Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 WORLD 12 SPORT 15 Published From CHAMPIONS OF ‘CONCRETE ACTION’ NEEDED TO BAYERN HOST FRANKFURT DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHANDIGARH DEFECTION SAVE NUCLEAR DEAL: IRAN IN BUNDESLIGA DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYWADA Late City Vol. 155 Issue 135 LUCKNOW, SATURDAY MAY 18, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LETTERMAN INSPIRES ME: SHAH} RUKH } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com We’ll repeat 2014: Modi We closed 90% of doors In rare PC, ‘disciplined’ PM directs questions to party boss for Modi, claims Rahul DEEPAK K UPRETI n NEW DELHI PM shut down 10%

rime Minister Narendra himself, asserts PModi walking into BJP’s Press conference room at the Congress chief BJP headquarters surprised scribes on Friday as it had not PNS n NEW DELHI happened in the last five-year of his tenure. While excited ongress president Rahul journalists hoped a rare free- CGandhi on Friday said his wheeling question-answer ses- party’s strategy was to system- sion with him, the Prime atically close down every Minster did not oblige them “door” to stop Prime Minister and merely expressed confi- from escaping. dence that the NDA was set to “We closed 90 per cent of return to power. In PM’s place, the doors (for Modi), he closed party chief Amit Shah inter- 10 per cent himself by abusing acted with the journalists. the opponents,” the Congress Modi chose not to answer chief said, while mocking the questions saying he will not PM for holding his first Press answer because the Press con- conference in five years. ference is being addressed by Rahul claimed the Shah, and in BJP’s system, dis- Congress has managed to dis- cipline has to be followed. “We mantle the idea of Narendra are disciplined soldiers of the Modi in the past five years. party. The party president is The Congress allegation everything for us,” Modi said. against Modi and BJP chief Shah started fielding Amit Shah was led by Rahul queries with Modi looking at Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as BJP president Amit Shah looks on during a Press conference at the party HQ in New Delhi on Friday Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer after the PM showed up on the scribes whom he had thanked dais for a scheduled Press con- and complimented on their completing five years will come their bosses to “analyse” why a Centre and I am seeing that possible,” Modi said, adding ference by the BJP chief, who hard work and hoped that they to power again. Political pun- second-mandate is given to a they are giving greater mandate poll-promises as mentioned in gave a report card on the per- would have an opportunity to dits should do an analysis of it Government. than they gave in 2014). the “Sankalp Patra” (mani- formance of the NDA take rest after the grueling as why it happened.” He said his campaign was Taking a swipe at the poll- festo) would be decided and Government as well as party’s Congress chief Rahul Gandhi addresses a Press conference in Delhi on Friday AP campaign coverage. He claimed that the a thanksgiving to people for sters, Modi said, “These pun- acted upon. extensive electioneering. Modi had flown from Government of 2014 and 2019 five years when in different ters were the biggest casualty He said his Government’s “PM Modi is accompany- PM is accompanying Amit Gandhi and mother Sonia Madhya Pradesh and drove to were formed with “mandate of twists and turns the nation on May 17, a day after Lok USP was the last mile delivery ing Shah in a Press conference, Shah in the Press briefing. It is Gandhi) by Modi, the Congress the BJP office here to brief the people” and not on account of stood with him. “Maine kaha jo Sabha results were announced of all the welfare schemes which is an unprecedented unprecedented. Very good. I chief said he would rather die media on his experience and any particular “situation” or yatra hamne shuru ki usko in 2014”. Saying that these which he said was “new culture event for him. Let me ask him am told the doors have also than insult the Prime Minister’s expectations from the seven- “dynastic tradition” as was the badhane ke liye aapka ashirwad punters were then controlled by of governance”. a question right now: Mr PM, been shut as journalists who parents. “Modi ji talks with phase poll. case with previous bhi chahiye, aur main dekh raha the Congress, he said, “Ye saab Shah, who addressed the why did you not accept my want to ask questions have hatred. He insults my father, Exuding full-confidence of Government formations. hoon ki janata pahale se jyada doob gaye the.” Press conference and took challenge to debate on corrup- been blocked. It is a great Press grandmother, great grandfa- again heading the National In a subtle dig at the heads badh chadh ke ashirwad de rahi “People have decided on questions, mentioned 133 tion in Rafale?” Rahul said. conference,” Rahul said. ther. But I will never in my life Democratic Alliance (NDA) of journalistic organisations, hai” (I sought their blessings to Government formation… We Central schemes which, he Mocking the PM for not “I want to ask the Prime speak about his family, his Government at the Centre, the Modi asked reporters to ask continue our journey at the will move forward as early as said, impacted 50 crore people taking any questions in his first Minister why he did not hold mother and father. I will die, Prime Minister affirmed that at all level as these were mon- appearance at a Press confer- a debate on the Rafale issue? I but will never insult his moth- the new Government would itored directly by PMO. ence, Rahul said, “Showing up want to ask you why did you er and father,” he said. start working on BJP’s mani- Modi said he started his is half the battle”. He said it is give `30,000 crore to Anil On question about the PM, festo promises at the earliest. first campaign from Meerut, “very impressive” to see the PM Ambani. I was ready to come Rahul said Modi came five Claiming that it was after Won't forgive Pragya, vows PM the city of 1857 rebellion, and address his first Press confer- to Race Course Road to hold a years ago and he had a huge a long time that the concluded in Madhya Pradesh ence a few days before the Lok debate with Modi,” Rahul said, opportunity. “As an Opposition Government at the Centre was where revolutionary Bhima, a Sabha election results are out. posing a question at his Press leader, I would have liked to see returning with ease, Modi said, after 3 more leaders hail Godse tribal, led it and was executed “The PM’s first Press con- conference. the PM moving the country “Rarely has it happened that a by the British. ference is coming 4-5 days On a question on insult of forward,” he said. majority Government after PNS n NEW DELHI said the party has taken serious Continued on Page 7 before the election results. The his parents (late PM Rajiv Continued on Page 7 note of the statements from CAPSULE s three more BJP leaders — Union Minister Anantkumar AUnion Minister Hegde, Pragya Thakur and its Anantkumar Hegde, Karnataka Karnataka MP Nalin Kumar BREXIT TALKS COLLAPSE MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Kateel. Stating that the com- AS UK OPP BLAMES MAY Madhya Pradesh party ments were against the party’s Bitter campaign ends London: A day after British spokesperson Anil Soumitra- ideology, Shah asked the party’s Prime Minister Theresa May was echoed Sadhvi Pragya Singh disciplinary committee to sub- PTI* n NEW DELHI remarks that forced the democracy will be taken up on etborough in Rae Bareli and forced to set a June timeline for Thakur’s view on Nathuram mit a report on the issue in 10 Election Commission to step in May 23. Amethi in UP where the her exit from Downing Street, Godse, Prime Minister days for further action.” ampaigning in the bitterly ended at 6 pm. The regional parties and Congress president is pitted the Opposition Labour Party Narendra Modi broke his The entire BJP regrets the Cfought marathon Lok Polling will be held on the Congress are making a against BJP’s . ended the cross-party Brexit silence on the issue and said he remarks and that is why Sabha elections spread over 38 Sunday in the seventh phase in determined bid to keep the Rahul is also contesting from talks on Friday without arriving will never forgive Pragya Singh prompt action has been taken, days drew to a close on Friday all 13 seats in Punjab and an NDA out of power in the event a second seat in Wayanad in at any agreement. for her remarks. Shah said at a Press conference as top leaders made a final push equal number of seats in Uttar of hung parliament and have Kerala. BJP chief Amit Shah said with PM Modi alongside him. in the seventh and concluding Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, begun informal parleys. On the last day of the 2K AADHAAR DUMPED ON the party’s disciplinary com- “We will immediately decide phase for the remaining 59 eight seats each in and On the last day of the cam- campaign, Priyanka Gandhi RIVERBANK: OFFICIALS mittee has sought an explana- will never be able to forgive on appropriate action on them,” seats that included Varanasi Madhya Pradesh, four in paign, BSP president Mayawati dubbed Modi as an “actor” and Thanjavur: About 2,000 Aadhaar tion from them in 10 days. Sadhvi Pragya for insulting Shah said. where Prime Minister Himachal Pradesh, three in termed the BSP-SP-RLD said it would have been better cards have been dumped near The BJP top leadership Mahatma Gandhi.” “The BJP does not associ- Narendra Modi is seeking to and the lone seat alliance a combine of ideas and if Bollywood superstar the Mulliyaaru bank in Tiruvarur was pushed into a corner and “Whatever has been said ate itself with the comments. retain the seat. Chandigarh. said it will not sit silent till it Amitabh Bachchan was made district, according to revenue forced to ask its leaders to about Gandhi or Godse, these We not only consider such Modi wrapped up his cam- In a first, campaigning in uproots the Yogi Adityanath the prime minister. officials. explain their comments on kind of statements are very bad remarks as personal but also we paign for a second consecutive West Bengal came to an end on government from Uttar Modi whipped up nation- Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin and worth contempt. In a cul- have issued notices to those term predicting the BJP’s return Thursday, 20 hours before the Pradesh and the Modi govern- alistic sentiments and repeat- GOVT DECLINES TO SHARE Nathuram Godse in view of all- tured society, this type of lan- responsible and disciplinary to power with a bigger mandate scheduled time, on the orders ment from the Centre. edly invoked the Balakot air BLACK MONEY DETAILS round condemnation and the guage is not permissible. This proceedings have been initiat- at his first media event since he of the Election Commission in Modi and Shah spear- strikes into his campaign New Delhi: The Government has Congress questioning the PM’s type of thinking won’t do. ed against them,” Shah said. assumed charge in 2014 while the aftermath of violence headed the BJP challenge and speeches to woo voters and also declined to share information on silence on the row. Therefore, those who are doing On the candidature of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi between the BJP and the ruling crisscrossed the country launched an allout offensive black money cases received Meanwhile, Madhya this have to think a hundred Sadhvi, the BJP chief said, indicated that opposition par- TMC in Kolkata during BJP addressing scores of rallies. against the Congress. from Switzerland, citing Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer times. Though she has apolo- “Her candidature is a ‘satya- ties will get together to form the chief Amit Shah’s roadshow. The Nehru-Gandhi fami- Rahul Gandhi’s campaign confidentiality. Replying to an (CEO) VL Kanthrao on Friday gised, I won’t be able to pardon grah’ against a fake case of fake next government. After the close of voting the ly made a vigorous push for plank was centred over his RTI query, the Finance Ministry submitted a factual report to her from my heart,” Modi said, Bhagwa terror. A fake case of The high octane campaign focus will shift to exit polls votes with Rahul, and his sis- farm loan waiver promise and said and Switzerland share the Election Commission (EC) to a TV channel, hours before ‘Bhagwa terror’ was made in marked by vitriolic attacks and which is not always known to ter Priyanka Gandhi leading the alleged irregularities in the information on black money on a over the statement of Pragya. campaigning for the last phase which accused have been counter-attacks by political be correct. the party challenge. Rafale jet deal. He also accused case to case basis as per the Reacting to Sadhvi’s com- of polls ended. acquitted”. leaders and use of derogatory Counting of votes in the Sonia and Rahul are con- Modi of practicing the culture investigations being carried out. ments on Godse, Modi said, “I Earlier, BJP president Shah Continued on Page 7 language and objectionable world’s largest exercise in testing from the family pock- of crony capitalism. In U-turn, Azad says PM from City cools off, more relief to rain today STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI The weather is likely to remain pleasant on Saturday Cong a must for stable Govt ain lashed several parts of with the maximum and mini- RDelhi-NCR on Friday pro- mum temperatures hovering PNS n NEW DELHI form the next Government. viding relief from the scorch- around 37 degrees and 24 AICC sources said Sharad ing heat in the region. degrees Celsius, respectively. enior Congress leader Pawar will play a catalyst role The Safdarjung observato- The Indian Meteorological SGhulam Nabi Azad on to unite non-BJP parties once ry, recording of which is con- Department (IMD) had pre- Friday made a U-turn saying results start pouring out. “He sidered official for the nation- dicted thunderstorm with rain his party must be given a (Pawar) has been requested by al Capital, received 2.4 mm of and gusty winds over Delhi and chance to head the party leadership to station him- rainfall till 5.30 pm. its adjoining areas of, Hisar, Government for the sake of sta- self in Delhi and make sure that Areas under Palam, Lodhi Rohtak, Jhajjar, Panipat, Kosli, bility, a remark comes a day if needed all secular forces be Road, Ridge and Ayanagar Sonipat, Bagpat, Gurugram, after he had said that the put together,” sources said. received 7.6 mm, 1.8 mm, 0.2 Rewari, Bawal, Manesar Congress was only keen on Sources also said TMC mm and 3.6 mm of rainfall, Ghaziabad, Noida, Hodal, defeating the NDA and the leader and West Bengal Chief respectively. The minimum Mahendragarh. On Thursday, Prime Minister’s post was not Minister Mamata Banerjee, temperature was recorded at the maximum temperature was its primary concern. who is having a poll battle with 24.6 degrees Celsius, two recorded at 36.7 degrees Celsius “No, this is not true that Modi, seems to have conveyed notches below the season’s while the minimum settled at Congress will not claim or urged UPA partner and NCP her only aim is to remove average, while the maximum 23.4 degrees Celsius. Congress is not interested in chief Sharad Pawar to coordi- Modi hence would not like to was recorded at 37.4 degrees For Saturday, the IMD has the Prime Minister’s post. Of nate with other Opposition pitch for PM post. NCP sources Celsius, three notches below forecast pleasant weather with course, we are the biggest and leaders to form a cohesive said NCP general secretary the season’s average. Humidity the possibility of thunderstorm oldest political party. If we post-result strategy, Congress and former Minister in UPA oscillated between 100 per cent accompanied with very light have to run the Government president Rahul Gandhi at a Praful Patel called up Mamata and 53 per cent. rain and gusty winds in Delhi for five years, the biggest polit- Press conference said regional and expressed solidarity with The weatherman has fore- and adjoining areas. Monsoon ical party should be given a parties such as the SP, BSP and her in her fight against the cast cloudy skies for Saturday rain, the lifeblood for India’s chance,” Azad said. TDP will not support the BJP Centre and struggle towards with the possibility of thun- agriculture-dependent econo- While the Congress lead- and indicated that Opposition the Election Commission. derstorm accompanied with my, is expected to arrive in ership is understood to have parties will get together to Continued on Page 7 very light rain in Delhi-NCR. Kerala on June 4. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 city 02 ‘Expiry date’ of SP-BSP alliance Campaign for final phase of polls ends PNS n LUCKNOW 26% candidates with criminal records veteran late Kamlapati Tripathi. Deoria is another tough drawing closer, says Adityanath he charged campaign for Lucknow (PNS): Twenty-six per cent of the 167 candidates seat for the BJP. Outgoing MP Tthe final phase of elections in the fray for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections in UP have Sharad Tripathi made it to to 13 Lok Sabha seats of east- criminal records. This was disclosed by the Association for national headlines when he beat PNS n LUCKNOW ments of Prime Minister ern came to an Democratic Reforms and UP Election Watch at a media confer- up his party MLA with shoes at Narendra Modi, Yogi end on Friday evening. ence here on Thursday. Don-turned-politico Atique Ahmed, con- an official meeting. n the last day of elec- Adityanath said the previous This phase of election in UP testing as an Independent from Varanasi, tops the list of candi- Though the BJP has not tioneering for the final governments never thought will decide the fate of the coun- dates with shady past with 59 cases while BSP candidate Atul given ticket to the MP, it has Ophase of parliamentary about development of the try as well as its most populous Kumar Rai, contesting from Ghosi, has 13 cases. Congress can- fielded the dropped MP’s father elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief country but Modiji always state. Prime Minister Narendra didate from Varanasi Ajay Rai too has eight cases registered against Ramapati Ram Tripathi. The Minister Yogi Adityanath said worked for the betterment of Modi, ’s him. BJP’s Pankaj Choudhury (Maharajganj) is the richest can- Thakur community is waiting to the expiry date of the alliance the poor, the farmers, the youth state president Mahendra Nath didate with assets of `37 crore while Congress candidate from avenge the humiliation that the between Samajwadi Party and and the women through sever- Pandey, Union ministers Manoj Kushinagar, RPN Singh, has assets worth over `29 crore. Atique MLA Rakesh Singh, faced in the Bahujan Samaj Party was draw- al welfare schemes. Sinha and are Ahmed with assets worth over `25 crore trails closely. incident. Brahmins are also ing closer and on May 23 it “Our government provid- among the high profile contes- upset with the manner in which would end with both parties ed houses, toilets, free cooking tants in this phase. Varanasi, Mirzapur and ing huge crowds and playing to Kalraj Misra was made to resign blaming each other for the gas and electricity connec- The epicentre of campaign- Robertsganj. the gallery with his song, dance from the Union Cabinet. defeat. tions, and offered several other ing in this phase have been In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, and dialogues. The Samajwadi In Kushinagar, the BJP has “After May 23, SP president benefits to crores of poor fam- Varanasi, from where Prime the BJP and its ally Apna Dal Party has fielded Ram Bhual replaced outgoing MP Rajesh (Babua) will ilies without any discrimination Minister Narendra Modi is seek- (Sonelal) had won all these Nishad in order to capitalise on Pandey with Vijay Dubey. The blame BSP supremo Mayawati on the lines of caste and creed,” ing re-election, and Gorakhpur, seats, but in the 2018 bypoll, the growing discontent among strong presence of former Union (Bua) for buying votes while he said. the citadel of Chief Minister Yogi Samajwadi Party had wrested the Nishad community. The minister and Congress candidate Bua will say that Babua is the On the work done by Adityanath. the Gorakhpur seat from the caste arithmetic is in favour of RPN Singh is posing big chal- king of goons. She will also Prime Minister Modi for Polling for the last phase will BJP. the SP-BSP candidate and it lenge for the BJP. blame SP for its failure to women, Yogi said, “A lot of be held on May 19 from 7 am to The Samajwadi Party is remains to be seen if Ravi Maharajganj has been in the transfer votes which resulted in work has been done to uplift 6 pm except for three Assembly contesting eight and the BSP five Kishan is able to swing voters. news because of Congress can- the loss,” Yogi said while the status of women and segments — Robertsganj, seats in this phase. The BJP has In Chandauli, BJP state didate Surpiya Shrinetra, a for- addressing a series of rallies in improve their security. Modi Duddhi and Chakia — of changed candidates in Ballia, president Mahendra Nath mer TV anchor. She is being eastern Uttar Pradesh. has also worked for Muslim Robertsganj Lok Sabha con- Kushinagar and Deoria and Pandey finds himself in a tough challenged by former Samajwadi Yogi addressed rallies at women by freeing them from stituency where polling will end internal sabotage on these seats situation as the constituency Party MP Akhilesh Singh and Bansdih in Ballia and Kauriram triple talaq, which was only two hours earlier at 4 pm. cannot be ruled out. has over six lakh Yadav and Dalit outgoing BJP MP Pankaj and Sahjanwa in Gorakhpur possible during this govern- Along with polling for 13 In Varanasi, Prime Minister votes. Chaudhary. that go to polls in the last phase ment.” Lok Sabha seats, bypolls to Agra Narendra Modi faces almost no Union minister Manoj Varanasi has the highest on May 19. Attacking the Congress, (North) Assembly constituency challenge. While the BJP’s effort Sinha is also locked in a direct number of 26 candidates, fol- “Those who divide the Yogi said that even former Minister Modi opened Jan He appealed to voters to will also be held on May 19. is to increase his previous mar- contest in Ghazipur where lowed by 15 each in Ghosi and country in the name of caste Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Dhan bank accounts of every vote for Bharatiya Janata Party On Sunday, 2.32 crore vot- gin of victory (3.37 lakh votes), Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Salempur, 14 each in and religion have discriminat- had admitted that out of every poor and now they are getting because every vote to BJP ers — 1.26 crore males and 1.06 the opposition is fighting to (brother of don- Maharajganj, Kushinagar and ed against the people. They did 100 rupees his government the money of welfare schemes would strengthen the hands of crore females — will cast their reduce the margin. turned-politician Mukhtar Ghazipur, 13 in Chandauli, 12 in not allot houses to the poor and sent for the poor, only 10 in their accounts without any Narendra Modi at the Centre. votes in 13,979 booths to decide The biggest challenge lies in Ansari). Robertsganj, 11 in Deoria, 10 destroyed the social structure rupees reached the beneficia- role of a third person,” he said. Campaigning in the east- the fate of 167 candidates who Gorakhpur, the traditional seat Union minister Anupriya each in Ballia and Gorakhpur, of the country by dividing ries while the rest 90 rupees Yogi said: “This is new ern UP ended at 6 pm on are in fray in Maharajganj, of Chief Minister Yogi Patel is facing her second parlia- nine in Mirzapur and four in people on the basis of caste and were taken by Congress’ mid- and corruption-free India Friday and the 13 constituen- Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria, Adityanath. The BJP has field- mentary election in Mirzapur Bansgaon. Counting of votes for religion,” he said. dlemen. which was corruption-laced at cies of this region in UP will go Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, ed Bhojpuri star Ravi Kishan and is pitted against Lalitesh Pati all 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP will Highlighting the achieve- “To curb this, Prime the time of Congress.” to polls on May 19. Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, from this seat and he is attract- Tripathi, grandson of Congress be taken up on May 23. Pathak slams oppn BSP-SP-RLD alliance is of ideas: Maya Sugarcane PNS n LUCKNOW

ahujan Samaj Party supre- for comparing UP Bmo Mayawati on Friday arrears still said the BSP-SP-RLD alliance was one of ideas and it would not sit silent till the Yogi with West Bengal Adityanath government in UP high in UP and the Narendra Modi gov- ernment at the Centre were PNS n LUCKNOW Pathak asked. thrown out. PNS n LUCKNOW He said that Mayawati “Unlike the Bharatiya he Uttar Pradesh unit of should be happy that in UP all Janata Party, this alliance is of ven as payment of arrears to TBharatiya Janata Party has democratic rights of all polit- ideas and it will not sit silent till Ethe sugarcane farmers slammed the opposition, par- ical parties were protected as it uproots the Yogi Adityanath picked up pace after the Lok ticularly Bahujan Samaj Party there was no ban on holding government in UP along with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati wave at their supporters during an election campaign rally Sabha election were announced president Mayawati, for equat- election rallies or making of the Narendra Modi govern- in Mirzapur on Friday PTI on March 10, the arrears are ing Uttar Pradesh situation helipads. ment,” the BSP chief said while still high in Uttar Pradesh. with that of West Bengal and “Does Mayawati approve addressing rallies for the The arrears of the current supporting Mamata Banerjee, Bengal government’s deci- alliance candidates in Mirzapur done by any other party. season are likely to persist dur- saying how could the former sions to deny permission to and Chandauli. OUTSIDERS THREATENING VOTERS She said when in power her ing the next cane crushing chief minister of UP compare hold rallies in Bengal?” the “The sad faces of the BJP government had taken steps to season which will commence the state with Bengal. BJP state general secretary leaders after the completion of IN VARANASI, SAYS BSP CHIEF connect Naxal infested areas from October due to lack of BJP state general secretary asked. six phases of polling indicate with development works. structural reforms like rational- Vijay Bahadur Pathak said that “In UP, even Mayawati that they know it is time for the Lucknow (PNS): Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati has “Instead of killing Naxals, isation of cane prices. comparing Uttar Pradesh with and Akhilesh Yadav addressed Narendra Modi government to questioned the impartiality of Election Commission over hold- we extended employment and Private and cooperative Bengal was frivolous. joint rallies. This was unthink- go. Their bad days will start ing election in Narendra Modi’s Varanasi constituency. “Why has food. We gave employment to sector sugar mills in UP paid “Mayawati is talking about able a few years ago but now from May 23. After that, prepa- the Election Commission not been so attentive in Varanasi when the poor people of Sonebhadra around `8,500 crore to farmers a state where opposition lead- it is possible because of rations for Yogi to return to his it has acted so fast in West Bengal?” Mayawati asked, alleging that (naxal infested area) and later between March 11 (day after ers were not allowed to hold improvement in law and order Mutt will start,” she said. in Varanasi, supporters of Modi were adopting all types of illegal the SP government did a lot of election dates were announced) rallies or lead roadshows while in the state and the belief of The BSP chief said that see- methods and even threatening voters. The BSP chief alleged that work in this direction,” she and May 3, compared with in UP, leaders of all political the Yogi Adityanath govern- ing their poor prospects in the even outsiders had been summoned to Varanasi from across the said. `4,500 crore a year before. hues addressed rallies and the ment in democratic and par- polls, the BJP and its support- country to manage victory for Modi. In a tweet on Friday, the BSP Stating that SP president Official sources said announcement in October state government made liamentary norms,” Pathak ers tried to create misunder- president said when the Bharatiya Janata Party workers were going Akhilesh Yadav had put in a lot despite expediting the pay- 2018 to offer cheaper loans to arrangements for their securi- said. standing between the BSP and to every household in Varanasi to seek vote and threaten the vot- of effort to ensure BSP candi- ment, the mills had so far paid sugar mills helped the industry ty,” the BJP state general secre- Refuting the charges lev- the SP but they failed. “This ers, how could a free and fair poll be held there. On Thursday also, dates fared well in the polls, only 64.8 per cent of the dues to clear the dues. tary said. elled by Mayawati that in alliance has been formed after Mayawati had commented that the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Mayawati said it was the BSP’s as of May 3 this year, against The defeat of the BJP in “Bahujan Samaj Party Varanasi, voters were being due consideration and will last Sangh tried to create a West Bengal-like situation in UP but the moral responsibility to ensure 64.7 per cent in 2018. bypoll to Kairana Lok Sabha president Mayawati criticised threatened, Pathak said the long,” she asserted. SP-BSP alliance thwarted their conspiracy and would not let it hap- the victory of SP candidate In absolute term, cane seat in May 2018 was attributed the Election Commission for opposition was frustrated as it Mayawati exhorted the pen till the last phase of election was completed. from Chandauli. arrears in UP stood uncomfort- mainly to the plight of farmers taking action in West Bengal knew the outcome of the electorate to ensure BJP state Akhilesh Yadav, in his ably high at `10,500 crore as of due to delayed payment for but has been silent on the polls. unit president Mahendra Nath REPOLL IN ONE AZAMGARH BOOTH TODAY address, said the mahagath- May 3. Usually, UP alone sugarcane. undemocratic acts of “The opposition parties Pandey was not only defeated The Election Commission of India has ordered repoll in one bandhan had wiped off the BJP makes up for over 60 per cent UP, the country’s most Trinamool Congress goons in have nothing to say after wit- in Chandauli but also lost his booth of Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency on May 19. UP’s Chief in the six phases of polling of the country’s cane arrears. populous state, accounts for 80 denying voters their right to nessing the free and fair deposit. Electoral Officer L Venkateshwarlu said here on Friday that repoll because of which their leaders Mills had cleared arrears fast in of the 543 Lok Sabha con- franchise. She should answer arrangements for polls in UP Mayawati said the amount had been ordered in booth number 337 at Primary School, Karaut were having sleepless nights. initial months of the last sea- stituencies that are witnessing whether she supports snatch- hence they are now trying to of work the BSP and the SP had in Mubarakpur assembly segment of Azamgarh Lok Sabha con- “As May 23 is nearing, son’s (2017-18) marketing year polls and woes of cane farmers ing the voters’ right to cast make wild allegations just to done for the sisters and daugh- stituency. He said the repolling would be held from 7 am to 6 their (BJP) fear is rising,” the SP before slowing down payments was a crucial poll plank in their votes in West Bengal?” satisfy their ego,” he said. ters of the state had not been pm on Sunday. chief said. from March 2018 onward due many of these seats. to a crash in domestic price. On February 28, the gov- Cane crushing started ernment also announced soft around mid-November in 2018 loans worth `10,540 crore at a in UP and mills are still pur- subsidised interest of 7 per cent chasing the raw material, for sugar mills to help them 12 killed in separate road accidents although the peak crushing clear cane dues. One of the season was over by end-April. sources said mills in UP may PNS n LUCKNOW truck hit a van returning from of Nigohi, Dalvir Singh, one Shahjahanpur by a man after while the woman was rushed to Apart from the incentives have already been provided a marriage function in Chatari Mahesh and his wife were trav- she told him that she wanted to a hospital in a critical condi- announced by the UP govern- such loans of around `1,700- dozen people were killed Dohre area on Aligarh- elling on a motorcycle on end their five-year-old affair. tion, SHO Yashpal Singh said. ment, the Centre’s directive in 1,800 crore. This also helped NOTICE Aand over half-a-dozen Anoopshahr highway early Thursday evening when they The incident took place in The woman, identified as February to raise the minimum the sugar industry to clear injured in separate road acci- Friday morning. While three crashed into the motorcycle of Kachhiyana Khera on Naseema, took the extreme sale price of sugar to `31 per kg dues. I, JC-697648 Sub. (NT) dents since Thursday evening. people — Shivam (28), Rahul one Kapil at Garha village, Thursday night when the step over a family dispute. Her from `29 earlier increased real- In 2018, a sharp fall in Chavan Janardan Tukaram A report from Deoria said (21) and Ravi (30) — died on who was coming from the accused called the woman in an parents alleged that she was isation of mills and helped sugar prices prompted the gov- No. 2 T T Wing, AMC C & C, that seven people traveling in the spot, four other occupants opposite side. orchard, Superintendent of being harassed by her in-laws. them clear arrears at a faster ernment to announce several Lucknow would like to notify a car were killed when their of the van were critically All three persons sustained Police (Rural) Subhash The woman had locked pace since March. measures to improve mill’s that the name of my daughter vehicle collided with a sta- injured. injuries. Chandra Shakya said. “The herself in a room with son Anas Larger exports of sugar ability to clear cane dues, mentioned as Pragya in Unit tionary truck at Barauna The injured were rushed to While Kapil was taken to a accused allegedly raped her. (9) and daughters Aisha (7) and and consequent easing of including the imposition of a documents is incorrect her roundabout in Khukudu area hospital in Meerut. nearby hospital, Mahesh and And after the woman protest- Etah (2),police said. Her hus- domestic surplus, too, propped minimum sale price of sugar, correct name is Pradnya, In of the district on Thursday In Mirzapur, two persons his wife were taken to a hut in ed and wanted to end the rela- band, identified as Jabbar, was up domestic prices. subsidised loans for creating or future She should be known as night. While three died on the were killed and four injured the adjacent field and beaten tionship, he allegedly threw not at home. The UP government’s expanding ethanol capacity. Pradnya. spot, four succumbed to their when the jeep they were trav- up, the SO said. “Mahesh, 50, acid on her,” the SP added. In a separate incident, a injuries at the hospital. elling in collided with a bus at died on the spot. His wife has The accused has been woman was allegedly killed by lpw uk The deceased were identi- a village on Friday morning. been hospitalised,” Singh said. arrested under the rape charges her husband over a family dis- fied as Achhelal (52), a native The deceased were identi- Based on the complaint of on the basis of a complaint filed pute in Garhi Pukhta area of Siwan in Bihar, fied as Chandan Kumar (40) Mahesh’s wife, a case had been by the woman, Shakya said. Shamli district. Sonam was loZlk/kkj.k dk s lfprw djuk gS Shashankmani (30), Anil and Vinay (35) who died on the registered against one Satyaveer He further added, the strangled to death by her hus- fd eSa nsosUnz flag lsaxj iq= Jh Srivastava (50), Chandraesh spot. The injured were admit- and 14 others, he said. The woman had been hospitalised band Abdul Kalam, 40, on jke flag lsaxj] fuoklh&49@14] Singh (60), Ramesh Singh (21), ted to district hospital. accused are absconding, and and was undergoing treatment. Thursday in Bunta village of the lqyHk vkokl] xkserh uxj Santosh (22) and Om Prakash Meanwhile in Shahjahan- efforts are on to arrest them. A report from district, Police said. Victim’s (45), hailing from Gorakhpur. pur, a man was beaten to death Muzaffarnagar said a 35-year- father Ali Hasan in his com- foLrkj&1] viuk uke nos Unzs dqekj The bodies were sent for in a case of road rage after an ACID ATTACK old woman set herself and her plaint to the police has alleged flga lxjas l s nos Unzs flga lxjas dj post-mortem and a case was accident involving two motor- Meanwhile, a 45-year-old three children ablaze at that Kalam, along with his fam- jgk gw¡A Hkfo"; esa eq>s blh uke registered in this regard. cycles. woman was allegedly raped Umerpur village on Friday. ily members, killed his daugh- ls tkuk ,oa igpkuk tk;sA In Bulandshahr, a speeding According to station officer and attacked with acid in While the children died ter over a family dispute.

