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orty-eight-year after Indira    FGandhi came to power in 1971 on the ear-catching slogan        #! %2     of “Garibi hatao”, her grandson      " /   Rahul Gandhi has reinvented 3       #+     %$!  the same theme by announcing !    67      #! !     his own version of “surgical”   !  3  #! 86"777    strike on poverty to revive the                 Congress fortune in the Lok  %3      "!  .#  ! . Sabha elections.  !    !  %2         As part of the Congress  "  $!    manifesto for general elections, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said 20 per cent families in through idea. We have con- claimed there is enough money poorest of the poor category sulted many economists on in and the Congress will be given 72,000 each               the scheme. It will be a fiscal- guarantees that 20 per cent      ')* '    &+&'"        annually as a minimum     !"  # ly prudent scheme,” Rahul said poorest families will be given " ,  *   - , ** *  !"  " *   income. Accusing the Prime 72,000 per year. Making the announcement Terming it to be a “final each annually,” Rahul said soon Minister of giving money to the “Remember that in unanimous decision, the party According to a senior party at a Press conference post the assault” to eradicate poverty in after starting social media cam- rich and not the poor, Rahul Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh $ %    insiders said alliance between leader, Maken strongly sup- Congress Working Committee the country, Rahul described paign #NyayForIndia. alleged the poor have suffered and Rajasthan, I had promised the Congress and the AAP will ported an alliance with AAP meeting, the Congress chief the manifesto as a “historic” The CWC had met at the in the last five years and “We that in 10 days farmers will be  take place irrespective of the saying the Congress would not said, “The time for change has and “groundbreaking” mea- AICC headquarters to discuss are going to provide justice to given a loan waiver. I am inherent difference between be able to win any seat in Delhi come. This will be a ‘final sure to end poverty. “Five crore and give final shape to the them”. “If Narendra Modi can promising you today that jus-    their ideologies. on its own. assault’ to eradicate poverty in families and 25 crore people party’s manifesto. The Congress give money to the rich people tice will be done. Scheme will Finally the leaders left it on Reacting to Maken’s rea- the country.” will directly benefit from the chief said the party has studied in the country, then Congress be on a phase basis. First a pilot  $# % on the Congress president to soning, Rahul asked him what The party manifesto is scheme. The final assault on the fiscal implications of the can give the poor this money,” project will be run then scheme $  1)2)(3 take the final call on pre-poll the party under his stewardship being framed by a committee poverty has begun. We will scheme and has consulted he said. will run,” he said. He claimed alliance with the AAP in Delhi. has done in the last four-and- headed by former Finance and wipe out poverty from the renowned economists and “Narendra Modi is creating that everyday your money is enior leaders of the Delhi Meanwhile, the sources a-half-year if it cannot contest Home Minister P country. I promise that there experts before finalising it. two in the country and being taken away and “we will SCongress, including its said six leaders in the party — on its own. Chidambaram. will be justice for the poor. The “This is a historic scheme we will not allow it, there will show you what is happening. Delhi unit president Sheila Sheila, three working presi- According to a senior party Citing the examples of Congress guarantees that 20 which has not happened any- be only one India,” he said. We have been studying this for Dikshit, discussed the possi- dents Devender Yadav, Rajesh leader present in the meeting, farmers’ loan waiver schemes in per cent families belonging to where in the world. It is an Asked where the money the last 4-5 months”. bility of an alliance with the Lilothia, Haroon Yusuf, and Chacko handed over signed let- three States — Rajasthan, poorest of the poor category in extremely powerful, ground- will come from and whether it The working committee, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in former Delhi Congress presi- ters of 12 district Congress Chhattisgarh and Madhya India will be given 72,000 breaking and well-thought will affect the economy, Rahul which is the party’s highest Delhi with party president dents JP Agarwal and Tajdar presidents, leaders of the party Pradesh — the Gandhi scion decision-making body, will Rahul Gandhi and other senior Babar — are opposed to the and party councillors in all said if the party is voted to give a final go-ahead to the leaders on Monday. The meet- alliance, while former Delhi three municipal corporations, power the Congress will iden- manifesto. ing has gained importance in presidents Ajay Maken, to buttress the demand for tify such families who live   R! R The meeting was chaired the light of the Congress and Subhash Chopra and Arvinder alliance with the AAP. below the poverty mark and by Rahul and attended by for- the AAP finally agreeing to Singh Lovely are in the favour The AAP has been dan- help them to live decent life. He mer PM Manmohan Singh, form an alliance to prevent the of a pre-poll alliance with the gling olive branch to the said the scheme is part of the Priyanka Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, BJP from retaining all the AAP. Congress general secre- Congress for an alliance in the party’s plan to ensure mini- Ghulam Nabi Azad, seven seats in Delhi. tary and Delhi incharge PC Lok Sabha polls Delhi to stop mum income guarantee to      "   Mallikarjun Kharge, and AK Though the much awaited Chacko has backed Lovely, the BJP from certain victory on every person in the country. Antony. meeting ended without an Maken and Chopra contention. all seven seats.                            !"#  P                  R        1)2)(3 much hyped news of joining      the Congress was circulated         day after famous with her pictures with Priyanka  !      "#     1)2)(3     AHaryanavi singer and Gandhi Vadra. Tiwari accused      #    dancer Sapna Chaudhary the Congress of using the       $! % nion Finance Minister    40'351)2)(3" claimed that she has not joined Haryana performer’s picture UArun Jaitley on Monday the Congress, Delhi BJP pres- without her consent. “The     described as “fraud “ and hum- iving up chairmanship ident Manoj Tiwari met her Congress has used her old pic-      bug Rahul Gandhi’s announce- Gafter more than 26 years, and said he will be happy if she tures to spread the rumour that   !   $ ment to provide 72, 000 year- embattled Jet Airways’ founder campaigns for the BJP in the she has joined the party and        ! ly to the 20 per cent of the Naresh Goyal on Monday quit Lok Sabha elections. Sapna’s will contest from Mathura.      poorest of the poor in the as a board member, with the &&'   (  # country saying the poor are $ %    &           lenders taking control of the '#    receiving one and half times     !"  # cockpit and deciding to infuse )$  L    more in the Modi-regime. 1,500 crore immediately into &'( )*$        " People won’t be taken in by which opposed the Modi the BJP leader. the ailing airline. crore by lenders as well as con-    ! +  M% “chhal kapat” of the Congress, Government’s Direct Benefit Meanwhile, Niti Aayog Struggling to stay afloat version of debt into equity. said Jaitley. Transfer (DBT) is now saying Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar amid a debt burden of over Naresh Goyal, his wife %%        P  Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman it would use the same in pro- on Monday said Rahul 8,000 crore, the board of the Anita Goyal and Etihad #     Rajiv Kumar and the Economic viding money to poor and Gandhi’s promise of country’s first private full ser- Airways’ nominee director %    &      ! # --. Advisory Council to the Prime without any financial burden. providing 72,000 annually to vice carrier also approved con- Kevin Knight have quit the  ./$  Minister (EAC-PM) too criti- This is jugglery, he said. The five crore families version of banks’ debt into board. Gulf carrier Etihad, a '  (#      #    cised the pre-poll announce- Finance Minister said the Modi will create strong incentives equity and induction of nom- strategic partner, holds 24 per  0  "   ment by Rahul. Government was already pro- against work and bust fiscal dis- inee directors of the lenders, cent stake in Jet Airways while   040'1)2'/ to be held for five Lok Sabha  %      Addressing a Press confer- viding 5.34 lakh crore to poor. cipline. who would become majority Naresh Goyal has a sharehold- and 35 Assembly seats on April   +  "   ence here, Jaitley said the “We are giving much more to “True to its past record of stakeholders. Expressing hap- ing of 51 per cent. total of 245 candidates 18, as many as &        !  Congress regimes have poor and the total amount promising the moon to win piness over the lenders’ deci- Goyal’s stake would come Ahave filed nominations to 96 candidates have filed papers         defrauded poor in the name of would exceed 7 lakh crore,” he elections, the Congress presi- sion, Finance Minister Arun down to 25 per cent while that contest elections from 28 for Assembly seats and 21 for $  % “Garibi Hatao” but only “redis- said. dent announced a scheme that Jaitley said India needs more of Etihad would reduce to 12 Assembly constituencies and 30 LS seats. tributed poverty” in the coun- “The Congress is mislead- will bust fiscal discipline, cre- airlines, “otherwise airfares per cent. The consortium of candidates to fight polls from ,  $      try. He said UPA’s ten-year ing poor in the name of remov- ate strong incentives against would rise”. “Banks have kept Indian lenders, led by State four Parliamentary constitutes Puspendra Singh Deo, Basant      rule was replete with “chhal, ing poverty in 50 years… but work and which will never be self interest in mind by trying Bank of India (SBI), would in the State in the bfirst-phase Panda for Kalahandi   ! /# &   kapat and dhokha”. He said poor would not be trapped in implemented,” Kumar said in a to keep it as a going entity so become the majority share- polls scheduled to be held on Parliamentary constituency,    #   Congress promised only one the fraudulent trap of the tweet. that they can recover their holders of Jet Airways, the air- April 11, according to an offi- Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Bhrugu    )  time waiver of 70,000 crore to Opposition party,” the Finance In another tweet, he said dues,” he said in Delhi hours line said in a statement. cial release on Monday. Baxipatra and CS Naidu for     # ! farmers but actually gave only Minster said, adding, the Modi the cost of the minimum after the airline’s board cleared The airline said two nom- Of the above candidates, as Berhampur, Pradeep Majhi,      !    