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Imphal, March 14 (IANS) Nongth- members of the non-Congress par- ombam Biren will be sworn in as the ties and the lone independent have first BJP Chief Minister of Manipur extended support to the BJP, and the on Wednesday morning, Raj Bhavan Congress has not been able to increase sources said. its strength from 28. He will be sworn-in at Raj Bhavan Ibobi Singh had pinned his hope at 10.30 a.m., the sources said. Biren on the National People’s Party, which and one or two elected members may has four MLAs. However, the NPP take oath. general secretary Vivekraj Wangkhem A formal communique is yet to be said, “We have extended support to received. National and regional BJP the BJP and it is final.” The Chief Minister of Nagaland, Shri Shurhozelie Liezietsu calls on the Prime Minister, Shri leaders are expected to be present The BJP ministry is also facing trou- Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on March 14, 2017. PIB during the swearing in ceremony. bles since the Naga People’s Front Meanwhile, Congress leaders are has demanded that its four MLAs keeping their fingers crossed. Former should be given ministerial berths. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who The earlier understanding was that it Manohar Parrikar returns to Priyanka Chopra: I’m not someone tendered his resignation on Monday would support the BJP from outside. who looks for love night, said: “We had staked our claim The NPF further said that four other to form the next ministry.”However, Naga MLAs should also be accommo- fish curry and rice land as CM Search operation near Pathankot that hope is fading away as all other dated with important portfolios. had often wistfully recounted Goa which jettisoned him back airbase following intel inputs his fondness for fish curry and to state politics, the BJP camp Chandigarh, March 14 (IANS) Security agen- Blizzard forces Trump, rice over butter chicken, betray- believes that he is the leader to cies carried out a search operation on Tuesday ing his geographical preference look forward to, when it comes near the Pathankot airbase and the Mamoon and dropping repeated hints at to managing the cut-throat army cantonment following intelligence in- Merkel to postpone meeting a possible return to state poli- world of coalition politics, espe- puts about suspected anti-national elements Washington/Berlin, March 14 ZDF. Merkel said she believes “one- tics. “I have lost weight in Delhi cially when the margin of ma- in the area, police said. (IANS) The first face-to-face meeting on-one conversations are always much because I like fish curry more. I jority, as well as error, is slim. The search operation was carried out by between President Donald Trump better than talking about each other”, miss the food from Goa... I only “He can take quick decisions Army soldiers, paramilitary force troopers and and German Chancellor Angela calling that the slogan for her visit. De- Panaji, March 14 (IANS) Ap- said that I like Goan food better. and his powers of persuasion Punjab police personnel. Merkel was postponed due to a ma- spite being criticised by Trump in re- pointed Chief Minister for the I leave it to you to make sense are tremendous. Without his ef- Shops and some other establishments near jor snowstorm on the US East Coast. cent months, Merkel will be arriving in fourth time since 2000, BJP out of it,” Parrikar said in Febru- forts, the BJP would have taken the Pathankot airbase were asked to shut White House Press Secretary Sean the US with an open mind, senior Ger- leader Manohar Parrikar, who ary this year. much, much longer to come to down. Spicer said the planned Oval Office man government officials in Berlin said. resigned as Defence Minister Parrikar, who has been ac- power in a state like Goa, where The area near the frontier airbase was sealed sit-down, scheduled for Tuesday, Talks between Trump and Merkel, on Monday, is the proverbial cused of spending large Catholics are nearly one fourth during the search operation. was postponed until Friday. who last year was ranked by Forbes prodigal son, who has returned amounts of time in Goa even of the state’s population,” a se- “There were intelligence inputs of suspi- For some, the blizzard that delayed as the second most powerful person home to the land of fish curry when he was Defence Minister, nior BJP leader told IANS. cious elements in the area following which the Merkel’s trip to Washington by three in the world after Russia’s Vladimir and rice. had led a sustained pre-poll Parrikar as a first-time legisla- search operation was carried out,” a police of- days might be seen as a bad omen. But Putin, comes amid disputes over Parrikar, 61, who was admin- campaign in the run up to the tor in 1994 was tipped for greater ficer told IANS. in Germany, commentators said that NATO defence spending. The Presi- istered the oath of office by Goa February 4 assembly poll, and things, especially after the man- The Pathankot airbase was attacked by sus- the quick rescheduling on both sides dent has also threatened to impose Governor Mridula Sinha, is the was parachuted back to Goa as ner in which he had his elector- pected Pakistani terrorists on January 2 last was a promising signal, NBC News re- import penalties on German car- coastal state’s 23rd Chief Min- Chief Minister by the BJP high ate, as well as the media, eat out year. ported. The fact that Merkel will now makers while the US administra- ister. The Indian Institute of command, when the post-poll of his hands, thanks to his repar- travel to the US on Friday shows “how tion’s economic adviser has accused Technology-Bombay alumnus goings-on got rough. tee, wit and the resolute manner Parliament passes Enemy important this trip also is for the White Germany of gaining unfair trade ad- during his 29-month outing as While partly, it may have been in which he attacked malgover- Property Bill House”, reported German broadcaster vantages through a weak euro. a central minister in New Delhi Parrikar’s fondness for being in nance and corruption.