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Separate team to enforce PICTURE FRAME AT AIRPORT FALLS OFF Woman duped of cash total ban on polythene through ATM cloning PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW 20,000 was withdrawn twice from the Mathura branch of organisations and tell them to he incidents of money SBI on May 6 and Rs 22,000 clear their stocks which were of Twithdrawal through ATM from Paharganj branch in plastic with a thickness below 50 cloning continue unabated in New Delhi the following day. micron by July 14. It had also the state capital. In a latest The police said a group of been announced that if the case, a sum of Rs 62,000 was miscreants was involved in shopkeepers did not follow the fraudulently withdrawn from operating ATm cloning rack- rules action would l be taken the SBI account of Rupali et with the connivance of against them. Rai Chowdhary, a resident of bank staff. Sources said the The Nagar Nigam officials South City under PGI police miscreants were working in had been directed by the zonal station area. She told the such an organised manner officers to hold meetings with police that her account bal- that they could get details of the shopkeepers in their respec- ance was Rs 62,000 after she ATM cards and account num- tive areas. The FSDA officials withdrew Rs 7,000 from an bers with ease. “The tricksters were told to inform the restau- ATM on May 4. She went to withdraw money through rants, hotels and shops in the withdraw money again on ATM cloning from booths in Food Court about the ban. Thursday afternoon and was other cities,” the sources Industries Department had to in for a surprise as there was said. inform all the units which were no money in her account. In Rupali’s case, the trick- Vegetables packed in polythene bags at a shop Pioneer involved in the manufacture of She said she immediately sters must be keeping a watch plastic and polythene about contacted the branch manag- when she was withdrawing PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW polythene and hope that it the ban. The Excise er and told him that her money on May 4 and must would catch steam. “I also hope Department was asked to carry account had zero balance have got the details of her ayor Sanyukta Bhatia said to have a separate team which out a similar exercise with the though she had Rs 62,000 ATM and PIN, they said. The Mon Friday that she would will look into the polythene liquor and model shopkeepers. after she made her last trans- police said they would inter- make a separate team consisting issue and carry out raids too,” The Mandi Samiti members action through ATM on May rogate the bank employees as of Lucknow Municipal she said. She said that there was were asked to make the veg- 4. The branch manager told it could help them lay their Corporation staff to focus on a dire need to stop the manu- etable vendors familiar about her that an amount of Rs hands on the tricksters. making the polythene ban effec- facture of polythene because it the ban on plastic with a tive in the city. She admitted that would curtail its usage in a big thickness less than 50 microns. the ban which had started as a manner if the shopkeepers do It was also announced that major campaign fizzled out as not get it from the manufac- after July 14, 2018, inspections the focus shifted to several turers. “We had earlier given would be carried out. Doctors other things such as ‘Swachhata them the permission to use the were asked to lend their support Abhiyan’. polythene which they had by writing on the prescrip- The polythene ban of less amassed before the ban. tions of the patients about the than 50 micron had been However,0 they kept on saying ban and spread awareness about The passengers and visitors had a lucky escape when a picture frame above the feedback box at Chaudhary Charan Singh enforced with much vigour on that they are using only the it. On the first day of the ban on Airport fell off on Friday. Airport authorities said they regretted the incident. However, they said no one was injured Pioneer July 14, 2018, but currently the polythene which they had pur- July 14 raids were carried out at usage of polythene could be chased earlier,” she added. 16 points in eight zones and seen everywhere right from the It may be pointed out here nearly one quintal of poly- market place from the veg- that the district administration thene and plastic below 50 5 hurt in clash over petty issue etable vendors till the restau- had taken a strong initiative for microns were confiscated. rants. Post-August 15, 2018, ensuring that polythene was Most of the shopkeepers were PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW As per reports, Vikram, a and Shri Ram while the iden- efforts had been made for totally banned from the city in aware about the ban and were resident of Kasimpur village, tity of two others could not be enforcing a complete ban on July 2018 with the higher offi- also informed as to how they ive persons sustained griev- went to a shop to purchase ascertained. plastic. Talking to The Pioneer, cials in the administration could differentiate the poly- Fous injuries in a scuffle items of daily use and had an Gosainganj police station the Mayor said, “Right now also directing those from the Nagar thene which was banned from which escalated over some altercation with the shop- incharge Vijay Singh said the we are focusing on the desilt- Nigam, Pollution Control the one which was not. Most of dispute at Kasimpur village owner, identified as Urmila. In cause of clash would be known ing of nullahs which is necessary Board, Excise, LDA, Mandi the shopkeepers had averred at under Gosainganj police sta- the meantime, Urmila’s hus- after a thorough probe. before the monsoon. With the Samiti, Commercial depart- that time that it was the fear of tion on Friday afternoon. band reached there along with Vikram, Dhaniram and same staff being involved in ment and others to keep a tab the fines due to which they had Three persons were detained three unidentified persons and Maniram were detained for these campaigns it is under- on the market. removed the polythene from for interrogation while those bashed up Vikram. interrogation following a stood that the other campaigns The officials of the their shops on the first day of injured were rushed to the When other customers complaint lodged by Urmila in get neglected,” she said. The Commercial Department had the ban itself. However, the community health centre. tried to intervene, they were the evening. Singh said Urmila Mayor said that they had restart- been asked to hold meetings things had changed and Three of them were referred to also beaten up. Two of them and her husband would also be ed the check on the usage of with the traders and local returned to normal. KGMU Trauma Centre. were identified as Dhaniram interrogation. Garbage remains even after 72-hour drive PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW posal. She said despite the 72- hour cleaning drive by ayor Sanyukta Bhatia will Lucknow Municipal Mbe holding a meeting with Corporation, the situation was corporators on Saturday to deal more or less the same. LMC with the issue of garbage dis- had started the drive on Tuesday with over 400 vehicles and 9,000 employees. She said several tonnes of garbage had been picked up, yet the streets were littered as people dumped almost the same amount of garbage in the open. She said they would try and find a solution to this problem. “We feel most of this garbage is coming from out- siders who are not aware of the rules here, and this is the time when most of the outsiders are in the city,” she added. The mayor said appropri- ate measures would be taken to see that the problem could of Urban Development. they had also worked very be effectively looked into. Last year, Lucknow had hard for it, but there must have It may be noted that secured 115th rank amongst been something lacking on Lucknow has secured 121st 400 cities. The LMC authori- their part. Though Lucknow’s rank amongst 4,000 cities with ties had admitted that the performance had not been a score of 2747.06 in the result was a disappointment. good, 14 cities from Uttar ‘Swachh Sarvekshan-2019’ car- The officials had said that the Pradesh won awards in the ried out by the Union Ministry competition was bigger and ‘Swachh Sarvekshan 2019’. ‘Info leak’ makes No heritage site adopted in city crackdown on flesh Lucknow (PNS): No monument has been adopted in Lucknow under the ‘Adopt a monument’ scheme of the trade a damp squib Ministry of Tourism. A senior official from the Archeological PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW dums to Senior Survey of India (ASI) said Superintendent of Police that the project had been ollowing complaints of (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani mooted with the idea of giving Fflesh trade at a hotel in thrice in the past, drawing his boost to the process of con- Viraj Khand (Gomti Nagar), attention to the unscrupulous servation of monuments. “No police conducted a raid on activities at the hotel. A del- monument from either Friday evening, but it proved egation had also met the SSP Lucknow city or circle has to be a bummer as most of in this regard on May 4. been adopted. People have those engaged in the sex As per hotel records, over been invited to adopt the racket managed to escape 50 bookings were made monuments to help in their through back door. It was through OYO application for conservation,” he said. suspected that someone a day and night stay on a Officials said that the pro- leaked the information about daily basis. Interestingly, no ject was aimed at conservation raid to the persons involved other visitors, baring those of heritage sites, monuments in sex trade and it helped engaged in flesh trade, were and other tourist sites with the them flee the scene. allowed to check in. People help of private and public sec- However, a person, iden- from other parts of the coun- tor companies and individuals. tified as Vikrant Singh of try would also use the hotel “Those who adopt the Barabanki, and two women for this purpose. heritage sites will become belonging to West Bengal Residents of Charbagh, ‘monument mitras’. Basic and were arrested later in the Kaiserbagh, Hussainganj and advanced amenities at the night. The police planned to Indira Nagar preferred this tourist destinations will be conduct the raid between hotel as it was said to be safe provided by them and they 4.30 pm and 6 pm on Friday. and quiet. “Had the infor- will also look after the opera- They were supposed to keep mation not been leaked, the tions and maintenance of the the plan a secret to catch the raid would have busted the amenities. The project will accused unawares, but infor- biggest flesh trade racket in begin with 93 ASI’s ticketed mation leak did the cops in. the city in recent days,” monuments and expanded to The police said that sources said. The police con- other natural and cultural sites bookings used to be done ducted the raid at one of the across India. The heritage sites through OYO mobile appli- hotels in Hussainganj on the are classified into various cat- cation. Members of intervening night of May 13 egories. The ‘monument Residents’ Welfare and May 14 and arrested mitras’ will take up sites of var- Association of Viraj Khand several persons involved in a ied visibility and footfalls as a had submitted memoran- sex racket. package,” the officials said. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 city 04 Counting: DM’s directives to candidates, polling agents

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Sharma said all the candi- about counting, it can be held ing of affidavits, allotment of dates had to ask their polling for the second time. However, symbols, scrutiny of candi- istrict Magistrate and dis- agents to fill form 18 and that it can be done only immedi- dates’ nomination papers, per- Dtrict election officer they would be allotted tables ately and not after completion missions, counting of votes, Kaushal Raj Sharma held a where they had to sit and not of the round,” he explained. and result management. meeting with the candidates of roam around. The DM said no person The officials said that the political parties and their elec- He said that in the suffering from diabetes or Election Commission of India tion agents at Collectorate on Lucknow Lok Sabha con- blood pressure should be had worked towards easing Friday to give them necessary stituency counting area, there made an election agent while candidates’ procedure for directions regarding the would be a total of 70 tables MLAs, MLCs, mayor or prad- filing nomination and counting process. and five AERO tables. He said han were ineligible for the pur- permission. He told the election agents there would be six tables for pose. The district administra- “Through this application, of political parties that they service voters and five for tion officials said that the the counting agents will feed would not be allowed to carry counting of postal ballot. ‘Suvidha’ App would also aid the figures for every round their mobile phone in the He said that for the count- in counting. They said it was which will be updated on the counting area. He said there ing of VVPAT slips, there a single integrated portal Election Commission’s web- would be calculators on the would be 9 separate tables. “It developed by the Election site. There will be approxi- tables of AEROs but they is important for the polling Commission of India also mately 37 rounds after which could also take their own cal- agents to put their signatures used for management of can- the results start coming in,” an culators. and if they have any doubts didates’ nominations, upload- official said. CISH maintaining, sharing CITYBRIEFS ELECTED 35 varieties of litchis Students taking part in a painting contest at State Museum in Lucknow on the occasion of Museum Day on Friday Pioneer seedless varieties may per- form well in Gurdaspur area of Punjab whereas in Lucknow Historical connect with Lucknow conditions these did not become ready for bearing fruits even after attaining 10 years of age. Keeping this in mind attracts Bengali tourists CISH collected several litchi varieties at Lucknow to find Central Executive PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW up a mini Lucknow there, number of Bengali tourists Asked if ‘Shatranj Ke out suitable cultivars for com- Committee members of Indian which is known as Martiya who went out for a culinary Khiladi’, the movie made by mercial cultivation in non- Industries Association (IIA) he historical connect and Burj. “Bengalis have an inter- tour of the city. They have a Satyajit Ray focusing on traditional areas of UP. “As on Friday elected Pankaj Ttheir innate love for est and an innate curiosity great interest in the cuisine of Lucknow, evinced any interest many as 35 varieties of litchi Kumar Gupta as its national tourism makes the maximum about literature and history any city and they have knowl- in the tourists from Bengal, were collected from different president for the year 2019-20. number of tourists from and members of this commu- edge about the Awadhi cuisine Hira said movies were a great parts of the country for their Election officer and former Bengal visit Lucknow in vaca- nity not only visit the monu- since it is a part of Martiya boost for tourism, but films evaluation. Twenty-seven vari- president of IIA Ajay Gupta tions. According to chairman ments in the city but also Burj. The group went around alone could not create interest eties were evaluated for growth conducted the election meeting of Indian Tours Association of insist on guided tours which the city with great interest and among Bengalis in visiting characters and the Dehradun and declared election results. India Prateek Hira, Bengalis most tourists don’t do because also took separate tours for Lucknow. variety was found the most Born in 1956 in Meerut, Gupta remain the number one as far they do not want to invest in food in the eateries which “These tourists have inter- favourable followed by the is an electrical engineer from as domestic tourists visiting guides. Bengalis want to delve they had read about,” he point- est in books and in a section Large Red, Early Large Red, MNR Regional Engineering the state capital is concerned. into the history and culture of ed out. which we have maintained in Rose-Scented, Ajhauli and College, Allahabad. Gupta It may be noted that the place,” Hira said. He said another reason our office as a small library. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW available in the markets of the Kasailiya. The varieties like served in Bhutan from 1980 to Bengal has a big cultural con- He said that the Bengali why Bengalis were interested This goes across the ages country. Few varieties have nat- Green, Shahi, Calcuttia, Purbi 1985 as a lecturer in an engi- nect with Lucknow because tourists were also interested in in visiting Lucknow was because youngsters only learn ISH is maintaining 35 vari- urally evolved as a result of and China were observed to be neering college and worked when Wajid Ali Shah was Lucknow’s cuisine as general- because it was a gateway to what the elders teach as far as Ceties of litchi and sharing seedlings of commercial vari- less vigorous under Lucknow with a private company as a banished from Lucknow by ly, they are foodies. “Last other important places in the interest in books of history is them with many research eties,” he added. The Director conditions. Out of 35 varieties technical manager from 1985 the Britishers to Bengal, he set week, we had a very large state, including Ayodhya. concerned,” he added. organisations in the state. said that decades ago not much 17 of similar age group came to 1994. In 1994, Gupta start- Talking to The Pioneer, direc- was known about the possibili- in to bearing were evaluated ed his own company in trans- tor of the institute Dr ty of litchi cultivation under for their yield and fruit char- formers manufacturing in Shailendra Rajan, said that Lucknow conditions. acters,” he added. Meerut. He is associated with many of these varieties were “CISH, Lucknow, initiated a Calcuttia litchi had maxi- IIA since 1994 and has held 2 persons arrested for man’s murder shared with the National project on this line by collecting mum stone weight and less several positions at chapter, Research Centre on Litchis, several litchi varieties from dif- pulp. Highest peel percentage divisional, state and national Muzaffarpur. He said that the ferent parts of the country, was recorded in Kasba and it levels in the past. following dispute over IPL betting farmers from Punjab and other mainly from Bihar, Punjab and was minimum in the Early areas know about this unique Jharkhand. About 50 varieties of Large Red variety. Ajhauli was Co-MeDDI PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD Mahewa, and Rahul Nishad, a were reluctant to pay him the collection and therefore litchis are grown in different the sweetest among all and UK-India resident of Jhunsi. The call amount. Kumar was pres- demand specific varieties and parts of the country. Litchi has Early Large Red had less sweet- collaborative he Naini police on Friday details of Vikas also indicated surising them to repay the the Institute multiplied plants a specific climate liking for ness. Fruit sunburn is one of project entitled Tclaimed to have arrested that the two were with him on money and used to stop them and provided them as per the proper flowering and fruiting. the major problems in litchi ‘Collaborative two persons for their alleged the day when he disappeared for paying it back. requirements. “This is one of Its adaptability vis-a-vis region cultivation in non-traditional Medical Device role in the murder of a man fol- mysteriously. On being tipped Fed up with the constant the richest collections of litchi is quite specific, a variety iden- areas and different varieties Design lowing a dispute over IPL bet- off by an informer, the Naini reminders by Vikas Kumar, varieties in India,” he added. tified and suitable for a partic- show different degrees of sus- Initiative’ (Co-MeDDI), fund- ting on April 16. police caught Vikas and Rahul Vikas Nishad and Rahul called He said that the litchi was ular region may not perform ceptibility. The maximum fruit ed by UK-India Education and The two had poured acid from the COD, Chheoki, while him near the gas godown out- not a native fruit of India and equally well in another region sunburn was recorded in the Research Initiative in the year on his body in order to prevent was registered against some they were waiting for a Madhya side the village on the pretext was probably introduced here because several may have a spe- Green variety which 2017-18 for a period of two his identification, Senior unidentified persons in this Pradesh-bound bus. During of consuming liquor. While from China. “This is the reason cific climatic requirement,” he ripened early under Lucknow years, has an Indian side inves- Superintendent of Police (SSP) connection following an FIR interrogation the duo alleged- Kumar was in an inebriated why not many varieties are said. He further said that the conditions. tigator, Prof Divya Mehrotra Atul Sharma said. He said that lodged by his uncle. ly confessed their involvement state Rahul attacked him with from the department of Oral the body which was found Electronic surveillance and in Kumar’s murder. They a hammer on his head and then and Maxillofacial Surgery, and lying in Madauka area under other clues revealed that Kumar informed the police that they strangulated him to death with vice-dean, Faculty of Dental the Naini police station was was involved in an IPL betting and Kumar used to place bets his shirt. The two then poured Revenue official held for taking bribe Sciences, King George’s identified as that of Vikas racket and was in contact with on IPL matches. They had lost acid on his face to conceal his Muzaffarnagar: A rev- disputed land, they said. corruption unit said. A trap Medical University, Lucknow Kumar and a case of murder Vikas Nishad, a resident of over `4,500 cash to Kumar but identity, the SSP added. enue official was arrested for The IAF personnel had was laid and Kumar and UK side investigator, allegedly accepting a bribe of complained to police that was caught accepting the Dominic Eggbeer, Cardiff Rs 20,000 here, police said on Kumar was demanding a bribe bribe, he said. Metropolitan University, Friday. Lekhpal Sunil Kumar of Rs 20,000 for measure- The IAF personnel had Cardiff UK. KGMU authorities Anand Giri SCHOOLSCAN was arrested on Thursday ment of his land which was in come home on leave to solve said that UKIERI was instru- after he was caught accepting unauthorised possession of the problem of unauthorised mental in establishing high-end the bribe from an IAF per- some people, an officer of possession on his agriculture promising research collabora- refutes sonnel for measurement of a Uttar Pradesh Police’s anti- land, the officer said. tions on exciting themes. charges Postal dept congratulates, PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD oga guru and Chhote YMahant of Bade Hanuman temple, Anand Giri, had felicitates achievers denied the allegations of sex- ual assault levelled against him by two women in Australia. In a video shared on social networking sites, Anand Giri claimed that the allegations against him were completely baseless. He said dk;kZy; vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] that he had full faith in the fo|qr ikj"s k.k [k.M] m0iz0 ikoj Australian legal system. Giri VªkUlfe'ku dkjikjs 's ku fyfeVMs also urged his followers to 132 d0s oh0 mi&lLa Fkku] dquSjk] bVkok remain patient and not to get upset over the false alle- & 206002 gations levelled against him tulk/kkj.k lpw uk or indulge in any kind of tulk/kkj.k dks lwfpr fd;k tkrk gS fd violence against anyone. Former UP Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan at the felicitation ceremony of St Joseph Group of Institutions fnukad 19-05-2019 ls 21-05-2019 rd Meanwhile the Akhil izfrfnu izkr% 08%00 cts ls 18%00 cts PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW The Lucknow Division Best RMS Division Award Bharatiya Akhara Parishad FELICITATION CEREMONY Vasundhara Singh secured seven prestigious universities of rd 132 ds0oh0 fo|qr midsUnz rk[kk dks has been awarded the was provided to RMS (ABAP) chairman Mahant The felicitation ceremony 98.50% in ISC and Kesar the USA. The offer has been ikf"krs dju s okyh 132 d0oh0s lSQbZ rk[kk he annual review meeting Champion Award and ‘Saharanpur’ Division by VP Narendra Giri said that the of meritorious ICSE and ISC scored secured 96.60% in ICSE made by Pace University with Tand award ceremony for Faizabad the runner-up cham- Singh, Chief Post Master Australian court had given a students of St Joseph Group of from Thakurganj branch. US$ 72,000 scholarship; Florida ykbu dk f}&ifjiFk lSQbZ&bZVxk¡oa ¼Mh- the year 2018-19 was organised pion award. The Delivery General, Uttar Pradesh Circle. month’s month to the Institutions was held at Deeksha Singh secured 95.25% Institute of ,Q-lh-lh-½ ykbu fuekZ.k dk;Z gasrq 'kV by the Postal Department in Excellence Award was given All the 46 divisional Sydney police to complete its Gautam Buddha auditorium of in ISC and Shreya Tiwari 97.80 Technology Mkmu fy;k tk;sxkA ;|fi mijksDr 132 Lucknow on Friday under the to the Lucknow GPO and heads, including the PMG, investigation and present its St Joseph College in marks in ICSE from with US$ d0oh0s fo|qr midUnzs l s ikf"krs gkus s okys chairmanship of VP Singh, Basti Division, Revenue excel- Agra, Manisha Sinha, the report in connection with the Thakurganj on Friday. The Rajajipuram branch. Nearly 40,000, 33 d0oh0s fo|qr midUnzs dk s 220 d0oh0s Chief Post Master General, lence award was given to the PMG, Gorakhpur, Sanjay allegations levelled against meritorious students were 200 students were felicitated on University of fo|qr midUnzs lSQbZ l s fo|qr vkifrZw dh Uttar Pradesh Circle. On the Ghaziabad Division, Savings Singh, the PMG, Allahabad, Anand Giri. At present Anand given away several awards. the occasion. Ranjan congrat- Cincinnati tk;sxh rFkkfi vkdfLed ifjfLFkfr esa occasion all the divisional Bank Revenue Excellence Suvendu Kumar, the PMG Giri is at his residence in Former Chief Secretary of ulated all the achievers and with US$ heads who had excelled in Award to the Jhansi Division Varanasi, Pranav Kumar, the Australia and it might take Uttar Pradesh Alok Ranjan their parents, and shared his 40,000, fVªfiax@czsdMkmu bR;kfn ds dkj.k revenue achievement, business and Ballia Division, Postal Director Postal Services, some time for him to return to was chief guest on the occasion encouraging thoughts with University of vkaf'kd fo|qr vkiwfrZ ckf/kr gks ldrh development and performance Life Insurance Leader of the Lucknow HQ Region, Krishna India, he added. The 38 year- while former CEO of Biotech them. 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Varanasi Divisions and the function. woman in her bedroom. mementoes and bouquets. admission with scholarship by period of four years. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 nation 05

