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)) $*+ *,-. Kumar Gangwar, Sripad Yaso cycle, was made Minister of and the US, Jaishankar who the Ministers in the Modi-1 Naik, Jitender Singh, Kiren State (MOS). He was cheered joined Indian Foreign Service were repeated in the Modi-2, residing over the biggest Rijiju, Mansukh Mandavia, by BJP leaders as he rose to take in 1977, had played a key role the notable miss were Maneka Pelectoral victory for the BJP Arjun Ram Meghwal, Krishan his turn at the dais. during Indo-US nuclear deal Gandhi, Rajyavardhan since its birth in 1980, Pal Gurjar, Sanjeev Kumar With an exception of recently at the time of Doklam Rathore, Suresh Prabhu. Narendra Damodardas Modi Balyan, Purshottam Rupala, Jaishankar, there was not any crisis vis-à-vis China. Maneka, an eight-time MP, on Thursday took oath as Ramdas Athavale and Babul other unusual entry into the A sour note in the forma- however, is tipped to be inter- Prime Minister for the second Supriyo were among the Council of Ministers. It was tion of the Council of Minister im Speaker for the 17th Lok time in a grand ceremony at Ministers of State in the previ- almost a repeat of the 2014 pro- was stuck by the NDA ally from Sabha. Radha Mohan Singh, the forecourt of Rashtrapati ous Government, who have file with six new faces in the Bihar JD(U) which did not join Agriculture Minister in the Bhawan. been retained in the new Cabinet. the Cabinet as the BJP did not previous regime, and party Rajnath Singh was the first Government. In a ceremony that lasted agree to their demand for three general secretary Rajiv Pratap person after Modi to take oath Smiriti Irani, the giant two hours, 57 Ministers, portfolios and was willing to Rudy, did not get a berth this as a Cabinet Minister, followed slayer who defeated Congress besides the PM, took oath. offer only one. time. by BJP chief Amit Shah. president Rahul Gandhi in Electorally most important While Ramvilas's LJP with Leaders of BIMSTEC Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Amethi — pocket borough of State of UP where BJP won 64 six LS seat is represented with countries, including Nirmala Sitharaman and the Gandhi family for 42 LS seats is represented by one berth, the JD(U) wanted Bangaldesh, Sri Lanka, Prakash Javadekar were among years— was greeted with loud among others by Irani and more honours for its 17 LS seats Mayanmar, Thailand, Bhutan, the 36 Ministers who were cheer when she walked up to Sanjev Balyan. from Bihar. Paswan representes former Prime Minister sworn in for a second term, the dais to take oath as a The Cabinet formation has the LJP in the Cabinet. Manmohan Singh, Congress while 20 MPs took oath of Cabinet Minister. taken stock of coming Another NDA ally Aapna president Rahul Gandhi, Sonia office as Ministers for the first Shah’s entry to the Cabinet Assembly elections in Dal and its leader Annupriya Gandhi and host of high pro- time. marked the end of his highly Maharashtra, Haryana and Patel did not get a place in the file businessmen and artists Besides the Prime Minister, successful innings as the BJP Jharkhand. Maharashtra has Government though Patel from Mumbai film industry 24 Cabinet Ministers were president. Given his closeness seven Ministers, while Haryana attended the swearing-in cer- attended the oath ceremony. sworn in, nine took oath as to the Prime Minister, Shah is has four ministerial represen- emony. Around 8,000 invitees esti- Ministers of State (Independent expected to be saddled with tation. Former Union Minister JP mated to have attended the charge) and 24 others as one of the most important Induction of Jaishankar, a Nadda, seen as a front runner swearing-in of Modi after his Ministers of State. Cabinet portfolios. former career diplomat who for the post of BJP president resounding victory which took Modi sprung a big surprise Pratap Chandra Sarangi, served as the Foreign Secretary replacing Shah, was apparent- BJP past 300 figure with by inducting former Foreign known as the poorest MP who from January 2015 to January ly not in the list of Ministers for National Democratic Alliance Secretary Subrahmanyam won his election from Odisha 2018, has caught many with the same reason. (NDA) standing at stupendous Jaishankar in the Cabinet. (Balasore) campaigning on his surprise. Ambassador to China Though a large number of 350 mark. Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, who attended the glit- tering ceremony, seemed to have opted out like her party leader Arun Jaitley, on health grounds. Ram Vilas Paswan, DV Sadananda Gowda, Narendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Harsh Vardhan, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi were among those who got a second chance in the Modi Government. Giriraj Singh, Raj Kumar Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Gajendra ! Singh Shekhawat, Santosh % & &
) '$ -. three times at different period Munda, did his schooling from of times. a local school and later com- he BJP’s tribal face in According to BJP sources, pleted his diploma in Sociology TJharkhand, Arjun Munda, Munda is likely to be given from Indira Gandhi Open took oath as a minister in plum portfolio in Modi’s University. He is married to Prime Minister Narendra Cabinet. In Modi’s first tenure, Meera Munda and the couple Modi’s Cabinet at a function Jharkhand had two represen- has three sons. held at a glittering ceremony at tations—Jayant Sinha and Chief Minister Raghubar the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Sudarshan Bhagat, but both of Das along with State Cabinet Bhavan in New Delhi on them were ministers of state in ministers attended the cere- Thursday. Munda is lone min- the government. mony. Das congratulated ister from State to be inducted Sources said that by mak- Narendra Modi for becoming in Modi’s Cabinet. ing Munda as cabinet minister, Prime Minister for second con- The three times chief min- the Saffron party aims at pleas- secutive term. Das also con- ister Arjun Munda defeated ing tribal community who were gratulated Munda on his inclu- Congress candidate Kalicharan ', upset with BJP government sion in Modi’s Cabinet. Munda from Khunti with a interference in Chottanagpur Sources said that over hun- slender margin of 1145 votes. and Santhal Pargana Tenancy dred people from Jharkhand Munda began his political # Act (CNT/SPT) Act. There attended the ceremony includ- career in the 1980s as a teenag- were agitations too against the ing Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha er with the Jharkhand move- Marandi’s government. As a state government’s proposed MPs, CM and State ministers, ment, headed by the Jharkhand minister in Marandi’s Cabinet amendments to age-old land State BJP president Laxman Mukti Morcha. In 1995 Munda he took some excellent work laws, the CNT, SPT acts. Gilua, Organisational Secretary was elected to the Bihar State and took some ground break- The tribal resentment was Dharmpal, seven vice presi- Assembly from Kharswan. In ing decisions. In 2003, when visible in Khunti from where dents, three general secretaries, 2000 he retained the seat and non-BJP MLAs called for Munda contested the election seven spokespersons, 14 Lok won the 2005 election too. Marandi’s replacement, Munda as in rural areas voters were Sabha in-charges, 14 Lok Sabha In 2000 when separate who was strong tribal leader aggressively against the BJP on Vistaraks, all district presi- State Jharkhand was carved out was made the Chief Minister of the issue of Pathalgadi and dents of the party and chair- from Bihar, Munda was made Jharkhand. After 2003, Munda interference in CNT/SPT Act. persons of boards, corpora- Cabinet minister in Babulal had occupied the CM post for Born in Jamshedpur, tions. ! " ## R %& !" '( '# # " # ) *+ K Chandrasekhar Rao and $*+ *,-. party has been hijacked by DMK chief MK Stalin were the two leaders from Gujarat. Since ! special guests. fter five years of hard Nadda is a Brahmin, it will also " -/ * '0' Jagan took the oath in Aorganisational work during help BJP reach out to upper ##% Telugu amid thunderous cheers which he transformed the BJP castes. SRCP chief Yeduguri by scores of party leaders and into a political behemoth, Amit Nadda is known for his YSandinti Jaganmohan workers. Shah is all set to leave the party’s proximity with the party top " Reddy, popularly known as YS Jagan's mother YS president post, creating a void leadership, which had entrust- Jagan, who led his party to a Vijayamma, his wife Bharati, which not many within the BJP ed him with the challenging # landslide victory in recent sister Sharmila and other mem- can easily fill up. However, JP task of overseeing party's Uttar Assembly polls, took oath as bers of the family were specially Nadda, Health Minister in the Pradesh performance in the the second Chief Minister of seated on the dais. NDA I, has emerged as front tenant of Prime Minister recent Lok Sabha polls. & Andhra Pradesh post its bifur- Jagan reached the stadium runner for the post. Narendra Modi and Amit The new BJP chief will cation, at a grand public func- and went around the galleries The name of Dharmendra Shah, Nadda also enjoys sup- straight away face the challenge '( $% tion in Municipal Stadium in in an open-top jeep to greet Pradhan was also doing the port from the RSS. of leading the party to victory % Vijayawada on Thursday. thousands of people who came rounds as Shah's replacement, A Rajya Sabha member, in State Assembly elections of & ' Jagan (46), was adminis- to witness the event. but after he took oath as a fifty-nine-year-old Nadda is Maharashtra, Jharkhand and tered the oath of office and Only Jagan took oath on Cabinet Minister decks seemed Parliamentary Board Secretary Haryana in September and L M secrecy by Governor ESL Thursday and his Council of "#$ "#% & to be clear for Nadda's coro- of the BJP. His elevation as also deal with the instability Narasimhan. Ministers is expected to be ' ( )#* nation as the party president. In party president will help BJP faced by the Congress-JD(S) Telangana Chief Minister sworn in on June 7. ! ( # +, ! addition to be a trusted lieu- ward off criticism that the regime in Karnataka. !
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034' 3 of the airport on 25 August 2018. But, due to several hur- nauthorised slum adjacent dles and political tug of war the Uof Bokaro airport bound- expansion activity got delayed. ary wall has put a halt on the Expressing deep concern expansion and development over the delay in completion of work of the airport. work the Airport Authority of People residing in the slum India (AAI) Manager Simerdeep surrounding the airport have Singh requested Bokaro Deputy broken the newly constructed Commissioner for earliest boundary wall three times ear- removal of encroachments sur- lier and now they have made a rounding to the airport. big hole in the wall to use the “Earlier in a meeting, we inside area for open defecation, have also discussed the issue said a contract worker engaged with the state secretary,” he in expansion work. added. The city was scheduled to The encroachment should be connected from Kolkata have been removed earlier but and Patna airports from 25 it could not be done, he said. December 2018, under the Over 400 houses (huts) along Regional Connectivity Scheme with Khatals are at this unau- (RCS). Chief Minister thorised slum in Sector XII of Raghubar Das had laid the the Bokaro Steel City’s town- foundation stone for expansion ship area. DB?? / '$ -. (
50- year old man commit- Ated suicide by slitting his neck at Pungi Village under #' -+' Mandar Police Station in Ranchi District. roperty worth 5 lakh were Mandar Police Station Preduced to ashes when two Incharge, Rana Jungbahadur houses of were gutted in a mys- Singh informed that Jagdish terious fire incident in Kudrum Gope resident of Pungi Village village in Ranka police station under Mandar Police Station in of the district, late on Ranchi District committed sui- Wednesday night. cide between intervening night According to victim of Wednesday and Thursday Ramlal Sao at around 8: 00 PM, when the entire family was smoke appeared from the back sleeping. “On Wednesday night of the house. The fire spread Gope went to bed with his son due to strong winds and took Pratim Gope (age 17 year) another home in its grip. After outside his home. At midnight raising alarm large number of he woke up and went inside villagers gathered and tried to home for sleeping,” he added. douse the flames with mud and “When all the family mem- water. After making a lot of bers were sleeping, Jagdish effort to overcome the fire Gope slit his neck with a sharp with the efforts of villagers, half edged tool and then after some of the house was saved from time he started crying due to burning. pain. Hearing cries of his father But the house of two peo- Pratim woke up and gathered ple was completely burnt to some other family members ashes. Victim Ramlal Sao and neighbours. Pratim found lodged a named FIR against that Jagdish was breathing then four people Pradeep Saw, they admitted him into refer- Pankaj Saw, Hari Saw and ral hospital but the doctors Prabha Devi with Ranka police claimed him dead,” said Singh. station.
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', India electronic trading portal through online. & 0 & which networks the existing As Jharkhand has no big '$ -. 1 Agricultural Produce Market agriculture market like Punjab, Committee mandis to create a Haryana, Maharasthra and n order to curb the rising crime in the State '$ -. “He is mass leader and leader requesting anonymity. unified national market for Andhra Pradesh the farmers of Icapital, 50 motor bikes have been included in people have undying faith in Meanwhile, BJP workers agricultural commodities. state for sell of their agriculture the Ranchi police bike squad on Thursday as election of three-time Chief him. After end of era for and officials celebrated the Director, Agriculture, produce resulting in selling Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Private SMinister Arjun Munda and Babulal Marandi, Munda Ji is swearing in ceremony of PM Manjunath Bhajantri, said, their produce at throwaway Limited (HMSI) began its second community senior BJP leader in the Union the most respected leader in the Narendra Modi and his Cabinet “This is for the second time prices as farmers have no cor- police initiative with Ranchi Police – its second Cabinet may prove a shot in the State among the tribal com- ministers by distributing sweets that State Government is going rect information of market. such social initiative to give speed to policing !( '+< ##' ( arm for State BJP unit battling munities. He easily connects and bursting crackers. During to provide cash incentive of Rs An agriculture department in the State after Jamshedpur. =6 9& : tribal’s resentment over with the masses and under- the celebrations the BJP cadres 2000 to farmers for purchasing official requesting anonymity A special motorcycle handover rally was held * ># Government policies. The senior stands their pains and prob- and party’s youth wing members smart phone. Earlier, the State said, “Smartphone and its here on Thursday attended by Deputy Inspector + leader, considered a tribal icon lems. Moreover, he always said that they will achieve the tar- Government had provided Rs applications have come with General (DIG), Homkar Amol Venukant, Senior is known for his acumen in han- keeps cool even in difficult cir- get of winning over 60 seats in 2000 as cash incentive to great innovations. The appli- Superintendent of Police (SSP), Anish Gupta, community policing initiative which is a big step dling tribal politics in the State. cumstances,” said a senior BJP the Assembly elections this year. around 20,000 farmers for pur- cation have been developed to along with Director, General and Corporate towards ensuring safety for the city’s citizens. The After days of speculations chasing mobile.” “This time we help farmers reduce stress, Affairs, HMSI, Harbhajan Singh and other senior Mobile Tigers of Ranchi Police will now provide about the names and number have targeted to provide the acquire relevant information dignitaries from the State Government and immediate rescue and response to any emer- of MPs going to be inducted in 2 , 0( !" benefits to around 70,000 on good agriculture practices, Ranchi Police. gency powered by 50 specially equipped LIVO the Narendra Modi govern- farmers, however, in due weather, quality inputs, mar- Addressing the gathering on the occasion motorcycles of Honda.” ment, Munda took oath as a course all the farmers who are kets tendency and other infor- Venukant said, “It is our best effort that we can Informing about CSR programme Honda Union Minister in the second Ranchi: State BJP Spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo said on registered with eNAM will get mation relating to agriculture. give a responsive policing and new resources will Two Wheeler, Singh said, “For Honda, safety term of Modi led government. Thursday that with the swearing in of PM Narendra Modi mak- the benefits,” added Bhajantri. If a farmer has smart phone help to maintain law and order.” always comes first. Through our dedicated CSR The leader is the only MP from ing of a new India has begun. He said that the beginning of mak- Last year, Chief Minister than he or she can get updat- Addressing the gathering on the occasion initiatives, Honda is already contributing to mak- Jharkhand to be inducted in the ing a stringer India has begun, whose foundation was laid by Raghubar Das at an agriculture ed with markets, weather and Singh said, “Fulfilling its corporate social ing Indians safer on roads, be it through our sup- new Central government. PM Modi five years ago. In the leadership of PM Modi new sagas summit had announced that other features through eNAM.” responsibility, Honda Two Wheelers India is now port to law enforcement agencies or even According to State BJP of development will be written in the country and the borders State Government would pro- Prior to Jharkhand many providing Mobile Tigers – the Beat Patrolling through our education based road safety pro- leaders more than Munda’s of the nation will be in safe hands, he added. vide smart phone to 28 lakh states have distributed smart Team (BPT) of Ranchi Police its LIVO motor- grams. Prior to the latest association with Ranchi contribution to the State as a Congratulating Arjun Munda for taking oath as a Cabinet farmers and a separate electric phones to farmers. The Odisha cycle for patrolling. These motorcycles have been Police, Honda has already powered the quick Union Minister in the near Minister , Shahdeo said that Jharkhand has got representation feeder for them for agriculture Government too has provided powered with modern policing features like response team of Maharashtra (Pune Police), future, his efforts to win over in the Central Cabinet. He said that in the lines of the Central purpose by 2019/2021. The Android Smart phones to revolving flashers and blinkers, public Jharkhand (Jamshedpur Police) and Haryana the tribal population and gain government, Raghubar government has also made development move will help the farmers farmers. As many as 2,000 announcement system, sirens, flash lights, two (Gurgaon Police) with 300 LIVO motorcycles their confidence will help the as the centre of its work and connected backward regions like know about the market rates farmers of each district were Honda safety helmets per motorcycle and for faster patrolling and crime prevention. State BJP unit in the Assembly Santhal Pargana and Kolhan from mainstream of development. and other information relating provided with smart phones for cruiser side box.” Expanding this commitment, Honda will fur- elections scheduled to be held Apart from Modi magic these were also the reasons of BJP’s huge to agriculture. which the State Government “As a responsible corporate we are delight- ther expand this drive to more States in the near before the end of the year. success in the elections in Jharkhand, he added. With the introduction of spent Rs 3 crore. ed to join hands with Ranchi Police for their future.” !#2 34
'$ -. Dhriti does not want to fol- low the crowd and pursue t the age of 13, she is engineering or medical. Aintrigued by the concept of Instead, she aspires to crack the a parallel universe, has in depth Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan knowledge of Greek mytholo- Yojana (KVPY) of the govern- gy, constellations and stars, ment of India and become a and has spent a day at a stone’s space scientist. throw from the Chandrayaan 2. “In nine years, I want to Meet Dhriti Barnwal, a land in ISRO. I have always class 8 student of Delhi Public been interested in research School, Ranchi, who was one of work, and this trip has taken in the 108 children in India to be 5 & interest to another level,” she selected for Indian Space & # # said. Research Organization’s (ISRO) 367 The Pioneer is carrying a YUVIKA programme, target- ! ! ! # 2 P six-part series on her experi- ed at providing young stu- # 2 P 9!#2: 9!#2:"-+!;'" # ence in the trip, in her own dents exposure to space "-+!;'" # P - words, for little scientists aspir- research. # # $ 9-#$: # ing to book a ticket to ISRO. Daughter of a senior bureaucrat in Jharkhand, Dhriti went on a once in a lifetime trip %& 'LL))# ))*))+,,*#-**$ to the world of space research from May 13 to May 25. From 4 " &.' 4 interacting with the leading " . ' = = " brains of ISRO at Bangalore’s " O 5 ",*3 ' , " UR Rao Satellite Centre "DB = % "' ", " (URSC) to getting a seat at the J "8B 0 # clean room of Chandrayaan 2 "7B ' at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, Dhriti has experi- "$ . K7B enced a world that a child of K $ "$ 77 9D'&" her age may only get to imag- F# . @ ine about by reading books and . 3 / @ . " watching documentaries. 5 "7BJ . 3" . “The most memorable " " . moment from the trip has to be our visit to the Chandrayaan 2’s 7L& 8D&"8B7H ,="',=",= #,= + clean room. I could see the ' 7 LB satellite from a stone’s throw . 3 &"8 @- . and it was certainly a once in A C 0 "= K - a lifetime experience,” she said. A= C "$ + ISRO launched a special * ' A$*' C + . programme for school children ' A' C ' . L? ?7 called Young Scientist * 8:?8J . & Programme or ‘YUva VIgyani 0 9 LB& & ,=",="#,="' " KAryakram’ this year, in tune 78"8B7H + # 0 " " " " with the Government's vision - . $ ?9 '' " ' "' ‘Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan’. 4&"0 3 , * A',*C + It is aimed at imparting . 3 basic knowledge on Space ' " - " $ Technology, Space Science and ' D&" Space Applications to the + : LB&" " 4 younger ones with the intent of 5 5G& H&" N arousing their interest in the > & 4 $ L emerging areas of Space activ- ' H LB'& H 7D'& N 3 @ + ities. The programme is aimed 0 0 at creating awareness among . 3 4 + the youngsters who are the " " future building blocks of the & . + country. ISRO has chalked out J. & this programme to ‘Catch them " young’. ! . 0# % % .& 0( + " '$ -. IRTDM, Ramakrishna Mission takers. One of the important with reference to certain tribes Vivekananda Educational and features of livelihoods approach namely, Gond, Bhil, Santhal, lecture on the topic Research Institute (Deemed is that it focuses upon people’s Saura Paharia, Toto, Siddi, A‘Anthropology and Tribes of University) was the speaker assets (physical, natural, finan- Naga, Andamanese, Irula, India: Livelihood Perspectives’ where as the session was chaired cial, human, social and politi- Chenchu, Garo and Jarwa, was organised by Indira Gandhi by Swami Bhaveshananda, cal capitals). It also looks at how Chatterjee specifically detailed National Centre for the Arts Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission people utilize these assets and about the transhumant Gujars (IGNCA), Regional Centre Ashrama. negotiate their problems. The of Himachal Pradesh who rear Ranchi in collaboration with The lecture was organized lecture focused on the method Oxen and lead a shifting Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, under the guidance and super- of analysing livelihood system lifestyle. The racial classifica- Ranchi on May 30at vision of Dr. Ajay Kumar of the tribal communities in tion, shifting cultivation, eco- Ramkrishna Mission Ashrama Mishra, Regional Director, terms of assets rather than a nomic classification, regional auditorium. Dr. Dipankar IGNCA, Regional Centre problem. and linguistic distribution of Chatterjee Head, Department of Ranchi. Eminent guests includ- almost all parts of the world. ful, it runs the danger of reduc- The lecture was elaborated the tribes were also discussed. ing Dr. Ajit Singh, scientist India has the largest concen- ing the subject of its study to Divyan and Dr. Harendra tration of tribal population. merely the victims of the larg- Sinha former Deputy secretary, The total population of sched- er processes. Department of Culture, uled tribes accounts for 8.2 per Sustainable Livelihoods Government of Jharkhand cent of the total population of approach recognises the impor- graced the occasion. the country. The primary tance of ability to access Chatterjee presented a very means of understanding their resources and entitlements, informative lecture regarding situation has been through the reduce risk and vulnerability, the livelihood of various tribes rubric of deprivation-social, and exercise voice. It, therefore, and their anthropological economic, political, cultural emphasises that the poor do study. He spoke about the trib- and institutional. While this have assets, options and strate- al population which is found in approach continues to be use- gies, and that they are decision / !
