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              )(+!(,- coastal belt of the State. Several Fani, AIIMS Delhi is cancelling trees were uprooted and the exam centre in yclone Fani (also known as thatched structures destroyed Bhubaneswar. Another exam CPhani, meaning “hood of at some places, including will be conducted for students the snake” in Bengali) rolled Bhubaneswar. All flights from affected by this cancellation as through Odisha’s Puri on Bhubaneswar have been can- soon as normalcy returns (sic),” Friday, bringing rain and celled since Thursday mid- Union Health Secretary Preeti windstorm that gusted up to night, and Kolkata airport is Sudan tweeted. 175 kmph, leaving at least 8 shut from 3 pm on Friday till KJ Ramesh, Director people dead, and blowing 8 am on Saturday. 140 trains, General of the away thatched houses, uproot- including 83 passenger trains, Meteorological Department ing trees, electricity polls, cut- have been cancelled so far. (IMD), predicted light to mod- ting off power supply, and In Bhubaneswar, people erate rain in northeastern States swamping towns and villages took shelter under shades as the — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam in the State. heavy rain lashed the city. They & Meghalaya and Nagaland, The strongest cyclone in said their “homes were shak- Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura India in 20 years made landfall ing”. After crossing Odisha, due to cyclone while heavy to around 8 am in Puri, with roar- cyclone Fani is likely to move very heavy rain predicted over ing winds flattening huts, towards West Bengal before Arunachal Pradesh and Assam enveloping the pilgrim town in tapering off. Cyclone Fani also on May 4 and 5. sheets of rain, and submerging triggered heavy rain in parts of “After making landfall this homes in residential areas. north coastal Andhra Pradesh, morning, cyclone Fani has The extremely severe where gusty winds with speed started weakening and it’s like- cyclone Fani, a name given by reaching up to 140 kmph ly to enter Bangladesh by Bangladesh, weakened from uprooted trees and electricity Saturday evening,” he said. an “extremely severe” to “very poles, officials said. No cyclone ever had such severe”, and is predicted to The Odisha Government a long duration in April. The further weaken to a “severe has evacuated over 11 lakh Home Ministry said an eye of cyclone” before moving to West people, including at least 600 cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ “com- Bengal. pregnant women, to camps on pletely moved into land” by 10 In several videos doing higher grounds. am on Friday weakening its rounds on social media showed “I assure the affected peo- fury, but heavy rainfall is still the impact of the powerful gale ple that the nation and the cen- predicted in Odisha, and heavy rain. In videos post- tre are with them,” Prime Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal ed by Sitangshu Kar, the Minister Narendra Modi said at and parts of the northeastern Director General of the Press a rally in . He said States. Information Bureau, the roof of over 1,000 crore had been The system is likely to an undergraduate hostel in the released in advance for the weaken gradually and emerge Bhubaneswar AIIMS was seen states affected by Fani. into Gangetic West Bengal as a being blown off. Later the The Union Health “severe cyclonic storm” by the wind speed of Fani came down Ministry has announced can- early morning of May 4. to around 140-165 kmph. cellation of Bhubaneswar as a Thereafter, it is expected to According to officials, large centre for the AIIMS PG 2019 move further north-north- areas in Puri and other places examination due to Fani. eastwards and emerge into were submerged with water as “AIIMS PG exam is sched- Bangladesh by May 4 evening heavy rain battered the entire uled on May 5. Due to cyclone as a cyclonic storm. '  " "  "#    '  "  ( $  ) $       !"#   &'        *          $!    Q(R)                           *,     Q R         +        ,.)/+             )(+!(,-   )/! he Congress candidate    0$$.     Tfrom Lucknow on Friday am Aadmi Party (AAP) wo sewer cleaners — resi-     took strong exception to party AMLA from Gandhi Nagar Tdents of Janakpuri in West joint team of security   !    leader Shatrughan Sinha can- Anil Bajpai quit his party and Delhi and engaged by the Aforces early on Friday !      vassing for his wife, who is the joined the BJP on Friday. Noida Authority via a con- morning dealt a body blow to    #$    Samajwadi Party candidate in “I worked with the AAP for tractor — died in a sewer tank top Hizbul Muhajideen (HM) %     the constituency. many years. I was hurt by the in Salarpur in Noida on Friday, commanders active in Kashmir  #    Shatrughan was present lack of respect and the peculiar officials said. Valley by neutralising Lateef #      during the filing of nomination functioning of the party. AAP Though police are ascer- Ahmad Dar, alias Tiger of     papers by his wife, Poonam has deviated from its original taining the cause of the death Dogripora Pulwama, the lone     Sinha. He attended an election path,” Bajpai said. of Hamid and Aslam late on surviving member of Burhan      meeting on Thursday with The move comes at a time Thursday, preliminary investi- Wani group, along with two Samajwadi Party president when AAP leaders, including gation suggests that they suf- other local terrorists in a fierce   "  Akhilesh Yadav. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind focated to death inside the firefight in South Kashmir’s     “From the behaviour of             Kejriwal, have accused sewer tank. Shopian district.   !     Shatrughan Sinha, it appears   !"#         $       the BJP of indulging in horse Police, the Fire Timing of the clinical oper-  &     that although he has joined the trading. Department, and the National ation is set to boost the morale  #      Congress, but has not yet   )(+!(,- In a tweet on Thursday, Bajpai joined the BJP in the Disaster Response Force of the security forces deployed     resigned from the RSS,” Kejriwal had claimed that Hans presence of party national vice- (NDRF) were called in for res- in the area to ensure peaceful   ##     Acharya Pramod, the Congress’ day after the Aam Aadmi would be declared ineligible to president and Delhi BJP in- cue, officials said. The bodies The Noida Authority has polling in the final phase in Lucknow candidate, tweeted. AParty (AAP) claimed BJP contest the election for fighting charge Shyam Jaju and Union of the workers were retrieved dismissed a contractual Junior Shopian and Pulwama districts        Shatrughan Sinha quit the candidate from North West on a reserved seat. Minister Vijay Goel at the after nearly four-hour rescue Engineer (JE) from job and on May 6.       BJP recently and is the Delhi Hans Raj Hans convert- Rejecting Kejriwal’s allega- Delhi unit office here. operation by a team of the proposed police action against After the killing of HM’s   ! '(   Congress candidate from the ed to Islam in 2014 and there- tion as canard, Hans asked at a Earlier Kejriwal had hit NDRF, said an official of the the contractor. “The JE has poster boy Burhan Wani in July   $  Patna Sahib constituency in fore can’t fight from a Lok Press conference, “I am used to out at Vijay Goel for saying that disaster response force. been dismissed and a com- 2016, several other top com- )  $    Bihar. Poonam is the SP-BSP- Sabha seat reserved for the speaking Urdu but that does 14 AAP lawmakers were in “We reached the spot at plaint is being made against the manders were neutralised by       RLD alliance candidate from Scheduled Caste, Hans on not mean I am a Muslim. Does touch with the BJP and ready 3.15 am and began operations contractor with police to reg- the security forces.  #      Lucknow, who is contesting Friday said he would file a a Muslim speaking Hindi to switch loyalty. On at 3.20 am. The first body was ister an FIR over the lapses that Lateef Ahmad Dar, killed *   + ( against Union Home Minister defamation case against Delhi becomes a Hindu? I was born Wednesday, Manish Sisodia recovered at 6.25 am and the led to the death of the two in Shopian, was lone surviving   #   Rajnath Singh and Pramod. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a Valmiki family had claimed seven AAP MLAs second at 7.20 am,” said workers,” Noida Authority’s member of the group who was  $  Polling will be held in and other AAP leaders for and my mother worships had been offered 10 crore Jeetender Yadav, who led the Officer on Special Duty Rajesh still active in the area.   Lucknow on Monday. “maligning” his image. Valmiki.” each to join the BJP. nine-member NDRF team. Kumar Singh said. Detailed report on P9  over three lakh votes. But in the 0 .121.1,34&-1' .1 November 2018 Assembly elec- tions for the eight Assembly he Jaipur Rural seats in this Lok Sabha con- Tseat is all set to witness a stituency, four were bagged by very interesting contest the Congress, three by the BJP between two Olympians — and one by an Independent. sitting BJP MP Union Minister Punia has been working on Given the caste equation of Suraj Jatav. The Congress is Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore a successful caste equation by Bharatpur Lok Sabha seat, working hard to end the enmi- and Congress’ Krishna Poonia. banking on the support of Jats, Congress candidate Abhijit ty between Jatavs and the Jats An equally keen contest is on and a combination of Ahirs Kumar Jatav, a retired bureau- arisen in the 1992 Kumher the cards in the neighbouring (Yadavs), Dalit and Muslim. crat, seems to have an edge over massacre when Jats set ablaze Bharatpur, a stronghold of Jats, Faced with such challenging BJP’s . In the more than 100 houses of Jatavs. between two Dalits — a retired scenario, Rathore is relying on recent Assembly elections, the Erstwhile ruler of Bharatpur bureaucrat and a daughter-in- the charisma of Prime Minister Congress and its alliance part- and a Minister in the Ashok law of three times BJP MP Narendra Modi. ner RLD won six of the eight Gehlot Government, Gangaram Koli. Both the seats “While Modi magic can Assembly seats in Bharatpur Vishvendra Singh, has been will go to polls on Monday. work on youths and middle the Parliamentary constituen- deputed by the party to win While Rathore is a Rajput class, a large section of voters cy. While the BSP bagged the over Jats for the purpose. and an Olympic gold medalist, here are upset with Rathore, remaining two seats, the BJP Once represented by tall Poonia is a Jat from Haryana claiming that he confined him- failed to even open its account. leaders of the Congress such as and married in Rajasthan. She self to inaugurating projects Ranjeeta will also have to face Natwar Singh, Rajesh Pilot, is also a sitting MLA and inter- and remaining inaccessible. the backlash from the sup- Raj Bahadur and Vishvendra national gold medal-winner But Poonia worked at grass- porters of sitting party MP Singh, the Jat Kingdom was in discus throw and three times roots with her husband (athlete Bahadur Singh Koli, who was declared a reserved con- Olympic participant. Virender Poonia) and thus has denied the ticket. stituency for SC in 2008 delim- In 2014 Jaipur Rural Lok a chance this time,” said Though the Congress has itation. The Congress won in Sabha polls, Rathore defeated Sukhbir Chauhan of village an upper hand in Bharatpur, it 2009, but lost to the BJP in 2014 Congress veteran CP Joshi by Jomwar Ramgarh. has to guard against BSP’s in the heat of Modi wave.    ! 

