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( / % 0 them to check the facts before $ ,1 ! opening their mouths, if it was :'+:3; was adamant on resigning and !+ / /+2 utmost necessary. also rejected the few sugges- ! 2 , 3 “Do not give time to ahul Gandhi is said to be tions that favoured his sibling, / , ,/ , media, inko 70 saal se aur Rinsistent on resigning as the General Secretary Priyanka logon ne pala hai,” h e s ai d Congress president despite the Gandhi, to take over as the !# ( !'2 3 ! % % # ! ( apparently charging past Congress Working Committee chief of the grand old party. regimes of giving patronage to (CWC) on Saturday unani- When the name of his sis- ! :'+:3; by the ‘traders of vote bank pol- his message to the MPs of the a section of the Press. Ahead of mously rejecting his offer to put ter came up as an option, ' % L itics’ and usher in an era of ruling coalition — the prima- the Cabinet formation of his in his papers taking responsi- Rahul reportedly said, “Don’t L2 aking it clear that his sec- “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. ry being that the Constitution Government, the Prime bility for the party’s Lok Sabha drag my sister into it. It is not 4%Q 6789 Mond innings would break Elected unanimously as of India, before which he Minister also warned MPs poll debacle. necessary that the Congress , many new grounds in gover- the leader of BJP Parliamentary bowed before beginning his against trusting media reports The CWC authorised him president should be from the 6789 ' nance, Prime Minister party and of National address, is supreme and the on the probable Ministers. “It to carry out an overhauling and Gandhi family.” Both Rahul ( % Narendra Modi on Saturday Democratic Alliance at the only reference point of gover- will be done according to restructuring of the party at all and his sister Priyanka cam- : ; ! vowed to demolish the web of central hall of the Parliament, nance. norms,” he maintained adding levels but Rahul is learned to paigned extensively across the % deception, illusion and false Modi came up with his set of Maintaining that minori- there are many who claim that have asked the party to look for country in this election. ' L fear created around minorities commandments to drive home ties were used in politics, Modi they have knowledge as to another chief. If not Rahul, then who, this P Q said “we need to win the con- who is being included in the This is the second time in question rankled the minds of fidence of the minorities” and Cabinet. five years that Rahul has offered the Congressmen as Rahul " sought to revive the spirit of Cautioning that arrogance to resign. Following the drub- remained unmoved with ' L 72*#=#* +* 1857 when all communities should be resisted, he said the bing in 2014 Lok Sabha, Rahul, Priyanka and his mother 2 + together waged the MPs should be treating all who was the Congress vice Sonia’s efforts to see him rea- ; ! * > + " + 32* " * > O " #? war of Independence against those who voted for them and president then, along with son too failed. 9 9 the British. “We fought for those who oppose equally. “You party president Sonia Rahul informed the 52- + 72* * ‘Swaraj’ then, today we can are representatives of all,” he Gandhi had offered to resign member CWC that he would + +,, 5 !; together fight for ‘Suraaj’”, he said and reminded them of the which too was rejected by the like to exit as its top boss. He 72** *!3 + said. ubiquitous BJP ‘mantra’ of CWC. had taken over from Sonia a 4 5 He also pointed out how ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. AICC sources said Rahul year and a half ago. 2 Q $ ! + *" 7 ' 5 @ * 8 " $" 5* 4 ! 6 * " $ !* * 2 $ ; * 6 " " " = 8 4 ! 2 7 4 % " $ " ! ; : 4 72* " $ ! # " " ; % $ % % * $% !% 4 @ & 2 > " ' % : * /A3" " 2 = 2 , ! % % 2 ! QR ! % ! *" ' + - #& ,+ - ./0" $O / 2" ! ! ' ( 5%35 the Chief Minister of a State % & " where the votes can be sold and " ! ounded by the electoral purchased. I have information ;<+: 7+ 87 #$%"#&' 2 +; Wreverses suffered by the on how votes were purchased +% Trinamool Congress, West for 5,000 per hief Minister-elect of rounded Jet Airways’ *O ' Bengal Chief Minister Mamata head. Many families were CAndhra Pradesh Gfounder and former chair- " Banerjee on Saturday offered to approached with such offers,” Jaganmohan Reddy had a hec- man Naresh Goyal and his % quit her office but “found she said. tic day spread over the two wife Anita were offloaded from ! :/ myself hopelessly alone in try- Telugu-speaking States on an Emirates flight on Saturday, ! = ing to do so as all the leaders Saturday. After chairing two after the immigration officials of my party forced me to con- meetings with his newly elect- barred them from leaving India. tinue as the CM.” ed Assembly and Lok Sabha - #& - The authorities have issued " % Lashing out at the BJP for members, Reddy flew to # % % . a lookout circular against the + * “squandering cash and creating Hyderabad from Gannavaram & # / % ( Jet Airways founders. 3 "3 ! a totally communal atmosphere in his private chopper. Informed official sources "+ 4 2 to purchase votes,” an apparently The day culminated with accompanied Reddy to Raj said Goyal and his wife had 5 ' emotional Chief Minister said: ESL Narasimhan, Governor Bhavan. boarded an Emirates aircraft *O “I loathe being the Chief for both Andhra Pradesh and They also met Telangana EK 507 at 3:30 pm. The aircraft " O - . Minister of an electorate where Bhubanewswar: Biju Janata Telangana State, clearing the Chief Minister K was already on the taxiway and " ' votes can be purchased and elec- Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik YSRCP-LP letter requesting to Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) in preparing for take-off from 6 ! ! tions can be won by communal will be sworn-in as Odisha invite him (Reddy) to form the his camp office. KCR has Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj polarisation.” Chief Minister on May 29 for Government in Andhra agreed to be present at Reddy’s International Airport. ( > The TMC, which she built a fifth consecutive term after a Pradesh. He will be sworn-in at swearing-in. Meanwhile, the The aircraft was called ! ") , up bit by bit after coming out thumping win in the State the refurbished Indira Gandhi CM-elect, along with Chief back by air traffic control. The 47 ! of the Congress in 1998, suf- Assembly elections, the party Municipal Stadium in Secretary LV Subrahmanyam two were off-loaded following ! fered a colossal defeat, biggest said on Saturday. Vijayawada on May 30 at 12.23 will head to New Delhi on an advice from the immigra- + since 2006 conceding 18 out of Naveen Patnaik has con- pm, as per a Raj Bhavan com- Sunday to meet Prime Minister tion authorities. ! 42 Lok Sabha seats to a surging tinued his grip over Odisha munique. Narendra Modi and invite him The Airways, which tem- ; ! BJP which reportedly capi- with his party, BJD, winning Apart from his wife, party to his swearing in ceremony. porarily suspended its flight talised on a huge chunk of 112 Assembly seats in the 147- leaders Botsa Satyanarayana, Sources said Jagan could also operations on April 17, is 7 * ,L shifting Left votes. member House. PNS Dharmana Prasad Rao and offer the YSRCP’s issue-based trapped in a debt of more than ! Q “I don’t want to continue as Adimulapu Suresh support to the NDA. 15,000 crore. + ,-. ,/01
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But the idea of becoming an actor " "! dignified woman and knows how to carry challenges and whenever I find myself in took root in me. I started doing events herself. On Mahashivratri, during an my comfort zone, I get bored of it. These and got my portfolio. Then I won Miss inauspicious hour something happens to challenges wake me up for the next day Delhi title. This kept on adding to my her which creates a havoc in her love life. and bring in that motivation to reach the career and I started getting calls for ads. She is torn between who to be with, sets even before the call time and go I would say acting never left me. I was not Angad (who she loves) or Kapil (who will through the script and find out what new interested in getting selected for any role enter her life at a later stage). or different I can do today. but I just wanted to act. Then, I Did you have to do a lot of From Sandhya in Diya Aur Baati Hum auditioned for Diya Aur Bati Hum and I preparations for the role? to Sandhya in Kawach Mahashivratri, was selected. Yes. I am learning Marathi and do you find any similarities in your My family was in shock when they working on my accent. I have to get the roles except for the name? got to know that I have been selected. language right. For dance, I didn’t have It is a mere co-incidence that For them I was a shy person, who has to do much because I am a Odissi I have got the character with the not even held a mic in her hand, which dancer. But still I make sure to take same name again. Other than this definitely was the case, I used to get some time out and practice my steps. there are no similarities in my nervous on stage. When I used to get I also do yoga because a lot of body roles. Sandhya (Rathi) in Diya on stage to give speeches, my hands work is involved in dance so we Aur Bati Hum was an used to shake for the first five to 10 have to prepare our body for independent and a career- seconds while holding the mic. My that. oriented girl but Sandhya family never saw me acting so they were 0(0))/ While the big blue top-knotted What prompted you in Kawach... is loving and worried that I was taking a risk in my 12-' genie may only grant three wishes, the ##< -$='/ to play Sandhya? caring. She is more inclined career. They thought: Iss ko kisi ney bol 3 4 film delivers on a lot more platforms *$-* $ 2 This role is towards her family while the diya hai ki yeh sundar dikhti hai isliye 2 6 especially for the kids. They will love $ completely different previous Sandhya was not. isko acting karni hai. When they saw the 2 the action, the drama, the song, the '. 2/= .?/N from my previous Sandhya is madly in love first episode of my show, my father !- 7 89: dancing and most importantly a funny #,.. ??? , - work. I was patiently and will do anything to get immediately called to tell me that this genie. " waiting for a long the love of her life back is the right profession for me and this ow we know why Will Smith It has been years since Will Smith * * $ time for the right while Sandhya (Rathi) was is where I belong. decided to shake a leg for two- did something that was fun. His Men ! role to come and not fond of love. Both the How has the journey been thus far? Nseconds in Student of The year In Black series showed us glimpse of * this was what roles are different from Were there more highs or more lows? 2. It was to prepare us for the dance how he can be entertaining. Aladdin 6 attracted me and each other. While The journey has been amazing. I am sequence in Aladdin. Not that he is proves that he still has charm in place ! what I wanted. Also, playing this Sandhya, a positive person. I don’t know what are bad. But then it is a Disney movie. and can make you laugh with his one- it is a big show and every day comes as a downs. I can find positivity in the worst They know how to charm even those liners and sarcasm. a big production challenge. I have to of situations. I trust God and I believe who don’t like movies based on folk The good is that the film talks house — Balaji start afresh each even if I am going through a bad phase tales. And this one is from the tales in about woman empowerment through Telefilms. I am glad day. in life, it is just a ladder to success. I see The Book of One Thousand and One Jasmine. The sad part is that the " # $ that I get to work How did acting difficulties as a way to get prepared for Nights. director has not been able to improve with them. happen? the next level. Those who were looking for on the original animation film. Given "" # Are you affected While I was Do you have a checklist when it something different or new will be what one can do with technology, the "# #! personally because in college, I saw comes to signing projects? disappointed. Director Guy Ritchie CGI could have been better. But this you are part of a a stage play and Not at all. I see opportunities as God’s has stuck to the original story as much doesn’t mean that the movie is not supernatural I got blessings. I go with the first thought that as possible with just a twist or two. visually impressive. show? infatuated I get after reading the scripts. If it What he has counted on is for Will Overall, it is a fun film that your " No, with acting. appealed to me in the first go and I feel Smith to create his magic and he kids will thoroughly enjoy. " $ " not I used to excited to do that work, I just go for it delivers this with aplomb. 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Abeer Soofi the lead actor While conversing with Kapil, lyricist Sameer " ! 