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     promised to fight for passing of women. They should get speedy paper stated that the Prime the Women's Reservation Bill justice," he added. Minister himself prepared a new in Parliament and a policy of At the outset, he had con- contract in the fighter jet deal      zero tolerance towards atroci- gratulated women on the occa- and held parallel negotiations. ties on women if his party sion of the International "This is the truth," he said CUTTACK: The Social Science question paper reportedly went comes to power. Women's Day. Later addressing and alleged that France was told viral on social media on the last day of the High School "There is an urgent need to a huge public meeting, he came to give the contract to Anil Certificate (Matriculation) examinations on Friday. provide reservation for women down heavily on Prime Minister Ambani and not to HAL. Sources said the Set B question paper of the subject was cir- in the State Assemblies and Lok Narendra Modi and said the UPA Government had culated through mobile phones in Deogaon of Balangir district. Sabha to ensure their empow- PM-KISAN scheme launched by decided to purchase 126 Rafale Board of Secondary Education (BSE) President Jahan Ara erment. The Congress is keen the Centre is nothing but an jets for Rs 526 crore, but the Begum said the authorities are examining the case. The ques- to ensure this,” Gandhi said attempt to make a mockery of BJP-led Government went for tion paper that is doing the rounds on social media matches with during an interaction with poor farmers by doling out a pal- less number of aircraft at a high the original one, she said. women at a convention here in try sum of Rs 6,000 annually. price of Rs 1,600 crore in order “We are examining the case. The truth will come out after Koraput district. He accused Modi of mak- to "dole out Rs 30,000 crore to carefully matching the leaked paper with the original question Rahul said, “All women, ing fun of poor farmers by dol- Ambani," he said. paper,” added Begum. particularly tribals, dalits and ing out only Rs 3.50 a day while "The PM makes tall claims Notably, Begum had earlier stated that the BSE Examination those belonging to the back- waving loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh about patriotism on one hand, Committee would meet on March 12 to decide its next course ward categories, should get free crore of industrialists. but takes Rs 30,000 crore from of action on the issues of viral question papers and missing of education to ensure they are He claimed that the Modi IAF and hands over to Anil OMR sheets of 108 students in an examination centre in truly empowered," Government refused to waive Ambani," Rahul alleged. He Malkangiri district. Referring to Odisha, farm loans and raise the promised financial assistance for Earlier, the question papers of Odia, English and Gandhi said that if his party is Minimum Support Price (MSP) marriage of poor women in the Mathematics subjects had gone viral on social media soon after voted to power in the State, all for paddy, but it readily waived State and a widow pension of Rs commencement of the respective examinations. Following this, women would be provided free loans to the tune of Rs 3.5 lakh 2,000 per month, if Cong is 19 teachers and other staffs were suspended and 17 were education, be it in engineering crore owed by a handful of 15 voted to power in Odisha. arrested. PNS  ""# $!#%$#(%#) *#%+,-./+

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It is really unfortunate that viewers level women scientists’ will be implemented under hold talks with the Collector for are hoodwinked to feel that their burden is reduced whereas the conclave organised by the East Coast Railway, South people from Odisha who have adoption of Cuttack as sister truth is the opposite. Moreover, many unsought-for channels are the Institute of Life Eastern Railway and South problem with reading English city due to its trade relations for made compulsory under the FTA package. The understanding Sciences (ILS), East Central Railway jurisdic- and Hindi languages can now over 70 years. Puri is also in list has been that under the fixed charges, one could include some Bhubaneswar in part- tions. read the tickets in Odia. The to be adopted, said the regent. of the chargeable channels to the extent possible. It is claimed nership with the Train tickets having Odia new initiative will be imple- Before departure to Indonesia, to be otherwise and burdens the budget of middle class. RMRC and the script would be applicable for mented from April 1 marking they would visit Hardwar to K Ravi, E-237, GGP Colony, Bhubaneswar-751025, Mob: National Academy of unreserved ones also. So, many the Utkal Divas. attain cultural festivals. 9437616497   !"#$  !"      ;#-%*    Khordha districts and He has also left indelible “Order- of Merit” bronze for imprints while working for the  *9 5 he Odisha State Disaster establishing an early warning dis- prestigious organization like TManagement Authority semination system for different UNDP. Sethi has been con- O    $     P 8-#% (OSDMA), under the pioneer- hydro- meteorological disasters ferred with the “Udyog Ratan ing leadership of its Chairman across the coastline of Odisha Award” with gold medal and    Vision Zero programme that and Managing Director which will benefit 1,205 villagers President Silver Award earlier looks to address road safety 9'*@* Bishnupada Sethi has stolen the in 22 blocks of six coastal dis- for having successfully conduct- or the Odias, there is issues, especially those of show this time by bagging the tricts. System Expert and MIS ed census in Odisha in 2011. Fanother good news to cheer pedestrian and cyclist. She has    coveted SKOCH Award. This is specialist OSDMA, Arabinda Sethi in his remark to The about on the International been part of and crated multi- the highest independent honour played a key role in saving Ray received the prestigious Pioneer said, “This honour is Women’s Day. Bhubaneswar- ple other campaigns like Car oraput district BJD vice- in the country for the year 2018 human lives during cyclone awards on behalf of OSDMA in no fluke. It is due to years of born Odia woman Sarika Free Challenge, Pedal to Work Kpresident Tripurari Garada recently, which was given to Phailin in 2013. the event. Earlier OSDMA has sustained hard work, indefati- Panda Bhatt has been named as challenge etc all around using and Municipality Vice- ODMA owing to remarkable The OSDMA added more received ICHL award, 2013 for gable will and organised team a “Remarkable Woman in sustainable transportation. It Chairman Sanjulata Rout contribution in the field of dis- feathers to its cap by receiving “Excellence in Humanitarian work that has enabled us to Transport" from around the would be pertinent to mention joined the BJP in the presence aster management at the 56th “Order-of Merit” silver for Action” in the field of disaster receive this recognition at the world by the Transformative here that Sarika was instru- of party’s Legislature Party SKOTCH Summit at New Delhi. constructing disaster resilient management and also has national and international level. Urban Mobility Initiative mental in introducing Raahgiri Leader KV Singh Deo and The OSDMA also received houses to about 17,000 Phailin received many certification for This is undoubtedly an envi- (TUMI), Germany. cities as she is a co-founder of as the Sunday street festival in former Minister Jayaram Pangi “Order-of-Merit” gold for affected families by relocating effective management of disas- able record for our State that Sarika is one of 60 most Raahgiri Day, an open streets the city by the Bhubaneswar here on Friday. building community resilience them to 140 safer relocation ters in the last years. will further inspire us to scale ‘Remarkable Women in movement that started from Development Authority (BDA) by constructing 879 multipur- sites equipped with all basic Notably, Sethi was earlier dizzy heights of glory in days Transport’ and was selected Gurugram and has now grown and Bhubaneswar Municipal $ % pose cyclone and flood shelters amenities and insuring their chosen for International Star ahead in management of floods from a global search. She was to over 70 locations in the Corporation on January 17, & across the coastline and flood houses for 10 years against Award for Leadership in and cyclones, to which our selected for her work in pro- country. 2016. However, later Raahgiri prone areas of Odisha which multi- hazard in Ganjam and Quality (ISLQ) in Paris in 2015. State is prone.” moting walking and cycling in She is also the director of was renamed as Patha Utsav. 

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A Safety Rath and a about the PPT’s improvements in nearby villages of the Komna youth , who had gone missing Dipak in the river but could not and also the concerned staffs. safety rally were the major in the safety measures for the CHC. more than two and a half years locate him. The police had A DPC (Departmental highlights of the celebrations. last three years. Chief Medical “The man providing free ago even if family members formed a two- member team to Promotion Committee) meeting The valedictory function Officer Dr P Panda, also auto services to patients to apprehended that he was killed. locate Dipak and also informed had been held to promote the was held on March 8. Chief spoke. reach hospital in spite of his ill According to sources, on all the IICs of the police stations Class-IV staffs to the next high- guest PPT Chief Engineer K The winners of various com- health. The Government I knew about our health con- month. He claimed that he has August 12, 2016, one Dipak till Hirakud about Dipak’s miss- er positions in the existing vacan- Ramchandra Rao highlighted petitions organised on the occa- ambulance service may get ditions, we got shocked. We already helped several persons Oram(24), a resident of Junadih ing and had told them to inform cies in the college. The commit- the various safety measures sion were awarded. PPT CME delayed for a few minutes, but have five children, it is the to reach to the hospital free of village under Sadar police station if Dipak is located. The police tee prepared a list of 20 persons undertaken by the PPT to con- Saroj Kumar Das, in his welcome this man’s vehicle reaches in mercy of the God that our chil- cost. In some cases, he has even of Sundargarh district, had gone had conducted polygraph test of and sent it for approval to the trol environmental pollution address, called upon all stake- time,” said the people of dren are safe,” he said. extended financial support to to Abanikela village along with Basant, Bhaira and Fakira. But Legal Cell of the college. The list