*      '  ' "   53 + ##             , #  0 "    -  +  "   # ' 2 -    + 1  ##     )(+!(,-  */2'         ""        "     New Delhi:          2  f India cuts down consump- New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday 3    "    " Instant mes- tion of dirty household fuels +567%$18919 agreed to hear next week a review plea filed saging app I New Delhi: such as wood, dung, coal and &'6:71#$71; by 21 Opposition leaders seeking further The Supreme Court on WhatsApp on kerosene that produce high lev- increase in random matching of VVPAT Friday appointed former apex court judge Friday told the els of household air pollution +56:71#  #   #$    )(+!(,- a statement soon after the inci- we are moving very closely and  )(   dent on February 14. Forty very fast with India," he said.   )(+!(,- then working as medical offi- Vikas Gupta had official deal-    2(3 #  ailing the listing of Jaish- Central Reserve Police Macron had visited New Delhi cer, and Goldar as Director ings with Goel Medicos and #  #      He-Mohammad(JeM)chief Force(CRPF)personnel were In March last year. he CBI has booked two (medical), Delhi, had alleged- Basant Goel, an empanelled  * (  Masood Azhar as a "global ter- killed in a suicide attack in Meanwhile, diplomatic Tdoctors of ESIC for ly induced the supplier to pay chemist for supply of day to 6  *   rorist" by the United Nations Pulwama and the JeM had sources said providing more allegedly taking a bribe of 1 1 crore as bribe for awarding day medicines and drugs and '  Sanctions Committee two days claimed responsibility for the hard credible evidence to UN crore from a medicine suppli- a contract in Central Rate dressings to various hospitals 6     # back, France on Friday said for act. Sanctions Committee finally er with the assurance of get- Contract (CRC) of ESIC for and dispensaries of Delhi and       ( the first time, a consensus has & Kashmir Assembly. All Zeigler said France can led to the listing of Azhar ting him listed as an agent of supply of medicine and dress- NCR. The said chemist was #       emerged in the world and all efforts to impose sanctions appreciate and gauge the sig- which China also backing it. a noted pharmaceutical man- ings by engaging him a agent allocated and was supplying the members of the United against JeM had earlier failed. nificance of this the UN deci- Evidence by several countries ufacturer under Central rate of a reputed manufacturer medicines to VK Nagar dis- P Nations Security Then France took the lead and sion on Tuesday last and said was given after China on contract. during the process of ensuing pensary of which Vikas Gupta    Council(UNSC) stood firmly moved the UN body in 2017 listing Azhar as a global ter- March 13 put on hold the list- Vikas Gupta and Kajal tender for CRC, according to was the IMO. Therefore,   ! '1 on the issue. Moreover, France for getting Azhar listed as a rorist has "concrete conse- ing, they said adding the pro- Goldar, both medical officers the FIR. Basant Goel has business inter- 6 $    took the lead in getting him global terrorist but the attempt quences." These entailed freez- posal to designate Azhar has to of Employees' State Insurance Basant Goel, the supplier, est and dealings as well as 0      declared as a "global terrorist" did not succeed. However, after ing of all his assets and restric- stand stringent legal scrutiny. Corporation (ESIC), now post- allegedly paid 1 crore to acquaintance with both the        in the European Union(EU) the Pulwama attack, France tion on getting finances and Moreover, the evidence ed at its hospitals in Tirunelveli Gupta — 38 lakh in his officers," said the complaint,  #  and it may also get through. took the initiative and last international travel. given to the UN clearly high- and Kolhapur respectively, account, 10 lakh in his wife's which now part of the FIR. $  )  $   Making this assertion here, year, put Azhar on its ban list. On efforts to fight terror- lighted link between Azhar have been booked by the CBI account and another 52 lakh Goel also furnished video    # French ambassador to India, France, the UK and the US had ism, he said India has been and the JeM and terrorist activ- for alleged criminal conspira- in cash on various dates to be evidence of the negotiations   '   Alexandre Zeigler, said France moved a fresh proposal to invited to attend the G-7 meet- ities, sources said adding not cy, cheating and under the rel- delivered to Goldar. with the two doctors who #=       played a vital role in getting declare Azhar as global terror- ing in France later this year and mentioning Pulwama and evant provisions of the On receiving complaint received the bribe from him.      Azhar designated as a global ist by the UN in the wake of the one of the topics will be cyber Kashmir in the final proposal Prevention of Corruption Act. from Goel, the ESIC conduct- The ESIC also alleged sus-     terrorist though the process February 14 Pulwama terror space terrorism. "The fight was more technical but the The action has been initi- ed a vigilance inquiry which picious high-value transac- ?16     ? was long. Highlighting his attack. against terrorism is one of the larger objective of listing the ated on a complaint from the confirmed payment of 48 tions in Gupta's accounts and 0  #  1@ country's support in this effort, Stressing on the point pillars of our strategic part- JeM succeeded. They also said ESIC which conducted a vigi- lakh to Vikas Gupta and his property dealings by him dur- >  the envoy said France backed about consensus, the ambas- nership with India. Our two the UNSC condemnation of lance probe against the two on wife Geeta Gera, the com- ing 2013 and onwards for   ? India in 2001 when there was sador said it was for the first leaders had recalled this during Pulwama incident helped in the a complaint from a Delhi- plaint from ESIC said. which no satisfactory expla-  $ @   an attack on Parliament of time that the UNSC con- the State visit of President final process of getting the based medicine supplier. "It has also been estab- nation could be provided by  ? India and earlier on the Jammu demned the Pulwama attack in Macron and I can tell you that JeM listed. During 2016-17 Gupta, lished that Kajal Goldar and him.         (   ! '              * +     $A  #!$$,*'         )(+!(,- other leading institutions with CSCs will   ')  further strengthen the government's  *    # ?= SC e-Governance Services India vision of Digital India. It will also    ? = CLimited, a Special Purpose Vehicle improve the technical skills of our #   under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, VLEs and make CSCs future-ready to has tied up with Indian Institute of implement more government schemes," " -. ++ /    0 Technology (IIT)-Kanpur to upscale said CSC CEO Dr. Dinesh Tyagi. "    'Unnat Bharat Abhiyan', the HRD The 15 higher education institutions New Delhi: The BJP on Friday Describing Madhya Pradesh Ministry's programme which is spear- which have been associated with CSC attacked the Congress over as a new ATM of Congress, Rao heading to evolve solutions for accel- are IIT-Kanpur; School of Management unaccounted money being alleged that as per entries in a erating sustainable growth in rural Sciences, Lucknow; Bundelkhand traced from "close associates" of diary traced by Income Tax India. University, Jhansi; Allahabad College of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Department, senior Congress Under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Engineering & Management; Pranveer Kamal Nath, saying the State has leaders Digvijay Singh and IIT-Kanpur has brought together 15 Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur; become a "new ATM" for the Randeep Surjewala also got a cut leading higher education institutions tional institutions under Unnat Bharat ventions of IIT Kanpur," said Dr. Reeta Kiranlata Singh Mahavidyalaya, grand old party. from this unaccounted cash.   ! '     from UP who have now agreed to work Abhiyan will adopt gram panchayats Singh from IIT Kanpur who is heading Fatehpur; Seth Badri Prasad Smriti Addressing a Press confer- The Congress dismissed the      with CSC for the development of vil- and equip them with all citizen-centric Unnat Bharat Abhiyan project. College, Jalaun; SRSSD College, ence at the party office, BJP charge, saying it was a sign of      # lages under the scheme. IIT Kanpur has services through CSCs. These institu- "All the participating institutions Auraiya; Virendra Singh Group of spokesperson GVL Narasimha desperation of the ruling party. ##   already adopted five villages — tions will train village level entrepre- have been informed about various ser- Institutions, Unnav; Allen House Rao alleged that the Congress Senior party leader Anand   #  # Hridayapur, Baikanthpur, Ishwariganj, neurs (VLEs) who run CSCs as part of vices being delivered through CSC to cit- Institutions; Rama University; National dispensation in the state is Sharma said that raising these )  $ 6   Pratappur Hari and Saxupurva — sit- the village development plan. The izens and further potential which CSCs Post Graduate College, Lucknow; "minting money and diverting issues at this stage shows the        uated on the outskirts of Kanpur for its VLEs will also be skilled about the use offer in empowering communities and Lucknow Polytechnic, Lucknow; government funds. Rs 281 crore mindset of the BJP and the rul- 1  % overall development. of solar energy, cleanliness, and use of overall village development. We hope Dayanand Girl's PG College and CSM unaccounted cash was traced ing Government which were ?BCDC   "As many as 15 affiliated educa- modern technologies through inter- that this relationship of IIT-Kanpur and Degree College, Chitrakoot. from his close associates". panicking. PTI    99CCC  ? RAIPUR | SATURDAY | MAY 04, 2019 chhattisgarh 03 Fani: Chhattisgarh to lend Two hardcore Naxals held after encounter helping hand to Odisha STAFF REPORTER n DANTEWADA Baman, a member of Maoist military wo Maoists carrying platoon no. 16, had a reward of Rs 2 Cyclone rips through east coast, Odisha worst affected Trewards of Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh on their heads were lakh on his head while Vetti, the head STAFF REPORTER n show concern for the pared for extending help to nabbed following an encounter cyclone affected people of the affected. between security forces and RAIPUR of Janatana Sarkar squad, was carrying Odisha. He talked to the the ultras in the insurgency hhattisgarh Chief Baghel while giving chief secretary and instruct- hit-Dantewada district, police Minister Bhupesh instruction to CS said, a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head C ed him to provide every pos- said here on Friday. Baghel on Friday gave “Odisha is not only our sible aid to the neighbouring The duo were identified head of Janatana Sarkar prompting the security forces instructions to Chief neighbouring state but the state. as Baman and Lakshman squad, was carrying a reward to retaliate, he said. Secretary Sunil Kujur to people there has a close cul- Following CM’s instruc- Vetti and were arrested from of Rs 1 lakh on his head, the When the ultras started make necessary arrange- tural ties with us. tions, the CS immediately the forest near Mangnar vil- official said. According to to flee from the encounter in ments to lend a helping hand The people of the two lage in Barsoor police station police a patrolling team of the the face of heavy firing from to Odisha in the wake of directed the officials of con- states also share common limits located around 450 km District Reserve Guard the police team, the two were cyclone Fani causing devas- cerned departments to make food habits and socio-cul- south of state capital Raipur, a (DRG) and Special Task nabbed, he said. tation in the coastal areas of necessary preparations to ture. In this situation when local police official said. Force (STF) was out on a Notably, on Thursday the neighbouring state. extend help to the cyclone the people of Odisha are fac- Baman, a member of search operation in the interi- security forces had gunned In between his hectic ravaged state. ing difficulty due to natural Maoist military platoon no. ors of Barsoor. Near down a Maoist commander election campaign in Uttar The CS also directed the disaster, we stand behind 16, had a reward of Rs 2 lakh Mangnar, the police party Madvi Muiya in Kirndul area Pradesh, Baghel stole time to State Disaster Management Force (SDMF) to be pre- them,” he added. on his head while Vetti, the came under Naxal fire of Dantewada. Congress govt flayed for scheduling Rouge tusker tramples PET-PPHT exam without controller STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR JP has criticized the state gov- two villagers to death Bernment for Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board STAFF REPORTER n JASHPUR Wildlife Sanctuary of the dis- (CPEB)’s decision to organise PET- wo villagers were trampled trict, he said, adding that forest PPHT exams without having an Tto death by a wild elephant personnel are keeping a tab on exam controller. in separate locations of tribal- the movement of the pachy- State BJP Chief Vikram Usendi dominated Jashpur district on derm. alleged that due to this irresponsible Friday, a forest official said. The kin of the deceased per- act of the state government, the cru- Both the incidents occurred sons have been provided imme- cial PET-PPHT entrance exams in the morning hours at diate relief of Rs 25,000 each, he were cancelled. Kunkuri forest sub-division, he said. “Was Chief Minister Bhupesh said. Notably, the forested Baghel not aware that in place of an In the first incident that Surguja division comprising exam controller the CPEB is being happened near Ib River close to five districts viz. Surguja, run by an advisor appointed by him, Chulahapani village, a man Jashpur, Koriya, Balrampur and which resulted in stalling of the identified as Pankhasiyus Kujur Surajpur, and two other districts (54) was killed by the tusker examination,” BJP chief Vikram of Korba and Raigarh of Usendi questioned in a press release. when he had gone to attend Bilaspur division, have wit- CPEB is a key department that nature's call, Divisional Forest decides the future of youth and the government owned servers, the reality is that he (Baghel) is a Officer (Jashpur division) nessed several such incidents of Bhupesh Baghle-led government by Usendi said by shifting the responsi- total failure in Chhattisgarh,” Krishna Kumar Jadhav said. man-elephant conflicts in the scheduling exam without having an bility on officers for the cancellation Usendi stated. Later, around 2 km away past few years. exam controller has very irresponsi- of exam, the state government has According to the BJP leader can- from the spot of the first inci- The region, which falls in bly jeopardised the future of lakhs of mocked lakhs of students. cellation of exam just a day before dent, a man identified as northern part of the state, wit- youth, Usendi remarked. “Bhupesh Baghel may be trying the test is unfair as candidates are Tarsiyas, a native of Pandripani Pioneer Archive nessed deaths of several vil- Raking up the issue of delay in to impress Congress national presi- provided with a window period of village, was trampled to death lagers and widespread damages payment of salary of state govern- dent Rahul Gandhi by engaging in five days to make sure they reach the by the same elephant when he the forest, the DFO added. rated from its herd and is roam- to houses and crops by rogue ment employees due to problem in electioneering in Uttar Pradesh, but examination center on time. was collecting herbal plants in This elephant has got sepa- ing around in Badalkhol elephants in the recent past. ‘Every petal of lotus has withered’ Bhupesh Baghel on an extensive electioneering tour of Amethi in UP

STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Baghel on Friday in his pub- hhattisgarh Chief Minister lic contact programme met CBhupesh Baghel was on an street vendors to common men extensive electioneering tour of and appealed them to vote for Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on the Congress to make Rahul Friday as a star campaigner for Gandhi the next Prime Minister. the Congress. During his campaign Spearheading the Congress’s Baghel also met senior doctor campaign there, he attended six Ganga Prasad Gupta. A close public meetings there. associate of late Prime Minister Congress in a tweet sharing Rajiv Gandhi and seek blessings a photograph of Baghel’s tour, of him for victory of the said that every petal of lotus was Congress. “Dr Saheb had always now withered and Congress blessed Rajivji with his guid- FANI EFFECT: A view of devastation caused by cyclone Fani in state capital Raipur. Dust storm and short spell of light showers caused President Rahul Gandhi was ance and I am fortunate enough going to register an impressive to get his blessings too”, said due to the impact of Fani toppled hoardings in the city. One such collapsed hoarding in Shankar Nagar locality. Pic Santosh Sahu and landslide victory from there. Baghel. No financial crisis in state, borrowings 3-month long intra-IIT sports far less than national average: Cong STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR state exchequer and regular had permitted the state to take hhattisgarh Congress in a payments are being made,” he loan up to Rs 12979 crore in league ‘Prayatna’ concludes Cstatement on Friday refuted said. financial year 2018-19 and the the charges of the BJP that the Regarding borrowing of state’s borrowing of Rs 12,900 STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR the IIT said. laid foundations for his success. Veena Bansal and Dr. Anshul Faye state has been pushed into loans, the Congress leader said crore is well within that limit, econd session of Prayatna, a This opportunity helps stu- He reinstated that sports not with their presence. financial crisis by burdening it it’s a normal practice that apart the Congress leader clarified. Sthree-month long intra IIT dents to interact, compete and lead only trains young minds to face Team Xandar were the champi- with heavy loans. from the revenue receipt, gov- The Congress leader also league organised by Sports Council their fellow teammates. physical challenges but also gears ons of the tournament and bagged State general secretary and ernment raises funds through refuted the charges of opposi- of IIT Bhilai to compete in events In the competitions, students them to be mentally strong as well. the championship trophy, followed chairman communication wing borrowings, he pointed out tion BJP that the government like volleyball, chess, badminton, displayed their sportsmanship Prof Moona in his address said by team Arkham and Wakanda as saying there is nothing wrong has stalled construction works of the state Congress Shailesh football, basketball and athletics skills in volleyball, chess, bad- that sports meet is a great opportu- the first and second runners up. Nitin Trivedi said as compare to in it. initiated by the previous gov- concluded on April 29 with felicita- minton, table tennis, basketball, nity for students to unite, rejoice, Saranjit Sarkar was adjudged the payments made in the “Chhattisgarh never ernment. tion ceremony of the young sports- cricket, athletics and football. introduce and represent them- Player of the Tournament. The month of April, 2018, this year crossed the annual credit limit Almost 700 construction Inspector, C.G. Police Dept selves. winners were felicitated with men. the Congress government had set for states by the Government works, including road and Rustam Sarang was the chief guest He also said Prayatna, the Inter trophies and certificates paid 1.5 fold more from the of India,” he said. building construction, irriga- The sports league was inaugu- at the concluding event. Sarang is IIT sports meet at IIT Bhilai gives IIT Bhilai is the youngest state exchequer. The loan component in the tion projects and other works rated on January 21 by Director, an Indian weightlifter who has rep- students a chance to not only per- among the 23 IITs in India. It came “There is ample money for state GDP is 17.4% which is far had been initiated, he said. IIT Bhilai Professsor Rajat Moona. resented India in CWG 2014 at form but outperform and re-ener- into existence in August, 2016. The all the welfare schemes for below the national average of The rest of the development The teams Arkham, Atlantis, Glasgow and has various accolades gize themselves. institute is currently functioning social security, financial aids 24.3%”, the Congress leader works will start after the model Metropolis, Valhalla, Xandar and to his credit. The event was also graced by from its transit campus at the and grants, construction works, claimed. code of conduct for the elec- Wakanda participated in Praytna In his address, Sarang shared his Rajni Moona, Dr. Suchetan Pal Government Engineering College, salaries and allowances in the The Government of India tions is lifted, he added. 2.0, a press communiqué issued by life experience and struggles which (faculty I/c sports and yoga), Dr. Sejbahar Raipur.    ! ! $!     *   

