aircraft of Khan on Wednesday said all utes after the External Affairs the Indian Air Force, who was wars have been started on mis- Ministry in New Delhi said caught by the Pakistan Army calculations on the time and Pakistan Air Force targeted hails from Chennai. The young the human cost of war. military installations in India in pilot is the son of Simhakutty This was the same with the response to Indian counter-ter- Pakistan hand in Varthaman, a decorated Air World War I, with the World rorism operations but their Marshal of the IAF. War II and the war on terror attempts were foiled success- His father has been hon- and no one knows where the escalates, it will no longer be in fully though one Indian pilot is oured with Param Vishisht wars lead to. Khan said better my control or in (Prime “missing in action”. Pulwama, India Seva Media, one of top honours sense must prevail and the Minister) Narendra Modi’s,” However, the Pakistan of the Indian military service. two sides should act with wis- Khan said. Army later said “only one” No more details about the dom. “I ask India: with the “Let’s sit together and set- Indian pilot was under their pilot were available as his father weapons (nuclear) you have, tle this with talks,” he added. custody, retracting from its informs China S Varthaman asked the media and the weapons (nuclear) we “Our action was only intended earlier statement that two IAF not to disturb him with queries have, can we really afford a mis- to convey that if you can come pilots were captured. In 2017, the P3 nations at this juncture. The calculation? If this (situation) into our country, we can do the Continued on Page 7 Sushma raises moved a similar proposal again. Varthamans have their resi- However, on all occasions, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and dence in Chennai’s Jalvayu CAPSULE terror strike China blocked the proposals. Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov at the 16th Foreign Ministers Meeting of Vihar. “I am visiting China at a Russia-India-China (RIC) in Wuzhen, China on Wednesday PTI at RIC meet time when there is grief and 6 IAF men, civilian 2 JAISH TERRORISTS anger in India. It is the worst KILLED IN SHOPIAN PTI n WUZHEN (CHINA) terrorist attack directed against Srinagar: Two Jaish-e- our security forces in Jammu & Opp cries politicisation, raps PM killed as chopper Mohammed (JeM) terrorists, he Pulwama attack is the Kashmir,” Sushma said in her including a Pakistani national, Tdirect result of the “impuni- opening remarks during the were killed on Wednesday in an ty and cover” provided to the meeting held on the sidelines encounter with security forces in Jaish-e-Muhammed terror of Russia, India, China Foreign for not convening all-party meet crashes in Budgam Shopian district of Jammu & group by Pakistan, External Ministers’ meeting. Kashmir, the police said. Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj “The attack was carried out PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n SRINAGAR The local resident killed in said on Wednesday as she by Jaish-e-Muhammed, the the crash has been identified as PAKISTAN THREATENS TO forcefully raised the terror Pakistan-based and supported op Opposition leaders on ix Air Force officers and a Kifayat Hussain Ganaie, they BOYCOTT OIC MEETING strike with her Chinese coun- terrorist organisation,” she said. TWednesday reviewed the Scivilian were killed after an said. Islamabad/Dubai: Pakistan terpart Wang Yi here. Sushma told Wang that security situation in the coun- Indian Air Force (IAF) chop- Earlier, officials in Srinagar Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Sushma’s meeting with “this terrorist attack is the try and expressed anguish over per crashed in a field near had described the downed air- Qureshi on Wednesday Wang came a day after India direct result of the impunity “blatant politicisation of sacri- Garend Kalaan village in craft as a fighter jet. Soon threatened to boycott a meeting destroyed a major Jaish-e- and cover provided to the JeM fices of Armed forces by the Budgam on Wednesday at after, airports in Amritsar, of the Organisation of Islamic Muhammed (JeM) terror train- and its leaders by the Pakistani ruling party”. In a joint state- 10.05 am. The crash took place Jammu, Srinagar and Leh were Cooperation scheduled for this ing camp in Pakistan. China, a side. After the Pulwama attack ment they said national secu- in the backdrop of heavy shut temporarily. week in the UAE if India’s close ally of Pakistan, has the entire UN has spoken with rity must transcend narrow shelling and firing from across However, the order on External Affairs Minister Sushma repeatedly foiled India’s full voice to condemn it.” political consideration and the border on a day IAF fight- shutdown of airports was with- Swaraj participates in the event. attempts to brand JeM chief Sushma told Wang, “This regretted that the Prime er jets crossed the Line of drawn later. Masood Azhar as a global ter- is our first meeting this year. Minister has not convened all- Control and destroyed a vast rorist by the UN. Therefore, an opportune time party meeting as per estab- terror camp within Pakistan in The JeM has already been for us to take stock of our bilat- lished practice. Congress president Rahul Gandhi reads a joint statement after the Opposition a pre-dawn strike on Tuesday. in the UN’s list of banned ter- eral relations and look ahead Further with Pakistan parties’ meet at Parliament House complex in New Delhi on Wednesday PTI Visuals showed the ror outfits. for cooperation. The India- claiming that it has captured wrecked fuselage of the IAF In 2009, India had moved China relationship is an impor- the missing pilot of a downed Post the statement from the Opposition leaders said, chopper in flames and a large a proposal to designate Azhar tant relationship for both of our IAF plane, leaders of various MEA regarding targeting of our “Anguished over blatant politi- number of villagers standing as global terrorist. This was fol- countries.” parties expressed concern over military installations and loss cisation of sacrifices of armed around it. lowed in 2016 when India Referring to the Wuhan the well-being of the officer and of one fighter aircraft, the lead- forces by ruling party. Urge The helicopter, a Russian moved the proposal with the summit between Prime voiced hope that he will return ers condemned the Pakistani Government to take nations made Mi-17, broke into two P3 — the US, the UK and Minister Narendra Modi and soon. In a joint statement, misadventure and expressed into confidence on all measures and caught fire immediately, France — in the UN’s 1267 Chinese President Xi Jinping, leaders of 21 parties who met their deep concern for the to protect India’s sovereignty, the officials said. Sanctions Committee to ban Sushma said, “We have made here condemned the Pakistani safety of our missing pilot,” unity, integrity. National secu- Besides the pilots, an oper- Azhar, also the mastermind of substantial progress in rela- “misadventure” and expressed Rahul Gandhi said while read- rity must transcend narrow ator and three other crew the attack on the airbase in tions”. their “deep concern for the ing out the statement. political consideration.” members lost their lives in the Firefighters douse the flames at the site where an MI-17 chopper of the IAF crashed Pathankot in January, 2016. Continued on Page 7 safety of our missing pilot”. In a joint statement, the Continued on Page 7 crash, the officials said. in Budgam district of Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday PTI LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 city 02

PM to launch projects worth Kumbh pulls UP Tourism Corpn out of red

PNS n LUCKNOW Meanwhile, the Tourism department ` has shown interest in going for a joint part- over 65K-cr on March 8 ttar Pradesh State Tourism nership with country’s largest chain of UCorporation has turned the tide and hotels, OYO, to provide quality and afford- is slowly coming out of the red, thanks to able rooms to the tourist visiting the state. Second groundbreaking ceremony in Kanpur the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, as Awasthi gave the partnership offer to it is all set to earn a profit of more than `16 OYO officials here when the first OYO PNS n LUCKNOW Wednesday. processing. crore. Townhouse units were launched in the state Meanwhile, Additional A large number of indus- “The profit is more than 100 per cent,” capital. he Yogi Adityanath gov- Chief Secretary Avanish trialists, investors and industry Additional Chief Secretary and head of “UP certainly requires more rooms for ernment in Uttar Pradesh Awasthi said the second representatives are expected Tourism department, Avanish Awasthi, said A foreigner stands for a photograph in front of giant the tourists and the state is set to be on the Twill add another feather groundbreaking ceremony to participate in the March 8 here on Wednesday. He said the Tourism posters of at Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj top of the most desired tourist destination to its cap by organising the sec- would be held in Kanpur on groundbreaking ceremony, Corporation was incurring loss when this of the country. We have witnessed shortage ond groundbreaking ceremony March 8 and the Prime which also aims to put Kanpur government took over in March 2017 but “After the grand success of the Kumbh of rooms during the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas for several new projects, in Minister would be its chief back on the industrial land- it had turned a tide and now it was mak- at Prayagraj, UP has now become the most in Varanasi in January and later even after Kanpur on March 8. guest. scape of UP and India. Ahead ing money. desired tourist destination and we have also making record arrangements through tent The second mega ground- He said that several pro- of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the “In 2017-18, the corporation earned a promoted the tag line of ‘UP nahi dekha, to house and other facilities there is need for breaking ceremony, in which jects of the state tourism were ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is profit of `8 crore whereas it was in loss in Bharat nahi dekha’,” he said. more rooms in the Prayagraj Kumbh,” foundation stones of projects also in the list of the projects on an overdrive to launch pro- the previous years. But in the current fiscal, When asked about the defunct units of Awasthi said. worth over `65,000 crore will lined up for the second ground- jects before the Election the profit will cross `16 crore, wiping out the Tourism Corporation, including its “As UP requires large number of rooms be laid, will be inaugurated by breaking ceremony. Commission declares the poll the accumulated losses,” Awasthi told hotels and other facilities, Awasthi made it to promote tourism, hence it will be better Prime Minister Narendra Modi These projects are part of schedule and the model code of reporters here. clear that efforts were on to hand over the for the state to go for a partnership with at one go in Kanpur, once the `4.68 lakh crore worth conduct comes into force as it He said that more initiative had been loss-making units to private entrepreneurs OYO,” he said. Senior officials of the called the Manchester of North memoranda of understanding would restrict the governments taken to improve tourist facilities to make on lease. Out of around 100 units of the Tourism department also have started talks India. (MoUs) signed by the Yogi from launching new projects or UP the most favourite tourist destination of Tourism Corporation, only 15 are profit with OYO and very soon a memorandum Earlier, the state govern- Adityanath government with making fresh announcements. the country. making and the rest can be leased out. of understanding could be signed. ment had proposed to host the more than 1,600 private and On February 15, Modi had ceremony on February 27 but public companies at the UP laid the foundation stone of the date was postponed. Investors’ Summit held in of a trillion dollar. Bundelkhand defence industri- “We are preparing to host Lucknow on February 21-22, The second groundbreak- al corridor in Jhansi district of the ceremony on March 8 for 2018. ing ceremony has been delayed UP. It is expected to attract Modi to interact with BJP leaders, ministers today laying the foundation stones of The first groundbreaking due to several factors, includ- investments of more than projects worth `65,000 crore. ceremony was held in Lucknow ing incomplete groundwork, `20,000 crore. The defence PNS n LUCKNOW Gandhi. Dubey said, adding that this There can be even more pro- on July 29 last year in which the land acquisition and clearance industrial corridor will have Bharatiya Janata Party would be world’s first video jects, but we are proceeding Prime Minister had laid the hurdles. various infrastructure projects enior leaders of Bharatiya spokesman Himanshu Dubey conference in which crores of with due diligence so that all foundation stones of about 80 Chief Minister Yogi totalling over `40,000 crore in SJanata Party and ministers said the Prime Minister would workers would be taking part. companies are on board before projects worth `60,000 crore. Adityanath had last year the arid Bundelkhand region. in the Yogi Adityanath govern- have interaction with over Senior ministers in the we announce the total value of On the occasion, he had called expressed displeasure over the These projects were either ment will take part in a video 14,000 party workers and 986 Yogi government and party the projects,” UP Industrial upon UP to compete with slow pace of the follow-up of inaugurated or witnessed foun- conference through NaMo app district and city unit presidents leaders have been asked to Development Minister Satish Maharashtra for becoming the these projects and had direct- dation stone laying by the to be addressed by Prime spread over 1,495 mandals attend the function at different Mahana said here on first state of India with GSDP ed officials to expedite their Prime Minister. Minister Narendra Modi on across the country. places. Deputy Chief Minister Thursday. Chief Minister Yogi “The interaction will start Keshav Prasad Maurya will Adityanath will take part in the at 12 noon . According to an take part in video conference video conference from Amethi, estimate, over 10 crore people in Lucknow and Power Babbar forms panel the parliamentary constituen- will be linked with this pro- Minister Shrikant Sharma in Setback to 1,171 cops to collect forms cy of Congress president Rahul gramme through NaMo app,” Unnao. from poll aspirants Lucknow (LPNS): In an HC quashes promotion interesting turn of events, UP UP govt has ensured 99 pc Congress president Raj Babbar, who held meetings with other order revised by SP govt senior party leaders last Monday payment of cane arrears to discuss the probable candi- Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar ers, to ensure timely cane price PNS n LUCKNOW can be promoted to non- dates for the coming Lok Sabha Pradesh government said that it payments, the state government cadre post out of turn but elections, has now formed a had ensured 99 percent payment announced a soft loan scheme ver 1,171 cops, including such promotion would be five-member committee and of cane arrears of the farmers for for giving financial assistance to O211 officers of the rank of deemed ‘provisional’ and the asked it to collect forms from poll the last crushing season. sugar mills. A provision of deputy superintendent of promotion would become their original date of joining. aspirants. Against a sum of `35,463 `4,000 crore was made in the police, will be reverted to permanent once their batch is Reports said that now 211 This time, Babbar has kept crore payable to farmers by pri- state budget for the current fis- their earlier ranks as the promoted later on. This pro- DySPs and 961 other non- the district and city units of the vate and cooperative sector cal 2018-19. Allahabad High Court has vision ensured no injustice to gazetted cops will be reverted party away from the process of sugar mills, they have paid Under the scheme, so far held that promotions are to be anyone while under the to their original seniority in selecting candidates as he has not `35,106 crore, which is 99 per- loans of `2,916 crore have been given as per the rules laid revised rules of 2015, many compliance with the high asked anyone in the district to cent of the outstanding amount. given to 53 sugar mills to enable down in 1994 and not the senior policemen were super- court order. forward names of winnable can- In addition to this, in the them to clear their balance cane revised order issued by the seded by their juniors The high court has also didates. Not only this, in the 2018-19 crushing season, `9,588 dues. Samajwadi Party government. through out of turn promo- quashed the seniority list meeting chaired by Babbar to crore has been paid against due In addition to the above, the The court has ordered the tions. issued by the government on discuss candidates last Monday, cane price of `17,709 crore and state government declared a government to prepare fresh When Akhilesh Yadav February 24, 2016 and direct- 30 of the total 33 leaders attend- `10,637 crore against the due financial assistance of `4.50 per seniority list and complete amended the promotion rules ed that the old seniority list be ing the meeting were them- cane price of previous years. quintal of cane purchased by pri- the exercise within two giving seniority to cops on ex- taken for the purpose of all selves ticket seekers. Babbar too Thus, a record payment of vate sugar mills of the state in the months. cadre post from the date of promotions and other depart- is reportedly seeking ticket from `55,331 crore has been ensured 2017-18 crushing season, and In July 2015, the then SP their out of turn promotion, mental benefits. Fatehpur Sikri parliamentary by the Yogi Adityanath govern- `419 crore has been paid to pri- government headed by some senior inspectors moved Meanwhile, the Uttar seat. A UPCC spokesman ment, which is `11,942 crore vate sugar mills under this Akhilesh Yadav had made the high court. After hearing Pradesh Congress flayed the revealed on Wednesday that to more than the total combined scheme. changes in the promotions both the parties, the court previous governments for collect forms from party leaders cane arrears of two previous The state government pro- rules, giving seniority to non- quashed the revised promo- amending rules to facilitate interested in fighting the coming crushing seasons i.e. 2015-16 vided loans amounting to gazetted policemen from the tion rules of 2015 and ordered some cops. parliamentary elections, Babbar and 2016-17 during the `887crore to sugar mills in the day they got out of turn pro- that all policemen promoted UPCC spokesman Onkar on Wednesday formed a five- Akhilesh Yadav regime. cooperative sector and `23 crore motion on non-cadre post. under the amended order of Singh said that unlawful pro- member comprising Hanuman Apart from this, the recov- to public sector sugar mills to Under the promotion 2015 be reverted and their motions and now demotion of Tripathi, Fasle Masood, Raj ery proceedings against default- ensure 100 percent payment of rules that came into force on seniority, and subsequent pro- all those cops would affect the Bhadhur, Harish Bajpayee and er sugar mills are also in cane arrears of previous crush- February 3, 1994, policemen motion, be decided as per morale of the UP police. Satyaveer Singh. progress. In the interest of farm- ing season 2017-18. Lathmar Holi to be celebrated for six days this year

Mathura (PTI): For the first time, the popular Lathmar Holi of Barsana will be celebrated in two phases over a peri- od of six days with the addition of Mathura as a host, offi- cials said on Wednesday.The attires worn by the participants will be more colourful and the venue will be given an attrac- tive look this year, Shailjakant Mishra, vice-chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Braj Tirth Vikas Parishad told PTI. To facilitate the ever-increasing domestic as well as inter- national tourists, the two-day attraction which takes place in Barsana, has been extended to six days with the addition of Mathura as a host, he said. Traditionally, the festival was cel- ebrated for two days in Barsana near Mathura. “The entire area of Lathamaar Holi, including the attires of its participants would be given an attractive look,” Mishra added. Celebrated a few days before Holi, Lathamar means play- ing with sticks. In the festival, men folk try to smear colour women who traditionally protect themselves with lathis.

Two killed as roof collapses

Pratapgarh (PTI): Two labourers were killed and another injured when the roof they were repair- ing collapsed on them in Dhadhua Gajan village on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place when labourers were repairing the roof of a pri- mary school, police official OP Dubey said. The three labourers trapped in the debris were taken out and rushed to hospital where doctors declared Babu Saroj (50) and Ram Karan Gupta (45) dead, Dubey said.

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Driver found Chill back with rains dead inside PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW auto he weather turned cold on PNS n LUCKNOW TWednesday because of the rains that began early morning driver was found dead and continued till afternoon. Ainside an auto in With the city recording a max- Charbagh locality under Naka imum 20.9 degree Celsius the police station area on minimum temperature Wednesday. Police suspect the dropped by 7 degrees. The man had a cardiac arrest and city received 1.8 mm rains. that caused his death. However, The Met department has fellow drivers suspected a foul forecast clear skies on play. Thursday. The city denizens The deceased, identified woke up to overcast skies with as Sarvjeet Singh (45), was a thundering clouds and rains. native of Unnao. He was living Light to moderate rains in the in Soniya Nagar locality in morning brought down the Manak Nagar. As per reports, temperature and though the Sarvjeet used to ply an skies cleared late in the after- Braving the chill, denizens rushing to ofiices on rain-drenched road on Wednesday auto owned by Lambu of noon, the weather remained Charbagh. chilly. Met director JP Gupta The minimum temperature imum and minimum temper- Around Tuesday noon, said that the rains occurred recorded was 13.8 degree ature will be around 24 degree some of the auto drivers found because of a western distur- Celsius which was one degree Celsius and 11 degree Celsius him lying unconscious inside bance over Jammu and above normal. respectively. The state forecast the auto and rushed him to a Kashmir. “The skies will be The local forecast for is that weather is most likely to hospital where he was declared clear on Thursday,” he added. Lucknow is clear sky. The max- be dry over the state. “brought dead”. Later, on information, a police team reached the place Two youths die in road mishap for investigation. Giving details, the police PNS n LUCKNOW mitted suicide. No suicide note was recovered,” spokesman said Sarvjeet the police spokesman said. He said the police was lying dead in an auto wo youths were killed when a truck knocked informed the deceased’s family in Gorakhpur. parked near hotel Kaveri in Ttheir motorcycle from behind on Tuesday “Arman had dropped his wife Rabia and their Naka. night in Kakori police station area. As per two children to his native house a couple of days “It seemed that Sarvjeet reports, Vinod Kumar of Dussehri village of back,” he said. suffered a heart attack and Kakori, along with his friend Subuddin, also of died due to that. To confirm the same village, had gone to attend a marriage MAN NABBED FOR POWER SHOW the cause of death, the police function and were returning on a bike. Around A 30-year-old man was arrested for bran- sent the body for autopsy,” he 11.10 pm, when they reached near Yadav mar- dishing country-made pistol in full public view said. ket in the locality, a truck coming from Hardoi while people looked on awfully in Madiaon on Contrary to police claim, hit the bike. Due to the heavy impact, both suf- Tuesday night. The law-breaker identified as auto drivers working at fered injuries while the truck driver fled the Salim of Naubasta locality in the area was ter- Charbagh tempo stand scene abandoning the truck at the crime scene. rifying onlookers by name-dropping and was were not convinced with The commuters rushed for the help of victims contemptuously speaking against the police. On the police theory of cardiac and both were rushed to a hospital where Vinod information, a team reached the place for pre- arrest. was declared “brought dead”. Subuddin, who was ventive action. “It was difficult to overpower the “Sarvjeet probably fell prey critically injured in the mishap, also died later,” man who was brandishing the weapon as we to some drug-and-rob gang. He SHO OP Rajak said. He said a case was regis- feared he might fire causing some of the people was given sedatives which later tered in this connection. Efforts to track down around him injured. A constable tip-toed near claimed his life. He was lying in the driver were on. him from behind and pounced on him pinning the auto for a long time and the him down on the ground,” sub-inspector Sanjay doubt cropped up when he did WARD BOY ENDS LIFE Kumar Mishra said. He said the pistol was loaded not wake up by noon,” they A ward boy working on contract at Ram and the live cartridge inside it was removed claimed. Manohar Lohia Hospital was found hanging at instantly. It surfaced that Salim used to create The police spokesman said his house in Chinhat on Wednesday. The man, scene in the locality. “The residents alleged that the police were probing the identified as Arman Ansari, was found hanging Salim used to intimidate poor people, pavement- case on this line too. from a dupatta tied in the grill of a window of dwellers, small-time vendors and used to extort “We have got such infor- the room at a house in Ajay Nagar locality of the money from them. The police are probing into mation and the same is yet to area. “The doors were closed from inside. There allegations,” the S-I said. He said the police were be verified. The autopsy report are little chances of any foul play. The man com- rummaging the crime past of the accused. will clear all doubts,” he said. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 city 04

