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  She joined the BJP in 2008 Nirmala’s proposals and lakh people across 1.02 lakh official report on the country’s and was made a member of the approach in the Budget due in households. The PLFS notes poor job scenario and main- he biggest surprise in the National Executive. She was about a month,” said that the all- unemploy- tained that the unemployment Tportfolio allocation of the nominated as party spokesper- Jagannadham Thunuguntla, Sr ment rate was at 6.1 per cent data was yet to be finalised. The Modi Cabinet on Friday was son in March 2010 and has VP and Head of Research, for 2017-18, the highest since Modi Government had come crucial Finance Ministry going been a full time party worker Centrum Broking Limited. 1972-73. under fire for witholding the to Nirmala Sitharaman, who since then. Her elevation as “Emergence of clarity is As per data, share of self- key macro data, with the was immediately greeted by the Finance Minister has raised what was important, and now employed among workers was Opposition parties alleging forecast of a sagging economy eyebrows both within and out- narrative in markets will be about 57.8 per cent among that it was a deliberate attempt which saw GDP falling to a side the BJP. about the economic policies rural males, 57.7 per cent to hide its non-performance. five-year low of 5.8 per cent Nirmala took over as that will be adopted to revive among rural females, 39.2 per Moreover, some members of and the Government admitting Defence Minister in September and stimulate the slowing econ- cent among urban males and the Statistical Commission had that the unemployment has hit 2017 taking over from Arun omy,” he said. 34.7 per cent among urban earlier resigned to protest a 45-year high figure. Jaitley, who was holding the Meanwhile, India’s eco- females. Among regular against the Government’s deci- Nirmala became the first portfolio as additional charge. nomic growth rate slowed to wage/salaried employees in the sion to withold the data. woman in 48 years since then At a time when the GDP is five-year low of 5.8 per cent in Government on a day when non-agriculture sector, 71.1 The data poses a huge Prime Minister falling, unemployment is rising, January-March 2018-19, due to Modi 2.0 Cabinet took charge per cent had no written job challenge to the Modi to hold charge of the Finance export and FDI flow slowing poor performance in agricul- showed 7.8 per cent of all contract: 72.3 per cent among Government which has Minister. Nirmala, who became down, and credit off take and ture and manufacturing sec- employable urban youth being males and 66.8 per cent among returned to power for the sec- the first full-time woman NPA emerging major area of tors, official data released on jobless, while the percentage for females. ond term on the promise that Defence Minister in the first concerns, news agency PTI Friday said. $  "      *"   " $  %& the rural was 5.3 per cent. The The data showed jobless- it will set policies right and tenure of the BJP Government, quoted analysts as saying that The Central Statistics joblessness among males on all ness for rural male youth (aged ensure faster economic growth will also head the Corporate the narrative in markets will be Office (CSO) also revealed was below China’s 6.4 per cent. the same on Friday with the lat- India basis was 6.2 per cent, 15-29) went from 5 per cent in and employment. The data is Affairs Ministry. about economic policies that that GDP growth during 2018- On the unemployment est data showing that jobless- while it was 5.7 per cent in case 2011-12 to 17.4 per cent in also significant because this was Indira — who handled the will be adopted to revive and 19 fiscal stood at 6.8 per cent, front, Nirmala faced the daunt- ness had indeed touched 6.1 of females. 2017-18. For rural women in the first comprehensive assess- Finance Ministry in 1970-71 — stimulate the slowing economy. lower than 7.2 per cent in the ing task of dealing with jobless per cent from July 2017 to June The data comes from the the same age group, joblessness ment of the employment situ- as PM had held additional “The ambiguity of portfo- previous financial year. The growth. Months after rejecting 2018. The unemployment rate Periodic Labour Force Survey went from 4.8 per cent in ation conducted after Modi’s charge of the Defence Ministry. lio allocation is now removed, growth in GDP was slowest the claim that India’s unem- is defined as the percentage of (PLFS), which was conducted 2011-12 to 13.6 per cent in decision in November 2016 to Among the BJP leaders, so this is good for the market since 2014-15. The previous ployment rate had touched a persons unemployed among by the National Sample Survey 2017-18. withdraw most of the country’s Niramala is a relatively junior in a sense. We will get to see low was 6.4 per cent in 2013- 45-year high, the Narendra the total labour force. Office (NSSO) from July 2017 The Government had ear- banknotes from circulation face in the Modi Government. new Finance Minister 14. The fourth quarter growth Modi Government admitted The data released by the to June 2018, and covered 4.3 lier brushed aside a leaked overnight.  R            

       Nagar, Shah was in the past in Anurag Thakur, a first time    elected as an MLA in 1997, Minister in the Modi JP strongman Amit Shah, 1998, 2002 and 2007. Government. Anurag is close to Bwho had promised that his As Home Minister, the Jaitley. Government would scrap former BJP president is expect- Prime Minister Narendra  !   " Article 370, is new Union ed to have a high-level of syn- Modi will retain the Home Minister in place of ergy with the Prime Minister Department of Personnel and Rajnath Singh. Rajnath has who was effusive in his praise Training, Atomic Energy and been moved to Defence while of Shah soon after party’s stu- Space as well as all important Nirmala Sitharaman has been pendous success policy issues and portfolios entrusted with an equally high- on May 23 when BJP went past not allocated. profile Ministry of Finance 300 and NDA 350 seats. Giant slayer Smriti Irani, and Corporate Affairs. Sitharaman has stepped who ended Congress presi- Replacing Sushma Swaraj, into the shoes of Arun Jaitley, dent Rahul Gandhi’s run in his who held the portfolio of who opted out of new pocket borough of Amethi, is Foreign Minister in Modi-1 but Government on health the new Women and Child opted not to contest Lok Sabha grounds. Known as close to Development (WCD) Minister polls, is former Foreign Jaitley, Sitharaman had a steep along with retaining the Textile Secretary S Jaishankar. The rise in her profile from being Ministry, according to a com- critical Ministry has been given spokesperson to holding min- muniqué issued by the to Jaishankar, trusted by Modi istries of Corporate Affairs, Rashtrapati Bhavan. since latter’s days as Chief Commerce and Industry to WCD was earlier held by Minister in Gujarat. becoming first full-fledged Maneka Gandhi who Jaishankar, son of noted Indian woman Defence has not been included in the strategic expert and a former Minister. She will have a deputy Cabinet. '     (       ) head of Institute of Defence *        $  %& Studies K Subrahmanyam, is the first former foreign secre- tary to take charge of MEA. He   Government. “We are firmly is also the second diplomat with the NDA,” Kumar said. after Natwar Singh to hold ihar Chief Minister and The Bihar CM insisted Cabinet portfolio. BJanata Dal (U) president there is no “unease” between The command of home Nitish Kumar on Friday made the alliance partners and that portfolio going to Shah is sig- it clear that there is no question the decision against joining nificant given his poll-time that his party will join the the Ministry was taken as the assertion in West Bengal last Union Cabinet in future even JD(U)’s presence there would month that his Government as he disclosed that BJP chief have been merely “symbolic”. would remove controversial Amit Shah made repeated The JD(U) president said provision of Article 370 in attempts to convince him to Shah called him up on May 28 Jammu & Kashmir. “We will accept his proposal for one and said he wanted to meet remove Article 370 from berth in the Modi Cabinet. him for discussion the next day. Kashmir after forming the next “As the JD(U) national He said the two met in New BJP Government at the president, I want to tell that Delhi Shah told him that his Centre,” he had said at there is no question of JD(U) party wanted to share power Kailimpong public rally at joining the Union Cabinet in with all NDA constituents, and Darjeeling. Besides this, he the future,” news agency PTI suggested that the JD(U) has also maintained that his quoted Kumar telling reporters accepts a Cabinet berth. Government would introduce at the Patna airport on his “I kept listening to him and National Register for Citizens returning from Delhi after par- the sense I had was that it was across the country if voted to ticipating in the swearing-in to be a symbolic presence for power again at the Centre. ceremony of Modi. the JD(U) in the Government. One of the closest confi- Nitish, however, made it I didn’t want that. dant of the Prime Minister, clear that one should not have Still, as he insisted, I told him Shah has held MoS home port- any confusion that being in the that I will consult my party and folio under Modi’s Chief Government is the only testi- get back to him,” Kumar told Ministership in Gujarat.              mony that they are with the reporters. Presently an MP from Gandhi          P"    #  $  %& )!*+ ,      ' $  "  %  " +   " ,    +         (  ( #     $ # #     & he State Government Twould soon adopt a pro-   -  ,  ( , from the Kerala coast.        gressive policy to provide qual- As per the latest forecast, ity health services to people, ulfilling its poll promises in      the monsoon is likely to disha’s Pratap Chandra n a first of its kind, former said new Health and Family Fthe very first Cabinet meet- hit the Kerala coast between OSarangi is among six IForeign Secretary S Welfare Minister Naba Kishore ing, the NDA Government on      June 5 and 8. newly-appointed Union Jaishankar is now heading the Das on Friday. Friday decided to extend PM- Moreover, the rainfall over Ministers who have declared same Ministry and took charge Visiting the department KISAN scheme to all 14.5 crore he arrival of monsoon in the country as a whole for the cases related to creating com- on Friday. An expert on China for the first time after assum- farmers in the country costing Tthe State is likely to be 2019 southwest monsoon sea- munal disharmony. and the US, his new stint will ing his office, the Minister set 87,000 crore a year and also delayed as the conditions are son (June to September) is This was revealed in a be keenly watched to see a 100-day timeline for making announced over 10,000 crore still not favourable for its most likely to be normal, said report by the National Election whether he brings any change the Health Department proac- continue to have trust on the pension scheme for advancement, said the Regional the IMD. Watch and the Association of in India’s approach towards tive and people-centric and department. 5 crore farmers. Office of the India The IMD Regional Office Democratic Reforms (ADR) Pakistan. Incidentally, he asked the concerned officers to Health Secretary Dr Implementing another poll Meteorological Department informed that the heat wave on Friday. Sarangi, the Baleswar assumed the new responsibil- work in that direction. Pramod Kumar Meherda promise, the Cabinet meeting (IMD) here on Friday. conditions would continue to MP, who has been given the ity nearly 16 months after retir- Das discussed about pro- briefed the Minster about var- chaired by Prime Minister But the southwest mon- prevail in for the next charge of Minister of State for ing as a career diplomat. Jaishankar will be busy in viding health services with ious programmes and plans of Narendra Modi also soon has picked up some pace two to three days. MSME and Animal Husbandry, Natwar Singh was the another preparing the groundwork for ease to people in all medical the department. Among others, announced monthly pension of after remaining stagnant over The weather office also Dairying and Fisheries in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Prime Minister Narendra colleges and health centres and Special Secretaries Sharat 3,000 to all shopkeepers, retail the Andaman sea for over a informed that there would be Modi Government, has seven officer to head the External Modi’s bilateral visit to Sri filling up of vacant doctor Mishra and Dr BK Brahma, traders and self employed per- week. The Northern Limit of a slight dip in the temperature communal disharmony cases Affairs Ministry during the Lanka later in June. It will be posts in all health facilities. He State Medical Corporation MD sons after attaining the age of Monsoon (NLM) has advanced as several parts of Odisha pending against him, stated UPA regime. Modi’s second foreign visit called upon all officers and Archana Patnaik and Joint 60 years. into the southern Maldives- would experience nor’wester the report. Elevated to the high-profile after taking the oath of office. employees to work in coordi- Secretary Yamini Sarangi were Continued on Page 4 Comorin area, around 400 km rain in the coming days. Ministry as its Minister, Continued on Page 4 nation so that people would present.   !" #      "# ". + /#  0+                                                !  "         !      $ +   + /H !       #$  7  )  ",--,% nion Cabinet Minister % &      (  3". got U    )  * *  )   * harsuguda MLA Naba Kishore  #3" portfolios of Petroleum and Das has not only been made a Natural Gas and Steel in the      "   + ,   J 3". Cabinet Minister in the fifth term newly-formed Narendra Modi          ,-(",% of the Naveen Patnaik Cabinet.   -        ./   Government but has also been 3"- Baleswar MP Pratap   given the important portfolio of #,-" Chandra Sarangi, a Union Health and Family Welfare. -+,-% Minister of State, was allocat- While 13 districts, includ- ed the portfolios of Micro, Pradhan was a Cabinet Naveen Patnaik congratulated Taking to the Twitter, being sworn in as Union ing Sambalpur and Sundargarh 7,3.3" Small and Medium Enterprises Minister with portfolios of the two BJP leaders from Patnaik also hoped that the two Ministers. Wish you success in of western Odisha, could not be ",--, (MSME) and Animal PNG and Skill Development Odisha, Pradhan and Sarangi, Union Ministers would present living upto the aspirations of represented in the Ministry, -3--.- Husbandry and Dairying and and Public Enterprises during for being inducted as Union the voice of Odisha at the every single Indian and pre- Jharsuguda district is fortunate *- Fisheries. the last Modi Government. Ministers in the Narendra Centre. “Congratulate @dprad- senting the voice of #Odisha at to get a Cabinet Minister with +,-- It may be noted that On Friday, Chief Minister Modi Cabinet 2.0. hanbjp ji and @pcsarangi ji on Centre,” Patnaik Ttweeted. such a portfolio. Currently when the entire ,3#-   State is facing health problems, it has become a challenge for  the new Government to cope Assembly elections. Das Pathology Lab. He assured that    ,  "-.,,. $!  with the present health service expressed his gratitude to the shortage of doctors in the /12 in Government hospitals. Naveen Patnaik, who recog- district will be removed in the *-.  Inspite of all these hurdles, the nised his talent as an adminis- coming days after providing  +,-"+" new Health and Family Welfare trator and rewarded him improved health services in the " 3,+ Minister Das has expressed accordingly. District Headquarters Hospital. #9- .O,% his contentment with the new He added his role is chal- The patients of entire west-      ) 3,  , assignment. lenging and that he will give his ern Odisha including neigh- 3"-",# Like his Ministry, the polit- best to this new responsibility bouring Chhatisgarh State now he process for election of the Speaker of the 16th ) 3,#,"- ical career of Das (57) has been given by the BJD supremo. depend upon VSS Medical TState Legislative Assembly began on Friday. " 7   full of challenges. Although Das said he has many College and Hospital, Burla. A notice in this regard was sent to the Assembly +5 Das was initially defeated from dreams for Jharsuguda dis- The problems of Burla hospi- Secretary. The Speaker will be elected by the MLAs at ",-3-"-" Jharsuguda Assembly con- trict, which has now been tal will be solved in a time the House on Saturday.  stituency on Congress ticket in linked with major cities of the bound manner after sending a “On proposal from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, 3," 5, 2004, subsequently he was country after an airport has fact finding team to the hospi- we have given a notice in favour of Digapahandi MLA ",-3-" - elected as Jharsuguda MLA come up in the city. tal soon, Das said. Surjya Narayan Patro for the post of Odisha Assembly 0;;3#,-"-#3 ,#"--- 7 on a Congress ticket in 2009 He said he will try his best Das assured to perform his Speaker,” informed Parliamentary Affairs Minister 3" -#- --<;<1"3",- and 2014. In 2019, Das to establish a Heart Care Unit, duties with dedication to the Bikram Keshari Arukh. # ,-,.", switched over to Biju Cancer Hospital, and ensure best satisfaction of general A former Minister, Patro is expected to be elect- (BJD) and got elected in 2019 prompt completion of a public and his party’s. ed uncontested as the Speaker, Arukh added.  3) 3)     /12 "-- 3-O,.3-""- -">. O % ..3    !   ""-&"  .3--,3.- ! " - . >.       ,,,--EE- The lab is equipped to do *<;/@"" -%-,- complete genomic sequencing .,, -  '  -," " and detect mutations for sick- -,%..3  --) - le cell disease, thalassemia, #  P A B,-- ,#-3--,%-  *  *5 ".  -, cancer, susceptibility to devel- I3##"-"-- 1  ,,3. op diabetes mellitus, hyper- Dashsharma said Patnaik ""-,-3#",-*& ealth & Family Welfare #E3,,-. tension, cardiovascular dis- had started Odia alphabet writ- ,-%3.% '# 2 HSecretary Pramod Kumar eases, Alzheimer’s, depression ing centres in his first term and $ +!-. -- Meherda inaugurated a mole- -" and drug toxicity. Odia Bhasa Pratisthan in the , /12 9 ,-. cular genomic diagnostics and It can do epigenetic study BHUBANESWAR: The Utkal second term. Similarly, he ,-*,-A*B#*  -"--3 ## 3,-%,- ,- research laboratory at the and information the impact of Sammilani congratulated BJD changed the name of the State 3-* ,,A* *B   3, #E3,,-. Department of Biochemistry of environmental, lifestyle on supremo Naveen Patnaik for from Orissa to Odisha and 9"- ", -/CDD- the SCB Medical College  ,".,- ,-""E--.-, our genes. being sworn in as Chief ensured classical status for Odia  "* , - Hospital here on Thursday. +  * #--,"#-- -  -,"--- Earlier, these facilities were Minister for a fifth consecutive language in the third term. -,% ,-#* 3- This is a state-of-art labo- #, #,- available abroad. It was costly; term and hoped that his In fourth term, the CM * ,,A* *B%-,-% ratory, the first of its kind in  -,-,-"-- -"--,"3.E and reports arrived only after 15 Government would confer enacted the Odisha Official )#3 India in a State Government ,,----"--,-""-E "3., days to a month. Now, the State anthem status on the Language (Amendment) Bill, medical college. It is equipped reports would be available with- famous song ‘Bande Utkala 2018 making penal provisions -3  #.  ) +- . to detect pre-cancerous stage in  ,,-,-"--- 3--  <@% in a few hours and free of cost. Janani’ soon. for non-compliance and  3. ,.,#"-,%---, /12* #-,#--(",& breast, lung, colorectal and The cost of these tests range “The Utkal Sammilani reward for extensive use of +,"# -*-,,-3#,--EE cervical cancers. from Rs 25,000 to Rs 4 lakh in hopes that the Chief Minister Odia by the State Government -E-*  " -(&+* #3,- #- It can detect human papil- This lab can diagnose the it is drug-resistant or can be private international laborato- will give State anthem status to officials in official communi- --.-33-"-,  lomavirus infection, which is most deadly life-threatening treated with the standard anti- ries, physicians point out. ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ song, cation. #-% -%3-"3-3 ,  -, the most common cause of infections MRSA in ICU TB drugs. This lab can also cater to written by Kantakabi So, the Sammilani hopes 3.3-%3 ,-3"-,"-, cancer in women in pre-can- patients and help early treat- The lab also has facilities to high end international research Laxmikant Mahapatra, during that the Chief Minister would -"*  ,-,%#""-,#-," cerous stage. Hence, screening ment. It can also detect the detect the mutation in HLA for good scientific publica- his fifth term,” said Sammilani accord State anthem status to - , * ++-39 .,"%L of women within the age group presence of malaria parasite. B27, an immunological mark- tions. Since it is first of its kind Mancheswar Industrial Branch the Bande Utkala Janani during  # - .#-,,- of 20 to 65 years would prevent The lab too has facilities to er for ankylosing spondylitis, a in the country, it can be a train- president Dillip Dashsharma in his firth term, said  .#,,, M the cancer burden. detect TB bacteria and whether reactive arthritis. ing centre for all others. a statement. Dashsharma. PNS " (     " /     Q O &  '            516'% ! !P 17/1/  ! 18118. )R  17159%*      /198/ 4+2! (  #,   "",,.,, -% 17-/9 /9 7,"E##- - disha has been recognised *;/<17 2   +   *-+,-- " Oas a ‘Top Performer’ in the *# -#- - States’ Startup Raking at all ,-"-#,/J1 India level. This was known ment, awareness and outreach.      Chief Minister tender an apol- -*,--3- from the State Startup Council Chief Secretary Padhi gave ogy to the ST and SC commu-  -%-#-, Meeting held under the nod to the proposal of setting up ormer Union Minister nities as he has not given the -"-+ A "#"- Chairmanship of Chief startup hubs in big cities of the FSrikant Jena on Friday portfolio to a Cabinet Minister. *.B7.-  Secretary AP Padhi wherein State for promoting startup alleged that the Naveen “Now, the Chief Minister  +,- --A !*BO- Micro, Small and Medium ecosystem and attracting invest- Patnaik-led Ministry is incom- has a option with him to give --"*- -.3,, Enterprises Secretary LN ment. He directed to prepare a plete and violates the the ST and SC Development ,,-""%-3,% Gupta outlined the issues for detail business plan of the pro- Constitution. portfolio to a Cabinet Minister. ,,,-- discussion. posed hubs for its effectivem- Addressing a Press meet Otherwise, the Governor -#-#E .%      The Government of India anagement and operation. here, Jena said non-appoint- should convene a fresh swear- #-"3- has recognised Odisha as the The meeting also decided to ment of a Cabinet Minister for ing-in ceremony to comply  ,I3,-"- nion Minister of State for top performer as per State organise a national-level startup the ST and SC Development with the provision 164 of the ---) - UMSME and Anmal Startup Raking, 2018. The conclave in Odisha to strength- Department has violated the Constitution,” he argued. ".+ #- Husbandry, Dairying and ranking was done on the basis en local startup ecosystem. provision 164 of the A Minister of State (I/C) A B-*- Fisheries Pratap Chandra of 38 parameters in seven key Review showed that so far Constitution. can’t attend a Cabinet meeting +,-   buzz in social media where Sarangi said he would certain- reform areas such as policy 592 startup ventures have been Notably, the portfolio has unless he or she is invited and, photos show him in his mod- ly give focus on shorting out implementation, incubation registered through Odisha been allocated to Minister of thus, he or she has least chance rationality of the Government nown as “Babaji” (monk), est house and bathing at the vil- basic problems in Baleswar support, seed funding support, Startup Portal out of which 423 State (Independent Charge) to take part in policy-making, in according a Minister of K64-year-old Pratap lage well. A bachelor, he spends district and bring the region in angel and venture capital fund- have been recognised by the Jagannath Saraka. he pointed out. State portfolio (Home) to a Chandra Sarangi has been the major portion of his pen- country’s tourism map. ing support, simplified regula- Startup Council. They include Jena demanded that the He also questioned the Cabinet Minister earlier. inducted in the Narendra Modi sion to support education of “There is a severe shortage tions, easing public procure- 138 women-led startups. Council of Ministers. Sarangi is poor children. of potable water in Baleswar now fondly called as “Odisha’s After graduating from the and I will do my best to see that Modi” in the national Capital. Fakir Mohan College, Sarangi the people of my constituency "  #! "#$$ A diehard RSS member, had joined an educational insti- get it,” Sarangi told reporters in Sarangi made his maiden entry tution in Nilgiri, his native New Delhi. to Lok Sabha by winning from place. He is credited with open- He also state that he would  *  *5 +,"3.-"E"" the Baleswar Lok Sabha seat. ing a number of schools for work to bring Baleswar on -.-   Earlier, he had been elected to poor children in tribal and India’s tourism map. “Very few GP Dr RP Sharma on Friday placed Puri ,"7,,. the State Assembly in 2004 and remote areas of Mayurbhanj know about the Kuldiha sanc- Ddistrict’s former Gop police station IIC 2009 from the Nilgiri con- and Baleswar districts. tuary. It is known for ele- Soumyachit Mishra under suspension with 3"-)# stituency. He was defeated in Sarangi was also the Odisha phants. Baleswar has great immediate effect pending drawal of depart- the 2014 elections from the unit president of Bajrang Dal scope for tourism. If the sector mental proceeding against him for demanding Nairasasan village under the Gop PS. Baleswar Lok Sabha seat. and supported the animal pro- can be developed, it will pro- and accepting an illegal gratification of Rs 3,000. During the suspension period, Mishra will The first-time parliamen- tection movement in general vide employment to many local Mishra had been caught red-handed while remain under the disciplinary control of the tarian has already created a and cows in particular. youths,” he said. taking the bribe from one Siba Prasad Jena of Cuttack Central Range IG.