SARADHA SCAM MNS staff to get ex-servicemen status SC withdraws protection from arrest PNS n NEW DELHI of the Defence Services Officers Institute will be granted. They he Defence Ministry has already get the benefits of pen- Army team scales Mt Makalu Tagreed in principle to sion. granted to former Kolkata top cop grant ex-servicemen status to The Army has also agreed One jawan dies Giving details of the inci- the experts once the expedition the personnel of Military in-principle to allow, the dent, the Army said here on returns by this month end or New Delhi: The Supreme CBI seeking to vacate the It disposed of the applica- Nursing Service(MNS) com- officers of MNS of the rank while descending Friday, Singh was part of the 18- early June. Court on Friday withdrew pro- February 5 order, clarified that tion in pursuant to the direc- prising mostly women. This of Brigadier and above to member expedition team to Commonly known as the tection from arrest given to for- contentions and reasons raised tions and said that the CBI's service is demanding the sta- put their appointment stars from peak Mount Makalu and died on May "abominable snowman," scien- mer Kolkata police commis- in the probe agency's applica- petition seeking contempt tus for a long time and once on their vehicles. Brigadier 16 while descending from the tists and experts, world over sioner Rajeev Kumar in the tion would not be grounds to action against Kumar for cre- granted, the retired personnel has one star and the Major gen- PNS n NEW DELHI summit point to camp four(first have tried to sight the mythical multi-crore Saradha chit fund accept or reject the request of ating hurdles in the investiga- can avail of all facilities like eral has two stars on their camp during the descent). The animal for the last several scam, in which the CBI want- custodial interrogation or grant tion of Saradha chit fund case ex-servicemen identity card, vehicle. he Indian Army moun- soldier had joined the Army in decades but success has eluded ed to interrogate him in cus- of protection, if any such peti- would be taken up in the due attending resettlement cours- Sources said the defence Ttaineering team, which spot- 2002 and was a keen moun- them. In this backdrop, the tody. tion is moved. course. PTI es for future employment and ministry had held a meeting in ted the footprints of the mythi- taineer having taking part in Latest finding by the Army The top court also jobs in public sector under- March with the Department of cal Yeti last month while ascend- several expeditions in the past. team has generated interest after expressed concern over the takings (PSU) and State Personnel and Training ing Mount Makalu in Nepal, has In the first ever discovery of it released the photographs and confrontation between the CBI Governments. (DoPT) representatives to successfully scaled the peak. its kind, the Indian Army on social media was abuzz with it. and the West Bengal Police in The Government may also redefine the definition of ex- However, the expedition suf- April 30 had said its moun- The footprint was mea- the case, saying that "at the Feud between allow the MNS officers to have servicemen include MNS. fered a casualty when one soldier taineering team has sighted the sured by calipers and army receiving end are silently wait- star plates on their cars if they MNS was raised in 1943 died while descending after footprints of mythical beast sources claimed here it match- ing lakhs of small town and are above the rank of Brigadier. through an ordinance and reaching the peak. He was iden- 'Yeti' in Nepal. The size of the es with earlier theories adding rural investors who have been So far, the officers of MNS were were defined as an 'auxiliary tified as Naik Narayan Singh pugmark measures about 32 the photograph was released to deprived and looted of their CBI, Bengal police not allowed to do so leading to force'. The ESM status is given hailing from Pithoragarh, inch by 15 inch and the Army "excite scientific temper." Also savings". friction sometimes. The MNS to the personnel who are in Uttrakhand and is survived by tweeted its photograph and said the evidence will help in reach- It said however that its has the highest rank of a Major 'regular' force. his wife and three children. the evidence will be shared with ing logical conclusion, they said. February 5 order granting pro- dismays apex court General. tection from arrest to Kumar As regards the veteran sta- would continue for another New Delhi: The Supreme Court have hardened their stand and tus, sources said here on Friday seven days from Friday to on Friday expressed "disap- there is no administrative mech- the ministry will soon submit enable him to approach the pointment and dismay" over the anism in place to avoid and in principle approval for grant Navy test-fires MRSAM missile successfully competent court for relief. feud between CBI and West resolve such conflicts between of ex-servicemen to MNS to A bench headed by Chief Bengal Police during probe into the two wings of the police force the Supreme Court. A case PNS n NEW DELHI Justice Ranjan Gogoi and the Saradha chit fund scam case in the country," said the bench, was filed in Supreme Court by Justices Deepak Gupta and and said though the situation also comprising Justices Deepak the MNS personnel and its he Indian Navy on Friday Sanjiv Khanna left it open to was "grim", there was no admin- Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna. hearing was held on May 7, Tachieved a major milestone the Central Bureau of istrative mechanism to avoid or The bench noted that by 2019. Supreme Court told the in adding muscle to its anti-air Investigation to act in accor- resolve such conflicts. slew of orders passed in the case, Ministry of Defence to submit warfare capability with the dance with the law. While withdrawing the pro- including the one on February its reply in next hearing in a maiden network enabled coop- "Therefore, in the given tection from arrest granted ear- 5 this year, granting protection closed envelope. erative engagement firing of the facts, we would withdraw the lier by it to former Kolkata from arrest to Kumar, the apex The MNS are the support medium range surface to air protection given to Rajeev Police Commissioner Rajeev court had sought to "allay con- women staff commissioned as missile (MRSAM) by two of its Kumar, former Commissioner Kumar in the case, the apex frontation and clash" between officers in the Medical stream warships. of Police, Kolkata, vide our court said that despite orders the CBI and the West Bengal of the Armed Forces and they Cooperative engagement order dated February 5, 2019 and words of advice, "antago- State Police Force (WBSPF). come under the DG, Armed comprises of all the warships restraining the CBI from arrest- nism and acrimony" has esca- "With regret, we acknowledge Forces Medical Services. The and platforms having common ing him and thereby, leave it lated between the two forces of and accept that despite orders MNS representatives had data link to have common pic- open to the CBI to act in the country. and words of advice, antago- moved Armed Forces ture of the battle field and Source: Twitter accordance with the law," the A bench headed by Chief nism and acrimony has esca- Tribunal(AFT) on 28 different enable them to thwart satura- bench said. Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that lated and not ebbed as is evident issues. The main issue was of tion attacks from incoming ship to intercept different aer- Research and Development ful proving of this cooperative "At the same time, we due to the "clash" between the from the pleading and argu- them being granted the Ex-ser- missiles and low flying air- ial targets at extended ranges. Laboratory(DRDL) Hyderabad, mode of engagement, the direct that the interim order Central Bureau of Investigation ments addressed before us," vicemen Status. AFT had given craft. This test has put the The firing trial was carried out a DRDO Lab, has jointly devel- Indian Navy has become a part dated February 5, 2019 would and West Bengal Police, lakhs of the bench said. "To avoid pro- favourable decision to MNS Indian Navy in the select group by the Indian Navy, Defence oped this missile in collabora- of a select group of Navies that continue for a period of small town and rural investors lixity and as limited controver- which was challenged by the of the navies like the US and Research Development tion with Israel Aerospace have this niche capability. This seven days from the date of who have been deprived of sy arises for consideration, we Government in the Supreme Australia having this capabili- Organisation(DRDO) and Industries. The MRSAM is capability significantly pronouncement of this order their savings in the case are "at are not referring the earlier Court in 2010. ty. Israel Aerospace Industries. manufactured by Bharat enhances the combat effective- to enable Rajeev Kumar the receiving end". orders for the purpose of the The grant of status to the Giving details of the exer- India is manufacturing Barak Dynamics Limited, India. ness of the Indian Navy there- to approach competent Court "They (CBI and West present judgment, albeit express MNS will include them into cise, Navy officials said here the missiles in collaboration with These Surface to Air by providing an operational for relief, if so advised," Bengal Police) have forgotten our disappointment and dismay resettlement schemes and ben- firing was undertaken on the the Israel Aerospace Industries. Missiles are fitted onboard the edge over potential adversaries. said Justice Khanna, who that the primary purpose and seeing the CBI and the WBSPF efits, for the re-employment Western Seaboard by Indian The successful conduct of Kolkata Class Destroyers and The radars on the warships can pronounced the eight-page role of the police is to investigate pitted and casting aspersions courses, exemptions like the toll ships Kochi and Chennai the test firing was the result of would also be fitted on all detect a hostile target at a dis- verdict. crime, collect evidence and against each other and being charges will be extended and wherein the missiles of both sustained efforts by all stake- future major warships of the tance of 450km and guide the The bench, which was prosecute the offenders. embroiled in this feud," the the institute facilities like that ships were controlled by one holders over the years. Defence Indian Navy. With the success- missile in destroying the threat. dealing with an application of Situation is grim as both sides court said. PTI MONEY LAUNDERING ED attaches OP Chautala’s Be silent during silent period, EC to campaigners PNS n NEW DELHI tion campaign activities being observed. hours leading up to voting in elections in 2017, controversy through public meetings, pro- The EC has also changed each phase of the coming Lok erupted after Congress presi- ` he Election Commission cessions etc, and displaying of rules not allowing any political Sabha elections. dent Rahul Gandhi gave inter- assets worth 2 crore T(EC) has asked star cam- election matter by means of party to release manifesto in last The statement came in ref- views to some regional TV paigners and other leaders of all television and similar appara- 48 hours of the start of polling erence to queries received by channels a day ahead of the PNS n NEW DELHI at New Delhi, Panchkula and political parties to not give any tus". The EC has advised that period. Amending the Model the poll body on telecasting polling. Prime Minister also constructed residential interviews to media on election campaigners should not make Code of Conduct, EC barred interview of star campaigners Narendra Modi had also organ- he Enforcement Directorate house at Sirsa (Haryana) during matters during the beginning of any reference to a constituen- political parties from releasing during the silence period. ised a road show just a day T(ED) on Friday attached a the check period from the "silence period," from Friday cy where the silence period is their manifestos in the last 48 During the Gujarat Assembly before polling. national Capital-based proper- money received from undis- evening for the last phase of Lok ty worth nearly `2 crore of for- closed sources. It is also revealed Sabha polls or 48 hours before mer Haryana Chief Minister OP that Chautala was directly the start of polling when cam- Chautala in connection with a involved in acquisition and pro- paigning comes to an end. money laundering case. jecting various tainted proper- "During the silence period, Andhra CM meets CEC over re-polling in 5 booths The attached immovable ties as his untainted properties. star campaigners and other property consists of land and Chautala under Prevention of He had disclosed properties so political leaders should refrain PNS n NEW DELHI of votes in the entire con- grievances simultaneously, farm house located in New Corruption Act 1988. acquired in the affidavit filed from addressing the media by stituency if discrepancy found they have to take proper Delhi worth `1.94 crore owned Investigation conducted by before returning officer in way of Press conferences and ndhra Pradesh Chief in VVPAT slips with five man- action," Naidu said. by Chautala. CBI revealed that the senior Haryana Vidhan Sabha Election giving interviews on election AMinister and TDP chief dated Electronic Voting In the letter, Naidu asked With this attachment, ED Chautala had acquired assets 2005 and 2009 thereby project- matters," the poll panel said in N Chandrababu Naidu on Machines (EVMs) in any part that the EC has already con- has attached properties of disproportionate to his known ing publicly the tainted proper- an advisory. Friday met Chief Election of the country. ducted re-polling in five other Chautala to the extent of the source of income to the tune of ties as untainted. "In a multi-phased election, Commissioner Sunil Arora "As on today, the ECI's polling stations in three dis- entire "proceeds of crime" gen- `6,09,79,026 during the check Earlier, the ED had attached the silence period of last 48 and lodged a protest over its decisions are very controver- tricts on May 6, based on cer- erated through alleged acquisi- period from May 24, 1993 to properties of the former hours may be on in certain con- decision to hold re-poll in five sial, one-sided, pro-establish- tain complaints. "If there were tion of disproportionate assets May 31, 2006. Investigation also Haryana CM to the tune of stituencies while campaign is polling booths in Chandragiri ment and pro-government. any issues in the polling sta- amounting to `6 crores (approx- revealed that Abhay Singh `46,96,000. Further to this, his ongoing in other constituencies. Assembly segment in Chittoor During the entire election, tions in Chandragiri assembly imately). Chautala and Ajay Singh properties worth `3.68 crores In such event, there should not Parliamentary seat after 25 complaint was made by the they were supporting the gov- constituency, why didn't the The money laundering case Chautala had also acquired were also attached in April 2019. be any direct or indirect refer- days. During his meeting, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). ernment. It is unfortunate," he Commission enquire into the was initiated on the basis of an assets disproportionate to their Prosecution Complaint ence amounting to soliciting Naidu also asked the poll body In the meeting with the told reporters after the meet- same and conduct the re- FIR registered by CBI against known source of income to the (chargesheet in police parlance) support for parties or candi- to take action against BJP can- EC, Naidu said that he request- ing. Questioning the working polling on May 6?" Om Prakash Chautala and oth- tune of `119, 69,82,619 and against Chautala was also filed dates in the constituencies didate Pragya Thakur for her ed the poll panel to take a seri- style of the poll panel, Naidu Naidu lamented that the ers for acquisition of assets dis- `27,74,74,260 respectively, the before Special Court on July 17, observing the silence period," it remarks describing Mahatma ous note of the series of com- said, "I am the party president EC once again showed its bias proportionate to their known ED said in a statement. 2018. The court took cognisance said. Gandhi's assassin Nathuram plaints filed by his party for the last 25 years. I have by ignoring the TDP demand source of income. CBI has filed During the course of inves- on November 27, 2018. Later a The poll panel underlined Godse as a "patriot". including against the repoll never seen this type of Election for re-poll while accepting a charge sheet against Om tigation under PMLA it was Supplementary Prosecution that Section 126 of the Naidu questioned the ordered in Chandragiri Commission. The poll body similar demand by YSR Prakash Chautala, his sons revealed that OP Chautala had Complaint was also filed on Representation of People Act, rationale behind re-polling in Assembly segment in the has ordered repolling after 25 Congress Party (YSRCP) more Abhay Chautala and Ajay acquired Immovable Properties April 25 this year. 1951, "inter-alia prohibits elec- five Assembly seats after the Andhra Pradesh and counting days. They have to address all than a month after the polling. Victory of NYAY certain Dementia not only due to ageing, says WHO on May 23: Priyanka ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI that in absolute terms, there are dementia, said Dr Dévora HOW TO KEEP about 35.6 million people liv- Kestel, Director of the ontrary to general belief, DEMENTIA AT BAY ing in the world currently with Department of Mental Health PTI n NEW DELHI employment, farming, and Cdementia is not an o Exercise. dementia and 7.7 million new and Substance Abuse at income. On the 23rd (May), inevitable (or natural) conse- o Do not smoke. cases of dementia added every WHO. ongress general secretary the victory of 'Nyay' (justice) quence of ageing which, o Do not drink too year, i.e., nearly one case every In India, only 10 per cent CPriyanka Gandhi Vadra and people's voice is certain," though, is the strongest risk fac- much. 4 s with highest projections in of the cases are diagnosed on Friday said her party did said the AICC general secre- tor, a recent World Health o Eat a balanced diet - South Asian nations such as according to the Alzheimer's not allow the BJP to divert the tary, in-charge Uttar Pradesh Organisation (WHO) report the report India and China. and Related Disorders Society focus in elections from issues (East). has said. recommends diet that WHO Director-General of India (ARDSI), which has of employment and farming as The Congress' proposed It maintained that young is mostly plant-based Dr Tedros Adhanom submitted a Dementia India she asserted that the victory of Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay) onset dementia (defined as the and includes fish, Ghebreyesus said, "We need to Strategy Report to the Union 'Nyay' was certain on May 23. promises up to `72,000 a year onset of symptoms before the nuts and whole do everything we can to reduce Health Ministry. Campaigning in the bit- to 20 per cent of India's poor- age of 65 years) accounts for up grains. our risk of dementia. The sci- There are seven core areas terly fought marathon Lok est families if the party is to 9 per cent of the total cases. o Manage your blood entific evidence gathered for to set out as national priorities Sabha elections, spread over 38 voted to power. In fact, lifestyle risk factors, pressure. these Guidelines confirm what in the national strategy -- days, drew to a close Friday Polling will be held on such as physical inactivity, o Manage your weight. we have suspected for some Make dementia a national evening as top leaders made a Sunday in the seventh phase in excessive alcohol use, certain time, that what is good for our health and social care priority; final push in the seventh and all 13 seats in Punjab and an medical conditions like high heart, is also good for our dementia awareness and concluding phase for the equal number of seats in Uttar blood pressure, high cholesterol the number of people with Dementia is a category of reduces a person's ability to brain." dementia friendly communi- remaining 59 seats. Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, and diabetes and smoking too dementia is expected to triple brain disease which can cause perform simple daily activities The WHO Guidelines ties; Risk reduction and "Dear friends, 60 days of eight seats each in Bihar and are associated with a high risk in the next 30 years from long-term memory loss and and affects memory, compre- provide the knowledge base dementia prevention; Improve spirited election campaign for Madhya Pradesh, four in of developing dementia. around current 50 million. even gradual decrease in the hension, orientation and judg- for health-care providers to access to best medical care 'one person one vote' or polit- Himachal Pradesh, three in Additional risk factors These should be kept at the ability to think. Dementia is not ment among other cognitive advise patients on what they strengthen standard treatment ical equality was made possi- Jharkhand and the lone seat include depression, low edu- bay to prevent dementia, said a specific disease, but a group functions. can do to help prevent cogni- protocols; Social support ser- ble because of your love," Chandigarh. cational attainment, social iso- the WHO as it recently issued of disorders associated with a The most common type of tive decline and dementia. vices; Research and Priyanka said. Counting of votes in the lation, and cognitive inactivity, health guidelines to tackle the decline in memory or other dementia is Alzheimer's dis- An essential element of every Development; Strengthen "Despite BJP's efforts, we world's largest exercise in as per the report as per the mental health related debili- thinking skills. ease. national dementia plan is sup- dementia disease surveillance did not allow the elections to democracy will be taken up on WHO which has warned that tating progressive disease. The decline is so severe it Yet another studies show port for carers of people with system. be diverted from issues of May 23. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 06

STATES/UT SEATS QUOTE-UNQUOTE Bihar (8) Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jahanabad I am not going to pre-judge what the From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from Chandigarh (1) Chandigarh people of India will decide. The mood Kutch to Kamrup, the whole nation is Himachal Pradesh (4) Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur, Shimla and vision of the people will come saying — Ab ki baar, 300 paar, phir Jharkhand (3) Rajmahal, Dumka, Godda out on May 23... Whatever the people ek baar Modi sarkar...The BJP-led Madhya Pradesh (8) Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsour, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa decide, we will do that. Whatever the NDA is the choice of 130 crore Punjab (13) Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, mood and vision of people of India, it Indians... This Sunday when you go Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, will be known on May 23...I am not to cast your vote then you will be Sangrur, Patiala going to disrespect the people of this scripting history. After decades you Uttar Pradesh (13) Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushi Nagar, Deoria, Bansgaon, Ghosi, Salempur, country by judging what they are will elect a majority govt for a second Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Robertsganj going to do time in a row West Bengal (9) Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Joynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, RAHUL GANDHI NARENDRA MODI Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar Modi is like Asrani of Sholay: Priyanka PTI n MIRZAPUR/GORAKHPUR The Congress leader accused the Modi government ongress general secretary of weakening democratic insti- CPriyanka Gandhi Vadra on tutions. The roadshow in sup- Friday dubbed Narendra Modi port of the party’s Mirzapur an “actor” and said Amitabh candidate Laliteshpati Tripathi Bachchan would have been a started from Dankeenganj and better choice for the Prime ended at Waasliganj, covering Minister’s post. about two kilometres. In another Bollywood ref- The crowd chanted erence, she likened Modi to ‘Priyanka didi’ and showered Asrani’s character in Bachchan- flowers on her. The Congress starrer Sholay. “Prime Minister leader waved back at the peo- Modi is not a leader, he is an ple. She also pulled a child on actor. It would have been better to her vehicle, and they covered if Amitabh Bachchan was made some distance together. the Prime Minister,” she said at The flags of Suheldev an election meeting at the end Bhartiya Samaj Party, whose of her roadshow in Mirzapur. leader Om Prakash Rajbhar is In Gorakhpur, she asked still a Minister in the BJP-led the crowd, “Have you seen the Government in Uttar Pradesh, Sholay movie and Asrani’s role were also seen at the rally. in it? He used to always say The SBSP, which won four angrezon ke zamane mein (in seats in the 2017 assembly the time of the British).” polls, has fielded its own can- “And in the same way up? They do not come. They address during the ‘azaan’, sent his account on develop- didates this time. Apna Dal Modi ji talks about Jawaharlal’s had claimed that demonetisation resuming it after the call for ment work done for the farm- (Krishna Patel faction) workers work, Indira Gandhi’s work and will bring back black money. Has prayers was over. “The Prime ers, labourers and youngsters in also took part in the roadshow, Rajiv Gandhi’s work. Why black money come back? Minister has been unable to pre- the last five years,” she said. waving their party flags. doesn’t he talk about his work Nothing has come to the coun- in the last five years?” she said. try except troubles,” she said. “The aim of the BJP is to “What kind of grab power. Modi has been Government is that which nei- unable to fulfil the promises ther listens to the farmers, nor made during the last general saves your farms from stray election,” she said in Mirzapur. animals?” she said. “The Congress on the contrary She also claimed that there does not make false promises, has been a loss of jobs during but works in the interests of the the Bharatiya Janata Party’s farmers, the poor and the term, and accused the Modi youngsters,” she added. Government of weakening At both events, she referred MGNREGA, the rural employ- to the stray cattle menace in ment guarantee scheme Uttar Pradesh. “When stray ani- launched by the previous mals come and destroy your Congress-led Government. crops, do the ‘chowkidars’ turn She halted her Mirzapur More men with ‘illegal’ cash held DIAMOND HARBOUR: Result may impact TMC PTI n DIAMOND HARBOUR those whose fall in TMC was at Diamond Harbour, had even ahead of polls proportional to Abhishek said that Abhishek would be he stakes are high for the Banerjee’s rise. Roy quit the defeated and his office in the SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA TTrinamool Congress in its party in 2017 to join the BJP. area would shut down after the decade-long bastion of Five years ago, the TMC’s elections. ven as Mamata Banerjee Diamond Harbour, the parlia- South 24 Parganas district unit TMC sources say a victo- Ealleged “free flow of illegal mentary seat from where Chief was united and worked togeth- ry by a margin bigger than that money for votes” in Bengal Minister Mamata Banerjee’s er to ensure that Abhishek in 2014 would help him not pointing at the BJP as the nephew Abhishek is seeking a Banerjee wins by a huge mar- only quash allegations against main accused, the police appre- re-election, as the result here is gin. But since then, much water him but also cement his posi- hended more people with likely to have a bearing on the has flown down the river tion in the party. unexplained cash from South party’s internal dynamics and Hooghly and the scenario with- BJP State president Dilip 24 Parganas, North 24 Pargans, on West Bengal politics. in the ruling party and in the Ghosh said this election will Durgapur and elsewhere. The State’s Opposition par- State has changed drastically. prove whether Abhishek An alleged saffron worker ties claim the result in this seat unit chief. In 2014, just three The Trinamool Congress, Banerjee is a true leader or not. was arrested with Rs 30 lakh will be seen as “people’s verdict” years after his baptism in pol- which was then literally unchal- “The TMC is trying to near Baruipur in South 24 in favour of or against the TMC itics as a leader of the lenged in Bengal is now facing project him as the leader after Parganas police said, adding supremo herself. Situated on Trinamool Youth Congress, a tough fight from the BJP, with Mamata Banerjee. He along another person was held from the banks of the Hooghly river Abhishek Banerjee was given Chief Minister’s nephew being with his aunt are the star cam- Durgapur region with Rs 19 in the South 24 Parganas dis- ticket from this seat and won one of the target. The inner- paigners. But the question is lakh. Both the persons were trict, the constituency was a it by polling more than 40 per bickering of the ruling party has whether he would be able to being questioned. Earlier a Left pocket borough since the cent votes. also come out in open. retain his own seat. person reportedly travelling late 60s until the TMC, riding Since then, he has only According to a TMC “Last time, the opposition from Varanasi was arrested at on winds of change, breached grown in stature within the leader, who did not wish to be was weak and he won. But this Durgapur Railway Station it in 2009 with then TMC party and is its de facto num- named, Abhishek Banerjee’s time, things are different. If he while he was carrying Rs 70 leader Somen Mitra snatching ber two. This rise has not only victory of is a foregone con- loses, which he is most likely to, lakh inside a trolley bag, police the seat from four-time MP raised some eyebrows in state clusion but “what bothers the it will be the end of his politi- said. The Durgapur incident Samik Lahiri. politics but also among some party is whether it would be cal journey,” Ghosh claimed, came within 48 hours of two But Mitra left the TMC and party veterans, who allegedly able to increase the margin or adding, “His victory is Mamata persons being arrested by the returned to the Congress in feel sidelined. not”. Prime Minister Narendra Banerjee’s victory, his defeat is Asansol GRP with Rs 1 crore. early 2014 and is now its state Mukul Roy was one of Modi, during his poll campaign her defeat.” The accused in Asansol case was remanded to police custody and had reportedly told his interrogators that the fund belonged to the saffron outfit and was likely to be Forces on toes to keep VIPs safe during campaigns used for electoral purposes. The person is a former private PTI n NEW DELHI security cover to the politicians. CRPF cover.  Central forces ensure watertight security cover —  The commandos are armed with sophisticated AK others. secretary of Bengal BJP presi- A huge amount of parapher- Sources said the force has over 2,000 agile commandos on ground, 120 series and MP5 assault rifles, loaded magazines, The NSG has fine-tuned its dent Dilip Ghosh. ver 2,000 agile comman- nalia of logistics, weapons and mobilised a team of officers in young supervisory officers, thousands of bullet pistols, mobile body armour and even ropes and security drills before Lok Sabha With the Friday’s catch Odos on ground, 120 young intelligence and operational the ranks of Assistant rounds, first-aid kits and volumes of sticks for crowd control and special circumstances elections were declared and the more than Rs 2 crore was supervisory officers, thousands dossiers are put at their disposal Commandants and Deputy Intelligence data sheets to — VIPs across  Commandos hailing from the local area are ‘black cats’ are now armed seized in the past four days, of bullet rounds, first-aid kits everyday when the teams head Commandants to carry out nation during the ongoing polls also deputed so they can catch every murmur with smart communication police sources said. and volumes of intelligence out with their VIPs for cam- advance recce of the venues to  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress or voice that emerges from the crowd gadgets, body armour shields. Meanwhile, in a related data sheets. This is what it takes paigning in the country,” a be covered across the country president Rahul Gandhi get elite Special  They also carry first-aid kits to help the They also conduct an advance development alleged for the Central forces to ensure senior official in the VIP secu- by Shah, who faces serious Protection Group (SPG), other VIP in case of an injury, motion recce of the venue for some Trinamool Congress workers a watertight VIP security rity establishment said. security threats. prominent politicians are guarded by sickness or tiredness VIPs like the home minister attacked and vandalized the cover everyday to politicians The Central Over 54 such officers have Central forces like the NSG, CRPF, and others, the official said. vehicles belonging to TMC campaigning across the Reserve Police Force been deployed in various parts CISF and ITBP  The NSG has fine-tuned its security “The commando teams are leader Mukul Roy and Dum country during the ongo- (CRPF) has been of the country to keep a track  CRPF has been entrusted with the drills before Lok Sabha elections pre-positioned when the VIP Dum BJP candidate Samik ing polls. entrusted with the of prominent protectees under responsibility to guard 78 VIPs were declared and the ‘black cats’ takes a flight or helicopter to trav- Bhattacharya following infor- While Prime responsibility to guard the cover of the CRPF. They are el from one place to the other. mation that the two leaders Minister Narendra 78 VIPs, including assisted by ground units from When one team securely leaves were meeting with a veteran Modi and Congress BJP President Amit 28 various bases of the force operational centre at the from the crowd, he said. and ensure the preparedness, the VIP at point A, the other CPI(M) leader Paltu Dasgupta president Rahul Shah who is activated for the special task, Ministry of Home Affairs in They also carry first-aid logistics, food and other receives him when he lands at inside a guest house. Gandhi are protected under their top they said. North Block that coordinates kits to help the VIP in case of requirements of the comman- point B,” the official explained. The TMC sources said the by the elite Special category ‘Z+’ These commandos of the every move that these teams an injury, motion sickness or dos on move, the official said. A good number of VIP Left and BJP leaders were Protection Group security cover. country’s largest paramilitary undertake and is in regular tiredness, the official said. The CISF VIP security unit security trained drivers have transacting cash though the (SPG), other promi- Shah, the only force also provide proximate touch with them over the wire- The Central Industrial has specially-trained personnel been deployed with these teams police found no evidence of nent politicians are one for whom an security cover to Union less and mobilephone. Security Force (CISF), that has and they are called Special on ground as they are a very such transaction. guarded by Central advance security Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Ravi “VIP security is a game of been entrusted with the secu- Security Group (SSG). vital cog of the unit as they can “We had assembled at a forces like the NSG, liaison is done Shankar Prasad among others sharp reflexes and nerves of rity of 93 VIPs, has a tough job The National Security swiftly manoeuvre and rush out family function in a house at CRPF, CISF and ITBP, on the lines of and are armed with sophisti- steel. One has to be very very at hand as it has been recently Guard (NSG) has an all-time the protectee in case of an Dum Dum where a CPI(M) as they travel thou- SPG protectees, cated AK series and MP5 meticulous while rendering asked to protect over a dozen low of 13 VIPs under its cover attack, ambush or bombing leader too had come to join the sands of kilometres said it would assault rifles, loaded maga- the VIP security task as there new people in West Bengal, but the task to guard them is incident, he said. occasion. The TMC made it an each day canvassing have been diffi- zines, pistols, mobile body are virtually no second most of whom are trying their very enduring as they include The Indo-Tibetan Police issue alleging the CPI(M) for their parties. cult for him to armour and even ropes and chances,” the official said. luck at the hustings. About 40 Union Home Minister Rajnath Force guards about 16 VIPs like leader was taking cash to trans- “In all, about 2,000 survive an sticks for crowd control and Commandos hailing from officials have been deployed in Singh, former Chief Ministers senior BJP leader Murli fer Left votes to the BJP,” said commandos are on ground attack on his special circumstances. the local area are also deputed supervisory roles to keep a like Akhilesh Yadav and Manohar Joshi (Z+), former Bhattacharya adding the vehi- and are rotated in shifts, convoy during A 24x7 control room at a with these VIPs at times so that track of the various protection Mayawati and serving CMs Jammu & Kashmir CMs Omar cles of his party were badly apart from 120 young offi- his roadshow in Kolkata CRPF base in Noida remains in they are able to catch every teams that are out on field. like Yogi Adityanath and N Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti damaged by the TMC workers. cers as party of the central had it not been for the constant touch with a similar murmur or voice that emerges They camp in the local area Chandrababu Naidu, among among others. 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IANS n NEW DELHI smuggling and cash flow,” said long-distance trains, the rail- incidents were reported and RE-POLLING IN 7 BOOTHS IN KERALA ON MAY 19 the official.  After the model code of conduct came into force across the ways formed a flying squad and 1,460 people were arrested. country on March 10, trains going to the dry States like Bihar The Election Commission (EC) on Friday directed its Kerala unit to n ‘dry’ Bihar and Gujarat, “Thus it forced the boot- also increased patrolling along Western Railway conduct re-polling in seven booths in Kasaragod and Kannur liquor has found a new route leggers to shift to the train route and Gujarat in the last two months have reported a spurt in the the three routes. spokesperson Ravinder Bhaker I number of the incidents of ‘chain-pulling’ parliamentary constituencies of the state on May 19 when 59 Lok as road routes are being guard- to transport their shipments, “The task of the flying said, “Following a spurt in the Sabha seats across eight states will go to the polls in the seventh ed by paramilitary and the which in return has resulted in  Three railway routes in the State — squad and the patrol team was incidents of the ACP in the and final phase of polling. Kasaragod’s four booths in Kalliassery and local police to enforce the a spurt in the incidents of Ara-Patna, Chapra-Hajipur and Hajipur-Muzaffarpur — have to arrest those who pulled the western railway zone, we sent Thrikkaripur Assembly segments and three booths in Kannur’s model code of conduct to check alarm chain pulling (ACP) in reported high incidents of ‘chain pulling’ ACP to stop the train at an teams in plain clothes to arrest Taliparamba and Dharmadam Assembly constituencies will go to the smuggling of liquor and cash. trains in these two States.  From May 1 to May 12 in Bihar, 125 cases of ACP were unscheduled location,” he said. those who stopped the train by polls on Sunday after the EC declared the voting conducted at these A senior Railway Ministry Forcing trains to stop badly recieved and 190 people arrested Kumar said in April, 362 using the ACP”. polling stations on April 23 as “void”. official said after the model affects the schedule,” he said. cases of ACP were received and He said in the Western code of conduct came into The manufacture, storage,  January 1, 2019, to April 30, 393 people were arrested. The Railway zone, the Vapi-Surat 2019, a total of 909 ACP BJP, CONG CONFIDENT OF WINNING PANAJI BYPOLL force across the country on sale and consumption of alco- railways also collected a fine of route was most affected, report- As the election campaign for the Panaji Assembly bypoll wound up March 10, trains going to the holic beverages of liquor was incidents were Rs 2.91 lakh in April in Bihar. ing high incidents of chain reported and 1,460 on Friday evening, both the Congress and the BJP expressed dry States like Bihar and completely banned in Bihar He said that the from May pulling. A senior railway official confidence at winning the May 19 by-election, even as Chief Minister Gujarat in the last two months after the Nitish Kumar people were 1 to May 12 in Bihar, 125 cases said that the Vapi-Surat route arrested Pramod Sawant scoffed at claims made by the Congress, about have reported a spurt in the Government returned to power of ACP were recieved and 190 was most affected due to its overthrowing the BJP-led coalition government soon after results of number of the incidents of in 2015 in the State, while in people arrested. He said so far proximity with Daman and Diu, four Assembly bypolls, including Panaji, are declared on May 23. ‘chain-pulling’ (to stop a run- Gujarat the sale, consumption none of railway employee has known for illegal liquor trade. Addressing the media on Friday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said, ning train). and storage of liquor is banned meeting with the Bihar Director tions far away from the stations.” been detained for illegal smug- However, Bhaker did not “The Congress should rouse of its pipe-dream of forming a “As Bihar and Gujarat are since 1960. General of Police (DGP) He said three railway gling of liquor. share the number of the inci- government, after results are declared on May 23.” dry States, transporting liquor Worried over the incidents Gupteshwar Pandey at its zonal routes in the State — However, railway sources dents of chain pulling and the in these two States has become of the alarm chain pulling headquarters in Hajipur. Ara-Patna, Chapra-Hajipur indicated that the local railway people arrested in the case. VAJPAYEE WAS LARGE-HEARTED, NOT LIKE MODI: AJAY very tough as the road routes (ACP), LC Trivedi General ECR spokesperson Rajesh and Hajipur-Muzaffarpur — employees were also playing a During this election sea- Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a large-hearted man are being guarded by paramil- Manager of East Central Kumar said, “The DGP and the have reported high incidents of major role in liquor smuggling. son, the Election Commission who took everyone along, quite unlike Narendra Modi, says itary forces as well as the state Railways and Ravindra Verma GM of ECR have discussed the ‘chain pulling’. A senior ECR official said that has seized liquor worth Rs 285 Congress’ Varanasi candidate and old BJP hand Ajay Rai. Rai, who police, which conduct extensive Inspector General of Railway spurt in incidents of ACP dur- He said following reports from January 1, 2019, to April crore till the end of the sixth takes on Varanasi MP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this checking of vehicles for liquor Protection Force (RPF) held a ing odd-hours and at odd loca- of the ACP at off-hours in the 30, 2019, a total of 909 ACP phase of polling on May 12. Uttar Pradesh temple town, said the election this time is easier than in 2014. “The election is relatively easier this time than last time as people have seen through Modiji’s tall and fake promises and he has not delivered anything,” Rai told PTI ahead of the election on Muslims in dilemma over choosing Sunday. The now Congress leader is full of appreciation for HOW BJP CRAFTED ITS Vajpayee. campaign in prized Varanasi between SP-BSP alliance, Cong PTI n GORAKHPUR 10 per cent of population in PTI n VARANASI Minister Narendra Modi’s MLA from Bhavnagar. He is Gorakhpur, which will go to home State, have been silently overall in charge of the any Muslims in eastern the polls on May 19, along oters may complain that running the show, said party Varanasi and Gorakhpur Lok MUP may not want to vote which other 12 Lok Sabha Vthe competitive zing was insiders. Sabha seats. for the BJP but they face a seats in the State. missing in the Prime Minister’s Parindu Bhagat, also According to party work- dilemma over choosing The Gorakhnath temple constituency but the BJP had a known as Kakubhai, looks at ers, Oza managed Modi’s elec- between the SP-BSP alliance headed by Adityanath is in a clear-cut strategy to keep the the overall election manage- tion in 2014 as well and was the and the Congress. locality dominated by Muslims. campaign ship sailing — ment of Varanasi and the person assigned for door-to- Though some members of The temple employs people entrusting senior leaders and expenditure, local BJP leaders door campaigning and reach- the community speak in favour from the minority community. celebrities to canvass for votes said. Bhagat, a lawyer by pro- ing out to voters across the con- of Prime Minister Narendra In 2014, the BJP had got while a handful of carefully fession, received Modi’s win- stituency. Modi for the development car- 233 out of 330 votes polled at chosen lieutenants managed ning certificate from the district The third is BJP’s MP from ried out in Gorakhpur, Chief a booth from where from the back end. magistrate in Varanasi in the Navsari, C R Patil who has been Minister Yogi Adityanath’s bas- Adityanath votes. Around half A string of senior leaders last general elections. assigned to stay in constant tion, they harbour a sense of of the voters from the booth are such as Sushma Swaraj and Modi’s touch with BJP’s ‘panna pra- insecurity. estimated to be from the Yogi Adityanath visited the trusted ally mukhs’, local councillors and Mufti Mohammed Muslim community. town to address meet- for years, village headmen. Waliullah, who leads prayers at Seeking to allay the fears of ings and Bhojpuri Bhagat han- He also looks after devel- Gorakhpur’s biggest mosque, the community, Adityanath showbiz stars dles all legal opmental work in two of the said the Muslims are not told PTI that not a single inci- DMK President MK Stalin campaigns for the party candidate Senthil Balaji Manoj Tiwari and matters relat- villages adopted by Modi. “unanimous” over their choice dent of rioting has occurred in ahead of bypoll to the Aravakuruchi Assembly seat, in Karur, on Friday PTI Nirahua added a ed to elections While the trio from Gujarat of parties. “Less literate the state since his Government dash of glamour in in Varanasi handled the nitty-gritty, the Muslims will vote for the took over two years ago. CONG-JD(S) FALL IMMINENT AFTER LS POLLS: BSY the campaigning for the and operates from others managed the optics of ‘mahagathbandhan’ (the “Like here (Gorakhpur), Describing the Congress-JDS coalition dispensation in Karnataka as BJP’s most prestigious an office in the voter outreach. Opposition alliance) and the Muslims feel safe in other parts a hub of infighting and confusion, BJP State president BS seat. Mahmoorganj in Two Union Ministers educated will vote as per their of the State,” he said. Yeddyurappa on Friday expressed doubts over the Government’s The campaigning ended Varanasi. Piyush Goyal and JP Nadda understanding,” he said. India. “Only a few Muslim The Chief Minister said all continuation after the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP leader made the on Friday evening, ahead of The second man along with Uttar Pradesh Waliullah expressed clerics visited India and people religious festivals in the State remark in Hubballi when asked about the Twitter war between chief the last round of the seven- behind the scenes is Deputy Chief Minister Keshav anguish over the BJP ques- who lived in the country are celebrated in harmony. It minister HD Kumaraswamy and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah phase elections on Sunday. Sunil Oza, another Prasad Maurya have been tioning the nationalism of adopted Islam. India is our proves that every individual in on Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge becoming the Chief Minister. Behind the scenes, three BJP leader from Modi’s camping here for more than a Muslims, reminding that the country,” he said. the state want to live in peace, leaders from Gujarat, Prime home State and former week. community is indigenous to Muslims account for about he added.