( - . # ) ( / # 3 & 4, # ?&, @#$ New Delhi: The Supreme for appointment of members of Court on Thursday told the the 200 tribunals. $*+ *,-. Assam Government to include He said the letter also indi- retired bureaucrats, not below cates the qualification and con- ongress president Rahul $*+ *,-. the rank of secretary and addi- dition of service of the mem- CGandhi’s brother-in-law tional secretary and having bers to be appointed. Robert Vadra appeared before he Supreme Court on judicial experience, for appoint- The Bench was informed the Enforcement Directorate TThursday asked the Assam ment as members of 200 addi- that retired judicial officers of (ED) here on Thursday in con- State coordinator for National tional foreigners tribunals district courts, advocates not nection with a money laun- Register of Citizens to ensure which will be set up in the State. above the age of 35 years with dering case relating to purchase that fair procedure is adopted A vacation Bench of Chief at least seven year practice and of alleged illegal assets abroad. in dealing with claims and Justice Ranjan Gogoi and retired IAS officers can apply for Vadra was dropped by his objections of persons against Justice Aniruddha Bose said the the post of members of the tri- wife and Congress leader exclusion or inclusion of citi- State will ensure that 200 addi- bunals. After conducting inter- Priyanka Gandhi outside the zens in the draft NRC. although the media is not al of the apex court and the tional foreigners tribunals are views, the result is scheduled to ED’s office near India Gate The agency has recently man. A vacation Bench of Chief always correct, sometimes it is matter would be taken up for functional by September 1 this be declared by August 20. about 10:30 am. sought cancellation of the The ED case against Vadra Justice Ranjan Gogoi and right as well. hearing by the court. year. The State Government “How a retired civil servant The ED had summoned anticipatory bail given to Vadra relates to allegations of money Justice Aniruddha Bose told “Ask your officers to follow In its order, the Bench informed the Bench that at pre- will be there in a quasi judicial Vadra to depose before the and has also opposed his for- laundering in the purchase of State coordinator Prateek the proper procedure in deal- noted that all claims and objec- sent, 79 such tribunals are tribunal? How retired IAS offi- investigating officer of the case eign travel. A local court on a London-based property Hajela that even though the ing with the claims and objec- tions will be heard and accord- already functional. cers will do this?,” the Bench for recording his statement Wednesday had reserved for located at 12, Bryanston Square July 31 deadline for publication tions”, and give proper hearing ingly disposed of well in time Solicitor General Tushar sought to know. Mehta respond- under the Prevention of Money June 3 its order to allow Vadra worth 1.9 million GBP (British of final Assam NRC has to be to people on claims and objec- to ensure the publication of Mehta, appearing for Assam, told ed that retired IAS officers of Laundering Act (PMLA). to travel abroad. pounds), which is allegedly adhered to, the claims and tions, the Bench told Hajela. final NRC for Assam by July 31 the Bench that a meeting was secretary or additional secretary Taking to microblogging The ED also moved a court owned by him. objections must be dealt with The apex court said it has this year. held on May 24 in connection rank can be appointed as mem- site Twitter and Facebook, here last week seeking cancel- The agency had told a as per the law. gone through the progress with selection of members and bers of these tribunals as they Vadra said, “I maintain my lation of the anticipatory bail Delhi court that it has received “Your (Hajela) job is to report filed by the State coor- staffs for the proposed additional get experience of conducting belief in the Indian judiciary. I given to him in this case and information about various new ensure that hearing on claims dinator in the matter and the 5 tribunals. He said though there quasi judicial function. have and will adhere to all sum- the Delhi High Court had then properties in London which and objections are done in a fair work is going on. is a need for setting up 1,000 He said they may not get mons/norms of government issued notice to him seeking his belong to Vadra. These include and proper manner. There is a The CJI told Hajela to more foreigners tribunals in requisite numbers of retired agencies. I have deposed 11 response. two houses, one worth 5 mil- deadline and a time frame. Just coordinate with district level Assam, 200 such tribunals will be judicial officers of district times with questioning of The ED had told the Delhi lion GBP and the other valued because there is a time frame officers who are involved in the 6 set up in the first phase. courts and advocates, below the approximately 70 hours. In HC that it required Vadra’s cus- at 4 million GBP, six other flats that does not mean that your process of dealing with claims Mehta said following the age of 35 years and having at future also, I will cooperate, till tody as he was not cooperating and more properties. officers will cut short the process and objections so that a prop- , May 24 meeting, a letter has least seven years practice, for my name is cleared of all false in the investigation and the trial Vadra has denied the alle- to complete it,” the Bench said. er procedure is adopted. been addressed on May 29 to appointment in the foreigners allegations and accusations.” court had not discussed the gations of possessing illegal Referring to “disturbing” The Bench told him that if $*+ *,-. the registrar judicial of the tribunals and the State has Vadra has appeared before gravity of the offence in its foreign assets and termed them media reports regarding the he faces any difficulty or pres- Gauhati High Court with proposed this after consulting the agency multiple times in order while granting him relief a political witch hunt against procedure to deal with claims sure from anybody, he can he Supreme Court on regard to the steps to be taken the High Court. PTI the past in this case. to the high-profile business- him. and objections, the Bench said approach the secretary gener- TThursday granted seven- day protection from arrest to social activist Anirban Das - 0,1 2 3 R #$ P against whom a case has been !##'((+<<#6(##0 lodged for publishing a social media post critical of West # 4! # Bengal Chief Minister Mamata $*+ *,-. morbidity due to diarrhoea in Banerjee. children. <$ A vacation Bench of Chief % ,05 , fter launching rotavirus According to the official, = Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Avaccine in 11 States in approximately 50 per cent of Justice Aniruddha Bose, while $*+ *,-. this year. phases in the last two years, the Rotavirus-associated deaths New Delhi: The Supreme Court granting seven-days protec- The Bench said the Union Health Ministry is all set occur in the first year of life and on Thursday agreed to hear a tion from arrest, said that Das he Supreme Court on Maharashtra Government to extend the life saving vaccine about 75 per cent occur in the plea filed by a Chennai-based can move the concerned court TThursday said 10 per cent enforced the 10 EWS quota for for small kids in 19 more States first two years of life. private hospital challenging the for relief. EWS quota cannot be applied PG medical courses in March. and seven UTs under its uni- The rotavirus infects the Madras High Court order Advocate Dipak Jena, to PG medical courses in “Ten per cent EWS quota versal immunisation pro- intestinal tract of humans and directing the authorities to appearing for Das, said there Maharashtra for the academic cannot be granted to the ongo- gramme (UIP), thus covering animals. “It is highly contagious demolish top five floors of the was a lawyers strike in West year 2019-20 as admission ing admission process. You the entire country as per the and is usually transmitted via facility’s eight-storey block for Bengal and he may be arrest- process started long before the cannot change the rules of WHO recommendation. The senior health official said. UTs have been trained and the fecal-oral route. The construction in alleged violation ed by the police for writing the provision came into force. game when the game is on,” the aim is to ensure children com- In India, the vaccine was first there is no shortage of vaccine,” rotavirus is easily transmitted of the approved building plan. post on social media. A vacation Bench of Chief Bench said. plete prevention from the dead- introduced under the UIP in the official said. person to person from infect- A vacation Bench com- The Bench told him that Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice The court’s order came on ly virus that can cause extreme 2016 in Odisha and subsequently Diarrhoea is one of the ed stool via inanimate objects. prising Chief Justice Ranjan there was no strike at present Aniruddha Bose said 10 per cent a plea filed by a student from diarrhoea and can even be expanded to Haryana, Himachal biggest killers in children and Children can spread rotavirus Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha in the courts in West Bengal EWS quota cannot be granted at General Category saying that fatal in some cases. Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, rotavirus is one of the most both before and after they Bose said the plea filed by and he can approach the appro- the cost of others unless addi- unless additional seats are cre- Rotavirus accounts for 40 Assam, Rajasthan, Madhya common causes of severe diar- become sick with diarrhea,” Billroth Hospitals will be heard priate courts for the relief. tional seats are created by the ated, the ten per cent EWS per cent of hospitalisations Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, rhoea in children less than 2 they said. on June 3. Jena said police has lodged Medical Council of India. quota will eat into their share due to diarrhea in children in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. years of age. Besides launching The rotavirus is a member Senior advocate Mukul an FIR against him at The Bench noted that of seats. The student Rajat India with nearly 78,000 deaths, “We will soon cover the rotavirus vaccines, the gov- of the Reoviridae family. There Rohatgi, appearing for the hos- Alipurduar police station and admission process for PG med- Rajendra Agrawal had chal- 32 lakh out-patient visits and remaining States as well, thus ernment has also stressed on are 7 different strains of the pital, mentioned the matter for Das had already tendered an ical courses started in lenged two circulars of the nearly 9 lakh hospitalisations bringing all the new-borne kids proper sanitation, hand wash- virus: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, urgent listing before the Bench unconditional apology to a November 2018 while the 103 Maharashtra government by every year. Globally, Rotavirus in the entire country under the ing practices, ORS and zinc with Rotavirus A being the and said the High Court has set local Trinmool Congress Constitutional amendment which ten per cent EWS quota diarrhea causes about 4,53,000 ambit of the Rotavirus vaccine. supplementation with an aim most common cause of viral a deadline to demolish the five leader, who made the com- granting 10 per cent EWS was enforced in PG medical deaths in under-5 children, a Officials in all the 19 States and to cut downthe mortality and gastroenteritis. floors of the block. PTI plaint against him. quota was passed in January courses of the State. "*'0+4 *' 0 0 .4
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After losing to Minister of India in September but also in neighbouring Bihar, day Indian politics, on Thursday across the political spectrum and started his political career with the who was the Indian government’s Rahul Gandhi in 2014, she con- 2017 — and since then she has Odisha and Chhattisgarh. A three- joined the Cabinet of Prime enjoys wide acceptability. ABVP and BJYM wings of the RSS pointsman for China and the US. tinued to cultivate Amethi in the been assiduously trying to adopt time chief minister, Munda edged Minister Narendra Modi. The Home Minister in the and BJP respectively. An endearing Jaishankar, son of late K past five years and this helped her a holistic approach in addressing out Congress’s Kalicharan Munda Shah is most likely to be given outgoing Government, on whom and mild-mannered person adept Subrahmanyam, one of India’s reap electoral dividends — she the country’s security challenges. by a wafer thin margin of just 1445 the Finance portfolio, which was Prime Minister Narendra Modi at winning friends and influencing leading strategic analysts, was a emerged a giant-killer of 2019 by 60-year-old Sitharaman, a votes in Khunti (ST) seat besides earlier with Arun Jaitley, who on banked on heavily in the last five people, Gadkari, who is a Brahmin key member of the Indian team defeating the Congress president Rajya Sabha member, is the second campaigning for the BJP in the Wednesday urged Modi to years whenever there was a crisis, by birth, joined the BJP and later which negotiated the landmark Rahul Gandhi in his home turf. woman to take charge of the cru- Lok Sabha elections in Odisha and keep him out ot the Ministry on be it farmers agitation, violence in became a minister in Maharashtra’s India-US nuclear deal. Though the 43-year-old pop- cial ministry after Indira Gandhi Chhattisgarh. health grounds. Jammu & Kashmir or Jat quota first opposition saffron-combine The deal, initiated in 2005, ular television actor-turned-politi- who as the Prime Minister also He is a passionate golf player After Modi, Shah was the man stir, has been appointed Cabinet Shiv Sena-BJP Government head- took several years to craft, and was cian lost in 2014, she had suc- held the portfolio in the seventies. and loves playing the flute and who built the party’s campaign sys- Minister again. ed by Manohar Joshi (1995-1999). signed by the UPA Government ceeded in bringing down the vic- One of BJP’s chief spokesper- spends his spare time in art and tematically around the nationalism Many see a reflection of Atal Enjoying excellent personal headed by Manmohan Singh in tory margin of Gandhi to only 1.07 sons before its ascent to power, painting. He has also promoted plank and the Prime Minister’s Bihari Vajpayee’s mannerism in rapport with leaders of all parties, 2007. Jaishankar’s appointment lakh from 3.7 lakh in the previous Sitharaman is an alumnus of archery in the tribal State. He runs popularity. him and feel he has been carrying and with his penchant for improv- as foreign secretary in January election. The voters rewarded Jawaharlal Nehru University and an archery academy and was Shah, who was in election forward the party veteran’s legacy ing the basic transport infra- 2015 had evoked a sharp reaction Irani for her sustained efforts in London School of Economics. As instrumental in the rise of ace mode since becoming the party as ‘Ajatshatru, a man with no structure in the state, he quickly from various quarters over the 2019. Throughout her campaign- the Defence Minister, Sitharaman archer Deepika Kumari in inter- president in 2014, has been reward- enemies. His good rapport with gained prominence and was the timing of the Government’s deci- ing, Irani asserted that people of attempted to strengthen the Army, national championships. ed by Modi after the BJP registered opposition leaders like Ghulam moving spirit behind the hundreds sion to remove Sujatha Singh. Amethi want change and devel- Navy and the Air Force and was A witness to the rise and fall of a spectacular win in the Lok Sabha Nabi Azad, Mamata Banerjee, of flyovers, roads, state and nation- The 64-year-old had earlier opment and will vote for Modi. credited for expediting the deci- Governments in Jharkhand since its elections bagging 303 seats on its Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Omar al highways, including the served as India’s Ambassador to “Kaun kehta hai aasmaan sion making process relating to inception in 2000 to 2014, Munda own. Though Shah entered nation- Abdullah had made him govern- Mumbai-Pune Expressway. the US and before that to China. mein suraakh nahin ho sakta,” defence procurement. She consti- was himself a victim twice to the al politics in 2013, his organisa- ment’s pointsman for any discus- He occupied several positions A 1977-batch IFS officer, tweeted Irani, a line from a poem tuted a Defence Planning politics of musical chairs when tional training and extensive trav- sion with the Opposition. in Maharashtra, including State Jaishankar played a key role in of famous Hindi poet Dushyant Committee to formulate an “action Independent MLA Madhu Koda el across India helped him learn the Even during bitter political BJP president and Leader of the resolving the crisis following the Kumar, soon after Gandhi con- plan” to effectively deal with var- toppled him in September, 2006 finer points of cow belt politics. campaign, Singh, who was con- Opposition, but his big moment of incursion in Ladakh’s Depsang and ceded defeat in Amethi and con- ious security challenges facing and then the JMM pulled down his In no time in Uttar Pradesh, testing from Lucknow Lok Sabha responsibility came in 2009, when the Doklam stand-off, handling gratulated her on May 23. the nation. Government in 2013. Shah transformed the profile of the seat, was never drawn into any ugly he was elected the BJP President, the tough negotiations with Irani had first contested a Lok However, her biggest moment Munda first became CM in BJP, which for a long time was seen war of words with his opponents. a post which he held till 2013. Beijing. Among other positions, Sabha election from Chandni came when India carried out air March, 2003 when he replaced the as a party of forward castes in the The image of the Minister carrying In the first term of Prime Jaishankar has been India’s High Chowk in Delhi in 2004, but lost to strikes on a terrorist training State’s first Chief Minister Babulal state. Both in the 2014 Lok Sabha on his shoulder the coffin of soldiers Minister Narendra Modi, Gadkari Commissioner to Singapore and Congress heavyweight Kapil Sibal. camp in Pakistan’s Balakot, seen as Marandi after JDU and Samata and 2017 Assembly elections, Shah killed in February 14 Pulwama ter- handled crucial and high-visibil- Ambassador to the Czech She was elected to Rajya Sabha in major policy shift in the country’s Party MLAs had revolted against the first stitched together a strong ror attack will remain etched in the ity infrastructure-related portfolios Republic. Last year, Tata Group 2011 and re-elected in 2017 for a efforts to deal with cross border latter’s style of functioning. He was intra-party caste alliance within minds of the people. A former pro- like Road Transport & Highways, appointed Jaishankar, who was second term. The firebrand actor- terrorism. She has also focused on the tribal affairs minister in the first BJP’s broad political framework in fessor of physics, it was Singh, as BJP Shipping, etc and made his indeli- Indian foreign secretary from turned-politician held portfolios of boosting domestic defence pro- Marandi-led NDA Government. the State. president in 2013, who was instru- ble mark there. Given his all-round January 2015 to January 2018, as HRD, Textiles and Information & duction besides taking steps to Munda was first elected as MLA in He also strengthened the so- mental in declaring Narendra Modi experience and no-nonsense its president for global corporate Broadcasting Minister during the implement the ambitious “strate- 1995 in undivided Bihar and went called rainbow coalition by strik- as prime ministerial candidate, approach to work, Gadkari may be affairs, within three months of his tenure of the Narendra Modi-led gic partnership” model with sev- on to win three consecutive terms ing a pre-poll alliance with small- despite strong Opposition from allotted key portfolios in the sec- retirement from the Government NDA Government’s maiden tenure eral countries like the United from Kharsawan before losing the er regional outfits. IANS veterans like LK Advani. PTI ond Modi Government. IANS service. PTI from 2014-2019. PTI States and Russia. PTI seat in 2014. PTI 0 !