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CPI $88 unceremonious exit from the Ition, the Communist Party of contested from the Chhatrapur figure and ruling BJD nominee once upon a time was the leader Narayan Reddy got elect- 67!R( (  = 8/7/ Cabinet following his alleged India (CPI) has reportedly Assembly seat. Significantly, Bisoyi succeeded in garnering citadel of CPI from which the ed from the same constituency >8/871?/%&&' involvement in coup attempt regretted its decision to make both the nominees of the CPI 5,52,749 votes and defeated vibrant CPI leader late in 2004 and Adikanda Sethi of   ' against the Naveen pre-poll alliance with Congress were not only defeated but the BJP nominee Priyadarshini Dutikrushna Panda got elect- CPI in 2009. However, from $88 Government at the behest of in recently concluded general also lost their deposits. CPI over a margin of nearly 2 lakh ed from the same constituen- 2000 to 2004, vibrant Ganjam +3# #  )  = 1@/ Pyarimohan Mohapatra. elections, sources said. Ganjam district secretary votes which surprised the polit- cy as MP and MLA twice. leader and noted social worker 8/7?/ After Nayak’s exit, Some members of Left par- Prakash Patra attributed the ical astrologers here. Similarly, late Harihara Das and farmer leader Rama hile Naveen Patnaik Raghunathaplli MLA Subrat ties have started feeling that due defeat to the non-cooperation The CPI sources have also got elected from the same Chandra Panda made an Walong with 20 MLAs of Biju Janata Dal is concerned, Tarai was inducted in the to its alliance with the Congress of Congress leaders and work- claimed that, on the one hand, constituency several times. unprecedented win by defeating Biju Janata Dal took oath on Sundargarh has not been a BJD Ministry and had continued till in Ganjam district, the CPI has ers in these two constituencies. the party faced non-cooperation Some local political astrologers his traditional CPI nominee Wednesday, tribal dominated bastion, from the result view- the 2014 elections. sustained a substantial loss of Had the Congress leaders from the Congress and on the blamed that Congress has and captured Chhatrapur seat Sundargarh district went point. While the BJD has been Political observers feel the its political base that the and workers heartily support- other hand the party faced betrayed the CPI in the recent- for his manifold pro-public unrepresented. Although two sweeping polls with bagging all internal bickering among the results of the recently ed and campaigned for their deficit of fund and both the fac- ly concluded election for which work and became Deputy BJD MLA candidates like seven seats of the district, BJD rank and file Sundargarh concluded general elections pre-poll alliance partner-the tors led to the defeat of the party both the CPI candidates lost Speaker of the OLA. Sharada Prasad Nayak and Sundargarh has been bagging and also poor performance in has proved. CPI, the CPI candidates could nominees, they claimed. CPI their deposits. In the past, Chhatrapur was Subrat Tarai were elected from maximum two seats. the Lok Sabha constituency It may be mentioned that have garnered an impressive sources also claimed that, most Similarly, the CPI nominee represented by the CPI eight Rourkela and Raghunathpalli, During 2014 elections, BJD may be the reason of the in the 2019 elections, the CPI number of votes to defeat the of the Congress votes in Aska for Chhatrapur Assembly con- times. But in 2014, though CPI respectively, none of them got had bagged two seats non-inclusion of anyone in had made an electoral under- ruling BJD, CPI leaders feel. Parliamentary constituency have stituency Pradeep Sethy could nominee Krushna Chandra a berth in the ministry, that (Raghunathpalli and the Ministry. standing with the Congress in Notably, the ruling BJD gone in favor of BJP which is get only 12,766 votes and lost Nayak was defeated, he secured took oath on Wednesday. Rajgangpur) in 2009 also BJD Nayak secured 60,877 votes the district and left two seats, created a history in Indian quite surprising. In spite of all deposit too. Like Aska, once an impressive 31,202 votes Significantly, Sundargarh is had bagged two seats (Rourkela against BJD MP candidate Aska Parliamentary and polity by putting as its nominee odds, the CPI nominee upon a time Chatrapur reflecting the strong presence of one district, which did not and Raghunathpalli) only. Sunita Biswal’s 36,781 votes in Chhatrapur Assembly, to the from Aska LS seat an illiterate Ramakrushna Panda could Assembly constituency was the the CPI in the area. Significantly, have any representation Notably, Sundargarh had the Rourkela Assembly seg- CPI to contest. Accordingly, the old woman Pramila Bisoyi who secure only 59,978 votes. stronghold of CPI which elect- in 2019 election, CPI nominee in the State cabinet, even in representation in Naveen’s third ment and Subrat Tarai secured Congress did not put its can- was working as organizer of According to election norms, if ed late Lakshman Mahapatra Pradeep Sethi got 20,000 less Naveen Patnaik’s fourth tenure tenure (2009-14), as Rourkela 44,815 votes against 33,232 didates in these two seats. SHG and hails from a remote a candidate fails to secure more thrice between 1961 and 1971. votes as the Congress deliber- (2014-19). MLA Sharada Nayak had votes by Biswal in the According to the party deci- village. Similarly, the BJP field- than 6% of the total polling Similarly, popular CPI leader late ately did not follow the “alliance As far as performance of become a Minister. Raghunathpalli segment. sion, senior CPI leader ed Anita Priyadarshini, daugh- (except NOTA) shall have to lose Biswanath Sahu got elected from dharma”, said CPI sources.   -.+  ), '  % #  .  +$ -.++  .3 ,   # )(  !,  # 9 2  ( , ,   * TPC Talcher Kaniha is organising a four-      CSL Chief Vikash Sharma Nweek workshop on Girls Empowerment has written to Patnaik praising Mission (GEM), under its CSR initiative. aving millions from Fani con- the admirable work done by the The NTPC’s flagship GEM programme Stinues to bring accolades to Odisha Government in battling was successfully implemented in other NTPC Odisha from both abroad and against the cyclone with mini- stations. inside the country. Thanks to the mum loss of life. The ongoing workshop organised from ‘zero causality’ approach taken by “This is one of the greatest May 20 will conclude on June 16. The work- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, achievements by any State shop is participated by 120 girls from neigh- a Chinese State Government has Government in India”, said CSL bouring Government high schools. /125"+,9"* --.," heaped praise on Odisha. Chief, which is active in advoca- Since it is a residential programme, the -#--,  ," ,--+,9"# ,, Similarly, a national policy cy and advisory role in the coun- NTPC Kaniha is taking responsibility of - 5"+ 7-"-+---""-, making body Centre for Strategy try for sustainable development, every aspects like boarding,fooding, clothing .3,- 5" 93 EE , #,"- 5" and Leadership (CSL) has lavishly both economic and social sector. and other essential needs of the participants. ,-9, 3"5,"-+ .-3-3  . praised Chief Minister Patnaik. The State Government saved The workshop is being implemented by -,% --#,"- 3%6 "- %   The Government of China’s 1.2 million lives and helped the the power station through a specially designed 3%7 3%,+ "%,3"5% , " Jiangshu Province has sent appre- affected people during the curriculum in association with NGO 53, 5#,-  ciation letter to the Odisha State onslaught of storm thanks to the “Barefoot”. The participants during the work- Disaster Management Authority Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad shop are given various training starting from . . --. +-3.,, - (OSDMA), which was in the Padhi and Special Relief yoga, academics, dance and sports to arts and ;712" forefront in battling the storm. Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi. crafts. , ,"-"-- +"*",  -"A+*B- -    #,-.#". 6R#   &   ,    --, "3, -#"3-,  # #  ! #".," ,-"  &*6(+353,"-#,- ( 8    # "*   AB( ."*+" ,,, )3#-  #,%3".)+.,"",  ')    -"  #- -,%"-#- #3,-E    (    .3+ 3!  .) ++   +  9;/8    )  &'  3/>812(-" -  *  5595* +,-3.  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The ultras then set spot and doused the flames. # ".3". ,-3-," lthough the water project is 15 MLD. them on possible threat per- them on fire. Police have started investiga- ,--.3#-#..3--HJ E.#-- Aat Bargaon of Bargarh has However, sources said due ceptions while carrying cash to As per eyewitness tion into the incident. )##3 "3,---) .,-"A) B  been constructed at a cost of Rs to the shortage of employees the banks. accounts, the Maoists initially On the other hand, the #--,-3#-,-,/;;,,"3"- 37 crore, here the residents are the project is not functioning Among others, Chatrapur threatened the security guards incident has triggered panic #-<;<;E" )9 *-69 3-53.%  reeling under an acute drink- to full capacity. More than100 SDPO Utkal Keshari Das, IIC camera in strategic places and and Forest officials and later among the locals as it was the 9,53 %) (#-,A 3- ,B6 +-" ing water crisis. employees should be working Piyush Ranjan Chottray asked the organisations to broke the lock of the godown. first case of violence by Maoists  >  3+,#,- In this project water from in the project but only six and the Second Officer were ensure that a responsible officer On being informed, Fire in the area. main canal gets lifted to a employees are working here. present. or a senior rank official is pond for purification. After The project was started in Police, after having thread- accompanying the cashier/secu- purified, the water is supplied the year 2009; but till now, it is bare discussion with the offi- rity personal while carrying   < +  + ) 3  . to the people for use. Two unable to supply sufficient cials, explained various securi- cash to the banks for deposit ponds with a capacity of 1,200 water to the people. Now the ty measure to be taken to pre- each time. ML water, water filtration for canal is dry due to Rabi season vent looting and larceny on the Police also advised these 15 MLD, four overhead tanks and temperature is rising day way to banks by the miscreants. organisations to give emphasis    :(  .'( and four underground water by day. The local people Among other measures, the on cashless transactions as best tanks are already there for demand an immediate solution police advised all the officials to option to prevent such inci- supply of water. The daily to the issue. install high resolution CCTV dents of robbery or larceny. $     All the household in Mandal Pakhan belong to ura and Kadli, five and Paharia-Kamar community Gthree years old, respec- who are recognized by the ./0   P   "  " tively, belong to Mandal Chhatishgarh and Madhay Pakhan hamlet of Armala vil- Pradesh Governments as one of lage in Nuapada district. They the Particularly Vulnerable  #+  -   ry. Interestingly, all the five Routray (Cuttack) have been awardee has been Dhirendra hardly remember their father Tribal Groups (PVTG), but are     awardees are from Baripada, the winners of senior fellow- Nath Mallick, former Secretary Rupsingh, who deserted them OBC in Odisha. Major source the epi-centre of Mayurbhanja ships while Pravat Kumar of Odisha Sangeet Natak in November last and migrat- of income for this unrecognized s many as 40 singers, Chhau. Swain (Bhubaneswar) and Akademi. ed to a brick kiln in Madhapur tribal group is basket weaving. Adancers, painters and writ- In folk dance category, Monaswini Mohanty The visual art section has near Hyderabad with three of “Bamboo is not available near- ers of the State have been Ranjit Sahu (Sambalpur), Subrat (Mumbai) are for junior fel- former Odisha Lalit Kala his elder children to earn a by; it takes long time to get it awarded the prestigious Kumar Das and Diptiranjan lowships. Laxmy Mohanty of Akademi Secretary livelihood. from distance,” says Rajman National Fellowship in senior Mohapatra (both from Cuttack and Himanshu Sekhar Chandramani Biswal, besides They do not even remember things would be better if the the Sarpanch of the Panchayat, indicating that the craft that and junior categories from the Bhubaneswar) have received Swain of Bhubaneswar are the Pradosh Kumar Swain as win- their mother, who succumbed to Government provided a little Dilip Majhi provided twenty once provided them living is no Union Ministry of Culture to the senior fellowship while Alok winners in senior and junior ners of senior fellowships while her chronic illness that started support for the children in kilo of rice, one kilo of dal, more viable. “We need work to conduct research into their Bishoyi (Ganjam) has won the categories of Odishi music junior fellowships have gone to during her stay in a brick kiln in terms of a ration card that has onion and some pieces of soaps earn a living but it is not avail- fields of specialisation. junior fellowship. Besides, respectively. Mukunda Prasad Manjushree Biswal Pani Hyderabad. The kids are now not been provided to the kid’s to Rajman. able here, that’s why we are The largest chunk of the Rajendra Padhi of Koraput (folk Dhal has been recipient of (Baripada), Dibyasingh Swain under the care of Rajman, the parents as none of them had Mandal Pakhan hamlet has forced to send our people to the awardees has gone to the field music), Tapaswini Patel of junior fellowship in light clas- (Bhubaneswar) for graphic art; elder brother of Rupsingh. AADHAAR registration. ten households with a popula- brick kiln,” adds Rajman. of folk culture that Odisha is Cuttack (folk song), sical music category. Girish Chandra Behera “These are my younger Mandal Pakhan hamlet is tion of about forty. Eleven per- “What the situation of the known for. Rabinarayan Sahoo of Bargarh In Odia literature section, (Brahmapur), Laxmipriya brother’s daughters; their located at a distance of three sons of the hamlet are now people in Mandal Pakhan ham- According to the list (folk theatre) have won senior Sangram Keshari Jena Panigrahi (Baleswar) for paint- mother died when the younger km from the main village working in different brick kilns let reveals is the marginalisa- released by the Ministry on fellowships while Ashwini (Bhubaneswar), Santosh ing and Sudhiranjan one was breastfeeding. They are Armala in Gorla Panchayat in Peddapalli and Madhapur tion the Paharia-Kamar com- Monday, the unique unmasked Kumar Patel of Bargarh (folk Kumar Ratha (Baleswar) and Maharatha of Bhubaneswar for now under my care as their under Sinapali block. Neither areas near Hyderabad. None of munity is facing. “It is simply Chhau dance of Mayurbhanja music), Bijayini Mishra of Sangeeta Rath (Cuttack) have sculpture. father deserted them and the BDO nor the Block level them has been registered as the failure of the Government has got five fellowships. Nuapada (folk song) and been the awardees in senior In the new areas of migrated to a brick kiln in child protection officer of migrant labouers according to to address the real issue of this Santosh Kumar Mohanta, Sumitra Parhi of Bhadrak (other category while in junior cate- research in the field of culture, Madhapur near Hyderabad,” Sinapali block was aware of the inter-State Migration Act. The community. Nothing has been Dillip Kumar Mishra (senior areas) have been chosen for gory, Arjun Charan Rout and Namitarani Nayak of Jajpur informs Rajman. Rajman has destitution of the girls, until the kith and kin of the migrants done to improve the liveli- category) and Barnarupa junior fellowships. Niladri Suchismita Das are in junior (arts and heritage manage- his own children, five in num- matter was informed to them here do not know much about hood security of the Paharia Mohanty, Shiba Charan Bihari Mishra of Keonjhar has category. ment), Bijaya Kumar Rout of bers, but he didn’t have any by mediapersons. the working place or the people. Recognising their Mohanta (junior category) for been awarded the senior fel- Despite its vibrant presence Cuttack and Bikram Keshari complaint, despite poverty, in “We came to know about employers. The only thing they demand for tribal status would dance while Anand Kumar lowship on Juanga tribal culture. in Odisha’s cultural canvas, Routray of Bhubaneswar (soci- taking care of the deserted the children from you, they will know is the name of the labour be the first step towards chang- Das has been awarded for For Odishi dance, Reela theatre fraternity has reasons to ology of culture) have been kids of his brother. be taken care of,” they contractors (Sardar), and not ing the situation,” tells scribe Chhau music in junior catego- Hota (New Delhi) and Dipti be disappointed – the lone awarded senior fellowships. However, he feels that answered. In the meantime even there address. Tapan Dash.   !" #  /

