Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From MONEY 10 WORLD 11 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL FIGHTING MARKETS MARCH HIGHER PAK CONFISCATES BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CROSS-BORDER TERROR FOR THIRD STRAIGHT DAY ASSETS OF JUD, FIF CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 155 Issue 64 LUCKNOW, THURSDAY MARCH 7, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable REAL MADRID CRASH OUT OF} UCL } 16 SPORT www.dailypioneer.com Rafale deal papers stolen: Govt Army warns Pak of Centre informs SC it mulls to prosecute The Hindu under Official Secrets Act

PNS n NEW DELHI dire consequences amounts to violation of the which amounted to contempt Official Secrets Act, entailing of court, he said. The newspa- Any misadventure bombs and heavy artillery n a big twist during the hear- maximum punishment of up to per published the documents guns. The same was effective- Iing of the Rafale review peti- 14 years, the contempt law by omitting the word “secret” will be responded ly retaliated by the Indian tion in the Supreme Court, the attracts six months jail as also on top, he said, seeking a dis- Army. There have been no Government on Wednesday a fine of `2,000. An investiga- missal of the review petitions in befitting way, casualties on the Indian side.” alleged that documents related tion into the theft is on, the AG and raising objections to It further said, “We would to the fighter jet deal was said on a day the newspaper Bhushan's arguments based on says New Delhi reiterate that as a professional stolen from the Defence published another article on the the articles. Army we are committed to Ministry and threatened to fighter jet deal. On behalf of Sinha, Shourie PNS n NEW DELHI/JAMMU avoid civil casualties, especial- prosecute The Hindu newspa- The Bench, also including and himself, Bhushan said the ly along the LoC. All actions per under the Official Secrets Justices SK Kaul and KM top court would not have dis- ith tension escalating taken by our defence forces are Act (OSA) for publishing arti- Joseph, was hearing a batch of missed the plea for an FIR and Walong the Line of Control targeted towards counter ter- cles based on them. However, 2 “You may call it stolen documents...We are not concerned. We got it petitions seeking a review of its the probe, had critical facts not (LoC) as the Pakistan Army is rorism and terrorist infra- the court said if an act of cor- from confidential sources and we are committed to protecting these December 14 verdict dismiss- been suppressed. Venugopal targeting civilian areas and structure, away from civilian ruption has been committed in sources. Nobody is going to get any information from us on these ing all the pleas against the deal. said the documents relied upon Indian Army posts using heavy areas, to avoid civilian casual- the Rafale deal, then sources. But the documents speak for themselves and the stories Former Union Ministers by Bhushan were stolen from artillery guns, India on ties. We are maintaining strict Government cannot take shel- speak for themselves,” N Ram told PTI. Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie, the Defence Ministry and an Wednesday warned that any vigil along the LoC and ter behind the OSA. 2 and advocate Prashant investigation into the matter further “provocation or mis- International Border (IB). Any Those who put documents If an act of corruption has been committed in the Rafale deal, then Bhushan, who had jointly filed was underway. adventure” will invite “dire entire last year stood at 1,629 further provocation or misad- on the Rafale deal in the pub- Government cannot take shelter behind the OSA, the SC tells AG the petition, alleged the Centre The CJI said hearing consequences.” The stern mes- while 860 such incidents took venture by Pakistan will be lic domain are guilty under the 2 The AG said, “Certain issues are outside the purview of judicial suppressed crucial facts when Bhushan did not mean the top sage issued by the Indian Army place in 2017. responded in a befitting man- Act as also contempt of court, review. Do we have to come to the court to justify when we declare the SC decided to dismiss the court was taking on record the in New Delhi came after con- The Indian Army’s state- ner with dire consequences.” Attorney General KK war, when we declare peace?” batch of PILs. When Bhushan documents on the Rafale deal. tinuous ceasefire violations by ment said, “Post our warning to The situation is particularly Venugopal said before a three- referred to articles written by Justice Gogoi asked Venugopal Pakistan in which at least three the Pakistan Army NOT to tar- grim in Poonch and Rajouri judge Bench headed by Chief stand, the writer and Hindu dential sources and we are Ram, Venugopal said the write- to tell the court what action had civilians were killed and several get civilian areas, the overall sit- sectors, south of Pir Panjal Justice Ranjan Gogoi. However, publishing group chairman N committed to protecting these ups were based on stolen doc- been taken on theft of docu- others hurt in the last one week. uation along the LoC remains ranges, with the Pakistan Army the AG did not answer to the Ram said nobody would get sources. Nobody is going to get uments. An FIR has not been ments on the aircraft deal. The Nearly 400 ceasefire viola- relatively calm. In the last 24 using heavy artillery guns to hit questions of the judges, why no any information from the any information from us on registered so far into the theft AG submitted that the docu- tions along the LoC have hours, the Pakistan Army Indian positions and civilian action was initiated and he said newspaper on the confidential these sources. But the docu- of documents, he said. ments were marked secret and already taken place this year, resorted to intense and unpro- areas. This is for the first time that he will get back to sources who provided the doc- ments speak for themselves The first write-up appeared classified. He also told the SC including 60 in the last one voked firing with heavy calibre in many years that the Pakistan Government and inform the uments. and the stories speak for them- on February 8 and that the Rafale case pertains to week since the Indian air strikes weapons in selected areas of Army has used heavy and long status to the court on the next “You may call it stolen selves,” Ram told PTI. Wednesday's edition had defence procurement which against terror camps in Krishna Ghati and Sunderbani, range guns thereby escalating date of hearing on March 14. documents...We are not con- While publishing articles another article aimed at influ- cannot be reviewed judicially. Pakistan on February 26. The targeting Indian posts and tension along the LoC. Unruffled by the Centre's cerned. We got it from confi- based on stolen documents encing the court's proceedings Continued on Page 7 ceasefire violation figure for the civilian areas with mortar Continued on Page 7 SC asks parties to name Cong may fight 18 seats in Rajnath to launch CISF S-I dies, files gutted several projects mediators as it reserves in CGO Complex inferno K’taka, JD(S) 10 as Gowda in UP today Ayodhya mediation order PNS n LUCKNOW STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI Paryavaran Bhawan. relents; final call by Rahul PTI n NEW DELHI Government, said the SC “Godara, a former Air ith the Election should refer it for mediation 57-year-old Central Force personnel, first noticed PNS n NEW DELHI rest. Gowda, who has been WCommission likely to he Supreme Court on only when there exists an ele- AIndustrial Security Force the smoke coming out of the demanding at least 13 seats, announce the Lok Sabha poll TWednesday said it intends ment of settlement. (CISF) Sub-Inspector (SI) died fifth floor and reached the ongress chief Rahul scaled down his claim to ten. schedule by this weekend or the to pass the order soon on Senior advocate CS and several files were gutted in spot with other CISF personnel CGandhi reached out to “Rahul discussed about beginning of the next week, whether to refer the Ram Vaidyanathan, appearing for a major fire at the office of the to start evacuating the area. But JD(S) supremo HD Deve seat sharing in Karnataka. This Union Home Minister Rajnath Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Ram Lalla Virajman, told the Ministry of Social Justice at the during the evacuation process, CISF sub-inspector MP Godara Gowda to finalise the alliance is the first such discussion Singh, along with several land dispute case for mediation Bench that mediation has not fifth floor of the 11-storey he inhaled toxic gasses and fell deal, making Karnataka the between the two parties. Union ministers and Chief and asked all the parties con- yielded any result in the past building that houses several unconscious. He was taken to fourth State after Bihar, Earlier, I had asked for 12 Minister Yogi Adityanath, will cerned for the names of possi- despite repeated attempts. Government offices at CGO AIIMS, where he died during Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu seats. At the meeting, I request- inaugurate or lay foundation ble mediators for reaching an There is no dispute that Complex on Wednesday. treatment,” said spokesperson where the Congress will take ed Rahulji to give at least 10 stones of several projects in the amicable settlement. Lord Ram was born in According to Atul Garg, of CISF. on the juggernaut of Narendra seats to the JD(S),” said Gowda. state capital. A five-judge Constitution Ayodhya but the dispute is Chief Fire Official of Delhi Fire “The autopsy had already Modi in the Lok Sabha polls. “Some issues which were He will also dedicate and Bench headed by Chief Justice what is the Ram Janmasthan Services (DFS), a call was been conducted and body has Rahul and Gowda had a not discussed at the meeting lay foundation stones of nation- Ranjan Gogoi and comprising (place of birth), he said, adding received about the fire at 8.34 been sent to his native village meeting at the latter’s resi- have been left to me and al highway projects worth Justices SA Bobde, DY that he issue of Janmasthan am following which 25 fire ten- in Rajasthan,” said Vijay dence where the seat-sharing AICC’s general secretary in `1,10,154 crore here on Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan cannot be mediated. ders were rushed to the spot. Kumar, the Deputy agreement was discussed Karnataka KC Venugopal to Thursday. He will also dedi- and SA Nazeer reserved the BJP leader Subramanian “The fire was brought Commissioner of Police threadbare. The outcome is finalise. We will announce our cate/lay foundation stones of order on whether or not to Swamy told the SC, “PV under control at 10.50 am. (DCP), South district. likely to be announced by this decision by March 10,” said several projects under the refer the Ayodhya land dispute Narsimha Rao Government Initial probe suggests that Godara, a resident of weekend. In the two-hour JD(S) national general secretary Namami Gange programme for mediation. had in 1994 made commitment short-circuit caused fire in the Churu district in Rajasthan, meeting, Rahul and Gowda Danish Ali. worth over `1,969.57 crore, an Hindu bodies except to apex court that if ever found building. However, the exact had joined CISF in 2008. He is broadly discussed seat sharing One of the reasons behind official release said. Nirmohi Akhara opposed the that there was a temple, land reason would be ascertained survived by two sons and wife in Karnataka, prevailing polit- the delay in sealing the deal has Deputy Chief Minister suggestion of the court to refer will be given for temple con- after investigation,” said Garg. who live in Churu. ical situation in the country and been the rift between Gowda Keshav Prasad Maurya said the matter for mediation, while struction.” CISF Sub-Inspector and Ministry officials said 80 the need for Opposition unity. and his former protégé, K here on Wednesday that some Muslim bodies supported the “It is not only about prop- shift-in-charge MP Godara per cent of the entire B1 wing Smoke and flames billow out of the fifth Sources said it was decid- Siddaramaiah. Tension sur- big projects that had been suggestion. erty. It is about mind, heart and died in the fire on the fifth floor of the building has been gutted floor of Pandit Deendayal Antyodaya ed that the Congress would faced after the JD(S) staked completed by the Bharatiya Solicitor General Tushar healing, if possible,” the Bench of Pandit Deendayal Antodaya in the fire and several files have Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday contest 18-19 of the total 28 claim to Mysore seats, Janata Party government would Mehta, appearing for the UP said. Bhawan, previously known as been destroyed. Pioneer photo seats and the JD(S) will get the Siddaramaiah’s home turf. Continued on Page 7 Gzb New Bus Adda 3 MP cities Metro from Mar 9, get cleanest Noida E-City may tag, Indore open same day hits hat-trick STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI ommuting will become Ceasier for the people of hree cities in Madhya Delhi-National Capital Region TPradesh bagged top (NCR) especially from awards of Swachchh Ghaziabad and Noida as the Survekshan 2019 Delhi Metro is set to open announced by the Ministry Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad of Housing and Urban New Bus Adda Red Line on Affairs on Wednesday. March 9. Noida City Centre to Indore (4,659.09 points) Noida Electronic city on Blue retained the cleanest city Line may start on March 9, but tag for third straight year in the DMRC is likely to take a a row, Bhopal (3,793.68) final decision soon. cleanest Capital and Ujjain Prime Minister Narendra (4,244.47) cleanest city in Modi is likely to inaugurate the category of medium both the sections on March 8. city (3-10 lakh popula- Both sections of the Delhi tion). The second and third Metro have already been grant- positions in the category ed the nod by the were grabbed by Commissioner of Metro Rail Ambikapur (4,394.09) in Safety (CMRS). Chhattisgarh and Mysuru The completely elevated (4,378.54) in Karnataka. Blue Line section with six Chhattisgarh is India’s Best stations — Sector 34, Sector Performing State followed 52, Sector 61, Sector 59, Sector by Jharkhand and 62 and Noida Electronic Maharashtra. Meghalaya City — will immensely benefit is on the bottom. the people of Noida and con- The New Delhi nect the satellite city with Municipal Council area Delhi. (4,190.52) was given the This City Centre to Noida ‘Cleanest Small City’ Electronic City extension has award, Uttarakhand’s made the Blue Line corridor Gauchar was adjudged the Delhi Metro’s second longest ‘Best Ganga Town’. The Metro corridor after the 59 awards were conferred by kilometre long Majlis Park- President Ram Nath Shiv Vihar corridor of Phase 3. Kovind at an event in the With this extension, the national Capital on Blue Line is 56.46 kilometre Wednesday. long. Continued on Page 7 LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 city 02

CM gives away LS polls: SBSP demands Pathak: UP moving towards solar power 5 seats from BJP job letters to 86 PNS n LUCKNOW Pathak said. floating 150 MW solar plant Lucknow (PNS): Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), an “The government is commit- would come up at Rihand dam. ally of ruling Bharatiya Janata party in Uttar Pradesh, has demand- he Yogi Adityanath govern- ted to providing clean and effi- Pathak said that through ed five seats in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Arvind Rajbhar, ment plans to replace con- cient power supply to the con- transparent bidding process, the son of Cabinet minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, met BJP’s UP in- kin of martyrs Tventional energy by non- sumers. Therefore, hefty subsidy rate of solar power had come charge JP Nadda here on Wednesday and demanded at least five conventional energy as the state is being given to the beneficiaries,” down sharply. seats for his party in the coming election. Sources said the SBSP PNS n LUCKNOW will generate 10,700 megawatt of the minister told reporters here “Before the Bharatiya Janata made it clear that if it did not get the demanded seats, it would solar electricity by 2020. while highlighting the achieve- Party came to power in the state, not hesitate in parting ways with the BJP. hief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday Minister for Non-conven- ments of the Alternative Energy the solar power rate charged by Cpaid rich tributes to the tional Energy Brajesh Pathak said department. generation company was around martyred personnel of secu- the government was promoting “UP is fast turning into a `7-8 per unit but now through rity forces and handed over rooftop solar system besides green energy state with around competitive bidding, the rate has appointment letters to 86 switching government offices to 20,000 MW proposals in the come down to just `3.02 per unit,” families. solar power supply-mode. pipeline. Once implemented, this he said. “The sacrifice of these During the second ground- will replace the traditional ther- Appealing to the people to security force personnel is breaking ceremony in Kanpur to mal power in the state,” he install rooftop solar panels for get- supreme and I salute their be presided over by Prime added. ting clean power for their own bravery,” Yogi Adityanath said Minister Narendra Modi on Pathak said that tenders had use, the minister said that after while paying tributes to all the martyrs who laid March 8, foundation stones of already been awarded for gener- subsidy, a consumer would have down their lives for the nation. The Chief Minister projects worth over `9,300 crore ation of 1,385 MW solar power in to pay just around Rs 27,000 per said that soon after forming government, he had of alternative energy would also the state at an estimated invest- kilowatt unit. decided to pay full respect to the supreme sacrifice be laid, the minister said. Minister for Non-conventional Energy ment of `6,925 crore. Besides, he The minister also said that the of the security personnel and so besides giving mon- The government is providing Brajesh Pathak addressing reporters in said, in the bio energy sector, 10 Alternative Energy department etary compensation of `25 lakh to each family of free solar kits under the Lucknow on Wednesday Pioneer investments to the tune of over had installed 6,500 solar street- the martyrs and other necessary help, his govern- Saubhagya scheme in those areas `2,461 crore were in progress. light units while in the rural ment took the decision to give government jobs to where electricity cannot be sup- “Under this scheme, around Pathak, who also holds the areas, 19,000 solar streetlights their dependents and on Wednesday, he fulfilled the plied through conventional 27,410 houses in 2,197 villages portfolio of Law department, said had been installed. He said in commitment by handing over appointment letters method. The beneficiaries of this have been given solar kits by the government had also sent a 1050 government primary to the family members of the martyrs. scheme would get almost free which each house can light five proposal to the Centre for Rs schools, solar power unit had The Chief Minister said the government had electricity for five year, the min- LED bulbs, run one ceiling fan 4,000 crore green energy corridor been installed for running RO given jobs to six martyrs from army, 19 from para- ister said. and charge mobile phones,” in Bundelkhand. He said the first water plant and fans. military forces and 61 of police force. He said that they were providing jobs to all the martyrs since April 1, 2017. The Chief Minister said that the family mem- bers of three martyrs had declined the job offer while three others had not submitted their applications, one dependent was minor and the widow of another martyr was already in job. Yogi said the brother of one of the martyrs had also sought a job and he had assured to him to do the needful by relax- ing the rules. Yogi said his government was also giving financial reward to all those security force person- nel, including those of police, who won awards for bravery. He revealed that `1.75 crore was collected dur- ing Flag Day every year but as this amount was small, his government had decided to contribute three times more donation in the fund than what was col- lected through other sources on Flag Day. Remembering the supreme sacrifice of the defence personnel, Governor Ram Naik said that during Kargil War, he was Petroleum Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and to make the families of the martyrs self-dependent, he offered petrol pumps and gas agencies to them. Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, and senior officials were pre- sent in the function.

Mathura Holi celebrations NOTICE extended I, Adrash Pal son of No by 4 days 8034164A Hav(GD) Rajendra Pal resident at Vill+Post-Janari, Mathura Teh-Ballia, Dist-Ballia, State- (PTI): The UP Uttar Pradesh, PIN-277401 government has have changed my name from extended the Holi Adrash Pal to Adarsh Pal vide celebrations in Affidavit dated 05/03/2019 Mathura district 417/175 Ka/14 Near Majar Devi by four days in Das Marg Niwaj Ganj Chowk order to attract Lucknow. more domestic and international lpw uk tourists, an offi- cial said on eS a vkes izdk'k jk; iq= vtqZu Wednesday. jk; fuoklh xzke@ikLVs jktkiqj The decision Fkkuk flejh ftyk cDlj dk LFkkbZ has been taken since not only the fuoklh g aw ejks vkehZ u0a 15696258M Lathmar Holi of gSA ejhs iRuh lqeu jk; dk Barsana town is tUefrfFk vkehZ fjdkMZ e as xyr famous, but the vfdra 10-04-1985 gk s x;h gSA celebrations in tcfd lgh tUe frfFk gkbZLdyw ds Vrindaban, Baldeo and other vda i= d s vuqlkj 10@4@1980 areas are also gS tkfds lgh vkSj lR; gSA exquisite, said Nagendra Pratap, the chief executive officer of the Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad. Various events, including wrestling, have been lined up, which will start on March 14 and continue till March 26.

Residential NOTICE complex NOTICE for CISF I have Neetu Singh w/o No Allahabad JC-341857F N/sub Yashwant (PTI): A first-ever Singh R/o vill-Kashi Khera. residential unit Post-Baripanai P/s Bhagwant for CISF person- Nagar, Diss Unnao. UP nel posted in the Pledged declaration that the city was inaugu- first my name was Nitu Singh rated by Union Singh and DOB 08/12/1976 in Home Minister my hasband's service Record Rajnath Singh on which is incorrect, my Right Wednesday Name Neetu Singh and DOB through video 01 Jan 1977 conference. This is a new building Nitu Singh DOB 08 Dec complex for the 1976 and Neetu Singh DOB 01 personnel posted Jan 1977 both are the same in the CISF group person. In all Public & non gov- centre here and it ernment papers from today I'll will have 20 resi- use Neetu Singh Dob 01 Jan dential units for 1977 them.

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Student’s poem KRISHNA NAGAR DACOITY, MURDER overwhelms PM CM Yogi flags off pink Investigators still in the dark Lucknow (PNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has PNS n LUCKNOW his goons. Avinash is present- written a letter to a student of buses, other services ly cooling his heels in a jail of Form No. INC-26 SD Public School of nvestigators probing Krishna UP. “Some suspects are on the [Pursuant to rule 30 the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014] Muzaffarnagar in response to PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n INagar dacoity case are trying police radar and we are inter- Advertisement to be Published in the Newspaper for change of the the poem Akshat had written LUCKNOW unravel the reason due to rogating them,” the sources registered office of the company from one state to the another in praise of the Prime Minister’s which the miscreants shot said. “We are yet to get any lead tenure. hief Minister Yogi goldsmith Guddu at the time of in the case. The police are Before the Central Government (Regional Director. Northern Region) In the matter of Section 13(4) of Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 30(S)(a) of Akshat Verma from CAdityanath flagged off 25 the attack. “The deceased was working on the case. If any- the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014. Muzaffarnagar had written a pink buses, 40 interceptor vehi- shot two times from a close thing important develops, the And poem for Modi titled cles, 10 Janrath air-conditioned range. He was probably hit same will be shared to the In the matter of SUMAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED having its registered office “Panchvarsh vardan raha” buses and 4 air-conditioned immediately after the miscre- media,” police spokesman AK at P-210, Nehru Enclave, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-226010 praising the five-year term of sleeper buses at a programme ants stormed the shop. Jeweller Dwivedi said...... Petitioner the Prime Minister in which he organised by the Uttar Pradesh Rajeev was preparing to close Last Saturday night, the Notice is hereby given to the General Public that the company proposes to make had talked about the advan- State Road Transport the shop and Guddu was help- miscreants had stormed RK application to the Central Government, powers delegated to Regional director under section 13 of the Companies Act, 2013 seeking confirmation of alteration tages of demonetisation, surgi- Corporation (UPSRTC) on ing him. They shot Rajeev first Jewellers in Krishna Nagar of the Memorandum of Association of the Company in terms of the special res- cal strike, GST , corruption and Wednesday. and then Guddu. Security locality. The trigger-happy mis- olution passed at the Extra-ordinary General Meeting held on 28th February, 2019 schemes like the Ujjawala. Speaking on the occasion, guard Deshraj reached the creants shot Rajeev two times to enable the company to change its registered office from "State of Uttar Pradesh" In response, the Prime he said that the launch of the scene out of curiosity and the before collecting the booty to "State of Uttarakhand". Minister had written that he pink buses was a step in the miscreant shot at him too. from the shop. In the incident, Any person whose interest is likely to be affected by the proposed change of the was highly impressed by the direction of women empower- They used .30 bore pistol which two persons, goldsmith Guddu registered office of the company may deliver either on the MCA-21 portal student’s capability of analysis ment. He also congratulated the is prohibited,” said a police and security man Deshraj were (www.mca.gov.in) by filing investor complaint form or cause to be delivered or send by registered post of his/her objections supported by an affidavit stating and his grasp. UPSRTC team for making source who is a member of killed. A woman commuter the nature of his/her interest and grounds of opposition to Regional Director Northern “I am proud of the young- Kumbh a success and setting a The total cost of the pro- Lucknow, Lucknow to Jhansi, teams probing the case. They had suffered injuries on her Region at the address B-2 Wing, 2nd Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, sters of the country,” he added. record. jects is Rs 130.46 crores. Lucknow to Agra, Lucknow to said the police had obtained the hand. The jeweller is recuper- New Delhi -110003 within fourteen days from the date of publication of this notice He also wrote that the people On the occasion, he also He said that the CM also Haridwar and Lucknow to call detail records of all the vic- ating at Trauma Centre of with a copy of such notice to the petitioner Company at its registered office at the of the country were a source of laid the foundation of 20 bus inaugurated the services for the Delhi. The fare varies between tims in the case and were scan- KGMU. There were reports address mentioned below: inspiration for him and he was stations which were being con- systematic roll out of online Rs 334 and Rs 901 for the var- ning them to reach to a conclu- that he was being shifted to "P-210; NEHRU ENCLAVE, GOMTINAGAR, LUCKNOW-226010, U.P" By order of the Board serving the country with their structed at the cost of Rs 91.94 auction for numbers. ious routes. The sleeper buses sion. They said the police were another hospital in New Delhi. For SUMAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED support. “The manner in which crore and he also launched 17 Giving the routes of the will run from Lucknow to probing the links of the dacoity The police spokesman said Sd/- you have expressed your feel- bus stations and depot work- pink buses, he said they would Jaipur and Gorakhpur to case to a 10-year-old murder Rajeev’s condition was improv- CHAND VERMA ings has given me the inspira- shops which were being con- run from Kanpur to Ghazipur, Anandvihar with the fares case in which Rajeev’s nephew ing and he rubbished media Place: LUCKNOW Director tion to work with new energy structed at the cost of Rs 38.52 Varanasi to Lucknow, Prayagraj being Rs 1379 and Rs 1888 Shyam was killed by dreaded reports about his shifting to a Dated: 04.03.2019 DIN: 01301522 levels.” crore. to Lucknow, Haldwani to respectively. criminal Avinash Tripathi and hospital outside Lucknow. Youth shot at by father-in-law Two youths rape minor girl Lucknow (PNS): Marrying a girl scene while crying for help and later fell against the wishes of her father cost dear down on the ground. The residents PNS n LUCKNOW Hospital.“The girl is critically injured to a youth who was shot at by his father- noticed the same and they challenged and is recuperating. We have arrested in-law in full public view in Gudamba Rasraj who fled the scene. In his state- wo youths raped a nine-year-old girl one of the accused and a case of rape on Wednesday morning. ment to police, Manish said Rasraj shot Tafter lifting her stealthily from a was registered against the miscreant As per reports, Manish Yadav (25) at him. marriage function where she, along who was identified as Rakesh aka of Subhash Nagar in Itaunja had a love Police spokesman AK Dwivedi said with her parents, had gone in Annu of Kaiserbagh,” ASP (West) VK marriage with Priyanshi Yadav of Manish had been admitted to Trauma Kaiserbagh police station area on Tripathi said. He said the police tracked Mayapur colony in Gudamba in April Centre. He said Rasraj had been Tuesday night. Police tried to cover up the miscreants by scanning the footages 2018. Priyanshi’s step-father Rasraj was detained and further investigations the case and later arrested one of the of cameras during the marriage func- against the marriage and this had were on. The spokesman was blank accused after ASP (West) hauled up the tion. He said 5/6 POCSO Act was also caused a bad blood between Manish and when asked if the bullet pierced victim’s police asking them for a prompt action. slapped on the accused. Rasraj on a number of occasions in the abdomen. “The police could not collect The girl was sent for medical test where Police spokesman AK Dwivedi, past. Manish started living in a house details as they were preoccupied with the rape was confirmed. The accused however, defended the Kaiserbagh on rent in Badaurpur locality, a few other works,” he said. is a distant relative of victim. police on the allegation of adopting meters away from Rasraj’s house and It surfaced during investigation As per reports, the miscreants cover-up exercise in initiating action this infuriated Rasraj further as he took that Rasraj had a love marriage with lured the girl by offering her chocolates and said only one person was involved Manish’s decision as contempt to his dig- Priyanshi’s mother some time back. after they found her all alone during the in the crime. When asked if the med- nity. Around 5 am on Wednesday, However, Rasraj was against the idea of function. Later, they lifted the girl to a ical test confirmed rape, he said police Manish left for his workplace and when Priyanshi’s marriage with Manish due secluded place a few yards away from had no medical report. “It takes more he reached the main road, Rasraj way- to some reservation. Priyanshi’s moth- the function venue and raped her than a day’s time to prepare the report,” laid him and opened fire at him from er, however, supported Priyanshi in mar- there. A little later the girl’s parents start- he said. The ASP, however, confirmed behind. Manish turned back to identi- rying Manish when Rasraj mounted ed searching for the girl and found her that the minor girl was raped by the fy the assailant and found Rasraj stand- pressure on Priyanshi to marry the boy lying in a semi-unconscious state at a miscreant. He said the accused Rakesh ing behind him and reloading the pis- of his choice. Police were interrogating secluded place. They called the police was arrested near a mall in the area tol for another attack. He fled the Rasraj. and the girl was admitted to Balrampur around 11 am on Wednesday. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 city 04

A scintillating experience at underground Metro stn PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW form is a pointer to the driver of the train that the train is moving from the t’s the blast of air that strikes you first train box into the tunnel box. Ias the train rolls in at a depth of 13.5 The floor which is made of gran- feet below the ground at Sachivalaya ite has tactile marks for the different- Metro underground station near Bapu ly-abled passengers that can help in a Bhawan. The silver red shining glassy major way. The toilets are marked in frame of train dazzles with its exteri- the paid area for passengers. ors. Stopping for barely 30 seconds, it Ask those on duty at the station whizzes away followed by another whether they feel the pressure of being train at a gap of five minutes. a part of the underground station and A huge concave mirror looms they point out that they do not feel it large at the point at which the train psychologically. “We are posted here leaves the tunnel. A media visit to the on shifts at our job and it seems like underground station of the Lucknow a normal station,” they point out. A Metro was organised by the LMRC senior official said that the most (Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation) on remarkable aspect of the Metro station Wednesday to showcase the sparkling was the museum which he said had interiors and the basic facilities pro- been marked and would be shortly vided at the station which forms one developed. For the State Government of the underground stations at the officials and staff at the Bapu Bhawan, Lucknow Metro corridor in the Annexe, Vidhan Sabha the entry underground section. structure at Gate 4 is very convenient The station has four entrances, since it is just adjacent to the Bapu one from the side of the Bapu Bhawan, Vidhan Sabha can be seen on one of in the underground part of the station, Bhawan. In view of inauguration of the other from the side of the Haj the walls. From the concourse, one a senior official from the LMRC said the North-South corridor (phase- committee office, the third from the descends into the platform after the that when the train entered the plat- 1A) from CCS Airport to Sahkarita Bhawan side and the fourth mandatory security checks. The plat- form it brought with itself a blast of Munshipulia, metro train services from the Ambedkar Bhawan side. form has all the features of the nor- air that entered through the shafts into will not be available in the priority sec- One enters into a long passage mal railway station that include sig- the next tunnel. tion i.e. from Transport Nagar to way through the entry and exit gate nages to indicate which side the train “This air through the shafts also Charbagh for the commuters on 8th 4 of the station to reach the concourse is moving and huge clocks that give enters the concourse that maintains March, 2019 for the entire day. The level which is the middle level of any the time. Glassy lifts descend into the the air circulation at the station. Air train services on the entire North- Metro station and is an area from platform which can be used for the entering through the entry and exit South corridor between CCS Airport where the passenger can purchase differently-abled passengers. also maintains the circulation and the and Munshipulia will commence tickets. Regarding the air circulation and oxygen levels,” he said. The huge con- from 9th March, 2019 from 6:00 hrs A magnificent picture of the the maintenance of the oxygen level cave mirror which is fitted on the plat- to 22:00 hrs for public ridership. Body recovered near Hanuman Setu 3 Romanians held for ATM Lucknow (PNS): A semi- the case,” the police spokesman naked body of an unidentified said. Meanwhile, the Chowk man was recovered near police recovered the body of an card cloning, withdraw cash Hanuman Setu in Mahanagar unidentified man from outside on Wednesday. Police a jeweller’s shop on Wednesday PNS n LUCKNOW Gomti Nagar to Krishna Nagar and Alambagh. spokesman AK Dwivedi said afternoon. The police They withdrew cash from the bank account of the man died due to some dis- spokesman said the man was aunching a drive against the cyber thugs several innocent people in Gomti Nagar,” he ease and that the body bore no lying drugged and was rushed to Lduping people by cloning their ATM cards, said. marks of injuries. hospital where he was declared the cyber cell of Lucknow police nabbed three Mishra said the accused used to insert a As per reports, Srikant “brought dead”. Romanian nationals and recovered as many as skimmer or a camera at the ATM booths which spotted the body lying near 182 cloned cards, 3 skimmers, ATM card read- were unguarded. After an unsuspecting cus- the bus-stop and alerted the SUICIDE er and writer, cameras and other gadgets tomer visit such ATM booth for cash withdraw- police. A team reached the A 16-year-old girl was found besides recovering five passports on al, the skimmer or the camera used to record place and sent the body for hanging at her house in Wednesday. the pin and details on the ATM card. The mis- autopsy. “A sub-inspector was Thakurganj on Wednesday. The miscreants had withdrawn cash to the creant thus used to steal the information from assigned the task to probe into Reports said the girl, identified tune of several lakh. The breakthrough came the ATM card of a victim and later prepared as Salma, was found hanging during the investigation into a case registered a cloned card writing the information on the from the ceiling with a dupata at Ashiyana police station. Those arrested were cloned ATM card. With the cloned ATM card, tied around her neck and was identified as Tanasha Florin, Bunus Augustine they used to withdraw the cash. rushed to hospital by her fami- Sooraj and Maldovan Florin, all of Mures in The CO said the miscreants used to pre- ly members. The doctors Romania. Their aides Bouariu Andrew and pare the data record by installing the skimmer declared her “brought dead on Opraiya Dorel Austin, both of Mures in and camera at an unguarded ATM booth. arrival”. Romania, escaped the arrest. “They had prepared a huge data bank of details Hazratganj CO and nodal officer of the of different customers’ ATM cards. We recov- cyber cell Abhay Kumar Mishra said the ered 182 cloned cards from the miscreants and accused used to travel in India on tourist visa. that was a huge recovery as of now,” the CO They used to conduct recce of the city and used said. He added the gang had recced as many to spot ATM booths which usually remained as 32 ATMs and their gang is spread in New unguarded. “Their target area ranged from Delhi and other metropolitan cities.