1 +##+!) $ <$ ,; !" && , Burdwan (WB): A BJP worker The FIR named three was stabbed to death in West accused but did not mention 43,4'' Bengal’s West Burdwan district their political affiliation. 7 on Thursday, police said. However, the three are locally enior IPS officer and Bengal Sushil Mondal, 49, was known as TMC workers. SAdditional Director General killed allegedly by a Trinamool Local TMC MLA Sheikh of Police(ADG), (CID), Rajeev Congress activist following an Sahnawaz claimed that the party ! ! $'.-'. Ram. The video reportedly Kumar, being probed for his altercation over putting up BJP was not connected to the inci- earned a mileage for the BJP role in the investigation of the flags at Panduk village under dent and the killing is a result of n a perfect encore of what with two stages of polls still to Sharada and other chit fund Ketugram police station limits. the BJP's internal bickering. Ishe did at Midnapore on go. cases as the head of the SIT Local TMC leaders, how- Local BJP leader Anil Dutta May 6, Mamata Banerjee once TMC views “Jai Shri Ram” formed by Mamata Banerjee in ever, claimed Mondal was a vic- said TMC killed Mondal to cre- again got off her vehicle on slogan as an import of the 2013, on Thursday got yet tim of the party's internal feud. ate terror in the area as the saf- Thursday chasing and threat- Hindi heartland not only glo- another breather from the Police said Mondal's wife fron party has performed well ening with dire consequences rifying their culture but also Calcutta High Court which arresting the top cop. The work. The Court directed the has lodged a complaint against in the Lok Sabha elections. a crowd of “Jai Shri Ram” earning organisational points extended the shield against his Apex Court had asked him to central agency to go to Rajeev three persons who are on the District Superintendent of chanters who stood by the for the BJP. It prefers slogans arrest by the CBI for little take anticipatory bail from Kumar's residence every day at run. Police Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay, road to Naihati where she was glorifying Durga and Kali that more than a month but clipped lower courts or Calcutta High 4 PM to register his attendance. According to the complaint however, said Mondal was killed going to join a Trinamool it feels truly represent Bengali his wings substantially. Court. The Court also debarred filed with the police, Mondal following a quarrel between Congress sit-in demonstra- culture. Kumar, who is under the The Bench of Justice Pratik Kumar from taking a lawyer was putting up BJP flags in the the two over grazing goats. tion staged against attacks on However, sitting in the CBI scanner for his alleged Prakash Banerjee on Thursday with him during the interro- village when three persons The incident occurred the Trinamool supporters wings the opposition parties dubious role in the multi crore granted Kumar bail till July 10 gation but said no coercive objected and, during an alter- hours before Narendra Modi's post-polls. like the Congress and the Left chit fund probe that has found but said he would be required action including arrest could be cation, one of the three stabbed swearing-in as the prime min- Naihati is in Barrackpore say Chief Minister is getting a number of crucial evidences to appear before the CBI and taken against him till July 10. Mondal with a dagger in the ister for a second term in Delhi. parliamentary constituency the taste of her own medicine. like laptops, pen drives, and reply to its questions on daily Meanwhile, the CBI on abdomen. Family members of over 40 where senior TMC leader Like she played minority card dairies missing from police basis. The Court also directed Thursday grilled another IPS When taken to a local hos- BJP workers, who were killed in Dinesh Trivedi was trounced to wean away the Opposition custody had been at large after him to deposit his passport and officer Arnab Ghosh for several pital, the BJP activist was political violence in West by BJP nominee and local said, “these are the people, the votes 2007 onwards the BJP is the Supreme Court vacated its stopped him from moving out hours for the second consecu- declared dead, the complaint Bengal, have been invited for the strongman Arjun Sing, a turn- criminals who have been playing the Hindu card to order preventing CBI from of Kolkata even for any official tive day. said. programme. PTI coat from Banerjee’s party. imported from outside Bengal win elections. Aware of her reported by two ‘gaddars’ (traitors) — Cut to Naihati: Hours aversion against the catch- Mukul Roy and Arjun Singh before Narendra Modi was to *- ,# !23 !#*!% phrase which is normally used — of the BJP to vitiate the take his oath, Banerjee /+ 0"+ 22' ('* "# by the BJP supports, locals lin- State’s culture and insult the attacked the Prime Minister, ing the road in hundreds local Bengalis.” the Election Commission for ##* '0"" '*%'* 7## # ) + greeted Banerjee’s convoy with Referring to the incidents winning the elections “by cre- “Jai Shri Ram” slogan twice at of attacks on the TMC fami- ating an emergency-like situ- New Delhi: Cine stars such as do what is best for the country Bhatpara and Jagaddal. lies, particularly women who ation in the State.” Rajinikanth, Shahid Kapoor, and be able to fulfil all his goals. Even as the Chief Minister had been forced to leave their The BJP had spent crores Boney Kapoor and Kangana He is an extremely loved Prime jumped off her vehicles with homes and were currently to win the election she said Ranaut were among the guests Minister. He is here because of 6" 8 the State DGP Virendra and staying at relief camps telling people how “winning who attended Prime Minister his hard work, we all can only top IPS officers in pursuit, Banerjee tended to issue a one election by fraud they are Narendra Modi's swearing-in appreciate him," she said. Banerjee shouted “they are veiled warning saying: “we attacking the opposition par- ceremony on Thursday. Oberoi, who played PM New Delhi: As the sun set over calling me names which can- want no tension between the ties like this. Imagine what Sidharth Roy Kapur, Modi in a biopic and had also the Rashtrapati Bhavan on not be accepted in a democ- Bengalis and non-Bengalis. I they will do later on,” adding President of the Film and attended the swearing in cere- Thursday, Narendra Modi and racy.” also don’t say that all non- “I warn them to desist from Television Producers Guild of mony in 2014, said, "I'm watch- his Council of Ministers were A bid that experts prompt- Bengali people are bad. But I attacking and molesting the India, Vivek Oberoi, Anupam ing @narendramodi bhai tak- sworn in for a second successive ly identified as a “vicious ploy” feel that some people are cre- Bengali and minority women.” Kher, Madhur Bhandarkar and ing his oath for the 3rd time on term with 8,000 people packing to turn religious polarisation ating trouble for political rea- Announcing formation of producer Boney Kapoor were his journey from CM Gujarat into the forecourt of the historic — that apparently earned BJP sons. They should remember Jai Hind Vahini and Banga also a part of the event, held at to PM of Bharat once again! British-era presidential palace. huge mileage in Bengal earn- that there could be problem Janani Samiti Banerjee said “I the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Feeling like a small part of an In a grand ceremony with ing it 18 out of 42 seats — into for them if other people (read am for Jai Hind and not any Boney said he was hon- incredible history." overtones of a US presidential a linguistic divide Banerjee Bengalis) take up the issue other slogan and so I oured to be invited for the cer- Bhandarkar wrote, "Feeling inauguration, heads of State marked the locals mostly which I don’t want to happen announce the formation of Jai emony. honoured to be attending the and Government, India Inc workers of the tens of factories in this State where we have Hind Vahini which will be "The kind of victory they historic #OathCeremony of honchos, Opposition leaders, situated on both sides of the been living peacefully for dressed in white kurta and have had, It is almost like a cel- Shri @narendramodi ji for the BJP members and showbiz stars road as “outsiders” who “live ages.” pyjama and carry lathis. I also ebration. It is celebration of #ModiSarkar2. Wishing the rubbed shoulders as they in Bengal eat our food, run a Incidentally, Banerjee announce formation of Banga democracy. Something good very best to all the newly watched President Ram Nath zamindari and challenge the drew flak early this month Janani Samiti that will work for has happened and it will con- appointed ministers." Kovind administer the oath of integrity and purity of Bengali when in a similar circum- protection of women. tinue to happen," Boney told Director Rajkumar Hirani, office to India’s 58 new culture.” stance she got off her car and Wherever the attackers come PTI. Before she flew in from Aanand L Rai, Sushant Singh Ministers. ' Subsequently referring to challenged bystanders at the women wings will chase Mumbai, Ranaut told reporters Rajput, Divya Khosla Kumar, The two-hour swearing-in the incident at Naihati she Midnapore chanting Jai Shri them away.” she wished Modi all the best for Kajal Aggarwal, Mangesh ceremony of Modi Government Lutyenscape with the Economic Cooperation) coun- his future endeavours. Hadawale and Abhishek 2.0 — which created a splash, Rashtrapati Bhavan dome lit up tries, including Bangladesh "The PM has set some Kapoor were also invited, said with the Prime Minister pow- in the tricolour. President Abdul Hamid, Sri goals and we all heard that in Mahavir Jain, one of the organ- ering his party to a 303 victory Among those present were Lankan President Maithripala his speech. All our best wish- isers behind PM's meeting with in the 543-member Lok Sabha, former Prime Minister Sirisena, Nepal Prime Minister # & ; PTI es with him, that he is able to Bollywood stars last year. and also a spectacle — is the Manmohan Singh, former pres- K P Sharma Oli, President of largest event to be held in ident Pratibha Patil, veteran Myanmar U Win Myint and Rashtrapati Bhavan, officials BJP leader L K Advani and even Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay A $ & 4# ' " - said. spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev. Tshering also attended the gala It was India's Kodak Congress president Rahul event. Kyrgyz President and moment for the political times Gandhi, who is adamant on his current chair of Shanghai with grandeur and pomp, ritu- decision to quit office after his Cooperation Organisation 2 ) support," tweeted Kishan % 4# al and glimpses of realpolitik party's debacle in the hustings Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Reddy after as soon as he got and some history too. and hasn't been seen for some Jeenbekov, and Mauritius PM 64 # a call from Amit Shah, inform- The ceremony started at 7 days, created a buzz when he Pravind Kumar Jugnauth also ing about his inclusion in pm, right on time, but the walked in with his mother, attended the event ' union cabinet. crowds had started filing in UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. From India Inc, Reliance As soon as news of Kishan ! &&0'. Spokesperson DCP Manjunath much earlier, taking their allot- NDA ally Janata Dal-United Industry's Mukesh Ambani, Reddy's inclusion in union Shinge said: “Considering the ted seats and making conversa- chief Nitish Kumar was there veteran industry leader Ratan 5 cabinet was announced, party day after her family mem- seriousness and importance of tion while millions watching the too, making an entry shortly Tata, steel baron L N Mittal and -/ * '0' cadres across Telangana burst Abers demanded thorough the Dr. Payal Tadavi’s death proceedings on TV and other after his party announced it Adani Group head Gautam into celebrations. investigations into the circum- case, the investigation has been screens speculated about who would not be part of the Adani were among the who's elangana gets a representa- With inclusion of Kishan stances leading to post-graduate transferred to Crime Branch”. was who, who was there and Government. The BJP was who of corporate India present. Ttion in Modi’s Cabinet as Reddy, a committed party man medical student Payal Tadvi’s “We had demanded that who was not. offering one Cabinet berth to RBI Governor Shaktikanta BJP national leadership picked a coveted place in Modi's and popular face of the party in alleged suicide, the Mumbai given the questionable circum- Soon, as Minister after the JD(U) and sources said the Das, Essar Director Prashant Gangapuram Kishan Reddy, a Cabinet. State, BJP bosses have not just police brass on Thursday trans- stances leading to my client’s Minister took oath with the regional party was also unhap- Ruia, Tata Group Chairman N dedicated partyman who rose Being considered as smart ensured representation for ferred the sensational case to the death, the investigations in the president sometimes the strict py with the portfolio offered to Chandrasekaran, Vedanta through the ranks. and honest leader without any Telangana State in Union city crime branch police. case be handed over to the the teacher correcting some of them it. Leaders of BIMSTEC (Bay of Chairman Anil Aggarwal and A first time MP from charges of corruption or con- Cabinet after two years gap, but Confirming the transfer of Crime Branch. We had taken up when they slipped up, Bengal Initiative for Multi- HDFC's Deepak Parekh were Secunderabad, Kishan Reddy troversies associated with him sent clear signals to party the Payal Tadvi suicide case to the matter with the ruling Shiv dusk slipped into night and the Sectoral Technical and there as well. PTI had served as three-time MLA, helped him get a place in cadres that saffron party is the city crime branch branch, Sena which in turn raised it with lights came on was floor leader of party in Modi's team. Unflinching loy- focused on expanding party in Mumbai’s Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis,” Payal’s over the both united AP and Telangana alty to RSS and BJP ideals and Telangana and is betting on Commissioner of Police and family lawyer Nitin Satpute said. panoramic Assemblies. Starting as an ordi- experience on his side, ensured achievers to do the job. Though nary worker of Janata party at that PM and BJP president no reasons were cited, it was a young age of seventeen in Amit Shah, considered Kishan widely believed that Bandaru 1977, Kishan Reddy sailed with Reddy the first choice, though Dattatreya resigned citing age BJP since its formation in 1980. four MPs won from Telangaana and health concerns. Now BJP Thanks to his consistent efforts, as BJP made big gains in the has picked Kishan Reddy, who organising skills and political state for the first time, riding on not just has all qualities to acumen, Kishan Reddy earned Modi wave and people's anger emerge as important leader recognition in the party at over ruling TRS. among younger brigade of BJP State and national level, even- "With the blessings of peo- at national level, but also steer tually becoming BJYM's ple of Secunderabad and PM party to power in Telangana, as national president and even Narendramodi Ji, I will be tak- BJP is leaving no stone leading BJP in both united AP ing oath as Union Minister unturned to make inroads into and Telangana, before earning today. I seek your continued South India. 4 !