FLIGHTS CANCELLED CITYBRIEFS SCHOOLSCAN LUCKNOW (PNS): Five flights University to were cancelled at the Chowdhary HONOURED COMMONWEALTH YOUTH CONFERENCE Charan Singh Airport on the main building auditorium. adopt PhD Wednesday. The flights which Dr Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, principal sci- Prof SN Sankhwar, head, Urology depart- City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Campus I, will be were cancelled included 6E 577 entist, has been conferred with prestigious ment, KGMU, will be the chief guest of the organising the 20th Commonwealth Youth Conference on March Lucknow- Dehradun, 6E 576 Tata Innovation Fellowship 2018-19 in recog- function and deliver the National Science Day Ordinance 2 at the school’s auditorium. UP Police Recruitment Board IG Srinagar- Lucknow, 6E 588 nition of his outstanding research contribu- lecture on “Male Infertility and Herbal Padmaja Chauhan will be the chief guest on this occasion. Chief Dehradun- Lucknow, 9W 3524 tions. This fellowship is meant to honour and Medicine”. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n public relations officer of CMS Hari Om Sharma said that the Lucknow-Chandigarh and 9W encourage scientists involved in translation- LUCKNOW conference would be organised on the theme ‘A Connected 3523 Chandigarh- Lucknow. al research by innovative scientific knowledge SELECTED Commonwealth’ wherein CMS students, through speech com- Airport authorities refused to and platform technologies. This award has Priya Kushwaha, daughter of ex-service- ucknow University Vice- petition and group discussion, will endeavour to chalk out var- comment on the cancellation been conferred for contribution in the area man JS Kushwaha, is a student of Asha School. LChancellor SP Singh said on ious alternatives to develop cultural, inter-cultural and interna- which was likely due to the clo- of translational research based on controlled She has been selected to represent India in Wednesday that the PhD tional understanding among the countries. Apart from it, a mes- sure of nine airports in the north- and targeted drug delivery technologies for special Olympic 2019 to be held in Abu Dhabi Ordinance 2018 would be fol- sage of unity, peace and cordiality will be spread across the world ern part of India that included enhanced therapeutic efficacy with special in the event of roller skating. Priya Kushwaha lowed completely in letter and by educational-cultural items viz All Religion and World Peace Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Pathankot, emphasis on cancer, osteoporosis and para- is a student with intellectual disability. spirit primarily for the purpose Prayers, Commonwealth Song, World Unity Song and many Kangra, Shimla, Amritsar, Kullu sitic diseases. However, her immense determination and an of bringing qualitative research more. Manali and Pithoragarh for secu- iron will to succeed has made the school in the university and also in rity reasons. HONOURED proud. Priya Kushwaha started skating at the the better interest of the stu- ABDUL TOPS MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD age of 12. She won the bronze medal in the dents. Abdul Ahad, a talented class VIII student of City Montessori National Championship in 2016 held at Talking to “The Pioneer”, School, Mahanagar Campus, secured first position in the Inter- Narkanda in the event of snow shoeing and he said that he would be short- Campus Elementary Mathematics Olympiad bringing laurels to his another bronze medal in the event of roller ly sending a strong letter to school. The CMS Quality Assurance and Innovation Wing organ- skating in National Championship in 2017 departments for teachers to ises this examination to test the mathematical skills of students, held at Secunderabad. She also represented submit the copy of their bring more edge to it and motivate them to progress further. Uttar Pradesh (Solan) in the team event of papers which had been pub- Thousands of students of all 18 campuses of CMS participated in Floor Hockey in which the team secured the lished in journals in the next this test to explore their ability. Abdul Ahad displayed best per- bronze medal. two days as that was a selection formance in individual round contest scoring highest marks. criteria for the allotment of CREDIT SEMINAR PhD seats. Singh stressed that the ordinance passed by the state government and the academic Bank of Baroda conferred Padma Shri council had to be followed in Ganesh Devi with its first “Maharaja Sayaji toto. Rao Lok Bhasha Samman” during “There are four main International Mother Language Day celebra- points which are a part of the tion at the bank’s corporate office in Mumbai. ordinance that need to be Devi was the chief guest and keynote speak- focused upon. First, the PhD er at the event and the programme was has to be completed in a min- chaired by bank’s executive director Shanti Lal imum period of three years that Jain. Under its novel scheme, Jain presented can be extended to one year. a cheque of Rs 1 lakh and a memento to Devi Secondly, the maximum num- on behalf of the bank. The programme start- ber of seats to be allotted at one ed with the welcome speech by bank’s gen- time have been fixed with pro- eral manager (Official Language and UP regional office of NABARD organised fessors being allotted 8 seats, Liabilities and Deposit Mobilisation) Jawahar State Credit Seminar 2019-20 and‘Gramin associate professors being allot- Karnavat. During the event, Jain elaborated Samriddhi Samman Samaroh’ on Wednesday. ted 8 and lecturers four seats. the importance of International Mother MVS Rami Reddy, Principal Secretary, Thirdly, these seats will be Language Day and the necessity to preserve Cooperative department, who was the chief allotted in a balanced manner our languages. guest, released State Focus Paper (SFP) 2019- after each annual examina- 20 of the state. The other participants includ- tions. Lastly, the allotment will SCIENCE DAY ed S K Singh, secretary, Animal Husbandry take place on the basis of pub- CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology and Dairy Development, GM, RBI, GM and lications in reviewed journal in Research (IITR) is celebrating National SLBC convenor, senior officials and bankers which professors should have Science Day on Thursday. On this occasion, and various stakeholders of NABARD. The five publications, associate pro- a popular lecture will be delivered by Professor SFP for the year 2019-20 has estimated a total fessors 2 and assistant profes- MLB Bhatt, Vice-Chancellor, King George’s credit potential Rs 268250 crore under the pri- sor 2. Besides, the teacher Medical University at the SH Zaidi auditori- ority sector which is about 17 per cent high- should be a regular appointee,” um of the institute. An exhibition showcas- er than ACP for 2018-19. Of the total poten- he said. ing various activities and technologies of tial assessed, agriculture sector occupies a Singh said that a commit- CSIR-IITR has also been arranged. The share of about 68 per cent in the total projec- tee had already been constitut- institute shall remain open for students and tions followed by MSME, which has been ed for seeking a legal opinion public from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm to experi- increased by 33 per cent over the previous year on the term “regular teacher” ence cutting edge research and innovation. keeping in view the thrust given under One and the journals that had been National Botanical Research Institute will also District One Product (ODOP) flagship pro- submitted would be verified be celebrating Science Day on February 28 in gramme and other programmes of GoI. online. Cause of youth’s death uncertain Lucknow (PNS): Police failed to find the Shanker suspected a foul play in Dheeraj’s cause behindthe mysterious death of 23-year- death and demanded interrogation of the fam- old Dheeraj whose body was recovered from ily members of a girl with whom Dheeraj had a drain in Aurangabad locality of Ashiyana on an affair. “The family of the girl had issued Tuesday. “The autopsy report failed to ascer- threat some weeks back to Dheeraj after his tain the cause of death. The doctors advised affair with the girl was revealed to them. He preservation of viscera for forensic examina- was highly upset on the development.We had tion to find the cause. We are sending the same suggested him to end the affair in the wake and further investigations are on,” the of his safety. Two days back, he went missing. Ashiyana police said. Dheeraj was missing for We sought help from police. In the name of a couple of days and his family had lodged a help, the police registered only a case,” the report with the police. His father Prem father of the deceased claimed. Yogesh praises Lko theatre

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ctor Yogesh Tripathi, who is Aknown for his roles in popular shows like “Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hain”, said that he would give the credit for his good acting skills to his training with artistes from the Lucknow theatre. The actor was in the city along with actress Kamna Pathak for the promotion of his show “Happu Ki Ultan Paltan”. Talking to “The Pioneer”, the actor, who belongs to the state of Uttar Pradesh, said that he had performed theatre for a period of five years at the state capital. “I did an NSD workshop in the city guided by Urmil Kumar Thappliyal, a well-known theatre artiste in the city. Working in plays has helped dk;kZy; mifun's kd ¼fuekZ.k½ me immensely in my shows on the jkT; d`f"k mRiknu e.Mh ifj"kn] m0iz0 small screen. I left for Mumbai in uohu e.My LFky&frUnokjh jkMs ] ck¡nk 2005. When I came to Lucknow i=kad & fu0[k0 ck¡nk@fufonk@2019 641 fnukad %& 27-2-19 ast month, I was so happy to be back here because it reminded me ¼bZ&izkDs ;jw eVas fufonk vke=a .k lpw uk&vYidkyhu½ of my old times in the city,” he uohu e.Mh LFky ckank ds [email protected] gsrq bZ&fufonk;sa foRrh; :i ls lqn`<+ vuqHkoh rFkk e.Mh ifj"kn esa flfoy dk;ksZa added. gsrq iathd`r Bsdsnkjksa ls fnukad 14-03-2019 dks vijkUg 3%30 cts bZ&Vs.Mj ds ek/;e ls vku ykbu dk;kZy; mifuns'kd ¼fuekZ.k½ e.Mh ifj"kn] ckank esa [kksyh tk;sxhA mDr fufonk;sa fnukad 14--03-2019 dks vijkUg 2%00 cts rd osclkbV www.etender.up.nic.in He said that the new show ij vku ykbu Hkjdj MkmuyksM dh tk ldrh gSA fufonkdrkZ dks fnukad 14-03-2019 dks 3%00 cts rd leLr fcM MkD;wesUV ,oa narrated the escapades of Daroga ithdj.ka l s lca f/kra leLr vko';d izi= lfgr tk s oclkbVs ij MkmuykMs fd; s gS mudh eyw izfr mifun'kds ¼fuekZ.k½ e.Mh Happu Singh, his ‘dabang dulhan’ ifj"kn ckank ds dk;kZy; esa tek djuk vfuok;Z gksxkA dk;ksZa dk fooj.k fuEu izdkj gSA Rajesh, an obstinate mother Katori Ø0 dk;Z dk uke fufonk 'kqYd dk;Z dh /kjkgs j dk;Z i.w kZ ita hdj.k Amma and his nine notorious kids. l0a ¼18 izfr'kr vuqekfur ykxr /kujkf'k dju s dh J.s kh “My character will be caught in the th0,l0Vh0 ¼yk[k #0 e½as ¼yk[k e½as vof/k ultimate tug-of-war among his lfgr½ mother, wife and troublesome 1e.Mh lfefr vrjkZ dh vkUrfjd jksM dk gkV feDl i)fr 1180-00 46-41 4-65 04 ekg ^l* paltan – his children,” he said. l s ejEer dk;Z pgkj nhokjh dh ejEer jxkbZa iqrkbZ] iEi gkml dk fuekZ.k dk;Z] ikbi ykbu ejEer ,o a gS.M iEi Talking about the central fjckjs dk dk;Z] character in the show, Yogesh 2mie.Mh LFky fcl.Mk esa pgkj nhokjh dk iqufuZekZ.k ,oa 1770-00 57-97 5-80 04 ekg ^c* Tripathi who plays Happu Singh leLr Hkouk as dh ejEer o jxkbZa iqrkbZ dk dk;ZA said: “Happu Ki Ultan Paltan is a 'krZ s & dream come true for him. “When I 1- bZ&fufonk ds lkFk uku fjQaMscy fufonk dk ewY; Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad 'kk[kk dpgjhs deEikm.M ckank vkbZ0,Q0,l0lh0 started playing Happu Singh, I dksM&,l0oh0vkbZ0,u0 0000021 mifuns'kd ¼fuekZ.k½ e.Mh ifj"kn] ckank ds vf/k"Bku [kkrk la0 & 30394500147 esa tek dj never imagined that I would make a jlhn fufonk ds lkFk MkmuyksM dh tk;sxhA special place in the hearts of the 2- /kjkgjs /kujkf'k dh /kujkf'k Hkkjrh; LVVs cSda 'kk[kk dpgjhs dEikm.M cknka vkbZ0,Q0,l0lh- dkMs & ,l0oh0vkbZ0,u0 0000021 mifuns'kd ¼fuekZ.k½ e.Mh ifj"kn] ckank ds tekur [kkrk la0 & 30394500374 esa tek dj jlhn MkmuyksM djuh gksxhA audience. Today to have an entire 3- #0&100-00 ds LVkEi isij tks Vsªtjh dk;kZy; ls tkjh gqvk gks lkFk esa #0&1-00 dk fjoU;w fVdV yxkdj tek djuk vfuok;Z show pegged on Happu Singh’s gSA character seems surreal to me and 4- leLr VSDl ,oa Je foHkkx ds fu;eksa ds vuqlkj dVkSrh Bsdsnkjksa ds ns;dksa ls dh tk;sxhA vuqcU/k xBu ds 60 fnu ds vUnj I can’t be grateful enough for Je foHkkx esa iathdj.k djuk vko';d gSA such a great opportunity. I humbly 5- oclkbVs www.etender.up.nic.in ij MkmuyksM fd;s x;s QkeZ esa fdlh Hkh rjg dh fHkUurk dh fLFkfr esa dk;kZy; esa vuqjf{kr thank the viewers for giving me so fufonk QkeZ dh ewyizfr gh ekU; gksxkA much love and good wishes so 6- bZ&fufonk dh njsa 90 fnu rd ekU; gksxhA 7- 'kklukns'k la[;k 4435 @N%&iq014&06&50¼7½@2006 fnukad 02-11-2016 ds vuqlkj ftykf/kdkjh egksn; ls fuxZr pfj= izek.k that they shower more of it on i= ,o a gSfl;r izke.k i= ,o a #0 100-00 d s LVkEi iijs ij Hkjdj izk:i Vh&6 d s :i e as 'kiFki= lyXua djuk vfuok;Z Happu Ki Ultan Paltan. We hope to gksxkA rFkk iathdj.k iqfLrdk ds rkfydk la0&09 ds vuqlkj #0&10-00 ds LVkEi isij ij Hkjdj uksVjh }kjk izekf.kr 'kiFki= make them laugh through all the izLrqr djuk vfuok;Z gkxkAs antics of Happu and his family” he 8- gkVfeDl dk;Z dh bZ&fufonk Mkyus gsrq gkVfeDl IykUV dk LokfeRo gksuk vfuok;Z gSA added. mifun's kd ¼fuekZ.k½ LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 city 05 RTO cracks whip on Ola, Uber UPSRTC to run pink LESA move to supply power Lucknow (PNS): The RTO officials took action against 100 vehicles out of which 70 belonged to the Ola and the Uber companies and they seized at various police sta- Lucknow (PNS): LESA’s 132/33 KV substa- tricity through Mehtab Bagh and there was no tions. Thirty of these vehicles were challaned. RTO officials said that those cars had tions at Hanuman Setu and Mohanlalganj alternative feeder in these areas so that if there been running without depositing the tax. In addition, in the seat belt and helmet cam- buses for women soon will be supplying power to the city areas is any breakdown at Mehtab Bagh or in a par- paign being conducted every Wednesday, 243 vehicles were challaned with drivers not where the power supply has not been reaching ticular cable supplying through a particular wearing helmets and 74 vehicles for the non-compliance of seat belts. till now. locality then there is no alternative supply. Now PNS n LUCKNOW “This will also be LESA chief engineer, cis-Gomti, Madhukar we have an alternative supply for these regions connected with the Verma said that the construction work was going which will help immensely,” he said. ifty air-conditioned pink buses Control and on and the substation would be commissioned Verma added that the substation at Fmainly for women will start by May-end. Mohanlalganj would be supplying to the same shortly by the Uttar Pradesh State Command Centre of He said that the substation at Hanuman Setu areas. “Earlier and even now SGPGI was Road Transport Corporation the UPSRTC at the would be supplying power to Thakurganj, feeding Mohanlalganj and neighbouring areas (UPSRTC). Chief general manag- headquarters to Chowk and Hussainganj area and would give and with this the SGPGI substation would be er Jaideep Verma, while talking to alternative supply to Medical University too. freed from supplying power in that region,” he “The Pioneer”, said that buses were attend any “These areas were earlier being supplied elec- added. currently being integrated with complaint or UP Dial 100. The buses are budget- grievances which ed at Rs 22.5 crore provided by the Ministry of Child Welfare and passengers may Ministry of Transport. The CGM have” said that the buses would be flagged off by Chief Minister Yogi quarters to attend any complaint or Adityanath on a suitable date. grievances which passengers may Verma said that the buses have,” he said. would have female conductors and “This is a good initiative and we drivers and would be equipped with have a population of 23 crore with safety features like GPS tracking as half of them being women and well as CCTV cameras and panic these buses provide some exclusive button. “These buses have been services. This is an initiative of the budgeted by the Government of state and the Central government India under the Nirbhaya fund,” he and we request passengers to take said. He admitted that the UPSRTC advantage of the same,” he added. was running a pink bus from On being asked that if a female Ghaziabad to Delhi but now the is accompanied by a man boarding Central Government had sanc- the bus, it becomes a routine kind tioned their request for 50 buses. of service, he said that they could The CGM added that the buses not be refused because then women were being integrated with the UP would not use them. Dial 100 so that if there was a call He said that they had been try- from the bus then it would be ing to get female drivers but had not attended by UP 100 which had a got any. “We have put in the adver- fleet of over 1400 interceptor vehi- tisements for the same and are hop- cles. “This will also be connected ing that we get female drivers lest with the Control and Command we will have to use male drivers for Centre of the UPSRTC at the head- these buses,” he added. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 nation 06 2 Jaish terrorists Pre-emptive strike will help BJP win 22 of 28 killed in Shopian LS seats in K’taka: BSY

Srinagar: Two Jaish-e- Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP Mohammed (JeM) ultras, chief B S Yeddyurappa on including a Pakistani national, Wednesday said India’s pre- were killed on Wednesday in an emptive strikes on terror camps encounter with security forces in Pakistan has created a wave in Shopian district of Jammu & in favour of Prime Minister Kashmir, the police said. Narendra Modi and will help Security forces launched a the party win over 22 of 28 cordon and search operation in seats in the State in the coming Meemendar area of Shopian Lok Sabha polls. following information about “The atmosphere....Day by e-Mohammed training camp presence of militants there, a day the wind is increasingly early Tuesday, killing a “very police spokesperson said. blowing in favour of BJP. large number” of terrorists, They said the search oper- Yesterday’s action of trainers and senior comman- ation turned into an encounter destroying terror hideouts by ders. after militants opened fire entering inside Pakistan has India’s action comes close towards the security forces, area of Shopian and the other were registered against them resulted in a pro-Modi wave in on the heels of the Pulwama who retaliated. was identified as a Pakistani for their terrorist activities,” he the country, the results of incident in which 40 CRPF The two terrorists were national. added. It was a clean operation which can be seen in coming personnel were killed in one of killed in the ensuing gunfight, “As per the police records, and there was no collateral Lok Sabha polls,” Yeddyurappa the deadliest terror strikes in he said. they were involved in conspir- damage, he said further. said. decades in Jammu & Kashmir. “Their bodies were ing and executing several ter- Incriminating material, Speaking to reporters in Currently, BJP holds 16 retrieved from the site of rorist attacks and wanted for including arms and ammuni- Chitradurga, he said “It has Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, encounter. Both were affiliated their complicity in a series of tion, was recovered from the enthused youths; all this will Congress 10 and JD(S) 2. with proscribed terror outfit terror crimes including attack site of the encounter, the help us in winning more than The ruling Congress-JD(S), JeM,” the spokesperson said. on security establishments and spokesperson said, adding that 22 Lok Sabha seats (in who have decided to contest One of the slain ultras was civilian atrocities,” the official the police has registered a Karnataka).” the Lok Sabha polls together identified as Suhail Nazir Mir, said. case and initiated investiga- India conducted a major have begin discussions about a resident of Saidapora Payeen “Several terror crime cases tions. PTI pre-emptive strike on a Jaish- seat sharing. PTI Pak dangerous for entire world: Shiv Sena WB Govt shifts Pak inmates Mumbai: A day after Indian fight- soil. “There cannot be world peace avenge the death of our jawans? to high-security cells er jets bombed the biggest camp of until Pakistan is eliminated from Their blood isn’t cheap. There Kolkata: The West Bengal Government has shift- terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed the global map. Countries like should be continuous operations ed 14 Pakistani prisoners, lodged in two cor- (JeM) in Pakistan, the Shiv Sena on Pakistan are dangerous not only for against the country to put an end rectional homes here, to separate barracks and Wednesday demanded continuous India, but the entire world. There to the terrorism continuing from “high-security” cells, amid soaring tension operations, dubbing the neigh- is no democracy in Pakistan, so there.” between India and its western neighbour, a senior bouring Country “dangerous” for their army chief misuses power in It said the way the United official said. the entire world. the name of prime minister and the States gunned down al-Qaeda chief The State Government’s move comes days The Sena, in an editorial in government,” it said. Osama bin Laden on Pakistan’s soil, after a 50-year-old Pakistani convict was alleged- party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, said In a pinpointed and swift air JeM chief Masood Azhar needs to ly killed by fellow inmates in Rajasthan’s Jaipur there cannot be peace across the strike that lasted less than two be eliminated as well to avenge the Central jail. globe until Pakistan is wiped off the minutes, India pounded Jaish-e- killing of 40 CRPF jawans. “Strict instructions have been issued to sep- world map. Mohammed’s biggest training camp Recalling that former Prime arate Pakistani inmates from others following the In remarks laced with sarcasm, in Pakistan early Tuesday, killing up Minister Indira Gandhi had incident in Rajasthan jail. They have been shift- it sought to know whether the ter- to 350 terrorists and trainers who showed the Indian Army’s might in ed to high-security cells, where heavyweight pris- ror launch pads in Pakistan were moved there for their protec- 1971 by dividing Pakistan into oners, such as those arrested for American Occupied Kashmir (PoK) were tion after the Pulwama attack, offi- two, the Sena expressed hope that Center attack and Maoists have been staying,” “cultural centres”, as according to cials said. a similar operation would be con- the official of West Bengal Correctional Services that country’s Prime Minister The Sena said, “The question ducted against the neighbouring said. Imran Khan, there was no terror- which remains unanswered is if one country under Narendra Modi’s A three-layered cordon has been set up for ist activity originating from its strike on Pakistan is enough to rule. PTI the security of the 14 prisoners, he said. Rly starts displaying reservation charts, vacant seats online PNS n NEW DELHI ture will look similar to that provided by the airlines. ith an aim to enhance travel experi- The website of the Indian Railways will Wence and bring transparency for show the seating layout with different passengers, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal colours to show the seats that are booked, launched a new feature on the IRCTC web- vacant and partially booked. site through which the passengers can view “The system displays the coach layout the reservation chart and vacant berths of nine classes used in the reserved trains online even after chart preparation. of the Indian Railways and more than 120 A senior Railway Ministry official different coach layouts have been incor- said that the information about occupan- porated. This feature displays class-wise and cy in trains as per passenger reservation coach-wise fully vacant berth availability charts will now be available for public view information as per the first chart of the on the internet through IRCTC website train, which is prepared four hours before (www.irctc.co.in). “This will facilitate the the train’s departure,” he said. prospective passengers in getting the infor- If the second chart is also prepared, mation of the vacant berths available in the then the option to view the details of vacant train after chart preparation,” he said. berths available at the time will be dis- Speaking on the occasion, Goyal said played. The second chart is prepared about that it is another step to introduce trans- 30 minutes prior to the departure of the parency in the system and to add comfort train to accommodate the information of to the travel experience of the passengers. current reservations and cancellations “With introduction of such online platform, done after the first chart, he added. travellers need not to search for ticket col- Both the charts will get updated for lector in the moving train,” he said. every charting location as the train heads “This new feature in ticketing system towards its destination. In addition to this, is a dynamic system which will keep a user will also have the facility to view the upgrading itself as the train proceeds for exact position of the berth allocated to a the destination and make it more trans- PNR in the graphical coach layout during parent as passengers can see the real time PNR enquiry. availability of berths,” he said. Girish Pillai, Member Traffic, Railway According to official, the new interface Board said that entire effort is to make will give graphical representation of the reservation process as transparent as pos- train coaches and berth-wise accommo- sible and comfortable to the public. “The dation status on the Indian Rail Catering biggest advantage is passenger can see and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) website. which berth is available even after second The railway officials said the new fea- charts are made,” he said. ABSENCE OF BUNKERS Border residents face roaring Pak guns

MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU struction of bunkers was started at sev- eral places but it is going on at snails’ large number of border residents in pace”. As there is no let up from the Afrontier districts of Poonch and Pakistani side unhappy border residents Rajouri continue to face the brunt of fir- are running for cover and pressurising ing from across the border in the absence district authorities to prioritise con- of bunkers in the close vicinity of their struction of bunkers at fast speed. homes, falling in the direct line of fire of As several houses in Mendhar tehsil roaring Pak guns. of Poonch were hit by mortars fired by A total of 4,696 individual and 335 the Pakistan army during fresh escalation community bunkers were sanctioned in of border tension late Tuesday night large Rajouri and 1,320 individual and 688 number of people from the area relocat- community bunkers in Poonch district ed to safer places on Wednesday to for the safety of the border residents dur- ensure their safety. ing cross border shelling. They blamed the local authorities for In the beginning of December 2018, ignoring their safety concerns and leav- the Union Home Ministry had even ing them at the mercy of God in the wake decided to bear the extra cost of con- of mounting tensions along the LoC. structing these bunkers as contractors As the intensity of Pakistan army fir- had refused to start work on ground zero ing increased with the induction of in the absence of completion of tender artillery firing late Tuesday evening process. Indian army too upped the ante to give According to official sources, “con- them a befitting reply. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 nation 07