     123 9 4 %! * 0             , ;$      +  ! 751;@5 5/;/8751 man hacked his wife to  # 17//8/ Adeath at Kamarda in the district late on Thursday night.  +   5/85/8 Later, police arrested the 9;/8/19 accused identified as he eminent citizens of /+9/ Kamalakant Rana alias TSambalpur in a meeting Santosh. have protested the shifting pro- 71;// A native of Mahanpur area posal of +2 classes of the of West Bengal, Santosh was Gangadhar Meher University staying with his wife in a rent- (GMU) to the Government said Bhagabata Prasad Nanda ed house in Kamarda area Municipal Girls’ High School. and many others. here. The newly-wed couple People from all walks of life When the VC was not had a heated argument at night. in a meeting put forth their found in the office of the In a fit of rage, Santosh hacked opinions against the shifting of GMU, a junior officer on the his wife with an axe leaving her the wing that is coming under condition of anonymity said and fled from the spot. the School and Mass Education that a few staff of theschool Though locals rushed the Department now. wing were crating all these  5( Accused Pintu and Umesh woman to Jaleswar It needs to be mentioned things for their vested interest. were arrested near Kalachua Community Health Centre here that after +2 wing got sep- These staffs are unauthorised- he Begunia police on Mundia after getting injured in (CHC) for treatment, doctors arated from the Higher ly occupying the quarters. TThursday arrested and an encounter with police on declared her dead. Education Department and If the +2 wing is shifted, court-forwarded five miscre- May 18, informed DSP Om On receiving information, also keeping space crunch in they have to vacate the quarters ants involved in Prakash Patra in a press meet Kamarda police arrested view in the GM University and also lose many other ben- the Khordha ATM van cash here on Thursday. Santosh from Mahanpur in campus, efforts are on for sep- efits getting from the universi- loot which took place on The three others were West Bengal and seized his arate place for +2 classes.But ty. “We will also appraise these      Himachal Pradesh. with minus degrees and having Gediapalli-Gobindpur road on arrested on information pro- motorcycle. the denizens of the city are not things before media and people The trek is mostly on snow been suffered from high alti- May 12. vided by Pintu and Umesh, While locals suspect that taking it easy and have warned of Sambalpur,” the officer said. njali Jain, a travel enthusi- and one has to pass a snow tude sickness, Anjali The arrestees were identi- added Patra. the man killed his wife sus- the authorities not to go ahead He added if the university Aast from Rajgangpur, has frozen lake. could complete it with full fied as Pintu Majhi, Umesh Begunia PS IIC Rashmi pecting her fidelity, the with the proposal. doesn’t get an independent cam- hosted the Tricolour in the Sar Taking one’s own back- enthusiasm. Sahu and Subrat Kumar Ranjan Sahu said that several Kamarda police said the truth “Under no circumstances, pus, its growth would be hin- Pass which is at an altitude of pack with almost 8-9 kg and Being a fitness freak and a Pradhan, Pitambar Pradhan criminal cases are pending will be revealed once the inves- we will allow the shifting which dered, particularly after opening 14,000 feet. The Sar Pass is in walking uphill almost 60km in weight trainer, she too trained and Mithun Behera of against them at different police tigation is completed. is nothing but a conspiracy,” of four new departments. Parvati valley of Kulu district of 4-5 days, surviving temperature herself before the trek. Nayagarh district. stations. (P  %  " "  9R ""(    , 

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water ATM, which started working three Amonths ago at Achyutapur under Bharigada pan- chayat of Rajkanika block, managed to fulfil the need of the locals to get filter water and cold hygienic water in the ongoing scorching heat and post Fani situa- tion at the remote village of Kendrapada. Pradip Kumar Mallik, Sarpanch of Bharigada, said the water ATM has been installed under 14th Central Finance Commission fund at a cost of Rs 5 lakh. The ATM dispenses water according to the     Thousands of party work- lead in the last election. I’m also area including the demand of amount of money put in the machine. To collect 2.5 ers from different corners of grateful to thousands of work- laying of railway line litres of water, one has to put a Re-1 coin whereas to BJP meeting was held at Khariar segment of Kalahandi ers who worked day in and day from Kantabanji to fill water in 20 litres of jar one has to spend Rs 7. One AKhariar of Nuapada dis- constituency attended the out to mobilise the voters in Nabarangpur via Khariar. can collect water by putting coins of Re 1, Rs 5 and trict on Friday to express grat- meeting. favour of BJP,” said Panda while District BJP chief Siba Rs 10. itude to party workers for the “I express my thanks and addressing the gathering of Prashad Mund and other lead- The ATM’s storage capacity is 250 litres. It has winning of Basant Panda as the gratitude to the voters of workers. ers like Sanjay Tiwari, Hitesh been functioning 24 hours with electricity and solar MP from the Kalahandi Lok Khariar Assembly constituen- Panda assured he will try Bagartti and Nimai Tandi energy systems. Sabha constituency. cy for giving me maximum his best for development of the among others were present. !. 3 . --.# 0    )   #  , ... )!*+ , === From Page 1 From Page 1 The Prime Minister is Announcing the key deci- <'  scheduled to travel to the sions, new Agriculture Minister Maldives next month in his Narendra Singh Tomar said the first bilateral visit. In 2014, Modi 2.0 Government has Modi’s first foreign tour after announced the landmark deci- becoming Prime Minister was sions for the farming community  '# to Bhutan. in the first Cabinet meeting. Sri Lankan President “The Union Cabinet has Maitripala Sirisena, who is in approved to extend the ambit of India as a chief guest for the new the scheme by including all land Government’s swearing-in, on holding eligible farmer families    Friday said Modi will visit his under the scheme, subject to the country in early June. prevalent exclusion criteria,” Describing it as an “honour for Tomar told reporters after the '12! 12. As per the Section 6 of the people of Sri Lanka”, Sirisena meeting. The 75,000-crore Cigarettes and Other Tobacco said the relationship between Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman +! Products Act (COTPA), 2003, India and his country goes Siddhi (PMKSS) was announced tobacco stuff will not be sold to back over 2,600 years. “PM in the interim Budget under      or by minors in the country, but Modi’s visit is very important to which the Government decided it seems contrary. us, we are neighbours and to provide 6,000 per year (in ven after six years of official While the COTPA, 2003 friends, this relationship three equal instalments) to an Eban of gutkha in the State, prohibits the sale of tobacco between India and Sri Lanka estimated 12.5 crore small and still 39 per cent of the children within 100 yards of educa- dates back over 2,600 years. marginal farmers holding land in slums in the city are unaware tional institutions, the study We’re eagerly awaiting for his up to 2 hectares. of the notification, revealed the revealed that 66.3 per cent of arrival, it’s a great honour for the “Now, the revised scheme Salaam Jeevan, a voluntary children are of the opinion that people of Sri Lanka,” Sirisena envisages to cover around 2 organisation working on tobac- they have seen the sale of said after meeting Modi. crore more farmers increasing co control, in its report released tobacco stuff very closed to the Besides Sirisena, Modi met the coverage of the PM-KISAN on the occasion of World schools. other BIMSTEC leaders like to around 14.5 crore beneficia- Tobacco Day on Friday. Similarly, 45.6 per cent of Nepalese Prime Minister KP ries,” the Minister said. He said As many as 300 children the children have seen the Sharma Oli and Bhutanese total burden on the exchequer aged between 10 to 18 years advertisements of tobacco stuff Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, will increase by 12,000 crore to residing in three slums in the in media. Despite ban of add of exploring ways to further 87,217.50 crore for the year Bhubaneswar city were ran- tobacco stuff, many media strengthen bilateral ties. A day 2019-20. In another major deci- domly interviewed on various houses give the Ad of tobacco after taking charge as Prime sion, Tomar said Cabinet also aspects like awareness on stuff in a surrogate way. Minister for a second term, approved Pradhan Mantri Kisan harmful impact of tobacco, The stud done by chief Modi also held extensive talks Pension Yojana under which cancer and its warning stages, researcher Md Imran Ali, field with Bangladesh President small and marginal farmers will anti tobacco legislation, role of data collectors Bijoy Kumar Abdul Hamid and PM of get a minimum fixed pension of guardians and related psy- Sahu, Bandana Sahu, Sameer    !! !! Hauz Khas in the morning. Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth. As 3,000 per month on attaining chosocial scenarios. Ranjan Mahamallik and psy- ,!  +!,R    Pradhan’s wife was also present. regards the new External Affairs the age of 60 years. “In the ini- It was revealed that 73 per chometric analyst Sareeta he newly-inducted  -! !$!  !#! Pradhan said that he and Minister, Jaishankar, considered tial phase, the Government will cent of children are consuming Behera said that 78.2 per cent TMinisters from Odisha in the other BJP leaders sought an expert on China and the US, cover minimum 5 crore small gutkha, pan masala and other of children agreed to quit the Modi team at the Centre #%! Lord Jagannath’s blessings to will be keenly observed to see and marginal farmers in the first forms of tobacco stuff and the tobacco if they are subjected to visited the Jagannath temple make Odisha and India the whether he brings any changes three years,” he said, adding that average age of starting of tobac- regular counselling support, here on Friday. Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi most developed part of the in India’s approach in dealing this would cost 10,774.5 crore co consumption in any form is motivation and follow up. Accompanied by Sarangi, Ministers Dharmendra offered prayers at the temple at world. with Pakistan. per annum to the exchequer. / 1       ,9/

    

he Om Kalinga Kala Parishada organised a cul- Ttural programme here where Odia Language, Litrature and Culture Department Secretary Bijay Kumar Nayak, play director Dr Basant Kumar Das and Prof Chitrangada Samantsinghar were guests. Odishi dance Mangalacharan, Kalabati Pallabi, Lalita Labanga Lata and Palli Nrutya by children and Nrutynatika ‘Tapaswini’ enthralled the audi- ence. Four youth talents sprinter Dutee Chand, envi- ronmentalist Naisargika Lenka and actors Gungun and Sujit Paikaray were felicitated on the occasion. Parishada president Dr Sudhansu Mohan Tripathy presided over the meeting. Dance guru Rashmi Mishra and his daughter Aradhana Panigrahi directed all songs. A total of 50 artists per- formed on the occasion.  3   !" #

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  3 3 during 2014-2019, but some *3-3"3, +,- deficiencies remain. There have been some malicious percep- rahlad Patel, senior BJP tions that have been created Pleader and MP from the about the Indian culture, like Madhya Pradesh's Mahakoshal about Kumbh. I believe that region is the new Culture and one of the big successes Tourism Minister. A former between 2014-2019 is that Union minister of state in the today what the world knows Cabinet, about Kumbh is actually what Patel took charge of the Culture tion" created about the Indian Indian culture is," Singh, said Ministry on Friday. He will take culture. The 57-year-old par- adding, "We have have to work charge as tourism minister on liamentarian brought a pri- on both aspects. India is big Tuesday. Known for supporting vate bill in Parliament for ban and our culture is big. If it ban on cow slaughter, Patel said on cow slaughter way back in spreads in the world, so will he would work towards "cor- 2000. "The roadmap for the tourism. So, we have to correct recting the malicious percep- future has already been drawn this perception".  #  ).#3 a four-time MP from +,- Karnataka, by his side.  $ $ "Together we can take the #-,+,- + . #3O   C aving retained the work of railways to newer 3 ,3# -+,- Hportfolio, Piyush heights. Newer heights of iren Rijiju is the new Minister of Goyal expressed happi- transparency, newer KYouth Affairs and Sports, replacing    $  he said. "That was the black aving remained in political wilderness of ness over Prime Minister heights of innovative Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who has  -L ",-. period for the media, there Hsorts for eight long years after helming Narendra thinking, newer heights of been dropped from the Council of +,- was everyday censorship and Uttarakhand as the Chief Minister till 2011, Modi reassigning him bringing honesty in the Ministers. The charge of Minister of State complete curtailment of press Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' was one of the the Ministry and said it railways and growth in in the Ministry of Minority Affairs has ack to the Information freedom. We fought against it surprise picks of the Modi-Shah combine. To would mean there would passengers and freight also been awarded to Rijiju. A lawyer by Band Broadcasting Ministry under the leadership of add further to his stature, he was allotted the be "continuity" in the traffic," he maintained. profession, Rijiju, who took charge of his saddle, Prakash Javadekar on Jayaprakash Narayan, Atal key HRD Ministry - one of the most impor- work. Improving passen- He outlined that new Ministry, has emerged as the key face Friday stressed the impor- Bihari Vajpayee, Advani ji," tant Ministries in the Government. As Nishank ger experience and mod- newer speed of imple- in the North East. "My heartfelt gratitude tance of Press freedom even as Javadekar added. He said took charge on Friday senior ministry officials ernising the railways menting infra projects to PM Narendra Modi for reposing faith he targeted the Congress for the leaders fought on two- handed him the draft of the much awaited New would be his focus areas, and customer satisfaction in me to be a member of his council of imposing the Emergency. As three main issues during Education Policy (NEP), which is an ambitious he spelt out his priority. "I that is the new Indian ministers. I sincerely thank Amit Shah he took charge of the ministry Emergency and press free- project of the previous Modi government. The am happy that there will Railways and new India and karyakartas and well wishers across on Friday, Javadekar said the dom was one of them. NEP is is expected to be on the agenda of be continuity in the work that the PM has charted India. For me, leadership is not about government not only recog- "I am very happy that it was Nishank, who started his career as a teacher in that we had begun in the for us. However, Goyal's power and privilege, it is about respon- nises freedom of press, but restored after our struggle was the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated first stint. The many biggest challenge would sibility," he said. He also thanked Team cherishes it. "Press freedom is successful. I also fought and Saraswati Shishu Mandir. Nishank said that he works that we have start- be to ensure punctuality, India, which playing the world cup in the essence of democracy and went to jail for 16 months. So will be meeting officials of the Ministry of ed will be continued. I timely track maintenance England, saying together we will work as we not only recognise it, we for us press freedom is the basic Human Resource Development and will chalk from University hope that we will be able and renewal, ramping up a team. While Rathore was 2004 Athens cherish it. In the history of free essence of democracy," he said. out a plan of action soon. A committee, head- in Garhwal, is a prolific Hindi writer with 36 to improve the passenger production of state-of- Olympic medalist, Rijiju does not have India, only once this freedom Javadekar also hailed the work ed by former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, was works to his credit, of which 10 have been experience as well as the the-art coaches for trains such a background as he had only par- of press was curtailed and that done by Rajyavardhan Rathore, formed to draft the new education policy by translated into other languages. His works process of loading of such as Vande Bharat ticipated in the National Games during was in 1975 during M Venkaiah Naidu and Arun the HRD Ministry previously headed by include novels, short stories, poems and trav- goods," he said, with Express so that more such his college days. Rijiju was MoS in the Emergency brought by the Jaitley, who were in-charge of Prakash Javadekar, who is now Information and elogues. He holds a PhD degree from Hemwati Minister of State Angadi services can be intro- Union Home Ministry in the first Modi- then Congress government," the ministry earlier. Broadcasting minister. Nishank, a PhD Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University. Suresh Channabasappa, duced. led government.