Successors of those who migrated to Paki- stan and China during partition will have no The Vice President, claim over the properties left behind in India, Shri M. Hamid An- Need to make structural with Parliament on Tuesday passing a bill to sari addressing the amend a 49-year-old law. inaugural session The Enemy Property (Amendment and of the 3rd Counter changes in Congress: Validation) Bill, 2016, which amends the Terrorism Confer- Enemy Property Act, 1968, was passed by ence, in New Delhi Rahul after UP poll defeat voice vote in the Lok Sabha, incorporating on March 14, 2017. the amendments made by the Rajya Sabha The Deputy Prime New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) the BJP,” he told reporters out- Minister of Nepal, last week. After massive defeat in Uttar side Parliament. Speaking out Shri Bimlendra The Lok Sabha had passed the bill earlier but Pradesh where it had forged an for the first time after the results Nidhi, the Chief certain amendments were introduced to it in Minister of Hary- alliance with Samajwadi Party of the elections to five states the Rajya Sabha, on the recommendations of a ana, Shri Manohar to take on the BJP, Congress were declared on March 11, Select Committee. Lal Khattar and the vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Gandhi said, “Our fight with the Those amendments had to be approved Minister of State Tuesday said that there is a need BJP is an ideological fight. What by the Lower House, which was done on for External Affairs, to make structural and organisa- the BJP has done in Manipur Tuesday. Shri M.J. Akbar are tional changes in the party. and Goa is their ideology – and also seen. PIB Commenting on the power that is what we are fighting.” BSE 29,442.63 struggle in Manipur and Goa, “It is a question of how much Sensex where the Congress won major- the BJP has thrown to steal the NSE 9,087.00 ity of seats but the BJP staked mandate of people of Manipur GOLD 22 CT 29,725 Akali leader gunned down in Punjab village claim to form government, Ra- and Goa. That is the question. It hul said the “BJP is misusing is not about how soon they went, SILVER 1 KG 42,700 Chandigarh, March 14 (IANS) questioning. Police officials said have started showing their true co- money for power”. but with how much money the The Punjab Police on Tuesday that the accused Army officer was lours. In a statement, AAP leaders Rahul also accused the BJP BJP gave to steal the mandate of launched a manhunt for a retired threatening Gurbachan Singh and Sukhpal Singh Khaira and Kanwar of “stealing” the mandate of Goa and Manipur,” Gandhi said Forex Rates Army colonel and his son after a his family for the last few days us- Sandhu said that both the Con- people and “undermining de- on queries as to why Congress Indian Rupees 79-year-old man was shot dead in ing a loudspeaker from his house in gressmen and Akalis have same mocracy” in these states by use “delayed” staking claim for gov- Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. the village. culture of terrorising people while of money power. He alleged that ernment formation. US Dollar 66.82 Gurbachan Singh Khalsa, a se- The shooting took place as the in power. the Goa Governor acted in a Alleging that the Goa Gover- nior leader of the Shiromani Akali retired Army officer had an argu- This is the second incident of kill- “partisan” manner. nor acted in a “partisan” man- British Pound 81.93 Dal in the area, was allegedly shot ment with Gurbachan Singh on ing in Punjab in the past two days, “They are saying that it is okay ner, he said a letter was issued dead by Col. Surjit Singh in Peor- Monday evening. resulting from political and per- for them to misuse the office of in favour of Manohar Parrikar Euro 70.53 chichi village of the district, around Linking the killing of the Akali sonal rivalry. the Governor...In the two states even before the Congress staked Qatar Riyal 18.35 250 km from here, on Monday eve- leader by a Congressman due to Two persons, owing allegiance where we won, democracy has its claim. “(Congress leader in ning. political rivalry and condemning to the Congress party, were killed been undermined by them (BJP) Lok Sabha Mallikarjun) Kharge Saudi Riyal 18.05 The killing led to tension as the it, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on in Bareta town of Mansa district on using financial power, money. ji showed me a letter of the Gov- alleged shooter is linked to Con- Tuesday said that even before the Sunday after they were fired upon That is what is happening. The ernor appointing Mr Parrikar as UAE Dirham 18.20 gress leaders in the area. The police formation of the Congress gov- by a rival group of Akali Dal sup- mandate of the people of Goa Chief Minister before any floor have rounded up one person for ernment in Punjab, Congressmen porters. and Manipur has been stolen by test or anything happened. Indian Horizon 2 City Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Chandrababu, Kamal Nath to grace IMT Uttam Predicts early Elections in 2018 in State Hyderabad, March 14 (NSS): the state government was tell- Minister forgot the assurances Convocation 2017 TPCC Chief N Uttam Kumar Red- ing falsehood in regard to ease of given to Warangal and Adilabad Hyderabad, March 14 (NSS): Institute of Man- dy has predicted that early elec- doing business and asked to tell journalists. The government was agement Technology (IMT) – Hyderabad, the tion may take place in the state whether it was a fact or not that least bothered about the health premier Business School will be holding it’s in 2018 and made it clear that the the state was in sixth place in re- cards which were not working 5thConvocation 2017 for the passing batch of Congress party was ready to face gard to investments. He asked the properly. He asked KCR to tell as it’s PGDM students on March, 21, at its sprawl- the pre-elections. Chief Minister whether any power to why he was not fulfilling the ing 30 acre Green Campus near Rajiv Gandhi Speaking to the media at Gan- project started production after assurances given to lawyers. The Airport in Shamshabad dhi Bhavan here on Tuesday, Ut- he came to power. He alleged Chief Minister made the state Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra tam said that it was painful that that the Chief Minister raised the number one in liquor sales and in Pradesh will be the Chief Guest. Former Union the Irrigation Minister T Harish curtains to the new cheating in party defections. He made it clear Minister, and member of Parliament and the Rao didn’t know as to who will the name of sops to the BCs only that the opposition parties have President of IMT Group of Institutes will also evaluate the GDP and explained to come out from the assurances the right to question the govern- grace among other dignitaries One of the best that the centre will evaluate the --three-acre land for Dalits and ment on borrowing debts mort- Business School in India, IMT Hyderabad is a GDP by considering the figures 12 percent reservations to Mus- gaging the interests of state. state-of-the-art modern B-School established submitted by the state govern- lims and STs, thinking that it was He stated that IT Minister in 2011. It is the fourth and the youngest IMT to ment. not possible to implement them. KT Rama Rao was a child and he be established. He alleged that the state gov- He alleged that KTR was getting has no status to criticise the AICC ernment was sending wrong fig- the awards by giving money and vice-president Rahul Gandhi. TDP Leaders Stir ures to the centre and made it that doesn’t mean KTR’s words Rahul Gandhi’s family has the clear that he quoted the figures were true. The state government history of sacrifices, he said and Demand Revocation of taken from the CIG website. The Telangana Congress Chief Uttam Kumar Reddy addresses a was enhancing the figures every alleged that KTR has the history MLAs Suspension government was trying to deceive press conference in Hyderabad on Tuesday. year in the budget only to create of looting the state coming from the people with magic of figures, a hype among the people. Asking America. He alleged that KTR was Hyderabad, March 14 (NSS): Telugu Desam Party he said and questioned the Chief that the agriculture production state government to tell whether KCR to tell where the assurance getting the awards by giving mon- (TDP) leaders today organised a demonstration on Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was reduced only after the lat- the social economic survey fig- of giving lands to journalists has ey and that doesn’t mean KTR’s the Tank Bund here, protesting against suspension to tell whether it was not a fact ter came to power. He asked the ures were wrong. He alleged that gone, Uttam said that the Chief words were true. of party MLAs from the State Assembly. They sub- mitted a representation to the Ambedkar statue, pleading that the TS Government be given wise counsel. Senior leader Peddireddy criticized the Passport Mela for Rly Government saying that it was violating democratic values and that it was treating the TDP legislators in a arrogant manner. The leaders demanded that Employees on March 18 the suspension of the MLAs should be revoked im- Hyderabad, March 14: tion. It is expected to be tion process and ex- mediately. The Government got the TDP MLAs sus- (NSS) Regional passport one of the largest pass- tend passport services pended out of fear that they would question it if they office, in collaboration port Mela ever conduct- to Indian citizens in a are in the House, they alleged. with the south central ed by regional passport timely, transparent and railway, is conducting office here, with more user friendly manner, Police Arrest an exclusive passport than 3,000 passport ap- regional passport of- Mela for Railway Em- plications processed in fice has been conduct- 16-Member Gang ployees on March 18 at one single day. ing exclusive passport for Exchange of Old Passport Seva Kendras Passport Seva project Melas on weekends Begumpet, Ameerpet of the ministry of exter- for the convenience of Currency Notes and Tolichowki in Hy- nal affairs has been set- Government employ- derabad. Special Coun- ting new Benchmarks ees and other citizens. Hyderabad, March 14: The Begumpet police to- ters have been opened at in public service deliv- The 'Exculsive pass- day arrested a 16-member gang allegedly involved railway degree college, ery. As part of the min- port Mela' for railway Mandal Education Officer MP Ramulu inspected Dar Ul Uloom Ashrafia and in exchange of old currency notes into new denomi- Tarnaka from March 11 istry's drive to simplify employees is part of Ashrafia Upper Primary School in Kollampally on Tuesday. Head of Institution nations. A case has been registered and investiga- to 17 for online registra- the Passport applica- this exercise. Syed Jalal Hussain Ashrafia is also seen. tion is going on in the matter. According to the Po- lice authorities, the members of the gang brought old currency totaling Rs. 1.2 crore in Rs.500 and Many Languages, One World Rs.1,000 old denominations to exchange with new Jana Sena to Contest 2019 currency notes. On receiving an information, the Student Essay Contest police reached the spot and arrested the sixteen of- Polls in TS, AP; Pawan fenders and seized Rs. 1.2 crore of old currency. . Hyderabad, March 14: Northeastern University (language(s) spoken at (NSS) ELS Educational Global Youth Conference home) nor the medium EAMCET question Services, Inc. announced in Boston, MA. of instruction in either Launches Party Website the fourth year of their The goal of the Many primary or secondary paper bought for sponsorship, in conjunc- Languages, One World education, or a medium Hyderabad, March.14 three years of Jana Sena. of his party, Pawan said Rs 15 lakh tion with the United Student Essay Contest of instruction if attend- (NSS): Power star and Speaking on the occasion, his brother may not join Nations, of the Many and Global Youth Forum ing a bilingual school. Jana Sena founder Presi- he pointed out that people him as their ideologies Hyderabad Mar 14 (NSS): Sleuths of the Crime In- Languages, One world is to support multilin- The essays should reflect dent Pawan Kalyan today in both the Telugu states were different. He said vestigation Department (CID) probing the TS EAM- Student Essay Contest gualism and to recognise the student’s personal, announced that his party were waiting for a youth- he will focus on build- CET-II 2016 (Medical) question paper leak case found and Global Youth Forum the continued impact of academic, cultural and will field candidates in ful leadership, as the rul- ing up the party from that one S B Singh from Bihar purchased the question for 2017. The contest will the United Nations’ six national context and dis- both Andhra Pradesh and ing parties have deceived June and shape up the papers from a printing press in Delhi for Rs 15 lakh. qualify contestations for official languages: Arabic, cuss global citizenship Telangana in 2019 general them in all fronts. He said complete structure by Singh is still at large. An employee of the press alleg- a trip to New York and Chinese, English, French, and cultural understand- elections. He also said he will allot 60 percent March next. edly handed over the paper to Singh after collecting Boston to participate in Russian and Spanish. As ing and the role that mul- that the party will consid- seats to young leaders and He, however, added money from him. With the help of a 55-year-old ad- the United Nations Global such, students are be- tilingual ability can play er the question of having he himself will contest that coming to power is vocate, Kamlesh Kumar Singh, who died of cardiac ar- Youth Forum, present ing asked to write their in fostering these. For an alliance with the Left from Anantapur. not the main agenda of rest while in the custody of CID in connection with the their ideas in the Gen- essays in one of the six full contest details, rules parties. Asserting that clean his party and it will al- case, S B Singh leaked the paper to brokers. Kamlesh eral Assembly Hall at the official languages, that and entry guidelines, Pawan Kalyan launched politics and resolv- ways fight for the welfare Kumar Singh was said to be the key aide of S B Singh. United Nations in New is neither the contes- interested may visitMa- his party’s website to ing people's problems of the people irrespec- The CID, according to sources, got the vital lead in the York City, followed by the tants’ first languagenyLanguagesOneWorld. mark the completion of would be top priorities tive of election results. case while questioning Kamlesh Kumar Singh’s . Out-Sourcing Staff Hold CHANGE OF NAME Demo - Demand Equal Pay for Equal Work One arrested with Children Hyderabad, March 14: The rally was started han, Ujjini Ratnakar Rao, I,QAMAR SULTANA W/O Mohammed Aziz Demanding the state and from Himayat Nagar Y S Balraj, VS Bose, P Prem Bank of India Notes ur Rahman R/O. H No. 19-5-479/3/G/1/A central governments to Junction and proceeded Pavani, N Karuna Kumari, Nandi Muslaiguda, Kishan Bagh, Hyd, T.S. implement equal salary to towards Secretariat. The M Narsimha, B Venkate- Hyderabad, March 14 notes and the actual cur- to deposit the notes that Bearing Passport No. A7088612 Previously equal work following the police obstructed the sham, Municipal Federa- (NSS): The city Police rency notes. . The bank were printed with 'Chil- I called as Sultana Begum W/o Aziz ur Supreme Court verdict, rally at Himayat Nagar Y tion leaders K Yesuratnam, today arrested a per- cashier noticed this and dren's Bank of India' on Rahman Henceforth in future i should Telangana State Contract, Junction and arrested the P Srinivas have alleged that son, Yousuf Shaikh, for informed the Manager, them. The notes included Out-Sourcing Employees workers and shifted them the state government was trying to cheat the Alla- who complained to the 400 notes of new Rs 2,000 be known as QAMAR SULTANA W/O & Workers Federation has to Goshamahal Stadium. paying a mere Rs. 5000 to habad Bank, Malkajgiri Kushaiguda police. The and 380 notes of new Rs MOHAMMED AZIZ UR RAHMAN organised ‘Chalo Secre- The Federation leaders Rs.10,000 to them whereas Branch, by depositing police reached the Bank 500. Yousuf, who runs a tariat’ program with about MD Yousuf, B Chandraiah, the same cadre permanent ‘Children Bank of India’ and arrested the person. stationery shop in nearby 1000 workers here today. AITUC leaders T Narasim- employees. currency notes amount- Yousuf went to the bank area, had opened the ac- ADVERTISEMENTS INVITED ing to Rs.9.19 lakh, tak- in the morning to deposit count in June, 2016. The ing advantage of the the cash. The police of- Police are investigating To Advertise in similarity between these ficials said Yousuf tried the case. INDIAN HORIZON Arrangements in place English Daily for SSC exams at concessional rates. Hyderabad: Elaborate to start on March 17. minutes grace time to enter arrangements were put in The OSSC examinations into the examination hall. Pleasing display, place by the Directorate of are held from 9.30 am to About 5,38,226 regular and Wider reach Government Examinations 12.45 pm and the SSC ex- private candidates will be Please contact: for the conduct of OSSC and aminations from 9.30 am appearing for the examina- SSC examinations starting to 12.15 pm. The officials tions in 2,556 examination 040-66616611, 66839818, from Tuesday. While OSSC have informed that like in centres across the State. or Email: [email protected], examinations are commenc- earlier times, candidates Officials have made efforts [email protected], Syed Shah Qubool Basha Shuttari inagurating Al Amoodi Associates at ing from March 14, the SSC appearing for the exami- to increase the CCTV sur- New Naser Complex, Purani Haveli, in Hyderabad on Monday. examinations are scheduled nations will be given five veillance this year. Indian Horizon Wednesday, March 15, 2017 State 3 Kadiyam Flays opposition for Many Caste Leaders Hail KCR Remarks on Budget Warangal, March 14(NSS): Deputy Chief Min- CM Bats for Welfare All Sections ister Kadiyam Srihari has said that there was no Hyderabad, March 14 (NSS): Chief Min- in a manner that it has to export mutton to worth in the criticism made by the opposition ister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said that Gulf countries, he stressed. He said that the parties on the budget introduced by the TRS gov- Telangana state was in number one posi- government was giving 88 lakh sheep to the ernment for the year 2017-18. Speaking to the tion in revenue growth. The state was 21 Yadavs and Kurumas and there should be 4 media here on Tuesday, Srihari said that the Chief percent ahead of Maharashtra and Gujarat crore sheep within two years. Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has given top pri- in revenue growth. The budget was more He opined that the Yadavs and Mudiraj ority to the poor and backward classes’ welfare. than that of the 23 districts Andhra Pradesh communities have the capacity of gener- The budget was prepared keeping the welfare state, he said. Yadavs, Kurmas and Fisher- ating assets. He said that the state govern- and human resources, farmers, along with state’s ies communities people have met the Chief ment allocated Rs.1200 crore for the devel- comprehensive development. The state govern- Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao under the opment of handloom sector. ment allocated Rs.4,000 crore for fourth phase leadership of Animal Husbandry Minister The Bangaru Telangana was possible farmers’ loan waiver scheme. He explained that Talasani Srinivas Yadav at Pragathi Bhavan only when all sections of the people de- the state government allocated Rs.5,000 crore here on Tuesday. They thanked the Chief veloped in the state, the Chief Minister for the agriculture sector directly and indirectly. Minister on the occasion for allocating huge opined. The government will discuss on The government will take the good suggestions amounts in the budget introduced for the constructing Dhobi Ghats in cities, towns of the opposition parties for the development of year 2017-18, for their caste based profes- and villages for the sake of Rajakas. He the people, he said. He informed that the Textile sions. On the other hand, the Corporators, assured that the state government will Park will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister K TRS leaders under the GHMC limits have extend help to the Nayi Brahmins liv- Chandrasekhar Rao soon. He said that the state met the Chief Minister and thanked the lat- ing depending upon temples. The Chief government allocated huge amounts to the edu- ter for allocating Rs.1000 crore for develop- Minister said that the government was cation sector. Funds were allocated to develop ment of the GHMC. Leaders of Yadav and Kuruma Community presented aimed to give barber saloons for 30,000 infrastructure in universities across the state. The Addressing the gathering, the Chief Min- Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with a flock of Sheep at persons. The barber saloons would be set government allotted major chunk of funds to the ister said that Telangana people achieved Pragathi Bhavan here on Tuesday. up by giving Rs.1 lakh to each family. The development of SCs. The plans were prepared to separate state only to develop in their own projects as the existing projects were not labad district and other community people government would do justice to the Nayi spend the SC, ST Sub-plan funds for them only, state. There was a chance that some profes- enough. The sheep and fish were import- indulge in fishing. In Mahabubnagar dis- Brahmins depending upon temples. The he said and praised the Chief Minister terming sions would disappear as part of progress of ed from other states every day. The state trict, 90 percent of Mudiraj community government will bring a G.O. to give per- him as a person having a good heart. society. Not a single profession would sus- should be in a position to export sheep and people indulge in fishing. The state gov- manent jobs to the Nayi Brahmins. Min- tain continuously and they will be changed fish to other states. There was a need to set ernment was acme to develop all sections. isters KT Ramarao, Etela Rajender MLA TSDDCF Discussed following the time and quantity. There was up fish culture. The Gangaputra population The name has to come to the state that the Srinivas Goud, MLC Palla Rajeshwar Red- a need to protect such professions. The was not crossing 3.5 lakh. There were no rich Yadavs and Kurumas were in Telan- dy and Hyderabad Mayor Bonthu Ram- Milk Procurement TRS government was constructing several Mudiraj community in Khammam and Adi- gana state only. The state has to develop mohan were present. Increase Hyderabad, March.14: The Telangana State KTR Blasts Congress Cabinet Reshuffle Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Ltd has conducted the review meeting with the Dis- Appears to be on Cards trict Officers of various Milk sheds which was at- for Criticising Budget— tended by the Chairman Loka Bhooma Reddy. Hyderabad, March 14 reported to be toying with is one indication of this. During the review it was emphasised for increas- (NSS): There is intense the idea of rectifying cer- The Chief Minister is also ing the milk procurement by forming societies Defends Debts. speculation in the politi- tain mistakes, which gave examining the feasibility and ensure maximum benefit inclusive of Gov- cal circles, particularly in raise to criticism from the of entrusting the party re- ernment incentive of Rs 4/- per litre is reached Hyderabad, March 14 TRS leaders, about the opposition parties. Induc- sponsibilities to one or two the farmers. New Bulk Milk Cooling units and (NSS): Refuting the criti- possibility of a Cabinet tion of at least one woman, young leaders by dropping opening of new Chilling centres at various places cism of the opposition reshuffle –additions and if not two, in to the Cabinet them from the Ministry, in the State of Telangana was elaborately dis- Parties, mainly Congress deletions a little after the is one among them, par- with a view to rejuvenate cussed. Provision of loans from Cooperative / party, on the budget in- completion of the current ticularly in view of the fact the party and strengthen it Nationalised /Private Banks to the farmers to troduced in the State Leg- Budget Session of the Leg- that the opposition parties from grass root level. purchase milch animals in order to increase the islature for the year 2017- islature. The Budget ses- were raising the issue fre- Apart from inducting procurement of the milk was also discussed. The 18, IT Minister KT Rama sion is scheduled to come quently and trying to cre- one woman Ministers meeting was attended by the Managing Direc- Rao said that it was not to an end on March 27. ate an impression among from among the MLAs, the tor along with Divisional Heads in which perfor- correct on their part to say There is a view in the TRS the women that KCR is Chief Minister has already mance and progress for the review with regard to that the state government tion parties to fault the get, he said and reminded circles that the Cabinet against women force. given an assurance about receipt of incentive by the farmers as released by was pushing Telangana budget. The Congress that the Telangana GDP reshuffle is long overdue, Sources indicate that inclusion of MLA Koppula the Federation. into debts and turning it party was getting shiv- was more than Srilanka’s. and somehow, it is getting the Chief Minister is now Eashwar in to the Cabinet. as a debts Telangana. He ering while seeing the The state government postponed from time to applying his mind on Cab- Thus, there is possibility of Seminar on ‘Ethics said “it is not debt, but it budget. Is it wrong to get was striving to complete time. Now that nearly four inet reshuffle, involving induction of two or three is investment for the de- debts for the sake of re- the irrigation projects as years are getting complet- inclusions and deletions. new faces in the Ministry, in Contemporary velopment of the state”. pairing the state, which early as possible, he said ed and only one year time He is weighing the pros and the consequential Speaking to the media was collapsed in 60-year and asked the opposition is there for the next elec- and cons of dropping at deletion of two or three Journalism’ at TRSLP here on Tues- rule, he asked. parties to tell as to why tions, the Chief Minister least one or two Ministers Ministers. Speculation day, KTR said that every He explained that the they were not in a posi- K Chandrasekhar Rao is to make way for inclusion in the party indicate that Hyderabad, March 14: The Press Club Hyder- paisa spent today will Chief Minister K Chan- tion to digest the fact that keen on revamping the of one or two in the Min- the Chief Minister might abad in association with Telangana State Union come as an investment drasekhar Rao has al- some firms were coming Ministry, to face the chal- istry. The Chief Minister complete the exercise and of Working Journalists (TUWJ), Veteran journal- tomorrow. No state will located huge budget to forward to invest in Mis- lenges ahead. giving ratings to the Min- affect reshuffle by Sri Ra- ists Association and Media Education Founda- develop without taking strengthen the rural eco- sion Bhagiratha scheme. The Chief Minister is isters and MLAs recently manavami day, April 5. tion India (MEFI) is organising ‘National Seminar debts, he said and won- nomic system. The Weav- He said that nobody is in on Ethics in Contemporary Journalism. at Soma- dered as to why the Con- ers, Yadavs, Kurumas, a position to welcome the jiguda press club here at 10.30 am on March 16. gress party leaders were Gangaputras and Mudi- Congress party across the Justice C K Prasad, Chairman, Press Council of misleading the people. raj community people country. He thanked the BCs are not Beggars to Take India, will deliver the Keynote address. The opposition parties indulged in celebrations Chief Minister KCR and were speaking without for the allocations in the Finance Minister Etela Sheep: Hanumnantha Rao Huge financial cushion awareness. It was not budget. All the people Rajender for allocating correct for the opposi- were welcoming the bud- Rs.1000 crore for GHMC. Hyderabad, March 14: The AICC sec- for civic body retary V Hanumnantha Rao has dubbed Hyderabad Mar 14 (NSS): Providing the much- the budget introduced by the TRS gov- needed financial cushion to the Greater Hyder- 1,097 Indtl units ment to 43,075 persons. Notable among ernment for the year 2017-18 as ‘elec- abad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the State these companies are M/s Boeing, ITC, Tata tion budget’ aimed at votes and made government sanctioned Rs 1,000 crore in its an- Started in Sikorsky, HSIL, Toshiba and Micromax, ac- it clear that Telangana sentiment will nual budget presented here on Monday. cording to the Finance Minister Etela Ra- not work in the next elections. Stat- The civic body, which of late had been feeling TS—43,075 Got jender. Due to the proactive and investor- ing that the BCs were not ready to take the pinch of its coffers going dry, could find the Jobs--Govt friendly policies of the Government. the sheep and buffalos, VH asked the amount helpful as it comes in addition to the , world renowned IT companies are Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to that the women have to speak bravely, permission accorded by the government for rais- Hyderabad, March 1 (NSS): The Telan- also establishing their units in Hyderabad.. tell whether BCs were beggars to take to ask her father and Chief Minister K ing Rs 3,500 crore through municipal bonds and gana State Government has so far given Telangana accounts fior 12 per cent of IT sheep and buffalos now. Chandrasekhar Rao to tell as to why rupee term loans. Of the Rs 3,500 crore, Rs 2,500 approvals to 3,451 companies with an in- exports and stands at second place in the VH said at Gandhi Bhavan today that he was not inducting women into his crore is proposed to be raised through issue of vestment of Rs.58,341 crore and employ- country. Last year, IT exports from the BCs were thinking that they want to see Cabinet. He said that it was not proper municipal bonds and the rest through rupee term ment potential of 2.20 lakh. Out of these State amounted to Rs.75,070 crore. IT their children in higher positions by for the Chief Minister to construct Mal- loans. Expressing satisfaction on the allocation, companies, 1097 units have already com- companies in the State are providing em- pursuing education. He asked Nizam- lanna Sagar project at the cost of the GHMC officials said it could be used for taking menced production providing employ- ployment to nearly four lakh people. abad MP K Kavitha, who was stating farmers. up projects and creating better basic infrastruc- ture in the city while focussing on projects such as Strategic Road Development Plan and others with amount to be raised through bonds and YSRCP gives assembly a miss during condolence motion loans. “It is perhaps for the first time, the govern- Amaravati, March 14 (IANS) Nandyal in Kurnool district. She luring him to the party. The op- He alleged that TDP tried to politi- leged that Chief Minister and TDP ment has sanctioned Rs 1,000 crore to GHMC in The opposition YSR Congress was elected to the assembly as position party alleged that Chief cise the condolence by bringing President N. Chandrababu Naidu the general budget and we are thankful for it,” Party stayed away from Andhra a YSRCP candidate in 2014, fol- Minister and TDP President N. Bhuma's daughter Akhila Priya to betrayed Nagi Reddy after promis- said GHMC Commissioner B Janardhan Reddy. Pradesh assembly on Tuesday lowing the death of her mother Chandrababu Naidu betrayed the assembly within 24 hours of ing him a ministerial berth and this The focus would be on improving infrastructure when it took up a resolution to Shobha Nagi Reddy in a road ac- Nagi Reddy after promising him his cremation. Akhila Priya, who resulted in his “untimely” death. with priority being accorded to development and condole the death of a sitting leg- cident during the elections. a ministerial berth and this re- represents Allagadda constituency Akhila Priya along with her father maintenance of roads and also projects such as islator, who defected to the rul- Nagi Reddy, also a three-time sulted in his "untimely" death. in Kurnool district, said she was had crossed over to TDP last year. Musi beautification. Today’s budget earmarked ing Telugu Desam Party (TDP). MP, died of cardiac arrest on YSRCP chief Y.S. Jaganmohan pained that Jagan and his party She was elected to the assembly as nearly Rs 450 crore for improvement of roads The assembly adjourned for the Sunday. The YSRCP said it stayed Reddy said that they could not sit members did not attend the house a YSRCP candidate in 2014, follow- within the civic body’s jurisdiction and about Rs day after paying tributes to Bhu- away to protest TDP's action in and condole Bhuma's death with to participate in the condolence ing the death of her mother Shob- 377 crore for Musi river front development. ma Nagi Reddy, a member from denying him a cabinet berth after those who were responsible for it. motion. The opposition party al- ha Nagi Reddy. Indian Horizon Wednesday - March 15, 2017 South 4