like dry fog dust suppression holders to make safety a way of Komna. Most pertinent point Coming back to the village, the patients to buy food and Ratikanta Tiga, Basant Naik, since Ratikanta was hiding, his had the signatures of the system at MCHP, net barrier, life. Safety Officer RN Panigrahi is the messiah of the locality is the auto owner informed the medicine. Bharia Kujur and Fakira Tiga of polygraph test could not be Principal and the Superintendent. road sweeper, mist cannon offered a vote of thanks. HIV positive. "After I was villagers about the disease with- The man has clearly men- same village, to bring a new boat, done. Police searched Ratikanta “But the Legal Cell has dis- detected positive, the doctors out any fear. "I was ready to face tioned his mobile numbers for Ratikanta Tigga. On August but could not locate him. approved the recommendation advised me to take my wife for all consequences like ostracis- and details regarding 24/7 free 13, the four people had returned According to sources, dur- smelling rat in it,” sources said. diagnosis and unfortunately ing from the village, but aston- commuting services in a dis- back with a new boat, while they ing interrogation Bhaira, an The Director and the Accounts she was also tested positive," ishingly the villagers gave me play board hanged to the auto. had no clue about Dipak. eyewitness, he had disclosed Officer also refused to put their said the man. courage. They provided me Both he and his wife are get- Even if four persons who that Ratikanta had pushed signatures in the list of the rec- The auto owner was a with support and in the last ting a pension of Rs 300 per were accompanying him after Dipak from boat and Dipak ommended candidates on the ganja smuggler till he was eight years, we have never felt month from the Government. purchasing a boat claimed that had drowned. Police have also ground that it is not genuine and caught red handed in 2010 in alienated from society. My chil- They are also getting medi- the Dipak fell inside Ib river brought arrest warrant against favoured a few persons instead a town of Andhra Pradesh. dren are reading in schools and cines free of cost from the while crossing the river, the Ratikanta. “We have informa- of the worthy ones. After spending several months they have also never been dis- CHC, Komna. "We are happy; family members of the deceased tion that accused Ratikanta For this, a second DPC was in jail, when he was released, he criminated,” he told. we have never felt depressed youth did not buy the story. along with his family has fled held and a fresh list has been had turned a different man. He took the auto rickshaw due to HIV. We thank the vil- The family members of to Raipur and efforts are on to prepared. Now, what would be However, by tthat time, he had on loan with a repayment lagers, the society for their Dipak in their complaint had nab him,” said Sadar police sta- the fate of the worthy employ- been affected by AIDS. “When schedule of Rs 6,800 per greatness," said he. accused the four persons of tion IIC RK Sai. ees fit for promotion is awaited. 2 "' # (
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 price of 390 non-scheduled downward price movement, it Lbeing appointed as the Rajasekharan could contest expected to seek a third term this week, as party's vice pres- $ cancer medicines have been added. This move is expected Mizoram Governor, from the prestigious from here. ident and spokesperson, giving  reduced by up to 87 per cent, to benefit 22 lakh cancer Kummanam Rajasekharan has Thiruvananthapuram seat, one The LDF has named CPI's him a key role in boosting the #$$ which would result in annual patients in the country and resigned from the post giving of the half-a-dozen con- sitting MLA C Divakaran as its party's Lok Sabha prospects in savings of around Rs 800 crore would result in annual savings rise to speculation that he may stituencies where the party nominee. Asked for his reac- his home State. )$ for the patients, the of around Rs 800 crore to the be pitted against Congress hopes to put up a good show- tion on the possible fielding of Panda, an articulate politi- Government said on Friday. patients, the release said. leader Shashi Tharoor from ing. Rajasekharan from the con- cian, running a group of pub- dence and expectations from state by relegating the Congress The National “The trade margin ratio- Thiruvananthapuram Lok Rajasekharan was made stituency was sought, Tharoor lications in Odisha, is expected him in strengthening party's to the third slot. Pharmaceutical Pricing nalisation for 42 anti-cancer Sabha seat. Tharoor is the sit- the Mizoram Governor on said the BJP leader was a good to raise the tempo and content base in the eastern state where The MP had been close to Authority (NPPA) on February drugs was rolled out as Proof ting MP from the seat. May 25 last in a surprise move human being, but it was the of BJP campaign against five- it has nudged out Congress the state chief minister and 27 had brought 42 non-sched- of Concept, stressing on the An RSS strong man and a when the crucial Chengannur ideology of the party which the term Chief Minister Naveen from the second position. often articulated BJD's view uled anti-cancer drugs under new paradigm of selfregulation former chief of state unit of BJP, Assembly bypoll was round the candidate represented mat- Patnaik and raise BJP's tally in Panda has been suspended point at the national level price control, capping trade by the industry. The manufac- Rajasekharan, 65, is being seen corner. tered. Lok Sabha and also counter by the BJD for the alleged before he fell out with him in margin at 30 per cent. turers of these 42 drugs have as the saffron party's best Lok Since then, a section of “As far as I know, he is a the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) anti-party activities early last the recent years. BJD had Manufacturers and hospitals been directed not to reduce Sabha chance from Kerala, party workers had been good human being. But it's not in the assembly polls which are year prompting him to resign accused him of money laun- were directed to convey the production volumes of brands which is the only major state demanding and speculating the individual but the ideolo- likely to be conducted along from the party and his Lok dering and demanded a probe. revised MRP, to be effective under regulation,” it said. While where it is yet to open an about the return of the senior gy of the party which he rep- with the General elections. Sabha seat Kendrapara from In a letter to Patnaik, Panda from March 8, based on the the MRP of 38 brands has been account. leader to active politics. resents and what kind of India In a brief statement, BJP where he was elected twice on had said the CM's absence at trade margin formula. reduced by 75 per cent and President Ram Nath If Rajasekharan is chosen that they envisage is most President Amit Shah said Panda the BJD ticket. BJP hopes that the last rites of his father, “The NPPA under more, 124 brands have seen Kovind has accepted the resig- for the Thiruvananthapuram important. People of the con- has been appointed as Vice senior leader's presence could Bansidhar Panda, was “the last Ministry of Chemicals and reduction between 50 per cent nation of Rajasekharan as constituency, a tough triangu- stituency know very well what President and spokesperson of expand its influence along the straw” among “many humilia- Fertilisers has put out list of 390 to 75 per cent. The MRP of 121 Mizoram Governor, a lar contest involving the ruling I have done for them in the last the party with immediate effect. coastal belt in the state. tions over the past four years”. anti-cancer non-scheduled brands has been reduced Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesper- Left Democratic Front (LDF), 10 years,” he told reporters. This has been an exceptional BJP has made quick Panda's father was a well- medicines with MRP reduction between 25 per cent to 50 per son said in New Delhi on opposition United Democratic Divakaran said who would rise for one who has spent bare- inroads during the panchayat known industrialist with close up to 87 per cent. The revised cent, while the maximum retail Friday. Front (UDF) and the BJP will be the rival candidate did not ly a week in the party and and local level elections and ties to Naveen's father, former prices would come into effect price of 107 brands have been Though the BJP leadership be on the cards. matter for him. speaks lot about BJP's confi- gained second position in the Chief Minister Biju Patnaik. from March 8, 2019,” an offi- reduced below 25 per cent. - *$  " **  & &5 """! 9E *9 ' 3* $ . 3 $ " #"*
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:  ( .")' 9 >)8 '  3*(      /##  ";# &'&(' Ahmedabad: In a setback to ruling party soon. sure because of the pending Just an hour before Congress and sent a letter to the Congress in Gujarat ahead Sabariya was arrested in case. I am already out on bail. Sabariya's resignation, Chavda party president Rahul Gandhi Ahmedabad: A sessions court in Principal district judge M M viction was necessary to allow of the general elections, two October last year in connection I have resigned voluntarily. I joined the BJP at party head- to inform him about his deci- Gir Somnath district of Gujarat Babi stayed Barad's conviction Barad to continue as the MLA party MLAs Friday tendered with the irrigation scam. He am not dissatisfied with any quarters in Gandhinagar after sion. on Friday stayed the conviction while hearing his plea, said the of Talala constituency in Gir their resignations, with one of was granted bail in February by Congress leader. I am joining giving his resignation as the Talking to reporters, he of Congress leader Bhagvan Congress leader's lawyer Rajesh Somnath district. them joining the ruling BJP the Gujarat High Court. the ruling BJP as I felt that this MLA of Manavadar seat in claimed that the BJP has not Barad in a 24-year-old illegal Buch. The 60-year-old Congress later in the day and another "Congress MLA from is the best way to serve the peo- Junagadh district. offered ministership to switch mining case and also suspend- In addition, the district leader won from Talala in the announcing his decision to Dhrangadhra seat, Parsotam ple of my constituency," he said. Chavda, 55, a four-time sides ahead of the Lok Sabha ed his jail term of two years and judge also allowed Barad's plea, 2017 Assembly polls. join the saffron party soon. Sabariya, tendered his resigna- The former MLA claimed MLA, was inducted into the polls. nine months. seeking suspension of the sen- Barad was accused of steal- Manavadar MLA Jawahar tion today evening. I have that he was not offered any party by state Home Minister "It