  )  Ministry. After assuming the * -+,- charge of the MoHUA, Puri       6 *   "    said the NDA government had spent six times higher on urban is defeat in the Lok Sabha schemes in five years compared     1  Hpolls notwithstanding, he to the amount UPA dispensa-  " ,  ( is the biggest gainer as Prime tion spent in its 10 years. There Minister Narendra Modi has are several schemes for the Aizawl: The Congress in paigning across the country... not only retained him but also urban sector including PMAY Mizoram on Friday extended (though) the outcome of the Thiruvananthapuram: said in his letter. rewarded him. Hardeep Singh (U), SBM (U), Atal Mission for full support to the leadership of recent Lok Sabha election may Congress chief and Wayanad "What is disturbing is Puri, diplomat-turned-politi- Rejuvenation and Urban AICC chief Rahul Gandhi and not have come in our favour," MP Rahul Gandhi urged that while the government of cian, is the new Civil Aviation Transformation (AMRUT) said there is no need for him to it said. Kerala Chief Minister Kerala has announced a Minister, whom he took charge among others. "This is what resign. The resolution said the Pinarayi Vijayan to provide moratorium on repayment of on Friday, even as he has Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gandhi had offered to Congress is one of the few par- assistance to the family of a of farm loans till December been re-appointed as the (MoHUA). He has also been through flagship programmes resign as the party president ties that won more seats in this farmer, who committed sui- 31, 2019, yet farmers are still Minister of State (Independent given responsibility as the has been able to do for the after the Congress received a Lok Sabha polls than in the cide allegedly due to non- being pressured and hound- Charge) of the Ministry of deputy under in urban sector and that is work severe drubbing in the Lok 2014 election, "and therefore repayment of loans, and also ed by loan collection agents," Housing and Urban Affairs the Commerce and Industry in progress, he said. Sabha polls. we felt that Rahul Gandhi's conduct an inquiry into the the letter said. A resolution adopted at the leadership is required for the matter. The Congress chief said it meeting of the Mizoram organisation". VD Dinesh Kumar, 53, was important to consider +A Pradesh Congress Committee The Congress improved died after consuming some "long-term measures" to free +- ,+,- (MPCC) unanimously decided on its 2014 tally of 44, winning poisonous substance, police farmers from the "vicious to stand by Gandhi. 52 Lok Sabha seats this year. said on May 25. to the family. debt trap" given the devastat- oon after taking charge, "Gandhi must continue as "The Congress had lost His relatives said that Police aid that Kumar ing impact of the last year's SMinority Affairs Minister the party president. We strong- (polls) many times in the past financial burden had forced had taken a loan of Rs 10 lakh floods. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on ly believe that his leadership is and bounced back.... With him to take the extreme step. from three banks and was "I offer you my fullest Friday said his ministry will required for the Congress, to Gandhi's leadership, we will Gandhi, in his letter to reportedly facing recovery support and cooperation in work with the mantra of 'sabka steer the party out of its current sure come back and save the Pinarayi dated May 28, said proceedings. finding concrete long-term saath, sabka vikas and sabka state...," the resolution said. motherland like we had done he was "deeply saddened" by "Kumar's case isn't an solutions to the critical issues vishwas' - as outlined by Prime "The MPCC sincerely felt in the past," it added. the farmer's suicide. He isolated one. There have been Kerala's farmers are faced Minister Narendra Modi. that Rahul Gandhi had shown The resolution said Gandhi requested the state govern- a spate of farmer suicides in with and in ensuring every Naqvi said the ministry has an exemplary leadership dur- has championed the spirit of ment to conduct an inquiry Wayanad, due to an inability farmer in Kerala lives a life of prepared a 100-day roadmap to ing the party's election cam- secularism in the country. PTI and extend financial support to repay loans," Gandhi had dignity," Gandhi said. PTI strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to 'sabka saath, sabka vikas and sabka vishwas' (with all, for   "   "    ( ,   everybody's development and having everyone's trust)." He asserted priority will be given Mandap will be constructed on provide employment and Srinagar: The overwhelming ing the prayers at the Jama ing to support any initiative in ous jails across India, includ- even today when the situation to "3Es"-- education, employ- a war footing in minority-con- employment opportunities to mandate to Prime Minister Masjid here on the occasion of this regard. ing (separatist leaders) Yasin has only further deteriorated," ment and empowerment -- for centrated areas across the master artisans from the Narendra Modi has given him 'Jumat-ul-Vida', the last Friday "So, it is an opportune Malik, Shabir Shah, Asiya he said. "If these steps are ini- development of minorities. The country to ensure better edu- minority communities will be an opportunity to play a deci- of Ramzan. time to initiate political Andrabi and others," he added. tiated by both sides, it will Minority Affairs Ministry will cational infrastructure under further accelerated. Hunar sive role in the resolution of the "Pakistan PM Imran processes which enables and The mirwaiz said during bring relief to the people of launch a nationwide awareness Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Haat, which has been proved to Kashmir issue, Hurriyat Khan's oft-repeated offer of facilitates conflict resolution," the Hurriyat's engagement Kashmir and an atmosphere campaign on a war footing to Karykram". Naqvi said that be an effective measure to pro- Conference chairman Mirwaiz dialogue on all issues between he added. with the governments of Atal for sincere engagement among reduce school dropout rate 100 per cent digitization and vide employment and employ- Umar Farooq said on Friday. India and Pakistan, including The separatist leader said Bihari Vajpayee and all stakeholders will be creat- among minorities, especially GPS mapping of waqf proper- ment opportunities to master Farooq expressed hope on the Kashmir issue, should a resolution to the Kashmir , and after ed for a permanent resolution." Muslim girls, he said adding, ties across the country will also artisans, will be organised that Pakistan Prime Minister be seriously considered by the issue could transform both visiting Pakistan, the sepa- The Hurriyat chairman "Schools, colleges, ITIs, poly- be a priority for the ministry. across the country in the com- Imran Khan's offer of dia- new dispensation in New India and Pakistan and usher ratist conglomerate had put said India and Pakistan have to technics, hostels, Sadbhav Naqvi said the campaign to ing days, he said. logue would be seriously con- Delhi as the way forward," in a new era of stability and forward certain substantial acknowledge and address "the sidered by the new National Farooq said. progress in South Asia, bring- measures as a precursor to unresolved political problem" Democratic Alliance govern- The moderate Hurriyat ing the much-needed relief to serious negotiations. in Kashmir.  A   ment. chairman said Kashmir cannot the people of Kashmir striving Farooq claimed that both "We want this long cycle of "As the people of India be resolved militarily or for a resolution. India and Pakistan had at that killings and violence to end. overwhelmingly voted for Mr through confrontation, but by "For that, it is imperative time had agreed to imple- We do not want to see our +,-9- .  +,- - Modi and his party back into dialogue and deliberations. that democratic processes are menting these steps — includ- youngsters or an Indian or ,-,,3 .- 3- ,#-"-- power, this mandate gives PM "All Kashmiris, irrespec- invoked and restored by New ing revocation of the Armed Pakistani soldier die in this  -3"  ,," . -3" 3. Modi the opportunity and the tive of their organisational Delhi and the policy of repres- Forces (Special Powers) Act, 'forever' conflict," he said. #-"  +,-% ,#-"-- power to play a decisive role in affiliations, are speaking in sion and military approach be gradual demilitarisation, pris- "Without addressing the ques- .---.3" .&".%- the resolution of the long- one voice about the urgent done away with. oner release — to prepare tion of Kashmir, there will be 3.-,3,--  -3  *- -.#- pending Kashmir conflict," need for resolution of the con- "One measure for doing so ground for serious negotia- repeated returns to perilous ",--,3#- #3#" ,- the separatist leader said. flict," he said, adding that the is the release all of all political tions. states of war as we recently wit- ##",,- --.-E- -- ,, The mirwaiz was address- Hurriyat Conference was will- prisoners languishing in vari- "These measures hold true nessed." PTI ,",,3.--- ",EI3##" -, "93,-"3, - - ,,-.-""..-9-,I3" ,. -,#, ,-.-- &",--.-#9-- - 3-3,,3 ,3.-""-% & 71     8 9 -.    .,-#3, 9 ,- , -N,  ., -.-.- ", 7","% ,""-  ,"%, #- -+,-    ,     .""-. -,"-  - 3+,-, % .-+,-  -."L +"  -,-.- Mumbai: The NCP on Friday "Many senior leaders were Thursday and the Rashtrapati Vadodara: Fourteen turtles 73,-%,#-"--. +") -%,,-" took a dig at the new NDA dis- not given Cabinet berths. Singh Bhavan announced allocation were found dead in a dried-up ,+,-,73H M   --+,--93,- pensation, saying it is a gov- has been given Defence port- of portfolios to the ministers on pond in Gagodar village in .-3--+-3,-.  , -, ,-+ , ernment of only Prime Minister folio and sidelined. Same is the Friday. Meanwhile, on the spec- Kutch district of Gujarat, forest -,3,#,-  - % ,-" "3-"-+"N,*- ,"%%, Narendra Modi and Home case with Gadkari ji," Malik told ulations that the NCP might officials said on Friday. -.,--.E- %",, -"  "." - Minister Amit Shah, while reporters. He claimed that some merge into the Congress, Malik Deputy conservator of .-,." " 3-,%M ,+,-, .",- - senior leaders like Rajnath of the BJP leaders would call the said there was no substance in forests (wildlife) S S Asoda ,"-"#-,-. "-+,-- +,-#-,.-, Singh and Nitin Gadkari stand previous Modi-led dispensation the reports. said 15 other turtles were res- -#-, 7" "sidelined". as the government of only Speculations that the NCP cued from the pond after the NCP chief spokesperson "two-and-half" people, imply- would be merged into the incident was reported on Nawab Malik alleged that Modi ing that other ministers had no Congress were rife on Thursday evening. ,  %  and Shah do not want senior say in its functioning. Thursday. These were fuelled "After being alerted, our leaders to be part of the cabi- "Now, it is a government of after Congress chief Rahul team rushed to the pond that is        Home Minister and career security, including defence net. only Modi and Shah. Others Gandhi met NCP president located in Rapar taluka, and diplomat S Jaishankar as the policy and internal security. Singh, new Defence min- have no opportunity. They Sharad Pawar at the latter's res- found carcasses of 14 turtles. were found alive there, were res- here will be two new faces external affairs Minister. Besides the Prime Minister, ister, had led the Home don't want seniors in the gov- idence in New Delhi. They must have died due to lack cued and immediately shifted to Tin the all-powerful Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister the Ministers of Defence, Ministry in the previous Modi ernment, that's their mentality," "The two leaders discussed of water as the severe heatwave another pond in Thanisara vil- Committee on Security (CCS) Narendra Modi, the CCS is the Home, External Affairs and government. Gadkari will con- Malik alleged. only the Maharashtra Assembly has dried up the pond," he told lage located nearby, which still with the induction of BJP final decision-making body Finance are members of the tinue to hold the Minister for Modi and his new team of polls and drought in the state," PTI over phone. has sufficient amount of water," president Amit Shah as the on matters related to country's committee. Road Transport and Highways. ministers took oath on Malik added. PTI "Fifteen other turtles, which Asoda said. PTI   !" #  9 + +   !"#  ,-.  !"#! /0*$'/$- !! 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This mutu-     Q             al mistrust and antagonism was so deep-seated       "      4  that the subsequent SP-BSP trust alliance always                   seemed cosmetic and superficial.                  But before this misadventure, Akhilesh’s hard  4                ( work bore fruit when in 2012, the SP won the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh with a huge                 5  &            #   ( margin. Mulayam Singh Yadav was then the national president of the party and he surprised (5           all by projecting Akhilesh as the Chief Minister. & + '                At the age of 38, Akhilesh, then an MP, took oath ()     .   ?1      7    as the Chief Minister on March 15, 2012. This,  '*            >  3 #   political pundits say, was the beginning of the new (                   era in Yadav politics. Talks then centered around ((         !         how Akhilesh, a foreign-educated young man, could transform the impoverished State, which *( %             ?1  @    * )     2;B   +CF           is home to around 23 crore people, into one of versus 15 per cent (upper caste), which (Rampur), Shafiqur Rahman Warq ground work almost a year ago. the most developed States in the country. &   would undoubtedly go in their favour. (Sambhal) and ST Hasan Mulayam’s words have proved            3     + &   (            People had pinned hopes on Akhilesh One of the courtiers of Akhilesh (Moradabad)— emerged victorious. prophetic. The SP stands vanquished because of the legacy he carried. Son of wrestler-   (  Yadav had told this reporter poetical- The defeat has raised many ques- today, primarily because neither the #              ( turned politician Mulayam Singh Yadav, it was  %  ly that the bouquet of caste in this tions on Akhilesh’s leadership simply Dalit nor the Yadav vote was consoli-  >  3   R>  > 2,S    H believed that the young leader was well-conver- ( )( ( alliance was spread from western Uttar because it is the second time the SP has dated enough to ensure transference to P     +F       S ( sant with political ups and downs. Mulayam was     Pradesh to eastern Uttar Pradesh and contested the election under him. As each other’s candidates. The results  (       -C     FB- ( three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh  5  &  also had its footprints in Rohilkhand national president of the party, he had announced on May 23 punctured the       S  GQ       " besides being the Defence Minister in 1996 dur- (E + % and Bundelkhand. contested the first election in 2017. In invincibility argument and now the                  ing the United Front Government. So, for The just-concluded parliamentary fact, it was his idea to enter into an alliance stands exposed. The BSP, SP Akhilesh, politics was nothing new. He had (   poll results came as a rude shock to the alliance with the Congress. His politi- and RLD have around 39 per cent vote      #              *5E              brushed shoulders with the high and mighty and mahagathbandhan as it stood complete- cal acumen was even questioned back share while the BJP and its ally has over was well-versed with every Machiavellian 'E  *5% ly decimated. In this ignominious then because as a performing Chief 50 per cent of the vote. This shows that                 & )(           3   manoeuvre. defeat, however, the BSP can walk away Minister, who had carried out a spate the myth of castes moving at the dik- But the high hopes were soon dashed. First,   with its head high — if one can say so of development work, including the tat of leaders does not hold good any-                 Akhilesh failed to keep his family together. The *(   *  — because the party won 10 seats where construction of the Agra-Lucknow more.                    way he carried out a bloodless coup, replacing  5  it had drawn a blank in the 2014 Lok Expressway, he did not need a prop. Akhilesh is standing at the cross-              his father with himself as national president of ' Sabha election. But it is Akhilesh, who With the tagline of his campaign as roads now. He is carrying the legacy of          1  ( the party, did divide the party. Mulayam, after *  has to face the bigger question, because ‘Kaam Bolta Hai’, his inclination to go Mulayam Singh Yadav while the repu-                all, was the reason for SP’s claim to any sort of while his family members lost the elec- for an alliance with the Congress tation of SP that senior leaders like           )    )      relevance. The rift widened so much that uncle tion, he failed to increase his tally. showed that he was unconvinced about Janeshwar Mishra, Rama Shankar                  . Shivpal Singh Yadav parted ways and formed his In the 2014 election, the SP had his own work and did not have the Kaushik, Babu Lal Yadav, Md Azam # 2,+F .             