JNU student suicide: TN CM Factual errors in Sasikala’s reply to Sun Pharma’s Mohali announces Rs 3 lakh solatium plant out of US FDA’s Chennai: March 14 (IANS) Chief Minister Edappadi K EC, says Panneerselvam faction Palaniswami today condoled the death of a Dalit PhD stu- Chennai, March 14 (IANS) the primary members of the told IANS. Import Alert list dent of Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University hailing from Tamil The AIADMK faction led by party and not by its General Speaking about the “howl- Nadu and announced a solatium of Rs three lakh to his fami- former Chief Minister O. Pan- Council. ers” in Sasikala’s letter the Official Action Initiated ly. “I am deeply grieved by the death of J Muthu Krishnan and neerselvam said on Tuesday The Election Commission to Election Commission, (OAI) status. I convey my condolences to his family,” Palaniswami said. that it has sent its rebuttal of had asked Sasikala to respond Palanisamy said: “MGR be- “This proposed action Muthu Krishnan hails from Periyeri village in Salem District AIADMK General Secretary to the complaint lodged by came the Chief Minister only will clear the path for Sun of Tamil Nadu. “Considering the family circumstances of the V.K. Sasikala’s letter to the Maitreyan, former AIADMK in 1977 and not in 1972. Pharma to supply ap- deceased student, I have ordered a solatium of Rs three lakh Election Commission. MP K.C. Palaniswamy and “MGR was the party’s Gen- proved products from the to his family.” The Chief Minister said he has directed offi- AIADMK Rajya Sabha several others. eral Secretary from 1972 to Mohali facility to the US cials to render all assistance immediately to bring the body of member V. Maitreyan told Sasikala replied to the poll 1977. After that the post was market, subject to normal the student back to his native village. IANS: “A 61-page point-by- body listing out her argu- held by leaders like V.R. Ne- US FDA regulatory require- point rebuttal to Sasikala’s ments in her letter dated dunchezhiyan, P.U. Shan- ments,” Sun Pharma said. DMK courts mass arrest in stir letter has been submitted March 8 but filed on March mugam and S. Raghavana- Chennai, March 14 The Mohali facility was to Election Commission to- 10. Both Palaniswamy and ndam. On the other hand (IANS) Drug major Sun inherited by Sun Pharma on sorry state of PDS shops day (Tuesday). We have also Maitreyan told IANS that Sa- MGR was the party’s Found- Pharmaceutical Industries as part of its acquisition of Chennai:March 14 (IANS) Thousands of DMK cadre and pointed out the factual errors sikala’s response has some er President,” Palaniswamy Ltd on Tuesday said its Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. functionaries, including party Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, in Sasikala’s letter to Election glaring factual errors. added. Palaniswamy said production facility in Mo- in 2015. were arrested throughout the state on Monday for holding Commission.” In her reply to the Election after MGR’s death the party hali in Punjab is out of US The US FDA had taken protest demonstrations demanding proper supply of essential Maitreyan and others be- Commission Sasikala had split into two, one headed by Food and Drug Adminis- action against the Mohali commodities in PDS shops. Party working president M.K. Sta- longing to the AIADMK fac- said that M.G.Ramachandran MGR’s widow Janaki Ram- tration’s (US FDA) “Import facility in 2013. lin said about five lakh party members were arrested showing tion led by Panneerselvam (MGR) was the Chief Minister achandran and the other by Alert”. aid the US FDA on Mon- the arrogant attitude of the state government. He met the ar- had approached the poll of Tamil Nadu and the Gener- J. Jayalalithaa. When the two In a statement, Sun day informed that it will lift rested party leaders and cadres, kept in marriage halls in the body to declare the election al Secretary of the party from factions merged in 1989, Jay- Pharma said the US FDA the Import Alert imposed city told reporters that about 200 to over 1,000 party activists of Sasikala as AIADMK Gen- 1972 to 1987. “Sasikala’s let- alalithaa was elected as Gen- on Monday informed that on the Mohali manufactur- took part in protest before every shop. The protests were held eral Secretary as null and ter to the Election Commis- eral Secretary by the General it will lift the Import Alert ing facility and remove the in front of 20,000 shops and the people especially women also void. Their contention is sion shows that she does not Council, but nobody object- imposed on the Mohali facility from the Official voluntarily joined the agitation. Addressing the protesters that the General Secretary of even know the basic history ed to her election, Palaniswa- manufacturing facility and Action Initiated (OAI) sta- at Royapattah, Kanimozhi said the AIADMK government is AIADMK has to be elected by of AIADMK,” Palaniswamy my said. remove the facility from tus. showing more concern in TASMAC sales than providing es- sential commodities in PDS outlets.. up a quarrel on Thursday night, Chennai: Continuous midnight secret which culminated in Dhanalakshmi Quantum Of Oil Spill On leaving for her mother’s place in Sekizhar Nagar, Kundrathur. Suresh Chennai Coast, Remains A call drives man to kill wife went to broker peace with his wife on Sunday and stayed over at her Mystery uramalingam alias Suresh Babu (31) mother’s place. Around midnight, of Avadi, a painter. Police said he Dhanalakshmi was speaking on a Chennai: March 14 (IANS) Controversy continues to prevail got married to Dhanalakshmi only call when a quarrel recurred with in Chennai oil spill issue, as government departments differ 10 months ago. Suresh was upset her refusing to disclose the caller’s over the volume of the leak. Fiftyfive days after crude oil spilled with his wife since the wedding as identity. An enraged Suresh stabbed on to the Chennai Coast following the collision of two mer- she was always engrossed with her her. Dhanalakshmi was rushed to chant ships, Dawn Kancheepuram and B W Maple, the major mobile phone, and had complained the Kilpauk Medical College Hospi- respondents, in their affidavits to the southern bench of the Na- about this to her. The couple would tal (KMCH) where she succumbed to tional Green Tribunal on Monday, quantified the leak in varying quarrel over the long conversations injuries at around 4 am. Suresh who numbers. After analysing the reports, in possession of Deccan Dhanalakshmi would have with call- turned himself in also confessed Chronicle, it is learnt that the Central Pollution Control Board ers even when Suresh was around. to have committed the crime and (CPCB) had played a safe card by not specifying the capacity of He grew suspicious over Dhanalak- was remanded to judicial custody. the spill. While the Director General of Shipping accounted it to shmi’s bond with her mobile phone Suresh went to broker peace with 196 metric tonnes, the fisheries department, in their reply sub- and was curious to know whom she his wife on Sunday and stayed over mitted on February 22 said that ‘they have recovered 208 tonnes was talking to. He began pressing at her mother’s place. Around mid- of sludge as on February 18 from R.K. Nagar Kuppam’. Chennai: March 14 (IANS) A her fidelity when she refused to di- her to reveal the details of the call- night, Dhanalakshmi was speaking 31-year-old-man was arrested af- vulge the identity of a caller in the er, which she kept ignoring over a on a call when a quarrel recurred Mysuru: No clean water for ter he hacked his wife to death in middle of the night. The arrested period of time. Unable to stand her with her refusing to disclose the call- Kundrathur on Monday, suspecting person has been identified as Muth- phone conversations, Suresh picked er’s identity. school meals! momentum under his leader- Mysuru: March 14 (IANS) A pilot study by the Central Food Tamil Nadu: 77 Indian Devang Mody to head Reliance ship,” Ambani added. “India has Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has thrown up dis- fishermen released by embarked upon a major growth turbing facts about the mid -day meals served in schools in Commercial Finance trajectory that will offer exponen- Mysuru district. Going by its findings, most schools do not have Lankan govt, repatriated Chennai, March 14 (IANS) For- Devang Mody as the new CEO of tial growth opportunities for lend- potable water for cooking or drinking and their kitchens are not ty-four year old Devang Mody has our Commercial Finance busi- ing businesses. I thank Reliance hygienic. CFTRI scientist, Dr Arun Kumar V, who spoke about been appointed CEO of Reliance ness, a high priority growth area Capital for giving me this opportu- the study’s findings while making a presentation on it during Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL), for Reliance Capital in the future,” nity to lead and grow this already the two- day national conference on malnutrition in the country the company said in a statement Anil D. Ambani, Chairman, Reli- established and high potential here recently, said it was being conducted since January this on Tuesday. Reliance Commer- ance Capital, was quoted as say- business,” Mody was quoted as year in 270 schools of the district. ”We found that 94 per cent cial Finance, a subsidiary of Re- ing in the statement. “Devang is a saying in the statement. had good infrastructure for cooking and storage, but 87 per cent liance Capital Ltd, focusses on visionary pioneer, and comes with A chartered accountant by did not have clean water for cooking and 83 per cent did not lending to small and medium en- an excellent track record of cre- qualification, Mody joins Reli- have clean drinking water for the children. At least 39 per cent terprises (SMEs) with assets under ating and rapidly growing highly ance Commercial Finance from of them did not have a facility for clean water storage and most management (including securi- profitable lending businesses in Bajaj Finance, where he served as of the water samples tested had coli forms. tised portfolio) of Rs 16,191 crore different segments. We expect President - Consumer Business, Rameswaram: March 14 (IANS) Seventy- ($2.4 billion) as of December 31, Reliance Commercial Finance to managing a group of B2B and B2C A Sunday of classic seven Indian and 12 Sri Lankan fishermen 2016. “I am delighted to welcome significantly accelerate its growth lending businesses. were on Tuesday repatriated in line with the jugalbandi at Chowdiah decision taken by two countries to set free fishermen in each other’s custody to defuse Chennai: Passenger injured during Memorial Hall, Bengaluru tension following the killing of an Indian fisherman last week. Sri Lankan Navy hand- Bengaluru :Mar 14, It was nothing short of a treat to mu- ed over the 77 fishermen from Tamil Nadu, bumpy ride gets Rs 1.8 lakh sic aficionados of Bengaluru. After wowing city folk on the arrested over the past two months, to Indian Chennai: March 14 (IANS) A plasty surgery for D12 Osteopo- first day, the second day of Times Swarsangam at Chowdiah Coast Guard at the International Maritime ride in an Omni bus became an rotic compression fracture. He Memorial Hall on Sunday saw performances by a slew of Boundary Line in the Palk Bay. Similarly, arduous and bumpy journey to remained in the hospital for six renowned artistes. The second day began with performanc- 12 Sri Lankan fishermen, released from the a commuter, who suffered spi- days and incurred medical ex- es by Jayanti Kumaresh on veena and Kumaresh on violin, Puzhal Prison in Chennai on March 10, were nal card injury and spent over penses of Rs 1.80 lakh. playing just the right notes to start off a Sunday morning. handed over to the Sri Lankan Navy. The Rs 1.80 lakh towards medical ex- The counsel for the petitioner This was then followed by a melodious performance by mu- twelve were arrested off Nagapattinam coast pense three years ago. said Sankar suffered injury due sical powerhouses Shubha Mudgal and Bombay Jayashree, separately on March 8 and 9 for allegedly Disposing his petition, the to the negligence of bus driver. who captured the audience with their magical voices. Next fishing in Indian waters. The Tamil Nadu District Consumer Disputes Re- In the petition, he sought direc- up was Vishwa Mohan Bhatt on Mohan veena playing jugal- fishermen are expected to arrive at Karaikal dressal Forum, Chennai (North) tion to Tippu Sultan Travels to bandi with Shashank Subramanyam on the flute followed. coast in two ICG ships, “Rani Durgavati” has directed the manager of the ner and crossed a speed breaker pay the cost of the medical ex- and “Abith” by 6 PM, police said. Later, they Omni bus to refund the medical with massive jerk and noise. He penses and compensation for Holi celebrations at Upendra’s would be taken to their respective destina- expense along with a compen- suffered internal spinal cord injury, mental agony. tions. The 77 fishermen from Pudukottai and sation of Rs 15,000 for causing injury and was unable to toler- Though the manager received house in Bengaluru Ramanathapuram districts were arrested by mental agony. ate the severe pain and shock. notice, he did not appear before the Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in their In the petition, P. Sankar Nara- Despite this, he continued his the Forum and hence he was Bengaluru :Mar 14, Upendra and his wife, Priyanka, territorial waters between February and yanan, Avadi purchased a ticket travel to Nagarcoil with pain and called absent and set as ex-parte. threw a Holi party over the weekend, giving his guests seri- March and lodged in Jaffna and Vavuniya through online portal, seatseller. agony. The bus driver left him The bench comprising presi- ous goals when it comes to planning such a do. In atten- prisons in the island nation. Sri Lanka and com to travel from Chennai to at private orthopedic hospital. dent K. Jayabalan and member dance were the who’s who of Sandalwood, including Ragini India had on Wednesday agreed to release Nagarcoil on June 28, 2014. He He was admitted as an inpatient T. Kalaiyarasi, said the com- Dwivedi, Amulya, Nabha Natesh and Sanjjanaa. As a special fishermen held in each other’s custody af- was allotted a seat in an omni and discharged on July 1, 2014 at plainant is entitled for a sum treat, Ganesh, who was accompanied by wife Shilpa and ter a high-level discussion between the two bus operated by Tippu Sultan his request. of Rs 1.80 lakh from the travels daughter Charithriya, took over the duty of entertaining the sides in Colombo in a bid to defuse the ten- Travels, Koyambedu. Unable to bear severe pain, manager towards medical ex- guests at by showing off his prowess on the dollu. As the sion following the killing of the 22-year-old Narayanan traveled on June he returned to Chennai by train penses incurred by him. The music played, the guests swayed to popular numbers. This Indian fisherman, Bridgo. Meanwhile, eight 28, 2014, at night. At Nangune- and admitted at Miot Hospital bench has also directed the trav- was one bash that Upendra’s guests are sure to remember fishermen from Karaikal are still in Trin- ri, Tirunelveli, the driver drove on July 2, 2014. Two days later els to pay him a compensation of for a long time. comalee prison there, police added. the vehicle in a negligent man- he underwent Ballon Kypho- Rs 15,000. Indian Horizon Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Nation 5