Tiger found dead in Guj 2 JMB operatives held in Bengal, PAK ESCALATES TENSION From Page 1 asked to remain inside their homes explosive materials seized In the ensuing fight one F-16 of and not venture outside. Pakistan Air Force was shot down and Meanwhile, Pakistan also closed its Kolkata: Two alleged operatives of occurred in a house at Khagragarh in crashed on the other side of the LOC. airspace for commercial flights and had traversed from MP Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Burdwan district, killing two persons. A MIG-21 of IAF while chasing the suspended flight operations across have been arrested from West Bengal's "We have interrogated Sajjad and Pakistani jets was also shot by air major airports, including in Islamabad, Ahmedabad/Bhopal: The tiger Murshidabad district and a cache of found out that Moshibur and Ruhul have defence teams of the Pakistani army. Lahore and Karachi, for an indefinite that was found dead in explosive materials seized from their pos- been trained in making acid bombs. The Indian jet crashed there and period. Mahisagar district of Gujarat on session, a senior police officer said on Their plan was to attack the police and Varthman was captured by the The airport will be used for “mil- Tuesday, had travelled from Wednesday. get Kauser released," the officer said. Pakistanis. itary purposes” till it is reopened for Ratapani sanctuary located in In a joint operation by the Special With Tuesday's successful raid in Video clips on the social media commercial activities, an official told neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police Murshidabad, the number of JMB oper- showing the IAF officer being bitten DawnNewsTV, adding that a red alert officials said on Wednesday. and the Murshidabad police, Moshibur atives arrested in a month rose to six, he up. has also been issued, said PTI. The Gujarat forest depart- Rahman (35) alias Farooque and Ruhul added. On February 16, Ariful Islam alias Explaining the significance of Addressing a Press conference in ment confirmed that it was the Amin alias Saifullah (26) were appre- Arif (22) was arrested from the city's Pakistan’s retaliation to the Indian Islamabad, Ghafoor said one of the same tiger that was captured on hended Tuesday night, he said. Babughat area for his alleged links to the attack deep inside its territory on IAF aircraft crashed in Pakistan-occu- camera around two weeks back "Both Moshibur and Ruhul, residents terror outfit. Tuesday, officials said the PAF want- pied Kashmir while the other fell in in Mahisagar district, the first of Murshidabad district, are active mem- Three days later, Asif Iqbal alias ed to target brigade headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir. “This morning sighting of a tiger in the state in bers of the outlawed JMB. A cache of Nadeem, another resident of the Army in Krishna Ghati and an PAF (Pakistan Air Force) jets while three decades. The authorities, explosive materials, including alumini- Murshidabad district, was held at ammunition point of the Army in remaining in Pakistani airspace however, ruled out poaching as um dust, calether (spirit of ether) and sul- Santragachi railway station in Howrah Narian in Naushera. The Pakistani jets engaged six targets across the LoC,” he the cause of its death. phuric acid, have been recovered from district. dropped a bomb in Krishna Ghati but said. On February 12, the Gujarat their possession," the senior officer told Islam was involved in 2018 Bodh there was report of any damage. “Our pilots locked on those six tar- government had confirmed the PTI. Gaya blast case, police had claimed. On The Pakistani jets entered the gets and we struck on open places,” he presence of a tiger, aged 7 to 8 The duo happen to be associates of January 19 last year, a low-intensity bomb Indian airspace from the Lam(India)- said, adding that it was decided that years, after it was captured on Kauser and Sajjad, who were nabbed on had exploded at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, Khuretta (Pakistan Occupied the PAF will not hit the military tar- camera. Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) the death as no external injury January 29 for their involvement in 2014 shortly after Tibetan spiritual leader the Kashmir) in the Krishna Ghati region gets. He said some of the targets were On Tuesday, the carcass of U Prakasham had written a let- marks were found on it, he said. Burdwan blast case, he said. Dalai Lama finished a sermon at the to undertake their mission of hitting in Bhimber galli and Narian area the tiger was found at Kantar vil- ter to the Gujarat Forest Chief Conservator of On October 2, 2014, a blast had Mahabodhi temple. PTI military installations, they said adding where the supply depots were engaged lage in the forest area of Department on February 14, Forests, Vadodara, S K Srivastava the ammunition point is transit depot from a distance. Mahisagar. It was found around urging it to protect the animal said, "During the examination, for disbursing mortars and other “After the PAF strikes, 2 IAF jets 15 kms from the spot, where the and keep a tab on its move- no physical injury was noticed Pakistan hand in... region. Chinese Foreign Ministry ammunition like bullets and rockets to entered Pakistani airspace and the PAF animal was last captured on ments. on the tiger. Also, all the 18 spokesman Lu Kang’s remarks came after the troops deployed on the LOC. took them on and the two IAF were camera. Meanwhile, after conduct- claws, four canine teeth, genital From Page 1 Pakistan targeted military installations in As tension mounted after the shot down. The wreckage of one (air- "The tiger that was found ing the examination of the car- organ and skin were found to be “It is important for both sides to India in response to Indian counter-ter- incident, the entire airspace north of craft) fell inside Pakistan (Pakistan- dead in Gujarat, had reached cass, the Gujarat forest depart- intact, hence this is definitely not make sure the through and effective rorism strikes in Balakot. New Delhi was briefly “vacated”. Nine occupied Kashmir) while the second Mahisagar district after crossing ment ruled out the possibility of a case of poaching." implementation of the guidance given “I understand that in the latest airports in Jammu and Kashmir, fell inside India,” Ghafoor said. Indore, Ujjain, Dewas and poaching. "We have collected three sets by the two leaders,” she told Wang, development Pakistan says it had shot Himachal Pradesh and Punjab were “Original targets were military Jhabua districts of Madhya The pattern of the tiger's of samples for investigation, adding that both side made efforts and down two Indian aircraft and captured closed for civilian traffic for some part posts and administrative facilities but Pradesh," an MP Public stripes led the post-mortem which have been sent to Gujarat “we should sustain this”. Indian pilots,” Lu told the media in of the morning but opened later in the we did not target those,” he said. The Relations Department official panel, formed to probe its death, Forensic Sciences Laboratory “Particularly the decision taken by Beijing. He said the international com- day. spokesman claimed that targets said, quoting the state forest to conclude that it was the same in Gandhinagar, Anand our leaders to maintain strategic com- munity is following the developments Jammu and Kashmir was the cen- engaged by the PAF were changed to department authorities. animal that was captured on the Veterinary Hospital and munication between them provided an closely. tre of much of the action on a day of avoid any loss of life. “It was The tiger had traversed camera trap around two weeks LaCONES in Hyderabad for important foundation for the develop- Earlier, External Affairs Minister escalating tensions between the two not retaliation in the true sense but it from Ratapani sanctuary situat- back, a Gujarat forest depart- examination," he said. PTI ment of our bilateral relations. This Swaraj kicked off her key meeting with neighbours. There was nightlong was an action to show that we can ed near Bhopal, he said. ment official said. channel of strategic communication her Chinese counterpart Wang in a heavy firing and shelling on forward retaliate. We do not want to push the After getting the informa- Samples of the tiger carcass between the two of us and between lighter vein, accusing him of cheating and civilian areas from across the LoC region to war. We want peace,” the tion that the tiger had entered have been sent to three labora- War futile, let’s senior officials should always remain her by changing the venue of the RIC in Rajouri and Poonch with the Army spokesman asserted. He also reject- Gujarat, MP's Principal Chief tories to ascertain the cause of open,” she said. meeting to a more beautiful location and the Border Security Force (BSF) ed reports that Pakistan used F-16 settle this with Wang said last year’s Wuhan meet- here. on the highest degree of alertness. All fighters and one of them was shot ing between Modi and Xi led the bilat- “You cheated me,” Swaraj said in her residents of the border areas were down by India. talks, urges Imran eral ties into a new stage. opening statement at their bilateral “Led by the leaders, all aspects of meeting here. From Page 1 our bilateral relationship are going Wang and other Chinese officials Khan said when India well. Both nations and the international broke into laughter hearing her remarks. stuck Tuesday morning, he community are more optimistic of our Swaraj said Wang first told her that spoke with the army chief and bilateral relations. In 2019 we are going the RIC Ministers meeting would be Pakistan did not respond in keep working on the consensus of the held in Shanghai and later sifted it to haste. He said Pakistan offered two leaders,” he said. Wuzhen, the historic city famous for India its cooperation in the Meanwhile, China on Wednesday ancient stone bridges, stone pathways investigation after the Pulwama again called on India and Pakistan to and delicate wood carvings. terror attack. exercise restraint amid the escalation of “Thank you” for the change of loca- “We know how the families hostilities between the two countries and tion and it is a very beautiful city, she of those killed in Pulwama inci- urged them to engage in dialogue to said and expressed desire to go round dent must have felt. We have uphold the peace and stability in the the place before her departure. been the victims of war for decades...Since the beginning we have asked India to share Narendra Modi “must suspend his actionable evidence with us. It is Opp cries politicisation... political activities until the pilot is nowhere in the interest of From Page 1 returned safely and that he had sug- Pakistan for it to be used as a base Early in the day National gested the Opposition parties to also put for militancy,” he said. “But I had Conference leader Omar Abdullah who off their meeting in Delhi. a hunch that India would esca- is also in the Opposition umbrella urged “It can’t be business as usual with late, and that is why I had said the Opposition parties to put off their him criss-crossing the country at tax- that if India escalates, we will meeting in the national Capital. The payer expense making political speech- retaliate,” he said, adding that parties also condemned the “dastardly” es while our pilot is a Pakistani captive,” Pakistan simply wanted to show Pulwama terror attack by “Pakistan- Abdullah said in a series of tweets. its capability. “The sole purpose sponsored” terrorists of Jaish-e- Congress president Rahul Gandhi, of our action (on Wednesday) Mohammed on February 14. The lead- UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former was to convey that if you can ers paid homage to the soldiers killed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, come into our country, we can in the attack and expressed solidarity Congress leaders AK Antony, Ghulam do the same,” Khan added. with the Armed Forces. Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel; Sharad Taking to Twitter, the leaders said Pawar (NCP); Chandrababu Naidu their thoughts are with the family and (TDP); Mamata Banerjee (TMC); friends of the pilot and the whole coun- Sharad Yadav (LJD); T Shiva (DMK); try is standing with them. “I’m sorry to Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M); Satish hear that one of our brave IAF pilots is Chandra Misra (BSP); Manoj Jha (RJD); missing. I hope he will return home Sanjay Singh (AAP); Sudhakar Reddy soon, unharmed. We stand by our (CPI); Danish Ali (JD-S); Shibu armed forces in these difficult times,” Soren(JMM); Upendra Kushwaha Congress president Rahul Gandhi said. (RLSP); Ashok Kumar Singh (JVM); DMK leader MK Stalin urged the Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM); Kodandaram Centre “to do everything necessary to (TJS) among others participated in the get him safely back home at the earli- meeting. The Samajwadi Party did not est”. attend the meeting. The Opposition Omar Abdullah said Pakistan decided to drop the formulation of the should treat the pilot “as you would have common minimum programme as the us treat one of your men in uniform agenda for their meeting on Wednesday should he be unfortunate enough to be in view of the prevailing security situ- captured on this side of the border”, ation in the country. Senior leaders in while AIMIM president Asaduddin the Opposition confirmed that in a dis- Owaisi said Islamabad must respect its cussion with the Congress, the CPI(M) obligations under the Geneva and the CPI said that they will only be Conventions and treat him humanely. part of the meeting if the common min- Abdullah also said Prime Minister imum programme is off the table.