own party, the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party won a total of five seats — all the win- stomach to drive hard political deci- Khan and Reoti Raman Singh had built         S      3   ( (Lohia), which inflicted larger damage to the SP ners were from the family. Besides, sions or go it alone. In that election, the through blood, sweat and tear is at   .        (   in three Yadav pocketboroughs of Kannauj, Mulayam (who had won from SP’s tally reduced from 226 to 47. stake. Uttar Pradesh has witnessed   #            Budaun and Firozabad in the 2019 Lok Sabha Mainpuri and Azamgarh), other fam- In 2019, again, he showed political how Ajit Singh floundered the politi- elections. All old-timers in the party, who had ily members of Akhilesh, namely nervousness and entered into an cal legacy of Chaudhry .                 ( build the SP brick-by-brick and whose advice was Dimple Yadav and his two cousins alliance with the BSP and RLD to con- His politics of aaya ram, gaya ram and        3       worth a pound of gold for Mulayam, were left Dharmendra and Akshay, won the test the Lok Sabha election. Some fondness to align with the ruling party                  ignored and their constituencies were taken up elections. In the bye-election after termed it as the election story of 2019. has reduced the RLD to a political non-        by the new blood. Mulayam vacated Mainpuri, another The result, however, was pathetic. entity.            ( The courtiers in ’s durbar cousin of Akhilesh, Tej Bahadur, Akhilesh not only lost seats but his Akhilesh should take lessons from       +2        ( were rich, having no practical understanding romped home. SP’s total tally further party’s vote percentage, too, came the failure of Ajit Singh. He should try            3     ( about the ground realities or imperatives. They increased to seven after it won the bye- down. (SP’s vote percentage is 18 per for a reconciliation of the party and the                    became the eyes and ears of the former Chief elections of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in cent while it is 19 per cent for BSP and family. The first step should be to hand      6         J 5    Minister. Such was their influence on Akhilesh 2018. 50 per cent for the BJP). over the baton back to Mulayam Singh            ( that they started campaigning for the 2019 elec- In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the His father and the wily SP founder Yadav. Shivpal Singh should be brought tions very late. Some even advised that campaign- party once again won five seats while Mulayam had publicly said that back and he should start touring the                 ing through WhatsApp was enough because the Dimple Yadav (Kannauj), Dharmendra Akhilesh had “lost half the battle” State. He should open his doors to the     #            SP-BSP alliance would fetch dividends as the Yadav (Budaun) and Akshay Yadav when the latter chose the politics of party workers. It is time for Akhilesh                 # arithmetic just would not fail. They argued that (Firozabad) lost the elections. Besides, alliance. He had even admonished his to smell the coffee or otherwise he could                    ( the battle was between 85 per cent (combination Akhilesh Yadav (Azamgarh) and son, saying that the SP was not battle- be heading Ajit Singh’s way.               of Dalits, Muslims and backwards as represent- Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri), ready as it was relying too much on (The writer is Executive Director           ed by the alliance partners of SP, BSP and RLD) three Muslim leaders —Azam Khan Mayawati whereas the BJP had started [News] with The Pioneer, Lucknow) 5 R     + '(                 @             0 7 5

ning streak of the Republican Party by during armed conflict between the US disparities, which were exploited by remittances from the Middle East. ness to Tahir, who supported the attacking the Bush administration’s eco- military and China-backed North parties such as ZA Bhutto’s Pakistan Unprecedented financial aid from Musharraf dictatorship for a while nomic performance, knowing fully well Korean armies. People’s Party (PPP). the US and Saudi Arabia (for the anti- but despite the 8.5 per cent growth that the struggling economy had begun Tahir’s father, Baqir, took over the Baqir was a card-carrying member Soviet insurgency in Afghanistan) rate achieved by the regime till 2005, to impact many Republican voters as family business in the mid-1950s and of Ayub’s centrist and modernist also helped. he could not revive the family busi- well. According to the famous German began to expand it. Tahir told me that Conventional Muslim League. In Baqir was successful in regener- ness. philosopher and political theorist Karl his father led a “highly Westernised life” December 1971, the PPP came to ating his export business and also Out of frustration, he sold it off (&  )& 5 % ((:( Marx, a person’s “political conscious- and befriended many industrialists, power on a ‘socialist’ platform. There became an importer after Zia lifted and joined a multinational organisa- ,-..- ness” is almost always shaped by his bureaucrats and politicians. Baqir fully was an increase in Pakistan’s import bills curbs on imports. This was the peri- tion as an employee. The frustration ") O, n March 1991, a few days after the economic circumstances. supported Ayub Khan’s 1958 coup due to the 1973 world oil price shock, od of Zia’s ‘Islamisation’ and Baqir was also vented out through support- US forces invaded Iraq for the first Let me demonstrate this through because he believed that political insta- a serious post-1973 global recession followed suit by shunning his ing the anti-Musharraf movement in "  --% Itime, 90 per cent of Americans, the example of an acquaintance of bility had begun to negatively impact during 1974-77, failure of cotton crops ‘Westernised ways’. He became a 2007. The economy had begun to --3.3, who were polled, approved of mine, Tahir, or rather, through the his family’s economic fortunes. in 1974-75, pest attacks on crops and ‘born-again Muslim’. His palatial spiral down and this also meant -/C@;,  -"- President George H Bush’s ‘job per- story of his dad, Baqir. I’ve known And Baqir did greatly benefit from massive floods in 1973, 1974 and house in Karachi also went through Tahir’s wish to revive the family busi- ","--- formance’. Bush’s approval ratings Tahir since school. His family became the Ayub regime’s ‘pro-business’ poli- 1976-77. Pakistan experienced the a transformation. Expensive paint- ness was thwarted. " -%,-- skyrocketed and political commenta- extremely conservative in the 1980s cies. In 1960, he married a bureaucrat’s worst inflation during 1972-77 when ings gave way to equally expensive He got married and moved to tors predicted that the Republican but it wasn’t always so. Tahir’s father daughter. It was a love marriage. prices increased by 15 per cent. calligraphy of sacred verses and Qatar and then Saudi Arabia. This is "#","-,--- Party would be able to retain the pres- had migrated to Pakistan from India Apart from expanding his export As his business nosedived, Baqir water colour paintings of Islam’s when I reconnected with him through --,.3-   idency in the 1992 election. in 1947. He was 16 at the time. In business, Baqir spread his economic sold his cinemas and bars in 1973 and sacred sites. He built a mosque in the Facebook. He supported Imran Khan -",%--3, Republican presidents Ronald Karachi, Tahir’s paternal grandfather interests by buying two cinemas in in 1975, he wrapped up his export area where the house stood and also in 2013 and just before the 2018 elec- -3.-",- Reagan and then Bush had held the was a small trader who set up a shop Karachi and one in Lahore. He also business and moved the family to one in his vast office. tions, he was posting statuses about White House since 1981. And in 1991, in Karachi in 1949. Tahir’s father often bought a restaurant and opened two London where he opened two He remained a Zia supporter the upcoming ‘Islamic welfare state’ -.-  3,- it seemed Bush, too, would be able to visited the shop after school. bars in Karachi’s Saddar and Tariq Pakistani restaurants. However, he even after the latter’s demise in 1988. and Riyasat-i-Madina on Facebook. ,3## -"3-- win a second term just as his predeces- Tahir once told me that their Road areas. He also built a new pala- returned to Karachi after the fall of the He voted for Nawaz Sharif’s (then However, only recently, as the 3",-"., sor Reagan had. However, by the end “class status suddenly jumped from tial family home in Karachi. Bhutto regime in 1977. By 1980, he ‘Ziaist’ and pro-business) Pakistan country’s economy is once again -.-.-,,- of 1991, Bush’s approval ratings began lower-middle to upper-middle” in the According to political economist was able to resurrect his business in Muslim League (N) until his business threatening to spiral down, his -,-/C@;,% to plummet, surprising many political early 1950s, when his grandfather Akbar Zaidi, the country’s annual Karachi when the Gen Zia dictator- once again began to go south due to Facebook posts have become critical pundits. This is when the strategy team managed to export merchandise to the growth rate during the Ayub regime ship initiated denationalisation, dereg- international sanctions imposed on of Khan’s regime. So I inboxed him: ,3,,3 #," of Bush’s opponent Bill Clinton US forces stationed in Korea. (1958-69) was an impressive 6.7 per ulation and privatisation policies. Pakistan after the country tested “Tahir, it seems there is no place for -Q- 3,-,3 " (Democratic Party) came up with the Between 1950 and 1953, the cent in Gross Domestic Product. But Pakistan achieved a national sav- two nuclear devices in 1998. you to restart the family business in  slogan, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Pakistani economy witnessed a boom Zaidi also mentions that Ayub’s policies ings/GDP ratio of 16 per cent in 1986- In the early 2000s, Baqir hand- Riyasat-i-Madina.” He didn’t reply.       Clinton was able to break the win- of sorts due to such exports to the US in this context also created economic 87 amidst massive inflows of worker ed over the reigns of the family busi- (The Dawn)   !" #  =

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Since the last 20 years, Doha Bank’s plea seeking stay &   *  "          "9    looked beyond positive political ding up to 3.61 per cent. on Friday. lion this year, a senior Indian the scale and profile of bilat- on a decision of the committee     &  :&;     %  &  "L  "* developments and weighed con- Asian Paints, TCS and “Benchmark indices ended diplomat here said on Friday. eral trade and investment of creditors (CoC) of Reliance         9      " cerns around global trade war HCL Tech were among the this week on a volatile note. The India-China bilateral between India and China has Infratel (RITL).  &     " =   %"   and macro-economic indicators. gainers, rising up to 2.43 per After opening positive, Sensex trade last year touched a his- increased several folds. Doha Bank has argued that In a highly volatile session, cent. reversed its trend and closed toric high of $95.54 billion, “This has been further the creditors’ panel has con- the benchmark BSE Sensex Sectorally, BSE power, negative by 117 points. Near- according to the official data strengthened in April 2018, sidered the claims of lenders of ended 118 points lower, metal, FMCG, utilities, basic term events to be closely released by China early this when Wuhan witnessed the parent firm Reliance dragged by losses mainly in materials, auto and banking tracked are India’s Q4FY19 year. first Informal Summit Communications on the basis auto and financial stocks. indices fell up to 1.30 per cent. GDP rate, infrastructure output The trade deficit in 2018, between our Prime Minister of corporate guarantee of RITL The NSE Nifty too edged While, BSE teck, oil and for April, and foreign exchange according to the data, climbed (Narendra) Modi and which would reduce its voting 23 points down to settle below gas, telecom and energy indices reserves data...,” Hemang Jani, to $57.86 billion from $51.72 President Xi Jinping. This share in the CoC. the 12,000-mark. rose up to 1.07 per cent. Head — Advisory, Sharekhan billion in 2017. Summit has provided a fresh The bank claimed to be However, on a weekly Broader indices ended on a by BNP Paribas, said. “We are glad that our impetus to our growing bilat- direct lenders and said as a syn- basis, the Sensex gained 279.4 mixed note with, BSE smallcap “Auto sales data for the bilateral trade will cross the eral engagement,” Vimal said. dicate of four banks, it had lent points and the Nifty rose 78.70 slipping 0.65 per cent and BSE month of May to be released on significant mark of $100 bil- As a result, the number of 1,400 crore to RITL. points. midcap rising 0.23 per cent. June 1 followed by the RBI lion this year,” India’s Deputy visits by trade and invest- Doha Bank is against con- Post announcement of key Investors also appeared monetary Policy on June 6. On Ambassador in China Dr ment delegations have sidering lenders having corpo- portfolios in newly elected cautious ahead of GDP data, global front, US-China trade Acquino Vimal said while increased and the comfort rate guarantee of RITL as finan-        &  9 6+  :    ;    government, focus to shift scheduled for release later in wars along with rise in oil price addressing an event on ’India- and trust levels have cial creditors as this will mar-  % "" #  9 >" # " :; 6  towards various economic the day, traders said. will determine further trend. China business forum, explor- improved, he said. ginalise their voting rights to 15  91  :6;   % ""      "  reforms and policies. BJP President Amit Shah We continue to remain opti- ing opportunities, enhancing “This is demonstrated in per cent from around 55 per After gyrating nearly 750 who played a crucial role in the mistic on equity markets and cooperation’ specially in the the increase in the number of cent currently. points, the 30-share index settled return of his party’s govern- prefer Private banks,” Jani said. IT sector. visas we have been issuing in The lenders of Reliance 117.77 points, or 0.30 per cent, ment at the Centre will be the Meanwhile, foreign insti- A large number of the last few months. In order Infratel have invoked bank lower at 39,714.20. The gauge hit new Home Minister in Modi tutional investors (FIIs) bought Chinese investors and Indian to ensure that such engage- guarantees of 8,000 crore an intra-day low of 39,374.24 2.0 Cabinet while incumbent equities worth 1,664.74 crore IT firms based in China ment is promoted and encour- issued by the company in and a high of 40,122.34. Rajnath Singh has moved to on Thursday, while domestic attended the get-together aged, I’m happy to inform that favour of Reliance The broader NSE Nifty Defence, another high profile institutional investors (DIIs) organised by NASSCOM — a we have further liberalised Communications. The tribunal also settled lower by 23.10 ministry. Outgoing Defence sold shares to the tune of trade association of Indian visas for Chinese travellers to asked State Bank of India (SBI) points, or 0.19 per cent, at Minister Nirmala Sitharaman 1,122.60 crore, provisional Information Technology (IT) visit India by the introduction to file reply within seven days 11,922.80. During the day, the will be the new Minister for data available with stock and Business Process of ’electronic visa’ facility,” the and Doha Bank to file a rejoin- index hit a low of 11,829.45 and Finance and Corporate Affairs exchanges showed. 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According to the list, India and China were seeking od from November of 2018 During April 2018, the Interim Resolution Professional ways to buy oil from Tehran. until May of 2019,” Brian expansion rate of eight infra- (IRP) Pardeep Kumar Sethi has US President Donald Hook, Special Representative structure sectors — coal, crude admitted claims of 47,038.79 Trump last month refused to for Iran and Senior Policy oil, natural gas, refinery prod- crore and the remaining >  "  "         "  9&   0  give waivers to countries like Advisor to the Secretary of ucts, fertilisers, steel, cement amount has been put for veri-    =  "  "  %  9 "    India from buying oil from State, told reporters during a and electricity — stood at 4.7 fication.        LO  ( P?%   Iran, in an attempt to reduce conference call on Thursday. per cent. The list showed that China                 "   Iran’s oil exports to zero. He said once the coun- Coal generation growth Development Bank (CDB)   The US on Thursday reit- tries have reached the cap of was flat at 2.8 pet cent in April claimed dues of 9,863.89 crore erated its position after the what was negotiated, that 2019, said the Government and the IRP has admitted the media reports from New would be the limit of the oil data. entire claim. Delhi, quoting unnamed gov- that US would permit to move The output of electricity The IRP also admitted full ernment officials, said that through and would not be and refinery products was 5.8 claims made by Life Insurance India was looking at ways to sanctioned. per cent and 4.3 per cent, Corporation (4,758 crore), resume oil imports from Iran “We will sanction any respectively. 