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Her elevation as “Emergence of clarity is As per data, share of self- key macro data, with the was immediately greeted by the Finance Minister has raised what was important, and now employed among workers was Opposition parties alleging forecast of a sagging economy eyebrows both within and out- narrative in markets will be about 57.8 per cent among that it was a deliberate attempt which saw GDP falling to a side the BJP. about the economic policies rural males, 57.7 per cent to hide its non-performance. five-year low of 5.8 per cent Nirmala took over as that will be adopted to revive among rural females, 39.2 per Moreover, some members of and the Government admitting Defence Minister in September and stimulate the slowing econ- cent among urban males and the Statistical Commission had that the unemployment has hit 2017 taking over from Arun omy,” he said. 34.7 per cent among urban earlier resigned to protest a 45-year high figure. Jaitley, who was holding the Meanwhile, India’s eco- females. Among regular against the Government’s deci- Nirmala became the first portfolio as additional charge. nomic growth rate slowed to wage/salaried employees in the sion to withold the data. woman in 48 years since then At a time when the GDP is five-year low of 5.8 per cent in Government on a day when non-agriculture sector, 71.1 The data poses a huge Prime Minister Indira Gandhi falling, unemployment is rising, January-March 2018-19, due to Modi 2.0 Cabinet took charge per cent had no written job challenge to the Modi to hold charge of the Finance export and FDI flow slowing poor performance in agricul- showed 7.8 per cent of all contract: 72.3 per cent among Government which has Minister. Nirmala, who became down, and credit off take and ture and manufacturing sec- employable urban youth being males and 66.8 per cent among returned to power for the sec- the first full-time woman NPA emerging major area of tors, official data released on jobless, while the percentage for females. ond term on the promise that Defence Minister in the first concerns, news agency PTI Friday said. the rural was 5.3 per cent. The The data showed jobless- it will set policies right and tenure of the BJP Government, quoted analysts as saying that The Central Statistics joblessness among males on all ness for rural male youth (aged ensure faster economic growth will also head the Corporate the narrative in markets will be Office (CSO) also revealed was below China’s 6.4 per cent. the same on Friday with the lat- India basis was 6.2 per cent, 15-29) went from 5 per cent in and employment. The data is Affairs Ministry. about economic policies that that GDP growth during 2018- On the unemployment est data showing that jobless- while it was 5.7 per cent in case 2011-12 to 17.4 per cent in also significant because this was Indira — who handled the will be adopted to revive and 19 fiscal stood at 6.8 per cent, front, Nirmala faced the daunt- ness had indeed touched 6.1 of females. 2017-18. For rural women in the first comprehensive assess- Finance Ministry in 1970-71 — stimulate the slowing economy. lower than 7.2 per cent in the ing task of dealing with jobless per cent from July 2017 to June The data comes from the the same age group, joblessness ment of the employment situ- as PM had held additional “The ambiguity of portfo- previous financial year. The growth. Months after rejecting 2018. The unemployment rate Periodic Labour Force Survey went from 4.8 per cent in ation conducted after Modi’s charge of the Defence Ministry. lio allocation is now removed, growth in GDP was slowest the claim that India’s unem- is defined as the percentage of (PLFS), which was conducted 2011-12 to 13.6 per cent in decision in November 2016 to Among the BJP leaders, so this is good for the market since 2014-15. The previous ployment rate had touched a persons unemployed among by the National Sample Survey 2017-18. withdraw most of the country’s Niramala is a relatively junior in a sense. We will get to see low was 6.4 per cent in 2013- 45-year high, the Narendra the total labour force. Office (NSSO) from July 2017 The Government had ear- banknotes from circulation face in the Modi Government. new Finance Minister 14. The fourth quarter growth Modi Government admitted The data released by the to June 2018, and covered 4.3 lier brushed aside a leaked overnight. R

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The said Dikuram Hansda, a local Jaswinder Kaur Bamrah , who Sanjukta Nanda and others leaders and supporters had gath- senior leader and deserves such people of the city are hopeful that political activist. flew all the way from , entertained with their tributes ered to witness the glorious coveted post,” said a party work- their leader who is known for his “ In rural areas there was no Manchester, just to meet her , prayers , drills , dances , songs, moment for the BJP and its NDA er. dare acts would help them to major development and the peo- friends was highlight of the friends met with abandon. Special mention goes to the anecdotes. allies. As soon as the name of Munda started his journey promote development in rural ple are suffering with poor infra- event. Time did not matter amidst the efforts of Rani Thadikaran and “The reunion days flew by Narendra Modi was announced with JMM. He has represented areas. structure, drinking water, med- It was tireless effort of endless chatter. Fun, frolic , her talented daughter Tanya,” and left an indelible mark on for the swearing-in, the party Kharsawan Assembly seat thrice “Some people have run ical and education facilities in Devika ( Rupa) Chatterjee that food and photos seemed to be noted one of the participants. each one’s heart. It strength- workers started shouting ‘Modi- in 1995, 2000 and 2005. In 2009, hereditary politics for decades many towns and villages justice made the event possible. With the happy ‘ mantra ‘of those The organising committee ened the school day friendship Modi’, ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ and Munda got elected for the Lok together and never cared for the will be done to the public if only the unstinting support of two memorable days. headed by Dipika Modi, and with the school anthem other slogans. Firecrackers were Sabha from Jamshedpur seat development. Munda jee is our educated and new candidates Mohana Ganesan and Geetha “ It was like a dream come Vandana Dutta, Rupa Das and “So long Farewell “ song burnt on this occasion and lad- and in his place the BJP fielded representative in the Centre he enter into politics and we are Ramani, she connected to the true for us. Together we made Gupta , Mitali Mukhopadhyay ended the meet with promises doos were also distributed Mangal Singh Soy, who won the will work for tribal welfare. confident that with Munda batch. it possible. Our team’s com- and others , worked overtime to stay connected and meet among people. As a result of cel- assembly polls in 2010 by a huge Though East Singhbhum district becoming the Minister our dis- Mitali Mukhopadhyay, one mitment , dedication , perse- to prepare a flawless agenda for again - at the Platinum Jubilee ebration, the main road wit- margin. 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) Delhi's BJP headquarters to Bhavan. I was getting a chance Everybody sat in their fixed were echoed by slogans of gans of ‘Jai Jharkhand’ were take my pass long before the to enter the place that I had M place. As the watch showed ‘Narendra Modi Zindabad’ and also started. The ceremony here are moments in one’s time. The BJP headquarter was seen on television. In the front seven trumpets played bugle ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. concluded with the National Tlife that make one’s soul buzzing with activities. The of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the and the President of India The announcer continued Anthem. Even after completion elated. Watching Prime team of state BJP office bearers lawn had a seating arrangement arrived. to urge people to stay calm. But of the programme, we stayed Minister Narendra Modi taking of Jharkhand was already there of 8000 people. While the * Finally, came the moment enthusiasm was at the peak. there for an hour. The round of oath of office for the second and was cooperating in pass workers from West Bengal’s 5- for which crores of BJP work- When Rajnath Singh took the meeting was done with the term, was one of such distribution. During the division level were present, on ers had worked tirelessly for a oath then the guests present at leaders of other states. We con- moments. For the first time, evening, we all went together the other hand the Presidents long time. The oath of Prime that time were relatively quiet. tinued to share our election ordinary workers were also for the Rashtrapati Bhavan. of many countries were also Minister started at 7:02 PM. As But as soon as the name of experiences with each other. invited in the Prime Minister's There was a line of thousands present to witness this his- soon as Prime Minister Amit Shah was announced, This moment was such that it oath from all corners of the of people at the entrance to the toric moment. Usually the say- Narendra Modi began his oath once again the whole premis- comes only once in life. I got country. There was no limit of Rashtrapati Bhavan. There was ing is that leaders do not leave with first sentence – “I es got swept away with the slo- the chance to be a witness to happiness when I received the tremendous heat. But enthusi- the chair, but this time there N Narendra Damodardas Modi” gan of ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’. One, the opportunity to start the sec- invitation to attend swearing in asm was also complete. The was no temptation to sit in the ..... It seemed as if the time has after another minister kept ond chapter of India. This ceremony from Delhi office. It people standing in the lines chair. stopped. At one time it felt like taking oath. moment was captured forever felt that the party did not for- were hugging each other and We were meeting all other person entered, the announc- Rashtrapati Bhavan, at 6:45 I was dreaming of becoming a When Arjun Munda's in my mind. get its workers even in the shaking hands. leaders of the State and sharing er used to inform about his pm, the entire Rashtrapati witness of this historic moment. name was announced, the The writer is State moment of huge victory. I was thrilled to step on the experiences with smiles and arrival. As soon as the Prime Bhavan was resonant with the With the oath of Prime Jharkhand delegation stood up spokesman of Jharkhand BJP On the set day, I reached premises of Rashtrapati laughter. Whenever a specific Minister's convoy entered the slogan of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. Minister, the whole premises and applauded. In the end, slo- Unit. $ $" ) -2.(!) election. Based on feedback ) -2.(!) 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BJP Forests & Environment in the elections, the BJP out of five Lok JMM patriarch Shibu Soren is efforts of tribal welfare, devel- seats—Dumka, Rajmahal, aim to win 60 to 65 seats in BJP led National Democratic Sabha seats reserved for tribals most accepted tribal leader in opment of scheduled tribes, Jamshedpur and Giridih, but 92%)7.).2.%!212$$ assembly election will never Alliance government in 1998- won three seats, while in State. His appointment as scheduled areas, monitoring of the party won only Rajmahal become true. The Assembly 2000, before he was entrusted Singhbhum and Rajmahal BJP Cabinet minister holding Tribal ST welfare grants and others. seat, the JMM was not even 2%-)2-(!!)9:7-/.17%%7 election is fought with local the responsibility of first Chief lost to Congress and JMM Affairs will definitely please Interestingly, the ministry able to save its bastion in 9:.)17-/.-7$#:$2 issue and in Raghubar Das Minister of State. respectively. The three other tribals in State.” was set up in 1999 after the Santhal as JMM patriarch cabinet there are several loop- Similarly, in Modi’s first seats which the BJP won The BJP leader’s statement bifurcation of Ministry of Shibu Soren lost to BJP Sunil holes. The people especially innings, Jharkhand had two Dumka, Lohardaga and Khunti, assumes importance as tribals Social Justice and Soren from Dumka. tribals are upset with State representations Harvard edu- leaving aside Dumka in other resentment with BJP govern- Empowerment during Atal JMM general secretary, was not much distributing, the end assembly election. The Government interference with cated Jayant Sinha and two seats BJP had to work hard ment was evident in Lok Sabha Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure. Vinod Pandey said, “The party party gain 2.5 per cent more party had already stated that Chottanagpur/ Santhal Sudarshan Bhagat, but both of for securing victory. In Lohardga elections. The tribals were Meanwhile, Chief Minister had called JMM legislature votes than previous time. they will revenge the defeat of Pargana Tenancy Act them were ministers of State. the BJP won by around 10000 upset with government’s inter- Raghubar Das has congratu- party meet on June 2, while on Pandey said, “The BJP won their party chief and patriarch (CNT/SPT) Act.” While Jayant Sinha was Minister votes, while in Khunti Arjun ference in Chottanagpur and lated Arjun Munda for becom- next day (June 3) the working the election not due to contri- Shibu Soren in Dumka by win- The JMM is first regional of State for Civil Aviation, Munda won by only 1445 votes. Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act ing tribal affairs minister in committee meet is scheduled.” bution and hard work of its ning all 18 assembly seats in party calling for introspection Bhagat was MoS Tribal Affairs. A senior BJP leader (CNT/SPT) Act. There were Modi’s Cabinet. State BJP pres- Pandey further said, “The party State leaders. A wave was blow- Santhal Pargana. meeting after drubbing in Lok Sources said that by giving requesting anonymity said, “By agitations too against the state ident Laxman Gilua and other will introspect and go through ing in favour on Modi across Sources in JMM said that Sabha election. The JVM and Munda plum portfolio, the party making Arjun Munda as trib- government’s proposed amend- BJP leaders too have welcomed details what went wrong in the Country.” the party will collect feedback RJD are struggling with infight- has tried to give a message to al affairs minister BJP aims to ments to age-old land laws, the and congratulated Munda for election.” However, the JMM Sources said that the June from its lawmakers and leaders ing within the party, while the tribal of State that the BJP is real target 28 tribal assembly seats CNT, SPT acts. The tribal becoming cabinet minister in leader claimed that JMM per- 2 and 3 meeting of JMM is seen finding out the reasons behind Congress party stands divided well wisher of tribals. In the ahead of year-end Assembly resentment was visible in Modi Cabinet. formance in Lok Sabha election as party preparations for year- party’s drubbing in Lok Sabha in two camps. ( #) ; !*" ) -2.(!) #* -2.(!) Observatory Center- Ranchi, as n order to shun tobacco on per the record of the past four- IWorld No Tobacco Day on ith the temperature in five years, the temperature in Friday all the officers and WRanchi touching 42 the State capital has been like workers of Ranchi Collectorate degree Celsius, there seems to this only and it is not an took oath for forbidding tobac- be no respite for the city resi- abnormal situation. co. Ranchi Deputy dents. Pre monsoon showers “The strong north wester- Commissioner cum president, are also not expected as per the ly winds’ coming from warm District Tobacco Control MET Observatory Centre- areas like Rajasthan has caused Committee, Rai Mahimapat Ranchi. the condition of a heat wave in Ray administered the oath. “Earlier the beauty of the western parts of Jharkhand. Speaking on the occasion ; $ Ranchi was that with the rise We are expecting some change Ray said that on the occasion " $ in temperatures, there would from June 2 as the wind pattern 8 #&# "$ $ of World No Tobacco Day the $ O= " be rainfall and in the past few is changing. With the south "#& A 2! #& yellow line is being drawn in #P! years this has reduced. This is easterly coming in, the north ) * $ 100 yards of schools, under primarily because a lot of trees eastern and southern districts )/6! ! 2 which any tobacco consump- necessary to disseminate tobacco but awareness among have been cut which has dras- will get affected and some rain tion or sale will be prohibited awareness among masses about society is also very necessary to tically affected the mesoclimate and thunder storm is expected,” ) -2.(!) improve in society. “It has been policing system, the electronic under any circumstances. harm of tobacco. stop it. in the region,” said Pragya said SD Kotal, Director MET resolution of Jharkhand Police surveillance should be installed Ray also talked about tak- “First of all below 18 years State Advisor, Rajiv Kumar Kumari, assistant professor, Centre Ranchi. irector General of Police DK that the State should be free from and PCR should be formed at ing action against those who age group people become given detailed information Birsa Agricultural University As per the weather bulletin DPandey retired on Friday extremism and Jharkhand is each and every district of the violated the provisions of the addictive of tobacco and they about work done by the gov- (BAU), Ranchi. released on May 31, the max- from service and he was felici- moving forward in this direction State. There should be friendly COTPA -2003 and the district are mostly become victim of it ernment to prohibit and con- According to the BAU pro- imum temperature recorded in tated on the occasion of retire- continuously. Now left wing environment between police administration will run a cam- in future. It is necessary to trol tobacco. fessor another major factor Ranchi was 41.6 degree Celsius ment on the premises of extremism is breathing its last in and public so that faith on paigned against it. inform students of schools in Meanwhile, education cen- which has caused a change in which is 4.4 degrees more than Jharkhand Armed Police. He was the State because Jharkhand police could improve,” he added. In another programme at the State about harm of tobac- ters also celebrated World No the weather is the increasing the normal temperature where 1984 batch Indian Police Service Police is trying to wipe out it DK Pandey assumed National Rural Health Mission co. Because when they know Tobacco Day as on the premis- population, construction of as the minimum temperature (IPS) officer. Senior Police offi- from the State,” he said. Jharkhand DGP post on (NRHM) a workshop was about its damage through es of Central University high rise buildings and con- was 26.2 degree Celsius. cers of Jharkhand Police were Addressing the gathering on February 24, 2015. Pandey organised to celebrate World Audio-Video then they will Jharkhand (CUJ) it was cele- crete roads which has left no In Daltonganj the maxi- present on this occasion. the last day of his service Pandey extended greeting newly No Tobacco Day. know about it and they will brated. All the teachers and place for the rain water to get mum temperature was record- Pandey advised the police- informed that just as he has appointed DGP KN Choubey. Speaking on the occasion prohibit their familiar person workers of the university took absorbed in the ground but to ed at 45 and the minimum was men on the occasion to do their included daughters of the State Those who were present on the NRHM, Director, Shailesh including relatives for use of oath that they will not consume drain out. The biggest draw- 29.6 degree Celsius. Meanwhile job honestly and he appealed into Jharkhand Police so as he occasion included SSP, Anish Kumar Chourasia said that tobacco,” said Chourasia. any kinds of tobacco from back of this urban development in Jamshedpur, the maximum them to work with dedication hope that the daughters will get Gupta, IG Ashish Batra, IG tobacco is injurious to health it The Mission Director said now and they will also motivate is that all the greenery around temperature was 43.4 while the and accountability so that the proper place in the Jharkhand Sudhir Kumar Jha and City SP cause numerous lethal diseases that only constituting a law is their relatives and known peo- Ranchi has been lost. minimum was 27.4 degree image of the police could Police. “In order to improve Sujata Kumari Bianpani. including Cancer so it is very not enough in prohibition of ple to don’t consume tobacco. “Previously a local system Celsius. would form and cause rainfall For the next four days but with so many trees being June 1- June 4, the maximum cut, the system is not forming temperature in Ranchi and its 892 K any more. There are no pre- surrounding areas will be monsoon showers expected,” around 40- 41 degree where as the professor further added. the minimum will be around 7 the craters of the Moon. * 7## went inside the clean room and played games. After three According to the MET 26- 27 degree Celsius. On 15th May, 2019, we after wearing proper gears and and a half hours we stopped for uring a lecture on history reached Jawaharlal Nehru taking an air shower. There we Ice-cream and finally reached Dof science and technology Planetorium at 10.30 AM. saw the Chandrayaan-2's SHAR at 9.25 PM. in India by Dr. P. Jaysimha, we Firstly we saw a 40 minute Orbital, Lander (Vikram) and The weather in SHAR was learnt about the Meru Prastara movie called ‘The Dawn of Rover (Pragyan). very humid and after dinner we of Pingala, which was similar to Space Age’. Then we had an Vanita Mam was the retired to our rooms. It was in Pascal’s Triangle and was interactive session with Dr. Project Director and she this place that all the 108 stu- invented before Pascal. We Shailja, who taught us about explained Chandrayaan – 2 to dents from all the four centers learnt that Aryabhatta knew exoplanets, circumsteller discs, us. We became the first people had gathered together. On 17th about Heliocentricity and centre of mass radial velocity other than Scientists to see the May, 2019, we had breakfast at Kepler’s Law in 200 A.D. and etc. We learnt about the dif- Chandrayaan – 2. It was one of 7.30 AM and left for Brahma also about different contribu- ferent methods of finding extra the best moments of my life. Prakash Hall. Till 9 AM we tion of India to the field of sci- solar planets and about the Then we went to anechoic were arranged in the Hall ence and mathematics. Kepler Mission, which has dis- chamber and saw the antenna according to our States. After At 3.20 PM, we had an covered close to 3000 exo plan- testing facility. that we were addressed by the interaction with Dr. K. ets. We learnt about TRAPPIST Later, we went to Thermo Director, SDSC, SHAR, Sri S. Radhakrishnan, former – 1 System, Kepler – 22 System, Vaccum Chamber also known as Pandyan. Chairman of ISRO. He was also Planetary migration and why # , 4 #"5 674 the 'Torture Room' and it is used The write up is in first per- the Chairperson during the Mercury and Jupiter are impor- $! 8 P 9!8: for testing. Liquid nitrogen was son, written by Dhriti Barnwal, Mars Orbital Mission (MOM). tant for solar system. ;<0 ); $ , $ used for cooling here. At 12 a class 8 student of Delhi I consider myself fortunate to At 12.45 PM we had anoth- Noon, we came back to URSC Public School, Ranchi, who was meet such an eminent person- er show on 'Our Solar System' Museum (VITM). We came Altitude Ranging (SHAR). Guest House and left for SHAR one of the 108 children in India ality. At 5 PM we had a prac- and 'Science Watch'. We had back at 6.25 PM and at 7 PM Next day at 9.15 AM, we went at 2 PM. The trip from the URSC who attended the Indian Space tical session of Air Rocket lunch, ate ice-cream and then we had a briefing session on to I-SITE (ISRO Satellite to SHAR was the most fun-filled Research Organization’s (ISRO) & $ Launch. After that, we went to reached Vishweshwaraiya Satish Dhawan Space Centre Installation Test journey I had ever had. The bus YUVIKA programme from 5! ' $ ! see the telescope and observed Industrial and Technological (SDSC), Sriharikota High Establishment). At 10 AM, we was amazing and we saw movies May 13 to May 25. ?7'@ ! 2 !" # "< ) ./0#/1!) new Government’s swearing-in, overall expectations of expand- K Subrahmanyam, one of on Friday said Modi will visit ing India’s global influence and India’s leading strategic ana- n a first of its kind, former his country in early June. stature, particularly in key mul- lysts, was a key member of the IForeign Secretary S Describing it as an “honour for tilateral forums like G-20, Indian team which negotiated Jaishankar is now heading the people of Sri Lanka”, Sirisena Shanghai Cooperation the landmark Indo-US nuclear same Ministry and took charge said the relationship between Organisation and BRICS. deal. The deal, initiated in on Friday. An expert on China India and his country goes back However, a major focus of 2005, took several years to and the US, his new stint will over 2,600 years. “PM Modi’s the Ministry under his leader- craft, and was signed by the be keenly watched to see visit is very important to us, we ship is likely to be on further UPA Government headed by whether he brings any change are neighbours and friends, this boosting India’s trade and Manmohan Singh in 2007. in India’s approach towards relationship between India and defence ties with the US, Jaishankar’s appointment Pakistan. Incidentally, he Sri Lanka dates back over 2,600 Russia, France, Japan and the as Foreign Secretary in January assumed the new responsibil- years. We’re eagerly awaiting for European Union as well as 2015 evoked a sharp reaction ity nearly 16 months after retir- his arrival, it’s a great honour with the countries of the neigh- from various quarters over the ing as a career diplomat. for the people of Sri Lanka,” bourhood. Another challenge timing of the Government’s Natwar Singh was the another Sirisena said after meeting for him will be to further decision to remove Sujatha Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Modi. strengthen India’s ties with Singh. He had earlier served as officer to head the External Besides Sirisena, Modi met China, badly hit by the Doklam India’s Ambassador to the US Affairs Ministry during the other BIMSTEC leaders like standoff in mid 2017. and before that to China. UPA regime. Nepalese Prime Minister KP The 64-year-old -- who is A 1977-batch IFS officer, Elevated to the high-profile Sharma Oli and Bhutanese not a member of either the Jaishankar played a key role in Ministry as its Minister, Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Rajya Sabha or the Lok Sabha resolving the crisis following Jaishankar will be busy in exploring ways to further at this point -- is also likely to the incursion in Ladakh’s preparing the groundwork for strengthen bilateral ties. A day push for deepening coopera- Depsang and the Doklam Prime Minister Narendra after taking charge as Prime tion with the African continent stand-off, handling the tough Modi’s bilateral visit to Sri Minister for a second term, where China is fast expanding negotiations with Beijing. Lanka later in June. It will be Modi also held extensive talks its influence and presence. Among other positions, Modi’s second foreign visit with Bangladesh President Securing the long-awaited Jaishankar has been India’s after taking the oath of office. Abdul Hamid and PM of membership of the UN High Commissioner to The Prime Minister is Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth. Security Council and Nuclear Singapore and Ambassador to scheduled to travel to the As regards the new Suppliers Group is expected to the Czech Republic. Maldives next month in his External Affairs Minister, be another area of interests of Last year, Tata Group first bilateral visit. In 2014, Jaishankar, considered an the new Government. India has appointed Jaishankar, who was Modi’s first foreign tour after expert on China and the US, also been trying enhance ties Indian Foreign Secretary from becoming Prime Minister was will be keenly observed to see with the Gulf region as well as January 2015 to January 2018, to Bhutan. whether he brings any changes the hydrocarbon rich Central as its president for global cor- Sri Lankan President in India’s approach in dealing Asia, and Jaishankar is set to porate affairs, within three Maitripala Sirisena, who is in with Pakistan. ensure continuity on it. months of his retirement from India as a chief guest for the He will also have to address Jaishankar, son of the late the Government service. !" # "$ "% " , )$ #! ; 55*= 7 # ; 8 7 * P 2# 2 9.1 N9.1 O " " ' ' ( >;<;C" ' ' " %@ ' " %@ ) ./0#/1!) >;<;> " "C 2 "%@O >;<;>;C " 9.1 ulfilling its poll promises in ' ' % ' ' ' Fthe very first Cabinet meet- - ing, the NDA Government on D 9.1 ' ' Friday decided to extend PM- KISAN scheme to all 14.5 crore farmers in the country costing 7 1) * 87,000 crore a year and also %- - # ' " announced over 10,000 crore 2#-$E7 F$$ pension scheme for 5 crore - farmers. ' " - Implementing another poll "" ' ' promise, the Cabinet meeting ! ' ' ' chaired by Prime Minister ' #27$ 2" 2#27%@.