Bishop Gerald John Mathias putting ash on the forehead of devotees at St Joseph Cathedral on Ash Wednesday Lucknow ranks 121st in swachh survey Lucknow (PNS): Lucknow has secured 121st had also worked very hard for it but there must rank amongst 4000 cities with a score of have been something lacking on their part. “We 2747.06 in the Swachh Sarvekshan survey car- will make arrangements for a separate budget this ried out by the Ministry of Urban Development. time. Nagar Nigam will start working for the next Last year, Lucknow had secured the 115 rank Swachh Sarvekshan 2020 from this year itself. We amongst 400 cities. Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia will carry out inter ward competition which is admitted that the result was a disappointment necessary keeping in mind the fact that all the but they would not accept defeat. She said that wards have to be kept clean. If even one ward is the competition was bigger this time and they not clean, it will impact the result,” she said. SCHOOLSCAN Outer Ring Road to GANDHI WRITES TO TRUMP ease traffic snarls PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW

he Outer Ring Road which will be inaugurated Tby Home Minister Rajnath Singh on March 7 and will help in relieving the congestion which takes place at Tehdipulia in a major way. General manager and the project director, Terrorism and other global issues NHAI (National Highway Authority of India), P Shiv such as illiteracy, poverty, starvation, Shankar said that the span between the Kursi and environmental changes and many oth- Faizabad road could be covered in a time frame of ers can only be eliminated from the 15 minutes on this road. “The vehicles that earlier world by establishing ‘World Parliament’. used to ply through Tehdipulia was causing a lot of This was stated by founder of City traffic snarls at this point. Now any vehicle which is Montessori School Jagdish Gandhi while moving through the city to any part of the state need addressing a huge gathering of journal- not enter the city and can move directly from Kursi ists at CMS, Gomti Nagar auditorium. road to Faizabad road. This will help the local pop- Gandhi was addressing the media per- ulace in a big way to be able to have access to the sonnel regarding the letter sent by him roads,” he said. to Donald Trump. Gandhi further spoke He said that the portion which would be inau- that he had written a letter to Donald gurated by the Home Minister was a 15-kilometre Trump to immediately establish World stretch and is a four-lane highway with 2 service lanes. Parliament for a safe and secured future “The service lanes are already being used and fin- of the 2.5 billion children of the world ishing work is being carried out on the main lane and those yet unborn. Gandhi said that highway. The main lane is a concrete pavement while Donald Trump, during his election the service lanes are bituminous roads,” he added. campaign, promised the US electorate on The official, while giving the details of the other December 15, 2015, in Las Vegas (USA) portions of the Ring Road, said that the work was saying: “I will bring unity and peace to in progress between Sitapur and Kursi road. It is also the world.” Addressing journalists, in progress between Sitapur and Mohaan road. He Gandhi said that it was the high time to said that the process of retendering process was on establish peace and unity in the world.” between Mohaan road and Sultanpur. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 nation 05

RENEWED RAFALE ATTACK Unleash surgical strike Modi misused office to on Govt critics: Min benefit Dassault: Cong PNS n NEW DELHI ritory. In a Facebook post, he PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n him. That crucial Rafale files Surjewala said at AICC Press He said in a statement that attacked Government critics, NEW DELHI incriminating him are now conference. n a stepped-up counter “irresponsible” comments by including Opposition mem- reported “stolen” by the Govt, “It is now crystal clear Iagainst those doubting various Congress party leaders bers, students leaders, activists he Congress on is destruction of evidence & an that blatant and massive cor- Indian Air Force (IAF) strike over India’s air strike on terror and media, and called for a TWednesday launched a obvious coverup,” he said on ruption has taken place in the against ‘terrorist camps’ in bases in Pakistan show their “surgical strike” within India, fresh attack on Prime Minister Twitter, using the hashtag Rafale deal. It is undoubtedly Balakot in Pakistan , the BJP on desperation and frustration at claiming if it does not happen, Narendra Modi over the Rafale “FIRagainstCorruptModi”. established that Modi mis- Wednesday claimed that the the unprecedented success of then the “robbers are ready to aircraft deal, alleging that he The Congress chief’s attack used his office as Prime Opposition was rallying around the Indian armed forces and loot”. misused his office to “benefit” came on a day when the gov- Minister to grant undue ben- terror exporting country their valour. The former Army chief Dassault Aviation and that a ernment said in the Supreme efit to Dassault Aviation and Pakistan even as a Union It was a travesty that the called student leaders accused case under the prevention of Court that documents related caused a loss to public exche- Minister sought a surgical Congress and its allies were of involvement in “anti-India” corruption law is made out to the Rafale fighter jet deal quer,” he said. strike against the Government “rallying behind the terror- protests as “jonk” (leeches) against him. Alleging that the have been stolen from the Surjewala said that the critics within India engaged in exporting Pakistan”, he said. and took aim at the media for “trail of corruption” in the Defence Ministry and threat- Indian Negotiating Team “insulting Army”. Rao said India and its brave referring to terrorists as “mil- fighter jet deal “begins and ened with action under the (INT) to finalise the purchase The slugfest between the forces are brimming with con- itants”, claiming such things do ends with” Prime Minister, Official Secrets Act for pub- of the fighter aircraft was side- BJP and the opposition, par- fidence and are celebrating the not happen in Israel. It is high Congress President Rahul lishing articles based on them. lined and National Security ticularly the Congress, that rising power and stock of a time that the country followed Gandhi claimed there “is now The party which has been Advisor Ajit Doval finalised kicked off following February ‘New India’, while the Congress Israel, he said. enough evidence” to prosecute continuously targeting the the negotiation at the behest of 26 IAF strike in Pakistan kept and their political friends In a tweet, Singh also used him. Centre on Rafale deal, the the Prime Minister’s Office generating more heat with the appear to be feeling threatened a mosquito metaphor to refer Leading the party’s attack party alleged corruption and (PMO). He claimed the gov- BJP accusing them of speaking of their political future in a ris- to the debate on casualty fig- on the Modi dispensation over malfeasance in the fighter jet ernment bought the fighter air- in the language of Pakistan. ing India. ures of terrorists, asking if he the deal, Rahul also alleged deal and said the time has craft at a much higher rate than Taking a dig at the Meanwhile Union was expected to sit and count “destruction of evidence” and come to lodge an FIR against what was negotiated by the Congress, BJP spokesperson G Minister VK Singh said people how many he killed at night or “obvious cover-up” after the Prime Minister Narendra UPA and also waived bank VL Narasimha Rao said seeing want India to emulate Israel in “sleep in comfort”. government told the Supreme Modi. “The corruption and guarantee. the “cries and the critical com- targeting terrorists but it can- “There were a lot of mos- Court that crucial files per- malfeasance in Rafale deal is The government’s claim ments” of the Congress and its not happen because the quitoes at 3:30 am at night. So, taining to the fighter jet deal out in the open. PM Modi mis- of buying the 36 aircraft at political friends, one is left Opposition in that country, I used Hit (mosquito repellent) were “stolen”. used his office to give benefits `59,000 crore is wrong and the wondering if they have been hit unlike India, does not question on them. Now, should I sit and “There is now enough evi- to Dassault Aviation and INT has put the figure at by the strike that “killed an and “insult” their Army when count how many mosquitoes I External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj shakes hands with Cabinet Secretary for dence to prosecute the PM in caused loss to the public exche- `64,000 crore, he claimed, unprecedentedly large number it carries out tasks like killed or sleep in comfort,” Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Kenya Monica K Juma before a meeting, the Rafale Scam. The trail of quer,” Congress chief accusing the government of of terrorists” in Pakistan’s ter- ‘Operation Munich’. Singh tweeted. in New Delhi on Wednesday PTI corruption begins & ends with spokesperson Randeep misleading Parliament. Indo-Pak meeting on Kartarpur Model guidelines issued for retirement homes for seniors PNS n NEW DELHI The guidelines suggest setting sal of issues pertaining to corridor on March up a task force in States and exclusive housing projects for 14, says MEA n a first of its kind, the Union Territories to imple- senior citizens like retirement IMinistry of Housing and ment it effectively. “A promot- homes. New Delhi: India on Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has er can build and manage the Officials of MoHUA said Wednesday said its first meet- prepared the ‘Model retirement homes or engage a that the idea of elderly people ing with Pakistan to finalise the Guidelines for Development ‘service provider’ or ‘retire- living independently, under modalities for Kartarpur cor- and Regulations of Retirement ment home operator’ for man- custom-tailored circum- ridor would be held at the Homes’ for senior citizens agement of retirement homes,” stances, is quite normal in the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah who aspire to spend their it said. West, but is still a relatively border on March 14. retired life independently in a Providing the details of new and a cutting-edge con- The announcement came a safe, secure and dignified envi- the guidelines, Union Housing cept in India. day after Pakistan said it would ronment. and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) The population of senior send a delegation to India on Among others the guide- minister Hardeep Singh Puri citizens is expected to grow to March 14 to discuss a draft lines suggest standards and said the guidelines address 17.3 crore by 2025 — more agreement for setting up of the norms for building design, the special needs and protect than double in a little over one corridor to facilitate visa-free green building principles, lifts the rights of senior citizens decade — and will further visit of Sikh pilgrims to the and staircases, corridors, ser- and retirees living in increase to about 24 crore by Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib. vices standards and living envi- Retirement Homes. “The 2050. The population share of The first meeting between ronment to be provided to Guidelines provide option to senior citizens will increase to India and Pakistan to discuss senior citizens in retirement senior citizens and family 19% in 2050 from 8%in 2015 and finalise the modalities for homes along with the basic members, who are willing President Ram Nath Kovind with Minister of State for Housing and and it is expected that by the Kartarpur corridor would be amenities; medical and fitness, and can afford to purchase a Urban Development HS Puri during the Swachchh Survekshan end of the century, senior cit- held at Attari-Wagah (Indian safety and security. living space for their par- Awards 2019 function in New Delhi on Wednesda PTI izens will constitute nearly side) on March 14, the Ministry A resident of retirement ents,” Puri added. 34% of the total population of of External Affairs said in a homes will be any person who The model guidelines spec- retirement home’ and also pre- agreement. would enable states and union transparency and account- the country. There were 7.6 statement. PTI is 60 years of age and above. ify ‘basic rights of resident of scribe the model tripartite The model guidelines territories (UTs) to establish ability with customised redres- crore senior citizens in 2001. HC refuses 2G Govt warns staffers of ‘consequences’ ISRO experts to NIA arrests Rights activist writes to EC accused request if they go on strike on March 13 receive training for one accused Gaganyaan project over leaders statements of not taking PTI n NEW DELHI requested to not sanction casu- in grenade “ANY EMPLOYEE al leave or any other kind of care of trees he Centre has warned its leave, if applied for, during the in France: CNES attack case on disabled people Temployees of consequences GOING ON STRIKE period of the proposed strike if they go on strike on March IN ANY FORM and ensure that the willing New Delhi: The NIA on PNS n NEW DELHI 13 to protest against the New employees are allowed hin- PTI n NEW DELHI Wednesday arrested an accused Pension Scheme (NPS), the WOULD FACE THE drance-free entry into the office Nazir Mir from Pulwama in he Delhi High Court on Personnel Ministry has said in premises, the order stated. xperts from ISRO will start connections with a case relat- TWednesday refused to an order. CONSEQUENCES The ministry has also Ereceiving training for the ing to grenade attack on Police accept the request of Swan It has been brought to sought a report from all divi- ‘Gaganyaan’ project at the Station Maksudan in Jallandhar Telecom promoter Shahid notice that the National Joint WHICH, BESIDES sional heads in case employees Toulouse Space Centre in district of Punjab. Usman Balwa and others to Council of Action (NJCA) has DEDUCTION OF go on strike. They have been France from this month, The NIA probe has spare them from the task of decided to organise asked to forward the report French space agency CNES revealed that the attack was taking care of the trees which dharna/demonstrations in WAGES, MAY ALSO indicating the number and said Wednesday. handiwork of Kashmir-based they were directed to plant as front of Jantar Mantar, New details of employees absent on The experts will also be terror outfit Ansar Ghazawat- a penalty for failing to file on Delhi, and across the country INCLUDE the day of the strike, it said. trained at CADMOS, the cen- ul-Hind (AGH), an affiliate of time their response on the ED on March 13 in order to protest The Personnel Ministry tre for development of micro- Al Qaeda. Two accused and and CBI’s appeals challenging against the NPS, the ministry APPROPRIATE has asked officers concerned of gravity applications and space residents of Pulwama--Fazil their acquittals in 2G cases. The said. the Central Industrial Security operations, and the MEDES Bashir Pinchoo and Shahid accused persons said that total Citing existing rules, the DISCIPLINARY Force (CISF), which guards Space Clinic in France, it said. Qayoom were earlier arrested cost of planting and nurturing order said instructions prohibit ACTION” majority of important govern- For further cementing ties in this case. 16,500 tress till rainy season government servants from par- ment buildings, to ensure strict in this area, the space agencies The arrested accused Amir will cost `6.27 crore. ticipating in any form of strike, vigil on all entry gates and if of India and France signed an Nazir Mir is a resident of After the accused cited the including mass casual leave, go the consequences which, necessary, deploy extra securi- agreement to build a constel- Dadsara, Awantipora under “excessive” cost involved, Justice slow, etc., or any action that besides deduction of wages, ty personnel for the purpose. lation of satellites for mar- Pulwama district of Jammu Najmi Waziri said they will have abet any form of strike/protest. may also include appropriate There are around 48.41 itime surveillance intended to and Kashmir. to plant and nurture the trees “Any employee going on disciplinary action,” it said. lakh Central Government identify and track ships in the On September14, 2018, PNS n NEW DELHI abilities as being unfit to hold till rainy season and they can strike in any form would face All officers have been employees. Indian Ocean. four grenades were hurled at the government post,” he said. bear the expenses as they reside the building of police station pset at the ‘distasteful’ He felt that the non-action in posh areas of Mumbai with Maksudan in which one police Ustatements made by politi- of the Commission in such “fancy addresses”. However, the personnel was injured. Initially, cians in reference to people incidents (2014 elections and court agreed to reduce the the FIR was registered on with disabilities, particularly present) can be considered as number of trees to be planted September 14 last year at police during election season, dis- an apathy. “Such apathy can be by Balwa and businessman station Division Number-1, ability rights’ crusaders have interpreted as acceptance - by Rajiv Agarwal. Balwa and Jallandhar. Subsequently, the written to the Election the perpetrators, the public, Agarwal, who were earlier case was taken up for investi- Commission to direct the polit- and - worse - the marginalized asked to plant 3,000 trees, will gation by NIA and re-registered ical fraternity to use respectful voters with disabilities. If left now have to plant 1,500 trees. as RC-39/2018/NIA/DLI. language for PwD and also to unchallenged, slurs persists Advocate Vijay Aggarwal, Arrested accused Pinchoo highlight provisions of and grows, as we saw the dis- appearing for Balwa and and Qayoom were pursuing Disability Act in the event of turbing trend being continued Agarwal, submitted that they their B.Tech (Civil) from St. contravention. till now despite Section 92(a) of welcome the court order for Soldier Group of Colleges, Though they had been the Rights of Persons with plantation of trees and were Jalandhar. Two other accused objecting to such ‘abuses’ time Disabilities Act, 2016 having ready to comply with it but persons involved in the attack- and again, the trigger point to provision of imprisonment on sought modification of the -- Rauf Ahmed Mir and Umar write to the top poll watch dog disability abuse,” he said. February 7 order to the extent Ramzan, both residents of came following Prime Minister Such statements are pun- of sparing them from the work Pulwama were killed in an Narendra Modi’s remarks ishable under specific sections of nurturing as the cost of encounter with security forces against dyslexia at an event of the Indian Penal Code and doing it was very high. in South Kashmir on where he co-related the neu- the RPWD Act 2016 with The court had earlier December 22, 2018. rological condition with one of imprisonment for a term which directed Balwa, director of Amir Nazir, is a key accused his political rivals. shall not be less than six Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables as he procured and facilitated Citing various such months, but which may extend Private Limited Rajiv Agarwal, delivery of four grenades used instances where elected repre- to five years and with fine”, said and firms — Dynamic Realty, in the attack on the directions sentatives ‘belittled’ the sector, Jamshed Mistry, a lawyer, who D B Realty Limited and Nihar of Ansar Ghazwatul Hind Chief Dr Satendra Singh, disability works for social causes. Constructions Private Limited Zakir Musa. Nazir was the rights activist and member, The National Platform for — who were acquitted in the active link between arrested Delhi State Steering Committee the Rights of the Disabled ED case, to plant 3,000 trees accused and Musa. on Accessible Elections said in (NPRD) too expressed its dis- each in Delhi’s South Ridge for- Nazir has been taken on a letter that the use of such lan- may at the Prime Minister est area. It had also asked A transit remand to be produced guage during election cam- ‘disregarding’ the value of the Raja’s erstwhile private secre- before the Special NIA Court paigns to deride political oppo- disabled people even when he tary RK Chandolia, Asif Balwa Mohali for obtaining his Police nents is unpardonable. “In was the one who had equated and Agarwal to plant 500 trees Members of Indian Navy’s all-women crew, who circumnavigated the globe onboard INS Tarini, during International Women’s Day celebrations at a college in New Delhi Custody for interrogation, a such sweeping remarks, politi- disability with divinity and each in South Delhi. on Wednesday PTI NIA spokesperson said. PTI cians deem persons with dis- coined the term “divyang”. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 city 06

NOT IN UP ALLIANCE: CONG Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar Pradesh Congress finally broke UP to increase wheat its silence over ‘mahagathbandhan’ in the state, saying it was not a part of the alliance between Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal in the state and would go it alone. procurement target

PNS n LUCKNOW by 43 per cent to 53 lakh MT farmers. In fact, the state has in 2018. announced that the procure- head of the crucial Lok Enthused by the high ment agencies will continue to Sabha elections, the wheat procurement last year, purchase wheat from farmers AUttar Pradesh govern- the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet even if the season’s target is ment has decided to increase on March 2 increased the tar- achieved during the procure- the wheat procurement target get by 10 per cent to 55 lakh ment period from April 1 to by 10 per cent over last year, to MT for the current season June 15, 2019. 55 lakh metric tons, for the commencing next month. With the Lok Sabha polls coming Rabi procurement sea- Besides, the government around the corner and the BJP son 2019, beginning from has increased the minimum facing flak over rural dis- April 1. support price (MSP) of wheat tress, the Yogi Adityanath In 2018, the state govern- by more than 6 per cent, from government is cautious to not ment had purchased 53 lakh Rs 1,735 per quintal to Rs to give opportunity to the MT wheat against the target of 1,840 per quintal. The state opposition to corner it over 50 lakh MT. government will also pay a farmers’ issues, especially After the Yogi Adityanath bonus of Rs 20 per quintal for relating to payment delays or government came to power in wheat chafing, which raises defunct procurement centres March 2017, the procurement the effective payment to Rs which spur panic selling at of major cereal crops has wit- 1,860 per quintal. much lower price than the nessed consistent improve- If the government is able MS. ment compared to the periods to achieve its target, the farm- In the recently concluded under Samajwadi Party and ers will receive more than Rs 2018-19 paddy procurement Bahujan Samaj party govern- 10,000 crore as payment for season, UP posted record ments. wheat this season and the paddy purchase of nearly 49 During the Akhilesh money will be credited direct- lakh MT compared to the Yadav regime in 2017, the ly in their bank accounts target of 50 lakh MT. state government agencies within 72 hours. In 2016-17 and 2017-18 had procured 37 lakh MT For wheat procurement, seasons, the state had pro- wheat compared to 8 lakh MT the state government will set cured 35 lakh metric tons in 2016, thus registering a up nearly 6,000 purchase cen- and 43 lakh metric tonsre- quantum jump of 460 per tres across the state to pur- spectively against the target of cent, which further increased chase wheat directly from 50 lakh MT. BJP lawmakers come to blows in dist meeting PNS n LUCKNOW asked the junior engineer why his name was missing from the n a major embarrassment to inauguration plaque. Ithe Bharatiya Janata Party, an Baghel spoke in support of MP and an MLA of the ruling the junior engineer saying even party clashed during the dis- his (MLA’s) name was not there. trict planning meeting in Sant This started a heated argument Kabir Nagar in presence of between the two. The MP was Medical Education Minister heard saying it was his constitu- Ashutosh Tandon on tional right to have his name on Wednesday, drawing jeer and the plaque. When Baghel said he condemnation from opposition also was an MLA, the MP said: parties. “Maine aise kayee MLA paida Sharad Tripathi. the MP kar diye hai” (I have made sev- from Sant Kabir Nagar, first eral persons MLAs). beat up Rakesh Singh Baghel, the After this the MP took out MLA from Medhawal, with his shoes and beat up the MLA. shoes and later the MLA retali- The shocked MLA ran towards ated and slapped the MP. MP and slapped him. The police Both the leaders abused and senior party leaders inter- each other as Ashutosh Tandon vened and separated both but remained a mute spectator. As they continued to abuse each other leaders, officers and police- other. In the meantime, Tandon, men rushed to separate them, who was presiding over the Tandon made a quite retreat. meeting, silently left the room. Baghel’s supporters have lodged The opposition parties con- an FIR against the party MP, demned the incident. Senior demanding immediate action Congress leader Amarnath against Tripathi. Agarwal said the incident reflect- Both the leaders were ed the “discipline in the party attending the district planning with a difference”. meeting at the collectorate on Sources said BJP state pres- Wednesday in presence of ident Mahendra Nath Pandey Health Minister Ashutosh had sought a report from the Tandon when Sharad Tripathi party district in-charge .