7 6 " 7O7&& is making waves and becoming very revealed that Gulshan Kumar didn’t want to produce $ 7 2 6 &5 " popular as he is brilliantly portraying the movie Aashiqui but was more interested to " L' ; 4 K Sai Baba. The fan base of Abeer is produce the music album of the same movie. To ;O && ' ! widening every day and they keep which, Sameer requested Mahesh Bhatt to step in as + ! " !; +"+ surprising him with uniquely showing he was finalised to direct the film. Sameer added, " !M 7 O " O their love and affection every time. “When Bhatt sahab and I reached Gulshanji’s office, !;O ! O Abeer celebrated his birthday on we tried and convinced him to produce the film as : O 7 !O 7&& " May 6 with his extended family — the the songs were very good, but he still didn’t agree. cast and crew of the show this year. So, Bhatt sahab went to the extent of saying that if ! 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4; +$ ; polls," he tweeted. SAD-BJP combine and the Sabha polls in which it won Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur Anandpur Sahib, Hoshiarpur "I also thank people of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and eight out of total 13 parlia- seats, also witnessed an and Jalandhar constituencies unjab Chief Minister Capt Punjab for placing trust in us improving its tally from three mentary seats in the state. increase in its vote share to 9.63 managed to get more than one PAmarinder Singh on by giving such a mandate," the in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. It The vote share of the Aam per cent, as per the Election lakh votes in each segment. Saturday expressed his grati- chief minister tweeted, reiter- had won Gurdaspur in a bypoll Aadmi Party which could Commission data. The Aam Aadmi Party was tude to voters for the impres- ating his commitment of mak- in 2017. manage to win just one seat, In the 2014 Lok Sabha almost routed from Punjab, sive victory of the Congress in ing Punjab "number one again". The Akali Dal-BJP alliance nosedived from 24 per cent in polls, the Congress party's vote winning sole seat of Sangrur the state in this Lok Sabha polls. In the 2019 Lok Sabha won four seats. The lone seat 2014 Lok Sabha polls to 7.38 share was 33.10 per cent and out of 13 it contested. The AAP He also thanked Punjab polls, Congress won eight out won by the AAP was of per cent in the present elec- the SAD's 26.30 per cent. The had surprised many in 2014 ministers, party legislators and of total 13 seats in Punjab, Sangrur, a constituency tions. vote share of AAP and the BJP Lok Sabha polls when it won Congress workers for the good bucking the pro-Modi trend retained by Bhagwant Mann. The Shiromani Akali Dal's stood at 24.40 and 8.70 per cent four seats in Punjab. show they put up in the state. seen across northern and cen- vote share also rose to 27.45 respectively. In the 2014 Lok Sabha "I express my gratitude to all tral India in this general elec- * per cent despite the party win- Another surprise in the polls, while the SAD-BJP com- workers of Youth Congress tion. 34 ning only two seats, Ferozepur elections was the Bahujan bine had won six seats, the and NSUI for their support and The Congress romped The vote share of the and Bathinda, out of 10 it con- Samaj Party getting 3.49 per AAP and Congress had hard work which led to such a home to impressive victory on Congress in Punjab jumped to tested. cent of the polled votes. BSP bagged four and three seats good showing in the Lok Sabha eight seats, surprising both the 40 per cent in the 2019 Lok The BJP, which won candidates who contested from respectively. #>!& % !% .B0 * 3 #>! =3 4; +$ ; Singh Ranike, and Aam Aadmi Anandpur Sahib, could garner 4; +$ ; Party’s sitting MP Prof Sadhu just 1,316 (0.12 percent) votes. ven as various political out- Singh. In Ferozepur, from where wo sitting MPs and three Efits and individuals put If that is not enough, SAD SAD president Sukhbir Badal TMLAs are among 248 can- their best foot forward to win (Taksali), a splinter group of won the elections, 14,891 voted didates in Punjab who lost their the recently-concluded elec- SAD led by the Badals which for NOTA, while 13,323 voters security deposit in the Lok Sabha tions, there were as many as contested elections on just two opted for NOTA in Bathinda, elections, the results of which 1,54,423 voters in Punjab who seats, faced a major embar- from where his Union Minister were announced on May 23. rejected all the candidates at rassment in Sri Anandpur wife Harsimrat Badal secured The five legislators were one go by pressing the NOTA Sahib because of NOTA. a hat-trick. Aam Aadmi Party candidates or (none of the above) button the Its candidate Bir Devinder As many as 13,045 voters those who left the party and con- EVMs (electronic voting Singh, the former Deputy voted for NOTA in Fatehgarh tested the elections under the machines) in May 19 elec- Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sahib, followed by 12,868 in banner of the Punjab tions. Sabha, was lagged behind Hoshiarpur, 12,324 in Democratic Alliance (PDA), a In fact, NOTA occupied NOTA which secured 1.58 per- Jalandhar, 11,110 in Patiala, grouping of several parties. the fifth spot on almost all the cent (17,135 votes) of the total 10,538 in Ludhiana, 9,560 in Among political parties, the constituencies of the state. votes polled. Bir Devinder, Gurdaspur, 8,763 in Amritsar, worst hit were the AAP candi- The figure has increased whose early declaration of can- 6,490 in Sangrur and 5,130 in dates. Twelve of their candidates from 0.4 percent (58,754 votes) didature forced Taksalis to turn Khadoor Sahib. failed to get the one-sixth vote in 2014, when the NOTA was down the coalition offers by the Interestingly, the per- share needed to save the deposit. first introduced in the state, to AAP, Punjab Democratic centage of NOTA votes was Among the MPs whose 1.12 percent in 2019. Alliance (PDA) and the BSP, more than the vote percentage deposit was forfeited was Nawan Faridkot Lok Sabha wit- could managed just 10,424 of some political parties like Punjab Party candidate from nessed the maximum electors (0.96 percent) votes, not even CPI and CPM in the state. As Patiala, Dharamvira Gandhi. He choosing NOTA — 19,246 one percent. against 1.12 per cent of votes was polled around 1.61 lakh which is 1.97 percent of the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation in favour of NOTA, the vote votes. He was elected to the Lok total votes polled — from president Dr Paramjeet Singh percentage of CPI and Sabha on the AAP ticket in 2014. where Congress’ Mohad Ranu, who contested as an CPM was just 0.31 and 0.08 / & # 1P . . .3 # 3 AAP's sitting Faridkot MP Sadique defeated SAD’s Gulzar independent from Sri respectively. / . ! Sadhu Singh also lost his deposit. He lost the contest to Congress' Mohd Sadique. AAP's Talwandi Sabo MLA > %% Baljinder Kaur lost her security %%3 & / deposit from Bathinda. Punjab Ekta Party (PEP) ;3 % ./ were rejected in Hamirpur, founder and Bholath MLA followed by 2,567 in Kangra, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, who ailing to learn their lessons 0 &$ ()0& )& ! 1,777 in Mandi and 1,542 in fought from Bathinda under Fdespite the worst ever defeat 0' 0%1 % ) . 1/3 Shimla. the banner of the PDA after quit- ( ?$ of the Congress in Himachal '&$ (&% 0 &$ 0' &* 0$ He said as electronic voting ting AAP, too lost his deposit. Pradesh, the state leaders are machines (EVMs) were used PEP candidate and Jaitu ;3 Bengal. targeting each other for the ! 0# 0 )& 0 for general voters, there was no MLA Baldev Singh, who con- Roopak was part of the poor show. /.4. 35 0 & '0&* chance to get votes rejected. tested as a PEP nominee after trekker died, another sus- seven-member team, which Differences between for- But, the votes of the soldiers, quitting AAP, was too among the Atained injuries while four was going towards Barua Pass mer chief minister Virbhadra % )& & 0% 45. generally known as service legislators whose deposit was for- went missing in Himachal through the Janglik area. Singh and former state % &&( 0% 0( *1 voters, and those of the poll feited. Pradesh's Kinnaur district, even Another trekker from the Congress president Sukhvinder staff, who use ballot papers to The BSP candidates from as large scale rescue and relief team sustained injuries during Sukhu again resurfaced after ,&*&. /. / 61 '&$ exercise their franchise, may be Hoshiarpur and Anandpur Sahib operation were launched by he the expedition. He was airlift- the party's defeat in which it (&% 7 0 & &$& rejected if not properly cast, the also failed to save their deposit, authorities. ed to a Sangla hospital, where trailed in all the assembly seg- $&8&( &* 0$ )& 0#$ official added. so did the CPI candidates from The deceased trekker had he was given first aid. Later, he ments of the state for the first Of the total 53,30,154 reg- Amritsar and Ferozepur, CPM been identified as Roopak from was shifted to Chandigarh. time. 09 :) & 0 istered voters in the four con- contestant from Anandpur Sahib Kolkata, Kinnaur Deputy As per information, four After Arki MLA Virbhadra )& ) & stituencies, 68,028 (1.27 per- and Lok Insaaf Party nominees Commissioner (DC) Gopal members of the Rohru team Singh said that Sukhu should cent) are service voters. from Bathinda and Fatehgarh Chand said. He died reported- experienced breathing issues have been changed much ear- pointed with the election before the declaration of the about four lakh votes in each of The highest service voters Sahib. Bir Devinder Singh, the ly due to breathing issues at a and decided to return, where- lier for better results, the former results. We should learn from poll schedule. the constituencies. 24,245 are in the Hamirpur Lok lone candidate fielded by the high altitude. Efforts are as three of them reached the state Congress chief, who is the the results. Time keeps on The ruling BJP Thursday As many as 33,008 voters Sabha seat, followed by 21,836 SAD (Taksali), a breakaway fac- underway to locate the missing Barua Kande camp in Shagode Nadaun MLA, said, "This is not changing. One emerges victo- swept the Lok Sabha elections chose the NOTA option. In this in Kangra, 13,474 in Mandi and tion of the Shiromani Akali Dal, trekkers. area. Later, one of them the time for blaming others for rious after defeat," he told the in Himachal Pradesh, winning way, 0.87 per cent voters opted 8,473 in Shimla, a state electoral also lost his security deposit from The help of an Indian Air (Roopak) died and the other political motives." workers. each of the four seats with a for NOTA out of the total officer said. Anandpur Sahib. Force (IAF) helicopter and a sustained injuries. The third In a press statement, Virbhadra Singh had ear- record margin of over 3.25 lakh 38,01, 793 votes polled in the the ballot papers had been Shiromani Akali Dal team of the Indo-Tibetan trekkers is reported to be safe. Sukhu, without naming lier said all was not well with- votes. The BJP secured 69.11 state on May 19, an election electronically transmitted to (Mann) chief Simranjit Singh Border Police (ITBP) were Those who returned due to Virbhadra Singh, said, "Those in the organisation for long. per cent of the polled votes. official said. Besides, 8,208 record offices/units of service Mann faced a similar fate from being taken to trace them, the breathing issues informed the who live in glass houses should Had the party president (0.22 per cent) votes were voters on May 3 itself with Sangrur. Twenty-eight candi- DC added. Rohru administration about not throw stones on others been changed earlier and good * 444* rejected for the four Lok Sabha envelopes to ensure their vot- dates lost their deposit from Two teams of trekkers-- the entire incident. The Rohru (sheeshe ke gharo mei rehne people included in the organ- seats of the hill-state, he added. ing. Subsequently, the service Amritsar, the largest number seven from Rohru in Shimla administration informed the waale doosro par pathar nahin isation, the Congress would The highest 11,327 voters votes were required to reach the among the 13 constituencies in and four from Uttarakhand-- Sangla tehsildar about it. fenkte)." Sukhu said, "Instead have not been defeated like this Over 33,000 none of the chose NOTA in Kangra, fol- concerned Returning Officer the state. Of the 10 sitting MPs had gone towards Kinnaur, Subsequently, an IAF heli- of levelling allegations and (agar pradhan ko pehle badal above (NOTA) votes were lowed by 8,357 in Shimla, before the start of the counting. who contested the Lok Sabha Kalpa SDM Surendra Thakur copter and a rescue team of the counter allegations against each diya jaata aur achche logo ko polled in Himachal Pradesh, 8,026 in Hamirpur and 5,298 in There were 46,000 employ- polls, five were re-elected. They said. ITBP were sent to the Barua other, this is the time to go sangathan mei shamil kar liya where the ruling BJP swept the Mandi, the official said. He said ees deputed as polling staff and were Harsimrat Kaur Badal The four-member team hills, where they located the ahead unitedly." jaata to is kadar party ki haar Lok Sabha elections winning all a total of 29,032 voters (0.9 per they were also eligible to use (Bathinda), Santokh Chaudhary from Uttarakhand is missing. three trekkers. The body of the He also thanked the nahi hoti)," he had said. four seats in the state. cent) had opted for NOTA in ballot papers in case they were (Jalandhar), Bhagwant Mann They were feared to be stuck at deceased trekker is being Congress workers for their Kuldeep Singh Rathore had The saffron party won the 2014 parliamentary elec- on poll duty outside their (Sangrur), Gurjeet Aujla Ropin Pass, the SDM added. brought back by the Sangla work during the elections. replaced Sukhu as the state Mandi, Shimla, Hamirpur and tions. respective parliamentary con- (Amritsar) and Ravneet Singh All trekkers were from West police. "There is no need to get disap- Congress president a month Kangra with record margins of The highest 3,322 votes stituency. Bittu (Ludhiana). , - )*( +) '$09'<;$ !"5 4 @ % ; @* * " + 4 ; & & & & , % 4 4 ; !"5 ; @* * " + 8 : 4; +$ ; 4; +$ ; * " + 8 :+ #<>-?