) *# % % R ( Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Narendra Modi and his col- Minister Narendra Modi took Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan leagues for the BJP-led NDA's oath for the second time, BJP 6 on Thursday skipped the stellar performance in the Lok workers here burst crackers. # .6 8 swearing-in ceremony of the Sabha polls. The activists also celebrat- BJP-led NDA Government cit- The state BJP unit cele- ed in front of the Secretariat ing inability to attend due to his brated the oath-taking cere- here. ) ") 0*$#', bold face by saying all is well has tion, which is in power in the pre-occupation with party mony by bursting crackers and The ruling Left Democratic not gone well within the coali- state, went through a rough related matters in State. distributing sweets at various Front was routed in the Lok ost election drubbing the tion. It’s not just chemistry also patch during the campaigning “Chief Minister could not places across the state. Sabha election winning just one Ppolitical circles are busy dis- affecting the arithmetic with of the recently concluded elec- participate in the event as the Senior BJP leader and the seat out of the total 20 seats in cussing the fate of coalition looming large operation lotus by tions. Congress has 79 MLAs state secretariat of the party is Sitaram Yechury is also attend- lone MLA of the party O the state. Government in Karnataka led the BJP. while Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) going on. The Secretariat of ing,” a source close to the Rajagopal inaugurated the "vic- The Congress-led United by Chief Minister HD Meeting after meeting by has 37 MLAs in the coalition CPI(M) is reviewing the poll CPI(M) told PTI. tory day" celebrations of the Democratic Front bagged 19 Kumaraswamy. Even after hec- Congress Karnataka in charge government holding power in results. Vijayan had on May 24 saffron party at its headquarters seats but the BJP again failed to tic parley and confabulations the KC Venugopal, Siddaramaiah the state. The BJP with 104 Srinagar: Two unidentified Party general secretary congratulated Prime Minister here. As soon as Prime open its account in Kerala. PTI JD(S) –Congress Government is and other leaders has so far not MLAs in 224 member house is terrorists were killed on reeling under the threat of dec- able to assuage the rebellion waiting in the wings to for an Thursday in an encounter with imation with many MLAs open- within the party. The conspic- order from the high command. security forces in the Sopore ly opposing the Government uous absent of the seven legis- Tensions between the two area of Jammu and Kashmir's ' & and coalition. The weakening of lators to the Congress parties benefitted the BJP which Baramulla district, police said. Congress high command due to Legislator Party on Wednesday won 25 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats "On a credible input, a face loss especially in Karnataka is clear indication of the things in Karnataka while both JD(S) cordon and search operation 5 ) $*+ *,-. 2019 was to doubling farmers leads to PM Modi's another dealing with the structural where the partners have won in the Congress which is facing and Congress had to content was launched by the security income by 2022 with 2015 major challenge - unemploy- issues which require urgent only two seats out of 28 has seri- serious problems of decimation itself with just one seat each. forces in the Dangerpora area grarian distress, doubling of being the reference year. ment before the new Agriculture interventions," said the sources. ously damaged the existence of across the country. Kumaraswamy who is in of Sopore. During the opera- Afarmers’ income, drought in Ahead of the Lok Sabha Minister. Of 136 crore estimat- Reforms in e-NAM and JD(S) and the Congress in Meanwhile, Former Delhi attending PMs oath tak- tion, the terrorists who were several parts of the country, and polls, the Modi Government ed population of India, 67 per Agriculture Produce Marketing Karnataka. The undercurrent of Karnataka Chief Minister and ing ceremony met Congress hiding fired on the search PM-KISAN scheme will be top tried to lessen the burden on the cent is in 15-64 years bracket. Committee will be major chal- Modi wave which has swept the Congress leader Siddaramaiah chief Rahul Gandhi to discuss party. The fire was retaliated, most priorities for the new farmers with Prime Minister- This puts the job-seeking pop- lenge before the agriculture country has made both on Thursday asserted that the political situation in the leading to an encounter," a Agriculture Minister. As for Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM- ulation over 91 crore. Not all of minister. Congress and the JDs suffer a MLAs and ministers in the rul- state. Kumaraswamy and his police spokesperson said. the Minister for Housing and KISAN) a scheme to provide them would actually be looking The MoHUA, which life loss is affecting the very exis- ing JD(S)-Congress coalition family party JD(S) has seen a In the ensuing encounter, Urban Affairs (MoHUA), it will cash support of 6,000 a year in for job but this figure itself is a spearheads the maximum tence of the Kumaraswamy government in the state are complete wash out in the elec- two terrorists were killed and be Housing for All by 2022, three intalments. challenge to any Government. number of flagship pro- government which was thought "united". Addressing a press tions has been very dramatic the bodies retrieved from the development of 100 smart cities According to agriculture The promise of 2 crore jobs grammes, will focus on the as a platform for opposition conference, Siddaramaiah said, and working out plans to save site, the official said. and the national urban rental ministry, agriculture, animals, annually coupled with the slo- national urban rental housing unity. "The result of this Lok Sabha his government. He had a Their identities and affili- housing policy among others forestry, fishing — together gan of "achhe din" (good days) policy to promote various types The one year old govern- election will not have an impact political hotline with Rahul ation are being ascertained, that will be the main priorities.. clubbed under the head of agri- had brought Modi Government of public-private partnerships ment is reeling under heavy on this government. All our Gandhi and survived but the he said, adding that incrimi- Following a historic man- culture — comprised 17.89 per to power in 2014. A Centre for for promotion of rental housing impact of the rejection and MLAs and ministers are united. political drubbing has cut off nating materials, including date, the Modi Government is cent of gross domestic product Monitoring Indian Economy in the country and making trauma is taking its toll. Even Ramesh Jarkiholi will not leave the hotline and now he is fac- arms and ammunition, have now expected to shift its focus (GDP) in 2016-17. It has (CMIE) report, released in good the growing housing though the leaders of the the party." ing the rebellion both in his been recovered from the site of on governance. "The immedi- dropped to around 13 per cent January this year, said around 1.1 shortage. To complete and Congress and JDs putting up a The JD(S)-Congress coali- party and Congress. the encounter. PTI ate reason for farm distress is in the past 15 years. But the crore jobs were lost in 2018 as develop 100 smart cities will be falling food prices. Despite number of workforce has not side effects of 2016 demoneti- top agenda for the new Housing Modi Government's imple- dropped accordingly in farms. sation and 2017 GST rollout. and Urban Affairs minister. *-#! ) *!*$#-$*# mentation of new Minimum Agriculture employs nearly 55 "The new Minister should States have been asked to expe- Support Price (MSP) regime, per cent of the workforce in the have as its first priority not only dite the award of tenders and the farmers are not getting country. An estimated 26 crore the mapping out of the vulner- the conversion of detailed pro- profitable remuneration from people are working in the sec- abilities in the agricultural sec- ject reports (DPRs) to tenders 9( : % ( ## their agriculture products. tor. This translates into depen- tor, but also finding ways of with targets having been set. However, despite increased sup- dence of about 55-57 per cent port, prices for several crops population on agriculture, continued to be below even the which is in distress for far too MSPs that had been declared long to ignore for Narendra " last year. PM-AASHA too failed Modi Government. to have any positive impact on The Modi Government procurement and prices," said will have to address bigger $*+ *,-. tive command and control ticket items like fighter jets, war- the sources. The Prime issue in agriculture, that is, of structure besides saving money. ships and tanks within the Minister's major promise to shifting farm workers to other he new Defence Minister Moreover, plans are on to free country. agriculture in its manifesto for employment avenues. This Twill have to hit the ground up mid level officers from The 'Make In India' project running to sustain the pace of administrative postings and has to be boosted to meet the modernisation of the armed deploy them on operational growing demand of the armed forces amidst the ever present duties thereby making the forces for modern weapons on threat of a two-front war with shortfall on the one hand and the one hand and make India Pakistan and China. The east- ensuring lesser administrative self-reliant in defence produc- ern neighbour has stepped up its structures which are no longer tion and make it a industrial hub efforts to modernise its forces needed. The Army also plans for building weapons on the thereby posing a direct chal- to cut flab by undertaking man- other. lenge to India and it can ill new minister will also have to power reduction of 1.5 lakh per- Coming to budgetary allo- afford to lag behind in opera- pay attention to the long delayed sonnel over the next five to cations, the armed forces have tional readiness due to lack of project to acquire six more seven years to save Rs 6000 to to make do with lesser capital as State of the art weapons and conventional submarines. At 7,000 crores in terms of salaries major chunk of the budgetary allied systems. present, the navy has 13 odd and pensions. provisions are taken away by In this backdrop, the new submarines with half of them in This apart, the new minis- salaries, pensions and revenue Minister will have to ensure that the last leg of their operational ter will have to address the issue expenditure. In fact, only 25 to the depleting fighter squadron life. Even if the six Scorpene of shortage of ammunition and 28 percent budget is available for strength of the IAF is addressed submarines, now under con- weapons to even fight a ten-day modernization and acquisitions immediately. Even though, the struction at Mazagon Docks war as pointed out the due to ever increasing pension first lot of Rafale jets will start Limited, Mumbai, join the ser- Comptroller and Auditor and salary bill. The new min- coming in by this year end and vice in the next two year, the General(CAG) in its report ister will have to ensure that a entire lot of 36 expected to join navy still has to have new sub- some time back. balance is arrived at between the IAF in two years, the IAF marines to replace the ageing Moreover, the Standing capital and revenue heads in the will still fall critically short of fleet and have a fleet of 24 sub- Committee on Defence, in its defence budget to ensure that fighter jets to ward off any marines. report tabled in Parliament modernization does not falter threat from China. It is fast The government earlier this early this year had flagged the due to want of funds. modernising its air force and the year floated tenders under the budgetary allocations were As the nature of warfare is IAF, now down to 32 squadrons Strategic Partnership pro- enough for the Indian Army's fast changing due to informa- though the sanctioned strength gramme to build six submarines modernisation programme, to tion technology, the country will is 42, is faced with a real threat. within the country and the equip itself for a 'two-front have to change its old mindset Moreover, the squadron new minister will have to pro- war'. The deposition of the vice of working in silos and the strength is expected to fall pel the process. Incidentally, chief of Army Staff before a par- armed forces will have to inte- down to 28 by end of next year. China has 50 submarines there- liamentary panel in March last grate to achieve military and The government issued a by presenting a grave threat to year exposed the state of mod- political objectives while fight- global tender for acquiring 114 India's maritime interests espe- ernisation in defence, as he ing a war. This is imperative as fighter jets last year worth over cially in the Indian Ocean claimed that 78 per cent of advanced countries including five billion dollars to close the region. Indian Army's weaponry is vin- China are now using space also gap and the new minister will As regards the Army, the tage. to advance its strategic interests have to address this issue on an new defence minister will have Given this report card about and India is now on its way to urgent basis to enable the IAF to carry forward reforms now the state of affairs of the three have its own Space Command to be become a modern, potent underway to make the force Services, the new minister will besides Cyber division to meet and strategic fighting force. more effective to fight modern have to focus on the Nareendra the challenge. However, the This matter assumes greater day conventional war besides Modi government's pro- minister will have to ensure the importance now with China handling insurgency in Jammu grammes like 'Make in India' pace of integration does not backing Pakistan in its efforts to and Kashmir and the North- and bigger role for the private slacken due to administrative modernize its air force and the East. sector in manufacturing big and financial hurdles. IAF has to prepare itself for Efforts are already on to fighting a two-front war if need make the Army lean and mean be. to meet future challenges by Besides bolstering the oper- merging various administrative ational capability of the IAF, the and operational units for effec- ! 5 3 ' ,' * 3$ ( 2 1 2 2 "%"4 )0.2 "% 0* ! 6 9 '; ' % " 64 ## ## $ * " * C 56$ . *( % () # D * 6 E * S ( 4 '# 9 he performance of the Congress E ( in the Lok Sabha elections was *S ( extremely disappointing and it ( % is important for a responsible . # 7%.#8 56$S - political party like it to accept Tthe verdict of the people with humility. It . 6 ( is also important for the party to under- S stand the pulse of the nation better and 3 showcase itself as a more viable alterna- tive to the BJP. Perhaps most important- ly, however, it is important for the party ( 7 $8 @$ ;>>/ to highlight that the battle between the +0 ; ( Congress and the BJP is not one of mere political power but one of ideology. * * 4 3 ( This ideological battle is often depict- )S ed as a fight on TV screens broadcast by ( ) ( news channels. In the past five years, this ideological battle has been depicted as a $ sensational fight. The sequence of events * typically follow the described course: An 6 . outrageous statement by a BJP leader like Sadhvi Pragya (about Godse being a * deshbhakt) followed by TV channels with a room full of pundits lending their 6 S ( expertise, either admonishing the outra- geous statement or finding some sympa- %.# 3 thy for it. This descends into a shouting ) ( match between the two sides, further %.# ; fuelled by TV anchors who have realised that this is the easy way to capture the ( ( attention of the public. I will admit, the I remember there was a the government? So I welcome seeing how D Congress and other Opposition parties time when media houses and Who is supposed to ask our TV news channels will F # 4 6 have often fallen into this trap that only TV news channels engaged in these questions? Yes, the react. As the government in helps TV channels. The reality, however, genuine investigative journal- Opposition must, as the power with clear majority for is that first, the Congress’ ideological bat- ism. They would raise ques- Congress did over the past few what will be 10 years in 2024, 3 " ( tle with the BJP cannot be won in the priv- tions and go where their inves- .$>-' 4-'$ "53 years. But what happened PM Modi will have no excus- %.# S ilege of air-conditioned TV rooms but will tigation led them. News chan- when these questions were es. They will have to answer * # 4 instead be tested over time on the ground. nels were led by the aim of ful- *T'&,*"+-/' * raised? Spokespersons were questions about a failing econ- Second, to reduce this ideological battle filling their role as journalists brought on debates where the omy and how they plan to * 5 6 5 to a “debate” over statements of agent and earned viewership &* .'-3*$3 topic would inevitably be revive it. They will have to S # %.# provocateurs does India and its citizens no through dedicated research '..$#N*.3$ framed along the following answer questions about why ( " 2 service. Instead the Congress will have to and brave questions. Has that lines: “Is the Opposition anti- there are no jobs for India’s now take the values it holds dear like those time gone? An examination of '03-*-#* national for questioning the youth. They will have to ( * of equality, fighting violence with reason the past few years does seem $&0* 35 government at this time?” answer questions about why S G and scientific temper to the people of the to suggest so. If not, what ' ='.3$ Once the debate has been certain Indians feel targeted ) country and convince them by action explains the unbelievable lack framed in the manner detailed due to their religion and caste rather than TV rhetoric. So what happens of focus on issues that the *'-'$ -* above, the discussion on TV is as the events of the past week 5 4 7)548 3 to these TV channels and what will country is actually grappling no longer a discussion or have shown. *.*E become of these inflammatory debates? with? 5'., *35-* debate about how we can Without a shouting match In this backdrop, I have to say that I In Jharkhand, for example, '* improve our intelligence infra- between the Opposition and am extremely pleased that the Congress why are media houses not structure or how do we pre- the government, TV anchors <> has decided that it will send no spokesper- raising questions about the #3=* $&*$-' vent our soldiers from dying in will now have to face represen- 3 ( sons for TV debates. While this position huge number of starvation -',* 3-** the future. Instead the debate tatives from the BJP govern- ) * @ ! appears to be limited to the next month, deaths and the failures of the is now: Is the Opposition anti- ment and have to look at the I would welcome sticking to this stand for state government that has led *'-S+-/' * national or not? What a actual work that has been 7*@ !8 5 ( the next five years. This is because news to these deaths? Why are there tragedy. done and what the numbers $ * S G ( channels now resemble soap operas where no debates about how the -* *$3 *0'* It is no coincidence then on the ground are. Their TRPs 56$ ( TV anchors have pre-decided the plots and land of tribals in Jharkhand is '03-3+-* that the only real investigative will then depend on how they sub-plots. Where if the debate appears to being taken away from them journalism we have seen in the question the government and S (( ( be dying, some will ensure that the without any form of rehabili- ,'$ 35 .0',. past few years has been whether they can get the gov- 1>>> masala remains till the end. Of course, I tation? At the national stage 0*.$#'4*$ through print media outlets. ernment to answer questions ( . = don’t mean to paint all TV news media and too, why have our news chan- This is because the nature of the government may not want all anchors with the same brush. But you nels not raised questions about '+'/5 3&-*&S print journalism restricts it to answer. Let’s see if these * know who you are and more important- the intelligence failure that from doing what TV channels news channels are up to the ly, every reader of this article has a few of led to the death of our brave do. Turning important issues task: The nation wants to them who spring to mind. I am, therefore, soldiers in Pulwama? How that require examination and know. # happy that the Congress will do its part did such a massive attack questioning of authorities to (The author is president of to prevent this embarrassing practice occur and why haven’t we shouting matches and sensa- Jharkhand Pradesh Congress . ( %4 from continuing. been provided any answers by tional headlines. Committee) # ## # $ * ! - " ) * * ( 1% + ? . * ? ) ' . . +, - . ? - ( @ & . ? . & " , 0> " . " ? *$ ,/ + Q' . +@ "@ 01 ' 3 *$ 2 ( (6##( <( (#% = K$ & K4 4 K0 % $ K' # ( 3 # ( " # 4 * 5 6 ) ) # ) * )) + - )*# 756 8 *$ 9S : ;< ( 5 6 $ 756$8 *$ elected by “our awakened and : 5 wise” voters. There was tall talk of tainted MLAs and MPs being . $ # Sir - Mahendra Singh Dhoni has . shown the door. Instead, there is 4 . =10>>> been the pillar of the Indian . an increase, of about nine per cent, cricket team for years and his -" " 0> in the number of such parliamen- splendid 113 runs off only 78 balls . " tarians. ? 