Clash, arson over removing illegal structure

Lucknow (PNS): Tension prevailed in Meerut after removal of an unauthorised con- struction led to violence in Sadar area that left dozens of persons, including policemen, injured on Wednesday. The agitated mob also set some vehicles afire and the fire spread to an adjacent locality and reduced over 200 temporary houses and a religious structure to ashes. As panic gripped the area, the traders pulled down their shutters while a local cinema hall suspended the evening show midway. Senior police officers, including district magistrate and district police chief, rushed to the spot and were making efforts to defuse the tension. The mob also blocked the busy Meerut-Delhi highway for several hours, demanding action against the Cantonment Board officials. Reports said that the officials of Cantonment Board reached Bhusa Mandi area in Sadar on Wednesday afternoon to remove the illegal construction being made by Ikram aka Raheesuddin. As the officials started demolishing the struc- ture, the local residents attacked them. The situation turned out of control when the mob attacked the local policemen and snatched their weapons. Later, the administration fought a pitched battle with local residents who torched vehi- cles that sparked a devastating fire in the entire area. The clash continued for over two hours before senior officers reached with a heavy police force and used force to disperse the mob. The Sadar police, on the basis of a complaint filed by the Cantonment Board, registered a case against Ikram, Nadeem, Samar, Mumtaz, Raheesuddin and over a hundred unidentified persons. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 nation 07 Rebel Cong MLA Maratha community Farmer suicides: Kerala CM asks threatens to vote banks to stop loan recovery Thiruvananthapuram/Idukki (Ker): Following a series of sui- Jadhav joins BJP against BJP-Sena cides by debt-ridden farmers in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday asked Tipped to take on defeat. leader Kharge and his son Mumbai: The Maratha com- vided to the kin of the pro- banks to halt recovery pro- Jadhav had Monday sub- Minister Priyank Kharge in the munity in Maharashtra on testers, who had committed ceedings on loans taken by Kharge in LS polls mitted his resignation from the region. Wednesday threatened to suicide during the stir. them in line with the morato- Assembly to Speaker Ramesh He was against Priyank vote against BJP and Shiv On November 30, 2018, rium announced by the Kumar. Kharge getting Ministerial Sena in the upcoming Lok the Maharashtra Legislature Government. Kalaburagi (K’taka): Congress The Congress has peti- berth from the region, ahead of Sabha and State assembly had passed a bill proposing In a meeting held with the rebel MLA Umesh Jadhav tioned the Speaker seeking several senior Congress leaders polls, saying the two parties 16 per cent reservation in representatives of the State joined the BJP at a rally here on disqualification of Jadhav along including himself. had failed to fulfil their education and Government Level Bankers’ Committee Wednesday, two days after he with Ramesh Jarkiholi, B Jadhav’s quitting the demands. jobs for the Marathas, a (SLBC) here, he said the state quit the Karnataka Assembly Nagendra and Mahesh Congress has come after two The decision was taken declared socially and educa- government had announced a membership, and is tipped to Kumathali under the anti- other senior leaders, Baburao by members of the Maratha tionally backward class by the slew of relief measures, includ- take on Congress veteran defection law. Chinchansur and Malikayya Kranti Morcha (MKM) at a Government. ing extending till December 31 Mallikarjun Kharge in the The four MLAs had kept Guttedar, from the region quit meeting. However, the the moratorium on repayment coming Lok Saba elections. the party on tenterhooks for the party and joined the BJP, MKM convener Mahesh Government had issued a of all loans taken by farmers. the Government would pay the against the alleged government Jadhav joined the BJP several weeks, defying its whip allegedly against dominance Dongre said the Sena-BJP circular putting a break on Vijayan also requested the interest of the new loans taken inaction to stop farmer suicides. before Prime Minister twice to attend the Congress of the Kharges. Government had failed to issuing appointment letters to banks to have an empathetic by them for one year. Hitting hard at the Narendra Modi’s address at Legislative Party (CLP) meet- Jadhav is likely to face fulfil the promises given to the candidates, who got approach towards farmers and The SLBC accepted his CPI(M)-led LDF Government, the rally, in the presence of state ings on January 18 and some hurdles ahead of his can- the Maratha community. selected for the Government understand the difficulties suggestion to fix the interest of Chennithala alleged that the BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, February 8 and had skipped the didature for the Lok Sabha “The community is upset job under the quota. faced by them due to the recent the agriculture loan as 9 per extension of moratorium peri- former chief minister Jagadish early part of the budget session. polls, as a petition to disqual- with the Government. We Dongre claimed that floods and the resulting crop cent, the statement said. od was to “cheat” the farmers Shettar and a host of other After the MLAs refused to ify him was still pending before have planned to distribute without the contribution of loss, Chief Minister’s Office Besides the Chief Minister, and the State Government’s party leaders. fall in line, the Congress had the Speaker. five crore pamphlets appeal- Marathas, the Shiv Sena said here in a statement. his Cabinet colleagues T M relief measures were a “farce”. “I am happy and proud petitioned Speaker to disqual- “The petition to disquali- ing not to vote for Sena and would not have spread to “Considering the situation, Thomas Isaac, V S Sunil He urged Vijayan to write joining BJP,” Jadhav said before ify them under the Anti- fy Jadhav is still pending... BJP in the upcoming LS the grass-root level. the banks should cooperate Kumar, E Chandrasekharan, off the agriculture loans and Modi arrived on the stage. Defection Law. Without disposal of this peti- polls,” he said. “The community will with the state government Kadakampally Surendran and convene a special assembly He also sought blessings However, Jadhav along tion his resignation cannot be According to him, the teach a lesson to the Sena by completely. In view of the K Krishnan Kutty and chief session to discuss farmers’ from the people of Kalaburagi with other three MLAs had accepted as per law, in my Government had assured showing the power of moratorium, there should be secretary Tom Jose and repre- issues. to make Modi Prime Minister attended the session and voted knowledge,” Congress the Maratha community Marathas in the upcoming no recovery procedures or sentatives of various banks According to official again. BJP sources said, Jadhav in favour of the finance bill, Legislature Party leader that cases filed by the polls,” Dongre added. other such actions,” he said, took part in the meeting. sources, eight cases of farmer is likely to be the party’s Lok with an intention not to violate Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday. police against over 13,000 Despite assurances from adding no banks should be Meanwhile, Leader of suicides were reported from Sabha candidate for the whip and avoid any stringent However, whether to protesters during the pro- Chief Minister Devendra allowed to violate the order. Opposition Ramesh high range Idukki district alone Gulbarga seat to challenge action. accept the resignation or not is quota stir. Fadnavis, nothing concrete Asking the banks not to Chennithala staged a one-day in the last two months. Kharge, a nine-time MLA and Jadhav was upset with ultimately left to the Speaker as The state had also assured has been done so far, the deny fresh loans to farmers to hunger strike at Kattappana One death was reported two-term Lok Sabha member Congress against the alleged he is the ultimate authority, he that compensation and a gov- community leaders have restart farming in the name of Municipal maidan in Idukki from Thrissur district, sources who has never tasted electoral dominance by veteran party had added. PTI ernment job would be pro- claimed. PTI repayment dues, Vijayan said district as a mark of protest added. PTI

3 MP of the border. Army warns According to Defence PRO Rajnath to launch several cities... Lt Col Devender Anand Pak of dire... (Jammu), Pakistan initiated From Page 1 “unprovoked” ceasefire viola- Ahmedabad bagged From Page 1 tion around 11.30 a.m by using ‘Cleanest Big City’, Delhi In fact, both the sides had mortars and small arms firing projectsin UP today Cantonment as Cleanest refrained from using long range along LoC in Nowshera sector Cantonment area, followed by guns for the past 15 years or so of Rajouri on Tuesday. From Page 1 29E, widening to two-lane with tant sections of highways in the Meerut Cantonment. Raipur to avoid aggravating the situa- The firing continued for be dedicated to the people on paved shoulders of Barabanki- state. named ‘Fastest Moving Big City’. tion. over two hours in which one Thursday at a grand function Jarwal road junction on NH- Singh will also inaugurate Mathura-Vrindavan bagged the However, the Pakistan Indian jawan received injures. to be held at Jhulelal Park here 28C, widening to two-lane several projects under Namami tag of the ‘Fastest Moving Army for the past few weeks Late in the evening Pakistan in the presence of Rajnath with paved shoulders of Gange programme, including Medium Cities’. has started using heavy resorted to heavy shelling in Singh, Union Minister for Road Rudauli-Basti section on NH- laying of sewerage network of According to survey, Gujarat artillery guns instead of small Krishna Ghati sector of Transport and Highways, 233, widening to two-lane with 214.88 km in Prayagraj at a cost is the Fastest Mover State while arms firing from medium and Poonch. Shipping and Water Resources, paved shoulders of 55-km sec- of `260.86 crore, laying of sew- Punjab is the Best Performing light machine guns, besides Meanwhile, fresh scaling of River Development and Ganga tion on NH-730A, widening to erage network of 69 km includ- State in Sanitation. Madhya mortars. tensions had a direct fall out on Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari, two-lane with paved shoul- ing 2 STPs of 9MLD capacity Pradesh is the Best Performing In strong retaliatory action, the carvan-e-Aman peace bus Chief Minister Yogi ders of Pilibhit-Puranpur sec- in Garh Mukteshwar at a cost State in Solid Waste Indian Army is learnt to have service between Poonch- Adityanath, and other promi- tion on NH-730, widening to of Rs 46.51 crore, laying of sew- Management. Dhule (Maha), “flattened” several bunkers and Rawalakote. nent leaders. two-lane with paved shoul- erage network of 98.5 km and Karimnagar (Telangana), “strategic structures” of the The same was cancelled The projects to be dedicate ders of Puranpur-Khutar sec- 13 MLD STP works in Kannauj Rajamundry (Andhra), Katni Pakistan Army besides causing amid continuous exchange of to the people include Faizabad tion on NH-730 are among the at a cost of `80.66 crore, and (Madhya Pradesh ), Yavatmal grievous injuries to large num- fire on Monday. Cross Loc Road-Kursi Road (15-km-long other projects. The recon- laying of sewerage network of (Maharashtra) were the worst ber of soldiers on their side. trade, however, went on Outer Ring Road), 127 km- struction and upgrading of 21.03 km and 4MLD STP in performer cities in the Swachchh However, there was no smoothly with 34 truck loads long four-laning on Sultanpur Sisiya-Nanpara section on NH- Bulandshahr at a cost of `48.45 survekshan. The Swachchh official confirmation from the reaching here in the Trade Road, 6-lane road on Kukrail 730 is another project, the crore. In all these projects, Survekshan concluded on Jan 31 Indian Army authorities till late Facilitation centre while only Bridge-Ring Road-Gomti release said. sewage will be collected from with about 4,237 urban local Tuesday evening about the three trucks crossed Chakan- Barrage. Singh will also lay Other projects include con- households and lifted to STPs bodies participating in the city exact number of fatal injuries da-Bagh crossing point on foundation stone for construc- struction of flyover at IIM directly. ranking survey. inflicted on the Pakistani side Tuesday. tion of 65-km-long Lucknow- crossing, construction of The foundation stones will Kanpur Greenfield Expressway Ghazipur-Phephna-Majhighat be laid for projects on the to be built at a cost of Rs 4,700 road on NH-31A, construction main stem of Ganga, Yamuna, Government cannot take crore, a Trauma Centre worth of flyovers, bypasses, FOBs, Gomti, Ramganga and Kali Rafale deal papers... shelter behind OSA." It fur- `2.35 crore in Jankipuram, underpasses for road safety on rivers. These include intercep- ther said it has been settled and 325 other roads involving different highways, construc- tion and diversion (I&D) of From Page 1 made in the Rafale case may in a catena of judgments that `78 crore. tion of four-lane Mathura- drains and 17 MLD STP in Referring to the aerial be used to destabilise either even if stolen documents are Meanwhile, an official Hathras-Badaun road on NH- Mirzapur, I&D of drains and 17 combat with Pakistan last the Government or the cited, and if they are found release confirmed that the 530B, construction of four- MLD STP in Ghazipur, and week, he said the country Opposition and therefore relevant, the court can look national highways to be inau- lane Aligarh-Kanpur road in I&D of drains and 35 MLD needs the Rafale jet to court should refrain from into them. At one point, gurated include four-laning of five packages on NH-91, con- STPs in Farrukhabad on river defend itself "from F-16 making it. The high voltage Justice Joseph reminded the Lucknow-Sultanpur section on struction of four-lane Unnao- Ganga with a total STP capac- fighter planes that recently hearing saw the Bench AG that there were many NH-56, four-laning of Kursi- Lalganj road on NH-232A, ity of 73 MLD and project cost bombed us". "Without showering several tricky reports appeared in Bofors Ayodhya road section of and widening to six lanes of of rivers `419.36 crore. On the Rafale how can we resist questions to the AG who case also and those were not Lucknow ring road and four- Chakeri (Kanpur)-Prayagraj Yamuna, the projects include them," he said, adding that was buttressing that the treated under OSA. laning of Ghaghra bridge to road on NH-2. I&D of drains and 21 MLD two squadrons of Rafale stolen materials cannot be Opposing the plea for CBI Budhanpur section on NH- He will also lay the foun- STP in Etawah and I&D of fighter jets are coming to relied to revisit the judgment enquiry into the Rafale deal, 233. Widening to two-lane dation stone for construction of drains in Ferozabad with total India in flyaway condition dismissing the pleas and it Venugopal said any order to with paved shoulders of Sonoli- Amethi bypass and widening STP Capacity of 21 MLD and and the first one will be in was necessary to determine the effect would be damaging Gorakhpur section on NH- and construction of impor- project cost of `191.68 crore. by September. He also said the sources who provided to the country as the recent that although MIG 21 of the sensitive documents. incidents have shown how 1960s performed beautiful- The Bench asked vulnerable is the scenario in ly against F16, Rafale fight- Venugopal "if an act of cor- which the country was trying Tackling illegal coal mining is er jets were needed. ruption is committed in to meet its defence require- The Bench, which will Rafale deal, will ments. However, the Bench hear the review petitions Government take shelter said the issue of national further on March 14, was behind Official Secrets Act? security did not arise in the challenging: Meghalaya CM told by Venugopal that every I (CJI) am not saying it is case as allegations were of statement of the apex court committed, but if it is then grave crime of corruption. Shillong: Meghalaya Chief of the State, in which 15 dig- the deputy commissioners, Minister Conrad K Sangma on gers were trapped in a rat-hole have been set up in all the dis- Wednesday said the cash-rich coal mine, had attracted angry tricts especially to check if any illegal coal mining business in reactions from across the illegal mining is taking place,” the State was a challenge as the country. Sangma said. Mamata to begin Government had to balance Even, the Supreme Court Considering the gravity of between ecology, economy and had come down heavily on the the incident, leading agencies the overall safety. issue. of the country including Army, Speaking on the comple- Lured by the quick money, Navy and NDRF carried the poll campaign tion of one year of his coalition the illegal activity has contin- rescue operations for months. Government, that includes the ued in the state in blatant vio- Although, the rescuers saw Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in lation of the National Green five bodies, they could manage the North-Eastern state, Tribunal’s order imposing a to retrieve only two highly on Women’s Day Sangma said they were work- blanket ban on coal mining decomposed bodies. ing towards improving these and transportation in On March 1, the team of Kolkata: West Bengal Chief campaign on Women’s Day,” a aspects. Meghalaya in 2014. rescuers from the Navy and Minister Mamata Banerjee will senior leader of the TMC’s “It will take time but I can The Meghalaya CM Army announced to leave the kick off the Trinamool Congress’ women’s wing said. The purpose assure you that our focuses are termed the coal mine tragedy operation site, 60 days after campaign for the Lok Sabha of this rally is to create a “new in these areas,” he told as “unfortunate” and said a lot launching a search operation polls on International Women’s India, united India and strong reporters. of issues have been exposed for the 15 miners trapped in a Day on March 8, a party leader India”, the posters of the rally The December 13 disaster after the accident. 370 feet-deep illegal coal mine said on Wednesday. Incidentally, read. in the East Jaintia Hills district “Committees, headed by in a remote area. PTI the TMC chief had also com- “She (Banerjee) will give her menced her party’s election message for the Lok Sabha polls. campaign for the 2014 parlia- And after the dates are There should be no politics on Pulwama, Balakot, says Nitish mentary and 2016 Assembly announced, a full-fledged cam- elections on the same date. paign will begin,” the TMC Patna: In a veiled criticism of the recent events in Jammu & opposition leaders, notably Banerjee is scheduled to leader said. Banerjee, who has the Congress-led Opposition, Kashmir and of the fact that the Congress veterans Digvijay participate in a rally convened by been the prime mover of an anti- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish respect for the armed forces has Singh and Kapil Sibal, raising the party’s women’s wing from Bharatiya Janata Party front, Kumar on Wednesday assert- increased further. Such things doubts on the air strike. The Shraddhananda Park to Park had organised a mega ed that there should be no pol- should not be spoken. There Opposition leaders have been Street here on Friday to celebrate Opposition rally here on January itics on the Pulwama terror should be no politics on this citing international media the International Women’s Day. 19, during which she had given attack and the air strikes on a issue which concerns national reports which claim that the “Although election dates are yet a call to oust the Modi Jaish camp in Balakot that fol- unity and integrity. The popu- IAF operation in Balakot had to be announced, but our cam- Government. The TMC, which lowed. Kumar, whose JD(U) is lar sentiment must be respect- caused no casualties, contrary paign for the Lok Sabha elec- is vying to play a major role in an NDA ally, also underscored ed, the Chief Minister told to claims by some Bharatiya tions will begin on March 8. the formation of the next gov- that there should be due reporters here. The the Janata Janata Party (BJP) leaders that During the 2014 Lok Sabha polls ernment at the Centre, has acknowledgement of the patri- Dal (United) was responding to hundreds of militants were and 2016 Assembly polls also, vowed to win all the 42 Lok otic upsurge that has followed queries about a number of killed. Mamata di had started her poll Sabha seats in the state. PTI LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Pakistan’s smokescreen The crackdown on Jaish is in keeping with its past Fighting cross-border terror chicanery. We have to prime ourselves for terror attacks t may look like Pakistan has cracked down on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), arrest- A war is by no means the answer. At best, it will result in a stalemate. Instead what Iing its chief Masood Azhar’s kin, and put Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed is needed is a coherent long-term policy and a clear blueprint to combat terrorism on a banned list because it has been cornered globally for harbouring terror bases. But this is another elaborate pretence and has noth- ing to do with India’s dossier on Pulwama or earlier terror attacks. It is clearly being done to build a convincing case in the UN and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which has a hawk’s eye on terror funding, that its intent HIRANMAY KARLEKAR is in the right place. A FATF blacklist could jeopardise Pakistan’s attempts to secure funding by the IMF and aggravate its financial distress. First, Pakistan has taken he episode that began with the the Jaish leaders in preventive custody, a euphemism for a state-sponsored pro- attack on a CRPF convoy in tectorate. The hollowness rings loud with former Pakistani President Pervez Pulwama on February 14 ended with the repatriation of Wing Musharraf saying that the ISI was in touch with Masood Azhar and knew about Commander Abhinandan the terror attacks in India. Second, Pakistan has not isolated Jaish in its stage- VarthamanT to India on March 1, without managed offensive but grouped it with Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa’ah (JuD) and triggering an India-Pakistan war. While this is all to the good, relations between the two other terror groups, saying its crackdown was part of a larger National Action countries will remain tense and further Plan formulated after an attack on an Army school in Peshawar in 2014. Besides, serious confrontations cannot be ruled out. it categorically said it did not want to isolate any organisation and would go by This is because the two main causes of their continuing hostility will remain — evidence, in one stroke diluting the culpability of Jaish. Third, while it banned the Pakistan’s desire to annex Kashmir and funding trust of the JuD, it has yet to clamp down on the Maymar Trust, asso- India’s demand for an end to the cross-bor- ciated with Al Qaeda and Jaish, which continues to generate funds for what they der terrorist attacks that Pakistan has been conducting against it for almost 40 years call welfare for children. There cannot be a real crackdown till terror assets are now. frozen and funding is choked. Fourth, Pakistan may take action against certain Pakistan’s obsession with Kashmir groups, even demolish the ones with baggage, but it always keeps the terror stems not only from the region’s fabled beau- network alive in the region as old groups simply scatter and mutate with new ty but its strategic importance. Controlling Kashmir, Islamabad can bring its armoured identities. Besides, we have seen too many similar actions in the past to con- and infantry formations unopposed to sider this a big turnaround in our neighbour’s strategy. Jammu & Kashmir’s borders with Punjab After the Mumbai attacks in 2008, the Pakistani army smashed a Lashkar and Himachal Pradesh, and launch these against Delhi. Any such offensive has now training camp in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Soon after, Indian to contend with the Indian forces stationed security agencies found that the Muzaffarabad camp had simply been wound along the international border between the up and moved to a new location in Dulai, with much more advanced facilities. two countries in Jammu and the Line of Control in Kashmir. This is why India can- Pakistan even arrested LeT’s operational commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and not part with Kashmir — besides the fun- Club, Rawalpindi. None of this followed even now. What can ing terrorism and insurgency in put him in Rawalpindi’s sprawling Adiala jail. However, this arrest was pure hog- damental reason of the latter being an inte- could have happened without India do? A war? It can end in India within 10 years of that. wash as he continued to receive full state protection and was allowed to main- gral and inalienable part of this country. sanction from the top, which, India’s victory, defeat or a stale- Things might be different if Control over Kashmir will enable in turn, indicated that it artic- mate. Defeat is impossible given this country annexes Pakistan, tain contact with his commanders from inside the jail. The US found evidence Pakistan to launch a three-pronged attack ulated — at least was in sync CONTROL OVER this country’s enormous mili- which the world will not allow. in this case, even discredited its actions but that didn’t force Pakistan to give up against India — from the Sind-Rajasthan with — official policy. Further, tary superiority over Pakistan It is one thing for countries not its chicanery. Although it has banned JuD front organisations such as the Falah- and Punjab borders as well as Kashmir, and Haqqani points out in a foot- KASHMIR WILL and the valour of its uniformed to condemn — or even tacitly it will push some of its Army formations note in his book, that in sever- ENABLE PAKISTAN personnel. A victory is possible endorse — an attack on the JeM e-Insaniyat Foundation now, fact is they have generated enough funds so far in close to Delhi. This strategic consideration al conversations with him, given India’s superiority on terrorist-training camp at the name of charity for the proliferation of jihadi activities. The damage has already is supplemented by its pathological hatred Lieutenant-General Hamid TO LAUNCH A land, sea and air, and India did Balakot, and, quite another for been done. The Pakistani government, instead of reining them in, deliberately towards India, which routed it in the 1971 Gul, who was director-gener- defeat Pakistan comprehen- them to allow India to swallow war that led to Bangladesh’s liberation. al of Pakistan’s notorious Inter- THREE-PRONGED sively in the 1971 war which led Pakistan. Equally, Pakistan may overlooked these organisations. The Punjab provincial government donated approx- Pakistan’s fixation with gaining con- Services Intelligence from 1987 ATTACK AGAINST to the liberation of Bangladesh. not rattle its nuclear-tipped imately 1 million dollars to the JuD for charity work in 2010. Such fronts legit- trol over Kashmir is also a result of its to 1989, referred to an opera- INDIA — FROM THE It, however, then had complete missiles over an Indian aerial imised the terrorists’ existence within civil society. Pakistan does not want to lose strategic doctrine which aims at India’s tional plan to encourage cen- support of the Soviet Union attack on a target inside it but balkanisation. In his book, India: A Study trifugal forces in India that SIND-RAJASTHAN under the Indo–Soviet Treaty of will certainly do so if Indian its strategic hold of the region with its biggest bargaining chip, exportable ter- in Profile, Lieutenant-Colonel Javed existed when he was director- Peace, Friendship and troops get, say, within 50 kilo- ror. And for all its cosmetic de-escalation, its terror factory researches new method- Hassan (who retired as a Lieutenant- general of military intelligence AND PUNJAB Cooperation which, under metres of Islamabad. ologies. Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba has already warned how terrorists are General) contended that “India was from 1984 to 1987. BORDERS AS WELL Article IX, provided for imme- Most likely, a war will end now being trained to take the sea route and we are looking at a new maritime hostage to a centrifugal rather than a cen- Haqqani further states that diate “mutual consultations” in a stalemate. Besides not tripetal tradition.” Holding that India “had after the United States had AS KASHMIR, AND to remove any “attack or threat ending terrorism, it will front. Simultaneously, there has been no let-up in Pakistani psy ops, with that a historical inability to stay as a unified agreed to support the Afghan IT WILL TRY TO thereof” that either country impose a heavy cost in terms side still claiming it has shot down a Sukhoi and forced an Indian submarine out state”, he identified Punjab, Jammu & jihad against Soviet occupation PUSH SOME OF ITS may face and the taking of of human lives, public and pri- of its waters. While India continues its diplomatic offensive, one thing is for cer- Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and six north-east- of Afghanistan and American “appropriate effective measures vate assets destroyed and eco- ern States (strangely leaving one of the economic aid had started pour- ARMY FORMATIONS to ensure peace and security of nomic disruption. Instead of it, tain. It will be high alert for our forces at all times. seven sisters out), as being completely ing into Pakistan, the latter’s their countries.” Thus, the one needs a coherent long- alienated from mainstream India. President, Zia-ul Haq, wanted CLOSE TO DELHI. Soviet Union sent ships of its term policy and a clear blue- Hussain Haqqani, who refers to this a forward policy drawn up THIS STRATEGIC Pacific Fleet to counter war- print to fight terrorism, pro- book in his Pakistan: Between Mosque and regarding India. Haqqani also ships of the United States’ viding for diplomatic and eco- US trade rap Military, wrote that Hassan felt that “with says that a conversation CONSIDERATION IS Seventh Fleet which entered the nomic pressure on Pakistan, some encouragement, the alienated regions between Zia and Lieutenant- SUPPLEMENTED BY Bay of Bengal to tilt the balance sound intelligence gathering to The move to delete India from a preferential list could become centres of insurgencies that General Akhtar Abdul in Pakistan’s favour. India is pre-empt terror strikes in would, at best, dismember India, at [the] Rahman led to the implemen- ITS PATHOLOGICAL unlikely to receive the same India and terror attacks in won’t have much of an impact least, weaken India’s ability to seek region- tation of a policy combining kind of support from Russia Pakistan itself. Whipping up al dominance for years to come.” Hassan’s clandestine operations to weak- HATRED TOWARDS which is now reaching out to jingoism and war hysteria t may make for some unpleasant optics at book is most significant as it resulted from en India with the pretence of INDIA Pakistan. Besides, even if India only diverts attention from a time of sub-continental tension, where the a study of the Pakistani Army’s Faculty of seeking durable peace, wins a comprehensive victory, this essential task. US pressured Pakistan on dismantling its ter- Research and Doctrinal Studies, Command throughout the years Zia was in it will not end terrorism from (The writer is Consultant I and Staff College, Quetta. It was published power as well as subsequently. Pakistan. The 1971 war did not. Editor, The Pioneer, and an ror network and led the Western world on iso- and distributed by the Services Book As can be seen, it is being Pakistan was back to promot- author) lating it over the Pulwama attacks, but its deci- sion to take India out of a preferential trade list — one that allows $5.6 billion worth of Indian S O U N D BITE exports to enter the US duty-free — is not such I don't know...I have Whatever I have From now until the final ball The next time there is a a big deal. First things first, this move has noth- this fear about people achieved is because of is bowled, we will work with strike, one of mahagath- ing to do with geopolitics or our global diplo- who wear such long the faith and confidence I partners in India to make bandhan leaders should be tilaks on their forehead. have had in myself. cricket a success. made to stand there so that matic prowess and impacts just a fraction of Nothing is the end of life. they can count the bodies. our trade volumes. Considering that China is Former Karnataka British Deputy High Chief Minister Actor Commissioner Haryana minister the bigger threat for both the US and India, the world’s largest democracies would- —Siddaramaiah —Taapsee Pannu —Bruce Bucknell —Anil Vij n’t want to mess with their strategic relationship and lose sight of the big pic- ture. The US move was also not country-specific, it was announced at the same time as a halt on trade preferences for Turkey. It came two days after Trump’s reference to India as a “very-high tariff nation.” Besides, his demand for a “rec- L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR iprocal tax” on goods from India is in keeping with Washington’s concerted attacks on India’s trade stance. This is also a pressure tactic to compel us to negotiate Insensitive remark the art of the possible. Should nationalism become a poll issue? During the 1971 war, Indira on sectors such as medical devices, mainly stents, dairy products and IT. And Gandhi milked the situation to the what better time to do it than when it is easier to coerce us at a sensitive time Sir — The Prime Minister’s his refers to the editorial, “Opposition blues” hilt and romped home in the next and seek a counter favour? Though India has kept the doors open to a compro- remark made during his recent (March 6). It is by now clear that the BJP is going Lok Sabha election. In 1979, for- video-conference with students, Tto campaign around ‘nationalism’ and not ‘vikas’ mer US president Jimmy Carter mise, it has said that it would not back down on the affordability of stents, a when one of them was explaining during the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The catch phras- had to pay a price for the botched- move that has dented US manufacturers substantially. how her project could help dyslex- es Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and achche din are no up operation of releasing the In 2017, India had capped prices of cardiac stents and knee implants, slash- ic children, was insensitive. One longer to be heard. With nothing tangible to show on diplomatic staff from the US wonders whether our leader is the economic front, it is understandable that the rul- Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and he ing them by over 70 per cent and 60 per cent respectively. The move impact- even aware of how those diag- ing party is determined to go all-out to fight the elec- could not get a second term. In ed US giants like Abbott, Medtronic, Boston Scientific and Stryker. India had also nosed with dyslexia have achieved tion on the ‘nationalism’ narrative. 2011, President Barack Obama insisted on a change in the certification procedure of dairy products, that their greatness in their lives, examples Recent happenings like the Pulwama attack and ordered the assassination of being Alexander Graham Bell, the Indian airstrikes in Balakot dovetail nicely with the Osama bin Laden. With the mis- source animals be never fed blood meals and that this would be “non-nego- Lewis Carroll, Leonardo da Vinci, Hindu right’s nationalist narrative. Prime Minister sion being successful, he was tiable” from a cultural standpoint. And if the US could comply with halal and kosher John Irving, Pablo Picasso and Lee Narendra Modi’s speeches drip nationalist fervour and alism’ takes care of the ruling elite, ‘patriotism’ does voted for a second term. standards, this could easily be factored in too. The US move is expected to have Kuan Yew, to name a few. denounce the Opposition for “toeing the Pakistani line”. not exclude the ‘human flotsam and jetsam’. It will be SC Panda The Prime Minister has Sadly, it does not occur to the hyper-nationalists that hard for the BJP to sustain the ‘nationalist fervour’ till Bhubaneswar minimal impact as exporters here were deriving duty free benefits of only $190 mocked the differently-abled, a great nation cannot define itself purely in terms of the election. We hope that there is no more military million of the total $5.6 billion-worth of GSP items traded. Around 1,900 of our marking a new low in our politi- another country, whatever the compelling reasons. action in the offing. Support our forces products, including raw materials and intermediaries across sectors such as organ- cal discourse. When the Rights of The fine line between ‘nationalism’ and ‘patriotism’ G David Milton Persons with Disabilities Act talks does not matter to the Sangh Parivar. While ‘nation- Maruthancode ic chemicals and engineering goods, have been circled out. Exports in other cat- about non-discrimination and Sir — It is shocking that a section egories like articles of iron or steel, furniture, aluminum and electrical machin- respect for persons with disabili- of people is demanding proof for ery and parts could also be affected. But experts say with the economy grow- ties, activists are well within their cricket match after achieving an The Indian bowling team, Art of the possible the airstrikes. One must support rights to demand an uncondition- exceptional victory in the second too, did a good job. Kuldeep the acts of our defence forces who ing at a rapid pace and diversifying into newer markets, particularly in Africa and al apology. ODI, played against Australia at Yadav, Kedar Jadhav and Sir — This refers to the editori- ensure that we are safe in every Latin America, the losses resulting from withdrawal of concessions could eas- Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee the Vidharbha Cricket Ravindra Jadeja bowled excep- al, “Encashing Pulwama” (March corner of this country. This ily be offset. Of course, the full extent of the loss can only be gauged by which Faridabad Association Stadium, Jamtha. tionally well and gave strong 1). The killing of over 40 CRPF demand for proof is embarrass- of our competitors enters the US market to fill in the demand gaps. Needless to Indian skipper Virat Kohli, breakthroughs to the Indian team jawans in Pulwama was deadly ing and indirectly gives our ene- A big victory who scored his 40th ODI centu- but the wicket of Marcus Stoinis and the Government gave a jus- mies an advantage. say India has been the biggest beneficiary of the GSP regime and accounted for ry, must be lauded for taking the taken by Vijay Shankar in the last tifiable response to it. There is Shashikant over a quarter of the goods that got duty-free access into the US in 2017. team to a handsome total of 250 over was the most notable and nothing wrong with the Via email Sir — Kudos to team India for runs on a tricky pitch despite early admirable. Government taking credit for Considering that even the US and China have simmered down their trade war, registering its 500th win in the dismissals of Indian openers and Tushar Anand the airstrikes. After all, prevailing Send your feedback to: all doesn’t seem to be lost at this stage. One-Day International (ODI) a failed middle order. Patna politics is not niskarma seva but [email protected] LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN India must build POINTCOUNTERPOINT SO, THE INDIAN AIR FORCE STRUCK A TARGET AND AT A TIME WHEN THE NATION IS FILLED WITH on world opinion THE AIR CHIEF SAYS I ACHIEVED MY OBJECTIVE OF NATIONAL PRIDE, THE CONGRESS IS SPEAKING THE STRIKING THE TARGET. NO QUESTION. I ACCEPT IT. LANGUAGE OF PAKISTAN. It’s high time India gets a grip of Pakistan-sponsored —CONGRESS LEADER —BJP SPOKESPERSON terrorism once and for all. This can be done by P CHIDAMBARAM GVL NARASIMHA RAO internationalising the problem at every forum Swachch lesson from Odisha TINA BISWAS n episode of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons was The FSSM system has been a success in designing a scalable solution to septage management. aired in 2010 in which the titular family visited Israel. In that Achapter, Marge admonishes Jacob, their Israeli tour guide: “You More needs to be done now to achieve universal coverage for safe human waste disposal people are so pushy!”, to which Jacob replied, “I’m pushy? Please! You stay there surrounded by your great enemy, Canada — try Syria for two months and then we’ll see who’s pushy!” Or, as in India’s case, try Pakistan for over 70 years and see how pushy you get! Except since the Kargil war of 1999, India has not been pushy and has indeed shown an incredible amount of restraint. Perhaps, even too much restraint. Anyone who believes in democracy will always give precedence to diplomacy and talks as the perfect way to sort out problems between nations. Even now, after tensions between the two nations escalated, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has trotted the “let’s talk” line, albeit with a veiled threat about how nei- ther he nor Prime Minister Modi would have control of the situation G MATHI VATHANAN if it were to escalate further. But this is disingenuous. Even if Khan himself is not personally complicit, he is well aware he Union Government, State Governments that the deep state within Pakistan, operating through the Inter-Services as well as local self-governments are Intelligence (ISI), not only actively supports fundamentalist terrorist Tgrappling with the Herculean challenges groups such as the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba of urban sanitation. Indeed, while the word but also has had its part to play in their creation. That Pakistan has “urban” should imply modern sanitation facil- ostensibly banned these outfits — mainly for the purpose of ities, the fact remains that 68 per cent of urban respectability on the world stage — is laughable. It was not just a households in India do not have access to a bizarre coincidence that the head of the terrorist organisation Al Qaeda, sewage network and 85 per cent of the liquid Osama bin Laden, was found hiding (or not really even hiding, more waste generated goes untreated. This often results hanging around) not in any remote/difficult to search federally admin- in the contamination of groundwater and sur- face water which in turn manifests as water- istered tribal areas but in Abbottabad, half a mile away from Pakistan’s borne diseases like diarrhoea and jaundice, the premier military training academy. How long does India — and the leading cause of child fatalities. Hookworms, world — intend to allow Pakistan to carry out acts of state-spon- which can spread through open defecation, cause sored terrorism and get away with it? anaemia and weight loss among women, besides Remember, Pakistan is a state built on being in opposition to severely impacting productivity, the well-being India. It is in Islamabad’s interest to continue with an unpleasant and of the households and the community. irritating asymmetric war along the Line of Control because it gives In order to take this challenge head on, the WHILE THE FSSM it strategic depth. Otherwise, it becomes a small, unimportant coun- 2008 National Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP) FRAMEWORK try (albeit one with nuclear weapons) with very little relevance on had initiated a framework for cities to prepare SPEAKS OF the world stage. So, it does what seems rational to it: Create prob- City Sanitation Plans (CSPs) under their INNOVATION, lems in the area so that its leaders can then pretend to assist in sort- respective State strategies. But as policy mak- EQUALLY ers and other stakeholders often report, each ing them out. Skirmishes with Indians also play well domestically: city, town and slum presents its own complex IMPORTANT HAS Nothing makes Pakistanis as happy as making Indians miserable. set of challenges. Whether it is the lack of piped BEEN A Now that’s all well and good in a game of cricket but it is downright water, toilets or sewage treatment mechanism, DELIBERATE reprehensible when Islamabad’s actions result in unnecessary injury the entire value chain of providing good san- APPROACH TO and death. The lack of a moral anchor in the Pakistani administra- itation — imperative for national health — has ROLL OUT tion is exemplified by its relationships with its closest allies: Saudi been under severe stress and requires unique CAPACITY- Arabia and China, two countries not known for their human rights solutions and collaborations. BUILDING record. Granted, plenty of Western democracies still do business with Yet, while challenges are unique in the local INTERVENTIONS Saudi Arabia but when the Saudi state brazenly murdered dissident context, solutions have had their implications AMONG ULBs AND tions and stitched a collaboration the ULBs. is complex and large in scope and journalist Jamal Khashoggi (who wasn’t even that much of a dissi- for the broader sanitation ecosystem. Finally, BUILD between various stakeholders. Today, ULB officials, Community Based scale. The FSSM roll-out in Odisha there was a dire need to explore new approach- FSSM has been integrated with the Organisations (CBOs) and communi- and other States is a testament of com- dent) in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, there was interna- es since most households in India depend on COMMUNITY State’s policy plans and set of opera- ty leaders have also come together to mitment at multiple levels of the tional outcry. on-site sanitation facilities such as septic tanks PARTICIPATION tive guidelines for Urban Local Bodies create community engagement mod- Union Government, State And what did Pakistan do? Rather than taking necessary steps and pits vs centralised sewerage systems, IN ALL (ULBs) to implement FSSM interven- els in urban sanitation. FSSM case stud- Government, ULBs, global organisa- to reform the failure of its economy, it glossed over the incident and where safe management of human waste, PROGRAMMES tions across the sanitation value chain. ies show how community organisations tions and most importantly, local went to the Saudis with a begging bowl in hand. What about China? which includes its safe containment, transport, Six septage treatment plants and vulnerable groups have been inte- communities, who have taken it upon Beijing, which has detained up to a million Muslim minorities, main- treatment and disposal, was essential. (SeTPs) were commissioned on grated, not as beneficiaries but as key themselves to collaborate and “own” ly Uighurs in grim concentration camps in Xinjiang, as part of the It was against this backdrop of searching October 26, 2018, and six others are stakeholders and partners in the imple- these initiatives. FSSM also shows us Chinese war on Islam, extends support to Pakistan on the under- for new complementary approaches that the in progress, which together will cater mentation and involvement of commu- that an innovative solution is feasible, standing that it would look away from its “home-grown” crisis. So National Policy on Faecal Sludge and Septage to 60 per cent of the State’s urban pop- nities in the processes. can be customised to address the com- let’s not pretend that the Pakistani Government puts Islamic broth- Management (FSSM) was formulated. The ulation. All these SeTPs are based on For example, in Bhadrak munic- plex local challenge in sanitation and FSSM approach — an end-to-end management low energy-consuming technologies to ipality, CBOs like the Mahila Arogya can also be scaled by using the right erhood above its own tactical interests. And what can we learn from of faecal waste collected in pit latrines and/or ensure minimal operation and main- Samitis (MAS) and women’s groups framework and protocols. this? Simply that the Pakistani Government cannot be trusted to do septic tanks — can be applied to arrest harm- tenance cost. Recently, Odisha decid- are working to promote improved san- Finally, FSSM has shown a way what is right. ful impacts of poor sanitation in cases where ed that all ULBs will adopt the FSSM itation and FSSM practices at the ward forward where multi-organisation, Now, India can carry on as usual. It could say it’s not backing the provision of sewerage system is unfeasible approach and will set up septage level, particularly, among the urban multi-stakeholder, sanitation enhance- down in the face of Pakistani terror and still carry out air strikes. There or takes longer time. treatment facilities. Much more now poor. In Cuttack, a male SHG of san- ment programmes can be carried out could be some fretting about the deleterious outcome of an esca- As recognition for FSSM as an innovative needs to be done to ensure quick itary workers from a vulnerable com- successfully. A recent study by the lation between two nuclear powers and then, after some tension, approach grew, Odisha, which had embarked grounding of such initiatives to achieve munity is being engaged for Operation Water and Sanitation Programme of the whole thing could fizzle out. Or India could get to grips with this on its own sanitation journey, also rolled out universal coverage of safe human and Maintenance (O&M) of cesspool the World Bank estimated that inad- problem once and for all. How? By internationalising the problem. pilot projects in two small towns — Angul and waste disposal in all urban areas. emptier vehicles in the municipal cor- equate sanitation costs India the India is a major world power — and a cooperative and democrat- Dhenkanal in early 2015 under Project Nirmal. While the FSSM framework and poration. equivalent of 6.4 per cent of its Gross The idea was to demonstrate sustainable san- technology speaks of innovation, The involvement of such groups Domestic Product. ic one at that — and it certainly has friends in countries like the US, itation solutions for communities. This pilot equally important has been a deliber- has helped the Government improve At the same time, experts have UK, France, Canada and so on. Whereas a few years ago, the US programme was implemented with support ate approach to roll out capacity- on-ground sanitation services through consistently pointed out that cities and UK might have been reluctant to enter the fray, mistakenly believ- from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation building interventions among ULBs a linkage between livelihood and effi- drive economic growth. The caveat ing that they needed Pakistani’s help in combating terrorism in the (BMGF), Arghyam, Centre for Policy Research and build community participation cient FSSM services provided by here is this: It is the cities with good region, they now know that Pakistan is a hindrance and not a help. and Practical Action. Since then, the initiative in all programmes. The capacity- members of the community itself. sanitation which will drive econom- India, together with other democracies, can make sure that the Pakistani has been scaled up to nine other towns under building efforts have included Significantly, the State has also seen ic growth. Indeed, it will be nirmal Government feels the consequences of its actions, be it through diplo- the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban strengthening of various grassroots- how the involvement of community shahars (clean cities) that will be a matic isolation, economic sanctions, or should those not work, mil- Transformation (AMRUT) by 2016. level institutions such as the Slum members in various ways boosts con- proxy for economic growth in human itary action. This is not war-mongering. This is bringing a notorious- However, implementation at such a grand Sanitation Committee, Ward fidence and ensures dignity of the health and well-being. FSSM’s ly recalcitrant country in line with international norms of negotiation scale required augmentation of internal capac- Sanitation Committee and City community members, who become momentum must be maintained. ity. This was achieved through a technical sup- Sanitation Task Force (CSTF) to part of these programmes and who are (The writer is commissioner-cum- and behaviour. There is strength in numbers. So let India and its allies port unit comprising Ernst & Young with sup- ensure community ownership in san- subsequently looked upon as role Secretary, Housing and Urban read out the riot act: Enough is enough. port from BMGF, which helped steer clear the itation service and people-centric models in their community. Development Department, (Biswas is the author of The Antagonists) grassroot implementation of the interven- sanitation service delivery systems in The sanitation challenge in India Government of Odisha) Unending days of a hot summer FOREIGN EYE Conferences or predictions made by various scientists/organisations on climate change will not yield any results unless such exercises translate into action in the form of meaningful reduction in GHG levels. It’s up to the Government to act in March. (IMD), had predicted the development ference in the usage of fossil fuels, With a winter that is signing off of an El Niño phenomenon by the end which contribute heavily to GHG on a positive note, can we gingerly of 2018. This has already made win- emissions. Thermal power plants and expect the summer of 2019 to treat us ters in India warmer than usual and vehicular fuels are the main bulk well? Maybe not if some reports by if the trend continues into the spring source of GHG and sadly enough, meteorological offices are to be of 2019, it will mean that the summers, India is unable to ramp up the alter- believed from across the world. With too, will witness soaring temperatures. native energy sources so that they can CANADA NEEDS the imminent advent of the summers, Another major indicator of the replace the polluting thermal energy experts in the weather offices and lab- warming trend due to climate change and fossil fuels. HONEST ANSWERS KOTA SRIRAJ oratories have started making well- is ocean heat content (OHC). The year Although on the face of it, wors- With seven months to go researched scientific predictions on 2018 recorded a new high in terms of ening climate seems to be the prima s the month of March scripts what the summer has in store for us. OHC since observations began in facie reason for soaring tempera- before the next national the final chapter of winter, one Though these have no direct bearing 1940. There is more heat stored in the tures, the real anthropogenic reasons election, Canada’s Prime Acannot help but notice how on how India will fare during the caused mainly by spiralling green- clearly showing a warming trend. earth’s oceans today than at any time cannot be overlooked. The numerous Minister is embroiled in a this year was climatically different hottest months, they do give a gener- house gases. Britain by itself experi- In fact, the 20 warmest years on in the last 78 years. When GHGs trap climate conferences or climate scien- political scandal that his from other seasons in the preceding al idea of what is in store for mankind enced a hot summer in 2018 with the record have occurred in the last 22 heat in the atmosphere, some of it gets tists’ predictions are only a pointless charm cannot wipe away. years. The intermittent rainy days globally. year’s average temperatures around years. This trend also sits in perfect- converted into surface temperature but exercise if the same are not translat- this year helped fight bad air days Climate forecasters in the United 0.96C above pre-industrial levels. ly with the emission rates of green- 90 per cent of it gets assimilated into ed into action in the form of meaning- Two members of his and were instrumental in bringing Kingdom warned that 2019 is expect- Predictions for India are not house gases (GHGs), which were at a the oceans. Therefore OHC is a much ful reduction in GHG levels. The time Cabinet, both prominent the pollution levels down. ed to be one of the hottest years of all promising as well. The combined record high in 2018, according to the better indicator of climate change than has come for the Government to start women, have resigned and This is indeed a miracle consid- time. The British meteorological office effect of climate change and an evolv- World Meteorological Organisation. surface temperatures. So how will assessment of the efforts based on unless he can convince the ering the fact that winter seasons are estimated that average global temper- ing El Niño could make 2019 the According to climate scientists India cope with this temperature GHG level monitoring. This alone will public that he really did usually air pollution nightmares. atures for 2019 will be 1.10C above hottest year ever. In fact, the past three from the Pennsylvania State University, spike? Although it’s clear that nothing ensure that further time and money Healthy rains in the northern plains, pre-industrial levels, putting it among years from 2015 to 2017 happened to the combination of human-caused as such can be done to register an is not wasted and effective progress is nothing wrong in trying to coupled with ample snowing in the the five hottest years ever. In fact, it is be the warmest ever recorded. And warming and a natural upswing in immediate impact, much can be done clocked in protecting the environment. head off the criminal hills somewhat marked a thankful uncomfortably close to the record- although the current year started off temperatures increases the odds that to prevent worse summers. If this is not done, we will soon have prosecution of a big departure compared to last year when breaking 2016, when temperatures with a moderate La Niña phenome- any new El Nino year will be the The green house gas (GHG) only one season all throughout the Montreal-based company, the Himalayan mountains, especially were 1.15C above the 1850-1900 peri- non, which generally has a cooling warmest ever. Many weather forecast- emissions are the main culprits behind year — summer. the foothills, bore a dry appearance od. The predictions were based on the effect on global climate, it is going to ers around the world, including the the rising number of hot days. This can (The writer is an environmental the damage will get serious. due to the absence of proper snowfall worsening impacts of climate change end up being the fourth warmest year, India Meteorological Department be curtailed by bringing a decisive dif- journalist) (New York Times editorial) LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 money 10 Markets march higher for 3rd SunSource Energy Tata AutoComp ties up with Tritium to develop 70 MW to set up EV charging stations day; Nifty reclaims 11k-mark PTI n NEW DELHI Commenting on the devel- tives in the world, and Tata opment, Tata AutoComp AutoComp’s commitment to PTI n MUMBAI Other scrips which lifted the trading session. 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The 85,000 tonne of signed an MoU under which strive “to bring the latest tech- plans to provide subsidy to 10 The 30-share BSE Sensex lowed by Axis Bank 1.72%, In the broader market, the power generated by the project carbon emissions Tata AutoComp will soon nology and solutions to our lakh electric two-wheelers, five spurted 193.56 points to finish HUL 1.38%, HCL Tech 1.24% small-cap index outperformed would be sold to commercial every year. make available Tritium’s DC customers”. lakh three-wheelers, 55,000 at 36,636.10, while the broader and Hero Moto 0.96%. the mid-cap and large-cap and industrial customers Fast Chargers in India, the Tritium CEO and co- four-wheelers and 7,000 buses NSE Nifty gained 65.55 points “Market crossed an impor- indices. The BSE SmallCap through long-term Power win demonstrates our ability to company said in a statement. founder David Finn said: “The for accelerating adoption of to 11,053. tant resistance level of 11,000 as index gained 0.97%, mid-cap Purchase Agreements (PPAs), deliver high quality solar ener- Tritium is a DC charging MoU ensures Tata AutoComp electric and hybrid vehicles. The market sentiment has investors continued to focus on climbed 0.49% and large-cap a company statement said. gy projects. Since inception, infrastructure company pro- remains at the forefront of Besides, the scheme pro- turned favourable weeks ahead domestic macros. It was a broad advanced 0.56%. Overall on the The project, once commis- our innovative energy solu- viding chargers to the global innovation in India, as the poses support for setting up of of the general elections amid eas- based rally, where mid- and BSE, 1,673 companies advanced, sioned, will be one of the largest tions have helped infrastructure, automotive industry. Its Veefil- nation adopts the FAME India charging infrastructure where- ing of tensions between India small-caps led from the front 1,026 declined while 151 ended open access solar power projects industrial and commercial cus- RT DC Fast Chargers are capa- (Faster Adoption and by about 2,700 charging sta- and Pakistan, analysts said. due to its attractive valuation. unchanged. Except BSE Auto, all in Uttar Pradesh and will offset tomers across the globe to ble of charging full range of Manufacture of (Hybrid and) tions will be set up in metros, Mid- and small-cap stocks We expect the positive bias will the sectoral indices closed in the over 85,000 tonne of carbon reduce their energy bills and electric vehicles from two- Electric Vehicles) scheme.” other million-plus cities, smart are witnessing renewed investor continue, while further direction green. Energy, consumer emissions every year, the state- limit their greenhouse gas emis- wheelers, passenger vehicles The FAME policy is among cities and cities of hilly states interest due to attractive valua- will depend upon upcoming US durables, telecom, power and ment said. The project is expect- sions.” to commercial vehicles. the most progressive initia- across India. tions, they added. Fed policy and conclusion of healthcare were the top gainers, ed to be launched on March 8 by The company had earlier In a boost to global market US-China trade agreement,” rising up to 1.73. Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed an MoU with UP to sentiment, the US and China said Vinod Nair, head of Brent crude, the interna- in Kanpur, along with various develop 200 MW solar projects seemed to be nearing an agree- research at Geojit Financial tional oil benchmark, was trad- other development projects in UP. in the state. It recently won one Under Armour launches India Grasim Industries to acquire ment to avoid further escalation Services. ing at USD 65.50 a barrel, The project will help indus- of India’s largest solar with stor- ` of their trade dispute. US The Sensex started on a pos- down 0.55%. tries and commercial establish- age projects in Leh that will sup- ops through subsidiary Soktas India for 165 crore President Donald Trump itive note at 36,544.86 in the Meanwhile, Asian shares ments reduce their energy bill ply clean and stable power to the New Delhi (PTI): US-headquartered sports- New Delhi (PTI): Grasim Industries, part of deferred raising tariffs on more morning and touched a high of closed mostly higher tracking and meet Renewable Purchase Military Engineer Services, a wear brand Under Armour on Wednesday Aditya Birla Group, on Wednesday said it would Chinese goods, citing the recent 36,666.47 and low of 36,456.82 developments on the US-China Obligation (RPO) targets, the defence infrastructure devel- announced launch of operations in India through fully acquire textile firm Soktas India for an enter- progress in talks. during the session. Intra-day, the trade talks front amid modest company said. “With the launch opment agency in India, by its wholly owned subsidiary in the country. The prise value of `165 crore. Soktas India Private Among the Sensex con- index saw a movement of over losses on Wall Street. The of our first open access solar largely substituting their diesel business, which will be operated through a fully Limited (SIPL) has presence in the premium fab- stituents, 17 stocks rose and 13 209 points. It finally settled the Shanghai Composite index power project in the state, we are genset power, it added. owned subsidiary, will be run by Under Armour rics segment under the brand name of SOKTA, fell. The 30-share index has day at 36,636.10, higher by gained 0.9% and Hong Kong’s glad to contribute towards real- SunSource’s customers India managing director Tushar Goculdas, the Giza House and Excellence by SOKTA. The deal gained over 768 points in the last 193.56 points, or 0.53%. Hang Seng rose 0.2%. Japan’s isation of Prime Minister’s and include large commercial com- company said in a statement. Under Armour said would help the Aditya Birla group to strengthen three sessions. The NSE Nifty opened at Nikkei fell 0.54%. In Europe, Uttar Pradesh’s clean energy tar- panies, manufacturing compa- its athletic performance products would soon be its presence in the segment. The transaction would Bajaj Finance led the Sensex 11,024.85 and hit a high of Frankfurt’s DAX dropped 0.22% gets,” SunSource co-founder nies, India’s largest oil compa- available through franchised partner retail loca- be funded by the company primarily from its chart with a jump of 2.60%, fol- 11,062.30 and low of 10,998.85 while Paris CAC 40 slipped and CEO Adarsh Das said. ny, airports, leading education tions and e-commerce platforms and it also internal accruals and the payment would be sub- lowed by ICICI Bank 2.55% and during the day. The index swung 0.15% in their early deals. SunSource president institutes, textile companies and planned to launch its first store here in the com- ject to net debt and working capital adjustments, Reliance Industries Ltd 2.15%. around 65 points during the London’s FTSE gained 0.19%. Kushagra Nandan said: “This warehouses. ing weeks. as of the closing date, said a joint statement.