@0,&#,'#A#0?,/#$9$9.#?',&<#&<.,) On all the seats it contested this +4 4" + -&.'',@0.,$#<#AA?<,?#$?<$0.#0#&0'.'/',0 Lok Sabha polls, the BSP contes- ! unjab Director General of Police, '&&?'.#$,A#<&<#<.'<',.#,.<';$0,&#,'#A#0 he Bahujan Samaj Party may tants finished third, as per the elec- ! PDinkar Gupta on Saturday set the ?,'.<'$9'$0&#?0,.<?.,#AA?,'..'<,.+$ Tnot have won any seat in the tion results. The candidates of the priorities for the Punjab police and Lok Sabha elections in Punjab but AAP, which is the main opposition " * * stressed upon to put effective control '00.#$.#.,)0<?.0.#AA?<,.#-&0'.'0'.' it has surprised many by finishing party in Punjab, finished fourth on '$09'<;7 : 7 on terrorist crimes, gangster activi- &<.'$$9.#'<;,?$,,)'<;,0'<,);'$&#<)?, third on the three seats it contest- these seats. $ 2 ties, drive against drugs and heinous '$00<$9?$,,#$,-?#$$,#A.'<'&&?'.#$,/ ed, doing better than the AAP. What surprised many was that crimes in the state. In addition to this, ?##<0$'.$9.0,.<?.&#??A, Facing the erosion of its vote its Jalandhar candidate Balwinder ! he also directed the field officers to bank over the past several years in Kumar got more than two lakh 7O prevent and control the crimes Punjab, the BSP garnered vote votes or 20 per cent of total votes ! !! !" 7 against women and redress the pub- power, vehicles and driving licenses updation and data base records on share of 3.49 per cent as against 1.9 polled, though he could not win. lic grievances on priority. on such online software applications CCTNS. He advised the district per cent in 2014. The party polled In Hoshiarpur, BSP nominee .??N2 .?/0 Stipulating ‘Mission CCTV cam- by coordinating with district police heads for timely synchronizing the 4.79 lakh votes in the state this gen- Khushi Ram secured over 1.28 lakh " ! eras' to check criminal activities in the chiefs. daily data and records on the system eral election. votes, prompting Punjab Chief state, DGP asked all the range officers Chairing a state level meeting of at police station level. The BSP stitched an alliance Minister Amarinder Singh to " and SSPs to put all out efforts for all CPs and SSPs, he also suggested to On his action points for SSPs dur- and became a part of Punjab blame the defeat of the Congress '$09'<2!4!78 <4 installations of such cameras at each simplify Crime and Criminal ing the meeting, DGP advised them Democratic Alliance, a conglom- candidate to the shift of votes to the & entry and exit points into all Tracking Network & Systems to deploy lady inspectors to investi- eration of several political outfits BSP. He said this has been a decid- 8 cities/towns besides covering all vul- (CCTNS) forms, computerization of gate all sexual assault cases and list- for contesting the elections. ing factor for this constituency and 7 , 7-! nerable locations. police station records and timely ing of top 100 criminals at each police As part of the seat-sharing has also affected the winning mar- 78 For quick disposal of old vehicles updating of all types of crime data on station. pact, the BSP fielded three candi- gins in some others. 6 : 8 belonging to case properties, Gupta the platform. He also asked all the He also advised to appoint liaison dates from Anandpur Sahib, From the Anandpur Sahib con- 8 O asked the senior officers concerned CPs and SSPs to hold weekly crime officers for all schools and colleges Hoshiarpur (reserve) and Jalandhar stituency, BSP nominee Vikram : !@ 4 + 5 to develop data based applications for meetings on every Wednesday to take besides mapping of policemen to vil- (reserve) seats in Punjab. Singh Sodhi secured 1.46 lakh priority areas to streamline disposal stock of progress reports of their sub- lages. Besides this, the DGP also In 2014, the BSP had contest- votes and finished third. $ of old vehicles at range level and ordinate officers. directed the field officers to consti- ed all 13 seats and still got only 2.63 As per the election commission 4 8 police districts offices at the earliest. Presenting his progress ADGP tute various crime specific teams, lakh votes. The party was on fourth data, the vote share of the BSP was 8 8 $ O In addition to this, he directed the IT&T, Kuldeep Singh informed in the social media teams, investigation spot on seven seats, sixth on two 3.49 per cent (4,79,788 votes), way : ! officers to update all data pertaining meeting that Punjab is a leading state and technical teams at district level seats and ranked fifth on two ahead of several parties including to arms licenses, arms dealers, man- in the country for fully utilizing, to trace the crimes. seats. the CPI and the CPM. + ,-. ,/01 % 0% ;
;3 tion of the Highway by the of the damages to the private to the land owners to avoid remains of no use to the land respects before the onset of Highways which will go a Kumar Sharma, Project stake holder departments. properties on account of con- any kind of inconvenience owners. This kind of situation rainy season. Similarly the long way to enhance the pace Director, Mandi, Shimla, imachal Additional Chief Nanda said for the acqui- struction of Highways which and redress the problem in a is prevailing in the vicinity of work in Parwanoo-Solan of development in the State. SDMs of Solan and Shimla, HSecretary (PWD & sition of land for the con- are situated outside R.O.W. mission mode. In context of Solan town which would also stretch of Parwanoo-Shimla The ACS emphasized on Land acquisition Officers and Revenue) Manisha Nanda on struction of Kiratpur-Manali, (Right of Way) for which acquisition of houses where be applicable elsewhere Four Laning Projects should holding “Camps” at appro- other senior officers of Saturday held a meeting to Parwanoo-Shimla and Baddi there has not been made any they have been acquired part- depending on the genuine- be geared up to complete it in priate places in coordination department were present review the progress of con- Nalagarh Four Laning provision of paying compen- ly, the grievance should be ness and merit of the case, she a mission mode. with District Administration, among others in the meeting. structions of Four Laning Projects an amount of about sation by the NHAI, in such redressed by taking the con- added. She assured the NHAI stake holders and local rep- Projects of National Highway Rs. 4260.00 crore was received cases the damage has to be sent of the house owner to Reviewing the construc- authorities to provide all resentatives of Authority of India (NHAI) from the NHAI and out of assessed by the District Level acquire it completely and the tion of Takoli-Kullu stretch of assistance in completing the concerned Panchayati Raj and National Highway in the which about 4004.00 crore Committee (D.L.C.) for the case for acquiring the land Kiratpur-Manali Four Laning projects in time bound man- Institutes to complete the task State. have been disbursed to the purpose and compensation which is outside the R.O.W. Project, where most of the ner and exhorted all the offi- of disbursement of compen- She discussed and land owners. worked out and paid to the should be referred to the work has been done, Nanda cers present in the meeting to sation. addressed all the problems, She said that it has been affected persons. competent authority for asked the Project director work in coordination and Engineer-in-Chief PWD difficulties and hindrances seen that umpteen complaints Nanda emphasized that acquisition in a special cir- NHAI Mandi to complete it work as a team to complete R.K. Verma, Chief Engineer, being faced in the construc- are being received in context timely relief should be given cumstances as the land before 15th July, 2019 in all the task of construction of National Highways Bhawan -! ./' & 0
* 4; available on the Election The number of NOTA votes Charan Munda by a thin mar- the 2013 assembly elections Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Pradesh—and one union terri- Commission of India’s (ECI) cast in Khunti and Lohardaga gin of 1,145 votes, whereas the held in four states — Rajasthan and Madhya tory, Delhi. s many as 1,85,397 voters official website reveals. constituencies, where the BJP NOTA button was pressed by as Aopted for NOTA in The candidates who got won by a thin margin, was many as 21,245 voters in the Jharkhand during the recently fewer votes than NOTA in their higher than the victory margin constituency reserved for tribal concluded General Elections constituency form nearly 70 in the respective constituen- candidates. Lohardaga witnessed and 159 candidates secured per cent of the total 229 candi- cies. In Khunti, BJP’s former a similar trend, where BJP’s fewer votes than NOTA in their dates who contested the polls in chief minister Arjun Munda Sudarshan Bhagat defeated respective constituencies, data Jharkhand. defeated Congress party’s Kali Congress party’s Sukhdeo Bhagat by a margin of 10,363 votes, 120 less than the number of NOTA votes cast. At least 11 of 14 candidates in Lohardaga and Khunti con- stituencies got fewer votes than NOTA. At least 17 of 26 candi- dates in Chatra were defeated by NOTA, while seven of nine candidates lost to NOTA in Singhbhum. On an average, more than half of the candidates in each of the 14 constituencies lost to NOTA in Jharkhand this elections. According to ECI, the high- est number of NOTA votes, 31,164, was cast in Koderma constituency, where Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Annapurna Devi defeated Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief Babulal Marandi by near- ly five lakh votes. As many as 229 candidates contested the elections for the 14 parliamentary constituencies in the tribal State this year. The NDA clean swept the state by winning 12 of 14 Lok Sabha seats. NOTA, which stands for ‘None Of The Above’ is an option provided in the elections to voters who do not find any candidate worthy of represent- ing the people. Through NOTA, a voter gets to reject all the can- didates in fray and yet exercise his franchise. Earlier, in order to cast a negative ballot, a voter had to inform the presiding officer at the polling booth. Now the voter has to just press the NOTA option on the EVM. The NOTA option was first used in + ,-. ,/01 %* $9 < = <33 3- 1(, $2&
% :'+:3; crore poor who have been the is able to take forward the )R )34 beneficiaries of the Prime strong foundation of a 'New isting out the biggest take- Minister's welfare schemes have Bharat' that he has placed and Laways from the just-con- shown their faith in him. is able to fulfil the dreams of a :'+:3; him to formally initiate the arch rival, Congress, managed cluded Lok Sabha election, Shah added that he has successful democracy that the Government formation on 52 seats. where the BJP and NDA inflict- toured the country from whole world will admire," Shah couple of days after the process. Elections were held for ed a humiliating loss on the Kashmir to Kanyaumari and concluded. Aelection results, the Earlier in the day, the 542 of the 543 seats. The elec- Opposition, BJP chief Amit Kamarkhya to Kutch, and peo- Shah also pointed to the air Election Commission on President dissolved the 16th tion in Vellore Lok Sabha seat Shah on Saturday said one of ple in all parts of the country strike in Pakistan's Balakot in Saturday submitted a list of Lok Sabha on the recommen- was cancelled by the EC citing them was that the electorate have unanimously voted in response to the Pulwama ter- newly-elected MPs to dation of the Union Cabinet. abuse of money power. A fresh voted out dynastic, casteist and favour of Modi. "There has ror attack as a reply to those President Ram Nath Kovind, On Saturday evening, the date is yet to be announced. appeasement politics. been a Modi Tsunami in the who had dismissed the cross- setting in motion the process newly-elected MPs of the BJP- The President congratu- Addressing the NDA MPs, country," he said. LoC surgical strike of for constituting the 17th Lok led National Democratic lated the Chief Election who elected Narendra Modi as "Without any taint, he September 2016 as fluke. Sabha. Alliance are likely elect Commissioner and the other their leader, he also pointed out (Modi) has been elected as the Shah said the surgical The full Election Narendra Modi as the alliance's Election Commissioners on that it was after 1971 that for country's Prime Minister for strike and the Balakot air strike Commission — comprising leader. the successful