  -)!61- district. by INLD's Charanjit Singh while Yamunanagar forms part Apart from PM Modi and The Congress chief will Haryana. Sabha MP, sitting MLA and a Former Chief Minister Rori, who is seeking re-election. of the Ambala Lok Sabha seat, Amit Shah, BJP’s star cam- address an election rally in Hooda said that the third generation politician from ith polling for Lok Sabha Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s son From Kurukshetra parlia- from where senior Congress paigners including Home Gurugram on May 4 in support Congress is confident of win- former Chief Minister Bhajan Welections just 10 days Deepender Singh Hooda is mentary seat, Congress has leader and former MP Kumari Minister Rajnath Singh, Road of party’s candidate Capt Ajay ning all 10 seats in Haryana. Lal’s family. away in Haryana, top leaders seeking re-election for the fielded former Minister Nirmal Selja is pitted against BJP’s out- and Highways Minister Nitin Yadav, who is facing a tough The former Chief Minister, In 2014, the Congress could across the political spectrum fourth term from Rohtak and Singh against BJP's Nayab Saini, going MP Rattan Lal Kataria. Gadkari, Finance Minister electoral battle against BJP’s who is contesting from Sonipat retain only one seat i.e. Rohtak, including Prime Minister the Prime Minister has chosen who is a Minister in the On May 10, Shah will again Arun Jaitley and External nominee and Union Minister Lok Sabha seat said he has been from where Deepender Hooda Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit the last day of campaigning of Manohar Lal Khattar cabinet. visit Haryana and address ral- Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rao Inderjit Singh. touring various parts of the state was elected to the Lok Sabha. Shah, Congress chief Rahul sixth phase to address a rally Haryana BJP chief Subhash lies in Hisar and Dadri. BJP vice president Uma Bharti, Another rally of Rahul is and people are eagerly waiting Gandhi, Congress general sec- there, which is considered as Barala on Friday said that the Jannayak Janta Party’s Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, scheduled on May 6 in to vote out the non-performing  0 retary Priyanka Gandhi will hit stronghold of the Hooda fam- party national president Amit leader Dushyant Chautala is HRD Minister Smriti Irani, Mahendragarh, which falls NDA Government at the    the campaign trail in the state. ily. BJP has fielded a Brahmin Shah will also be addressing seeking re-election from Hisar UP Chief Minister Yogi under Bhiwani- Mahendragarh Centre.    Prime Minister Narendra candidate, Arvind Sharma three poll rallies on May 5 in constituency, where the BJP has Adityanath will also address Lok Sabha constituency. Hooda said that there is no Delhi Chief Minister and Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah against Deepender Hooda n Sonipat, Panipat and fielded Union Minister election rallies in Haryana next The party’s general secre- Modi wave this time. The vil- Aam Aadmi Party convener will be addressing eight election Rohtak. Yamunanagar. Birender Singh’s bureaucrat- week. tary Priyanka Gandhi will visit lages that I have visited, people Arvind Kejriwal, who had rallies in Haryana, where Haryana Agriculture Two-time former Chief turned-politician son Brijendra Notably, the saffron party, Ambala, Hisar and Rohtak on are comparing the develop- recently held roadshows in polling for all 10 Lok Sabha Minister Om Parkash Dhankar Minister Bhupinder Singh Singh while the Congress has which was riding high on the May 7 for campaigning. ment that we undertook during Haryana will visit the state seats will be held on May 12. and Cooperation Minister Hooda is contesting from the fielded senior leader Kuldeep Narendra Modi wave in the Priyanka will hold public our 10-year rule as against the again on May 7 to hold an elec- The two top leaders of BJP Manish Grover have been Sonipat Lok Sabha seat against Bishnoi’s son Bhavya. 2014 Lok Sabha elections had meetings in Ambala and Hisar hollow promises the BJP had tion rally in Hisar. will be addressing election ral- appointed organiser and co- BJP’s outgoing MP Ramesh Dadri falls under Bhiwani- won seven seats out of 10 seats to seek votes for party candi- made in 2014, he said. Kejriwal, whose AAP is lies in areas where opposition organiser for the success of Kaushik, who is seeking re-elec- Mahendergarh Lok Sabha con- in Haryana. dates Kumari Selja and Bhavya The four-time former MP contesting the Lok Sabha polls Congress has fielded its stal- Modi’s rally on May 10 in tion for the second term. In stituency, where Congress for- Bishnoi respectively on May 7. added that Congress’ agenda is in alliance with Jannayak Janta warts in Haryana. Rohtak, known as political cap- Sonipat, JJP-AAP has fielded mer MP Shruti Choudhary,     Later in the evening, she will development and not the divi- Party in Haryana, will hold the Prime Minister Modi will ital of Haryana. Digvijay Chautala, a fourth the granddaughter of former   )B5 hold a roadshow in Rohtak in sion politics done by BJP. election rally in support of address three rallies on May 8 Fatehabad falls in the Sirsa generation member of Chautala Chief Minister late Bansi Lal, is In a bid to boost party’s Lok support of party candidate, The Congress, which is Dushyant Chautala, who is and May 10. On May 8, Modi parliamentary constituency clan. pitted against BJP’s outgoing Sabha poll campaign in three-time MP Deepender making all out efforts to capture seeking re-election for the sec- will be addressing public gath- from where the BJP has field- Panipat is part of Karnal MP Dharamvir, who is seeking Haryana, Congress president Singh Hooda. 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana ond term in Hisar. erings in Fatehabad and ed bureaucrat-turned-politi- parliamentary constituency mandate for the second term. Rahul Gandhi and party gen- Former Chief Minister after its 2014 poll debacle, has JJP patron Ajay Chautala, Kurukshetra while on the last cian Sunita Duggal to take on from where BJP’s candidate Barala added that the party eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi Bhupinder Singh Hooda on this time wheeled out its tried Haryana JJP chief Nishan day of campaigning for the sixth Haryana Congress president Sanjay Bhatia is pitted against has stepped up preparations for Vadra will tour the state over Friday said that the rallies by and trusted heavyweights Singh among other senior phase on May 10, he will be Ashok Tanwar. In the outgoing Congress sitting MLA and for- successfully holding these ral- the next few days for election top party leaders would boost which include former Chief leaders will also be present at addressing a poll rally in Rohtak Lok Sabha, Sirsa is represented mer Speaker Kuldeep Sharma lies in the state. campaigning. 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  $&, which is over shadowing the 70 "0   year rule of the main opposition argeting Congress chief Congress. People should vote TRahul Gandhi, Haryana after considering the situation in   -)!61- the success of our Air Force in Chief Minister Manohar Lal on totality, Manohar Lal said. Balkot,” said Capt Amarinder, Friday said that the Congress He added that the whole unjab Chief Minister Capt who has been unsparing in his leaders in Haryana have lost country trusts Modi unlike PAmarinder Singh on criticism of the prime minis- faith in their party president and Rahul Gandhi who has lost the Friday questioned Bharatiya ter over the latter’s attempts to felt ashamed in seeking votes in faith of his won partymen. Janata Party’s propaganda take credit for the actions of the name of their party chief. Referring to Congress man- against the Congress on the the Indian Air Force (IAF) Manohar Lal, while ifesto assuring to end sedition issue of the Balakot air strikes, and seek votes in the names of addressing the Vijay Sankalp laws, AFSPA and reduce the saying there was "nothing martyred soldiers. rally here in support of party’s powers of the defence forces, wrong" in his party’s demand The Chief Minister nominee for Ambala Lok Sabha Manohar Lal said that the of proof from the Narendra ridiculed Modi for not find- seat Rattan Lal Kataria, said that defence forces personnel felt Modi government. ing anything unpatriotic in the so-called master plan made demoralised due to these pro- “If the strikes were as this but finding the Congress    -)!61- emergence of nascent political districts, had seen maximum Delhi on Wednesday, and it by Rahul Gandhi for his party’s posals. In such circumstances successful as the Modi gov- demand for proof on Balakot party in Punjab by bagging four immigration to arid zones from would mainly be touring success is frightening the why would the defence per- ernment claimed them to be, as anti-national. . “Have they or driving home the mes- out of 13 total seats stunning Punjab. Punjab and Haryana. Congressmen who are feeling sonnel protect the borders, he it was actually a matter of (BJP) forgotten who won Fsage to its voters, the spe- the state’s traditional political Notably, in the US alone, “These two states have a certain of their defeat. questioned. immense pride for our coun- India its wars against Pakistan cially-designed ‘NRI Campaign parties — Congress, and SAD- there are approximately seven substantial number of NRIs, He said that from Kashmir He said that the foremost try and for all of us. So let us in 1965 and 1971,” he asked. Bus’ will traverse on the Punjab BJP combine. lakh Punjabis, of whom near- and they hold the power to to Kanyakumari there is decisive requirement is of all being see how our forces destroyed “I’m a military historian and Haryana roads cutting This time, besides AAP, six ly 2.5 lakh hold Indian pass- sway the voters here...they will wave in favour of the Prime nationalist. BJP is committed to Pak buildings and shattered also and if Modi doesn’t want through the length and breadth different political outfits are ports and are eligible to vote in be touring the two states, Minister Narendra Modi’s vic- protect the unity, integrity and their inflated ego,” the Chief to give the proofs of the of the two neighbouring states jointly contesting the elections the Punjab elections. largely the rural areas, to tory as electorate has made up security of the country and the Minister told a TV inter- strikes to the press or the ahead the crucial Lok Sabha under the banner of Punjab Various leaders, in fray, make the voters aware of the its mind to see the return of the government has given a free viewer, when asked to com- Congress, he can send them elections. Democratic Alliance (PDA), are using radio talk shows to party’s promises in the man- BJP government. hand to the defence forces to ment on BJP’s allegation that to me”, he quipped, adding The bus, carrying hun- which is also reportedly receiv- connect to the Punjabi dias- ifesto, especially the Nyay In the election phases held deal with the threats from ter- the Congress was being anti- that as an ex-army man and dreds of NRIs from the differ- ing a major NRI support. pora, and making a vote appeal, scheme,” added the leader. so far, voting has been for Modi rorists and separatists elements, nationalist by asking proof of an Indian, he would feel ent countries including USA, Its candidate, Punjab Ekta on popular Punjabi radio chan- With Haryana going to and in the remaining phases he added. the operation. extremely proud if the success UK, Canada, Germany, Party’s Bibi Paramjit Kaur nels abroad. election a week before Punjab, also, people are waiting to vote The Chief Minister said This is not the first time of the IAF was as being Switzerland, among others, Khalra — the widow of human “NRIs hold a major influ- the bus would first tour for Modi, he said. that the party would not allow proof had been asked, he claimed by the BJP leaders in would tour across the states rights activist Jaswant Singh ence among the state voters, Haryana, and then Punjab The Chief Minister said anyone to intrude into the said, even in the 1965 war he their speeches. making the electorate aware of Khalra — is receiving massive especially in the rural areas. areas. that Rahul Gandhi is no match country and do damage. remembered an Army major In any case, said the Chief Congress party’s vision and NRI support. Every election, they come A similar bus had earlier for Modi during the Lok Sabha He also questioned the bringing chopped ears of Minister, it was the BJP that poll manifesto while making a Besides lending a helping and work for the party, but toured Gujarat too, while a elections in world’s biggest mentality of those questioning those killed on the other side started the numbers game by vote appeal for the party can- hand in the state’s election this time, party’s overseas team of NRIs had also cam- democracy. the air strike and the Pulwama of the border to put all doubts going overboard to usurp the didates. campaigning, either from wing has decided to make it paigned for the party in the Cautioning the voters, attack on the CRPF convoy. of a certain Indian operation accomplishment of the air Elections for the 10 Lok abroad or by flocking here, the a planned thing, and elections held in southern Manohar Lal said that repre- The Chief Minister also at rest. Photographs were force by claiming hundreds of Sabha seats of Haryana will be NRIs have been seen making make the best use of their states. sentatives of many parties will highlighted various develop- released of the Kargil opera- casualties in Balakot. The held on May 12, while for 13 lavish donations to the much- support back home,” a seior More than 100 NRIs trav- come seeking votes detailing the ment programmes, including tion too, he pointed out, Congress only countered with seats of Punjab, polling will be needed poll funds. Congress leader told The elling on the campaign bus work done by them during the Ayushman Yojna, Ujjawala adding that demanding proof its demand for proof, he said, on May 19. It is estimated that around Pioneer. are from countries such as the past seven decades, but people Yojna, Crop Insurance from the government was not adding that the BJP should During the previous gen- 11 million NRIs are living in The leader said that the US, Canada, Australia, the should not fall into their trap as Scheme and employment on unpatriotic by any standard. not hesitate to grab the oppor- eral elections, the NRIs rallied various countries across the ‘NRI campaign bus’ was UK, Germany, Switzerland, their campaigning is based on merit initiated by the BJP to “I’m very proud that our tunity to show the world, and behind the Aam Aadmi Party world, most of whom are from launched by the Overseas and New Zealand. Earlier, falsehood. ensure welfare of all sections aging MIG 21 plane brought all doubt mongers, of the (AAP) by supporting through Punjab. The Doaba belt, com- Congress chairman and tech- about 1,000 NRIs had worked He sfurther aid that on the of the society including down a Pak F-16 and would great success of the Indian social media, poll funding and prising Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, nocrat Sam Pitroda from the on the Congress campaign in other hand BJP is detailing the women, youth, farmers and be delighted to know about forces. campaigning, leading to the Kapurthala and Nawanshahr AICC headquarters in New Kerala and Karnataka. achievements of its five year rule the poor. "  $% &$ ' (  )&$ '