52,000 crore. Similarly, in Government has built “assets” income guarantee scheme at 2 the debt resolution plan. inees of the promoter and one many as 207 filed for Assembly Ramesh Majhi, and Balabhadra   L# M  MNREGA, Jaitley said, the (sadhan) for the poor in forms per cent of the gross domestic Bringing an end to weeks nominee of Etihad Airways seats and 22 for Lok Sabha seat Majhi for Nabarangpur and L   M     Congress announced it will of road, money in banks, house, product and 13 per cent of the of uncertainty over the future would continue on the board, on Monday, the last day of fil- Saptagiri Ulaka, Kaushalya L  M"   ! spend 40,000 crore but spent electricity”. budget will “ensure” that real of the cash-strapped carrier, the which would also see induction ing of nominations for the Hikaka, for  ! #  # only 28,000 crore. “Narebaji se garibi nahin needs of people remain board has approved immediate of two people nominated by the first-phase polls. Koraput seat will face voting in ! % Jaitley said the Congress jayegi, sadhano se jayegi,” s ai d unsatisfied. fund infusion of up to 1,500 lenders. For the second-phase polls the first phase.      P  !!        who joined '   "       +  "      #   the party on 0O     $ (  #    %0    &# Sunday, was    !           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Ganjam district, stituency. But Minister has been elected in the ers except diehard BJP mem- office. The SC said, “There was a for which the BJD supremo has the situation last four elections since 2000 by bers. Notably, the Congress has status report (of 2007 by CBI) already filed his nominations changed after vast margins of votes with his , accom- declared Ripunath Seth as its saying that prima facie case is last week. Director General rivals losing their deposits. panied by several western candidate for Bijepur while made out. We are entitled to Acharya, who is an out- of Police (DGP) Acharya’s claim that “the BJD leaders, filed his the BJP is yet to announce its know what happened to the sider in Hinjili, was earlier Prakash Mishra, BJD fortress in Hinjili has nomination papers at the nominee for the constituency. investigation”. )"$)* +(*,.$ + */ 0*,%"12 1345 "#!$%

20  %%  /)0,    " pioneer  ( interview of the week "P-( &$3   .!"/    !!   040'1)2'/ ,  !  ,R -& I rejoined the BJP to dethrone the corrupt and ! #$# %!&#%$!# '    -&  inefficient BJD Government in Odisha,” said n a major blow to the BJP, the Swain. Iparty’s former State vice- Similarly, former DGP Mishra, had joined president Raj Kishore Das Union Minister Dharmendra supported the women reservation Bill, but still   040'1)2'/ the BJP on Sunday. Among the nine Assembly joined the BJD on Monday Pradhan to contest against him it didn’t get the majority support finally. seats declared on Monday is Rishabh Nanda, son along with his supporters. At an from the Morada Assembly he (BJP) announced of BJD’s Rajya Sabha Member Prashant Nanda, induction programme in the constituency. He said Pradhan, The recent announcement of Naveen Patnaik Tcandidates for two Lok Sabha and nine who will fight from the Begunia Assembly seg- Naveen Niwas, BJD supremo who is “dreaming to be Chief and Mamata Banerjee for 33% and 41% of Assembly seats in the State on Monday. ment on a BJP ticket. Rishabh too has recently Naveen Patnaik welcomed Das Minister”, cannot even win a reservation for women has been welcomed by As per the list, Kharabela Swain, who joined the party. Others include Dinesh Jain and his supporters into the Ward Member election. many. What’s your response to this? rejoined the party on the day, will contest from from , Debendra Mahapatro from party fold. He further said BJP func- My hearty thanks to our esteemed Chief the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat while former Rairakhol, Badrinarayan Dhal from Das, considered a heavy- tionaries are being tortured Minister Naveen Patnaik and West Bengal CM State and CRPF DGP Prakash Mishra will fight Bhandaripokhari, Pradeip Nayak from Bhadrak, weight in Mayurbhanj district, and God would never forgive Mamata Banerjee for their exemplary moves. from the Cuttack Parliamentary constituency. Debanarayan Pradhan from Phulbani, Samapad had submitted his resignation the leaders for this and punish Even when the Bill of reservation is still pend- Swain, who was elected to the Lok Sabha Swain from Paradip, Narendra Nayak from from the primary member- them. The BJP’s pride would be ing at the Centre, regional parties are taking thrice on a BJP ticket from Baleswar, formally Jayadev and Biswaranjan Jena from Jatni. ship of the BJP on March 23. destroyed in Mayurbhanj, exemplary decisions which are challenging but rejoined the saffron party here. “Inspired by the BJP has, so far, declared candidates for 17 Later, without taking name, where the party would get zero relentless crusader against exploitation of praiseworthy. In our State, former CM Biju leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha seats and 130 Assembly segments. Das obviously challenged results, he claimed. Awomen, Rutuparna Mohanty is now a Patnaik had made history by giving reservation household name in Odisha. This human rights to women in panchayat level before the women lawyer is the founder of Maa Ghar that has ush- reservation Bill was mooted and his son ered in an era of revolution turning the apple- Naveen Patnaik is following in his footsteps, giv- "&'('"&)*!&!* cart of our patriarchal societal bias upside down. ing ample opportunity and support to women Her area of operation chiefly comprises women leadership by giving 33% reservation in his BJD $%")%" Parliamentary constituency. carved out of old empowerment, conflict resolution and peace for Lok Sabha and also by urging the Centre to The Bargarh Parliamentary district in 2008. After separa- building. She has rescued and rehabilitated near- pass the women reservation Bill.     constituency comprises of tion, , son of former ly 25,000 exploited or estranged women of all ages seven Assembly seats like Minister Dr Krupasindhu Bhoi and has educated more than 1,00,000 grassroots Why is the Opposition at the national level   '/44' Padampur, Bijepur, Bargarh, was elected in 2008. Later, he women on their rights. She has created 5,000 not following the examples set by Naveen Attabira, Bhatli, Jharsuguda was defeated in 2014 for his Mahila Shanti Senas to maintain peace in the Patnaik and Mamata Banerjee? How do you reparations for the upcom- and Brajarajnagar. Even Chief chequered personal life and State. Her motto remains in the assertion of the look at the 33% reservation of Patnaik? Ping Lok Sabha elections are Minister Naveen Patnaik is lack of direct contact with vot- truth that men and women in harmony togeth- One needs a lot of guts and a certain fem- in full flow in Bargarh Lok contesting from Bijepur to ers. er can bring peace in the world. The foundation inist approach to take these decisions. In most Sabha seat where two heavy- influence western Odisha vot- Despite a strong Modi of Maa Ghar has become a people’s movement of the parties across the country, the topmost weights, BJP national secretary   &  ers. This is touted as a political    wave in 2014, Pravas Singh was in protecting human rights and preventing leaders are always male; and for centuries now, Suresh Pujari and Rajya Sabha masterstroke of Chief Minister elected as BJD candidate with human trafficking. The Maa Ghar has rehabil- they have been enjoying the power and status member Prasanna Acharya will role. In 2019, both the BJD and given the tough challenge the As compared to 2014, the 3, 83, 230 (34.11per cent) votes itated 15,000 sexually-exploited women and girls and are unwilling to give up even a portion of be in the fray. Though the the BJP have changed their can- party will get from the BJP. success of all Government compared to 3, 72, 052 (33.12 under its umbrage. Rutupurna has also been that for women to exercise. The decisions taken Congress has also fielded a new didates. Congress is further From all these equations, it is schemes both of the State and per cent) votes garnered by his establishing women helpline and counselling legal by Naveen Patnaik has brought up confidence candidate Pradeep Devata, but weakened in the region after clear that the BJD is not ready the Centre would be the pri- BJP rival Subas Chouhan. support for the victims. As a amongst women in the State a stiff contest is expected the exit of Jharsuguda MLA to cede ground on the Bargarh mary agenda of focus in the Congress candidate was at precursor of new changes in to come forward in active between the BJP and the BJD. Naba Kishore Das who recent- seat. election. third place with only 24.44 per our society, she has brought politics and his visionary In 2014 elections, a tough ly switched over to the BJD. From the BJP side, nobody Created in 1952, Bargarh cent votes. The vote difference about a new trend and thoughts to lead Odisha into contest took place between the For the Assembly election, appears so influential except parliamentary constituency between Pravas and Subas was reforms by organising mar- a new era has certainly pro- BJP and the BJD as both were the BJD has given tickets to firebrand leader Suresh Pujari. had lost its significance from a mere 11,000 only; therefore riages of unwed mothers, giv- voked young minds to join new to the constituency and mostly senior members in all The party will hope to exploit 1956 to 2008. Later, Bargarh 2019 is expected to be an even ing social dignity and main- politics. party symbol played a decisive seats under Bargarh the cracks in the BJD to the hilt. Lok Sabha constituency was stiffer contest. streaming many rape vic- tims. She has earned a repu- What, according to you, tation for fearlessly defending should be the qualification women’s rights. She has taken of the women candidates .R    !