is not true that I am Barad, an MLA, was dis- tence of two years and nine ing limestone worth Rs 2.83 Chavda gave his resignation to accepted his resignation. He ministership in the Gujarat Pradeepsinh Jadeja and senior joining the BJP to become a qualified by the Assembly months awarded by the judicial crore through illegal mining on Gujarat Assembly Speaker has not given any particular government by the BJP. party leader K C Patel. minister. I am in politics to Speaker after he was held guilty magistrate of Sutrapada Taluka government land in Sutrapada. Rajendra Trivedi in the after- reason in his resignation letter. Sabariya was arrested in After joining the BJP, serve the people. I am joining by a magistrate's court on March court. "The sessions court stayed The material was then sold to a noon, while Parsotam Sabariya, He now ceases to be a member October last year for allegedly Chavda said he has not left the the BJP as I felt that I can serve 1 in the 1995 case. He was also the conviction as well as ordered local chemical factory, accord- who represented Dhrangadhra of the Gujarat Assembly," demanding and accepting a Congress out of any discontent the people in a better way if I granted bail in the case. suspension of the sentence given ing to an FIR lodged against him seat in Morbi district, gave his Trivedi said. bribe from persons accused in or differences with the join the party that is in power. The Congress leader chal- by the magistrate. The court also against him in 1995. The mag- resignation in the evening. Commenting on his deci- an irrigation scam in Morbi Congress leadership. "I also felt it necessary to lenged his conviction in the dis- granted bail to Barad till the pen- istrate pronounced Barad guilty Chavda joined the BJP at sion, Sabariya said he was join- district in return for not rais- Chavda, a prominent OBC support Prime Minister trict and sessions court in dency of his appeal against the under Section 379 of the Indian the party's headquarters in ing the ruling BJP to develop ing the issue in the Assembly leader from Ahir community, Narendra Modi in the current Veraval town of Gir Somnath magistrate's order," said Buch. Penal Code, which deals with Gandhinagar, while Sabariya his constituency. and with the state govern- said he also resigned from the security scenario of the coun- district. He said a stay on the con- punishment for theft. PTI announced that he will join the "I was not under any pres- ment. primary membership of the try," Chavda said. PTI 4       6
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                      " .  = 0+!"                   ast Friday, India welcomed its #       ! %         3     hero, Abhinandan Varthaman,      *             back from Pakistan. He spent              $  -    - close to three days in Pakistani        ? 3     *     ( captivity as a result of a brief skir- mishL with Islamabad’s Air Force, during      ;<=@      $  , which, his MiG-21 Bison went down.                    -  Officer Abhinandan’s return is the latest ? .           ;<;>   !   course of events in an episode that has not yet seen its last act but India can at least     ? 3     *          momentarily heave a sigh of relief. His             ? 9   $    ( return also provides us with enough pause                    ( to examine the events that unfolded over the past few weeks, to praise the bravery            9$     -S :    of our armed forces and to ask questions                    to the Prime Minister, who is the man             (      8 entrusted with providing leadership to the armed forces.               ! ,     Primarily, in this article, I aim to exam-      1           (      ine the concept of leadership and whether                     the Prime Minister demonstrated it this time around. While the entire nation is extreme- 6     *            ) ly proud of our armed forces and the huge %         3        ( sacrifices they are regularly asked to make,      2               ( it does make it all the more important to ensure that they are led by a political leader           )          who exhibits similar qualities. The events of doing so, it was the Pakistani for calm, clarity and composure, about the exact figure and that          )           the past few weeks make it apparent that Prime Minister who appeared to there was not a whiff from the this was a question for the     -                 while the country is proud of the armed garner greater admiration from Government or the Prime Government to answer. forces, the political leadership leading them the world rather than our Prime Minister. Instead, in the after- If the armed forces have no              ! #     ( has been found wanting. Minister. math of Abhinandan’s capture, clear figure in mind and the BJP   2    8 2     7  #  So what is leadership? Norman Character: In terms of char- just a quick glance of the Prime has been saying it’s 400 or 250 or *    - ,             Schwarzkopf defined its as, “Leadership is a acter, the BJP Government has an Minister’s twitter feed shows whatever the last person from the potent combination of strategy and charac- unenviable lack of it. There have 07* *0* that he addressed BJP workers party has said, is it not logical to    ) # *              ( ter. But if you must be without one, be with- been repeated reminders over the in their booths before address- question whether the    )$(,)$  9 $     $        ( out strategy.” Over the past few weeks, the rul- past few years of this character  0A**0*0 ing the nation and even then, it Government actually had any   #                  ing Government has displayed a lack of both. flaw. Whether it is the words used 0330'7* was only through rallies or such estimate or was it just mak-           !         Lack of strategy: Pakistan is a hub of by the Prime Minister to describe other political events that he ing up numbers as it went along? terror. There are not many people in the women or the language used by O03 * talked about strikes rather than But when one of us, mere        "       ,        world who would disagree with this state- the BJP when dealing with any 8 *3 having a conversation with mortals, actually asks the BJP )                 ment. Even recently, while Pakistan Prime member of the Opposition, the   0*;077 Indian citizens, which is only why they are saying 400 when the        .            ( Minister Imran Khan did earn some good- Government rarely covers itself apropos in case of events of armed forces are saying they have will on the world stage by allowing in glory. However, in light of the 0**8005*0 national significance, such as no idea about any exact figure,     !  -  $          %  Abhinandan to return and by ensuring that recent events, there was some this one. the party hides behind the armed  2              8 $   % he was not mistreated while in Pakistan’s hope that maybe the Prime ** What was all the more dis- forces and says that the people of        ! ,           (   captivity, much of that goodwill was wast- Minister may actually conduct 073**'8 heartening was the fact that India cannot question the armed ed by the clear propaganda videos that were himself in a manner befitting his while media speculation about forces. Waah Modiji, Waah!                 !    released by the Government over there. role and get the entire country * 0* 075 the precarious state of affairs was My views on how a leader is                  S   During the entire ordeal, Imran Khan together. How naïve of us! 9 0A*30A  rife, there was no one from the supposed to be is a product of my            ,   )     alleged that the attack by India on the ter- Despite the Opposition issuing a Government to answer the lin- time as an officer in the Indian rorist camps did not really cause any harm statement reiterating their stance * 8*3 ' gering questions. Instead, the Police Service. As someone who                   ,+$  to Pakistan. He also garnered sympathy and that they stand behind the armed 9*'8* Government chose to send the has had the opportunity to serve                     goodwill from world leaders by taking the forces, Modi repeatedly took armed forces in the line of fire with other brave police officers,                       initiative to return Abhinandan to India. political potshots without once *0* again and forced it to field ques- I was always told that you need Prime Minister Narendra Modi allowed addressing the nation in a digni- tions that could obviously only be to be the first one to take criticism     # *            )  Pakistan to take the initiative by not speak- fied manner.  *9**0 answered by its representatives. to protect your officers and the               ing to the nation in its hour of need and fail- While the Prime Minister is **P' As stated above, one such last to take credit for their brav- ing to rebut Pakistan’s claims that there were often found near a microphone question was about the claims ery. This is slightly different no casualties due to India’s strikes. This was when the wind is in his favour, 30A ** made by international media from Prime Minister Modi’s pol- especially shocking since members of the BJP he is conspicuously missing 0* * channels about the number of icy of hiding behind the armed " &. 