   -)!61- is eyeing to grab a bigger and better share by riding high on n a big sigh of relief for the the Bollywood action hero   O    F  I‘worried’ saffron brigade, the Sunny Deol’s star power in the election panel has agreed to have May 19 Lok Sabha elections in   -)!61- cessfully contested the 2017 Gurdaspur. But for healthy actor-turned-politician Sunny the state. assembly election from democracy, it is necessity to Deol’s screen name on the A senior BJP leader had unjab Congress on Friday Sujanpur against BJP’s Dinesh stop airing of his movies which EVMs (electronic voting contended that the people knew Pdemanded from the poll Singh Babbu, claimed that are influencing free and fair machines) instead of his real him as Sunny Deol. “They panel to bar the airing of such movies would create election,” he said. name — Ajay Singh don’t know who is Ajay Singh. actor-turned-politician Sunny enormous electoral mileage Meanwhile, Gurdaspur Dharmendra Deol. When people would come to Deol’s movies on the national for film star turned politician Congress too has voiced the After finalising the list of vote for Sunny, they may get and regional television chan- Sunny Deol who was also BJP same demand to stop airing of contesting candidates for May 19 confused by not finding his nels till the elections. candidate from Gurdaspur. Sunny Deol’s movies on the elections, the Election name there. That is why we The state Pradesh In his letter to EC, he said television. District Congress Commission has written have requested the election Congress committee secretary that the Bharatiya Janta Party, president Roshan Joseph said approved BJP’s request to have commission to write Sunny Amit Singh Mantoo had writ- “by tactics of airing movies in that the movies would put an “Sunny Deol” on the EVMs. The Deol instead of his real name,” ten a letter to the Election television and video channels, influence on the voters’ mind. party had argued that the peo- the leader added. Commission of India urging it is trying to lure voters of “We have not a problem with ple know him by his screen Moreover, Sunny’s real to direct national and region- Gurdaspur parliamentary seat his movies, but till the election name, and most of the people name has not been mentioned al channels to stop airing of which is a clear violation of end, the movies should not be are not aware of his real name in the publicity material, and Sunny Deol’s movies till the Modal Code of Conduct. “The aired in televisions to conduct Ajay Singh Dharmendra Deol — only his screen name, “Sunny elections end. movies are propaganda by the free and fair elections,” he the name by which he has filed Deol”, is being publicised. Mintoo, who had unsuc- BJP to influence voters in added. his nomination papers. Taking his first electoral 2 plunge, the junior ‘Punjab da puttar” filed his nomination )          papers on April 29 to contest as the SAD-BJP combine candidate   -)!61- They (BJP) can’t find candidates Prime Minister. Congress president and sitting from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat even for three seats in Punjab. Notably, the BJP had MP Sunil Jakhar, who won the   -)!61- Dhawan participated in a While reacting to Kirron by the name of ‘Ajay Singh unny Deol or Sunny Leone”, They have fielded Sunny Deol announced Sunny Deol’s can- seat in 2017 bye-election fol- debate at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Kher’s displeasure of Dharmendra Deol’, as he has Sno one can stop Congress’ in Gurdaspur. The BJP can didature from Gurdaspur, the lowing death of the sitting MP t was a rare occasion when Sector 16. Chandigarh being a UT, Bansal been registered as the voter by “aandhi” (storm) in Punjab, bring Sunny Deol or Sunny seat actor late Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna. Ithree main candidates, con- Bansal said BJP’s nominee said it was unfortunate on her the same name. declared Congress’ candidate Leone but no one will be able to won in 2014, soon after he The Gurdaspur seat, in testing from three different and outgoing MP Kirron Kher’s part to say so, adding he is in For the same, the Bharatiya from Hoshiarpur Dr Raj Kumar stand before this aandhi,” said joined the party on April 23. He 2014, was won by yesteryear political parties from remarks where she expressed favour of Chandigarh remain- Janata Party (BJP) had urged the Chabbewal on Friday while Dr Raj Kumar while addressing filed his nomination papers actor Vinod Khanna on the BJP Chandigarh came on a platform her displeasure at Chandigarh ing as UT, and this is what peo- poll panel to mention its candi- taking a dig at the BJP’s decision a gathering in the constituency. the next day, and has been cam- ticket, who had also represent- to discuss issues concerning the being a union territory are ple of Chandigarh would always date’s name as “Sunny Deol” to field Bollywood actor Sunny He said that Punjab Chief paigning since, conducting ed the seat thrice. Sunny’s father city on Friday. really unfortunate. want to. Kirron later clarified instead of his real name. Deol from Gurdaspur Lok Minister Capt Amarinder Singh massive road-shows attracting and yesteryears’ star Congress candidate Pawan In the debate, all candidates that she is also in favor of UT Playing a minor role in Sabha seat. would ensure Congress’ victo- an enormous gathering. Dharmendra had represented Kumar Bansal, BJP candidate were given an opportunity to status of Chandigarh and had Punjab politics with just one “The Narendra Modi gov- ry in all 13 seats in Punjab and In his first electoral battle, the Bikaner Lok?Sabha seat Kirron Kher and Aam Aadmi speak on making Punjabi as the just commented on promoting member in the Lok Sabha, and ernment has failed miserably. make Rahul Gandhi the next Sunny is facing Punjab from 2004 to 2009. Party nominee Harmohan official language of Chandigarh. Punjabi in the city. three in Vidhan Sabha, the BJP    !  '+,

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Office spokesman Mohammad Ithe proceedings at the FATF graded on the FATF list,” Jaitley Soldiers broke up demon- by the only two parties allowed   &'  Porder to freeze the assets of The Security and Exchange Faisal, Pakistan would fully against Pakistan, the Foreign told reporters in New Delhi, strations with gunfire on to take part — both allied to 0    " and impose a travel ban on JeM Commission of Pakistan cooperate with the interna- Office claimed on Friday, a day adding that the Paris-based Thursday around the home of President Patrice Talon. ";1  98 chief Masood Azhar after the (SECP) ordered all non-bank- tional community. after the Indian government Financial Action Task Force ex-president Thomas Boni Turnout was 27.1 percent,      UN declared him a “global ing financial institutions and Pakistan’s foreign ministry, said it seeks downgrading of (FATF) was due to meet in Yayi, which had become a focal a record low since Benin tran- $@        terrorist”. regulating authorities on in a notification issued Pakistan on the global watch mid-May and India would point of protests. sited to democracy nearly 30 ##       Pakistan-based Azhar is Thursday to block all invest- Wednesday said: “the Federal dog’s terrorism financing list. make its request then. Life returned back to nor- years ago, although higher than also banned from selling or ment accounts of Azhar. Government is pleased to order Finance Minister Arun “The statement re-con- mal in much of the economic the 23 percent given in pre-    C "   purchasing arms and ammu- The SECP ordered that all that the Resolution 2368 (2017) Jaitley said on Thursday that firms Pakistan’s longstanding capital Cotonou on Friday, but liminary results, Djogbenou   " nition. companies should scan their be fully implemented” against India will ask the global money concerns that this technical soldiers and police kept a said. 9?17%9@  The UN sanctions com- data and inform the SECP Azhar. laundering and terror finance forum is being politicised by strong presence on the streets The protests began hours  #0    ## mittee on the Islamic State within three days about the The government directed watchdog to put Pakistan on a India against Pakistan,” around Boni Yayi’s house, after the initial results were     #  # and Al-Qaeda on Wednesday necessary action being taken officials to take actions “as blacklist of countries that fail to Pakistan Foreign Office said. according to an AFP reporter. released on Wednesday.      announced the designation of against the accounts of Azhar. appropriate for the implemen- At least two people were Large numbers of troops '    Azhar, leader of Jaish-e- An official of interior min- tation of sanctions” against the posal by the US, the UK and Council’s 1267 Al Qaeda confirmed killed in the vio- and riot police — as well as     Mohammed (JeM), over its istry said that Azhar was JeM chief, according to the France to blacklist him. Sanctions Committee in lence. hundreds of protesters man-         ties to Al-Qaeda. already on the Fourth Schedule notification. The US, the UK and February, just days after the Parliamentary elections last ning burning barricades — #   # The JeM has claimed of the Anti-Terrorist Act (ATA) The UN designated Azhar France had moved the proposal deadly Pulwama terror attack Sunday were marked by low squared off in the streets of       responsibility for the Pulwama and could not travel without as a “global terrorist” after to designate Azhar as a “glob- carried out by the JeM in turnout and widespread anger Cotonou. -   suicide attack that killed 40 permission of the police. He China lifted its hold on a pro- al terrorist” in the UN Security Jammu and Kashmir. at changes to electoral rules that On Thursday, soldiers ?   456 '2Q+  0+ 9:,  <=  -92 > 7 -0 0 + - Moscow: Russia emerged as a Moscow hit back, dismiss-  6()(* the UK for breaching bail con- crucial power broker in the cri- ing the claim as fake and accus- ditions. sis in far-away Venezuela this ing Washington of supporting 89; he 50-week jail sentence The group is “deeply con- week when Washington a coup “that has nothing to do    0 + Tgiven to WikiLeaks founder cerned about... The dispro- accused Moscow of convincing with democracy” by backing Julian Assange for breaching a portionate sentence imposed President Nicolas Maduro not opposition leader Juan Guaido. London: Britain’s two main aging results continued to pour British court’s bail conditions on Mr Assange,” it said in a to flee to Cuba. Moscow has its reasons political parties, the ruling in and admitted that voters had seven years ago is “dispropor- statement. US Secretary of State Mike for standing behind Maduro - Conservatives and the sent the “simple message” that tionate,” the UN Working It accused Britain of Pompeo said Maduro had a - he’s a rare ally in Latin Opposition Labour Party, suf- her party and Labour had to Group on Arbitrary Detention extending “the arbitrary depri- plane on the tarmac ready to fly America and Russia has poured fered a severe Brexit bruising as “get on” with delivering Brexit. said Friday. vation of (his) liberty.” The to Havana when “the Russians billions into the Venezuelan local election results poured in “These were always going to be Assange took refuge in experts took further issue with indicated that he should stay”. economy. AFP from around the country on difficult elections for us and there Ecuador’s London embassy in Assange’s detention Friday. were some challenging results for 2012 after a British judge at the Belmarsh high-security The Liberal Democrats cel- us last night, but it was a bad night ordered his extradition to face prison. " 6 ? ebrated a major boost to their for Labour too,” she said, amid Swedish allegations of sexual “This treatment appears figures as voters overwhelm- chants of “out, out, out” from the assault and rape, which he to contravene the principles of    , ingly used the polls, to elect audience. strongly denied. necessity and proportionality ",<  local councillors in nearly 250 “I just don’t think we can He was arrested last month envisaged by the human rights @A councils across England and continue like this. We need after Ecuador gave him up. He standards,” the panel said. Pemba (Mozambique): Addis Ababa: Dozens of civil-  +-)6'/) longest in history in July. Northern Ireland, to punish the change, we need a change of will now serve the nearly one- The US has charged the 47- Isabella Mussa has not set foot ians were shot dead in ethnic Many businesses say main parties for failing to find leadership. Perhaps the time has year jail sentence while fight- year-old Assange with “con- in a classroom or read a book clashes in Ethiopia’s northern S employers added a robust they’re struggling to find work- a solution to the ongoing Brexit now come for that,” said Priti ing a separate attempt to extra- spiracy” for working with for- for the past week. Amhara state, a regional offi- U2,63,000 jobs in April, sug- ers, yet each month they seem uncertainties. Patel, a prominent Brexiteer and dite him to the United States. mer US Army intelligence ana- For the 13-year-old, dis- cial said, describing the attacks gesting that businesses have to add a substantial number. Smaller parties like the former Indian-origin minister The UN working group lyst Chelsea Manning to crack placed by a deadly cyclone in as retaliation for violence. shrugged off earlier concerns Some have taken a range of Green Party also gained hun- in May’s Cabinet. noted that the Swedish allega- a password stored on northern Mozambique, it feels “Search and rescue mis- that the economy might slow steps to fill jobs, including dreds of seats, but the far-right Speaking in Greater tions — the initial offence that Department of Defence com- like a lifetime. Yet she is called sions are still ongoing to find this year and now anticipate training more entry-level work- pro-Brexit UK Independence Manchester, Labour leader triggered his British arrest — puters in March 2010. one of the lucky ones. More victims and survivors from strong customer demand. ers, loosening educational Party (UKIP) lost much ground. Jeremy Corbyn said he had had been withdrawn and that Manning passed hundreds than 1 million children have Monday’s attack, but I can The unemployment rate fell requirements and raising pay British Prime Minister “wanted to do better” and con- the original bail terms should of thousands of classified doc- been affected by a pair of confirm the death toll runs into to a five-decade low of 3.6% sharply. Theresa May, who is facing ceded that voters who dis- therefore have been nullified. uments to WikiLeaks, exposing cyclones that ripped into several dozen,” Geleta Hailu, from 3.8%, though that drop Years of steady hiring have renewed calls to resign, agreed with the party’s backing It noted too that he had US military wrong-doing in the Mozambique in less than two the director of communications partly reflected an increase in the sharply lowered unemploy- appeared at a Conservative for Brexit had deserted Labour. been given near the maximum Iraq war and diplomatic secrets months, the United Nations in neighbouring Benishangul number of Americans who ment for a range of population party conference as the dam- PTI 12-month sentence available in about scores of countries. children’s agency says. AP Gumuz state, told AFP. AFP stopped looking for work. groups. The unemployment Average hourly pay rose 3.2% rate for women fell last month from 12 months earlier, a healthy to 3.1%, the lowest point since     increase though unchanged 1953. The rate for Latinos 6   '  #   from the previous month. dropped to 4.2%, a record low Friday’s jobs report from since 1973, when the govern- Q '  the Labor Department showed ment began tracking the data.  +(,,)6'/) Ardern, 38, had Neve last ings that claimed the lives of 51  &., in Afghanistan's gruelling con- that solid economic growth is For Asians, joblessness has June, becoming only the sec- Muslim worshippers. flict, which is now in its 18th still encouraging strong hiring matched a record low of 2.2%. ew Zealand Prime ond prime minister in the Ardern said in an interview historic "loya jirga" peace year. nearly a decade into the econ- And the unemployment rate NMinister Jacinda Ardern world to give birth while in last year that she would not Asummit in Kabul ended on "The government of the omy’s recovery from the Great for veterans of the Iraq and and her long-term partner office and later taking the propose to Gayford, even Friday with delegates from Islamic Republic of Recession. The economic Afghan wars dropped to 1.7%, Clarke Gayford have become infant onto the floor of the UN though she regards herself as a across Afghanistan demanding Afghanistan and the Taliban expansion is set to become the also a record low. engaged to be married, her Assembly in New York. feminist. an immediate and permanent movement should declare and office said on Friday. Since the birth, Gayford, a “I want to put him through ceasefire, and President Ashraf implement an immediate and A spokesman for Ardern television fishing show host, the pain and torture of having Ghani saying he was condi- permanent ceasefire," delegates and Gayford said the couple, has taken on the role of stay-at- to agonise about that question tionally prepared to imple- said in a declaration at the end who have a baby daughter set or who had proposed to home dad. himself,” she told the BBC. ment the call. of the jirga. Neve, agreed to tie the knot whom. The engagement comes News of the engagement This week's loya jirga, or They said the ceasefire over the Easter break. “I can’t say anything about after a trying time for Ardern, broke after journalists noticed grand assembly, saw about should start at the beginning of He could not reveal it other than they are engaged who has been widely praised Ardern was wearing a dia- 3,200 religious and tribal lead- the holy month of Ramadan, whether a date for the prime and it happened over Easter,” for her response to the March mond ring while carrying out ers, politicians and representa- which gets underway in the ministerial nuptials had been the spokesman told AFP. 15 Christchurch mosque shoot- her duties on Friday. tives try to find a breakthrough coming days.    ! - .     #   4    H'!       4   4 ! !4.&1(*! 1 2 =  > 2@ 33         08S 0 =$$       !                                        !     32           >:             %                      S     !         ! > "      !          322 22            !    #    3*?@2    @)    he selection of a Prime Minister is a relatively smooth affair in case  (@  3+*(* +234#'  @A+@@   the results of a general election are @2     08#'  % decisive. In such cases, the Prime         1B50;         Minister virtually selects himself. TBut this is not always the case. There have    !          %  # been instances post a general election, as also C      08S !     