Short Takes Probe ordered into Amarinder Singh to start innings with austerity Delhi Congress wants Sukma Maoist attack: family of Patiala, is in sharp contrast to civic polls through Rajnath Singh the crores of rupees spent by his pre- decessor Parkash Singh Badal for his attacks in the past two years, own swearing-in gala public events ballots, not EVMs 12 CRPF personnel were killed in 2007 and 2012. "My government is and four injured in an ambush committed to getting the state out of New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Amid allegations that EVMs were by the rebels on Saturday. the financial doldrums, into which it tampered with in the just-concluded assembly polls, the Delhi Paying homage to the slain had been plunged by the previous dis- Congress has asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to conduct the troopers, Rajnath Singh said a Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder pensation. Each small step will count upcoming civic polls through ballot papers. "Many are doubting probe by the Central Reserve Singh after meeting party's vice president towards ensuring that every possible Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday. EVMs. Not prejudiced-nor casting aspersions on results. I want Police Force (CRPF) Director rupee is saved at this critical juncture," Arvind Kejriwal to hold MCD elections through ballot papers," has been ordered to find out Chandigarh, March 14 (IANS) Pun- Amarinder said in a statement. Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said on Twitter. After her Ba- lapses if any that led to the at- jab Chief Minister-designate Ama- The Punjab government is believed hujan Samaj Party was decimated in the Uttar Pradesh assem- New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) tack and assured the Centre's rinder Singh has opted for a low-key to be under a massive debt of over bly polls, party chief Mayawati alleged the voting machines had Union Home Minister Ra- commitment towards coun- swearing-in ceremony at the Punjab Rs 200,000 crore, as per the claims been "managed" to favour the Bharatiya Janata Party. jnath Singh on Tuesday said tering and eliminating the Left Raj Bhawan on Thursday here, keep- of the Congress leaders during the She asked the poll panel to hold the results of Uttar Pradesh a probe has been ordered into Wing extremism. “In 2016, ing in mind the financial health of the election campaigning. As per Ama- and Uttarkahand assembly elections and do re-polling using the Maoist attack in Chhat- our armed forces met with big state. "Captain Amarinder has made rinder's diktat to Congress legislators paper ballots. The Election Commission subsequently reject- tisgarh's Sukma district that success in all LWE affected ar- it clear that in the light of the state's and leaders, "there will be nothing ed her allegations. killed 12 CRPF personnel and eas particularly Chhattisgarh. fiscal situation, he did not want any ostentatious about the oath-taking said the government is com- While 135 extremists were unnecessary or wasteful expenditure programme at the Raj Bhavan". Ama- Minor girl raped by mitted to counter and elimi- killed, 789 were arrested and to be incurred on the swearing-in cer- rinder will be sworn-in as Chief Min- nate Left Wing Extremism. The 1198 surrendered. “There has emony," his spokesman said here on ister by Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Home minister in his state- been a 15 per cent decline of Tuesday. Badnore here on March 16. At least unidentified man on Holi, ment to the Lok Sabha said the Maoist violence in 2016. From Amarinder will be sworn-in as Chief nine ministers are expected to be success of the armed forces 495 acts of Maoist violence in Minister by Punjab Governor V.P. sworn-in with him. Amarinder has re- case registered against Left Wing Extremism 2015, in 2016 the number of Singh Badnore here on March 16. At quested all the newly-elected MLAs to New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) A case under the stringent (LWE) has rattled the rebels. such acts came down to 395,” least nine ministers are expected to also keep their personal invitations to POCSO Act has been registered after a minor girl complained "In 2016, our armed forces he said. be sworn-in with him. The Congress the bare minimum to keep the cere- of rape by an unidentified man in south Delhi on Holi, Delhi met with big success in all "The Centre government swept the Punjab assembly elections mony simple. "He further urged them Police said on Tuesday. Police said the minor said in her com- LWE affected areas particular- will pay Rs 45 lakh ex gratia in the results declared on Saturday, to ensure that their supporters also plaint that the unidentified person took her away from the ly Chhattisgarh. While 135 ex- to the families of each of the winning 77 out of 117 seats. The Con- show similar restraint, and not clog Navjeevan Camp Park in Govind Puri area on Monday night. tremists were killed, 789 were martyrs, along with Rs 25 lakh gress returned to power after a decade. the roads of Chandigarh and cause “The girl was left near her house around 10 p.m. She narrat- arrested and 1198 surren- from CRPF risk fund, Rs 1 lakh The low-key swearing-in opted for by hardship to the people of the city," ed her ordeal to her mother, who complained to the police. dered. "There has been a 15 from CRPF welfare fund and Amarinder, who comes from the royal the spokesman said. A case was registered under the Protection of Children from per cent decline of Maoist vio- Rs 25 lakh of insurance. Un- Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” Deputy Commissioner of Po- lence in 2016. From 495 acts der the liberalised pensionary lice Romil Banniya said. “ of Maoist violence in 2015, in award, families will also be A medical examination at the All India Institute of Medical 2016 the number of such acts entitled to get full salary of the Reason for 'suicide' of JNU student Sciences corroborated the girl’s statement,” Banniya said. came down to 395," he said. martyred soldiers till the age Police are examining closed-circuit television footage from the In one of the biggest Maoist of retirement," he said. still a mystery: Police area. Prima facie, the crime was committed in a planned manner since the accused had smeared his face and clothes with colour New Delhi, March 14 to hide his identity. “The results may cause further problems with (IANS) Delhi Police is yet more anti-people policies by the government, and intolerance NPP, NPF to back to figure out the reason for and communal offensive by the Hindutva forces,” it said. the suspected suicide of a The party warned that the results should be a wake up call Jawaharlal Nehru Univer- to Left democratic, secular forces to “forge broader unity to BJP-led government sity (JNU) student who was fight back the attacks on people”. found hanging from the ceil- in Manipur ing fan in his friend's room, the police said on Tuesday. Illegal Hindu, Muslim Imphal/Kohima, March 14 galand. The NPF, which won No suicide note was found (IANS) The party chiefs of the four seats in the just-concluded from the spot, it said. Krish National People's Party (NPP) assembly elections, has also pa- Rajini, 25, whose real name Bangladeshi should be and the Naga People's Front raded its newly-elected legisla- was Muthukrishnan J., a resi- (NPF) on Tuesday said they will tors before the Governor, Sang- dent of Jhelum Hostel, was deported: NESO support a non-Congress govern- ma said. Both NPP and NPF found hanging from the ceil- Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ishwar Singh addresses a press conference regard- ment in Manipur led by the BJP. have won four seats each in the ing fan in a room in Munirka ing 'suicide' of JNU student, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Shillong, March 14 (IANS) The powerful North East Stu- NPP supremo Conrad K. Manipur assembly elections. Vihar area near the univer- dents’ Union (NESO) on Tuesday demanded that Hindu Sangma said a non-Congress "All the legislators (non-Con- sity on Monday evening. "A team of A post purported to be written on and Muslim Bangladeshis who have illegally entered into government would soon be gress) are intact," added Sang- Central Forensic Science Laboratory social media website Facebook by Ra- Assam and other northeastern states must be deported. formed in Manipur and his par- ma, the lone NPP Lok Sabha (CFSL) is probing the case and a thor- jini is also being circulated by some of The demand of the apex students’ body came after a ty would support the BJP-led al- member. Shurhozelie, who is ough search is on with all possible an- his friends, in which the student ex- group of people under the banner of Nikhil Bharat Bengali liance government. also the NPF supremo said, said gles. The police are also re-examining pressed his disaffection over many is- Udbastu Samanvay Samiti (NBBUSS) demanded citizen- Nagaland Chief Minister that it "did not put pre-condi- the sequence of events and Call Details sues, including denial of equality and ship for Hindu Bangladeshis and vandalised an All Assam Shurhozelie Liezietsu said his tions" before joining the BJP-led Records (CDR) and chat records of the non-implementation of recommenda- Students Union (AASU) office at Silapathar in Dhemaji Naga People's Front (NPF) party coalition arrangement in Mani- deceased Krish Rajini. A team of CFSL tions of the Thorat committee. "When district of Assam. “The NESO reiterates its firm stand on will be supporting the BJP-led pur. with other senior officers would again equality is denied everything is denied. the issue of illegal migrants from Bangladesh and would coalition government in his The NPF and NPP are ma- visit the flat," Deputy Commissioner There is no Equality in M.Phil. or Ph.D. like to convey the organisation’s long-standing demand neighbouring state of Manipur. jor coalition partners of the of Police (South) Ishwar Singh said. admission, there is no equality in viva- that all the Hindu, Muslim Bangladeshis illegally entered "We are waiting only for the North East Democratic Alliance The police also claimed that so far they voce, there is only denial of equality. into Assam and other northeaster states must be deport- invitation from the Governor formed in May last year in As- have not found any evidence indicat- Denying Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat recom- ed,” NESO Chairman Samuel Jyrwa said. (Najma Heptulla) to invite us sam's main city of Guwahati ing foul play and said that CFSL exami- mendation, denying students protest to form the new government," with the declared aim of ridding nation reports will help them ascertain in ad-block, denying the education of Sangma told IANS. He said the the region of the Congress party if it is a suicide or homicide. the marginals," the post, which he is Naga People's Front has also and to bring all-round develop- Rajini was a student of history and reported to have posted a couple of University's handed a letter of support to ment to the northeastern part of was doing M.Phil from the university. days before the incident, read. The po- Heptulla confirming its support the country under the leader- He had reportedly gone out to have lice teams are taking the help of cyber examination branch to the Bharatiya Janata Party- ship of Prime Minister Naren- food at his friend's house and had experts to check the authenticity of the led alliance government in dra Modi. The NPF has been in locked himself in the room afterward post and his 'Facebook' account verify- Manipur. The NPF has been in alliance with the BJP and other on the pretext of sleeping. Specula- ing IP address technically, Singh said. replied in similar vein. alliance with the BJP and other non-Congress political parties tion is rife among the student frater- "He was my hostel mate and I found in New Delhi, March 14 and provide certified copy non-Congress political parties in Nagaland since 2003 under nity about the possible reason for his him a very cheerful fellow. Even yester- (IANS) The university's of the extract of relevant in Nagaland since 2003 under the banner and nomenclature suicide, with many pronouncing it as a day (March 13) I had seen him asking examination branch III pages from the register, the banner and nomenclature of Democratic Alliance of Naga- step taken after his going into depres- for an old pair of trousers for playing (i) and IV replied in simi- free of cost". The CIC had of Democratic Alliance of Na- land. sion over caste discrimination. Holi from another guy. lar vein. "It appears that also slapped a fine of Rs the information sought 25,000 on the CPIO for re- by the application is jecting an RTI application JNU VC condemned over such that it is treated as seeking details of Modi's personal information of graduation degree. Kemal Publications students, having a fidu- Information Commis- condolence tweet ciary relation with the sioner M. Sridhar Acha- New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) family and helping them to go cide on March 13 and who was Excellent modern multi colour offset University." ryulu also pulled up the The JNU Students Union through the procedure, the uni- found hanging from the ceiling Earlier, the Central In- CPIO, saying the refusal (JNUSU) castigated the varsity versity authorities haven't even fan in his friend's house. "JNU press. Services for quality printing formation Commission to provide the informa- Vice Chancellor (VC) on Tuesday bothered to pay a visit to the community is grief stricken at (CIC) had directed the tion sought reminded him for not meeting the parents of a hospital where the body of the untimely and sad demise of Shri Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, university "to facilitate of the saying "penny wise, student who committed suicide, deceased is lying since last night Muthukrishnan J. We pray that inspection of relevant pound foolish". Acharyulu but rather conveying his con- (Monday)," he added. God be with his family at this crit- Books, Text Books, Company Annual register where complete was divested of his charge dolences on social media. "It's Earlier in the day, Jawaharlal ical time," Kumar had tweeted. information about result days after he passed his or- been hours a Dalit student of our Nehru University (JNU) VC M. The Union continued its at- Reports etc. of all students who passed der. The Delhi High Court university found dead and we Jagadesh Kumar had taken to tack saying that the VC did not in Bachelor of Arts, in had later stayed the CIC are shocked and appalled by the micro-blogging site Twitter to "even care to send at least a se- Please Contact: year 1978 along with roll order directing Delhi Uni- insensitivity shown by the uni- express his grief at the death of curity person with the body (of number, names of the stu- versity to allow inspection versity authorities ever since," Krish Rajini whose real name was the deceased)" initially, and a se- Ph: 9885183853: 040-66616611 dents, father's name and of records of all students JNUSU Vice President Amal Pul- Muthukrishnan J, an M.Phil His- curity person could be arranged E-Mail: [email protected]. marks obtained as avail- who had passed the BA de- larkat said through a Facebook tory student of the varsity, who for only after the former's inter- able with the University gree exam in 1978. post. "Leave alone consoling the had apparently committed sui- vention. [email protected] Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Indian Horizon AAP, Akali missteps helped Congress rebound in Punjab Jaideep Sarin of river Beas) and Doaba (the area The stupendous victory of the between the Beas and Sutlej rivers). Congress in the just-concluded The Congress virtually swept the assembly polls in Punjab may be entire Majha belt, comprising the credited to a variety of factors, but Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran unintended help also came from the and Pathankot districts, winning 22 Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine of the 25 seats there. and new political entrant AAP. More In the Sikh holy city of Amritsar, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 than the anti-incumbency of the 10- where former Deputy Chief Minis- year rule of the Akali Dal-Bharatiya ter and Akali Dal President Sukhbir Janata Party (BJP) combine, it was Singh Badal focused in the past four Inspite of great deal of the virtual hatred towards the Badal years by carrying out massive reno- family on issues of corruption, vation of the area near the Golden difficulties we can bring drugs, mis-governance and mafia Temple, virtually transforming the rule, and the law-defying writ of the complex, and bringing in develop- 'Halqa' (area)-in-charges that the ment projects like flyovers, the Akali India on level with other Akalis promoted, which led to the Dal and its ally drew a blank. All five decimation of the alliance. The Aam seats in Amritsar city went to the Aadmi Party (AAP), which is believed Congress with impressive margins. advanced countries to have cut into Akali Dal votes, too, While the lowest winning margin ended up helping the Congress in- ing able to project a chief ministe- sidered the strongest in the Malwa was over 14,000 votes, the highest In India-Pakistan history, we are witnessing a change which has emerged directly instead of consolidating its rial face, the breakdown of talks with belt, since it had won four Lok Sabha was over 42,000 votes. own position. This election was dif- cricketer-turned-politician Navjot seats in the 2014 parliamentary elec- The Congress romped home as naturally from the deadlock of negotiations. Both countries for the first time ferent for Punjab because the AAP Singh Sidhu, questions over choice tions and had led in 34 assembly well in the byelection to the Amrit- had made it a triangular affair on a of candidates and infighting built seats in the region at that time, but it sar Lok Sabha seat, with a huge mar- realize that the partition of India should not have happened because the suf- number of seats. Even the Akali Dal up, over the past few months, into could manage to win only 18 seats in gin of nearly two lakh votes. Having and Congress, till the very end, were a situation in which the party found the assembly polls. Two more seats been out of power for a decade, the wary of how the AAP would fare in itself trapped. While the Congress in the belt were won by AAP ally, the Congress win is not only important ferings and losses and deprivations and of the many advantages that cannot the polls. won an impressive 77 seats in the Lok Insaaf Party. for the party in Punjab but also In retrospect, the AAP made sev- 117-member assembly, it was the The Akali Dal, for which the Mal- holds out hope for it nationally. If be regained unless they become united. Yet, we cannot deny the reality that eral mistakes, starting with the in- Malwa belt which helped it romp wa belt was a traditional stronghold, the central leadership internalises sistence of its central leadership to home to power in style. The Con- managed to get only eight seats. Its the message that regional leaders the BJP`s government under Mr. Modi`s leadership in Gujarat, has been remote-control the Punjab cam- gress won 40 out of the 69 seats in ally BJP got only one seat in the belt. like Amarinder Singh need to be en- paign with leaders from other states the Malwa belt -- the region south But that did not undermine the Con- couraged and given a free hand, the a human tragedy, which no one realized and accepted. Since Mr. Modi`s and the lack of faith it showed in the of river Sutlej and considered agri- gress performance in the other two party can hope to put up a fight in local leadership. That apart, not be- culturally fertile. The AAP was con- regions of Punjab -- Majha (north other states. national election performance, he has faced challenges and has had to yield the reality of the strength of secular India. He did see a dangerous situation An era of right-wing dominance after developing for the BJP`s ideology, which was inconsistent and irrelevant for the reality of India`s secularism, which has been enforced, but the freedom UP result haunts Gujarat politics given to the BJP`s ideology could not stand the challenge of secular India. In The Hindutva umbrella which strategies for the upcoming elec- between the BJP and the Con- has an ideology, an army of foot was deployed in Gujarat camou- tions. He is also said to have spo- gress but a new entrant, the Aam soldiers from RSS and financial the mid way of Mr. Modi`s governance, all the ambitions to rule India in the flaged the caste and class con- ken about the challenges posed Aadmi Party, is trying to make it a support to run the show which flicts. Hindutva forces will proba- by Hardik Patel. Party president three-way fight. has wiped out the opposition,” he bly become even more aggressive Amit Shah is also devoting a lot Modi’s bête noire and Bihar said. Other political parties lack BJP`s mold, was not possible. If he continued with this ideology, his entire after UP election result. Now of time to Gujarat, beginning his chief minister Nitish Kumar, too, such charismatic jodis, he said. Modi--Amit shah Jodi will fire all State tour soon after UP elections. plans to take the electoral plunge. “BJP did not have a single Muslim term would have been a great loss. The people in his Cabinet were not of cylinders to win Gujarat-- their Although he wasn’t present at Hardik Patel, a 23-year-old pa- candidate in UP but still managed home state Assembly Elections in the dinner hosted by the CM, he tidar leader who spearheaded to get Muslim votes. It is shar- that great a standard to change the ideology of India. Perhaps, he has seen Gujarat are scheduled for the end along with Modi paid obeisance a mass agitation in Gujarat de- ing power in Muslim-dominated of this year. While UP polls were at the Somnath temple. Shah has manding reservation for the com- Jammu and Kashmir and also the world around in his foreign tours and realized that he would not be able a matter of prestige for Modi and been managing Gujarat elections munity, is also in the fray. The won Assam that has 20 per cent Shah, Gujarat could well be the for years, but this would be the agitation is believed to have loos- Muslim population. to achieve anything worthwhile if he continues to follow his Hindutava ide- ‘do or die’ battle for them. It was first election for him after the BJP ened BJP’s grip over the patidars, The caste factor will certainly indeed Gujarat that had paved has assumed power at the Centre, an influential community that not work in Gujarat now,” avers the way to Delhi for them, hence hence it is a big challenge for him. has largely supported the BJP in Thakar. Vidyut Joshi, another po- als. It was indeed a miracle for a man of Mr. Modi`s background to change the biggest challenge at this point The BJP had bagged over 50% of the past. Modi, and BJP, cannot litical analyst, however, believes is to hold on to power in the State the vote share to wrest 30 of the afford to lose Gujarat this year. it is impractical to compare UP his ideas mid way out of his failure. Can he go ahead and follow a secular In the run-up to the results of 31 district panchayats in 2010. The impact of any adverse result with Gujarat. “Both the states UP elections, the Bharatiya Janata It could win just six district pan- in Gujarat will resonate beyond have completely different politi- ideology, which others have already monopolized. It was not possible for Party (BJP) focused on a new bat- chayats in 2015 and its vote share the boundaries of the saffron for- cal dimensions and factors that tlefield — Gujarat. The Assembly dipped by 7 %. The Congress in- tress. It was the “Gujarat model influence voters,” he said. He also Modi unless he took a vital decision to change the atmosphere of the Indian Elections in the State are sched- creased its tally from one to 24 of governance” that Modi show- said it is easy to replace Shah in uled for the end of this year. While district panchayats. The results of cased between 2002 and 2013 the BJP but impossible to replace sub-continent before his period in power ends. Luckily, Nawaz Sharif has Uttar Pradesh elections were a elections to the taluka panchayats and won him the prime minis- Modi. “Shah is not important; he matter of prestige for PM Naren- were equally distressing for the tership in 2014. Crediting Prime is just a strategist. It is Modi who responded to this change because even Pakistan has been surrounded with dra Modi and Amit Shah, Gujarat BJP - from 150 (with 48.51% votes) Minister Narendra Modi with the is running the show with his cha- could well be the ‘do or die’ battle in 2010 to just 67 (with 42.32% stunning political victory in UP, risma and skill to attract voters,” for them. Modi and Shah know votes) in 2015. The BJP leadership political scientists say this could he added. But political analyst dry and un-workable ideas and the claim of Islamic method to regain their that Gujarat had paved the way to was quick to read the warning well be the beginning of an era of Ghanshyam Shah has a different Delhi for them, hence the biggest signs. Modi approved a change right-wing dominance with more opinion. He believes that while creativity was already lost because several rulers, either politicians or dicta- challenge at this point is to hold of guard in Gujarat, removing assembly polls lined up in 2017 BJP’s chances of a comfortable on to power in the State. chief minister Anandiben Patel and 2018. Political analyst Vidyut victory in Gujarat only increases tors, who ruled Pakistan, were not creative. The nature of the people, who That is why after hectic cam- in August last year. It followed a Thakar believes that BJP’s UP after UP’s win, one cannot forget paigning in the last phase of UP tug-of-war between her and BJP victory marks the end of pseudo that in all the five states where created Pakistan were of different ideas and cultures and had to bring Paki- elections, the Prime Minister chief Amit Shah. Both had been secularism in Gujarat, making results were declared, anti-in- rushed to Gujarat. He spent two trusted lieutenants of Modi dur- caste politics ineffective. He also cumbency factor had played an stan upto date and contemporary without much loss of time. India itself days there and participated in ing his Gujarat days. Shah has got says Modi-Amit Shah combina- important role. “All the ruling several programmes. State Chief his aide, Vijay Rupani, to replace tion has been the most success- parties have lost to the opposi- Minister Vijay Rupani also hosted Anandiben Patel and remains in ful after Sardar Patel- Mahatma tion. And if strategised well, it had already propagated a strong stream of Hindutva philosophy. Perhaps, a dinner for him. Modi met party control