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Out of these more "the encounter broke out after 4 ,    ( than two dozen terrorists of a Cordon and Search Jaish-e- Mohammand terror Operation was launched in the outfit including its top com- Dragad area of Sugan village in   (    manders have been eliminated Shopian following credible  ) )   5(5  former and sitting, municipal tion,” she said adding, “expand by the security forces. inputs about the presence of chairmen and councilors have your support base through Since November 2018, militants, adding that the gun- n what could give Mamata joined the BJP in Delhi. public contact because we will +.     7 ++ Kishtwar was witnessing regu- fight site was located in IBanerjee more butterflies in On whether he saw a definitely bounce back from lar movement of 'radicalised' orchards and with no habita- her stomach, senior BJP leader revival of Trinamool Congress this place,” she told her party ishtwar district in Jammu youth in the area. tion nearby". on Friday said from the electoral jolt it had leaders. Kprovince, declared a ter- The same month saw tar- "During the search opera- another crop of about 10 suffered in the recently held Once again attacking the rorism-free zone over a decade geted killing of a senior BJP tion, the hiding militants fired Trinamool Congress MLAs parliamentary elections, Roy BJP and the Election ago, witnessed first firefight leader Anil Parihar along with on the search party, police and “some MPs” were waiting said more and more people Commission for manipulating between unidentified terrorists his brother Ajeet Parihar. said, adding that the fire was to join the saffron camp. were getting attracted towards the electronic voting machines and jawans of police patrol In April 2019, another RSS retaliated, leading to an Roy, a major architect of the BJP impressed by the per- to win the elections Banerjee party in the wee hours of leader, Chandermohan encounter in which two listed BJP’s astounding performance formance of Prime Minister said, “the people will have to be Friday in Appan area of Sharma, was killed in cold militants along with the other in the Lok Sabha elections Narendra Modi. told about this. We will have to Marwah tehsil. blood along with his body one who was part of this group from Bengal, said the Mamata “If this trend continues descend on the streets, organize Two Special police officers guard inside district hospital in were killed". Banerjee Government may not and if the TMC leaders con- mass movements against the (SPO's) wounded in the attack Kishtwar. Incidents of weapon The killed terrorists were last till 2021 and could collapse tinue to join our party in such EC so as to build pressure” on were rushed to Army com- Sinha said, "after receiving a launched comprehensive snatching were also reported in identified as Abid Manzoor well before its time as “many large numbers then I don’t the poll panel in order to “pre- mand hospital, Udhampur for specific input about the move- searches in the area. the area in the recent months Magray alias Sajju Tiger son of MLAs and MPs are in touch think this government will vent it from repeating its mis- specialised treatment. ment of anti-national elements IG, Jammu range, MK raising concerns of revival of Manzoor Ahmad Magray res- with me.” survive its full term till 2021” chief in the 2021 Assembly Meanwhile, in two suc- in Appan area of Marwah, a Sinha also visited Army militancy in the region. ident Nowpora Payeeen He said, “just now there are the former Railway Minister elections.” cessful operations, a joint team team of SOG and district police Command Hospital at In March 2019, posters Pulwama, Bilal Ahmad Bhat 10 MLAs and some MPs who said. Buttressing her argument of security forces eliminated had left for the area on Udhampur and enquired about carrying pictures of seven son of Gul Mohammad resi- are in touch with me. There will Meanwhile, with a view to she wondered “how Amit Shah five terrorists during the day. Thursday evening". the health and welfare of the 02 "wanted terrorists" affiliated dent of Urmulla Lassipora be more to join us in the com- stimulate the senior Trinamool and the BJP could say prema- According to police, three He said, early Friday morn- SPOs who sustained bullet with the Hizbul Mujahideen Pulwama and Jasim Rashid ing days,” and added he would leaders’ sagging spirits Chief turely that they would get 300- Hizbul Muhajideen terrorists ing while police team was on its injuries and the Lashkar-e-Taiba were Shah son of Abdul Rashid res- prefer the TMC leaders to join Minister on Friday held a party plus seats and how could he say were neutralised in Dragad job, it came under fire from Since beginning of the holy released by the police. Official ident of Malnar, Shopian. the BJP gradually so “causing core committee meeting where this will happen at 10 am and area of Sugan village in Shopian unidentified militants near month of Ramzan, more than sources said, at least seven ter- Abid and Manzoor were her chest pain to increase slow- she asked the Ministers, MPs, that will happen at 11 am and while two terrorists were killed Faizi Bridge. The fire was retal- 20 terrorists have been elimi- rorists are active in the region wanted by law for their com- ly. I will not give them a sud- MLAs and district presidents to yet another thing will happen in Nanar area of Tral in South iated. He said in the exchange nated by the security forces and six of them belonged to the plicity in a series of cases includ- den heart attack but a slow and stick to their basic jobs and at 12 pm on the counting day. Kashmir's Pulwama district. of firing, 02 SPOs, Mohd. Iqbal across Kashmir valley in relent- Hizbul Mujahideen and one to ing attack on security estab- sure shock causing a stroke.” expand their public base. This means that there was Public Relations Officer & Ashiq Hussain got bullet less operations. the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). lishments and civilian atrocities. Already a large number of “Don’t live your respective connivance and high-tech (PRO) of Inspector General of injuries. He said, after the The overall tall of terrorists Meanwhile, Police Several cases were registered TMC leaders including MLAs, areas. This is my strong instruc- manipulation of the EVMs.” Police, Jammu range, MK attack, Army and police teams killed since January 2019 is spokesman in Srinagar said, against them, police said.   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Instead, Rahul, the DMK said "Rahul is the strong brick for Mumbai: No evidence was accused had hurled casteist Friday following an encounter with five people for killing Surendra At a time when the Congress showed his concern about the Indian building the fort of Congress and it is found to indicate that Payal slurs at her. police here, officials said. Singh. appeared to be in a disarray with Rahul society, and expressed his anguish more strong than a mountain of sand." Tadvi, the junior doctor at a The prosecution, seeking Wasim was held in Shalhapur Ramchandra, Dharmanath, wanting to step down from the post of about several aspects like religious hos- The DMK also said it was usual to Government hospital here who police remand for the accused area under the Jamo police station Naseem and Golu were arrested ear- party chief due to poll drubbing, the tility, economic inequalities, and pover- blame the Nehru-Gandhi family dur- allegedly committed suicide, when they were arrested, had area on Thursday night, Assistant lier. Ramchandra is a member of the Dravidian party said, "Rahul's politi- ty. ing poll debacles. had been killed, the Mumbai suggested that it could be a case Superintendent of Police Daya Ram kshetra panchayat and also a local cal journey should be about slogging The DMK daily said he also under- "Many do not realise during times Police's crime branch told a of murder. said. Congress leader, the police said. from the grassroots level. If that is stood the difference in mindset of success that it is the very same fam- court on Friday. However, the crime With this, all the five accused in Singh, 50, a former head of there, victory is possible." between the southern and northern ily which fetched victories for the The court, which refused branch, which took over the the case have been arrested, the he Baraulia village, around 25 km Apparently seeking to lift Rahul's states. Congress party." to extend police remand of the case on Thursday, told the said. from the Amethi district head- spirits, the DMK's Tamil organ Rahul spoke of "Periyar (rational- Similarly, some were now trying to three accused, noted that the court that it has not "come Wasim has suffered gunshot quarters, was shot at around 11.30 "Murasoli", in its editorial, said the ist leader) and celebrated Kalaignar place the blame on Rahul for the case diary and the autopsy across any material to call it a injuries and has been admitted to a pm on May 25. He was referred to Congress was a broad-based party and (late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi)," Congress party's poll defeat. report did not suggest that it murder". The accused — community health centre, the ASP a Lucknow hospital, but succumbed to lead it, only a broad-minded person and all such aspects went beyond poll Rahul has offered to step down fol- was a "clear-cut" case of mur- Bhakti Mehere, Hema Ahuja said, adding the Jamo police station to injuries during treatment. PTI like Rahul was needed. victories and defeats, Murasoli said. lowing the dismal performance of the der. and Ankita Khandelwal — Days after The Congress president, hence, Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, Tadvi (26), a post-graduate were produced before DMK chief M transcended the confines of electoral while the Congress Working student at B Y L Nair Hospital, Additional Sessions Judge R M politics by talking not Committee rejected it. allegedly hanged herself in her Sadrani at the end of their only about Prime The BJP had on May 23 won 303 hostel room on May 22, as she police custody on Friday. Minister Narendra out of 542 Lok Sabha seats that went was reportedly fed up of being Seeking their further custody, Modi but also focus- to polls, handing out a crushing defeat ragged by the three accused the investigating officer said it ing on all such to the Congress and many other polit- who were her seniors. was required for the recovery aspects. ical opponents. 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It is often referred to as the monument in 1882 and in 1891, a report on engage the audience for a little time but “saddest stone” as it commemorates the sac- its condition was drawn up. On the basis of that simultaneously provide great quality rifice of 800 Swiss guardsman in the pay of report, it was decided that the conservation of content. And that is what today’s King Louis XVI during the French Revolution the monument, renewal of the weathered areas, generation needs. She says, “Anyone — but is now threatened with decay, chiefly preservation of the rock around the monument can make these because this is the dig- from melting snow. and the laying of a protective stiffener above ital era. Moreover, these films could be Not surprisingly, the Lion Monument, one the rock face would be done,” Suess explained. about anything and everything that a of Switzerland’s most loved icons and described In 1902 construction of a new framework person wants to talk about. These by American author Mark Twain as “the most to protect the monument from snow in win- screening platforms have made short mournful and moving piece of stone in the ter was planned and executed but tragedy films more democratic. It’s so amaz- world”, is visited by some 1.4 million tourists struck in 1950. ing. Who would not want to see the example of Badhai Ho. The same has we have known each other for quite a who come to gaze at the regal beast, dying from “That autumn, a piece of the lion’s thigh, world through so many different happened with short films because the long time. We met at a film festival. I a spear wound marked by a shield bearing the at least a meter long, detached and fell into the eyes.” Short films for sure have two audience has begun to watch films for am much younger to him as he’s a mark of the French monarchy. Above it is the pond. That was a major blow for the author- undeniable roles. “First, they allow new what they are about rather than who senior filmmaker. But he always treats inscription — Helvetiorum Fidei Ac Virtuti (To ities, who were struggling hard to protect the talent the chance to get noticed and stars in it,” she adds. me with great respect and equality. I the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss). monument and restoration work immediate- refine their style. Second, they also Avalokita’s Gutthi is about about don’t even know if I deserve it. May be The monument, ten metres in length and ly began,” Suess said. help to encourage creativity and inno- friendship between two girls. She I have earned it.” six metres in height, has a very emotional his- Rock protection measures were undertak- vation that includes new ways of explains that she wanted to treat She tells us that she was a bit tory. When the angry masses stormed the royal en in 1978 and minor repair work was carried telling stories,” she adds. friendship with the same amount of scared about this whole mentorship palace on August 10 1792, the 800 Swiss out on the lion in 1982. On the upper right side, Given their obvious importance, importance that love stories get. She thing. “Because we both are extreme- guardsmen stood as the defenders of the the a larger rock section of approximately 15 tonnes why do short films continue to remain feels that friendship between two ly opinionated people and have our monarchy — but in vain. Their defeat was dev- was stabilised and in 1990, the monument was in the shadows? Well, “that’s more a females hasn't got much exposure in own visions for the kind of cinema that astating. thoroughly washed with water. sociological question,” she says. “The our cinematic space. It’s her take on we want to make. But he gave me quite Surrounded by popular tourist attractions Drainage has been a perpetual problem. obvious answers could be — lack of friendship in an intimate manner. She a free range. He placed more faith in like the Glacier Garden, the Alpineum and the The area behind the quarry is heavily forest- great actors. Or the penchant that we says, “Relationships wither away with me than I have in myself. Amit asked Bourbaki Panorama, the monument was ini- ed with the temperature plunging to zero as an audience might have for the epic.” time. These two girls are dreamers. N(& me to be responsible for every decision tiated by Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen, a junior degrees celsius in winter accompanied by snow. Avalokita apprises us that short They make films to change the world. that I take. I have learnt from him that lieutenant with the Swiss guardsmen who was A series of pipes were laid to prevent the melt- films are very important for filmmak- But over the years, their friendship has *((6 you need to have respect for another on leave at the time and thus escaped the mas- ing snow in spring from seeping into the rock- ers as they give a playing field to them. become monotonous. The spark has 6' )   person’s vision,” She adds. sacre. face and to drain the water into the pond. Moreover, it hones their skills as a completely gone.” She further tells us that she’s a con- In 1793, he felt obliged to erect a monu- “Despite all efforts, the condition of the short film needs to be tighter in what The short film is one of six films  *  *(+ trol freak and wants to dominate ment in honour of his fallen officers, comrades monument deteriorated rapidly. Taking this it is trying to convey as compared to titled Shuruaat Ka Twist. +( ** )(& every single person in the crew. But and soldiers and it took almost 30 years to com- seriously, all copper pipes for draining the water a feature film. It’s more difficult to say The only commonality between (& + * + thanks to Amit, “I understand how plete amidst of several design and architectur- were replaced in 2004. Further measures something vital in shorter time. the six films is the theme, that is of important it is to allow freedom to al changes. The monument was designed by were taken in 2008 to improve the water flow “The audience has become more ‘twist’. Every film is the interpretation  5 )  &( everyone. You need to give people Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and and thus protect the monument,” Suess point- accepting of short films. There’s a huge of the word twist by six different direc- (+ )  space and the liberty to work as per hewed by Lukas Ahorn. Completed in 1821, ed out. difference in today’s time and 90s tors. their strategies. So that they can con- it will mark its 200th anniversary in 2021. So, in order to save its most beloved mon- when there was a star system. People She adds, “The twist in my film is   * tribute in the best possible way. May “Before the Lion Monument was erected, ument from adverse climatic conditions and headed out to watch films only to see what happens when one girl decides ) ( *& + be you could actually get something the area had not yet been built on. However, erosion, the Lucerne administration has spent the big stars on the screen. And now to move out.” extraordinary out of it. Because there’s intensive construction began in 1870. Due to millions of Swiss Francs and is expected to do cinema is taking a turn for something Amit V Masurkar, popularly &( '  a difference between when one brain the constant building activity, with numerous so for many more years because it attracts great better. 