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Many aspects of it still inform advent of Constitutional democra- let go of the idea of the state being India, and then in Pakistan, to a separate Muslim country. ments. This gave those who were French secularism today. A form of cy, modern science, industrialisa- a political and moral expression of define a Secularity 4. Jaffrelot wrote that this is why, once blocked from the state’s reli- laïcité was also practised by the tion and the separation of the faith, without renouncing faith According to Jaffrelot, eco- right from the onset, the Pakistani gious narrative the chance to Turkish state during the rise and church and the state. It saw reason itself or without one first coming nomic, scientific and political state tried to undermine and iso- become stakeholders of the process. coming to power of Turkish nation- as being the primary source of to a self-attained understanding of modernity introduced by the late those demanding a theocracy. They managed to change its alist Kemal Ataturk (1923-38). authority. Unlike Secularity 1, it. Tylor wrote that, had this not British in South Asia saw modern The state did this by “nationalising course, which resulted in constitu- However, some advocates of laïcité Secularity 2 is not anti-religion but happened, secularism could never Muslim reformers push to relegate Islam.” Jaffrelot wrote that the state tional clauses based on certain like to differentiate this strand of advocates the relegation of faith to have managed to attract the consent Islam’s rituals to the private sphere invested in highlighting Islam as a strands of the faith, a clear depar-  > "")5" secularism with the one that was the private sphere. of so many populations in Europe. but transform Islam as an identity modern political ideology of ture from the state’s ways till the imposed in communist countries But much of Tylor’s magnum Tylor’s Secularity 3 is about marker. In other words, the process Pakistan but not the basis of formu- mid-1970s. Eventually, from the such as China, the Soviet Union, opus is dedicated to “Secularity 3.” reaching a secular state of existence advocated making Islamic rituals lating laws. He defines this as “sec- mid-1980s onwards, the state opted n his 2007 book, A Secular Age, Cambodia and North Korea. To Tylor, this is the category which by actually reflecting on spiritual private and Islam public as a cul- ularisation without secularism.” out from framing Islam in the con- Canadian philosopher Charles However, Tylor is hesitant in best defines the “secular age” that and theological ideas that have tural-political identity marker. The state continued to usurp social text of how it was framed by the ITylor wrote that three cate- defining “Secularity 1” as secular- has continued to develop well into opened up for intellectual scrutiny. Jaffrelot wrote that when mod- and physical spaces once dominat- likes of Sir Syed, Iqbal, Jinnah and gories of secularism have evolved ism proper. According to him, a the 21st century. But Tylor posits For him, secularism is part of the ern Muslim reformers such as Sir ed by the clerics, pirs and ulema. Ayub. Unchecked by the state (and since the proper emergence of the polity needs to fulfill three criteria that Secularity 1 and 2 cannot be tradition of reform that has contin- Syed Ahmad Khan and This way the state gave itself the even encouraged), the process spi- idea — mainly from the 18th cen- to qualify as secular: There should explained away as being outcomes ued within Christianity. He wrote Muhammad Iqbal tried to demon- sole right to define what an Islamic ralled out of control, causing reli- tury onwards. He described be equality of people of all faiths; of the rise of the modern sciences that this is also why secularism has strate that Western modernity and state was and at the same time gious violence and insurgencies in “Secularity 1” as the total expulsion “all spiritual groups must be heard”; and modern models of politics and managed to survive in countries Islam were compatible, and that deride the non-state explanations a highly polarised polity. of religion from all spheres of and there should be respect for the economics. such as the US where most citizens this was what made Muslims a of faith as being “anti-progress” and Recently, when Prime Minister public life. This strand can be “free exercise of religion” (as long Instead, he wrote that secular- call themselves religious. unique cultural entity, they opened “backward.” Imran Khan insisted that “the traced back to the turbulent days of as it is not political in nature). ism was actually a continuation of Intrigued by Tylor’s theory, the way for politicians such as According to Jaffrelot, this monopoly of violence remains with the 18th century French Revolution “Secularity 2” is largely a social a reformation process within the the French political scientist Jinnah to claim that the Muslims of process peaked during the Ayub the state”, he was reiterating the and also in the policies of Mao Tse occurrence triggered by powerful Christian faith. His thesis propos- Christophe Jaffrelot, in a 2014 India were a separate cultural enti- regime (1958-69). He wrote that it state’s urgency to reclaim the space Tung’s China (1949-76), Joseph intellectual currents and a shift es that for over a 1,000 years, essay for France’s Hyper Articles en ty but one which was as modern as continued across the ZA Bhutto to define what religion was in the Stalin’s Soviet Union (1922-52), the from traditional modes of econom- there has been constant pressure Ligne, went on to identify a any Western national community. regime (1971-77) and even during context of Pakistan. And to, there- Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia ics to modern ones. The most within Christianity to continue to “Secularity 4.” Jaffrelot wrote that According to Jaffrelot, Sir Syed, the conservative Gen Zia dictator- fore, once again, neutralise the (1975-79) and currently in North prominent example in this respect reform itself. Fearful of crumbling Tylor’s secularity types were large- Iqbal and Jinnah formulated a ship in the 1980s. But beginning in state’s competitors in this respect Korea. is the erosion of the power of the in the face of modernity, ly associated with the secularism unique way to form a non-theolog- the mid-1970s, Jaffrelot wrote, due and return to what Jaffrelot calls This form of secularism is also church in Europe during the Age Christianity tried to keep pace that developed in the West. Being ical Muslim polity without compro- to purely political reasons, a point Secularity 4: Secularisation without known as laïcité which originated of Enlightenment from 18th cen- with change by modernising itself. an expert on South Asia, Jaffrelot mising its Muslim identity, because, came when the state found it nec- secularism. during the French Revolution. tury onwards. The period saw the This gave the believers the space to took the example of Muslims in after all, this was what was to gain essary to engage with non-state ele- (Courtesy: The Dawn) ""# $!#%$#(%#) *#%+,-./+ %A

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Azim Premji Trust, had sold day, Wipro said in a regulato- four years, claims an industry about 350 industrial centres showed. cle (PV) sales dropped as against 29,87,859 units in the Total two-wheeler sales in 2.66 crore shares of the com- ry filing. survey. spread across the country, indi- In terms of states, D1.11% in February, year-ago period. With people February were down 4.22% to pany in a block deal on the Pre-clearance for selling The findings are contrary cates that micro enterprises were Maharashtra, Gujarat and making it the seventh decline postponing discretionary 16,15,071 units compared to BSE. equity shares of the company is to the official and other indus- the largest job creators in the past Telangana were the largest job in eight months, prompting spends like buying cars ahead of 16,86,180 units in the year-ago The company, however, required under the company’s try data which show that there four years and will continue to creators, while in case of auto industry body SIAM to the elections, coupled with the month, SIAM said. Motorcycle did not disclose further details code of conduct and SEBI reg- was massive job losses since the be so in the next three years. exporters, Maharashtra, Tamil suggest that it will miss even current subdued sentiments, sales last month declined by of the transaction. ulations. the note-ban and GST imple- To put the findings in con- Nadu and Telangana topped. the scaled down forecast of 6% Mathur said it was unlikely 0.58% to 10,47,486 units as Following the said block “On March 8, 2019, the mentation in this very sector. text, the survey mapped the “There is an expectation of for the ongoing fiscal. that March sales would be high. against 10,53,596 units a year deal, the shares of the compa- company has been informed While private sector eco- jobs figures against publicly higher growth on employment The Society of Indian “So we are more or less looking earlier. ny closed at 256.50 on Friday, that Azim Premji Trust has sold nomic think-tank has found available macro-level data for the next three years,” the Automobile Manufacturers to end the year at around 3% Market leader Hero down 4.58% from its previous 2,66,66,667 equity shares of the that as many as 13 million jobs sourced from the Labour survey said. (SIAM) said uncertainty ahead growth which we have wit- MotoCorp posted 1.65% close on the BSE. company on BSE,” the filing were lost in 2018 alone, the offi- Bureau (for total workforce). This optimism emanates of elections coupled with weak nessed so far,” he added. In the increase in its bike sales in Azim Premji Trust is part added. cial NSSO data show that “Given that the total work- from the fact that government market sentiment and beginning of the fiscal, SIAM February at 5,44,073 units. of the promoter group that held The Bengaluru-based com- unemployment rate touched a force size according to the initiatives like the 2% interest unfavourable factors like high had projected 8-10% growth for Rival Bajaj Auto also posted a 3,36,19,97,805 shares amount- pany said it would make nec- 46-year high in 2018. Labour Bureau is estimated at subvention given to all MSMEs interest rates and insurance PV sales but it was revised to growth of 6.28% at 1,86,523 ing to 74.30% stake in the essary disclosures to stock According to a CII survey 450 million, the overall job and trade receivables e-dis- cost were continuing to affect around 6% after dip in sales units, while Honda Motorcycle company as of the quarter exchanges as required under among over one lakh MSMEs, additions work out to 13.514.9 counting system (TReDS) sales. In its latest data, SIAM from the third quarter onwards. and Scooter India (HMSI) wit- ended December 31, 2018. the SEBI Insider Trading there has been a 13.9% increase million per annum,” it said. would drive future growth said domestic PV sales were at In February, PV market nessed a decline of 11.66% at On March 7, Azim Premji Regulations within the pre- net jobs additions (or 3,32,394 The top job generating leading to more employment, 2,72,284 units in February, leader Maruti Suzuki India 1,45,260 units. Trust had sought pre-clear- scribed timelines. new jobs created), over the past sectors were hospitality and the report said. down from 2,75,346 units in the posted 0.19% increase at Scooter sales in February same month previous year. 1,39,912 units. Hyundai Motor stood at 4,92,584 units as against “What we are seeing is that India saw its PV sales decline by 5,60,653 units in the same the market sentiment is sub- 3.13% to 43,110 units. month last year, down 12.14%, )