9 56$ *$ in the warm-up match against " " . & K Meghna A 1, 6 * 4 *$ 4 Bangladesh at Cardiff shows that " K 0 New South Wales 1< 6 * 4 he is in tremendous form. KL ? ? Rahul, with his 108 runs, appears K & # - . ? # 4 *$ to be the key to resolving the long $ ?" 56$ running discourse over the fourth # ? " $ & "? 5 5 ;+ slot in the Indian batting order. 0 , L Sir - The thumping majority that The middle order has the poten- . " ML "M L the BJP has got should also lead @. 4 tial to guide the team to notewor- 0? ?NA5 * M L to a review of its economic poli- . " thy totals even if there is a chance $ C& ' > S' . M &8B79" " cies of the past five years which A ) of the opening partnership failing & " L either failed miserably or caused to deliver in some of the World " ? ? ? havoc to development. For exam- $ * ) % Cup matches. ? M ple, projects found detrimental to # Tushar Anand . ? &8B7H - " agrarian interests should be # S S ( Patna . dropped. Instead of continuing to % . ? 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In the last legislators being in touch with why should he not initiate a islation for one-third representa- five years, he was only a politician. him and ready to desert after the march towards observing fair tion to women will be on track. Tharcius S Fernando # 3 4 Lok Sabha elections. Even more and decent political norms? Why But what is jarring is that as many Chennai C shocking was BJP general secre- encourage defections, which are as 233 MPs, or 43 per cent of the # & @ tary in-charge of West Bengal, another form of corruption? Is the Sir - It is heartening that in the Lower House, have an alleged Kailash Vijayvargiya’s words that BJP’s ‘takeover strategy’ of the 17th Lok Sabha, the number of criminal background, having been %##(7##(A6%*<6 ! 6 3 ' ,' * 3$ ( $ #)*! $ '*% *!)# 0 ! % #'$# ! " ! * * P " ! * ! * "& O L 5 L ) " + " # )6"+2! . R %<7 " ) ( ## +, - . 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Like its global +* *,* # $ ( counterparts, Indian companies across several sec- ( ) tors are also in consolidation mode. Take the exam- ,.4*,/35'., D 56$ ple of the renewable energy sector, Tata Power -'$-3* acquired Welspun Energy’s assets in a deal valued .$=3,=.$# 9 $ " ( 4 ! % at over 9,000 crore; Kotak Mahindra acquired *N./3 ING Vysya Bank in an all-stock deal valued at over # P Q 15,000 crore in the banking sector; the telecom '-2*N./ % !S ( sector witnessed the acquisition of MTS India from -/0 . ' $ * P Q Sistema by Reliance Communications in an all- 3$. * '.3$ ! stock deal, followed by a merger of HDF Life and ' #* pany. There is rarely any question as to major drawback of an all-cash deal is that over 50 per cent just two years before. 9S *S Max Life in the insurance sector. 3&'$.* who owns the company and who relin- shareholders will be on the hook to pay According to Dealogic, 2017 was actu- As in the case of Spencer’s-Nature Basket deal quished ownership. In an analysis for potential capital gains taxes — which are ally the weakest year since 1995 for US S ( =',*-* @ $ of paying for an acquisition in cash, acquirers can worldwide M&A deals between 1992- likely to climb from their current levels. companies when it came to stock-based 5 also pay in stock or can have a combination of cash * '.$/-' 2017 by the University of London, it was For all-stock transactions, these taxes for M&As. However, not all deals are an 9 ( and stock. A cash merger happens when the acquir- ' '-355* found that the failure rate for cash trans- shareholders would likely be deferred. either/or. Many feature a combination . * ing firm buys the target company’s stock with cash. 0 .$#"03-' actions was only 2.9 per cent. By way of With all these positives related to a of both cash and stock. There are a vari- Think of a cash merger as shareholders of the tar- -*.&*-* comparison, all other forms of transac- cash transaction, one might wonder why ety of reasons for this, including access 56$ @ $ get company being bought out. In a straight cash tions were likely to fail 4.4 per cent of the anyone would consider an alternative. to capital, share dilution, potential com- 4 S * merger, the acquiring firm will make a tender offer *',.'# ** time. Another benefit of cash transac- But there are numerous benefits to peting offers and payment preferences. ) # at a price that is acceptable to the shareholders of 3$'$ 3$ tions is that they are relatively simple stock-based transactions where a com- A recently published research by 3 the target company, who must vote to approve the 3&,*.3$ 0/ when it comes to what shape the new pany uses its stock as currency to pur- University of London’s Cass Business # 56$ 4 deal. Often, companies offer stock rather than cash 3$ '"' entity will take. The roles of the two par- chase another company. Perhaps the School found that the type of consider- to complete a merger deal by using “conversion *',5.$'$ * ties, too, are clear-cut and the exchange biggest perk of all is that the acquiring ation offered was a significant predictor ratio” that converts the target company’s shares into of money for shares completes a simple firm is able to keep its cash reserves of the probability of deal completion — ) ( @ 0/*N./3 +< shares in the combined firm. For example, if you transfer of ownership. They go on to note around for other functions. Or if they for both private and public M&A targets. ( own 1,000 shares in a target company that ' ,/0/ that with this kind of transaction, the don’t have a significant amount of cash It was a long-term global study into aban- 5 ( ( received a stock merger offer with a conversion *N./"&'/ roles are pretty cut and dry when it comes in the first place, they don’t need to bor- doned acquisitions, ie, deals that are ratio of 1.275, you would receive 1,275 shares in 0* 3&*&3 * to who will control the new organisation, row money from outside partners to announced but which subsequently fail the merged company or 1,000 times 1.275. Some with the purchaser pretty much dictat- make that deal happen. For sharehold- to complete, by investigating more than +/ mergers combine a stock-for-stock transaction with 3 ,* ing everything. On the other hand, with ers of the acquired company, the bene- 82,500 M&A deals announced over 26 G a cash portion. For example, a stock merger offer- =','0,* a stock deal, the number, type or percent- fits are significant as well. As they are years to identify the significant predic- ( ing you 0.5 shares plus 10 in cash for every share **$ .$#3$ age of shares sold may make it a bit hard- paid in stock rather than cash, they can tors of failed deals and strategies that 2 you own means you’ll have to multiply 0.5 and 10 &3=*&*$.$ er to decipher the ownership structure. hold on to that stock and as a result, defer acquirers and targets employ to increase ;< ) by the number of shares you hold in the target com- -*' N. * O Risk allocation is greater in cash any capital gains implications that would the likelihood of successful deal comple- pany. If you owned 400 shares in the old compa- -' * . * deals: Even though cash reigns supreme, result from this buy out. Of course, there tion. In particular, deals, where cash was 9 9 * ny, you’ll own 200 shares in the merged compa- there are some potential negatives to this is also the potential growth of the new the only form of consideration, were less ny plus receive 2,000 in cash or 10 multiplied type of deal. The major downside to a entity and any financial rewards that may likely to fail than those involving equi- # 4 S by 200 shares. cash transaction is that the buyers in the result. From a risk standpoint, a stock ty or cash/equity hybrids as considera- As with most business transactions, cash deals situation are assuming all of the poten- transaction presents different issues as tion. Target companies value the certain- # are highly preferred for fairly obvious reasons. tial risk associated with the merger. In a well. In a stock transaction, the risk is ty that a cash offer brings, both at the $ Nonetheless, plenty of mergers still happen via stock transfer, that risk is at least allocat- shared proportionately between the time the deal is agreed upon and on com- 9 # stock deals. Although the same thing essentially ed amongst the shareholders with respect acquiring firm and the acquired firm. pletion. By contrast, a deal financed by +> occurs regardless of whether the deal is complet- to their proportion of shares. The goal And for ownership of the acquired equity or partly by equity, may become ed with a cash payment or a purchase of a certain of a merger is obviously to realise an firm, a stock transaction also means that more or less valuable depending on 56$ *$ ! # S percentage of shares, there are often differences in increase in value and, thus, returns. But you’re ceding control of the direction of movements in the acquirer’s share price. ! 1>>> the way in which the merger ultimately unfolds. there are obviously risks to the joining the company to the buyer. In today’s robust M&A environment, Here are some of the key differences between the of entities that may get in the way of that, However in recent times, in grow- there will be no shortage of transactions ) % two ways to close the deal: so when paying cash, buyers must be pre- ing economies where access to capital of both types. The only question that $ * * ( Cash deals show clear ownership: One of the pared to accept the potential conse- remains relatively inexpensive, stock remains is what’s going to be the right reasons why everyone loves cash transactions is quences. In addition, there’s the issue of transactions have been on a decline. In type for both companies involved and ( because of its straightforward simplicity, it is faster the financing itself. If the financing falls fact, according to Thomson Reuters, 33 what value this delivers to their share- ( and people face fewer hurdles in getting the deal apart, that would certainly doom the deal. per cent of all deals in the second half of holders. closed. While one side hands over cash, the other Outside of the money risks, there are 2016 included stock in the transaction. (The writer is Assistant Professor at side transfers its ownership interest in the com- additional issues, including taxes. One This represents a steady decline from Amity University) >( 4 /
— and also faced one of the worst or less converted into a regional party Capt Amarinder speaks volumes Amarinder would not agree to this as of victory. The simple fact of the mat- Baragari police firing, making one phases in its existence in the form of for a while now, with a strong region- about the level of sycophancy which he knows his limitations. First, he ter is that Capt Amarinder matched announcement or the other to keep the Pak-sponsored terrorism for over 10 al satrap in Capt Amarinder Singh. the former Congressman indulged in never had a national ambition nor has Modi step by step in the aggressive nar- Akalis on the mat. He got the police years in the 1980s and early years of And this unit has little to do with the to get back but the Chief Minister it now despite an impressive show. rative post Pulwama-Balakot episodes officers responsible for the firing 1990s, the narrative which Modi built high command culture prevalent in refused to have any truck with him Second, at 80, he is not getting any and did not follow the Congress arrested, promising to reach to the top of national security had the potential the national party where decisions are given his limited appeal and party- younger. Third, his inability or rather party line of being suspect and unsure of Akali leadership which was the then of getting more traction in this state. made at the central level and commu- hopping tendencies. unwillingness to communicate in how to react to these developments. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal But this simply failed to get dividends nicated to the states. In fact, to be fair Moreover, almost all candidates Hindi, the language of the cow belt, Besides, the BJP has been riding and his son Sukhbir Badal. Akalis, in +' here because of the counter narrative to the party president Rahul Gandhi, were practically hand-picked by Capt would further reduce his appeal. It is piggy-back on the Akalis for several turn, had little or nothing to offer to built by the Capt Amarinder-led he has left it to Capt Amarinder to Amarinder. Manish Tewari, a former similar to Manmohan Singh, the decades, unsure of an independent the aggression of Capt Amarinder and mid the ruins and crumbling Punjab Congress which has to be dif- decide what is good. Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, who two-term Prime Minister, who was a identity. RSS, too, has been trying to his team, who was clearly enjoying the edifice all over the country, ferentiated from the Rahul Gandhi - Just before the Lok Sabha elections wanted a ticket from Chandigarh, was poor communicator in all languages expand its influence amongst the new rules of the game which he had APunjab and Kerala are the only led Congress. when former Congress Working given nomination from Anandpur and could not even highlight the Sikhs through the Rashtriya Sikh just introduced. two oases for Congress in 2019, giv- Two seats which BJP won in Committee member Jagmeet Singh Sahib Constituency, an entirely new achievements of his government prop- Sangat for years now with limited So in reality, Congress did become ing the grand old party something to Punjab were Gurdaspur, which was Brar approached the party high com- seat for him from where he had no erly. In fact, he hardly campaigned for appeal and little scope of penetrating an umbrella organisation of all groups cheer about—a consolation prize in largely due to the star power of Sunny mand for re-entry into the Congress, political linkage or any claim. Capt his party anywhere else in the coun- the rural Sikh peasantry. Family rule in Punjab — the rural Sikhs for times of utter political despair and Deol, and Hoshiarpur reserved seat, possibly to contest the Lok Sabha elec- Amarinder ensured that Tewari try even in the 2019 polls. has been firmly established in the whom religious issues are important, gloom. where the local factors went against the tions, the high command simply emerged victorious and no doubt Coming from an ex-serviceman Akalis and is being resented. the urban-centric voters for whom In Punjab, the Congress won an Congress as well as the improved per- directed him to Capt Amarinder along with Shashi Tharoor, the MP who takes pride in using “Captain” In fact, Capt Amarinder also Akali Dal has little to offer and also the impressive eight seats and 40 per cent formance of Bahujan Samaj Party, rather than taking a decision on its from Kerala, he would be the face of before his name, a person who had tried to play identity politics and to large section of the Dalits in the Doaba of the votes, which is much more than ensuring the victory of BJP candidate own and then imposing him on the the party in the Lok Sabha after the seen the 1965 action from close quar- some extent appropriated the religious region where Congress always had four seats and 33 per cent in the 2014 Som Prakash. Long-time NDA Chief Minister. The set-up is perfect defeat of seasoned Congress parlia- ters as an officer in uniform and is a issues which the Akalis had been using more traction. No wonder, the party polls, indicating that the graph of the alliance partner, Shiromani Akali Dal, in Punjab for the former Army mentarians like Mallikarjun Kharge proud military historian, Modi’s nar- for decades. This was like hurting the emerged as an oasis amid despair in party is going up despite Prime managed to win from Bathinda and Captain. PCC president Sunil Jakhar from Karnataka and Jyotiraditya rative fizzled out in the border state. opponent where it hurts the most. north India and also gave appropriate Minister Modi and BJP building up a Ferozepur with the husband-wife duo is a hardcore Amarinder loyalist and Scindia from Madhya Pradesh. Even when Capt Amarinder asked for When police firing took place at a lessons to the central leadership how narrative of muscular nationalism of Harsimrat Kaur and Sukhbir Badal even the AICC in-charge of the state, Despite his success at the region- evidence for the Balakot strike, he was place called Baragari on protestors after to successfully counter the narrative of post the Balakot air strike inside getting the voters’ approval due to the Asha Kumari, is hardly a political al level, it would be ridiculous to por- convincing as he himself gave numer- several incidents of sacrilege of reli- “muscular nationalism” with a simi- Pakistan. As Punjab is a border state concentration of the entire Akali heavyweight. That’s the kind of respect tray Capt Amarinder as a national ous examples from the 1965 war where gious scriptures came to notice, the lar one, albeit with a regional varia- and has faced the brunt of all the wars machinery here. Capt Amarinder enjoys right now with leader and a possible replacement for the victorious Indian Army officers Akalis were on the defensive. Like a tion. which the country has fought with For all practical purposes, in the top leadership of the party. Of Rahul Gandhi. It is too far-fetched a had brought trophies of war from good heavyweight wrestler, Capt (The writer is Senior Resident Pakistan — 1948, 1965 and then 1971 Punjab, the Congress has been more course, the leaked messages of Brar to political theory and even Capt amongst the Pakistani Army as proof Amarinder simply raised the pitch on Editor, The Pioneer, Chandigarh) ! 7 L K ? 9 Q R ( ! 0*.>.$# gation of a trade conflict is ministry spokesperson, Gao :H JG naked economic terrorism, Feng said “Beijing will not n a major escalation of the economic chauvinism, and allow any countries to use Ibruising US-China trade war, economic bullying,” he said. rare-earth materials to make $*+ *,-. &&0'. Sharma, Head PCG & Capital Beijing on Thursday accused Both the US and China products that will suppress Markets Strategy, HDFC the US of following “naked have already imposed tariffs on China’s development”. huttered for he rupee on Thursday fell Securities. economic terrorism” and billions of dollars of export When asked if China will Smore than a Tmarginally by 4 paise to The rupee has now depre- threatened to the stop export of products sparking fears that the stop exporting rare-earth mate- month, Jet close at 69.87 against the US ciated by 36 paise in the three rare-earth metals, a key conflict between them could rials to the US, Gao said China Airways currency, extending its decline sessions to Thursday. resource for Apple’s Iphones damage the global economy. has been the world’s largest sup- Thursday said it for a third straight day, due to The dollar inched towards and hi-tech missile guidance Trump, who kicked off the plier of rare-earth materials and is not in a posi- a stronger dollar and investors one-week high levels against systems to America. trade war last year, demanded always been keen to meet the tion to consider awaiting the allocation of key major rivals in global markets The world’s two largest China to reduce the massive demand of its trade partners to audited financial portfolios in the newly elected after US-China trade worries economies are engaged in a trade deficit which has climbed promote the rare-earth industry. results for 2018- Government. unnerved investors. trade war after talks to resolve the to over $539 billion last year. He “While satisfying domestic 19 due to ongo- Foreign fund inflows, Prime Minister Narendra issue between them apparently insisted Beijing for verifiable demand, China is always will- ing process for strong gains in equities and eas- Modi and his council of min- failed, with US President Donald measures for protection of ing to fulfil other countries’ management ing crude oil prices, however, isters were set to take oath at Trump putting a ban on Huawei, intellectual property rights rightful needs for rare earth change and res- helped the local currency con- 1900 hours Thursday for a the China’s biggest telecom (IPR), technology transfer and materials,” he said. ignations of key tain losses. second term as suspense equipment manufacturer, and more access to American goods “But if any country plans to managerial per- At the Interbank Foreign mounted on who will get the threatening to slap additional tar- to the Chinese market. use the rare-earth materials that sonnel. Exchange (forex), the domes- big four berths — Home, iffs on the remaining $300 billion The US has imposed a tar- China exports to make products Once a sto- tic currency opened at 69.76 a Finance, Defence and External worth of Chinese exports. iff on $200 billion Chinese that will suppress China’s devel- ried full service dollar and fell further to touch Affairs. In the sharpest attack yet on products while hit back, Beijing opment, it is not acceptable,” he carrier, Jet the day’s low of 69.93. It final- Going ahead, macro eco- the US, since the beginning of increased tariff on $60 billion was quoted as saying by the Airways temporarily suspend- bidding process undertaken by Airways Chief Executive ly settled at 69.87 per dollar, nomic data like gross domes- the trade war China’s vice foreign US products, which will take state-run China Daily. ed operations in April after the domestic lenders for change Officer Vinay Dube and his down 4 paise over its previous tic product data for January- minister Zhang Hanhui accused effect Saturday. Asked whether China running of cash. in management of the compa- deputy Amit Agarwal put in close. The rupee Wednesday March quarter and provi- Washington of indulging in Underling that there is no would take certain actions In a filing to the stock ny, coupled with resignation by their papers. had settled at 69.83 to the US sional estimates for the whole “naked economic terrorism”. winner in a trade war, Zhang against Apple Inc following the exchanges, the airline said it is members of the board of direc- The consortium of lenders dollar. 