a mid-term poll, where Presidents have had              " to undertake strenuous exercises before mak-      "             ing the final selection. Some such cases — where the decision-making was not so     @2 S   S  #'    smooth and conventions were not followed      !%   !    — will be recalled in this column. >0      !           India’s Constitution is one of the longest in the world. Its drafting took almost three %     #        years and was debated extensively before    9               being finalised. Despite being a comprehen-  9            #$ S% sively written document, ambiguities remain, resulting in varying interpretations, some-       "    9      /    times leading to controversies.    > S      S     Article 74 of the Constitution is mod-     @@#+)       D  elled on Section 9 of the Government of India Act, 1935, which lays down the basis               of a Cabinet system (Council of Ministers)    !     " #$    with the Prime Minister as the head of the                  Cabinet to aid and advise the President. Article 75 lays down that the Prime 42          Minister shall be appointed by the #               President. Obviously, it is left to the latter   !         #$      to take a decision and appoint the former. supporting MPs, both from KR Narayanan, when one of the President Shankar Dayal because it had the largest pre- As per the Constitution, the Prime Minister Morarji Desai as well as Ch claimants was unable to furnish Sharma had invited Atal Bihari poll support (UPA) in numbers.              and the Council of Ministers are responsi- Charan Singh. Ultimately sup- the requisite numbers, leading to Vajpayee to form the The modalities of the     #              ble to the House of the People. Article 75(3) ported by the Congress, Charan the post-Kargil war general elec- Government, as the BJP was selection process were looked '    ;  ';         says such a person chosen as the Prime Singh was sworn in as the tions in September 1999. the largest party with 161 seats, upon in detail by the Sarkaria Minister has to have the confidence of the Prime Minister on July 28, Earlier in November 1989, its allies having 34, thus mak- Commission, which had rec-           #$   House. Though not mentioned explicitly almost two weeks after Morarji after the ninth general election, ing it a total of 195. ommended that the President                   in the Constitution, ultimately, it becomes Desai’s resignation. He was sup- as no party had secured an On the other hand, the should invite the leaders of the  #                the weightiest factor in the selection posed to prove his majority dur- absolute majority, President R United Front had a total of 318, parties in the following order, #C   !         process with the President. ing the Monsoon Session of Venkataraman invited Rajiv including the Congress’ sup- (i) Leader of the largest pre- In the case of a single political party or Parliament but had to resign on Gandhi in his capacity as the port. Embarrassingly, also for poll alliance of parties, (ii)       !   a pre-poll alliance having majority, who have August 20 for want of support leader of the largest party in the President, Vajpayee failed to Leader of the single largest                  chosen a leader, the decision-making is from the Congress. Parliament to form the secure the vote of confidence party, (iii) Leader of the post-           ! 1 ! uncomplicated and smooth. Complications While resigning, he had Government. After his refusal, and had to resign within 13 poll alliance. arise in cases where claims of relative advised the President to dissolve VP Singh, with letters of support days of being sworn as the Later, the Commission,  #'              strengths conflict and overlap. For such sit- the House for a fresh election. from the Left Front as well as Prime Minister. Obviously, to review the working of the           "    uations, too, over a period of time, conven- Strictly following the conven- the BJP, formed the while extending the invitation Constitution chaired by for-   ! #            !  tions and precedents have evolved, facilitat- tion, the advice of a Prime Government. As the latter with- to Vajpayee, his capacity to win mer Chief Justice of India MN ing the decision-making process. Minister, who had failed to win drew their support on October confidence of the House had Venkatachaliah, had suggest-             # Presidents have adopted varying yard- the confidence of the House, was 23, 1990, VP Singh was asked to not been considered. ed that in certain ambiguous sticks for different situations, which are now not binding on the President. In prove his majority in the House. Ultimately, what matters is situations, the President could part of our Constitutional history. After the this case, President Neelam Having lost the vote 142 to 346, the satisfaction of the President send a message to the Lok 9  sixth general election in March 1977, Sanjiva Reddy, instead of mak- he had to resign on November that his choice would be able to Sabha to choose a leader, who Morarji Desai of the Janata Party had ing an offer to Jagjivan Ram, 7, 1990. The Congress was once win the confidence of the House. would then be appointed the become the Prime Minister. He had to resign then Leader of Opposition, dis- again asked to form the Based on this principle, after Prime Minister. Such a proce- mid-term on July 15, 1979, on account of solved the House and Ch Government, but they instead Indira Gandhi’s assassination, dure would do away with the  certain intra-party stress factors, even Charan Singh continued as the supported Chandrasekhar’s Giani Zail Singh as President requirement of a vote of con- B though he continued to be the leader of the care-taker Prime Minister for breakaway group. Accordingly, had invited Rajiv Gandhi to be fidence in the House. Ever        Janata Party. The next day, the then Deputy almost five months till the sev- Chandrasekhar was sworn in as the Prime Minister in 1984, even since our independence,        Prime Minister Ch Charan Singh broke enth general elections were held the Prime Minister. Later, in though at that time, he had not despite our initial lack of  away from the Janata Party and formed his in December 1979. It has been March 1991, after the withdraw- been formally elected as the experience in running demo-           own party. As per the convention, the then often observed that this decision al of support from the Congress, leader of the party. cratic institutions, it is heart-             President Neelam Sanjeev Reddy invited was propelled by the previous he resigned, advising dissolution In 2004, the difference ening that we have, as the !          Leader of the Opposition YB Chavan to history of the President and of the Lok Sabha, which was between the Congress (145) world’s largest democracy,          form the Government. Expressing his Jagjivan Ram from their days accepted by the President. and the BJP (138) was very evolved in a manner to set an inability, Chavan suggested to the President together in the Congress at the At least on one occasion, small, but the then President, example to the rest.                that a combination of parties had emerged time of its split in 1969. the principle of making the first APJ Abdul Kalam had invited (The writer is a former  "    #$    led by Ch Charan Singh, which could form The precedent of obtaining offer to the largest party the Congress to form the Governor of Meghalaya and       %   the Government. The President at this stage lists of MPs in support was later appeared to be embarrassing- Government not only because it Uttarakhand and a former set a precedent when he asked for lists of repeated in 1999 by President ly impractical. 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    6 !      $             %.             Sir — This refers to the editori-    !   # $9: Sir — This refers to the editori-          $   #/ al, “Azhar nailed, finally” (May 3).         =     / al, “Azhar nailed, finally” (May The Pulwama terror attack on (      (  !    &0 @ 3). Kudos to the European coun-           7 1     February 14 was, perhaps, the 66    $  # tries, the US and the UK, who  #             deadliest that occurred in the   2 3 6 #      played an important role in                Valley in the past three decades     % &0 -  = pressuring China to toe the line.                 of militant activity in Kashmir.          $   New Delhi should now mount This Pakistan based-terror out-         #    pressure on the UN as also those   #               fit, the Jaish-e-Mohammad # /     L  = nations who are a witness to ter-                  (JeM), claimed responsibility for # M#  #6      = rorism like India, to fight collec-  #$                the attack and was also respon-         ! # tively and ensure that the most sible for many other attacks in $  $   $6   wanted terrorists are extradited    -      #  India, including on the  LM ##    to face trial in Indian courts.                   Parliament, Pathankot and Uri & #       !       #   = Abhinav Kumar &     #      among others.       #    #           Via email For the last 10 years, India       6     =     M    #           #/     had relentlessly tried to put him      #      #6                 8          on the terror list but China’s L  #    =        #        !          opposition was the thorn in    #    6  =  #    India’s side. It was only after         #        98$!"!$ Sir — Congress chief Rahul     /9          Pulwama that the US, the UK   /# .     =  Gandhi should have put the   %     # and France moved a fresh pro- matter to rest by admitting his :         !    $    posal in the UN Security if the ISI and Pakistani Army con-      BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. mistake for attributing the Council on February 27 to des- tinue harbouring terrorists and The Congress says such phrase ‘chowkidar chor hai’ to the        !       # ignate JeM chief Masood Azhar using terror as a tool of state pol- doubts had been clarified in Supreme Court. The top court’s            !     # as a global terrorist. The efforts icy, international sanctions may Sir — There seems to be an acri- 2016 itself and this charge was stand, asking him for an apolo- 6  %          put by these countries as also by be slapped on it. monious controversy over the old wine in a new bottle. Now gy, will act as a deterrent against the Modi Government, which Meanwhile, the Indian Indian citizenship of Congress that the Supreme Court has being irresponsible.            6 !#         raised the costs for Pakistan’s Government must build the chief Rahul Gandhi. The agreed to hear the case in the Anish               sponsorship of terrorism, led to momentum hereon. It must also Ministry of Home Affairs has coming week, matters should be Via web             #;         this diplomatic victory. Times continue working with the West. sought for clarification from resolved once and for all. are becoming harder for Pakistan MC Joshi Gandhi on the basis of allega- Nimai Charan Swain 3  " 0+ 1             # day by day. It stands isolated and Lucknow tions made by none other than Bhubaneswar $$7#$18197DA 2<1    ! '  /       -  - ++ (# (#          2          C "  0    0              P 0 2     2 .)(/O N/   O     #  L   L  #                   

#"  23D           !                3 $     #8 !            "!           ! #    !           !               # '   ' &     !       E     F42  F322        #:                      # '   E   !   E:            #   (22          +23*# '              ndia has secured a big diplomatic victory with        #;       the listing of Masood Azhar, Pakistan-based           &   ;   /     IJaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief, as a global ter- /0   !  : &1,  rorist by the United Nations Security Council !        #/   (UNSC) after China decided to lift its earlier : &1, 9             imposed technical hold. It has been a long strug-         !      gle for the Indian diplomatic corps since the issue    # had been hanging fire for almost a decade now. :               Incidentally, the JeM had already been listed as a global terror organisation by the UN since 2002.  #C      However, Azhar continued to avoid the listing due      !     ! to Chinese patronage. The decision from the UN            ! Security Council’s 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions  !           Committee came after China lifted its technical  !     !    # hold, imposed on March 13, on a proposal made E         ! O 3* by the US, the UK and France to this end. Even    ! O# before that, China, a permanent member of the E        !    $  UNSC, had been blocking India’s attempts to  #8    H '      secure designation of Azhar for almost a decade.           Certainly, India’s consistency has paid off. It was not an easy task to propel China to change          ! #$   its mind, especially when it had clarified after the   !   9!      Brics summit declaration that it was “for banning      $           terrorist organisations but not individuals.” China   ! # still had three months to lift the technical hold but &         #' stretched it to the last limit. Now that it has given     (22225 0    in, it is definitely a victory of the Modi  ;    50; !  ) Government. The declaration, coming as it does    -   1 & # 1    in the midst of the electoral battle, indicates the        % !  $   respect the Chinese leadership has for the current Kashmir and Pulwama, a face-saving gimmick for declared as a global terrorist and that has been to be vigilant and guard against any Sino-     #      !  leadership in India with Modi at the helm. It is a Pakistan, in the Sanction Committee’s declaration achieved. With the JeM already on the ban list and Pakistan collusion militarily. After the Balakot spin-off of the Wuhan spirit and definitely a win- listing Azhar as global terrorist. now its chief also meeting the same fate, it would strikes, both India and Pakistan continue to main-        # win for India. “On this listing issue, China has been com- be a Herculean task for Pakistan to defy the tain the stand-off. It is the conventional edge that E50: .    $ S      In diplomacy, there are no clear cut winners municating with relevant parties in a construc- Sanctions. It will have to act, and act swiftly. the Indian armed forces enjoy over their coun-  !         or losers until a decisive victory in a war has already tive and responsible fashion. Recently, relevant A word of caution: The deep state in Pakistan terparts in Pakistan and the international pressure $  0  '3@)*#       declared the winners. In the instant case, both India countries revised and re-submitted the materials has mastered the art of circumventing internation- that has kept Pakistan reined in so far. A misad-  !           # and China had been pursuing their national inter- for the listing proposal to the 1267 Committee. al sanctions as is evident from its past behaviour. venture from Pakistan to avenge Balakot with the /           !   ests. The latter was also treading the path very care- After careful study of the revised materials and The banned organisations appear in a new avtar collusion of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)            # fully. Chinese national interests were under attack taking into consideration the opinions of relevant or with a different name and their leaders is a possibility that cannot be ruled out straight ,        +23?    from America as a result of the ongoing trade war parties concerned, China does not have objection assume charge again though ostensibly of a dif- way. A lot would also depend on the electoral              between the two countries that had begun much to the listing proposal,” Chinese Foreign Ministry ferent outfit, generally portrayed as a philanthrop- results on May 23 that would determine the new 1/0 P      before Pulwama. China’s GDP was on a decline. spokesman Geng Shuang said in a press statement. ic organisation. But the watchful eye of FATF may Government in New Delhi. Before resorting to any make the task difficult for Pakistan this time. misadventure, Pakistan will like to determine the "         !  Many companies are contemplating shifting their “The proper settlement of the above-men- manufacturing units to India. China, which con- tioned issue again shows that in international Undoubtedly, India has secured a huge diplo- thresholds of the new regime. In a nutshell, the       !        siders itself as an emerging global power, can ill- counter-terrorism cooperation, we have to uphold matic victory but this should not be the end. India coming months are going to be very critical for    J K   #QC afford a declining economy. Also, China’s image as the rules and procedures of relevant UN body, fol- has to tread its path carefully to ensure that this India not only diplomatically but militarily as well.         $  a responsible member of the global community was low the principle of mutual respect, resolve dif- victory is not turned into defeat through a Sino- Pakistan’s mindset against India will change            being dented due to its continuous support to Azhar, ferences and build consensus through dialogue, Pakistan collusion. India also has to be prepared only if its Army changes its attitude towards India      # thus labelling it as pro-terror. The recently held sec- and prevent politicising technical issues,” he added. for the immediate consequences of this decision. and stops projecting us as a quintessential threat. 'E50:     !   ond summit of the Belt Road Initiatives (BRI) also In his statement, Geng pointed out that The JeM sympathisers in Kashmir may carry out That can only happen when Pakistan’s economy          #C  forced China for a re-think. India’s persistence to Pakistan has made “enormous contributions to a sensational attack to show their solidarity with cannot be saved from a collapse. Fear of FATF      R: ' S    stay away from the initiative and not very encour- fighting terrorism”, which should be recognised Azhar and as a protest to his listing. Pakistan is sanctions may also, to some extent, force the Army             aging response from those who attended, includ- by the international fraternity. Thus, it is a win- already singing a different tune. It says that by not to concede a bit. When IMF’s bailout package !            