  ) -   (   )  P  dued. Interest rates are still Mahindra & Mahindra, how- SIAM said. Scooter market high and we have not been able ever, posted 16.86% growth at leader HMSI saw its sales dip by New Delhi (PTI): through its joint venture part- bankrupt company. The trans- of Rising’s assets would trans- CEO and chairman Venkat to recover from the impact we 26,106 units. SIAM said domes- 19% to 2,63,299 units during the Biopharmaceutical firm Suven ner Shore Suven Pharma, Inc action is subject to court- form Shore Suven Pharma into Jasti said. Vimal Kavuru, who have had earlier on the year,” tic car sales were also down month. Chennai-based TVS Life Sciences Ltd on Friday said has entered into a “stalking- approved bidding process a strong US generic pharma- will serve as CEO of Shore SIAM director general Vishnu 4.33% to 1,71, 372 units as com- Motor Co also witnessed 8.68% it had entered into an asset pur- horse” asset purchase agree- under Section 363 of US ceutical company. Leveraging Suven Pharma said the oppor- Mathur told reporters here. pared to 1,79,122 units in drop in scooter sales at 83,543 chase agreement to buy the ment to buy the assets of Aceto Bankruptcy Code, the filing Rising’s extensive product port- tunity to work with Rising’s The sales decline in February 2018. units during the month. Hero assets of US-based Aceto Corporation’s Rising added. Shore Suven Pharma folio to become vertically inte- suppliers and employees to February is the seventh instance MSI’s car sales were down MotoCorp posted 19.36% Corporation’s Rising Pharmaceuticals and Rising Inc is a joint venture between grated with our already world ensure continuity of product in the last eight months, with the 3.25% at 1,00,513 units. decline at 56,543 units. Pharmaceuticals through its subsidiaries, Suven Life said in Suven Life Sciences and Shore class API and finished dose supply to customers in con- only positive growth since July Hyundai Motor India also wit- Sales of commercial vehicles joint venture partner Shore a regulatory filing. A stalking- Pharma Investments LLC of manufacturing capabilities will nection with this proposed last year coming in October, he nessed a decline of 6.43% at was also down 0.43% to 87,436 Suven Pharma Inc. horse asset purchase agree- USA. enable us to better serve US integration will be the compa- added. 32,792 units. Honda Cars India, units in February, SIAM said. Suven Life Sciences ment is a bid on the assets of a “This potential acquisition customers,” Suven Life Sciences ny’s top priority.

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217.75 222.15 216.05 217.60 GALAXYSURF 1080.00 1115.70 1080.00 1104.75 CIPLA 541.00 543.40 538.25 538.75 -2.60 NCC 96.00 101.15 95.90 99.75 HFCL 23.65 23.85 23.00 23.10 EXIDEIND 224.00 226.35 221.10 224.25 HINDZINC 268.15 268.80 265.55 267.00 WABCOINDIA 6428.10 6428.10 6271.65 6295.00 ONGC 152.10 152.60 147.00 151.00 -1.05 TCS 2029.00 2032.60 2010.05 2022.30 DLF 176.00 176.75 173.85 175.60 EVEREADY 209.15 215.50 207.05 208.00 GLAXO 1305.15 1316.15 1270.00 1304.05 JAGRAN 103.00 103.85 102.15 102.65 ASIANPAINT 1393.75 1394.65 1380.00 1385.00 -10.45 SUNPHARMA 450.50 457.50 447.75 455.05 MOIL 162.00 162.25 158.10 158.50 CONCOR 484.35 490.20 481.50 488.70 DCAL 205.90 207.80 201.50 203.70 TRENT 327.80 339.90 325.25 334.60 JSWSTEEL 288.20 289.40 284.20 287.40 -2.30 IOC 150.00 150.35 144.80 148.65 ENDURANCE 1162.75 1179.90 1162.75 1167.50 BALKRISIND 929.00 929.00 901.00 906.70 UNITEDBNK 10.91 11.44 10.91 11.25 GMDCLTD 86.30 86.50 84.30 85.00 IOC 150.00 150.90 144.70 149.00 -1.20 M&M 675.90 679.75 667.25 669.95 MEGH 62.65 63.40 61.20 61.35 SADBHAV 231.55 237.30 222.10 223.35 JYOTHYLAB 186.35 190.35 185.00 186.65 NAVNETEDUL 108.30 109.50 107.70 107.70 ZEEL 459.00 461.60 451.45 454.75 -4.25 NAVKARCORP 44.95 48.00 44.90 46.20 BOMDYEING 119.00 119.65 115.40 115.70 TATAGLOBAL 197.25 197.70 192.75 193.20 TORNTPHARM 1773.95 1785.00 1758.00 1782.20 VBL 806.80 818.30 800.25 802.00 MARUTI 6975.00 7025.00 6951.00 6960.00 -69.05 SUNTV 617.00 620.00 591.90 595.75 NAUKRI 1709.00 1856.40 1709.00 1793.25 WHIRLPOOL 1523.00 1575.05 1509.35 1546.10 VMART 2825.00 2851.60 2795.85 2815.00 TVTODAY 336.65 336.65 324.20 325.20 INDUSINDBK 1529.00 1531.60 1507.95 1515.00 -16.25 TATASTEEL 519.00 519.00 506.30 508.05 RAIN 106.90 109.30 105.60 106.25 NOCIL 139.90 140.00 136.40 137.10 CRISIL 1525.55 1525.55 1430.00 1436.00 GDL 125.00 125.55 122.10 122.50 LT 1350.00 1363.00 1337.00 1338.00 -14.40 ASHOKLEY 90.95 91.00 89.30 89.75 SHK 151.20 158.00 151.20 155.00 J&KBANK 46.10 47.00 45.20 45.80 GODREJCP 710.00 712.35 702.80 707.65 JKCEMENT 795.10 814.85 788.75 812.00 INFY 722.95 722.95 710.65 713.20 -9.75 BANKBARODA 116.00 116.85 113.30 113.60 OIL 178.00 178.00 171.75 173.80 SJVN 25.00 25.25 24.10 24.65 ASHOKA 133.90 136.05 131.00 133.75 KALPATPOWR 400.00 401.80 392.30 401.80 DRREDDY 2668.00 2685.95 2606.50 2623.00 -57.75 JUSTDIAL 532.00 568.00 530.00 557.25 FEDERALBNK 88.00 88.70 87.00 87.50 SREINFRA 30.40 32.20 30.25 31.95 SANOFI 5644.00 5644.00 5420.00 5589.00 IFBIND 881.10 905.70 865.25 898.00 VEDL 174.80 174.80 171.25 172.15 -3.90 JINDALSTEL 165.40 166.00 161.45 162.50 FSL 47.00 47.35 45.55 45.85 FRETAIL 453.60 453.75 441.35 446.00 CHENNPETRO 255.85 258.40 252.00 254.85 SOMANYCERA 365.00 367.35 362.00 365.90 HINDALCO 197.00 197.60 193.60 196.00 -4.60 WOCKPHARMA 424.85 430.10 416.60 422.10 INDIACEM 96.05 97.20 94.65 95.70 CADILAHC 321.05 329.20 321.05 325.10 TRIDENT 66.00 66.65 65.00 66.05 ALKEM 1768.85 1768.85 1745.00 1750.40 IBULHSGFIN 720.00 735.95 698.00 702.00 -17.05 SAIL 54.50 54.50 53.10 53.40 IDBI 44.00 44.30 43.25 43.40 MAGMA 115.20 115.80 112.05 114.30 MAHLOG 490.00 500.00 490.00 500.00 NETWORK18 34.00 34.40 33.75 33.75 TATASTEEL 516.80 518.60 506.30 508.20 -12.95 RECLTD 144.00 144.80 139.80 143.10 UJJIVAN 318.90 324.00 313.00 315.90 SBILIFE 589.95 596.35 584.00 587.15 MRF 57800.05 58019.45 56900.00 57141.60 ERIS 618.15 642.00 618.00 642.00 HCLTECH 1029.40 1029.95 1006.00 1007.00 -27.55 L&TFH 141.40 143.45 139.65 141.70 KANSAINER 433.80 447.00 433.00 445.75 CANFINHOME 289.50 294.20 285.60 287.60 GREAVESCOT 133.00 133.40 130.70 132.00 JBCHEPHARM 338.95 339.35 329.80 332.75 HSCL 119.15 121.00 118.80 119.60 WIPRO 261.10 262.25 256.55 257.60 -11.25 BEML 880.15 913.60 876.00 897.60 RAJESHEXPO 577.95 587.85 573.50 583.85 SUPRAJIT 212.50 222.00 210.35 222.00 HDFCBANK 2119.95 2130.80 2110.65 2127.60 PIIND 966.65 995.65 966.65 992.75 PNCINFRA 135.55 144.00 135.55 141.85 GHCL 239.60 239.75 235.25 236.90 TATAMOTORS 187.80 187.95 180.00 180.70 -8.60 SUNTECK 389.85 409.00 387.30 404.70 SHANKARA 450.05 460.20 445.55 452.00 RAMCOCEM 711.85 726.20 704.50 726.20 NH 226.00 226.55 216.45 223.00   FORCEMOT 1711.20 1769.00 1702.15 1727.20 BRITANNIA 3090.00 3090.00 3021.35 3061.75 PRSMJOHNSN 90.00 92.40 89.15 90.10 KIOCL 144.00 146.95 143.00 143.00 AVANTI 407.30 422.00 406.40 410.85 CENTURYTEX 855.00 858.55 843.00 856.35 ADANIGREEN 35.40 35.95 34.75 35.05 PHOENIXLTD 630.25 639.45 615.80 618.00 HEG 2232.50 2250.90 2180.00 2196.10 MINDAIND 348.00 350.25 339.05 343.00 LAXMIMACH 6355.00 6431.40 6221.60 6255.00 APLLTD 544.15 545.25 535.00 544.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE VEDL 176.00 176.00 171.25 172.35 LAURUSLABS 357.95 357.95 348.70 350.00 AUBANK 584.00 587.30 576.15 586.00 HATSUN 685.00 697.15 679.50 684.95 NIFTY NEXT 50 27401.75 27491.20 27294.45 27458.20 28.70 LEMONTREE 78.45 88.80 78.05 87.05 SCI 39.40 40.55 38.90 39.15 NLCINDIA 69.00 69.00 67.75 68.05 TATAINVEST 840.00 842.60 836.05 836.05 ICICIPRULI 323.60 348.90 322.65 343.00 12.80 RADICO 399.40 406.35 387.90 391.20 WELSPUNIND 60.50 61.05 57.75 58.95 MAXINDIA 65.85 65.85 62.50 63.10 INDOSTAR 357.05 357.05 350.00 350.00 ICICIGI 955.00 985.00 951.60 976.80 25.15 ONGC 152.25 152.25 147.60 150.10 IRB 146.75 148.40 145.65 147.50 OFSS 3455.00 3467.35 3420.00 3445.00 TVSSRICHAK 2273.65 2323.00 2239.00 2280.20 AMBUJACEM 221.30 227.10 220.55 226.75 5.55 JUBILANT 783.50 795.90 747.30 768.50 JMFINANCIL 85.10 86.10 84.25 84.40 APLAPOLLO 1410.10 1414.00 1373.45 1383.05 PGHH 10404.60 10447.00 10198.00 10198.00 PETRONET 228.90 234.90 228.60 234.00 5.00 TATAELXSI 963.00 975.50 951.30 956.85 GMRINFRA 17.10 17.10 16.70 16.85 GSPL 170.05 170.45 167.75 169.90 BAYERCROP 4287.60 4389.95 4284.00 4365.00 INDIGO 1220.00 1256.00 1216.70 1243.00 21.85 PCJEWELLER 79.20 79.50 76.80 77.45 KEI 388.00 391.10 383.15 387.00 ALLCARGO 106.50 108.05 104.50 104.60 SUDARSCHEM 346.95 348.40 342.70 345.30 IDEA 32.00 32.75 31.70 32.55 0.55 INDHOTEL 142.40 147.75 141.95 144.20 MGL 887.95 887.95 872.75 879.05 SONATSOFTW 341.00 341.00 329.00 330.00 SCHAEFFLER 5598.95 5598.95 5480.00 5482.00 ABCAPITAL 98.40 101.00 98.25 100.00 1.50 BAJFINANCE 2734.80 2777.25 2718.55 2766.65 SYNDIBANK 37.55 38.00 36.80 37.20 COCHINSHIP 371.00 377.25 370.00 372.80 PERSISTENT* 648.00 651.00 640.20 643.40 ACC 1555.15 1579.95 1545.00 1577.40 22.35 MARUTI 6999.00 7021.90 6955.00 6972.85 GUJFLUORO 996.00 1022.00 983.00 1006.10 BALMLAWRIE 187.00 194.00 185.00 188.35 ZYDUSWELL 1292.10 1307.00 1273.50 1273.50 AUROPHARMA 722.40 737.65 716.55 735.45 10.25 ABCAPITAL 98.55 101.25 98.05 100.40 REDINGTON 92.15 95.20 91.15 94.10 AIAENG 1788.80 1824.00 1788.80 1809.20 CERA 2582.10 2604.50 2559.95 2569.00 HAVELLS 719.70 729.50 717.65 727.40 8.95 IDEA 32.40 32.65 31.75 32.40 AARTIIND 1478.95 1521.00 1470.60 1482.80 TATACOMM 609.00 616.45 606.95 612.45 MAHLIFE 378.70 379.00 371.50 371.65 LICHSGFIN 487.50 495.00 484.50 494.00 5.95 DBL 569.45 585.00 556.15 560.35 BAJAJELEC 490.00 491.50 481.20 490.35 WESTLIFE 364.40 372.00 360.55 370.00 FDC 176.00 176.65 170.40 174.40 SHREECEM 17450.00 17669.90 17350.00 17650.00 181.50 BEL 88.95 89.10 86.60 87.20 DCBBANK 196.00 197.00 194.90 196.00 DBCORP 194.00 199.70 191.60 197.40 ABBOTINDIA 7312.40 7400.00 7308.90 7380.00 NHPC 25.00 25.45 24.85 25.05 0.25 ZEEL 462.00 462.00 451.20 454.90 APOLLOHOSP 1200.00 1200.00 1152.15 1167.00 ASTRAZEN 1974.00 2021.45 1962.00 1975.00 GILLETTE 6422.00 6480.00 6420.05 6465.00 BRITANNIA 3041.00 3079.50 3021.00 3071.25 27.40 IDFCFIRSTB 48.65 49.45 48.50 48.85 CGPOWER 36.45 36.85 35.75 36.20 CHOLAFIN 1301.80 1312.00 1285.10 1286.55 TIINDIA 384.35 385.55 371.20 377.05 MONSANTO 2613.20 2670.00 2607.40 2661.55 BANDHANBNK 495.00 506.80 492.00 500.20 3.55 BHARTIARTL 309.50 312.35 307.60 308.75 ADANIPORTS 340.85 343.55 338.10 342.70 OBEROIRLTY 476.00 486.00 472.00 479.70 VINATIORGA 1629.50 1650.00 1629.50 1639.50 GULFOILLUB 884.95 891.85 872.00 872.00 L&TFH 140.10 143.40 139.75 141.70 0.95 GUJGAS 129.50 137.20 126.50 135.60 NESTLEIND 10196.85 10197.15 10028.10 10105.70 MERCK 3549.70 3549.70 3400.00 3415.00 NIACL 197.80 198.50 192.00 197.90 CCL 299.90 299.90 285.50 285.50 BIOCON 613.00 619.50 611.60 614.30 2.75 HINDUNILVR 1711.95 1717.95 1696.00 1701.00 DELTACORP 257.00 259.40 252.90 254.25 PAGEIND 23198.90 23450.00 22900.00 23100.00 KPRMILL 585.30 586.95 578.95 584.00 NILKAMAL 1383.20 1393.70 1375.00 1389.95 SIEMENS 1021.00 1030.00 1010.90 1025.90 4.50 SPARC 189.25 195.40 188.00 191.45 MCX 735.00 745.20 717.00 727.20 HINDCOPPER 49.40 50.50 49.00 49.25 CARBORUNIV 378.50 386.50 378.50 382.95 FORTIS 135.35 135.55 134.70 135.00 PEL 2574.00 2604.40 2536.80 2585.00 9.75 STRTECH 267.60 275.00 265.65 268.40 BANDHANBNK 495.10 506.40 492.35 502.10 NATCOPHARM* 574.80 574.80 564.00 567.95 PTC 78.40 79.70 78.20 78.25 