/ on high-profile human rights who want to join the polls violators and defended the victims. She has for Lok Sabha and Assembly? proved her mettle in defending the rights of slum According to me, there must be 6 C’s fol-   .  /   %" )//P"& dwellers from government eviction, sexual lowed by the leaders to contest the polls. Those harassment cases against powerful politicians and are: C-Strong Character, C-Non Communal, C-   '''/ prosecuting perpetrators of gangrape. She pub- Non Casteist, C-Non-Corrupt, C-Creative   $4'$E New Delhi tenure, I thought of as a top contender for the post lishes weekly newspaper “Janani” which is “of the mind and C-Connected with community along getting associated with him of CBI Director. anki BJD MLA Pravat women, by the women, and for the women”. She with minimum understanding about the ormer DG of Odisha Police and assisting him in accom- Cuttack will vote in the BKumar Tripathy during a works with police and politicians alike on poli- Constitution of India. FPrakash Mishra, who joined plishing his vision,” Mishra, twin elections in the workers' meet on Sunday cy reforms and conducts training that would bet- the BJP on Sunday and was said here. third phase on April 24 along refused to contest the coming ter protect women. Recipient of many national Would you either join Parliament or Assembly given the party ticket to contest Mishra was very uncere- with five other Parliamentary elections. and international awards, her name was spon- polls if given ticket by BJD or any other party? from the prestigious Cuttack moniously removed as DGP in constituencies in the State He said that he has written sored for international visitors’ leadership pro- When I was a student in 1990, I worked Lok Sabha seat, on Monday July 2014 by the Naveen and 42 Assembly segments. in this connection to the party gramme by the USA Government in 2009.she was with and Rabi Ray as Students’ said he was highly impressed by Patnaik Government. The BJD and the Congress high command, but he wants was dedicating his son to the awarded as “Women Peace Maker” by the Union president of my college in Kendrapada Prime Minister Narendra The State Government also have not yet announced their his son Devi Ranjan Tripathy to service of the Banki people and University of Santiago in 2013. In an interview district. I could have continued in politics, but Modi’s commitment to build a registered a fake graft case candidates for the Cuttack LS be the BJD candidate from has sought the cooperation of to The Pioneer, Mohanty spoke to Sugyan unfortunately of these two stalwart leaders strong and prosperous against him, which, however, seat, which has returned the Banki. Tripathy told that since the workers. Choudhury from her Maa Ghar office. Bijubabu died before I took a decision and Rabi India. was quashed by the Orissa BJD’s his name has been wrongfully But people of Banki seem Ray quit active politics during that time. I could- “Having watched the prime High Court. continuously in last five elec- entangled in a chit fund case, to be critical the family politics Why has the desired reservation for women n’t find a good mentor under whom I would minister very closely during my But by then, he lost the race tions. he decided to quit elections but of Tripathy. not been implemented in the country yet? have continued my political aspirations. During Though we call our motherland ‘Bharat the time of my Government job days, I took Mata” and women consist of half of the popu- leadership of the trade union of all Odisha #  P      lation and we worship goddesses as our culture, Municipal Unions. After quitting my job when Q*+   we have a typical male-dominating society along I began social work, I enjoyed the leadership with a partial mindset which is not allowing of mass as a social leader. If I get a chance to ,$-$ !R % **,       women as leaders. There are many reasons given be a political leader, I would like to serve my by our previous parliamentarians, who most- motherland sincerely and dedicatedly. Of   040'1)2'/ ly are male. But I don’t think women cannot take course, I would like to work with an esteemed ,-++.$, &#$$# leadership upfront to rule the country if leadership who promotes women leadership ilm producer and Siffcy fes- chance is given. Of course, many male leaders with respect.   040'1)2'/ distribution of KALIA money Ftival director Jitendra after implementation of elec- Mishra has been selected as he Biju (BJD) tion model code of conduct jury for the 36th BUFF Ton Monday alleged that putting the livelihood and International Film Festival Q)R!  the State Chief Electoral Officer future of lakhs of farmers in the being held in Malmo in Sweden (CEO), pressurised by the BJP, State at stake,” said Dr Patra. from March 23 to 29. is not allowing the State He questioned as to why He would vote for the most     R Government to disburse the the State’s scheme has been important award of the festival: KALIA scheme funds to stopped while the Centre’s PM- The city of Malmo’s award for farmers. Kisan Yojana is still continuing best children film. #) )%$'%#!*'+) ,#%&) Addressing a Press meet even after enforcement of the The association BUFF was here, BJD spokesperson Sasmit mode code of conduct by the founded in 1984 with the aim terms of world class content laboration to strengthen our   040'1)2'/ Patra alleged that the CEO is Election Commission of India of conveying qualitative film for young audience, especial- cultural relationships. I am creating hurdles in making the (ECI). experiences to children and ly in animation, I am very definitely thankful to BUFF, ivers cannot exist without KALA assistance money reach He said the matter would young people. hopeful that I would be able Julia Jarl & Daniel Lundquist Rhealthy forests and healthy out to the genuine beneficiaries. be brought to the notice of the “Sweden has always been to gather more knowledge for this opportunity,” said natural forests cannot exist “The CEO has stopped ECI on behalf of the BJD soon. an important country in and have some mutual col- Jitendra. without local indigenous com- munities, said Water Initiatives Odisha convenor Ranjan Panda while addressing the 3rd ! '$0+1# $&%#% !*$#%0%,, $+ $ Odisha River Conference that kick-started on Sunday at   040'1)2'/ M-(/ Baripada. /1/ The Water Initiatives, ith the understanding /!1( Gram Swaraj and Vasundhara Wthat political engagement )/#/!"! along with 35 partner organi- comes from participation in the sations organised the confer- process of creating change in ** ence with the theme est-water-communities inter- Aid lamented, “It is unfortunate society and with exposure to "*#!)/)/ ‘Promoting the Forest-River- relationship is an important that efforts of women go problems faced by people, the //!12 1 Communities nexus for discourse in view of the recent unrecognised even though they Bakul Foundation mobilised // Conservation of Rivers Supreme Court order on evic- have a great contribution for hundreds of youths from col- /1/ and Combating Climate tion of forest dwellers whose conservation of water and leges, schools and IT firms to Change.’ claims over forest land they forests. celebrate the Bakul Day of 1)"(#/#! Panda further added, “It is have been cultivating and Among others, Deepak Service on Sunday by visiting !13"!( high time we explored the inhabiting on were rejected. Pani, secretary, Gram Swaraj, 12 slums here and having fun (!(! inter-relationship between for- If the forest dwellers are Sneha Mishra, Aaina, Ashok and learning activities with *//"/(1" est, river and communities. going to be evicted from the Biswal, The Nature children. "3N//  There is an urgent need to dis- land, neither the forests nor the Conservancy, Bhopal and Dr “We wanted to initiate cuss more on this subject and wildlife are going to be pro- Hemant Kumar Sahoo, youth into volunteerism and .3"//(//) to bring the communities to the tected and it would sound the Vasundhara spoke. foster political engagement by 3( mainstream discourse of river death knell of the streams and More than 200 people creating a platform for them to and forest conservation.” rivers that originated from including those from basin volunteer. Our other aim was been celebrating Days of He suggested that two forests, he cautioned. communities, forest dwellers, to sensitise the youths to issues Service twice a year, on Gandhi important factors need to be BV Subba Rao from Centre farmers and fisher folks along faced by people in the slums, Jayanti and on the 4th Sunday brought into the purview – for Resource Education and with civil society representa- children and the elderly when of March since 2011. rights of the local and indige- Management, Hyderabad said tives, academicians, senior they go to conduct activities,” storyteller associated with the landmark event in the city that been conducting craft work- Apart from , nous communities over forests the land-water-forest-human journalists, river and water Pooja Mishra, coordinator of Bakul Foundation said, exposed children to the best of shops at the State-level chil- it was conducted in 10 cities and water; and role of forests in relationship is age-old. experts from across the coun- the event, said. “BhuFeSto or the Bhubaneswar storytelling. dren’s festivals organised by the across India including Cuttack, building climate resilience. However, the emotional bond try participated. Storytelling and craft were Festival of Storytelling organ- Through the Day of State Government such as Angul, Mumbai, Pune, Prof Ashok Panigrahi, a between the three is no more The Odisha Water the key activities in the Day of ised by Bakul with BDA during Service, we took storytelling to Sargiful and Suravi.” Hyderabad, Bangalore and noted conservationist, who there. Honours were given away dur- Service. Saubhagya Beura, a the Hockey World Cup was a the slums. Similarly, Bakul has The Bakul Foundation has Delhi. joined as chief guest, said for- Bishakha Bhanja of Water ing the inaugural session.