India demands... details. “I hope you like the tea,” some- one is heard asking. “It is fantastic,” he From Page 1 answers. After the release of these videos, The Wing Commander, whose MiG Pakistani Acting High Commissioner was 21 Bison aircraft was shot down by the summoned on Wednesday afternoon by Pakistan Air Force while engaged in hot the MEA to lodge a strong protest at the pursuit to repel enemy attack on unprovoked act of aggression by Pakistan Wednesday, ejected safely but landed against India, including by violation of the across the Line of Control and was taken Indian air space and targeting of Indian into custody by the Pakistan Army. military posts. There were other video clips on the “This is in contrast to the India’s non- social media where he could be seen beat- military anti-terror pre-emptive strike at en by locals while lying in a stream before a JeM terrorist camp in Balakot on being taken away by Pakistani soldiers. February 26. It is unfortunate that instead The veracity of the videos could not be of fulfilling its international obligation and ascertained. Later, the Pakistanis released bilateral commitment to take credible a clip showing the blindfolded officer with action against terrorist entities and indi- blood flowing down his cheek, identi- viduals operating from its soil, Pakistan fying himself as Wing Commander has acted with aggression against India,” Abhinandan. In the video, he refused to the MEA said. “It was clearly conveyed answer any question, except for giving his that India reserves the right to take firm ID number, designation and marital and decisive action to protect its nation- status. al security, sovereignty and territorial However, the video released through integrity against any act of aggression or Twitter was withdrawn within minutes, cross-border terrorism,” said the MEA. keeping in view the Geneva Convention It said regret was expressed at con- dictating that a prisoner of war should not tinuing denial by Pakistan’s political and be shown publicly in a humiliating man- military leadership at the presence of ter- ner. rorist infrastructure in territories under Hours later, the Pakistan Army its control. “A dossier was handed over released another video, lasting 1.19 min- to Pakistan side with specific details of utes, where Abhinandan can be seen JeM complicity in Pulwama terror attack drinking tea, cleaned up but with his face and the presence of JeM terror camps and bruised and eyes swollen. The officer its leadership in Pakistan,” the MEA said. again answers questions with composure “It was conveyed that India expects and no display of fear. Pakistan to take immediate and verifiable To most queries, he says he is sorry action against terrorism emanating from as he is not supposed to divulge any territories under its control,” it said. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Pakistan cornered The retaliatory strike was expected but India now needs to Calling Pakistan’s bluff keep up a diplomatic offensive and get back IAF pilot hen you are pushed to the wall, there is little else you can do except flail your Like the surgical strikes failed to deter Pakistan from cross-border infiltration, deep penetration Wlimbs violently in confusion and chaos. That’s what has happened with air strikes, too, will not stop it from waging a proxy war. Change has to come from within Pakistan, which expectedly sent its jets across our airspace, lit up the entire LoC through the night with a ground offensive and rallied itself for an aerial dogfight as a last resort to rescue some credibility after the IAF blast- ed a Jaish base on its soil. And in gross mis- adventurism, it attempted to attack our mili- tary installations to teach us a lesson that it ASHOK K MEHTA had the “will and capability for self defence.” While our MiG-21s chased its fight- er jets back and shot one of them down, we lost one of ours to the other side ndia crossed the red line in Pakistan for with an IAF pilot missing in action. In a complicated air adventure such as this, the first time since 1971 when its Air there is bound to be collateral damage and our main concern now is to ensure Force carried out audacious pre-emp- tive attacks in self-defence, a second step his safe release diplomatically. The crucial point to note is while IAF attacked a escalation against Jaish-e-Mohammad Jaish training camp, avoiding Pakistani military and civilian casualties, Islamabad I(JeM) training camps in Balakot as retribu- had no such motive as India does not have any terror camps or facilities inim- tion for the killing of 44 CRPF soldiers at Pulwama on February 14. In 1999, during the ical to it. So the Pakistani retaliation was aimed at striking at our military confi- Kargil conflict, India unilaterally declared that dence and was no less an act of aggression couched as retributive justice. it would not cross the Line of Control (LoC) What our neighbour had not reckoned was that no country, including China, to preclude any escalation and lost two air- craft and 540 soldiers in evicting the intru- would support it after India’s air strike. What it had not bargained for was that sions of the Northern Light Infantry disguised the entire world was now losing patience with its oft-repeated plea of threat per- as mujahideen. Prime Minister Modi dis- ception from India when in fact the world was at risk from the terror havens it played political will in ordering air attacks out- side Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) but the nurtured and harvested. In its own backyard, both Afghanistan and Iran have retribution came 24 hours later than he had openly accused it of aiding terror acts. What it had not foreseen was a gradual desired, wanting it to be timed with the inau- slippage in the US list of priorities despite aiding the Afghan peace talks. But most guration of the war memorial on February 25. of all, it had never expected India to follow the US model of taking out Osama When the surgical strikes were launched in 2016, he had told the then Chief of the bin Laden from Abbottabad and target the Jaish. For long, the Pakistani military Army Staff, Gen Dalbir Singh, that he did not establishment has been using terrorists to wage a proxy war and bleed us on want any casualties, get troops to return by all fronts. Now with that cover blown, it stands exposed, is in desperate need to dawn and ensure there was no escalation. This time around, Modi has surprised not only justify its existence and seen to be acting from the frontlines. And for all the pup- Pakistan but many Indian strategists by power. To maintain surprise, tion, the deep penetration air tension in Jammu & Kashmir has pet regimes it has foisted and dethroned at will, it needed to put up an act for striking at targets deep inside Pakistan. Most India had neither mobilised its strikes, too, will not stop it from risen and Pakistan has claimed its domestic audience. But that has also misfired with its own citizens arguing Indians were expecting retribution for sure armed forces nor cancelled leave, waging proxy war. It will miti- bombing Poonch and also cap- but few had imagined the use of the Air Force as was done in 2001, which has gate, not eliminate the scourge turing two Indian pilots. for simmering down tensions and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan parrot- instead of the expected surgical strike 2.0 in been restricted now. of terrorism. In Kashmir, things Pakistan will respond to vio- ing the old talk of resuming dialogues. The US, which is keeping a keen eye on PoK. What was delivered was shock therapy. It seems India is confident will get hotter given that IED lation of its sovereignty. It will not developments in the sub-continent, repeated its warning to Pakistan to crush Six Mirage 2000 aircraft covered by 10 that Pakistan will not escalate and VBIED have returned, aug- give retaliation a go by, requiring Sukhoi Su-30MKI violated Pakistani air with military action. That does PAKISTAN WILL mented by local suicide the Indian armed forces to be on terrorist camps and is in constant advisory mode with its establishment. China space to destroy the JeM training camp at not mean that there will be no RESPOND TO bombers. Make no mistake that high alert. Pakistan could select has asked Pakistan to operate within the Financial Action Task Force (on Money Balakot. Like in Kargil, these same aircraft retribution, as it has, though VIOLATION OF ITS air strikes, like surgical strikes a military target like an ammu- Laundering) norms, in short asking it to address its terror networks. Former Pakistani employed precision-guided munitions to India’s marginal conventional in 2016, are not effectively nition dump or a military instal- avoid collateral damage. That the Mirage mis- superiority may deter Pakistan SOVEREIGNTY. IT replicable. One swallow does lation proportionate with the loss Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani has gone on record saying, “It is telling sion completed its task without being inter- from escalatory retaliation. The not make a summer. of life and materials suffered at that no country has spoken out in Pakistan’s favour after the Indian air strike.” cepted by Pakistan’s air defence and fighter last thing that Modi wants is a WILL NOT GIVE The reaction from Pakistan Balakot. It will be unwise for the Pakistan, clearly isolated by the world, has to understand that its hyper-nation- aircraft is commendable and showed laxity full-fledged war, which will be RETALIATION A GO is confused. There has been a BJP-led Government to tom-tom on the part of Pakistan Air Force. Interestingly, risky for India and crippling for denial of what it called “fictitious” the air strikes as an election cat- alist sentiment has no takers and more than a skirmish in the airspace, it has to like after the surgical strikes, the Director Pakistan. BY, REQUIRING THE claims. Simultaneously, it claimed alyst. Inflammatory speeches now look for ways to de-escalate and take verifiable action against the terror- General of Military Operations (DGMO) Although US President INDIAN ARMED that unwanted aggression will not and boasts of air strikes like sur- ists it harbours. More than just taking over the Jaish seminary in Bahawalpur. announced that surgical strikes targetted ter- Donald Trump had referred to FORCES TO BE ON go unpunished. Foreign Minister gical strikes should be avoided. And its civil society has to give the big push. For India, which has proven a point rorist launch pads and not Pakistani Army India planning “something big Shah Mahmood Qureshi even Three nights ago, a Pakistani TV posts — emphasising India’s war was against which is dangerous and must be HIGH ALERT. said that Pakistan will respond “at anchor asked me whether the about the need to protect its civilians from terrorists on foreign soil, it is time to terrorism and not Pakistan — this time it was stopped”, America did nothing to a time and place of its choosing.” clouds of war had passed over. I consolidate its diplomatic gains, build on good opinion and secure the release Foreign Secretary VK Gokhale who issued a avert the strikes in a region PAKISTAN COULD The Pakistan military cannot replied in the negative adding: of its soldier first. Then it can keep up the diplomatic pressure on Pakistan. Both terse and calibrated statement, highlighting which the West has labelled as a SELECT A MILITARY afford any further loss of face, “India’s retribution is inevitable.” that India had taken “non-military pre-emp- nuclear flashpoint. US Secretary especially after Osama bin Laden Willy nilly, through its air strikes, sides, nuclear powers at that, could head for a serious crisis if they continue a tive action” to ward off imminent terrorist of State, Mike Pompeo, has TARGET LIKE AN was plucked by US Special Forces India may have called Pakistan’s tit-for-tat. Can both nations afford to be in perennial high alert mode? attacks by habitual offender JeM, the terror- issued a statement calling for from Abbottabad under their nuclear bluff. ist organisation based in Balakot. He remind- restraint and urging Pakistan not AMMUNITION DUMP noses. The justification for To the question everyone ed Pakistan of its pledge in 2004 to not allow to take military action as also dis- OR A MILITARY Pakistan Army’s primacy in soci- asks: How to change Pakistan the use of Pakistani soil or territory under its mantle terrorist camps on its ter- INSTALLATION ety and its designation as custo- military’s behaviour, the answer Lessons from Bandipur control for terrorist attacks against India. How ritory. One of the reasons dian of Pakistan’s core values will usually is: Difficult but if it hap- escalatory air strikes constitute no-military Pakistan was emboldened to PROPORTIONATE take a big hit if it does not retal- pens, it will happen from with- pre-emptive action is creative play of words. execute its suicide attack at iate. The humiliation of 1971, in. By India dropping its cov- Frequent forest fires in the Nilgiri biosphere mean This time, there was actionable intelli- Pulwama was that it believed that WITH THE LOSS OF coupled with the air strikes, is eted strategic restraint though gence on Balakot, whereas in 2001, after the Trump would not chide it or LIFE AND bound to dilute the image and surgical strikes and air strikes, tighter monitoring and tracking climate change Parliament attack and 2008 (Mumbai), intel- intervene as the restraint aura of the Punjabi Army. New Delhi has shown that if it he massive forest fire that engulfed ligence agencies were unable to provide accu- imposed on the Pakistan Army MATERIALS Immediate retribution most like- can’t change Pakistan, it can rate eight-figure coordinates of terrorist by the US was lifted for SUFFERED AT ly will manifest in another spec- change itself. Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka may training camps, saying they were mobile and Islamabad helping Washington tacular suicide attack in Kashmir (The writer is a retired Thave abated for the moment but we have not static. Air strikes deep inside Pakistan rep- in its reconciliation talks with the BALAKOT or even outside Jammu & Major General of the Indian to tackle a bigger ecological crisis that’s threat- resent India raising the ante, shedding its cov- Afghan Taliban. Kashmir. Pakistan has already Army and founder member of eted policy of strategic restraint. This is the Let us be clear. Like the sur- responded with its Air Force but the Defence Planning Staff, cur- ening the region. And that is the forests in these first time one nuclear power has used its Air gical strikes failed to deter its dilemma will be target selec- rently the revamped Integrated areas, though not traditionally prone to twig Force to strike targets of another nuclear Pakistan’s cross-border infiltra- tion. Within the last 24 hours, Defence Staff) fires, are becoming increasingly susceptible to them. About 372 fires were reported from different green zones in Karnataka over just S O U N D BITE two days. Neighbouring Tamil Nadu fared no If the US commandos I grew up in a world where I Balakot strike was against ter- We hope that India and better with 415 cases being reported, a major- can kill Osama bin never thought I would get a ror camp. India doesn’t wish Pakistan can exercise restraint ity of them from the Mudumalai Tiger Laden, in Pakistan’s chance to play leading roles to see a further escalation. and engage in dialogue for Abbottabad, why because people onscreen We will continue to act with peace and stability. Reserve. In the case of Bandipur, the devastation is appalling. While authorities can’t India? did not look like me. responsibility and restraint. and activists debate whether the fire was “accidental” or “intentional”, what fuelled Chinese Foreign Ministry Union Minister Actor External Affairs Minister spokesman it seems to be the fast-growing lantana weeds, which are highly inflammable —Arun Jaitley —Rami Malek —Sushma Swaraj —Lu Kang and are mushrooming fast because of climate change in the region. According to the National Remote Sensing Centre at ISRO, a massive 10,920.92 acres of the forest area have been burnt. And till the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed two MI-17 helicopters that sprayed gallons of water on affected areas, the blaze could L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR have had a devastating scale. We still do not how much wildlife we have lost, India strikes camps in Balakot by the IAF though most species are likely to recoup and recover their density over time. Scrapping Indus Water Treaty will mean little have made a huge statement to More damaging is the erosion of the ecosystem that is home to many reptiles, terrorist organisations and their moths, animals and birds alike. It will take years to regain what we lost. Sir — This refers to the editori- his refers to the article, “What Pak stands to lose” caretakers that India is now no The fire demonstrates loopholes in forest management that need to be attend- al, “India strikes back” (February (February 27) by Prafull Goradia. Whether Union longer a “soft state” and will rec- 27). There are two ways one can TMinister for Water Resources, River Development & iprocate in a ghastly manner ed to on a war footing. For example, the reserve lacks basic fire lines. There look at this air-strike. One can see Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari’s decision to “stop” each time the nation faces any aren’t enough fire watchers, usually employed by the forest department in the it as a vote-winning move by the India's share of water of the three rivers — Ravi, Beas and threat of terrorism. Balakot was Government. This is how many Sutlej — that used to flow to Pakistan, was an anger over considered to be the training summer. Local forest officials reportedly ignored satellite warnings and centralised people will see it. Or one can see the Pulwama terror attack or another votebank opportu- headquarters of the JeM and, information systems sent by the Indian Forest Survey. And most shockingly, it for what it is — that India is not nity is debatable. What Gadkari said — that in the last 54 therefore, the elimination of the Bandipur allegedly did not have a dedicated field director and was managed by a soft state. The Prime Minister years, India and Pakistan have gone to wars, but nobody terror-training camps over there a person holding dual posts who was stationed in Mysuru. So clearly, a mech- had repeated more than once in spoke about scrapping the Indus Waters Treaty — is not can be adjudged as one of the the last few days that the completely true. In this Treaty, we divided six rivers. Three biggest successes over terrorism. anism to ensure the overall preservation of the reserve is non-existent. Bandipur Pulwama attack will not go rivers on the eastern front (Sutlej, Beas and Ravi) are given down the infrastructure to do so, it will take six to 15 years Tushar Anand is a wake-up call that forest fires can no longer be considered a seasonal affair unpunished. to India, on the western side, three rivers (Indus, Jhelum to build dams and canals to divert the water. Like millions, Patna and the burning issue should force correctives rather than die down with the Obviously, the Government and Chenab) have been given exclusively to Pakistan. I am also aggrieved, saddened and outraged by the deaths could not discuss its gameplan. Though such type of announcement is nothing new, of over 40 jawans by Pakistan-fed terrorists and believe Be prepared headlines. Larger issues that need attention immediately include the impact of So, after days of feverish specu- a similar demand for scrapping the Indus Waters Treaty in retributive justice. But interrupting life-sustaining sup- climate change, dry weather conditions, wind movements, lack of rain and dry lation and desperate anxiety, was raised in the aftermath of the attack in Uri in 2016. ply of water to a nation or human beings, or even animals, kindling from trees. The biggest check needs to be on human depredations in India has finally done what so When all over the world the Treaty is referred to as the most is a crime against humanity. Sir — This refers to the editor- many of us had advocated. For successful, how will scrapping it teach Pakistan a lesson? Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee ial, “India strikes back” the forest that include deforestation, the continued practice of lighting fires to nearly two weeks since the In reality and technically, it is not possible. Even if we lay Faridabad (February 27). While the Indian clear fields for cultivation, indiscriminate scattering of cigarette butts and other Pulwama attack, true to Narendra Air Force as well as the intelli- combustibles. There has to be a political will to break the timber mafia-forest Modi’s style, he kept everyone Keep up the good work ism and diplomacy cannot go Success story gence agencies deserve all praise guessing on what was going to be hand in hand. to ensure a successful strike at official nexus that is given to vandalism, one of the reasons for the fire cited by India’s response. After US The “non-military” pre-emp- Pakistan terror bases, we have to the conservator of forests. Of course, all this calls for a bigger spread of resources, President Donald Trump’s state- Sir — This refers to the editori- tive strikes must also come as a Sir — This refers to the editor- take all precautionary steps beginning with the pay of forest staff and their daily-wage handlers. We must ment that India is planning al, “India strikes back” (February timely reminder to the establish- ial, “India strikes back” needed to face a counter-attack “something very strong” we had 27). India’s strike on the Jaish-e- ment over there to shun state- (February 27). The Narendra from Pakistan, which has remember that Bandipur is home to the tiger. And with the neighbouring Rajiv a hunch. Obviously, India could Mohammad (JeM) terror camps sponsored terrorism. It was, how- Modi Government and the already begun. Gandhi National Park and the Mudumalai and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuaries, it not mount a major offensive in Balakot were timely and wel- ever, heartening that the entire Indian Air Force (IAF) must be Satya forms the vast Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India’s most significant bio-geograph- without taking major internation- come. The attack, which was Opposition came out in support commended for a massive retal- Via email al powers into confidence. reminiscent of the surgical strikes of the strikes. iation to the Pulwama attack. ic zone, sharing the wilderness of the Western Ghats, the Nilgiris and the Deccan J Akshay earlier in 2016, must send Shivansh The bombings on the Jaish-e- Send your feedback to: plateau. If we begin to lose it, we may lose our sustenance and oxygen sink. Bengaluru Pakistan the message that terror- Via email Mohammad (JeM) training [email protected] LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN The mirage of POINTCOUNTERPOINT CORRUPTION AND RAFALE ARE MASSIVE ISSUES. THEY (CONGRESS) WILL KEEP SAYING RAFALE, a clean river WHENEVER I MENTION THE WORD ‘CHOWKIDAR', ALL RAFALE, RAFALE. WHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING SAY ‘CHOWKIDAR CHOR HAIN.’ RAFALE, RAFALE. RAFALE MEANS RAHUL FAIL. Among other things like a good Budget or —CONGRESS CHIEF —UNION MINISTER bureaucratic will, the cleaning of Ganga needs RAHUL GANDHI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR better groundwork at the initial stage Ensure sustainable education KOTA SRIRAJ he Ganga, which is the most sacred river in India, is caught Mere acquaintance with the problem is not sufficient. Education policies and systems must in a vortex of pollution. Its salvation seems not only difficult Tbut almost impossible. According to the original plan, as envis- transform to ensure adequacy in offering knowledge, skills, values and attitudes aged by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in May 2015, this year (2019) was supposed to be “clean” in true essence of the word. The deadline, however, has been pushed to 2020 now. Two months into this year have gone by but we are yet to witness any change in the quality of Ganga’s water. In fact, according to a map of Ganga river’s water quality presented by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in August 2018, only five out of the 70-odd monitoring stations had water that was fit for drinking and seven for bathing. Initiatives to clean the Ganga began with the Ganga Action Plan I in 1986. Various pro- jects have been launched since then. They year 2014 saw over `4,000 crore being spent for cleaning up the river. To top this, the Namami Gange plan of the NDA Government infused a further JS RAJPUT `20,000 crore to clean the holy river. But all of this has still not evoked the desired result and the river still remains dirty. It is a monumen- nvisioning the ideology of development tal failure that even after three decades of efforts to clean the nation- that leads to the comprehensive progress of a nation is not an easy task. When newly inde- al river, it is not even fit for bathing. E pendent nations went ahead with borrowed plans A glance at the humongous effort put to clean the river will and programmes of development, not all of them impress anyone. The Namami Gange project was taken up under led to real development. Developmental strategies the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). Under the plan, the were invariably launched with high expectations NMCG would establish field offices wherever necessary. The National — that they would prepare the ground for the weak, Ganga Council (NGC), too, was created. To give it utmost impor- deprived and ignored to lead a dignified human tance, the Prime Minister was made its head. This council replaced life, one that is free from poverty, hunger and ill- the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA). NGC would have health. Scientific and technological advances of the on board Chief Ministers of five Ganga basin States — Uttarakhand, 20th century paved the way for such a transforma- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal — besides sev- tion. Human beings acquired knowledge, skills and technical know-how, sufficient enough to let eral Union Ministers who were supposed to meet once every year. every human being lead a “humane” life. The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Unfortunately, human greed, tendencies to Rejuvenation signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with 10 accumulate and exploit natural resources and inad- other Ministries to synergise activities under the Namami Gange equacies inherent in the various plans and pro- programme. The Government said that it would involve grassroot grammes have led to a situation where the very exis- level institutions such as urban local bodies and panchayati raj insti- tence of mankind is under threat. Thankfully, the tutions to implement the scheme. To add teeth to its efforts, the global community is seized of the concerns and has Centre also set out to establish a four battalion eco-task force which taken several initiatives to retrieve the situation. It alternating with study and work. “Learning to live visible; it was “UN Conference on Environment Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, would spread awareness about pollution and protect the river. was in 2015 that the UN General Assembly set 17 together” was never that significant and critical as and Development” UNCED. established in 2012 in New Delhi as a UNESCO Additionally, the Government contemplated a legislation to arrest Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be of today as in times of ever-growing mobility of The Brundtland Commission report of 1987, Grade 1 institute, is conducting several studies and achieved by the global community by 2030. It is human beings and coming together of people of titled, ‘Our Common Future’, is normally consid- initiatives on embedding ESD in textbooks. Peace and fine those found flouting norms regarding Ganga pollution. The also referred to as the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable diverse ethnic, linguistic, religious and cultural ered the reference point in most initial delibera- and global citizenship will also be included. The Government also tasked seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Development’. The UNESCO’s publication of backgrounds. ESD must provide opportunities to tions on matters related to sustainable develop- institute brought together a global community of to prepare a report on best strategies to clean up the river. Finally, 2018, titled, ‘Issues and Trends in Education for understand other people, skills of managing con- ment. The report put it: “Sustainable development authors and practitioners “who focus on value- an empowered task force, headed by Union Water Resources Minister, Sustainable Development’, while talking about flicts and respect for pluralism, mutual respect and is development that meets the needs of the pre- based and purpose-driven education.” Along with was also created, which had on its board chief secretaries of the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), peace. “Learning to be” is essential for personali- sent without compromising the ability of future eminent curriculum development experts, it pre- five Ganga Basin States. Its mandate was to meet once in every summarises it comprehensively: “In short, sustain- ty development, ability to act with “greater auton- generations to meet their own needs.” Looks so pared a curricular framework that “looks at sus- three months. Further, State Ganga committees have been able development must be integrated into educa- omy, discretion and personal responsibility.” Here very simple as it ought to emerge from tradition- tainable development as integral to all subjects.” The formed, which were to be the nodal agencies to implement the pro- tion, which must be integrated into sustainable again, these four pillars provide the base for ESD al wisdom. There are four dimensions of sustain- outcome: ‘Textbooks for Sustainable Development grammes in States. These committees would conduct safety audits development. ESD is the holistic and transforma- and, simultaneously, ESD can do much more in able development, which, too, can be easily com- A Guide to Embedding’ came out in 2017. It states: of the river and take remedial measures. tional education and concerns learning content and achieving the fifth pillar of education: “Learning prehended: Society, environment, culture and “This publication is designed as a guide for stake- outcomes, pedagogy and the learning environ- to transform oneself and society to empower peo- economy. And these are not independent but holders in textbook development — education But surprisingly, in spite of all this bureaucratic action, the belea- ment.” In essence, ESD is wholesome education that ple with the values and abilities to assume respon- intensely interdependent. It is also now well ministers, national curriculum authorities, textbook guered river still flows polluted. The reason is the existence of prac- empowers and equips the learner to comprehend sibility for creating and enjoying a sustainable accepted that “many crises facing the planet are writers and publishers — to help them produce a tical hurdles that should have been addressed before the setting and put to practice a “balanced and integrated future.” For the last two decades, discussions nor- interlocking crises that are elements of a single new generation of textbooks.” In ESD, mere up of an elaborate and mostly irrelevant superstructure. Take for approach to economic, social and environmental mally have centred on the four pillars. The fifth crisis of the whole” and of vital need for active par- acquaintance with the problem is not sufficient. Let instance, the state of sewage treatment. Sewage treatment plants dimensions of sustainable development.” It is probably makes it far more comprehensive. ticipation, human activity and endeavour in all the students and teachers find solutions, locate solu- (STPs) are the key to Ganga pollution abatement. But here, too, the implicit that education policies and systems must The first UN Conference on Human sectors. All these endeavours link seamlessly to tions and “live” solutions. The challenge before the news is grim. As per Namami Gange targets, STPs with over 2,000 transform themselves to ensure adequacy in Environment (UNCHE), that focussed on inter- the 17 SDGs. Challenges of poverty, hunger and teacher or teacher educator is to “engage students million litres a day capacity had to be rehabilitated, of which only offering knowledge, skills, values and attitudes. national environmental issues, was held in health deserve obvious priority in global efforts. intellectually and emotionally in sustainable devel- 328 MLD have been done. Moreover, as far as sewage infrastruc- These efforts need to “ensure inclusive and equi- Stockholm, Sweden from January 5 to 16, Initiatives in these three sectors require a concrete opment”; let them realise that the issue under con- ture projects are concerned, 68 of them were sanctioned after the table quality education and promote life-long learn- 1972. In the background was a proposal made base of elementary education that was realised and sideration really “matters to them.” Mere intellec- ing opportunities for all.” by Sweden in 1968 that the UN organise an inter- resolved in March 1990 in Jomtien. The first four tual awareness, and that too for just passing an Cabinet approved the Namami Gange project and only six were com- Of the 17 SDGs identified, education appears national conference to study environmental SDGs say it all. examination, can no more be the objective of edu- pleted. Till August 31, 2018, a total of 236 projects, including STPs, at SG-4. The 10 targets included under SDG-4 issues and prioritise consensus that requires Target 4.7 of the SDG-4 expects the follow- cation and certainly not of the ESD. had been sanctioned, out of which only 63 had been completed. clearly reveal the pivotal role of education in inclu- international action and cooperation. Its final ing by 2030: “Ensure that all learners acquire the To achieve an attitudinal transformation is a In addition to the insufficient sewage treatment plants, indus- sive growth and development. Education has to declaration indicated growing interest — or con- knowledge and skills needed to promote sustain- tough task in every instance. It applies to ESD as tries, especially the tanneries in Kanpur’s Jajmau area, have sev- now prepare and equip people to address issues like cern — on the finite nature of Earth’s resources able development, including, among others, well. There is a way out if there is an emotional con- eral times attracted the wrath of both the Supreme Court and the poverty, hunger, ill-health, environment, climate and the need for global cooperation to safeguard through education for sustainable development nect with the people and planet. The UNESCO- NGT for their role in consistently polluting the Ganga with emissions. change, gender equality, management of water and these as it was the responsibility of human beings and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender MGIEP is working on two hypotheses: First, a To make matters worse, the Uttar Pradesh Government is unable sanitation and energy issues among others as list- to maintain the sensitive bond between man and equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non- whole brain approach is necessary to produce an to rein in these errant units for reasons best known to it. In the back- ed among the 17 SDGs. It has to do this in full con- nature. This conference led to the creation of violence, global citizenship and appreciation of emotionally and intellectually resilient intellect. ground of lax policing of these polluting units, industries at Jajmau sciousness that even those who leave schooling after UNEP in December 1972. The task assigned was cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to Second, the education system needs to adopt the a couple of years are prepared sufficiently to con- to promote sustainability and safeguard the nat- sustainable development.” This practically defines whole brain approach. Early findings indicate that are discharging much more than nine MLD industrial effluents, main- tribute effectively in the achievement of SDGs. This ural environment. The final declaration includes the canvas before curriculum developers and schools adopting the whole brain approach show ly containing chromium, into the Ganga. can be achieved tangibly by putting focus on the the importance of environmental education. The authors of textbooks. ESD now needs a new gen- promising results in producing emotionally What should be the way forward considering the fact that the four pillars of education as articulated in the Delors declaration had a great global impact. People eration of curricular models, textbooks, other tex- resilient students. With the right and appropriate deadline year, 2020, is just round the corner? As an urgent initia- Report of 1996. “Learning to know” is the key. One began to realise and personally experience how tual materials, pedagogical initiatives and prac- use of internet, better avenues to communicate with tive, the Government must stop all effluents flowing into the Ganga must also now be familiar with the instruments of rivers were getting polluted, deforestation was tices. It requires an attitudinal transformation and friends, greater opportunities to co-create curricu- forthwith and start a daily pollution control board monitoring of the learning, which themselves may be undergoing creating serious concerns, wildlife species were a pragmatic value system that appeals to the young lum with the teacher could relate learning to life river water quality. It must also install mobile sewage treatment plants changes and transformation. It has to be life-long rapidly getting extinguished, air pollution was and the old alike and equips them in competence, and more importantly, make it interesting, likeable at various pollution hotspot locations along the length of the river. learning and, therefore, ESD includes learning to getting uncontrollable and much more. Several commitment and performance in contributing to and useful. A new climate of collaborating, not These measures will help prevent the river from turning into one of learn. “Learning to do” encourages accepting and national and global initiatives followed the the cause of sustainability. competing, can indeed lead to a peaceful and har- the biggest man made pollution disasters of our times. performing one’s own obligations, skillfully, to save, Stockholm conference. The second global envi- Globally, numerous initiatives are in progress. monious world. (The writer is an environmental journalist) nurture and nourish the environment. Young peo- ronmental conference was held in Rio de They are often encouraged by UN agencies, includ- (The writer is the Indian Representative on the ple need to gain formal and informal experiences, Janeiro from June 3 to14 in 1992. Change was ing UNESCO. The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Executive Board of UNESCO) Save the relics of our civilisation FOREIGN EYE The vandalisation of pillars at Hampi has made it clear that we, as a nation, have failed to safeguard whatever remains of our glorious monuments. We need a national campaign to protect our heritage places to visit in 2019, the incident efforts. No wonder, they leave remark- imparting information about the and wars fought in a unidimension- monuments and museums do such a would not have caught the imagina- able impressions on tourists. place, its historical significance, rel- al way, robbing it of creativity, imag- shoddy job when it comes to inspir- tion of the public at large and On the other hand, museums and evance of the artefacts and rules gov- ination or contextualisation. Schools ing visitors. Today, all we see in the remained a one-off incident only to their management in India are yet to erning the place? must impart the subject through out- name of storytelling is the “sound and be forgotten later. awaken to these possibilities of creat- Strikingly, many museums and his- ings and excursions and visual and light” shows at such venues. The In fact, this incident reflects the ing rich and immersive experiences. torical sites do not even have a contem- multimedia aids. Local communities venue is blighted with ubiquitous pedigree of socially-desensitised and They exist in splendid isolation with no porary website or social media pres- around historical sites are important green light boxes mounted on the GOOD SENSE decultured citizenry and the failure of community-centric engagement pro- ence. Social media platforms like stakeholders and they need to be pro- ground, loudspeakers assaulting the our education and value system. It is grammes whatsoever. In short, they Instagram are becoming cultural forces ductively engaged. They can be senses and garish and rainbow colour SHOULD PREVAIL VV SUNDAR disheartening to see that a section of look stuck in a time-warp, are not in attracting a huge global audience for employed in various roles, can act as lights hitting the ruins and walls, in the Whatever the Indians have visitors repeatedly prove themselves socially integrated and need an over- sampling and experiencing the culture moral guardians and caretakers safe- name of exhibiting our creativity. done, and whatever the he first tactile impulse towards unfit and unworthy to even get clos- haul. Look at the interpretation of the of the places. Many visitors upload pho- guarding the precincts. The common refrain of fund our past/history came to full- er to the ruins of our past. Apathy for exhibits on display. It is beyond com- tos of the places and museums they visit Desecrating historical monu- crunch would be partially solved if detail about the attacks on Tview recently when a video our history and heritage is not limit- mon man’s comprehension. Tablets are and indirectly become cultural ambas- ments needs to be a punishable efforts initiated are visitor-friendly, Indian forces, the Pakistani surfaced of miscreants vandalising and ed to historical monuments alone. typically written in an academic lan- sadors and contribute to attracting offence with maximum sentence to information-rich and engagement- military would be well kicking the lone surviving pillar ruins Look at our dodgy museums. They guage. The galleries created seem more tourists. It is mystifying that our deter people from such mindless acts driven, leading to more footfalls and advised to move to contain to the ground, purportedly at Hampi, resemble more an orderly main- largely meant for the experts, by the museums remain stuck in a bygone era of adventurism. Web booking must revenue. The private sector can play or, preferably, eliminate a Unesco World Heritage Site. This is tained warehouse of artefacts. experts and of the experts. If museums and are not conversant with times. It be encouraged to reduce the merely a promising role through CSR initia- a classic example of how we as a nation In contrast, museums abroad are fail to talk to the common man on the is a tragedy that inter-disciplinary meandering and casual sightseers. tives and actively adopt and con- JeM. It is quite simply in treat our past. Apparently, multiple lively social and cultural hubs. They street, then they are self-defeating. solutions are lacking in planning and There are no performance metrics for tribute to art, culture and historical the best interests of the agencies are responsible for protecting command premium and broader If one were to pay a visit to any execution in this domain. the agencies concerned either. restoration activities. The Hampi fragile stability of their state. the site, yet it looked abandoned. Our appeal. Often, the demand is such that of our museums, the lingering Unless we, as a nation, respect Introducing community engagement, incident should shake our collective Given that both India and historical monuments are more often people have to book slots in advance. impression would be one of uncaring our past, the world will not view us visitor-friendly communication, tick- conscience. A country without its his- Pakistan possess nuclear ridden with bats, pigeons, monkeys Their history and heritage are on spec- execution and a basement quality with the respect that we deserve. We et sales could be some of the key met- tory has no identity. Let us not be so and louts than fortified by a security tacular display. Spaces are elegantly effort. Right from the merchandise need to evolve a national campaign rics for evaluation. The sheer trea- hopeless that we fail to even safeguard weaponry, it is also a matter apparatus. Every single historical designed; technology and atmospher- sold to the banners and brochures — to revive our history and monumen- sures around the country and those whatever remains of our civilisation- of vital concern to the monument is bludgeoned with graf- ics create an immersive experience for all are of shoddy quality, poorly tal heritage. We need to make our his- that are still being discovered need a al wealth. Else, it would be the whole world. fiti. a visitor. The museums have the vis- packaged and presented. To provide tory and heritage cool again. We have thorough audit and restoration plan. biggest tragedy of our times. (The Independent Had Hampi not appeared in The itor’s interests at the heart of their con- the visitors’ better experience, why reduced the subject to mind-numb- Above all, our history has hun- (The writer is a communications editorial New York Times annual list of 52 cept, design and communications not have a showreel or official guide ingly rote learning of names, years dreds of stories to tell, yet our heritage and management professional) ) LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 nation 10

India capable of US type Abbottabad Vasant Kunj Intel: JeM fidayeen op that snuffed out Laden: Jaitley