completion of the first time a PM is returning the second term. This has been proved that India had a leader Chief Election Commissioner After this, a delegation of the electoral process in the to power again after serving a possible because he governed who could target the terrorists Sunil Arora and Election leaders of the BJP and its allies largest democratic exercise in five-year term and that this the country by rising above in their den. Commissioners Ashok Lavasa is expected to call on the the human history. time round, the voters elected vote bank politics. In the last "During the 90s, when ter- and Sushil Chandra — called President and convey to him On behalf of the entire a 'leader', who happens to have five years, he took many tough rorism raised its head and on the President and submit- their choice of Modi as Prime country, the President lauded taken not singe day's off in the He said when Modi cess of the extension of Gujarat decisions, but none that did not shook the country, people felt ted a copy of the notification Minister, following which he the efforts of the EC, public last 20 years he has seen of him. became the Prime Minister model to the whole country benefit the country," the BJP that the then Governments issued by the EC containing will be invited to form the officials and security person- He further said that peo- for the first time in 2014, ordi- was an experiment and people President said. were not serious about the names of the members, a Government. nel in successfully completion ple's mandate in the 2019 Lok nary citizens were filled with have blessed Modi once again. "The citizens I have spoken safety and security of the coun- Rashtrapati Bhavan commu- The counting of votes in a free and fair election, the Sabha elections underlined that hope that a person from a What Modi promised, he has to want the country to become try. For the first time under the nique said. elections to the 17th Lok Sabha statement said. Governments will be elected on modest background could be been able to deliver, and this a global super power and Modi government, people have While the EC notification was taken up on May 23 and The President also com- the basis of their performance, elected to the highest office. trust has been shown by the 'Bharat Mata' be accorded her confidence that here is a leader sets in motion the constitution the BJP scored a resounding mended hundreds of millions not dynasty, caste politics or "With that hope, the peo- people in him," he said. proper place on an interna- who can hit the terrorists in of a new Lok Sabha, the list victory, winning 303 seats in of voters who participated in appeasement politics. ple have trusted Modi. The suc- Shah added that the 22 tional scale. I wish that Modiji their den," he said. given to the President enables the 543-member House. Its the election process. ( O )P 5 * & 064 Jammu: Barring the Ladakh winners from the state -- was and senior Congress leader against the Congress candi- dates losing their security :'+:3;G3845 %' parliamentary constituency, the only constituency where and former minister Raman date who polled 3,67,659 votes deposits. majority of the contesting rest of the three candidates Bhalla. (31.1 per cent). The seat, where election aving already conquered candidates lost their security managed to save their While Kishore retained Two other Rajputs in the was held in three phases due Hthe Mt. Everest in 2013, deposit in five other Lok deposits. the seat for the party by get- fray -- JKNPP chairman and to security concerns, regis- Ravindra Kumar, an IAS offi- Sabha constituencies in Namgyal got 42,914 votes ting 8,58,066 votes (58.02 per former minister Harsh Dev tered the lowest voter turnout cer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, will Jammu & Kashmir where 51 (33.94 per cent) and defeated cent), Bhalla got 5,55,191 Singh and DSS founder (Lal of only 8.76 per cent in the undertake yet another mis- of them even failed to get one his nearest rival and inde- votes (37.54 per cent). Singh) -- got 2.06 and 1.61 per state. It was won by National sion to scale the peak this per cent of the valid votes. pendent candidate Sajjad The rest of the 22 candi- cent votes, respectively. Conference candidate and for- summer with the aim to spread The BJP retained three Hussain who secured 31,984 dates, including patron of In Srinagar, where only mer judge Hasnain Masoodi. awareness amongst people parliamentary seats of Jammu, votes (25.3 per cent). Jammu and Kashmir National 14.1 per cent of over 12.94 Mufti, who had won the towards the urgent need of con- Udhampur and Ladakh, while Congress rebel candidate Panthers Party Bhim Singh, lakh electorate exercised their seat in 2014 before resigning to trolling water pollution, saving the National Conference Asgar Ali Karbalai came third Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan right, 10 of the 12 candidates become the first women chief rivers and Ground Water swept the polls in the Kashmir with 29,365 votes (23.23 per (DSS) founder and former lost their deposits with eight minister in 2016, polled only Acquifers besides ensuring valley, winning all the three cent) followed by Congress' BJP minister Lal Singh and even failing to reach one per 30,524 votes (24.44 per cent). availability of Clean Water to seats of Srinagar, Anantnag official candidate Rigzin BSP leader Badri Nath got cent mark. The Baramulla parlia- All. and Baramulla. Spalbar who polled 21,241 below one per cent votes. National Conference pres- mentary constituency was Kumar told The Pioneer he A total of 79 candidates votes (16.8 per cent). The constituency had ident Farooq Abdullah won by senior NC leader has termed his expedition as Everest was inspired by the focus on water sector, especially were in the fray for the six par- The Ladakh Lok Sabha recorded the highest 72.16 retained the seat by getting Mohammad Akbar Lone after "Swachchh Ganga Swachchh Sikkim Earthquake of 2011, drinking water, is need of the liamentary seats, but 63 of constituency is the largest in per cent polling in the state 1,06,750 votes (57.14 per securing 1,33,426 (29.29 per Bharat Everest Abhiyaan 2019" where mountaineers were hour. As per World Bank esti- them lost their security India in terms of area but has and only 2,618 among cent), defeating Aga Syed cent) votes, defeating Raja with Ganga symbolising all called for search and rescue mates 21 per cent of commu- deposit of Rs 25,000 and Rs the lowest number of over 14,78,795 voters pushed the Mohsin of the PDP, who got Aijaz Ali of the Peoples' rivers of India as one of the mission post earthquake in nicable diseases in India are 12,500 (for schedule tribe and 1.71 lakh voters in the state. A NOTA button. 36,700 votes (19.64 per cent). Conference, who got 1,03,193 main sources of water. the State. linked to unsafe water. Rivers scheduled caste candidates) as total of over 1.26 lakh voters Similarly, the Udhampur People's Conference can- (22.65 per cent). Engineer Kumar is the first and only His second Everest are nearly dying due to dis- they failed to get the mini- had exercised their franchise parliamentary constituency, didate Irfan Raza Ansari was Rashid managed 1,02,168 IAS officer of India who has Expedition in 2015 could not charge of pollutants and lack of mum required one-sixth with 922 of them preferring which was retained by union the only other candidate who votes (22.43 per cent). climbed Mt. Everest. Ravindra be completed due to the earth- continuity due insufficient (16.67 per cent) of the total None Of The Above (NOTA), minister Jitendra Singh by a managed double figures with The constituency has Kumar is presently on a Central quake in Nepal. That mission water. Ground water table is polled valid votes, according which was 0.73 per cent of the huge margin of 3.57 lakh 15.4 per cent (28,773 votes). recorded the highest 34.71 deputation Minister of to spread awareness about declining and creating ground to official data by the Election total voting. votes defeating Dogra scion The Anantnag parlia- per cent voting in the Valley. Drinking Water and Sanitation. importance of Sanitation in for future water crisis. Commission of India. The voting trend in the and Congress leader mentary constituency, where Six of the candidates, includ- Begusarai (Bihar) born India through 'Swachchh Therefore, this sector needs The Ladakh parliamen- Jammu parliamentary con- Vikramaditya Singh, saw 10 the second highest 18 candi- ing from the PDP, the Ravindra Kumar has also Bharat Abhiyan' was flagged off immediate through people's tary seat which was won by stituency, where the highest 24 candidates loosing their secu- dates, including former chief Congress and the BJP, got authored two motivational by Prime Minister Narendra involvement in addition to 33-year-old BJP leader candidates were in the fray, rity deposit. minister Mehbooba Mufti, only 11.75 (53,530), 7.58 books on his previous journey. Modi. Government's effort," said Jamyang Tsering Namgyal -- revealed a direct contest The BJP's candidate got were locked in a multi-cor- (34,532) and 1.73 per cent His first scaling of the "In the present scenario, Kumar. the youngest among the six between BJP's Jugal Kishore 7,24,311 votes (61.38 per cent) nered contest, saw 15 candi- (7,894 votes), respectively. PTI 0), & ,7 # .&# Q ,7 Hyderabad: YSR Congress pres- Bhavan in Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh State also," the Kolkata: The BJP on Saturday Government, Vijayvargiya said ident Jaganmohan Reddy, who staked claim to form the gov- release said. described TMC chief Mamata it will fall on its own. was invited to form the next ernment. Rao said he visited Banerjee's offer to quit as West He said, "We will not top- Government in Andhra Pradesh The swearing-in ceremony Maharashtra to meet Chief Bengal Chief Minister as ple it. It will fall on its own. by the Governor, on Saturday would be held at Indira Gandhi Minister Devendra Fadnavis to "drama" and claimed her TMC leaders have lost confi- called on Telangana Chief Municipal Corporation stadium, sort out water disputes between Government will fall on its dence in her. They are fed up. If Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Vijayawada, on May 30 at 12.23 undivided Andhra Pradesh and own and the saffron party will they come to us and crib about here and invited him for the PM, a Raj Bhavan commu- Maharashtra. not need to topple it. her misrule and authoritarian swearing-in ceremony at nique said. The disputes reportedly held Banerjee offered to quit as approach, what can we do?" Vijayawada on May 30. Reddy called on Rao after up irrigation projects in chief minister following her Bengal witnessed a saffron A release from the CM's meeting the governor. Telangana. party's drubbing in the Lok surge in the Lok Sabha polls as office said Reddy extended his During the meeting, Rao Maharashtra cooperated Sabha polls, but the TMC reject- the BJP inflicted a blow to rul- personal invitation to Rao to told Reddy that his govern- after the initiative and this has ed it. ing TMC by winning 18 of total attend the ceremony. ment would like to have cordial led to Telangana being able to "It is good that at least she 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state. There was no official word relations with Andhra Pradesh, construct irrigation projects like has accepted defeat. But her The TMC won 22 seats, down on Raos response, but TRS the release said. Kaleshwaram, Rao told Reddy. offer to quit is nothing but a from 34 in 2014. Addressing her sources indicated that it was like- "Chief Minister K "Our policy would be to drama to garner sympathy," first press conference after the ly to be positive. Chandrashekhar Rao made it maintain similar relations with BJP national general secretary election results were declared, After he was elected leader clear that the policy of Telangana the present Andhra Pradesh Kailash Vijayvargiya told PTI. she on Saturday accused the BJP of the YSRC legislature party, is to maintain cordial relations state also. Let us act in such a Reacting to Banerjee's com- of polarising people on religious Reddy met the Governor of with neighbouring States in a manner so that both the states ment that BJP will commit a lines to garner votes in West Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, give and take manner, and same are benefitted," the release quot- ! ! % & / / 3 ! mistake if it tries to topple her Bengal. PTI ESL Narasimhan at the Raj would be followed in case of ed Rao as saying. PTI ( . $ ( 5) & , #