- 2( Narendra Modi also -- ' announced monthly pension of 3,000 to all shopkeepers, retail traders and self employed persons after attaining the age of 60 years. Announcing the key deci- sions, new Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Modi 2.0 Government has announced the landmark deci- sions for the farming community in the first Cabinet meeting. “The Union Cabinet has approved to extend the ambit of the scheme by including all land holding eligible farmer families under the scheme, subject to the prevalent exclusion criteria,” Tomar told reporters after the meeting. The 75,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Siddhi (PMKSS) was announced in the interim Budget under which the Government decided to provide 6,000 per year (in three equal instalments) to an estimated 12.5 crore small and marginal farmers holding land up to 2 hectares. “Now, the revised scheme envisages to cover around 2 crore more farmers increasing the coverage of the PM-KISAN to around 14.5 crore benefi- ciaries,” the Minister said. He said total burden on the exche- quer will increase by 12,000 crore to 87,217.50 crore for the year 2019-20. Tomar said the Cabinet also approved the PM-Kisan Pension Yojana under which small and marginal farmers will get a minimum fixed pension of 3,000 per month on attaining the age of 60 years. "> !" #

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) ) during 2014-2019, but some ( % $ deficiencies remain. There have been some malicious percep- rahlad Patel, senior BJP tions that have been created Pleader and MP from the about the Indian culture, like Madhya Pradesh's Mahakoshal about Kumbh. I believe that region is the new Culture and one of the big successes Tourism Minister. A former between 2014-2019 is that Union minister of state in the today what the world knows Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cabinet, about Kumbh is actually what Patel took charge of the Culture tion" created about the Indian Indian culture is," Singh, said Ministry on Friday. He will take culture. The 57-year-old par- adding, "We have have to work charge as tourism minister on liamentarian brought a pri- on both aspects. India is big Tuesday. Known for supporting vate bill in Parliament for ban and our culture is big. If it ban on cow slaughter, Patel said on cow slaughter way back in spreads in the world, so will he would work towards "cor- 2000. "The roadmap for the tourism. So, we have to correct recting the malicious percep- future has already been drawn this perception". )* * a four-time MP from - $ Karnataka, by his side. "Together we can take the $ ) * O ; aving retained the work of railways to newer ! - # $ Hportfolio, Piyush heights. Newer heights of iren Rijiju is the new Minister of Goyal expressed happi- transparency, newer KYouth Affairs and Sports, replacing ) # he said. "That was the black aving remained in political wilderness of ness over Prime Minister heights of innovative Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who has ) 9 ' period for the media, there Hsorts for eight long years after helming Narendra thinking, newer heights of been dropped from the Council of $ was everyday censorship and Uttarakhand as the Chief Minister till 2011, Modi reassigning him bringing honesty in the Ministers. The charge of Minister of State complete curtailment of press Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' was one of the the Ministry and said it railways and growth in in the Ministry of Minority Affairs has ack to the Information freedom. We fought against it surprise picks of the Modi-Shah combine. To would mean there would passengers and freight also been awarded to Rijiju. A lawyer by Band Broadcasting Ministry under the leadership of add further to his stature, he was allotted the be "continuity" in the traffic," he maintained. profession, Rijiju, who took charge of his saddle, Prakash Javadekar on Jayaprakash Narayan, Atal key HRD Ministry - one of the most impor- work. Improving passen- He outlined that new Ministry, has emerged as the key face Friday stressed the impor- Bihari Vajpayee, Advani ji," tant Ministries in the Government. As Nishank ger experience and mod- newer speed of imple- in the North East. "My heartfelt gratitude tance of Press freedom even as Javadekar added. He said took charge on Friday senior ministry officials ernising the railways menting infra projects to PM Narendra Modi for reposing faith he targeted the Congress for the leaders fought on two- handed him the draft of the much awaited New would be his focus areas, and customer satisfaction in me to be a member of his council of imposing the Emergency. As three main issues during Education Policy (NEP), which is an ambitious he spelt out his priority. "I that is the new Indian ministers. I sincerely thank Amit Shah he took charge of the ministry Emergency and press free- project of the previous Modi government. The am happy that there will Railways and new India and karyakartas and well wishers across on Friday, Javadekar said the dom was one of them. NEP is is expected to be on the agenda of be continuity in the work that the PM has charted India. For me, leadership is not about government not only recog- "I am very happy that it was Nishank, who started his career as a teacher in that we had begun in the for us. However, Goyal's power and privilege, it is about respon- nises freedom of press, but restored after our struggle was the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated first stint. The many biggest challenge would sibility," he said. He also thanked Team cherishes it. "Press freedom is successful. I also fought and Saraswati Shishu Mandir. Nishank said that he works that we have start- be to ensure punctuality, India, which playing the world cup in the essence of democracy and went to jail for 16 months. So will be meeting officials of the Ministry of ed will be continued. I timely track maintenance England, saying together we will work as we not only recognise it, we for us press freedom is the basic Human Resource Development and will chalk from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna University hope that we will be able and renewal, ramping up a team. While Rathore was 2004 Athens cherish it. In the history of free essence of democracy," he said. out a plan of action soon. A committee, head- in Garhwal, is a prolific Hindi writer with 36 to improve the passenger production of state-of- Olympic medalist, Rijiju does not have India, only once this freedom Javadekar also hailed the work ed by former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, was works to his credit, of which 10 have been experience as well as the the-art coaches for trains such a background as he had only par- of press was curtailed and that done by Rajyavardhan Rathore, formed to draft the new education policy by translated into other languages. His works process of loading of such as Vande Bharat ticipated in the National Games during was in 1975 during M Venkaiah Naidu and Arun the HRD Ministry previously headed by include novels, short stories, poems and trav- goods," he said, with Express so that more such his college days. Rijiju was MoS in the Emergency brought by the Jaitley, who were in-charge of Prakash Javadekar, who is now Information and elogues. He holds a PhD degree from Hemwati Minister of State Angadi services can be intro- Union Home Ministry in the first Modi- then Congress government," the ministry earlier. Broadcasting minister. Nishank, a PhD Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University. Suresh Channabasappa, duced. led government.

) ) Ministry. After assuming the (2 $ charge of the MoHUA, Puri A$ .# said the NDA government had spent six times higher on urban is defeat in the Lok Sabha schemes in five years compared $$ !& Hpolls notwithstanding, he to the amount UPA dispensa- B! is the biggest gainer as Prime tion spent in its 10 years. There Minister Narendra Modi has are several schemes for the Aizawl: The Congress in paigning across the country... not only retained him but also urban sector including PMAY Mizoram on Friday extended (though) the outcome of the Thiruvananthapuram: said in his letter. rewarded him. Hardeep Singh (U), SBM (U), Atal Mission for full support to the leadership of recent Lok Sabha election may Congress chief and Wayanad "What is disturbing is Puri, diplomat-turned-politi- Rejuvenation and Urban AICC chief Rahul Gandhi and not have come in our favour," MP Rahul Gandhi urged that while the government of cian, is the new Civil Aviation Transformation (AMRUT) said there is no need for him to it said. Kerala Chief Minister Kerala has announced a Minister, whom he took charge among others. "This is what resign. The resolution said the Pinarayi Vijayan to provide moratorium on repayment of on Friday, even as he has Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gandhi had offered to Congress is one of the few par- assistance to the family of a of farm loans till December been re-appointed as the (MoHUA). He has also been through flagship programmes resign as the party president ties that won more seats in this farmer, who committed sui- 31, 2019, yet farmers are still Minister of State (Independent given responsibility as the has been able to do for the after the Congress received a Lok Sabha polls than in the cide allegedly due to non- being pressured and hound- Charge) of the Ministry of deputy under Piyush Goyal in urban sector and that is work severe drubbing in the Lok 2014 election, "and therefore repayment of loans, and also ed by loan collection agents," Housing and Urban Affairs the Commerce and Industry in progress, he said. Sabha polls. we felt that Rahul Gandhi's conduct an inquiry into the the letter said. A resolution adopted at the leadership is required for the matter. The Congress chief said it meeting of the Mizoram organisation". VD Dinesh Kumar, 53, was important to consider 9# Pradesh Congress Committee The Congress improved died after consuming some "long-term measures" to free $ 2 $ (MPCC) unanimously decided on its 2014 tally of 44, winning poisonous substance, police farmers from the "vicious to stand by Gandhi. 52 Lok Sabha seats this year. said on May 25. to the family. debt trap" given the devastat- oon after taking charge, "Gandhi must continue as "The Congress had lost His relatives said that Police aid that Kumar ing impact of the last year's SMinority Affairs Minister the party president. We strong- (polls) many times in the past financial burden had forced had taken a loan of Rs 10 lakh floods. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on ly believe that his leadership is and bounced back.... With him to take the extreme step. from three banks and was "I offer you my fullest Friday said his ministry will required for the Congress, to Gandhi's leadership, we will Gandhi, in his letter to reportedly facing recovery support and cooperation in work with the mantra of 'sabka steer the party out of its current sure come back and save the Pinarayi dated May 28, said proceedings. finding concrete long-term saath, sabka vikas and sabka state...," the resolution said. motherland like we had done he was "deeply saddened" by "Kumar's case isn't an solutions to the critical issues vishwas' - as outlined by Prime "The MPCC sincerely felt in the past," it added. the farmer's suicide. He isolated one. There have been Kerala's farmers are faced Minister Narendra Modi. that Rahul Gandhi had shown The resolution said Gandhi requested the state govern- a spate of farmer suicides in with and in ensuring every Naqvi said the ministry has an exemplary leadership dur- has championed the spirit of ment to conduct an inquiry Wayanad, due to an inability farmer in Kerala lives a life of prepared a 100-day roadmap to ing the party's election cam- secularism in the country. PTI and extend financial support to repay loans," Gandhi had dignity," Gandhi said. PTI strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to 'sabka saath, sabka vikas and sabka vishwas' (with all, for $ B everybody's development and having everyone's trust)." He asserted priority will be given Mandap will be constructed on provide employment and Srinagar: The overwhelming ing the prayers at the Jama ing to support any initiative in ous jails across India, includ- even today when the situation to "3Es"-- education, employ- a war footing in minority-con- employment opportunities to mandate to Prime Minister Masjid here on the occasion of this regard. ing (separatist leaders) Yasin has only further deteriorated," ment and empowerment -- for centrated areas across the master artisans from the Narendra Modi has given him 'Jumat-ul-Vida', the last Friday "So, it is an opportune Malik, Shabir Shah, Asiya he said. "If these steps are ini- development of minorities. The country to ensure better edu- minority communities will be an opportunity to play a deci- of Ramzan. time to initiate political Andrabi and others," he added. tiated by both sides, it will Minority Affairs Ministry will cational infrastructure under further accelerated. Hunar sive role in the resolution of the "Pakistan PM Imran processes which enables and The mirwaiz said during bring relief to the people of launch a nationwide awareness Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Haat, which has been proved to Kashmir issue, Hurriyat Khan's oft-repeated offer of facilitates conflict resolution," the Hurriyat's engagement Kashmir and an atmosphere campaign on a war footing to Karykram". Naqvi said that be an effective measure to pro- Conference chairman Mirwaiz dialogue on all issues between he added. with the governments of Atal for sincere engagement among reduce school dropout rate 100 per cent digitization and vide employment and employ- Umar Farooq said on Friday. India and Pakistan, including The separatist leader said Bihari Vajpayee and all stakeholders will be creat- among minorities, especially GPS mapping of waqf proper- ment opportunities to master Farooq expressed hope on the Kashmir issue, should a resolution to the Kashmir Manmohan Singh, and after ed for a permanent resolution." Muslim girls, he said adding, ties across the country will also artisans, will be organised that Pakistan Prime Minister be seriously considered by the issue could transform both visiting Pakistan, the sepa- The Hurriyat chairman "Schools, colleges, ITIs, poly- be a priority for the ministry. across the country in the com- Imran Khan's offer of dia- new dispensation in New India and Pakistan and usher ratist conglomerate had put said India and Pakistan have to technics, hostels, Sadbhav Naqvi said the campaign to ing days, he said. logue would be seriously con- Delhi as the way forward," in a new era of stability and forward certain substantial acknowledge and address "the sidered by the new National Farooq said. progress in South Asia, bring- measures as a precursor to unresolved political problem" Democratic Alliance govern- The moderate Hurriyat ing the much-needed relief to serious negotiations. in Kashmir. 9 ment. chairman said Kashmir cannot the people of Kashmir striving Farooq claimed that both "We want this long cycle of "As the people of India be resolved militarily or for a resolution. India and Pakistan had at that killings and violence to end. overwhelmingly voted for Mr through confrontation, but by "For that, it is imperative time had agreed to imple- We do not want to see our .# $ - G ' .! $ 2 Modi and his party back into dialogue and deliberations. that democratic processes are menting these steps — includ- youngsters or an Indian or ' power, this mandate gives PM "All Kashmiris, irrespec- invoked and restored by New ing revocation of the Armed Pakistani soldier die in this 9 2 ' % ' Modi the opportunity and the tive of their organisational Delhi and the policy of repres- Forces (Special Powers) Act, 'forever' conflict," he said. ! $ power to play a decisive role in affiliations, are speaking in sion and military approach be gradual demilitarisation, pris- "Without addressing the ques- ' ' ' ' the resolution of the long- one voice about the urgent done away with. oner release — to prepare tion of Kashmir, there will be ' ( " ' pending Kashmir conflict," need for resolution of the con- "One measure for doing so ground for serious negotia- repeated returns to perilous % the separatist leader said. flict," he said, adding that the is the release all of all political tions. states of war as we recently wit- ' & . 9 The mirwaiz was address- Hurriyat Conference was will- prisoners languishing in vari- "These measures hold true nessed." PTI 9 ' &D G " ' ''G D ' ' )2 ' G " ' ". + & C5 6? ' G )J ' ' ' 9 #! " - : ! $ B /$$ ' " ' ! $ % ' $ ) % ' 1 $ ) ' Mumbai: The NCP on Friday "Many senior leaders were Thursday and the Rashtrapati Vadodara: Fourteen turtles ' $ 8 took a dig at the new NDA dis- not given Cabinet berths. Singh Bhavan announced allocation were found dead in a dried-up $ H I) ! $ G pensation, saying it is a gov- has been given Defence port- of portfolios to the ministers on pond in Gagodar village in ' $ ' ! $ # " ernment of only Prime Minister folio and sidelined. Same is the Friday. Meanwhile, on the spec- Kutch district of Gujarat, forest " ) ) $ J ( " ! Narendra Modi and Home case with Gadkari ji," Malik told ulations that the NCP might officials said on Friday. ' '& : % ' : / Minister Amit Shah, while reporters. He claimed that some merge into the Congress, Malik Deputy conservator of ' ' " )% I $ ! ' / senior leaders like Rajnath of the BJP leaders would call the said there was no substance in forests (wildlife) S S Asoda " ' $ $ " ' Singh and Nitin Gadkari stand previous Modi-led dispensation the reports. said 15 other turtles were res- "sidelined". as the government of only Speculations that the NCP cued from the pond after the NCP chief spokesperson "two-and-half" people, imply- would be merged into the incident was reported on Nawab Malik alleged that Modi ing that other ministers had no Congress were rife on Thursday evening. and Shah do not want senior say in its functioning. Thursday. These were fuelled "After being alerted, our leaders to be part of the cabi- "Now, it is a government of after Congress chief Rahul team rushed to the pond that is !$ ) ./0#/1!) Home Minister and career security, including defence net. only Modi and Shah. Others Gandhi met NCP president located in Rapar taluka, and diplomat S Jaishankar as the policy and internal security. Singh, new Defence min- have no opportunity. They Sharad Pawar at the latter's res- found carcasses of 14 turtles. were found alive there, were res- here will be two new faces external affairs Minister. Besides the Prime Minister, ister, had led the Home don't want seniors in the gov- idence in New Delhi. They must have died due to lack cued and immediately shifted to Tin the all-powerful Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister the Ministers of Defence, Ministry in the previous Modi ernment, that's their mentality," "The two leaders discussed of water as the severe heatwave another pond in Thanisara vil- Committee on Security (CCS) Narendra Modi, the CCS is the Home, External Affairs and government. Gadkari will con- Malik alleged. only the Maharashtra Assembly has dried up the pond," he told lage located nearby, which still with the induction of BJP final decision-making body Finance are members of the tinue to hold the Minister for Modi and his new team of polls and drought in the state," PTI over phone. has sufficient amount of water," president Amit Shah as the on matters related to country's committee. Road Transport and Highways. ministers took oath on Malik added. PTI "Fifteen other turtles, which Asoda said. PTI !" # "@ " 4 3%# ' 4 4 !" #$% $&' ( ( # #/# + " R( # - ) ' % ' 1" ) " % " ' 3 ( S 5 ) 2, . +, # # $ ) 3/$S ( ( ( !"# 0$?$ 1 n his first speech after a mammoth ( electoral victory, Prime Minister S 6 Narendra Modi had summarised # what could best define not just India’s but the axis shift in world politics. “For 1 4 ) 2 * yearsI the Left had its ideology but we trans- 1S )S lated that into reality,” he said with convic- 3/$S 3 1 4 tion. Justifiably so because he proved a the- orem that is being borne out by the rest of ) 7 the world, where the right-wing is drawing 3/$S / 8 O strength from all sections of people — -:, -; O hordes of ordinary people to be precise — to becoming a mainstream entity than just ! .6 < !.= being a fringe benefit or aberration, depend- 3 > / ) ing on its tolerance or virulence. So the nar- 1 4 ) 1 rative is not about right-wing dominance but about right-wing populism. 3/$ In that sense, the Modi phenomenon is 3/$S in continuity with a global pattern really, one 0 1 that is sweeping the Far East, through the European continent and lunging across the ! 1 # )S /$ Atlantic. If Donald Trump and Xi Jinping 3/$ % are the twin polarities in the West and East, ! 1 3/$ ( then there are several in between other than Modi. Consider the frenetic rise of Brazil’s ? $ 3 ) new far-Right leader Jair Bolsonaro, who ( "( crested a series of social movements that ! gave him the pulse of the people. Hungarian # 1 Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Turkish president Recep Erdogan have overturned ( 5 ) 1 the Left-inspired liberalism and made it deficits. In many countries, the economists, that has bubbled up over a longer period of time, to support authoritarian lead- ( their own. In Thailand, the compliance of entry of multi-nationals meant now, forcing a review of exist- made the job easier. Its version ers, thinking that their robust- *S conservatives is the reason for the continu- loss of land for lavish units and ing theories and paradigms. of trade unionism dwindled ness will give them a voice that ity of military rule. sweatshop conditions for local This deep discontent is also the since the 1990s and has since civil society, so far an ivory 4 5 ) So what is the reason for this socio-psy- labour. The second biggest reason why traditional civil lib- pejoratively been seen as a tower of privileged and imper- / $)7 ( ( chological behaviour profile in a post-glob- problem that arose from free erties, of the kind that is sup- deterrent to economic activity vious intelligentsia, has denied # . 1 * alised world? It would be easy enough to dis- movement of skilled labour portive of human rights, protec- than as a guarantor of local jobs them. Ironically, it is also the miss it as born of hopelessness and deso- was immigration, an influx tion of minorities and progres- that the Right has successfully children of globalisation, the > . lation, climbing out of a similar trough seen that worked when subservient sive and democratic values, are marketed. The Singur move- millennials — the generation # > ) 6 between two World Wars whose belly but not when it claimed equal under attack. Simply because ment, a watershed marker in the that is disconnected from his- # 1 / fired up fascism and gave us a Hitler. He stakeholdership in the host they do not acknowledge the decimation of the Left, which toricity or hasn’t lived through successfully built “otherness” as a reason for country. So if supposedly the crisis of “otherness,” somebody catapulted Mamata Banerjee catastrophic world events real- 1 1 ) @ <)@= Germany’s ills before suggesting his outra- most apolitical country like else stealing your job, somebody in Bengal, showed that for a ly and whose reality is shaped * 4 geous solutions. But we are not in the Great Sweden is becoming intolerant else taking over the economy, party which initiated land by what is floating on the inter- $ . ) ) Depression or a World War but in a glob- of immigrants, leave aside the somebody else denying what reforms, it could be blatantly net brand of unpoliced democ- alised world which was meant to equalise crisis fuelled by Brexit, then could be due to you, somebody smug about land acquisitions racy — who are seeking anoth- / $)7 )@ (( and share resources. Or at least attempt to anti-globalisation is a bigger benefitting from doles and, too. er kind of destiny, a dream $ ?1 . > 1 do so. What has happened in the process sentiment and the neo-age pro- therefore pushing you to pover- Most importantly, the class crafted on their terms than the / ) * of an increasingly flat world of give and take, tectionism advocated by Trump ty. In short, the classic psycho- interests that it so abhorred one bequeathed. in no small part aided by the massive its mere expression. Research logical “blame game” that lets were solidified by its own They also haven’t felt the # ! $ 4 ! empowerment courtesy digitisation, is that has shown that in the US, the you assign victimhood to your- internecine machinery of out- impact of authoritarianism 3/$S ! 1 it has led to total deconstruction of tradi- regions hardest hit by globali- self. It is this idea of exclusion- sourced implementers. In rely- unlike those in transitional 1 "( # 4 ) @ # * . <8 = * * 7 2-B ;,, !(')** 5;* # -:,,,, ( C+C n 2011, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh A Yadav led a spirited campaign against the then ( IChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan * Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati. As SP # * president, he toured the length and breadth of . * the State — sometimes on cycle — calling the # then BSP Government as one of the most cor- rupt regimes in the annals of Uttar Pradesh. He even called it a pathar wali sarkar (a Government of stones) — an oblique reference to Mayawati’s # P ( penchant to build parks and statues. This mutu- Q al mistrust and antagonism was so deep-seated " 4 that the subsequent SP-BSP trust alliance always seemed cosmetic and superficial. But before this misadventure, Akhilesh’s hard 4 ( work bore fruit when in 2012, the SP won the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh with a huge 2!)1/!2)1/# # ( margin. Mulayam Singh Yadav was then the national president of the party and he surprised %7//!) all by projecting Akhilesh as the Chief Minister. 