PNS n NEW DELHI to IGIA to be Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation at DRDO. Jaitley s India and Pakistan are contributed Rs one lakh in his prowling Valley Alocked in a fast escalating personal capacity for the pro- conflict with Islamabad show- gramme to clean the river. soon signal-free RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI l Three to four fidayeens of this ing one of the IAF pilot in its The US’ special forces had module are suspected to be captivity, Union Minister Arun raided Osama’s hideaway, a PNS n NEW DELHI According to Housing and atest Intelligence inputs sug- now waiting for an opportune Jaitley on Wednesday claimed compound in Abbotabad in Urban Affairs Ministry of Lgest the Pakistani terror time to hit again on one of the that India was capable of car- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa north ommuters going from Housing and Urban Affairs, an group Jaish-e-Mohammad security installations rying out an operation similar of Islamabad, killing the dread- CVasant Kunj to Indira underpass, a flyover and two loops of Mahipalpur bypass (JeM) had dispatched a module l Command of this module has to the 2011 US action in ed terrorist. Gandhi International (IGI) of four to five fidayeen to attack Pakistan to eliminate al-Qaeda On September 29, 2016, Airport will soon get to travel junction has been constructed been assigned by JeM to ` security installations in Jammu another foreign terrorist chief Osama bin Laden. India announced that it con- signal-free. Union Minister of at the cost of 162 crore & Kashmir before the suicide Mufti Yasir Jaitley’s remarks at an event ducted “surgical strikes” against Housing and Urban Affairs bombing on a CRPF convoy on related to the campaign to clean “The kind of things we militant launch pads across Hardeep Singh Puri will inau- to Vasant Kunj. February 14 that took a toll of l Inputs suggest Yasir is planning River Ganga followed a day see...I remember when the US the Line of Control in gurate an underpass and The officials said that the 44 paramilitary men. use of these fidayeens for after the Indian Air Force struck Navy SEAL had taken Osama Pakistani-administered a flyover at Mahipalpur projects flyovers at the Vasant Kunj side Three to four fidayeen of suicide bombing on instal- the main terror camp of Jaish- bin Laden from Abottabad, Kashmir, and inflicted “signif- in South Delhi. Commuters and airport side is around one this module are suspected to be lations of the security forces e-Mohammed terror outfit in can’t we do the same?” icant casualties”. coming from Gurgaon to km long each while the now waiting for an opportune l According to the inputs, the Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber- “We could earlier only The airstrike by IAF at Vasant Kunj will also benefit length of the underpass would time to hit again on one of the identified targets of JeM Pakhtunkhwa province. imagine, desire and get frus- Balakot in Pakistan territory from this project. be 1.2 km. security installations. include 182 Battalion, CRPF Referring to the US oper- trated and disappointed (for on Tuesday morning has led to According to Ministry of The underpass at In addition, eight to nine Headquarters on Shopian- ation in Abbotabad, Jaitley failing to conduct such opera- considerable speculation on Housing and Urban Affairs, an Mahipalpur is the part of the more foreign terrorists of the Pulwama road, 44 Rahstriya said, “It is said that a week is too tions). But today, it is the extent of casualties and underpass, a flyover and two grade separator coming up on JeM, who had infiltrated as part Rifles camp Shadimarg, Army long a time in politics. In our possible,” he said at the event damage there. Pakistan Air loops of Mahipalpur bypass the three km Mahipalpur of a 14 to 15 group in Camp Chillipora, Shopian and country the way people get dedicated to generate funds to Force retaliated on Wednesday junction has been constructed bypass road. December, could be alive and Awantipora airbase enthusiastic, if you look at the clean river Ganga. and captured one of the IAF at the cost of Rs 162 crore. The underpass and the hiding in the Pulwama-Tral l Meanwhile, NIA teams last 24 hours, one week would The event was organised by pilots of MIG that came down The total cost of the project new flyovers, part of the belt. Most of these foreign ter- conducted simultaneous appear to be a day. the Ministry of Water on the Pakistani soil. was Rs 188 crore. Of them, Rs Mahipalpur bypass project, on rorists are suspected to be searches at 11 locations in 26 crore have been saved and the Vasant Kunj-Mahipalpur potential fidayeens. The com- South Kashmir in the ongoing the project was completed stretch will particularly help mand of this module has been investigation in the case before the original deadline of south Delhi commuters, cut- assigned by JeM to another for- relating to the Pulwama suicide March 2019. The HUA min- ting by at least 20 minutes the eign terrorist Mufti Yasir. Airlines reroute flights as istry has funded 100percent of time taken to reach airport bombing and in another case Inputs suggest Yasir is plan- relating to ‘terror funding’ of the cost of the project, which from Vasant Kunj. ning use of these fidayeens for separatists was the part of the projects to “This will be a big relief for suicide bombing on installa- Pakistan closes its airspace decongest Delhi. south Delhi traffic headed to tions of the security forces. The funds have been used the airport via Vasant Kunj. “Keeping in view the recent Pulwama road, 44 Rahstriya Awantipora and Pulwama areas New Delhi: Various airlines such as Air space due to the prevailing security situation. from the Urban Development The new Mahipalpur bypass setbacks suffered by JeM in Rifles camp Shadimarg, Army of South Kashmir. India, Jet Airways, Qatar Airways and Singapore In India, the Jet Airways sought relaxation Funds created by the Ministry will connect directly to Vasant Pulwama, Sopore and Kulgam Camp Chillipora, Shopian and Incriminating materials, Airlines on Wednesday announced in flight duty and rest-hour norms from the to decongest Delhi. Kunj and further up to in encounters besides the Awantipora airbase. including diaries containing they were rerouting their flights as Pakistan country’s aviation watchdog the Directorate The Central Public Works Mehrauli via Chhatarpur with- humiliation faced by Pakistan Meanwhile, NIA teams coded writings were seized, the closed its airspace in the wake of escalating ten- General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) due to the Department (CPWD) has con- out getting stuck into the nar- the airstrikes on JeM targets conducted simultaneous search- NIA said in a statement. sions with India. closure of the Pakistani airspace and subsequent structed an underpass and a row roads of Mahipalpur mar- inside Pakistan, the JEM es at 11 locations in South Searches were also carried “Inbound and outbound flights from USA re-routing of the West-bound flights. flyover to get rid of the ket”, the official added. revenge attack looks quite Kashmir in the ongoing inves- out in the houses of three sep- and Europe for Delhi are being re-routed The dispensation has been sought as the traffic mess at Mahipalpur The CPWD has used the imminent in coming days,” an tigation in the case relating to aratist leaders of South through Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Flights flights, which were earlier using the Pakistani NH-8 junction and will direct- box pushing technique to exe- official said. the Pulwama suicide bombing Kashmir namely Mohammad landing into India from USA and Europe are airspace, will now have to be operated over the ly connect to the Aerocity and cute the project. Using this “Pakistan is also likely to and in another case relating to Shaban Dar, Shawkat Maulvi being re-routed via Dubai and Sharjah and will sea, entailing higher flying time than the regu- a flyover. technique, pre-fabricated con- retaliate unconventionally by ‘terror funding’ of separatists. and Yasmine Raza, in the ter- land into India with a delay,” Air India tweeted lar routes, sources said both pilots and cabin The underpass is going crete boxes is placed under the using militant organisations to The locations searched ror funding case. on Wednesday evening. The national carrier, crew are governed by DGCA-mandated flight right beneath the busy Delhi- expressway and thus ensure avenge air strikes at Balakot. All include the houses of Mudassir Documents related to ter- however, added “no flights are cancelled and duty and time limitation (FDTL) norms, but a Gurugram Expressway and quick completion of the project. the security Installations should Ahmad Khan and Sajjad Bhat ror funding, coded messages there will only be an increase in the flying time”. special dispensation allow the crew to do addi- connecting to the Aerocity on This technique has ensured be kept on high alert, keeping (both active terrorists of Jaish- and Jehadi literature have been Pakistan closed its airspace for commercial tional duties and night landings as well. the other side of the NH-8. that the construction of under- in view the imminent fidayeen e-Mohammad and key accused seized. During searches, NIA flights and suspended flight operations across Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh The flyover was made at pass does not affect traffic move- attacks by JeM,” reads an alert persons in the recent terror teams also recovered lot of major airports, including in Islamabad, Lahore Prabhu tweeted, “Reviewed the current airspace Vasant kunj Pocket E and ment on expressway. This sent to all the agencies in attack at Pulwama). incriminating documents and Karachi, for an indefinite period in the wake restrictions with Member (ANS), AAI in view Mahipalpur bypass junction. method is generally used in Jammu and Kashmir. Searches were also con- including property details, doc- of the escalating tensions with India. of the current cross border situation. I assure you Two loops which was part of making tunnels in the moun- According to the inputs, ducted in the houses of active uments relating to financial and Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority made the that we are working out modalities so that the the projects also constructed. tains. Chenani-Nashri tunnel the identified targets of JeM OGWs (Over Ground monetary transactions, elec- announcement after the director general of Inter- air passengers are least inconvenienced. All These loops will provide signal connecting Udhampur to include 182 Battalion, CRPF Workers) of Jaish-e- tronic devices, mobile phones, Services Public Relations, the military’s media stakeholders were kept informed. free traffic movement to com- Ramban in Jammu & Kashmir Headquarters on Shopian- Mohammad in Tral, SIM cards, the NIA added. arm, acknowledged the closure of Pakistan’s air- @AAI_Official.” PTI muters coming from Gurgaon is prime example of this method. Balakot trained terrorists Samjhauta Express on Twitterati talk peace, call to bring IAF pilot home used to take four routes schedule between Delhi IANS n NEW DELHI q Some of the trending hashtags on Twitter were talking about request my govt to treat the bringing peace to the region — along with the call to bring “captive” Indian pilot well mid heightened tension back the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot in Pakistan’s custody and send him back ASAP as a through PoK to enter J&K and Attari: Railways Abetween India and q Among them was the #SayNoToWar in the top five trending hashtags gesture of peace. Come on Pakistan, some of the trending q Soon after the news broke of capturing of Indian pilot, Pakistan you can do this PTI n NEW DELHI New Delhi: The Railways on hashtags on Twitter on #BringBackAbhinandan started trending on Twitter — with people in #SayNoToWar,” wrote one user. Wednesday said the Samjhauta Wednesday were talking about both the countries calling for treating the Wing Commander with The message was retweeted he Jaish-e-Mohammed Express will continue to run as bringing peace to the region — dignity and sending him to the country to which he belongs close to 2,000 times. T(JeM) terrorists, who were per schedule from Delhi to along with the call to bring back Bollywood singer Vishal trained in the Balakot camp in Attari in India, amidst reports the Indian Air Force (IAF) q During peacetime, Twitter is generally known as a toxic platform where Dadlani thanked her for the Pakistan that was bombed by that Pakistan has suspended its pilot in Pakistan’s custody. people trade barbs and issue threats. On Wednesday, when a real message, saying: “Only sane cit- the Indian fighter jets, used to operations between Wagah to Among them was the threat of a war was looming large over India and Pakistan, Twitter gave izen voices can compel gov- take four major infiltration Lahore on its side. rake stops at Attari at which #SayNoToWar in the top five sanity a chance ernments to find some sense in routes to enter Jammu & “The train will run as per point passengers have to trending hashtags. these insane times. Kashmir to carry out attacks, schedule as of now,” Northern change trains and board an The reason #SayNoToWar SayNoToWar hashtag posted craft, however, crashed in #SayNoToWar”. officials said on Wednesday. Railway spokesperson Deepak Indian rake. started trending on the popu- pictures of disadvantaged chil- Badgam in J&K, 7 kms from “I am a Pakistani, we know Kel, located in the Neelam Kumar told PTI about its oper- The Samjhauta Express, lar social media platform was dren, indicating that India and the Srinagar International what war is. I consider valley in Pakistan-occupied ation on the Indian side. The named after the Hindi word for that people in both the coun- Pakistan should concentrate Airport, police said. #Abhinandan as a Hero Kashmir, has also been used as biweekly train, which runs on “agreement”, comprises six tries shared messages of peace on fighting poverty instead of Pakistan claimed on Because this is not his Fault, He the launching point for the ter- Wednesdays and Sundays, will sleeper coaches and an AC 3- and expressed their concern waging war against each other. Wednesday it has captured two was Serving his Country with rorists who used to infiltrate leave at 11:10 o’clock tonight as tier coach. The train service with that hashtag. Tensions escalated between Indian pilots, one of whom was Bravery. He will be Sent Home into Jammu & Kashmir. use of AK rifles and small arms per schedule from the Old was started on 22 July 1976 “No glory in war the two countries after IAF jets identified as Wing Soon Inshallah, Creating a The infiltration routes, are carried out with an intent Delhi Railway station with 26 under the Shimla Agreement #SayNoToWar,” read the caption on Tuesday bombed the biggest Commander Abhinandan message against all those war which were often used by the to motivate the terror cadres. passengers aboard - four in AC that settled the 1971 war of a picture of two children hold- training camp of the Jaish-e- Varthaman. The identity of Supporting Celebs and Poli- JeM terrorists to enter India Located on the banks of coach, 22 in non-AC coaches between the two nations. ing Indian flag and Pakistani flag Mohammed outfit in Balakot the other is not known. ticians,” wrote another user were Balakot-Kel-Dudhniyal Kunhar river in Khyber — sources said. From Lahore, train departs embracing each other. in Pakistan. Soon after the news broke, with the SayNoToWar hashtag. in Kupwara district, Balakot- Pakhtunkhwa province of The train does not have on Monday and Thursday. “Soldiers die and their The tensions persisted on #BringBackAbhinandan start- During peacetime, Twitter Kel-KainthawaIi in Magam Pakistan, the camp was also any commercial stops between Sources said the footfall on the loved ones suffer, not the politi- Wednesday as the IAF chased ed trending on Twitter — with is generally known as a toxic forest in Kupwara, Balakot- used by another terror group Delhi and Attari. Originally, the train, which generally record- cians or the hashtag warriors away intruding Pakistani fight- people in both the countries platform where people trade Kel-Lolab in Kupwara and Hizbul Mujahideen. train offered a through service ed an occupancy of around 70 who tweet/post about war from er jets in Jammu & Kashmir’s calling for treating the Wing barbs and issue threats. On Balakot-Kel-Kachama- The sources said at least with one rake going all the way per cent, has fallen drastically the comfort of their Nowshera sector and shooting Commander with dignity and Wednesday, when a real threat Kralpora in Kupwara, a secu- 325 terrorists and 25 to 27 between the terminals — Delhi post the Pulwama attack on homes. #SayNoToWar,” read down a Pakistani F-16 that fell sending him to the country to of a war was looming large over rity official said. trainers were at the camp, the in India to Lahore in Pakistan. February 14 in which 44 CRPF another tweet. on the Pakistan side. which he belongs. India and Pakistan, Twitter The JeM terrorists used to biggest operated by the JeM However, now a Pakistani jawans were killed. PTI A lot of the tweets with the An Indian military air- “I as a citizen of Pakistan gave sanity a chance. undergo different types of train- which had claimed responsi- ing courses like a three months bility for the February 14 sui- advance combat course known cide attack on a CRPF convoy I hope he will return SC to hear today No evidence against File affidavit with details as Daura-e-Khas, advance in Pulwama in Jammu & No fresh incidents of armed training course called Kashmir that killed 44 jawans. home soon: Rahul Centre’s plea seeking me, life ban of contempt by WB cops Daura-Al-Raad and refresher a The camp also offered training programme. aquatic training to its inmates, Gandhi on IAF pilot stay on possible eviction violence against Kashmiris imposed by BCCI in Saradha chit fund: Terrorists at the Balakot the sources added. Located 20 camp were trained in han- km from the Balakot town, it missing in action of tribals, forest dwellers unfair: Sree tells SC SC to CBI director dling weapons like AK-47, was an important training cen- New Delhi: The Supreme Court since Feb 22, Centre to SC PIKA, LMG, rocket launcher, tre for the JeM and other ter- has agreed to hear on Thursday New Delhi: The Supreme filed by lawyer Tariq Adeeb for PTI n NEW DELHI New Delhi: The Supreme UBGL and grenade. It is sus- ror organisations and it had the Centre’s plea seeking a stay Court on Wednesday took note further hearing after two weeks. Court on Wednesday directed pected that the camp was func- several structures to accom- on the possible eviction of of the Centre’s submissions The court asked the States, anned cricketer S Sreesanth the CBI Director to file affidavit tioning under cover of modate new recruits and facil- around 11.8 lakh tribals and tra- that no fresh violence against which have not filed their Bclaimed in the Supreme giving details about the alleged ‘Madrasa Ayesha Sadiq’. ities to train them, the sources ditional forest dwellers, whose Kashmiris has been reported responses, to do so within a Court on Wednesday that contempt committed by West Apart from basic training said. Several “inspirational lec- claim for right over forest land since February 22, the day week. The SC had sought a BCCI’s decision imposing life Bengal police and the then in weapon handling, the ter- tures” were delivered by JeM has been rejected under the when the apex court took cog- response from the Centre as ban on him was “completely Kolkata police chief Rajeev rorists were also trained in jun- founder and terror master- Scheduled Tribes and Other nisance of a PIL on the issue. well as the States where inci- unfair” and Delhi Police “con- Kumar in connection with gle survival, ambush, commu- mind Masood Azhar and other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of The court on February 22 dents of threat and violence tinuously tortured” him in cus- Saradha chit fund scam cases. nication, GPS, map reading etc, terrorist leaders on several Forest Rights) Act 2006. directed chief secretaries and against Kashmiris took place tody to extract confession of his A Bench comprising Chief the official said. occasions. A Bench headed by Chief DGPs of 11 States to take after the February 14 terror involvement in the 2013 IPL Justice Ranjan Gogoi and In the refresher training India struck the Balakot Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note “prompt” and “necessary” action attack in which over 40 CRPF spot-fixing scandal. Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the programme, various activities camp in a major “preemptive” of the submissions of Solicitor to prevent incidents of alleged personnel were killed. Sreesanth, who was arrest- CBI Director to provide infor- like promotion of organisa- air strike on Tuesday killing a New Delhi: Congress presi- General Tushar Mehta that the threat, social boycott and vio- “The chief secretaries, the ed and later discharged by a mation in support of the alle- tional work, briefing on activ- large number of terrorists and dent Rahul Gandhi on Centre’s plea be listed for hear- lence against Kashmiris follow- DGPs and the Delhi Police trial court here in July 2015 in gations of tampering and ities carried out by JeM cadres, trainers of the Pakistan-based Wednesday expressed his ing on an urgent basis. The apex ing the Pulwama terror attack. Commissioner are directed to a criminal case related to the destruction of call data records seven days arms training in the terror group preparing to anguish over the missing IAF court had earlier asked 21 states A Bench headed by Chief take prompt and necessary alleged spot-fixing, claimed he by Kumar who was then head- carry out suicide attacks in this pilot, who Pakistan claims to be to apprise it about the action Justice Ranjan Gogoi considered action to prevent all the inci- had to confess his involve- ing the West Bengal SIT. country. in their custody. taken by them over the eviction the submission of Attorney dents of threat, assault, social ment in the alleged crime as The Bench said the affidavit India is yet to confirm that of tribals and forest dwellers General KK Venugopal that no boycott and other coercive acts police tortured him in custody has to be filed within two the pilot is in the custody of whose claim have been rejected. fresh incident of violence against against Kashmiris and other and threatened to implicate his weeks and posted the matter for Pakistan army, only stating that The top court, in its Kashmiris had been reported minorities in the aftermath of family in the case. further hearing on March 26. one pilot was missing in action. February 13 order, had asked after the apex court issued the terrorist attack of February The 35-year-old cricketer The apex court said the “I’m sorry to hear that one the chief secretaries of the directions to protect the natives 14,” court had said. The Bench has challenged in the top court allegations made by the CBI of our brave IAF pilots is miss- states concerned to file affi- of Kashmir Valley who are liv- had perused the advisories the decision of a division bench were serious enough and it was ing. I hope he will return home davits stating whether those ing outside the State. issued by the Union MHA to of the Kerala High Court which the obligation on part of the soon, unharmed. We against whom the rejection The Bench said no further chief secretaries and DGPs of had restored the life ban agency to disclose full details of stand by our armed forces in orders were passed, have been orders were required at this States from time to time and had imposed on him by the Board the alleged contempt commit- these difficult times,” tweeted evicted or not and if not, the stage in view of the Centre’s sub- said that they “shall be reiterat- of Control for Cricket in India ted by the then police com- Gandhi. PTI reasons for the same. PTI missions and posted the PIL ed from time to time”. PTI (BCCI). missioner. PTI LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 money 11

NPPA fixes Domestic cement sector to see prices of 36 Market extends losses as modest growth in FY 2020 formulations India-Pak tension escalates PTI n NEW DELHI PTI n MUMBAI Investors will remain cautious M&M, Maruti Suzuki, Coal PTI n MUMBAI home building, affordable increased at 6.15% CAGR, said. and look for clarity on the India, SBI, ITC, Tata Steel, housing, roads and irrigation while capacity increased at nine The agency further stated ational drug pricing regu- he benchmark BSE cross-border tension, he said, ONGC, HCL Tech, RIL and omestic cement sectors. percent CAGR. that credit metrics of cement Nlator NPPA has fixed the Sensex surrendered early adding that there is need to Asian Paints, ended up to demand is expected to Ind-Ra believes the capac- As a result, capacity utili- manufacturers are likely to prices of 36 formulations, Tgains on Wednesday to understand that the funda- 2.43% higher. Dregister a modest ity utilisations of the cement sation rates dropped to 64% in deteriorate in the current fiscal including those used for treat- end in the negative terrain mentals of the Indian market Sectorwise, the BSE con- growth of 6-8 % in fiscal 2020 industry may improve gradu- FY18 from 83% in FY08, lead- on account of mergers and ment of cancer, diabetes, infec- after a 600-point swing amid continues to remain strong. sumer durables index emerged mainly driven by the dimin- ally over the next two years on ing to increased competition acquisitions, higher capex and tions, asthma, seizures, inflam- escalating cross-border ten- “Inflation has remained worst performer by falling ishing base effect, increased account of limited capacity and pressure on selling prices. increased input cost. “The net mation and pain, among oth- sion between India and tepid and globally we continue 0.70%, followed by power thrust on infrastructure by the additions amidst the turn- Any further demand-supply leverage positions are expect- ers. Pakistan. to be a preferred investment 0.45%, bankex 0.44%, metal Central government and the around of acquired assets. imbalance at the regional level ed to improve, given their In a notification, the Investor sentiment took a destination amongst emerg- 0.42%, teck 0.38%, FMCG affordable housing segment, According to the agency, may impact the profitability of strong positions in the regions National Pharmaceutical beating after Pakistani fighter ing markets,” he said. 0.35%, IT 0.30% and oil & gas the report said. the sector will witness capacity the players. in which they operate and a sta- Pricing Authority (NPPA) said jets on Wednesday violated Fears that foreign institu- 0.17%. Maintaining a stable out- addition of around 20 million “Utilisations are likely to ble-to-higher EBITDA per it has fixed retail prices of 22 Indian air space in Jammu and tional investors (FIIs), who While, capital goods index look for the sector, India tonnes per annum (MTPA) rise but not to the extent that tonne due to steady cement formulations and has revised Kashmir’s Poonch and have been pumping sizeable topped the gainers list by ris- Ratings report said that cement over FY19-FY21 (with higher producers would see any prices and tapering input ceiling price of 14 formula- Nowshera sectors, experts said. funds into the Indian bourses ing 1.13%, Healthcare, auto, manufacturers are poised to addition in FY20), and the increase in pricing power. costs,” the agency said. tions. After opening on a positive in the past few sessions, may infrastructure, realty and PSU benefit from the continuing capacity utilisation will increase However, cost pressures will This coupled with cost-sav- Among the formulations note, the 30-share Sensex slow down their activity, too indices too ended higher with demand push, led by the by 120 bps and 200 bps in FY20 reduce because of stabilisa- ing measures could lead to a whose ceiling prices have been swung over 600 points as it cast a shadow over domestic gains up to 0.31%. healthy growth expected across and FY21 respectively. Between tions in input costs and cur- modest improvement in mar- revised include Budesonide turned volatile triggered by equities, experts said. Outperforming bench- end-markets such as individual 2008 and 2018, cement demand rency movements,” the agency gins in FY20, it added. inhalation used for preventing across-the-market selling by On Tuesday, domestic marks, the broader markets symptoms of asthma and participants, finally settling institutional investors sold displayed a better trend with Gentamicin injection used for 68.28 points, or 0.19%, lower at equities to the tune of `720.27 the mid-cap index rising 0.40% BHEL pays 40% treatment of bacterial infec- 35,905.43. The gauge had lost crore, while Foreign institu- and small-cap index gaining ` tions. 239.67 points on Tuesday. tional investors (FIIs) bought 0.17%. Godrej eyes 1,000-cr revenue The formulations whose In similar movement, the shares worth a net `1,674.17 The rupee, meanwhile, interim dividend retail prices have been fixed 50-share Nifty ended 28.65 crore, provisional data showed. depreciated 25 paise to 71.32 include Trastuzumab injec- points, or 0.26%, lower to In the Sensex kitty on after touching a low of 71.49 for FY 2019 from U&Us platform by FY2025 tion indicated for treatment of 10,806.65. Intra-day, it moved Wednesday, Tata Motors against the dollar (intra-day). metastatic breast cancer and between 10,939.70 and emerged as the top loser falling Elsewhere in Asia, Hong New Delhi (PTI): State- Mumbai (PTI): Godrej the next three years for the riors plan to become a one gastric cancer and Metformin 10,751.20. 3.01%, followed by Vedanta Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.05%, run engineering firm BHEL & Boyce on Wednesday new business and expects the stop solution for their plus Gliclazide tablets used “Indian market ended the shedding 2.92%. Singapore’s Straits Times was Wednesday said it has paid an announced the launch of a revenues of the U&Us plat- requirements,” Godrej & for treatment of type 2 dia- day in the red after a volatile Other laggards include down 0.36%, Taiwan index fell interim dividend of 40% for new platform ‘One Godrej’ form to increase from the Boyce executive director betes, among others. session as tension between HUL, Kotak Bank, NTPC, 0.02%. financial year 2018-19. This is through its U&Us offerings, to current `20 crore to `1,000 Nyrika Holkar told reporters NPPA fixes ceiling and India Pakistan escalated fur- Infosys, HDFC Bank, Bajaj However, Shanghai the highest dividend paid by consolidate all consumers crore by 2025. here. U&Us, which has retail prices of essential med- ther,” said Hemang Jani, head Finance, Hero MotoCorp, Composite Index gained 0.42% BHEL in a single year, in the durables businesses across the “One Godrej is an ideal already invested `10 crore in icines of Schedule I under the (advisory), Sharekhan by BNP ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, HDFC, and Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.50%. last five years, the company said group to offer a holistic home platform to establish a dia- technology, plans to strength- Drugs (Prices Control) Order Paribas. IndusInd Bank and PowerGrid, In the euro zone, in a statement. solutions platform to the con- logue with the consumers and en its reach in 20 key markets (DPCO) 2013. One can expect the market falling up to 1.77%. Frankfurt’s DAX dropped “In value terms, this divi- sumers. showcase our offerings that in the country with an It also monitors annual to be volatile for the next few On the other hand, Bharti 0.72%, Paris CAC 40 shed dend amounts to `279 crore,” The company plans to are customised and integrat- expanded network of 50 cen- price increase for these and the days as the political environ- Airtel, Bajaj Auto, L&T, Sun 0.32% in their early session. it said. invest around `50 crore over ed into an overall home inte- tres by 2025. non-scheduled drugs. ment comes under pressure. Pharma, Axis Bank, TCS, London’s FTSE too fell 0.81%.