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On all three occasions, there was ndian batting line-up's soft under- distinct lack of footwork. belly lay exposed in slightly Skipper Virat Kohli (18 off 24 Ifavourable bowling conditions as balls) found his defence breached by New Zealand gave a rude wake-up Colin de Grandhomme's off-cutter call, winning the first warm-up trying to play across the line. game ahead of the ICC World Cup by Jadeja's half-century ensured a six wickets here on Saturday. 175-plus score for the 'Men In Blue' Under overcast conditions, Trent after being reduced to 115 for 8 at one Boult's (4/33 in 6.2 overs) incisive stage. His 62-run ninth-wicket stand 7 swing bowling was a test of technique with Kuldeep Yadav (19) was the only for the Indian top-order batsmen and saving grace for India in an otherwise the Men In Blue never recovered from disappointing batting performance. an early collapse, being bowled out for Before Jadeja, it was Hardik 179 in 39.2 overs. Pandya (30 off 37 balls), who added It was a walk in the park for the 38 runs with Mahendra Singh Dhoni 'Black Caps' as they reached the tar- (17 off 42 balls) for the fifth wicket. ■ %8;*% caught in the deep by Jonny get in only 37.1 overs with Kane Dhoni's painful stay at the crease Bairstow off Liam Plunkett, Williamson (67) and Ross Taylor was cut short by Tim Southee when teve Smith said he had no was greeted by immediate (71) helping themselves to half-cen- he was caught at short mid-wicket Sproblems being jeered by cheers from England fans. turies. while trying to give the bowler charge. spectators as he marked his first But there were more boos While it was a warm-up game and Dhoni, who takes time to settle match against England follow- as he returned to the pavilion the outcome of the result isn't some- down, not for once looked comfort- ing a year-long ban for ball- to be replaced by Smith, com- thing that India would be bothered able and failed to rotate the strike dur- tampering with a hundred at ing in with Australia 82 for two too much but what certainly would ing the partnership, consuming a lot Southampton on Saturday. in the 17th over. keep them worried is the failure to of deliveries. Smith's 116 was the cen- The BBC reported there find a solution to their problems. It was Jimmy Neesham (3/26 in 3 trepiece of Australia's 297 for were a few chants of "cheat, KL Rahul failed at No 4, Dinesh overs), who dismissed Hardik with a nine against England in a cheat,cheat", although a lone Karthik's poor IPL form continued cross-seam delivery that moved a World Cup warm-up fixture. Australia fan shouted "Get 'em while Vijay Shankar and Kedar shade, inducing an outside edge. "I'm pretty chilled, every- Stevie!". Jadhav's respective injuries in all like- Hardik was promoted ahead of one's entitled to their opinion," There was, however, the lihood would prevent the team man- Dhoni in adverse conditions and he Smith told Sky Sports during the customary round of applause agement from checking them out showed positive intent with six innings break when asked from the crowd for a batsman against Bangladesh in the second boundaries. about the crowd's taunts. reaching his fifty when Smith warm-up game at Cardiff. Dinesh Karthik was gone in the "I'm just happy to be back got to the landmark. The two wrist spinners — same over, flicking a half-volley playing. Fortunately, I was able Long a thorn in England's Kuldeep Yadav (0/44 in 8.1 overs) and straight to fine leg and it was Jadeja, to contribute today and hope- side, Smith went to 99 with a Yuzvendra Chahal (1/37 in 6 overs), who resurrected the innings with fully I can take this form into superb carved six over third who have gone off the boil in the past Kuldeep for company. the World Cup." man off Ben Stokes. few months — also didn't make When New Zealand batted, Jasprit If the sound of Smith and The next ball delivery saw much of an impact. Bumrah (4-2-2-1) bowled a testing team-mate David Warner being Smith complete a 94-ball hun- A sub-200 total meant that first spell and Mohammed Shami (4- booed was a sign of things to dred, including eight fours, Williamson and Taylor, during their 0-16-0) also found the right length, come, England will hope the prompting yet more boos as 114-run stand, hardly took risk against which will be a positive that Kohli and former Australia captain's well as clapping to acknowledge the duo, getting run-a-ball with min- Co. Can take from this game. innings is not an omen for a his century. imum fuss. season that includes both the Smith's innings ended in For India, Ravindra Jadeja's World Cup and a five-Test bizarre fashion when, off the decent show (54 off 50 balls and 1/27 . & & 7& Ashes series. penultimate ball of the innings, in 7 overs) was the only silver lining. Smith and Warner only third umpire Joel Wilson ruled There was a possibility that after returned to international duty he'd been caught and bowled by IPL, played on pitches devoid of any ■ 3% +% precautionary scan, the take part in the first earlier this month after they Tom Curran off what looked to lateral movement and conditions that reports of which came warm-up game and is both completed 12-month sus- be a bump ball. didn't aid swing bowling, the footwork he Indian team on Saturday. also unlikely to play in pensions. Earlier, injury-prone would remain a touch iffy for Indian Theaved a sigh of "Vijay Shankar was the second practice Warner was booed first by England fast bowler Mark batsmen. relief after scan reports hit on his right forearm match against spectators on Saturday when he Wood could only manage 3.1 It was Boult's first spell which saw revealed that all-rounder during practice on Bangladesh at Cardiff walked out to open the innings overs before going off with openers Rohit Sharma (2) and Shikhar Vijay Shankar hasn't sus- Friday. He underwent on Tuesday as there is a with captain Aaron Finch after what a team spokesman said Dhawan (2) along with No. 4 KL tained a fracture on his scans and no fracture bit of bruise, which will Australia lost the toss. was "left foot discomfort". Rahul (6) being dismissed that proved right forearm after being has been detected. BCCI take time to heal. The Durham quick then to be decisive in overcast conditions. hit by net bowler Medical Team is aiding Shankar on Saturday O F * GF went to hospital for a scan. The lack of footwork was evident Khaleel Ahmed during a him in his recovery," took some throwdowns And when the left-hander Meanwhile Liam Dawson as Boult trapped Rohit with a deliv- training session on BCCI posted on their batting 'single-handed' arrived at the crease, one fan split the skin on his right fin- ery that darted in while Dhawan had Friday. twitter handle. during the net session shouted: "Get off Warner you ger, with England saying the an inside edge to a delivery that had Shankar had left the However, the Tamil prior to the New cheat." spinner would not bat on his a shade more bounce. Rahul was field and was taken for a Nadu all-rounder didn't Zealand game. Warner's dismissal for 43, Hampshire home ground. ' " & ■ :'+:3; est Indies' recent one-day Winternational form isn't any- ■ %8;*% thing to swoon over, but with a full strength team at their disposal, ormer skipper and they will hope to send a message Fcurrent assistant coach as they take on South Africa in Paul Collingwood on their first World Cup warm-up Saturday was forced to game on Sunday. take the ground as a sub- Windies come into their first stitute fielder after official warm-up on back of mixed England pacers Mark fortunes. While they trounced Wood and Jofra Archer hosts Ireland in each of their two suffered injury scares in a games in the tri-series, they were warm-up game against Australia. ; outclassed on all three occasions by The 42-year-old, who had led England to 2010 T20 Bangladesh, including in the final. World Cup title, walked out to field after Mark Wood 3 0 However, they were not play- and his replacement Jofra Archer left the ground fol- ing their full strength side in that lowing injuries. series and stalwarts like Chris While Wood walked off the field after suffering a 3 ■ :'+:3; gone by then. The Gayle, Andre Russell and Nicholas to play big shots for breakfast, too many of those came against hamstring injury in his fourth over, Archer also left soon Sarfaraz Ahmed-led side Pooran among others, were absent. while Darren Bravo and Shai Bangladesh. after injuring himself while fielding at the deep. ■ 4 +&& akistan, who suffered will look to capitalise With them back in the fold, Hope are capable of holding things They will be up against a con- Collingwood, England's fielding coach, was then seen Pa three-wicket loss to their final chance to make Windies look a lot more well- down. fident South Africa, who come into running around on the ground wearing Wood's World t was a cakewalk for South Africa Afghanistan in their first amends, before they take rounded outfit although they were It is their bowling that looks a the game on back of a resounding Cup jersey, giving ample display of his fitness. Ias they registered a 87-run victo- warm-up game on Friday, on West Indies on 31 beaten rather convincingly by touch off-colour. Skipper Jason 87-run win against Sri Lanka in Joe Root, who was rested for Saturday's warm-up ry against Sri Lanka in a World Cup will look to find winning May in Nottingham in Australia in an unofficial warm-up Holder's recent rise in Test crick- their first warm-up. The Proteas match, was also asked to take the field. warm-up game on Friday, but more ways against Bangladesh, the tournament proper. fixture two days ago. et hasn't reflected in his ODI seem to have covered all bases, but England captain Eoin Morgan was missing in action importantly it was their depth in before the real action Bangladesh come The Windies batting has a numbers. Kemar Roach picked a will want their batsmen to get Saturday due to a finger injury suffered during a train- squad that came to the fore. unfolds at the Men's fresh from a tri-series pretty robust feel about it. The likes whole bunch of wickets in the tri- some more runs. ing session, while spinner Adil Rashid skipped the warm- Andile Phehlukwayo (35), World Cup. win in Ireland, after they of Gayle, Russell, Pooran, Shimron series and while Shannon Gabriel (Venue: Bristol County up game due to a shoulder injury, leaving the hosts with Dwaine Pretorius (25 not out) and Things aren't looking beat West Indies in a Hetmyer and Evin Lewis are able was also among the wickets, not Ground) no option but to bring Collingwood onto the field. Chris Morris (26 not out) got impor- great for Pakistan ahead rain-affected final. After tant runs while Phehlukwayo (4/36) of the World Cup as being clean-swept in and Pretorius 1/34) bagged wickets they've remained winless New Zealand earlier in too, strenghthening their case for a in their last 11 ODIs. the year, the series saw ; , 3 ( spot in the starting XI. Their three-wicket loss to great results for them Phehlukwayo was particularly Afghanistan in their first with significant contri- impressive with the ball, as Hashim warm-up match only butions from their senior ■ 5 4; Sarfaraz's batting posi- players — Muhammad as an excuse to blame him Amla (65) and skipper Faf Du Plessis deepened concerns. At players like Shakib Al tion has become a matter of Hafeez and Shoaib Malik — for letting the team down. (88) also got runs. 203/4 in the 38th over, Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, ormer Pakistan crick- debate as he has batted properly. "A captain has to lead by "I think there is quite good com- they were on course for Tamim Iqbal and Feters have urged skipper mostly lower down the order Former wicketkeeper- example and if he comes at petition and good depth within the getting an above par first Mushfiqur Rahim. New Sarfaraz Ahmed to bat high- but moved up a couple of batsman Moin Khan said he number four, the other bats- squad," Phehlukwayo was quoted as innings total. But the comer Abu Jayed, whose er up the order so that the times in the recent ODI had suggested Sarfaraz men will also respond and saying by www.cricketworldcup.com. lower middle-order col- spot was uncertain in team could post big totals in series against England but before the team left for play sensibly," Test wicket- "Personally, I am not looking in lapse restricted their the final World Cup the upcoming World Cup, on Friday in the warm-up England to open the innings keeper-batsman Kamran terms of those competitions. I just innings to 262 all-out in squad earlier, too pro- starting May 30. game against Afghanistan, if necessary. Akmal said. want to contribute for the team, who- the 48th over. duced a match winning "Sarfaraz does not have he again came late at num- "In the last World Cup I Enigmatic fast bowler ever is playing in that all-rounder Their bowling unit spell of 5/58 against the big shots to justify his ber six. was the chief selector and I Shoaib Akhtar also urged position is obviously the person in seemed much the same Ireland. batting at number 5, 6 or 7. "He has to realise that tried him out as an opener Sarfaraz to bat higher up the form and hopefully they can do the like it was in the recent- Bangladesh, who had He needs to bat higher up so his worth for the team is at and he did well. He is some- order and be more authori- job for the team. Aside from that I ly concluded ODI series caused the biggest upset that he can build his innings number four or five. He is one who needs overs to tative as captain on the field don't think personally I have any against England, failing to at the World Cup 2015, and help Pakistan get big the sort of player who can pace his innings." and in the dressing room. agenda in terms of the all-rounder. produce wickets for most knocking the current totals," former captain change the momentum of With openers Fakhar "He has to marshal the Skipper du Plessis said that at part of the innings. hosts England out of the Shahid Afridi said. the game with his rotation of Zaman, Inam-ul-Haq and innings and he has to play least one of those three players Mohammad Amir went competition, will look to "He is wasting himself strike and ability to keep the one down Babar Zaman the team he wants not the would have to sit out. wicket-less in his six maintain their good form coming lower than four and scoreboard moving," having batting averages of 50 eleven the chief selector and "There is definitely not space for overs, bowling at an aver- and try to get a settled this doesn't help the team. If Pakistan's most successful plus, number four is the best the head coach want. Only three of them," he said. "Depending age speed of 82.6 mph, combination before their Pakistan is to do well in the Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq position for Sarfaraz fol- then will he be able to do on fitness, Dale Steyn is progressing. markedly slower than his campaign gets underway World Cup, Sarfaraz has a said. lowed by Hafeez, Malik, well in the World Cup." So, if he doesn't progress the way that normal pace. Wahab against South Africa on 2 big role to play as captain Misbah noted that Asif, felt Moin. Akhtar felt Sarfaraz he wants to then two all-rounders Riaz's late burst was the June. and player. He has to be the Sarfaraz coming up the Some of his critics have needed to be more assertive come into the equation. If our fast only significant positive (Venue: Sophia leader on and off the field," order will allow the team to used Sarfaraz's reluctance as a captain like India's Virat bowlers are all fit, we love that but the game was far Gardens, Cardiff) he added. utilise the two senior most to bat higher up in the order Kohli. diversity in our attack."