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Yuva Bahini in Subarnapur The implementation of the Youngsters say that rather Jadumani Barik as its candidate Naltu Mahanta , one of the Out of total seven district. Skill Development schemes by than draining the State exche- for the Champua Assembly close aids of Sana and hun- Assembly constituencies in the The youth wing organises the State or Central quer by forming youth wings, seat but the BJD and the BJP dreds of Sana followers led by Keonjhar Parliamentary con- conventions for the young vot- Governments, however, has parties should divert funds for 8 9,! 0   # !BB"    !F7" are yet to do it resulting in Kusha Apat joined the BJD in stituency, the BJP has declared ers across the district to widen failed to inspire the youths. education and employment   # +     !  O3    uncertainty among the aspi- protest against the decision of the names of six constituencies their vote base. Similarly, the What has created doubts opportunities. Steps should be  %        !  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O  ! either Sana himself or Patra who is rather projecting BJP if he is denied ticket in the near, young voters get enthu- Gyana Naik, hailing from These are the deciding factors, ) #  "31$  "  Meenakshi Mahanta as his Kusha Apat while former BJD is not ruled out. siastic to exercise their fran- Tarbha block, said all pro- they opined.   1  ;  . . $ !;   %      !  $     "& 3*P    *   P  &           % ;   31$  !              1)*)/ opportunity to contest from ,R -&    !            Sundargarh LS seat as a    % / "&3 part of his initiative to give   4(0'13 )/! more opportunity to women $ $   # candidates,” Sunita said, IIT and KISS founder  +! A6. .!E     4  "   /*/ adding, “I know that my sis- Kand Rajya Sabha mem-  !    #      "     ter and my father are repre- ber Dr Achyuta Samanta  %   H "  "!   %;    /;4/E)(' senting Congress party, but filed his nomination papers 4     O        "  I would be fighting a battle as the BJD candidate for the      #  0   0   0 # '   ormer Chief Minister of principle and I am con- Kandhamal Lok Sabha  !        !  %  4     FHemananda Biswal’s two fident of a victory.” constituency here on    E    !      % daughters, Sunita Biswal and Same was the reaction Monday. Anita Biswal, are set to lock of the younger sister Anita Samanta, accompanied           horns as they are going to Biswal. by thousands of BJD work- !  E  # $  !    !  fight elections from the "I am happy that I have ers and supporters from #  -A       E  #  Sundargarh Lok Sabha and   &  been given the opportunity seven Assembly constituen-               !   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MP of Sundargarh on a ters by the rival parties, the bat- Congress ticket,” Amita said, office.       # $  "/ +        The two siblings will be Congress ticket in 2009 elec- tle lines have been drawn now adding, “I will give my best in Among others, former $   #   '       $    seen in campaigning against tion, is a native of Laikera area for a fight between two siblings. this election to fetch wins for MP Sugrib Singh, SDC    !  %  #     "  each other even as Anita’s seat under neighbouring Both the sisters however do me and Congress MP candi- Chairman Rodan Mallick, sent. #  #      "(  ;  % comes under elder sister Jharsuguda district, both Sunita not feel uncomfortable in con- date George Tirkey as well.” Baliguda MLA Rajib Patra, Notably, Kharabela Swain, Sunita’s Lok Sabha constituen- and Anita have married in testing from opposite parties. “I She said she feels very BJD district president Saroj who rejoined the BJP on #        cy. Sundargarh district. am thankful that BJD chief comfortable as her father is a Karna and Daspalla panchay- Monday, will be Samanta’s rival *       = "     '  ! " Though Hemananda Following the announce- Naveen Pattnaik gave me the Congress’s cadre leader. at samiti Chairman were pre- candidate.  ##       !    %;    0     H   ! ( E         # ! !      %3  !"               P!)! -     !  !     #  !      !  %'   "    #      !  "  "      "       !   ! %0            ! ! '  !    ##)/P&1(    ,/           +   % "O #      % /( By this, the local trust and well wishers finding flaws %" R0   '  R& board or advisory committees in the Endowment law in many P #       *(/ have to take approval of the places.  9: 1$$ ( " Government through the The enforcement and evic-    '  !     Debottar Commissioner in tion of land by Debottar or   &    "      matter of temple property and Trusts has become impossible 1   1 ! E);1'/ the decision of the Government due to lack of adequate staff  #   will be final and binding on the which in turn has favoured the 2 2   %; aluable land worth crores temple trusts. encroachers. It is even difficult   " Vof rupees belonging to The Government authori- to evict or restore deity land   !   various deities of Keonjhar ties will be the encroached by influential per-   !    district have gone into the appointing/nominating author- sons in spite of court orders in  N2  hands of encroachers and land ities of trustee members and favour of the deity. $  O   mafia. Executive Officers. For instance, Sri Baladev    # The Endowment By this, the local trustees or Jew temple has about 22,000      Department under the State managing boards have little acres of land during takeover  #    Law Department is the custo- power to exercise for the wel- by Debottar but most of the    dian of the land. The authori- fare, management and protec- land is encroached or not in %     ties seem not to be concerned tion of the temple deity and present procession of the tem-  /   about protection of the land for property. ple. Recently, more than 200 !    !!  %A;$$1$$"0    E which eviction of such There is possibility of mis- encroachment cases have been     1$$     E  0      encroachments is very slow. use of power by the booked in Keonjhar town alone  ! % More than 20,000 acres of Government authorities as but not a decimal has been such land belonging to differ- Debottar deals with invalu- evicted so far.   #  &  $   $     '/'('E)413 This is for the first time that a Surya Rao and Dasarathi ent temples and religious mutts able wealth and landed prop- The advisory board of the   & !         #  $&; female candidate is contesting Gamango filed papers for are under encroachment by erty. One Rajkishore Nanda has temple has not been constitut-  O   $   /   !   ! arala Princess Kalyani Devi from the constituency. Paralakhemundi and Mohana, people across Keonjhar but filed a case in the Orissa High ed since last few years awaiting # #/F"777      + "      Pfiled her nomination papers Responding to Media respectively. BJP’s instances of eviction or strin- Court to stay the recent Gazette the decision of the )   "   !          as the BJD candidate for the queries, Kalyani Devi said she K Narayan Rao and gent action are rare. notification on amendment of Government. C- %/  !    #     ;  Paralakhemundi Assembly is confident of a big win and Prasant Kumar Mallick also put In the meantime, to weak- OHRE. Hence, instead of strength-   # #%3 !     ! % constituency at the district she would give focus of devel- nominations for the two seats, en the Debottar Offices work- There are around 22,000 ening the Debottor and temple Sub-Collector’s office here on opment of the constituency. respectively. ing as caretakers of these tem- temples and mutts in the State trusts monopolizing power $   ;      Monday. Among others, BJD district According to information, ples, the State Government and lakhs of acres land belong- with the Government will not  9 '-K. .    '   "$    Accompanied by thou- president Pradeep Nayak, for- a total of 18 candidates filed has tried to amend the Odisha ing to such temple deities. only weaken the temple man-    ! +   (   #(  $ #  sands of supporters, she came mer district president Basanta nomination papers, which Hindu Religious Endowment The Marphatdars (custo- agement but also widen the gap       %    E    in a procession from Das, Marut Pal and Sudharani include eight for Act (OHRE) and centralize dians) have managed to loot of local devotees with the tem-      #  2 0! %    #  Paralakhemundi Palace to the Pallab Limma were present. Paralakhemundi and 10 for more power with the temple wealth, valuable deity ple, lawyer Debashis Dash     +    %'  !  # !  Collectorarte to file papers. Similarly, Congress’ K Mohana constituency. Government. land in favour of their families alleged.     %   ?   0   #    #     %     # P        3  * 2)   .    $& '  3 !    # !    "#        %0 +  !      1P 2 '       A .        !%F6. .   0  #        %     &R           %            "  %      ! !  &#      $4'$E !!3!#1 ) " (    he Vigilance police on 7/))"1/ Monday caught Malkangiri !&& ((   '''/ T district’s Kudmulguma outpost "1*&* under the Orkel police station /)83$$$)/  ! # body of an unidentified ASI Balaji Kumar Nayak red- Ayouth was found floating handed for demanding and "/#! in a pond at Kalibiri village accepting illegal gratification of .(11(. 3 under the Tigiria police station Rs 6,000. )/"! on Monday morning. Nayak was caught taking      1/3)/(! When villagers went to the   0/''4/ of supporters to file papers for Berhampur, respectively and the bribe from complainant /)!)/   ''314/ pond for bath, they located the their respective constituencies. Ambedkar Congress’ Gobinda Jitendra Khila of Kudmulguma "&#/(/)95( with his friend Muna body and informed police and andidates of three major The traffic in the city remained Sahu filed papers for village in the district to not to Das of Alabhara village was fire brigade about it. Cpolitical parties, BJD, crowded till afternoon. Berhampur constituency. register a case against him and "/( person was killed and going to Cuttack at around 5.30 The Fire Services person- Congress and BJP, and some According to information, Besides, after visiting Lord forward him to court 1/"/1( Aanother suffered critical am. Due to foggy conditions, nel fished out the body and Independent nominees filed BJD’s Nandini Devi, Surjya Jagannath Temple at in a dispute reported at the !