NIFTY 50 BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11024.85 11062.30 10998.85 11053.00 65.55 Script Open High Low LTP BHEL 67.40 70.10 67.30 68.90 BRITANNIA 3071.05 3090.00 3008.10 3028.70 LAXMIMACH 6088.60 6119.60 6014.10 6055.80 BPCL 364.80 373.80 363.35 372.80 10.30 RPOWER 12.88 13.21 12.10 12.43 KOTAKBANK 1245.00 1247.20 1235.95 1240.85 MUTHOOTFIN 570.20 576.95 559.65 566.75 UCOBANK 19.60 19.75 19.30 19.45 BAJFINANCE 2715.00 2774.20 2700.00 2766.00 70.85 RCOM 6.70 6.78 5.88 6.07 MOTHERSUMI 164.60 169.00 164.45 167.70 AUROPHARMA 745.00 745.00 730.50 733.20 BASF 1390.30 1429.90 1390.30 1414.00 ICICIBANK 365.25 372.85 365.25 371.25 8.00 DHFL 147.40 160.80 147.40 148.80 ESCORTS 718.00 744.80 716.00 736.45 CIPLA 551.40 551.40 542.75 547.60 ALLCARGO 107.40 109.00 106.00 108.20 HINDALCO 200.00 203.95 199.65 203.00 4.25 SUZLON 7.72 8.40 7.54 7.88 TITAN 1039.00 1060.80 1029.60 1054.55 FSL 47.70 47.85 46.75 47.15 ELGIEQUIP 262.25 270.00 261.05 263.10 VEDL 177.65 180.00 176.10 178.60 3.65 RELINFRA 132.95 142.30 130.75 134.75 RECLTD 146.10 146.90 142.35 143.45 FCONSUMER 48.20 50.00 48.10 49.20 TNPL 209.00 212.00 203.55 207.25 INFRATEL 296.95 306.50 295.35 302.25 6.10 ICICIBANK 364.15 372.65 364.15 371.60 DEEPAKNI 244.00 255.80 243.00 248.90 GRASIM 815.00 822.40 804.40 819.95 GESHIP 294.40 294.40 283.25 287.50 WIPRO 274.40 285.90 273.10 278.15 5.45 DBL 546.00 606.70 534.70 596.35 BANDHANBNK 490.10 506.85 487.00 499.90 AMBUJACEM 222.05 226.15 219.70 220.50 BHARATFIN 967.20 968.95 959.60 962.95 TITAN 1038.00 1060.90 1028.30 1055.40 20.40 IBULHSGFIN 742.00 766.70 726.00 729.70 EQUITAS 128.50 132.70 125.75 128.05 ABFRL 225.00 225.75 219.45 220.45 PNCINFRA 137.00 138.70 134.05 137.70 RELIANCE 1239.80 1273.10 1235.10 1262.00 24.35 RELIANCE 1239.50 1271.80 1235.50 1263.55 HINDPETRO 247.00 255.10 243.55 246.40 BAJAJ-AUTO 2910.00 2936.00 2877.10 2927.35 BAJAJHLDNG 3175.00 3246.65 3175.00 3213.35 TECHM 812.00 829.70 812.00 824.60 14.60 GRAPHITE 473.95 475.50 444.90 450.90 NTPC 146.95 149.30 146.35 148.60 PNBHOUSING 925.95 927.00 896.40 901.05 GSKCONS 7445.00 7445.00 7080.00 7097.45 YESBANK 238.00 240.65 233.15 235.25 BANKINDIA 90.70 92.50 89.05 89.70 NETWORK18 35.00 36.00 32.35 34.50 FDC 173.00 176.60 171.65 175.15 POWERGRID 183.10 186.40 181.70 186.30 3.30 TATAMOTORS 195.25 198.30 184.75 188.55 UJJIVAN 312.25 323.05 311.00 317.50 LICHSGFIN 491.00 494.00 483.60 489.10 JKCEMENT 771.00 783.10 752.90 779.20 DRREDDY 2660.60 2708.50 2656.65 2692.50 38.40 SUNPHARMA 457.00 469.00 447.00 459.95 JKTYRE 93.00 95.10 91.05 93.40 TRIDENT 66.00 67.90 65.60 67.00 CARERATING 980.95 1003.20 980.95 997.05 HDFC 1864.70 1889.50 1858.80 1886.00 26.00 JPASSOCIAT 6.80 7.15 6.40 6.59 HDFC 1861.00 1889.50 1860.00 1885.20 M&MFIN 435.90 441.30 432.05 440.15 SJVN 24.95 24.95 24.00 24.20 NTPC 147.70 149.50 147.10 149.00 2.00 RELCAPITAL 192.80 195.70 187.75 190.10 ASIANPAINT 1406.05 1408.00 1387.20 1393.75 NAVKARCORP 43.80 44.00 41.50 41.85 SANOFI 5814.90 5848.70 5710.00 5722.05 ITC 285.00 289.20 284.75 285.95 3.40 WIPRO 276.70 285.40 274.00 277.40 ADANIPORTS 343.70 348.95 334.65 337.50 GDL 118.15 130.80 118.00 125.05 ALKEM 1773.95 1774.25 1740.00 1746.15 GRASIM 818.90 822.20 804.50 818.50 8.35 REPCOHOME 431.00 474.85 418.00 450.50 DLF 176.00 180.55 174.35 177.15 DMART 1477.05 1486.45 1466.05 1471.35 ATUL 3404.80 3436.05 3400.00 3411.40 BAJAJFINSV 6610.00 6625.00 6518.35 6601.00 57.25 EDELWEISS 161.90 172.70 161.90 164.05 HCLTECH 1060.05 1063.50 1038.30 1043.60 PETRONET 227.40 231.50 224.40 227.40 CORPBANK 30.60 30.95 30.00 30.25 TCS 1989.30 2015.00 1985.05 2005.00 16.90 INFY 735.00 736.90 727.10 732.20 BHARTIARTL 313.80 313.80 307.85 309.35 TATACOMM 609.30 623.05 603.00 610.65 ITDCEM 117.30 119.90 114.80 115.75 LT 1310.50 1327.55 1310.50 1316.80 11.00 SPARC 187.45 199.65 181.50 195.90 HINDALCO 200.40 203.65 199.85 202.40 ENGINERSIN 115.15 117.80 113.55 114.20 AEGISLOG 204.55 209.00 202.45 204.75 SBIN 277.30 282.55 276.45 278.10 1.65 ITC 284.50 288.90 284.50 285.45 INDIGO 1184.10 1238.85 1178.05 1228.75 JAMNAAUTO 62.00 63.40 61.20 61.70 APLAPOLLO 1390.50 1406.00 1372.55 1396.60 IOC 155.00 157.25 153.50 154.55 0.90 ASHOKLEY 92.00 92.85 90.00 90.55 IGL 300.40 302.90 288.75 290.70 SIEMENS 1035.00 1048.40 1016.15 1019.75 GMRINFRA 17.00 17.15 16.60 16.85 HIMATSEIDE 181.05 182.00 175.25 176.20 COALINDIA 241.15 246.20 238.00 242.05 0.90 ONGC 155.30 157.00 152.85 154.65 HFCL 23.05 24.65 23.00 23.65 NAUKRI 1781.00 1781.00 1710.00 1733.25 PRESTIGE 205.75 207.60 203.80 205.70 VIJAYABANK 45.75 45.80 44.60 44.90 BHARTIARTL 310.95 313.25 308.30 309.00 1.15 NATIONALUM 57.50 59.50 57.05 57.75 VENKYS 2245.00 2295.40 2210.00 2239.05 EIDPARRY 201.80 211.40 201.00 203.80 TV18BRDCST 37.00 37.85 36.50 36.85 SWANENERGY 115.00 115.55 110.60 112.95 KOTAKBANK 1242.10 1247.00 1236.60 1243.75 3.30 IDEA 29.95 31.95 29.90 31.20 GRUH 255.00 266.70 252.40 264.50 MINDTREE 922.95 925.85 911.70 917.90 HSCL 122.40 126.50 120.55 121.55 REDINGTON 91.15 91.20 89.15 89.90 BAJAJ-AUTO 2895.65 2942.00 2876.25 2910.00 6.25 JETAIRWAYS 239.90 245.40 236.60 240.70 BLISSGVS 179.75 180.10 173.50 176.05 NESTLEIND 10555.00 10560.00 10219.70 10354.85 RALLIS 156.00 161.00 156.00 159.55 MINDACORP 151.25 153.50 148.05 148.95 M&M 660.00 664.85 654.00 658.20 1.45 SBIN 276.30 282.20 275.55 277.65 JSWSTEEL 297.45 297.45 286.90 289.65 IDFC 41.50 42.25 40.50 40.95 HERITGFOOD 489.10 493.00 475.10 478.40 SHILPAMED 369.05 386.00 369.05 380.80 ULTRACEMCO 3963.00 4020.00 3935.80 3966.00 3.80 PCJEWELLER 80.15 82.85 77.55 78.35 SOUTHBANK 14.40 15.49 14.40 15.05 BALKRISIND 917.20 925.00 906.00 909.60 AUBANK 585.95 595.00 584.15 588.90 GET&D 300.50 303.00 294.10 296.40 ABB 1233.85 1254.80 1227.15 1244.45 ONGC 155.10 157.00 152.80 155.00 0.00 TCS 1990.00 2014.35 1986.45 1999.40 GNFC 292.90 294.15 283.95 285.55 EXIDEIND 224.45 226.85 223.05 225.35 SUPREMEIND 1109.00 1112.15 1075.40 1095.10 HSIL 238.75 245.80 238.70 242.05 UPL 879.00 884.60 866.70 875.50 0.00 IBREALEST 74.75 81.25 74.70 78.15 MEGH 62.95 65.05 61.40 62.45 CADILAHC 332.50 338.25 327.50 330.10 EIHOTEL 190.50 193.00 187.15 187.85 ZENSARTECH 205.50 214.90 205.50 211.35 SUNPHARMA 457.00 469.35 446.95 455.80 -0.10 INFIBEAM 40.40 44.40 39.45 42.30 ISEC 225.00 234.00 221.15 230.40 MPHASIS 1011.00 1014.85 978.85 986.25 SOBHA 459.85 459.85 439.10 440.05 LAKSHVILAS 74.30 84.90 74.20 81.30 MMTC 29.70 29.90 28.60 28.80 DBCORP 181.95 199.35 180.00 192.25 HEIDELBERG 170.20 174.00 169.35 170.55 THYROCARE 554.95 554.95 530.00 531.80 INFY 736.10 736.10 727.00 732.25 -0.25 TATASTEEL 526.50 526.50 516.05 518.80 VOLTAS 596.15 602.00 591.45 599.20 MANPASAND 87.00 89.65 85.00 87.25 SREINFRA 30.90 31.50 30.35 30.75 KPRMILL 576.70 592.00 573.45 588.10 EICHERMOT 21510.00 21800.00 21405.00 21500.00 -5.40 RBLBANK 605.00 627.10 605.00 624.20 RELAXO 740.05 785.00 715.00 744.20 COLPAL 1244.10 1280.00 1244.10 1273.95 CHENNPETRO 258.15 262.40 252.25 255.20 SHREECEM 17325.00 17640.55 17252.15 17505.35 HDFCBANK 2110.00 2110.30 2090.55 2103.15 -3.95 SUNTECK 357.95 391.60 357.25 379.20 PHILIPCARB 182.00 183.40 175.40 176.20 SADBHAV 226.90 235.15 224.25 228.90 AMARAJABAT 744.00 751.70 740.00 747.45 TIINDIA 379.00 383.45 373.05 377.95 HINDPETRO 248.40 255.35 243.35 246.00 -0.75 HEG 2280.00 2280.00 2189.00 2203.95 INDIACEM 97.40 100.20 96.35 97.25 QUESS 734.40 778.00 726.40 760.55 FINCABLES 448.00 448.00 420.90 431.70 CENTRUM 34.80 36.00 34.70 35.30 CIPLA 551.00 552.00 541.95 546.80 -1.85 IOC 155.00 157.15 153.70 154.75 ADVENZYMES 153.00 159.95 151.60 156.10 ASTRAL 1128.40 1180.00 1121.95 1170.65 PRSMJOHNSN 90.00 90.65 86.35 89.05 INDOSTAR 349.95 349.95 342.65 348.35 TATASTEEL 522.90 525.35 515.45 519.30 -2.45 AXISBANK 734.00 735.00 713.65 719.50 DELTACORP 263.00 266.05 254.00 255.25 IPCALAB 882.75 888.50 866.00 870.00 MAHINDCIE 242.75 244.45 238.65 240.65 SUPRAJIT 205.70 214.00 205.10 212.30 INDUSINDBK 1537.50 1541.00 1522.25 1534.00 -7.60 L&TFH 137.00 142.95 137.00 141.05 HAVELLS 722.70 730.70 712.20 714.15 DABUR 444.90 445.00 434.80 436.65 NATCOPHARM* 570.20 574.90 558.00 561.70 ABBOTINDIA 7330.00 7400.95 7330.00 7390.90 ASIANPAINT 1408.00 1410.00 1386.55 1396.75 -7.10 ICICIPRULI 328.80 344.80 328.80 342.10 HDFCBANK 2107.50 2113.10 2091.95 2103.05 IFCI 14.24 14.33 13.96 14.08 TATAMETALI 631.00 640.00 623.10 626.85 CAPPL 414.00 414.00 401.00 404.70 GAIL 348.00 348.90 342.60 344.55 -1.95 J&KBANK 43.90 50.15 43.70 49.55 UBL 1399.95 1408.25 1382.35 1391.45 CUMMINSIND 730.00 747.50 724.25 730.60 SCHNEIDER 107.00 107.00 102.70 105.00 MAHLOG 475.00 480.00 467.65 478.30 HCLTECH 1060.60 1062.00 1038.60 1044.60 -7.95 BEML 912.25 949.00 903.30 911.10 SHK 157.10 161.00 149.10 150.20 GSPL 164.05 172.30 162.55 170.70 MAGMA 116.85 118.60 110.45 113.10 MAHABANK 13.98 13.98 13.32 13.39 JSWSTEEL 292.70 294.00 286.75 288.90 -2.30 PNB 82.60 83.85 81.35 82.25 ITI 99.70 101.95 98.50 99.15 SRTRANSFIN 1230.75 1266.40 1224.35 1238.70 CENTURYPLY 188.00 190.00 185.45 187.15 NESCO 430.05 470.05 430.05 466.00 ADANIPORTS 342.50 349.20 334.05 336.30 -2.95 BOMDYEING 119.00 124.90 119.00 122.45 TATAELXSI 935.00 958.00 930.00 950.80 HEXAWARE 364.50 365.00 355.00 356.15 NBVENTURES 109.85 112.30 107.85 110.75 IOB 13.95 14.25 13.95 14.19 MARUTI 7137.85 7144.90 7010.00 7053.00 -64.75 VEDL 177.00 179.85 176.30 178.45 RADICO 404.00 405.60 391.95 396.70 TVSMOTOR 494.05 499.65 485.10 491.05 NILKAMAL 1370.05 1447.45 1362.10 1392.75 TRITURBINE 114.00 114.95 111.10 112.80 HEROMOTOCO 2795.00 2815.00 2742.00 2769.00 -26.65 WOCKPHARMA 430.00 437.10 421.20 430.60 DRREDDY 2654.00 2704.95 2654.00 2693.35 INDUSINDBK 1542.00 1542.00 1523.90 1532.95 MRPL 70.80 72.10 70.15 70.85 DHANUKA 419.80 444.00 415.05 441.60 YESBANK 238.10 240.65 232.95 235.05 -2.40 IDFCFIRSTB 51.50 52.25 50.35 51.25 SUNTV 625.00 633.40 615.75 621.15 INTELLECT 203.45 205.25 197.40 199.00 BIRLACORPN 543.00 559.95 523.85 549.35 BAJAJCON 354.25 359.75 350.75 353.10 HINDUNILVR 1726.10 1730.00 1697.95 1700.00 -24.60 COALINDIA 241.00 246.05 238.10 242.65 MOIL 166.30 171.85 165.00 166.35 KTKBANK 120.00 123.45 118.90 120.75 AIAENG 1791.00 1827.00 1770.60 1792.95 INOXWIND 80.75 80.75 76.35 76.70 AXISBANK 733.90 733.90 712.55 719.20 -12.85 PEL 2473.80 2596.05 2473.80 2580.25 CANFINHOME 299.00 306.45 288.00 289.50 TRENT 347.15 348.90 329.25 339.65 INOXLEISUR 287.00 294.80 279.45 289.80 SOLARINDS 1048.00 1050.25 1020.00 1033.45 KANSAINER 436.50 446.45 431.50 433.80 IBULHSGFIN 748.00 766.50 725.60 725.60 -14.35 BEL 91.90 93.85 90.10 92.15 ASHOKA 130.00 141.80 130.00 136.75 DCAL 200.80 210.70 199.90 208.85 TVTODAY 340.35 352.45 339.10 347.40 PIIND 959.85 972.00 952.60 961.40 TATAMOTORS 195.40 195.40 187.75 189.40 -4.65 TATAMTRDVR 96.45 96.65 93.35 94.15 MAXINDIA 70.00 70.00 65.10 65.90 JCHAC 1851.00 1935.90 1828.55 1895.85 EICHERMOT 21555.00 21771.80 21396.50 21500.15 SCI 38.35 39.80 38.35 38.90 VINATIORGA 1600.10 1638.00 1585.00 1590.70 TIMKEN 579.90 595.00 579.90 589.80 ZEEL 484.00 486.70 466.00 470.90 -13.55 IDBI 46.95 47.15 45.15 45.80 PAGEIND 22990.00 23424.15 22750.00 23247.95 WHIRLPOOL 1559.60 1594.00 1543.00 1556.35 AKZOINDIA 1795.00 1809.20 1755.05 1768.85 NIFTY NEXT 50 HEROMOTOCO 2799.00 2834.95 2745.00 2765.80 MERCK 3356.00 3515.00 3356.00 3500.50 KRBL 388.30 391.20 370.60 373.15 SIS 823.00 855.80 822.00 834.45 RCF 59.40 59.90 57.90 58.15 PARAGMILK 243.45 249.25 243.30 245.90 COROMANDEL 460.35 465.00 450.70 459.40 VBL 825.00 828.00 811.70 821.60 BBTC 1287.90 1317.00 1261.85 1281.65 SHANKARA 476.10 476.10 462.00 473.50 JAGRAN 101.80 105.70 101.05 103.75 ZYDUSWELL 1289.90 1289.90 1253.00 1273.10 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE SBILIFE 607.00 620.45 600.00 606.10 WELCORP 121.50 124.65 117.35 118.45 COFFEEDAY 285.00 286.50 279.40 284.10 LAURUSLABS 351.00 360.80 351.00 355.90 NIFTY NEXT 50 27500.50 27714.55 27443.60 27558.10 211.05 LUPIN 784.75 794.35 781.70 788.65 COCHINSHIP 379.95 398.55 379.95 385.95 GICRE 249.00 259.80 249.00 250.35 WABCOINDIA 6531.25 6537.20 6390.00 6439.45 NIACL 204.00 212.00 197.00 205.00 20.40 DISHTV 41.30 41.80 39.80 40.45 NHPC 23.80 24.10 23.65 23.90 TORNTPHARM 1784.80 1818.00 1768.35 1800.45 PGHH 11100.00 11190.00 10605.15 10704.20 IDEA 30.00 31.90 29.90 31.20 1.40 DEEPAKFERT 136.00 143.35 136.00 139.45 WABAG 321.55 334.30 320.45 325.95 GODREJAGRO 510.00 518.00 508.90 515.35 ASAHIINDIA 280.00 282.75 275.00 275.95 PEL 2470.00 2599.00 2470.00 2571.00 110.30 NIACL 200.50 212.00 200.50 206.25 FRETAIL 439.70 447.00 435.75 440.00 PTC 81.00 81.75 79.90 80.80 TEAMLEASE 2900.00 2997.00 2900.00 2957.20 L&TFH 136.95 142.95 136.90 141.15 5.85 JSLHISAR 95.75 97.00 93.10 93.65 WESTLIFE 375.00 378.00 365.50 369.90 GREAVESCOT 130.00 130.85 127.70 130.25 CARBORUNIV 384.80 386.05 380.05 383.05 INDIGO 1186.30 1239.60 1179.75 1234.60 48.45 JSWENERGY 68.00 70.40 67.30 68.50 ADANITRANS 210.00 218.05 207.50 208.25 PFIZER 3351.00 3377.30 3226.00 3274.55 KIOCL 140.15 144.20 140.00 143.80 ICICIPRULI 332.00 344.70 330.25 340.00 12.65 NOCIL 142.55 145.50 140.70 142.10 GODREJCP 701.00 711.85 700.25 704.20 GLAXO 1345.00 1350.00 1296.00 1298.80 NH 228.00 231.20 223.10 227.55 HDFCLIFE 379.80 391.90 376.05 390.60 14.30 FEDERALBNK 89.40 89.90 86.95 87.35 POWERGRID 185.00 186.45 182.00 184.70 BDL 290.50 292.00 285.05 286.40 ECLERX 1055.05 1067.45 1035.00 1045.20 COLPAL 1247.00 1282.00 1243.05 1280.00 41.80 GODREJIND 505.00 520.00 505.00 509.30 GUJFLUORO 974.00 989.00 954.35 976.15 PVR 1531.35 1538.15 1510.00 1526.85 SUDARSCHEM 343.40 349.85 343.30 345.10 BHEL 67.65 70.15 67.50 69.05 1.75 GODFRYPHLP 967.00 974.05 925.00 932.25 SUVEN 251.10 257.15 249.90 252.40 PERSISTENT* 685.00 692.15 657.10 666.40 ORIENTCEM 81.05 83.50 79.90 80.95 BANDHANBNK 493.00 508.00 486.50 499.00 12.50 DCMSHRIRAM 465.00 500.00 461.50 476.70 AJANTPHARM 999.80 1024.35 986.00 999.15 CROMPTON 216.05 222.20 215.15 218.40 SHRIRAMCIT 1700.00 1700.00 1650.15 1691.10 MOTHERSUMI 164.80 169.20 164.40 167.85 3.40 BIOCON 628.00 634.55 624.30 625.45 JMFINANCIL 86.00 89.05 85.10 85.80 GUJALKALI 524.75 528.00 510.00 512.20 PHOENIXLTD 640.00 640.00 625.95 632.50 BEL 90.85 93.90 90.05 91.95 1.80 INFRATEL 296.00 306.50 296.00 303.15 AARTIIND 1475.00 1523.50 1475.00 1521.75 GHCL 236.25 242.05 232.00 235.30 KALPATPOWR 413.95 415.00 394.35 398.20 GODREJCP 699.00 712.00 697.40 705.40 9.80 NMDC 105.50 108.00 105.50 106.70 CENTURYTEX 859.40 874.50 847.40 851.85 CYIENT* 655.55 671.00 654.90 662.00 LALPATHLAB 1023.95 1027.55 1017.00 1019.90 GICRE 250.20 255.60 248.80 249.40 3.45 TATAPOWER 69.70 72.15 69.15 71.30 ABCAPITAL 100.50 101.50 98.50 99.65 OFSS 3573.80 3601.15 3492.40 3510.40 KNRCON 221.40 236.70 221.40 233.75 MAHLIFE 377.55 382.90 377.35 378.70 ABB 1238.00 1251.00 1225.00 1250.00 16.30 RAIN 105.55 108.80 103.10 105.60 SRF 2313.10 2371.95 2313.10 2361.95 TIMETECHNO 98.35 108.50 98.35 104.85 RAMCOCEM 720.00 727.00 714.40 723.45 ERIS 630.30 630.30 613.00 617.15 NHPC 23.65 24.10 23.60 23.90 0.30 ACC 1538.95 1561.90 1535.35 1554.85 DIVISLAB 1670.00 1713.50 1653.00 1704.35 ADANIGREEN 37.00 37.90 35.20 35.50 GODREJPROP 710.40 713.35 696.00 699.95 SUPPETRO 221.25 227.70 217.35 218.60 NMDC 106.00 108.20 105.40 107.00 1.25 NBCC 58.00 61.85 57.80 59.65 CANBK 255.00 257.30 251.00 252.15 BAJAJELEC 478.05 483.00 473.65 475.20 LUXIND 1233.75 1270.00 1225.00 1261.75 SKFINDIA 1939.90 1971.20 1937.00 1951.80 SHREECEM 17200.00 17644.45 17160.05 17447.60 201.30 ADANIPOWER 51.40 51.90 49.80 50.70 MCX 725.00 753.65 720.05 744.55 GICHSGFIN 253.95 256.55 250.00 252.50 BERGEPAINT 307.40 307.50 302.00 304.25 TVSSRICHAK 2379.95 2379.95 2248.20 2280.50 LICHSGFIN 491.70 494.55 483.80 490.00 5.45 ENDURANCE 1152.80 1165.70 1132.00 1148.05 STAR 438.30 444.90 430.75 437.80 CHOLAFIN 1292.40 1327.00 1292.40 1307.40 SUNDRMFAST 534.60 537.35 525.90 528.10 VTL 1052.00 1056.00 1033.45 1041.25 ACC 1533.00 1561.90 1533.00 1548.35 16.45 STRTECH 269.60 277.00 258.15 260.70 KSCL 424.80 433.50 424.00 426.30 INDHOTEL 140.50 141.65 138.40 139.95 NAVINFLUOR 649.90 652.20 640.00 643.20 MONSANTO 2560.00 2633.65 2552.00 2601.95 MRF 58040.00 58790.00 57555.00 58250.20 586.95 JINDALSTEL 170.00 171.40 164.45 165.85 TAKE 136.45 142.50 134.15 141.20 ISGEC 4797.95 5460.00 4652.50 5377.60 SYMPHONY 1320.00 1359.85 1313.00 1320.85 3MINDIA 23967.45 23967.45 23010.00 23289.65 DLF 176.00 180.75 174.35 176.85 1.25 SPICEJET 84.00 85.95 83.20 84.35 HINDCOPPER 51.55 52.70 50.55 51.20 CASTROLIND 159.55 165.00 159.55 164.05 FINOLEXIND 522.70 540.95 520.00 536.25 SUNCLAYLTD 2978.00 3103.00 2920.00 3084.90 ABCAPITAL 100.60 101.50 99.30 99.95 0.45 VIPIND 428.00 446.85 424.20 441.85 KEI 377.60 397.95 375.85 390.30 TEJASNET 186.45 198.35 183.00 188.15 LEMONTREE 76.85 79.90 76.55 78.75 ESSELPRO 113.25 114.00 113.00 113.40 MARICO 336.85 340.85 333.00 337.00 1.35 HINDUNILVR 1737.00 1737.00 1698.00 1700.40 JINDALSAW 91.60 97.25 90.05 95.05 GSFC 98.50 101.05 98.00 98.85 DENABANK 12.35 12.60 12.30 12.39 SYNGENE 594.35 594.90 587.10 590.00 OIL 181.95 183.60 181.30 182.05 0.70 JUBLFOOD 1284.50 1336.45 1280.00 1327.90 MANAPPURAM 120.20 121.65 119.25 119.80 ASTRAZEN 2095.00 2137.50 2059.95 2076.05 SOMANYCERA 365.00 366.75 354.15 360.00 CRISIL 1479.90 1524.15 1479.90 1505.10 PETRONET 226.50 231.80 224.10 227.20 0.85 HDFCLIFE 377.05 392.00 377.05 389.85 PFC 115.55 118.55 113.45 114.65 JSL 42.00 43.70 41.95 42.65 GPPL 89.75 89.75 87.90 88.75 APARINDS 662.00 665.00 655.00 655.05 LUPIN 786.00 794.60 781.05 787.50 2.90 JAICORPLTD 102.00 104.90 100.80 102.45 BAJAJFINSV 6600.00 6620.00 6522.00 6605.25 THOMASCOOK 215.00 221.00 213.70 219.30 RAJESHEXPO 573.50 578.00 570.00 572.70 APLLTD 552.00 554.90 547.00 550.20 SAIL 55.50 56.60 54.90 55.25 0.20 BAJFINANCE 2710.00 2769.00 2702.30 2764.20 GAIL 347.60 348.00 342.85 345.35 TTKPRESTIG 8600.00 9290.00 8599.00 8792.50 JYOTHYLAB 184.90 193.00 184.90 190.30 THERMAX 1013.05 1013.05 994.00 1000.35 SRTRANSFIN 1229.00 1266.75 1226.20 1232.00 3.20 NCC 99.20 100.50 97.05 98.85 LINDEINDIA 539.90 556.50 539.25 551.75 CEATLTD 1134.20 1154.10 1122.00 1127.10 BOSCHLTD 19000.00 19050.00 18785.55 18904.00 SHARDACROP 371.00 375.00 362.15 372.75 CONCOR 488.00 493.45 483.15 485.50 1.05 M&M 660.50 664.95 654.50 659.55 UPL 877.70 885.00 867.80 876.70 TATAGLOBAL 196.15 203.15 196.10 197.80 HAL 694.50 700.00 686.00 689.70 STARCEMENT 99.60 101.55 99.25 99.75 BOSCHLTD 19000.00 19039.30 18728.00 18940.00 16.70 LT 1307.00 1326.40 1307.00 1314.95 BHARATFORG 520.00 526.00 514.00 517.00 GMDCLTD 87.50 89.15 85.35 85.85 GREENPLY 149.50 153.70 146.80 147.40 BLUEDART 3191.25 3240.00 3180.00 3203.95 PIDILITIND 1146.95 1169.70 1136.80 1143.00 0.70 BANKBARODA 110.00 113.70 110.00 112.20 JUBILANT 788.70 789.15 751.60 765.85 SYNDIBANK 37.45 37.60 36.15 36.70 LAOPALA 215.05 218.80 209.20 213.30 IEX 160.60 160.60 158.00 158.15 BIOCON 630.40 634.40 624.25 627.00 0.10 ZEEL 485.00 486.35 466.70 470.75 APOLLOHOSP 1190.60 1214.55 1185.00 1192.30 GLENMARK 600.50 609.25 597.90 603.75 CENTRALBK 32.05 32.50 31.90 32.25 GAYAPROJ 167.00 174.00 167.00 171.20 DMART 1481.00 1485.00 1462.50 1471.00 -0.95 SAIL 55.30 56.60 55.00 55.45 JISLJALEQS 63.00 64.10 61.15 61.90 GUJGAS 122.50 125.80 122.50 123.60 TATAINVEST 856.00 861.75 836.00 838.40 CERA 2515.85 2518.65 2485.00 2502.20 ASHOKLEY 91.95 92.85 89.90 90.45 -0.05 CGPOWER 38.05 38.80 36.65 37.15 DCBBANK 191.00 199.00 191.00 196.60 OIL 181.45 183.45 181.25 182.50 ANDHRABANK 26.50 26.80 26.10 26.25 GEPIL 820.00 824.00 811.60 814.90 ICICIGI 972.70 983.95 962.05 969.00 -1.60 FORCEMOT 1704.00 1738.90 1683.00 1701.85 MARICO 337.50 340.85 333.40 336.30 GRANULES 107.05 108.95 102.60 105.20 VMART 2590.00 2681.50 2590.00 2679.30 GALAXYSURF 1094.05 1094.05 1051.50 1071.20 AMBUJACEM 222.90 226.40 219.55 221.50 -0.50 INDIANB 237.25 256.25 237.25 254.00 HINDZINC 269.10 273.80 262.05 267.10 NLCINDIA 66.90 69.40 66.90 68.90 KAJARIACER 563.50 565.00 557.40 562.95 GRINDWELL 554.90 559.90 546.80 554.85 SBILIFE 608.00 621.80 602.00 605.50 -2.25 HUDCO 44.30 47.70 44.10 46.20 IRB 150.25 153.30 146.90 150.15 BALMLAWRIE 195.35 198.45 190.80 191.90 CCL 285.75 292.60 284.30 286.65 FORBESCO 2249.95 2249.95 2220.00 2222.75 CADILAHC 332.00 338.30 327.50 329.70 -1.60 MARUTI 7148.00 7148.00 7014.05 7058.95 PIDILITIND 1150.00 1169.95 1137.05 1141.30 MGL 904.00 908.60 882.25 886.90 BLUESTARCO 661.95 675.00 653.65 657.50 TIFHL 468.65 495.55 468.65 475.20 BANKBARODA 112.50 113.55 111.00 111.85 -0.70 BATAINDIA 1301.00 1348.10 1301.00 1344.40 KEC 276.55 280.20 274.50 277.35 MOTILALOFS 579.45 605.00 579.45 586.55 WELSPUNIND 57.80 57.80 55.30 56.65 FLFL 439.00 439.45 423.65 427.30 MCDOWELL-N 566.95 575.95 560.20 563.20 -3.55 RAYMOND 793.10 834.00 793.10 818.10 ALBK 52.15 53.00 50.65 51.35 OMAXE 207.95 207.95 205.60 206.05 SONATSOFTW 342.00 344.00 335.70 336.45 SHOPERSTOP 482.00 490.00 481.55 487.90 AUROPHARMA 743.80 745.35 730.85 731.00 -5.10 IBVENTURES 298.40 307.00 288.45 289.80 ITDC 298.00 307.00 281.25 285.45 TATACOFFEE 91.00 93.50 90.30 90.80 ASTERDM 156.50 157.00 152.20 155.75 BAYERCROP 4305.00 4350.00 4295.85 4330.05 HINDZINC 272.00 274.00 266.90 269.00 -2.35 AVANTI 362.90 388.45 355.00 385.20 TORNTPOWER 252.00 252.90 245.00 247.45 EMAMILTD 402.45 405.15 398.00 399.35 MINDAIND 330.00 335.20 328.00 332.55 GULFOILLUB 879.95 880.00 852.00 862.40 SUNTV 625.00 633.75 615.40 618.40 -7.40 TECHM 812.90 828.00 812.50 822.70 RNAM 188.00 192.60 180.30 185.00 CONCOR 487.70 493.35 479.00 485.65 IBULISL 310.00 315.95 310.00 315.95 SCHAEFFLER 5450.00 5473.35 5356.55 5443.80 SIEMENS 1037.00 1048.85 1013.65 1018.20 -12.30 UNIONBANK 80.65 81.80 78.50 79.05 NIITTECH 1315.00 1322.20 1307.30 1316.95 VGUARD 217.25 219.10 216.45 217.90 MRF 57536.60 58700.70 57536.60 58503.90 HONAUT 22211.15 22231.75 21900.00 21947.05 HAVELLS 722.80 730.95 711.70 712.10 -8.75 ICICIGI 975.00 982.55 962.95 967.55 ULTRACEMCO 3979.00 4015.00 3938.90 3968.25 JKLAKSHMI 335.05 344.00 333.40 341.40 MHRIL 213.70 221.65 213.70 218.15 GILLETTE 6493.10 6549.95 6463.05 6516.55 DABUR 443.05 445.00 435.25 437.00 -5.80 LTI 1690.00 1690.85 1649.00 1652.20 MFSL 408.00 420.70 399.00 407.55 LTTS 1550.00 1559.00 1534.10 1540.00 CHAMBLFERT 165.90 167.00 163.50 164.15 NAVNETEDUL 107.50 107.90 106.35 106.40 BRITANNIA 3086.95 3086.95 3009.00 3025.50 -43.35 EVEREADY 198.00 218.80 196.05 212.15 APOLLOTYRE 223.50 224.90 218.00 219.75 FORTIS 134.70 135.00 132.60 133.85 IFBIND 914.10 939.80 903.30 931.90 RATNAMANI 870.00 880.20 870.00 875.50 OFSS 3589.50 3610.00 3491.00 3505.50 -67.55 JUSTDIAL 539.80 559.00 535.25 545.10 ORIENTBANK 94.75 96.20 92.80 94.30 OBEROIRLTY 487.25 492.00 480.25 482.25 JBCHEPHARM 344.70 350.00 333.35 334.55 HATSUN 669.95 672.00 665.10 665.25 PGHH 11245.00 11245.00 10605.60 10650.00 -363.15 BPCL 365.95 374.10 363.45 373.10 TATACHEM 590.00 590.00 576.05 577.10 UFLEX 219.40 226.15 218.15 219.70 CUB 187.00 191.00 187.00 189.10 SFL 1360.00 1360.00 1350.00 1350.00 LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 world 11