ing Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, made the win situation as far as China is concerned. It is a naming Kashmir and Pulwama in the declaration, becomes almost a certainty, the Pakistan Army will Chinese think-tank a bit nervous. win-win situation for France, the US, Britain and the global community has accepted their con- have no option but to relent. Islamabad will be  #8    +232E50:   C  China was feeling the heat of international iso- other members of 1267 Committee as well. tention that what is happening inside Kashmir is forced to denounce terrorism as the instrument ' & :    C'&:    lation with majority nations not aligning with it Pakistan is also claiming a win-win situation an internal resistance movement. Indirectly, both of state policy.                  in the matter of terrorism. America’s threat to take on the pretext that no mention has been made of China and Pakistan have continued to support India has a long haul ahead. It has to ensure            the matter to the UNSC further weakened Kashmir and Pulwama since India has been blam- their consistent policy of “good” and “bad” ter- that it further tightens its grip against Pakistan  #.          China’s insistence because it was hardly left with ing Azhar as the mastermind and JeM as the rorists. Pakistan has also made its intentions clear through diplomatic, economic and military               any allies. The fear of losing a huge market like executor of the dastardly Pulwama terror attack. that there would be no laxity as far as Kashmir is means. It also has to ensure that the global watch           India — one of the major trading partners of Let Pakistan rejoice but the bare fact remains that concerned and that it will continue to follow its over Pakistan does not slacken. With all indica-    # China — also weighed heavily in the minds of the it has been recognised and designated globally as policy of “thousand cuts.” tions that Modi may return to power and India $            Chinese leadership. It was, therefore, perceived by a fountainhead of terror. The Damocles’ Sword India will have to ensure that Pakistan and continuing with its tough policy against Pakistan,                     China that in its national interest, it can no longer in the form of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) China are compelled to give up their policy of clas- there is a hope that coming years may see a decline afford to be seen as a pro-terrorist nation. continues to hang on its head. A fragile and fail- sifying terrorists to suit their convenience. As far in cross-border terrorism. However, the univer-             However, it also did not want to offend its only ing economy is an issue, which cannot allow this as China is concerned, India has to keep its sal fight against global jihadi terror will contin-   !  %    # ally, Pakistan, with whom it pronounces its rejoicing to be a long lasting pleasant experience. counter-narrative active and play the ‘Tibet card’ ue relentlessly.                   friendship as stronger than the Himalayas. Hence, India should also not particularly worry about the tactfully. In view of the ensuing summer, when (The writer is a Jammu-based political com- !  "  #$      %&' China ensured that no reference was made to fine print because the intent was to have Azhar passes in the Himalayas are open, India will have mentator, columnist and strategic analyst) 4                 0                   

sort of vaudeville, with a distinctive three-to-one, Ukrainians voted to put about what the new President has in Jewish inflection and people love it. their future in his hands. Although, to mind. But that’s a thankless task Congratulations to Ukraine, by the be frank, most of them doubt that he because a lot of the show is sheer fan- way, for having Jews as both President can really deliver the future of peace and tasy (like the sequence where the frus- and Prime Minister (Volodymyr prosperity that they hope for. trated Holoborodko machine-guns )('=5(1/1&/) Groysman) at the same time in the The only evidence they have of the entire Parliament). ($/) heart of traditionally anti-semitic Zelensky’s industry, honesty and wis- Ukrainian voters are not fools. Eastern Europe and not even making dom is the television series he writes They know they are buying a pig in an #   a fuss about it. But what is Zelensky and stars in, Servant of the People. It’s poke. But they calculate that things     >   # )67 &0 going to do for Ukraine now that he has a heart-warming story of a humble high might change if Zelensky becomes      been swept into office with a landslide school history teacher, whose rant President, whereas they certainly kraine has a new President and majority (73 per cent)? Nobody actu- about the dreadful state of the country wouldn’t change if any of the usual sus- #     he’s a comedian. Oh, wait a ally knows and this may include is secretly recorded by his students and pects won the presidency. And things     # Uminute, that’s not such a big Zelensky himself. goes viral when they upload it to You are certainly not good now.     L deal. Guatemala was the first country When Zelensky did offer more Tube. So he is elected President of Ukraine has become the poorest      ' to elect a comedian as President: than jokes, in the short videos he timent to fend off accusations that he’ll before the sole presidential debate in Ukraine. country in Europe — far poorer than  # =   Jimmy Morales in 2015. Although released from time to time during the sell us out to Russia,” Likhachev con- Kiev’s huge Olympic Stadium last Zelensky is not a high school Russia. Millions of Ukrainians have left Morales turned sort of serious once he campaign, it still wasn’t policies. More tinued, “but that seems unlikely to me. Friday, he tried to play the patriotic teacher; he is a show business million- the country seeking work in Poland or   >   took office: He’s a Right-wing nation- like mood music, really. He probably realises that it’ll be hard card: “There’s no room for jokes here. aire with his own production compa- Russia and the low-intensity war   #   alist, who supports death penalty and “He’s from a family of Jewish for him to win over the most nation- Being a President and supreme com- ny. He may be just as warm and sin- against the Russian-backed separatists      K :O= opposes abortion. Whereas Volodymyr Soviet intellectuals from a Russian- alist-oriented part of society, so he’ll mander is not a game... it means being cere in person as Vasyl Petrovych in the east drags on endlessly. No post-      Zelensky hasn’t turned. speaking industrial region (in eastern wash his hands of them so as not to responsible for the people, for the coun- Holoborodko, the former teacher and Soviet leader of Ukraine has made even      Right through the presidential Ukraine,” Vyacheslav Likhachev of the alienate the majority.” try.” It would have sounded more per- accidental President, whom he plays in a dent in the corrupt rule of the oli- election campaign in Ukraine, Zelensky National Minorities’ Rights Monitoring That will be a welcome change after suasive if Poroshenko had done some- Servant of the People. (It’s one of garchs. Indeed, most of them have been  % #     avoided speeches. Mostly, he just Group in Kyiv told the Haaretz news- five years of the pompous nationalist thing about the corruption that has Ukraine’s most popular series and is oligarchs themselves. So why not vote      toured the country with a comedy paper. “He has repeatedly made fun of bilge of billionaire Petro Poroshenko, made oligarchs like him rich. now nearing 50 episodes). Or he may for Zelensky? Most Ukrainians feel that   # troupe, performed in skits and did over-the-top (Ukrainian) national who won the presidency in 2014 after Zelensky’s response was lethal: not be. they have nothing left to lose.      stand-up. And he’s not just a comedi- patriotic discourse.” a popular revolt overthrew the pro- “I’m not your opponent. I’m a verdict Journalists are now working their (The writer’s new book is Growing an, he’s a Jewish comedian — the very “Zelensky might make some sym- Russian stooge Viktor Yanukovych. on you. I am the result of your mis- way through all the box sets of Servant Pains: The Future of Democracy and   best kind. His style is south Ukrainian, bolic gestures toward nationalist sen- In a video Poroshenko released just takes.” And by a majority of almost of the People, trying to glean some clues Work)      !

1 FG   )(+!(,- and the Pacific Panel on nated in Arabian Sea, off the These lists are used sequen- communicated to the director “Before the end of 1900s, Tropical Cyclones, at its twen- Gujarat coast between tially and they are not rotated general of the IMD. forecasters started using male ala, Helen, Nargis and ty-seventh session held in 2000 September to October 2004. It every few years, unlike the According to the IMD, in names for those forming in the MNilofer may sound like in Muscat, Oman, agreed to made landfall in the state, but Atlantic and Eastern Pacific lists. the beginning, storms were Southern Hemisphere. Since the names of yesteryear assign names to the tropical impacted both India and “A storm causes so much named arbitrarily. Laxman 1953, Atlantic tropical storms Bollywood actors, but they are, cyclones in the Bay of Bengal Pakistan. death and destruction that its Singh Rathore, a former direc- have been named from lists in fact, lethal cyclones that have and Arabian Sea. Cyclone Phetai, suggested name is considered for retire- tor general of the IMD, said the originated by the National brought violent winds, heavy After long deliberations by Thailand, originated in the ment and hence is not used practice of naming the storm Hurricane Centre. They are rains and wreaked destruc- among the member countries, Bay of Bengal and made land- repeatedly. first started in the United now maintained and updated tion. As Cyclone Fani pound- the naming of tropical cyclones fall in Andhra Pradesh, rav- “If the public wants to sug- States. This helped identify it by an international committee ed the Odisha coast on Friday, over north Indian Ocean com- aging the coastal districts in gest the name of a cyclone to be and also aided the researchers. of the World Meteorological the name ‘Phoni”, which was menced from September 2004. December last year. included in the list, the pro- Earlier, the storm was Organisation,” the IMD added. suggested by Bangladesh, also The eight countries along The next cyclone, when- posed name must meet some named after the coast it hit, Storms over South Pacific evoked curiosity. How the the Bay of Bengal and Arabian ever it originates, will be named fundamental criteria,” a circu- Rathore added. “Then the mid- and Indian Ocean are known as Cyclones named? Sea suggest names that are ‘Vayu’, suggested by India. lar on naming the cyclones over 1900s saw the start of practice cyclones. In the North Atlantic, Mritunjay Mohapatra, the sequentially listed. The nations Of the 64 names suggested the North Indian Ocean said. of using feminine names for central North Pacific, and east- Additional Director General of suggest names alphabetically - by these eight countries, 57 “The name should be short storms. In the pursuit of a more ern North Pacific, the term the India Meteorological - Bangladesh, India, Maldives, have been utilised. Some of the and readily understood when organised and efficient naming hurricane is used. Department (IMD), said Fani, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri names suggested by India are broadcast. Further, the names system, meteorologists later The same type of distur- pronounced as ‘Foni’, means a Lanka and Thailand. Agni, Jali, Bijli, Akash, while must not be culturally sensitive decided to identify storms bance in the Northwest Pacific snake’s hood. The Regional Specialised Mala, Helen and Nilofar were and must not convey some using names from a list is called a typhoon, according The World Meteorological Meteorological Centre (RSMC) the names list. The identifica- Bengal. So, for instance, suggested by Sri Lanka, unintended and potentially arranged alphabetically,” the to the National Ocean Service Organisation/Economic and based here gives a tropical tion system covers both the Bangladesh suggested ‘Onil’ Bangladesh and Pakistan inflammatory meaning,” it IMD said explaining the gen- of the US’ National Oceanic Social Commission for Asia cyclone an identification from Arabian Sea and the Bay of the first in the list. Onil origi- respectively. added. The name can be esis of the naming process. Atmospheric Administration.   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   0$$. ‘Tiger’ was reportedly involved Similarly, Tariq also had a I in grooming young recruits for long history of terror crime joint team of security pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen records and was involved in sev- Aforces early on Friday terror outfit. He was active in the eral terror attacks. Several terror  morning dealt a body blow to area since 2014 and was a close crime cases were registered J 6D6 top Hizbul Muhajideen (HM) confidant of Burhan Wani. against him. He was part of commanders, active in The killing of three local groups involved in planning    $.$& Surve alias Majeed Naik, es by the borrower. Kashmir Valley, by neutralising terrorists also sparked off and executing terror attacks on Reshma Kunte @ Smt. Reshma The accused also availed Lateef Ahmad Dar, alias Tiger protests in the area. Local res- the security establishments in special CBI court on Friday Rajendra Patil and Premnath another facility of Secured of Dogripora, Pulwama, one of idents tried to assemble near the area. He was instrumental in Asentenced one person to Atmaram Nikumbhe , all pri- Overdraft of Rs.139.95 lakh lone surviving members of the encounter site provoking luring youth to join terror organ- life imprisonment and imposed vate individuals and imposed against term deposit worth Burhan Wani group, along the security forces to use tear isations. Moreover, he was also a fine of Rs 3.13 crore and fines of Rs 18,000, Rs 12,000 Rs.155.50 lakh which was also with two other local terrorists smoke shells to disperse the involved in several weapon awarded rigorous imprison- and Rs 12,000 respectively on not cleared and thereby in a fierce firefight in South unruly mob. The authorities snatching cases reported from ment to four persons, includ- them for allegedly causing a Andhra Bank was put to a total Kashmir’s Shopian district. immediately snapped mobile the area. Shariq was also ing a former branch manager huge loss to the Andhra Bank. loss to the tune of approxi- Timing of the clinical oper- Internet services in south involved in several terror attacks. of Andhra Bank, for periods The CBI had registered a mately Rs. 2.30 crore. ation is set to boost the morale Kashmir whereas train ser- safer places”. During the oper- Shopian,” the spokesperson said. Incriminating material ranging from three years to ten case on 30.01.2010 on a com- After its investigation, the of the security forces deployed vices through the area also ation, one Army jawan According to the police including arms and ammunition years and levied fines collect- plaint from General Manager, CBI filed a charge sheet in the in the area to ensure peaceful remained suspended. Yugendar Kumar also sustained records, all the three terrorists were recovered from the site of ing amounting to Rs 3.70 lakh Andhra Bank, Andheri, special court against the polling in the final phase in According to police gunshot injuries. He was evac- were affiliated with the pro- encounter. Police has registered in a bank fraud case. Mumbai against Rajendra Patil, accused under 120-B (con- Shopian and Pulwama districts spokesman, “The operation was uated to hospital and is under- scribed terror outfit HM and a case. All these incriminating The CBI court handed out Bandalmudi Mahipal, then spiracy), 420 (cheating), 465 on May 6. launched on the basis of a cred- going medical treatment,” the were wanted by law for their materials have been taken in life imprisonment to one Branch Manager, Andhra (punishment for forgery), 467 After the killing of Hizbul ible input about the presence of police spokesman said. complicity in a series of terror case records to probe their com- Rajendra Marutrao Patil, a pri- Bank, Ghodbundar Road (forgery of valuable security, Mujahideen’s poster boy, terrorists at Adkhara Village in “In the ensuing encounter, crimes including attacks on plicity in other terror crimes. vate individual, and imposed a Branch, Thane (Maharashtra) will etc) 468 (forgery for the Burhan Wani, in July 2016, sev- Imam Sahab area of district three terrorists were killed and security establishments and Police also appealed to cit- fine of Rs. 3.13 crore. and three others. purpose of cheating), 471 eral other top commanders Shopian early on Friday morn- the bodies were retrieved from civilian atrocities. izens not to venture inside The court sentenced The Prosecution’s case was (using forged document as too were neutralised during ing.” “During searches, the hid- the site of encounter. The three As per police records, encounter zone since such an Bandalmudi Mahipal, then that the accused persons had genuine one) & 511 (punish- sustained operations by the ing terrorists fired upon the killed terrorists have been iden- Lateef had a long history of ter- area can prove dangerous due to Branch Manager, Andhra availed a term loan of Rs. ment for attempting to commit security forces. search party. The fire was retal- tified as Lateef Ahmad Dar ror crime records since 2014 stray explosive materials. Bank, Ghodbundar Road 203.35 lakh for purchase of 15 offences punishable with Lateef Ahmad Dar, killed iated leading to an encounter. alias Tiger of Dogripora and was involved in planning “People are requested to coop- Branch, 10 years’ rigorous Skoda Laura Cars. However, imprisonment for life or other in Shopian, was lone surviving Initially, with the efforts of Pulwama, Tariq Ahmad Sheikh and executing several terror erate with police till area is com- imprisonment with fine of Rs. they purchased only one car, imprisonment) of IPC and member of the group who was police and security forces, the alias Mufti Waqas of Moolu attacks in the area. Several ter- pletely sanitised and cleared of 3.40 lakh and awarded three while they allegedly siphoned Section 13(2) r/w 13(1) (d) of still active in the area. civilians trapped around the Chitragam Shopian and Shariq ror crime cases were registered all explosive materials if any,” years’ rigorous imprisonment off rest of of the money was Prevention of Corruption Act, According to police, Lateef encounter site were evacuated to Ahmad Nengroo of Chotigam against him. said a detailed police advisory. each to Nizamuddin Ismail siphoned off for other purpos- 1988 and substantive offences.