/#!:;3%$:9 injuries after the bike they the bike collided with the truck rushed it to the Athagarh Sub- nominations for different Narayan Patro and Bikram Khallikote, one Suryamani outpost. His residential house were riding on collided with a coming from opposite direc- Divisional Hospital for post- Assembly seats at the Sub- Panda filed nominations for Baidya filed her nomination in at Jeypore was searched. He drawal of his salary for the sick Hyva truck on tion. mortem. Collectors’ office here on Sanakhemundi, Digapahandi the office of Additional was arrested and forwarded to period of 83 days National Highway-55 near The truck driver fled from The body had cut marks in Monday, the last day of filing of and Berhampur, respectively, Collector at Chhatrapur for court. sanctioned by the authority as Jogadhari in the district on the spot after the mishap the throat. The Tigiria police nominations for the sched- BJP’s Bibhuti Jena, Kahnu Khallkote constituency. Similarly, Sambalpur Chief commuted leave on April 19, Monday. Later, the injured person registered a case and began uled first-phase polling. Charan Pati, Pinki Pradhan Senior scribe and social District Veterinary office Junior 2018. The deceased was identi- was shifted to the SCB Medical inquiring into the incident. The silk city, particularly filed papers for Gopalpur, worker Samarjit Mohanty Clerk S Sankar Reddy was His residential fied as Suryakanta Satpathy of College Hospital in The police suspected that the Sub-Collector’s office area, Berhampur and Digapahandi, reportedly filed papers for the caught taking bribe of 4,000 Government quarter at Teratanga village under the Cuttack from the District someone killed the youth and witnessed unprecedented respectively, Congress’ Ramesh Polasara constituency as a can- from complainant Sambalpur and house at Balikuda police station in the Headquarters Hospital (DHH) then threw the body into the crowd as the candidates came Jena and Lingaraj Choudhury didate of the All India Forward Madhusudan Majhi, former Chhatrapur in Ganjam dis- district. 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& $#   among others were present. )   didate Ajeya Kumar Mandal '/44' Das reached the sub-col- and Har Prasad Meher from lector office around 1.30 pm  Samata Kranti Dal filed nom- JD star campaigner Naba and submitted 4 sets of nomi- "   ination for the Brajrajnagar BKisore Das on Monday nation papers to the sub-col- constituency. filed his nomination papers as lector cum returning officer     Radharani Panda came BJD nominee for Jharsuguda (RO) Shiva Toppo. with a rally from Beheramal Assembly seat. He stated the local media- 112 1(3 along with party workers. He was accompanied by persons that his priority is Husband advocate Sudhansu many supporters besides son, development of town and vil- / Purohit and district BJP office Visual and daughter, Niki dur- lages, irrigation, promotion of bearer were there during her ing filing of papers. industry and job to the unem-    nomination. Similarly Bearing party flags and ployed youths. Das has repre- !   Congress Bargarh MP candi- shouting slogans in support of sented Jharsuguda seat twice in date Pradeep Debta, CPI trade CM Naveen Patnaik, BJD party 2009 and 2014 and enjoys a  unionist Anit Chakraborty and workers and supporters fol- massive support base in the senior CPI leaders were present lowed Das in a rally. constituency.    with CPI alliance candidate BJD senior leaders Tapas Similarly, BJP MLA Ramesh Ray Choudhury, Sandeep Radharani Panda filed two sets Tripathy filed nomination for Tripathy. The last date for Awasthi, Pintu Padhi, Sidharth of nomination for Brajrajnagar Brajrajnagar on the day as well. filing of nomination papers is Sarkar,Manoranjan Mohapatra seat .CPI candidate Ramesh Besides, independent can- March 26. 234) ,1#0'!&$ 5%#0 &$ O /*1!   040'1)2'/ <=$ &1.(P he State Bank of India (SBI) " Tinaugurated its 872nd /(3 0 $   “The Prakruti Mitra award had filed a writ appeal in the branch in its is meant for organisations not Orissa High Court against the Bhubaneswar Circle at the **/   for individuals. Hotel Association pertaining to Xavier University Campus here (/1!(/) There is no provision for demolition of 316 illegal build- on Monday.    O !  self nomination for the award. ings. Xavier University Vice- !#)1! The Forest and Environment The Beach Protection Chancellor Prof Fr Paul   4/3 Department has given the Council has also filed a PIL in Fernandes inaugurated the )/* award to the council on the the High Court seeking evic- branch in the presence of SBI &*( o irregularities were com- basis of the recommendation of tion of illegal encroachments of Bhubaneswar circle Nmitted in giving the district Collector, after powerful hoteliers from along CGM Praveena Kala, GM /)1 Prakruti Mitra Award to the field visit of the district-level the Puri sea beach. (Network-1) Devi Shankar Beach Protection Council of selection committee,” Bastia Besides, the BPCO has Mishra, DGM (BO) Rajay ing needs of the university Orissa (BPCO), a State-level said, adding that he has not requested the State Vigilance Kumar Sinha and Regional and nearby institutions NGO working for the committed any fraud or cheat- Director to conduct an inquiry Business Office-3 Regional like Skill Development, protection of 480-km sea ing to get the award. into the alleged financial irreg- Manager Satanarayana ICT, Institute of Mathematics, beach, in 20111-12. He said the Hotel ularities committed in organ- Panigrahi. OEC College, Aryan Institute Beach Council president Association of Puri has filed a ising Puri Beach Festival. This is the 50th branch in of Technology along with Jagannath Bastia stated this, complaint against him in the Bastia refuted the hotel the Khordha, Nayagarh region inhabitants of villages in and reacting to the allegations made Court of SDJM, Puri with false association’s allegation of crim- and would be of immense around Sunderapada and Jatni by the Hotel Association of and baseless allegations with a inal conspiracy to get the helpful for meeting the bank- area. Puri (HAP) in this regard. intention to harass him as he Prakruti Mitra Award. *'   2  "2    * :! 41,    0/''4/  / . he Rotary Club Brahmapur

;&)    which may eradicate the than 70 per cent women are inequality level from the back- anaemic in four districts like ward communities.” Sundargarh, <  +  The findings of health Sambalpur, Malkangiri and inequality and inequality in Nabarangapur. At the same   040'1)2'/ inequality, Behar said, Odisha as per CYSD are the time, more than 70 per “Inequalities differ from coun- total no of PHCs in the State is cent children of he CYSD, on the occasion try to country, State to State and 1,305 and the total bed strength Sundargarh, Subarnapur, Tof its 37th Foundation Day in Odisha it differs from district in the PHCs is 1,026. Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, organised a panel discussion to district. But as per the present data, Sambalpur and Koraput dis- “Health inequality and inequity Again if we are looking for 13.36 per cent PHCs are hav- tricts are anaemic. in contemporary Odisha” here. inequalities among the com- ing indoor beds. Being the As per the sample regis- Eminent persons including munities then again adivasis major cornerstone of rural tration system (SRS), 2016, the chief guest CEO Oxfam, India and weaker sections are com- health services most of the death rate in Odisha is highest Amitav Behar, mentor and co- paratively more vulnerable than PHCs don’t have adequate facil- in the country which stands at founder, CYSD Jagadananda, upper caste and other caste ities. (Male: 8.5, Female: 7.1) as Directorate of State Institute of people.” As per IPHS guidelines, against 6.4 (Male: 6.8, Female: Health and Family Welfare Dr Dr Panda said, "We need to every PHCs should have at least 5.9) of the country as a whole, Lalit Mohan Rath, Public plan and implement policies 4-6 beds. As per the data of a sharp 1.4 points below the Health Specialist and Adjunct keeping in mind those who Directorate of Health Services, national death rate Additional Professor, IIPHB need the services the most. We 2018, 13 districts didn’t have a s. It is observed that, mal- Dr Bhuputra Panda and also need to monitor pro- single bed in their respective nourishment is very prominent Additional Professor, PHFI Dr grammes closely, and critique PHC. in most of the tribal dominat- Shridhar Kadam participated policies using objectively ver- Anaemia is more promi- ed districts of Odisha. Besides, in the panel. The programme ifiable indicators. nent in women and children 34.1 per cent children are was moderated by Akshay Encouraging decentralised than male. Out of 30 district stunted followed by 20.4 per Kumar Biswal. shared governance, better inter- strengthening health systems equity in health and the factors Jagadananda said, “The proper implementation of women and children are cent wasted and 35.1 per cent Speaking on the health sectoral coordination and building blocks would improve contributing to it." Government should focus on schemes and programmes anaemic in 11 districts. More children underweight. %"     / !    O3 &&,