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3059.70 PARAGMILK 217.25 222.55 216.20 220.00 HCLTECH 1060.00 1066.00 1038.00 1061.00 2.15 IBULHSGFIN 663.00 675.00 652.15 658.05 EXIDEIND 220.90 226.00 219.15 219.25 GAIL 335.50 337.85 331.80 333.00 SYNDIBANK 32.70 33.80 32.65 32.85 GAIL 336.30 337.70 331.50 334.00 0.55 JETAIRWAYS 225.00 230.60 219.15 224.85 BANDHANBNK 482.00 487.15 472.10 480.55 ORIENTBANK 80.75 83.50 79.75 80.95 GREAVESCOT 119.10 121.60 118.85 120.55 M&M 654.50 662.00 647.15 651.80 0.50 M&MFIN 394.95 403.80 389.40 399.60 LUPIN 779.00 786.65 765.10 767.90 OBEROIRLTY 492.00 508.00 485.30 494.00 MAHINDCIE 229.80 234.35 229.00 230.15 ASIANPAINT 1404.00 1430.85 1395.00 1402.95 0.95 SBIN 267.30 272.50 266.50 267.25 SRTRANSFIN 1132.30 1153.95 1125.00 1127.00 CENTURYTEX 802.35 820.15 791.05 800.00 DEEPAKNI 222.35 233.60 222.10 227.00 RELIANCE 1228.05 1244.90 1209.00 1220.65 0.40 LT 1269.00 1294.90 1268.45 1282.95 RADICO 372.95 374.50 360.00 362.80 MINDAIND 314.35 333.00 313.05 314.85 AUBANK 570.00 581.45 565.50 579.90 POWERGRID 181.30 184.30 179.85 181.25 0.05 AXISBANK 715.60 727.40 713.45 717.85 AJANTPHARM 1005.65 1018.35 987.10 995.70 DIVISLAB 1622.00 1649.25 1619.45 1641.00 COCHINSHIP 346.90 356.05 345.00 347.35 GRASIM 782.95 796.90 776.30 780.90 -0.10 TATASTEEL 506.00 511.95 498.90 505.85 HAVELLS 698.90 712.70 690.00 695.00 ABFRL 219.75 226.70 217.55 224.20 PIIND 915.00 928.35 905.50 914.15 MAHLOG 450.00 450.00 433.75 444.00 CIPLA 551.00 555.35 544.25 550.20 -0.20 TCS 2037.00 2070.00 2020.85 2053.75 NTPC 139.55 142.70 138.05 139.05 MFSL 403.00 408.40 395.55 398.70 TATAMETALI 594.00 605.00 584.00 584.05 GET&D 284.60 289.70 275.40 286.80 JSWSTEEL 287.40 291.45 282.00 284.30 -0.20 ICICIBANK 350.55 354.60 343.35 345.80 RAYMOND 764.35 781.05 756.95 763.75 HINDCOPPER 45.55 46.90 44.45 45.20 LAOPALA 189.00 204.00 187.35 187.60 J&KBANK 37.70 38.60 37.70 38.30 DRREDDY 2664.50 2683.00 2630.05 2645.50 -2.30 NATIONALUM 49.45 51.05 48.85 49.55 AUROPHARMA 720.20 730.00 715.00 715.05 JINDALSAW 82.55 85.50 80.80 80.90 SYMPHONY 1289.00 1301.65 1219.35 1230.00 CARBORUNIV 351.10 366.00 345.00 365.00 ITC 276.00 278.90 273.90 275.15 -0.35 MARUTI 6905.00 7047.00 6849.85 6955.20 TITAN 1038.00 1047.00 1014.70 1017.65 CEATLTD 1092.00 1108.95 1080.30 1090.00 UCOBANK 18.90 19.15 18.50 18.75 ASTRAL 1111.95 1111.95 1084.15 1091.30 INDUSINDBK 1482.05 1493.95 1458.20 1473.25 -4.85 JINDALSTEL 160.00 162.40 154.60 157.90 IBREALEST 72.10 73.55 70.45 70.90 DRREDDY 2660.00 2684.05 2632.50 2645.00 GREENPLY 146.95 148.45 136.70 139.00 CUB 179.40 180.20 177.50 180.00 IBULHSGFIN 664.70 674.70 652.10 657.00 -2.25 VEDL 170.50 171.45 163.75 164.65 UNIONBANK 71.00 72.00 68.90 70.10 CANFINHOME 264.90 274.55 257.45 260.65 QUESS 718.00 718.00 691.45 702.50 MAHABANK 12.85 13.15 12.75 12.90 HEROMOTOCO 2695.00 2743.00 2661.00 2672.70 -16.35 SPICEJET 77.00 79.00 77.00 77.80 JSLHISAR 90.05 91.85 87.10 88.30 HSCL 113.90 115.60 109.00 111.30 SONATSOFTW 346.00 347.80 335.00 338.50 JYOTHYLAB 180.95 180.95 177.20 177.40 HINDALCO 199.00 199.00 194.60 195.15 -1.35 KEC 259.80 278.80 257.00 261.60 LTI 1709.00 1725.00 1694.10 1712.00 LTTS 1510.40 1518.80 1492.85 1502.00 APLLTD 544.40 547.00 530.00 547.00 APLAPOLLO 1177.00 1186.20 1128.30 1151.90 BALMLAWRIE 180.00 180.30 174.50 176.15 HDFC 1868.00 1870.00 1820.00 1840.50 -13.15 IOC 143.00 144.15 139.00 140.90 DBL 422.30 434.00 419.85 425.20 AARTIIND 1415.00 1430.00 1375.75 1395.40 DCAL 191.25 194.90 185.20 187.50 INFY 745.00 746.60 733.00 734.70 NAUKRI 1740.00 1830.05 1703.55 1798.90 GRANULES 94.75 97.00 92.30 94.55 UFLEX 199.90 201.80 193.50 194.00 CRISIL 1488.00 1494.65 1476.00 1491.85 BAJAJFINSV 6475.00 6509.70 6380.05 6403.00 -49.65 MAXINDIA 83.75 84.70 69.65 71.35 PIDILITIND 1135.00 1153.00 1113.35 1140.10 NMDC 97.60 98.10 96.40 97.35 ADVENZYMES 150.05 152.20 148.30 149.00 SUPRAJIT 198.40 199.70 188.30 191.20 ICICIBANK 351.00 354.70 343.30 345.30 -2.90 ALBK 45.45 47.50 45.05 47.15 PRSMJOHNSN 75.00 79.90 74.45 78.40 CONCOR 475.00 476.35 461.50 472.45 VIJAYABANK 41.30 41.55 40.15 40.65 TNPL 189.85 190.10 185.45 187.85 YESBANK 233.00 236.80 223.65 227.60 -1.90 GRAPHITE 416.00 423.15 408.65 412.20 MUTHOOTFIN 531.35 534.95 515.90 516.55 RALLIS 153.65 155.65 152.00 154.80 ITDCEM 107.20 110.65 105.05 105.45 HDFCBANK 2116.10 2124.45 2088.15 2093.00 -17.65 WIPRO 380.00 383.25 371.50 373.55 MINDTREE 908.35 915.50 889.00 897.40 NIACL 172.60 179.90 171.15 178.85 ANDHRABANK 24.50 25.10 24.40 24.55 BAJFINANCE 2670.00 2696.65 2625.00 2633.00 -24.75 POWERGRID 181.25 184.00 180.00 181.55 NHPC 23.30 23.45 22.80 23.00 TORNTPHARM 1814.65 1838.00 1805.00 1805.10 WABCOINDIA 6570.00 6582.85 6340.70 6350.75 TECHM 836.40 837.95 820.60 825.00 -8.30 RPOWER 10.90 11.20 10.30 10.55 HDFCLIFE 354.05 357.50 348.00 350.80 PGHH 10040.50 10403.00 10040.50 10299.40 NAVNETEDUL 110.00 110.00 102.55 103.40 INFY 745.00 746.40 732.75 734.50 -8.00 RAIN 110.00 112.65 97.65 97.90 WESTLIFE 354.80 362.60 342.55 346.80 MOIL 144.25 146.00 142.20 142.45 SKFINDIA 1978.95 1989.95 1959.20 1987.00 IOC 143.00 144.25 139.05 140.50 -1.75 TECHM 836.00 837.50 821.45 825.10 EIDPARRY 187.00 194.40 184.00 186.00 TRENT 321.30 332.60 321.10 332.60 GESHIP 276.95 279.40 268.05 274.95 NTPC 139.30 142.95 138.15 138.80 -1.75 ADANIPORTS 326.10 332.10 322.55 324.90 WHIRLPOOL 1353.65 1368.70 1330.00 1346.00 FLFL 423.90 429.70 417.00 424.20 HERITGFOOD 460.80 477.10 457.75 464.10 ZEEL 472.70 479.35 454.00 462.90 -6.30 M&M 653.00 661.90 647.80 655.85 JUBILANT 775.40 784.65 753.20 767.00 RAJESHEXPO 570.95 575.90 564.50 566.00 COFFEEDAY 278.25 278.55 272.05 273.55 EICHERMOT 20780.85 20780.85 20302.05 20318.00 -302.00 CGPOWER 31.50 32.45 30.70 31.25 GODREJIND 484.55 502.00 481.75 499.00 BIRLACORPN 467.05 479.00 460.00 462.10 JKCEMENT 710.25 722.95 699.75 710.00 HINDPETRO 227.10 229.35 220.60 222.15 -3.70 INFIBEAM 35.10 37.40 35.10 36.25 GODFRYPHLP 889.00 902.00 867.30 876.05 FDC 153.50 163.00 153.50 161.00 COROMANDEL 439.20 439.20 430.20 433.10 BPCL 338.00 341.60 329.85 330.55 -6.10 MOTHERSUMI 158.65 162.00 153.10 155.20 SRF 2217.35 2262.45 2217.35 2258.95 HEIDELBERG 150.15 154.50 147.55 150.60 NBVENTURES 102.25 103.70 101.35 102.00 KOTAKBANK 1238.00 1241.60 1211.10 1213.40 -22.75 KSCL 420.00 420.00 405.00 407.20 GODREJAGRO 480.00 485.20 472.70 483.00 KPRMILL 536.05 541.00 527.00 527.00 FINOLEXIND 461.20 473.85 461.20 467.60 TITAN 1042.90 1047.15 1013.95 1017.65 -20.70 JSWSTEEL 286.30 291.50 282.00 283.80 JKTYRE 87.35 88.00 84.25 85.25 TTKPRESTIG 7800.00 7823.70 7610.00 7610.00 ESSELPRO 111.50 115.00 107.00 110.00 HINDUNILVR 1779.00 1779.00 1728.55 1735.50 -36.75 INDIACEM 86.05 91.80 86.05 88.50 JAMNAAUTO 53.30 54.45 52.00 52.20 KALPATPOWR 370.35 392.00 370.35 384.65 EVEREADY 200.20 200.90 196.00 197.95 TATAMOTORS 183.55 186.10 176.10 176.75 -5.90 ABCAPITAL 87.30 93.60 87.30 91.00 MCX 677.10 681.10 660.65 663.70 CENTRALBK 31.30 32.45 30.00 30.20 NILKAMAL 1262.10 1271.15 1242.00 1249.20 WIPRO 380.25 383.85 372.40 374.95 -12.70 HEG 2080.00 2125.00 2035.05 2048.45 EMAMILTD 402.70 404.00 394.00 396.75 FINCABLES 385.00 395.00 385.00 395.00 SHOPERSTOP 485.70 486.05 474.00 480.00 VEDL 170.00 171.45 163.70 164.10 -5.60 PNB 72.45 73.60 70.95 71.65 OMAXE 209.75 209.80 205.55 205.70 IEX 157.95 158.55 151.10 151.15 GMDCLTD 76.75 77.45 75.00 76.40 MERCK 2960.00 3381.00 2960.00 3139.15 GRUH 250.20 252.00 243.45 246.10 SBILIFE 564.60 572.00 561.50 565.85 3MINDIA 23326.10 23326.10 22701.00 22705.05 INFRATEL 308.95 309.00 294.80 296.50 -11.50 RAMCOCEM 658.50 694.00 658.50 675.55 BOSCHLTD 18800.00 19090.00 18229.25 18760.00 CHAMBLFERT 156.15 160.20 155.00 157.00 GEPIL 799.90 807.00 785.45 792.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 CANBK 220.00 231.80 219.70 230.50 EICHERMOT 20710.00 20710.00 20261.35 20364.25 OFSS 3475.85 3515.00 3470.00 3499.15 VTL 976.00 997.30 952.00 995.00 BEML 829.90 853.10 825.00 836.00 TIMETECHNO 94.00 94.10 88.00 88.60 PTC 78.10 81.05 77.60 78.30 IFBIND 792.90 805.00 790.00 800.00 VIPIND 413.45 416.80 394.80 396.95 APOLLOHOSP 1161.00 1180.00 1143.80 1151.55 NLCINDIA 64.15 65.20 63.50 63.85 VMART 2596.00 2600.00 2533.00 2600.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NOCIL 127.55 140.75 126.75 131.20 UJJIVAN 275.75 285.00 274.00 275.50 IBULISL 277.10 287.35 275.10 282.00 EIHOTEL 186.50 187.40 184.50 185.85 AKZOINDIA 1723.95 1723.95 1700.05 1713.10 NIFTY NEXT 50 26301.65 26658.20 26136.80 26310.85 111.20 STRTECH 247.45 248.70 230.85 237.45 SUVEN 237.65 245.50 233.40 239.00 NETWORK18 32.15 32.80 31.35 31.50 GUJALKALI 444.95 453.55 437.55 440.05 SUNCLAYLTD 2789.95 2797.95 2722.55 2740.00 PGHH 10092.60 10499.00 10008.65 10499.00 452.80 SPARC 171.65 180.00 171.40 172.90 IDFCFIRSTB 45.55 45.95 44.45 44.85 AMARAJABAT 737.00 738.00 715.70 720.30 SANOFI 6100.00 6199.00 5900.00 5972.10 CCL 280.20 280.20 268.85 275.30 ABCAPITAL 88.20 93.65 88.00 91.25 3.75 BAJFINANCE 2658.00 2695.00 2625.00 2641.40 JKLAKSHMI 318.80 334.00 317.35 323.95 SIEMENS 991.70 1007.05 975.70 978.20 BAYERCROP 4242.40 4300.00 4219.00 4280.00 MHRIL 194.05 199.55 194.05 194.10 ICICIPRULI 312.10 323.05 312.10 321.60 9.55 SUNTV 607.00 617.50 591.00 591.00 PFC 112.50 113.45 110.55 112.35 SUNDRMFAST 528.90 528.90 506.00 510.00 ATUL 3348.70 3349.00 3290.05 3300.00 GALAXYSURF 1011.00 1023.10 1002.00 1003.25 MCDOWELL-N 525.00 546.40 522.10 538.00 15.75 ITC 276.50 278.75 273.85 275.05 FSL 43.00 44.00 42.05 42.45 ADANITRANS 208.90 208.90 193.90 195.00 SJVN 24.50 24.50 23.60 23.75 GAYAPROJ 150.30 151.00 147.00 150.00 ACC 1393.10 1457.30 1390.15 1424.00 39.65 ACC 1388.20 1457.25 1388.20 1417.05 BHEL 64.90 65.95 64.40 64.70 HUDCO 41.35 41.55 40.10 40.40 LEMONTREE 73.50 75.00 71.55 75.00 REDINGTON 83.70 83.80 82.40 83.10 CADILAHC 313.25 327.80 312.50 319.50 7.05 BANKINDIA 81.50 84.15 80.60 81.75 JAICORPLTD 91.25 93.00 87.80 89.20 SOUTHBANK 13.32 13.60 13.15 13.23 GICRE 216.70 224.60 216.70 220.10 TIMKEN 574.75 576.00 551.25 573.00 NIACL 171.90 179.90 171.30 175.85 3.70 BANKBARODA 102.00 103.70 100.35 101.00 STAR 421.05 424.00 409.00 414.60 TV18BRDCST 34.85 34.85 32.70 33.20 ISEC 204.00 204.00 199.00 199.25 BLUEDART 3086.00 3200.00 3086.00 3125.95 PIDILITIND 1123.55 1154.00 1114.05 1146.00 19.40 UPL 858.60 870.45 855.70 867.30 PETRONET 223.00 226.50 218.85 221.00 KTKBANK 112.40 114.75 110.75 111.00 NAVINFLUOR 595.00 599.75 581.35 584.00 ASTERDM 154.00 158.30 153.00 155.35 MRF 56400.00 57266.00 56152.90 56870.00 917.10 L&TFH 124.80 127.15 122.70 124.00 DABUR 430.85 440.60 430.00 433.40 BAJAJELEC 458.00 476.00 446.50 449.00 CENTRUM 32.00 32.80 30.65 32.40 SOLARINDS 950.00 962.90 933.05 940.00 AMBUJACEM 212.10 219.30 209.15 214.00 3.15 BAJAJ-AUTO 2868.65 2937.75 2868.65 2912.25 RBLBANK 576.05 588.00 565.55 570.60 BHARATFIN 934.10 938.45 916.50 927.65 TATAINVEST 831.00 833.00 819.50 829.00 ERIS 609.40 612.50 593.00 612.10 DABUR 431.00 441.00 429.50 435.00 6.15 INTELLECT 179.40 189.50 178.70 186.25 RNAM 193.00 199.00 181.30 182.00 TRIDENT 60.90 62.70 59.05 59.50 WABAG 288.30 292.95 288.15 289.65 GRINDWELL 527.05 544.90 527.05 544.90 COLPAL 1241.00 1284.50 1241.00 1260.00 14.90 PHILIPCARB 151.00 158.70 151.00 155.00 ZENSARTECH 207.20 209.00 203.00 203.00 CHENNPETRO 227.45 228.70 221.00 222.05 SYNGENE 588.00 593.00 575.25 587.00 ISGEC 4799.80 4799.80 4677.00 4677.00 ASHOKLEY 83.65 85.70 82.35 84.30 1.00 ASIANPAINT 1401.25 1428.45 1395.40 1402.50 HINDALCO 197.50 198.90 194.60 195.55 IFCI 12.45 12.90 12.39 12.46 CYIENT* 627.00 637.90 627.00 632.75 BAJAJCON 351.45 354.50 347.90 348.15 OFSS 3489.35 3519.00 3455.05 3515.00 39.40 MINDACORP 127.75 142.00 127.75 137.90 GODREJCP 658.45 672.00 652.00 664.00 PNBHOUSING 915.00 940.45 915.00 927.50 MOTILALOFS 590.00 592.00 575.00 575.00 HIMATSEIDE 167.00 167.25 164.00 164.00 CONCOR 467.00 477.35 461.10 472.20 5.20 BEL 80.90 82.70 79.70 80.35 INFRATEL 308.05 309.05 295.80 297.80 HINDZINC 264.70 268.50 261.10 263.00 ASHOKA 117.95 120.10 114.30 114.30 JCHAC 1777.00 1777.00 1701.00 1735.00 ICICIGI 905.00 923.00 903.40 911.40 9.85 IBVENTURES 285.50 299.85 275.90 280.85 TATAMTRDVR 92.90 92.90 87.65 88.00 ADANIGREEN 33.55 34.45 32.00 32.80 MAGMA 108.45 108.45 103.10 103.10 FORBESCO 1949.95 1964.00 1915.00 1940.00 SHREECEM 16699.00 17155.10 16519.95 16750.00 155.85 VOLTAS 539.00 556.55 537.65 542.50 LICHSGFIN 466.00 469.30 460.90 466.30 JSL 35.00 36.00 34.05 34.90 JMFINANCIL 77.80 78.00 75.40 76.50 HATSUN 661.05 665.00 639.70 648.00 GICRE 217.20 224.95 216.30 218.15 2.00 ONGC 148.95 149.70 146.55 148.10 JUBLFOOD 1294.00 1294.00 1265.00 1269.15 UBL 1354.00 1359.00 1327.10 1333.40 KANSAINER 452.40 458.25 446.40 450.85 ECLERX 1022.00 1027.00 1005.05 1005.05 GODREJCP 660.00 672.00 651.50 660.45 6.05 NCC 83.50 86.60 82.60 83.85 JISLJALEQS 57.50 58.40 55.45 56.30 KAJARIACER 541.95 550.05 536.05 541.25 CENTURYPLY 163.75 168.25 162.65 163.55 KNRCON 200.75 202.40 200.20 200.20 SBILIFE 563.00 565.95 561.10 563.05 3.65 BDL 252.00 295.00 251.50 291.00 FORCEMOT 1395.00 1417.00 1371.50 1376.10 HFCL 21.35 21.70 21.05 21.05 INDOSTAR 354.90 354.90 324.10 330.00 JAGRAN 94.45 95.90 93.75 93.95 LICHSGFIN 465.20 469.10 460.10 466.60 2.70 COALINDIA 221.15 224.30 219.40 221.35 ASTRAZEN 1860.00 1979.30 1860.00 1953.75 GSFC 89.05 94.00 89.05 90.90 NAVKARCORP 41.30 41.70 40.00 40.85 MONSANTO 2564.60 2575.00 2552.05 2553.00 BEL 80.00 82.75 79.70 80.15 0.45 SAIL 48.65 49.85 48.10 48.50 DCBBANK 185.70 187.90 180.75 183.30 GSPL 159.85 161.70 155.70 158.00 INOXWIND 72.00 72.50 69.70 72.00 DHANUKA 404.60 412.00 398.70 402.60 NMDC 97.45 97.95 96.40 97.40 0.20 EQUITAS 112.00 118.90 111.05 111.70 WELSPUNIND 50.90 52.25 50.90 52.00 GICHSGFIN 240.10 241.40 233.20 233.95 PNCINFRA 131.70 132.30 126.10 127.70 LAURUSLABS 337.65 337.80 327.10 332.80 BANDHANBNK 483.80 487.95 472.00 480.00 1.00 GNFC 258.30 266.20 254.10 257.00 BIOCON 621.65 629.35 612.60 616.25 BAJAJHLDNG 3143.80 3175.00 3135.55 3150.00 BLUESTARCO 613.75 622.50 603.00 603.00 ASAHIINDIA 258.50 260.00 252.00 253.15 BOSCHLTD 18780.00 19050.00 18531.30 18800.00 36.05 HDFC 1865.00 1876.80 1821.55 1842.35 EDELWEISS 144.00 145.00 137.00 138.60 ELGIEQUIP 256.60 269.55 255.00 265.00 MANPASAND 75.15 75.20 73.05 73.40 TVTODAY 317.40 324.25 317.40 321.50 PEL 2335.00 2349.00 2300.55 2320.00 2.50 TATAGLOBAL 192.65 194.95 190.25 193.20 CUMMINSIND 727.95 729.65 708.85 718.00 MRPL 65.85 66.00 63.75 64.05 DENABANK 11.11 11.35 11.02 11.16 ZYDUSWELL 1273.00 1273.00 1249.30 1260.00 HINDZINC 263.00 269.00 263.00 263.05 -0.15 WOCKPHARMA 393.55 404.00 391.00 395.00 BATAINDIA 1316.70 1322.35 1290.30 1295.00 OIL 176.80 176.80 172.40 172.70 SCHNEIDER 90.15 92.00 88.00 88.05 TVSSRICHAK 2264.95 2288.00 2225.00 2274.00 L&TFH 125.00 127.15 122.60 123.70 -0.15 BOMDYEING 111.25 114.35 105.65 108.40 TATACHEM 560.40 563.70 551.30 557.05 GODREJPROP 710.20 719.15 697.55 707.55 LALPATHLAB 1028.05 1028.05 1008.00 1014.00 MAHLIFE 376.60 377.45 365.65 367.25 HAVELLS 698.70 712.45 690.05 693.00 -1.30 IGL 290.00 300.10 286.00 289.05 TVSMOTOR 460.00 469.00 454.70 456.25 KEI 326.60 334.95 321.65 323.10 BASF 1289.85 1312.45 1262.00 1299.95 SHILPAMED 359.75 367.50 353.00 353.00 BHEL 65.10 66.00 64.60 64.70 -0.15 PERSISTENT* 623.10 662.25 623.10 649.50 NBCC 53.25 54.30 52.60 52.80 IOB 13.95 14.06 13.20 13.32 GUJFLUORO 913.00 918.00 898.00 900.00 GULFOILLUB 880.25 881.75 866.15 870.20 SRTRANSFIN 1130.00 1154.15 1122.90 1126.80 -2.90 DISHTV 37.45 38.65 36.90 37.15 FCONSUMER 46.50 46.75 44.95 45.55 WELCORP 111.55 113.45 106.35 107.00 SUDARSCHEM 318.00 322.10 315.20 321.05 THYROCARE 540.40 540.60 525.10 525.10 AUROPHARMA 720.00 730.60 715.00 717.20 -2.05 HINDUNILVR 1788.00 1788.00 1729.00 1735.75 THOMASCOOK 213.25 220.95 200.65 208.70 MARICO 342.85 346.00 334.60 337.35 TATACOFFEE 84.50 85.35 83.45 83.60 KIOCL 129.40 129.50 123.95 124.20 SAIL 48.85 49.85 48.20 48.40 -0.15 LINDEINDIA 428.55 467.90 428.55 465.75 TATAPOWER 66.90 67.90 65.15 65.50 ENDURANCE 1305.45 1380.00 1265.00 1364.00 ALLCARGO 102.05 102.35 98.05 98.60 RELAXO 742.80 742.80 734.95 735.00 PETRONET 223.15 226.85 218.70 221.00 -0.80 DELTACORP 238.00 245.40 231.50 233.20 SWANENERGY 134.00 134.00 122.00 126.15 GPPL 77.00 79.65 75.90 76.75 TIINDIA 363.85 363.85 347.05 350.90 SHRIRAMCIT 1628.75 1640.00 1609.20 1629.90 BIOCON 623.00 629.40 612.50 616.90 -2.70 BHARTIARTL 320.95 325.00 314.65 323.00 MPHASIS 1034.85 1042.00 1007.95 1033.90 MEGH 51.35 52.20 49.65 50.45 GSKCONS 7135.00 7331.90 7135.00 7214.60 STARCEMENT 97.25 98.85 95.60 97.40 BRITANNIA 3080.00 3108.95 3023.35 3060.00 -13.50 HINDPETRO 227.45 229.40 221.25 222.65 IPCALAB 800.05 812.55 786.00 807.40 IDFC 37.10 37.90 37.00 37.30 ORIENTCEM 71.85 75.00 71.50 71.50 ABBOTINDIA 7392.00 7428.70 7331.95 7335.20 BANKBARODA 101.75 103.60 100.30 100.95 -0.55 ICICIGI 903.05 921.55 900.45 911.45 MGL 894.50 908.10 889.80 905.00 ABB 1242.90 1246.00 1221.50 1224.30 ALKEM 1778.95 1778.95 1750.00 1752.00 TIFHL 443.55 448.00 435.00 435.00 OIL 174.05 176.00 172.30 172.60 -1.40 BPCL 337.00 341.25 328.75 330.00 AVANTI 341.80 347.00 327.60 332.90 CROMPTON 207.95 213.00 206.20 211.30 LUXIND 1086.00 1109.95 1080.00 1080.00 RATNAMANI 840.05 864.10 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US asks Pak to take ‘meaningful China calls on India, Pak to exercise restraint PTI n BEIJING the proposal against the JeM chief could perhaps be hina on Wednesday again PAK SUMMONS INDIAN DIPLOMAT moved in the Sanctions Committee under the action’ against terrorist groups Ccalled on India and Pakistan OVER ‘CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS’ French presidency. “France is focussed on bringing to exercise restraint amid the individual listing requests of JeM terrorists to the PTI n WASHINGTON escalation of hostilities between Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Acting 1267 Sanctions Committee soon,” they said. and shared goal of maintain- the two countries and urged High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and he US on Wednesday ing peace and security in the them to engage in dialogue to condemned the alleged “unprovoked ceasefire QURESHI THREATENS TO BOYCOTT OIC Tfirmly asked Pakistan to region,” Pompeo said in a uphold the peace and stability in violations” by the Indian forces along the Line of MEETING OVER SWARAJ’S PARTICIPATION take “meaningful action” statement. the region. Chinese Foreign Control which resulted in the killing of four civilians. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi against terrorist groups oper- “I also spoke to Pakistani Ministry spokesman Lu Kang’s Director General (South Asia and SAARC) on Wednesday threatened to boycott a meeting of ating on its soil after India’s Foreign Minister Qureshi to remarks came after Pakistan Mohammad Faisal, who is also the foreign ministry the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) counter-terrorism action underscore the priority of targeted military installations in spokesman, summoned Ahluwalia and “condemned scheduled for next month in the UAE if India’s against it and asked the two de-escalating current tensions India in response to Indian the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj participates neighbours to exercise by avoiding military action, counter-terrorism in Balakot. forces along the Line of Control,” the Foreign Office in it. Swaraj has been invited as a “guest of honour” restraint and avoid escala- and the urgency of Pakistan “I understand that in the lat- (FO) said in a statement.The firing on February 26 in at the inaugural session of the foreign ministers’ tion at any cost. taking meaningful action est development Pakistan says it Nikial and Khuiratta sectors resulted in the killing of conclave in Abu Dhabi on March 1-2. “I have no US Secretary of State against terrorist groups oper- had shot down two Indian air- four civilians, including three women. The firing also reservations with the OIC or any other Islamic Mike Pompeo in a phone call ating on its soil,” Pompeo craft and captured Indian pilots,” injured six others, the FO said. The Indian forces country. My reservations are with Indian Foreign with Pakistan Foreign said. “I expressed to both Lu Kang told the media here. He along the LoC and the Working boundary are Minister Sushma Swaraj’s attendance at the OIC Minister Shah Mahmood Ministers that we encourage said the international commu- “continuously targeting civilian populated areas with meeting,” Qureshi told Geo News. “If Swaraj Qureshi also called for avoid- India and Pakistan to exercise nity is following the develop- heavy weapons”, it said. “This unprecedented attends the meeting then I will not participate in it,” ing military action. In a sep- restraint, and avoid escalation ments closely. escalation in ceasefire violations by India is Qureshi said. He said shared that UN Secretary- arate call with External Affairs at any cost. “China’s position is clear. As continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, I also encouraged both two important countries in forces committed 1970 ceasefire violation,” it Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu telephoned him. “We Pompeo emphasised the close ministers to prioritise direct South Asia we hope that the two alleged. believe India has committed aggression against a security partnership between Pulwama district on February ders. Pompeo is currently communication and avoid countries can exercise restraint FRANCE TO BRING PROPOSAL brother Islamic country and attacked a founding the US and India and shared 14, sparking outrage in the in Vietnam to attend the sec- further military activity,” said and engage in dialogue and take TO BAN MASOOD AZHAR member of the OIC,” Qureshi quoted Cavusoglu as goal of maintaining peace country. ond summit between the Secretary of State. actions for the peace and stabil- France is working on a proposal to ban chief of the saying. “The Turkish foreign minister said there is and security in the region. Following the incident, President Donald Trump and Last week, US National ity in the region,” he said. China UN-proscribed Jaish-e Muhammad (JeM) Masood no reason for Indian Foreign Minister Sushma His statement came India on Tuesday bombed the North Korean leader Kim Security Adviser John Bolton on Tuesday also urged India and Azhar and could move it in the Sanctions Committee Swaraj to attend the meeting of the Organization of amid growing tensions and destroyed JeM’s biggest Jong-un on the denuclearsa- told his Indian counterpart Pakistan to “exercise restraint” after it assumes the Presidency of the powerful UN Islamic Countries (OIC) and Turkey will fully oppose between the two countries training camp in Balakot in tion of the Korean peninsula. Ajit Doval that America sup- and asked New Delhi to carry Security Council in March, sources said. The her invitation and opportunity to address,” he after 40 Central Reserve Pakistan’s restive Khyber “Following Indian ports India’s right to self- out its fight against terrorism rotating monthly Presidency of the 15-nation UN added. Last night, Qureshi said he spoke to his UAE Police Force (CRPF) person- Pakhtunkhwa province, about counter-terrorism actions on defence as both sides vowed through international coopera- Security Council (UNSC) will go from Equatorial counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan nel were killed in a suicide 80-km from the Line of February 26, I spoke with to work together to ensure tion, hours after Indian fighter Guinea to France on March 1. France, a permanent expressed his reservations over invitation to Swaraj. “Under the current circumstances, it will not be attack by Pakistan-based Control (LoC), killing a “very Indian Minister of External that Pakistan ceases to be a jets struck Jaish-e-Mohammed’s member of the Council with veto powers, is working on the proposal (to ban Azhar) and it should be possible for me to attend OIC meeting where Swaraj Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in large number” of terrorists, Affairs Swaraj to emphasize safe heaven for JeM and other biggest camp in Pakistan in a is present,” he said. Jammu and Kashmir’s trainers and senior comman- our close security partnership terror groups. pre-dawn attack. ready soon, informed sources told PTI, adding that Nigeria’s Buhari Trump, Kim handshake kicks off summit wins re-election AFP n HANOI about 20 minutes of head-to- claims Japan’s prime minister towards advancing the denu- head talks before sitting around has already nominated him for clearisation” of the Korean as opp vows S President Donald Trump a table with only a handful of a Nobel Peace Prize. His goal is peninsula.However, Ushook hands with North top advisers. Negotiations were to persuade Kim to dismantle Washington and Pyongyang court battle Korean leader Kim Jong Un at then scheduled to resume on his nuclear weapons and resolve disagree even on what denu- the start of their second sum- Thursday. a stand-off with the totalitari- clearisation means precisely. Abuja (AFP): Muhammadu mit Wednesday, saying the Earlier, Trump sent a tweet an state that has bedevilled US And while North Korea has Buhari was on Wednesday re- totalitarian state could enjoy a touting North Korea’s “AWE- leaders since the end of the now gone more than a year elected Nigeria’s president after brilliant future if it gives up SOME” potential if his “friend” Korean war in 1953. To lure without conducting missile and a delayed poll that angered vot- nuclear weapons. Trump pre- Kim agrees to relinquish his Kim into radical change, Trump nuclear tests, it has done noth- ers and raised political tem- dicted a “very successful” sum- weapons. The president risks is believed to be considering ing to roll back the weapons peratures, but the opposition mit as the pair prepared for din- being distracted by scandal offering a formal peace decla- already built. immediately vowed to chal- ner at the luxury Sofitel Legend back in Washington, where his ration — though perhaps not a A former real estate tycoon lenge the “sham” result in court. Metropole hotel in Hanoi to fol- former lawyer Michael Cohen formal treaty — to draw a line who often boasts he is one of It was the second victory at the low up on their initial historic was set to describe him as a under the technically still unfin- the world’s best negotiators, ballot box for Buhari, a one- meeting in Singapore in June. “conman” in bombshell testi- ished war. Trump is pitching a vision of time military ruler who was In a brief sit-down ahead mony to Congress scheduled At the same time, North Korea as a new Asian first elected in 2015 to lead of one-on-one talks, Trump for shortly after the summit Washington faces mounting economic tiger if it surrenders Africa’s most-populous nation repeated his view that North dinner ends on the other side pressure to extract significant its nuclear status.He said the and top oil producer. Korea had “tremendous” eco- of the world. concessions from Kim, who has country could quickly emulate With ballots counted in all nomic potential. For his part, But Trump, seeking a big so far shown little desire to ditch the summit’s host, Vietnam — of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Kim pledged to do his “best” to foreign policy win to push his nuclear capability. China’s a communist state once locked Federal Capital Territory achieve an outcome that “will back against domestic trou- Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in devastating conflict with the (FCT), Buhari triumphed with be welcomed by all people.” bles, believes he can make his- Wednesday the Hanoi meeting United States, but now a thriv- some 15.2 million votes over They were due to open with tory with North Korea — and could be “an important step ing trade partner. President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Wednesday, his nearest rival Atiku Abubakar, who trailed by near- ly four million votes. “Muhammadu Buhari... is US House hereby declared winner and is Egypt train crash station kills 25 Nepal’s Tourism Minister Adhikari returned elected,” Mahmood strikes down Yakubu, chairman of Nigeria’s AP n CAIRO Independent National Electoral Trump’s border among 7 killed in helicopter crash Commission, (INEC) speeding railcar crashed announced early Wednesday. Ainto a barrier at Cairo’s Kathmandu (PTI): Nepal’s crash is being probed. However, Abubakar reject- emergency main train station, causing its Tourism and Civil Aviation The helicopter burst into ed the result of the vote, which Washington, (AFP): The US fuel tank to explode and trig- Minister Rabindra Adhikari and flames after it hit Chuchche has been marred by claims of House of Representatives dealt gering a huge fire that left at six others were killed Dada hill in Taplejung district in rigging and corruption. “If I a blow to President Donald least 25 people dead on Wednesday when a private heli- the mountain region. There was had lost in a free and fair elec- Trump on Tuesday, approving Wednesday, officials said. copter crashed in eastern Nepal’s a huge snowfall in the forest area tion, I would have called the a resolution blocking him from Railway officials said the train mountainous Taplejung district, where the helicopter crashed. victor within seconds of my obtaining funding for a was speeding and collided the latest aviation accident in the Moments after the helicopter being aware of his victory to Mexican border wall through head-on with the barrier. At Himalayan nation. Besides the was reported missing, local res- offer not just my congratula- his declaration of a national least 47 people were also 39-year-old tourism minister, idents in Pathibara area tions, but my services to help emergency. Dismissing a veto injured in the accident. the Air Dynasty helicopter was informed the police about a unite Nigeria by being a bridge threat by the president, the Mohammed Said, the head carrying Nepal’s prominent avi- huge flame at the crash site. The between the North and the Democratic-controlled House of the Cairo Railroad hospital, ation and hospitality entrepre- Chief District Officer of South,” he said in a statement struck down Trump’s emer- said there are concerns the neur Ang Tsering Sherpa, Prime a hill while Tourism Minister Taplejung, Anuj Bhandari quot- Wednesday. gency declaration by a com- death toll could rise further fol- Minister’s personal aide Yubaraj Adhikari was returning to ed the locals as saying they heard “I hereby reject the result of fortable margin of 245-182, lowing the blaze. Other officials People look at a damaged train inside Ramsis train station in Cairo, Egypt, Dahal, two senior Civil Aviation Kathmandu after visiting a loud bang followed by a sight the February 23, 2019 sham sending the measure to the spoke on condition of Wednesday. AP Authority (CAAN) officials and famous Hindu temple of smoke and fire in the area. election and will be challeng- Republican-held Senate. anonymity because they weren’t a Nepal Army personnel. Rescue Pathibhara in Eastern Nepal. It is the latest aviation acci- ing it in court.” Buhari, aged 76, Thirteen Republicans authorized to speak to the busiest and most crowded areas women carrying bags and per- workers retrieved the bodies of Earlier, the minister accom- dent in Nepal, which has a meanwhile, thanked Nigerians joined Democrats in voting to media. Photographs from the of the Egyptian capital. sonal belonging and walking Adhikari, the pilot and five panied by the technical team poor air safety record. In for re-electing him for the next “terminate” Trump’s emergency station showed charred bodies The sate railway agency on the rail platforms as the other passengers from a hillside from the Ministry of Civil September last year, six people four years, saying he was declaration, which the lying on the platforms at the briefly halted all train traffic train car crashed and explod- in Taplejung district where the Aviation and Sherpa, managing including a Japanese tourist was “deeply humbled and pro- Republican president issued on Ramsis station in downtown and ordered the evacuation of ed. Another video showed Air Dynasty chopper went director of Yeti Airlines, had killed when a helicopter crashed. foundly grateful”. Addressing February 15 after failing to Cairo. Firefighters struggled the station. men and women running, down. gone for a feasibility study for an Nepal has some of the world’s supporters and party leaders at secure billions of dollars from to get the flames under control. Videos from surveillance searching for exits after the Tourism Ministry airstrip in Chuhandanda, in most remote and tricky runways, his All Progressives Congress Congress for the wall. The Heavy black smoke rose cameras inside the station explosion. A man runs back spokesperson confirmed that Tehrathum district. The heli- flanked by snow-capped peaks (APC) campaign headquar- emergency declaration would into the sky as ambulances showed flames ravaging the sta- and forth, his shirt on fire, until all seven on board the helicopter copter crashed right after it had with approaches that pose a ters, Buhari called his win allow Trump to find funding for rushed to the scene. The tion. A video that surfaced on another man rushes to pour have been killed in the crash. taken off from the temple, offi- challenge for even accomplished “another victory for Nigerian the Mexican border wall — his Ramsis district is among the social media showed men and water on him. The helicopter crashed as it hit cials said, adding the cause of the pilots. democracy.” signature campaign promise — from other sources, notably the Pentagon budget for mili- tary construction projects. The GLOBE TROTTING Listening to music does not president has threatened to veto the resolution if it passes both the 435-member House enhance creativity: Study and the 100-seat Senate, where Irina Shayk unfollows Lady Gaga on social media PTI n LONDON Republicans hold a 53-47 edge gest this may be because music and its prospects are uncertain. Lady Gaga's chemistry with Bradley Cooper during their performance at the Oscars on Sunday, was one of the main talking points of the night. And istening to background disrupts verbal working mem- Democrats have while his girlfriend Irina Shayk, 33, was seen congratulating the pair after Shallow from A Star Is Born won Best Original Song, it seems all is not Lmusic "significantly impairs" ory. The third experiment -- denounced the emergency dec- well in paradise. The Sun report that supermodel Irina had already unfollowed Lady Gaga, 32, before Sunday, despite their friendly display at the people's ability to complete exposure to music with famil- laration as a power grab by the iconic event. Trouble in paradise: Irina Shayk, (right), tasks testing verbal creativity, iar lyrics -- impaired creativity president and a violation of the reportedly UNFOLLOWED Lady Gaga on social media say scientists who challenge regardless of whether the music Constitution because it usurps before her chemistry-filled performance with Bradley the myth that music makes us also boosted mood, induced a the power of Congress to decide Cooper at the Oscars on Sunday Moreover, she and Bradley more creative. Psychologists positive mood, was liked by the government spending. At least were pictured looking glum as they took a car ride the day from University of Gavle in participants, or whether par- two Senate Republicans — after. The Sun wrote that Irina is understandably sick of Sweden, University of Central ticipants typically studied in the Senator Susan Collins of Maine reading speculative stories about Bradley and Gaga being Lancashire and Lancaster presence of music. and Senator Thom Tillis of more than just friends. A source said: 'The stories about University in the UK investi- make a common word or However, there was no sig- North Carolina — have said Irina being sick of Gaga have some truth to them – it’s not gated the impact of background phrase (ie sundress, sundial nificant difference in perfor- they would back the resolution that she dislikes Gaga or is jealous of her, but she’s sick of music on performance by pre- and sunflower). mance of the verbal tasks overturning Trump’s emer- the constant stories about her "close" relationship to senting people with verbal The researchers used three between the quiet and library gency declaration. Bradley.Who could blame her? The publication wrote that insight problems that are experiments involving verbal noise conditions. Researchers Four Republicans would Irina is sick of reading speculative stories about Bradley believed to tap creativity. tasks in either a quiet environ- said this is because library need to break ranks for the and Gaga being more than just friendsWho could blame They found that back- ment or while exposed to back- noise is a "steady state" envi- measure to pass the Senate but her? The publication wrote that Irina is sick of reading ground music "significantly ground music with unfamiliar ronment which is not as dis- neither chamber is likely to be speculative stories about Bradley and Gaga being more impaired" people's ability to lyrics, instrumental music with- ruptive. able to muster the two-thirds than just friends When Gaga went up on stage to accept complete tasks testing verbal out lyrics, or music with famil- The findings challenge the majority needed to override an her Oscar for Best Original Song, she and Bradley were creativity -- but there was no iar lyrics. popular view that music expected presidential veto. caught thunderously applauding for the Shallows singer effect for background library "We found strong evidence enhances creativity, and instead Should the measure clear both 'She’s no stranger to cheating rumours – she dated Cristiano Ronaldo after all – but it’s been a long publicity campaign and she’s ready for it to end. noise. For example, a partici- of impaired performance when demonstrate that music, regard- the House and the Senate and 'She’s actually thrilled at how successful the movie has been and really wanted to go to the Oscars.' During the ceremony when the pair cuddled pant was shown three words (eg playing background music in less of the presence of seman- reach his desk, Trump would be throughout the night, Irina had a big smile on her face and appeared supportive of them. Speculation about Bradley's chemistry with newly-single dress, dial, flower), with the comparison to quiet back- tic content, consistently disrupts faced with a stinging rebuke Lady Gaga went crazy on social media - although there is nothing to suggest they are anything more than friends The couple were incredibly tactile requirement being to find a sin- ground conditions," said Neil creative performance in insight and cornered into issuing the with one another leading people to remark on their closeness, but they played lovers in A Star Is Born, so is it any surprise? When Gaga went up gle associated word (in this case McLatchie of Lancaster problem solving, researchers first veto of his presidency. on stage to accept her Oscar, she and Bradley were caught thunderously applauding for the Shallows singer. "Sun") that can be combined to University. Researchers sug- said. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 vivacity 13