WE’LL REPEAT... as UPA chairperson Sonia The Prime Minster said CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Gandhi and former Prime THE ‘CHOWKIDAR’ FROM entire BJP campaign was Minister Manmohan Singh. He planned to the minutest detail. Commission’s role and said in Joining the Godse debate, was also asked what role Sonia Answering question on these polls they have been Kateel tweeted, “Number of Gandhi will play in bringing Varanasi who has boycotted Opposition accusing BJP of “biased” and it has issued orders people killed by Nathuram is 1. together Opposition parties lowering the level of cam- keeping in mind Modi’s sched- Number of people Ajmal Kasab together to form the next paigning, Shah said “Nothing ule. “Congratulations Modi ji. killed is 72. Number of people Government. elections all his life else could be started from Excellent Press Conference! Rajiv Gandhi killed is 17,000. Another leader TDP chief them, BJP did not start it and Showing up is half the battle. Now you tell me who is the Chandrababu Naidu, who is PTI n VARANASI other facilities, I would see him raising corruption is lowering Next time Mr Shah may even most cruel person?” spearheading an effort to cob- get frustrated with the faulty down level…” He said BJP allow you to answer a couple of Another related tweet ble up an anti-BJP front, is like- ressed in a sweat-stained system. So, when I turned 18, would on its own win more questions. Well done!” Rahul appeared on Union Minister of ly to meet Congress president Duniform, Lalji I decided to not vote for any- than 300 LS seats and NDA tweeted while Modi was in his State for Skill Development Rahul Gandhi in the national Vishwakarma wears a jaded one. And I am still not inter- would form the Government Press conference with Shah. and Entrepreneurship Capital and BSP chief Mayawati look on his face as he waits the ested in any party as I have lost “but those who identify with Senior Congress leader Ahmed Anantkumar Hegdes official in Lucknow Saturday. He will door at an economy hotel near faith in all of them. They are all our ideology are welcome to Patel and Congress chief Twitter handle. Sharing a meet Rahul twice in recent the Varanasi railway station. the same, mere vote seekers,” he join us.” He said arm-chair cal- spokesperson Randeep woman’s tweet, Hegdes tweet times. Naidu also said not only The ‘chowkidar’ (watch- said. The high-pitched cam- culations cannot explain poll Surjewala took social media to read, “Am glad that 7 decades the TRS but any outfit which is man) with a slight built and a paigning and elaborate election results and the party would criticise PM and said they have later today’s generation debates against the saffron party are big moustache sits on a plastic manifestos of political parties repeat its record poll percent- never seen a Press conference in a changed perceptional envi- welcome to join a grand alliance stool in a corner, getting up have failed to enthuse age in Lok Sabha poll like it did where someone else is answer- ronment and gives good scope after the election results are promptly every now and then Vishwakarma. in Tripura. Shah said West ing questions on someone’s for the condemned to be heard declared. “I am meeting every- to welcome guests with a salute. “I know the city is now Bengal Chief Minister Mamata behalf. “There was no need to upon. #NathuramGodse would body. Will chalk out a plan after In between, he also assists the under the spotlight after Modiji Banerjee should answer for the lower the dignity of the office have finally felt happy with the discussing with all leaders,” hotel staff in room service, a became the MP from here. Big violence in the State saying 80 of the PM just to prove a debate. Another tweet that Naidu said after he met the routine he has followed for the parties are doing big road- BJP worker killed in the State in point,” tweeted Patel. “Modi ji’s appeared on Hegdes page said, Election Commission of India last several decades. shows, I see so many ordinary one and half year. Asked about first and last Press conference “Time to assert and move away in the national Capital on Ask him about the election people running behind those Congress charge on Rafale became Shah’s crutches...One from being apologetic! If not Friday. buzz in Varanasi — his home- leaders, chanting slogans and fighter-jet deal, he said if hour speech, tired journalists now... When??? Naidu has stepped up town and parliamentary con- showering flower petals on Congress president Rahul and sermons to them, no ques- Meanwhile, the Madhya efforts to bring together parties stituency of Prime Minister them. But what happens to peo- Gandhi has information he tion, no answer,” Surjewala Pradesh unit of the BJP sus- which are against the BJP ahead Narendra Modi, Vishwakarma, ple like us after elections? Do should have informed the tweeted. pended its spokesperson Anil of a possible meeting of the who has never voted in nearly our lives change? Do lives of our Supreme Court. “There is no Saumitra over his social media grand alliance after the election 70 years of his life, says, “I am children change?” he asked. basis for his charges.. he should WON'T FORGIVE... post calling Mahatma Gandhi results are declared on May 23. just waiting for this poll A father of three daughters apologise,” he said. The BJP The BJP has been put in a father of Pakistan. In a The Andhra Pradesh Chief ‘tamasha’ (theatrics) to end”. and two sons, Vishwakarma president said his party would tight spot since Sadhvi called Facebook post, Saumitra said Minister met CPI(M) general “Elections are held time works 12 hours a day (from 8 am do well in North-East, “very Godse a patriot, fuelling an all- that Mahatma Gandhi is a secretary Sitaram Yechury and and again, politicians come to 8 pm), gets no weekly off and well” in West Bengal and out attack by the Opposition. father of nation but for Aam Admi Party (AAP) and go, they urge us to vote for earns a meager Rs 8,000 per improve in Karnataka and Even as the party was trying to Pakistan. He added that crores national convener Arvind them, they become MLAs, MPs month. His wife, who works as . Shah informed contain the damage, two more of people were born in the Kejriwal on Friday and dis- or ministers, but we remain a cook, and his son, a carpenter, that at the end of seven-phase leaders - Union Minister country, though some were cussed with them about the wherever we are,” he said, with supplement the family income. campaign the Prime Minister Ananthkumar Hegde and Nalin useful and others were useless. possible tie-up in the post- a note of pessimism in his He said his experience with addressed 142 rallies and con- Kumar Kateel - tweeted in sup- Earlier, questioning PM Modi’s election scenario. Rahul has voice. Born in 1950 in the tem- the system hasn’t been very dif- ducted four roadshows and port of Godse just before the silence on Sadhvi Pragya, repeatedly denied being inter- ple town, Vishwakarma, who ferent from that of his father. “connected with 1.5 crore peo- last round of voting for the Congress leader Kapil Sibal ested in the top post even has seen multiple Governments “When my son was little, I ple”. national election on Sunday. tweeted, “When Sadhvi Pragya though he has received support and elections come and go, went to a Government school After the controversy erupted, says, “Godse a Deshbakht” and from regional satraps like MK recalled how his father strug- to get him admitted there with- WE CLOSED 90%... Sadhvi apologised for her Modi is silent with Vidyasagar’s Stalin and Tejashwi Yadav. gled with the “faulty system”. out any fees as we belong to the “I would have liked to see comment and retracted the statue a victim of violence. I can “As a child, I would see my economically backward cate- Mr Modi actually take on the statement. “It was my person- only pray for my country and father struggle to get work gory, but in vain. Last challenge of joblessness. I would al opinion remark. My intention hope that one day the silent done at Government offices. December, I married my third have liked to see Mr. Modi actu- was not to hurt anyone’s senti- majority will keep violence at He worked in the furniture daughter, Babita, with my sav- ally, trying and work on help- ments. If I’ve hurt anyone I do bay”. Andhra Pradesh Chief making sector and did not ings. Somebody had suggested ing our farmers. With all due apologise. What Gandhi Ji has Minister and TDP chief N earn much. In local offices, he me to approach the State respects, he lost site of the real done for the country cannot be Chandrababu Naidu met the would either be expected to pay Government department to picture,” Rahul said. “There is forgotten. My statement has CEC Sunil Arora and demand- a bribe to get his work done or seek financial assistance under no work that has been done. So been twisted by the media,” she ed to take action against BJP wait with little hope,” the 69- a scheme for daughters’ mar- now he is distracting, he will tweeted her apology. Modi had candidate Sadhvi Pragya for her year-old lamented. riage for the poor, but that also probably do something tomor- earlier defended BJP’s decision remarks. The CPI (M) on “To get access to ration and did not work out,” he said. row or a day after. He will do to field Malegaon blast accused Friday described Sadhvi’s apol- one of the sea plane types of Sadhvi Pragya. He had stated ogy for calling Mahatma things; you will see some event the ticket to Pragya Thakur was Gandhi’s assassin a “patriot” an that he will think up. I don’t an answer to those who brand- “eyewash”. know what it is. Some event will ed 5,000 years of civilisation as be thought up, that will be sort terrorism. “They defamed a IN U-TURN, AZAD... of the ‘distract India event’. We 5000-old culture that believes in Refusing to spell out the will see it in next couple of Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam. They Opposition’s strategy ahead of hours, but India is not going to called them terrorists. To the Lok Sabha poll results on be distracted,” Rahul stated at answer them all, this is a sym- May 23, Rahul said unlike the Press conference where he bol and it will cost Congress,” Modi, the Congress will take also attacked the Election Modi had said. the experience of veterans such LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Best left alone It doesn’t matter if BJP punishes Pragya Thakur on Godse, Champions of defection an irreparable damage has been done to nationalist thought he response to industrialist Anand The lack of specific laws has meant that political leaders continue to switch parties Mahindra’s tweet earlier yesterday on Thow we should spare icons we hold without any fear or remorse and as easily and casually as changing clothes sacred, particularly Mahatma Gandhi, the “beacon” of “global morality,” from crude politicisation, best sums up the sentiment of the times. Somebody complimented him for “daring to speak up” on an issue that has been simmering in people’s minds but given the viciousness of discourse, has been lost to fear and self-doubt. With all talk of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram SAMEER CHAUDHARY Godse being a “patriot” or a “Hindu terror- ist,” everybody seems to have forgotten what the Father of the Nation stood onsistency, as they say, is a for and why years later he continues to be a global icon, our most famous Indian virtue of asses. Whatever one and the spiritual heart of India. Most importantly, the greatest patriot of the idea may think about our politicians, their virtues or even vices are of India. His assassination was tragic and any justification of that as a patriot- certainly not asinine. They fol- ic act should be struck off from our consciousness simply because Gandhi lowC the age-old adage that in politics, there was above the politics of his time and his philosophy continues to be the guid- are no permanent friends or foes, only per- manent interests. This is the reason why ing principle of our State policy. Would the devolution of power to our panchay- they have no compunctions in switching ati Raj institutions, the idea of self-rule, the persuasion of a non-violent protest, sides, particularly during election time, sustainable living, a swachch Bharat, a participatory democracy have been pos- when personal and political ambitions replace ideology for convenience. sible without the values he espoused? Had he not upheld civil liberties or fierce- Now, this is quite a routine at the State ly stuck to his Indian identity and asceticism, our netas would not have been level. In Uttar Pradesh, for instance, lead- wearing the Gandhi topi or appropriating his thoughts for political sustenance. ers move seamlessly from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the Samajwadi Party So whatever may be his flaw as an individual man or his actions within the (SP) or Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and specifics and imperatives of his time, howsoever we may want to separate his- vice-versa if their own party doesn’t give tory from hagiography, there is no taking away from him his universal relevance, them a ticket to fight the Assembly or Lok which continues to shape world leaders and movements. And certainly Sadhvi Sabha polls. However, at the national level, this was not very usual till recently. Pragya Thakur, still an accused in the Malegaon blasts case that killed six peo- In the last few years, this, too, has changed. ple and injured countless others, holds no brief to judge his stature or denude In West Bengal, they say the faces don’t it by exalting his killer. Worse, it is the implication of calling Godse a patriot that’s change, only the colour does. As the narrative of waning ideology frighteningly askew. Does that mean she feels Gandhi is a traitor to his cause? and political ambition takes centrestage, the It doesn’t matter that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) top leaders, Prime common man, the most important cog in Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah, are unforgiving of her fol- the wheel of democracy, has been taken for granted as if he/she is captive and pinned During the communal clashes national vice-president and ki meherbaan aate aate.” It of these political switches as we lowing a public outcry. They had endorsed her candidature for Lok Sabha polls to the political leaders rather than to the of Uttar Pradesh in December spokesperson. To be fair to took you decades to realise this, come closer to the results of the in the first instance and accorded her mainstream political legitimacy, one which ideology or other relevant social and eco- last year, that led to the death Panda, he seldom, if ever, took Mr Sinha! Lok Sabha elections. A frac- had given her enough confidence to admit that “my party’s line is my line.” It nomic issues that have a direct bearing on of a cop and a youth, she had an extreme stand against the Praveen Nishad, however, tured verdict will give rise to his/her monotonous daily life. It is time that slammed the BJP leadership at saffron party when with the took just a year to quit the SP, numerous permutations, which doesn’t even matter if she offers an apology or not. It doesn’t mean much if we, the people of India, must decide both the Centre and the State BJD in the manner that from whose ticket he had will be at play to form the new she is ultimately suspended from the party. It isn’t of consequence either if she whether political ideology and principles and accused it of polarising the Chaturvedi did. Yet, switching emerged victorious in the Lok Government, and we are like- reaps political dividends or scores self-goals for the BJP or not. For she and are only a hyperbole, reserved for rhetoric country in the name of religion sides during the war can Sabha byelection last year, and ly to witness more such on television debates or do they translate and caste. “BJP’s political tra- scarcely be called exemplary joined the BJP, whose very instances of political turncoats many fiery rabble-rousers of the party, who were so far consigned to the fringe, into action on the ground. jectory since 1980 is on the behaviour. candidate he had defeated. to remind us of Ekta Kapoor’s have been allowed to evangelise the mass Indian mindset with a line of think- Examples of political leaders, who have basis of creating religious Then there is actor-turned- What these leaders and ditty for her long-standing TV ing that treats history as its enemy and the source of all wrong-doing. In one sacrificed ideology at the altar of political divides. Today, unfortunately it politician Shatrughan Sinha, their actions show is that show: “Rishton ke bhi roop ambitions, are aplenty and have been wit- has reached a stage where they who recently quit the BJP to political philosophy and ide- badalte hain, naye naye stroke, it absolves the current regime of non-performance and responsibility nessed across party lines. Take the exam- are now trying to divide gods join the Congress. This, just ology mean little. It’s not that saanchen mein dhaalte hain simply because the ills are inherited and that burden cannot be shifted in five ple of motor-mouth Navjot Singh Sidhu. over the castes,” she said. because Prime Minister such transgressions mean any- (Relationships change and get years. This blind acquiescence to revising historical wrongs rather than chang- When in the BJP, he used to regale crowds It does not bother her now Narendra Modi and party pres- thing to the loyalists but the cast in new moulds).” with his one-liners and ridicule Congress that she has joined the BJP’s ident Amit Shah didn’t give turncoats bring greater disre- It goes without saying that ing the legacy for the future hereon is the reason why statues we hold dear are leaders. Back then, he did not even spare oldest ally and ideologically him any responsibility. He pute to politics. The aaya we, the people of India, who being desecrated across the country in a Taliban-like zeal. Be it that of Ambedkar a thorough gentleman like former Prime kindred spirit Shiv Sena. In turned his back on the party ram gaya ram (come and go elect leaders and whose inter- or that of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, all of whom challenged conservatism of Minister Manmohan Singh. Sidhu had fact, among her immediate and joined the Congress. In men) phase in Indian politics ests our political masters claim thought and reset the narrative with their actions. As we demolish our icons called Manmohan Singh a “Pappu Prime priorities, she has listed cham- fact, even before joining the was checked to some extent by to represent, rarely figure in Minister” and said he didn’t know if the for- pioning the cause of empower- grand old party and still being the anti-defection law in 1985. their calculations. We are taken metaphorically and brutally, does this mean that we are uncomfortable with the mer Prime Minister was a sardar (Sikh) or ing women in politics and a BJP MP, he attended a rally However, the lack of any spe- for a ride. As the backbone of ideals they stand for, only because they do not fit in with a simplified and Orwellian not. “Sir, you worked hard silently in such other fields besides helping of Opposition leaders in Patna. cific laws, provision of manda- the largest democracy of the conformity that has no space for inquiry and reason? Nothing is wrong with a way that your success created an uproar. “strengthen and build up Shiv At another rally in the tory cooling off period or world, we must not identify Sir, you are a sardar and also asardar (effec- Sena at the national level.” same city, he talked about the electoral restrictions have ourselves with political parties the presence of a Hindu narrative in a pluralistic society. Neither will it ever be tive)”, he had said. Once he joined the The case of former “most important role” ensured that the menace of but ideology and real issues. under threat considering its placement in a majoritarian context. But this imag- Congress, it was revealed to Sidhu that he Congress leader and a close Congress leaders had played for political leaders switching The herd mentality has got us ined threat to the nationalist identity is fast descending into a self-defeatist cry was wrong earlier: “I want to apologise to aide of UPA chairperson Sonia the development and freedom parties without any fear or nowhere. sardar Manmohan Singh with my head Gandhi, Tom Vadakkan, is of the country. “...Inki party hai remorse continues to remain Former US President wolf syndrome, considering we are attacking the very pillars who defined nation- hanging down. I want to say that sardar similar, too. For years, he had jinka desh ke vikas me, desh ki as easy and casual as chang- Ronald Reagan had once said, alism for us in the first place. We are becoming our own enemy. Manmohan Singh, what your maun slammed the BJP for its “com- tarakki me, desh ki azadi me ing clothes. The collective “It has been said that politics is (silence) has done, the noise made by BJP munal agenda.” A few weeks sabse mehatvapurna aur sabse consciousness of democracy the second oldest profession. I could not do so.” ago, however, he joined the bada yogdaan hua, isliye hum demands that political leaders, have learned that it bears a However, the story of Priyanka “communal” party. yaha aye,” (they [Congress] who are the representatives of striking resemblance to the Chaturvedi, one of the prominent For two decades, former had the most important role in the people, must be distin- first.” In India, the resemblance Curbing celebrations spokespersons of the Congress till a few Lok Sabha member Baijayant development and freedom of guishable from speculators in just became even more striking. days ago, is a little different. She joined the Panda was a senior leader of the country. This is the reason financial markets, who are (The writer is a political Did authorities in Surat go overboard in asking revellers to Shiv Sena, which has made her upneta of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). He why I have come here,” Sinha constantly on the lookout for commentator, Barrister and the party. In the past, she was at the fore- recently joined the BJP, soon said while addressing a rally. As a better deal. practising advocate in the tone down birthday rituals? Or do they have a point? front of those fighting “communalism.” after which he was made its Daagh Dehlvi wrote, “Badi der We have not seen the last Supreme Court of India) he police in Surat, Gujarat, in all their wisdom, have prohibited exuberant S O U N D BITE Tbirthday celebrations in public. By calling rituals such as smearing cake on faces Despite its cultured popula- There is a conscious The increasing weakness and Every religion has its own terror- and giving birthday bumps as “cruel and vio- tion, Goa's MLAs often defect effort to do movies that instability of your (May) ists and we cannot claim that we from parties. They are have a social topic and Government means there cannot are sanctimonious and we have lent” behaviour, do the cops have a point or influenced by the US where subjects and stories that be confidence in securing whatev- not done that. History shows that are they needlessly shoring up their worth marriages do not last. can touch hearts. er might be agreed between us. all religions have their extremists. as neighbourhood vigilantes? Is this anoth- Union Minister Actor Labour leader Actor-politician er case of overreach by the authorities? Could —Nitin Gadkari —Kareena Kapoor —Jeremy Corbyn —Kamal Haasan be a bit of both. Celebrations, especially involving the youth, can and often do get rau- cous but if they are not bothering other L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR patrons or the public at large, then frankly no authority has any business to inter- vene and play spoilsport. After all, a bit of smeared cake never killed anyone. However, it is also true that some birthday celebrations can go a bit too far. Battleground Bengal India must seal visible cracks Iconic appeal Birthday bumps are no laughing matter, particularly as you get older, and can Sir — This refers to the editor- lot has changed in four years. In 2015, the Sir — This refers to the editor- leave a person fairly badly bruised, if not injured, if done in an inebriated or spir- ial, “Ocean of darkness” (May renowned Time magazine had featured Prime ial, “Ocean of darkness (May ited condition in a group. Most often this harmless physical banter can descend 16). It is no surprise that the bit- AMinister Narendra Modi on its cover with the words, 17). There can be no second into bullyism, chaos and in worst cases assault. That said, extreme behaviour, terly contested Lok Sabha elec- “Why Modi matters.” This year, the Prime Minister has opinion about the destruction of one would like to believe, happens in only a minuscule of birthday jamborees. tion in West Bengal has been once again featured on the same magazine’s cover but a bust of Ishwar Chandra ravaged by violence, the likes of the words accompanying his image have changed to, Vidyasagar. One wonders why India’s cities are not free from pub brawls or harassment of women, particu- which has not been seen any- “India’s divider in chief.” The phrase refers to an article the police could not catch the larly on New Year’s Eve parties or during cricket wins, and often pose a law where else in the country. by a writer named Aatish Taseer — son of journalist goons red-handed. Had this and order problem. Does that mean we curb the idea of street parties altogeth- Violence and brutality seem Tavleen Singh and the Pakistani statesman Salman Taseer been the case, the police could to be running in the veins of West — which claims that division is clearly visible in India. have found out the truth from er in the apprehension that all of them would test our manageable limits? Bengal’s politics. Remember when Whether it is mob lynchings or the appointment of them. The problem with rules, regulations and a social ban is that there cannot Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister or the BJP’s deci- notwithstanding, there can be no condoning what the Nevertheless, Vidyasagar’s be a one-size-fits-all solution to societal transgressions. For example, in this Mamata Banerjee, then in the sion to field terror accused Pragya Singh Thakur from Modi-Shah duo has done to the country. One only hopes greatness is limited not just to ascendant, made her bid to top- Bhopal, the veins of divisive ideology run deep in the coun- that Indians have realised what the BJP is capable of Bengal or Hindus. According to case, do authorities in Surat plan to draw up a code on dos and don’ts for cel- ple the then incumbent Left Front try, according to him. In the same article, Taseer is also doing, how communal it is and how dangerous this can media reports, Taslima Nasreen, ebrating birthday parties in public places, the cheapest venue of a get-togeth- Government? Similar scenes of critical of the Opposition, calling it a “weak”, “ragtag” coali- be going forward. The sooner people see through this, a noted Bangladeshi feminist, er by college students? As it is, overly exuberant celebrations of any sort that violence were witnessed in the tion. He is of the opinion that the Congress has “little to the better it will be for the country. respected only three men viz, State at the time. A few months offer than the dynastic principle” and describes Congress Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee her father, Vladimir Lenin and create a public nuisance are already effectively banned because creating a pub- ago, during the panchayat elec- chief Rahul Gandhi as “an unteachable mediocrity.” This Faridabad Vidyasagar. Maulana Bhasani, lic disturbance has always been against the laws. It would, therefore, be wiser tions, Mamata’s TMC had creat- one-time mentor of Sheikh for the authorities in Surat and other cities to first enforce those restrictions. In ed a similar environment of intim- Mujib-ur-Rahaman in his idation and fear. Stone-pelting, an Take it easy for allegedly posting a cartoon Mayawati and BJP chief Amit Muslim League days, was also addition, they should run an education campaign through advertisements that exchange of blows and torching on social media involving Shah, too, are favourite targets his (Vidyasagar’s) admirer. celebrations are no excuse for physical assault and people can get badly hurt of vehicles are now par for the Banerjee, maybe taking herself for gagsters. Leading intellectuals of those in the excitement. They must make it clear that forcing someone to partake in course. The political players in Sir — The case of a BJP Yuva a tad too seriously. No matter Stand-up comics have times, of Bombay (now the news, both the TMC as well Morcha (Priyanka Sharma) how disparaging a meme or a mercilessly pilloried the politi- Mumbai), Madras (now the festivities or even smearing cake on his/her face could amount to assault as the BJP, are equally responsi- functionary being arrested in caricature, should someone be cal class as a whole and the Chennai) and Delhi were also and a case would be made out against the offender. And indeed, the authori- ble for letting their workers run West Bengal for sharing a mor- arrested for creating or sharing incumbent regime in particular. his admirers. ties should make it easier for any aggrieved party to file a case of assault or riot. Politics in West Bengal, it phed image of Chief Minister the same? It is understood that public SC Panda would seem, is destined to be Mamata Banerjee can be best In recent years, we have figures, particularly politicians, Bhubaneswar bullying. But it is not the job of the Surat Police or any police force in India to distorted by the cult of violence. described as a despotic act. been treated to endless jokes on are fair game. say how one should celebrate and what one can or cannot do within reason- J Akshobhya Didi, who once got a Jadavpur ‘NaMo’ and ‘Pappu’. Bahujan JS Acharya Send your feedback to: able bounds. Mysuru University professor arrested Samaj Party (BSP) chief Hyderabad [email protected] LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN Time to rethink POINTCOUNTERPOINT WE CHERISH THE OPEN DOOR THAT WE WANT TO WE CANNOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO START PARSING monetary policies CREATE FOR OUR COUNTRY BUT A BIG PROPORTION OF AND POINTING FINGERS AND CREATING THOSE IMMIGRANTS MUST COME THROUGH MERIT. HIERARCHIES AMONG IMMIGRANTS. Governor Das’ out-of-the-box suggestion that Central —US PRESIDENT —INDIAN-ORIGIN US SENATOR banks need to be more flexible on the size of their DONALD TRUMP KAMALA HARRIS interest rate ought to be taken seriously Asking for the moon RANJAN CHAKRAVARTY peaking at the 2019 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Can mining the moon really become a big business? Before fascinating about this journey, Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), SReserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das made much work needs to be done about the feasibility of digging the treasure trove of minerals an extremely significant point that can have far-reaching ram- ifications, one that would have revolutionary implications for the monetary policy worldwide. He asked Central bankers all over the world to reflect on the conduct of monetary policy and not restrict themselves to the existing norms of oversimplified stances on policy direction and standardised 25 basis point tranches of policy action. Governor Das explained that the current approach, followed by Central banks worldwide, actually serves to deter policy through an example: “If the easing of monetary policy is required but the Central bank prefers to be cautious in its accommoda- tion, a 10 bps reduction in the policy rate would, perhaps, com- municate the intent of authorities more clearly than two sepa- TOM HOGGINS rate moves — one on the policy rate, wasting 15 bps of valu- able rate action to rounding off and the other on the stance, mid the recent boom in extra-terres- which, in a sense, binds future policy action to a pre-commit- trial exploration, a new frontier for pri- ted direction.” vate companies and space agencies This leads us to reflect as to why such a convention exists appears to have emerged: Mining the and why we have persisted with it for so long. A logical con- moon for precious resources. Once thoughtA to be a beautiful but largely barren rock, jecture that comes to mind is that it is a remnant of the unipo- the moon is now believed by some to be a treasure lar economic world of the last quarter of the last century when trove of rich materials that could play a vital role the United States overwhelmingly dominated global markets both in the Earth’s future. For instance, space agencies, in terms of volume of real as well as financial products. In those hoping to mine the moon, say oxygen in its regolith days, it made eminent sense for all economic activity to be — or lunar soil — could be used to power life sup- aligned, both operationally and conceptually, to American prac- port and fuel rockets in space, while rare metals tices. Hence, it made sense for Europe, Japan, non-Japan Asia, could be ferried back to Earth to be used in every- Australia and emerging markets to be in sync with the actions thing from gadgets to construction. of the US Federal Reserve. What has got the industry most excited, how- So do we need to use those conventions any longer? The ever, is the Helium-3 isotope that is present in answer is a clear no. The current approach is unwieldy and moondust, which has been touted as a possible key to safe nuclear energy. But despite its hid- insufficient for the needs and growth of today’s economies. den treasure, is mining the moon a viable com- Take the example of India. Governor Das cannot be hamstrung mercial project? Some private companies think by being forced simply by convention to make a delayed impact so. Among them is the Cape Canaveral-based instead of one that he is required to make instantaneously. Moon Express, which has raised $12.5m (£9.7m) The market he operates in is large enough and diverse enough in late 2018 to fund its plan to put robotic lan- to adjust to policy in extremely quick time. In addition, India ders on the moon with the goal of sending sam- is clearly a supply side economy and a policy factoring in ratio- ples back to Earth. nal expectations is needed, not the old traditional post The ultimate goal is to commercialise the Keynesian policies of late 20th century America. In such an resources, according to boss Bob Richards. economy, the RBI Governor not only needs freedom of action “We’ll make some of it available to scientific research,” he said. “But we also plan to commodi- but actually more empowerment. tise it ourselves.” Moon Express is not alone in manently shadowed craters, could also be an essen- In theory, the nuclear fusion of Helium-3 would ing their country exceptional energy resources and Governor Das is clearly a Central banker for growth, unlike looking to mine resources from space. Other tial resource. In its announcement that it would be produce a large amount of energy without caus- private companies. Article II of the 1967 Outer any in the recent past. Most Governors have been stance-dri- firms such as Planetary Resources, backed by returning to the moon by 2024, NASA cited the ing surrounding material to become radioactive. Space Treaty currently says that the moon is “not ven liquidity managers in the last 20 years, whether India was Google founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, mining of water as a way of creating oxygen and However, the temperature required would be much subject to national appropriation.” But the treaty, in growth mode or not. This had resulted in the self-imposed and Japan’s iSpace, are making their own progress rocket fuel. And that the moon was a ‘checkpoint higher than ‘traditional’ fusion, leading to debates drawn up during the heightened tensions of the restriction of inflation management as the almost sole function on mining either the moon or asteroids. But if to what lies beyond’. about its viability before successful nuclear fusion Cold War and the US-Soviet space race, is widely of the RBI and one at which it has not been a spectacular suc- potential private miners are expecting immedi- The theory goes that finding a way to suc- has even been achieved. thought to be outdated and stifling current space cess. Witness what happened to the USDINR and the purchas- ate returns on what will be an expensive under- cessfully extract resources from the moon’s sur- “It’s a bit premature to decide we have a huge exploration efforts. ing power of the rupee in this decade. For the longest time, RBI taking, they may well be disappointed. face — be it for those rockets or a potential lunar market for Helium-3 when we haven’t proved it “There is a lot of work required on the legal watchers have almost repetitively focussed solely on the reverse “Companies are assuming that a market will station — is cheaper and more practical than works yet,” he says. side in order to define the right framework,” says be available,” says Dr Ian Crawford, professor of transporting heavy substances from Earth. There is also some contention about its abun- Hufenbach. “That has to take place. To some extent repo window and overnight liquidity management numbers. Earth and Planetary Sciences at Birkbeck College It can cost between $100,000 and $400,000 for dance on the moon. While some reports claim there may be the work we do in Research and Combined with this activity was the occasional reactive posi- London. “Which is a problem, because without a every pound of water sent to the moon. There is are 1.1m tonnes of Helium-3 on the moon — the- Development may inform the debate on legal issues. tioning on USDINR spot that came to define the limits of RBI’s market, they can’t justify the expense. It will start believed to be an around 600m tonnes of water on oretically enough to power the entire Earth for But if in the future there is a business case for min- role, which was one of a passive Central bank, similar to the off smaller than the companies hope.” the moon, and transporting that from Earth would 10,000 years — other experts such as Dr Crawford ing the moon or even asteroids, there is a lot of legal Reserve Bank of Australia, one utterly unsuited to the RBI’s role The European Space Agency (ESA) recent- cost between $120 quadrillion to $480 quadrillion. are more sceptical. framework that needs to be done.” in an economy as diverse, dynamic and with the amount of ly announced a deal with French rocket maker This use of the moon’s resources could be key to “It’s true that a tiny fraction of Helium-3 exists There is also the ethical and environmental potential as that of India’s. ArianeSpace to study and prepare for a moon the grandiose visions of the world’s billionaires look- in lunar soils,” he says. “Its concentration varies, question of whether it is right to move on to strip In contrast to the past, Governor Das’ conduct of Open mining mission. The feasibility study is focussed ing to take humanity to the stars. about 4 parts per billion on average, but even in a mining the moon after using up so much of the Market Operations, as exemplified by the dollar swap initiatives on finding out if mining the moon is possible, When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled his relatively well concentrated area it would be 10 in Earth’s own resources. “It depends on the general of March and April this year, are directed to meeting multiple with the aim to send robotic equipment to mine Blue Moon lander, the targetted site was the water a billion. The concentration is quite low.” policy for utilising the moon in the long-term, a small sample by 2025. The primary motiva- ice rich Shackleton Crater near the moon’s south The other problem, says Dr Crawford, comes whether it’s meant to be a place which can be eco- growth and rate management objectives and have been an tion for such mining is to broaden the potential pole. The further exploration of space, not to men- from extracting the isotope from the moon dust. nomically exploited or if it’s meant to be a heritage unqualified success. Not only have these issues been applaud- of human exploration into space rather than tion Bezos’ far-flung plans for O’Neill colonies in “You’d imagine huge combine harvester like trac- of mankind,” says Hufenbach. ed by the market by being three time oversubscribed but they transporting resources back to Earth. Earth’s orbit, or Elon Musk’s desires to colonise tors scooping up regolith,” he says. “Then you need Crawford argues that it could be ethically right have also succeeded in providing the market with direction via “The strategy is aimed at trying to understand Mars, could hinge on the success of mining research to heat it up which takes a lot of energy. Just to to mine the moon. “There is an environmental case a definite notional level for the three-year USDINR rate while if we can economically exploit resources to support projects such as ESA’s. extract a small amount of Helium-3 would be a for using space resources,” he says. “Rare Earth infusing the much-needed liquidity into the system through a future exploration missions,” says Bernhard “Making it more sustainable is essentially about huge undertaking.” Elements can be environmentally damaging to proper, tractable swap mechanism. This reminds us of the incred- Hufenbach, strategy and innovation team leader transporting less mass into space and using local Nevertheless, countries such as China and mine and refine. You could argue that if in the future ibly successful monetary policy conducted by Japan in the 1970s at ESA. “From an ESA perspective, it isn’t about resources which hopefully leads to lower costs,” says India have shown interest in the potential of we could extract rare Earth elements from the moon and 1980s while the US faltered. Hence, in terms of actual oper- mining the moon to bring resources back to Earth, Hufenbach. “Then we may have synergies with Helium-3. China landed its Chang’e 4 lunar rover or asteroids, then it would be environmentally ational conduct of monetary policy, imitating US conventions I think if that happens it’s a commercial undertak- technologies which could be used by commercial on the far side of the moon in January — the first preferable to mine from dead rocks in space than ing. We’ve purposefully called for an ambitious actors to mine the moon for other materials if that time a ‘dark side’ landing has been achieved — from our own planet.” with a voting Monetary Policy Committee is not optimal. Though timeline. We’re not sure if 2025 is realistic as there would legally be possible one day and if there was with the purpose of measuring the chemical com- But before any ethical discussion, there is much we are all for a strong MPC, it should have a strictly closed are a lot of steps that need to be done before.” a business case.” positions of rocks and soils. This could give a work ahead to confirm how feasible mining on the door advisory role to the RBI Governor. If the buck stops with Oxygen found in the moon’s regolith could While the immediate concern is to use the more definitive answer to the question of just how moon is. While we might not be experiencing a him, there is no way his actions should be fettered in any form. be used in space-faring life-support and refuelling moon’s resources to further space exploration, resource-rich the lunar surface is. However, if lunar gold rush just yet, the world’s best minds are Governor Das is absolutely right. More power to him. efforts. Fuel could then be transported to near- Helium-3 is an otherworldly isotope that has long moon mining moves from theory to practice there firing on a fascinating aspect of this new chapter (The writer is a product strategy at Metropolitan Stock by stations to allow refuelling following a rock- been speculated as a way of producing clean nuclear could be contention over the legal issues of claim- of mankind’s journey to the stars. And if feasible, Exchange) et’s propellant-hungry launch. energy. Its rarity on Earth means it is worth an esti- ing moon materials. it could be our key to the galaxy. Water on the moon, which exists as ice in per- mated $3 billion per tonne. Both from national agencies, potentially giv- (Courtesy: Daily Telegraph) How to measure water needs FOREIGN EYE The value of a river will depend on a unique data-set to construct the water poverty profile and experts who can suggest future correctives, say SOUMI ROY CHOWDHURY, DEVENDRA B GUPTA and SANJIB POHIT