2018/19 fiscal year ending in “We are against the trade said, “This trade conflict will also US’s restrictions on Huawei’s not in a position to consider tors, its key managerial per- — led by SBI — is struggling to “Rupee opened on strong March to be released on war, but we are not afraid of it,” have a serious negative impact business operations, Gao said and approve the audited finan- sonnel and other employees find a buyer for the airline. note but failed to hold at the Friday and RBI monetary pol- Zhang said while briefing media on the development and revival the legitimate rights and inter- cial results for the year ended across functions,” as reasons for Shares of the airline rose higher levels. This is going to icy outcome would give fur- on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s of the global economy”. ests of all foreign enterprises in March 31, 2019. not considering the results. 1.51 per cent to close at 150.85 be the third straight session of ther direction to the rupee, trip to Russia next week. Meanwhile, in a separate China will be protected by the The airline cited “ongoing Earlier this month, Jet on the BSE. fall in the rupee,” said V K Sharma said. “This premeditated insti- briefing, China’s commerce Chinese Government. $', 3O$ *$!* 1" /63735 4&2+!+.:R 47' 8B7J?7H%8HI 36/4>F7 0,),,, $*+ *,-. During the year, POWER- 0-0'$*+' crore over last year’s net profit $*+ *,-. and having no impact on bot- GRID capitalized assets worth of 1342.19 crore. In 4th quar- tom line”. ower Grid Corporation of 25,869 crore including itssub- ontinuing its soaring per- ter the Company has earned a LCIL’s revenue dipped to The profit for the year is PIndia Limited (POWER- sidiaries. The Gross Assets of Cformance, National net profit of 233 crore. During N1,023.78 cr in the FY 1266.97 cr as against 1848.78 GRID), a ’Navratna’ Company the Company increased to Aluminium Company Limited the year, the Net sales turnover 2018-19. The total revenue of cr in the corresponding previ- under Ministry of Power, 1,97,793 crore as at the end of (NALCO), a Navratna PSU for the year is 11,386 crore reg- the company for the FY 2018- ous FY. The dip in profit is Government of India and the FY19 from 1,77,100 crore as at under Ministry of Mines, istering a growth of 21% over 19 is 8059.27 cr as against mainly on account of lower ’Central Transmission Utility the end of FY18 on standalone Government of India, has once last year. Export earning of 9083.05 cr in the corre- plant availability, decrease in (CTU)’ of the country, crossed basis. Capital expenditure for again proved its mettle by regis- 4792.71 crore also registering sponding previous FY. Lignite Stock and implemen- 10,000 crore profit for the first the year including subsidiaries tering high in terms of both phys- a growth of 18 % over last year. According to a news release tation of VRS. time as it posted a Profit After was 25,807 crore during the ical and financial performances. With 100% capacity uti- shared by Government of NLCIL achieved highest Tax of 10,034 crore on con- financial year. According to the audited lization, NALCO’s India entreprise states that ever CAPEX of 7,111 Cr solidated basis. The Company has pro- financial results for 2018-19, Panchpatmali Mines has “the fall in revenue is mainly during the FY 2018-19. It On a standalone basis, the posed a final dividend of taken on record by the Board of achieved Bauxite excavation of on account of reduction of lig- commissioned 404 MW of Company posted Profit After Tax 25%(2.50 per share on a face ! =/B=5C=/BD6; # ; # Directors in a meeting held on 74.14 lakh MT, which is high- nite transfer price (420 cr), Solar Power Plants in Tamil and Total Income of 9,939 crore value of 10 each)in addition to # & > Thursday in New Delhi, during est ever since inception. Bauxite implementation of Ind As115 Nadu and Andaman and and 35,618 crore respectively for interim dividend of 58.3% # ) >! the FY 2018-19, NALCO has transportation has gone up to (658 cr) and non- applica- increased its renewable foot- FY19 registering an increase of (5.83 per share on a face registered a net profit of 1732 72.31 lakh MT, which is also bility of clean energy cess print from 291 MW to 695 21% &16% respectively with value of 10 each) already paid ; crore, a growth of 29%, i.e. 390 highest ever since inception. (220 cr) in the current FY MW in FY 2018-19. respect to FY 2017-18. for the financial year 2018-19. ! 77
7A 4 9 0 4 * 4 6 00, . C ) - P 3 pany rose to 302.76 crore as against 233.20 ';* New Delhi (PTI): E-commerce major Amazon.in Thursday Mumbai/New Delhi: Export-Import Bank of crore for the previous fiscal year. The company’s said it has expanded its ‘Pantry’ service to over 110 cities in the India (Exim Bank) on Thursday registered a prof- revenue from operations for the fiscal year ended country as it bets big on the grocery category to drive growth it after tax of 82 crore for 2018-19 financial year. March 2019 stood at 8,336.66 crore. It was in business. Amazon Pantry has been aggressively expanding its It had reported a loss of 2,924 crore in 2017-18. 7,183.01 crore for the year ago fiscal year. The &&0'. points, the 30-share index cent. presence to smaller cities in the country. The service was avail- The export finance institution also witnessed company’s board has recommended a dividend ended 329.92 points, or 0.84 Foreign institutional able in 40 cities in November last year. reduction in bad loans during the year. Managing of 6 per share (120 per cent of face value of 5 fter a day’s breather, per cent, higher at 39,831.97 — investors (FIIs) sold equities “Consumables is a fast growing category for Amazon.in. Director David Rasquinha said 2017-18 was a per share) for the financial year ended March 31, benchmark Sensex on its fresh-closing high. The worth 304.27 crore on Amazon Pantry has become popular with customers... We have clean-up year wherein the bank did a significant 2019 on the paid up equity shares of the com- AThursday resumed its gauge hit an intra-day high of Wednesday and domestic insti- now added more than 70 cities and towns in the last six-seven tightening of the balance sheet and lending norms. pany, Apollo Hospitals said. record-setting spree by rallying 39,911.92 and a low of tutional investors (DIIs) months to take the total number of cities covered by Amazon It did an aggressive provisioning which led to a 330 points on gains in index 39,500.56. offloaded shares to the tune of Pantry to 110,” Amazon India Director Category Management loss in that fiscal. Its gross non performing assets ! D/ /*3E heavyweights RIL, HDFC and The broader NSE Nifty 189.58 crore, provisional data Saurabh Srivastava said in a statement. Customers even in small- reduced to 11,678 crore in 2018-19 from Berger Paints India Ltd on Thursday report- TCS amid expiry of May deriv- also settled at a new closing available with stock exchanges er cities like Ichalkaranji in Maharashtra, Kaithal in Haryana and 11,976 crore a year ago. Net NPAs stood at 2,288 ed an increase of 4.91 per cent in its consolidat- ative contracts. peak at 11,945.90, gaining 84.80 showed. Belgaum in Karnataka now have access to Amazon Pantry, he crore as compared to 4,028 crore by the end of ed net profit to 111.43 crore for the fourth quar- Moreover, sentiment was points or 0.71 per cent. Asian bourses ended on a added. 2017-18. Provision coverage ratio improved to 85 ter ended on March 31. The company had post- driven by renewed hopes from NTPC was the top gainer mixed note, while Europe was Through Amazon Pantry, customers get access to about 5,000 per cent from 71 per cent in 2017-18. ed a net profit of 106.21 crore in the January- the new government as in the Sensex pack, rallying trading in the green in opening products from over 500 brands across categories like staples, March quarter a year ago, Berger Paints said in investors have been keenly 3.44 per cent. Bharti Airtel, deals. household supplies, personal care, and others. In select cities like D/ -* .E a BSE filing. Its revenue from operations during awaiting the allocation of key Bajaj Finance, TCS, HDFC Meanwhile, the Indian Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and State-owned mining and metals firm the quarter was up 13.38 per cent to 1,472.09 portfolios to ministers. twins, Yes Bank and RIL too rupee was trading 5 paise lower Pune, it allows customers to choose time slots to schedule order MMTC on Thursday said its net profit fell 8.26 crore as against 1,298.27 crore in the corre- Narendra Modi and his coun- gained up to 2.33 per cent. at 69.88 against the US dollar. deliveries. Amazon is betting heavily on the grocery segment in per cent to 11.76 crore in the March 2019 quar- sponding quarter of the previous year. Berger cil of ministers are all set to take However, Sun Pharma, Brent crude, the global India. The company has also committed USD 500 million to its ter. The company had posted a net profit of Paints’ total expenses was at 1,304.62 crore as oath at 1900 hours Wednesday. M&M, ONGC, IndusInd Bank benchmark, slipped 0.06 per food retail venture. The grocery segment accounts for a signif- 12.82 crore in the corresponding period of the against 1,136.47 crore, up 14.79 per cent. For the After soaring over 400 and Vedanta fell up to 2.39 per cent to 67.83 per barrel. icant portion of the unorganised retail segment in the country. previous years. Total income from operations full financial year 2018-19, Berger Paints’ net prof- in the reported quarter stood at 7,107.66 crore, it was 497.45 crore. It was 460.83 core in 2017- compared with 3,110.71 crore in the year-ago 18. Total income for 2018-19 stood at 6,061.86 period. Total expenses also increased to crore. It was 5,282.12 crore in 2017-18. Its board 0 6 " 1-< % 7,082.73 crore, compared to 3,098 crore, in its meeting held on Thursday has recom- according to a regulatory filing on the BSE. mended payment of dividend of 1.90 per equi- ty share of the face value of 1 each for 2018-19. $*+ *,-. market without registering tives market. Cheruvu, Chief Investment According to Cheruvu, D/ themselves directly after going There is a rise of 3.98 per Officer, WGC Wealth. investments through P-notes 3E FF ! D/ nvestments in the domestic through a due diligence process. cent in the total value of P-notes Last week, the Bharatiya have been declining since April Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals Enterprise -E 1G*1. Icapital market through par- The total value of P-note investment from the previous Janata Party won over 300 seats 2017 due to a series of Sebi cir- on Thursday reported a 28.57 per cent rise in its Cigarette maker Godfrey Phillips India on ticipatory notes, led by equity investment in domestic capital month when the total invest- on its own out of 542 seats in the culars and clarifications on usage standalone net profit to 76.68 crore for the quar- Thursday reported a 17.97 per cent decline in allocation, rose to 81,220 markets — equity, debt and ment stood at 78,110 crore. Lok Sabha elections — the first of P-notes by non-resident ter ended March 31, 2019. The company had standalone profit to 35.36 crore for the fourth crore at the end of April on derivatives — stood at 81,220 “Sudden jump in P-Note back-to-back majority for a sin- Indians. posted a net profit of 59.64 crore for the cor- quarter ended March 2019 due to impairment hopes of favourable market crore till April-end, latest Sebi assets in April 2019 is much gle party since 1984. “At the same time, a healthy responding period of the previous fiscal, Apollo charges. The company had reported a profit of conditions. data showed. steeper than overall FPI assets. Analysts believe the growth has been witnessed in Hospitals Enterprise said in a filing to BSE. 43.11 crore in the January-March quarter a Participatory notes (P- Out of the total investments This surge in P-notes assets is led emphatic victory for the Modi- (FPI) registrations due to ease in Standalone revenue from operations of the year ago. Its total income during the quarter notes) are issued by registered made till April-end, 58,820 by equity allocation with hopes led coalition will ensure con- registration process thereby company stood at 2,167.11 crore for the quar- under review stood at 672.76 crore, up 14.75 foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) crore was invested in the equi- of return of ruling party with tinuation in reform measures helping P-notes investors to ter under consideration. It was 1,863.42 crore per cent as against 586.27 crore for the cor- to overseas investors who wish ties segment, 21,542 crore in majority and continuity in pol- initiated during the NDA’s first shift their investments to FPIs,” for the same period year ago. For the fiscal year responding period a year ago, Godfrey Phillips to be a part of the Indian stock debt and 123 crore in deriva- icy and reforms,” said Rajesh term. he added. ended March this year, the net profit of the com- said in a BSE filing. PTI
SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11865.30 11968.55 11859.40 11945.90 84.80 Script Open High Low LTP KOTAKBANK 1515.00 1538.70 1513.75 1533.50 EQUITAS 135.05 137.30 134.15 136.55 TRIDENT 68.50 69.40 68.00 68.55 GESHIP 284.25 284.80 278.65 280.05 NTPC 131.05 135.60 131.05 135.25 4.35 RCOM 1.95 2.00 1.92 1.97 NATIONALUM 50.30 50.60 49.55 50.35 AUBANK 698.00 719.25 694.20 698.70 EIHOTEL 196.40 200.00 195.00 198.55 LAURUSLABS 360.10 369.00 360.00 362.85 YESBANK 150.20 156.50 149.90 155.25 3.55 PCJEWELLER 83.90 85.30 74.70 80.55 SJVN 27.40 27.75 25.55 25.70 MGL 880.00 900.00 880.00 894.00 TVTODAY 272.95 288.25 272.85 281.60 3MINDIA 22817.00 23210.75 22725.00 22920.90 BAJFINANCE 3408.90 3489.70 3400.05 3486.95 77.70 YESBANK 150.35 156.45 149.80 154.55 JAGRAN 112.75 119.45 111.25 114.65 CHAMBLFERT 188.50 189.00 182.95 187.95 GSPL 190.50 193.35 188.65 190.95 RALLIS 150.95 154.25 150.30 150.90 BPCL 401.00 409.70 400.05 407.55 8.40 SUZLON 5.38 5.91 5.38 5.75 EICHERMOT 20600.00 20600.00 19800.00 19879.65 SUNTECK 502.15 505.35 480.30 492.80 APARINDS 687.95 687.95 662.35 670.60 NETWORK18 31.40 32.60 31.40 32.20 BHARTIARTL 340.00 349.55 339.55 345.75 6.95 SPICEJET 138.70 148.00 138.50 144.50 IGL 331.70 339.80 326.20 337.00 AARTIIND 1750.00 1850.00 1750.00 1843.90 DCMSHRIRAM 556.90 589.00 556.90 580.45 PFIZER 3195.80 3217.35 3178.60 3196.50 TCS 2123.00 2156.55 2114.40 2146.30 38.75 RELIANCE 1316.40 1340.45 1316.00 1330.60 FSL 55.50 56.55 54.60 55.65 SCI 34.25 34.25 33.35 33.70 FRETAIL 446.95 453.40 438.00 442.45 AKZOINDIA 1754.95 1782.15 1736.95 1748.85 GAIL 355.85 360.50 353.35 359.50 5.75 NTPC 131.50 135.95 131.50 135.35 DIVISLAB 1591.05 1625.50 1580.05 1585.00 RADICO 338.70 342.65 337.50 341.00 FDC 195.50 200.00 195.50 196.15 TIMETECHNO 99.35 99.40 96.60 98.50 SBIN 349.75 355.00 347.50 354.00 5.35 JUSTDIAL 694.70 778.40 691.00 747.15 ONGC 172.15 172.15 168.00 169.65 TATAELXSI 891.40 892.35 882.00 884.85 JAMNAAUTO 59.95 59.95 56.20 56.80 EIDPARRY 190.20 193.70 188.05 189.95 DHFL 114.90 118.40 109.65 114.35 CHOLAFIN 1482.70 1525.95 1480.00 1505.40 VOLTAS 570.45 575.20 564.70 571.90 GPPL 88.05 89.25 87.00 87.15 MRF 55425.00 56199.95 55001.00 55212.85 DRREDDY 2613.00 2659.90 2593.35 2650.05 39.30 ADANIPOWER 50.05 52.70 49.40 51.50 PERSISTENT* 575.50 581.95 568.00 579.15 BERGEPAINT 305.90 305.90 297.10 300.40 NOCIL 133.65 135.35 133.40 134.35 SUDARSCHEM 340.30 344.25 338.05 340.25 HDFC 2141.40 2189.45 2130.00 2179.10 31.65 RELINFRA 110.00 110.60 101.50 103.10 CUMMINSIND 761.55 771.00 751.90 764.10 SRTRANSFIN 1114.00 1130.80 1108.35 1126.30 SYNGENE 685.00 689.70 676.45 685.15 WABCOINDIA 6330.00 6463.15 6255.00 6281.85 RELIANCE 1316.25 1342.00 1316.25 1330.00 16.95 JPASSOCIAT 4.94 5.02 4.89 4.94 ASHOKA 153.00 155.00 143.40 145.70 JSWENERGY 74.40 74.40 71.60 72.30 MINDAIND 355.40 360.90 343.10 346.85 JYOTHYLAB 170.45 172.70 170.00 171.20 KOTAKBANK 1513.90 1541.75 1511.90 1531.55 17.65 BEL 116.95 116.95 111.60 113.60 TECHM 741.10 745.55 731.00 735.55 CIPLA 562.90 564.65 555.20 563.30 MRPL 63.40 63.40 62.05 62.25 JBCHEPHARM 377.75 378.80 368.05 372.15 ICICIBANK 420.85 428.00 419.60 427.95 4.65 RPOWER 7.75 7.79 7.12 7.38 ALBK 45.20 46.70 45.05 46.15 AEGISLOG 229.30 230.95 222.95 224.85 SREINFRA 25.60 25.80 25.25 25.55 TITAN 1234.00 1249.80 1225.00 1248.00 13.35 TCS 2120.00 2153.40 2116.40 2145.40 SADBHAV 269.75 272.00 255.40 257.20 JKTYRE 82.25 82.90 81.55 81.85 SHILPAMED 352.40 360.00 348.00 353.25 ULTRACEMCO 4719.00 4771.00 4707.05 4770.00 50.15 SBIN 350.00 354.90 347.60 353.65 ACC 1721.20 1732.10 1703.45 1710.60 RAMCOCEM 825.65 835.00 821.30 828.95 FORTIS 125.75 127.35 125.75 126.70 COALINDIA 251.95 255.25 249.10 253.25 2.55 TATAMOTORS 176.65 178.60 173.30 175.05 ADANITRANS 233.00 239.00 231.80 234.80 GRINDWELL 595.40 602.00 590.00 592.80 VBL 947.80 947.80 918.25 921.90 ASIANPAINT 1365.00 1392.00 1353.90 1372.00 13.75 RELCAPITAL 131.35 133.10 126.55 130.20 BBTC 1152.05 1181.50 1146.00 1166.75 BDL 329.40 336.85 321.00 325.50 RELAXO 839.95 850.00 831.00 836.65 HDFCBANK 2416.00 2447.90 2413.05 2440.00 23.10 PNB 82.15 83.15 80.90 81.50 NATCOPHARM 520.00 522.90 510.00 515.90 FINOLEXIND 494.00 500.65 493.90 496.50 CRISIL 1455.40 1475.80 1455.00 1459.90 BAJAJFINSV 8150.00 8260.00 8120.00 8199.90 68.15 SUNPHARMA 422.30 422.30 411.55 412.75 MUTHOOTFIN 624.80 644.25 624.80 641.40 BALMLAWRIE 203.00 203.00 197.00 198.25 MOIL 156.90 157.30 155.00 157.10 WIPRO 286.00 290.00 285.50 288.05 2.35 INFY* 727.80 737.35 724.00 733.30 VIPIND 437.50 439.20 430.50 435.25 REDINGTON 94.80 99.60 94.80 97.25 GMDCLTD 82.25 82.75 80.95 81.20 INFY 727.00 737.25 722.55 732.60 4.80 IBULHSGFIN 784.80 793.15 770.30 774.30 OBEROIRLTY 561.95 566.35 549.95 564.00 CUB 218.00 218.00 210.70 211.75 SCHNEIDER 103.85 103.85 100.50 101.65 UPL 992.30 1013.80 987.20 1003.15 6.15 HDFC 2146.90 2193.00 2128.80 2185.65 ISEC 214.10 220.00 212.80 218.15 PIIND 1047.80 1089.00 1040.10 1082.70 MAHLIFE 419.95 424.25 414.45 417.10 ADANIPORTS 406.55 411.80 401.60 409.00 2.45 POWERGRID 194.70 194.70 188.20 191.15 ABCAPITAL 99.80 99.85 98.75 99.55 ENDURANCE 1221.95 1221.95 1183.00 1193.15 IOB 11.84 11.99 11.84 11.91 TATASTEEL 494.00 496.05 486.65 489.10 KSCL 535.00 548.00 528.30 540.05 GREENPLY 162.55 165.85 161.05 163.85 SUPREMEIND 1087.60 1089.35 1072.85 1082.60 BAJAJ-AUTO 2942.00 2980.00 2920.65 2941.05 15.55 IBVENTURES 307.00 325.80 306.60 310.50 ORIENTBANK 102.20 103.30 99.75 101.35 PHOENIXLTD 620.00 634.85 620.00 629.25 GET&D 271.00 272.30 262.05 264.95 IOC 160.50 163.40 159.40 161.20 0.85 DLF 195.70 196.50 190.75 194.65 SRF 2900.00 2909.60 2880.10 2899.75 GODREJAGRO 515.05 517.30 510.90 514.15 BLUEDART 2719.95 2739.40 2680.00 2692.95 AXISBANK 803.25 814.20 803.25 808.75 4.05 ZEEL 375.00 375.00 361.70 365.70 HFCL 21.50 21.95 21.45 21.55 PTC 70.60 71.30 69.80 71.10 HSIL 289.50 293.05 286.70 288.45 POWERGRID 193.40 