SYNGENE 588.70 590.90 584.85 586.15 NMDC 107.60 111.00 107.00 109.35 0.40 LUPIN 799.80 799.80 771.00 779.85 ESCORTS 735.10 735.35 723.70 729.65 INOXLEISUR 295.50 308.75 292.60 306.95 KAJARIACER 563.20 569.25 561.90 566.00 ASTRAL 1218.75 1218.75 1190.15 1196.00 BOSCHLTD 18487.00 18517.25 18200.00 18500.00 13.80 EIHOTEL 187.50 201.55 187.50 196.55 STAR 438.00 442.70 431.00 433.25 MRPL 70.45 70.70 68.10 68.70 LUXIND 1261.15 1273.75 1227.50 1258.35 BLUESTARCO 655.00 655.00 648.00 653.00 CONCOR 485.30 490.00 482.35 485.50 -0.10 MANPASAND 98.55 104.20 97.30 100.00 ICICIGI 950.00 983.95 950.00 972.00 KRBL 379.90 379.90 364.55 367.90 NBVENTURES 108.05 109.00 103.10 104.10 ASAHIINDIA 270.00 280.00 267.00 268.05 HDFCLIFE 389.10 393.90 385.00 391.00 -0.10 PEL 2574.00 2602.60 2543.80 2587.95 ABFRL 222.35 226.60 222.00 222.60 CUMMINSIND 739.00 742.35 728.75 731.10 BOSCHLTD 18509.45 18540.00 18257.45 18457.05 MAHSCOOTER 3268.00 3285.00 3257.85 3275.00 OFSS 3451.00 3472.25 3419.95 3450.00 -1.55 TATACHEM 587.90 592.90 573.15 577.70 LICHSGFIN 488.50 496.70 484.65 494.15 RCF 57.95 58.00 56.85 57.00 GICRE 248.20 249.00 240.60 242.80 LAOPALA 212.15 212.15 206.40 207.45 DLF 175.30 176.75 173.80 175.60 -0.35 VIPIND 442.80 443.00 431.00 432.85 SHOPERSTOP 492.30 506.90 462.00 472.75 ADANITRANS 205.65 210.30 204.80 208.80 GODREJAGRO 520.50 522.10 512.05 517.95 SOLARINDS 1035.00 1051.15 1014.80 1020.55 DABUR 431.50 435.55 430.80 431.95 -1.15 HINDPETRO 248.50 251.00 244.40 250.05 HEXAWARE 351.00 351.00 341.25 345.25 BERGEPAINT 298.35 303.90 296.90 303.05 QUESS 762.95 779.35 746.85 761.15 NESCO 450.00 451.35 445.00 446.50 GODREJCP 710.45 714.00 701.75 706.00 -2.30 ACC 1569.00 1584.70 1546.35 1574.20 TECHM 808.25 812.85 802.40 811.20 WABAG 330.60 332.00 323.70 328.75 HAL 681.00 681.00 663.00 663.25 BAJAJCON 350.00 352.95 347.95 350.00 ABB 1271.00 1279.75 1248.80 1266.00 -4.70 AJANTPHARM 973.05 974.05 945.05 959.25 PIDILITIND 1133.00 1139.50 1113.40 1125.40 BLISSGVS 168.00 175.10 168.00 171.00 HERITGFOOD 495.15 502.65 489.35 493.00 BLUEDART 3287.60 3287.60 3190.10 3200.00 MCDOWELL-N 564.90 568.40 555.85 558.15 -2.10 PETRONET 229.00 235.00 228.85 233.90 HDFCLIFE 392.00 393.60 384.55 391.80 CASTROLIND 162.00 163.75 161.20 161.90 PARAGMILK 241.00 242.35 236.50 240.80 SIS 845.35 850.00 813.05 813.05 CADILAHC 326.00 336.00 324.20 324.95 -1.65 PFC 112.00 112.15 106.95 108.65 PHILIPCARB 177.60 177.80 172.60 173.80 IDFC 40.00 40.25 39.10 39.25 GESHIP 285.15 290.80 285.15 289.95 FORBESCO 2220.00 2236.00 2165.00 2180.50 NIACL 196.50 199.20 193.55 197.00 -1.30 TATAMTRDVR 94.00 94.40 90.85 91.65 JISLJALEQS 62.75 62.80 60.50 60.75 CENTRALBK 31.80 33.90 31.50 33.00 SUNDRMFAST 519.00 524.95 510.90 517.70 SWANENERGY 107.30 112.65 107.30 112.65 PIDILITIND 1136.45 1139.95 1112.20 1126.00 -7.95 HCLTECH 1045.00 1045.00 1005.00 1008.45 JKTYRE 91.60 92.15 91.15 91.55 MINDACORP 144.00 147.10 142.55 145.00 SUNCLAYLTD 3050.00 3083.85 2979.20 3040.00 GAYAPROJ 166.50 171.15 166.35 168.00 SRTRANSFIN 1219.10 1227.95 1206.15 1220.00 -9.10 NBCC 58.00 58.60 56.00 57.00 DMART 1457.00 1469.00 1445.00 1445.05 VGUARD 215.60 220.00 211.95 214.00 THOMASCOOK 216.90 218.30 214.10 216.35 STARCEMENT 90.00 101.95 90.00 99.40 DMART 1453.00 1468.65 1445.00 1445.50 -11.95 IPCALAB 867.15 914.30 867.15 884.05 GAIL 344.00 352.10 342.00 351.40 GSFC 98.75 99.00 97.00 99.00 MHRIL 218.50 225.90 218.50 225.00 SHILPAMED 378.00 380.20 375.30 378.65 HINDZINC 269.00 269.50 265.85 267.55 -2.30 BANKINDIA 90.70 91.65 88.45 88.90 COLPAL 1259.05 1268.00 1247.45 1253.70 HSIL 242.70 242.70 232.00 232.00 CORPBANK 29.85 30.60 29.70 29.90 ORIENTCEM 81.40 82.45 79.60 79.60 SBILIFE 587.00 596.40 585.40 586.50 -5.60 BHARATFORG 514.25 515.30 502.40 509.00 MARICO 337.00 337.30 332.40 335.00 JINDALSAW 92.90 93.95 90.70 91.75 TV18BRDCST 36.00 36.20 35.65 35.80 ELGIEQUIP 257.00 260.00 255.55 258.75 MARICO 337.00 337.05 332.15 334.40 -3.40 BHEL 68.10 68.10 66.55 67.10 LTI 1650.00 1662.05 1606.90 1648.60 KTKBANK 120.75 120.75 118.00 118.00 AMARAJABAT 744.65 744.65 731.90 736.00 DHANUKA 441.00 445.00 438.05 443.50 COLPAL 1268.00 1270.00 1247.05 1255.50 -13.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 2910.00 2966.00 2903.00 2950.25 RAYMOND 804.00 818.60 793.75 806.00 ABB 1269.45 1277.00 1250.90 1265.30 AKZOINDIA 1760.05 1762.40 1673.10 1706.30 SUPPETRO 217.55 217.55 216.10 217.15 MOTHERSUMI 165.25 165.25 160.40 163.40 -2.00 BPCL 369.90 371.35 364.60 369.30 NHPC 24.95 25.40 24.90 25.10 JAMNAAUTO 60.10 61.40 59.40 59.90 SYMPHONY 1320.00 1325.95 1288.55 1290.15 SFL 1449.00 1449.00 1319.00 1330.00 ASHOKLEY 90.90 90.95 89.30 89.80 -1.10 EDELWEISS 163.30 163.75 161.50 162.45 BIRLACORPN 546.00 577.20 526.70 564.80 TTKPRESTIG 8788.00 8816.90 8335.00 8606.80 TEJASNET 178.05 180.25 169.15 171.90 JCHAC 1981.05 1981.05 1880.00 1974.90 MRF 58000.00 58000.00 56830.00 57000.00 -839.75 INFIBEAM 40.50 40.50 39.05 39.40 JSWENERGY 70.50 71.00 68.05 68.55 GRINDWELL 567.45 613.90 566.00 592.55 FLFL 440.00 443.45 433.35 435.10 APARINDS 654.20 654.20 644.35 645.00 BHEL 67.90 67.90 66.50 67.10 -1.00 DISHTV 38.80 38.80 37.15 37.40 ISEC 230.50 237.90 227.25 233.65 COFFEEDAY 294.00 296.40 286.95 288.60 TEAMLEASE 3050.00 3050.00 2945.25 2964.00 ESSELPRO 110.35 114.00 110.35 113.00 BANKBARODA 115.65 116.85 113.05 113.45 -1.75 GNFC 281.00 290.00 280.50 286.75 TAKE 144.70 146.00 138.10 140.50 MAHINDCIE 237.20 241.35 237.20 238.30 SOBHA 450.00 450.00 435.00 439.50 SHARDACROP 369.90 372.85 369.90 370.00 SAIL 54.40 54.40 53.20 53.55 -0.85 AUROPHARMA 724.05 737.35 718.90 735.70 FCONSUMER 50.00 51.60 49.90 50.55 SRF 2340.05 2362.40 2331.15 2358.00 PRESTIGE 204.95 204.95 201.75 201.75 GET&D 291.00 291.75 288.00 288.00 LUPIN 797.90 799.80 775.35 776.00 -16.00 M&MFIN 434.10 440.45 430.00 437.00 SRTRANSFIN 1233.10 1233.10 1207.75 1220.30 BBTC 1267.25 1278.85 1245.00 1252.55 SHREECEM 17450.00 17750.00 17398.05 17712.00 TRITURBINE 111.00 112.85 111.00 112.10 GICRE 246.15 249.30 241.25 243.00 -5.15 ADANIPOWER 50.50 50.70 49.30 49.95 OMAXE 207.70 207.70 203.80 205.70 EIDPARRY 207.00 215.00 206.15 211.15 RELAXO 753.75 762.50 744.00 753.00 ASTERDM 155.20 157.00 154.40 154.75 OIL 176.10 177.00 171.60 173.35 -3.80 INDIANB 252.50 260.40 239.95 253.85 SOUTHBANK 15.25 15.30 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But the world’s third When I was a child growing-up in also a lush, beautiful country with ited a former 5-star hotel that used largest body of water is also crucial grey west London, I had a poster on some of the warmest and friendliest to be one of the grandest in Africa, to its future — politically, econom- my ceiling of a gorgeous paradise people on the planet. but has since been stripped bare and ically and environmentally. beach fringed by palm trees. I used is now home to thousands of locals From pirates plaguing ships off to stare at that beach in wonder, You visit some beautiful places and refugees. It sounds desperate, the coast of Somalia, to the Tamils never imagining I’d be able to visit throughout the series but also find and it certainly wasn’t luxurious, but of Sri Lanka and the rise of militant somewhere similar. But the Maldives yourself in a number of difficult the residents are an inspiring lot Islam in Yemen and Sumatra, the really is like that. It’s truly exotic. I’ve situations. What was the scariest who have elected their own mayor region touches places of extreme never been anywhere quite like it. situation you found yourself in? and formed committees for sanita- volatility. It is also increasingly the Another difficult question to tion, housing, security and so on. hub of global trade and competition, What was the most extreme? answer. I was in a drug-den in South That all came as a surprise. So did and industrial activity which, in turn, At the other end of the spectrum, we Africa, and on the frontline in finding a vast, stinking, toxic rub- has a huge impact. Author and doc- also visited Mogadishu in Somalia, Mogadishu with bullets whizzing bish island in the Maldives, which umentary filmmaker Simon Reeve which is often described as the over my head, but the scariest situ- they don’t put in the brochures, and travelled around the region for his most dangerous city on the planet. ation was probably driving on visiting an island off Kenya where new show, Indian Ocean with Simon Conflict has raged in Somalia for Indian roads with huge trucks and locals recycle the world’s discarded Reeve. Through the show the audi- decades. The government collapsed buses rocketing the wrong way flip-flops into toys. We also discov- ence would be able to witness the after a civil war, warlords took over towards us in our lane. In other ered a place where smugglers race portrait of a fascinating and increas- and battled endlessly. At least one scary situations, I had a moment to illicit refrigerators to Iran on super- ingly important area, as Reeves million people have died. Because of dive behind, cover or flee, but powered speedboats, and visited engages in the lives and struggles of the constant instability and anarchy, there’s not much I could do when I ship-breaking beaches where the its varied coastal people. Excerpts: Somalia has become the source of the was strapped into the front passen- world’s huge tankers go to be ripped piracy epidemic that plagues the African peacekeeping force that is groin. But it’s not somewhere you Bangladesh and Australia, to name ger seat in India, except pray. apart by an army of workers. The You’ve called this as your most exot- western Indian Ocean. It’s also trying to bring peace and stability to ever feel safe. It’s the most extreme a few. Which is your favourite? journey was fascinating, shocking, ic and extreme journey. Which was increasingly becoming a source of the country after decades of fighting. place I’ve ever visited. I loved visiting Australia, Oman, Sri You’ve visited more than 110 hilarious and amazing. And always the exotic part of the journey? international terrorism, and I felt it We had our flak jackets and helmets, Lanka, Tanzania, Madagascar, and countries over the years and have surprising. It’s a tough one to answer. The Indian was somewhere we had to visit if we of course, and even blast boxer- Your journey took you from the tip Indonesia. There’s nowhere we vis- encountered many different peo- (The series will premiere on Ocean is home to endless stunning were to tell the story of the ocean. We shorts, which can help to prevent of South Africa to Madagascar, the ited that I wouldn’t love to visit again. ple and customs. Were there any March 11 and air from Monday to tropical islands like the Seychelles were under the protection of an blast and fragment injuries to the Seychelles, Somalia, the Maldives, But I’m particularly fond of places on this trip that took you Friday at 9 pm on Sony BBC Earth.)