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The novel depicts the struggles of a According to Prof Rahman, “The Ustad’s socio-culturalT as well as the literary landscape not just national boundaries but also a history widowed woman, Rehana Haque, trying to offering may be taken as a folklorist interlude of the larger region of South Asia is missing. In of diverse literary and linguistic practices raise her family in a country struggling to of hope, faith, and redemption that his music fact, in the popular narratives of the self-con- many of which have at different points in his- create its national identity. Anam’s work is might bring to listeners.” gratulatory brand of nationalism, one tends to tory overlapped, interacted or informed each noteworthy for the way it weaves together Since this poetic form of expression is juxtapose the fluidity and multiplicity of India other. Through its nuanced analysis, the book the personal and the public, but also how it rare, it is pertinent to note what the author with the apparently static literary and social stresses on the distinctive character of each of underlines a shared history of the subconti- has to say about it, in greater detail: “Kajri life of the nations in its immediate vicinity. these countries without contesting or under- nent all the while maintaining its commit- may be read as eminent examples of secular Additionally, the use of markers such as ‘South mining the sense of a collective South Asian ment to delineating the war for the libera- poetry rooted in history, culture, region, spiri- Asia’ denotes a sense of homogeneity and uni- identity. There is a clear sense of co-sharing tion of Bangladesh. tuality, and patriotism. Apart from other con- formity which leaves little room for conceptu- and co-development, which does not take As the author notes: “It has been general- stituents, nature and women remain at the alisation of a unique national identity, let alone away from an appreciation of the distinctive- ly argued that A Golden Age is a novel that centre of this composition. Kajri is an emo- of innovations and differences of each nation ness of each literary culture. In the author’s draws essentially upon the experiences of war tional and dramatic representation of village within the said area. It is only through an own words, “In addition to their social, cul- and liberation. To develop a larger and more life... It represents individual history as force- analysis of the entire region with an acute tural, economic, and political variables, South Catholic view, I should like to posit that apart fully as it does the history and geography of a awareness simultaneously of what unites and Asian nations have had a shared history of from drawing upon the idea and experience people, its sociology, and its philosophy of also what gives each constituent country its underdevelopment... they have always impact- of war and liberation, this novel operates at existence... Kajri has had various forms since distinctive identity can one truly begin to chal- ed each other either directly and indirectly, two particular levels of time and space as it its origin at some point of time in the past and lenge the imposition of labels of Western ori- but even while they have done so, they have moves through the meandering motions of a has passed through several variations in tech- gin. In spite of what they might suggest, labels maintained their intrinsic differences.” historical period and the shifting locations in niques of composition and styles of rendi- are never wholly organic and they always cre- The book covers a wide expanse of time a given space. Even while it engages directly tion... There are regional variations in the ate as much as they name a reality. from the medieval period of the Sufi poet ;:7%%5 : : with Bangladesh, it also refers back and forth style of singing that may clearly be noticed in Socioliterary Cultures in South Asia by Rumi (1207-1273) and the Bhakti poet, Sant % ;:+ 4@: to two neighbours —India and Pakistan — the way Kajris are sung in Ramnagar (Kashi) Anisur Rahman is an attempt towards under- Kabir (c 1338-1448) to the contemporary era. that act as causes to many effects at the per- and Mirzapur. In this respect, Kajris may also standing the “…self-evolved centrality of It has a clear postcolonial emphasis in the 4; 4: %&:4; sonal level of the characters involved and the be read as manifestation of the tones and each location [in South Asia]” so that when ways it identifies the writers and texts as well 4%8 <';%8 political levels of the countries in question... tunes characteristic of a community of people “all of them [are] taken together”, they as in its acknowledgement of the distinctive This saga, which projects Bangladesh in a living in two areas of the same region.” “impart uniqueness to a broader South Asian literary history of each region. 4% : $% direct-indirect relationship with India and The book is a treasure trove of informa- identity”. The book has a twofold aim, which Socioliterary Cultures is divided into three 8 +: $;: Pakistan, with all their parities and dispari- tion for people who are interested in South is to celebrate the individual socioliterary thematically arranged sections: ‘Secular ties, represents a major aspect of contempo- Asian studies and who want a book that is identity of the nations comprising South Asia Traditions’, ‘Imaginary Landscapes’, and : :%&4%33:4@: rary history of the Indian subcontinent.” simultaneously engaging and informative and to also understand that this microcosmic ‘Realistic Configurations’, each of which %8; +:
@ * -R .(* -+ - ! - . * %+*;5 + 2 "5 O < 6 " + ;$% ' hri Krishna cast a magic spell with Mathura and Vrindavan and nei- over the minds of innumer- ther cherish him as Bala Krishna or able people from all parts of Gopala Krishna, rather are fond of the world, belonging to many calling him by the title “destroyer of creeds and castes, who find the vanity of many powerful and themselvesS impressed with one or the proud ones like the wrestlers Charura other feature of his magnificent per- and Kamsa”. The Jains also admire sona and character. In the same Krishna as the destroyer of Putana, strain, the Jains in India were fasci- Shakuni bird, vicious bull, and Kaliya. nated with Krishna’s grand persona, With regard to the other features so much so that they recast the of Jain ideology and notion on Pauranic account of Krishna saga in Krishna, it may be also stated that as their own way, as befitting their ide- they have included Shri Krishna ologies. In this context, it seems per- among their 63 personages of high tinent to note that in India, religious honour, it proves that they look he long-drawn seven-phase elections are over and the tradition flows through three major upon him as the great and noble results have come. Needless to say that the elections streams of thought — the Vedic or Kshatriya prince, who according to Tthis time were fought on emotive rather than rational Pauranic, Buddhist, and Jainism. them, was a representative of the plank. For some observers, though, elections are always based The latter two streams of ninth black Vasudeva and always on emotional rather than real issues. But the Indian expe- thought, however, originated and accompanied with white Vasudeva rience may prove otherwise on many occasions. Nevertheless, developed in India outside the pale who was Baladeva. The Vasudevas, in there is a need to focus on the core issues which were large- of Pauranic tradition, but their main alliance with the Baladevas, who are ly glossed over in the cacophony of noise largely created by aim was confined to delineating and also held by the Jains to succeed over- motivated media campaigns that were premised on the “heav- elaborating the theology and mythol- powering the Vishnudvishas who in ens will fall doctrine”. So the two sides of the divide were both ogy surrounding popular Indian Krishna’s case is Jarasamdha and not trumpeting the same sound — if not we, the heavens will deities, such as Shri Krishna or Shri Kansa. The Jains also know Krishna fall. But the fact remains that heavens will not fall, because Ram, with the help of assigning dif- as having multitude wives number- heavens cannot fall. Anyway, it is time to get on to the brass ferent features in their personae ing 16,000. The Jains also know tacks right away. Interestingly, everyone is aware of what needs character as suitable to their ideals. Krishna as the son of Vasudeva, who to be done. But immediate gains become important. So, there While pointing out three point of had two wives Devaki and Rohini. is a supplementary question that comes in the way: What views on Krishna and His interaction Besides Baladeva or Balarama is there for me? It is this question that makes all and sundry with the Jains, let’s not lose sight of Krishna is said to have another deviate from the issues as people are driven by the logic that the fact that from the very beginning, younger brother, Gajasukumar. in the long run, everyone is dead. Well, that does make sense in India they emerged as an impor- Summing up the Jain tradition for the present generation, but there is a need to think of the tant section of Indian society and 8th on Krishna, it can be ascertained that generations to come. History is replete with examples that century BC onwards have con- assigning him the role of the ninth suggest that even monarchs thought of the future and made tributed a good deal of thought Vasudeva and one of the 63 Shalka plans that were strategic and long term in nature. Sher Shah material of Indian civilisation, which Purushas, the Jains — although hav- Suri planted trees on both sides of the Grand Trunk Road, is considered a substantial and gen- however, preserve different lists of tion on Krishna tradition with which ing their rich theological tradition — though he knew it would take years before they grow full uine tradition of the Indian nation. Krishna’s ancestors and descendants. they became conversant and fascinat- could not overlook Shri Krishna’s length. The unfortunate part is that people, in their craving Similarly, the Jain tradition on Besides this, even distorted version of ed. So much so that they could not manifold personae-features so much for power, occupy themselves with next elections rather than Krishna holds great importance for Krishna’s exploits as given in the desist themselves from including so that they included him among the next generation. There is an urgent need for statesman- understanding the arch-type of Mahabharata and the Puranas is Krishna and his brother among their their great persons who were worthy ship in the political dispensation that can address issues of Krishna concept. It is found that the traceable in the Jain sources. 