Pak confiscates assets of JuD, FIF ‘US closely following reports of F-16 misuse by Pakistan’ Jaish-e-Muhammed does not exist PTI n WASHINGTON he US is “very closely” fol- in Pakistan: Military spokesperson Tlowing the reports that Pakistan misused American- Islamabad (PTI): Jaish-e- war after the attack told CNN, sides.” After the Pulwama attack, made F-16 fighter jets against Muhammed which claimed “We were I would say close to war the Indian Air Force carried out India in the recent aerial con- responsibility for the Pulwama because when they [India] vio- a counter-terror operation, hitting frontation between their air attack does not exist in Pakistan, lated the airspace under token what it said was a JeM training forces, according to a top State the military’s spokesperson has aggression, we went for response.” camp in Balakot, deep inside Department official.The said, days after Foreign Minister “Along the Line of Control Pakistan on February 26. Indian Air Force on Thursday Shah Mahmood Qureshi admit- (LoC) we were eyeball-to-eyeball. The next day, Pakistan Air displayed parts of an ted that the terror outfit’s chief is There is presence of troops at the Force retaliated and downed a AMRAAM beyond visual present in the country. LoC for decades. But post the MiG-21 and captured its pilot range air-to-air missile as evi- technologies nor the commu- “essential role” in de-escalating The already sour relations Indian aggression and our Wing Commander Abhinandan dence to “conclusively” prove nications that we have with tensions between India and PTI n ISLAMABAD newspaper reported. Major between India and Pakistan have response, the safeguards have Varthaman who was handed that Pakistan deployed US- other countries about that. Pakistan last week, according akistan Wednesday intensi- actions were taken in Chakwal worsened after Pakistan-based been taken by both side,” Ghafoor over to India on Friday. manufactured F-16 fighter jets “So, we’re taking a look and to a top State Department Pfied its ongoing crackdown and Attock districts after the JeM claimed responsibility for the said on the situation along the When asked about Indian during an aerial raid targeting we’re going to continue to take official. against the banned organisa- additional chief secretary of the February 14 Pulwama attack that LoC. He said that troops had claims regarding the Balakot air Indian military installations in a look. I’m going to leave it at Tensions between India tions and took control of sev- Punjab province in a meeting left 40 CRPF personnel dead. been increased “because it is strike, Ghafoor said that not Kashmir after India’s anti-ter- that,” Palladino said. The and Pakistan flared up after a eral seminaries and assets with commissioners and divi- Director General Inter-Services natural as part of military plan- even a single brick had been ror operation in Balakot. AMRAAM missiles allow a suicide bomber of Pakistan- belonging to Mumbai terror sional police heads via a video Public Relations (ISPR) Major ning. When the situation gets hot found there nor were there any Pakistan has said that no F-16 fighter pilot to target an enemy based Jaish-e-Mohammed attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed- link directed the officials con- General Asif Ghafoor when asked there are safeguards. Those safe- causalities.“Their [Indian] claims fighter jets were used. aircraft that is beyond visual (JeM) terror group killed 40 led Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its cerned to take over the prop- if the two countries were close to guards are in place on both are false,” he said. The US State Department range, in day or night, and in Central Reserve Police Force wing Falah-e-Insaniat erty, it said. has said that America is seek- all-weather conditions. They personnel in Kashmir’s Foundation. The confiscation of In a subsequent operation, They were Madrassa and Rawalpindi division told said that killed 166 people. It had ing more information from have an autonomous guidance Pulwama district on February properties of Jamaat-ud-Dawa the seminaries of JuD in Masjid Musab Bin Umair in the government had not given been declared as a foreign ter- Pakistan on the potential mis- capability, which allows the 14.India launched a counter- (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Chakwal — Madrassa Khalid Peoples Colony, Attock. It was any specific directive regarding rorist organisation by the US in use of American-made F-16 pilot to manoeuvre immedi- terror operation in Balakot on Foundation (FIF) comes after Bin Waleed in the Talagang area an under-construction struc- the crackdown as actions were June 2014. The US Department fighter jets by it against India ately after the missile’s launch. February 26. Pakistan formally placed the and Madrassa Darus Salam on ture spread over 13-kanal (1.6 also being carried out by other of the Treasury has designated in violation of the end-user Tensions between India The next day, Pakistan Air proscribed organisations in the Chakwal’s Railway Road — acres) area and its monthly security agencies under the its chief Saeed as a Specially agreement. “We’ve seen those and Pakistan flared up after a Force retaliated and downed a list of banned organisations on along with their staff were expenditures were Rs 60,000. It NAP, it said. Both JuD and FIF Designated Global Terrorist, reports and we’re following suicide bomber of Pakistan- MiG-21 and captured its pilot Tuesday. placed at the disposal of the was taken over by the chief were placed on the watch list in and the US, since 2012, has that issue very closely,” US State based Jaish-e-Mohammed Abhinandan Varthaman, who According to Pakistan’s Auqaf Department. Following executive officer of the Attock January 2017. The Pakistan offered a USD 10 million Department Deputy killed 40 Central Reserve was handed over to India on National Counter Terrorism the Punjab government’s direc- district education authority. government on Monday also reward for information that Spokesperson Robert Police Force personnel in Friday. Authority (NACTA) list, which tives, the administrators were An ambulance of FIF with put out another order saying it brings Saeed to justice. Saeed Palladino told reporters at his Kashmir’s Pulwama district State Department Deputy was updated on Tuesday, the appointed at the seminaries to a monthly running expenditure has frozen assets of all UN des- was listed under UN Security biweekly news conference on on February 14. India launched Spokesperson Robert JuD and FIF were among 70 take over their control. of Rs 48,000 was taken over by ignated organisations like JuD, Council Resolution 1267 in Tuesday. a counter-terror operation in Palladino, during his bi-week- organisations proscribed by the Three properties of JuD the district emergency office in FIF. According to officials, JuD’s December 2008. He was He was responding to Balakot on February 26.The ly news conference on Tuesday, Ministry of Interior under the and FIF were spotted in Attock Attock. Besides, Hasanabdal network includes 300 semi- released from house arrest in questions that Pakistan has next day, Pakistan Air Force said: “Secretary Pompeo led Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. district during a fresh survey assistant commissioner confis- naries and schools, hospitals, a Pakistan in November 2017. violated the end-user agree- retaliated and downed a MiG- diplomatic engagement direct- At least two seminaries and conducted by a divisional intel- cated a 17-marla (0.10 acre) plot publishing house and ambu- The NACTA has so far ment on F-16 fighter jets that 21 and captured its pilot Wing ly, and that played an essential property belonging to pro- ligence committee on February of the organisation on Ahmed lance service. The two groups declared 70 terrorist organisa- it procured from the United Commander Abhinandan role in de-escalating the ten- scribed JuD and FIF were taken 27, the report said. The man- Din Khan Road and a car bear- have about 50,000 volunteers tions as banned and a sizeable States.“I can’t confirm any- Varthaman, who was handed sions between the two sides”. over by the government in a agement and operational con- ing a registration plate of and hundreds of other paid number of these organisations thing, but as a matter of poli- over to India on Friday. “We continue to urge both fresh crackdown launched by trol of the properties were Islamabad with monthly workers. The JuD is believed to are based in Balochistan, Gilgit- cy, we don’t publicly comment Pompeo played ‘essential role’ in sides to continue to take steps the law enforcement agencies taken over by the district expenditure of Rs 18,000, the be the front organisation for the Baltistan and the Federally on the contents of bilateral de-escalating Indo-Pak tensions to de-escalate the situation under the National Action Plan administration of Attock, it report said. LeT which is responsible for Administered Tribal Areas agreements that we have in this US Secretary of State and that includes through (NAP) on Tuesday, the Dawn said. A senior police official of carrying out the Mumbai attack (FATA). regard involving US defence Mike Pompeo played an direct communication. UN chief spoke with India, Pakistan Paki to send officials not PMs on rising tensions envoy Sohail PTI n UNITED NATIONS Mahmood of JeM terrorists, trainers, think, his concern and the N chief Antonio Guterres senior commanders and groups need to do as much as anyone back to India Uhas not spoken with Prime of jihadis who were being can to de-escalate the ten- Minister Narendra Modi and trained for suicide attacks were sions,” Guterres’ spokesperson Islamabad (PTI): Foreign his Pakistani counterpart killed. Stephane Dujarric told Minister Shah Mehmood Imran Khan, but discussed The next day, Pakistan Air reporters on Tuesday. Qureshi on Wednesday said with officials from India and Force retaliated and downed a Dujarric was asked if the Pakistan is sending its envoy Pakistan the heightened ten- MiG-21 in an aerial con- UN chief spoke with the Prime back to India and is ready to sions arising after the Pulwama frontation and captured Indian Ministers of India and Pakistan engage with New Delhi to terror attack, a top official has pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, on the rising tensions between reduce tensions which are “de- said. Tensions escalated who was handed over to India the two nuclear-armed neigh- escalating” due to diplomatic between India and Pakistan in on Friday. bours. Last week, Dujarric said efforts by countries like the US, the wake of the Pulwama ter- “We’re fully aware of the Guterres was following with China and Russia. ror attack in Kashmir which situation. The Secretary- “deep concern” the escalating Qureshi said it is time to end killed 40 CRPF personnel and India carried out air strikes General has had no calls with situation between the two all our conflicts and move was claimed by Pakistan-based against the biggest training those two Heads of countries, calling on both sides towards peace. He said that terror group Jaish-e- camp of JeM in Balakot in Governments as far as I’m to urgently take steps to lower Pakistan wanted to sort out all Mohammad (JeM). Pakistan on February 26. In the aware, but he’s had contacts tensions through “meaningful Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets UNESCO'S Director-General Audrey Azoulay during their meeting at the Kremlin issues with India which are hin- After the suicide attack, operation, a very large number with both sides to express, I mutual engagement”. in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday. AP dering peace between the two countries. “Tensions between India US revises visa and Pakistan appear to be de- escalating and this is a positive rules for Pakistan, Chinese Vice FM in Islamabad to defuse Indo-Pak tensions development,” Qureshi said while speaking to the media slashes validity for Beijing (PTI): China on briefing here. Tensions between will play constructive role to concerning the current cir- rorism is a complex issue. We here. Wednesday announced that India and Pakistan flared up promote dialogue between cumstances.” should address the symptom “Pakistan has further citizens from five Vice Foreign Minister Kong after a suicide bomber of them,” Lu said. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister and the root causes of terror- increased diplomatic efforts and Xuanyou is in Islamabad to dis- Pakistan-based terror group When asked about the Shah Muhammad Qureshi ear- ism that is the premise for what we have decided to send back years to 1 year cuss the Indo-Pak tensions fol- Jaish-e-Mohammad killed 40 main thrust of Kong’s visit and lier said that China would was proposed by foreign the Pakistani high commis- lowing the Pulwama terror CRPF personnel in Kashmir on whether he would discuss more send a special envoy to Pakistan Ministers of the three coun- sioner to New Delhi (Sohail Islamabad (PTI): The US attack, as it called for the cre- February 14. counter terrorism efforts with and India to defuse the ten- tries,” he said. About the latest Mahmood),” he added. Pakistan has revised its visa policy for ation of an “enabling atmos- Amid mounting outrage, Pakistan, Lu said, “In fact, sions. When asked whether resolution submitted by France, had called its envoy back to the Pakistani citizens by slash- phere” for its close ally Pakistan the Indian Air Force carried out Pakistan has been making Kong would also discuss the the UK and the US in the UN Islamabad for urgent consulta- ing the visa validity from five to cooperate with “other par- a counter-terror operation, hit- efforts and exercised policies to recent resolution at the Russia, Security Council to list JeM tions in the wake of the February years to 1 year, according to ties”. Chinese Foreign Ministry ting what it said was a JeM combat terrorism. We think we India, China (RIC) Foreign chief Masood Azhar as a glob- 14 Pulwama terror attack by a media report. In an official spokesman Lu Kang said Vice training camp in Balakot, deep should encourage this.” Ministers’ meeting at the al terrorist, Lu said China Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) notification issued by the Foreign Minister Kong’s inside Pakistan on February 26. “We hope relevant Chinese city of Wenzhou where would take a conducive deci- which left 40 CRPF personnel American embassy here on Islamabad visit is “designed for The next day, Pakistan Air parties will create an enabling the three countries agreed for sion to resolve the differences. dead. Islamabad took the step Tuesday, the US said that an communication with Pakistan Force retaliated and downed a restraint” and asked New Delhi atmosphere to help Pakistan to policy coordination to eradicate China so far stonewalled after India called back its envoy additional fee will also be for the situation concerning MiG-21 in an aerial combat to carry out its fight against ter- cooperate with other parties to breeding grounds of terrorism, India’s efforts to declare Azhar Ajay Bisaria to New Delhi. After charged for H (Temporary both India and Pakistan.” and captured Indian pilot rorism through international form synergy,” he said, without Lu said that the resolution of as a global terrorist by the the Pulwama attack, the Indian Work Visa), I (Journalist and “China has been promot- Abhinandan Varthaman, who cooperation. “I hope the two directly referring to India. root causes of terrorism is also UNSC. To a question whether Air Force carried out a counter- Media Visa), L (Intercompany ing peace and stability in this was handed over to India on sides can show some goodwill, Responding to a question important. China would support the res- terror operation, hitting what it Transfer Visa), and R region. We hope that Pakistan Friday. embrace each other halfway, whether Kong would visit India “As to counter terrorism olution or abstain, Lu said, “like said was a JeM training camp in (Religious Worker Visa) visas, and India will maintain friend- China has repeatedly urged properly resolve their differ- too, Lu said, “China is in con- issue in the trilateral meeting, we said on many occasions the Balakot, deep inside Pakistan on the Express Tribune reported. ly relations,” he told a media India and Pakistan to “exercise ences through dialogue. China tact with India and Pakistan I shall say a key point is that ter- UNSC and affiliated bodies, it February 26. “The US has reduced visa validity for Pakistani citizens from five years to 1 year GLOBE TROTTING whereas journalists and media persons will not be allowed to Indian-origin woman dentist killed in Aus stay in the country for over three months without renew- PTI n MELBOURNE told the ABC News. head home after breakfast, and Kylie Jenner becomes the youngest ing the travel permit,” the 32-year-old Indian-origin “At this stage we know when she failed to return, her paper said quoting the noti- Awoman dentist in they met up in Sydney and now family contacted police. self-made billionaire in the world fication. Australia, who went missing we’re looking at all the move- The NSW Police described According to the notifi- under mysterious circum- ments between these two,” the Reddy’s disappearance as “out Los Angeles: As Kylie Jenner wears the crown of the youngest self-made billionaire, sis- cation, an additional fee of stances, has been murdered officer was quoted as saying. of character” and said there ter and supermodel Kendall Jenner has the most epic reaction. Scroll down USD 32 for I Visas and USD with her body bearing numer- According to report, it was were serious concerns of her to take a look. Kendall Jenner Kylie Jenner Kendall's reaction to Kylie 38 for all other visa categories ous stab wounds found understood that Narde was welfare. It is thought that becoming billionaire is EPIC International icon Kylie Jenner has must be paid at the Embassy, dumped in a suitcase in Sydney, the key suspect in Reddy’s Reddy may have gone to achieved a lot in the age of just 21 years! The global diva built her Islamabad or Consulate police said Wednesday. The murder. Reddy’s body which Narde’s hotel to reaffirm that own empire with her cosmetics. Kylie who owns the 100 percent General Karachi prior to visa man suspected of murdering was stabbed numerous times their relationship was truly of her cosmetic range Kylie Cosmetics, has emerged to become issuance with effect from the Sydney dentist Preethi was found in a car parked in over. Friends of Reddy say that the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. As per Forbes, January 21. Reddy, whose body was found Strachan Lane in Kingsford on after the break-up several years Kylie has replaced Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg who The new US policies have stuffed in a suitcase in her car Tuesday, days after she went ago, she was very firm that it became a billionaire at the age of 23 while Kylie has reached been brought at par with parked in an eastern Sydney missing from Sydney’s busiest was over and did not want to the ten-figure fortune at 21 after her sales shot up to $360 Pakistani embassy in street, New South Wales, is occurred about 10 PM (local area under mysterious cir- see Narde any more. million in 2018. The reports have sent the internet into a Washington’s rules. Pakistan another Indian-origin dentist time), is “believed to be a cumstances. Investigators believe that Narde frenzy. Belonging to influential Jenner and Kardashian clan, also issues visas for three and her ex-boyfriend Harsh deliberate act,” police said. The She was last seen waiting did not accept that, and had Kylie has without any help, built it on her own. While the months to American jour- Narde, police said. police said they spoke to Narde, in line at McDonald’s in George attended the weekend confer- stunning lady is ruling her empire, her sister Kendall's epic nalist“. Narde died after his BMW aged in his thirties, as part of Street on Sunday, the police ence purely in order to see her. response is winning the internet.The sister took it to her The decision was taken by car collided with a truck on the the missing persons investiga- said. She bought two bottles of Reddy’s work colleagues said Twitter handle and responded saying 'HOLY MOL- the State Department because New England Highway on tion, before his death. They said water before leaving, walking they were “terrified” and had LYYYYYY', along with a lot of emojis. Well, Kendall is def- Pakistan was unable to liber- Monday night, a day after his the investigation was still in its south towards Market Street, been unable to sleep since her initely enthralled by her sister rocking the business alise its visa regime for certain ex-girlfriend was reported early stages. “I cannot qualify where police said Reddy was disappearance. world.The 21-year-old has become the youngest billionaire visa categories, hence the US missing, New South Wales exactly what has happened staying at a hotel with a man “It’s devastating, and this now by selling her cosmetics online and in a few pop-up was required by American law Police (NSW) said. The head- and I won’t put it out there known to her. Reddy was is completely out of character,” shops. “I popped up at a few stores, I did my usual social on January 21 to reduce the on collision, around 340 kilo- because if we’re wrong and it’s attending a dental conference dental assistant Chelsea media—I did what I usually do, and it just worked,” she told visa validity and increase the metres from where Reddy’s not substantiated then we’re in St Leonards at the weekend Holmes of Glenbrook Dental Forbes. The youngest billionaire further added “I didn’t expect visa fees to match Pakistan’s body was found, is believed to doing a disservice to Preethi and last spoke to her family at Surgery was quoted as saying anything. I did not foresee the future. But [the recognition] practices for similar visa cat- have been deliberate, they said. and her family,” Detective around 11 AM on Sunday. by the Australian Broadcasting feels really good. That’s a nice pat on the back,” she said. egories,” the report said. That crash, which Superintendent Gavin Dengate She told them that she would Corporation. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 world 12 Afghan official: Suicide blast near airport in east kills 16 AP n KABUL attack but both the Taliban and three were killed in the shoot- MQ, was targeted. The attack the Islamic State group are ing. was over by 10:30 am when the ilitants in Afghanistan set active in eastern Afghanistan, The attackers were on foot last of the attackers was killed, Moff a suicide blast on especially in Nangarhar. and after setting off a suicide Khogyani said. “A clearing-up Wednesday morning and The two groups have been blast at the company gates, the operation is still underway by stormed a construction com- carrying out near-daily attacks others stormed in, triggering a Afghan security forces,” he pany near the airport in across Afghanistan in recent gunbattle that drew U.S. forces added. Over the weekend, the Jalalabad, the capital of eastern years, mainly targeting the to the scene, according to Gen Taliban targeted an Afghan Nangarhar province, killing at government and Afghan secu- Ghulam Sanayee Stanikzai, the army unit at its camp in south- least 16 people, officials said. rity forces and causing stag- provincial police chief. “US ern Helmand province, killing The dawn assault triggered an gering casualties, including forces are supporting Afghan at least 23 troops and wound- hours-long gunbattle with local among civilians. T h e forces in securing the area ing more than 20 others. That guards, drawing in U.S. forces attacks have continued despite now,” Stanikzai later said. attack began on Friday and to assist the Afghan troops in stepped-up US efforts to find a As the attack unfolded, ended on Saturday evening, 40 the shootout. Along with the 16 negotiated resolution of the 17- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani hours later. killed, nine people were also year war, America’s longest. arrived for a visit to neighbor- The Taliban claimed wounded in the attack, accord- Wednesday’s attack began ing Kunar province to inaugu- responsibility for the Helmand ing to Attahullah Khogyani, the around 5 a.m. and five attack- rate an administrative health attack, which came even as provincial governor’s ers were involved, Khogyani complex and to lay the cor- insurgents were meeting with spokesman. said. Two of them detonated nerstone of a 200-bed hospital. a US peace envoy in Qatar, a Afghans carry the body of a man who was killed in a suicide attack, at a hospital in Jalalabad province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. An Afghan No one immediately their explosives, blowing them- It was unclear why the Gulf Arab country, for peace official said Wednesday that militants set off a suicide blast and stormed a construction company near the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, claimed responsibility for the selves up, while the remaining construction company, called talks. N killing at least 16 people. AP US: Talks with Taliban focus on 4 key issues to end the Af war UK negotiator reports Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn freed on PTI n WASHINGTON ‘robust’ Brexit talks bail after three months in jail he US has said the ongoing AFP n BRUSSELS AFP n TOKYO Tnegotiations with the Taliban are focused on four ne of Britain’s ormer Nissan chief Carlos interconnected issues, includ- OBrexit negotia- FGhosn left a Tokyo jail on ing counterterrorism and troop tors said Wednesday Wednesday after more than withdrawal, that will be key for he had held a 100 days of detention, a day any future agreement to end “robust” discussion after a surprise court decision the 17-year war in Afghanistan. with European granting him bail of one billion A high-powered American del- Union counterparts yen ($9 million). Ghosn left egation led by Special US over how to get a the detention centre in north- Representative for Afghanistan withdrawal deal ern Tokyo flanked by prison Reconciliation Zalmay through parliament guards, wearing a blue cap, a Khalilzad has been holding in London. Speaking white medical face mask and a marathon meetings in Doha, after talks with EU work jacket with orange reflec- Qatar with a high-level Taliban chief negotiator tive stripes. His bail was the lat- team led by Mullah Abdul Kabul government. The attack from Afghanistan. Michel Barnier in est twist in a case that has Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, front, travels in a car Wednesday, March 6, Ghani Baradar. The talks have Taliban however have repeat- Osama bin Laden was killed in Brussels on Tuesday, gripped Japan and the business 2019, in Tokyo, after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) in bail once an appeal by been going on for several days edly refused to meet with offi- 2011, and Al Qaeda has been Attorney General world since the auto industry prosecutors against his release was rejected. Ghosn was arrested in November and to finalise a draft agreement on cials of the Afghan govern- all but eliminated from Geoffrey Cox said titan’s November 19 arrest. is charged with falsifying financial reports and breach of trust. AP/File photo a potential foreign troop with- ment, whom they dismiss as Afghanistan,” it says. he had put forward The 64-year-old faces three drawal from Afghanistan and “puppets”. During the talks “Endless war weakens our some “very reasonable pro- Wednesday “no solution” has charges of financial misconduct from contacting Nissan execu- and experts said the change of to end the 17-year war in the held in January, the Taliban sig- national security, robs this and posals”.“Both sides have been found so far to break the over allegations he under- tives and other people with tack appeared to be behind the country. “These discussions nalled their seriousness by future generations through sky- exchanged robust strong deadlock over Brexit, a reported his compensation and links to the allegations against surprise bail ruling. “I think the are ongoing, and what they’re appointing Baradar as their rocketing debt, and creates views and we’re now facing spokesman reported after the tried to shift losses to Nissan’s him, the agency reported. But content of the lawyer’s appli- focusing on are the four inter- chief peace negotiator. more enemies to threaten us. the real discussions. Talks latest negotiations in Brussels. books. He has strongly denied Kyodo said Ghosn could still cation changed the situation,” connected issues that are going Baradar, one of the four For over 17 years, our soldiers will be resuming soon,” Cox Barnier informed commis- the claims, and said in a state- attend board meetings at said Japanese lawyer Nobuo to compose any future agree- top commanders who formed have gone above and beyond told Sky News television from sioners with the EU’s execu- ment overnight he was looking Nissan, where he remains a Gohara. Nissan declined to ment, and those four (issues) the Taliban in 1994, was what has been asked of them in Brussels. tive arm that “no solution has forward to his day in court.“I director, if the court gives comment on the bail decision, are counterterrorism, troop released from jail last year by Afghanistan. It is time to “These are very sensitive been identified at this point am innocent and totally com- approval. Ghosn’s prolonged saying it was a matter for withdrawal, intra-Afghan dia- the Pakistan government. He is declare the victory we achieved discussions, we’re in to the that is consistent with the mitted to vigorously defending stay behind bars had come courts and prosecutors. logue and a ceasefire,” State believed to be the highest rank- long ago, bring them home, meat of the matter now, we’ve withdrawal agreement,” myself in a fair trial against under fire internationally and However, it said that an Department Spokesperson ing Afghan Taliban prisoner and put America’s needs first,” put forward some proposals, spokesman Margaritis these meritless and unsub- from rights groups. internal probe had “uncovered Robert Palladino told reporters freed so far. He held several said Raul. very reasonable proposals,” he Schinas told a press confer- stantiated accusations,” he said. Speaking to AFP and substantial evidence of bla- at his biweekly news conference senior positions in the Taliban It is Congress that has said. But he said he could not ence. Prosecutors could still seek French daily Les Echos in tantly unethical conduct” and on Monday. government before its fall in failed to conduct the proper reveal the content of the dis- Official warns of ‘no- to rearrest Ghosn if they file January — his only interview that “further discoveries relat- Responding to a question, 2001 and once considered the oversight of this nearly 18-year cussions, saying they were deal’ Brexit risk to Northern new allegations against him, with foreign media so far — ed to Ghosn’s misconduct con- Palladino said talks were going most influential Taliban leader war. Now, we must step up, and “private and confidential”. Ireland but for now the auto tycoon is Ghosn himself said that his tinue to emerge”. on and more work needs to be after Mullah Muhammad listen to the American people The negotiations, which Northern Ireland’s top out of detention thought still continued detention “would “The company’s focus is done. “We’re focused on this. Omar. - who rightly question the wis- also included British Brexit civil servant is warning that a facing strict limits on his move- not be normal in any other firmly on addressing weak- We have private diplomatic The Taliban announced dom of such endless wars, Secretary Steve Barclay, ended disorderly UK exit from the ment and communications. democracy”. nesses in governance that failed conversations that are occur- last week the talks with the US Udall said. The legislation sets with no official comment European Union will lead to Ghosn had applied for bail “Why am I being pun- to prevent this misconduct,” it ring, and we want to give all the were making “a steady guidelines for withdrawal from from either side. Prime a sharp increase in unem- twice previously without suc- ished before being found added in a statement. parties time to work out these progress” and vowed to remain Afghanistan. Minister Theresa May is des- ployment and an exodus of cess, but he shook up his legal guilty?” Ghosn asked. Under A towering figure once issues. Special Representative engaged in the process until “Within 45 days, a plan perately seeking to salvage her businesses from the region. team last month, hiring Japanese law, prosecutors can revered in Japan for turning Khalilzad is engaging on this achieving results. “The current will be formulated for an order- Brexit deal to allow Britain to David Sterling says “there renowned defence attorney hold a suspect for up to 22 days around Nissan’s fortunes, on a daily basis right now, and round of talks in Doha are ly withdrawal and turnover of leave the bloc in an orderly is currently no mitigation Junichiro Hironaka, who while they investigate an alle- Ghosn also forged a successful progress is being made,” he advancing on a step-by-step facilities to the Afghan fashion on March 29. After available for the severe con- quickly filed a new request. gation, and then can apply for alliance between Nissan, said. basis. As the issue at hand is Government, while also setting MPs roundly rejected the text sequences of a no-deal out- The court had previously repeated one-month stretches Mitsubishi Motors and France’s Since his appointment in immensely crucial and delicate, a framework for political rec- on January 15, she has been come.” Britain and the EU justified Ghosn’s ongoing of pre-trial detention for each Renault. But his attempts to September, Afghanistan-born it’s progression is taking place onciliation to be implemented seeking guarantees on how its have struck a divorce deal, but detention by saying he posed a charge eventually levelled. deepen the alliance caused Khalilzad has met with all with that much care and vigi- by Afghans in accordance with most controversial arrange- the UK Parliament has reject- flight risk and could seek to That means prosecutors resentment in some quarters, sides in an attempt to end lance,” Spokesman Zabihullah the Afghan Constitution. ment — the so-called Irish ed it, largely over concerns destroy evidence, so Hironaka’s could force Ghosen to return to and Ghosn has claimed the America’s longest war in which Mujahid said. Within a year, all US forces will border backstop — will be about the Ireland-Northern bail request offered restric- jail if they level new allegations allegations against him are part the US has lost over 2,400 sol- Meanwhile, two US be withdrawn from implemented. Ireland border. Britain is due tions intended to win the against him, restarting the 22- of a “plot” by opponents of diers in more than 17 years. Senators Tom Udall and Raul, Afghanistan,” it says. The House of Commons to leave the EU on March 29, court’s trust. day detention clock. In a shake- greater integration between The Taliban control nearly half members of the Senate Foreign The last year was the dead- will have another chance to and businesses fear a “no- The bail terms prevent up of his legal team last month, the three firms. of Afghanistan, and are more Relations Committee, have liest for civilians in vote on the deal next Tuesday. deal” exit would severely dis- Ghosn from leaving Japan and Ghosn replaced a former pros- Given the number of peo- powerful now than they were introduced the 2019 American Afghanistan, with 3,804 civil- If MPs again reject it, they will rupt trade. It could also desta- include other measures restrict- ecutor known as “The Breaker” ple involved in the complex at any time since the 2001 US- Forces Going Home After ian deaths reported in 2018, vote in the following days on bilize Northern Ireland’s ing his communications. with Hironaka, who has earned case and their wide geograph- led invasion after the 9/11 ter- Noble (AFGHAN) Service Act according to the United whether to leave with no deal peace process, which relies on Kyodo news agency said the the nickname “The Acquitter” ical spread, Hironaka said the ror attacks. to end America’s longest war. Nations. or delay Brexit. AFP an open border. In a letter to measures will restrict Ghosn’s for his court record and “The case would run over a “very The US has continued to The 2019 AFGHAN Service The UN says at least 32,000 EU says ‘no solution’ for Northern Ireland political cell phone use and allow him Razor” for his mental sharp- long time span”. push for a ceasefire in the Act declares victory in civilians have been killed and now to break Brexit dead- leaders, Sterling says a “no- to access a computer only in his ness.Speaking to reporters on However, he said prosecu- war-torn country and the Afghanistan.“The masterminds another 60,000 wounded in the lock deal” Brexit “could well have lawyer’s office during daytime Monday, Hironaka had vowed tors had begun handing over opening of negotiations of the 9/11 attack are no longer past decade, when it began EU chief negotiator a profound and long-lasting hours on weekdays. a “completely new legal strate- some of their evidence prior to between the Taliban and the capable of carrying out such an compiling the data. Michel Barnier said impact on society.” He will also be banned gy” to obtain his client’s release, a potential trial. S Korea court grants bail to ex-Prez Lee Pyongyang ‘rebuilding’ satellite launch site AFP n SEOUL Seoul (AFP): Jailed former potential health complications their time in power, usually and the launch pad’s rail- The renewed activity was poseful.” South Korean president Lee from diabetes and sleep apnea. once their political rivals have ctivity has been detected mounted rocket transfer recorded two days after the But Joel Wit, the director Myung-bak was granted bail on Lee was found guilty of cre- moved into the presidential Aat a North Korean long- structure at the Sohae Hanoi Summit between US of the respected Washington- Wednesday, nearly a year after ating slush funds of tens of mil- Blue House. range rocket site suggesting Satellite Launching Station President Donald Trump and based 38 North project cau- he was arrested over corruption lions of dollars and accepting All four of South Korea’s Pyongyang may be pursuing — the facility from which North Korea’s Kim Jong Un tioned that the evidence was charges. bribes from Samsung living presidents have been the “rapid rebuilding” of a Pyongyang launched satel- — which ended early with- not necessarily “consistent The CEO-turned presi- Electronics in return for a convicted of criminal offences. test facility after the col- lites in 2012 and 2016. out an agreement — and with preparations for an dent, who served from 2008 to presidential pardon for its Lee’s successor, Park Geun- lapse of the Hanoi summit, Sohae is also the site may “demonstrate resolve in ICBM test”. 2013, was found guilty on chairman Lee Kun-hee, who hye, was sentenced to 25 years according to analysis of satel- Pyongyang used as a test the face of US rejection” of “Aside from the fact that charges including bribery and was jailed for tax evasion. The in prison and fined millions of lite imagery from a US think stand to fire some of its the North’s request for sanc- DPRK has never tested an embezzlement and sentenced conservative politician has dollars for bribery and abuse of tank. rocket engines on the tions relief, the CSIS ICBM from Sohae - it’s a to 15 years in prison last denied wrongdoing and power. The Washington-based ground. The satellite launch- researchers said. space vehicle launch site - October. But the Seoul High health, the South’s Yonhap labelled the allegations as She was ousted in 2017 Center for Strategic and es were condemned by the “This facility had been preparation for any launch Court approved the request for news agency reported. “political revenge”.South over a nationwide corruption International Studies (CSIS) international community dormant since August 2018, would require a wide range bail that the 77-year-old Lee Lee made the request in Korean presidents have a ten- scandal that prompted massive says activity is “evident” at and widely viewed as dis- indicating the current activ- of activities not observed in made on the grounds of ill January citing old age and dency to end up in prison after street protests. the vertical engine test stand guised ballistic missile tests. ity is deliberate and pur- the imagery.” Kepler Space Telescope’s first exoplanet candidate confirmed