of the party and govern- Gandhi jodi— “Shah’s strategy could be repeated in Gujarat.”The MLAs and other leaders during ment in the western state. Gujarat and Modi’s charisma have set the BJP has turned Gujarat, Prime it would not have been possible for Mr. Modi and his colleagues to take up his visit, discussing with them the has always been a bipolar contest ball rolling for the BJP.” “The duo Minister Narendra Modi’s. this challenge. Central India has been going through the most beneficial and gainful strategy to wipe out BJP`s ideas and methodology of political Bengal health regulatory bill turns rule. If Pakistan`s realization that they have plenty of opportunities to prog- ress and develop its economic and political structure within the frame work spotlight on guidelines for ICUs of an Islamic ideology with contemporisation, but find that it is clashing Beware, a trip to the ICU may Department of General Surgery, istration, Regulation and Trans- unit et al, as well as round-the- very hard with out of date ideas and interpretations of Islam, which is a not necessarily ensure better Institute of Postgraduate Medi- parency) Bill 2017. Under the clock doctors/nurses. But even treatment but could actually cal Education & Research/SSKM new Act, SOPs on ICUs and CCUs this minimal material is absent in big blocking factor for the progress of Pakistan alone. Certainly, if they start leave you high and dry in terms of Hospital, Kolkata, told IANS. "The would be recommended for pri- many small, medium or even large money and health, warn experts reason is in an ICU, a patient is en- vate hospitals. "The state govern- hospitals in India even though working with India and its resources and ideas, the BJP`s out dated ideology ranged against unscrupulous pri- titled to certain equipment and fa- ment has guidelines for govern- they all routinely admit patients in vate hospitals taking advantage cilities. But many establishments ment set-ups but not all private their so-called ICUs," Kunal Saha of unsuspecting patients in the charge patients extra for these hospitals have such SOPs. Under told IANS. will not work. The intellectuals of India are of a high caliber and they have absence of proper guidelines for essentials as the patient is not the bill, we will suggest SOPs for Another reason for putting pa- such units. Setting up and imple- aware," he added. He said nurs- them," Director (Health Services) tients in ICUs is that since visitors the courage to absorb and alter Mr. Modi`s message. Mr. Modi and to some menting Standard Operating Pro- ing service, resident medical offi- B.R. Satpathi told IANS. Kunal are generally not allowed in these cedures (SOPs) for ICUs (Intensive cer service, cardiac monitor, pulse Saha, President of People For Bet- designated units, any untoward extent, Mr. Nawaz Sharif had to face the same challenges of backwardness, Care Units) and CCUs (Critical oximeter and 24x7 oxygen supply ter Treatment, said although the treatment or dealings with the pa- Care Units) would not only elevate are some of the key necessities in specific requirements for an ICU tient is less prone to be exposed to which has to be made creative in bringing a contemporary atmosphere to standards of treatment in the units a functional ICU. "It's in the Clini- may vary from country to coun- his/her family waiting outside, he but also thwart disreputable hos- cal (Establishments) Act. Since pa- try, and even between hospitals added. Kunal Saha blamed the both India and Pakistan. Even then various parts of India as well as Pakistan pitals from fleecing patients, say tients are not in the know, they are within the same country, minimal Indian medical authorities, in- some experts, while others assert billed extra for oxygen supply (and standards for running a CCU must cluding the health departments have their own peculiarities which will certainly create problems for the there is no need for additional the like)," Saha said. be maintained, as outlined by and Medical Council of India, guidelines. "A patient admitted The issues of excess billing and Society of Critical Care Medicine for being "painfully silent" and to a general bed in a hospital is unwarranted shifting of patients (SCCM in the US), by all hospitals. "never caring" for the hapless pa- reformers. Yet, it is a beneficial and challenging opportunity, if the Indian charged Rs 2,500 while in the ICU to ICUs and CCUs were hotly de- "All ICUs must have minimal life- tients who are taken for a ride by at the same hospital, he or she is bated and discussed following the saving equipment, including con- these "greedy" private hospitals atmosphere is made useful for this change process. Therefore, the young charged Rs 10,000. The prices vary West Bengal government tabling tinuous oxygen supply, heart-lung by charging inflated bills in the just across the door," M.L. Saha, the Clinical Establishments (Reg- monitor, defribrillator, isolated name of ICUs. and intellectual India as well as similar people in Pakistan can happily join hands to bring about a revolution in both the countries. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon Wednesday, March 15, 2017 OP-ED 7 Arab Spring and Corruption in Pakistan — cricket and beyond its dialectics The corruption-related controversies surrounding a succession of Pakistani leaders has indeed meant that decision-makers at the top of the power echelon have practically lost their moral authority Some may simply say that the BY FARHAN BOKHARI uprisings since 2011 in the Arab undertaken by the cricket board, does owners. In recent years, a crash in ag- are unable to keep pace with foreign com- riday’s high-profile suspension of not necessarily suggest that the problem ricultural income has practically erased petitors owing to the cost being incurred world have not achieved their two Pakistan cricketers — Sharjeel is even beginning to be solved. Indeed, the scope for raising significant new due to corruption. ends. But in the long term, these FKhan and Khalid Latif — on charg- the roots of the issue may well extend far revenue from farm owners. But the big Given such a scenario, Friday’s rev- es of their involvement in an interna- and beyond just one measure aimed at gap in this sector remains the absence elations must not be treated as a flash should be viewed as catalysts for tional corruption scam, raises more cleansing just one sport of malpractices. of a legal framework to bring this sector in the pan. It must serve as a powerful change in the entire region questions than answers on the south In fact, the sorry episode that led to Fri- under the tax laws. reminder of the ultimate consequences Asian country’s ability to comprehen- day’s revelations must serve as a power- More broadly, however, the failure to of Pakistan’s increasing acceptance of BY MUSTAPHA KARKOUTI sively clean up itself. ful reminder of a central problem faced fill the gaps in the existing tax collection corruption as a fact of daily life. Indeed, Key officials from the Pakistan Cricket by the country — the increasing accept- system and the failure to tightly enforce a clean-up in Pakistan cricket was long part from Tunisia, where the Arab Spring Board (PCB) proudly revealed the deci- ability of corruption. the law around dodgy individuals have overdue, but it would be meaningless if has made some significant changes, the sion to suspend the players as a reform- In the past year, that acceptability has indeed cost Pakistan dear. The issue is that is done in isolation from the way the AArab world continues to be miserably ist act. And yet, cleaning up Pakistan’s emerged as a powerful issue in the wake not just measurable in financial terms. country is run. trapped in an unprecedented tragic predica- national sport — cricket — does not even of revelations surrounding Prime Min- More importantly, there are intangible And the clean-up act must begin right ment that has been increasingly and danger- qualify to be counted as a tip of the ice- ister Nawaz Sharif’s three children and elements — the most vital being a coun- at the top of the country’s ruling struc- ously threatening — with different degrees berg, so far as reforming the country is their massive wealth stashed away over- trywide culture of tax evasion. ture. The corruption-related controver- — the livelihood of the population. Reacting concerned. seas. The discovery of that wealth in the The scourge of corruption across Paki- sies surrounding a succession of Pakistani to oppressively dictatorial rule in the region, Pakistanis are indeed passionate about so called ‘Panama leaks’ has been fol- stan has taken its toll on the workings of leaders has indeed meant that decision- people spontaneously took their anger to the cricket and the sport has the undisputed lowed by ongoing Supreme Court inves- the government and the private sector. makers at the top of the power echelon streets of several Arab capitals in search of an- status as the national pastime. Yet, Fri- tigations. Its too early to predict the out- Examples of the former tainted with cor- have practically lost their moral author- swers to their misery. It all happened following day’s reported revelation did not mark come, but the very fact that the case has ruption range from offices of municipal ity, either to lead by example and/or force the popular success of the uprising in Tunisia the first time that the practice of graft in emerged in public domain is a step in the services to basic utilities such as gas and others to become reform oriented. against the regime of former president Zine Al cricket became known. right direction. electricity, stretching right up to the po- On the streets of Pakistan, ordinary Abidine Bin Ali, who ruthlessly ruled the coun- In areas across the board, including Yet, the fundamental issue for Pakistan lice force. All these represent segments folks have the right to resist reforms try for almost three decades. other sports, match-fixing is known to is indeed that of just too many loopholes where corruption is so deep-rooted that undertaken in the name of battling cor- Ever since, heated discussions have been tak- have taken place. While these revelations that have allowed unscrupulous citizens graft is completely acceptable! ruption, unless backed by examples of ing place everywhere in the region, and among have struck an emotional chord with to indulge in corrupt practices. Meanwhile, the private sector has also a clean-up getting underway at the top. foreign observers as well, over the outcome, Pakistan’s cricket fans, the country’s evo- At one end of the spectrum, there are learnt to measure up to the name of the It is possible that beyond the two crick- relative success and the purpose of the Arab lution in the past few years has raised laws framed under a previous tenure of game. Private entrepreneurs have learnt eters named on Friday, others in the Spring. The latter has been mostly a series of plenty of questions over its direction. Sharif as prime minister that allow in- to work with corrupt practices as a cost world of Pakistani cricket will be taken unpredictably anti-government protests, upris- There are fundamentally two inter- dividuals to keep unlimited foreign cur- factor built into their systems. The ad- to task, but the issue extends far be- ings and in some cases even armed rebellions. related questions. On the one hand, the rency funds in onshore bank accounts, ditional costs are being conveniently yond just the most favourite national World powers, whether directly or indirectly acceptability or not of graft must be seen without revealing the source of their passed on to end-users as charges for the pastime. It is indeed about saving the involved, seem to be sadly looking only into as part of the country’s overall environ- funds. At the other end lies the issue of final products. It is not surprising that future of a nation as a whole. ways of how to make the best out of this calam- ment. But on the other hand, action, as immunity from tax payments for farm certain segments of Pakistan’s businesses COURTESY : GULF NEWS ity. Each power is shamefully considering ways of how to protect their own interests and how to cash in on the fast-changing political map of the Middle East. Social sector may be victim of inadequate budget It is as if history is repeating itself one more time, a hundred years later. It was in 1917 when BY BAPPADITYA CHATTERJEE the then two colonial super powers, Britain and been affecting the quality of education complained. Citing an example of how sector. Roychaudhuri said one reason France, carved out the Levant between them ack of policy directions for ensur- in government schools, where over five the resource crunch has crippled the could be that the sector does not provide after the First World War. The sudden uprising ing quality implementation of pro- lakh teachers posts are vacant. At least implementation of programmes, Nath, a "short-term multiplier effect" to boost shocked a lot of people since it happened after Lgrammes makes the Union Budget 6.4 lakh teachers are untrained," Rai Chairman of West Bengal's Arsenic Task economic growth despite its long-term a long period of an almost total silence over un 2017-18 allocations to ailing core social said, pointing out the Human Resource Force, told IANS: positive impact. interrupted three or four decades of rule, often sectors like education and health inad- Development Ministry budget has re- "The central government recently re- "After demonetisation, the govern- by the same person or dynasty. equate in delivering the benefits, experts mained stagnant at 3.7 per cent of the vised the permissible limit of arsenic to ment's short-term goal is to revive eco- When the uprising happened, it was quickly say. Schemes like Swachh Bharat-Urban total budget. 0.01 milligram per litre of water from 0.05 nomic growth. Real estate and infra- labelled ‘Arab Spring’ — a reference used to and the National Social Assistance Pro- Ten per cent of the schools have single milligram per litre as per the guidelines of structure sectors can provide a positive describe the turmoil in Eastern Europe in 1989, gramme saw no increase, Sarva Shiksha teachers, 30 per cent are without func- the World Health Organization, which is short-term multiplier effect that can that eventually brought down the Soviet Union. Abhiyan got a mere 4.4 per cent rise in tional toilets for girls and 20 per cent do good. But since due to a fund shortage we push up growth in the near-term, but The seemingly well-entrenched Communist allocation, while the Integrated Child De- not provide safe drinking water, he said. faced challenges in maintaining the ear- the social sector cannot offer such mul- bloc began to disintegrate under the influence velopment Services got an enhancement K.J. Nath, former Director of the All lier limit, it would be a daunting task to tiplier impact in the short-run. It has a of popular protests in a domino effect. of about five per cent. India Institute of Hygiene and Public meet the revised standard." long-term positive impact on economic But unlike the Arab countries during their Even though programmes like Swachh Health, said while the Health and Fam- "The Union Budget has neither provid- growth," he said. ‘spring’, most countries in the former Commu- Bharat-Rural and the National Health ily Welfare Ministry has received a wel- ed a policy direction for ensuring quality Again, though the Mahatma Gandhi nist bloc were emboldened by democratic coun- Mission got a double-digit hike in per- come jump of 23 per cent this year at Rs delivery mechanism in public healthcare National Rural Employment Guaran- tries in Western Europe to adopt the latter’s po- centage terms, the experts said the Bud- 48,852 crore, the resource cut in Urban services, nor offered a widespread mar- tee Act (MGNREGA) scheme received litical systems and the principles of free trade get was "disappointing" and "unsatisfac- Health Mission to Rs 752 crore from Rs ket-oriented training in the education the highest allocation ever at Rs 48,000 and market economy. Western democracies also tory", considering the ground realities. 950 crore in the previous budget was sector," Jadavpur University economics crore from the previous year's Rs 38,500 were quick in their efforts to accommodate the "The Budget is disappointing. It paid "unsatisfactory". Professor Ajitava Roychaudhuri said. crore, this is only one per cent more former Soviet satellite European states. no attention to the effective implementa- "The budget announced a target of He, however, welcomed the proposal for than the revised estimate of Rs 47,499 However, events in the Arab World had gone tion of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. eliminating kala-azar and filariasis by launching the Rs 4,000 crore Skill Acquisi- crore for 2016-17. in different directions and the region had un- A mere increase in the Sarva Shiksha Ab- 2017, leprosy by 2018, measles by 2020 tion and Knowledge Awareness for Liveli- "In that sense, the increase in allocation fortunately shifted to an area of uncertainty hiyan (SSA) by Rs 1,000 crore is not going and tuberculosis by 2025. But where are hood Promotion programme (SANKALP) was meagre. The job scheme should have and what now seems to be everlasting gloom. to help in meaningful implementation of the budgetary resources to reach these which intends to provide market-friendly got more allocation, particularly when With no alternative political system and in the the RTE Act," Right To Education Forum targets," Nath asked. training to 3.5 crore youth. the demand in the economy remains absence of a home-grown leadership to take Convenor Ambarish Rai told IANS. The budget allocation for the health Sectors like small and medium indus- subdued. Higher employment and better over, the Arab Spring has brought calamity in- He said only 9.5 per cent schools are sector as a share of the GDP is less than tries and real estate -- which were severe- income under the programme could give stead of solutions to the region. RTE compliant across the country af- one per cent, which falls far short of ly hit by the government's demonetisa- an impetus to demand in the economy," Only Tunisia has managed to chalk out a ter almost seven years after the act be- meeting the long-standing demand of tion exercise -- got some policy measures Raychaudhuri noted. promising path, though it is still economically ing implemented. "Low allocation has upping the this to over two per cent, he but that was not the case with the social IANS unstable. Yemen’s internal crisis has turned into a state of painfully bloody war, resulting from the heinous interference of Iran and its heavy, direct support to Al Houthi rebels and forces of France’s presidential election is becoming a mud fight the former deposed leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Meanwhile, Syria and Libya were quickly drawn BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY As presidential polls into an unprecedented plight that has turned Pen and her fellow party members — a lot for Macron’s enemies to use. The attacks over the last six years into a seemingly permanent he final round of the French presi- approach, French voters of money for Le Pen, given the National have also been personal. He is married to stage of civil, regional and international turmoil. dential election is just three months will need to draw on their Front’s highly publicised financial diffi- his high school French teacher, 24 years These events combined have deeply left their Taway, but the race is already dirtier culties. Le Pen is now suing the European older than he is. A sensationalist publica- marks on the region’s other Arab countries. than the one in the United States last reserves of cynicism, while Parliament, claiming that the investiga- tion known for revealing President Fran- Messy uncertainty year. All three front-runners — indepen- outside observers need a big tion was inspired by a political foe, former cois Hollande’s affair with actress Julie Conditions for an uprising were there for dent centre-left politician Emmanuel speaker Martin Schulz, a German Social Gayet, published a suggestive piece about many years, but it has taken longer to come Macron, centre-right candidate Francois bowl of popcorn Democrat. Macron that it later removed from its about than it should have. The region’s econ- Fillon and nationalist-populist Marine Le There’s potential trouble for Le Pen in website. Macron has sought to deflect the omy by and large was totally stagnant, its re- Pen — have faced accusations of financial regretted the actions, but explained it had France, too, involving the way the Nation- rumours with a joke, telling an audience gimes failed to deliver and were politically wrongdoing. all been legal (indeed, France has lax rules al Front funded its previous campaigns. in Paris that his wife Brigitte wonders how corrupt and repressive. At the same time, the French voters are cynical about their on nepotism) and accepted custom at the The party employed the companies of he could lead a double life if he’s with her region’s youth, representing most of the popu- politicians. Last summer, a survey by time; though 65 per cent of French voters Le Pen’s close friends to print campaign all the time. So far, the polls still have him lation, were hugely disenchanted, which led to Harris Interactive for the French office of were unconvinced. materials and set up websites, allegedly at beating Le Pen in a run-off. the triggering of the uprising that took almost Transparency International found that Fillon, scarred and pushed back in the inflated prices, and then got the govern- So far, Fillon has suffered the most from everyone by surprise. The uprising of 2011 was 54 per cent of the French believed their polls by “Penelopegate”, is now being ment to reimburse the expenses, as it is the dirt eruption, probably because of the undoubtedly the long-awaited reaction to au- country’s elite to be corrupt, for the most extra careful about observing campaign obliged to do when a party meets a cer- virtuous image he had tried to cultivate tocratic rule, anger at the security apparatus part. That share goes up to about three finance laws. After all, Sarkozy has just tain threshold of support. before the payments to his family came of these regimes, ever-rising prices and the quarters for local and European legisla- been ordered to stand trial for the cam- The National Front also took out expen- to light. Eurosceptic Le Pen may end up ghoulish corruption that had become the main tors, the president and the national gov- paign spending violations in his failed sive loans from Jeanne, a microparty set benefiting from her spat with the Europe- source of income for certain unscrupulous in- ernment. Scandals are part of daily life 2012 campaign, and Fillon would rather up by Le Pen, and had them repaid from an Parliament — her usual defence, that dividuals and state officials. and they won’t necessarily affect the out- be outspent than faced with another government coffers after the campaigns corrupt, cosmopolitan elites are against Unlike 1989 Communist Europe, the 2011 come of the election, but the circus is in scandal. ended. Le Pen hasn’t been charged with her, has worked well with that electorate Arab Spring countries had no unified vision full swing, anyway. Le Pen faces her own ethical problems. any wrongdoing or even interrogated, but so far. As Americans saw with Republican of the political and economic model that they Last week, Fillon announced grimly The biggest of these comes from Brussels, there’s still plenty of time for this to blow candidate and eventual President Donald would like to bring in to replace the existing that he’d stay in the race despite revela- where she too, is accused of paying fake up before the election — just as there’s Trump, attempts to accuse a nationalist one. In fact, there were countries that had no tions that he’d paid his family members parliamentary aides. Le Pen is a member time for a potential scandal involving the candidate of corruption can backfire. Le idea of any model whatsoever. Additionally, about $1 million (Dh3.67 million) out of of the European Parliament, and as such, property declarations of Le Pen and her Pen is immunising herself by playing Joan there were, and still are, several political and his parliamentary budget for services op- she is given a $25,700 monthly budget for father, National Front founder Jean-Ma- of Arc in slick videos like the one released economic models that differentiate between ponents claim were never rendered. Juicy payments to staff. rie Le Pen. They are being investigated for last week. one country from the other. This of course, ex- details just kept coming: He’d paid his The staff members, however, are allegedly undervaluing their properties It’s likely that the candidates will be plains why the nature of protests in each of the wife Penelope a severance fee after laying meant to work on the European agenda listed in the declarations. showered with more mud in the remain- countries affected by Arab Spring was different her off as his aide; he’d employed his sons and to live in Brussels, and, according to Even political novice Macron, whose ing time before the vote, and DSGE, the in scope and aim. for legal services though they hadn’t been the conclusions of a European Parliament experience in government is limited to a French intelligence service, expects Rus- So, was the Arab Spring a failure? qualified lawyers; he’d paid them all more investigation, Le Pen and other legisla- short stint as economic minister, is under sia to support Le Pen’s candidacy with Some will simplistically say, ‘yes’, based on the than the going rates for parliamentary tors from her National Front party have a cloud. In a recently published book, he attempts to compromise her rivals using assumption that the intifada (uprising) has not aides. All this from someone who took the misused the funds by essentially paying was accused of using ministry funds to social networks. French voters will yet achieved its political and economic aims. But in high moral ground as he fought for the people to work for the party in France. start his presidential campaign. Both he need to draw on their reserves of cyni- the long term, the Arab Spring should be viewed centre-right nomination, using their own The European Parliament is trying to and government officials have vehement- cism, and outside observers need a big as a catalyst for change in the entire region. financial scandals against rivals Nicolas recover about half a million euros from ly denied the charge and it has not led to bowl of popcorn. COURTESY : AL-JAZEERA Sarkozy and Alain Juppe. Fillon said he the parliamentary group that includes Le an investigation, but it’s still out there COURTESY : GULF NEWS