Randeep wins silver RANDEEP HOODA CLARIFIED DRAGON PUNCH Actor won the The Phaya Nak or naga, mythical silver medal at the National serpent-like creatures, believed Equestrian Championship (NEC) by locals to live in the Mekong and called it a proud moment. river or estuaries. The famous Randeep posted a photograph Naga Fireball phenomenon is attributed to this mythical beast. from the event on social media. KINNARI’S EMBRACE “So got a silver medal BEHIND THE Kinnaris are depicted as half- BEHIND THE bird, half-woman creatures. One at the Nationals NEC on Dream Girl thanks of the many creatures that inhab- it the mythical Himavanta, to my team mates Kinnaris have the head, torso, and from the Indian Army from RVC (Remount and Veterinary Corps) and ASC BARS (Indian Army BARS Service Corps). Proud moment to be given the medal As we raise glasses and turn our gaze towards this summer, ZORAWAR KALRA says that the use of by the QMG Gen Ambre with gratitude citric fusions will become more prominent in the years ahead to my grooms who arms of a woman and the wings, look after my hors- he bar scene in India is rise. But knowing which ice to use tion from the Tiki culture created tail and feet of a swan. They are finally getting upgraded. when and why is important. GEN Y IS PREFERRING in the US in the 1930’s and which renowned for their dance, song es,” he captioned the It has moved past the We can see the return of a lot A LOT OF has been thriving ever since. and poetry, and are a traditional image. heavily coloured cock- of South American and Latin symbol of feminine beauty, grace He will next be seen in tails and mastered the flavours. Maybe it’s their exotic SNAZZY-LOOKING HATSADILING and accomplishment. Blended Dhaka. Told fashioned one, it is now enter- connotations, or their vacation- DRINKS, BEVERAGES The Hatsadiling is a mythical scotch whiskey, house made Thai It will also star Chris ing a phase where innovative minded attitudes. Most likely it’s WITH A DROP OF bird, commonly featured in Amaro, tropical vermouth and drinks are the norm instead of the base ingredient spirits that Northern Thai art. It is considered orange bitters are used to make Hemsworth, David being yearly specials. Rather than make them favoured. Some of the SWEETNESS IN THEM to be the size of a house, with the this cocktail. Harbour and Manoj Bajpayee. just being fixated to whisky, mil- top most bars of the world are now AND SMOKE AND head and body of a lion, trunk and lennials are now experimenting in Mexico, that is why those cool tusks of an elephant, the comb of with their drinks, without having new flavours are Peruvian and MIRROR EFFECT — a cock, and the wings of a bird. Acting alongside to necessarily stick to boring reg- Mexican in nature. SMOKE COULD MEAN A According to an oral myth in bhai ular Mojitos. The bar is no more Local produce, seasonal ingre- north eastern Thailand, the bird Nawaz just a corner in the restaurant dients and sustainability are cer- COCKTAIL WITH once inhabited the legendary for- (Nawazuddin SMOKED LIQUOR IN IT, Siddiqui) where alcohol and syrups mix, but tainly a movement that’s growing est of Himavanta. is a has evolved into quite the star of more and more. A DRINK THAT’S BEEN learning. He the evening with specialists being If we talk about millennials, TEMPLE OF THE LION of house rum blend, Thai red is a master brought in for conceptualisation. Gen Y is preferring a lot of snazzy- SET ON FIRE OR ONE Singha — The story of why syrup, spiced vermouth, lime, The rising trends of cocktails looking drinks, beverages with a THAT’S INFUSED WITH chinthes guard the entrances of pomegranate, tamarind, straw- of the craft seem to be the cutting edge post- drop of sweetness in them and pagodas and temples is given as berry and angostura. and makes modern and post molecular tech- smoke and mirror — where A SMOKY FLAVOUR such from the Mahavamsa. A you look niques such as there’s an equip- ‘smoke’ could mean a cocktail princess had a son through her THE GUARDIAN NYMPH good by just ment which is typically used to with smoked liquor in it, a drink be kept classy as well as elegant. marriage to a lion, but later aban- Apsonsi — half nymph half being in the clean diamonds, it is now being that’s been set on fire or one that’s The maximum demand is towards doned the lion, who then became woman the protector from HEM AND LION utilised to mix cocktails. infused with a smoky flavour, subtle cocktails. enraged and set out on silver plat- harm depicted with the bottom Hem and Lion is a creature found same frame. Keeping it simple, but season- where as on the other hand, grown The cocktails are undoubted- ed road of terror throughout the half of a lion, often seen guard- in Thai and possibly South Asian I take it as al is the key. A freshly juiced ups, above the age of 30 or 35, are ly becoming clearer, with mild stemmed lands. The son then ing temples around Thailand mythology. It is said to be the com- an honour and pineapple in season does a lot more moving away from the same. colours and comprising of all the went out to slay this terrorising and believed to live in the bination of a hem (an ill- defined opportunity to be for flavour than two tinctures, a Gen Z prefers cutting edge seasonal flavours. The use of cit- lion. The son came back home to mythical forest of Himavanta in creature in and of itself; usually working with him smoked glass and three unneces- techniques but not unnecessary ric fusions will become more his mother stating he slew the lion, the Himalayas. Ingredients likened to a swan but sometimes Raat Akeli sary garnishes. smoking mirrors. Aesthetic wise prominent in the years ahead. and then found out that he killed used in making this one — depicted more like a crocodile) again in There are also different kinds we can see that they favour drinks In sync with these rising trends his own father. The son later con- cognac, tropical vermouth, and a lion. Tequila, watermelon, Hai. Incidentally, of ice being used, such as distilled which look minimal, clean and of cocktails, Bo Tai, Delhi’s Thai structed a statue of the lion as a orange spiced syrup, Darjeeling Thai red syrup, hibiscus, saline, Haraamkhor was my flavoured ice, as it melts in slow- simple. Their entire focus is on restaurant, also reinvented their guardian of a temple to atone for and lychee tea, saline and citrus and some sugar makes debut film as it has ly, the taste of the cocktail starts to innovative glassware which have to cocktail menu by taking inspira- his sin. This cocktail is made up citrus. Hem and Lion. been shot before the Masaan. making of sors into the piece which brought an expe- AKSHAY KUMAR —Shweta Tripathi riential element to it. The dynamism that Sharma Metamorphosis of art is possible with technology, opens it up to a wider audience and I think for art to have LAUDS Actor ALI FAZAL, whose nude an impact, accessibility is very important. It also resonates with the younger gener- picture was leaked on the ation, who engage with technology con- Internet, says the incident has Artist MICHELLE Y POONAWALLA’s digital display at the Kochi Biennale is a stantly. We live in a digital world so using made him more commentary on war and has attracted many eyeballs. In an email interview this technology creatively gives it a con- KRITI temporary edge. conscious about with SAIMI SATTAR, she talks about growing up with the masters and her grandfather’s using social media. ctor Akshay Kumar has profound influence in guiding her art The work at Kochi Biennale addresses showered Kriti Sanon Ali said, “The the issue of fragility and mankind look- Awith praises as she whole incident ing at conflict and war. What role do art recreated the famous song Ye made me con- The masters were a part of your growing and artists play in the larger scheme of Khabar Chapwado from his scious of using up years. How did they influence your things for making a difference? film Aflatoon. choice of career? Art has always been a powerful catalyst The recently released social media. See, I was fortunate to grow up in a milieu for change. Images have a universal res- Poster Lagwa Do song from technically nothing where art and creativity were constant. One onance that go beyond the boundaries Kriti Sanon’s Luka was leaked the way it was played of my fondest memories is of my grand- created by language. We all have a Chuppi showcases the out in the media. The fact is that father, Jehangir Vazifdar who was a promi- response to art, whether we recognise it actress shaking a leg I directed a short film recently nent architect and artist, bent over his desk, or not. At Kochi, there were artists from to the remixed ver- immersed in his experimental doodles. He all over the world, bringing different ideas sion of the original and the post-production of that is was the one who recognised the creative and issues to the table, for a very diverse 90’s chartbuster. going on now. That is going to spirit within me, early on and encouraged audience. The power of art was evident Akshay who is be my debut film as a director me to follow this voice by sharing his ideas in the way people from all walks of life not only the origi- and therefore it is close to my on art. were responding to the art. It was a reaf- nal actor of heart. That is why I was angry.” I grew up in London and my family firming experience to be a part of the song but was very keen we made the most of grow- this, to see everyone from young also Kriti ing up in this rich, cultural hub. I was very children, art students to the Sanon’s much familiar with the great Masters — older generation, interacting co-star in Thompson quits Miro, Dali, Picasso. My father was (and and responding to what their Luck continues to be) a keen collector of they saw. forthcom- antiques, so we’d frequent the major auc- ing film Actress EMMA THOMPSON says tion houses like Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Will you be taking this Housefull she walked out of Alessandro Bonhams. It is these early experience that theme forward in the 4, gave a Carloni's animated movie helped me develop an astute eye and sen- future? thumbs Luck sitivity for art. Definitely. I’m already in the up to the due to John the dynamic, three-dimensional paintings autism. On the environmental front, I was process of ideating future projects actress for Lasseter's sexual harass- You use a lot of symbolism in your work? I create. And of course, they’re a visual delighted to be a part of the Elephant that will use technology to create art- her version ment scandal. How do you think it pushes the creative delight. One cannot help but feel positive Family’s “Elephant Parade” in early 2018, works that will not only be visually of the song. Though Thompson boundaries further? just by looking at a butterfly in motion. which raises money to save the Asian thrilling but also have a thoughtful ele- Akshay had I believe symbols and motifs, if used cre- Elephants. ment to them. I strive to create works also earlier regrets stepping away atively, have the power to convey a pow- Education and environment are issues that up the ante in terms of their expe- given a shout from her role, she will erful emotion or message. I enjoy the idea close to your heart. How do you try to What inspired your project at Kochi? rience and message. out to Kriti stand by her decision. of opening up a new world of ideas and make a difference? I travel a fair amount, which gives me an ahead of the “I regret having to step possibilities through my work and it is here Education and a better environment — interesting perspective on the paranoia and What was the response to the work song release. away because I love that symbolism becomes a powerful tool. without polluted air and toxic water — are fear we live in. On the other hand, we’re especially since Introspection is inter- Kriti will It prevents a work from being too literal the two vital keys to a better future. And surrounded by horrific stories about inno- active? be essaying the Alessandro so much and creates space for interaction and of course, the two are interconnected as cent people being displaced and lives lost; The response was overwhelmingly role or Rashmi and think he is an introspection for the viewers. greater awareness and education creates these become statistics and distant stories positive. I had people from all across who is caught incredibly creative direc- sensitivity and individual action towards in endless news cycles, while we go on with the globe leaving messages after expe- in an awkward tor. But I can only do You’ve used a lot of butterflies in the past. creating a better tomorrow. As a mother our lives. I’ve been mulling over these riencing the work, describing how the situation as her what feels right. I am well What are you trying to communicate and a concerned citizen, I do what I can issues and wanted to address them through piece had impacted them. I think the live-in relation- through them? to lend my voice and position to create my work which resulted in Introspection. theme of the piece is something that has ship with Kartik aware that centuries of Butterflies are indeed a key motif in my awareness and change. I’m delighted to It’s a multimedia installation that uses a universal resonance and I’m glad I man- Aaryan in the entitlement to women's work. I first began using butterflies when have my art be a part of initiatives such as audio clips from newsreels and ambient aged to communicate this effectively, film. bodies whether they I was working on an exhibition with the Sotheby’s Khushii: India on Canvas char- sounds, combining these with 360 digital leaving the viewers with a powerful expe- Impressing the like it or not is not students at the Gateway School, Mumbai. ity auction (2017) which raised money for visuals and motion sensor technology to rience and afterthought. audience with her going to change The possibilities of the butterfly was Kapil Dev’s NGO, an organisation work- create an immersive experience for the bubbly yet rebellious instantly apparent to me and I developed ing towards the education of underprivi- viewers. I wanted the work to strike the When not painting, what are the things character as Bitti in overnight. But I am also aware this motif, integrating it with digital map- leged girls, which I believe is a vitally audience at their core, creating a moment that you like to do? Bareilly ki Barfi, Kriti that if people who have spoken ping technology, for my show in New Delhi important cause. I’m also working with of contemplation. My zen zone is my studio and I like to Sanon garnered out do not take this sort of a stand in 2018. some of my friends to put together a char- devote as much time as I possibly can to immense appreciation then things are unlikely to change I find butterflies to be a powerful itable show in April, that will raise money Working with the digital medium, what my practice. But I also oversee my family’s for her small town at anything like the pace required metaphor because though they’re fragile for a fundraiser standing in opposition to does it hold out to you in terms of cre- business and am committed to spending as avatar. creatures with a short lifespan, they go violence against women and girls. I’ve also ativity? much time as possible with my children. The actress now to protect my daughter's genera- through an incredible journey of metamor- done several projects with the Gateway Using technology in my work allows an ele- They’re both creatively inclined and I enjoy gears up for her first tion,” she said. phosis. They have beautiful movement, School in Mumbai, which does terrific ment of interactivity with the audience. For seeing the world through their fresh, release of the year with which translates well formalistically into work with children who suffer with Introspection, I incorporated motion sen- young perspectives. Luka Chuppi. 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But Manu and Saurbah, with ond position. GOLDEN SIGN OFF their superlative showings, ensured "It was satisfying to end on a win- the host nation ended the tournament ning note," said Manu, could not on a high. secure quota after disappointments in India jointly topped the standings her individual events. Teenage prodigies Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary end India’s Delhi with Hungary with three gold medals, Saurabh, who was supported but managed to secure only one from behind by his childhood coach WC campaign with yellow metal on 10m Air Pistol mixed team event Olympic quota. The tournament Amit Sheoran, said he was pumped offered 14 quota places for the 2020 by his presence. PTI n NEW DELHI helping the hosts finish the tourna- equalling the qualification world Tokyo Games. Earlier in the tournament, ment with a flourish after a few results record, Saurabh and Manu continued After a mixed start to the last final Apurvi Chandela set a new world he trailblazing teenaged duo of that did not go their way over the last in the same vein and once they of the tournament, the Indians gath- record with 252.9 points on her way Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu three days. moved to the top spot, there was no ered momentum with Manu comple- to her third individual World Cup TBhaker comfortably claimed The Chinese duo of Ranxin looking back as they consistently shot menting Saurabh who had three medal in the women's 10m air rifle the Gold medal in the 10m air pistol Jiang and Bowen Zhang won Silver high and mid 10. shots above 10 in the first series. event on Saturday. mixed team event of the ISSF World with 477.7, while the Bronze went to The other Indian team in the fray, Manu had a few 10 and above Saurabh had also shattered the Cup herIndia's Saurabh Chaudhary the Korean team of Minjung Kim and Heena Sidhu and Abhishek Verma, scores in the second series and with world record on the second day of the displayed the composure that char- Daehun Park (418.8) at the Dr Karni could not clear the qualification hur- Saurabh in red-hot form, India tournament, scoring 245.0 to finish acterises his shooting and partner Singh Shooting Range. dle after aggregating 770. inched closer to the Korean team top in the 10m air pistol event while Manu Bhakar regained her touch to Such was the Indian duo's dom- The Indian shooters in 10m air before eventually replacing them securing an Olympic quota. win in style the 10m air pistol mixed inance through the final that the dif- rifle mixed team event — Ravi from the top spot. China won five quotas followed team gold in the ISSF World Cup here ference between Gold and Silver Kumar and Anjum Moudgil and The Indian Youth Olympics by Hungary with two. Hosts India, on Wednesday. medallist at the end was a hopping at Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar champions took the lead after the Austria, Serbia, Italy, Korea, Chinese The Indian pair shot a total of the end was 5.8. finished seventh and 25th respective- third series and maintained it till the Taipei and Switzerland won one Manu Bhaker (right) and Saurabh Chaudhary poses for a photo with their medals AP 483.4 to finish top of the podium, Having entered the final after ly. last shot, as China moved up to sec- quota place each. MAXWELL DESERVE VICTORY Glenn plays one of the most memorable T20 innings scoring 113 off 55 balls to seal historic series win