Washington: Scientists say transits, Kepler data reveal sizes of both the star and larger than previously orbits at a distance of only poorly understood, they said. they have confirmed the first planet candidates, but further Kepler-1658 b were vastly thought,” said University of twice the star’s diameter, The extreme nature of the exoplanet candidate identi- analysis is required to con- underestimated, researchers Hawaii graduate student making it one of the closest Kepler-1658 system allows fied by NASA’s Kepler firm them as genuine planets, said. It was later set aside as Ashley Chontos. “This in — in planets around a more astronomers to place new Mission, ten years after its according to the study pub- a false positive when the turn means that the planet is evolved star — one that constraints on the complex launch. Kepler has discov- lished in the Astronomical numbers did not quite make three times larger, revealing resembles a future version of physical interactions that can ered thousands of exoplanets Journal. sense for the effects seen on that Kepler-1658 b is actual- our Sun. cause planets to spiral into since its launch in 2009, Despite being the very its star for a body of that size, ly a hot Jupiter-like planet,” Standing on the planet, their host stars. The insights using the transit method — first planet candidate dis- they said. Chontos said in a statement. the star would appear 60 gained from Kepler-1658b small dips in a star’s bright- covered by Kepler, the object “Our new analysis, With this refined analy- times larger in diameter than suggest that this process hap- ness as planets cross in front now known as Kepler-1658 b which uses stellar sound sis, everything pointed to the Sun as seen from Earth, pens slower than previously of the star, said researchers had a rocky road to confir- waves observed in the Kepler the object truly being a plan- the researchers said. Planets thought, and therefore may from the University of mation. The initial estimate data to characterise the host et, but confirmation from orbiting evolved stars similar not be the primary reason for Hawaii in the US. Because of the size of the planet’s host star, demonstrated that the new observations was still per cent more massive and Sun, the researchers said. to Kepler-1658 are rare, and the lack of planets around other phenomena can mimic star was incorrect, so the star is in fact three times needed. Kepler-1658 is 50 three times larger than the The newly confirmed planet the reason for this absence is more evolved stars. PTI usp 13 LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 THE GREATER GOOD Satish Shankar for APAC A veteran working for more than 20 years at the Bain & Company AAI is taking up CSR will soon take over as regional managing partner for the Asia-Pacific initiatives and promoting atish Shankar, a more than 20- cant innovation, which is critical Syear-old veteran of the firm, to our firm’s long-term success,” he sustainability to empower Bain & Company, will take over as added. underprivileged the regional managing partner Dale Cottrell, who has served for Asia-Pacific (APAC), effective as the firm’s regional managing communities near India’s from April 1 (Q2) in Singapore. inspiring Bain’s people to great- partner for six years, will return to Manny Maceda, worldwide man- ness,” said Manny Maceda. advising the firm’s clients as part airports and create an aging partner announced on He added, “He truly has the of Bain’s ‘servant leader’ model, in environment of inclusivity Wednesday. ability, experience and character which partners regularly rotate into Shankar has been the manag- that fits best with our needs in the leadership roles and then get back orporate Social Responsibility ing partner for the firm in the region for the years ahead, as we to client work. Under Cottrell, (CSR) is a business approach that Southeast Asia (SEA) region for continue to partner and team Bain’s APAC markets have seen Ccontributes to sustainable devel- five years. Under his tenure, the with our clients around the world. unprecedented success, both in opment by delivering economic, social company experienced a strong I congratulate him as he takes over terms of strong double-digit and environmental benefits to all stake- double-digit growth across the this role.” growth and clients, people and the holders. It is a concept with multiple def- region with a strong emphasis on In his new role, Shankar will firms’ strategic priority to deliver initions. Generally understood as being making Bain the best place for be responsible for leading Bain’s leading edge digital and analytic the way through which a company business talent, building a strong business across the Asia-Pacific solutions. achieves a balance of economic, envi- track record of driving tangible (APAC) region and overseeing “It’s been a true privilege to ronmental and social imperative, it also results with clients, and helping to strategy, operations, training and serve the company through this addresses the expectations of share- develop the firms’ new offices in development. He will also focus on role for the past six years and to holders and stakeholders. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand working with the management have seen the firm continue to Airports Authority of India (AAI) into successful growth pillars for teams of national and multi- achieve monumental success and is continuously exploring the opportu- state that around 20 per cent of the The organisation has signed an the firm. The company is been national companies to help them growth across cutting-edge tech- nities where it can serve the society and labour force at any stage of construction MoU for the construction of pharma- increasingly seen as the go-to transform their organisations and nology solutions, from AI, is therefore, gradually increasing its on projects should be trained, tested and cy and medical canteen-cum-waiting firm for transformations and dig- achieve lasting business results, machine learning and blockchain expenditure on CSR and other welfare certified. hall in Roing, Arunachal Pradesh ital solutions in the SEA. while helping businesses become to automation, robotics and IoT,” activities. The organisation aims to amounting to `80 lakh. Shankar works with clients more efficient, competitive and said Cottrell, adding, “My biggest achieve, consolidate and strengthen Mechanised central kitchen for mid- across Energy and Natural future-ready. source of pride has been working good corporate governance including day meal in Assam Providing funds for Cochlear implant Resources, Transportation, and “It is a privilege to take on this with the best people across such a socially and environmentally responsi- AAI has signed a MoU with the surgery to ALIMCO Consumer Products on Strategy, new role and to continue working diverse set of markets and exper- ble business practices that balance state government of Assam and Akshaya To sponsor 200 underprivileged Transformation, Performance with our talented and diverse tise to help our clients navigate the financial profit with social well-being. Patra for `15.71 crore for construction tary napkin vending machines and children, the AAI signed an MoU with Improvement and M&A. He has team and help our clients achieve disruptive forces they are facing As a socially-responsible enter- and setup of a Mechanised Central incinerators at various schools, com- the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing also led Bain’s M&A practice exceptional results,” said Shankar. and deliver out-performance in prise, AAI is committed to serve the Kitchen in Assam for providing mid-day munity centers and slum areas and will Corporation Of India (ALIMCO), across APAC. “Satish is the perfect “As we approach our industry their industry.” society and is making efforts to enhance meals. This will serve the under-privi- be organising awareness camps in 20 amounting to for `134.10 million. leader to drive our APAC region with an insurgent mindset, we Dale and Satish will work the quality of life of the people from the leged students from government schools cities across the country. through another period of suc- remain dedicated to helping clients closely together in the coming underprivileged sections of the society, access to nutritious, warm and healthy Empowering people against Hepatitis cessful growth, delivering endur- be disrupters, and APAC is an area months to ensure a seamless tran- especially those residing near its airports. food. Providing Radiotherapy equipment in through empathy campaign ing results for our clients, and with exciting growth and signifi- sition. Keeping this bid to be socially government hospital in Chennai Project Empathy, a four-year pro- responsible in place, here are some of Construction of toilets, drinking The organisation has signed an ject being implemented by AAI and the CSR and welfare initiatives under- water and other infrastructure in MoU to provide Radiotherapy equip- ILBS, is focussed on empowering peo- taken by AAI: government schools ment (linear accelerator and brachyther- ple against hepatitis. The comprehen- RITES starts skill development training Since 2014 to 15, AAI, in co-ordi- apy) in government hospital in Chennai sive campaign aims to de-stigmatise Skills Development Programme nation with the Ministry of Human amounting to `18.5 crore. hepatitis and create an enabling envi- AAI and Construction Industry Resource Development (MHRD), ronment for infected individuals and ajeev Mehrotra, CMD of RITES Ltd, under Development Council (CIDC) signed under the Swachh Vidyalaya initiative, Low Energy Linear Accelerator for their families for social participation and RCSR support to Bisnouli Sarvodaya Gramodyog two MoU’s for Employment-Oriented has constructed more than 1,500 toilets cancer unit AIIMS, Rishikesh care seeking. AAI has committed `5 Sewa Sansthan, attended a function to mark the inau- Training and Skill Development pro- in approximately 800 government The project accounts for `10 crore crore for FY 2018-19. guration of its Skill Development Training Centre in gramme of unemployed youth, the SCs, schools, thereby benefitting more than for the procurement of Low Energy Chhapera village in Nuh district of Haryana for STs and OBCs, women and EWS of 1,00,000 underprivileged students. Till Linear Accelerator for the cancer unit Promoting holistic sustainable devel- women, initially engaged with tailoring and computer Society for 2000 persons pan-India and March 31, 2018, more than `29 crore at AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. opment in villages courses. Pankaj, IAS, the district magistrate, inau- North East Region for `10.59 crore each. has been spent on the construction of AAI and the United Nations gurated the training centre. This programme is for underprivi- these toilets. Construction of a community hall Development Programme (UNDP) in Mehrotra enthused the beneficiaries to look leged/poor sections of society, specifi- It has provided assistance for con- India have signed an MoA on a new beyond the limitations of daily life engagements and cally in the Northeast region. Installation of proper sanitation prac- struction of a community hall at Garal, partnership to enhance livelihood become self dependent in terms of livelihood, as The initiative has been further tices and awareness camps in 20 cities Kamrup, Guwahati for `2.35 crore. opportunities and provide better living envisaged by NITI Aayog. reinforced by including a clause in AAI, through Kalyanmayee, its standards to communities living near Other prominent dignitaries who were present General Conditions of Contracts in women welfare association, will spend Providing funds for pharmacy and airports in Assam and Jharkhand for included Ajay Kumar Gaur, CFO, RITES, and AAI’s construction project works which `5.98 crore on the installation of sani- medical canteen-cum-waiting hall `10 crore. Rakesh Ranjan from NITI Aayog. VAN DHAN SCHEME LAUNCHED FOR TRIBALS