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon 8 International Wednesday, March 15, 2017

WORLD SNIPPETS Turkey slams EU officials in row Theresa May hails ‘defining’ Brexit moment

Anger over UK ship’s damage to over Netherlands campaigning London, March 14 (IANS) which is expected to happen at pristine reef Ankara, March 14 (IANS) talks, while Mr Erdogan ac- country, including an estimat- Parliament’s backing for the end of March. It also comes The Turkish foreign ministry cused the Dutch of using Nazi ed 400,000 in the Netherlands. the government’s Brexit bill after Scottish First Minister has rejected a call by top EU tactics. The Dutch govern- The Dutch authorities barred will be a “defining moment Nicola Sturgeon said she want- London, March 14 (IANS) Two weeks ago, a British-owned officials to show restraint in a ment cited “risks to public two Turkish cabinet ministers for our whole country”, ed an independence referen- cruise ship accidentally ran aground in one of Indonesia’s row with the Netherlands over order and security” as reasons from addressing crowds in the Theresa May has told MPs. dum to be held between the most pristine coral reefs, causing extensive damage. For lo- political campaigning. for blocking the Turkish ral- city of Rotterdam, with Min- The prime minister said autumn of 2018 and the spring cal people, who rely on dive tourism, it is a sad and worrying It described as “worthless” lies. Turkey’s foreign ministry ister of Family Affairs Fatma her timetable of triggering of the following year. time. an appeal by EU foreign pol- said it was “grave” of the EU to Betul Sayan Kaya escorted to formal negotiations by the Welcoming Parliament’s “I was born here, I was in tears when I saw this damage,” icy chief Federica Mogherini stand by the Netherlands. the German border after enter- end of March remained on backing for her Brexit bill, the said Ruben Sauyai. and EU Enlargement Com- On Monday, Ms Mogherini ing the Netherlands by land. track. And she told the SNP - PM told MPs: “This will be “The damage is huge and acute. It could take 10 to 100 years missioner Johannes Hahn. and Mr Hahn had called on Prime Minister Rutte said which has called for a second a defining moment for our to repair it.” The row erupted after the Turkey to “refrain from exces- the city authorities had feared independence referendum - whole country as we begin A professional diving instructor, Mr Sauyai, 30, runs a home Dutch barred Turkish minis- sive statements and actions an armed clash between Ms not to “play politics or create to forge the new relationship stay and dive centre on Raja Ampat, a remote and idyllic is- ters from campaigning among that risk further exacerbating Kaya’s security detail and lo- uncertainty or division”. with Europe and a new role for land chain in the west of Indonesia’s Papua province. expatriates for a referendum. the situation”. cal police. Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn ourselves in the world.” Brexit, “Some people work as fishermen or farmers, but mostly we It comes before one of the However, responding to While the Dutch position accused the government of she said, would “work for the work in the tourism sector,” said Mr Sauyai, who started up most closely fought Dutch the diplomatic sanctions an- was that the rallies posed a being “complacent”. Mrs whole of the United King- his dive centre six years ago. elections in years. nounced by Turkey, Dutch threat to public order, the EU May’s statement to MPs on dom”, adding: “That’s why Tens of thousands of people have been to visit the under- The referendum would con- Prime Minister Mark Rutte has made very clear its unease last week’s European Coun- we have been working closely water beauty of the area in recent years. troversially boost the powers said they were “not too bad”. over the Turkish referendum cil summit came after the EU with the devolved administra- But on 4 March, the 4,290-tonne Caledonian Sky, owned of Turkish President Recep Rallies were called to encour- itself. withdrawal bill was backed by tions, including the Scottish by British company Noble Caledonia, was completing a bird- Tayyip Erdogan. age Turkey’s large expatri- In their statement on Mon- the House of Lords, clearing government - listening to their watching tourism trip on Waigeo Island when it veered slight- In response to the Dutch ate communities in the EU day, Ms Mogherini and Mr the way for it to receive Royal proposals and recognising ly off course. move, Turkey barred the to vote Yes in a referendum Hahn voiced concern that it Assent and become law. This the many areas of common It ran aground during low tide, smashing through the coral Dutch ambassador from re- on 16 April on expanding the could lead to an “excessive gives her the power to invoke ground, such as protecting reefs. An early official evaluation last week said the incident turning to Ankara and sus- president’s powers. Some 5.5 concentration of powers in Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty workers rights and our secu- had damaged approximately 1,600 sq m of coral in one of the pended high-level political million Turks live outside the one office”. and begin formal negotiations, rity from crime and terrorism. world’s most beautiful reefs. Videos recorded by various divers show that the reefs had been eroded by the hull, leaving large bleached scratches. It was an “unfortunate” incident, said Noble Caledonia, Kim Jong-nam death: Malaysia ‘to Storm Stella: North- adding that they were “firmly committed to protection of the environment” and fully backed an investigation. eastern US states hit Ricardo Tapilatu, head of the Research Center for Pacific deport 50 North Koreans’ Marine Resources at the University of Papua is part of the of- Kuala Lumpur, March 14 (IANS) but there is widespread suspicion rently in Malaysia. Deputy Prime by huge snowstorms ficial evaluation team. Malaysia says it will deport 50 North Pyongyang was responsible. In- Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Koreans for overstaying their visas, vestigators have demanded it hand the 50 North Korean overstayers in New York, March 14 (IANS) The north-east- despite its recent ban on North over suspects, three of whom are Sarawak would be deported “soon”, ern US states of New York and New Jersey have Taiwan ex-leader Ma Ying-jeou Koreans leaving the country. The thought to be hiding in North Ko- without giving any explanation of declared states of emergency as a huge winter charged over secrets leak group were working in Sarawak on rea’s embassy in Malaysia. what prompted the move. storm sweeps in, bringing heavy snow. Borneo island, Malaysia said. But North Korea has demanded He also said that Kim Jong-nam’s The US National Weather Service has issued But it did not say why the gov- Malaysia turn over Kim Jong-nam’s body had been embalmed to pre- blizzard warnings for parts of Maine, Pennsyl- Taipei, March 14 (IANS) Taiwanese prosecutors have ernment had decided to expel body and strongly denied any role vent it from decomposing. vania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. charged former president Ma Ying-jeou with leaking secret them despite the ban, which was in the killing. Last week, Malaysia finally for- Schools are closed and thousands of flights information obtained from wiretapping a political opponent. imposed in response to a similar On Monday its deputy ambas- mally identified the murder victim have been cancelled. Mr Ma has insisted he did not break any laws as he was move by Pyongyang. sador to the UN, Kim In-ryong, told as Kim Jong-nam. Authorities had The conditions caused German Chancellor merely fulfilling his duty as head of state. Ties between the two remain journalists that “from A to Z, this said DNA from an immediate fam- Angela Merkel to postpone a trip to Washing- If found guilty, he may be jailed for up to three years for tense after the murder of the North case is the product of reckless moves ily member was necessary to do ton to meet President Trump. each charge. Korean leader’s half-brother in Ma- of the United States and South Ko- this, but did not say whether they With winds of up to 60mph (100km/h), Win- The criminal charges are in addition to a separate legal case laysia last month. rean authorities’. The reciprocal had obtained this or how. ter Storm Stella is likely to cause severe disrup- relating to the same matter in 2013. Kim Jong-nam was killed with a travel ban has left nine Malaysian It is not clear where Mr Kim’s tion for commuters across many parts of the Mr Ma’s eight-year presidency ended in 2016, when his potent nerve agent at Kuala Lum- nationals stranded in North Korea. wife and children are, although his north-east, forecasters say. Kuomintang party lost to the Democratic Progressive Party pur airport. Malaysia has not di- The Malaysian authorities say there son appeared in a video last week In all, about 50 million people across Amer- (DPP) in last year’s general election. Prosecutors say that Mr rectly blamed North Korea for this, are about 1,000 North Koreans cur- and said the family were together. ica are under a blizzard warning. A 24-hour Ma ordered that the contents of secretly-recorded phone calls blizzard warning was issued by the US National between DPP lawmaker Ker Chien-ming and the parliamen- Weather Service from midnight (04:00 GMT tary Speaker be given to other officials. save the vessel,” he said. Tuesday) for New York, Connecticut and New They said that by giving this order, Mr Ma broke laws on Somali pirates suspected of first The vessel was carrying oil Jersey. “Snowfall amounts in excess of a foot the protection of personal information, release of secrets, and and was owned by the Unit- are likely inland along with strong and gusty communications security and surveillance. ship hijacking since 2012 ed Arab Emirates (UAE), de- winds,” the agency said. Mr Ma has argued that he was merely carrying out his respon- Mogadishu, March 14 until increased patrols by the district commissioner spite conflicting reports over Winter storm warnings were also posted sibilities as president, as the content of those phone calls related (IANS) An oil tanker has European naval forces con- in the town of Alula, near the flag it was sailing under, from eastern West Virginia to Maine. to alleged influence-peddling by Mr Ker and the Speaker. Mr Ma been hijacked by suspect- tained the problem. where the ship has been he added. The chairman for “During its height we could see snowfall rates has argued that he was merely carrying out his responsibilities ed pirates off the coast of The vessel was en route taken, told the BBC he Puntland’s anti-piracy agen- of 1-3 inches (2.5-7.6cm), even up to four inch- as president, as the content of those phone calls related to al- Somalia, reports say, the from Djibouti to the So- was trying to find out if cy, Abdirizak Mohamed es per hour,” said Alan Dunham, a meteorolo- leged influence-peddling by Mr Ker and the Speaker. first such hijacking in the mali capital, Mogadishu, the gunmen really were Dirir told the BBC the at- gist based in Taunton, Massachusetts. More Mr Ma has already appeared in court several times in re- region in five years. The and was then diverted fishermen or were organ- tack could be linked to ille- than 6,800 flights have been cancelled, tracking cent months for a separate lawsuit brought by Mr Ker over ship sent a distress signal towards the port of Alula ised pirates. “The men gal fishing along Somalia’s service FlightAware reported, with airports in the same matter. That case’s verdict is set to be announced on Monday evening, saying in the semi-autonomous who are holding it claim coast. “Incidents of piracy New York, Washington, Boston, Baltimore and later this month His supporters say he is a victim of political it was being approached region of Puntland. that they are fishermen have reduced. However, we Philadelphia worst hit. score-settling. by high-speed boats. The Its tracking system has who suffered from the il- cannot ignore the problems Schools will be closed on Tuesday in New gunmen have told a local reportedly been switched legal fishing in the area. caused illegal fishing on our York, Providence, Rhode Island and in some official they are fishermen off. The Sri Lankan For- However, if we confirm shores; regardless who is in- towns across Massachusetts and Connecticut. Huge weapons haul seized by whose equipment was de- eign Ministry has con- that they are pirates, I will volved and where they are Declaring a state of emergency, New York Spanish police stroyed by illegal fishing firmed that eight of its na- ask them to leave the area from, it’s something we have Governor Andrew Cuomo said commuters vessels.Piracy was ram- tionals were on board. Ali immediately. Otherwise, been complaining about for should expect road closures, delays and can- pant off the Somali coast Shire Mohamud Osman, we will see how we can so long,” he said. cellations. Madrid, March 14 (IANS) Spanish Police have released striking pictures of a huge weapons haul seized from an or- ganised crime group. It includes over 10,000 assault rifles, machine guns, pistols, revolvers, and 400 shells and grenades. Bali policeman killing: Sara The guns and ammunition were seized in January during Saudi Arabia launches girls’ an operation against firearms trafficking. Connor to weigh up appeal Investigators also found an illegal workshop with machin- Sydney, March 14 (IANS) An But a court could impose council - without any girls ery to manipulate and reactivate weapons, near Bilbao. Five Australian woman jailed over a lengthier sentence or rein- Riyadh, March 14 (IANS) took place on Saturday. cil is chaired by Princess people were arrested. the killing of an Indonesian state her original, more seri- It was an encouraging ini- It has been compared to Abir bint Salman, his wife, Cash amounting to 80,000 euros (£70,000 / $85,000) was policeman will decide wheth- ous charges on appeal. tiative for a country not another viral hit - an im- who was not in the pho- seized. The operation involved counter-terror police from er to appeal against her four- The pair have always in- known for giving women age of US President Don- tograph. In Saudi Arabia, Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia and Gerona. year sentence. sisted they were acting in self a platform in public life. ald Trump, surrounded a state policy of gender Europol, which supported the investigation, said the fire- Sara Connor, 46, had denied defence. Connor said she had But when Saudi Arabia by men, signing an abor- segregation between un- arms were sold in Spain, France and Belgium. playing any role in Wayan Su- only tried to separate the men wanted to show off its in- tion policy in January. related men and women It said some of the weapons were deactivated, but did not darsa’s fatal assault on Bali’s when they fought. The court augural girls’ council in The Saudi launch was is rigorously enforced. comply with established standards. Kuta beach last August. had heard Taylor and Connor al-Qassim province, they led by Prince Faisal bin But the country may be Criminals acquired the arsenal largely through auctions She and her UK boyfriend, were enjoying a night on the overlooked one thing: the Mishal bin Saud, the moving toward loosening and other legal channels before reactivating it. 34-year-old David Taylor, beach on 16 August when they women. province’s governor, who some of its rules as part The gang had been using a sports shop as a front for its dis- were jailed on Monday. He became aware her handbag Pictures released to said he was proud of the of its Vision 2030 pro- tribution centre - which in reality sold firearms, weapon com- will not contest his six-year was missing, and separated to mark the first Qassim conference and it was gramme. ponents and ammunition. Police said the weapons would sentence. search for it. Girls Council meeting the first of its kind in the Its goals included in- have had an easy journey onto the black market, and into the Taylor, originally from Hali- Taylor has said he ap- showed 13 men on stage, kingdom. creasing women’s partici- hands of terrorists or organised crime groups. fax, was found guilty of hitting proached Mr Sudarsa believ- and not a single female. “In the Qassim region, pation in the workforce Europol said firearms traffickers exploit legal loopholes and Mr Sudarsa with a bottle and ing the policeman may have The women were ap- we look at women as sis- from 22% to 30%. In his legislative differences between EU countries to divert guns binoculars. stolen the bag, and the en- parently in another room, ters to men, and we feel a speech to launch the girls’ from legal suppliers. Reactivating deactivated weapons is Connor has seven days to counter escalated into a fight. linked via video. responsibility to open up council, Prince Faisal said one of Europe’s main sources of illegal guns. The agency decide whether she will ap- Mr Sudarsa’s body was The male-dominated more and more opportu- women make up half of said it had seen a significant increase in the number being peal. With time already served found a day later with dozens photos have been circu- nities that will serve the society, although looking supplied to criminals since 2014. and good behaviour, she could of wounds to his head, chest lating widely on social work of women and girls,” at that picture, you would be free within three years. and neck. media, after the meeting he said. The girls’ coun- not know it. Indian Horizon Wednesday - March 15, 2017 Business 9 Taxes under GST ‘to increase a ‘No optimal utilisation of internet bit’, says CBEC Chairman gateway due to technical reasons’ New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) states and the Centre,” Shah told the new indirect tax regime are Agartala, March 14 (IANS) India’s fic along with the international traffic been established between Akhaura While the effective rate of indi- IANS. finalised by April 1, so that the third International Internet Gateway through the third IIG (in Agartala).” (along Agartala) and Cox’s Bazar in rect taxes under the new Goods “Rates is an issue that is sensi- industry has three months to (IIG) in Agartala through Cox’s Bazar Quoting Bharat Sanchar Nigam Lim- southeast Bangladesh. and Services Tax (GST) regime tive and will be determined only prepare for the transition. in Bangladesh was not being optimally ited (BSNL) officials, Chakraborty said India has to give around Rs 8 crore still remains unclear, as fitment by the Council,” he said. “That should give everybody exploited due to technical reasons, Tri- the government-owned telecom ser- per year as rent to the BSCCL. in tax slabs is under way, the Revenue Secretary Hasmukh time to adjust to the new re- pura’s Information Technology Minis- vice provider is yet to synchronise its According to the agreement signed Central Board of Excise and Cus- Adhia recently announced that quirements. We have trained ter Tapan Chakraborty said on Tues- mobile data service with the Agartala between BSNL and BSCCL, if the de- toms (CBEC) has said that taxes the Council has increased the 49,000 officers of the states and day. IIG. The Minister said the BSNL disin- mand increases, the BSNL can avail up were likely to “increase a bit” cGST (central GST) and sGST the Centre till last week. Goods “Due to technical deficiencies of the vestment plan was resulting in loss of to 40 gigabit bandwidth using the same from the current level. (state GST) peak tax rate from and Services Tax Network 10 gigabit bandwidth capacity IIG in customers in the country. infrastructure. “That is our belief (that the 14 per cent to 20 per cent each, (GSTN) -- GST’s IT infrastruc- Agartala through Cox’s Bazar in Ban- He said that of the total 27.56 lakh Earlier, the northeastern states got current level of taxation will not amounting to a peak rate of 40 ture arm -- and CBEC together gladesh, only 6.1 gigabit bandwidth is mobile phone customers in Tripura, internet connectivity through Mumbai lessen at least for first five years). per cent. Though the current tax will now conduct trainings, so being utilised,” Chakraborty told the only 433,540 subscribe to BSNL service and Chennai IIGs, but long distance It will be the same, that’s our slabs will remain the same, the that people know how to file state assembly. and the remaining prefer private tele- created problems like very slow speed belief, and it will increase a bit,” peak rate has been increased for their returns,” he said. He said: “For optimal utilisation of com operators. Prime Minister Naren- and drop of linkages. CBEC Chairman Najib Shah told future contingencies, Adhia had “Outreach programmes from the Agartala IIG, a Gateway GPRS Sup- dra Modi and his Bangladesh counter- Meanwhile, a media report in Ban- IANS in an interview here. said. CBEC Chairman also said April 1 are going to be mas- port Node (GGSN) has to be set up here part Sheikh Hasina, along with Tripura gladesh said Bhutan too is keen to Shah said that the fitment of that GST is being looked upon sive. We are targeting all ma- at a cost of Rs 300 crore. Through the Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, on March import internet bandwidth from Ban- goods and services in the four as bringing about a possible 1-2 jor towns. We will first create Agartala IIG, the international internet 23 last year inaugurated the 3rd IIG gladesh. “To export bandwidth to tax slabs -- 5 per cent, 12 per per cent increase in GDP. a group of master trainers and traffic is being transmitted. However, through videoconferencing from their Bhutan, Bangladesh will have to use cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent “Whenever we talk of GST, then ask them to train the trade the domestic internet traffic, which is respective offices in New Delhi, Dhaka Indian territory; fibre optical cable will -- is a work in progress. we talk of a possible increase in and industry,” he added. 60 per cent of the total, is being routed and Agartala. also need to be laid. State Minister for Apart from the tax rates, there GDP by 1-2 per cent. That’s the Shah said that he hoped the through the old Guwahati-Kolkata- The Agartala IIG is the third such Post and Telecommunications Tarana will also be a cess on top of it, sort of belief we have got, he GSTN portal is able to handle Chennai internet route.” internet gateway after Mumbai and Halim got a positive response from In- which will form the corpus to said. Where is that GDP going the massive rush that it will see The Minister said the Tripura gov- Chennai. India has spent Rs 19.14 crore dia when she discussed the issue with compensate the states for any to come from? He said that with post July 1. “Existing VAT deal- ernment has urged the Centre to im- to create the infrastructure for the third Indian authorities,” the media report revenue loss for the first five the implementation of GST, tax ers, central excise assessees and prove the internet connectivity of the IIG in Agartala to get access to the 10 said. Bangladesh has a 200 gbps band- years of implementation of GST. evasion should come down as all service tax assessees are approx- northeastern states by optimally utilis- gigabit bandwidth from Bangladesh width connection with the submarine “The Council will determine filings will be IT driven and eva- imately over six million. The to- ing the Agartala IIG. Submarine Cable Company Limited cable: South East Asia-Middle East- the commodities which will sion will get difficult. tal number of assessees (under “The GGSN machine must be set up (BSCCL). Western Europe 4, but the country uses have the cess. We will suggest, He also said the GST regime is GST) will be lesser than that as here and transmit the domestic traf- For this, optical fibre cable link has only around 130 gbps now. but all decisions will be taken by likely to be rolled out by July 1. there is some overlap. Instead of the Council because, after all, it The Chairman said that it will filing three returns, they would is a question of revenue for the ensure that the laws regarding be filing one return now. Intel, TAG Heuer unveil new connected watch

nected watch that sup- 45 upon request,” the Telecom regulator seeks opinion ports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, company said in a state- GPS, and Near Field Com- ment. Based on the Intel munication. Atom Z34XX processor, for ease of doing business Fitted with a small mi- the TAG Heuer Connect- processes that a telecom licensee is required to crophone, the watch en- ed Modular 45 runs the go through, should be simplified and combined ables the user to commu- Android Wear 2.0 plat- to the extent possible to economise on efforts nicate with it via voice, in form and comes equipped on part of the telecom service providers (TSPs) addition to touchscreen with 1.39-inch AMOLED as well as the government,” the sector regulator capabilities. touchscreen display, 2.5 said in a statement. “The watch provides sapphire cover glass, du- “Therefore, it is important to identify the bot- unique customisation ca- rable titanium case and tlenecks, obstacles or hindrances that are mak- pabilities to enable more 4GB of memory. ing it difficult to do telecom business in India and than 500 style choices. thus, require regulatory intervention,” it added. Consumers can select The watch will be avail- New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Planning to iron The TRAI mentioned that some of the processes from 56 different versions able in satin or polished out all the hurdles in doing telecom business in that could be reviewed for ease of doing business New Delhi, March 14 on Tuesday unveiled a of the watch -- 11 stan- grade 5 titanium starting India, the sector regulator on Tuesday sought are - matters related to unified licence; spectrum (IANS) Intel and Swiss new “TAG Heuer Con- dard models offered in- March 14 at tagheuer. comments from industry stakeholders. allotment and use; provision of telecom services watch maker TAG Heuer nected Modular 45” con- store with an additional com, TAG Heuer stores, In a paper ‘Ease of doing Telecom Business using satellite media and merger and acquisition in India’, the stakeholders have been requested policy. to provide inputs with detailed explanation “In addition, there can be processes in other OPPO to launch and justification by April 11, 2017. The Telecom areas which may be requiring simplification. The Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will analyse stakeholders are requested to identify such areas selfie-focused F3 Plus in five markets them and, if required, take further necessary ac- of concern and review the existing processes and tion for simplification of processes. suggest mechanisms that ease the business ac- OPPO will simultaneously launch F3 Plus of the F3 “The Authority is of the opinion that various tivity,” said the statement. Series in five key markets -- India, Indonesia, Myan- mar, the Philippines and Vietnam. The F3 Series is OPPO’s first-ever dual selfie camera for the “Selfie Uber launches selfie powered account gets temporarily blocked Expert” which can capture high-quality images in a while Uber looks into the situation. 16MP main-camera and 8MP sub-camera, the com- Real-Time ID check in India "It also protects riders by building pany said in a statement. “The F3 Series will take New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) compare selfie to the one corre- another layer of accountability into selfie technology onto another level as well as it sets For the security of both riders and sponding with the account on file. the app to ensure the right person new trends. We are confident it will be a great success drivers, cab-aggregator Uber has According to a Uber blog post on is behind the wheel. We believe this and will set a standard that others will follow,” added launched a Real-Time ID Check in Monday, this feature prevents fraud new initiative will go a long way in Sky Li, OPPO Global Vice President and President of India that prompts drivers to take a and protects drivers' accounts from keeping our riders and drivers in OPPO India.The F3 Series is OPPO’s first-ever dual selfie before they accept rides. The being compromised. If the driver's the city safe and our rides reliable New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) China-based OPPO on selfie camera for the “Selfie Expert” which can cap- latest security feature using Micro- selfie does not match with the pho- like never before," said Joe Sullivan, Tuesday announced the launch of its new dual selfie ture high-quality images in a 16MP main-camera and soft Cognitive Services to instantly to registered in his/her account, the Chief Security Officer, Uber. camera F3 Plus across five markets from March 23. 8MP sub-camera, the company said in a statement.