$  $  $'13'/ romp home to victory by rely- ing the final call. For campaigned for the party dur- during the previous general in 2014. But after its sitting MP    ing on the star power. Hoshiarpur, Sampla’s bête noire ing the 2014 Lok Sabha and elections. and former Union Minister affron brigade may not lay BJP contests on three seats sitting MLA from Phagwara 2017 assembly elections. BJP’s Chhina had also Vinod Khanna’s death, the Sits bet on the tried and — Amritsar, Gurdaspur, and Som Parkash is throwing an Besides, the name of Union lost to Congress’ Gurjit Singh party’s candidate Mumbai- trusted soldiers to hold the fort Hoshiarpur — in coalition open challenge to his candida- Minister Hardip Puri is also Aujla in 2017 by-election by based businessman Swaran 2 67P in the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha with the Shiromani Akali Dal ture. Besides, the former chair- being considered. Apart from a whopping margin of Salaria lost the seat to Congress’ elections. (SAD), which fields its candi- man of Punjab Scheduled Caste that, names of Punjab BJP 1,99,189 votes. Aujla had Sunil Jakhar in 2017 by-elec- As the Bharatiya Janata dates from remaining 10 seats, Commission Rajesh Bagha is president Shwait Malik, received 5,08,153 votes tion. The party is now bank- # &  $'13'/ Party (BJP) is expected to in Punjab. also eyeing the party ticket Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina against 3,08,964 votes casted ing on Khanna’s widow Kavita announce the names of its Even as Sampla is hopeful from the seat. For Amritsar, who unsuccessfully contested for the runner up Chhina. Khanna. Earlier, the party is s all political parties are bracing up for a fierce multi-cornered candidates by this week for of being re-nominated from from where the party had field- 2017 byelection, BJP national AAP’s Upkar Singh Sandhu planning to field Khanna’s Aelectoral battle in Haryana, two political players—Aam Aadmi Punjab, it has been learnt that Hoshiarpur, his not-so-friend- ed its stalwart Arun Jaitley but secretary Tarun Chugh, and bagged 1,49,984 votes. actor son Akshey Khanna Party and Jannayak Janta Party—are struggling to forge an alliance the saffron party would not ly relations with the party’s state lost to Congress veteran Capt former Minister Anil Joshi In the past, former crick- from Gurdaspur, who had for ensuing Lok Sabha polls. repeat the faces which had president Shwait Malik and Amarinder Singh in 2014 elec- were also in the reckoning. eter and Punjab Cabinet campaigned for his father Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP and Hisar MP earlier represented the party. the presence of his anti-group tions, the party is considering After suffering a defeat by Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu during 2009 and 2004 elec- Dushyant Chautala’s JJP have been holding parleys for more than So much so that the party in his segment may cost him the names of Bollywood actress more than two lakh votes in was the BJP MP from Amritsar tions. Other than one from the a month now to form an alliance to contest on 10 Lok Sabha seats may even replace its sitting MP the seat. Poonam Dhillon, and Indian 2014 elections, the saffron between 2004 and 2014. He, Khanna family, BJP’s former in the state but have so far failed to resolve the deadlock on seat – from Hoshiarpur and the The state BJP leaders had cricketer Harbhajan Singh. party is preparing to field a however, left the party ahead of state president Ashwani sharing formula. Union Minister of State for held a series of meeting in the Dhillon is presently the strong candidate for Amritsar the 2017 assembly elections Sharma, former Minister While the AAP has now announced to take a final call on form- Social Justice and national capital and had hand- vice-president of BJP’s Mumbai seat, which witnessed a top- and joined the Congress. Master Mohan Lal, and MLA ing an alliance by March 30, the JJP is keeping its doors open for Empowerment Vijay Sampla. ed over the panel of names to unit and is a Jat Sikh, like notch electoral fight between The saffron brigade had Dinesh Babbu are also in the an alliance with the AAP and also, exploring a possibility to tie up In fact, the party is trying to the central leadership for tak- Harbhajan Singh. Dhillon had Capt Amarinder and Jaitley won Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat race. with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). )"$)* +(*,.$ + */ 0*,%"12 1345 /$=

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' #   & "     '     !" ' # contending that it violates the Thackeray has accused the BJP In the movie, Vivek Oberoi will of RJD leader Lalu Prasad for- code of conduct. of propagating their welfare be seen in the lead essaying mally joined the BJP at the Swain — who was re-inducted testing the general election announce all its candidates in the State. “We welcome her into The Congress delegation schemes through moves like Prime Minister Modi. While party headquarters in presence into the party on Monday in from Balasore seat, but the Haryana for the Lok Sabha the party. She is an inspiration that met the EC comprised of Toilet Ek Prem Katha and actors like Boman Irani, Barkha of party president Amit Shah. Bhubaneswar — has been given party has already fielded elections, Malik may be in the for all of us. She has made the Randeep Singh Surjewala, Padman and now PM Bisht Sengupta, Rajendra She was denied the Lok Sabha a ticket from Kandhamal par- Pratap Sarangi from the coastal reckoning for one of the seats, country proud,” Jain said. Kapil Sibal, and Abhishek Narendra Modi, the Gupta, Zarina Wahab, Darshan ticket by the RJD in Jharkhand. liamentary constituency, cur- constituency. sources said. Several political leaders Manu Singhvi. “We represent- Congress has demanded that Kumar, Prashant Narayanan, Former Odisha DGP rently a part of the country’s Malik, a famous para ath- She joined the BJP in the have switched sides in last ed to the EC that there is a film the release be deferred till the and Yatin Karyekar, will be in Prakash Mishra — who joined Maoist belt. A three-time MP lete, joined the BJP with the presence of the party’s Haryana couple of weeks as political par- being made on Narendra Modi, last phase of voting. supporting role. the BJP on Sunday — has been from Balasore, Swain had quit party asserting that her pres- unit chief Subhash Barala and ties announced the lists of can- to be launched just a few days Opposition parties are con- The movie was recently fielded from Cuttack Lok Sabha the BJP in 2009. ence will strengthen the organ- general secretary Anil Jain, didates for the Lok Sabha polls, before election, it’s purpose is tending that it would violate the marred in a controversy regard- seat, while ex-MP Kharavela Swain was keen on con- isation. With the BJP yet to who is in charge of its affairs in beginning April 11. political. Three producers and model code of conduct and ing credits to for its lyrics actor belong to the BJP, the influence voters. being attributed to Javed director is involved in Vibrant The model code of conduct Akhtar and Sameer Anjaan, Gujarat. This is violative of all is in place across India since who refused to have anything *  / 63 norms,” Kapil Sibal said. March 10, when the EC to do with the movie. As per the complaint filed, announced dates for general Later, it was producer the Congress said the biopic elections and Assembly polls in Sandip Singh, who cleared the = ! #/!"/))"!B will be released on April 5, just four States. Earlier, the DMK air and said it was due to the days ahead of the Lok Sabha and the CPI has already moved use of songs Ishwar Allah from elections commencing on April the EC seeking banning of the film 1947: Earth and the   1)2)(3 the State. view that the security situation 11.”Modi’s party is seeking a biopic on PM Modi till election song Suno Gaur Se Duniya The CRPF, the sources said, is complex in the State given second term and the timing of is over. Walon from the film Dus, in the he Election Commission is of the view that elections the heightened tension along the release has raised ques- Ever since the movie was movie whose lyrics have been T(EC) is set to increase the should first be held in the the India-Pakistan border. tions,” the Congress said in the announced, the Opposition has given by the two personalities. number of ‘special expenditure “most difficult” parts of the The three special observers observers’ to monitor illegal State so that the force gets ade- are Vinod Zutshi and Noor  ;7 cash and inducements being quate time to dominate the area. Muhammad and retired IPS *P) '9>'9! ?' 8 9 given to voters during the Lok But, the State administra- officer A S Gill. The observers  '<=*   Sabha polls as it has identified tion is learnt to be of the view have been tasked with making about 120 expenditure sensitive that areas which have previ- a real-time assessment of the sit-   1)2)(3 New Delhi: Former Union Minister Sukh Ram on Monday constituencies till now in the (Indirect Taxes and Customs).   