n India, the discourse about under way to create a data-driven ity of internal water resources and plished easily. An inter-discipli- new pathways for development policy-making in our country. external water inflows followed by nary team of researchers is needed Ihardly focusses on water. The With the launch of the access to safe water and sanitation to understand and analyse the water narrative generally centres on two Composite Water Management in the region. Equally important is poverty index of a river basin. things: First, the availability of Index developed by NITI Aayog, to capture the share of regional More frequently, it happens that water and second accessibility to one gets a sense of the macro pic- water use for domestic, industrial data is not available at the adequate MUTUAL BENEFITS good and safe drinking water. Public ture of the effectiveness of water and agricultural purposes. level in India. For example, scanty policies largely focus on the latter management across various States. Scientific measurements of information is available on water Julian Richer has even as the Government launches Efforts like these must, however, be water quality parameters are equal- scarcity or how the poor quality of announced a succession flagship programmes like Namami complemented with information ly critical to understanding the role the same impacts the health and plan that involves handing Gange and National Rural Drinking linking household welfare, under- of different kinds of regulatory developmental goals of the people control of his hi-fi and TV Water Programme. standing livelihood implications of mechanisms to preserve the water in various communities across river But to be able to measure soci- water scarcity and the degree to body, including biodiversity threats. basins. retail chain to its 531 etal impact of any given pro- which it impacts human population. Last but not the least, the socio- In sum, working towards a employees. Mr Richer’s gramme, it is important to have All of these can succinctly bring dis- economic ability of availing clean unique data-set to construct a water grand gesture was born of baseline and endline information. parate data sources together. water resources and status of health poverty measure will require hydrol- particular circumstances, In this case, how river water scarci- Further, river basins in India are information constitute the much- ogists, who can advise on the water and the wish to secure his ty or its quality impacts common of different sizes, with habitation needed water data for a comprehen- flow and availability, scientists who households. Specially, information and livelihood depending on it. sive analysis. The applicability of can develop water quality mea- business’s future. But by not on the use of water, livelihood Therefore, analysing the communi- this kind of measure goes beyond sures and social science researchers, only handing over a share of aspects and quantifiable aesthetic ties living off the basin is critical to Elsewhere in the world, water water supply in a country can lead just ranking the regions, which is who can assess the information on profits but a controlling value of the river are of utmost take into account both the physical poverty index, a relatively newly to poor health of its population, the usual reporting norm, but actu- the use and implications of river stake, his actions serve as a importance to gauge value. and socio-demographic factors introduced policy tool, has caught whereas despite its availability, it is ally categorising the components. water usage, including health costs, Such information is, however, associated with water scarcity. A the attention of policy-makers in the the user cost of clean water that can Targetted approach allows diagno- economic costs and other socio- reminder of what is sparse and available only for pilot water poverty index approach is realm of water-driven issues. drive one to use inadequate and sis of the source of water problem demographic linkages. possible. Profitable projects. Further, no serious efforts appropriate for such an analysis as However, it is yet to catch the unreliable sources of water supply. and helps identify those policy (The writers are Associate Fellow businesses don’t have to have been made to compile them for it can monitor both the availability attention of Indian researchers and Therefore, a country, which is parameters that need more atten- and Professors at National Council remain in the hands of the better identification of water- of water as well as the socio-eco- legislators. water-scarce should encompass tion. of Applied Economic Research very few. stressed regions, especially in the nomic factors that hinder the use The concept is based on the understanding of different inter- Indeed, this is by no means a (NCAER), New Delhi. Views (The Guardian Editorial) Indian context. However, efforts are and access of the same. premise that the lack of adequate related components: The availabil- simple task that can be accom- expressed here are personal) LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 money 10 Sensex soars 537 points Ficci for more inclusive Bajaj Auto Q4 net up LTTC policy of Rlys 20% at `1,408 crore PTI n NEW DELHI domestic iron ore mining and steel sector. “Since a wide range ahead of exit poll results ndustry body Ficci has sug- of industrial segments ranging New Delhi (PTI): Riding on good domestic motorcycle sales, Igested to the railways min- from metals to thermal power Bajaj Auto on Friday reported 19.82% increase in consolidated istry various measures like generation are dependent upon net profit at `1,408.49 crore for the fourth quarter ended March PTI n MUMBAI During the week, the On the other hand, Yes Jagannadham Thunuguntla, inclusion of coal and coke in coal, coke and iron ore, these 31, 2019. The company posted a profit of `1,175.47 crore in the Sensex gained 467.78 points, or Bank, Vedanta, Infosys, HCL cenior vice-president and head long-term tariff contract commodities should also be year-ago period, Bajaj Auto said in a regulatory filing. he BSE Sensex soared 1.24%, and the Nifty advanced Tech, Sun Pharma, TCS and of research (wealth), Centrum (LTTC) policy, to promote covered under the LTTC policy,” Total revenue from operations for the period under review 537 points and the NSE 128.25 points, or 1.13%. NTPC shed up to 2.36%. Broking Limited. growth of steel industry. it said. stood at `7,395.19 crore as against `6,788.43 crore in the year- TNifty reclaimed the Bajaj Finance was the top Investors lapped up bank- Sectorally, the BSE auto, The policy was unveiled by Ficci noted that while this ago quarter, it said. In the fourth quarter, the company’s total sales 11,400 level on Friday in a gainer in the Sensex pack on ing and auto stocks, boosting FMCG, finance, bankex and the ministry for key customers policy provides certainty in were up 14% at 11,93,590 units as against 10,45,378 units in the broad-based rally led by bank- Friday, surging 6.09%, after key indices, ahead of the exit poll capital goods indices ended up using predetermined price logistics operations to the indus- same period previous year, it said. ing and auto stocks ahead of the company reported a 50% results scheduled for Sunday. to 2.45% higher. However, escalation principle. try and railways, there are excep- Commenting on the performance, Bajaj Auto Executive exit poll results, despite global jump in net profit for the “Indian markets have healthcare, IT and teck lost up Ficci also suggested ratio- tions in the policy and the most Director Rakesh Sharma said in a conference call that the motor- headwinds. March quarter. Bajaj Auto too shown tremendous strength to 0.99%. nalisation of freight class for iron transported commodities — cycle segment, particularly in the domestic market, has done well Markets are pricing in the ended higher following strong before the long-awaited exit Broader indices followed ore, formulation of long-term iron ore, coal and coke – have even as the company faced headwinds in the commercial vehi- formation of a stable govern- results. polls, despite the ongoing ambi- the benchmarks, with the BSE policy on freight structure for been listed under excluded cat- cles three-wheeler segment. ment and continuation of Hero MotoCorp, Maruti, guity in US-China trade talks. mid-cap and small-cap indices short lead traffic, allocation of egory. Further, it said several rail- During the quarter, the company clocked 23% rise in reforms, experts said. Kotak Bank, HDFC, HUL, “With the last phase of settling in the green. more rakes for movement of way routes carrying iron ore and domestic bike sales at 6,10,094 units as against 4,97,587 units The 30-share BSE bench- M&M, HDFC Bank, ITC, elections scheduled for Sunday, The Indian rupee depreci- cargo for industries, and route limestones have been subjected in the year-ago period. He said Bajaj Auto did well in the entry- mark closed 537.29 points, or ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Coal the all-round buying across the ated by 16 paise to 70.20 against rationalisation policy for iron ore to route rationalisation due to level and top-end premium sports segment. Motorcycle 1.44%, higher at 37,930.77. India, SBI, IndusInd Bank and sectors reflects market’s antic- the US dollar intra-day. and limestone. congestion in the railway net- exports during the quarter stood at 3,91,889 units as against Similarly, the broader Nifty Asian Paints were among the ipation that exit polls may Global oil benchmark It also said it is essential to work and delays in doubling 3,58,802 units in the year-ago period. Commercial vehicle sales rose 150.05 points, or 1.33%, to other gainers, rising up to indicate the formation of a sta- Brent crude was trading 0.26 % rationalise freight class for iron /trebling of lines to ease the were down 16 per cent at 1,02,258 units as against 1,22,229 settle at 11,407.15. 4.26%. ble government,” said higher at USD 72.81 per barrel. ore in view of the viability of situation. units in the fourth quarter previous fiscal. For the year ended March 31, 2019, the company’s profit was at `4,927.61 crore as against `4,218.95 crore in the previous year, a growth of 16.79 per cent. Total revenue from operations for the year was at Asian markets mixed after US rally, pound down on Brexit woes `30,249.96 crore as against `25,617.27 crore in the previous fiscal. Commenting on new product launches, Sharma said in the Hong Kong (AFP): Asian Prime Minister Theresa May jobless claims, while solid earn- investors seem “to have tem- In early trade London fell 0.2%, already been rejected by par- next three to four months Bajaj Auto would bring upgrades of markets were mixed on Friday tries to push her divorce deal ings from Walmart and tech porarily given up trying to pre- Paris eased 0.3% and Frankfurt liament three times, goes to some of its existing models. Besides, he said the company was as another rally on Wall Street through again. firms Cisco Systems and Nvidia dict the fluid situation that is US- was off 0.5%. MPs early next month. working on electric options for all the formats of vehicles that and data indicating a strong US And oil prices sank as reinforced optimism. The fig- China trade relations and con- Uncertainty among Investors sold sterling on wor- it has in its portfolio — two and three-wheelers along with quadri- economy were offset by the trade worries overshadowed ures boosted sentiment after centrate on the here and now”. investors was reflected in a ries her likely defeat could cycle. “We will this year certainly test the waters to see how the increasingly tense trade and tensions in the Middle East almost two weeks of volatility Hong Kong fell 1.2% in the drop in high-yielding, riskier lead to a no-deal Brexiter tak- market and consumers respond to electric vehicles,” he said. technology stand-off between where the US and Iran are sparked by Donald Trump’s afternoon and Shanghai tum- units, with the Chinese yuan at ing her post, which most com- China and the United States. growing increasingly hostile. threat, and implementation, of bled 2.5% while Seoul shed lows not seen since November. mentators warn would ham- IOC NET RISES 17% TO `6,099 CRORE IN Q4 The Brexit saga also moved New York’s three main higher tariffs on Chinese 0.6% and Taipei dived 0.9% The pound was also under mer the economy. New Delhi: State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) on Friday back into view, with the pound indices rose for a third succes- imports. with Singapore dropping 0.7%. pressure after May said she In a sign of things to come, reported a 17% rise in its fourth quarter net profit at `6,099.27 crore. at three-month lows on sive day on the back of better- In light of the Wall Street Tokyo finished 0.9% higher, would set out her timetable for arch-Brexiter Boris Johnson Net profit in January-March 2018 was `5,218.10 crore, the com- renewed concerns Britain will than-expected housing con- rally, OANDA senior market Sydney rose 0.6%, Manila leaving office after her Brexit has said he will run for the PM’s pany said in a regulatory filing. Turnover rose to `1.44 lakh crore leave the EU with no deal as struction data and a dip in US analyst Jeffrey Halley said soared more than one percent. deal with the EU, which has job once it is vacated. in January-March quarter from `1.37 lakh crore a year earlier.

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489.50 SUNPHARMA 409.05 416.00 401.70 409.60 -2.80 HINDUNILVR 1691.00 1741.00 1687.00 1735.75 GSPL 179.75 182.00 175.65 179.70 FCONSUMER 39.10 39.20 38.30 39.00 SHILPAMED 378.50 387.75 371.90 374.75 TCS 2112.60 2135.00 2090.00 2094.00 -14.75 JPASSOCIAT 4.35 4.60 4.32 4.47 BBTC 1146.60 1147.55 1115.70 1121.30 CRISIL 1370.05 1400.00 1340.95 1400.00 ESSELPRO 132.00 133.10 132.00 132.25 HCLTECH 1075.05 1077.00 1059.75 1062.60 -9.65 M&M 609.00 623.00 607.75 621.25 GMRINFRA 15.30 15.65 15.15 15.20 IOB 12.29 12.29 11.73 11.93 GHCL 236.00 239.70 236.00 238.00 INFY 733.15 735.80 720.10 724.50 -8.60 RCOM 1.86 2.03 1.85 2.03 STAR 420.30 423.80 411.05 414.85 CANFINHOME 312.90 321.80 311.20 319.00 GPPL 88.00 88.90 86.95 87.95 CORPBANK 25.50 25.80 25.25 25.55 ADANIPORTS 368.80 372.80 362.00 367.00 -4.50 CHAMBLFERT 141.85 163.75 141.00 161.25 ADANIPORTS 370.50 372.20 362.10 366.50 MFSL 398.30 409.10 395.85 403.85 ABB 1376.05 1405.00 1375.00 1392.05 3MINDIA 22900.00 22924.65 22639.70 22801.20 CIPLA 549.00 551.95 541.00 542.85 -7.35 CADILAHC 257.00 257.00 247.20 249.55 ABFRL 193.25 198.80 189.40 195.30 EMAMILTD 384.00 384.00 365.00 365.00 VMART 2365.00 2365.00 2222.95 2255.00 MAHLIFE 362.90 366.45 357.85 357.85 HINDALCO 192.00 192.80 187.25 191.90 -2.70 TITAN 1187.75 1198.60 1181.15 1190.25 LICHSGFIN 491.95 504.55 486.55 499.50 GODREJAGRO 462.25 469.65 461.80 469.00 MOIL 142.95 144.85 142.95 144.25 PGHH 10510.00 10567.15 10397.00 10567.00 VEDL 163.15 164.30 159.35 160.75 -2.75 NCC 95.00 96.00 91.35 94.40 HSCL 102.55 105.00 100.25 100.60 NAUKRI 1893.70 1918.70 1808.50 1811.00 NIITTECH 1264.75 1277.50 1257.10 1261.70 AEGISLOG 200.00 202.40 200.00 200.20 IOC 150.00 152.65 146.85 148.45 -2.70 PNB 80.70 83.10 79.50 82.65 BHARTIARTL 324.35 330.60 322.20 328.20 TRIDENT 61.50 62.00 61.15 61.50 QUESS 664.95 673.95 655.05 666.00 CENTRUM 29.00 29.90 28.45 29.60 YESBANK 141.00 146.00 132.45 134.10 -3.65 UPL 973.00 992.85 960.05 970.20 NATIONALUM 49.00 49.35 48.30 48.85 INTELLECT 221.30 226.00 219.50 225.00 BAJAJELEC 533.00 535.15 528.10 529.05 MONSANTO 2394.00 2421.40 2375.60 2401.65 DRREDDY 2791.00 2810.00 2667.45 2724.75 -76.25 AXISBANK 734.00 751.50 727.25 748.15 BOMDYEING 110.00 113.35 109.00 109.80 TORNTPHARM 1667.10 1675.80 1637.15 1646.95 NILKAMAL 1094.25 1110.10 1083.70 1093.00 TATAINVEST 860.00 862.55 852.30 861.15 TCS 2120.60 2134.95 2088.95 2096.35 UBL 1300.00 1364.75 1300.00 1358.80 HINDCOPPER 40.55 40.85 39.95 40.20 HIMATSEIDE 183.00 185.05 181.30 181.65 FINOLEXIND 445.00 451.90 444.00 444.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 COALINDIA 233.00 238.00 232.50 236.40 BEML 843.40 850.05 826.55 833.00 BERGEPAINT 296.75 301.90 295.20 301.90 GUJALKALI 521.25 524.00 513.35 523.10 ASTERDM 133.55 135.45 127.00 127.00 RBLBANK 636.05 659.95 632.55 659.00 NBCC 53.85 53.85 52.05 53.00 INOXLEISUR 311.20 315.00 311.00 314.55 SONATSOFTW 333.00 334.30 331.65 333.30 BALMLAWRIE 164.85 166.55 164.55 166.55 UJJIVAN 324.90 328.35 301.00 308.20 CANBK 242.00 247.15 241.20 246.80 TV18BRDCST 27.30 27.35 26.60 27.25 ASHOKA 113.00 114.95 110.00 114.35 NIACL 164.80 165.35 163.00 163.85 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE MOTHERSUMI 121.00 121.00 114.00 117.40 POWERGRID 181.85 183.50 180.60 182.10 APOLLOHOSP 1136.45 1158.00 1131.90 1142.35 HUDCO 38.25 38.65 38.00 38.50 RATNAMANI 840.00 855.40 838.95 845.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 25984.55 26263.00 25910.60 26226.50 221.80 DRREDDY 2790.00 2811.65 2668.80 2748.10 GODREJCP 640.00 671.00 638.00 668.10 KEC 280.00 281.25 275.00 279.70 MMTC 23.90 24.30 23.75 23.90 ASTRAL 1167.00 1175.05 1156.00 1175.00 PETRONET 224.40 237.80 223.35 236.85 12.70 LUPIN 778.70 778.70 747.40 752.75 JISLJALEQS 49.40 50.75 48.10 50.40 JYOTHYLAB 149.00 149.50 144.00 149.30 SUPPETRO 202.90 205.00 200.00 200.20 SHOPERSTOP 447.65 458.90 446.55 458.75 GODREJCP 640.15 673.75 639.00 671.00 32.85 BANKINDIA 81.60 82.35 79.65 81.65 AVANTI 333.10 336.90 326.50 327.00 DEEPAKFERT 122.05 129.35 122.05 127.95 LAKSHVILAS 71.80 72.10 70.50 71.15 GLAXO 1277.05 1277.05 1269.00 1269.00 PAGEIND 21730.00 23000.00 21631.80 22820.00 1078.60 MANAPPURAM 122.05 126.70 121.20 122.50 PERSISTENT* 607.00 610.00 601.40 605.70 CONCOR 470.15 480.80 470.00 477.80 SCHAEFFLER 4753.70 4809.55 4671.05 4750.00 GALAXYSURF 1001.55 1038.90 995.90 1029.90 PEL 2040.00 2150.00 2035.65 2130.00 83.40 DCMSHRIRAM 547.50 572.90 543.40 567.00 TATAMTRDVR 84.00 84.00 80.80 83.10 OBEROIRLTY 522.45 527.00 517.85 525.00 THOMASCOOK 236.00 248.00 235.50 247.95 JCHAC 1775.00 1832.45 1730.00 1794.00 BAJAJHLDNG 3180.00 3310.00 3174.00 3287.00 119.55 INDUSINDBK 1369.75 1394.00 1366.00 1373.85 GODREJPROP 820.00 837.30 815.00 828.35 MAHSCOOTER 3891.95 4042.20 3891.95 3951.65 WABAG 269.95 274.95 268.10 272.65 SIS 874.00 888.00 842.70 870.15 SRTRANSFIN 1001.00 1045.00 999.10 1034.00 31.60 HEG 1565.00 1630.80 1565.00 1598.80 KTKBANK 111.90 112.25 109.20 110.00 CASTROLIND 141.30 144.00 140.85 143.20 SCI 31.25 31.60 30.50 31.00 APLAPOLLO 1444.65 1452.00 1434.30 1439.50 ICICIGI 1097.00 1126.00 1088.00 1119.15 27.80 PETRONET 224.00 238.85 224.00 237.05 BANDHANBNK 564.00 567.35 550.40 561.60 IPCALAB 926.70 926.70 910.85 920.05 MAHINDCIE 221.70 223.00 216.90 220.00 MAXINDIA 64.95 67.50 64.60 65.95 DABUR 361.00 377.30 361.00 370.00 8.95 ULTRACEMCO 4519.95 4519.95 4439.00 4490.00 ONGC 166.10 168.35 162.30 167.50 SUNTV 531.35 545.00 527.75 535.85 ZENSARTECH 246.00 247.50 245.10 247.00 AKZOINDIA 1620.00 1625.10 1608.00 1619.85 BANKBARODA 109.75 113.15 107.70 112.30 2.50 HINDALCO 192.00 193.75 187.25 191.90 GRANULES 107.00 109.40 104.85 105.75 SJVN 24.00 24.25 23.80 23.90 GSKCONS 7100.00 7339.90 7099.35 7339.90 SOLARINDS 1114.30 1114.30 1065.45 1065.50 MARICO 352.00 361.70 351.70 360.00 7.90 BANKBARODA 109.80 112.65 107.75 112.05 PAGEIND 21729.35 22945.70 21686.35 22799.90 WELCORP 130.15 131.85 126.40 131.65 VBL 939.90 939.90 907.00 907.00 AIAENG 1636.20 1669.00 1623.85 1668.90 CONCOR 469.95 481.00 467.65 478.80 9.75 RAIN 98.90 101.30 97.00 99.40 TATAPOWER 61.25 61.80 61.00 61.35 MEGH 59.65 61.50 59.65 60.40 THYROCARE 430.00 451.60 430.00 443.95 JAGRAN 105.00 108.35 103.50 108.35 ASHOKLEY 83.10 85.05 82.60 84.60 1.70 PEL 2046.00 2149.30 2040.00 2131.00 MINDTREE 986.00 990.20 980.00 983.50 CUB 196.60 200.40 196.60 198.60 RELAXO 767.00 802.00 765.00 792.05 SUDARSCHEM 313.00 318.25 310.00 316.00 COLPAL 1120.00 1148.90 1111.00 1143.00 22.40 ASHOKLEY 83.70 84.80 82.70 84.30 DIVISLAB 1632.35 1652.40 1622.60 1633.30 GAIL 329.70 335.00 329.70 332.95 COROMANDEL 400.00 404.00 393.60 402.00 SANOFI 5390.25 5420.00 5372.40 5386.05 BOSCHLTD 16970.00 17389.90 16970.00 17259.90 292.10 WIPRO 285.90 289.90 285.55 286.75 VOLTAS 557.50 577.95 556.95 574.65 LUXIND 1169.30 1169.30 1100.00 1155.00 ALKEM 1674.00 1696.50 1674.00 1687.55 INOXWIND 58.00 58.00 56.00 56.75 MCDOWELL-N 523.60 536.50 519.00 532.25 8.65 ESCORTS 566.80 568.70 549.30 558.95 INFIBEAM 42.65 43.50 42.25 42.55 FINCABLES 439.55 439.55 422.00 422.00 CYIENT 549.80 560.00 540.00 548.10 SUPRAJIT 200.00 203.15 198.55 201.05 NHPC 21.90 22.30 21.65 22.10 0.35 HINDPETRO 278.60 279.10 271.90 274.00 KEI 390.05 394.55 382.00 389.95 HFCL 20.50 20.50 20.05 20.30 DBCORP 180.00 189.00 180.00 188.55 CERA 2889.00 2925.00 2854.00 2860.00 GICRE 224.55 232.45 224.20 229.50 3.30 DMART 1254.00 1269.55 1232.00 1237.30 HAVELLS 726.00 738.95 724.00 733.10 ADANIGREEN 37.35 37.75 36.65 37.45 MHRIL 209.75 212.45 208.00 208.00 NAVNETEDUL 108.00 108.50 107.10 107.50 BANDHANBNK 558.80 565.00 549.45 564.90 7.15 BIOCON 527.00 527.00 516.00 520.80 FORCEMOT 1441.00 1465.00 1441.00 1452.25 TRENT 366.00 375.00 362.00 364.90 UCOBANK 16.65 16.85 16.55 16.60 KPRMILL 584.15 593.95 581.05 592.50 AMBUJACEM 214.45 220.00 213.20 218.00 2.75 BPCL 373.10 378.60 366.80 375.85 TATACOFFEE 86.65 89.20 85.70 87.15 MAHLOG 451.35 467.40 435.00 455.00 GDL 135.00 140.00 135.00 138.55 SKFINDIA 1804.00 1842.15 1804.00 1821.00 HAVELLS 724.80 739.00 723.00 733.80 8.60 EICHERMOT 20100.00 21040.95 20067.95 20959.70 MANPASAND 99.15 102.90 98.00 101.45 KAJARIACER 595.00 600.40 590.75 598.00 PHOENIXLTD 619.00 620.95 595.00 599.05 GRINDWELL 580.05 599.00 580.05 598.00 INDIGO 1450.00 1498.35 1413.70 1479.30 14.40 J&KBANK 56.20 57.75 55.25 56.00 PIDILITIND 1156.00 1173.90 1150.00 1163.10 OMAXE 205.25 205.25 203.00 203.00 MRF 53738.05 54639.55 53696.20 54150.00 SFL 1220.05 1230.00 1200.05 1225.00 UBL 1345.25 1366.90 1331.80 1362.45 12.95 JUBILANT 620.00 629.40 590.00 596.05 SOUTHBANK 13.40 13.55 13.20 13.35 AJANTPHARM 1038.80 1038.80 1015.70 1025.00 GUJFLUORO 972.00 972.00 946.45 964.90 IFBIND 799.00 799.00 762.70 762.70 L&TFH 116.15 118.00 115.80 117.25 1.10 JSLHISAR 74.45 80.00 74.25 75.25 DEEPAKNI 283.35 290.00 282.30 283.10 GODFRYPHLP 1013.65 1037.90 1003.40 1010.25 ADVENZYMES 168.00 173.10 167.10 168.20 ITDC 233.65 233.90 231.00 233.40 PIDILITIND 1157.40 1174.80 1148.40 1163.50 9.65 VEDL 163.90 164.25 159.45 160.80 TATAELXSI 852.00 869.75 849.95 863.60 NAVKARCORP 27.60 28.00 26.30 26.60 GICRE 225.45 230.00 224.90 229.00 SOMANYCERA 366.75 369.75 361.80 367.80 HDFCAMC 1582.00 1604.95 1575.05 1600.00 12.55 HDFCLIFE 379.05 384.00 374.50 382.50 FSL 51.00 51.80 50.55 50.80 RAYMOND 783.95 801.35 783.95 797.80 SCHNEIDER 92.65 93.45 90.50 91.00 GAYAPROJ 154.30 156.80 150.90 156.80 DLF 162.65 167.00 161.85 164.05 1.15 JINDALSTEL 156.35 158.10 153.60 156.55 TVSMOTOR 464.70 472.00 460.10 469.85 BLUEDART 2887.80 2887.80 2655.50 2717.25 MAGMA 130.00 135.00 125.00 127.80 GILLETTE 6900.00 6949.40 6864.60 6940.00 ACC 1575.50 1614.65 1570.10 1594.60 11.25 STRTECH 166.90 169.80 165.95 166.70 JSWSTEEL 275.00 277.15 271.55 276.30 CHENNPETRO 210.00 214.50 205.80 213.40 BOSCHLTD 17050.00 17329.95 17050.00 17237.85 SHRIRAMCIT 1419.05 1440.05 1418.40 1435.50 ABB 1385.00 1403.80 1372.55 1397.00 9.75 BHEL 62.90 62.90 61.20 62.05 RCF 53.80 55.75 53.80 54.90 KSCL 440.25 454.90 440.10 452.60 ADANITRANS 208.60 208.60 204.45 205.40 GEPIL 907.60 909.80 897.10 898.15 MRF 53749.90 54750.00 53401.65 54045.05 352.65 DLF 163.60 167.00 161.80 164.20 ABCAPITAL 91.50 92.05 90.55 90.85 MPHASIS 940.55 952.25 933.15 941.25 GESHIP 241.00 245.95 240.80 243.50 TRITURBINE 102.95 103.65 102.00 103.50 HDFCLIFE 379.75 384.00 374.25 382.40 2.50 ASIANPAINT 1306.90 1329.00 1301.75 1318.15 IDBI 34.45 35.00 33.75 34.40 RAJESHEXPO 671.50 679.60 670.50 672.50 BAJAJCON 337.80 345.00 333.15 336.85 ELGIEQUIP 265.90 265.90 260.00 261.75 ICICIPRULI 334.65 343.10 332.40 336.95 2.10 BLISSGVS 159.50 174.35 157.65 171.35 CUMMINSIND 696.75 716.00 695.20 711.70 ASTRAZEN 2257.50 2362.90 2249.50 2340.00 VGUARD 204.00 207.85 203.85 205.00 SHARDACROP 340.30 347.00 340.30 340.30 PGHH 10520.00 10615.05 10359.95 10570.00 48.20 ADANIPOWER 40.30 41.05 38.80 40.60 DBL 472.90 495.10 469.80 492.80 KRBL 331.10 335.05 317.75 333.00 HEIDELBERG 179.90 183.20 179.05 179.55 NH 192.00 192.00 181.35 188.00 SHREECEM 19350.00 19748.00 19000.00 19500.05 82.35 DABUR 363.90 376.90 361.10 370.25 CGPOWER 35.95 36.45 35.00 36.00 PTC 67.30 67.85 66.90 67.30 GICHSGFIN 239.85 247.40 239.70 246.00 TVSSRICHAK 2033.05 2149.90 2033.00 2050.15 NMDC 90.45 91.65 90.30 90.45 0.05 LTI 1801.95 1827.00 1760.05 1789.60 DCBBANK 220.20 222.25 218.15 221.10 BIRLACORPN 558.00 558.00 540.05 548.90 CARBORUNIV 358.95 359.80 352.00 357.00 GULFOILLUB 845.00 855.00 843.50 853.45 DIVISLAB 1636.00 1653.00 1622.10 1638.00 -2.30 UNIONBANK 70.45 71.15 69.25 70.40 CEATLTD 941.05 965.00 939.50 948.40 ALBK 41.80 42.90 41.80 42.60 SUNDRMFAST 524.90 524.90 520.00 520.05 TIMKEN 538.00 548.50 538.00 547.00 BHEL 62.00 62.65 61.20 62.00 -0.20 MERCK 4250.00 4389.00 4236.10 4342.55 HEXAWARE 352.80 358.85 351.90 353.95 JSWENERGY 67.25 68.00 66.50 66.65 ASAHIINDIA 211.25 222.20 210.15 215.50 STARCEMENT 109.35 109.50 107.90 109.50 SIEMENS 1129.15 1138.60 1110.00 1125.05 -4.55 L&TFH 116.70 118.00 115.90 117.20 GRASIM 821.00 832.00 815.00 830.00 SOBHA 443.00 452.00 437.85 450.25 TTKPRESTIG 7244.90 7700.00 6959.85 7104.30 APLLTD 531.40 531.40 524.55 528.00 SAIL 48.00 48.25 47.05 47.75 -0.25 AUBANK 640.00 675.00 640.00 665.30 RECLTD 136.90 136.90 133.00 136.00 TAKE 138.55 139.65 134.00 138.10 MINDACORP 119.85 122.25 118.50 120.70 FLFL 449.35 463.45 449.15 460.00 OFSS 3445.00 3466.95 3421.10 3422.50 -18.95 PFC 109.00 109.90 107.60 108.85 NOCIL 116.90 117.75 114.80 115.30 SHANKARA 502.95 505.00 491.95 496.40 EIDPARRY 181.10 181.10 177.20 178.00 HERITGFOOD 447.15 451.30 444.05 444.05 SBILIFE 634.85 645.95 623.35 626.25 -4.70 M&MFIN 372.10 381.45 369.00 379.65 GODREJIND 443.00 453.40 442.35 449.70 CENTRALBK 25.45 26.35 25.45 26.10 TATAMETALI 589.80 592.00 576.55 579.00 DHANUKA 360.30 369.15 357.05 362.90 HINDZINC 252.60 255.85 251.90 252.25 -2.30 IDFCFIRSTB 41.40 42.00 40.75 41.80 EXIDEIND 207.00 207.60 204.00 207.00 WHIRLPOOL 1365.00 1417.75 1359.00 1417.75 WELSPUNIND 51.55 52.75 51.45 51.65 CCL 255.20 258.00 255.10 257.00 MOTHERSUMI 119.00 119.00 114.15 117.00 -1.45 SRF 2775.00 2823.75 2747.20 2800.05 HCLTECH 1074.10 1077.00 1058.20 1061.60 KANSAINER 409.00 412.90 394.40 409.00 VINATIORGA 1820.00 1835.00 1802.00 1813.55 HATSUN 720.00 730.00 711.05 725.80 BIOCON 523.50 525.00 515.70 519.00 -6.55 ICICIGI 1095.00 1122.25 1087.00 1119.15 SIEMENS 1129.95 1137.00 1111.00 1126.05 KALPATPOWR 450.35 463.45 446.90 463.00 THERMAX 965.40 965.40 943.00 944.45 CHOLAHLDNG 515.00 515.00 505.55 505.55 NIACL 164.25 165.00 162.15 162.85 -2.90 RNAM 207.00 210.85 198.00 201.70 GSFC 94.25 96.35 93.40 95.70 COCHINSHIP 356.55 364.80 356.55 362.00 FORBESCO 2010.05 2074.00 1996.00 2002.95 KIOCL 118.00 120.80 116.00 116.00 DMART 1252.90 1268.00 1230.00 1230.80 -23.00 FEDERALBNK 98.10 99.65 96.25 98.45 LTTS 1730.00 1765.00 1730.00 1760.05 NATCOPHARM 524.00 526.45 519.00 522.35 REPCOHOME 411.90 416.80 403.85 405.45 TVTODAY 280.75 284.85 280.75 282.50 HINDPETRO 279.45 279.45 272.00 274.15 -6.95 NTPC 125.00 126.80 124.05 125.80 BAJAJHLDNG 3165.00 3300.00 3165.00 3263.00 GREAVESCOT 134.60 138.20 134.15 136.90 TIMETECHNO 80.10 80.45 77.60 78.00 VTL 1105.25 1107.15 1090.00 1090.00 IDEA 12.40 12.45 11.60 11.85 -0.35 BEL 89.80 92.00 88.70 91.70 SYNDIBANK 32.40 32.80 31.60 32.15 JMFINANCIL 81.00 83.20 81.00 81.85 ORIENTCEM 101.30 104.10 100.90 102.60 SUNCLAYLTD 2460.05 2503.65 2450.00 2450.05 CADILAHC 257.70 260.20 247.20 250.05 -7.65 SAIL 47.80 48.20 47.05 47.65 ITI 79.25 80.90 78.70 80.10 IBULISL 252.90 263.75 252.35 263.75 GREENPLY 146.85 149.15 145.40 147.85 HONAUT 23751.00 24000.00 23751.00 23934.05 LUPIN 771.00 773.00 746.30 753.50 -29.10 GNFC 281.75 286.45 278.25 282.20 ICICIPRULI 334.45 342.95 332.90 337.00 HINDZINC 254.00 255.20 252.00 253.20 ALLCARGO 102.70 103.30 100.15 101.05 APARINDS 640.00 645.45 640.00 645.00 AUROPHARMA 728.40 728.40 662.00 670.10 -56.20 EVEREADY 67.70 74.80 67.70 74.80 CHOLAFIN 1313.15 1356.90 1294.90 1335.50 PARAGMILK 243.70 245.00 241.20 244.00 NLCINDIA 64.50 64.60 63.60 64.05 ERIS 606.00 611.25 601.05 606.70 world 11 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 Trump shifts immigration focus to merit May’s Brexit AP n WASHINGTON makers filled the front rows. said “merit” is “ "condescend- who wants to push down the der wall. annually. But far more would Trump said his new sys- ing” word that means “merit in country’s immigration levels The plan does not address go to exceptional students, compromise nveiling a new immigra- tem, with points given for the eyes of Donald Trump”. and has driven much of the what to do about the millions professionals and people with Ution plan, President those with advanced degrees, Trump’s new plan has been administration’s policy. of immigrants already living in high-level and vocational Donald Trump said Thursday job offers and other attributes, months in the making, a pro- With a humanitarian crisis the country illegally, including degrees. Factors such as age, he wanted to provide a sharp will make it exactly “clear what ject of his son-in-law, Jared at the border — officials said hundreds of thousands of English language ability and contrast with Democrats, and standards we ask you to Kushner, who has been meet- this week that a fourth child, a young “Dreamers” brought to employment offers would also talks fail he did — aiming to upend achieve.” ing privately with business 2-year-old Guatemalan the US as children — a top pri- be considered. decades of family-based immi- Nowadays, “we discrimi- groups, religious leaders and migrant, died in US custody — ority for Democrats. Nor does Far fewer green cards gration policy with a new nate against genius,” he said, conservatives to find common Trump promised to halt illegal it reduce overall rates of immi- would be given to people with approach that favors younger, using a softer tone than his ground among Republicans on border crossings with the “most gration, as Miller and many relatives already in the US. “totally brilliant”, high-skilled usual fiery campaign rallies. an issue that has long divided complete and effective border conservative Republicans They would be reserved just for workers he says won’t compete “We discriminate against bril- the party. security package ever assem- would like. immediate family members — for American jobs. liance. We won't anymore once Kushner has long com- bled.” He did not mention the Republicans in Congress Trump mentioned spouses and Trump’s sweeping immi- we get this passed.” plained that many advocates on child’s death. who were briefed on the plan children — rather than parents gration plan is more a cam- Even before the speech, the immigration issue are very As part of the plan, officials by Kushner and Miller earlier and adult siblings. Fifty-seven paign document than anything Democrats, whose votes would clear about what they’re against, want to shore up ports of entry this week welcomed, but did percent would be awarded on else. It’s a White House attempt be needed for any bill to be but have much more trouble to ensure all vehicles and peo- not fully embrace, the merit as opposed to the current to stretch beyond the “build- approved by the divided articulating what they’re “for”. ple are screened and to create approach. Some of those up for 12%. the-wall” rhetoric that swept Congress, panned the effort Kushner set out to create a pro- a self-sustaining fund, paid for reelection, including Sen. Susan While Trump is seeking to the president to office but may and questioned the Republican posal that Republicans might with increased fees, to mod- Collins of Maine, objected to its put a softer facade on the top not be enough to deliver him Party’s commitment to families. be able to rally around, his mis- ernize ports of entry. failure to account for the young issue from his first campaign, a second term. As Trump heads “Are they saying family is sion to give the president and The plan also calls for Dreamers. In Colorado, a he also is making a direct into reelection season, his cam- without merit?” asked House his party a clear platform head- building border wall in target- Democrat running against appeal to his supporters. He paign sees the plan as a way to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Are ing into the 2020 elections. ed locations and continues to GOP Sen. Cory Gardner blast- says his plan means fewer low- help him look more reasonable they saying most of the people Trump didn’t mention his push for an overhaul to the US ed it as part of Trump’s “hate- skilled immigrants will com- on a signature issue than he who’ve come to the United son-in-law’s work during the asylum system, with the goal of ful” immigration agenda that pete for low-paying American often seems — and to cast States in the history of our address but noted that the pro- processing fewer applications would do nothing but “build jobs. Democrats as blocking him. country are without merit posal wasn’t written by politi- and more quickly removing Trump’s wall and keep families Efforts to overhaul the “We want immigrants because they don’t have an cians. Instead, the president people who don’t qualify. apart.” immigration system have gone coming in. We cherish the engineering degree?” said it had input from law In addition, the plan Under the Trump plan, nowhere for three decades, open door,” Trump said in a Pelosi continued: enforcement personnel. It also includes a proposal to allow the country would award the and prospects for an agreement Rose Garden speech as Cabinet “Certainly we want to attract had echoes of White House public donations to pay for the same number of green card as seem especially bleak as the members and Republican law- the best to our country.” But she senior adviser Stephen Miller, president’s long-promised bor- it now does, about 1 million 2020 elections approach.