2$)16 At the age of 38, Akhilesh, then an MP, took oath %78/%!/- %!/ . ?1 7 as the Chief Minister on March 15, 2012. This, 026!/(2--)/# > 3 # political pundits say, was the beginning of the new 7:%2 era in Yadav politics. Talks then centered around 9177#1/ ! how Akhilesh, a foreign-educated young man, could transform the impoverished State, which (7: ?1 @ -/12().8!) 2;B +CF is home to around 23 crore people, into one of versus 15 per cent (upper caste), which (Rampur), Shafiqur Rahman Warq ground work almost a year ago. the most developed States in the country. 2%!/-0)%! would undoubtedly go in their favour. (Sambhal) and ST Hasan Mulayam’s words have proved 3 !)$/12 ( People had pinned hopes on Akhilesh One of the courtiers of Akhilesh (Moradabad)— emerged victorious. prophetic. The SP stands vanquished because of the legacy he carried. Son of wrestler- .2%)7.21 Yadav had told this reporter poetical- The defeat has raised many ques- today, primarily because neither the # ( turned politician Mulayam Singh Yadav, it was -/)#/.% #)# ly that the bouquet of caste in this tions on Akhilesh’s leadership simply Dalit nor the Yadav vote was consoli- > 3 R> > 2,S H believed that the young leader was well-conver- .7% 87 #70. alliance was spread from western Uttar because it is the second time the SP has dated enough to ensure transference to P +F S ( sant with political ups and downs. Mulayam was 0/11 0)%! %!/ Pradesh to eastern Uttar Pradesh and contested the election under him. As each other’s candidates. The results ( -C FB- ( three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh -2. 2.# )1/ also had its footprints in Rohilkhand national president of the party, he had announced on May 23 punctured the S GQ " besides being the Defence Minister in 1996 dur- 21171#&%)$/- and Bundelkhand. contested the first election in 2017. In invincibility argument and now the ing the United Front Government. So, for The just-concluded parliamentary fact, it was his idea to enter into an alliance stands exposed. The BSP, SP Akhilesh, politics was nothing new. He had 0!7!2#9:)1% poll results came as a rude shock to the alliance with the Congress. His politi- and RLD have around 39 per cent vote # %!/9-)(& brushed shoulders with the high and mighty and mahagathbandhan as it stood complete- cal acumen was even questioned back share while the BJP and its ally has over was well-versed with every Machiavellian 96&9-)( 0/-/ ly decimated. In this ignominious then because as a performing Chief 50 per cent of the vote. This shows that 1/%)8.7-/# 3 manoeuvre. defeat, however, the BSP can walk away Minister, who had carried out a spate the myth of castes moving at the dik- But the high hopes were soon dashed. First, 2.#%!/)- with its head high — if one can say so of development work, including the tat of leaders does not hold good any- Akhilesh failed to keep his family together. The (7.%)%:/.()/ — because the party won 10 seats where construction of the Agra-Lucknow more. way he carried out a bloodless coup, replacing 0/-/%2/.: it had drawn a blank in the 2014 Lok Expressway, he did not need a prop. Akhilesh is standing at the cross- his father with himself as national president of 96%!/./0 Sabha election. But it is Akhilesh, who With the tagline of his campaign as roads now. He is carrying the legacy of 1 ( the party, did divide the party. Mulayam, after (2#-/ has to face the bigger question, because ‘Kaam Bolta Hai’, his inclination to go Mulayam Singh Yadav while the repu- all, was the reason for SP’s claim to any sort of while his family members lost the elec- for an alliance with the Congress tation of SP that senior leaders like ) ) relevance. The rift widened so much that uncle tion, he failed to increase his tally. showed that he was unconvinced about Janeshwar Mishra, Rama Shankar . Shivpal Singh Yadav parted ways and formed his In the 2014 election, the SP had his own work and did not have the Kaushik, Babu Lal Yadav, Md Azam # 2,+F . own party, the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party won a total of five seats — all the win- stomach to drive hard political deci- Khan and Reoti Raman Singh had built S 3 ( (Lohia), which inflicted larger damage to the SP ners were from the family. Besides, sions or go it alone. In that election, the through blood, sweat and tear is at . ( in three Yadav pocketboroughs of Kannauj, Mulayam (who had won from SP’s tally reduced from 226 to 47. stake. Uttar Pradesh has witnessed # Budaun and Firozabad in the 2019 Lok Sabha Mainpuri and Azamgarh), other fam- In 2019, again, he showed political how Ajit Singh floundered the politi- elections. All old-timers in the party, who had ily members of Akhilesh, namely nervousness and entered into an cal legacy of Chaudhry Charan Singh. ( build the SP brick-by-brick and whose advice was Dimple Yadav and his two cousins alliance with the BSP and RLD to con- His politics of aaya ram, gaya ram and 3 worth a pound of gold for Mulayam, were left Dharmendra and Akshay, won the test the Lok Sabha election. Some fondness to align with the ruling party ignored and their constituencies were taken up elections. In the bye-election after termed it as the election story of 2019. has reduced the RLD to a political non- by the new blood. Mulayam vacated Mainpuri, another The result, however, was pathetic. entity. ( The courtiers in Akhilesh Yadav’s durbar cousin of Akhilesh, Tej Bahadur, Akhilesh not only lost seats but his Akhilesh should take lessons from +2 ( were rich, having no practical understanding romped home. SP’s total tally further party’s vote percentage, too, came the failure of Ajit Singh. He should try 3 ( about the ground realities or imperatives. They increased to seven after it won the bye- down. (SP’s vote percentage is 18 per for a reconciliation of the party and the became the eyes and ears of the former Chief elections of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in cent while it is 19 per cent for BSP and family. The first step should be to hand 6 J 5 Minister. Such was their influence on Akhilesh 2018. 50 per cent for the BJP). over the baton back to Mulayam Singh ( that they started campaigning for the 2019 elec- In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the His father and the wily SP founder Yadav. Shivpal Singh should be brought tions very late. Some even advised that campaign- party once again won five seats while Mulayam had publicly said that back and he should start touring the ing through WhatsApp was enough because the Dimple Yadav (Kannauj), Dharmendra Akhilesh had “lost half the battle” State. He should open his doors to the # SP-BSP alliance would fetch dividends as the Yadav (Budaun) and Akshay Yadav when the latter chose the politics of party workers. It is time for Akhilesh # arithmetic just would not fail. They argued that (Firozabad) lost the elections. Besides, alliance. He had even admonished his to smell the coffee or otherwise he could ( the battle was between 85 per cent (combination Akhilesh Yadav (Azamgarh) and son, saying that the SP was not battle- be heading Ajit Singh’s way. of Dalits, Muslims and backwards as represent- Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri), ready as it was relying too much on (The writer is Executive Director ed by the alliance partners of SP, BSP and RLD) three Muslim leaders —Azam Khan Mayawati whereas the BJP had started [News] with The Pioneer, Lucknow) 5 R - '( @ =?*0; 8

ning streak of the Republican Party by during armed conflict between the US disparities, which were exploited by remittances from the Middle East. ness to Tahir, who supported the attacking the Bush administration’s eco- military and China-backed North parties such as ZA Bhutto’s Pakistan Unprecedented financial aid from Musharraf dictatorship for a while nomic performance, knowing fully well Korean armies. People’s Party (PPP). the US and Saudi Arabia (for the anti- but despite the 8.5 per cent growth that the struggling economy had begun Tahir’s father, Baqir, took over the Baqir was a card-carrying member Soviet insurgency in Afghanistan) rate achieved by the regime till 2005, to impact many Republican voters as family business in the mid-1950s and of Ayub’s centrist and modernist also helped. he could not revive the family busi- well. According to the famous German began to expand it. Tahir told me that Conventional Muslim League. In Baqir was successful in regener- ness. philosopher and political theorist Karl his father led a “highly Westernised life” December 1971, the PPP came to ating his export business and also Out of frustration, he sold it off 79/).8-2. '** *$ Marx, a person’s “political conscious- and befriended many industrialists, power on a ‘socialist’ platform. There became an importer after Zia lifted and joined a multinational organisa- % "' ' ness” is almost always shaped by his bureaucrats and politicians. Baqir fully was an increase in Pakistan’s import bills curbs on imports. This was the peri- tion as an employee. The frustration 8 O " n March 1991, a few days after the economic circumstances. supported Ayub Khan’s 1958 coup due to the 1973 world oil price shock, od of Zia’s ‘Islamisation’ and Baqir was also vented out through support- US forces invaded Iraq for the first Let me demonstrate this through because he believed that political insta- a serious post-1973 global recession followed suit by shunning his ing the anti-Musharraf movement in Itime, 90 per cent of Americans, the example of an acquaintance of bility had begun to negatively impact during 1974-77, failure of cotton crops ‘Westernised ways’. He became a 2007. The economy had begun to " ' who were polled, approved of mine, Tahir, or rather, through the his family’s economic fortunes. in 1974-75, pest attacks on crops and ‘born-again Muslim’. His palatial spiral down and this also meant ;M=, 2 President George H Bush’s ‘job per- story of his dad, Baqir. I’ve known And Baqir did greatly benefit from massive floods in 1973, 1974 and house in Karachi also went through Tahir’s wish to revive the family busi- " formance’. Bush’s approval ratings Tahir since school. His family became the Ayub regime’s ‘pro-business’ poli- 1976-77. Pakistan experienced the a transformation. Expensive paint- ness was thwarted. " skyrocketed and political commenta- extremely conservative in the 1980s cies. In 1960, he married a bureaucrat’s worst inflation during 1972-77 when ings gave way to equally expensive He got married and moved to tors predicted that the Republican but it wasn’t always so. Tahir’s father daughter. It was a love marriage. prices increased by 15 per cent. calligraphy of sacred verses and Qatar and then Saudi Arabia. This is Party would be able to retain the pres- had migrated to Pakistan from India Apart from expanding his export As his business nosedived, Baqir water colour paintings of Islam’s when I reconnected with him through ' ) idency in the 1992 election. in 1947. He was 16 at the time. In business, Baqir spread his economic sold his cinemas and bars in 1973 and sacred sites. He built a mosque in the Facebook. He supported Imran Khan Republican presidents Ronald Karachi, Tahir’s paternal grandfather interests by buying two cinemas in in 1975, he wrapped up his export area where the house stood and also in 2013 and just before the 2018 elec- ' Reagan and then Bush had held the was a small trader who set up a shop Karachi and one in Lahore. He also business and moved the family to one in his vast office. tions, he was posting statuses about White House since 1981. And in 1991, in Karachi in 1949. Tahir’s father often bought a restaurant and opened two London where he opened two He remained a Zia supporter the upcoming ‘Islamic welfare state’ ' % " it seemed Bush, too, would be able to visited the shop after school. bars in Karachi’s Saddar and Tariq Pakistani restaurants. However, he even after the latter’s demise in 1988. and Riyasat-i-Madina on Facebook. " win a second term just as his predeces- Tahir once told me that their Road areas. He also built a new pala- returned to Karachi after the fall of the He voted for Nawaz Sharif’s (then However, only recently, as the ' sor Reagan had. However, by the end “class status suddenly jumped from tial family home in Karachi. Bhutto regime in 1977. By 1980, he ‘Ziaist’ and pro-business) Pakistan country’s economy is once again ' ' of 1991, Bush’s approval ratings began lower-middle to upper-middle” in the According to political economist was able to resurrect his business in Muslim League (N) until his business threatening to spiral down, his ;M=, to plummet, surprising many political early 1950s, when his grandfather Akbar Zaidi, the country’s annual Karachi when the Gen Zia dictator- once again began to go south due to Facebook posts have become critical pundits. This is when the strategy team managed to export merchandise to the growth rate during the Ayub regime ship initiated denationalisation, dereg- international sanctions imposed on of Khan’s regime. So I inboxed him: of Bush’s opponent Bill Clinton US forces stationed in Korea. (1958-69) was an impressive 6.7 per ulation and privatisation policies. Pakistan after the country tested “Tahir, it seems there is no place for N " (Democratic Party) came up with the Between 1950 and 1953, the cent in Gross Domestic Product. But Pakistan achieved a national sav- two nuclear devices in 1998. you to restart the family business in slogan, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Pakistani economy witnessed a boom Zaidi also mentions that Ayub’s policies ings/GDP ratio of 16 per cent in 1986- In the early 2000s, Baqir hand- Riyasat-i-Madina.” He didn’t reply. Clinton was able to break the win- of sorts due to such exports to the US in this context also created economic 87 amidst massive inflows of worker ed over the reigns of the family busi- (The Dawn) !" # "B