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The four of they are comparing with are good. them have come together to collaborate Nitya: There’s Monsoon Wedding too. on Made in Heaven, a show that is being Zoya: We are in good company, so we aired on Amazon Prime, a digital platform. aren’t comparing. So while Zoya, Reema and Alankrita wrote Reema: Any film that breaks the the script where the protagonists are wed- mould will always be compared. ding planners, Nitya was the showrunner Zoya: That is because they want to who ensured continuity as each of them have a reference point. directed a few episodes. They reveal what Reema: Sometimes they are jumping makes them a part of the new content-dri- the gun. Sometimes they are being the ven entertainment, one where they are know-it-all. breaking barriers beyond just gender. When you were conceptualising the The show is on Indian weddings, the show, did you know there would be four economy and the culture around it. directors? What were some of the discoveries you Zoya: When the show got green-lit, made while researching for it? our individual films also took off almost Reema: For that, you will have to at the same time. So we knew that we watch the show (laughs). Yes, there was a would not be able to direct the entire sea- lot of research that we did on the subject son ourselves. Initially, we thought just the and found out so many aspects that we did three of us would do it but then we realised not know about. Marriage is not big in that we had to add one more because there India without a reason. It is the problem- was no way I could direct more than two. solver for everything and an equaliser of I had to leave because I had to prep for sorts. Some of our personal and family Gully Boy. experiences have also made it to the show. Reema: I could not shoot any because The idea first came from Zoya as she has I was shooting Gold. a friend of hers who works in the business. Nitya: I could have directed but then Nitya: Zoya and Reema recently I just became the show runner, so I could- attended back to back weddings of two of n’t. Despite that, I directed the maximum our mutual friends in Delhi. They stayed (three). with me and since it was like a break from Zoya: While we were prepping it, she work, we observed everything as specta- was promoting Lipstick. tors. Zoya: That’s when I realised that there The actors, how did you zero down on was so much of backroom gush to produce them? a great magical spectacle, much like a said, it was nice to have different directors about them? If men have been telling sto- process? ing process as I have never really collab- Zoya: They just worked for the part. grand film. It was a fascinating mosaic of for different weddings. And every time ries about other men without getting Zoya: Any project that you do, you orated for anything from a scratch. I real- Shobhita Dhulipala has something very ideas and imagination. It inspired me so someone was straying, we just brought stereotyped, I don’t know what’s the learn. You take something from the team ly wanted to work with Zoya and Reema. mysterious about her which kind of much that I actually got to a desk to write them back. harm in having women protagonists? you work with and they take something And it turned out to be so much fun. I works with her. She also has this sense that about it. Alankrita: We were on the same page Nitya: Moreover a typical story is a off you. That is a part and parcel of life. think I grew up a lot through it. For me she can oscillate between two worlds while developing it. We knew what the typical story regardless of the gender of the There is a certain comfort and cama- it was very new and exciting. I will real- which is important for the show. She has How did the four of you manage to location would be or what we were look- maker. raderie that develops. There is a certain ly cherish that. this appearance of being in control and maintain the creative tempo? ing for in terms of cast. When you’ve Zoya: Alankrita’s Lipstick Under My amount of trust that you can go to sleep Nitya: In a film you really don’t get the perfect. She has that cold vibe. You start Zoya: The slight style difference is wel- worked on the material and been a part Burkha was not typical at all. with while the other person has your back. chance to collaborate as much. You will unravelling and you realise what makes come. The bigger picture was that the of the developing process, you kind of That is something that is non-negotiable. do it with the crew. There is one DOP and her steely. Her test was very good. three of us (Reema, Zoya, Alankrita) wrote know what you want. It made it much sim- How do you see the digital platform, That is not something that you find eas- you are the director. In that sense, the for- Arjun (Mathur), we love. He is a very it and so we were already on the same page pler that we did not come in from the cold. since all of you are directing for it for the ily. mat is very different. Very rarely do you good actor. There is something very frag- as we had come on board from the begin- Nitya: Once the crew sets in, it is easy first time? Reema: The project has been going on see that one writer is writing nine episodes ile about ning while she (Nitya) was the show run- whether directors come in or not. If it is Reema: Nitya has worked on such a for one-and-a- half years, so you cannot or one director is doing all of them. This him. He is very attractive. Men like him ner. It was a challenge to treat the subject not working, then you just make it work. format before. expect us to do nothing but this. So as peo- was more of a collaboration. and visually. Each wedding is episodically dif- Alankrita: And we are just this amaz- Nitya: Yes, I directed some episodes ple came and went, whosoever was there so do women. It is very easy to fall for him ferent, so each chapter changes how you ing set of people, so we do know how to of the first season of 24. It was for televi- would cover for everybody else. Indians are still obsessed with the idea on screen. He doesn’t come with rubbish want to treat it in terms of design and style. work well. (All of them laugh). sion but still in an episodic format. This Nitya: It has been a true collaboration. of a big fat wedding. Is that the reason about whether he should play this part or We had a continuity with the crew and our Nitya: We also had Prashant Nair is definitely the first web series. Zoya: That to me is very precious. why you did this show? not. actors are very good. The moment they get (director of episode 5 and 6) who was not Zoya: A series has a different base. It Zoya: I mean, yes. World over people Nitya: He is Karan Mehra. He plays their pitch, they do not need the director a part of the process. So I understood that has eight hours to tell a story, develop char- So all of you have known each other out- are obsessed with weddings. Some are big the part of a homosexual in the show. But telling them what their character graph is, he needed a little more of hand-holding. acters, get nuances and layers. There is a side work? and fat and some are even one-day, com- he is not looking at that. He is going they know it. Zoya: If you’re clear about your lot of time to develop the arc. There is no Alankrita: We (Zoya and Reema) pact affairs. Everyone is obsessed with beyond because that is just his orientation. Alankrita: What worked for all of us specifics and pen them down to the last censorship and no pressure of box office have know each other the longest since we their wedding day. The beauty of the That is not his character. When Zoya men- is that we went with our instinct and gut detail, work with your actors to grow into and opening weekend. But you have to were assistant directors together in our 20s. Indian wedding is that it is such a mas- tioned him, very soon his picture was up feeling. the characters... in short if your prep is shoot very fast and tighten your budget. We met Nitya on the sets of Lakshya sive celebration and with that comes so on the board. Zoya: All four of us believe in origi- thorough, there are no disputes. Yet I thoroughly enjoyed it and considered around 2003-2004. much hoopla. nality and that honesty is the reason why it a new training ground. I think I really Nitya: They were my bosses. (laughs) Nitya: Which is a great backdrop for Any more plans of collaborating? there is a seamless flow to things. Would you say that you have been able grew up and I want to continue doing it. Zoya: We met and we became bud- drama. Zoya: I hope so. I feel like-minded peo- to break out of that mould of being cat- dies. The story about Alankrita is really Zoya: There are generations, family, ple in the industry should collaborate. There How did you resolve creative differences egorised as women directors? Would you say that in films and web weird because I read her script before I money — all of that is involved. is learning, fun and it makes for better work. in terms of show continuity, from one Zoya: I haven’t directed any typical series, the projection of women is chang- met her. I had read the script of Lipstick Nitya: The show goes really beyond Reema: Normally when you are writ- episode to the next? woman-centric film and my subjects ing but the same cannot be said about Under My Burkha as part of the Sundance the weddings. They are the backdrop, of ing and directing alone, it can be quite lone- Reema: That’s why Nitya was the have been vastly different between pro- TV? Lab which has to be anonymous. I was vet- course. The tracks of the protagonists (the ly. So I loved having so many women showrunner throughout. jects. Yet that is what I keep hearing. Zoya: I don’t watch TV honestly ting or judging or whatever for lack of a wedding planners) and the turmoil that around. Nitya: That is a part of my job pro- Alankrita: It is a very offensive thing because the shows don’t appeal to me or better word. I read the script and I fell in they are going through in their personal file to absorb breaks in movement if the to say that women make typical films. We speak to me. I don’t connect with them. love with it. Later, when we were devel- lives as they are planning them, as well as What went on behind the scenes? crew or the director changes. Not too never set a grammar for male directors or Reema: To be fair, there are also a lot oping the script of Made in Heaven, I the new families that pop up in each Nitya: We were not really together. many people know about this job because attribute content to their worldview. A of films and web series that are regressive. called up Urmi Juvekar, who is a writer episode... all jostle for a space in the can- Except for me who was there throughout. it is new. The primary job of a showrun- protagonist is a protagonist and a story is It is not as if only this format is regressive. and was part of the same lab, to get vas. So there is a social commentary as People would come and go. It was not like ner is to be able to bring everybody that a story irrespective of the fact whether it Zoya: Absolutely. All TV is not regres- Alankrita’s contact. So, I was in love with well. since there were so many of us and just is straying away on the same page and to is about a man or a woman. The bigger sive, just as every web series is not pro- her before I met her. (Both of them laugh) Zoya: And there are egos. because it was a wedding theme, it was going whatever was decided in the beginning. question is whether you are humane and gressive. I guess it depends on who is seri- Reema: We just fell into a system. I to be a blast. Weddings are serious work. We did have a writers’ and a directors’ sensitive in your treatment. ous about challenging norms, pushing the was a bit worried as Zoya and I have been Is it possible to watch one episode There are a lot of people and huge sets room but we read the entire series from Zoya: Absolutely. envelope and making a mark. collaborating for long and we have a sys- alone? involved. We also wanted to explore the the first to the last episode and if any direc- Alankrita: Also, when 50 per cent of tem. But Alankrita came and fitted right Alankrita: It is a seasonal story, so no. scale that Delhi weddings have. 