Silicon Valley-based IT firm AP n LONDON has extended the Brexit deadline until Oct. 31 amid the political alks between Britain’s gov- impasse in the UK. Ternment and opposition That deadlock has deepened sues govt H-1B visa denial aimed at striking a compromise this week with the breakdown of Brexit deal broke down without the cross-party talks and inten- agreement Friday, plunging the sifying pressure on May from AP n WASHINGTON tions that require theoretical or education programmes offered country back into a morass of within the Conservative Party to technical expertise. The tech- by sponsoring employers uncertainty over its departure quit. Silicon Valley-based IT nology companies depend on through agreements with F-1 from the European Union. Pro-Brexit Conservatives Acompany has filed a lawsuit it to hire tens of thousands of students’ universities. Opposition Labour Party are furious that Britain hasn’t yet against the US government for employees each year from The company asserted that leader Jeremy Corbyn said the left the EU, almost three years denying the most sought-after countries like India and China. Anisetty’s current position as a talks with Prime Minister after voters backed Brexit in a H-1B visa to a highly qualified The most sought-after visa Business Systems Analyst Theresa May’s Conservative referendum. Many blame May 28-year-old Indian profession- has an annual numerical limit meets one or more of the cri- government have “gone as far as and want her replaced with a al, terming the renunciation cap of 65,000 visas each fiscal teria for an H-1B specialty they can.” In a letter to May more staunchly pro-Brexit “arbitrary” and a “clear abuse of year as mandated by the US occupation. “USCIS’s decision released by Labour, Corbyn said leader such as former Foreign discretion”. Congress. The first 20,000 peti- dated February 19, 2019 deny- “we have been unable to bridge Secretary Boris Johnson. Xterra Solutions alleged in tions filed on behalf of benefi- ing Xterra’s H-1B petition, filed important policy gaps between On Thursday, May agreed its lawsuit that the US ciaries with a US masters on behalf of Anisetty, was arbi- us.” And with May set to to set out a timetable for her Citizenship and Immigration degree or higher are exempt trary, capricious, an abuse of announce within weeks that departure early next month, Services (USCIS) improperly from the cap. Anisetty holds a discretion, and not in accor- she plans to step down, Corbyn raising the prospect that Britain denied H-1B visa to Praharsh Bachelor’s degree in dance with the law,” the lawsuit said the “increasing weakness will get a new prime minister Chandra Sai Venkata Anisetty, Engineering (Electronics and said. and instability” of the govern- before it leaves the EU. whom it had hired as a Communication Engineering) The USCIS gave no expla- ment made striking a lasting Her resignation, when it President Donald Trump speaks about modernizing the immigration system in the Rose Garden of the White House, on Business System Analyst. as well as a Master’s of Science nation as to why, despite agreement impossible. comes, will trigger a party lead- Thursday AP The company’s H-1B peti- degree in Information Xterra’s significant evidentiary The two sides have held ership contest in which any tion on behalf of Anisetty was Technology and Management submissions in its request for weeks of negotiations to try to Conservative lawmaker can run. denied on the sole ground that from the University of Texas at evidence, documenting that agree on terms for Brexit that The winner will become party the job offered to him did not Dallas. Anisetty’s position as a Business can win support in Parliament. leader and prime minister with- qualify as an H-1B specialty He currently holds valid H- Analyst met all four criteria for The talks began after lawmak- out the need for a general elec- Harris invokes Indian heritage occupation, the lawsuit said. 4 dependent status through a specialty occupation, it ers rejected May’s divorce deal tion. May plans to make a “The denial is not sup- his wife, the principal benefi- denied Xterra’s petition to with the EU three times. fourth attempt to get lawmakers’ ported by substantial evidence ciary of an H-1B application. change Anisetty’s status to that But the Conservatives and backing for Brexit terms by in the record, is contrary to From 2014 to 2016, of the principal beneficiary of left-of-center Labour differ on putting a withdrawal agreement in response to Trump’s plan established legal precedent, Anisetty held valid F-1 non- an H-1B petition, it said. how close an economic rela- bill to a vote during the week of and is arbitrary, capricious and immigrant status as a student The company alleged that tionship to seek with the bloc June 3. She says that if it passes, AP n WASHINGTON ating hierarchies among immi- who can do what and how they constitutes a clear abuse of dis- enrolled in the information the USCIS acted arbitrarily after the UK leaves. Labour Britain could leave the EU in grants.” do it,” she said. cretion,” the company alleged technology and management and capriciously in finding wants to stick close to EU rules July, well before the October amala Harris, the first “The beauty of the tradi- Trump and others have and urged the Northern master’s program at Texas that the current position in order to guarantee seamless deadline set by the bloc. KIndian-origin Senator cas- tion of our country has been to “perverted” the issue of immi- District of California US University. offered to the Indian profes- trade, while the government But it’s unclear how the tigated President Donald say, when you walk through the gration, Harris added, as she District Court to set aside the Later, he also participated sional did not meet criterion wants a looser relationship that government plans to persuade a Trump’s merit-based immi- door, you are equal. We spoke echoed her call for pathway to USCIS order. in Curricular Practical that “a baccalaureate or high- would leave Britain freer to majority of lawmakers to back gration plan saying it was those words in 1776, ‘we are all citizenship. The H1B visa is a non- Training, an employment- er degree or its equivalent is strike new trade deals around May’s EU divorce terms, since “short-sighted” and invoked equal’ and should be treated She noted how as immigrant visa that allows US training programme with an normally the minimum the world. few legislators on either side of her unique background as a that way. Not, oh well, if you California attorney general she companies to employ foreign established academic curricu- requirement for entry into the Britain was due to leave the the Brexit divide seem prepared Democratic candidate for the come from this place, you had alerted county sheriffs that workers in speciality occupa- lum in the form of cooperative particular position”. EU on March 29, but the bloc to change their positions. White House in 2020 — being might only have a certain num- they were not required to com- the daughter of an Indian ber of points, and if you come ply with detainer requests by immigrant. from that place you might Immigration and Customs Trump on Thursday rolled have a different number of Enforcement. out the system that would pri- points.” In a lighthearted moment, EU citizens in UK have their say on Brexit oritise high-skilled workers Asians have historically an audience member asked over those who already have immigrated as family units, Harris if she would commit to AP n LONDON nationals, she was not eligible to n’t be happening. The UK was 2007 and 2013, is a candidate for relatives in the country when Harris pointed out. wearing a traditional Indian vote in Britain’s EU membership due to have left the EU by now. the newly former pro-EU party determining who receives At an event hosted by an garment to her inauguration, edwig Hegtermans has lived referendum three years ago — Instead, British politicians are Change UK. green cards. Asian American group, One known as a sari. Hin Britain for two decades, and like them she saw her auto- deadlocked over departure terms “I thought that was some- Harris, Senator from APIA Nevada, Harris dove “Let’s first win,” Harris but she didn’t have a vote when matic right to live and work in and Brexit has been postponed thing I could bring to the cam- California, criticised the pro- into her barrier-breaking elec- said, smiling. “My mother the country decided in 2016 to Britain whipped away by the from March 29 until Oct. 31 paign, being both a British citi- posal, which Democratic lead- tion to the US Senate as the first raised us with a very strong leave the European Union. She’s Brexit decision. while they try to sort out the zen — a Londoner born and bred ers have vowed to fight, saying South Asian to serve in the appreciation for our cultural determined to have her say on The British government says mess. So Britain is taking part, — but also a Polish citizen who that Americans routinely cele- body’s history. She acknowl- background and pride. Brexit now. all 3 million EU citizens in and the contest here is dominat- has done his bit in politics else- brate a “unified culture” and the edged her presidential run as a Celebrations that we all par- An election for the European Britain can stay, but they have to ed by candidates promising either where,” Vincent-Rostowski said. US Constitution guarantees biracial woman helping to shat- ticipate in regardless of how our Parliament being held this month apply for “settled status” through to speed up Brexit or throw it into “Brexit is collapsing under equality for all people. ter notions about being black, last name is spelled. It’s the in all 28 EU member states — a somewhat glitch-prone new reverse gear. Pro-European par- the weight of its own internal “I found the announce- Asian and a woman. beauty of who we are as a including the not-yet-departed registration process. ties are eager to attract votes from contradictions. And if some- ment today to be short-sight- The first South Asian- nation.” UK — is giving Hegtermans and “We did not have a vote in EU citizens, who can vote in thing bad is collapsing I think it’s ed,” said the 54-year-old American US senator in histo- In her campaign stump other Europeans in Britain the the referendum, we could not European polls though not in UK a good idea to give it a push. California Democrat, slam- ry — her mother is Indian, her speech, Harris always includes chance to pass judgment on the voice anything while we were the national elections. That’s what I’m trying to do.” ming the Trump plan before an father is Jamaican — Harris stories about how her mother, Brexit decision that left their lives people who will be affected the That’s why a former finance Chipper and polite — “Can I give Asian American audience in said breaking barriers was Shyamala Gopalan, impacted in limbo. most,” Hegtermans said. public sentiment — almost a minister of Poland could be you a leaflet madam?” — he got Las Vegas. more than about personal every aspect of her life. And “It is a way for people to voice She said the May 23 election mini-referendum — and could found recently standing outside a reasonably warm reception in On the plan’s intention to achievement as she eyed while she has spoken about vis- their frustration,” said to fill the UK’s 73 seats in the 751- sway politicians to take a harder a suburban London subway sta- suburban Ealing, a diverse award immigrants certain becoming the first woman its to India during her book Hegtermans, a Dutch citizen seat EU legislature “is one way for or softer course as Britain heads tion, thrusting anti-Brexit leaflets London district that voted 60 per points based on education or commander in chief. tour, Harris on the trail has and member of The 3 Million, a us to let our voices (be) heard.” for the exit door. at tired commuters. Jan Vincent- cent for remaining in the skills, Harris said, “We cannot “It’s about making a state- leaned far more into the lobby group for EU citizens in The result of next week’s election That makes this the most Rostowski, a London-born econ- European Union. Several Poles allow people to start parsing ment about who can do what African American identity her Britain. won’t directly affect Brexit. But it high-profile European election in omist who served in a center- recognized him, stopping to chat and pointing fingers and cre- and redefining images about mother raised her to embrace. Like other non-UK EU will be interpreted as a test of Britain in years — but it should- right Polish government between or film him on their phones. SpaceX postpones launch of its first internet network satellites AFP n WASHINGTON was initially envisaged for than ten times what rocket launch- trial satellites, the highest of which up to 12,000 satellites, at varying of a small to medium sized pizza,” Wednesday, was first delayed es make, he added. sit in a geostationary orbit of levels of orbit, but Musk said said Musk, adding it would be a paceX postponed a launch of 60 because of high winds. The goal is to finance the 22,400 miles (36,000 kilometers). Wednesday that a thousand would “flat disc.” The company plans to Ssatellites into low-Earth orbit Billionaire Elon Musk’s firm, development of future rockets and The advantage of being so low be enough for it to be “economi- team up with telecoms operators, that was scheduled for last night, which is leading the private space spacecraft, to realize the boss’s is reduced lag times, key for broad- cally viable.” Starlink will become but hasn’t yet begun the process of possibly until next week, citing a race when it comes to rocket launch- dream of colonizing Mars. band connectivity. operational once 800 satellites finding clients, he said. need for software updates. es, is now looking to seize a chunk Each of the satellites weighs The disadvantage though is have been activated, which will The satellites will be designed The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket of the future space internet market. just 227 kilograms (500 pounds) more satellites are required to require a dozen more launches. such that 95 per cent will burn up launch from Cape Canaveral was to The launch will make it an early and was built in-house in cover the globe, and, being closer “I think within a year and a as they fall back through the be the first of potentially thousands forerunner, along with rival Redmond, near Seattle. to the atmosphere, they fall back to half, maybe two years, if things go atmosphere, with the rest of the in its Starlink project to beam OneWeb, a startup, but well ahead The second stage of the rock- earth faster, after a few years. well, SpaceX will probably have debris falling into the Pacific broadband internet across the plan- of Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the et will begin to release them one SpaceX will therefore have to more satellites in orbit than all ocean. Finally, to reduce the risk of et. brainchild of Musk’s space rival Jeff hour after launch, at an altitude of replace them regularly — some- other satellites combined,” said striking other satellites, each piece “Standing down to update satel- Bezos. 270 miles (440 kilometres), and thing that only became realistic Musk. of the constellation will be lite software and triple-check every- Musk is hoping to grab three to then the satellites will use their from a price perspective recently Today there are about 2,100 equipped with anti-collision tech- thing again,” said a tweet from the five per cent of the future global thrusters to take up their places in with the rapid decline in the cost active satellites orbiting our plan- nology, according to SpaceX. official SpaceX account. “Always market, a figure he shared a relatively low orbit of 340 miles of manufacturing satellites and et (and thousands of others that Musk added: “We don’t want to want to do everything we can on the Wednesday during a call with (550 kilometers). the development of mini-satel- aren’t operational any more). trivialize it or not take it serious- ground to maximize mission suc- reporters. That’s slightly higher than the lites. In order to receive SpaceX ly because we certainly do take it cess, next launch opportunity in That could earn SpaceX an eye- International Space Station, but SpaceX has obtained approval internet, users will need an anten- seriously. But it’s not crowded up about a week.” The launch, which watering USD 30 billion a year, more well below the majority of terres- from the US government to launch na which “basically looks like a sort there, it’s extremely sparse.” world 12 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 Iran urges China, Russia US slaps sanctions over Russia rights despite revived ties to save nuclear deal AFP n WASHINGTON blacklisted figures are Ruslan slapped sanctions on two State Mike Pompeo met Putin Geremeyev, an interior min- Russian investigators, Elena in the Russian resort of Sochi, AFP n BEIJING he United States has istry official in the restive Anatolievna Trikulya and with both sides voicing opti- Timposed sanctions on five North Caucasus region of Gennady Vyacheslavovich mism at finding areas on which ranian Foreign Minister Russians over abuses including Chechnya who is close to its Karlov, for allegedly concealing to work together. Mohammad Javad Zarif on the killing of a prominent leader Ramzan Kadyrov. facts over the death and deten- Pompeo said he still had IFriday urged “friends” opposition leader, days after Geremeyev has faced accu- tion of Magnitsky, the accoun- deep disagreements with Putin including China and Russia to top-level talks seemed to ease sations of involvement in the tant. “Nearly 10 years after his but believed the two powers take “concrete action” to safe- tensions between the powers. 2015 killing in central Moscow death, we remain concerned by could cooperate on issues guard the 2015 nuclear deal The State Department of Boris Nemtsov, a former the impunity for this and other including finding a political set- after the US withdrew from the highlighted the actions against deputy prime minister turned violent crimes against activists, tlement in war-ravaged Syria agreement. the five people, plus one enti- leading critic of President journalists, whistleblowers and and seeking a denuclearization On a visit to Beijing, Zarif ty, as it submitted an annual Vladimir Putin. political opposition,” State deal with North Korea. said he would also talk with report required by Congress on The US Treasury Department spokeswoman Also hit with sanctions Chinese officials about “bilat- actions taken under a law over Department said that Russian Morgan Ortagus said in a were the Terek Special Rapid eral ties and the very danger- human rights in Russia. investigators twice tried but statement. Response Team in Chechnya ous issues that are ongoing in The law, which blocks any were blocked from bringing She also voiced concern and its commander, Abuzayed our region today,” according to US assets of blacklisted people charges against Geremeyev as about “the intense atmosphere Vismuradov. The Treasury a video published on the and bars them from traveling the possible organizer of the of intimidation for those who Department said that the force Iranian foreign ministry web- to the United States, is named killing of Nemtsov — the most work to uncover corruption or had engaged in extrajudicial site. after Sergei Magnitsky, an anti- high-profile death of a dissident human rights violations in the killings and torture, including Amid rising tensions in the corruption accountant who since Putin rose to power two Russian Federation.” in a crackdown on gay men Gulf, Iran on Thursday reject- died in custody in 2009. decades ago. The sanctions came just that has drawn international ed negotiations with the US Among the five newly The United States also two days after Secretary of condemnation. and said it was showing “max- imum restraint” after Washington sent extra military forces to the region against what it claimed was an immi- Taiwan nod to same-sex marriage nent threat from Tehran. Zarif called on the inter- AFP n TAIPEI national community to save the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in JCPOA, or Joint Beijing on Friday AP aiwan’s parliament legalised Comprehensive Plan of Action. Tsame-sex marriage on The landmark 2015 deal that they make sure the Iranian crude oil before the US ended enriched uranium and heavy Friday in a landmark first for between Iran and world pow- people enjoy the benefits of the waivers in early May. water agreed under the nuclear Asia as the government sur- ers including the EU and the JCPOA with concrete actions,” Zarif’s China trip comes deal in retaliation for the US vived a last-minute attempt by United States offered sanctions Zarif said. after visits to Turkmenistan, withdrawal and the reimposi- conservatives to pass watered- relief to Iran for scaling back its Zarif said last week that India and Japan in the past tion of sanctions. down legislation. nuclear programme. only Russia and China had sup- week. Despite Washington’s In his announcement, Lawmakers comfortably In May 2018 President ported Iran and helped it keep campaign of “maximum pres- Rouhani threatened to go fur- passed a bill allowing same-sex Donald Trump withdrew the the nuclear deal going, and sure” against Iran, the Islamic ther if the European members couples to form “exclusive per- US from the deal and reinstat- accused other parties to the Republic has vowed to keep of the deal failed to start deliv- manent unions” and another ed unilateral economic sanc- agreement of letting Tehran selling oil to its main cus- ering on their promises to help clause that would let them tions. “If the international com- down. tomers, especially China, even Iran circumvent US sanctions apply for a “marriage registra- munity and other JCPOA China was one of the eight if it takes using indirect means. within 60 days. tion” with government agen- member countries and our global buyers — India, Turkey, On May 8, Iranian China in response called cies. friends in the JCPOA like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, President Hassan Rouhani said on all parties to uphold the The vote — which took munity much closer to parity liament as gay marriage sup- the crowds outside parliament. China and Russia want to keep Italy and Greece — that was Iran would stop observing nuclear deal in what it called a place on the International Day with heterosexual couples. porters continued to keep a In the last decade, Taiwan this achievement, it is required allowed to import Iranian restrictions on stocks of “shared responsibility”. Against Homophobia, “The passage of Clause close eye on voting. has been one of the most pro- Transphobia and Biphobia — is Four ensures that two persons Whatever the result, the gressive societies in Asia when a major victory for the island’s of the same-sex can register law will not bring full equality it comes to gay rights, staging Singapore PM LGBT community and it places their marriage on May 24th with heterosexual couples as the continent’s biggest annual Trump more cautious than the island at the vanguard of and ensure that Taiwan even the most progressive ver- gay pride parade. says call to Asia’s burgeoning gay rights becomes the first country in sion only offers biological But the island remains a movement. Asia to legalise same-sex mar- adoptions. staunchly conservative place, curb online Thousands of gay rights riage and to successfully open But gay rights groups have especially outside urban areas. his top advisers on Iran supporters gathered outside a new page in history,” said the said they were willing to accept Conservative and religious violence ‘effective’ parliament despite heavy Taiwan Alliance to Promote compromises, as long as the groups were buoyed by a series AP n WASHINGTON House’s claims of rising Iranian announced that the USS downpours, waving rainbow Civil Partnership Rights. new law recognised the concept of referendum wins in aggression. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Singapore (AP): Singapore’s flags, flashing victory signs Two years ago Taiwan’s top of marriage, adding they could November, in which voters resident Donald Trump Top leaders in Congress Strike Group would be rushed Prime Minister Lee Hsien and breaking into cheers as the court ruled that not allowing fight legal battles over surro- comprehensively rejected Psays he hopes the US is not received a classified briefing on from the Mediterranean to the Loong says a global call to news filtered out. same-sex couples to marry gacy and adoption down the defining marriage as anything on a path to war with Iran amid Iran Thursday, but many other Persian Gulf ahead of schedule curb the spread of hate and In recent months conserv- violates the constitution with line. other than a union between a fears that his two most hawk- lawmakers from both parties in response to “a number of extremism on internet plat- atives had mobilised to rid the judges giving the government “In Taiwan a marriage will man and a woman, illustrating ish advisers could be angling have criticized the White troubling and escalatory indi- forms is an “effective” law of any reference to mar- until May 24, 2019 to make the take effect when it’s registered, the limited popular support. for such a conflict with the House for not keeping them cations and warnings,” without response to the New Zealand riage, instead putting forward changes or see marriage equal- so allowing marriage registra- President Tsai Ing-wen Islamic Republic. informed. going into details. mosque attacks, but stopped rival bills that offered some- ity enacted automatically. tion is no doubt recognising the hailed the vote as a “big step Asked Thursday if the US Iran poses a particular Since then, four oil tankers, short of endorsing it. thing closer to limited same-sex Other key sections of the marriage itself,” Victoria Hsu, towards true equality” that was going to war with Iran, the challenge for Trump. While he including two belonging to The “Christchurch Call” unions. But those bills strug- law were still being debated and a gay rights lawyer, told AFP. “made Taiwan a better country.” president replied, “I hope not” talks tough against foreign Saudi Arabia, were targeted in set of guidelines for world gled to receive enough votes. voted on Friday, including “For me the outcome today Tsai had previously spoken in — a day after he repeated a adversaries to the delight of his an apparent act of sabotage off leaders and tech companies was Gay rights groups hailed what, if any, provisions there is not 100 percent perfect, but favour of gay marriage but desire for dialogue, tweeting, supporters, a military con- the coast of the United Arab drafted by France and New the vote on Friday, saying the will be for same-sex couples to it’s still pretty good for the gay was later accused of dragging “I’m sure that Iran will want to frontation with Iran could Emirates, according to officials Zealand. ability to apply for a “marriage adopt. community as it provides legal her feet after the court judge- talk soon.” make him appear to be back- in the region, and a Saudi It is named after the New registration” — known as That resulted in more definition,” added Elias Tseng, ment, fearful of a voter back- The tone contrasted with a tracking on a campaign pledge pipeline was attacked by Zealand city where 51 people Clause Four — put their com- muted celebrations outside par- a gay pastor who was among lash. series of moves by the US and to keep America out of foreign Iranian-backed Houthi rebels were killed in a March attack Iran that have sharply escalat- entanglements. from Yemen. on mosques. The attack was ed tensions in the Middle East Lawmakers and allies, The US also ordered non- broadcast live on Facebook, in recent days. however, worry that any errat- essential staff out of Iraq and fueling calls to regulate social For the past year, national ic or miscalculated response has dispatched additional mil- media. Pak’s action against terror groups, money security adviser John Bolton from Trump could send the US itary assets to the region. On Friday, Lee said and Secretary of State Mike careening into conflict. The Senate will receive a Singapore takes this problem Pompeo have been the public Trump pulled the US out of classified briefing on Iran on “very seriously.” He also laundering questioned at APG meet face of the administration’s the Iran nuclear deal last year Tuesday, according to Jim thanked New Zealand’s Prime “maximum pressure” campaign and reinstated sanctions on Risch of Idaho, the chairman Minister Jacinda Ardern, who against Tehran. Tehran that are crippling its of the Foreign Relations is on an official visit to PTI n ISLAMABAD internal controls. Giving examples of the inland movement of funds and The friction has rattled economy. Committee. The House has Singapore, for “rallying an On May 3, Finance measures taken by it, Pakistan assets. lawmakers who are demanding Tensions rose dramatical- requested a classified briefing effective international response akistan’s seriousness to act Minister Arun Jaitley said India cited arrests of key operatives Besides, internal control more information on the White ly May 5, when Bolton as well. to this serious issue.” Pagainst proscribed terror will ask the FATF to put of some proscribed outfits, of the banking and non-bank- outfits and its efforts to curb Pakistan on a blacklist of coun- putting more such groups and ing financial institutions, insur- money laundering and terror tries that fail to meet interna- their affiliates in the list of ance companies and stock Lanka cops arrest financing were questioned by tional standards in stopping banned outfits, blocking their exchanges has been strength- Trial looms for Sarkozy members of a regional affiliate financial crime. accounts and financial flows ened to curb the possibility of of the Financial Action Task The APG will submit to the and taking control of their money laundering and terror two for links with Force (FATF) at a meeting FATF its analysis of the com- assets. financing. held in China, according to a pliance report submitted by In March, bowing down to The delegation cited the over campaign finance media report. Pakistan at the meeting, which international pressure, Pakistan creation of a specialised direc- extremist group A 10-member delegation, concluded yesterday, and the launched a major crackdown torate of Cross-Border AFP n PARIS led by Finance Secretary progress made since the group’s on Jaish-e-Mohammad, Jamat- Currency Movement (CBCM) PTI n COLOMBO Mohammad Younas Dagha, on-site inspection in Islamabad ud-Dawa, Falah-i-Insaniyat in Islamabad to maintain a top French court on Friday reject- attended the two-day meeting and Karachi in March, the Foundation and other banned database of currency seizures. Aed an appeal by former president ri Lankan Police said Friday they have arrest- of the Asia-Pacific Group report said. outfits and took over the con- The APG had earlier Nicolas Sarkozy to avoid facing charges Sed a school principal and a teacher for their (APG) of the Paris-based FATF The APG report will trol of their assets throughout flashed contradictory situa- of illicit financing for his failed 2012 alleged links to the local Islamist extremist in the southern Chinese city of become the basis for the FATF the country. tions and poor coordination re-election bid, with a trial of the ex- group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ) blamed Guangzhou where it defended to decide whether to exclude The Pakistan delegation among stakeholders, including head of state now appearing inevitable. by the government for the deadly Easter Sunday Pakistan’s efforts against money Pakistan from its grey list or said the country was very close law enforcement agencies, in Prosecutors claim Sarkozy spent bombings which killed nearly 260 people. laundering and terror financ- not. to accomplish the milestones fighting money laundering nearly 43 million euros (USD 51 mil- The 56-year-old principal and the 47-year- ing. The delegation briefed the set under the FATF action and terror financing in lion) on his lavish re-election bid — old teacher at a school in Ataweerawewa were According to a Dawn meeting about Pakistan’s updat- plan well before the September Pakistan. almost double the legal limit of 22.5 arrested from Horowpathana city on Thursday, report, some participants, par- ed actions against currency deadline. Last month, it expressed million euros — using fake invoices, police said. ticularly those from India, smuggling, proscribed organ- It also said the government serious reservations over and demanded he answer the charges The Special Task Force in Horowpathana raised very tough questions isations and tightening of recently revised its national insufficient physical actions in court. made the arrests, they said. about Pakistan’s seriousness to financial and corporate sector risk assessment of the corporate on ground against proscribed Sarkozy has denounced the The suspects have been identified as Noor act against proscribed organi- systems and operational effec- sector, strengthened customs organisations to block flow of charges, saying he was unaware of the Mohamed Addu Ul and Ajibul Jabar, residents of sations and effectiveness of tiveness, the report said. procedures on borders and funds and activities. fraud by executives at the public rela- Kapugollewa, Horowpathana, Colombo Page tions firm Bygmalion, who are also reported. among a total of 13 people likely to face The police have received information that trial. they have had direct ties with the NTJ and the Trade war could slice 1% off China’s GDP Sarkozy’s lawyers appealed to the leader Mohamad Sahran Hashim, who carried out Constitutional Council, which rules on cerned “the potential breach of probity the suicide attack on Shangri-La Hotel in PTI n BEIJING US President Donald one of the seven members of percentage point lower than the admissibility of laws and legal rul- by candidates or elected officials.” “It’s Colombo on April 21, it said. Trump, who kicked off the the elite Politburo Standing expected. ings, arguing that he had already paid a big disappointment,” one of Sarkozy’s The suspects will be produced before the high ranking Chinese offi- trade war last year, is Committee of the Communist While Wang did not out- a financial penalty for the overspend- lawyers, Emmanuel Piwnica, told AFP. Kebithigollewa Magistrate court Friday, it added. Acial has said that the ongo- demanding China to reduce Party of China (CPC) which line any plans for dealing ing. Sarkozy retired from political life Nine suicide bombers, including a woman, ing trade war with the US the massive trade deficit virtually rules the country, with the fallout from the But that ruling concerned just after failing to secure the nomination carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore could slash China’s GDP by one which has climbed to over was quoted as saying by the trade war, he is the first offi- 364,000 euros of overspending in the from his rightwing Republicans party through three churches and three luxury hotels, per cent, in the first such USD 539 billion last year. He Hong Kong-based South cial from the top policymak- campaign, and came before revelations for the 2017 presidential election, won killing 258 people and injuring over 500 others admission by Beijing that the is also insisting on Beijing for China Morning Post. ing body to speak so candid- of the “Bygmalion affair” and fake by centrist Emmanuel Macron. on the Easter Sunday. tariff war with Washington is verifiable measures for pro- Speaking to a group of ly about its possible impact on billings. He would be the second former The Islamic State claimed responsibility for biting the world’s second largest tection of intellectual prop- Taiwanese business people headline targets, the report Bygmalion executives and Jerome French head of state to face trial since the attack, but the government has blamed the economy. erty rights (IPR), technology whose companies are based in said. Lavrilleux, the deputy manager of the founding of the Fifth Republic in NTJ for the bombings. Widespread communal The Chinese economy transfer and more access to mainland China on Thursday, A member of the audi- Sarkozy’s 2012 campaign, have 1958. riots have followed the Easter blasts in Sri which is on a downward trend American goods to Chinese Wang said the government ence at the event in Beijing acknowledged the existence of fraud In 2011, former president Jacques Lanka. Anti-Muslim riots have killed one person slowed down to 6.8 per cent markets. had assessed the impact of the said despite the official’s frank and false accounting. Chirac was given a two-year suspend- and caused extensive damage to homes, businesses last year and the government The US-China trade war near year-long dispute and assessment, he did not seem On Friday, the Constitutional ed sentence for embezzlement and mis- and mosques in Sri Lanka this week. this year officially slashed could slash one percentage estimated that in the worst- too worried about the long- Council ruled that a criminal trial was use of public funds during his time as The Sri Lankan police have said over 70 peo- the GDP growth to be point off Beijing’s economic case scenario gross domestic term effects of China’s spat justified on the grounds that it con- mayor of Paris. ple have been arrested for attacking the Muslims. between 6.5 and six per cent. growth this year, Wang Yang, product growth would be one with the US. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 vivacity {48 hours} 13