193.90 188.15 191.00 0.85 IBREALEST 126.00 129.50 123.90 124.80 GODREJCP 664.00 668.55 656.35 659.20 GALAXYSURF 1192.95 1192.95 1128.00 1158.00 ASTRAZEN 1984.40 2023.00 1976.15 1986.70 LT 1550.00 1569.35 1540.00 1558.55 6.10 WIPRO 286.05 289.90 285.60 288.30 BALKRISIND 815.15 818.15 797.35 799.50 KALPATPOWR 531.35 536.65 519.75 522.85 ZENSARTECH 246.55 250.75 246.50 249.30 HEROMOTOCO 2730.00 2743.95 2701.20 2734.60 9.10 ASHOKLEY 90.10 90.50 89.20 90.35 TITAN 1234.00 1248.70 1225.00 1240.90 LINDEINDIA 566.00 577.20 566.00 571.05 NESCO 518.85 518.95 506.55 511.00 ITC 289.00 291.05 288.30 288.90 0.80 BANKBARODA 136.30 137.75 134.30 134.95 STAR 434.85 434.85 424.80 428.00 THERMAX 999.15 1016.00 998.05 1005.35 INDOSTAR 393.20 396.00 388.10 391.40 HINDUNILVR 1788.00 1792.00 1781.00 1784.25 3.40 GRAPHITE 433.65 438.90 427.75 432.40 WELCORP 145.60 146.05 141.65 142.55 ABB 1584.60 1584.75 1563.20 1578.45 ECLERX 931.00 940.00 928.55 937.30 GRASIM 912.00 919.80 898.70 910.95 0.45 ICICIPRULI 384.95 396.05 384.60 387.80 VINATIORGA 2080.00 2135.50 2036.15 2093.50 MINDACORP 122.15 123.00 119.05 120.10 GDL 146.80 149.80 146.80 148.90 HCLTECH 1088.00 1098.35 1068.00 1081.00 -4.00 HDFCLIFE 426.00 436.95 423.40 435.00 CROMPTON 237.00 240.50 234.15 236.85 BAJAJELEC 544.35 548.50 540.00 542.50 TIMKEN 693.00 702.95 685.15 686.60 HINDALCO 199.10 200.80 196.30 198.55 -0.75 LT 1550.00 1569.00 1541.10 1558.25 SWANENERGY 104.90 106.80 104.55 105.90 MAHLOG 508.95 511.10 494.65 501.10 GLAXO 1271.65 1275.45 1262.55 1270.40 IBULHSGFIN 780.00 793.05 771.35 774.60 -3.20 ICICIBANK 422.95 427.90 420.00 426.45 SYNDIBANK 36.10 36.30 35.45 35.80 ASTRAL 1274.90 1280.00 1257.00 1262.65 UCOBANK 17.20 17.50 17.15 17.25 CIPLA 560.10 563.50 554.25 562.00 -2.35 BOMDYEING 128.05 134.50 127.50 131.35 EMAMILTD 340.05 344.65 334.75 342.35 ALLCARGO 117.45 118.95 114.25 115.15 ASTERDM 154.50 156.00 153.10 153.25 TATAMOTORS 177.50 178.50 173.10 175.40 -0.95 JETAIRWAYS 149.60 154.50 148.50 150.85 DABUR 398.50 401.75 394.60 396.00 GUJFLUORO 1039.05 1044.90 1020.00 1035.15 TATAINVEST 885.00 891.00 883.25 888.60 BRITANNIA 2921.00 2937.05 2874.60 2899.20 -17.80 IDEA 13.30 13.70 13.00 13.30 UBL 1350.00 1379.00 1342.00 1355.70 JKLAKSHMI 391.00 394.75 385.15 390.00 CARERATING 944.70 972.00 944.70 968.15 MARUTI 6890.00 6921.00 6825.00 6847.55 -43.90 IOC 160.95 163.60 159.40 162.60 APOLLOTYRE 192.60 199.25 192.60 197.20 TRENT 376.05 387.00 376.05 385.35 IEX 153.45 156.00 153.20 154.30 BAJFINANCE 3410.00 3486.90 3402.20 3480.75 JINDALSTEL 164.00 164.95 161.55 163.65 KTKBANK 114.40 114.50 112.80 114.20 GHCL 263.15 268.35 261.30 264.65 SANOFI 5400.00 5424.45 5335.00 5365.75 TECHM 741.50 746.00 732.95 733.75 -5.10 JSWSTEEL 282.00 282.70 275.10 276.60 RBLBANK 690.00 696.80 683.10 692.25 INTELLECT 248.00 252.95 248.00 249.70 OFSS 3429.00 3429.00 3370.00 3401.55 SONATSOFTW 352.55 354.90 351.10 354.45 VEDL 165.25 166.40 162.50 164.10 -1.75 COALINDIA 252.00 255.40 249.85 252.90 HINDUNILVR 1786.00 1791.65 1780.00 1784.00 BIRLACORPN 674.75 677.45 661.20 662.40 LAKSHVILAS 73.85 75.40 73.10 73.70 CORPBANK 25.00 25.60 25.00 25.25 TATASTEEL 493.00 496.45 486.00 488.00 -5.30 MOTHERSUMI 120.00 120.45 117.00 117.85 LICHSGFIN 550.30 564.25 550.30 556.10 BANDHANBNK 590.20 600.80 590.20 596.30 COROMANDEL 434.05 438.00 424.25 436.55 NIACL 164.50 165.10 163.20 163.80 INDUSINDBK 1608.60 1621.60 1580.55 1590.90 -17.75 HAVELLS 736.70 736.70 709.30 723.15 CANFINHOME 353.10 358.70 353.10 356.05 SBILIFE 680.40 685.40 673.75 680.30 IBULISL 292.95 300.90 288.75 291.55 APLAPOLLO 1623.05 1637.95 1615.10 1621.90 JSWSTEEL 281.00 283.25 275.10 277.25 -3.30 INDIGO 1640.05 1663.40 1628.15 1641.80 PEL 2200.00 2215.55 2156.50 2201.10 LTTS 1758.00 1770.00 1741.40 1748.90 ZYDUSWELL 1343.15 1343.15 1323.20 1334.40 INFRATEL 276.40 276.70 271.10 272.10 -3.60 TATAPOWER 68.95 70.70 67.95 70.30 SUVEN 268.90 283.00 268.00 277.60 EXIDEIND 212.85 216.00 212.80 214.35 ERIS 527.60 535.00 511.15 513.45 ONGC 172.00 172.00 167.55 169.25 -2.30 MARUTI 6900.00 6920.00 6825.30 6858.75 KEI 523.70 526.00 515.00 517.20 MAXINDIA 62.50 68.95 62.50 66.85 CCL 261.45 270.90 261.45 263.50 M&M 660.00 667.50 656.35 658.50 -13.65 UNIONBANK 80.90 80.90 77.35 78.15 M&MFIN 416.45 429.00 410.10 424.50 KNRCON 289.90 293.05 280.25 284.15 SHK 152.00 154.90 151.45 152.95 ZEEL 371.40 375.60 361.30 364.60 -7.95 UPL 995.00 1014.70 988.55 1007.45 FORCEMOT 1534.00 1595.00 1525.30 1579.85 DEEPAKFERT 151.80 153.70 146.50 148.05 HAL 714.35 725.00 710.00 718.15 EICHERMOT 20420.00 20499.90 19820.00 19970.00 -453.75 SUNTV 539.05 547.00 535.15 544.95 JAICORPLTD 121.30 122.30 117.80 119.85 INDHOTEL 150.00 152.40 148.60 151.30 APLLTD 524.10 524.10 515.05 517.30 SUNPHARMA 421.25 422.70 411.20 412.90 -10.90 STRTECH 174.95 179.20 172.50 177.10 MFSL 438.20 460.50 433.80 453.35 FINCABLES 465.00 470.15 455.00 468.05 AIAENG 1741.00 1770.00 1741.00 1769.65 INDIANB 275.70 289.00 273.85 282.20 ULTRACEMCO 4721.00 4784.90 4706.00 4756.90 GUJALKALI 553.60 568.40 548.60 554.40 SKFINDIA 1900.00 1900.00 1880.00 1886.70 APOLLOHOSP 1225.00 1235.00 1195.50 1204.90 TATACHEM 636.60 640.50 629.80 634.10 TVSMOTOR 487.70 488.10 479.95 481.45 FORBESCO 2131.00 2226.95 2130.00 2144.90 AXISBANK 804.80 814.15 803.05 808.10 RAJESHEXPO 700.00 700.00 657.00 658.90 INOXLEISUR 364.45 373.60 363.95 365.65 GSKCONS 7450.00 7465.00 7380.00 7437.95 GNFC 293.25 294.50 287.05 288.75 DRREDDY 2635.00 2665.00 2595.95 2651.40 SOUTHBANK 14.50 14.60 14.25 14.35 TIINDIA 395.00 397.05 385.05 390.60 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE PFC 124.10 124.10 120.70 122.85 DISHTV 31.75 32.15 30.30 31.05 SPARC 152.60 154.50 151.45 152.15 LAXMIMACH 5555.00 5680.00 5506.00 5615.45 NIFTY NEXT 50 27670.05 27709.90 27583.55 27648.55 23.20 M&M 658.90 667.25 656.20 661.45 CONCOR 527.00 537.45 527.00 529.85 PIDILITIND 1267.70 1280.80 1260.95 1268.45 TTKPRESTIG 7201.00 7280.00 7110.80 7239.35 SIEMENS 1253.80 1310.00 1247.95 1303.50 51.00 ASIANPAINT 1359.35 1387.50 1353.60 1373.35 PETRONET 244.50 247.25 240.90 242.65 ITI 95.95 96.00 93.75 94.15 GILLETTE 7333.50 7333.50 7168.80 7191.70 IDEA 13.20 13.65 12.95 13.65 0.45 HDFCBANK 2429.95 2447.15 2412.30 2439.25 MCX 826.60 830.85 811.90 815.65 MARICO 364.65 368.00 360.75 364.40 QUESS 658.20 666.85 656.10 665.50 PEL 2163.00 2215.00 2152.20 2205.90 48.85 BHARTIARTL 340.00 349.95 340.00 346.60 DEEPAKNI 316.20 322.00 315.00 318.20 TORNTPOWER 241.10 252.00 241.10 250.85 TVSSRICHAK 2070.30 2084.80 2050.00 2054.65 HDFCLIFE 425.00 437.00 423.40 435.00 9.35 AVANTI 381.90 389.00 368.60 378.30 GLENMARK 533.00 557.50 533.00 555.35 HINDCOPPER 46.30 46.30 45.10 45.45 DBCORP 193.05 196.35 192.00 195.90 SRTRANSFIN 1115.05 1132.00 1106.85 1129.00 19.55 SAIL 51.70 51.80 49.75 50.60 FEDERALBNK 107.85 108.80 107.15 108.05 NAVKARCORP 38.80 39.00 36.80 37.05 PGHH 10938.60 11006.00 10896.60 10974.55 LUPIN 735.00 745.80 734.00 745.00 12.45 VEDL 165.80 165.95 162.80 163.95 JUBLFOOD 1331.20 1340.55 1312.70 1320.75 ISGEC 511.00 515.50 500.10 501.80 KRBL 352.05 355.05 349.35 351.90 CONCOR 526.40 537.65 520.25 532.00 7.45 BHEL 71.15 72.10 70.60 71.65 ICICIGI 1150.00 1153.80 1140.85 1146.85 HIMATSEIDE 199.00 209.00 197.00 202.70 KPRMILL 626.95 631.20 623.00 623.55 HINDPETRO 315.00 318.50 313.25 317.95 4.40 INFIBEAM 47.50 51.70 47.05 50.50 COLPAL 1161.90 1165.95 1152.40 1161.20 SHANKARA 516.70 532.80 516.70 527.30 GRANULES 113.00 114.30 110.45 112.25 SOLARINDS 1170.05 1190.00 1164.95 1169.70 PGHH 10889.95 11054.95 10861.05 11032.00 131.60 GMRINFRA 16.05 16.50 15.70 16.05 BHARATFORG 474.80 477.00 465.60 470.45 CYIENT 552.00 567.75 543.75 551.90 WHIRLPOOL 1453.00 1464.00 1437.15 1459.70 SCHAEFFLER 5131.50 5178.00 5085.00 5119.85 BHEL 71.20 72.15 70.60 71.70 0.75 NCC 111.50 117.90 111.50 116.95 BIOCON 543.45 550.80 541.55 544.45 NESTLEIND 11176.05 11341.45 11176.00 11291.10 ORIENTCEM 118.80 122.80 118.80 120.00 CENTRUM 30.35 31.15 30.35 30.75 BANDHANBNK 590.25 600.50 590.25 595.00 6.00 HINDPETRO 314.90 318.90 313.45 317.65 WOCKPHARMA 393.00 404.00 392.60 402.75 HINDZINC 254.00 254.00 246.90 250.05 MANPASAND 57.10 57.10 57.10 57.10 GAYAPROJ 177.15 177.15 170.65 175.30 BOSCHLTD 17025.00 17480.00 16976.00 17180.00 162.35 VENKYS 2094.90 2107.50 2030.00 2037.60 HEROMOTOCO 2722.00 2743.70 2705.10 2717.70 HEIDELBERG 211.85 214.15 209.20 210.60 KANSAINER 444.90 447.95 438.40 444.00 TATAMETALI 610.45 619.90 607.20 611.80 DLF 194.95 196.50 190.65 195.40 1.70 INDUSINDBK 1607.85 1621.70 1580.00 1586.10 PVR 1707.05 1783.25 1707.05 1772.70 INFRATEL 275.90 275.90 271.60 272.40 STARCEMENT 119.20 127.80 119.00 123.80 CAPPL 415.05 421.50 411.15 414.00 ICICIPRULI 388.00 396.50 384.10 385.65 3.15 HCLTECH 1088.00 1098.15 1068.00 1077.10 BAJAJFINSV 8130.00 8248.00 8109.60 8220.70 MAHINDCIE 245.80 251.65 241.90 246.30 BAYERCROP 3878.50 3883.70 3810.00 3870.20 SUPPETRO 224.60 226.50 223.90 224.60 MCDOWELL-N 528.00 544.40 525.25 539.15 3.95 HEG 1825.00 1843.70 1775.00 1792.95 PAGEIND 19800.00 19800.00 19240.95 19300.35 WELSPUNIND 57.50 57.50 56.40 56.70 COFFEEDAY 253.95 256.80 250.00 253.55 GEPIL 878.30 880.00 866.10 877.05 ASHOKLEY 89.90 90.75 89.20 90.20 0.50 AUROPHARMA 690.00 702.00 681.10 684.85 MERCK 3993.00 4098.95 3993.00 4081.60 CENTURYTEX 1027.95 1039.50 1022.95 1031.70 THOMASCOOK 225.10 234.70 225.10 231.80 TEAMLEASE 3025.00 3025.00 2932.00 2986.60 ICICIGI 1145.70 1154.55 1140.00 1142.25 5.65 EDELWEISS 185.00 193.00 184.05 191.40 MEGH 71.00 71.80 67.15 68.55 ADANIGREEN 45.00 45.20 44.35 44.65 CENTURYPLY 170.25 174.60 170.00 171.80 NAVINFLUOR 718.20 728.00 715.00 720.80 PETRONET 245.00 247.45 240.75 244.65 1.15 NAUKRI 2045.00 2190.00 2017.60 2161.00 NBVENTURES 104.35 104.35 96.60 97.20 NLCINDIA 69.65 69.65 64.55 64.90 GICHSGFIN 271.00 271.00 266.45 269.65 FLFL 456.00 461.60 455.90 456.25 INDIGO 1644.95 1663.00 1625.00 1647.55 7.10 L&TFH 133.00 133.90 130.85 131.60 DMART 1307.05 1317.00 1297.70 1302.80 KAJARIACER 638.85 644.80 632.50 640.20 ANDHRABANK 25.55 25.75 25.00 25.30 LAOPALA 205.95 205.95 197.00 204.55 BIOCON 543.00 550.70 541.00 544.00 2.30 CADILAHC 265.00 266.00 254.05 257.30 CGPOWER 37.20 37.20 35.40 36.30 KEC 324.00 324.00 317.05 319.10 LALPATHLAB 1043.05 1053.50 1027.00 1032.55 LUXIND 1258.20 1258.20 1244.45 1249.65 BAJAJHLDNG 3520.00 3529.00 3450.00 3520.00 12.90 DELTACORP 208.00 210.40 204.10 207.35 BLISSGVS 168.30 169.50 164.30 166.15 FCONSUMER 45.35 45.40 44.10 44.40 ATUL 3950.00 3960.00 3889.05 3925.30 BASF 1400.00 1406.75 1387.05 1391.75 COLPAL 1160.80 1167.05 1151.50 1164.20 3.40 VGUARD 228.25 236.90 223.90 234.00 JUBILANT 506.00 517.00 502.30 506.00 OMAXE 207.80 207.80 205.45 206.00 RNAM 221.55 222.60 220.60 220.95 ESSELPRO 129.05 130.40 129.00 129.70 HINDZINC 248.95 250.90 246.25 249.55 0.60 ADANIPORTS 405.70 413.00 401.75 409.05 TATAGLOBAL 234.30 238.00 233.10 236.75 OIL 182.70 182.70 179.00 179.80 PARAGMILK 242.00 244.00 238.70 242.05 MHRIL 220.00 224.50 220.00 222.95 AMBUJACEM 233.90 235.25 232.10 234.35 0.50 GAIL 355.00 361.30 353.70 359.35 IDBI 36.80 38.30 36.65 37.95 TV18BRDCST 29.50 29.85 28.85 29.20 ITDCEM 114.70 118.80 114.70 117.90 MONSANTO 2450.00 2450.00 2404.85 2412.05 MARICO 365.85 367.50 360.80 367.50 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National Thowheed Jammath +'-.$#3$ helped Hillary Clinton get >* ',*& dents. ri Lankan President He claimed he had written (NTJ) linked to the ISIS. elected? She didn’t make it, but He clashed with former SMaithripala Sirisena on to the Inspector General of Mendis told the committee S President Donald Trump you take a look at collusion n an unprecedented devel- Defence Minister Avigdor Thursday said he was not privy Police despite the meeting that the defence establishment UThursday asserted that between Hillary Clinton and Iopment, Israeli lawmakers Lieberman, whose support in to an intelligence warning on ignoring the information. “It was focusing on possible ISIS Russia did not help him get the media. You take a look at Thursday voted to dissolve the talks became vital. the Easter suicide bombings, (the prior information on the links in the country since 2016. elected in the 2016 presidential collusion between Hillary Parliament and hold a fresh Lieberman, from the national- contradicting his intelligence attacks) was never a main point Police chief Pujith elections and alleged that Clinton and Russia. She had elections on September 17 after ist Yisrael Beitenu party, had chief’s testimony before a par- for discussion,” Mendis told the Jayasundera was sent on com- Moscow would have preferred more to do in the campaign Prime Minister Benjamin made it a condition of allying liamentary probe panel on the committee. pulsory leave by Sirisena for Hillary Clinton as president. with Russia than I did. I had Netanyahu failed to form a with ultra-Orthodox Jewish terror attacks by a local Jihadi “On behalf of the secretary alleged responsibility to the Earlier he briefly acknowl- nothing to do,” Trump said in coalition government before a parties that they change their group linked to the ISIS. to the ministry of defence, I failure to prevent the attack. edged in a tweet that Russia response to a question. midnight deadline. military draft exemptions. A parliamentary select sent a letter to the Inspector Jayasundera on Wednesday helped him get elected. “And “And by the way, that’s one In little more than six weeks Lieberman told reporters committee was appointed to General of Police on this threat. filed a fundamental rights peti- now Russia has disappeared other thing, if you look, this since they were elected, Israeli just before the vote that Israel probe the events leading to the I marked the letter as “eyes tion in the Supreme because I had nothing to do was all about Russia, Russia, lawmakers voted 74-45 in was going to the polls because April 21 attacks and any laps- only” which is to indicate its Court against his “unfair with Russia helping me to get Russia, they don’t talk about favour of dissolving the 21st of the “complete surrender of es by those responsible follow- importance,” he said, adding sacking”. elected,” he had said. Russia anymore because it Knesset (Israeli Parliament) the Likud (ruling party) to the ing reports that India had the letter was dated April 9. The parliamentary probe “No, Russia did not help asked by reporters. turned out to be a hoax, it was and hold a second general elec- haredim (ultra-orthodox)”. alerted the Sri Lankan defence In a statement issued on was boycotted by Sirisena’s me get elected. You know who Trump defeated Hillary all a hoax,” said the US tions in the same calendar year. Without Yisrael Beitenu, establishment on the impend- Thursday, mentioning a dif- Freedom Party members and got me elected? You know who Clinton of the Democratic President. Netanyahu’s remarkable Netanyahu could muster sup- ing attacks. ferent date, Sirisena said at the parliamentarians of the leader got me elected? I got me elect- Party in the 2016 presidential His comments came a day victory in the April 9 polls port of only 60 lawmakers in Testifying before the com- over two-hour-long intelligence of the opposition Mahinda ed? Russia didn’t help me at all. elections. She was considered after Special Counsel Robert securing him a record fifth the 120 member house, falling mittee on Wednesday, Sisira coordination meeting on April Rajapaksa. Russia, if anything, I think, to be favourites by pollsters and Mueller spoke publicly for the term proved temporary in the short of a majority by just one. Mendis, a retired senior police 8 “no official ever gave any The ruling coalition’s dom- helped the other side,” Trump the media in the 2016 elections, first time since the release of his face of a logjam between poten- Netanyahu launched a dia- official who is now the chief of information on such a terror- inant partner United National told reporters in the South before Trump surprised every- report on collusion during the tial coalition partners over a tribe against Lieberman whom national intelligence, said that ist attack”. Party of Prime Minister Ranil Lawns of the White House. one by his victory. election campaign and possible military conscription bill gov- he blamed for “dragging the at an intelligence coordina- More than 250 people were Wickremesinghe and the JVP, “Do you believe that Russia “What you ought to ask is obstruction of justice after- erning exemptions for ultra- country to unnecessary elec- tion meeting on April 9 dis- killed in the coordinated sui- the Marxist opposition party, helped you get elected?” he was this, do you think the media ward. Orthodox Jewish seminary stu- tions”. cussed the information cide bomb attacks carried out are taking part in the probe. 2*" )#*)) !2 9 9 & =>? 6 3G"DB"BBB* 5 . 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L outfits, until the last year as part of its UK in the first four months of capsized and sank on the absconding Pashtun lawmaker the rights of local Pushtu- M +'-.$#3$ crackdown on foreign terrorist organi- 2019, with Poles leading the Danube in Budapest, who was allegedly involved in speaking people, is against, . ?' sations and individuals, according to an way, official data showed Hungarian and South Korean the attack on a military post in what it claims, the military’s pecial counsel Robert Mueller said that charging annual report. The report released by the Thursday. officials said on Thursday. which five soldiers were excessive use of force against DG? SPresident Donald Trump with a crime was “not an US Department of Treasury states the The Government’s scheme The accident happened injured. Pashtun Tahafuz local tribesmen. 3 . option” because of federal rules, but he used his first pub- US blocked nearly $400,000 in funds of for offering an estimated 3.8 near the Parliament in the Movement leader and parlia- Dawar and Ali Wazir, also lic remarks on the Russia investigation to emphasize that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and $1,725 million EU nationals the right heart of the Hungarian Capital ment member Mohsin Dawar a legislator, allegedly led the he did not exonerate the President. “If we had had con- of the Jaish-e Mohammed. to live permanently in Britain after a collision with a larger was arrested from North attack on Sunday by protestors fidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, The Department of Treasury’s Office after Brexit has been riddled river cruise boat during rain Waziristan, said Shaukat in North Waziristan on a secu- we would have said so,” Mueller declared. of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is the with controversy. around 09:15 pm (1915 GMT) Yousafzai, a spokesman in rity checkpost that resulted in P The special counsel’s remarks on Wednesday stood leading US Government agency respon- Responding to a public on Wednesday. AFP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province the death of three activists.PTI as a pointed rebuttal to Trump’s repeated claims that he sible for implementing sanctions against outcry, Prime Minister Theresa +, O was cleared and that the two-year inquiry was merely a the assets of international terrorist May in January scrapped a 65 # A C “witch hunt.” They also marked a counter to criticism, organisations and terrorism-supporting ($82, 74-euro) fee that would & O including by Attorney General William Barr, that countries. have been imposed had a so- Mueller should have reached a determination on The federal body implements these called “no-deal Brexit” gone whether the president illegally tried to obstruct the probe sanctions as part of its general mission into effect. by taking actions such as firing his FBI director. to administer and enforce economic and The programme’s status ! Mueller made clear that his team never considered trade sanctions based on US foreign pol- has been weighed further by indicting Trump because the Justice Department pro- icy and national security goals. uncertainties over when — or "# ' hibits the prosecution of a sitting president. According to the report, till 2018, even if — Britain pulls out of ' = 0 “Charging the president with a crime was therefore the US blocked more than $ 46.1 mil- the EU. The UK interior min- not an option we could consider,” Mueller said during lion in funds of designated terrorist istry said 1,03,0000 Polish cit- O a televised statement . groups and individuals, an increase of izens had applied for perma- ' O He said he believed such an action would be uncon- about $2.5 million than that of $43.6 nent residence in the first four stitutional. Mueller did not use the word “impeachment” million in 2017. PTI months of the year. AFP # but said it was the job of Congress, not the criminal jus- 0 0 tice system, to hold the president accountable for any wrongdoing. # The special counsel’s statement largely echoed the central points of his lengthy report, which was released ? L. ? M last month with some redactions. :7 !