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Since the last 20 years, Doha Bank’s plea seeking stay " $ 5) $ looked beyond positive political ding up to 3.61 per cent. on Friday. lion this year, a senior Indian the scale and profile of bilat- on a decision of the committee ) 9)): L) developments and weighed con- Asian Paints, TCS and “Benchmark indices ended diplomat here said on Friday. eral trade and investment of creditors (CoC) of Reliance 5 cerns around global trade war HCL Tech were among the this week on a volatile note. The India-China bilateral between India and China has Infratel (RITL). $/" 2 ) and macro-economic indicators. gainers, rising up to 2.43 per After opening positive, Sensex trade last year touched a his- increased several folds. Doha Bank has argued that In a highly volatile session, cent. reversed its trend and closed toric high of $95.54 billion, “This has been further the creditors’ panel has con- the benchmark BSE Sensex Sectorally, BSE power, negative by 117 points. Near- according to the official data strengthened in April 2018, sidered the claims of lenders of ended 118 points lower, metal, FMCG, utilities, basic term events to be closely released by China early this when Wuhan witnessed the parent firm Reliance dragged by losses mainly in materials, auto and banking tracked are India’s Q4FY19 year. first Informal Summit Communications on the basis auto and financial stocks. indices fell up to 1.30 per cent. GDP rate, infrastructure output The trade deficit in 2018, between our Prime Minister of corporate guarantee of RITL The NSE Nifty too edged While, BSE teck, oil and for April, and foreign exchange according to the data, climbed (Narendra) Modi and which would reduce its voting 23 points down to settle below gas, telecom and energy indices reserves data...,” Hemang Jani, to $57.86 billion from $51.72 President Xi Jinping. This share in the CoC. the 12,000-mark. rose up to 1.07 per cent. Head — Advisory, Sharekhan billion in 2017. Summit has provided a fresh The bank claimed to be However, on a weekly Broader indices ended on a by BNP Paribas, said. “We are glad that our impetus to our growing bilat- direct lenders and said as a syn- basis, the Sensex gained 279.4 mixed note with, BSE smallcap “Auto sales data for the bilateral trade will cross the eral engagement,” Vimal said. dicate of four banks, it had lent points and the Nifty rose 78.70 slipping 0.65 per cent and BSE month of May to be released on significant mark of $100 bil- As a result, the number of 1,400 crore to RITL. points. midcap rising 0.23 per cent. June 1 followed by the RBI lion this year,” India’s Deputy visits by trade and invest- Doha Bank is against con- Post announcement of key Investors also appeared monetary Policy on June 6. On Ambassador in China Dr ment delegations have sidering lenders having corpo- portfolios in newly elected cautious ahead of GDP data, global front, US-China trade Acquino Vimal said while increased and the comfort rate guarantee of RITL as finan- ) $ ) 5!A% 9 !: government, focus to shift scheduled for release later in wars along with rise in oil price addressing an event on ’India- and trust levels have cial creditors as this will mar- ) /"# !5! # 9 !:A " towards various economic the day, traders said. will determine further trend. China business forum, explor- improved, he said. ginalise their voting rights to 15 5& 9A!: ) /"$ reforms and policies. BJP President Amit Shah We continue to remain opti- ing opportunities, enhancing “This is demonstrated in per cent from around 55 per After gyrating nearly 750 who played a crucial role in the mistic on equity markets and cooperation’ specially in the the increase in the number of cent currently. points, the 30-share index settled return of his party’s govern- prefer Private banks,” Jani said. IT sector. visas we have been issuing in The lenders of Reliance 117.77 points, or 0.30 per cent, ment at the Centre will be the Meanwhile, foreign insti- A large number of the last few months. In order Infratel have invoked bank lower at 39,714.20. The gauge hit new Home Minister in Modi tutional investors (FIIs) bought Chinese investors and Indian to ensure that such engage- guarantees of 8,000 crore an intra-day low of 39,374.24 2.0 Cabinet while incumbent equities worth 1,664.74 crore IT firms based in China ment is promoted and encour- issued by the company in and a high of 40,122.34. Rajnath Singh has moved to on Thursday, while domestic attended the get-together aged, I’m happy to inform that favour of Reliance The broader NSE Nifty Defence, another high profile institutional investors (DIIs) organised by NASSCOM — a we have further liberalised Communications. The tribunal also settled lower by 23.10 ministry. Outgoing Defence sold shares to the tune of trade association of Indian visas for Chinese travellers to asked State Bank of India (SBI) points, or 0.19 per cent, at Minister Nirmala Sitharaman 1,122.60 crore, provisional Information Technology (IT) visit India by the introduction to file reply within seven days 11,922.80. During the day, the will be the new Minister for data available with stock and Business Process of ’electronic visa’ facility,” the and Doha Bank to file a rejoin- index hit a low of 11,829.45 and Finance and Corporate Affairs exchanges showed. Outsourcing (BPO) industry Indian diplomat said. der in three days. & /. $ " $$ 5 , / A #' 9-79 , $ * $ $ "$ ! $ " 9 !: " E7$ ' E6F'G? " B< F'GH)$ ) ./0#/1!) ) 02!).8%7. their imports for six months. ) ./0#/1!) inancial creditors of “There will be no more oil FReliance Communications ny efforts to import waivers granted and the only he growth of eight core have submitted claims of over AIranian crude oil beyond oil that would have been per- Tinfrastructure sectors 49,193 crore, which showed the accepted levels negotiat- mitted would have been slowed down to 2.6 per cent in that China Development Bank, ed from November to May under the cap that we nego- April, due to negative growth LIC and SBI have the highest will be sanctioned, the US has tiated. That cap was negoti- in crude oil, natural gas and fer- exposure in the dues. warned, amidst reports that ated, it was to run for a peri- tiliser output. According to the list, India and China were seeking od from November of 2018 During April 2018, the Interim Resolution Professional ways to buy oil from Tehran. until May of 2019,” Brian expansion rate of eight infra- (IRP) Pardeep Kumar Sethi has US President Donald Hook, Special Representative structure sectors — coal, crude admitted claims of 47,038.79 Trump last month refused to for Iran and Senior Policy oil, natural gas, refinery prod- crore and the remaining " 58 give waivers to countries like Advisor to the Secretary of ucts, fertilisers, steel, cement amount has been put for veri- $ 2 * 5 India from buying oil from State, told reporters during a and electricity — stood at 4.7 fication. / LO ) P' Iran, in an attempt to reduce conference call on Thursday. per cent. The list showed that China $ $ $ "$ $ Iran’s oil exports to zero. He said once the coun- Coal generation growth Development Bank (CDB) /" The US on Thursday reit- tries have reached the cap of was flat at 2.8 pet cent in April claimed dues of 9,863.89 crore erated its position after the what was negotiated, that 2019, said the Government and the IRP has admitted the media reports from New would be the limit of the oil data. entire claim. Delhi, quoting unnamed gov- that US would permit to move The output of electricity The IRP also admitted full ernment officials, said that through and would not be and refinery products was 5.8 claims made by Life Insurance India was looking at ways to sanctioned. per cent and 4.3 per cent, Corporation (4,758 crore), resume oil imports from Iran “We will sanction any respectively. 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$ nearing 100. Out of these more "the encounter broke out after - . ( than two dozen terrorists of a Cordon and Search Jaish-e- Mohammand terror Operation was launched in the outfit including its top com- Dragad area of Sugan village in ( manders have been eliminated Shopian following credible ) 712%2 former and sitting, municipal tion,” she said adding, “expand by the security forces. inputs about the presence of chairmen and councilors have your support base through Since November 2018, militants, adding that the gun- n what could give Mamata joined the BJP in Delhi. public contact because we will 2$$: Kishtwar was witnessing regu- fight site was located in IBanerjee more butterflies in On whether he saw a definitely bounce back from lar movement of 'radicalised' orchards and with no habita- her stomach, senior BJP leader revival of Trinamool Congress this place,” she told her party ishtwar district in Jammu youth in the area. tion nearby". Mukul Roy on Friday said from the electoral jolt it had leaders. Kprovince, declared a ter- The same month saw tar- "During the search opera- another crop of about 10 suffered in the recently held Once again attacking the rorism-free zone over a decade geted killing of a senior BJP tion, the hiding militants fired Trinamool Congress MLAs parliamentary elections, Roy BJP and the Election ago, witnessed first firefight leader Anil Parihar along with on the search party, police and “some MPs” were waiting said more and more people Commission for manipulating between unidentified terrorists his brother Ajeet Parihar. said, adding that the fire was to join the saffron camp. were getting attracted towards the electronic voting machines and jawans of police patrol In April 2019, another RSS retaliated, leading to an Roy, a major architect of the BJP impressed by the per- to win the elections Banerjee party in the wee hours of leader, Chandermohan encounter in which two listed BJP’s astounding performance formance of Prime Minister said, “the people will have to be Friday in Appan area of Sharma, was killed in cold militants along with the other in the Lok Sabha elections Narendra Modi. told about this. We will have to Marwah tehsil. blood along with his body one who was part of this group from Bengal, said the Mamata “If this trend continues descend on the streets, organize Two Special police officers guard inside district hospital in were killed". Banerjee Government may not and if the TMC leaders con- mass movements against the (SPO's) wounded in the attack Kishtwar. Incidents of weapon The killed terrorists were last till 2021 and could collapse tinue to join our party in such EC so as to build pressure” on were rushed to Army com- Sinha said, "after receiving a launched comprehensive snatching were also reported in identified as Abid Manzoor well before its time as “many large numbers then I don’t the poll panel in order to “pre- mand hospital, Udhampur for specific input about the move- searches in the area. the area in the recent months Magray alias Sajju Tiger son of MLAs and MPs are in touch think this government will vent it from repeating its mis- specialised treatment. ment of anti-national elements IG, Jammu range, MK raising concerns of revival of Manzoor Ahmad Magray res- with me.” survive its full term till 2021” chief in the 2021 Assembly Meanwhile, in two suc- in Appan area of Marwah, a Sinha also visited Army militancy in the region. ident Nowpora Payeeen He said, “just now there are the former Railway Minister elections.” cessful operations, a joint team team of SOG and district police Command Hospital at In March 2019, posters Pulwama, Bilal Ahmad Bhat 10 MLAs and some MPs who said. Buttressing her argument of security forces eliminated had left for the area on Udhampur and enquired about carrying pictures of seven son of Gul Mohammad resi- are in touch with me. There will Meanwhile, with a view to she wondered “how Amit Shah five terrorists during the day. Thursday evening". the health and welfare of the 02 "wanted terrorists" affiliated dent of Urmulla Lassipora be more to join us in the com- stimulate the senior Trinamool and the BJP could say prema- According to police, three He said, early Friday morn- SPOs who sustained bullet with the Hizbul Mujahideen Pulwama and Jasim Rashid ing days,” and added he would leaders’ sagging spirits Chief turely that they would get 300- Hizbul Muhajideen terrorists ing while police team was on its injuries and the Lashkar-e-Taiba were Shah son of Abdul Rashid res- prefer the TMC leaders to join Minister on Friday held a party plus seats and how could he say were neutralised in Dragad job, it came under fire from Since beginning of the holy released by the police. Official ident of Malnar, Shopian. the BJP gradually so “causing core committee meeting where this will happen at 10 am and area of Sugan village in Shopian unidentified militants near month of Ramzan, more than sources said, at least seven ter- Abid and Manzoor were her chest pain to increase slow- she asked the Ministers, MPs, that will happen at 11 am and while two terrorists were killed Faizi Bridge. The fire was retal- 20 terrorists have been elimi- rorists are active in the region wanted by law for their com- ly. I will not give them a sud- MLAs and district presidents to yet another thing will happen in Nanar area of Tral in South iated. He said in the exchange nated by the security forces and six of them belonged to the plicity in a series of cases includ- den heart attack but a slow and stick to their basic jobs and at 12 pm on the counting day. Kashmir's Pulwama district. of firing, 02 SPOs, Mohd. Iqbal across Kashmir valley in relent- Hizbul Mujahideen and one to ing attack on security estab- sure shock causing a stroke.” expand their public base. This means that there was Public Relations Officer & Ashiq Hussain got bullet less operations. the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). lishments and civilian atrocities. Already a large number of “Don’t live your respective connivance and high-tech (PRO) of Inspector General of injuries. He said, after the The overall tall of terrorists Meanwhile, Police Several cases were registered TMC leaders including MLAs, areas. This is my strong instruc- manipulation of the EVMs.” Police, Jammu range, MK attack, Army and police teams killed since January 2019 is spokesman in Srinagar said, against them, police said. ) , P B # ! 