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FC Goa had blanked Mumbai 5-0 at sheet. deflected in off Monreal, and Sarr Valencia beat Krasnodar the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa in Amrinder has been quite impressive added the potentially crucial third thanks to Rodrigo's double at the October, after which the Jorge Costa- in the tournament having 55 saves to his goal two minutes from time. Mestalla, but Viktor Claesson's coached Mumbai were unbeaten in nine name. second-half strike will give the games. Costa said his team has leant from the $-$  Russians hope of reaching the last But again it was FC Goa who had mistakes they have committed against Goa Chelsea may also need this eight on home soil in the second snapped their unbeaten run when they in the previous two games. "We are going to think for next competition to get back in the leg. defeated them 2-0 at the Mumbai Football "We have to see the reality. We have week. We will start with 11 against Champions League next season Inter Milan could regret a Arena here in February. lost two games against FC Goa. I hope 11, without Sokratis, without and the Blues eased past Dynamo missed penalty by Marcelo So when Mumbai take the field with there will be a different story tomorrow. (Alexandre) Lacazette, but if we Kiev 3-0 at Stamford Bridge cour- Brozovic as the Italian giants drew the stakes higher, revenge will also be on Goa have a lethal weapon in the form play like we did in the first 40 min- tesy of goals from Pedro 0-0 away to Eintracht Frankfurt. their mind, but the hosts know well that of Ferran Corominas, who is the leading 1 7 hosts' second-half pressure paid off utes, with our supporters also, we Rodriguez, Willian and Callum Sevilla won the Europa they cannot afford to take the visitors light- goal-scorer in the league, having slotted as a Nacho Monreal own goal put will have the possibility to come Hudson-Odoi. League three years in a row ly. in 15 goals. helsea and Napoli closed in Rennes ahead before Ismaila Sarr's back." Pedro could have had at least between 2014 and 2016 with For the hosts, Modou Sougou has If he is allowed to play as he wants, the on the Europa League quar- late header gave them a two-goal The Gunners recovered from a hat-trick as Denys Boyko denied Emery as coach, but the most suc- been the star performer having pumped Mumbai defence will have a harrowing Cter-finals, but Arsenal face a cushion in the tie. a first-leg deficit to beat BATE him four times after the Spaniard cessful side in Europa League his- in 12 goals so far. And a lot will depend time. major battle to reach the last eight Unai Emery's side must now Borisov in the last round, but had turned home Olivier Giroud's tory have work to do after twice on how the Senegalese fares in this key Apart from Corominas, Goa's hopes after a 3-1 defeat away to Rennes turn the tie around in the second Rennes are a step up in quality and flick to give Chelsea an early lead. blowing a lead to draw 2-2 at contest. will also be pinned on the performance of on Thursday. leg in London next Thursday if are revelling in what is already their Willian was more accurate home to Slavia Prague. He, along with Arnold Issako of Spaniard Edu Bedia, who plays as central Alex Iwobi gave the Gunners they are to progress any further in best ever European run. with a brilliant free-kick 25 min- Villarreal have now won as Congo who has six assists to his credit, mid-fielder and has seven goals to his a perfect start in north-western a competition which represents After Iwobi's early opener, the utes from time to double Chelsea's many games in the Europa League form a lethal pair. name. France at a raucous Roazhon Park, their only hope of silverware this game turned just before half-time lead and substitute Hudson-Odoi as La Liga this season. Despite lan- With a forward like Brazilian Rafael Along with Bedia, Jackichand Singh, but the match hinged on the send- season, and offers a potential route when Hatem Ben Arfa played in surely put the tie beyond Kiev with guishing in the relegation zone of Bastos and an array of mid-fielders, Mandar Rao Dessai and Zaid Krouch are ing-off of Arsenal defender into next season's Champions Sarr, who was hauled back by a smart finish a minute from time. the Spanish top flight, a 3-1 win including Sougou, Paulo Machado and other mid-fielders for Goa. Sokratis Papastathopoulos four League with Arsenal sitting outside Sokratis just outside the area. The "The third goal for us is real- away to Zenit Saint Petersburg put Matias Mirabaje to bank on, Mumbai have The Goa defenders and custodian minutes before half-time. the top four in the Premier League. Greek defender had already been ly very important," said Chelsea them within touching distance of a strong outfit. Laxmikant Kattimani also will have to be Benjamin Bourigeaud "I think we can do better, 3-1 booked, so a second caution manager Maurizio Sarri. the quarter-finals, while Dinamo With Romanian Lucian Goian and on their toes against the Mumbai attack equalised moments later, and the is hard for us," said Emery. equalled a red card. "3-0 is an important result, but Zagreb beat Benfica 1-0. Subhasish Bose to man it, Mumbai also with home crowd behind it. $    ) ( 2!  , #( 8  1 , - # 1 7  Shoaib Malik will lead 1   * finished on March 28, Steve and the side for the matches to be David have been working akistan selectors sprung a played in Sharjah on March teve Smith and David through rehabilitation from Psurprise on Friday by 22 and 24, Abu Dhabi on SWarner were on Friday left elbow surgery and it has been resting regular skipper March 27, and Dubai on out of Australia's squad for the agreed the best pathway for Sarfaraz Ahmed and five key March 29 and 31. one-day series against Pakistan them to return to play is in the players for the five-match Another batsman, despite being eligible for the IPL," he said. one-day series against Mohammad Hafeez, was not final two games after their ball- "Cricket Australia will con- Australia this month. considered as he is recover- tampering bans expire. tinue to liaise with both Steve, While chief selector ing from thumb surgery. Injured fast bowler Mitchell David and their IPL clubs to Inzamam-ul-Haq stressed Maverick batsman Umar Starc was also omitted after fail- monitor progress as we build that resting Sarfaraz was a Akmal, who played the last of ing to recover sufficiently from towards the ICC World Cup unanimous decision, media his 116 one-day internation- & )  )- a pectoral muscle injury picked and the Ashes," he added. reports blasted the move, als against Australia more up during the second Test suggesting Sarfaraz did not up the squad for the 2019 than two years ago, was against Sri Lanka.  - A! want to miss all five match- World Cup, starting in recalled.   ( 
 Smith and Warner's year- Aaron Finch (capt), Usman es. England in May. The squad also has long suspensions for their part Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Apart from Sarfaraz, "We have the World Cup uncapped 31-year-old bats- 1 00* 77* in attempting to alter the ball Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, opener Fakhar Zaman, bats- as our focus and since the man Abid Ali and rookie fast during a Test against South Ashton Turner, Marcus man Babar Azam, spinner team is playing non-stop bowler Mohammad Hasnain. ormer world number one Venus Africa expire on March 28, Cup in England this year, but coach Justin Langer, it had been Stoinis, Alex Carey, Pat Shadab Khan and fast cricket we are resting some Test specialists Yasir FWilliams emerged from a back- making them available for the selectors opted to stick with the decided they would be better Cummins, Nathan Coulter- bowlers Hasan Ali and players, including captain Shah and Mohammad Abbas and-forth battle with a 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 fourth one-dayer in Dubai. same 15-man squad that is cur- served playing their way back Nile, Jhye Richardson, Kane Shaheen Shah Afridi will Sarfaraz, as we want the are also included in the victory over German Andrea There had been much talk rently in India. into contention at the Indian Richardson, Jason also be rested. players to be fresh for the squad. Abbas has never Petkovic to reach the second round about them being rushed back Selector Trevor Hohns said Premier League. Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Inzamam said the deci- mega event," he said at a played a one-day internation- at Indian Wells. into the side ahead of the World after consultation with head "While their bans will be Adam Zampa. sion was aimed at freshening press conference. al before. The US veteran said she wasn't feeling her best, and was at a loss for words to explain the win on )2 & &  ) Thursday. "I don't know honestly. I'm still  $ :   ?  trying to figure it out," said Williams, who closed out the first set after a visit from the trainer, before Petkovic had the second set all her own way. 1 00* 77* Williams was broken as she # , 
( ( P/( served for the match at 5-2 in the oubt is a distant memory for third, wasting one match point. DNovak Djokovic as the Petkovic had a game point to world number one returns to extend the match before Williams Indian Wells on top of the ten- (. ; broke her in the final game seal the nis world, one year after his shock victory. loss to qualifier Taro Daniel. 1 00* 77*   00* 77* "Every day is not your best day Djokovic is making his first but that doesn't mean the heart and start since winning his third ne year after she burst onto ndian qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran knocked desire aren't there," Williams said. Grand Slam title on the trot at the Othe scene with an Indian Iout world number 69 Benoit Paire for one of the "I'm just happy things went my way Australian Open in January. Wells WTA triumph that biggest wins of his career and progressed to the sec- in the third set. It got really close He said he wasn't fully recov- launched a meteoric rise to ond round of the Indian Wells ATP Masters. there. ered from elbow surgery when he world number one, Naomi Playing his maiden singles main draw at this Williams was playing her first opted to compete in the Osaka is looking forward, not level, the Indian left-hander shocked the fancied match since a third-round loss to then California desert last year, but it's back. French player 7-6 (5), 6-4 in one hour and 29 min- world number one Simona Halep at not a decision he regrets given the The Japanese star, who in utes. the Australian Open. events that followed in 2018. January added an Australian Before this, Prajnesh had taken out then "I haven't played in forever, so "I definitely wasn't ready to months." title in more than a year Open title to the US world number 23 Denis Shapovalov for the biggest that was challenging in itself, to get compete at this level last year," the Djokovic would cement his in Acapulco last week. Open crown she seized win of his career at the Stuttgart ATP 250 event last back into competition," said the 38- Serb said on Thursday as he return with a Wimbledon title Kyrgios will take on in September, says she's year. year-old who next faces third-seed- looked forward to his title and follow that with a US Open Philipp Kohlschreiber in a long way from the The world number 97 Indian next faces world ed Czech Petra Kvitova — this year's defense in the elite Masters series crown. the second round after carefree, unseeded play- number 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili from Georgia. Australian Open runner-up. event. He dominated Rafael Nadal the German veteran dis- er who arrived at the Since Prajnesh is not defending too many points France's Kristina Mladenovic "I was kind of convincing in January's Australian Open patched France's Pierre- California desert last ahead and has already added 41 to his kitty, he is booked her second meeting in three myself that I was, but I truly was- title and must be favored for a Hugues Herbert 6-4, 6-0. year ranked 44th in the "It sounds bad saying it but likely to jump to 80th, a new career-high. weeks with Naomi Osaka, beating n't. sixth Indian Wells crown — In other first-round match- world. it's true because I never really "It's definitely one of the biggest wins of my China's Zheng Saisai 7-5, 6-2 to reach "I know most of my team which would see him break the es on Thursday American Sam But she's learning to cope went far in a tournament like career. It has come at a good time, I am close to mak- the second round. members at the time were against record he currently shares with Querrey defeated Italian Matteo with the pressure of height- this. ing the cut for the Wimbledon (main draw) and I "It's pretty funny, playing her me playing in Indian Wells and fourth-seeded Roger Federer. Berrettini 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 6-4 to ened expectations, and that "I kept playing really great am going to go up in the rankings," Prajnesh said. back-to-back," said Mladenovic, who Miami because it was too early Djokovic will open in the line up a meeting with 13th- includes thinking of her first players in every round and I was "These kind of results, winning matches against toppled Osaka in Dubai in the after the surgery. second round against 128th- seeded Milos Raonic — a ever title defense as a clean slate. just like, I'm here for a good quality opponents definitely add to my self-belief." Japanese star's first match since win- "I could have, should have ranked American Bjorn rematch of their quarter-final "It's not about defending, it's time, you know. In the doubles draw, Rohan Bopanna is the only ning the Australian Open. made a different decision, but I Fratangelo, who beat fellow qual- here last year won by the about getting another one," she "But then I kept winning, I Indian competing. He has paired up with Canada's "I'm sure her game suits well here believe it also taught me some ifier Elias Ymer of Sweden 4-6, Canadian. said. "I don't really believe in was like, 'Whoa, maybe I can Shapovalov, instead of regular partner and compa- as the defending champion, and I'm valuable lessons that helped me 6-2, 6-2. Veteran Ivo Karlovic defeat- defending, I believe in getting actually win this tournament, triot Divij Sharan. sure she wants to build on some wins to create amazing results in the He could face a dangerous ed Australian Matthew Ebden 7- another one." "I was just here to and I did." It hasn't been a The Delhi left-hander said he and Bopanna again. I'm going to go out there con- next seven, eight months and get third-round clash with 6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3) to line up an all- have fun, maybe get to the smooth progression ever since, could not have made the main draw together as a fident, show a fight, and execute as from 22 in the world to No 1 in Australian Nick Kyrgios, seeded Croatian clash with 11th-seed- quarters," she admitted of her back-to-back Grand Slam titles team with their combined ranking. Therefore well as I did a few weeks ago." the world in less than six 31st, who is coming off his first ed Borna Coric. mindset in 2018. notwithstanding. Bopanna had to team up with world number 25.