Dell EMC, Prysm to strengthen India’s Wholesale Price Index Rate of Inflation Base: 2004-05=100 6.55% smart city ecosystem 5.25% New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) has the competencies to de- have individual dashboards for Dell EMC and cloud-based so- velop a strong digital blueprint each of the utilities and pro- lutions-provider Prysm Inc. on and foundation for smart cities, vide an opportunity to consoli- Tuesday announced a partner- our partners bring expertise of date all utility parameters into -0.85% ship to address the smart city applications for enablement of a single, unified dashboard, in Feb Jan Feb opportunities in India. smart services,” said Ravinder real-time. “Strategic ecosys- Under this partnership, P. Singh, Director (Strategic tem partnerships are crucial 2016 2017 2017 Prysm will contribute com- and Mega Business) Dell EMC. to ensure success of India’s All Primary Articles Fuel and Power Manufactured mand and control centre im- Prysm’s large format content smart city vision,” said Kumar Commodities (Weight: 20.12%) (Weight: 14.91%) Products plementations and dashboards collaboration and mobile solu- GB, Vice President, Asia Pacific, for smart cities. “While Dell tion will allow smart cities to Prysm Inc. (Weight: 64.97%) 6.55% 5.00% 21.02% 3.66% CPCB orders Tata Chemicals to shut down

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Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Indian On the last trading day, March 10, NSE Nifty BSE Sensex equity markets on Tuesday surged the benchmark indices had inched Intra-day on March 14, 2017 Intra-day on March 14, 2017 to touch new 52-week-high levels up on the back of strong rupee, High:9,122.75 Low:9,060.50 High: 29,561.93 Low:29,356.05 following crucial state election re- fresh inflow of foreign funds and 152.45 Close: 496.40 Close: sults declared on March 11. positive global cues. (1.71%) 9,087.00 (1.71%) 29,442.63 The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the The NSE Nifty gained 7.55 points National Stock Exchange (NSE) or 0.08 per cent to 8,934.55 points, touched a new record intra-day while the barometer Sensex was up Open: Open: 9,091.65 29,437.23 high, and a new closing high level by 17.10 points or 0.06 per cent to last seen on March 4, 2015. 28,946.23 points. Previous close: 8,934.55 Previous close: 28,946.23 Similarly, the barometer 30-scrip “Markets surged higher on Tues- sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE day on the back of the massive BJP 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 1314 15 16 touched its new 52-week-high level victory in the UP (Uttar Pradesh) in 24 months. Besides, investors’ assembly elections. The Nifty also mean that markets will look at ficer of Tradebulls, said: “IT, bank- sentiments were lifted by a strong touched new life highs of 9,120.6 Q4 more expectantly.” The Whole- ing, pharma, auto, oil-gas and Beijing, March 14 (IANS) Retail trade decline in car sales -- affected by the par- rupee, fresh inflow of foreign funds before finally closing above the sale Price Index (WPI) data was re- textile sector stocks traded with in China began 2017 with a cumulative tial withdrawal of the tax incentive they and healthy buying which was wit- 9,000 levels for the first time in his- leased during the day’s trade, and firm sentiments, while aviation, increase of 9.5 per cent between January enjoyed until the end of the year -- fell by nessed in capital goods, banking tory,” Deepak Jasani, Head - Retail this was followed by the Consumer FMCG, cement and power sector and February -- as compared to the same 1 per cent from 2016. Industrial produc- and consumer durables stocks. Research, HDFC Securities, told Price Index (CPI) figures which stocks witnessed healthy buying.” period in 2016 -- which is below econo- tion or industrial value-added, too, ex- The NSE Nifty closed the day’s IANS. “Major Asian markets have were released after the end of mar- “Telecom sector stocks witnessed mists’ expectations of 10.5 percent and perienced a slight rise of 6.3 per cent, as trade with a gain of 152.45 points ended on a mixed note, while Euro- ket hours. Official data showed that some selling pressure due to profit also its slowest growth in 11 years since compared to 5.4 per cent in the same pe- or 1.71 per cent, at 9,087 points af- pean indices like CAC 40 and DAX the annual rate of inflation based booking.” Sector-wise, the S&P February 2006, official date revealed on riod in 2016. This indicator measures the ter touching a new high of 9,120.6 traded lower.” Anand James, Chief on wholesale prices (WPI) rose to BSE capital goods index augment- Tuesday. activity of large companies with an an- points. The BSE Sensex, which Market Strategist, Geojit Financial 6.55 per cent in February, and the ed by 472.58 points, followed by According to the National Bureau of nual turnover of at least 20 million yuan opened at 29,437.23 points, closed Services, said: “Market held on to annual retail inflation (CPI) rose the banking index, which rose by Statistics data, with a slowdown in trade, (about $2 million). The production of at 29,442.63 points -- up 496.40 its gains, and did not look daunted to 3.65 per cent. The Indian rupee 456.92 points, and the consumer investment in fixed assets rose to 8.9 per steel and other metals, including cement, points or 1.71 per cent from the pre- by the record peaks at which it saw strengthened by 79 paise to 65.82 durables index, which edged up by cent year-on-year making it its largest improved early this year, while glass, mo- vious close at 29,946.23 points. itself on the back of electoral victory against a US dollar from its previous 333.19 points. On the other hand, rise since June with real estate reaching bile phones and industrial robots saw a The Sensex touched a 52-week for the ruling party which should close of 66.61 to a greenback. the S&P BSE metal index fell by its peak in two years to stand at 8.9 per slowdown. high of 29,561.93 points and a low give its reform measures more mo- In terms of investments, pro- 34.48 points and the telecom in- cent and industrial production accelerat- Investment in fixed assets started the of 29,356.05 points during the intra- mentum. The pause at the top was visional data with exchanges dex inched down by 7.25 points. ing to 6.3 per cent year-on-year -- three- year with a faster growth rate, as com- day trade. not surprising with the US FOMC’s showed that foreign institutional Major Sensex gainers on Tuesday tenths more than in December, Efe news pared to the 8.1 per cent in January and The BSE market breadth was (Federal Open Market Committee) investors (FIIs) purchased stocks were: ICICI Bank, up 5.99 per cent reported. The 9.5 per cent increase in February 2016, and 7.9 per cent in the tilted in favour of bulls -- with 1,696 rate decision expected later in the worth Rs 4,087.89 crore, while at Rs 286.75; Hindustan Unile- China’s retail sales was seven-tenths be- fourth quarter of last year. advances and 1,140 declines. week. “Coming on the heels of a the domestic institutional inves- ver (HUL), up 4.54 per cent at Rs low the rise recorded in the same period China, during its annual plenary ses- In terms of the broader markets, strong IIP (Index of Industrial Pro- tors (DIIs) divested scrip worth Rs 913.80; Larsen and Toubro (L&T), in 2016 and almost point and a half below sion of the National People’s Congress the S&P BSE mid-cap index edged duction), firm WPI (Wholesale Price 1,519.94 crore. up 4.40 per cent at Rs 1,557.55; that of December. held on March 5 in Beijing, has set its higher by 1.43 per cent, and the Index) has all but ensured that the Commenting on the sector- Asian Paints, up 3.81 per cent at Rs Analysts blame this slight slowdown growth target at 6.5 percent for 2017 as small-cap index rose by 1.19 per RBI rate cut bets are mostly off. On specific movement, Dhruv Desai, 1,069.10; and HDFC, up 3.68 per on the previous year’s trend, as well as a compared to 6.7 percent attained in 2016. cent. the other hand, these figures will Director and Chief Operating Of- cent at Rs 1,423.05.

Rupa & Co to sell US brand ‘Fruit of the India fast adopting IoT to improve customer experience Loom’ products in India Bengaluru, March 14 overwhelming majority of having to integrate IoT into Fruit of the Loom Inc., a subsidiary of said (US based) company to manufac- (IANS) India ranks the sec- respondents across APAC existing legacy infrastruc- Berkshire Hathaway Company, to manu- ture, distribute, advertise, and sell inner- ond highest in Internet of believe customer lifetime ture and as a consequence, facture, distribute and sell innerwear and wear and outerwear products for men and Things (IoT)-enabled cus- value is the most significant this market was ahead of the outerwear products of the US brand in boys, women, girls and toddlers in India, tomer maturity compared business benefit delivered region when it comes to the India. under their brand names and marks,” it with other Asia-Pacific by an effective customer adoption of IoT-enabled CX “Oban Fashions Private Ltd, a wholly said in a regulatory filing with BSE. (APAC) markets, a new re- experience strategy,” said solutions,” Budge added. owned subsidiary of Rupa & Company, In fact, in 2016, Oban Fashions had se- port revealed on Tuesday. Keith Budge, senior Vice The report reveals 83 per Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Rupa & Com- has on March 9, 2017, entered into a li- cured an exclusive license from the UK- The report “IoT-Enabled President, APAC, at Genesys. cent of respondents across pany on Tuesday said its wholly-owned cence agreement with Fruit of the Loom, based French Connection to develop, Customer Experience (CX) Across India, the research APAC have some level of fa- subsidiary Oban Fashions Pvt. Ltd. has INC... the wholly-owned subsidiary has manufacture, market and sale ‘FCUK’ in- Report 2016”, released by revealed organisations see miliarity with IoT and nearly entered into a licence agreement with acquired the exclusive licence from the nerwear and related products. Customer experience com- high value in integrating IoT 50 per cent believe IoT is im- pany Genesys, found that into their Customer Experi- portant in enhancing CX. lion yen ($4 billion), including a 712 across APAC, businesses are ence (CX) initiatives com- “Despite this, only 15 per Toshiba delays earnings release billion yen loss derived from West- realising the wide reaching pared to other markets in cent of respondents across inghouse. Toshiba earlier requested benefits of implementing the region. APAC have already imple- over accounting probe a one-month extension in February IoT. “Most organisations in In- mented IoT,” the report due to difficulties in completing the “Our research found the dia are not bogged down by noted. more detailed investigation to deter- audit. mine whether there was "inappro- The company said that it would priate pressure" exerted by senior need to investigate the matter further NMDC’s iron ore output grows 21%, managers at its US-based nuclear and would require "an additional four subsidiary Westinghouse over the ac- weeks" to complete its probe. counts of Stone and Webster, a US Toshiba also stated that the impact sales rise 25% up to Feb nuclear construction company that of Westinghouse's devalued assets Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) State-run mine produced 19.41 mt while its Doni- was purchased in late 2015, Efe news will not affect earnings from the first NMDC Ltd. on Tuesday said its iron ore malai mine in Karnataka generated 10.92 Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) Japanese reported. quarter of 2017. production grew by 21 per cent to 30.33 mt till February this fiscal. Both the mines tech giant Toshiba on Tuesday re- Toshiba bought the construction The company's shares plunged by million tonnes (mt) during April to Febru- received 5-star rating from Indian Bureau quested another postponement for firmto expand its business into the 8.1 per cent on Tuesday morning on ary this year as compared to 25.04 mt pro- of Mines. the release of its quarterly earnings so nuclear power industry, resulting in the Tokyo Stock Exchange following duced during the same period last year. During the current fiscal till January, the that it could investigate an account- a massive loss. Toshiba has requested its announcement. According to provisional data, the min- miner produced 27.10 mt of iron ore while ing problem at its troubled nuclear a new deadline of April 11 to submit The company said that it would er sold 32.33 mt of iron ore up to end of it sold 29.47 mt. energy subsidiary. its financial report for the first three need to investigate the matter further February this year, up by 25 per cent from Its scrip on Tuesday closed at Rs 139.10, The conglomerate said in a state- quarters of the fiscal year 2016, for and would require “an additional four 25.86 mt during corresponding period last down by 0.75 points or 0.54 per cent from ment that it decided to conduct a which it estimates a net loss of 500 bil- weeks” to complete its probe. year. It also reported its Chhattisgarh’s its previous closing on the BSE. Facebook, TLabs to strengthen RBI processes Sovereign Gold Bonds demat requests

Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) cessful demat requests. mobile-based start-ups Putting at rest the Sovereign SGBs, which are denominated New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Social apps -- referral codes to TLabs for use Gold Bonds (SGBs) investors’ in multiples of gram of gold with networking giant Facebook and Noi- by TLabs’s mobile portfolio compa- worries over the pending de- a minimum unit of 1 gram and da-based start-up accelerator TLabs nies. materialisation (demat) of their maximum of 500 grams, can also have partnered to strengthen the mo- “It’s an incredible step by Facebook allotted bonds, the RBI on Tues- be held in demat form for ease of bile start-up ecosystem in India. for the mobile ecosystem, and start- day announced it had processed trading. As part of this partnership, the ups would be highly benefited from the demat requests, with the Till date, the goverment has two companies will co-host multiple being a part of the Facebook global exception of those with incom- issued six tranches of SGBs for a events for solving start-ups’ issues community,” said Abhishek Gupta, plete details. total value of Rs 4,145 crore. around user experience, analytics, app COO TLabs. Under this partnership, “The requests for demateri- “Not withstanding the pend- installs and monetisation. start-ups will receive ad credits from alisation have largely been pro- ing status, the Sovereign Gold “Partnering with TLabs is a pro- Facebook and benefits from more than cessed successfully,” the Reserve Bonds will continue to be held in gressive decision towards creating an 30 partners, including AWS, Dropbox, Bank of India said in a release RBI books and would be serviced empowered start-up ecosystem in the SalesForce and MailChimp. here. “A set of records, however, regularly,” the statement added. country,” said Satyajeet Singh, Head Facebook will also provide FbStart -- could not be processed for vari- SGBs, which are denominated in (Product Partnerships) Facebook, In- a global programme designed to help ous reasons such as mismatches multiples of gram of gold with dia. mobile start-ups build and grow their in names and PAN numbers, in- a minimum unit of 1 gram and Facebook will also provide FbStart -- apps -- referral codes to TLabs for use active or closed demat accounts, maximum of 500 grams, can also a global programme designed to help by TLabs’s mobile portfolio compa- besides other reasons,” it added, be held in demat form for ease of mobile start-ups build and grow their nies. attaching a list of such unsuc- trading. Indian Horizon Sports Wednesday, March 15, 2017 11 India tour can give identity to Champions Trophy may decide skipper Smith’s side: Pacer Cummins Dhoni’s fate: childhood coach Ranchi, March 14 (IANS) cricket means. A big Indian together. And bring them to- Australian pacer Pat Cum- tour like this can really iden- gether for the next 10 years or the same strike rate. But his will- Dhoni was removed as skip- mins, who replaced injured tify a team and Steve Smith’s so,” he added. power and game-analysing sense per of Rising Pune Supergiants Mitchell Starc for the up- captaincy. I’ve just been The 23-year-old, who was are the two qualities that make for the Indian Premier League coming Test matches in the pumped watching it at home quietly placed on standby for him special. He’s out there play- season 10. Border-Gavaskar Trophy, on and to be over and potentially the India tour in January, re- ing domestic one-dayers (Vijay “It appeared to me a deci- Tuesday said a tour like India being part of the series is re- vealed that he was preparing Hazare Trophy) to keep himself sion by the team owners as can define a team as well as ally cool,” Cummins told re- for the Ashes, which is to be in shape ahead of the Champions Dhoni did not have any choice his captain. porters here. played Down Under later this Trophy.” Having surprised every- now but to play this season Having made his Test de- “India is a tour that re- year, but the sudden call-up one by calling it quits from Tests (with Chennai Super Kings be- but in 2011, Cummins, who ally brings the team and the for India tour was quite sur- Down Under in late 2014, Dhoni ing suspended),” he said. has not played another match squad together, it doesn’t prising for him. stepped down from limited overs Banerjee’s role in shaping till now, also said he was hap- feel like a tour where there “I’d set myself little steps of captaincy in January. Dhoni’s early days as a crick- py to be part of this big tour. are one or two stand-outs. getting back into the one-day Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The If he’s successful there, I think he “He never liked to be pushed eter was documented in the “Being at home for the first Everyone in the eleven needs side, and from that hopefully Champions Trophy, to be held in would go on till the 2019 World so he called it quits before any biopic MS Dhoni: The Untold two Tests, I really appreci- to contribute. Winning over getting back into the Test three months’ time, would decide Cup,” Banerjee said at the launch one could point fingers at him Story. A cricket coach at Dho- ated how much passion is in here is just one of those side,” the New South Wales the fate of India’s most successful of an under-14 cricket tourna- in the Test format,” Baner- ni’s alma mater, Jawahar Vidya this tour and how much Test things that can bring a team bowler said. cricket captain Mahendra Singh ment. One of the best finishers in jee said. “He never kept any- Mandir at Shyamali in Ranchi, Dhoni, his childhood coach Kes- the world, Dhoni still has a sharp one in the loop, even his best Banerjee persuaded a then hav Banerjee said here on Mon- brain despite the drop in success friend or parents did not know Class VI football goalkeeper to day. “At the moment, his sole fo- rate, Banerjee felt. “It’s natural when he quit Tests.” Banerjee become a wicketkeeper. The Bangladesh hopes for a memorable 100th cus is on the Champions Trophy. that with age, you would not hit seemed unhappy with the way rest, as they say, is history.