5 $ " ; ) '## "+) 8 Chennai: The DMK on Friday likened K Stalin persuaded Rahul not to quit By doing so, the DMK said, "Rahul Rahul Gandhi to Jawaharlal Nehru for from the president's post, the party transcended. To be very precise, Rahul his liberal ideological moorings that mouthpiece said he did not confine Gandhi reflected the thoughts (liber- '" Amethi (UP): The main accused in in-charge also suffered minor went beyond just electoral politics and himself to only "electoral politics," dur- al ideological stand) of Jawaharlal the killing of a close aide of Amethi injuries in the gunfight. asserted that the Congress needed a ing the run up to the polls. Nehru." MP Smriti Irani was arrested on A case was registered against "broad-minded person" like him. Instead, Rahul, the DMK said "Rahul is the strong brick for Mumbai: No evidence was accused had hurled casteist Friday following an encounter with five people for killing Surendra At a time when the Congress showed his concern about the Indian building the fort of Congress and it is found to indicate that Payal slurs at her. police here, officials said. Singh. appeared to be in a disarray with Rahul society, and expressed his anguish more strong than a mountain of sand." Tadvi, the junior doctor at a The prosecution, seeking Wasim was held in Shalhapur Ramchandra, Dharmanath, wanting to step down from the post of about several aspects like religious hos- The DMK also said it was usual to Government hospital here who police remand for the accused area under the Jamo police station Naseem and Golu were arrested ear- party chief due to poll drubbing, the tility, economic inequalities, and pover- blame the Nehru-Gandhi family dur- allegedly committed suicide, when they were arrested, had area on Thursday night, Assistant lier. Ramchandra is a member of the Dravidian party said, "Rahul's politi- ty. ing poll debacles. had been killed, the Mumbai suggested that it could be a case Superintendent of Police Daya Ram kshetra panchayat and also a local cal journey should be about slogging The DMK daily said he also under- "Many do not realise during times Police's crime branch told a of murder. said. Congress leader, the police said. from the grassroots level. If that is stood the difference in mindset of success that it is the very same fam- court on Friday. However, the crime With this, all the five accused in Singh, 50, a former head of there, victory is possible." between the southern and northern ily which fetched victories for the The court, which refused branch, which took over the the case have been arrested, the he Baraulia village, around 25 km Apparently seeking to lift Rahul's states. Congress party." to extend police remand of the case on Thursday, told the said. from the Amethi district head- spirits, the DMK's Tamil organ Rahul spoke of "Periyar (rational- Similarly, some were now trying to three accused, noted that the court that it has not "come Wasim has suffered gunshot quarters, was shot at around 11.30 "Murasoli", in its editorial, said the ist leader) and celebrated Kalaignar place the blame on Rahul for the case diary and the autopsy across any material to call it a injuries and has been admitted to a pm on May 25. He was referred to Congress was a broad-based party and (late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi)," Congress party's poll defeat. report did not suggest that it murder". The accused — community health centre, the ASP a Lucknow hospital, but succumbed to lead it, only a broad-minded person and all such aspects went beyond poll Rahul has offered to step down fol- was a "clear-cut" case of mur- Bhakti Mehere, Hema Ahuja said, adding the Jamo police station to injuries during treatment. PTI like Rahul was needed. victories and defeats, Murasoli said. lowing the dismal performance of the der. and Ankita Khandelwal — Days after The Congress president, hence, Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, Tadvi (26), a post-graduate were produced before DMK chief M transcended the confines of electoral while the Congress Working student at B Y L Nair Hospital, Additional Sessions Judge R M politics by talking not Committee rejected it. allegedly hanged herself in her Sadrani at the end of their only about Prime The BJP had on May 23 won 303 hostel room on May 22, as she police custody on Friday. 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n this age of short attention spans, a condensed format of different forms of entertainment prevails in our consciousness. With an abundance of digital platforms,I the short film format is here to stay. Filmmaker Avalokita Dutta, who is all set to debut with her short film Gutthi, believes that these are the future. “People nowadays want short, sharp and tight bursts of entertainment, which they can watch at work, at home or on the move on their phones,” she says. If we compare them to feature films, they have traditionally been O " 1 $ ' treated as a poor cousin, especially at film festivals. However, their brevity t’s a giant dying lion carved into the cliff face lion monument has steadily deteriorated,” makes them ideally suited to the dig- of a former sandstone quarry, above a pond Damian Suess of Lucerne Tourism said. ital platforms. Iand set in a landscaped garden in this “The Lucerne administration took over the Avalokita explains that short films medieval town. It is often referred to as the monument in 1882 and in 1891, a report on engage the audience for a little time but “saddest stone” as it commemorates the sac- its condition was drawn up. On the basis of that simultaneously provide great quality rifice of 800 Swiss guardsman in the pay of report, it was decided that the conservation of content. And that is what today’s King Louis XVI during the French Revolution the monument, renewal of the weathered areas, generation needs. She says, “Anyone — but is now threatened with decay, chiefly preservation of the rock around the monument can make these because this is the dig- from melting snow. and the laying of a protective stiffener above ital era. Moreover, these films could be Not surprisingly, the Lion Monument, one the rock face would be done,” Suess explained. about anything and everything that a of Switzerland’s most loved icons and described In 1902 construction of a new framework person wants to talk about. These by American author Mark Twain as “the most to protect the monument from snow in win- screening platforms have made short mournful and moving piece of stone in the ter was planned and executed but tragedy films more democratic. It’s so amaz- world”, is visited by some 1.4 million tourists struck in 1950. ing. Who would not want to see the example of Badhai Ho. The same has we have known each other for quite a who come to gaze at the regal beast, dying from “That autumn, a piece of the lion’s thigh, world through so many different happened with short films because the long time. We met at a film festival. I a spear wound marked by a shield bearing the at least a meter long, detached and fell into the eyes.” Short films for sure have two audience has begun to watch films for am much younger to him as he’s a mark of the French monarchy. Above it is the pond. That was a major blow for the author- undeniable roles. “First, they allow new what they are about rather than who senior filmmaker. But he always treats inscription — Helvetiorum Fidei Ac Virtuti (To ities, who were struggling hard to protect the talent the chance to get noticed and stars in it,” she adds. me with great respect and equality. I the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss). monument and restoration work immediate- refine their style. Second, they also Avalokita’s Gutthi is about about don’t even know if I deserve it. May be The monument, ten metres in length and ly began,” Suess said. help to encourage creativity and inno- friendship between two girls. She I have earned it.” six metres in height, has a very emotional his- Rock protection measures were undertak- vation that includes new ways of explains that she wanted to treat She tells us that she was a bit tory. When the angry masses stormed the royal en in 1978 and minor repair work was carried telling stories,” she adds. friendship with the same amount of scared about this whole mentorship palace on August 10 1792, the 800 Swiss out on the lion in 1982. On the upper right side, Given their obvious importance, importance that love stories get. She thing. “Because we both are extreme- guardsmen stood as the defenders of the the a larger rock section of approximately 15 tonnes why do short films continue to remain feels that friendship between two ly opinionated people and have our monarchy — but in vain. Their defeat was dev- was stabilised and in 1990, the monument was in the shadows? Well, “that’s more a females hasn't got much exposure in own visions for the kind of cinema that astating. thoroughly washed with water. sociological question,” she says. “The our cinematic space. It’s her take on we want to make. But he gave me quite Surrounded by popular tourist attractions Drainage has been a perpetual problem. obvious answers could be — lack of friendship in an intimate manner. She a free range. He placed more faith in like the Glacier Garden, the Alpineum and the The area behind the quarry is heavily forest- great actors. Or the penchant that we says, “Relationships wither away with me than I have in myself. Amit asked Bourbaki Panorama, the monument was ini- ed with the temperature plunging to zero as an audience might have for the epic.” time. These two girls are dreamers. N/71/-//- me to be responsible for every decision tiated by Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen, a junior degrees celsius in winter accompanied by snow. Avalokita apprises us that short They make films to change the world. that I take. I have learnt from him that lieutenant with the Swiss guardsmen who was A series of pipes were laid to prevent the melt- films are very important for filmmak- But over the years, their friendship has (7.%/.%7@/- you need to have respect for another on leave at the time and thus escaped the mas- ing snow in spring from seeping into the rock- ers as they give a playing field to them. become monotonous. The spark has /@/-6%!).8/1/ %!/ person’s vision,” She adds. sacre. face and to drain the water into the pond. Moreover, it hones their skills as a completely gone.” She further tells us that she’s a con- In 1793, he felt obliged to erect a monu- “Despite all efforts, the condition of the short film needs to be tighter in what The short film is one of six films 2:#)/.(/!29/(7$/ trol freak and wants to dominate ment in honour of his fallen officers, comrades monument deteriorated rapidly. Taking this it is trying to convey as compared to titled Shuruaat Ka Twist. $7-/2((/%).87 every single person in the crew. But and soldiers and it took almost 30 years to com- seriously, all copper pipes for draining the water a feature film. It’s more difficult to say The only commonality between !7-%)1$ ()./$2 thanks to Amit, “I understand how plete amidst of several design and architectur- were replaced in 2004. Further measures something vital in shorter time. the six films is the theme, that is of important it is to allow freedom to al changes. The monument was designed by were taken in 2008 to improve the water flow “The audience has become more ‘twist’. Every film is the interpretation )%2).82%:-.7- everyone. You need to give people Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and and thus protect the monument,” Suess point- accepting of short films. There’s a huge of the word twist by six different direc- 7$/%!).89/%%/- space and the liberty to work as per hewed by Lukas Ahorn. Completed in 1821, ed out. difference in today’s time and 90s tors. their strategies. So that they can con- it will mark its 200th anniversary in 2021. So, in order to save its most beloved mon- when there was a star system. People She adds, “The twist in my film is %!/2:#)/.(/!2 tribute in the best possible way. May “Before the Lion Monument was erected, ument from adverse climatic conditions and headed out to watch films only to see what happens when one girl decides 9/8:.%702%(!)1$ be you could actually get something the area had not yet been built on. However, erosion, the Lucerne administration has spent the big stars on the screen. And now to move out.” extraordinary out of it. Because there’s intensive construction began in 1870. 