, (3  #   00 +Q  + + 00 + '   #)  ( ( < 0  + +  1   0 *  1(&1(,     would occupy the post of cab- in his complaint which the 2   1   -()) inet secretary, the topmost post Tamil Nadu police refused to ongress leader Priyanka a civil servant could aspire. accept. Joshi and Srinivasan are ,1(?Q   R CGandhi Vadra advised espite Prime Minister A group of officials ganged under secretaries in the central Prime Minister Narendra Modi DNarendra Modi pitching in up and devised strategies to Government with unlimited to protect the fields of farmers on with his moral support to the derail the progress of Raju’s power at their disposal.  &)(1 and Indians hold the comput- Friday, saying that is nationalism Scheduled Castes, Scheduled career by foisting false fake and Raju’s complaint is replete er mouse now. “Now it is as well. “You are protecting peo- Tribes and Backward frivolous cases on him. with the modus operandi fol- day after Congress leader ‘mouse charmers’ and not ple from Pakistan’s aggression. Communities, a cartel of Though all cases were lowed by the quartet of Joshi, APriyanka Gandhi Vadra ‘snake charmers’.” This is a big achievement. bureaucrats are working found to be fake by the inves- Srinivasan, Mishra and impressed photographers dur- He said the country’s Everyone is happy. But you round-the- clock to victimise, tigating agencies of the Chowdary, the last named ing an interaction with snake young people have changed the should also protect fields of disgrace and humiliate Government of India and judi- being the chief vigilance com- charmers, Modi accused her of image of the country by mak- farmers. That is nationalism as Government officials belonging ciary, the people responsible for missioner of the country. projecting an image of the ing a name in the field of IT. well,” she told an election meet- to the SC/ST and BC sections. removing the blots on the Despite Raju being cleared country that did not sit well “But the fourth generation ing in support of her mother and This has been brought to light career of the officer ganged up in all the inquiries held by the with the reality. (of the family) is seeking votes the Congress candidate from Rae by a Chief Secretary grade IAS and retained the charges with vigilance department of the “Now it is ‘mouse charm- by showing snake charmers,” he Bareli in the ongoing Lok Sabha officer in Tamil Nadu. more vigour. government of India, these ers’ and not ‘snake charmers’,” said. He also accused the polls, Sonia Gandhi. (' '     +!     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Photojournalists cov- What kind of nationalism is this Government, but did nothing in Nadu, and which the Tamil because of caste based dis- Training (DOPT) of the ering Priyanka Gandhi’s elec- that you ignore farmers, young- the interest of people,” she added. Nadu Police refused to accept crimination at the hands of Government of India. tion campaign in her mother sters and women?,” the Congress Claiming the Government reveals shocking developments senior government func- The National Commission Sonia Gandhi’s constituency general secretary in-charge of only focussed on its own pub- and happenings in the coun- tionaries and others. I have for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) of Rae Bareli had caught her eastern Uttar Pradesh said. licity, Priyanka said, “Wherever try’s civil service. been in particular victimised by which went into the woes of talking with snake charmers. “When you demonstrate for you go, you see his (Modi’s) face. The Pioneer had brought Kabindra Joshi, G Srinivasan, Raju expressed its anguish and “Nothing will happen, it’s your rights, your voice is curbed. Half of his speech targets the out the news that Raju, a KV Chowdary (CVC), PK shock over the way the officer fine,” she had said when some- Why is this done? Because the opposition. Everyone is a nation- Punjab-born IAS officer Mishra (additional principal has been subjected to the worst one warned her against holding Government is afraid of your alist. What does nationalism belonging to the SC communi- secretary to the Prime kind of treatment. a snake. At an election rally here, power. They know that they did mean? It means you should ty is being denied promotion to Minister). With the sole motive “What is shocking is the Modi referred to a photo of not honour any of the promises hear the voice of the people.” the post of additional secre- of harming my current and denial of justice to Raju has Jawaharlal Nehru. “There was a tary/secretary to the future professional/employ- happened despite the Prime time when the `naamdars’ of the Government of India because of ment prospects and social Minister’s assurance to the Congress used to feel happy his status as a member of the SC standing they have been ruin- members of the SC, ST and showing snake charmers to for- Raju , who began his er in ing my impeccable reputation OBC sections that this was eign guests,” he said. the civil service at the age of 22 as an honest officer by giving going to be their century,” said “There is popular picture has been honoured interna- false information against me to a senior civil service officer of the first Prime Minister tionally and nationally for the public servants , instituting privy to the goings on in showing a snake charmer to meritorious and exemplary false and malicious inquiries India’s corridors of power. foreign guests. It is available on services rendered by him for against me contrary to estab- People who cry from social media. He was feeling the upliftment of the society. lished norms and practices rooftops for any alleged viola- proud,” he said. He was due for empanelment and creating an atmosphere of tion of the rights of the Such pictures made the as additional secretary /secre- distrust and prejudice to dis- oppressed classes have not world call India a country of tary to the Government of criminate against me. Thereby uttered a single word in support snake charmers, Modi said. India in 2016. they have committed atrocities of Raju. “The fourth generation of But certain people in the on me which are an offences They may be indifferent the ‘naamdar’ family is doing corridors of power cannot inter alia under Section 3 of the because Raju does not com- this now as well,” he added. digest the fact that an officer SC/ST (Prohibition of mand any vote bank in Tamil Modi said they forget that             #   0+  " ' from the SC community Atrocities Act) 1989,” Raju said Nadu. the country has moved ahead,       +30#  + $  ,2 KJK      #+   "## '# +##  

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A personal guru also        The company had opened ing is coming from semi- Eal EdTech company, on Achieve, we also seek to rein- formance and progress report is takes away the fear of being the pre-launch bookings for urban areas due to strong tele- Friday announced the launch of force the importance of self- also generated, which is shared judged in public from the stu- the model on May 2. “The com infrastructure. This show- Extramarks Achieve, a unique study and look to meticulously with parents, in order to keep dents by serving as a friend, Day-1 response is a record cases emergence of new era of programme to tackle learning guiding students towards acad- them posted about their ward’s motivator and guide, all rolled booking for an SUV, with an connected-mobility solutions woes faced by students and emic success.” performance. Because of inte- into one. average of 84 Venue cars every and acceptance of technology improve their comprehension Extramarks Achieve begins gration with the learning app by Atul Kulshrestha said, “Our hour,” Hyundai Motor India Ltd in day-to-day life,” Jain said. and confidence. with a scientific assessment pro- Extramarks, a student avails full academic gurus are motivated The programme provides gramme called SNAAP - benefit of the LPT (learn-prac- educators, who hold student for personal academic gurus, Student Needs Analysis and tice-test) pedagogy, which is welfare and success paramount.” who offer custom guidance and Academic Profile. SNAAP helps focused on concept clarity. Launched on May 1, 2019, support to students. It aims to identify the learning gaps and The concept of Achieve Extramarks Achieve is another address the root of the many needs of a child, based on which functions on the 9-9-7 model - game-changing offering. In a sit- problems in the nation’s educa- an academic profile is built. which means that from 9 am to uation where the deep-set fears, tion system: lack of personal Mapped to this academic profile, 9 pm, all 7 days of a week, the worries and lack of under- $ 1   / ($!),,   attention due to abysmal an appropriate academic guru is academic gurus are only a standing among individual stu-          #          teacher-student ratio, inade- appointed, who charts an acad- chat/mail/call away for the stu- dents are hardly addressed, this $  L'   #'&F quate emphasis on self-study, emic course for the student. dents. 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Achieving some reports pegged it at of data usage driven by increas- a platform for fast-track joint synergies post-merger from ndia’s largest telecom opera- about USD 700 million. ing consumption of video, initiatives in Artificial the combination of Vodafone Itor Vodafone Idea Ltd on “The collaboration will streaming and digital com- Intelligence and Internet of India and Idea Cellular is a Friday announced a five-year provide Vodafone Idea with a merce, the statement said, Things. “This five-year col- strategic priority for us and we multi-million-dollar IT out- hybrid cloud based digital plat- adding that it will also drive laboration with IBM, opens continue to be ahead of track,” sourcing deal with tech giant form to enable more intimate enhanced customer experience new opportunities for us to Balesh Sharma, CEO, Vodafone IBM. engagement with its over 387 to millions of connected con- partner together in domains Idea, said. “This engagement will also million subscribers (as of sumers and businesses in India. vations. We believe that use of like cloud, AI (Artificial IBM is supporting contribute to Vodafone Idea’s December 31, 2018), enhanc- “Vodafone Idea is collabo- IBM’s hybrid and multi-cloud, Intelligence) and IoT (Internet Vodafone Idea with an option merger synergy objectives by ing business efficiency, agility rating with leading global tech- analytics and AI security capa- of Things). of extended flexible payment reducing its IT related costs,” and scale plus simplification of nology partners including bilities will accelerate Vodafone “We will also be able to plan structure for the term of the telecom firm said in a state- its business processes,” it said. IBM to deploy new age tech- Idea’s progression to an open, leverage collateral from the the contract through its whol- ment. 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■ 1 and Monte Carlo champion in recent !*)'6(1(), weeks, Federer saw a glimmer of hope. oger Federer returns to clay court ten- That shaft of light brightened when Rnis for the first time in three years at world number one Novak Djokovic Madrid next week, admitting it feels like exited Monte Carlo in the quarter- !"   '   0     =/ -"# '" /  '   a journey into "no-man's land". finals. The 37-year-old last tested his abil- "Roger is still very hungry," Federer's ■ ,/)!/) is 50-50," said Emery. start Lacazette and Aubameyang hat-trick as he firstly failed to ity on European dirt at the Rome Masters coach Ivan Ljubicic told Sky Sports Italia. Arsenal are desperate not together up front, but the game connect with an inch-perfect in 2016, before opting to concentrate on "And he has got used to playing on rsenal manager Unai just for silverware in Emery's first turned on one moment of magic Aubameyang cross before Neto the world's hard surfaces and grass clay again pretty quickly." Emery insisted his side's season but the guarantee of I  "    from Arsenal's two prolific strik- made a brilliant save at his near courts which have yielded the majority Federer's last clay title was in Istanbul AEuropa League semi-final Champions League qualification  2  ers. post to keep the Spanish side in of his 101 titles. in 2015, the same year which saw his last against Valencia is still "50-50" for next season that winning the "    "  Lacazette played in the tie. But with his career in its twilight, the Roland Garros appearance end with a despite the Gunners taking a 3- Europa League would bring.    Aubameyang and the Gabon At the other end Petr Cech Swiss has decided to re-enter a realm of quarter-final exit at the hands of close 1 first leg lead to Spain. A run of three straight 2I international left his marker also had to make a smart stop tennis for so long dominated by rival friend Stan Wawrinka. Valencia's bright start at the Premier League defeats has left —Unai Emery and Valencia goalkeeper as he raced from his goal to Rafael Nadal — and Madrid seems the Rome in 2016 witnessed the Swiss Emirates on Thursday was Emery's men needing more Neto on the ground deny substitute Kevin logical venue. star's most recent competitive outing on rewarded with Mouctar favours from Chelsea or I    before squaring for his Gameiro. Federer has won two of his 11 clay clay, a straight sets loss to Dominic Thiem Diakhaby's away goal. Tottenham to stand any chance of     strike partner to roll into The veteran stopper titles in the Spanish capital where the in the third round seemingly convincing But Alexandre Lacazette Champions League qualification   an empty net. has announced he will high altitude helps him negate the tra- him that his dirt court career was done. quickly turned the game around via a top-four Premier League Seven minutes later, retire at the end of the ditionally pedestrian pace of the dusty "I'm not very confident going into with two goals in eight first-half finish.   " Arsenal led as terrible season. surface. this clay court season, I can tell you that minutes before Pierre-Emerick The Gunners had conceded      2I defending allowed And Cech's final game "I'm very excited. It's a good chal- — I don't even remember how to slide Aubameyang's late strike gave three times in all three of those —Alexandre Lacazette Lacazette a free header could well be against his lenge, a good test. Confidence, I don't anymore," said Federer. Arsenal a two-goal advantage to defeats to Crystal Palace, Wolves from Granit Xhaka's former club Chelsea in know, it's in no-man's land. I have to start "You know, I'm taking baby steps at defend at the Mestalla on May 9. and Leicester and the same defen- I    cross and a weak next month's final as from scratch," said Federer after winning this point. To be honest, I didn't play one However, Emery, who man- sive deficiencies cost them again 0 hand from Neto the Blues secured a his most recent title in Miami. point — not one shot on clay last year. aged Valencia between 2008 and early on.    could not prevent the 1-1 draw away at His long-term aim this spring is Two years ago I played two days. 2012, knows the tie is far from Valencia had already missed    ball crossing the line. Eintracht Frankfurt in the Roland Garros where he was champion "Three years ago I played not feeling over due to Arsenal's terrible a glorious chance to take the lead   2 "We had the game complete- first leg of the other semi-final. in 2009 and where he has been a four- great in Monaco and Rome and all that. away record this season. when Ezequiel Garay blazed over    ly in control until their first Arsenal still have work to do, time runner-up in 2006, 2007, 2008 and So it's been so little that I really don't "It is a good result at home, before Diakhaby forced the ball goal," lamented Valencia coach but they moved much closer to 2011, losing on every occasion to Nadal. know what to expect." Despite his cau- but the second leg is going to be home at the back post for the vital   2I Marcelino Garcia Toral. booking their trip to Baku when However, with 11-time French Open tion, his longtime rivals are wary of very difficult and maybe differ- away goal on 11 minutes. —Marcelino Garcia Toral Lacazette missed two glorious Aubameyang turned home at the winner Nadal in something of a claycourt under-estimating the 20-time Grand ent. I consider for both teams it Emery has been reticent to opportunities to complete his back post in the final minute. slump, having been deposed as Barcelona Slam champion next week. 9"  #    '  *#8.6 "2 12=#4 "  / " Paris:    +       $  # '# "(('  #      #    ("#19"  +   = ## #            =6 @       #     ■ &1&)( 1 '  #   23  ■ $.$& just because he hit four quality           bowlers he was batting against. teve Smith and David Warner  $ @ ) #    uvraj Singh, hero of India's vic- "When you are doing that, you Shave been welcomed back to 1 ##    #   Ytorious campaign in the 2011 know that someone is batting very the Australian team with "no ten- #   $     World Cup, is expecting "special well," added Yuvraj, who is known sion", coach Justin Langer said  #1 # !! performances" from all-rounder for hitting six sixes in the 2007 edi- on Friday, with the World Cup    #   -  Hardik Pandya in the 2019 edition, tion of WorldT20 in South Africa. offering another opportunity     $      @ beginning May 30. The man of the tournament of for redemption.     )            Pandya is back to his best, at the 2011 World Cup also backed The duo returned to the #  #   least with the bat, following testing Virat Kohli-led India, hosts England national side for a World Cup   #   times which saw him serve an and Australia to do well in the mega training camp on Friday in interim suspension. event. Brisbane after serving year-long "   The 25-year-old has been in "My first two teams are England bans for their part in the "sand- Liverpool: ,  #  )   remarkable form this IPL and his and India. Obviously with (David) papergate" scandal in Cape     #    %  Mumbai Indians teammate Yuvraj Warner and (Steve) Smith coming Town.         6    # hopes that he extends his explosive back, Australia will be in con- "There is no tension," a     0      run to the 50-over mega event. tention. West Indies also looked a smiling Langer told reporters.    ##     #  # # "I was actually having this con- very power-packed side. You can't "They're back in the team now. , @ R=C  &   )  versation with him (Hardik) yester- say much at this stage. I think it They've been selected, which is  + @    , =# day where I told him that 'you have would be India and England first, brilliant." #  ?& =   %  third would be Australia. Fourth I ning eight one-day internation-        #  a great chance of performing real- The duo have enjoyed a "One of our really strong val-       ?    #     ly well with the ball and bat', the "It is probably the best shape as don't know," said Yuvraj. solid comeback in IPL, with ues is humility, so there will be als on the trot, against India and    @    )    kind of form he is in at the moment. a batsman to get in. I have been He also backed chinaman Warner in blistering form, top- great opportunity to develop Pakistan.       &    +   == "Definitely, the way he is batting watching since the practice games, Kuldeep Yadav to do well in the ping the batting rankings with that." "We have had great success , @      #    , at the moment, it is phenomenal he was hitting the ball really well. I World Cup. 692 runs from 12 innings. The Aussie coach welcomed in the past. While we celebrate   ?& #  # 6 and I hope he carries that form (into had told him 'it is going to be a spe- "I don't asses T20 cricket (form) Langer acknowledged there the selection dilemma Smith that, it means nothing on how #    #)    )  ?6  the World Cup). He has been bowl- cial tournament for you, the way over 50 over (cricket). I think would need to be some adjust- and Warner added to the top we play this (World Cup),"    ing well in patches but as I said it you are hitting the ball'," said the Kuldeep has been a fantastic bolw- ments for the former team lead- order, joining Aaron Finch, Langer said. is all about how you handle the pres- southpaw. er for India and I'm sure he will ers, but said the team would be Usman Khawja and Shaun He said the team needed to      H  sure," said Yuvraj. "Over the years, as an experi- bounce back quickly. He has been boosted by their experience. Marsh, made it "exciting to have use every tournament on the cal- Auckland: -    #   #  Pandya has been in the form of enced player you know if someone very effective against England, "When you come from the those five 100-makers at our dis- endar to "make Australians   ## '  #0  his life and Yuvraj said that his 91 is hitting the ball well, he is in great South Africa, Australia," said Yuvraj titled position of captain then posal". proud of us again". "We must @    >  #       against the Kolkata Knight Riders shape. 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Tsealed, Delhi Capitals  &- The England all-rounder will aim for a big win / ..  smashed an unbeaten 24-ball 55 against Rajasthan Royals --2 with the help of seven fours and to enhance their chances for '.1!7  OFCC $  two sixes as Kings XI plundered 58 a second-place finish when runs in the last five overs. the two teams clash in their Curran made the most of a final league match here on They need to win against reprieve after he was dropped on 17 Saturday. Delhi and hope for by Rinku Singh off Sunil Narine, A big win on Saturday favourable results from other hitting Harry Gurney for 22 runs will not only will boost remaining games to secure a in the final over, including three Delhi's morale after the 80- play-off berth as the fourth fours and a six off the last four run hammering at the hands team. deliveries. square-leg where Shubman Gill of CSK but it could also pro- But a win against Delhi Earlier, Pooran had set the took an easy catch. B <E&? 22 2 0 standings. to 13 points, after their last wicket with Agarwal. overs. This is when Pooran came to &; +  0 >F;G? * #  + * Delhi are currently sitting game against Royal Sandeep Warrier (2/31) jolted the party, taking the likes of Piyush D&   ++ >@;$? 2 -+ H#  I * games, just behind Mumbai washed away. of their top-performing batsmen day, to the cleaners by scoring at a D$   ++ >@D?   "0 +   Indians (16 points) and table With Steve Smith having K.L. Rahul (2) and Chris Gayle brisk rate. D$  " 22 *   toppers CSK (18 points). departed home for World (14). Rahul was the first to go with The hosts were 84/2 at the D: 6  >@@? 22 2 0 will enhance Delhi's chances Rahane will return to cap- on after the India batsman tried to great guns, and KKR skipper of featuring in Qualifier 1, taincy duties. Ashton Turner clear the infield. Dinesh Karthik failing to stop him and the move worked as Pooran after Pooran's dismissal but once giving them two shots at the is expected to replace Smith Warrier then set Gayle up with even with spinners operating from holed out to Sandeep Warrier at Curran got going, there was no May 12 final. in the playing eleven. a short ball which the veteran both ends. deep mid-wicket, bringing his looking back even after Gurney In the absence of Rabada, The departure of Smith, West Indies opener failed to nego- This is when Karthik intro- knock to an abrupt end. bowled a brilliant 18th over to leak Delhi's bowling attack looked Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes tiate, hitting straight to backward duced Nitish Rana into the attack Kings XI Struggled to get going just four runs and take a wicket. miserable, but it is the shod- has weakened Rajasthan's dy performance of the batting batting, putting more respon- unit which would be a cause sibility on the shoulders of of concern for skipper Rahane, Sanju Samson and 6    0  (3 0+0   Shreyas Iyer. Liam Livingstone but the The likes of Prithvi Shaw, team's bowling unit would be Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh pumped up after the leg-spin- Pant and Colin Ingram ner Shreyas Gopal's hat-trick #  0 + 01 +      2 would like to forget the dis- in the rain-truncated match astrous outing against CSK against RCB. ■ )(+!(,- To enter the Indian team you need to and come out afresh in In the last encounter know how to make a comeback, you been a tremendous season for me Delhi's last home game. between the two sides last anju Samson has always been need to be strong enough and you with the Delhi Capitals, both on and Rajasthan, on the other month, it was Delhi Capitals Sconsidered as a bright prospect but only get strong when you fail. I failed off the field, and I truly believe that hand, are mathematically still who came out on top in he has not been able to break into the a lot of times and now I am strong our team can win the trophy." alive in the tournament with Jaipur by six wickets in a Indian team and the Kerala wicket- enough to play for India," he said. Proteas team manager 11 points from 13 games. high-scoring affair. keeper batsman on Friday said Steve Smith has flown back to Mohammed Moosajee said Rabada's instead of feeling frustrated he would Australia to prepare for the World recall was precautionary based on his work harder to earn a spot for him- Cup but Samson said his team has history.  78 $ self. good bench strength. "Kagiso experienced stiffness in Samson, who has played just one "Definitely, it (Smith's depar- his lower back a few days ago and was T20 International for India against ture) is a great loss. First Jos Buttler, taken for scans for further investiga- Zimbabwe in 2015, has been one of Ben Stokes and now Smith but we tion. The scan results, combined consistent performers with the bat in knew this before the tournament. We with further assessment by our phys- this IPL with 337 runs from 11 games have enough bench strength to cover iotherapist Craig Govender who is that included a century and a half- the losses," Samson said. fortunately in Delhi, led the CSA century. The Royals are mathematically medical committee to the decision to Legends like Brian Lara have still in the play-off hunt with 11 withdraw him from the remainder of found it difficult to understand why points from 13 games but to progress the IPL," Moosajee said in a Cricket a talented player like Samson has not any further they will first have to win South Africa statement. even been considered in India's against Delhi Capitals and then hope "Kagiso has a history with back World Cup probables. for favourable results from the other injuries and the CSA medical team is "It feels really great when legends remaining league games.  )(+!(,- taking the best measures to ensure he like Lara talk highly of you. It boosts is fully fit for the ICC Men's Cricket your confidence. I am very confident njured Kagiso Rabada was on World Cup next month. He will and happy the way I have been play-   %  0  0 IFriday ruled of the rest of the IPL consult with a back specialist upon his ing. But I am excitingly waiting for after South Africa decided to call the return and proceed with a treatment   !? my opportunity to play for India," the   - 0A+ 0 pacer back as a precautionary mea- and rehab programme." Rajasthan Royals player said. sure ahead of the World Cup. Delhi Capitals' head coach Ricky "There is no point in getting frus-    Ajinkya Rahane was on the Australian team ahead of the Rabada had missed Delhi Ponting termed the development as ,  . trated. You can use it as a motivation Friday re-appointed captain of World Cup. Capitals' last match against Chennai "unfortunate". and push more. It's not easy to get Rajasthan Royals following the "We have requested Ajinkya to Super Kings due to stiff back and his "It's unfortunate that Rabada is ■ &()6,.1. Live on Star Sports 1& 2 HEAD into the Indian team. You need to departure of Australian Steve Smith. take on the captaincy of the team; unavailability is a severe blow to Delhi having to leave us at this stage of the TO work hard and earn that spot." Rahane returns to lead Royals as a true Royal he has shown great Capitals, who are striving to win their tournament. But I have full confi- unrisers Hyderabad HEAD Insisting that failure is the secret for the game against Delhi Capitals courage and character in gracious- maiden title. dence in our team and I'm sure each would look to complete S  &/ of success, Samson said he has gone on Saturday after Smith replaced ly accepting the responsibility, According to a statement from and every member of this unit will the unfinished business and . .* through many tough phases in his him as captain in the middle of the which accompanies this role, whilst the Delhi Capitals, Rabada, the cur- step up to the occasion," Ponting said. seal their place in the IPL  " -! ?? career which only made him a bet- season following the team's disap- it would have been easier for him rent Purple Cap holder, has been He is now banking on New Play-offs when they clash  ter, determined cricketer. pointing run which saw it lose six to take a back seat and focus sole- advised to return home by CSA. Zealand pacer Trent Boult's experi- with laggards Royal '.1!7  8FCC $ "If you talk about my career or out of their first eight games. ly on his batting," said Zubin "It is indeed very hard for me to ence in the upcoming play-offs. Challengers Bangalore, here anyone's career, there are definitely However, there was a revival of Bharucha, Head of Cricket at leave the Delhi Capitals at this stage "It's a massive loss obviously but on Saturday. Mumbai home with three ups and downs. Going through such fortunes of the side under Smith Rajasthan Royals. of the tournament," said the 23- it's a loss that we can cover. We have The defeat against balls to spare. phases I feel is very lucky because which led Royals to winning three "A true team man and a true year-old Rabada, who took 25 wick- someone like Trent Boult, who is a Mumbai Indians via Super Captain Kane when you go down then only you will out of the last four games, giving Royal, we are extremely fortunate to ets from 12 matches that he played world-class fast bowler. He had a ter- Over must be hurting but Williamson, all-rounder know how to climb up. them a slender hope of making the have characters like him playing this this season. rific season for the Daredevils (erst- they need to shrug it off and Vijay Shankar and come- "I am lucky that I have gone play-offs with a game to go. sport and even prouder he is part of "But with the World Cup just a while) last year. With him coming to add two points to take their back man Wriddhiman Saha down many times in my career. I'm Smith has returned home to join Rajasthan Royals franchise." PTI month away, a collective decision has the side now, we think we can cover tally to 14, good enough to will look to score in the key happy to have all these experiences. been made for me in this regard. It's for the loss of Rabada quite well." stay in top-4. match. Despite their defeat Hyderabad bowlers have against Mumbai, performed well in patches Hyderabad's net run rate is and need to get their act +0.653, which is superior to together against Bangalore's =Q3J others in contention for the master blasters AB de Villiers Play-offs. and Virat Kohli. ■ $.$& we have done well is that we rated. big-hitters Hardik Pandya and Even if Hyderabad lose The visitors boast of have handled the pressure situ- Rohit said the eight overs of Kieron Pollard higher. their last match, they can still multi-pronged attack in ot depending on specific ations well," said Rohit. spin bowling done in tandem by "If you look at the whole reach playoffs if Kolkata which Afghanistan's Rashid Nindividuals and handling "A lot guys have put their left arm Krunal Pandya (2-22) tournament, they (Hardik and Knight Riders and Kings XI Khan has been the standout the pressure situations with hand up and taken the respon- and Chahar (0 for 21) did the Pollard) have batted around the Punjab don't win more than performer. aplomb has been key to Mumbai sibility which is why we don't trick in stopping SRH from 14th or 15th overs and scored one of their last two match- Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Indians' Play-off journey, an have anyone, barring Quinton winning the game. 70-80 runs the maximum num- es. Ahmed and experienced elated skipper Rohit Sharma (de Kock), in the top five (of the "They understand the con- ber of times. Right from num- In the absence of their Bhuvneshwar Kumar, along said. highet run scorers). It's not ditions really well. Vijay Shankar ber 3-7 all our batsmen are flex- batting mainstay David with the Afghan spin twins Mumbai Indians sealed about one or two individuals. and Manish were batting and ible. They can bat anywhere at Warner, young Manish Rashid and Mohammed their place in the Play-offs with "If you want to win the tour- they kept varying the length. any given time which makes our Pandey (71 off 47 balls) Nabi add sting to Hyderabad a Super Over win over Sunrisers nament everyone needs to do Their eight overs were probably job easier. shouldered the responsibili- attack. Hyderabad. They still have a well. That's the hallmark of this the turning point. They bowled "And Pollard and Hardik we ty pretty well against Mumbai Bangalore will be playing game in hand. team, whether it is (leggie) really well with a wet ball, which have that option. Polly has done as he pushed the match into for pride after their hopes of "It's a good positive for us to Rahul Chahar or Quinton. We is not easy," he said. it a few times — if you remem- the super over. entering playoffs went up in qualify with one game to spare. don't believe in individuals to Looking ahead, Sharma said ber he had done that against But with just nine runs to smoke after their match In 2017, when we won the tro- win the game on their own. We the team's batting order was flex- (Kings XI) Punjab (batted at No win in super over, Pandya against Rajasthan Royals was phy, we qualified with two want everyone to chip in and ible from positions 3-7 which 4 and made 83 off 31 balls). We and Kieron Pollard took abandoned due to rain. games in hand. As a team what take us over the line," he elabo- gives them the option to send will keep our options open."