CANNES DIARIES LOOK, FEEL AND SUBSTANCE TOO There was a time when our films picked up top honours at Cannes and our film personalities made it to its prestigious jury. Now, the growing business of Indian films, small and big, in the film market section and their attendant promotions have meant that our stars are also joining our filmmakers to make a statement. So it is that the red carpet is ablaze this season, too, with headlining acts by Bollywood’s leading ladies. Style on point, ever ready with quotes, here’s a look at how some of them carried themselves

DEEPIKA GOES DRAMATIC Actress Deepika Padukone went as dramatic as it could get for her red carpet appearance. Draped in an ele- gant monochromatic, Peter Dundas gown and a high hairdo, the actress set the red carpet on fire. With a gigantic bow, the gown had a front slit, a plunging neckline and exag- gerated sleeves. Her eye make-up exuded drama with dark reverse winged eyeliner and a sleek and neat high ponytail. She looked fresh and wore her confidence on her sleeve as her face showed no sign of fatigue even though she got ready amid a tight Nationalism is very spiritual, says Kangana schedule. Well, on the second day, the ctress Kangana Kangana delved upon some “I see a lot of change. When I start- global audience applauded at her Ranaut, who chose to changes that need to be brought ed out, after my debut in a very four disparate looks, each one allur- flaunt a traditional about in the way a film set func- strong role, I was jobless for a con- ing than the other. The first was a “Cannes 2019. The picture is just Kanjeevaram sari tions. She said, “Our technicians siderable time because I was not fit- blue and white-striped pantsuit, not ‘a’ picture. God’s sign. Shining styled with a corset are hugely devalued. There is no ting into the roles that were popu- paired with bright orange court star,” she wrote alongside one of her Aand gloves at the 72nd Cannes insurance for people who do lar during those days... the singing shoes, followed by a black dress with images from the event. At the India Film Festival, said she considers stunts. Human life, the way it is and dancing, and that was the neon green bralette. In her third Pavilion of the fest, Hina will also be nationalism spiritual in nature. treated on sets, it’s so sad. Some absolute. But now I see a lot of peo- ensemble, she wore a translucent a speaker and will launch the first At the India Pavilion of the people have no value of time. ple and actresses who come and cream shirt with high waist pants, look of her film Lines, set in the ongoing gala, Kangana spoke Shifts of eight hours run to 12 find themselves in some category. which was followed by a floral backdrop of the Kargil War. about her journey, the changes in hours and some people get so con- There are a lot of categories now. gown with a stylised neck. Many of the fraternity members the industry, the need to take care sumed by the so-called fashion Some can do niche cinema if you cheered for her. Producer Ekta of technicians and her idea of and the lack of planning, that don’t know dancing. Like I didn’t PRIYANKA SHIMMERS IN Kapoor said, “Hina we are so proud nationalism among other things. things roll into lunch breaks, know dancing and it was such a big BLACK of you.” She said, “I don’t know when snack breaks and a lot of delay. deal. I can fight, I can do everything, For her debut, actress Priyanka Filmmaker Farah Khan wrote, and how nationalism and being lib- Actors, directors go into their but I am not good with dancing. Chopra Jonas looked fiery in a bold “I’ve shot many a times at Chandivali eral became two different things vans, eat on time, they take care of “Today I see so many actresses who black and red embellished ensemble, Studios and it’s a great place. So because nationalism is something their diet, but the way a unit is can have a successful career if they a custom creation by Roberto proud of you Hina Khan... it’s not very spiritual in nature. When treated is definitely something don’t know dancing. Or if you are Cavalli. where we come from but where we you identify with another being, we must look at.” a dancer, you can continue doing She carried the strapless gown are going that matters. Have fun at when you fall in love with some- She said food is another con- that, but I feel that since the last year with a thigh-high slit with panache. Cannes Film Festival, you are prob- one, it is such an exhilarating feel- cern. “There is a difference or two, a lot of women have made The former Miss World took to the ably the only one who is there for the ing. You include them and you feel between the food they get. There’s a comeback, be it Neena Gupta or red carpet with a smile on her face right reasons... A film.” one with them. And if you identi- unit 1, 2, 3... these are petty Madhuri Dixit without being and folded her hands to gesture Actor Karanvir Bohra slammed fy with a set of people, that makes things. Sometimes the films cost frowned upon for age. So, there are Namaste. Her accessories were lim- the scribe’s “snide” remarks and your family, right? And then you crores. Sometimes they have a not mainstream things that are hap- ited to statement earrings, while her wrote, “Maybe, you had things ready start to identify with your village, huge budget, but because you are pening, but at least there are some hair was left simple in loose curls. for you maybe you didn’t have a your caste people. It expands your used to treat human life in such a examples to begin with, and it’s not Earlier, the actress was seen in humble beginning, maybe you did... experience of inclusiveness. So, crass way, you continue with that a bad thing,” she added. a white ensemble inspired by what But I think hobnobbing with the glit- nationalism is nothing but identi- tradition without realising you On the second day, the actress late Lady Diana once wore to the fes- terati, you have forgotten your roots. fying with a whole lot of people have the budget for everything, but adorned an all-black pantsuit, tival. This is the same Chandivali Studios who have vowed to be in the same you just don’t want to do it. There which was followed by a Michael where Shah Rukh Khan sir, constitution or have the same pass- should be strict rules for that and On the changes she has seen in Cinco white and mauve gown with CHANDIVALI TO CANNES: Naseeruddin Shah sir, Anupam port or vow to protect the same more for human rights,” she assert- the industry for actresses since the jewellery by Chopard. HINA A ‘PROUD OUTSIDER’ Kherji, Ekta Kapoor and Sushant land. It’s your extended family.” ed. time she stepped in, Kangana said, —IANS Actress Hina Khan says she is a Singh Rajput have come up the hard “proud outsider” who will continue way and made a name for them- working hard to make her own selves. We all are very proud of Hina JURIES OVER THE YEARS place, after a scribe commented on Khan and for this achievement. We her appearance at the film festival. all are with you girl.” n 72 years of celebrating cinema, served as a jury member in the 63rd member twice. Her first time was in MIRA NAIR (1990) “Cannes has suddenly become Arjun Bijlani applauded Hina’s Ionly eight Indians have been called Cannes Film Festival. He is one of the 2005 and then in 2013. Mira Nair’s debut film earned her the Chandivali Studios kya?” a magazine self-made journey and thanked the upon to adjudge the best films of the few individuals who has contributed to Golden Camera Award as well as the editor posted on an Instagram story, scribe for making her a “superstar”. year. national as well as international cine- AISHWARYA RAI (2003) Audience Award in 1988, following which drew ire from a host of TV Actress Kavita Kaushik wrote, ma — from Mr India to the Golden The first Indian actress to be invited which she joined the jury panel in 1990. fraternity members who supported “Chandivali Studios holds way VIDYA BALAN (2013) Globe nominated Elizabeth. to Cannes to be a jury member. Hina and her journey whole-heart- more talent, inspirational stories Vidya Balan was a part of the nine- KRISHNA RIBOUD (1958) edly. own place. My promise, a proud out- than one will ever hear from the member jury alongside Steven SHARMILA TAGORE (2009) ARUNDHATI ROY (2000) Krishna Riboud was the first Indian to “I was persistent, I am constant sider from my Chandivali Studios,” ‘just lost weight to become an Spielberg, Ang Li, Nicole Kidman and Sharmila Tagore was invited in the Author and political activist Arundhati have been on the panel way back in and I will be efficient again and Hina wrote on social media. actor just like daddy’ talents. TV Christophe Waltz. 62nd edition of the festival. Roy was part of the jury board in 2000, 1958. She was a historian, collector of again. Don’t know where I belong, The Kasautti Zindagii Kay actors can make the biggies talk like three years after her debut novel The Indian and Chinese textiles, also a don’t know if I have to, as the place actress made a sparkling debut in a a jealous chachi (aunt). You have SHEKHAR KAPUR (2010) NANDITA DAS (2005) God Of Small Things went on to win Tagore descendant, and she passed doesn’t define me. Because as always gown by Lebanese designer Ziad made us all proud.” Padma Shri awardee Shekhar Kapur Das is the first Indian to be a jury the Booker Prize in 1997. away in 2000. I will work hard and I will make my Nakad. —Agencies

ocketman isn’t so dissimilar singing or romance, but rather a ious police are in a constant dance. Rfrom Bohemian Rhapsody tough, “The Wire”-like street-level Much of Ly’s film revolves around the Elton John, the 72-year-old pop star portrait of the Parisian banlieue of young kids growing up in the hous- came dressed in a tuxedo with Montfermeil. It’s the same neigh- ing projects. ‘Rocket Man’ emblazoned on the bourhood where the 37-year-old Ly In 2015, the Paris banlieue of back and regaled attendees with an grew up and still lives. Clichy-sous-Bois exploded in riots after-party performance on the Ly said he made his movie as “an that put an international spotlight on beach. alarm bell” for the plight of kids the lives of immigrants and French- John, an executive producer of growing up in neighbourhoods like Africans in the areas surrounding the film, hadn’t spoken much about Montfermeil. He said, “For the past Paris. the film before it made its premiere. 20 years, we’ve said things are not “One shouldn’t forget that three- But donning heart-shaped, red- going well. We have the impression fourths of the people who live in tinted glasses, he gave the film his no one’s listening. I wanted to address these housing estates are French,” said hearty blessing. At the post-pre- a message to Emmanuel Macron, the Ly. “Now we have the impression that miere party, he called it “an emo- president of the Republic. It’s impor- there are different classifications of tional night.” tant for him to see the film. citizenship. But we’re just French, so “Even if the film doesn’t make “For 20 years now, we have accept us as French, full stop.” one penny at the box office — which been yellow vests,” he added, refer- Other recent films have sought will kill (Paramount Pictures chief) encing the ongoing protests of work- to capture the reality of the banlieues, Jim Gianopulos — it is the movie I ing-class French. “We’ve been including La Haine and Dheepan, wanted to make,” John said. demanding our rights for the past 20 which won the Palme d’Or in 2015. At the party John performed I’m years. We’ve had to cope with police The film, Ly’s feature directing debut, Still Standing before being joined by violence for so many years.” drew largely strong reviews for its Taron Egerton, who plays him in the Fletcher who also took over direct- Rocketman isn’t so dissimilar less cautious about its star’s homo- Hugo’s classic novel, a French film Les Miserables, which is compet- muscular genre work and passionate film for a rendition of “Rocket ing duties on last year’s hit music from Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s a sexuality. titled Les Miserables gives a gritty, ing for the top Palme d’Or prize, social commentary. Man.” Egerton was visibly moved to biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, after glossy music-stuffed biopic with a Les Miserables rings alarm for Paris modern view of the Paris suburbs shows the Paris suburbs as a com- “One century later, misery, abject tears after the premiere. Bryan Singer departed mid-produc- star-making turn from Egerton. suburbs where Jean Valjean first met Cosette. bustible powder keg, where neigh- poverty is still present in these hous- The film is directed by Dexter tion. But this film is R-rated and More than 150 years after Victor Ladj Ly’s Les Miserables contains no bourhood gang leaders and overanx- ing estates,” said Ly. —AP vivacity {48 hours} 14 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019

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SHAH RUKH KHAN KIRTI KULHARI ARJUN KAPOOR ARMAAN MALIK ANIL KAPOOR No more footprints... this is While people might have Where my marriage is con- In a musical, you express more Since I am in deep dis- The Abominable Snowman. expectations, I feel what I am cerned, speculation is under- rather than just singing. I have cussions with Shekhar Before Batman and doing from my side is avoid- standable because that's the to modulate with my voice in a (Kapur) about the look for Spiderman, there is ing putting pressure on nature of the business. Also, way where I am making the Mr India 2, it feels like Mr (David) Letterman thanks myself about performing well the buzz that I should just get character show that they are deja vu. We are super for your generosity. Had too at the box office. In fact, I married is because my peers seeing a new world. So, it is excited. We're hoping to much fun being interviewed. don’t want to take the pres- also have. But I am very important you sing like a char- create the same magic Not because it was about me sure because it doesn’t work happy in my personal, profes- acter and the character is not a we did before with Mr but because you were kind for me. I need to be relaxed sional space and I wish to singer. That was a challenging India. The cap adjustment enough to make me feel I and keep doing what I believe keep it like that. I haven’t hid- part. But I have done this in the was lucky then and it can be me. You are an I know and what comes to me den things. I will tell when past. So once I got a hang of it, might do the trick this inspiration sir. and what works for me. something comes. I got into it. time as well.

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“Our society likes to talk. But people at large accept the more non-conventional relation- ships. It should not matter as long as two people in a relationship are happy and they complement each other rather than perfect- ly fitting the age group and being terrible at honestly living together or cheating on each other. Just leave the couple alone,” she asserts and goes on to say, “The youth do not real- ly care as they have more things to do than sit back and talk about relationships. A few years from now we won’t be having this con- versation. Hopefully.” SHE Talking more about the film, did she SETS HER find it intimidating to be paired with Ajay and sharing the same screen space with Tabu, who is known to be a powerhouse performer? She disagrees. “One does want to work with bigger stars. If in such a sce- how to keep shut,” she says. that I’ve already done. In Hindi, on the other nario, I come in and bring my nervous The rapid pace at which she has worked hand, I am fine with doing roles of smaller energy then I don’t deserve to be there. has resulted in 24 films across four languages length which are impactful as people haven’t TIMELINE It was exciting. And it is a learning that have been released and five more will seen me. Sometimes it is the director. If process, though that happens sub- hit the theatres during the course of the year. Sanjay Leela Bhansali offered me a role, even consciously. I can’t say I learnt A, B and But she credits her background for not flag- if it was a small one, I would take it. C on a particular day but when you ging. “I always had a very hectic life as a kid. Sometimes it is the actor whom you want OF CHOICES work with people, who are so sea- My parents never left me free. Right from to work with and the other times, it is the soned and know their job so well, you class 1, after school, I was attending class- script that excites you. If there are five things pick up a lot of things because act- es like singing, dance, harmonium, riding, to choose from, I will go with my gut feel- Actor RAKUL PREET SINGH believes in herself ing is nothing but action and reac- lawn tennis, swimming and more. But now ing,” she says. tion. If the person opposite you is a I thank them when I see people around me She feels that it is a great time to be in rather than abiding by the fixed norms of society great performer, you need to raise getting tired. I have a timetable in my head. the industry as there is great content. the bar,” she says. She also points out In 3rd or 4th grade, I asked my parents why “Films have progressed, content has changed or the film industry, says SAIMI SATTAR that working on the film was a riot. I can’t go outside to play ghar ghar? They and the audience has evolved, especially “Everytime we read a scene, we responded that I should play a sport. I was since the last two years. People are no longer akul Preet Singh is fiddling with girl who lives in London. “She has a job were like yeh karne mein maza not allowed to waste time or watch TV. rigid that I’ve been paired with a certain cat- her ring and it drops off while she but works part-time as a bartender, aayega. Both Ajay and Tabu are Multi-tasking was never a problem for me. egory of actors and I can only work with is mid-sentence. She picks it up which she loves,” says Rakul who took a spontaneous and so am I,” she I studied in college and was modeling full them. Earlier, you were either doing art or promptly, puts it back on her fin- week of bartending classes to get the body says. time alongside in Delhi. I can take flights commercial films. Now everything has ger and goes on to say, “I don’t language and mannerisms right. “When I While, this is her third film from different cities and shoot day and night. come together,” she says. Rwear accessories. These rings, my stylist gave am serving, I shouldn’t be just holding the in Hindi after Yaariyan (2014) I have done that,” she says. She does believe that a lot of the them to me.” She lifts her carefully coiffured glass and making a drink. I needed to have and Aiyaary (2018), she has Since she has worked in four different change has been powered by digital content. hair to reveal her ears. “I don’t even wear ear- the flair to flip the bottle and hold the glass done a substantial number in industries, are there points of convergence “It has influenced films. People did not have rings,” she says and laughs. Given that she in a certain way,” says the actor who grad- Kannada, Tamil and Telugu and separation? “They don’t have anything access to this kind of content earlier. There is in a business where dressing up to the uated in Maths honours from Jesus and over a period of four years. “It which make them different from each are other factors at play. Lives are very fast nines is the norm, this statement sums up Mary College. But this was not the only thing was not intentional that I did less other. The lines are blurring. After and everything is available on the phone. So how candid the 29-year-old actor can be in that she had to do to prep for the role. She Hindi films. It just happened Baahubali, people have realised that there unless it is a spectacle film or it is great con- front of the media. lost a lot of weight within a period of 45 days that way. Yaariyan was my first is South Indian cinema even though tent, where you can go and enjoy with your In the city to promote her newest release as she signed the film in November end and film and three days after I fin- remakes have been happening in the 70s and friends, you would not venture into the the- De De Pyaar De, which also stars Ajay it had to go on the floor in January. And ished shooting it, I started my 80s. There were so many Anil Kapoor’s films atre. That is the reason why films like Stree, Devgn and Tabu, Rakul comes across as a since there was a lot of dancing involved, first Telugu film, Venkatadri which were remakes. I feel either you are Andhadhun, Badhaai Ho! have done breath of fresh air. While she might pause classes for that, too, became essential for Express, which released two working with a good team or a bad team and immense business. People want to watch and ponder to answer a question, none of her to slip into the role. months before it. That became that happens irrespective of language. It is great content, else they can see everything them come across as rehearsed or diplomat- She wants to stick with the lost weight a success and I immediately either a good script or a bad script. sitting on their couch. You can’t take the ic. and has no qualms in sharing that, “Since signed three-four more films. Otherwise there is not much of a difference,” audience for granted and that has led to a The film, about an older divorced man yesterday, the conversation has been In Hindi, I signed Shimla she says. lot of experimentation. And there is this with children who falls in love with a much chhole bhature kahan se khaenge when Mirchi, opposite Rajkummar But what about the barriers of language? influx of new directors,” she says and adds, younger woman, has her cast as Ayesha, the we are in Delhi? And I said, you guys Rao, directed by Ramesh Did she have a lot of problems while cross- “It is not about star power anymore.” girlfriend. “When Luv (Ranjan) sir (the pro- can eat all you like but I am on a Sippy, which was never ing those frontiers? She says, “It was not very As an outsider, was it a problem, break- ducer) narrated the script, he said that a lot see-food diet,” she says gesturing released. The Telugu ones difficult. Switching languages is just like ing through the industry? “I have not made of girls have reservations if they are paired towards her eyes. released faster and were switching characters and roles. Initially, I was it,” she laughs and goes on to add, “This is directly opposite an older star as their screen Since we are talking about a May- hits,” she says. Moreover, scared when I started doing films in Telugu just the beginning. It is not easy but it is not age goes up immediately. He said that I September pairing, I ask her that she was supposed to essay but now I speak it as fluently as Hindi or something which I consider difficult. I should take a day to think about it but I often when the tables are reversed the role which later went Punjabi. Even when I didn’t know it, I would believe in myself. Moreover, what is the joy wanted to be on board immediately. It is so where the woman is older, she tends to Disha Patani in MS cram the lines and understand the emotion of getting something easily? I am a little spir- new-age and progressive, if I may call it so,” to face flak and be trolled with sex- Dhoni: The Untold Story, behind them. On the whole, it becomes a itual in my head and I feel lucky to have been she says as she sits in a conference room in ist comments as happened recent- but fate had other plans. good space when people from here are able to pursue my passion. So, the journey a Delhi hotel, the city which she called home ly when actor Priyanka Chopra “Everything was signed at working there and from there are working itself has been beautiful.” for a good 11 years. Elaborating further on got married to singer Nick Jonas. that time but the dates here. It happened in the past too. Just that Having graduated in Maths, the imme- why she believes that the script is forward- She says matter of factly, “People changed at the last minute. it is being noticed now as there is more diate assumption is that she must have been looking, she says, “There are a lot of things who want to talk will do so irre- I was working with Mahesh Babu reachability.” a nerd. “I was never one but I was good with happening in society but you do not talk spective of whether there is an and Allu Arjun and I couldn’t move a date,” Each actor signs on a project based on numbers in school. I knew I wanted to start about them. Despite that, these are normal. age difference or not,” and she says and is philosophical about the way their understanding of what they are look- modeling during college, which I did, so I Relationships, where there are extreme age goes on to add in a voice that things unfolded. “I am glad it is happening ing for in a film or a role. For Rakul, there took on a subject that I was good at,” she says differences, are usually the subject of an art takes on an expression of now, because during the time of Yaariyan, is a permutation and combination that she as someone gestures to me to bring the inter- film. De De... deals with it in a humorous shock, “Oh my god! That girl I was very young and naive. I would not have works with. “Beggars are not really choosers view to a close. Rakul responds, “Why? It way and shows what happens in a family is dating that guy!” She understood my work — the craft and how as initially people do not know what you are is a very rare interaction that I have drama where the emotions are extremely points out that naturally to deal with it publicly. I was an Army kid capable of. A little luck also makes things enjoyed.” But when it becomes apparent that strong. The man takes the girl to introduce these are the people, who with no exposure to films and took every- fall into place. In Telugu, where I am 16 films the end cannot be staved off any further, she her to his family and what happens next would express even more thing at face value. If I came earlier, I would- old, I would want variation as I want to beams a wide and warm smile to bid good- unfolds in the film.” displeasure if the couple hap- Photo: Pankaj Kumar n’t have sustained because I call a spade a experiment more and not do regular stuff bye. Clearly, never the one to shy away from Her character is that of an independent pens to be a same sex one. spade. I still can’t lie but at least now I know or perhaps at least not do the kind of roles being candid. STUDIO CHAT 30 MINUTES