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masterful schemer? inhabited by hoards of children. There is a lot of unspoken resentment and -!!  history between these two. Victoria resents What was the biggest challenge that you Feodora for leaving her when she went off faced during the filming? and got married, Feodora resents Victoria In a scene, Queen Victoria takes a dip in -3.--S36---" for having the attention and focus because the water whilst wearing her bathing suit, she was the heir. It’s a difficult relation- which is a lot like pajamas that are made ,,%7 *(+  #,- ,- ship. They also have a shared experience from hemp. It was absolutely freezing and at Kensington, which bonds them, so there unfortunately we had to film this twice 93,3.   + 6 6 is a constant push and pull of love and because the weather was so awful. The resentment between them. Queen is meant to be taking a leisurely dip here is the Queen of England and how loudly they were cheering at The They haven’t seen each other for but the waves were making it seem now and what challenges lie Great Exhibition. She wrote about the joy years and instinctively Victoria doesn’t treacherous. Wahead of her? on people’s faces and the tears in their eyes. trust Feodora. She knows there is some- Series three opens with pregnant Victoria Being loved, more than she would like to thing going on but the extent to which Why is the role of Queen Victoria so expecting her child number six on the eve admit, is incredibly important to her. Feodora is being an Iago figure comes to exciting and enjoyable to return to? of the French Revolution. There is a def- light later on. Feodora cleverly weaves her I love her lack of filter, her frankness and inite sense that time has passed as the chil- What irks Victoria? Is it the arrival of way through the family, putting a wedge honesty. I love the fact that if she likes dren are older. Victoria is wiser and her agent provocateur, Lord Palmerston? between Victoria and Albert, who are someone she is incredibly loyal and if she relationship with Albert is in a very dif- She hates him. Palmerston was a law unto most distant during this series. They are doesn’t, she will let that person know. In ferent space. Victoria faces question of himself. He managed things in a very dif- a few years into their marriage now and terms of playing her, when she is in a bad whether or not her role is disposable ferent way and perhaps didn’t give her the have many children, so there are new pres- mood or is tired, she is very reactionary because the King of France turns up on deference that she felt she deserved. sures and strains. They operate complete- and temperate so she has always been her doorstep in rags, having been over- There is a battle between them for ly differently and have always been yin and known and written about as having a tem- thrown and she questions whether this people’s affections and Victoria isn’t used yang but they seem to have fallen out of per. could happen to her. This is all she has to competition in that area. However, she balance with each other. They used to write about her having known and all she expects to know so that slowly realises that they are more similar a ‘combustible’, which I love. Victoria did- forces her to look in the mirror and exam- than she thought and she begins to What is it like to work with so many chil- n’t have to answer to anybody and so could ine her relationship with her people and become rather fond of him. He is always dren? really get angry within her own house. She what that truly means to her. somewhere between being invited over for It is a form of utterly amazing and com- would feel mortified after having one of The core difference between Victoria tea and being thrown out — you never pletely chaotic mayhem. You just have to these ‘combustibles’ and would cry and and Albert is that the latter is more know which side of the fence she sat with call action and see what happens. Kids apologise to Albert but she ping pongs methodical whereas Victoria is emotion- him. really do say the funniest things and it is through emotions rapidly. As she gets ally-led. Ultimately, she just wants to be the unpredictability on the set which is older, she can be controlled even less, so supported and adored by her subjects. She What is the relationship that Queen hilarious, especially when you throw in a it is fun to age with her. always wrote about it. On the day of her Victoria has with the new character, few dogs, horses and a couple of politi- (The season 1 and 2 of the show are live on coronation, she wrote about the crowds Feodora, who is her half-sister and a cians. I can’t imagine the palace now not SonyLIV.) %&' ( ) **   !" #

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ven after giving almost helping create sustainable via- district, it has undertaken a 40 years of his life to bility for heritage while also project to restore an extraordi- government service, focusing on its potential as a nary 700-year-old monument, retired civil servant resource for overall develop- the Dargah of Sheikh Musa, a SK Misra felt his work % 3-26 7"3 ment, his NGO concentrates on medieval Sufi saint. Ewas still not complete. The for- infrastructure development, pri- “In the Maluti village in mer bureaucrat felt that the mary education, skill develop- Jharkhand, there is a unique her- experience he had gained and ment, employment generation, itage site with 62 terra-cotta tem- the reputation he had built -",- 5+  -3,--#,3-. and development of rural ples. There were 108 temples and could be better used for public tourism. now only 62 remain,” he said. service. Thus began his second “In all our projects, the goal While Misra took the ini- innings. concerned with restoration of is not only to preserve important tiative to conserve and protect After he retired as the heritage, for almost 10 years. But, heritage assets but to help the these unique monuments in Principal Secretary to former the need for an organisation impoverished rural communi- 2011, the Jharkhand govern- Prime Minister Chandra focusing solely on rural heritage, ties that own them to learn how ment in 2015 agreed to fund the Shekhar in the early 1990s, birthed ITRHD. to successfully manage previ- entire project with a budget of Misra continued his work in the “INTACH was primarily ously unrecognised heritage 7 crore. “The work is going on fields of conservation and urban oriented and was con- resources, in the process achiev- and we hope to complete it by restoration of heritage, rural cerned only with conservation. ing self-sufficiency, improved end of this year,” the former development, women empow- The new NGO, formed in col- living conditions and a new bureaucrat said. erment and community engage- laboration with a number of dis- sense of pride as owners of these “In addition, the state gov- ment. Standing strong at 87, the tinguished persons from differ- special and most precious parts ernment has also entrusted a Padma Bhushan recipient heads ent walks of life, was concerned of our culture,” Misra said. project of conserving a histori- the Indian Trust for Rural with conservation of rural her- While in Jharkhand, cal jail in Ranchi which housed Heritage and Development itage and also rural development ITRHD is working on restora- freedom fighters of the tribe (ITRHD), a non-governmental along with community involve- tion of 17th century terracotta called Munda. After restoration, organisation set up in 2011 that ment,” he said. temples and restoration of a his- it is to be converted into a trib- works in villages with strong,    *   "       )* ? Founded with the aim of toric jail, in Haryana’s Mewat al museum,” he added. L& often endangered, heritage tra- ditions with projects spread gained, I should put that expe- tourism, civil aviation and agri- He added that other officers across eight states. rience to social purpose. I am culture secretary in the union who gain experience should “I could never think of total 87-years-old now and I still government and was also prin- not just hang up their boots after retirement or sitting idle. I felt can’t think of just relaxing,” cipal secretary to three Haryana retirement but should continue that the experience that I had Misra, who also served as chief ministers, said. to work “as there are so many areas where work needs to be done and where their experience could be utilised.” After retirement, Misra served as the chairman of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), the biggest NGO in the country   !" # *

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They came unstuck and they had to called up Karunaratne to skip-  + settle for a runners-up finish in per the side, despite the open- the end. er not playing an ODI for his Fast-forward to 2019, and country in four years. us and gave us advice before we back into the side after four South Africa earlier this year, ber the domestic level of games. Williamson is now in charge of But the likes of Arjuna left Sri Lanka. years so it is not easy. skippers a squad that includes All the other guys who have a Black Caps side that sit fourth Ranatunga — captain of the "That is the sort of thing we "But if you get a chance you six players who have 80 or played in the last couple of in the ODI rankings and kick off 1996 champions — and Kumar need to be courageous, past need to prove yourself. Every more ODI caps to their name years failed to perform for Sri their campaign in Cardiff on Sangakkara have given this cricketers coming in and help- time you need to be hungry. - including veteran and until Lanka," added Karunaratne, Saturday against Sri Lanka. squad their backing. ing us. Jayawardene is also Those new players who want to recently captain Lasith who has not decided if he will And in English conditions    ((& 5 "Sanga came and gave us here and we hope he will come do well, they want to perform Malinga. open or bat at No 3 on — despite plenty of pre-tourna- some words of advice which and talk to us as soon as pos- to stay in the team. But there are a number of Saturday. ment chat about hitting the (  ' ) *(   was really helpful, he did real- sible." "I also have some experi- new faces on board as well, "That is why the selectors mythical 500-mark — ly well in the last World Cup so Karunaratne realises that enced guys that have played including Avishka Fernando want to give a new chance to Williamson insists adaptability  5    +  it was useful to hear how he pre- he has a daunting task ahead. World Cups before and they are and Isuru Udana, and that the players who have done rather than aggression is the (&) +   N pared, mentally and everything "It is not easy when you key if you want to do well, you inexperience could work in well domestically. That was order of the day. else," he said here on Friday. don't know the players and they need those kind of players." their favour, according to the the past. We have a good side "There has been a lot of talk *    S  "Arjuna who lifted the haven't played a single game in Karunaratne, who led Sri captain. with fresh faces, and are trying about really high scores but I 7 + World Cup in 1996, he spoke to a long time. Even me, I came Lanka to historic Test series in "No-one seems to remem- to start again. think there will be a number of games where that isn't the case and it will require adjustment,"   he said. Scores that are a bit lower and Cup opener. "For us at the last World much more of that scrappy And despite a 3-0 series win atham had been a doubt for his #,"-- -,, Cup, there was a trend in how type. over Sri Lanka on home soil side's opening game after breaking we played. It was about being "There will not be one way back at the start of the year, Lhis finger during a warm-up game smart with the crop that we had to play. Williamson is not going to in Australia earlier this month. means the bone has knitted back well." to try and get the best perfor- "We know that not every underestimate their opponents. While he is yet to play a game since However, both Stead and Latham mance. game will be a 350 score, and it's "I don't know how much the the injury, the 27-year-old took full part preached caution, explaining that how "That meant we were important to be made aware of past really counts for as we come in a training session on Thursday, 30 Latham's finger reacts to the training aggressive, the ball swung and that as we go throughout this into a tournament. It is on the May, and remains on track to be avail- session is as important as the fact that we looked to use that. tournament. day and we know in this com- able for selection for New Zealand's first he got through it. 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Stokes pulled off the impossible — was ((&) '  6N Opting to field first, the the star of the show, proving again that South African bowlers did well the step up to international cricket has  ' )   +   to restrict the powerful English been child's play for a bowler who has batting line-up to 311 for eight. made his name in global T20 leagues.   5 +&( "We believed we could have While it was Archer's speed and   (   kept them to under 300. Even movement off the pitch that impressed when they got to 311, I thought in that ODI against Pakistan, Thursday, () ( they were below-par," Ngidi on his World Cup bow, he showcased * (QN    said after the defeat. his ability to find success with the short Ngidi, who was hit for 27 ball, wreaking havoc on the Proteas    runs in his first four overs, said batting line-up.   *   initially he was bothered by the Hashim Amla has fond memories thought of preventing England of playing at The Oval; it was the scene  N 'N  * from scoring 350. of his Test-best 311* in 2012. Today, $E& *( ( "I was very disappointed however, he was sent back to the with my bowling performance changing rooms for an extended peri-  (5( ) upfront. I might have been od thanks to a striking blow to his ( ( ) overthinking it. All the talk was grille from a rising Archer delivery. He how they post totals of 350 so eventually returned to the crease later   % maybe that was at the back of my in the match - a good sight for all to '+ *% mind," he said. see - but in forcing him off early, South However, the 23-year-old Africa were, quite literally, struck a  ' )( )(  soon found his bearings, adjust- hefty blow in their chase of 312. ing his pace according to the Next came Aiden Markram. ( ) 5&(+ wicket. Gloriously talented, Markram has yet  "There were a few opportu- to truly demonstrate his Test-level nities in the Powerplay, where excellence in the ODI format. He hint- K ,, 3  they nicked it through the slips ed at doing something special today A (  & * *  B and I started to think, 'These with a luscious cover-drive off Chris people are humans, just like me'. Woakes that was followed by another I kicked into my rhythm from hit through the covers off Archer. But Rassie van der Dussen has had a With figures of 3/27, he has confirmed with Rassie [van der Dussen] - he there." Archer had the last laugh, finding extra prolific start to his own international that the decision to include him in the bowls slower-ball, slower-ball, 80 per "I listened to what the wick- bounce to catch the edge of Markram's career, and got himself to another half- 15-man squad — despite his status as cent ball, 80 per cent ball and then a et was telling me. Slower balls  (  *5 push from the very next ball — Joe century, hinting at life in the South international newbie — is a sound one. quick bouncer. There's some thinking were working so I stuck to that. Root obliging with a neat grab at first African chase. But Archer returned in Du Plessis revealed the difficulties behind it. When he does bowl that Even though they were trying to   )+  (  slip. the 32nd over to have the right-han- of facing Archer after the match, short one it is bit quicker than his other come after me, they couldn't And also against Archer, Du Plessis der top-edge high into the air with the highlighting how there remains a balls. seem to get it away," Ngidi said. (5 ) (   *5( couldn't demonstrate similar genius ball lobbing into the hands of Moeen sense of mystery to a player who has "When we get an opportunity to Ngidi finished with figures   6( )' with bat in hand. As a short-of-length at mid-on. only played in five international match- face England again we'll know how his of 3/66 and took the crucial ball rushed on him, his bat swished Archer's place in England's World es (including today's game). short-ball is his wicket-ball. He's not wickets of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler ' )(*(+ &+%' hard only send the ball high and long Cup squad has been a debated topic for Du Plessis — victim of Archer's necessarily a guy that will swing the and Moeen Ali. "I was happy to *( N +()   ' towards fine-leg. Moeen Ali did the quite some time, but here he was final- short-ball barrage — highlighted the ball as much as other bowlers but his take three sticks but would have rest, and Archer's impassioned cry told ly at the tournament, and the occasion effectiveness of the seamer's tactics. short-ball will be his wicket-taking preferred two up front," he said. the tale. was one he was more than ready for. "You can see towards the end - ball."