BHEL to set up electric vehicle chargers harat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is setting Gautam Nagar branch of Catholic Syrian Bank was shifted to new and furnished premises with safe deposit locker facility on Monday. It was inaugurated by Fr. Jose Alarico Carvalho, Bup a network of Solar-based Electric Vehicle chairman of Agnel Charities and Fr. Bento Rodrigues, manager of Agnel School, Gautam Chargers (SEVC) on the Delhi-Chandigarh Highway. Nagar. The event was presided over by V K Shukla, general manager, and the zonal The first in the series of charging stations was manager of the capital. The branch is set to disburse gold loans to the tune of `50 crore inaugurated by Dr A R Sihag, secretary, Department during the current month. Total business of the branch is also expected to cross `125 crore of Heavy Industry (DHI), in the presence of Atul in the current FY. The program was attended by around 150 customers. Sobti, chairman and managing director, BHEL, at hriJual Oram, Minister for Tribal Ethnic India Resort in Sonepat, Haryana. Affairs launched the Van Dhan scheme The project is covered under the FAME scheme Sfor Minimum Support Price (MSP), (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and and Minor Forest Produces (MFP) as well Electric Vehicles in India) of DHI. The establishment as for development of value chain of at regular intervals over the entire 250 kilometre MFPs at a National workshop. stretch between Delhi and Chandigarh would allay ShriJual stated that almost 5.5 crore range-anxiety among the electric vehicle users and tribals will be benefited from the scheme. bolster their confidence for inter-city travel. As part It will offer remunerative MSP for 50 com- of the project, BHEL has also developed a Central mercially viable items. MSP had been raised Monitoring System (CMS) for EV chargers with a by 30 to 40 per cent. This would go a long user-friendly mobile app. way in adding to the income of the trib- BHEL’s scope of work in the project includes als. Three hundred and seven district col- design, engineering, manufacturing, supply and lectors have been given responsibility installation of the EV charging stations along with a through the state agencies to provide MSP Central Monitoring System. Each SEVC station will to the tribal gatherers. be equipped with a rooftop solar power plant to sup- He further added that this programme ply green energy and EV chargers. promotes enterprise and marketing skills. As part of its diversification initiative, BHEL has It will be a game changer if implemented been expanding its footprints in the e-mobility busi- diligently. At present tribals are getting only ness. Notably, the company has already installed DC 20 to 30 per cent but it will change after Van public sector organisations like BPCL, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. ICSI Institute of Insolvency Professionals jointly with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of chargers at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi. BHEL is Dhan which aims to take this share to 70 IOCL and SPMCL have sanctioned approx- Representatives from 30 states partic- India organised ‘IBC - an attractive meet with bankers’ at New Delhi on Tuesday. The also executing another commercial order for instal- to 80 per cent. imately `10 crore for promoting Van ipated in the workshop where detailed interactive meet was attended by several bankers of different banks, including GM of SBI lation of DC chargers across various locations in the TRIFED has tied up CSR funds to pro- Dhan operations in Barwani, Rajnandgaon, interaction took place about various aspects and senior group president of Yes Bank, as well as Insolvency professionals, advocates, country. mote tribal livelihoods. Socially oriented Dewas and Hoshangabad districts of of the scheme. and company secretaries. NDMC BAGS CLEANEST DDA inaugurates Basant Lok Community Centre HEALTH SCREENING CAMP HELD FOR ASSAM RIFLES SMALL CITY AWARD ardeep S Puri, Minister account. All the vendors have Hof State (I/C), Ministry been shifted and now the n presence of around 300 fam- of Housing and Urban pedestrian area of the market Iilies of Assam Rifles, a health he New Delhi Municipal Affairs, on Wednesday inau- is ready to use. screening camp was inaugurated TCouncil (NDMC) has gurated the upgraded Basant Vasant Udyan, an area of by Sangeeta Sangwan, President, bagged the award for the clean- Lok Community Centre and 43 acres is also being main- ARWWA, at the Assam Rifles est city in the small city cate- Vasant Udyan (district park, tained by DDA and this Multispeciality Hospital on gory with one to three lakh Vasant Vihar). chunk of green space in the Wednesday. population. Chairman Naresh DDA has developed 11 locality caters to various As part of the inauguration, Kumar has received the award district centres and 44 com- colonies like Munirka Brigadier V S Sayed (Med), 101 from President Ram Nath munity centres. Enclave, Vasant Vihar, Hill Area Shillong, delivered a lecture Kovind at Vigyan Bhawan on gate score as per the parame- The upgradation of View apartments and others. on ‘Cancer Among Women.’ Wednesday. ters places the NDMC at sec- Basant Lok community cen- It is now open to the gener- The event also saw a skit pre- being screened for Anaemia, The chairman has said that ond position, its overall rank- tre has been taken up on aug- taken care of. centre, the provision of aug- al public. sentation on the importance of Blood Sugar, Hypertension, the Council has also been ing is fifth in the Swachh mentation of infrastructure Defined pedestrian mentation of necessary ser- The park is located adja- screening and timely follow-up of Breast self examination, Gall awarded the ODF++ status Survekshan 2019. services. Re-organisation of movement with highlighted vices like rain water har- cent to the Basant Lok com- Cancer among women, which stones. A PAP Smear examina- and ranked for garbage-free Congratulating the employ- public open space is key to flooring patterns and use of vesting, fire-fighting in the plex, Vasant Vihar. This is a was performed by the team of tion of volunteer families was city with three stars in the ees of NDMC in general and increase the space utilisation direction signage helps to complex, connectivity to the historically-rich area with MH Shillong led by Major also carried out by a team of nationwide Swachhta award safai sevaks in particular, the by making it more accessible. give a new look to the com- metro station and Vasant remains of one of the last gar- Rajminder Kaur. gynecologists from ARMH, MH category. chairman credited NDMC for Segregation of vehicular and plex. Udyan adjoining to the com- dens planted by Firoz Shah As part of the camp, all the Shillong and Composite Even though the aggre- getting the Swachhta awards. pedestrian movement is also While upgrading the plex have been taken into Tughlaq. families of AR in Shillong are Hospital, BSF. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 vivacity 14 THE PERFECT ACCESSORY Experts have put together a list of top ten eye-catching hairstyles spotted at the Academy Awards Happy inside-out: Bradley Cooper wearing a classic Styling long hair differently has tuxedo, sported a tousled hairstyle Anil with his long stubble. Cooper pulled off this look effortlessly As a sea of memes hit the social and this hairstyle works well for media world on how actor both informal and formal occa- ANIL KAPOOR is reverse ageing in sions. terms of his looks, he says the secret to his youthful look at 62 is CHRIS EVANS Chris Evans went for a well- happiness “inside-out. groomed look complementing Anil recently posted a photograph his stylish velvet tuxedo. His of himself along with the slicked back, heavily gelled hair cast of the forthcoming with shorter sides enhanced his film Malang. He looked look even further. We highly rec- ommend this hairstyle for parties so fresh and agile that and special occasions. he could give any of the younger JENNIFER LOPEZ actors a run for their money. always been difficult for men. ting look. This versatile hairstyle The photo- However, Adam Driver’s side- can complement varied face cuts. graph became parted and pushed back wavy fodder for elebrities at the 91st edition up soft and fresh, Gaga’s hair was hairdo can definitely be an inspi- NICHOLUS HOULT social media of Oscars, dazzled the red tucked in a voluminous twisted ration for men with this hair Nicholus was spotted donning users, who Ccarpet with some simple updo that complemented her length. short spikes with faded sides yet noteworthy trends that can black Alexander McQueen gown. with his stylish ensemble for the went gaga over actually be donned to glam the EMMA STONE 91st edition of the Academy how the star is casual days. It was no less than the BRADLEY COOPER Emma Stone chose a monochro- Awards. Spiky hair helps in de-aging. In fact, previous ones; full of surprising matic look to go with her adding style and texture to a reg- some users drew wins and breath-taking looks. 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With puff is definitely an interesting back long hair with brown high- self. LADY GAGA this striking outfit, Lopez RAGINA KING Spring-Summer’19 hair trend. lights is our immediate favorite Pop sensation, Lady Gaga tops donned sleek side-swept blown Regina King was undoubtedly the Sporting this hairstyle on a long from the red carpet of Oscars our list because of her subtle yet out wavy hairstyle. This ever- queen of the red carpet because day can help you have a stylish 2019 in men’s category. We high- stylish look at the Oscars 2019. green hairstyle has been a red of her radiant and on-point look hairdo throughout and escape ly recommend this hairstyle if Like always, she surprised us carpet look friendly for many at the 91st Academy Awards. the hassle of managing your you want to have a fuller and once again with her unique celebrities. Her lob (long +bob) tousled wavy mane. voluminous look. styling sense. Keeping the make- ADAM DRIVER hair complement her trend-set-

MICHAEL JACKSON’s legacy is clouded by Boys in our society have been told that a dark documentary, ‘you are a boy and you are not Leaving Neverland supposed to cry like a girl'. We shouldn't feed it in the mind of boys that they Smooth shouldn't cry. I think a human being should be allowed to be free from their childhood. —Aahana Kumra criminal

Actor KUNAL KEMMU has been a part of filmmaker Rohit an the memory of Michael Jackson Shetty's Golmaal franchise for a Csurvive Leaving Neverland? while now. He says the multi- After all, it has bounced back before. starrer film The superstar’s image was tarnished by series works allegations of sexual abuse that shadowed only because him throughout much of his adult life and even stood trial on child molestation of the entire charges in 2005, for which he was team. acquitted. His untimely death in 2009 What does he seemed to wash that stain away in an out- like about pouring of public love and a resurgence of sales of his always popular music. being a part Now, 10 years later, the HBO docu- of multi-star- mentary Leaving Neverland has aired (Right to Left) Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Tito's son Taj rer movies? detailed and disturbing stories from two “The most important reason is men who say Jackson groomed them for Jackson’s defenders. in their views. They say the documen- that it's not on your shoulders. sex and molested them when they were “I’m going to get it,” Winfrey, who tary repeats discredited allegations from just little boys. It has cast a spotlight on interviewed Jackson before the allega- admitted liars. (laughs) But that's not the only Jackson’s unsavory history at a #MeToo tions emerged in 1993 and his family Jackson’s brothers said they were reason. It's the story that moment when old allegations against after his death, said at the end of the already in a rough period of managing always attracts me. Multi-starrer stars have been taking hold, and taking show that aired Sunday and Monday on his memory and legacy with their father films are the stories of the them down. HBO and OWN just after the documen- Joseph Jackson’s death last year, when gang. So far, there has been no evidence of tary. they heard that “Leaving Neverland” was major damage to Jackson’s music or his And she did. Even before the special coming. estate, which has made an estimated $2 taped, she was subject to fierce criticism “This time is difficult for us because billion since his death. His music has by some who left disparaging comments you know Michael, coming up on the Kylie, youngest been featured in commercials and is the on her social media account. 10th anniversary of his passing and my subject of a Cirque Du Soleil show in Las It could be that Jackson’s fandom is father passed away six months ago,” billionaire Vegas. A play about his life by Pulitzer so pervasive, especially in countries that Marlon Jackson told the AP last week. Reality TV star and make-up Prize-winner Lynn Nottage is due out on don’t follow his personal news closely, “So those things are still there, and you mogul KYLIE JENNER has Broadway next year. And it may not. that the documentary and renewed never get rid of them. You learn to live become the world's youngest After all, Jackson is dead now, which allegations will just make a small dent. with them. And now we’re dealing with means he can’t be charged or put on trial, “For Michael Jackson’s fans, more so something that’s totally different but has self-made billionaire, accord- keeping the story in the headlines for probably outside of America, I don’t no truth to it. There’s no facts at all.” ing to Forbes billionaires' months or years to come. think it will have an effect, because At least one prominent and former- list. And there is Jackson’s nearly unpar- they’ll ride or die with Michael,” Deraney ly devoted fan says he’s been forced to The 21-year-old founded alleled star status — starting out as a said. reconsider. cherub-faced 11-year-old sensation with Robson and Safechuck’s allegations “I’ve spent a lifetime loving MJ,” Los and owns Kylie the Jackson 5, then catapulting into a didn’t emerge until 2013, when they filed Many millennials have only vague has not seen “Leaving Neverland,” told Angeles Times music writer Gerrick D. Cosmetics, the three- global phenomenon with the world’s lawsuits seeking money from Jackson’s knowledge of the Jackson accusations, The Associated Press. “I started this pro- Kennedy wrote after seeing the docu- year-old beauty busi- best-selling album of all time, Thriller, to estate that have since been thrown out and are shocked even by facts that are ject because of my love of the performer mentary’s premiere at the Sundance Film ness that generated his credit and hits adored by multiple and are under appeal. Both men had pre- acknowledged by both sides. that Michael Jackson is and the influence Festival. an estimated $360m generations. viously denied Jackson sexually abused “I’m young enough to have not been that he had on my life as the best per- “Roughly an hour into ‘Leaving “It’s hard to compare someone of them and had been among his fiercest aware of the allegations about Michael former that ever lived. This has nothing Neverland,’ it felt like my chest had caved in sales last year. Michael Jackson’s caliber to anyone defenders when Jackson was alive, but Jackson as they were happening,” 31- to do with anyone’s personal life.” in .... It wasn’t long before I accepted that She reached the else,” said Danny Deraney, a publicist say having their own children and year-old New York Times columnist India. Arie says it was right to speak ‘Leaving Neverland’ would force me — milestone earlier than who often handles crisis management. Jackson’s death led them to confront Jamelle Bouie tweeted while watching out against R. Kelly, who faces new sex- and likely many others who also feel a Facebook founder “I don’t think we’ve seen anything like their truth. the documentary. “It is WILD TO ME ual abuse charges after the Lifetime doc- deep connection to Jackson’s work — to Mark Zuckerberg who it.” Because of the men’s past denials, that anyone thought his behavior around umentary “Surviving R. Kelly” aired see that none of us really knew him. And Still, Oprah Winfrey, with her vast some Jackson fans have dismissed their and constant contact with young boys more than a decade after he was cleared that maybe we’d been avoiding the became a billionaire influence, may have heralded a shift in testimonies as lies, motivated by money. was remotely okay.” of child pornography charges. But truth.” aged 23. public attitudes just by hosting the spe- Some even refused to watch the docu- Some of Jackson’s fellow artists have Jackson’s situation is different, the singer The subjects of the documentary “I didn't expect anything. cial “After Neverland,” in which she inter- mentary. Still, after the film began air- indicated they will not give him and his said. themselves don’t have strong feelings I did not foresee the viewed the documentary’s subjects, ing, there were casual fans who felt gut- influence up easily, and say they can sep- “I think it’s too late for people to be about whether people should give up future. But (the recogni- James Safechuck and Wade Robson. ted by the revelations, with some saying arate the performer from the person. saying ‘mute Michael Jackson,’” Arie told Jackson’s music. “I hope we can get beyond Michael they could not listen to his music the Jason Derulo recently released the the AP. “It’s a chance to reevaluate who you tion) feels really good. Jackson the icon, stop staring into the same way — if at all. first music and videos from a planned “With R. Kelly there’s video,” she want to be your idols,” Safechuck told the That's a nice pat on the sun, and do what is necessary to help our “People have already made the deci- boxed set of EPs that the singer and said, referencing a sex tape that alleged- AP at Sundance. “Because you can back," Kylie said. children and ourselves,” Winfrey said in sion one way or the other,” Deraney said. dancer made in tribute to Jackson. It’s ly shows the singer’s abuse. “With write a song, does that mean you should The number of self-made front of an audience of sexual abuse sur- “I think when a lot of people think of set to be released in its entirety on June Michael Jackson, there’s a lot of specu- be people’s moral compass? ... It’s less women reached 72 for vivors and their supporters. Michael Jackson they already think 25, the 10th anniversary of Jackson’s lation. I don’t know if it’s going to go as about tearing down somebody and She did not directly condemn ‘pedophile,’ whether or not there is any death. far. ... Not because we love him more, I more about an opportunity of who do the first time, up from 56 Jackson. But she praised the film, treat- proof.” “Michael was the sole reason I just think it’s a different situation.” we want to look up to.” a year ago. ed its assertions as truth, and said that “I think what it comes down to,” started singing and dancing, so this was Jackson’s estate, his most ardent fans, “There’s plenty of other amazing she was expecting an earful from Deraney added, “is future generations.” a way for me to give back,” Derulo, who and his family, have no such ambiguity people to fill that role.” —AP LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 sport 15 ENGLAND TOO FAR AWAY FOR SINDHU Olympic Silver medallist suffers shocking first round defeat in All England Championship