63 great personages of the era whom of their worship and honour, and realpolitik rather than abstractions that charge people for a Jains not only included the Krishna According to the Jains, Jarasamdha’s they cherish with great respect and also assigned him equal status next short while, but do precious little to address the ground real- concept within their religious fold, killer is Krishna and not the Pandava honour. Shri Krishna finds the last to that of the Tirthankara. This Jain ities. As the new Government takes over, there is a need to but also some other cults and beliefs brother Bhima; Krishna used to * :4;: position in their list of great person- contribution towards Krishna con- broach over the basics, the real agenda. As many politics- in their own sect. According to remain disgusted with the Pandavas %&() 5 ; ages, whom they call “Shalaka cept goes to prove that Krishna’s watchers rightly pointed out, the most serious issue of our some, the Jains were averse to the and for that reason they were forced Purushas”. They know him as appeal was not only confined to the times — climate change — hardly found a mention in the encounters of pastoral Krishna, for by him to leave Hastinapore and & + 4;: ;:+ Vasudeva Keshava, the son of followers of the Vedic-Brahmanic electoral debate. The problem is serious and concerns all of they hardly talk about it, rather, they made to settle far off in south. The *% % ;: Vasudeva. Besides, in Jain tradition, tradition, but spread beyond among us. It is the environment, the ecosystem, which sustains life. relish talking about the oldest tradi- Jain sources similarly speak different- Krishna’s 10 forms or incarnations are the non-Brahmanic believers and In the primary class geography books, we used to read about tion on Krishna, which hails him as ly about Krishna’s killer, who was an 2 +% ! also popular along with the notions devotees belonging to other schools its critical nature. Unfortunately, no one is bothered about the Lord of Dwarka and not Gopala anonymous fowler according to the of cowherd Krishna in passing. of thought and discipline like the ecology these days. But the rate at which the mean temper- Krishna. Further for knowing the Puranas, but according to the Jains, % $%;: Moreover, it is interesting to note that Jains or others. atures are rising and pollutants choking the atmosphere, all Jain tradition on Krishna, the Jain he was Jarakumar or Jarakumar and &:8 : %&;: the Jains not only agree upon treat- Besides accepting Krishna as one those investments in technology may be rendered ineffec- work such as Jaina Harivansha and happened to be Krishna’s half broth- ing their first Tirthankara as Lord of the nine Vasudevas, the Jains lib- tive. Nature’s disapproval of human ways are already loud other Puranic works have to be tra- er and a Yadava prince like him. Here 2 +% Vishnu’s great avatara, but even erally extend their support to the view and clear, only we need to read the writing on the wall. versed. These Jain works describe in it seems that the idea of an anony- % 5 ; ; recast the biography of the 22nd which accepts Krishna as belonging Addressing the sustainability of the ecosystem must then be detail the achievements of Krishna mous hunter killing a God could not Tirthankara Arishtanemi on the pat- to the status of the great chieftains of the topmost item on the agenda of the Government. But it and name him not Krishna but be acceptable to the Jains, so they %3: ;:3% + tern of Krishna Saga and declared the age, and one who had obtained must also be understood that the physical ecosystem is too Vasudeva, as is common practice invented an idea of the killer of %&+' 5% him as the famous prince of Krishna’s supreme glory and was very kind- intricately connected with the social ecosystem. The trees, with the Bhagavatas. Krishna of equal royal rank and sta- Yadava clan and as being related to hearted. Concluding the discussion rivers, land all provide lifeline to the poor also. The plight Similarly, the Jains’ other descrip- tus as that of Krishna. Besides @5 him as his cousin. The Jains also treat on Krishna’s interaction with the of the underprivileged class which, despite the statistical jug- tions of Krishna’s forefathers, Yadavas, Balarama, Krishna’s other nine broth- % : +: $ Krishna’s Preceptor Ghorangirasa as Jains, let us repeat verbatim their glery, comprises a large section of the populace and is no and his last days on Earth are in er are referred to by the Jains along in the Bhagvata tradition on Krishna. belief that “Shri Krishna would appear less responsible for the damage to the environment than the agreement with those of the Puranas, with their father, who is named as %;:2 As a preacher of Gita, Krishna in the form of future 12th Tirthankara big industries. It is equally important to think of income gen- likewise, most of the childhood Andhaka-Vrishni. finds a cherished position in the Jain of the next world-period along with eration schemes for the poor and deprived. The rich man’s encounters of Krishna almost find With this general note on the tradition. Among other features of the other members of his family like his greed and the poor man’s need are both equally responsi- similar versions in the Jain sources. transference and innovations in Jain tradition on Krishna, His role as parents, brothers who will also ble. The physical environment and the socio-economic envi- For instance, the Jains also treat Krishna’s personae by the Jains, it the Lord of Dwarka or Raivataka is achieve similar position”. ronment are parts of the same whole. Baladeva or Balaram as Krishna’s may be added that the Jains have pro- most endearing to the Jains. They ( 3 3 brother and helpmate. 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$ R , ,( am using the word sadhana because I did not find a suit- 2, $ =' '.'<'% Iable word for it in English. This Sanskrit word means wor- ndia recently witnessed the quin- considering where they can have win- shipping an idol or an image of quennial festival of democracy — ning candidates based on the caste of God like a photo. It also means Ithe General Elections. Democracy the mass population in that region. In wanting to please God by our has empowered people with choice. It such attempts and in the heat of elec- sincere efforts. Sadhana can be is the right and responsibility of each tions, unnecessary communal tensions done in many ways, like medi- citizen to vote. Almost all systems are aroused by provocative speeches of tation, chanting, just feeling the come with inherent faults, and it is our the leaders, which contribute to build- presence of God, looking at a duty to reduce the faults and increase ing fault lines between various castes murti of God or even a photo. the efficiency of the system. and communities. Atman is beyond There are no restrictions placed any physical conceptions of body like on how you do it as long as it So-called equality: The common peo- caste, religion, or nationality. Spiritual helps in becoming God-con- ple vote to elect the next Government. people identity unity among this scious. Some people regularly Every vote counts and adds or subtracts external diversity on the spiritual read spiritual texts. chances of winning or losing the elec- platform. This unity helps them give Such sadhana has enormous tion. Candidates who receive maxi- up external differences. benefits. I am detailing many of mum votes come to power. The votes them herein, some of them I of learned and ignorant are given equal Winning chances than performance: have experienced; these benefits preference. In a society where along While selecting candidates, many accrue only gradually. What is with the innocent population, there are times, the winning ability is prioritised our experience? That superior people like criminals, hate-mongers, over performance capability and char- benefit takes time in coming. do sadhana not how, because ous problem worldwide. ates better. Remember no one is addicts, abusers, debauchees, how can making contributions, make them acter assessments. Even criminals get Once we get started, momentum being able to do regular sadhana One realises spiritual truths. exempt from suffering. One we expect them to cast their vote for lazy and always waiting for such kind tickets to fight elections if they have will build slowly. As we begin to qualifies us for God’s grace. Personally, I have been very must tolerate what cannot be the Government which will act in a of largesse. Spirituality teaches us to a higher chance of winning. Scriptures experience the benefits of doing I begin with the great ben- fortunate in this regard. The cos- avoided. (2.14) If someone comes direction they may not like? It is like look beyond the immediate good. are torchlights which highlight what the sadhana, we will fall in love with efit of being freed from negative mic design begins to be revealed to God consciousness, some- an insincere student wishing to have Austerity, which is an integral part of desirable traits are and what aren’t. The God but that will take time. Life emotions. Of course, this hap- to us. This is a great boon; we how, anyhow, God will give the a strict class teacher. Generally, this cat- spirituality, is about voluntarily giving torchbearer of truth can’t be deceived will become smoother. Not that pens gradually only but one can know how we are placed vis-à- strength to be able to continue to egory of people will try to find a leader up certain pleasurable things for bet- by criminals hiding within the system. one will be freed from all trou- never underestimate this boon. vis the creation. We learn about do so. Steady sadhana will ensure who matches their narrative of life. ter spiritual prospects. Spirituality bles, because that never happens One is freed from debilitating what we need to do to get all that it. I can vouch for it. Faith will Spirituality teaches people to sober up teaches that we are eternal beings, Shifts in ideologies: Opportunism in this impermanent place of fears related to one’s body, near God has to offer like guidance, become stronger steadily. in life and helps them overcome their atman, and spiritual happiness comes trumps ideological integrity. People miseries. (Gita 8.15) Most and dear ones, material posses- help, shakti/bala, security, peace, In conclusion, I will state negative habits. Such trained populace when we disengage our senses from shift their ideologies for desirable importantly, one will begin to sions, etc. Even a habitual wor- happiness, support, etc. All we that we, small souls, are pro- can definitely give better candidates, flickering pleasures of this world to the perks. Voters get deceived if after the enjoy life in various ways. God rier can hope to be rid of this need to do is take God’s shelter grammed to be highly self-cen- who can represent them and do bet- service of God. In this way, people elections, elected candidates switch to helps us realise that ultimately painful habit. One can sleep bet- in all respects. Not only is the tered, but most people don’t ter for society. experience higher inner bliss and they or align with the parties with opposite life is meant to be enjoyed only. ter as anxiety will not affect that next birth guaranteed to be realise where their self-interest are able to develop distaste for imme- ideology. Spiritual people don’t have Initially, sadhana may appear much. Living in the material superior but the possibility of the lies. It is in Vasudeva, who is Populist measures: People go by what diate pleasures, which often rob peo- egoistic hollow attachments to their ide- difficult to do but it doesn’t world in material bodies, it is present life ending badly is also everything. (7.19) We must is good for their immediate future than ple of their valuable health, wealth, and ologies, but they have reasons for have to be. One should customise impossible to be completely rid eliminated. (6.40) realise that we are small and, in long-term benefits. The populist mea- character. Such people won’t go for things they value as sacred. In this way, for self because doing sadhana is of anxiety, but it becomes man- Connected with God, phys- the ultimate sense, quite helpless, sures corrode the economy in terms of temporary populist measures, but will spirituality can definitely help strength- important, not how it is done. ageable. And the mental facul- ical health becomes a beneficia- and it is in our best interest to investment in wrong things, burden on see the greater, long-term good for all. en the democratic system for the ben- God has given us multiple ty of such practitioners remains ry, because one comes under surrender to God. Regular sad- financial institutions like banks, efit of the people in general. options. We can choose our pos- sound till the end of life. What Lord’s care. Even family mem- hana will take us there. degrades the attitude of people who Casteism: Parties place their candi- ( ture, sitting down or even lying a boon this is when mental bers, ie the near and dear ones, % always want to take from the state than dates based on the caste arithmetic, . & +( .&?!, down. The idea is to be able to health is becoming a very seri- get the ripple effect. One toler- >%1 uvitiut R