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masterful schemer? inhabited by hoards of children. There is a lot of unspoken resentment and & history between these two. Victoria resents What was the biggest challenge that you Feodora for leaving her when she went off faced during the filming? and got married, Feodora resents Victoria In a scene, Queen Victoria takes a dip in - ' S @ for having the attention and focus because the water whilst wearing her bathing suit, she was the heir. It’s a difficult relation- which is a lot like pajamas that are made /..2(71/$2. ship. They also have a shared experience from hemp. It was absolutely freezing and at Kensington, which bonds them, so there unfortunately we had to film this twice G ' 9%/2$ @)@2 is a constant push and pull of love and because the weather was so awful. The resentment between them. Queen is meant to be taking a leisurely dip here is the Queen of England and how loudly they were cheering at The They haven’t seen each other for but the waves were making it seem now and what challenges lie Great Exhibition. She wrote about the joy years and instinctively Victoria doesn’t treacherous. Wahead of her? on people’s faces and the tears in their eyes. trust Feodora. She knows there is some- Series three opens with pregnant Victoria Being loved, more than she would like to thing going on but the extent to which Why is the role of Queen Victoria so expecting her child number six on the eve admit, is incredibly important to her. Feodora is being an Iago figure comes to exciting and enjoyable to return to? of the French Revolution. There is a def- light later on. Feodora cleverly weaves her I love her lack of filter, her frankness and inite sense that time has passed as the chil- What irks Victoria? Is it the arrival of way through the family, putting a wedge honesty. I love the fact that if she likes dren are older. Victoria is wiser and her agent provocateur, Lord Palmerston? between Victoria and Albert, who are someone she is incredibly loyal and if she relationship with Albert is in a very dif- She hates him. Palmerston was a law unto most distant during this series. They are doesn’t, she will let that person know. In ferent space. Victoria faces question of himself. He managed things in a very dif- a few years into their marriage now and terms of playing her, when she is in a bad whether or not her role is disposable ferent way and perhaps didn’t give her the have many children, so there are new pres- mood or is tired, she is very reactionary because the King of France turns up on deference that she felt she deserved. sures and strains. They operate complete- and temperate so she has always been her doorstep in rags, having been over- There is a battle between them for ly differently and have always been yin and known and written about as having a tem- thrown and she questions whether this people’s affections and Victoria isn’t used yang but they seem to have fallen out of per. could happen to her. This is all she has to competition in that area. However, she balance with each other. They used to write about her having known and all she expects to know so that slowly realises that they are more similar a ‘combustible’, which I love. Victoria did- forces her to look in the mirror and exam- than she thought and she begins to What is it like to work with so many chil- n’t have to answer to anybody and so could ine her relationship with her people and become rather fond of him. He is always dren? really get angry within her own house. She what that truly means to her. somewhere between being invited over for It is a form of utterly amazing and com- would feel mortified after having one of The core difference between Victoria tea and being thrown out — you never pletely chaotic mayhem. You just have to these ‘combustibles’ and would cry and and Albert is that the latter is more know which side of the fence she sat with call action and see what happens. Kids apologise to Albert but she ping pongs methodical whereas Victoria is emotion- him. really do say the funniest things and it is through emotions rapidly. As she gets ally-led. Ultimately, she just wants to be the unpredictability on the set which is older, she can be controlled even less, so supported and adored by her subjects. She What is the relationship that Queen hilarious, especially when you throw in a it is fun to age with her. always wrote about it. On the day of her Victoria has with the new character, few dogs, horses and a couple of politi- (The season 1 and 2 of the show are live on coronation, she wrote about the crowds Feodora, who is her half-sister and a cians. I can’t imagine the palace now not SonyLIV.) %&' ( ) DD !" #

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ven after giving almost helping create sustainable via- district, it has undertaken a 40 years of his life to bility for heritage while also project to restore an extraordi- government service, focusing on its potential as a nary 700-year-old monument, retired civil servant resource for overall develop- the Dargah of Sheikh Musa, a SK Misra felt his work ' !*+*(( ,#*( ment, his NGO concentrates on medieval Sufi saint. Ewas still not complete. The for- infrastructure development, pri- “In the Maluti village in mer bureaucrat felt that the mary education, skill develop- Jharkhand, there is a unique her- experience he had gained and ment, employment generation, itage site with 62 terra-cotta tem- the reputation he had built - $)-2 ' and development of rural ples. There were 108 temples and could be better used for public tourism. now only 62 remain,” he said. service. Thus began his second “In all our projects, the goal While Misra took the ini- innings. concerned with restoration of is not only to preserve important tiative to conserve and protect After he retired as the heritage, for almost 10 years. But, heritage assets but to help the these unique monuments in Principal Secretary to former the need for an organisation impoverished rural communi- 2011, the Jharkhand govern- Prime Minister Chandra focusing solely on rural heritage, ties that own them to learn how ment in 2015 agreed to fund the Shekhar in the early 1990s, birthed ITRHD. to successfully manage previ- entire project with a budget of Misra continued his work in the “INTACH was primarily ously unrecognised heritage 7 crore. “The work is going on fields of conservation and urban oriented and was con- resources, in the process achiev- and we hope to complete it by restoration of heritage, rural cerned only with conservation. ing self-sufficiency, improved end of this year,” the former development, women empow- The new NGO, formed in col- living conditions and a new bureaucrat said. erment and community engage- laboration with a number of dis- sense of pride as owners of these “In addition, the state gov- ment. Standing strong at 87, the tinguished persons from differ- special and most precious parts ernment has also entrusted a Padma Bhushan recipient heads ent walks of life, was concerned of our culture,” Misra said. project of conserving a histori- the Indian Trust for Rural with conservation of rural her- While in Jharkhand, cal jail in Ranchi which housed Heritage and Development itage and also rural development ITRHD is working on restora- freedom fighters of the tribe (ITRHD), a non-governmental along with community involve- tion of 17th century terracotta called Munda. After restoration, organisation set up in 2011 that ment,” he said. temples and restoration of a his- it is to be converted into a trib- works in villages with strong, $ ' Founded with the aim of toric jail, in Haryana’s Mewat al museum,” he added. L) often endangered, heritage tra- ditions with projects spread gained, I should put that expe- tourism, civil aviation and agri- He added that other officers across eight states. rience to social purpose. I am culture secretary in the union who gain experience should “I could never think of total 87-years-old now and I still government and was also prin- not just hang up their boots after retirement or sitting idle. I felt can’t think of just relaxing,” cipal secretary to three Haryana retirement but should continue that the experience that I had Misra, who also served as chief ministers, said. to work “as there are so many areas where work needs to be done and where their experience could be utilised.” After retirement, Misra served as the chairman of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), the biggest NGO in the country !" # D#

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*+*%,(7:.%/- ' !( ) 809 3 ) 17.#7. kipper Eoin Morgan rued that a slug- gish track did not allow them post a ) 17.#7. unfortunately started with Sdesired total but hailed the adaptabil- Hashim coming off. When you are ity skills of his side, which thumped South " " outh Africa will have to chasing a big score like 312, you Africa by a massive 104-run margin in the move on quickly from need a good start to settle the World Cup opener. the drubbing it received dressing room," Du Plessis said. Half centuries by Jason Roy (54), Joe P 7 in the World Cup opener "A good start is really impor- Root (51), Morgan (57) and all-rounder against England and tant. With him coming off, a few Ben Stokes (89) helped the hosts post 311 Sregroup themselves before its overs later Aiden (Markram) got for eight before they bundled South next game against Bangladesh, out and then I got out. When you Africa for a paltry 207. 7 said captain Faf du Plessis. go three down, it becomes tough "I think given the nature of the pitch South Africa were thrashed by and the score looks big, it looks and the way South Africa bowled, we were 104 runs by favourites England in too far. struggling with our plan A game with the en Stokes insists his the South Africans. the opening match of the ICC "The pitch was good enough." bat for some time and that emphasised astonishing catch in But Stokes claimed he World Cup, which began at The Du Plessis backed his decision how slow the pitch was," said Morgan. BEngland's rout of South preferred his stunning one- Oval on Thursday. to start the innings with Imran "You could not get away and we could Africa on Thursday doesn't handed grab of an Adam Asked to bat, England made Tahir in place of Kagiso Rabada not strike the ball like we would do for our rank as the best of his career. Voges edge in the gully dur- 311 for eight and then bundled and the ploy worked wonders as plan A. One of the ways we have improved Morgan heaped praise on Stokes for Stokes capped a man-of- ing a 2015 Ashes Test against out the Proteas for 207. the leg-spinner got rid off Jonny in the last two years is understanding con- starring in all three departments. Stokes the-match display in Australia at Trent Bridge. Du Plessis admitted they were Bairstow with the second delivery ditions and we adapted really well here." returned with the figure of 2-12 before hit- England's victorywith one of Asked if it was the great- outplayed in all facets of the of the tournament. The skipper felt even the 300-plus ting 89 runs off 79 balls. the greatest catches in World est catch of his life, Stokes told game by England. "It was a plan. It was some- score was not enough. However, it was a sensational one- Cup history. reporters: "Nah, that one was "You are going to play games thing we first thought about a year "We did not think we had enough handed catch by Stokes near the bound- Diving backwards to dis- against the Aussies, so that and come up against opposition ago. When we played against runs but we thought we were on par. It is ary off Adil Rashid, to dismiss Andile miss Andile Phehlukwayo one ranks higher!" Stokes that are better than you. England England, I thought we want to go extremely pleasing. I would back us to lose Phehlukwayo that drew admiration. with a one-handed take on admitted he had misjudged beat us in all three facets of the with him because it is different," four early wickets and still go at five an "He has had a full day out and when the boundary off Adil Rashid, the flight of the ball initially, game," Du Plessis said after the Du Plessis said. over. he does, it is entertaining. We see him do Stokes' sensational effort was leading Phehlukwayo's shot to defeat. "At The Oval you want to "We have been at 20-5 before and put stuff like that in training all the time and immediately labelled "the flash past him until the all- "As much as we are disap- bad start to its chase when veter- bowl two seamers first but we a reasonable score on the board, fought you shake your head at it," Morgan said. catch of the century" by for- rounder leapt backwards to pointed, we will want to learn an opener Hashim Amla was went with what I thought was the to the end and believed we can still win. "He was at his best today. He mis- mer England spinner Phil complete a jaw-dropping from it quickly and put it to bed. forced to retire hurt after being hit best way to get a wicket. I went If we lose wickets then we will adapt." judged it at the start. He ran in, stopped Tufnell on the BBC. catch with his right hand. We want to move on from it on the head. with my gut. South Africa began on a shaky note and I thought it was way over his head and It was the culmination of "I was actually in the quickly." The right-hander later "Imran had not bowled with when veteran opener Hashim Amla was then the leap. I have only seen a catch like a remarkable day for Stokes, wrong position. It would have South Africa will face returned but by then Jofra Archer- the new ball before so he had been forced to retire hurt after being hit on the that from AB de Villiers before for who also top-scored for been a regulation catch if I Bangladesh in its second match at led England bowling attack had practising that for the last two head. An excellent bowling spell by rook- Bangalore (IPL side RCB). England with 89 in 79 balls was in the right place, but The Oval on Sunday. already caused the damage. weeks. He knew he was going to ie Jofra Archer (3/27) and loss of wickets "I don't know to describe it, it was and took the last two wickets yeah it is one of those that South Africa witnessed a "The flow of the innings do that today," he added. at regular intervals added to their woes. unbelievable," Morgan said. in successive balls to finish off sticks or doesn't," Stokes said.