Clean sweep on cards

PTI n MUMBAI sive. Veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami (with 5 wickets in the rubber) and he series already in the bag, a con- Shikha Pandey (6 wickets) have trou- Tfident India will look to complete bled the visitors in the first two games a whitewash when they take on a belea- at the Wankhede stadium here. guered England in the third and final England have found it difficult to women's One-day International here face the Indian spin trio of Deepti on Thursday. Sharma, Poonam Yadav and Ekta The Mithali Raj-led outfit had Bisht. thrashed the reigning World Slow left-arm orthodox bowler Champions by 66 runs in the opening Bisht spun the visitors to their doom ODI and then followed it up with a with a four-wicket haul in game one. dominating seven-wicket win in the The struggling England side also second game to seal the three-match suffered a blow after all-rounder Sophie series with a 2-0 unassailable lead. Ecclestone was ruled out of the third More importantly, India grabbed ODI and remainder of the tour due to four crucial points in the ICC Women's a fractured hand. championship as the race for securing The visitors will play for pride and direct qualification spots for the 2021 aim to bag the two crucial points as part ÿ World Cup heats up. of the ICC Championship before head- With two more points up for ing to the three-match T20I series in PTI n BENGALURU 22 for two in four overs. must-win tie, hammering an and point before Dhawan flicked man only to be caught by grabs, the hosts would not like to exper- Guwahati next month. Opener D'Arcy Short and unbeaten 72 off 38 balls in a one off pads for another four with Richardson. iment by making any Apart from all- lenn Maxwell fired Australia Maxwell shared a 73-run stand off knock including half a dozen sixes the over going for 12 runs. A struggling Dhawan too changes to the line-up. India vs England rounder Natalie Sciver to their maiden T20 series 43 balls to keep the game on even while Dhoni played the supporting The fifth over was even more departed soon after, albeit to a India seem to have Live from 9:00am IST and skipper Heather Gwin over India with a sen- knell before the former fell in the role well with 40 off 23 balls. productive for India as pacer Jhye questionable running catch in the found the winning momen- STAR SPORTS 1 NETWORK Knight, the other batters sational hundred, overshadowing 12th over. It was a typical Dhoni innings Richardson conceded 15 runs after deep from Marcus Stoinis after the tum under new coach W V have largely performed India skipper Virat Kohli's special India had to defend with only that comprised three fours and as Rahul dispatched him for consec- on-field umpire referred the deci- Raman as they ticked most boxes in the below par. effort in the second and final five bowling options which many sixes and came after a rather utive sixes, a top edge that flew over sion to the third umpire following last two games. On the bowling front, the visiting match here on Wednesday. required all-rounder Vijay Shankar slow 29 off 37 balls in Vizag on over deep fine leg and a crisp drive his soft signal. Prolific opener Smriti Mandhana, team's pacers Anya Shrubsole, Georgia Maxwell (113 not out off 55 to complete his quote of four Sunday night. that went all the way over cover. Rishabh Pant's early dismissal who is the current ICC cricketer of the Elwiss and Kathrine Brunt have the balls) went on a rampage, smash- overs. Opener K L Rahul was The stylish Karnataka bats- made it 74 for three in the 11th year, has been in splendid form. Her wherewithal to trouble the hosts. ing as many as nine sixes on way Shankar (2/38), who did not amongst runs again, scoring 47 off man, who recently went through a over as he mistimed one off china- classy 63 in the last game helped the The hosts, on their current form, to his third century in the shortest bowl in his last three T20s, put up 26 in front of his home crowd. rough patch both on and off the man D'Arcy Short and Richardson hosts to clinch the match and the series. once again start as front runners but format. He took the game away a decent effort, picking up wickets Considering the pitch wore a field, was back in his elements. pulled off a sensational diving Veteran Mithali Raj, who is the England could spring a surprise and from India, who should have of Short and Finch. Short could not greenish look, India brought in Rahul meted out similar pun- catch at long off. leading run-getter in ODIs, has scores prevent a clean sweep by India. defended 190 for four after Kohli last long after being dropped on 36 pace all-rounder Vijay Shankar in ishment to Pat Cummins in the fol- Two quick dismissals brought of 44 and 47 in the last two games. Both and Mahendra Singh Dhoni shared by Rishabh Pant. place of spinner Mayank Markande lowing over, hitting him for back- two heavyweights -- Kohli and Mandhana and her skipper would like SQUAD a 100-run stand for the fourth Australia remained very much while fast bowler Umesh Yadav to-back sixes. Dhoni -- in the middle. They to continue from where they left. India: Mithali Raj (C), Jhulan wicket to take the hosts to a com- in the game with Maxwell plunder- made way for Siddharth Kaul. His sublime strokeplay seemed enjoy batting together and that Experienced Punam Raut, who Goswami, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah petitive total. ing the Indian attack in the mid- India made a third change by effortless but it was no mean feat came to the fore as they complet- made a comeback to the ODI side, jus- Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Taniya In the end, Australia cantered dle. resting Rohit Sharma and bringing to pull a bowler of Cummins' ed a 50-run partnership off 29 balls. tified her selection over Harleen Deol, Bhatia (WK), R Kalpana (WK), Mona to a famous seven-wicket win with It was anyone's game as back Shikhar Dhawan to open pace over backward square leg a Dhoni, who was criticised for by chipping in with a handy 32. Meshram, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Maxwell fittingly finishing the Australia needed 60 off the last 30 alongside Rahul. The southpaw ball after he whipped the his knock on Sunday, showed Raut's inclusion seems to have sort- Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Shikha game with a six and four. balls with seven wickets in hand. was rested from the series opener. Australian for a six over deep more intent from the word go as he ed out the middle-order woes. But she Pandey, Mansi Joshi, Punam Raut, Prior to the game, Australia Maxwell smashed Yuzvendra With a series win at stake, midwicket. India reached 53 for no began with a six over midwicket off and young opener Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol. had never beaten India in a T20 Chahal for two handsome sixes, Australia opted to field for the sec- loss in six overs. Short. both from Mumbai, need to convert England: Heather Knight (C), series, home or away. They had including a spectacular reverse ond game in row. With Dhawan a mere specta- Kohli kept himself busy by their starts into bigger scores. Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, beaten India way back in 2008 at hit, to tilt the game in Australia's The home team got a move on tor at the other end, a third hun- rotating the strike early in his The likes of Deepti Sharma, Mona Kate Cross, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Melbourne but that was a one-off favour. in the third over of the innings dred in T20 Internationals for innings. He went ballistic in the Meshram and wicket-keeper Taniya Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Alex game. Earlier, skipper Kohli and bowled by left-arm pacer Jason Rahul was very much on the cards 16th over that leaked 22 runs as he Bhatia also need to chip in if the top- Hartley, Amy Jones, Laura Marsh, Nat The visitors kept themselves in Dhoni delighted the Chinnaswamy Behrendorff. before he fell to a soft dismissal, try- smashed Coulter-Nile for three order falters. Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Sarah Taylor the chase despite a wobbly start crowd with a 100-run stand. Local hero Rahul slashed a ing to guide a slower one off sixes in a row before completing his The Indian bowlers - both seam- (WK), Lauren Winfield and Danni which saw them being reduced to Kohli led from the front in a short and wide ball between cover Nathan Coulter-Nile over third 20th fifty in the shortest format. ers and spinners -- have been impres- Wyatt. We will uplift security when Injured Richardson ‘Anybody can beat anybody': Test needed: Richardson assures BCCI ruled out of India tour upsets keep Black Caps wary IANS n BENGALURU PTI n DUBAI ustralia paceman Kane Richardson has been ruled out of AFP n HAMILTON he International Cricket Council Athe ongoing tour of India due to a side injury. He will be T(ICC) on Wednesday assured replaced by Andrew Tye, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a state- ew Zealand captain Kane the BCCI that if need arises, it will ment. NWilliamson said on Wednesday "uplift the security based on advice of Richardson sustained the injury while batting in the nets recent Test upsets mean "anybody can relevant agencies" to address India's in Hyderabad last week, ahead of the first T20 international beat anybody" and the world number concerns during the upcoming World in Vizag. two ranked side can have no room for Cup the wake of the Pulwama terror The 28-year-old complacency against minnows attack. trained here on Bangladesh. At the start of the ICC's Chief Tuesday but after The Black Caps made history this Executives Committee (CEC) meet- rapport with security and police bowling a handful of week when they were elevated to sec- ing, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri expressed authorities in the UK," the BCCI offi- balls left the practice ond in the ICC Test team rankings for India's concerns about the security of cial further said. nets. the first time following South Africa's its players in the mega event which The discussion on security was- "Kane reported shock 2-0 defeat at home to Sri Lanka, is scheduled to start May 30. n't a part of the original agenda but some left side pain at the only time an Asian team has won "On behalf of the BCCI, Rahul on BCCI's insistence, it has been training prior to the a series in South Africa. "What Sri Lanka did was remark- "We know if we are playing good Johri raised concerns for the safety "minuted" by the global body. opening T20I in It came hot on the heels of the able," said Bangladesh coach Steve cricket day in and day out then perhaps and security of the Indian team, The BCCI was apprised that the Vizag," Australia team eighth-ranked West Indies also enjoy- Rhodes. those things will lean your way." match officials and the Indian Fans, global body is evaluating "risk assess- physio David Beakley ing a stunning result at home by win- "When the boys look at those New Zealand have made one at the CEC Meeting," a senior BCCI ment" as has been the norm for all said in the statement. ning a Test series against England for results it definitely will be an inspira- change from the side that played their official, privy to the development, global events. "Unfortunately, he the first time since 2009. tion for them and I will use it in the last Test, a victory over Sri Lanka two said. There have been statements from has not recovered well "Sri Lanka over in South Africa was team talk. months ago by 423 runs, with Todd It is learnt that Johri told the CEC prominent India players such enough to play further a fantastic effort," said Williamson "If we play anything like we can do, Astle coming in for Ajaz Patel. that the BCCI believes in the securi- Harbhajan Singh and Sourav in the tour. Kane will when naming his team for the open- we will surprise the New Zealanders." The Seddon Park wicket is usual- ty being planned by the ICC and the Ganguly, urging the BCCI to boycott return home to contin- ing match of a three-match Test series New Zealand dominated Sri Lanka ly regarded as a good batting strip but England Cricket Board. the June 16 World Cup group league ue his rehabilitation, against Bangladesh which begins in before Christmas, leaving Williamson Williamson said it "looks a little differ- "The ICC CEO David game against Pakistan in Manchester's and we (will) monitor Hamilton on Thursday. to suggest it was best to shut the rank- ent" this year and he was undecided on Richardson and ECB chief executive Old Trafford after more than 40 CRPF his progress over the "It's so hard to beat a side like South ings out of the conversation. what he would do should he win the Tom Harrison underlined that secu- personnel were killed in the Pulwama coming weeks," he said. Africa anywhere, let alone in their back- "It's all about winning the series, as toss. rity is an absolute priority and all nec- terror attack. It leaves the visitors with only four fit fast bowlers for the yard, but anybody can beat anybody." in every series that is sort of the goal New Zealand: Jeet Raval, Tom essary steps will be taken including However, at this point, the BCCI final T20I here on Wednesday, where a win will seal a series Ninth-ranked Bangladesh, who you take into it," he said. Latham, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross an uplift in security, if that is needed has taken no stand on boycotting the win for them. have enjoyed home Test wins against "As we've seen, the rankings are Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, based on the advice of the security game as there remains a possibility Australia have never won a T20 series against India, at home England and Australia in recent years, sometimes in your control and some- Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, authorities in the UK. Richardson that both teams may end up meeting or abroad, and will be desperate to build on the momentum say Sri Lanka's victory in South Africa times outside your control so it's a very Neil Wagner, Todd Astle, Trent Boult. assured Johri that ICC share excellent in the knockouts as well. from the thrilling final-ball three-wicket win on Sunday. stands as a beacon for them. difficult thing to focus on. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 sport 15 Di Maria fires PSG into semis Foxes welcomes Rodgers with win AFP n LONDON manager and just said we had to concen- direction as once again they were inspired AFP n PARIS trate on the game. He's given the play- by the performance of record signing ew Leicester manager Brendan ers a boost. He said he's excited to get Miguel Almiron to end Burnley's eight- aris Saint-Germain con- NRodgers watched on from the stands started," said Leicester's caretaker man- game unbeaten Premier League run tinued their bid for a as the Foxes beat Brighton 2-1, while ager Mike Stowell. with a 2-0 victory. Pfifth straight French Cup Newcastle pulled further clear of the rel- "It's been a difficult season on and off Fabian Schar's stunning long-range title as Angel Di Maria scored egation battle by defeating Burnley. the pitch but I think we should be sev- effort put Rafael Benitez's men in front twice in a comfortable 3-0 Rodgers was confirmed as Claude enth for the quality we have. before Sean Longstaff scored his first quarter-final win over Dijon at Puel's successor just before kick-off at the "Today's win broke four defeats on league goal for the club to give Newcastle the Parc des Princes on King Power after dramatically leaving the spin so hopefully the shackles are off a commanding half-time lead they never Tuesday. Celtic despite being on course for a third because there's still plenty of games to looked like surrendering. Di Maria's eighth-minute straight domestic treble in Scotland. play — let's look upwards not down." "It is amazing to be playing every lob put the holders ahead, The Northern Irishman saw what his However, Brighton's alarming week, it was my dream as a young boy," before adding his second before new side are capable of as Demarai Gray slide towards the bottom three continued said Newcastle native Longstaff. the half-hour mark, with and Jamie Vardy put the hosts into a 2- as they could not find an equaliser and "There is something different about Thomas Meunier sweeping in 0 lead before Davy Propper pulled a goal now have not won in seven league night games at St James' Park. The a late third. back. games. atmosphere is the best in the world, I got Thomas Tuchel's men "I spoke to them about the incoming Newcastle are headed in the other lost in the goal. It was amazing." remain on course for a historic treble, as they also lead Ligue 1 by 17 points with a game in hand and will take a 2-0 advan- tage over Manchester United into the second leg of their Paris Saint-German players celebrate after securing a 3-0 win over Dijon at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday PSG Champions League last-16 tie next week. guy who can make very precise of poor positioning by of the far post. Head coach Tuchel, with passes. It was his role to set the Runarsson to loft the ball into PSG continued to domi- Neymar and Edinson Cavani pace and speed up the passing the far corner for his 12th goal nate in the second half with still out injured ahead of the game." of the season. Draxler and Di Maria both Man United game, decided to The hosts got off to a quick The former Real Madrid going close, but it was full-back leave Kylian Mbappe on the start, with former Stoke City winger made it two in the 28th Meunier who slotted in bench against a Dijon side forward Eric Maxim Choupo- minute, tapping into an empty Choupo-Moting's cutback to languishing in the Ligue 1 rel- Moting denied only his second net after seeing his attempted extend the lead with 13 min- egation zone. goal for the club by Dijon square pass to Choupo-Moting utes remaining. The German singled out goalkeeper Runar Alex cut out. Dijon came agonising- On Wednesday, Lyon take the first-half performance of Runarsson. ly close to pulling a goal back on Caen as they look for a first January signing Leandro But PSG did not have to shortly afterwards, as Julio major trophy since winning the Paredes for special praise. wait long to break the deadlock, Tavares rounded home goal- French Cup in 2012, while "(Paredes) played a very as Julian Draxler found Di keeper Gianluigi Buffon before Rennes, buoyed by their run to good first half, like the rest of Maria in space, with the his effort from the tightest of the Europa League last 16, the team," Tuchel said. "He's a Argentinian making the most angles span out off the inside host Orleans. Nadal advances in Mexican Open India lose to AFP n ACAPULCO Uzbekistan 0-1 afael Nadal powered into the second Rrounds at the Mexican Open, breez- ing past Germany's Mischa Zverev in PTI n NEW DELHI straight sets to advance to a meeting with Australia's Nick Kyrgios. he Indian women's football team put up World Number 2 Nadal, playing in Ta valiant fight before going down 0-1 to his first event since being thrashed by Uzbekistan in their first match of the Novak Djokovic in last month's Turkish Women's Cup in Alanya, Turkey on Australian Open final, was always in con- Wednesday. trol during a 6-3, 6-3 victory. An early goal by Uzbekistan's The 17-time Grand Slam champion Burhanova Malika (4th minute) made the completed victory in 1hr 20min at difference as India struggled for the equalis- Acapulco's Princess Mundo Imperial er in the remainder of the game. venue, defeating his 76th ranked oppo- Uzbekistan was by far the attacking of nent with ease. the two sides and the Indian defence, led by The tournament top seed seized the net. Nadal then produced a sublime goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan had to toil hard advantage in the opening set, scoring a backhand winner down the line to seal to keep them at bay. break to go 3-1 ahead with a delicate lob a deserved win. A 25th-minute substitution by India saw that left Zverev floundering. Elsewhere Tuesday, Zverev's younger Jabamani Tudu replace Michel Castanha at With Nadal's superior variety prov- brother Alex had little difficulty in the left-back position. India mounted a few ing too much for Zverev, the Spaniard advancing to the second round, defeat- attacks after the substitution, but the Uzbek quickly wrapped up the opening set for ing Australia's Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-3. defence was up to the threats. a 1-0 lead. Second seed Zverev's service game The Indian eves came out with more The second set went with serve overwhelmed Popyrin, with the German conviction in the second half with Dangmei until the seventh game, when a wild fore- hammering down 13 aces en route to vic- Grace looking to use her long-range shoot- hand from Zverev sailed wide to give tory. ing abilities but to no avail. Nadal the break for a 4-3 lead. Zverev's Australia's Kyrgios meanwhile was Defenders Dalima Chhibber and Sweety hung his head following the miscue, made to work hard for victory in his win Devi came to India's rescue mid-way seemingly realising there was no way over Italy's Andreas Seppi, battling into through the second half with crucial clear- back. the second round with a 6-3, 7-5 win. ances. Nadal then held for a 5-3 lead and Third seed John Isner of the United India had the golden chance to draw wrapped up victory in the ninth game, States also had a testing opening game, level with just six minutes from regulation moving to match point when Zverev needing three sets to subdue France's time, but striker Anju Tamang missed the could only plop a return tamely into the Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. target from inside the penalty area. the pioneer LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 28, 2019 16