he United States of TAmerica is a liberal nation par excellence and with the Trump regime, there has been an awesome impetus given to the Global War on Terror (GWOT). It was then President George Bush, who initiated the now extant terminology with the flock of the neo-con- servatives, and the PNAC (Project on New America) GWOT group. In academia, there are twin *H' 8(-55!P H 5 )5 58?#5 /5 H5' *  &?!A?-7 terminologies which hold M 3 ( % 111 much water in the context of . 1 111 both the global terror and the 11 & 3 N South Asian and West Asian * 3 **. 88 visage of cross-border terror- && %% ism. The formulation com- of counter-terrorism jurispru- ning of terrorist acts, and reaf- ( P prises the idea of the suppres- dence which has been created firming its conviction that the sor state which aids, abet and by the UNSC. suppression of international imposes terror modules on a The entire counter-terror terrorism is essential for the recipient suppressed state. jurisprudence involves the maintenance of international Another facet includes the ambit of the following few peace and security.” % canny nomenclature of super United Nations Security Thus, the feel of the UN % terrorism which includes a Council Resolutions compris- charter reverberates through- !! P deft utilisation of the nodes and ing the following UNSC out the nomenclature and the internodes of the suppressed Resolutions: 1267(1999), language of the UNSC state. This terror methodology Committee at the United most prized and special rela- the Mumbai terror attacks and COMCAST is another instance 1989(2011) and 2253(2015). Resolution No. 1267. refers to the idiom that nodes Nations. Thus, the long French tionship and both the nations the recent outage on Uri and of placing unprecedented pres- The United Nations Afghanistan might be the cen- can be construed as the urban leave of the terror mongers has are moving towards full- Pulwama, and the Indian sure on Islamabad to disman- Sanctions Committee has tre of the sanctions regime but centres, shopping malls along been curtailed by the United fledged alliance. Specially in the response in Balakot in tle its terror infrastructure, declared, “The entry specified the extended overarch of with the energy depots in any Nations. Even peacenik nations context of counter-terror coop- Pakistan. The impunity with primarily directed at India. below includes ISIL(Da’esh) counter-terror mechanisms receptacle nation. On the other have to absolve themselves of eration, both the nations have which terror leaders such as Also, the US has initiated a and Al Qaida Sanctions among comprise the terror spectacle hand, the internodes are the the globally infused guilt of attempted a clearly delineated Hafiz Sayeed and Masood move to invite India to play a the list of individuals and enti- spreadeagling across the Indian vast swathes of highways, rail- being hard nosed with the ter- definition of terrorism and Azhar roam around Pakistan more active role in the insur- ties subject to the assets freeze, and South Asian region. Early ways and air routes which con- ror mongers in their infested sought recourse to the United mobilising jehad against the gency ridden Afghanistan and travel ban and arms embargo on, the United States sought nect these sequestered nodes of terrains and populations. The Nations mechanism. imagined Indian excesses has what is required is a heady set out in paragraph 1 of irreversible action on the population and attendant infra- United States issued a much The UN mechanism com- already been commented upon response by the Indian inter- Security Council resolution scourge of terror in South Asia structure. needed warning to Pakistan prises aiding the less resourced by scholars and media alike. locutors. Thus, countering ter- 2368 (2017), and adopted and India. The US office of Thus, terrorists world over Prime Minister Imran Khan and developing nations in tech- Pakistan’s deep state has always ror in a manner reflects the under Chapter VII of the Foreign Assets control has now utilise the state infra- during the Pulwama incident nology and training in the war contested that its territory and American gumption and the Charter of the United Nations.” included the name of a few ter- structure to randomise the life which enervated Rawalpindi against terror. As an attendant resources are the hotbeds of Indian capacity to spread its This is what the United Nations ror financial facilitators which !! '(A5( and support systems of civili- and Islamabad and secured fact, in the aftermath of the terror training. But facts speak arms to the region with New official web release declares in reflects the political will on the sational hubs and Defense blink quick release of Wing September 11 attacks, nations otherwise. The US has been Delhi playing a global role in its May 1, 2019 release. part of the US to initiate a facilities in India and South Commander Abhinandan in are required to submit an pro-active with US Marines taking to task the terror machi- The United Nations doughty mode of combat Asia, both being the staple the throes of a dogfight. annual report to the UN attacking terrorist hotbeds in nation directed against India, in Security Council Resolution against the global terror infra- targets of jehadi terrorism. There was a time in the Security Council in order to the Af-Pak region with heavy the name of jehad for the State no. 1267 passed in 2019 structure. The argument that The manner in which the early nineties that then US monitor the still evolving glob- bombs termed as MOAB, the of Jammu & Kashmir. explains its concerns as, India is provoking a war by iso- United States, the United Assistant Secretary of State for al mechanism of countering mother of all bombs. The US Thus, the US also through “Recalling the relevant inter- lating Pakistan is a dysfunc- Kingdom and France have ably South Asia Robin Raphael terror and its global machina- has delayed the selling of its new immigration policy national counter-terrorism tional approach, which only sustained India’s impetus to would ask India while visiting tion. The recent decision in the weaponry to Pakistan on the has outlawed illegal entry from conventions and in particular reflects the sympathy and enlist Jaish-e-Mohammad chief New Delhi about the imagined heady portals of the UN charges of sponsoring terror nations such as Pakistan to its the obligations of parties to empathy for the ministrations Maulana Masood Azhar as a theme of human rights abuses Security Council to list Masood and has always been following homeland, that is, American those conventions to extradite of global terror and nothing global terrorist speaks volumes by the Indian security forces in Azhar as a global terrorist is the diplomatic line of seeking territory; it is more than a sym- or prosecute terrorists, strong- more. about the success of New South Asia. Since the advent of one of the initial mechanisms and demanding qualified evi- bolic impetus and a fillip to the ly condemning the continuing Delhi’s counter-terror diplo- the present world politics, the of the UN body aided by dence from Islamabad that it Indian stance on countering use of Afghan territory, espe- (The writer teaches macy with the recently consti- tide has turned the other way. American support to amelio- has not aided the terror drag- and targeting cross-border and cially areas controlled by the International Relations at tuted United Nations Security Now, President Trump calls the rate the concerns of New Delhi, net in the region and in India. other phoenix like ides of ter- Taliban, for the sheltering and Indian Institute of Public Council Resolution No. 1267 Indo-US relationship as the especially in the aftermath of The American legislation rorism. There is a whole body training of terrorists and plan- Administration, Delhi)
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locked from pursuing his polit- Spaniards vote on it. Parliament,” he said, because that conservative JxCat party were elect- Bical crusade in Spain’s parlia- Junqueras spoke via video con- would allow him rejoin former col- ed last month to a new, fragment- ment, the most prominent jailed ference from a jail on the outskirts leagues in the bloc’s assembly and ed Spanish lower house, along with leader of Catalonia’s separatist of Madrid shortly before the wide- “explain to them firsthand the deep another colleague who won a seat movement is vowing to take his fight ly expected announcement that he injustice that innocent people are in in the Spanish Senate. to the European Parliament. would be suspended as a Spanish prison.” Spain’s Supreme Court granted The lower chamber of Spain’s lawmaker. If he succeeds in becoming a them permission earlier this week Parliament on Friday suspended Speaker Meritxell Batet parliament member, Junqueras to attend — escorted by police — Oriol Junqueras and three col- announced that the governing body plans to launch a largely symbolic the opening parliamentary sessions leagues from their recently gained of the Congress of Deputies had candidacy to become European of the new legislative term. While seats as national lawmakers because ruled for the suspension in line with Commission president as the con- Junqueras has made clear that he they are currently in jail during an the country’s criminal code, which tender for the European Free wants to give up his seat to anoth- ongoing trial at Spain’s Supreme bans those indicted for rebellion or Alliance, a grouping of small region- er member of his left-wing separatist Court. They face up to 25 years in terrorism-related charges and in al and separatist parties from across ERC party, all eyes in Spain are prison for rebellion charges that preventive custody from holding Europe, including Scottish, Flemish on what the three JxCat politicians stem from a banned referendum public office. and Corsican nationalists. will do. and an independence declaration But the 50-year-old former While Junqueras said that if his Deciding to accept the suspen- made by the separatist-controlled number 2 of the Catalan regional attempt to become a European law- sion but not giving up their seats Catalan government in late 2017. Government, who was previously a maker is blocked he will appeal it in and leaving them empty would But Junqueras is also running European lawmaker between 2009 court, Puigdemont faces even alter the number of deputies need- for the European Parliament in and 2012, told AP that the suspen- greater potential challenges to join ed to form the next Spanish gov- elections that take place on Sunday, sion in Spain doesn’t affect him him in the continental legislature. ernment. Caretaker Prime Minister and polls say that he and his former because he was planning to give up According to an internal report Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party won boss, Carles Puigdemont, who his seat anyway: Members of the by the European Parliament’s legal April 28 national elections but fell unlike Junqueras fled the country to European Parliament can’t hold services that the AP has had access short of a majority and will need avoid arrest, have a high chance of certain public offices in their home to, Puigdemont would have to support to form a government. being elected. countries. return to Spain to be officially When not attending trial as a Even so, the Catalan separatists Junqueras is the lead candidate included in the list of its elected defendant, Junqueras, a historian, face several legal hurdles to be in the European elections of Ahora European lawmakers and thereby says he spends his time at the Soto sworn in as European lawmakers. Republicans, a coalition of a Catalan face arrest. del Real prison writing a collection “The sole fact that a European and other small regionalist parties Despite the chaos caused by the of stories for his son and daughter, lawmaker and a candidate to the in Spain. Polls give it enough votes Brexit referendum in the UK, who he estimates he has seen “a total presidency of the European for him to claim one of the 751 seats Junqueras is not wavering in his of 50 hours” since he was put Commission is a political prisoner & 5#& ? $ 3 3 in the chamber, but his possibilities belief that the solution to the behind bars in November 2017. of one of the European Union’s B=3 B=CG1 $ H & % 3 # # 1 to be sworn in are unclear given his Catalan question is a regional vote “I tell (my children) that unfor- member states is a very powerful 3 3 % 1 % legal situation. on independence. tunately we live in a country where message in favour of democracy, Junqueras said he hopes Spain’s Election results and polls indi- I can be put in jail,” Junqueras said. fundamental rights and freedoms repeatedly rejected the term “polit- provisions in the country. achieve independence for a region Supreme Court will allow him to cate that the 7.5 million residents of “My job consists precisely in ensur- not only in Catalonia but in all ical prisoner” to refer to the prose- The Government also often like northeastern Catalonia is by travel to the European Parliament in the Catalonia region are roughly ing that this doesn’t happen again Europe,” Junqueras told The cuted Catalan separatists, pointing reiterates that political parties open- reforming the country’s 1978 con- Strasbourg, France, for the opening split down the middle by the seces- and that my children don’t have to Associated Press on Friday. out that they were jailed by inde- ly advocating for secession are legal stitution, which currently prohibits session in July. “For me, it will be a sion question. 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