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If this new O based on the collections of a film revenue model gets implemented, : hat is common to the music are two vital aspects of our culture. blockbusters? across various centres, week by week. they would be making lesser than now songs Waka Waka, La la Many have tried to encapsulate this sport Keshav: We just focus on putting out ren- While superstar Rajinikanth, Ajith due to the new revenue sharing : Brasil or De Ghuma Ke? in a song but none so far have been able ditions of the classic tunes to the best of our and Vijay constitute tier one of the model. Let us understand that the top ; All three are sports to strike a chord with the people. This ability without worrying about the criticism. group, Suriya, Jayam Ravi, Dhanush, 10 stars of the industry together < anthems, the first two anthem is an excellent piece of work and Our approach has always been to maintain Simbu, Sivakarthikeyan and Vijay have around 20-25 releases a year and wereW for the football world cups and the has the potential to connect people tran- the essence of the song when we render a Sethupathi form the tier two. The rest over 200 other releases are films fea- P last for the cricket one. With the Men’s scending geographies and cultures. With classic and that helps us connect with audi- of the actors, including Kamal Haasan turing mid-level actors and those ;: Cricket World Cup having kicked off in the Way-O, Way-O we are confident that fans ence of all ages. We even get feedback say- and Vikram, fall in the tier three made by small-time filmmakers and ; United Kingdom, there is a new one espe- from across nations will come together and ing how three generations within the fam- group. producers. If the model benefits a > cially created for this edition. As part of its cheer for cricket and their favourite teams, ily can connect while watching our music Tirupur Subramaniam, president majority of the releases, then it makes partnership with the International Cricket thereby ensuring ‘every fan wins’. videos and listening to our songs. of Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners sense to implement,” he said. ; ? Council (ICC), Uber and the band has I used to play cricket for the under 16/19 Association, feels the model is a rec- A leading producer, on the con- released the song, Way-O, Way-O, to team in Oman when I was in high school. What does fusion music mean to you and ommendation for the benefit of the- dition of anonymity, asked if the new : energise fans. We also played cricket when we started how do you plan to explore this genre atre owners as most of them don’t see revenue sharing model will bring ; Since music has always evoked strong jamming as a band in Keshav’s (Dhanraj) more? profits. transparency in collections of films. emotions and helped foster a global spir- garage. We still play whenever we get time. Venkat: In India, fusion music is general- “The new model is yet to be “By introducing the new revenue > ; it of unity and togetherness, this rhythmic It’s always nostalgic to be associated with ly associated with one form of Indian clas- implemented. It’s necessary because model, can you monitor the multi- ; ? > anthem is a cultural blend of harmonies. something like cricket and it’s a sport that sical music being fused with another with growing tax rates, maintenance plexes and other theatres in city ; It is written by Sonal Dabral (Ogilvy) and binds everyone together. You’ll hear it in genre. The older film directors like Shankar, cost and increasing salaries of work- areas. What about theatres in tier two : composed, produced and curated by the vocals where the words are — We’re on Jaikishan had a lot of fusion in their com- ers, theatre owners are not able to see and tier three towns across Tamil Michael (Mikey) McCleary. The makers our way-O, we’re on our way; singing way- positions. Even in the 80s, jazz fusion was profits nowadays. At present, there’s Nadu? Who will know how much a include Sanam, a band known for its ren- o, way-o; we’re on our way. very popular. It brought out a lot of inno- no fixed rate when it comes to prof- film collects in these theatres? Today, < ; ditions of classical Bollywood songs, vation through unique improvisational it sharing and it changes from film to if you ask a successful producer how :< ; : alongside other globally acclaimed artists How is the creative process for the melodic ideas as well as the use of unique film. If it’s a big film with a star, we much his last hit film collected, he > such as Jahmiel (Jamaica), Catherine anthem different from that of film tracks effects that were new at the time. Fusion pay around 65-70 per cent, which we wouldn’t know exactly because there’s Taylor Dawson (United Kingdom), Simba or albums? music can evolve with the time and I guess want to bring down to 55-60 per cent,” absolutely no transparency when it Diallo (New Zealand) and a Choir group Keshav Dhanraj (Drum kits): This song we are more of a pop/rock band in our style Subramaniam said. comes to box office numbers,” he said. ;< ; called Khayelitsha United Mambazo is entirely composed by McCleary. We just and don’t really play fusion music. However, With theatres already playing 18 “When a producer doesn’t know ?P (South Africa). stepped into the studio for backing vocals. we’ve got a new original music album and per cent GST on top of eight per cent how much his film exactly collects, L#: He was busy trying to get together artists a lot of releases this year as well as collab- of local body tax, Subramaniam rues what’s the need for introducing a new How did the idea come about? from across the world. I guess it was a new orations and some more renditions. that theatre owners can’t see profits revenue sharing model? If theatre Sanam Puri (Lead vocalist): When experience for him too and he pulled it off with the current profit sharing model. owners alone want to benefit from ' )5 McCleary approached us about singing an very efficiently in a short time. How do you see the evolution of Indian The new revenue sharing model has this move, I really don’t think it " anthem for the world cup, we were music industry and how do you think you categorised stars into three tiers should be implemented,” he added. thrilled. I have been a part of several of his Where are the global music trends head- have changed as a singer since the time based on their market value. The producer also pointed out jingles and I like working with him. I put ing? you started? Filmmaker Arun Vaidyanathan, who that the new model will make actors & ? him in touch with our manager, Ben Venkat Subramaniyam (Bass guitar): I Sanam: Today, It’s possible to co-exist with has also produced Tamil comedy greedier and they will eventually = Thomas, who discussed it with McCleary guess hip-hop subgenres like Trap and the film industry and do your own work Kalyana Samayal Saadham, asked on hike their remuneration. " and then briefed all the members of our Latin inspired music like Reggaeton are as a music artist. I always wanted to com- what grounds were the actors cate- “If the new model gets imple- band. It took us about an hour to under- quite popular. I love how McCleary has pose and make my own music. Playback gorised into these tiers. mented, the actors in the top two tiers stand the song and then two to three hours used a dancehall beat for the anthem. It will singing was never my aim. So the freedom “Karthi delivered two block- might demand a hike in remuneration to record our vocal parts. help to bring people together along with that I get working with a band is something busters last year in the form of as they would know their films will % ? the catchy group vocals and Indian inspired I cherish and it empowers me to give it my Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru and earn better share of profits for the pro- P Sports and music help to foster a global horn riffs. all when I am making music. I am grate- Kadaikutty Singam last year. Why is ducer. Most producers are already not ! spirit of unity and togetherness. So how ful for the love and support from my fans that he is not in the second tier and able to afford paying the leading stars did you blend this sensibility in the You have remade so many old hits and which enables us to do what we do today what about Vishal? Are Karthi and as their salaries run into crores,” he L# anthem? people have cherished each of them. Do along with the invaluable help from our Vishal left out because they are mem- rued. + Samar Puri (Lead guitar): Cricket and you think remakes lessen the value of old management. bers of Tamil Film Producers L!' # " # $ ? "M= "L ? % #* M +* * '*'"!'*% *$+ '*#+(' "# 2 $ '*'*%$ 4-'$&. ' O-P > ( .#'** ' 3 *'#, ' #+", .#+ ##+'* "# * "8 : :< P irst things first. A round of gearbox (DCT). This is an all new during regular acceleration and ' O applause to Hyundai Motor combination for Hyundai and it is braking the Venue changed gears L ? FIndia for having organised really what I wanted to experience. in good time without needlessly "M the first large-scale media driving To note, Hyundai offers the 1.2 high engine revs. But if there is one event in India’s North-east. Great petrol with a five-speed gearbox; thing I missed on this vehicle, it hospitality, delicious food and a six-speed manual with this GDI was paddle-shifters. You can use you realise that folks in Guwahati engine which has 120PS of power the gear selector to change up and and Shillong drive just as badly as as well as a diesel option with the down if you’re in the mood but I folks elsewhere in the country. tried-and-tested 1.4 litre unit. guess I have been spoiled. But $ 4 Also, kudos to the National Additionally, the cars we tested when you push the car, it can go Highways Authority of India were the SX+ model which come pretty fast, very comfortably. Those % (NHAI) for building a lovely four- fully loaded with a touchscreen who drove the GDI with the man- lane highway between the two state infotainment system and ual transmission had more fun, but capitals, the old GS road was Hyundai’s ‘Bluelink’ system which if you live in a city, automatics are " ? quite scary. The highway had a makes the Venue India’s first ‘con- the only way to go and this DCT " beautiful surface, light traffic and nected’ SUV. is up there with the best of them. was a great combination of twisty A bit more about this system, The Venue is fairly good when sections and straights, which which not only pairs with your it comes to space, although I still " ? allowed us to really get a good feel smartphone but also allows you to feel the XUV300 is the best in seg- of the steering, handling as well as use the inbuilt e-SIM in the car ment on that front. Issues? A L. O the engine and gearbox perfor- from Vodafone-Idea which comes high loading lip at the rear is as mance. A couple of rough patch- with a three year subscription if standard for vehicles in this seg- es in Guwahati and the approach you purchase the car. Bluelink is kilometres from your house and if it to drive? First things first. I per- As for the engine and gearbox, ment, which might make tyre road to the stunning Ri Kynjai available only on the higher SX the vehicle crosses that lakshman sonally felt that the Venue was the small turbocharged petrols, while changing a bit difficult. But at resort on the shore of the Bada specification models and higher. rekha you will get an alert on your best-handling Hyundai vehicle producing a lot of power for their 11.1 lakh ex-showroom for this Pani lake outside Shillong also gave The system provides not just phone. Here is the cool part, you that has been built in the country. size, can be thirsty. Worse than variant and prices starting at 6.5 us a good impression of the ride telematics, which allow you to see can remotely immobilise your The steering felt perfectly weight- that, they could have significant lakh, the Venue is miles ahead on . O + quality. I won’t get into the looks your driving data, but you can use vehicle, not allowing it to start. ed and body roll, even while tak- turbo lag, which often means that the price battlefront. It is so attrac- debate around this car other than the system to unlock the car, start This feature might not make your ing some of the high-speed corners when such engines are coupled tively priced, which when coupled saying that it looks contemporary. and stop the engine as well as start teenager son as well as potential on this highway was almost non- with an automatic, you can get with its good ride, handling and Before I start to list my impres- the air-conditioning remotely. In car thieves happy, but it is indeed existent. And this did not come at abysmally poor performance. That decent performance makes it not "M sions of the new Hyundai Venue, addition, you could geo-fence the an interesting. If you are keen on the cost of the ride. On rougher said, the GDI and the DCT com- just a compelling buy for those a quick caveat. I deliberately asked vehicle, that is, say, you allow your the Venue, Hyundai has trained stretches of road, the Venue did- bination do not feel badly mated, looking at compact SUVs but also to drive the new one-litre GDI tur- 18-year-old to borrow the car but executives in every dealership to n’t behave badly at all. The ride and sure the kick-down response when at premium hatchbacks like the bocharged petrol engine with the don’t want him or her to drive off showcase these features. handling ought to be common you floor the car immediately i20. Hyundai should have anoth- new seven-speed Dual-Clutch far, so you could put a radius of 15 But now about the car, how is across all variants. after a corner can feel sluggish, er winner on their hands. ! :# 7.
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',' ,'% + 3 He did not get to bowl in the -,' .> ,' - + & ,' first match against England at the A - ' 0, 0,'- , Oval, which was ruined by the 4-'+ '&# &,- ;' ' weather, and missed the last four 4 4/ , ,' +&, games with a bout of chicken pox. / ,, ,' & /3 The home side won the series 4- ,' ' &' ,, -6C:+,D + 0. But selectors decided to ' - ,,' : +' - , (' 2'#2 / include him in the final 15 for the -+&/ ? . , & ' -, World Cup in England and Wales. into the World Cup. out of a molehill that flat tracks will ;' - - , & "It's a dream come true," Amir "Our triumph in the World do this and that. I agree that it's a & - - 4+, + ,'/ &/ 6 ' said ahead of Pakistan's first match Twenty20 was excellent and then challenge for bowlers but you , !# 2 against West Indies at Trent Bridge the Champions Trophy -- the need to swing the ball and if it's not on Friday. "Every cricketer dreams impact of those wins are with us happening then you have to rely on O">< ><!CP of representing his country in a and the amount of support we get your variations. *$0 . #* changed. We will have different World Cup so this is my chance. in the UK is extraordinary, so nat- "I don't get bogged down by London: . / ' & & B E ' , &, - pitches in the World Cup so if "My target is to take wickets urally we will like to match those. the hype on flat tracks." ' -, - ,' ,#+ # 3 ace spearhead 77 7/ a team scores 300-plus then the and be a third-time lucky in "People love the Pakistan team Amir hopes to overturn a Mohammad Amir is fit other team will also go for England after winning the World and come in large numbers to sup- poor run of personal form. ,,' % + ,' 6+ 3 and available for selection , << that," he said. Twenty20 and Champions Trophy," port us. I can't forget the final of "I am sure things will get bet- -6,-+- & # ,' &# 3 P for Pakistan's opening World ;3 ; Sarfaraz said both Pakistan said the paceman, recalling the Champions Trophy at the ter," he said. "I know I have not 3 + F & / >&, 3 Cup match against the West 3;>B and the West Indies were unpre- Pakistan's triumphs in England in Oval (2017)." taken wickets but I have not , 7&# &, E ' ' Indies on Friday, captain dictable teams. 2009 and 2017. Amir believes talk of flat tracks bowled badly, so I am thankful to ,' & 3# # ,' % + & Sarfaraz Ahmed said. > "It's good to be unpre- Amir said Pakistan had posi- and big scores at the World Cup are the team, selectors and others , & , / , & + ' There was speculation that <> ;< <3 dictable so all teams are scared tive memories of playing in exaggerated. who have backed me and I will do 4 ,& -', ,' :/ &' the 27-year-old, who missed the of you. 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' 7, 4 - ,' ,' / able for selection for tomorrow's about the short boundaries and Zealand in a warm-up match on "The way modern cricket is "I know that I have not taken 5 - ' 4 # , , game," Sarfaraz said in his pre- a flat pitch at Trent Bridge, Tuesday. akistan seamer Hasan Ali going, every bowler needs to know many wickets since the South & 4+, 7 &,4 - match press conference. Sarfaraz said: "When we came With their powerful batting says he is not worried about that taking wickets is the key," Africa tour, but I am doing the &&, , / , 6 / &6# Amir, who missed the 2011 here on the first day and asked including Chris Gayle, Evin Pthe prospect of flat pitches Hasan said. hard work with bowling coach - ,& # - - ,' ,# and 2015 World Cups due to a the groundsman what is the par Lewis, Shai Hope and Andre that are likely to favour batsmen "You take wickets and you win (Azhar Mahmood) and once I get /& ,' 7& & ' five-year ban for spot-fixing, score he told us that it's 480." Russell, Pakistan will be hard- during the World Cup. matches." Touted for taking wick- my rhythm I am sure wickets will E + 7,- ,' % was seen bowling using his full Top-ranked England have pressed to contain them. The 24-year-old was Pakistan's ets in the middle overs of one-day come my way," said Hasan. run-up in the team's practice scored 400-plus twice at this But Sarfaraz said taking star performer in the Champions matches, Hasan rose to the top of "We know that our bowling, + 6 / & 6 ,' / ,' session. ground, 444-3 against Pakistan wickets will be the key. Trophy win in England two years the bowler's charts in 2017, taking which has been our strength, is not E +4 , 4 # , Sarfaraz said he hoped the in 2016 and a world record of "If you want to contain any ago, taking 13 wickets to finish as 45 wickets — the most in the cal- doing well but with the return of ,' - , ,' , + , 6 team could put behind them a 481-6 against Australia last year. team you have to take wickets player of the tournament. endar year. two experienced bowlers in Wahab ' streak of 10 straight ODI defeats. "Cricket has changed. whoever you play, so it's impor- But his recent form has been But he managed just three Riaz and Mohammad Amir our '() $!)# "Yes, we have lost 10 match- People used to think that 300 tant to put pressure by taking a worry for Pakistan. 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The scoreboard would run away with the game read 217/4 in the 37th over as when Andile Phehlukwayo dis- Buttler walked into the crease. missed Roy against the run of The crowd was already in antic- play, caught by skipper du Plessis. ipation for another whirlwind fin- Walking in at number four, Morgan ish, but it wasn't to be on Thursday made his intentions very clear as he as Ngidi cleaned him up with a slow hit the second ball that he faced bouncer that the batsman dragged . from Phehlukwayo for a boundary. onto his stumps in the 42nd over. But even before the duo could Buttler (18) failed to read the pace & strike a partnership, Kagiso Rabada of the ball and played his shot a tad sent back Root as a casual sliced bit early. ,3$ 3$ drive off his bat found J.P. Duminy Moeen Ali (3) too departed in at backward point. While the Ngidi's next over as the batsman outh Africa's Imran Tahir on Proteas players celebrated the fall failed to connect and du Plessis Thursday became the first spin- of the second English wicket in four took a perfect catch diving in from Sner to bowl the first over in a balls, it was also the start of anoth- long-on. With the score reading World Cup match during the tour- er quality partnership between 260/6 after 44 overs, it was impor- nament-opener against hosts Morgan and Stokes. tant that Stokes takes it on himself England. As the duo mostly looked to to finish well in the last six overs South Africa skipper Faf du pick the singles in the middle- as wickets kept tumbling at the Plessis handed the ball to Tahir after overs, Morgan took special liking for other end. 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The unpredictable Steve Smith, David Warner and English weather and some qual- Joe Root amongst others. While ity cricketers looking to showcase Boult doesn't wish to get into rat- their skills on the biggest stage, the ing them, he is upbeat about the 2019 edition of the World Cup opportunity that he will get to couldnt get any better. It is this challenge these batsmen during very weather though that had the the showpiece event. much-famed Indian batting line- "They are all quality players up on its knees against New and it will be unfair for me to say Zealand in their opening warm- who is the best, but in the ODI up game going into the showpiece format I feel things are placed event. The man who had the nicely in favour of the batsmen Indian batsmen dancing on his and they have two hard new balls finger tips was none other than with the powerplays and all. It is Kiwi pace spearhead Trent Boult set up for a lot of runs. From a and this fast bowler is only getting bowling point of view you have to started. remain aggressive and get these Speaking about it Boult said players out because otherwise that the idea is to make maximum with their quality, they will look use of the conditions and whoev- to cash in and score runs. It will er be the batsman at the other end be an interesting challenge and — sticking to one's own strength one that I am sure all bowlers are is the key. In fact, the Kiwi looking forward to," he smiled. believes in fighting fire with fire While the warm-up games and there will be no holding back saw the wickets have a greenish when he gears up to bowl to tinge to them, former players undoubtedly the best batsman in believe that the main draw will see world cricket at the moment on the grass being trimmed and June 13 in Trent Bridge — Virat kept to a bare minimum. Boult Kohli. though feels that the weather "Yeah, you got to remain will play a major role when it aggressive against Virat and look comes to games and their out- to get him out because the mis- comes. take he makes are very few and far "During the Champions between. Doesn't look to give his Trophy a few years back, it was wicket away. It is important to very batsman friendly. But I am start well and put pressure on him hoping the ball will swing around early and make sure he is under a little bit and we can take wick- pressure and doesn't get off to an ets with the new ball. You cannot easy start," he explained. control the weather. Time will tell But this is the World Cup and and it will be interesting and we apart from Kohli, there will be have the balance in the squad to other top quality batsmen like counter any challenge," he said.