Dhaka, March 14 (IANS) Bangladesh will first 100 Test matches and the dubious honour look to overcome its recent dismal form highlights Bangladesh’s struggle in the five-day as the perennial minnow tries to make its format over the past 17 years. So far it has won 100th Test appearance an occasion to cel- only eight Test matches, one more than New Clarke happy India, Australia resolved ebrate against Sri Lanka here. Zealand, which had only seven wins in its first Test cricket’s newest entrant has showed 100 Tests, though the Kiwis managed to eke out occasional promise since it was drafted 47 draws against Bangladesh’s 15. DRS controversy into the elite cricket competition in 2000 Five of Bangladesh’s eight wins came at but has mostly embarrassed its loyal fans home including four against fellow struggler Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) For- troversy. “Whatever happened in with a series of below-par performances in Zimbabwe. And it won just three of its 46 games mer Australia captain Michael the previous Test match is gone the game’s most enduring format. abroad — two against an under-strength West Clarke on Tuesday hailed the joint and now what’s important is they Bangladesh goes into Wednesday’s Test at Indies and one against Zimbabwe. decision of the Board of Control come out and play in Ranchi. I the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium trailing the The Tigers, as they are affectionately for Cricket in India (BCCI) and don’t know who made the deci- two-match series 1-0 after last week’s crush- called by their fans, lost 21 consecutive Test Cricket Australia (CA) to resolve sion, I think it was BCCI in com- ing 259-run loss at Galle — its 76th defeat and matches between 2001 and 2004, the worst- the Decision Review System munication with Cricket Australia the fourth in a row in 99 Tests. No other Test- ever losing run by a team which no other (DRS) controversy, saying it is for saying ‘you know what we are not playing country has lost so many times in its side has even come close to emulating. the greater good of the game that taking this any further’,” Clarke the difference are put to bed. said while interacting with former In the second Test in Benga- India captain Sourav Ganguly, luru, Aussie skipper Steve Smith who launched the Australian’s his World Cup winning shirt to compare India captain Virat Bayern Munich, Arsenal to clash in Shanghai unlawfully sought the nod of his autobiography “My Story” here. as memorablia to the Fanattic Kohli with Ganguly as both are Shanghai, March 14 (IANS) Bayern nal on July 19. The Bavarian side will play teammates from the dressing “I think it’s really important (to Sport Museum, which hosted aggressive captains, Clarke said it Munich and Arsenal will play again in against Milan on July 22 in Shenzhen, room for using DRS after he was let the game go on) as this Test se- his book launch. Ganguly held is Kohli’s attitude of risking even July in the International Champions according to the tournament’s schedule. adjudged leg before wicket to ries has been fantastic to watch. I the shirt for the photographers defeat for a taste of victory that Cup (ICC) here, after they recently ICC is a summer competition, in pacer Umesh Yadav. think it wouldn’t be any different present. intrigues him most. faced each other in the Champions which the world’s best teams compete Though India won the Test to in Ranchi or Dharamsala. Both Later, the city-based southpaw “Virat Kohli has his own style. League football tournament. in cities in China, Australia and the level the four-match rubber 1-1, teams want to be really competi- made tongue-in-cheek comment Sourav had his own way. It’s like Bayern Munich defeated Arsenal United States. the BCCI decided to lodge an of- tive and so I think this decision about that World Cup moment. Ricky Ponting and I. He (Virat) 10-2 on aggregate in the Champions This year, Real Madrid and rivals ficial complaint with the Interna- is good for the game of cricket,” “I did not want to hold that has love, passion, and desire that League’s last 16, reports Efe. Barcelona will play on July 29 at the tional Cricket Council (ICC). added Clarke, who led Australia T-shirt because they beat us in he wants to win at all cost. Virat ICC will begin on July 18 with the open- Hard Rock stadium in Miami, while After a meeting between the to the 2015 World Cup. that 2003 World Cup final. And has the aggression to risk losing ing match between Milan and Borussia Atletico Madrid will be competing in CEOs of both boards, it was mutu- The middle-order batsman, then again in the 2015 they beat for the sake of winning. That is a Dortmund, while Bayern will face Arse- Australia. ally decided to lay to rest the con- who retired in late 2015, gave India in the semi-final.” Asked great trait,” Clarke said.

Stan Wawrinka advances at Indian Wells Colombian racewalker Arevalo says

“I know how he’s playing - more months, said. Keys’s opponent in his time has come from the baseline, using his power. the round of 16 will be Denmark’s Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), March 14 his first title in 2005, competing in the It’s going to be interesting. I never Caroline Wozniacki, who rolled (IANS) Colombian 20-km racewalker three-kilometre event at the National practice with him, so it’s going to over the Czech Republic’s Katerina Eider Arevalo says that, after years of Youth Championships in Colombia. be the first time we’re going to be Siniakova 6-3, 6-1. coming close, he feels that his time Arevalo moved from his hometown against each other. So I’m sure it’s “I definitely had really low ex- has come to shine. of Pitalito to Bogota while still pretty going to be a good match,” he added. pectations (before the tourna- “I’m an athlete for maybe 1:16 hour, much a boy and then headed to the In other men’s action, Austria’s ment). I was, like, if I get a set, I’ll which I haven’t hit, there’s lots of work to northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Dominic Thiem defeated Germa- be happy. And to win? It’s always do, lots of work, because my goal is the The Colombian racewalker won ny’s Misha Zverev 6-1, 6-4, while tough to come back and everyone world record. If I don’t set it, I’ll never titles at the world youth level and France’s Gael Monfils took out is in the middle of their season,” achieve it, and good things will come lat- made his Olympic debut in London Indian Wells (California), upset the Czech Republic’s To- American John Isner 6-2, 6-4. Keys said. In other women’s sin- er,” the 24-year-old Arevalo, who won a in 2012 at age 19. March 14 (IANS) Switzerland’s mas Berdych 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, In women’s category, American gles action, Germany’s Angelique race over the weekend in the border city Arevalo had barely turned 20 when Stan Wawrinka defeated Germa- reports Efe. Madison Keys rolled over Japan’s Kerber eked out a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 win of Juarez, told Efe in an interview. he finished a 20-kilometer race in ny’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, “It was a really good match. I’m Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-4 in 57 min- over France’s Pauline Parmen- Arevalo tried his hand as a teenager at 1:19:45. “I’ve had four years of expe- 6-3 to advance to the round of 16 very happy ... I was serving well. I utes. “I’m just happy to be out here, tier, while American Venus Wil- short-distance running, the long jump rience with two Olympic Games, that at the BNP Paribas Open here. think I’m moving better and bet- happy to have another win, happy liams, the No. 12 seed, beat the and shot put, but the track and field counts, I’m confident that I can gain Wawrinka will now take on Yo- ter, and it’s all positive so far,” to get to play tomorrow,” Keys, who Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova event that hooked him was racewalk- from it and get increasingly better,” shihito Nishioka of Japan, who Wawrinka said on Monday. was sidelined with an injury for two 6-4, 6-2. ing. The Colombian racewalker won Arevalo said.

Kumble says team won’t curb aggression Qualifying for Masters and Presidents

Ranchi, March 14 captain Steve Smith game. I’m sure cricket think what was impor- (IANS) India cricket looking at the dressing will be the winner. tant was to focus back Cup on golfer Lahiri’s mind head coach Anil Kum- room to get help on a “As custodians of this on the game. I am very ble on Tuesday said review. great game, we believe glad the BCCI took a New Delhi, March 14 the Shell Houston champi- for 10 years now and in the these events as long as I that his wards don’t “I don’t want to curb it’s important that we very matured call with (IANS) Indian golf star An- onship. The meet at Hous- entire duration, there’s al- can play to my potential.” need to curb their ag- any natural instinct of look after the game. Cricket Australia and irban Lahiri wants to qual- ton is the last counting ways something to chase,” The Masters Tournament gression when they the players as long as Key stakeholders are issued a joint state- ify again for the Masters tournament for players to an Asian Tour release said is an event in which Lahiri take on Australia in the they go out there and the players and they ment that cricket needs Tournament next month break into the world’s top- on Tuesday. believes he can do well, es- third Test match here do what is expected of certainly understand to move on and moved and the International Team 50 ranking and earn their “When you start as a pecially after finishing tied from Thursday. them. I don’t think we their responsibility,” he out from whatever hap- which faces the United ticket to the Masters. rookie, you try to chase 49th and equal 42nd in the The second Test in need to read too much said. pened in Bangalore States in the Presidents Cup But Lahiri, setting him- your card, and when you past two editions. Bengaluru witnessed into the aggression. Ev- The Decision Re- (Bengaluru),” Kumble later this season. self a challenging target of are a regular, you’re trying Another event which the many controversies ery player has his own view System (DRS) said. Currently ranked 77th in qualifying for the Masters to chase your first win, and seven-time winner on the with the on-field con- way of having a game controversy surround- “That I think is im- the world, the 2015 Asian with a good show at Arnold then the Order of Merit. Asian Tour has his eyes on duct and behaviour face,” he told reporters. ing Smith went to the portant because focus Tour champion said his Palmer Invitational, has There’s always something is the Presidents Cup, in of several players be- “You want everyone extent that the Board has to be on the game. Masters hopes will hinge decided to skip the Hous- to chase. I’ve got to a point which he made his debut ing questioned. Off the to go out there and of Control for Cricket I thought we made a on this week’s Arnold ton meet. “I’ve got one where I’m trying to play my in South Korea two years field too, there were show what they are in India (BCCI) and really fantastic come- Palmer Invitational, begin- more week to try to qualify best golf. “If that means I ago. Then he lost a vital several allegations and capable of. This is a Cricket Australia (CA) back after losing the ning on March 16. for the Masters. I’ve made have to hold myself back singles match to American counter-allegations. very important series. were forced to issue a first Test. It was very The qualifying for the up my mind up that I won’t from chasing things down, Chris Kirk, as the US won Home captain Virat It’s 1-1. Both teams joint statement to bring rewarding,” the former Masters, to be held from be playing Houston just I will do that. I believe I am the Cup by a single point, Kohli objected to rival will come hard in this the matter to an end. “I captain added. April 6-9, will be open till because I’ve been a pro good enough to get into 15.5 to 14.5. Entertainment 12

Indian Horizon Wednesday - March 15, 2017 Indian Horizon

Aamir Khan will NEVER join politics Ex lovers Salman and Katrina to rekindle their carelessly and will con- tinue to speak his heart out but in a careful man- ner. “I’ve always been love affair with Tiger Zinda Hai? careful, I don’t think I’ve on the big screen for Ek Tha Tiger sequel – been careless in giving my Tiger Zinda Hai, is there a possibility of the opinion on matters. I’ve two rekindling their lost love affair? Well, always been careful and you never know! They might just… Also will hopefully continue to read: Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif TWIN be so but also continue to at the airport as they leave for Tiger Zinda say what I feel,” Aamir told Hai – view HQ pics reporters here. The actor If you notice, there are already signs of was speaking at a special Salman and Katrina coming back together press conference on his not only on reel but even in real life. In birthday. fact, the very day the news of Salman and Aamir says he will never Katrina reuniting for Tiger Zinda Hai hit venture in politics as he the web, industry buzz suggested that it’s feels he can contribute a nothing but Salman’s way to let Katrina lot more within his space know that no matter what, he’ll always of being an artist. have her back. Add to that, the former lov- ALSO READ – 10 revela- ers have also come on board as the brand tions made by Aamir Khan ambassador for Splash, the hot commer- on Thugs of Hindostan, cials which are already doing the rounds nepotism, chilling with on the internet. Now if all of this doesn’t Shah Rukh Khan and more make you hopeful of Salman and Katrina Aamir Khan may be a refuted all the claims and “No, politics is not for bringing back their love story then I dunno big philanthropist at heart stated it out clearly that me. I feel there’s a lot I can what will. The ex couple are currently in but he has no intention he does not wish to join contribute, staying in the Austria, shooting for the first schedule of of fighting for a throne in politics and is happy with creative field that I am in,” Tiger Zinda Hai. What if this first sched- the field of politics. A lot what he is doing in his own the actor says when asked ule will also mark a new beginning in their of us were under the im- creative field. Superstar if he will join politics. They say it’s very rare to get a second they were madly in love where some even personal life? Any which ways we’re all pression that the amount Aamir Khan, who turned “As an artist, a creative chance in love but then does this also thought Salman would marry Katrina one aware how most of the love stories begin of good deed and social 52 today, says he will never person, there’s a lot I can stand true for ex lovers Salman Khan and day. But eventually things took a differ- on the film sets and in case of Salman and initiatives that the super- join politics but will always contribute to society, to Katrina Kaif? I mean, for all that we know, ent turn with Katrina moving onto Ranbir Katrina, our hopes have only grown bigger star is taking up might be be vocal about important the nation. I would like to Salman and Katrina never really ended Kapoor and Salman being in news for his over time. Especially after Katrina broke because he aspires to be a issues. do that from where I am, their relationship on a sour note. Yes, closeness to Romanian beauty Iulia Van- up with Ranbir and Salman stirred it clear politician. However, on his The Dangal star says he I don’t want to change they were together for about 3-4 years, tur. Now with the former lovers reuniting that he’s not getting married to Iulia. 52nd birthday, the actor has never given an opinion that,” he said.

Nach Baliye 8: Sonakshi Sinha in a press conference, Sonakshi said, “You guys know me. Do you Vidya Balan takes a stern stand think I will be a strict judge?”. confesses that she cannot be a The actress said she told on Nach Baliye 8 because it sounded like against a misbehaving fan strict judge ever! an entertaining show. “I want to approached her for a picture. Be- or a woman you get uncomfortable enjoy myself. I like dance. Mujhe ing the friendly celeb she is, Vidya because they are intruding into romance ka bhi shauk hai,” she happily agreed. The problem began your personal space. We are public stated. Sona further said that she when the ‘fan’ without asking he figures, not public property,” she was looking forward to the com- had put his hand around her. Vidya said. bination of dance and romance objected to it, which led the man to The kind of world we live in is promised to the viewers this sea- take the hand off her for a moment. very saddening. We are still reeling son and interacting with the star- But soon he placed his hand back from the tragedy that a Malayalam ry contestants. (Also Read: Nach on the actress. This prompted Vidya actress went through, and then al- Baliye 8: Mohit Sehgal and Sanaya to shout at the uncivilised man and legations against Arunabh Kumar, Irani come onboard the dance re- put him in his place. “What do you CEO of The Viral Fever shocked us. ality show) Talking further, Son- think you are doing? This is wrong,” Now we hear about this incident akshi said, “Along with dance, the she shouted. The man was pretty about Vidya Balan. It’s saddening. kind of partnership and relation- shameless, and even after being Vidya Balan will be next seen in ship they share will also be con- screamed upon had the audacity Vishesh Films’ Begum Jaan. A Hindi sidered. It is a beautiful show with to ask for a selfie again. Vidya, ob- adaptation of National Award win- loads of entertainment.” Howev- viously, said no in stern words. Ac- ner Mukerji’s critically-acclaimed er, Sona admitted that this would cording a report on SpotboyE she Bengali outing Rajkahini, Begum be a tougher outing than Indian said, “No you can’t, behave your- Jaan sees Vidya Balan play a broth- Idol. “That show was different. It self!” el owner in a story of survival set was easier as I get along very well Vidya Balan, while talking to the against the backdrop of the Parti- with kids. This will be a differ- Vidya Balan recently faced a very portal opened up about the uncom- tion. The film releases on April 14. It ent experience. Also, it is my first uncomfortable situation in Kolkata. fortable incident. “When a stranger is produced by Mahesh and Muke- dance reality show. Nach Baliye is She was at the airport when a fan puts an arm around you, be it a man sh Bhatt’s Vishesh Films. the oldest and most loved dance show and I am happy to be a part of it,” she said. As much as she will Akshay Kumar begins shooting see the dance, Sonakshi wants to also see the jugalbandi and taal- for Twinkle Khanna’s Nach Baliye 8 is coming soon. Mohit Sehgal – Sanaya Irani to mael between the two. She said, The season promises to be one name a few. It will be judged by “From young unmarried couples of the biggest so far with some Terence Lewis, Mohit Suri and to ones who are newly married, production venture Pad Man starry TV couples as contestants. Sonakshi Sinha. This is Sona’s and those with a relationship of look a water body. Twinkle retweeted with Radhika Apte have been roped Divyanka Tripathi – Vivek Dahiya, first outing as a judge on a dance more than 20 years, it is beautiful his post, and wrote: “And so it begins in to be a part of Pad Man that will be Shoaib Ibrahim – Dipika Kakar, reality show. Talking to reporters to see the diversity. ‘Pad Man’.” Pad Man is said to be a directed by R Balki. Sonam tweeted biopic on Arunachalam Muruganan- that she is thrilled to come onboard tham, and will chronicle his journey for the project and tagged Radhika 5 lesser known facts about and she will be seen be Bollywood star Akshay Kumar on of finding a way to make cheap, af- Apte also in her post. playing Ishaan Khattar’s Tuesday began the shoot of Pad Man, fordable sanitary napkins for wom- It wasn’t easy to convince Muru- Malavika Mohanan who sister’s role in the movie. his wife Twinkle Khannas maiden en in his village. Ace lensman P.C. ganantham, however, after making (ALSO READ: Deepika project as a producer. “Embarking Sreeram had last week revealed that Akshay and Twinkle wait for nearly replaced Deepika Padukone in Padukone replaced by on a new journey, this time with the the shoot of the film will take place in one and a half year, he gave them Malavika Mohanan in Mrs. First day of ‘Pad Man’, directed a village near Indore. the rights of Pad Man. As Murugan- Beyond The Clouds Majid Majidi’s Beyond by R. Balki. Need your love and luck Akshay Kumar’s Pad Man will have antham revealed to a leading tabloid, Malavika Mohanan has The Clouds) Did you as always,” Akshay tweeted along two ladies by his side. Sonam Kapoor “This is not one of those movies that replaced Deepika Padu- know that Malavika made with a picture in which he is seen took to Twitter and Instagram to happened in a day or week. It has tak- kone in Majid Majidi’s her acting debut opposite holding Twinkle’s hand as they over- share this good news that she along en 1.5 years for us to give it a shape. film Beyond The Clouds. the handsome Dulquer Since quite some time Salmaan? Here’s taking So there’s a good news for all Sidharth Shukla fans! The now, there was much a look at 5 lesser known Sidharth Shukla will NOT be Dil Se Dil Tak actor will not be replaced in the show and contemplation about who facts about Ishaan Khat- is pretty much going to be a part of it for a long time. would play the leading tar’s Beyond The Clouds replaced in Dil Se Dil Tak We had exclusively told you that Sidharth had a massive lady in the film. Confirm- co- star Malavika Mohan- showdown with the producers of the show which might ing the news, a spokesper- an. # Malavika is a Malay- lead to him being replaced in the show. Apparently the son from Zee Studios and alam actress. # She is the actor had thrown a lot of starry tantrums and the pro- Eyecandy said, “Yes, Ma- daughter of celebrated duction team wanted the channel to replace him. An ac- lavika is on board to play cinematographer KU Mo- tor from the sets, who doesn’t want to be named, told the leading lady in the film hanan who has worked ABPLive,” It’s just a rumour. Sidharth Shukla is a calm – Beyond The Clouds. Mr. on Bollywood films like and down to earth guy. He helps to comfort even other Majidi did a look test with Raees, Don, Talaash and co-stars. This rumour has nothing to do with it. We actu- her and was very happy Fukrey. # She made her ally enjoy our shoot time.” Sidharth was not available to with the results. She has cinematic debut in 2013 comment or confirm either of the news. But our sources started the shoot in Mum- opposite Dulquer Salman tell us that having worked with Sidharth for so long, the bai.” For all those who in a Malayalam film. The channel did not have the heart to replace the actor. The have been wondering who film was titled Pattam channel ensured that things are peaceful between the Malavika is, let me tell you Pole and she got criticised actor and the production team. We’re glad that Sidharth she is a Malayalam actress for her acting back then. is not leaving the show.

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