PTI n BIRMINGHAM it as a challenge and come back cise returns. stronger." Sindhu tried to put pressure on profligate P V Sindhu was on The women's doubles pair of her rival in the rallies but Sung Ji Wednesday knocked out of Meghana Jakkampudi and remained determined and led 18-14. Athe All England Poorvisha S Ram also fought hard Sindhu continued to struggle Championship by an industrious before losing 21-18, 12-21, 12-21 to with her strokes and buried two of Sung Ji Hyun of Korea in the the Russian combination of her returns into the net, giving Sung women's singles opening round. Ekaterina Bolotova and Alina Ji a lead of 18-14. In men's singles, 2017 Daveltova. Sindhu narrowed the deficit to Singapore Open champion B Sai The opening clash between 17-18 before sending another cross- Praneeth defeated compatriot HS Sindhu and Sung Ji turned out to be court smash wide. Sung Ji grabbed Prannoy 21-19, 21-19 in a pulsat- a thrilling contest. three match points after that. ing contest Sindhu enjoyed a 6-3 lead early However, the Indian produced a Fifth-seeded Sindhu, who was on but Sung Ji drew level, helped by razor sharp cross court return and beaten by Sung Ji twice in last three Sindhu's poor judgement. engaged her rival in the longest rally meetings, lost 16-21, 22-20, 18-21, The Korean kept up the attack of the match to save three points. despite saving as many as eight and entered the first interval with Sung Ji hit the net to give a game match points in the second and Sung Ji will face Hong Kong's a lead of 11-8 after the Indian hit point to the Indian, who sealed it third game. Cheung Ngan Yi in the second the net. with a body smash to roar back into Sindhu went into the opener round. SINDHU WENT INTO Sindhu dominated the rallies the contest. with an overall record of a 8-6 "I think I could have not given THE OPENER WITH AN after the breather and drew parity at In the decider, the duo engaged against Sung Ji but the Korean once her big lead at the starting. It was 11-11 with a cross-court smash. in some good rallies but Sung Ji again again troubled the Indian in the 81- too many points and it was difficult OVERALL RECORD OF However, the Indian struggled had a two-point advantage at the minute thrilling clash which went to cover," Sindhu said A 8-6 AGAINST SUNG JI with her timing and committed too interval after reeling off four straight down to the wire. after the loss. many unforced errors to allow the points. Sindhu showed grit in the clos- "It was my bad BUT THE KOREAN Korean a cushion of 16-14. The Korean kept pushing for- ing moments of the second and luck probably as my ONCE AGAIN Sung Ji continued to gather ward, moving to a 15-9 lead at one third game but also committed too mid court smashes points and clinched four game stage. many unforced errors during the were going to net. I TROUBLED THE INDIAN points. The Korean sealed it without A wide shot broke her run of match. was just hitting out IN THE 81-MINUTE much fuss when Sindhu struck out points but Sindhu committed a ser- The Indian saved three match but overall it was good again. vice error and followed it up with two points at 17-20 in the second game match and she played well. She has THRILLING CLASH After the change of sides, Sindhu more unforced errors to allow Sung to take the match to the decider, good anticipations and there were found the going tough with Sung Ji Ji to lead 18-10. during which she saved five match long rallies. WHICH WENT DOWN grabbing a 11-8 advantage at the Sung Ji soon grabbed as many as points before suffering her fourth "I had trained enough but it was TO THE WIRE break. seven match points with a superb first-round loss at the $ 1 million just not my day. Such matches After the breather, Sindhu man- return near the net. Sindhu did save event. keep happening and I have to take aged to make it 13-13 with some pre- five of them but it just wasn't enough.

India vs England We have depth in fast bowling: Mandhana Live from 11:00am IST STAR SPORTS 1 NETWORK PTI n GUWAHATI in the fast bowling changing in the second department. Jhulan 'di' innings, then we would ndia's Twenty20 skipper has a lot of experience think the decision to ISmriti Mandhana on and it is unfair to expect bowl first was wrong," she Tuesday put her weight a pace bowler to come in said. behind team's new seam her second match and do "Only in bowling, I bowlers, saying they will the same thing Jhulan di thought we gave 10-15 develop into match-win- does for us," Mandhana runs extra, but saying ners with time and expo- told reporters on the eve that I thought 160 was sure. of the second T20 against gettable but none of the While Shikha Pandey England. batters were able to stay put up a reasonable show in "I think looking at on the wicket for a longer the series-opener, giving the pace bowlers, I do not period." away 18 runs in her four- think depth is not there, Mandhana also over quota, Arundhati we just have to give them heaped praise on left- Aus can win WC with Reddy ended up bleeding enough chances and I arm spinner Radha 45 runs as India lost the am sure they will produce Yadav, who had snapped match by 41 runs. match-winning perfor- two wickets in the first Smith and Warner: Warne India is a spin-heavy mances." match. attack but Mandhana said Mandhana said she "Radha has done INDIA AIM TO END AFP n SYDNEY that means is you become that does not mean, there is doesn't regret electing to really well for us in the really fresh," he told Fox no depth in the fast bowl- bowl first in the first T20 format in the past teve Smith and David Sports. ing unit. India had match, despite the year. She is young and she SWarner's year-long exile "You freshen your unleashed the spin-troika of bowlers giving away too gives us more as a batter LOSING STREAK has likely left them hungri- mind up, you become hun- Deepti Sharma, Radha many runs. as well in the middle- er than ever and their gry again and realise how Yadav and Poonam Yadav "I thought the wick- order," said Mandhana, PTI n GUWAHATI old, who is likely to retire from the short- return can spark Australia important cricket is to in the first match of the et was really nice to bat who was awarded the est format before the T20 World Cup in to World Cup glory, Test you." Warne said both series. on and it did not change ICC cricketer of the year desperate Indian women's team would Australia next year, would like to make a great Shane Warne said players would also "have a "I do not think we lack much. If the wicket is recently. Aaim to snap its five-match losing strong statement. on Wednesday. point to prove" when they streak in the second T20 International Veda Krishnamurthy, who made a The star pair's ban eventually pad up again. against England here on Thursday. comeback to the team, looked a pale shad- from state and interna- "That's why I reckon India suffered a crushing 41-run loss ow of herself, struggling to 15 off 25 balls. tional cricket for ball-tam- Australia can win the to England in the first T20 of the three- Eventually, it was left to the lower- pering expires later this World Cup," he said, Tom, Bairstow power Eng to 1-0 lead match series here on Sunday. order to do the job and the likes of Shikha month and they are despite the team's recent The loss, India's fifth in a row in the Pandey (23 not out), Deepti Sharma (22 expected to be rushed back patchy one-day form. AFP n ST LUICA the T20 contest and the shortest format, meant the W V Raman- not out) and Arundhati Reddy (18) did try into the Australian side "They'll walk straight tour on Friday and Sunday. coached side has a lot of work to do before but the asking was too tall. for the defence of their title back in, they'll be hungry. onny Bairstow made the Nicholas Pooran's the T20 World Cup in Australia early next On the bowling front too, India were at the showpiece tourna- They'll be a bit nervous in Jmost of the absence of a pyrotechnic half-century year. not up to the mark with the likes of Deepti, ment in England this year. the first few games but few specialists with a blis- had lifted the West Indies India lost all their T20s in New Arundhati and Radha Yadav leaking Both players have that'll be good for them, tering early assault to set to a respectable total as the Zealand after winning the ODI series and runs. recently undergone elbow they'll be excited and I England on the way to a hosts suffered early set- things seems to be heading in a similar Medium pacer Shikha Pandey (1/18) surgery and the great would expect them to play four-wicket victory over backs, including big-hit- direction against England. and leg-spinner Poonam Yadav (0/18) unknown is how they will as good as they always the West Indies in the first ting opener Chris Gayle, Chasing England's competitive 160 for were economical but they would need sup- perform back on the world have." day/night T20 internation- after being put in. four in the series opener, Indian batters port from their colleagues to keep England stage, particularly in what Newly-appointed assis- al of a three-match series at He was one of two cut a sorry figure to be restricted to 119 batters at bay. is sure to be a hostile tant Australia coach Ricky the Darren Sammy wickets to fall to Chris for six. On the other hand, Tammy Beaumont atmosphere in England. Ponting echoed similar Stadium in St Lucia on Jordan, the Barbados-born After England had put on a compet- (62 off 57), skipper Heather Knight (40 off But Warne has no sentiments recently. Tuesday. all-rounder also removing itive total, the onus was on India's top- 20) and Danielle Wyatt (35) looked in doubt they will be as good Both players are Replying to the home Darren Bravo (28) via a order to do the job but the quartet of great touch as England produced an all- as ever, benefiting from the expected to feature at the team's total of 161 for eight, spectacular diving effort Harleen Deol, skipper Smriti Mandhana, round effort to get the better of the home break rather than their upcoming Indian Premier Bairstow led the charge at off his own bowling to Jemimah Rodrigues and veteran Mithali team in the first T20. skills being blunted. League as they tune-up the top of the order with his break a 64-run fourth- Raj failed to live to the expectations, seri- He is talking from for the World Cup. best T20I score of 68 off 40 wicket stand with Pooran. ously hurting the team's cause. SQUADS experience. Smith only returned balls with two sixes and Tom Curran was The absence of a power-hitter like India: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Warne was suspended to the nets last week from nine fours. His entertaining England's top wicket-taker Harmanpreet Kaur in the run chase was Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti in 2003 for a year after test- surgery in January after innings ended in the 12th though with four for 36. He felt immensely. The regular T20 captain Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wicketkeeper), ing positive to banned being forced to drop out of over via a catch on the dismissed makeshift open- is nursing an injury. Bharti Fulmali, Anuja Patil, Shikha diuretic drugs. the Bangladesh Premier boundary by Carlos er Shai Hope and then It was a rare failure from Mandhana, Pandey, Komal Zanzad, Arundhati Many wrote him off, League Twenty20 tourna- Brathwaite off spinner Shimron Hetmyer before that too, on her captaincy debut consid- Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, but the leg-spinning legend ment with a ligament prob- Ashley Nurse. returning to york the ram- ering the fact that she has been sublime Radha Yadav, Veda Krishnamurty, quickly bounced back and lem. Joe Denly (30) and pant Pooran in the 18th form off late, plundering runs at will which Harleen Deol. enjoyed several more years Warner's injury, sus- Sam Billings appeared to over. earned her the ICC Woman Cricketer of England: Tammy Beaumont, Katherine playing at the highest level tained at the same event, have finished the job with Pooran smashed four the Year award. Brunt, Kate Cross, Sophia Dunkley with the Australian team. was less serious and he a 50-run fifth-wicket stand. seven balls to spare. for 29. sixes and three fours in get- In Kaur's absence, ODI captain Brown, Freya Davies, Georgia Elwiss, "Sometimes having an could play his first game However both were dis- Left-arm pacer England will defend ting to 58 off 37 deliveries Mithali was expected to play a bigger role Amy Ellen Jones, Heather Knight(c), enforced lay off — like since then for his club side missed with victory in sight Sheldon Cottrell was the the early advantage when to underline his value in the in the three T20s but she failed to seize the Laura Marsh, Natalie Sciver, Anya I'm used to, I had 12 Randwick-Petersham this although the target was Caribbean team's most suc- the series heads to St Kitts shortest form of the inter- opportunity scoring just 7. Shrubsole, Linsey Smith, Lauren months off myself — what weekend. still easily attained with cessful bowler with three for the final two matches of national game. And come on Thursday, the 36-year- Winfield, Danielle Wyatt, Alex Hartley. World Cup is still a long way off: Shankar on selection chances

PTI n NAGPUR World Cup thing because it's a long calm and neutral all the time." need to hit the right length on this way off from now. Every game is SHANKAR SAID THE "I was just ready for the chal- wicket, where I give myself a chance match-winning performance very important. I just look to give TOUGH FINAL OF THE lenge because I knew I had to bowl to hit the stumps. Aagainst Australia in the second my best and win a game for the that one over. And I was just telling "When he said that, I was clear ODI has boosted his chances of team," said the Tamil Nadu all- NIDAHAS TROPHY IN (myself) after the 43rd-44th over, I mentally that the only way to defend securing a World Cup spot but India rounder. SRI LANKA LAST YEAR am going to bowl anytime. Maybe those runs is by picking wickets and all-rounder Vijay Shankar insists he Shankar said the tough final of WHEN HE STRUGGLED the last over and I should be ready if I can bowl straighter, (I'll) give is not losing sleep over his selection. the Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka last to defend a total of 10 runs or 15 myself a chance to take wickets," he Captain Virat Kohli handed year when he struggled to rotate TO ROTATE STRIKE WAS runs. So, I was mentally prepared for said adding that he only bowled the the ball to Shankar when Australia strike was a big learning curve for A BIG LEARNING CURVE that." last over for his club side before this. needed 11 runs from the last over him and it helped him in pressure The young all-rounder said Shankar said he would not and India required two wickets for situation today. FOR HIM AND IT experienced Jasprit Bumrah also over-react after taking match-win- a win. Shankar dismissed Marcus "To be honest the Nidahas HELPED HIM IN guided him while approaching the ning wickets but is glad that he Stoinis and Adam Zampa in three Trophy has taught me too many final over. could help the team win. balls, delivering when it mattered. things. Actually, I learnt to how to PRESSURE SITUATION "After the 48th over, Bumrah "Just because I got the two "I've said previously also that I stay neutral after that. Be it high or TODAY came up to me and said the ball is wickets in the last over does not never think about the selection or low, it doesn't matter. I need to stay reversing a bit. He told me that I make me feel really high or happy." LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | MARCH 7, 2019 sport 16

"The week has been hard for us. We SPURS FLY INTO have practically said goodbye to the league, the cup and today was like a final in the QUARTERS Champions League." —NACHO

"I've never felt as sick as this, I don't know how to explain it." —DANI CARVAJAL

"We always believed we had a chance, and we had 4,000 fans here who believed as well. Over the two matches we definitely deserve to progress to the next round." —ERICK TEN HAG (AJAX COACH)

"We are sad. We are hurt. We gave our best but it wasn't enough. All we can do is come back tomorrow and keep working hard. The season continues and we have to keep playing." —SANTIAGO SOLARI (REAL MADRID COACH) AFP n DORTMUND Pochettino given VINICIUS TEARS arry Kane fired Tottenham ANKLE LIGAMENTS HHotspur into the two-match ban Champions League quarter- LONDON: Tottenham manager REAL MADRID: Real Madrid have con- finals as his winning goal at SETBACK & Mauricio Pochettino was on firmed Vinicius Junior has rup- Borussia Dortmund in Wednesday handed a two-match tured ligaments in his right ankle, Tuesday's return leg sealed a 1- touchline ban and fined $ 13,000 with the striker expected out for 0 victory to wrap up a 4-0 aggre- by the Football Association around two months. gate success. following an angry clash with a Vinicius left the field in tears On Monday, Spurs coach referee. REBIRTH OF AJAX after sustaining the injury in the Mauricio Pochettino had The Argentine, was sanctioned first half of Madrid's 4-1 defeat. demanded they "finish the job" over the incident involving referee A Real Madrid statement on after beating the Bundesliga Mike Dean after last month's 2-1 Wednesday read: "Vinicius has leaders 3-0 in the first leg at Premier League loss at Burnley. been diagnosed with a ligament Wembley. It means he will have to sit in the Ajax dump Champions League holders out of the competition for first rupture of the right ankle." His Spurs side delivered, stands when Spurs visit his The club did not include a soaking up everything former club Southampton on timeframe for recovery but reports Dortmund threw at them in a Saturday and also for the league time since 2014-15 after beating Madrid 4-1 at Santiago Bernabeu in the Spanish press suggested one-sided first half before game against Liverpool on March Vinicius, who has enjoyed an Kane's goal just after the break 31. AFP n MADRID "I did not come to the club in yards and instead Ajax took control. impressive debut season, could be killed off the hosts' spirited "Mauricio Pochettino has been such a difficult moment to give up," Toni Kroos, poor all night, was sidelined for two months. challenge. fined and will serve a two-match antiago Solari vowed to fight on Solari said afterwards. caught in possession from a throw- The injury will likely mean "It's always difficult in these touchline ban following an but the reign of Real Madrid in He could have in and Tadic Vinicius is unable to play for type of games, you don't know Independent Regulatory SEurope is over and their season few complaints. skipped free Brazil against Panama and the whether to defend or attack," Commission hearing," said a effectively is too after they were Ajax were hard- down the right. Czech Republic later this month, said Kane, who singled out statement from the FA. stunned by a 4-1 defeat at home to done-by in the 2-1 He pulled back after he had received his first Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris "The Tottenham manager Ajax on Tuesday. first-leg defeat and for Ziyech, who call-up to the national squad. for praise after a string of key accepted an improper conduct In seven days, Madrid have dominant at the guided it with his It could also mean the 18-year- saves. charge from the FA, which been knocked out of the Copa del Santiago Bernabeu, left foot into the old misses the rest of the campaign "They had a few moments. resulted from his language and/or Rey, La Liga's title race and now the their scintillating vic- far corner. for Madrid, although they have lit- In that first half we needed behaviour — both on the pitch last 16 of the Champions League, tory confirming a 5-3 Ajax were bounc- tle to play for after their shock everyone, defenders blocking it, and in or around the tunnel area the competition they had come win on aggregate and ing as Neres baffled Champions League exit followed Hugo saving it, that's what — at the end of the game against to believe was their own. a place in the quarter- Carvajal with a pirouette defeats to Barcelona in the Copa Champions League is about — Burnley on February 23." They had won it three times finals. On this evidence, in the corner and then del Rey and La Liga. AFP you need everybody." Pochettino, whose side have in a row, four times in the last they can go further. Tadic did the same, spinning This is the first time slipped out of the title picture five years, while the last Hakim Ziyech and around Casemiro in midfield shot into the top corner. Tottenham are in the last eight after dropping eight points in time Madrid failed to reach David Neres put them before teeing up the second. Neres The cheers stopped as referee of the Champions League since their past three matches, the quarter-finals was 2010, in two up at half-time and rounded Thibaut Courtois and Felix Brych waited for VAR, with the 2010/11 when they bowed out apologised to Dean after the Cristiano Ronaldo's first year at the the excellent Dusan Tadic made chipped the ball home. ball seemingly out for a throw 5-0 on aggregate to Real incident, saying he would accept club. it three before Marco Asensio Vazquez and Vinicius Junior before Noussair Mazraoui slid to Madrid. the charge. AFP Ronaldo rescued them last sea- gave Madrid hope. It lasted two both left the field injured and in keep it in. The camera angle was Needing to score at least son in the quarter-finals and then minutes, as Lasse Schone sent a tears, the latter after an electric run unclear and the goal stood. three goals, Dortmund packed tre-backs, as he latched onto Gareth Bale won them the trophy, bending free-kick into the top cor- forward. Bale came on, with Madrid needed three in 24 min- their line-up with forwards as Moussa Sissoko's pass and but the former is gone and the lat- ner before Nacho was sent off in Asensio, and raced down the left but utes and then two in 20, as Asensio Mario Goetze, Marco Reus and curled his shot past Dortmund ter started on the bench here, injury-time. his finish from the angle clipped the swept in Sergio Reguilon's cross to Paco Alcacer — who have goalkeeper Roman Burki. dropped again by Solari. Bale was on after 29 minutes for post. give them hope. Erik ten Hag was scored 30 goals between them The video assistant referee Solari oversaw an improvement the injured Lucas Vazquez but hit The fans whistled at half-time seconds from bringing Schone off — all started together for the confirmed Kane was on-side after Julen Lopetegui was sacked in the post and then missed two good and Madrid were no better after, cre- but instead, his midfielder bent a first time this season. and his goal on 49 minutes sub- November but his team, 12 points chances. Sergio Ramos was in the ating chances but lacking composure free-kick into Courtois' top corner. Dortmund flew out of the dued the crowd at Signal Iduna behind Barcelona in La Liga, have stands, having earned a deliberate and control. Karim Benzema shim- Frenkie de Jong put his first foot traps, pounding the Spurs Park who had hoped for a mir- watched their season unravel in a booking to clear a ban, believing this mied past Ziyech but curled wide, wrong in the 84th minute, gifting defence with 10 attempts in the acle. week. tie was already won. only for Ajax to add a sumptuous, Luka Modric the ball in the area but first half alone, restricting the With the tempo having Madrid president Florentino albeit controversial, third. Benzema slipped and the chance Londoners to a single Son dropped, Spurs' Pochettino Perez is now faced with deciding MASTERFUL TADIC They worked it from right to left went begging. Nacho was sent off for Heung-min effort, and enjoying brought on Eric Dier, back from whether it is worth keeping his Raphael Varane might have fin- and then inside again, where Donny a clash with Van de Beek and 70 percent possession. injury, to beef up the midfield coach until the end of the season, let ished it within five minutes but van de Beek shifted a last pass to Madrid were in tatters. "We have showed that we in place of Harry Winks for the alone beyond the summer. headed onto the crossbar from six Tadic, who whipped a sizzling have the quality, we can build on final 35 minutes. the first-half performance, but Spurs seemed content to we need to score goals," said absorb Dortmund's attacks Dortmund captain Reus. while countering on the few Neeraj eyes consistency The Germans harassed opportunities they had. Vijender's US debut set for April 12 Spurs at every opportunity and In a bid to boost flagging had two clear chances in the confidence, Dortmund head before 90m push opening 25 minutes as Alcacer coach Lucien Favre brought on PTI n NEW DELHI Roach has been mentor to 36 fired just over, while Lloris Chelsea-bound Christian Pulisic world champions including the snaffled a stinging Reus shot at and Danish forward Jacob ndian boxing star Vijender Singh likes of Tyson, eight-division world the second attempt. Bruun Larsen for the final half said from Potcheftsroom, South Africa Iwill make his debut in the champion Manny Pacquiao, five- Tottenham's first real an hour. wher he is training right now. American professional circuit on time and four-division world chance came with half an hour With Reus tiring, unsurpris- "But I don't put any pressure on April 12 against a yet-to-be-decid- champion Miguel Cotto and mul- gone when Son got in behind ingly after four weeks out with myself that I will have to cross 90m. ed opponent and is currently train- tiple world champion Oscar de La his marker Marius Wolf and a thigh injury, Thomas Delaney Every time I go to a competition, I just ing under Hall of Famer Freddie Hoya. He has also trained former fired wide with the goal at his came on for the Dortmund think of doing my best." Roach, who shaped the likes of junior welterweight champion mercy. skipper with 17 minutes left. The dashing six-footer is current- Manny Pacquiao and Mike Tyson. Amir Khan. Lloris then pulled off two Sissoko attempted to win a ly training at the North West Vijender, unbeaten in his 10- Vijender's April 12 bout will saves at point-blank range late penalty and Kane put the University campus in Potcheftsroom. bout pro career, will make his US stream live in the United States. before palming Goetze's shot ball into Dortmund's net but He has been there since January 12 and debut at Staples Center on THE "I am thrilled to start my train- over the bar shortly before the was flagged for offside as the will train till the end of this month. Vasiliy Lomachenko-Anthony ing under such a legendary figure break. game petered out and home fans He is set to be exempted from the Crolla undercard. It will be an in world boxing," Vijender said. started slipping away. March 15-18 Federation Cup National eight-round contest and his oppo- International Boxing Hall of Fame "Professional boxing in United KANE LANDS FATAL BLOW While Spurs go marching Championship in Patiala, which will nent will be announced later. (IBHOF) inductee, his India pro- States is of the highest level, and I Having defended doggedly, into the last eight, Dortmund serve as the selection trial for the Asian The 33-year-old Vijender moters IOS Boxing Promotions believe Freddie is the right guy to Spurs took the lead when Kane can focus on trying to prevent Championships in Doha (April 19-24). recently relocated his training base said in a press release. bring the best out of me. I look for- scored with his first chance Bayern Munich winning a sev- "It was a very satisfying last sea- to Los Angles where he is training In his 32 years as a trainer, ward to showing the boxing fans a and only his team's second of enth straight Bundesliga title son, I won Gold in two major multi- at the 'The Wild Card Boxing Roach is widely regarded as one of new and improved Vijender Singh," the game. with just goal difference cur- sporting events and then improved my Club' under Roach, a 2012 the best boxing coaches of all time. he added. His run split the hosts' cen- rently separating the sides. national record. This year is very cru- cial, there is the Asian Championships and the World Championships (September 28 to October 6), not to forget the Diamond League series Manpreet to lead young India in Azlan Shah events," Neeraj said. "Obviously, I want to do better this year than last year. A better perfor- PTI n NEW DELHI miss the services of experienced India's forwardline consists of mance this season will boost my con- forwards SV Sunil, Akashdeep Mandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh, PTI n NEW DELHI fidence going into the Olympic year ndia on Wednesday named a rel- Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Lalit Gurjant Singh, Shilanand Lakra (next year). I could not do well in the Iatively young 18-member team to Upadhyay, besides defenders and Sumit Kumar. he 90m mark is mentioned every- World Championships in 2017 and be led by midfielder Manpreet Rupinder Pal Singh, Harmanpreet "It is unfortunate that we will Ttime Neeraj Chopra picks up the this time I would like to make amends Singh for the 28th Sultan Azlan Singh as well as midfielder be missing some key players for the javelin that has pierced through many of that poor show," he added. Shah Cup after several key players Chinglensana Singh, who all were 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019 a records but the Indian star says he Neeraj had failed to qualify for the were ruled out of the prestigious sidelined due to injuries. due to injury," said HI's High wants to steer clear of the pressure of final round in the 2017 London hockey tournament due to injuries. Two junior players Vishal Antil Performance Director David John. getting there and first achieve consis- World Championships. He could not Manpreet will be assisted by a new and Pardeep Singh also missed the "It is a relatively young side but tency in hitting 87-88m this year. clear the automatic qualification mark deputy in defender Surender cut owing to injuries. each of these players have tremen- A record-breaking year behind of 83m with 82.26m being the best in Kumar in this year's Azlan Shah According to a statement from dous potential and have a good him, star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj the three throws in the preliminary Cup to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia Hockey India, all the injured play- amount of international exposure. Chopra aims to break new grounds in round. from March 23 to 30. ers will continue their rehabilitation It is important to see how they fair this "crucial" season leading up to the The likes of world number 3 Apart from India and hosts at the Sports Authority of India in Malaysia as it will show the Olympic Games next year. Magnus Kirt of Estonia (personal best Malaysia, the other participating South Centre in Bengaluru. depth we possess in the core group "Last year, it was 85-86m I was 89.75m) and World Championships nations are Canada, Korea, South The 18-member team will The backline will be spear- Varun Kumar and Amit Rohidas. ahead of the Olympic Qualification consistent at and this year I want to be Silver-medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Africa, Asian Games Gold medal- have experienced PR Sreejesh headed by vice-captain Surender in Skipper Manpreet will man the events this year," added John, who consistent at around 87-88m and if Czech Republic (personal best list Japan. under the goal post while Krishan the company of Gurinder Singh, midfield alongside young guns is currently in charge of the team possible 90m. I will be happy if I do 89.73m) are currently training at the India, which starts its campaign B Pathak will be the second custo- Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh Vivek Sagar Prasad, Hardik Singh, in the absence of a full-time chief that. Consistency is the key,"Neeraj same facility. against Japan on March 23, will dian. Khadangbam and dragflick duo of Sumit and Nilakanta Sharma. coach.