The Golmaal series has gained high popularity among the audi- You usually release one film every ence over the years that it is now year. Will you continue with the being turned into a cartoon series. ‘Golmaal animated for kids’ same pace even after This must be a huge compliment Sooryavanshi? for you... It has been only four days since we Rohit: Yes, it makes me very happy. Director ROHIT SHETTY laughs when Sooryavanshi is compared with Avengers and says that his commenced its shoot. At the most, When we started Golmaal, I didn’t I take a break only for a month or expect that a second part would be films have an ever-expanding universe, without a suspense. By TEAM VIVA two. I love working and making made. We started in 2005 and now films. I don’t remember a day when it has been 14 years of the Golmaal action film. But parents started cerity. For instance, I have missed a I got up and felt like I shouldn’t journey. It has become a household reaching out and letting us know of What impact did action films flight or two in my career but he has- work. It has never happened with brand and now I feel that the brand their kids’ love for the film. That’s have on you during your child- n’t missed a single flight. I’ve been me. Even after starting the work belongs to the audience and we just when we made Golmaal Again, hood? lucky that I’ve had such people early in the morning and then work towards reinforcing it. The car- where we targeted families and My father was in the film industry around me. looking at other things till late in the toon series is a new journey. When children. Films and television con- and an action director. So, it has My mother is a strong woman. She night, I would still go back to shoot the idea of animation came by, it was tribute to the popularity of our fran- always been my background. If I ask has taught me honesty and how to tomorrow at the same time. But I great. Here, there would be same chise. Whatever we do, it feels like my son about his future goals, he give 100 per cent, whether its pro- feel that only a few directors are characters and traits but different a responsibility now. We sub-con- would say that he wants to be in fessional or personal. loved by kids. So I am privileged that stories. sciously make an effort to ensure films. He is just 13. When I was 16, way and feel that I have to put my kids watch the film. I was an assistant director. The What are your favourite cartoons best. If we speak about animation, impact stayed with me because of and comic books? Indian characters are very limited, Of all your films, which is your my father. Many people question me I like Tom and Jerry. And Tintin was When will the second schedule most of them are from overseas... son’s favourite? about when did I decide to become my favourite comic because the ani- begin? The growth will happen gradually. He likes all the films I make. When a director. However, I am unaware mation was excellent. It makes me The current schedule is till June 30. Whether it’s our country or televi- he was young he used to like all the of the truth. I always wanted to be nostalgic. We’ll go to Bangkok then Hyderabad. sion and digital medium, it will take action films I did and would try to a director. time. When television picks up imitate them with toy cars at home. We felt that Kiran Bedi would be Do you think animation will be more pace and we have more reach How has your mother inspired a perfect police woman for a accepted more now? through channels, then we will You’ve made Singham, Simmba you? biopic... If there is a great story and good tech- have more animation. We still have and now Sooryavanshi is on the Even my mother was a stunt Usually, people start with writing a nique, it will do really well. We are a many famous characters. floors. Is this the ‘desi’ Avengers in woman. That’s how my parents great script and then make the film. young company when it comes to the making? met each other. I had a fantastic With me its the other way round. animation. We did Little Singham last Who is your target audience? In today’s social media world, if a is no less than a joke. But we are try- because it was the first time Singham upbringing, always surrounded by First, I need to think of a film, judge year and now it’s Golmaal Juniors. We When films like Golmaal were person speaks his mind, he might ing to create our own world and are would meet Simmba and I didn’t a work culture. Honesty and integri- whether people will like it or not and will wait for the response to see how made, I never felt that kids would get into trouble. If I say, I am mak- open to it. There is no suspense. We know how people would react to it. ty is what I’ve learnt from them. then jump into it and make a script it goes. like Singham or Simmba, especial- ing something like Avengers, I would are creating our own universe. It was big. However, we are just Even Ajay Devgn, who is such a big out of it. We will definitely plan to (The series airs every Monday to ly the former because it was an be grilled. Comparing us to Avengers During Simmba, I was a bit afraid expanding that universe now. star today, has the same level of sin- make a film on a lady cop. Friday at 1.30 pm on Sonic.) LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 sport 15 BUNDESLIGA FINALE GRIPS GERMANY Bayern Munich need to avoid defeat to secure 7th straight league title as Dortmund hope miracle on final day

AFP ■ MUNICH Bundesliga (Match Day 34) Bayern deny reports ayern Munich coach Live from 7:00pm IST Niko Kovac and his STAR SPORTS NETWORK of Kovac departure BBorussia Dortmund counterpart Lucien Favre both AFP ■ MUNICH face a trip down memory lane on Saturday as the ayern Munich denied Bundesliga braces itself for the Breports on Friday that most nail-biting season finale coach Niko Kovac is to be in years. sacked regardless of whether Both Kovac and Favre will he wins the Bundesliga title, face their former clubs on a and that Mark van Bommel is much-anticipated final day, as being lined up as his succes- the title race goes down to the sor. last weekend of the season for Despite being on course to the first time since 2010. win a league and cup double Bayern currently sit two in the next week, Kovac has points ahead of Dortmund, been under growing pressure and can claim a seventh amid widespread speculation straight league crown if they that he will not be in charge avoid defeat at home by next season. Kovac's old club Eintracht On Friday morning, web- Frankfurt on Saturday. sites Spox.com and Goal.com Dortmund, meanwhile, claimed to have "exclusive travel to Favre's old hunting information" that Kovac ground at Borussia would be sacked regardless of Moenchengladbach, knowing whether he won the title on that they can only be crowned There is more than the confirmed that the club were nine points in December. Arjen Robben and Franck for your existence, that is Saturday and the German champions if they win and title at stake on Saturday, with making plans for a potential BAYERN CURRENTLY "In winter, we just hoped Ribery. something different," he said. Cup final seven days later. Bayern lose. both Gladbach and Frankfurt title celebration in the SIT TWO POINTS we would have any chance at "There hasn't been a situ- Yet the under-fire coach "Kovac isn't just lacking "We need to focus on our still in the running for Dortmund town centre. AHEAD OF all on the final day, and now ation like this in Munich for knows that Saturday's meeting the unconditional trust of the game," said Favre on Champions League qualifica- "We are hugely looking we are in the comfortable sit- a while, and we want to bring with his Frankfurt past could club hierarchy, he also has Thursday, adding that tion. forward to the game, and the DORTMUND, AND CAN uation of having it in our own the fans with us on Saturday," yet define his Bayern future. most of the dressing room Dortmund needed to be pre- Dortmund sporting direc- excitement will rise when we CLAIM A SEVENTH hands," he said. he said. With Saturday's title against him," wrote Spox. pared for all eventualities tor Michael Zorc joked on are on the way to the stadium, STRAIGHT CROWN IF The Croatian says he is Kovac, who steered decider and next weekend's Yet Bayern CEO Karl- against Gladbach, whom he Thursday that he would not those are nice moments," he expecting an emotional after- Frankfurt away from relega- German Cup final against RB Heinz Rummenigge, who is coached between 2011 and send Frankfurt a crate of beer said. THEY AVOID DEFEAT noon on Saturday, when his tion in 2016 before leading Leipzig, Kovac has two considered one of Kovac's 2015. if they beat Bayern. AT HOME BY KOVAC'S old club Frankfurt come to them to glory in the German chances to win silverware in biggest boardroom critics, "They play well on the "They have something to ‘WE MUST WIN TROPHIES' OLD CLUB EINTRACHT Munich. Cup last season, said that the the next week, and is deter- denied the reports. counter-attack, but they can play for, so they don't need Bayern coach Kovac said Bayern have not won the pressure to win the title is mined to take both of them in "There is no decision (to also press high up the pitch, any extra motivation," he said. on Thursday that he is proud FRANKFURT ON title in front of their own fans nothing compared to a relega- his maiden year in charge. sack Kovac), this report is and they need to win too," he Zorc admitted that Bayern to be on the verge of the title, SATURDAY since 2000, and are preparing tion fight. "We must win trophies," completely made up," he told said. were in "pole position", but having trailed Dortmund by to bid farewell to club icons "When you are fighting he said. Bild newspaper. We will give our 100%: Chhetri on Stimac's appointment

PTI ■ NEW DELHI earlier tweeted soon after Stimac's World Cup in 1998. So it's an oppor- appointment. tunity for me to learn a lot." he Indian football team led by tal- "This will be a process, one India goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Tismanic skipper Sunil Chhetri towards which we will be giving noth- Sandhu said he is eagerly waiting for Friday welcomed new coach Igor ing less than 100 per cent. I've already the first national camp under Stimac Stimac to the new set-up and said they spoken with the boys from the nation- here. are determined to give their 100 per al team, and we have begun working "I am very excited to be honest. We cent on the field under the former on our fitness as we need to switch have a busy year coming ahead which Croatian World Cupper. modes soon. is really good for us to keep develop- The 51-year-old Stimac, who was "When there is a change in guard ing as a team. We need games like the part of Croatia's 1998 World Cup at the helm, what doesn't change is our King's Cup, and the Hero squad that finished third in France, was desire to keep improving. What I am Intercontinental Cup to challenge on Wednesday officially appointed as also assuming won't change is the way ourselves to grow. I am really looking head coach of the Indian team. He all you fans have backed us. Let's all forward, and very happy," Gurpreet comes with an experience of over 18 turn to this new chapter," he added. was quoted as saying by All India years in coaching, structuring and India defender Sandesh Jhingan Football Federation (AIFF) in its web- developing football with players back said Stimac's experience will be of great site. Kane will get time to home and internationally. help to Indian football. "If we keep doing our jobs like we As a coach, Stimac's major "At the moment, Croatia are have in the recent past, I am sure we prove fitness: Southgate achievement was guiding Croatia to ranked 5 in the FIFA ladder, besides will grow even more." the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals in being the FIFA World Cup finalists, Right-back Pritam Kotal also AFP ■ LONDON played well so they keep Harry Brazil. and him being one of the pioneers of couldn't hide his excitement. as an impact player. "I'd like to extend a warm welcome that process shows his positive vision," "I am very excited to have Igor ottenham Hotspur striker "So without talking to to the new boss, @stimac_ligor on his he said. Stimac as our new coach. His experi- THarry Kane could miss the Mauricio (Pochettino), I don't appointment as coach of the National "Personally, it's a big bonus for me. ence will be a great addition to the Champions League final but know what his thinking on that team. He brings with him tremendous He was a central defender during his team and we will look to go one bet- still captain England in their bid will be. I guess that depends on experience of having coached on some of the biggest stages in football. We will do well to benefit from it," Chhetri had playing days, and had such a great ter under his leadership," Kotal said. to win the Nations League, said how Harry trains in the build- national coach Gareth up to the game." Southgate. Southgate said he is prepar- The 25-year-old talisman ing to make a special case for his has not played since injuring captain. Allegri to leave Old Lady ankle ligaments in the first leg "Where there are one or two India end Aus tour of Spurs' Champions League others we need to know a lot AFP ■ TURIN France boss and ex-defender quarter-final win over more about in the next week, he and boss Didier Deschamps, Manchester City. is one I will make an exception oach Massimiliano Champions League finalist But is hoping to be fit for for in that I will see how it goes CAllegri will leave Serie A Mauricio Pochettino of with 2-5 defeat their European showpiece final in the final week," he said. champions Juventus at the Tottenham and Lazio's with Liverpool. Kane is one of nine players end of the season after guid- Simone Inzaghi have been PTI ■ PERTH That game takes place in from Tottenham and Liverpool ing them to five straight linked with taking over from Madrid on June 1, just five days who could potentially be Italian titles, the club said on Allegri in the Italian press in he Indian men's hockey before England face Holland in involved in the Champions Friday. recent weeks. Tteam ended its tour Down their Nations League semi-final. League final and go on to link "Massimiliano Allegri will Despite signing Cristiano Under with a 2-5 loss to world Kane was included in an ini- up with the England squad in not be on the Juventus bench Ronaldo from Real Madrid No 2 Australia in the fifth and tial 27-man squad for the tour- Portugal for the Nations League. for the 2019/2020 season," last summer the Bianconeri final match here on Friday. nament named by Southgate on Southgate admitted the all- the club announced in a sur- failed to make it past the Trent Mitton (11th and Thursday, with the final group English final presents a rare chal- prise development. quarter-finals of the European 24th minutes), of 23 to be confirmed on May lenge. Allegri, 55, held meet- football's top competition for (3rd), (28th) and 27. "That's a test of our manage- ings with the club's hierarchy the second successive season. (43rd) scored for the "Frankly, we will know a lot ment skills and our collective earlier in the week during They were humiliated by hosts while Nilakanta Sharma more about that if he is in spirit as a team," he told BBC which a clear disagreement modest-spending Ajax in the (12th) and Rupinderpal Singh Tottenham's team," he said of Radio 5. between the two parties last eight in April despite a (53rd) registered their names on Kane's current fitness level. "It's the biggest challenge of emerged. star-studded side including the scoresheet for India. Asked if Kane needs to play all to compete against each He had rejected reports eighth consecutive title, and Ronaldo, Argentina's Paulo The visitors had the open- in the Champions League final other, then leave that at the door saying he was about to be dis- Allegri's fifth in as many years Dybala and France World ing chance in the match, but it to be considered for internation- and remember with England we missed last Saturday adding and he lifted the Coppa Italia Cup winner Blaise Matuidi. was cleared by , al duty, Southgate replied: "Not are a team, we support each he had already been making on four occasions since Allegri guided Juve to while on the counter Australia necessarily, because they might other. plans for the side's future for replacing Antonio Conte in two European finals losing to forced Indian goalkeeper take a view that (Lucas) Moura "That's been a massive the past six months. 2014. Barcelona in 2015 before Krishan Pathak to make a bril- scored a hat-trick (in the semi- strength for us over the last 18 Juventus have already The club's former mid- being hammered by Real liant save towards his left side as final) and Son (Heung-min) months." wrapped up their record fielder Conte along with Madrid two years later. deflected it outside for a long corner. The following seconds saw Australia score the opening goal of the match in the 3rd the back of the net, and pull a goal but Johan Durst made a L’pool will be PL contenders again: Lovren minute as Ogilvie managed to goal back in the 12th minute. fine save on his left side, and it get the final touch. Mitton found himself in a was Australia who managed to AFP ■ LIVERPOOL the Champions League. heartbreaking runners-up fin- Australia won their first great position during second score on the counter as Tim "This year, with the new ish in 10 months, having been penalty corner in the 10th half on the right side of the Brand pushed the ball past ejan Lovren believes players, we reached second place beaten by France in the World minute, but the shot was striking circle as Joshua Pathak to make it 5-1 with just DLiverpool will be Premier with 97 points, it's incredible. Cup final last year. blocked by India, and cleared Simmonds played a great pass one quarter to play. League title contenders again "And again the final of the He is confident, however, away. to him, and Mitton turned and India needed to score heav- next season, saying they are still Champions League, so defi- this season can end on a high However, the next minute fired the ball past PR Sreejesh ily in the last quarter and they improving under Jurgen Klopp. nitely we are again one of the with victory over Tottenham in saw India play out a loose ball into the back of the net to make tried to create chances but the Liverpool were pipped to contenders for next year to do Madrid on June 1. from the back which was lost by it 3-1 after 24 minutes. Australian defence made sure the title by Manchester City by something great. "We gave everything this Gurinder Singh, and it was In the 29th minute, that they did not give them a single point despite reaching "With this team, we can only season, it was a brilliant season Australia's Mitton who took Gurinder Singh was dubiously space in the circle. 97 points — the third-highest improve." — especially (at) Anfield and I advantage as he found himself fined for a push inside the 16- It was only in the 53rd tally in Premier League history. Central to that, according to think the fans really enjoyed it, in space on the left flank and yard line by the umpire, and the minute that India managed to The Reds have also secured Lovren, will be keeping the cur- especially the game against fired the ball past Pathak to resulting penalty corner saw score their second goal as back-to-back Champions rent squad together — most key Barca (Liverpool beat make it 2-0. Blake Govers fire a shot past Rupinderpal converted a penal- League final appearances, which players have already been tied Barcelona 4-0 to in the second However, India were quick Sreejesh's left side into the back ty corner as he fired the ball past Lovren said was another indica- down to long contracts — and leg of their Champions League to respond as Gursahibjit played of the net to make it 4-1 at the Durst's left side to make it 5-2. tion of their improvement. making the right additions. semi-final). a pass into the circle from the half-time. The Indian team tried to "When you look back on the erpoolfc.com. and better. Last season we did Narrowly missing out on "So, at the end we have left flank, and it was Indian In the 43rd minute, create a few more chances in the last three years, it was every sea- "When Klopp came (in quite well, we had quite a lot of the title meant the Croatia another final and I'm sure we midfielder Nilakanta who got Armaan Qureshi had a glorious remaining minutes, but could son improvement," he told liv- 2015), every year we did better injuries and reached the final of international suffered a second will come back with big smiles." the last touch to put the ball into chance to score India's second not score. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | MAY 18, 2019 sport 16

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$10 MILLION ON OFFER IN WORLD CUP ‘Dhoni, Pandya should be London: The winners of the upcoming ICC men's World Cup will earn a cash award of $ 4 million, the highest prize money on offer in the history of the tournament. The winners of the 10-team tournament will also get a trophy that they will lift at the historic Lord's on July 16, a statement from the ICC read. The total prize pot of $ 10 million will see allowed to attack from start’ the runners-up take home $ 2 million and the losing semifinalists $ 800,000 each at the end of the 46- day tournament being played across 11 venues in Harbhajan suggests team management to let MS & Hardik play their natural game UK from May 30. There are prizes for each league match won, in what promises to be a competitive PTI ■ NEW DELHI to take me on. Bell on the other hand tournament with the world's best teams playing would push for singles. Dhoni like KP each other in a round-robin format. ahendra Singh Dhoni's six- can intimidate bowlers. He has that hitting prowess is still intact effect," said one of India's greatest ICC RELEASES OFFICIAL ICC WCUP SONG Mand the Indian team manage- spinners. London: The ICC on Friday released the official ment must give him the license to On the team front, Harbhajan said song of the Men's World Cup — ‘Stand By' with attack from the word go during the that there is a bit of worry about the LORYN and Rudimental across all streaming World Cup, suggests senior off-spin- number 4 and 6 slots going into the platforms. ‘Stand By' — a collaboration between ner Harbhajan Singh. World Cup. new artist LORYN and one of the UK's most A trend shows that Dhoni has been "I don't see anyone except for KL successful and influential acts, Rudimental - will be taking the game deep before going for Rahul fitting into that No. 4 slot. So played in ground and city events across the a final assault but his one-time nation- that's a bit of a worry and also No 6 tournament when the showpiece event begins on al and current CSK teammate wants slot where Kedar Jadhav will play. I May 30. The ICC Men's World Cup is one of the him to go back to his big-hitting ways. hope that Jadhav gets fully fit before world's biggest global sporting events, attracting "I feel he is at his best when he hits the South Africa game (June 5) as it around one million sporting fans soaking up the from the onset. Some of his best is a very important slot," said the action in the UK and a further billion fans watching innings have come when he started the member of the two-time World cham- world-wide across the 48-match event. 'Stand By' onslaught straightaway. I feel the team pionship winning team. will provide a common voice for fans when they management should give him and Apart from world's best batsman show their passion for their respective teams Navdeep Saini bowls during Royal Challengers Bangalore during the month and a half long tournament which RCB/Twitter Hardik Pandya the licence to bat the Virat Kohli, the other game changer for training session during Indian Premier League way they want to. No restrictions, only India would be Jasprit Bumrah. culminates on July 14. go for the jugular at No 5," Harbhajan "Sachin Tendulkar called him IND EVES TO TOUR AUS FOR A SERIES said. world's best fast bowler at the moment. Melbourne: For Harbahajan, top-order bats- Indeed he is, for the impact he has cre- India women's A team will embark on Saini hopes to men Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, ated. If you take Bumrah out of that its maiden tour to Australia in December this year Virat Kohli and KL Rahul can build the India line-up, it's like you rip a heart for a limited-overs series, Cricket Australia innings, so Dhoni has the freedom to out of the body. He is that precious. He confirmed on Friday. The series is a part of an learn how Bumrah agreement between CA and BCCI to host annual A attack. is your Virat Kohli of Indian bowling," But what about his problems in the said Harbhajan. series between the two nations. The first such series was held in October last year, when Australia middle overs when spinners like Harbhajan's four semi-finalists are bowls yorkers A toured India for an ODI and T20 series. During the Mitchell Santner or Nathan Lyon will India, Australia, England and New tour, India A will play three ODIs and as many T20 PTI ■ KOLKATA be operational? Zealand. matches in Brisbane and Gold Coast respectively "That exactly is my point. The Asked why no West Indies or starting December 12. The three ODIs between urling yorkers like Jasprit Bumrah and Dhoni of the old would hit a six off the Pakistan, the veteran off-spinner India 'A' and Australia 'A' will be played in Brisbane Hmaster death bowling is among the few tricks second ball off any spinner and those Cup squad. "I can tell you how a bowler's mind opined, "I am not saying they can't but on December 12, 14 and 16 while the T20 matches Navdeep Saini wants to learn while steaming in are big sixes. He should and can still Harbhajan wants Dhoni to have works. Suppose I am bowling to New Zealand is a team that does well will be hosted by Gold Coast December 19, 21 and at nets alongside one of the world's best bowlers do it as I have seen at the CSK nets. the same intimidating presence that he Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell in tan- in big events. Best part of that set up 23. and his lieutenants. Uske chhakkon mein bahot jaan hai and Virender Sehwag had some dur- dem, I would be more worried about is their boys do the basics well on a The pacer from Karnal, who plays for Delhi (He still hits mighty sixes)," said the ing their best years of international KP than Bell. I could bowl a couple of consistent basis. That makes a huge dif- PATHAN PART OF CPL 2019 PLAYER DRAFT in domestic cricket and represents Royal member of the victorious 2011 World cricket. dot balls to KP but he had the ability ference in a big event," he concluded. New Delhi: Irfan Pathan is one of 536 players from Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, will be flying around the world who have signed up for the to the United Kingdom for the ICC World Cup Carribean Premier League (CPL) player draft. While as one of India's four net bowlers for the show- this is the first time an Indian has applied in the piece. Imam escapes serious draft, Pathan's participation would be subject to Bumrah's unplayable yorkers aside, Saini also ‘India sleeping giant whether he gets a No Objection Certificate (NOC) wants to learn from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and from the Board of Control for Cricket in India Mohammad Shami. injury after painful blow (BCCI), which maintains a strict policy of not "We have spoken briefly in the IPL but not allowing Indian players to play in foreign T20 much as we were busy with our respective fran- of woman's cricket’ leagues. Pathan's name appears on the CPL's chises. Bhuvi bhai's swing, Bumrah bhai's york- website among several others who have made ■ ■ er and the way Shami bhai seams after pitching PTI MELBOURNE PTI NOTTINGHAM themselves available for the draft, which is to be on the length is just amazing. I hope I will learn held on May 22 in London. His is the only name these things from them and become a better ndia are the "sleeping giants" of akistan's Imam-ul-Haq suffered a from India. Pathan, who has got over 100 Test bowler," Saini said. Iwomen's cricket with the resources Ppre-World Cup injury scare after wickets to his name, has not featured in the Indian Playing under Virat Kohli at RCB, the 26- they have at their disposal, feels being struck by England paceman team since a T20I against South Africa in 2012. He year-old took 11 wickets in 13 matches, bowling Australia coach Matthew Mott. Mark Wood on Friday but scans has also not been a part of the Indian Premier 141 dot balls which was among the top-10 in the The interest in women's cricket in showed he did not suffer any broken League over the past two seasons. recently-concluded IPL. India has been on the rise ever since bones. "It was a great learning experience playing they finished runners-up in the 2017 The 23-year-old left-handed MARTA LEADS BRAZIL IN WORLD CUP under the Indian captain. He always backed me. World Cup in the United Kingdom. opener had to retire hurt after a ball Rio De Janerio: Veteran Brazilian stars Marta, He told me never to take any pressure and always India also entered the semi-finals by Wood hit him on the elbow. Formiga and Cristiane are among the 23-strong keep the intensity high. Give your 110 per cent of last November's T20 World Cup in The incident took place in the Brazilian squad selected for the women's World effort. It has become a habit for me now," Saini the West Indies. penultimate match of the five-game Cup in France next month, coach Vadao said on added. "They're (India) the sleeping giant series at Trent Bridge, when Imam Thursday. Chasing their first World Cup trophy, He is paying a lot of attention to death bowl- in women's cricket. They've got a missed an intended pull off an 89 out loss in the fourth over. Brazil will face Jamaica in their opening Group C ing these days, something Bumrah has mastered. country that's mad on the game, and mile-per-hour (143 kilometres-per- He was taken to hospital but a match in Grenoble on June 9, before taking on "My focus currently is on improving my death in their batting they've already got hour) delivery from the Durham Pakistan team spokesman told AFP Australia on June 13 in Montpellier and Italy in bowling and backing my strength — bowling three or four world-class players," said But Mott believes if they contin- paceman. that scans showed there were no bro- Valenciennes on June 18. "We are optimistic for a hard length ball that comes on top of the stumps. Mott. ue in the same vein, the future is bright Imam, fresh from his career-best ken bones, with swelling on his left great campaign and look for that coveted world "It's a deadly delivery. We think batsmen will "The depth in their batting is out- for women's cricket in India. 151 in the third ODI at Bristol on arm the full extent of the injury. title," coach Oswaldo Alvarez, better known as hit you, but if you make slight variation and bowl standing, their bowling's got potential "They're going to be a force in Tuesday, fell to the ground and winced The fact his injury was not as Vadao, said. Crowned the world player of the year a in the same area, it becomes a very difficult to as well and their fielding has improved world cricket. Having made that on the turf in agony. severe as first feared was confirmed record six times, Orlando Pride forward Marta, 33, clear." out of sight," he was quoted as saying World Cup final (in 2017), and they've Imam, the nephew of Pakistan when Imam resumed his innings will captain Brazil in their attempt to finally win the Saini has impressed with his pace in his first by cricket.Com.Au. got a country of a billion people great and chief selector Inzamam-ul- after Pakistan lost their seventh wick- coveted trophy. At 41, Formiga, who recently IPL season and was the fastest among Indians, India entered two World Cup behind them as well, they're going to Haq received several minutes' treat- et on 319 in the 48th over. extended her contract with Paris Saint-Germain to clocking 152.85 kph, which was second only to finals (2005, 2017) but finished on the be a huge force," said the 45-year-old ment before retiring hurt on three not He finished on six not out in a 2020, will be the oldest player in the tournament South Africa's Kagiso Rabada's at 154.23 kph. losing on both occasions. former Queensland all-rounder. out, with the tourists then nine with- total of 340 for seven. that kicks off on June 7. Agencies NADAL ENTERS ROME SEMIS; LOCAL EVENTS FEDERER, OSAKA PULL OUT INJURED FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT KICKS-OFF

AFP ■ ROME reached the quarter-finals in Madrid. oger Federer and Naomi "Rome has always been ROsaka both pulled out of one of my favourite cities to the Italian Open on Friday visit and I hope to be back before their quarter-final next year." matches due to injuries just a The 20-time Grand Slam week before the start of the champion had been on court French Open, as defending for nearly four hours on champion Rafael Nadal swept Thursday, saving two match into the last four. points to win through in three The eight-time champion sets against Borna Coric after came through 6-4, 6-0 against earlier easing to a straight sets compatriot Fernando win over Portgual's Joao Ashiana Rovers, Tectro Football Club, Milani Football Club and Millennium School A won Verdasco to set up a rematch Sousa. the respective matches to enter the quarter-finals of Excellia School Seven-a-side Football with Greek rising star Stefanos The former world number Tournament at Milka Singh ground on Friday. Tsitsipas for a place in the one had been a late addition RESULTS: Ashiyana Rovers bt Millennium School B 5-0; Techtro Football Club bt Invincible final. to the Rome tournament as he Football Club 7-0; Milani Footb all Club bt Excellia Schhol 5-0; Millennium School A bt DPS, Tsitsipas advanced after sought clay-court practice Indira nagar 3-2. Federer -- returning to clay ahead of his bid to add to his after a two-year absence -- lone French Open title from INDIAN ELEVEN ENTER FINAL retired with a right leg injury 2009. Indian Eleven thrashed AS Gymkhana by 100 runs to enter the final of Surya Trophy at Chowk before their game. On court, Argentina's Stadium on Friday. "I am not 100 percent Diego Schwartzman dis- BRIEF SCORES: physically and after consulta- patched Japanese sixth seed IE: 226 (Anjaneya 65, Mudassar 60; Yaiswa 30/3) tion with my team, it was Kei Nishikori to reach the ASG: 126 (Chirag 34, Lalit 17; Arun 15/3, Virat 16/2) determined that I not play," a problem with her hand. Vondrousova. semi-finals. said 37-year-old Federer. "I woke up this morning The 32-year-old Osaka said she could stay Schwartzman, 26, won 6- SANYAM EMERGES WINNER The 32-year-old Nadal, and I couldn't really move my Nadal, seeded in Rome before going on to 4, 6-2 in 87 minutes in the Sanyam Srivastava seeded second, advanced to thumb," the 21-year-old told second, advanced the French Open, but did not quarter-final for his first win of CMS Gomti Nagar his fourth straight semi-final a press conference. rule out competing in Roland in four meetings with former won the 14th Lucknow but has not managed to go "I can't move my hand. I to his fourth Garros. US Open finalist Nishikori. district U-11 Open further on clay this season, can't move my thumb and I'm straight semi-final Osaka won twice on The world number 24, a Chess Championship ahead of his bid for a 12th not sure I can play my match. but has not Thursday after the previous French Open quarter-finalist held at Lucknow French Open title at Roland "I tried to practice and day's play was rained off, last year, has not dropped a set District Chess Garros, starting on May 26. grip my racket and I just felt managed to go retaining the world number so far on the red clay of the Academy on Friday. In Tsitsipas beat Nadal in this pain every time I tried to further on clay one spot ahead of the French Foro Italico and next faces the last round, Sanyam last week's Madrid Open move my hand in different this season, Open. either the top-ranked split the point with top semi-finals before falling to directions." Federer was playing in Djokovic or compatriot Juan seed Aryan Pandey, but Novak Djokovic, but lost to The Japanese star was due ahead of his bid the Italian capital to prepare Martin del Potro. lifted the trophy on the Spaniard in the Australian to meet Madrid Open cham- for a 12th French for his return to the French "It's not the best result I better tie-break. Open semis earlier this year. pion and sixth seed Kiki Open title at Open for the first time since wanted, but I'm getting better Secretary, Lucknow Reigning US and Bertens. 2015. every tournament from District Chess Sports Australian Open champion Bertens goes through to Roland Garros, "I am disappointed that I Barcelona and looking for- Association AK Osaka had earlier said she meet either Britain's Johanna starting on May 26 will not be able to compete ward to playing the French," Raizada gave away the could not compete because of Konta or Czech Marketa today," said Federer, who also said Nishikori. prizes.