1)2)(3 ously witnessed high voter uation by meeting political par- rejoined the Congress along with his grandson Aashray Sharma country. The EC’s special Officials said the Election turn-out should go to polls first ties, district and State authori- he Congress on Monday ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the party’s saying his entry expenditure observers also Commission, till now, has iden- he three special observers to avoid a “drag down” effect on ties and other stakeholders to Tfielded Sanjay Nirupam would boost its poll prospects in Himachal Pradesh. reviewed the poll preparedness tified about 120 expenditure Tappointed by the Election other constituencies. enable the poll watchdog take a from the North West Mumbai “For me, it is like home-coming,” said 93-year-old Sukh Ram with the two special observers sensitive constituencies in the Commission (EC) to help it The sources said the EC call on the issue. as it released its tenth list, who returned for the second time to the Congress which he had for the subject, Shailendra country for general elections decide on holding Assembly will now take a comprehensive The J&K Assembly’s six- clearing 26 names for the Lok last left ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections to join the BJP. The Handa (Maharashtra) and and it is awaiting the report of elections in Jammu & Kashmir view before taking the next call year term was to end on March Sabha elections. The announce- Congress had sacked him in 1997 following his conviction in the Madhu Mahajan (Tamil Nadu). some state Chief Electoral on Monday met top officials of on the subject. Since the 16, 2021, but it got dissolved ment of Nirupam’s candidature telecom scam which occurred when he was a Union minister in Earlier, the EC has Officers (CEOs) to identify the CRPF and the State police. Jammu & Kashmir Assembly after a ruling coalition between came on a day he was removed the PV Narasimha Rao Government, but he returned in 2004. appointed two retired Indian more such segments. Sources said since the CRPF is has been dissolved, the EC is the Peoples Democratic Party as the Mumbai Regional Revenue Service (Income Tax) The identified expenditure the principal security agency in bound to hold fresh polls there (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Congress Committee chief officers as special expenditure sensitive constituencies are in the State, the observers want- as well within a six-month Party (BJP) fell apart. The (MRCC). Former Union observers for Maharashtra and the States of Telangana, Andhra ed a feedback on how early the period, which will end in May. other State Assemblies and the Minister Milind Deora replaced Tamil Nadu. This is the first Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Assembly polls can be held in The Government is of the Lok Sabha have five-year terms. Nirupam as MRCC chief. time that such observers have Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand and Out of the 26 candidates been appointed for any polls in Uttarakhand, among others, announced by the party on the country. while a similar report from Monday, 25 were for West They said few more such states like Maharashtra and Bengal. Mohammad Alam observers could be appointed by few others are awaited. from Barrackpore, Mita the next week to oversee the An expenditure sensitive Chakraborty from Kolkata work of about 800 Central constituency is identified as a Dakshin, Suvra Ghosh from expenditure monitoring teams seat which is prone to high Howrah, and Pratul Saha from and observers who track black expenditure and corrupt prac- Hooghly were among those money, liquor, drugs and other tices. For such a constituency, named in the list. With this, freebies given to voters illegally. the EC rules mandate, there the party has announced a The maximum number of shall be two assistant expendi- total of 253 candidates so far. election expenditure observers ture observers, a similar num- The Congress also named       ,     * $ * are drawn from the Indian ber of flying squads, static sur- four candidates for Assembly     ,*    *       !"  Revenue Service (Income Tax), veillance teams and video sur- polls in Odisha.  # while others belong to the IRS veillance teams. *!# !#    0'%.%&!++$

New Delhi: The Supreme     7Q  It added, “The Election believe that there was no Court on Monday favoured Commission of India shall also requirement for changing the increasing the random physi- %      R indicate that if the sample sur- present arrangement of ran- cal verification of VVPAT slips vey can be extended to a high- dom matching of VVPAT slips in the upcoming Lok Sabha leaders, led by Andhra Pradesh Commission of India (EC) is er level...The affidavit shall be with Electronic Voting and assembly polls and told the Chief Minister N Chandrababu fully satisfied that the purity of filed by 4 pm on March 28. The Machine for one polling per  *   !      &*    / ** 8/9 EC that “no institution should Naidu, seeking the VVPAT the elections can be main- matter is listed for further Assembly segment. PTI *   * :, 2  '    !" ' # insulate itself from improve- slips of at least 50 per cent of tained and is being maintained. hearing on April 1.” ment, including the judiciary”. voting machines in each The Election Commission of At the outset, the Bench It was not the question of Assembly constituency be India shall indicate the above in told the Deputy Election “casting aspersions”, rather a checked randomly in the Lok an affidavit the basis of satis- Commissioner Sudeep Jain,     $   1 $   matter of “satisfaction” of the Sabha elections next month. faction,” the Bench said. appearing in person, whether electorate, the top court said. A Bench of Chief Justice the poll panel can New Delhi: The Supreme Court entertain this,” a bench of Uttar Pradesh, and Agrawal jams, which result in inconve- It asked the EC to file Ranjan Gogoi and Justice increase the number of on Monday refused to entertain Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had said in their plea that road- nience to the general public. response as to whether it can Deepak Gupta asked the random physical verifi- a petition filed by a former DGP and Justice Deepak Gupta told shows and bike rallies violate The plea had said that increase the number of sample EC to file its reply on affi- cation of VVPAT slips of Uttar Pradesh and an envi- advocate Virag Gupta, who the ECI’s instructions and cause instructions issued by the ECI surveys of VVPAT slips from davit indicating the with EVMs from the ronmentalist seeking a direction was appearing for petitioners damage to the environment. with regard to roadshows and one in each Assembly segment reasons of its satisfaction existing stipulation of to the Election Commission of Vikram Singh and environ- The petitioners had said political processions mandate for the upcoming General and that purity of elections can only one polling station India (ECI) to ban roadshows mentalist Shaivika Agrawal. that roadshows and bike rallies that vehicles must be registered Assembly elections. be maintained and is being per Assembly segment. and bike rallies during polls. Singh, a former Director during the election period cause and a convoy cannot have The court was hearing a maintained. Jain replied that the ECI “We are not inclined to General of Police (DGP) of air, noise pollution and traffic more than 10 vehicles. PTI plea filed by 21 Opposition “The Election has adequate reasons to )"$)* +(*,.$ + */ 0*,%"12 1345 /$C

& R%   5..0.    9$  # 5 % % .     ;= !# # $   0 !  /   %"  :&  # #   E;(E'' Lucknow: A   #&% day after his n an apparent bid to consol- brother-in-law Iidate the Bengali and Tamil joined the BJP, votes of the Andaman and $ # #$  0)1'(4/4 Samajwadi Nicobar Islands and with Party's Badaun Mamata Banerjee deciding to nperturbed by the criti- MP field her party’s candidate in the Ucism over delay in pro- Dharmendra island constituency, Trinamool duction and supplying of air- Yadav on Monday said his Congress on Monday struck an crafts and helicopters, the State- name should not be linked with alliance with film star Kamal run Hindustan Aeronautics him as he cannot have any rela- Haasan’s MNM for the island Limited (HAL) on Monday tion with any BJP leader. constituency. rolled out 16th indigenously Dharmendra Yadav's both- Haasan who came calling built Light Combat Fighter Jet er-in-law Anujesh Pratap Singh to Bengal’s State secretariat at Tejas to Indian Air Force in Yadav Joined the BJP Sunday in Nabanna in Howrah said after Initial operational clearance figuration may roll out by the eight aircraft per annum. A sec- The first aircraft in FOC con- Agra. an hour-long meeting, the -      * ,,!  *8!9 (IOC). The Fighter jet will be end of this calendar year ond production line has been figuration may roll-out by the Reacting to the develop- Chief Minister, that his party   +*3  * !28    9 +, inducted into 'Flying Daggers' (2019)," HAL said.Production established at Aircraft Division end of this calendar year. ment, Dharmendra Yadav, said, would back the TMC in  # an air force squadron of the of the fighter began in 2014 (Bangalore Complex), which is “LCA demonstrated its "I have come to know that Andaman. IAF."We have produced 16th with a capacity of eight aircraft carrying out structural assem- combat capability in the IAF’s Anujesh joined the BJP. The Banerjee said, “we have Andaman on April 6. the Chief Minister mounted a LCA as per the target till March per annum. A second produc- bly, final assembly and equip- ‘Gagan Shakti’ exercise by fir- media has presented him as my formed an alliance with Kamal Haasan whose party was scathing attack on the “forces 31. The customer flights are tion line has been set up at ping of the aircraft. ing the Air-to-Air BVR Derby brother-in-law in their reports." Haasan’s party for the likely to contest all the seats in that try to divide the society in expected to be completed by Aircraft Division in this aero- Recently HAL had received missile. Two LCAs will be fly- "I want to clarify that I Andaman. He is giving us full Tamil Nadu said the “meeting the name of religion.” the end of March," HAL said in space hub, which carries out drawings and documents relat- ing at the Langkawi cannot have any relation with support,” adding the reason was excellent.” He said, “We are Addressing the devotees a statement. structural assembly, final ed to FOC with limited clear- International Maritime any BJP leader, so I do not have behind this alliance was the proud to say that Makkal of a Hindu religious order at The defence behemoth has assembly and equipping of the ance for LCA (Tejas) from Aerospace Expo (Lima- 2019) any relation with Anujesh. I Tamil superstar’s “good cre- Needhi Maiam is an ally with Baranagar in northern fringes an order from IAF for 40 LCAs aircraft. CEMILAC and ADA. With in Malaysia beginning tomor- request the media not to report dentials among the masses.” We the Trinamool Congress for of Kolkata, Banerjee said “reli- (16 each in IOC and final The production of LCA this HAL can start working row. HAL team will be provid- him as my relative," the third- are grateful to him that he came Andaman. We hope the rela- gion brings humanity, culture, operational clearance (FOC) commenced in 2014 with a towards productionisation of ing the technical support at the term MP said in a statement. here,” Banerjee said adding tionship evolves in future.” education, love and respect "The first aircraft in FOC con- current production capacity of FOC standard fighter aircraft. show” the statement said. PTI there will be a joint rally at In a parallel development for others.” !   >  2,  <  6 7    P 3*   2*2   6!  !$   # , $7%.+#.#,0' New Delhi: Bangladesh Home Mumbai: The husband of an ::#/#!3"!1(* Minister Asaduzzaman Khan is NCP corporator was on //3 likely to visit India next week Monday hacked to death in "&(( during which he is expected to Maharashtra's Beed district &!!( &(3 New Delhi: The AAP finer details resulted in a split While it left for a larger discuss various issues, including allegedly by a mob which sus- Government on Monday verdict and the matter got bench to conclusively decide anti-terror cooperation and pected he was helping members =/)/ moved the Supreme Court referred to a larger Bench. who will have control over movement of illegal immigrants, of the Shikalgar community in ( seeking constitution of a larg- The Bench, which was administrative services in the officials said. a kidnapping case, police said. ("*( er Bench to expeditiously called upon to decide on six vex- national Capital, the apex court According to the plan, Bangladesh Home Minister's Pandurang Gaikwad (50) 1( decide the issue of control over atious issues pertaining to a had unanimously ruled that the Khan will have bilateral talks visit as the model code of con- was attacked with swords, sick- administrative services in long-running feud between the power to appoint enquiry com- with Home Minister Rajnath duct is in force due to the Lok les and sticks in Phule Nagar Delhi. Central and the national Capital missions would rest with the Singh on May 1, where issues Sabha election. area of Parli-Vaijnath town in from that community. He said 11 people, includ- A Bench headed by Chief Governments, had given a Centre as "there is no 'State concerning both the countries Radicalisation of youths the district, over 470 kilometres A kidnapping case was reg- ing two women, attacked and Justice Ranjan Gogoi told the unanimous verdict on the Government' in the Union will be discussed threadbare. and Rohingya refugees issues from here, an official said. istered at the time with Purna killed Gaikwad, five of whom Delhi Government counsel that remaining five counts and had Territory and the State Anti-terror cooperation, may figure in the dialogue, "Gaikwad sustained seri- police station, and the boy's have been arrested and charged it will look into the matter. ruled that the Delhi Government (for this purpose) movement of illegal immigrants, another official said. ous injuries in the attack in the body was found a few days later, with murder. The apex court had on Government's Anti-Corruption shall mean the Central and smuggling of cattle, arms During the delegation-level early hours of Monday. He was enraging local residents and Efforts are on to nab the rest February 14 referred the issue Branch (ACB) cannot probe the Government". and ammunition and a few talks, steps to be taken to rushed to a nearby hospital but kin, an official said. of the accused, he added. of control of services to a larg- Centre's employees in corrup- In its 202-page verdict, other issues are expected to be strengthen the existing mecha- was declared dead on arrival," "The mob, which included The Shikalgar community er Bench after delivering a tion cases. Out of six con- the court had, however, held discussed during the talks which nism to check movement of ille- the official said. the mother of the kidnapped is spread across the state and are split verdict. tentions issues, the Delhi that the elected Delhi will also be attended by top gal immigrants and smuggling Police said the attack might minor boy, attacked Gaikwad traditionally engaged in making The two-judge Bench had Government had won in three Government will have the right internal security officials of of cattle, narcotics and other be a fallout of the kidnapping of suspecting he was helping the and sharpening weapons made said the Centre should have the and lost to the Centre on two to appoint public prosecutors, India and Bangladesh, a Home items through the porous India- a 16-year-old boy four months Shikalgar community mem- from iron. final word on posting and critical aspects of investigating to decide land revenue matters Ministry official said. Bangladesh border will figure ago allegedly by members of the bers in the kidnapping case," The community's name is transfer of bureaucrats in the power to probe central govern- and also to appoint or deal However, no pact or mem- prominently, the official said. Shikalgar community as the said Inspector Balasaheb Pawar derived from an Arabic word for national Capital administra- ment employees and for setting with electricity commission orandum of understanding will India shares a 4,096-km-long minor was in love with a girl of Sambhajinagar police station. sharpening. PTI tion, but their disagreement on up of enquiry commissions. or board. PTI be signed during the border with Bangladesh. PTI 0     -&     0           &      #   40'3 ity, income and access to mar- Bangladesh”. “We will work to ket. move Russia away from getting     20 . ) had been appointed as the senior leaders along. In a way, n its manifesto for the 2019 To create jobs, the NCP in too close to China and Mumbai Congress in March Milind Deora has also con- ILok Sabha polls, the its manifesto — that stressed on Pakistan by frequent high level 2015, has been named tributed Nirupam’s ouster. It Nationalist Congress Party “Aao Milke Desh Banaye, exchanges.We will keep all   1)2)(3 threatened the customs offi-    Congress candidate from may be recalled that on February (NCP) has promised open talks Humara Aapka hum sabka channels open to China but cials. Mumbai North West which was 5, Deora had said that “infight- with Pakistan to discuss the Bharat — has promised to demand that it opens its mar- ccusing West Bengal Chief Abhishek, who is a Lok represented in the past by late ing” was threatening “our base issue of terrorism, undertake boost skill development ket to exports of Indian phar- AMinister Mamata Banerjee Sabha member, has claimed  #   40'3 Gurudas Kamat. in Mumbai” and that the city modernisation of Hindustan through active engagement of maceuticals, agriculture prod- of triggering a constitutional that his wife was chosen by cus- Milind Deora, who has party unit “cannot become a Aeronautics Limited (HAL) private and public sector, acad- ucts and IT services. We will crisis and creating classes of toms officials because of her n a sudden mid-poll develop- replaced Nirupam, is the son of cricket pitch for sectarian poli- and other Ordnance Factories, emia, domestic and interna- continue to expand relations VIPs and non-VIPS, the BJP on profile and rejected claims of Iment, the Congress high com- late Congress stalwart Murli tics, with leaders pitted against proper implementation of tional organisations of repute. with the United States of Monday charged the local BJP leaders that she was car- mand on Monday evening Deora who had been the one other”. OROP and 33 per cent reser- “We will introduce adequate America, including for import Kolkata Police with threatening rying anything in violation of sacked its Mumbai unit presi- Mumbai Regional Congress A day after he said he might vation to women in parliament. skilling programme to suit and of defence equipment” the customs officials who checked laws. He charged a political dent Sanjay Nirupam and Committee (MRCC) president even re-consider “if it is worth In the manifesto released benefit from the changing envi- NCP manifesto said. luggage of Mamata's nephew vendetta behind the airport replaced him with former MP for for a record 22 years from fighting elections or not”, Deora by its senior State leader and ronment. Considering huge Slamming the NDA and TMC MP Abhishek checking. Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist 1981 to 2003. said he was “disappointed” with former Speaker in the State potential of job creation, finan- Government for its “miserable Banerjee's wife at Kolkata air- Rajya Sabha member Milind Deora. Milind, who was a junior “infighting” within the Mumbai Assembly, Dilip Walse-Patil, cial assistance to Micro, Small failure”, the NCP stated in its port. Swapan Dasgupta, who is affil- More than seven weeks after minister in the Dr Manmohan Cong and indirectly blamed city the NCP also promised voters and Medium Enterprises manifesto: “The NDA BJP spokesperson iated to the BJP, asked why the Deora went to town saying that Singh-led UPA government, is party unit president Sanjay structural reforms to drive sus- (MSME) will be increased and Government, in five years, has Shahnawaz Hussain told Kolkata Police entered an area “infighting” was threatening also the Congress candidate Nirupam for contributing to tainable agriculture, a complete restructuring of their loans failed miserably to contain ter- reporters the State Government which falls under the jurisdic- “our base in Mumbai”, AICC from Mumbai South. “sectarian politics” within the loan waiver to all farmers and will be done,” the manifesto rorism. In these five years of seems to be working to protect tion of the customs depart- general secretary KC Venugopal An erstwhile Shiv Sena party set up. In a series of initiative to compliment the said. NDA rule, there have been a family. ment. issued a brief statement that functionary, Nirupam is a two- tweets put on the sorry state of Minimum Support Price Apart from opening talks three terror attacks on military The Chief Minister should He said the TMC chief was read: "Congress president Rahul term Rajya Sabha member and affairs within the Mumbai, (MSP) through a system of with Pakistan during which we and para military forces under tell the people what was being creating classes of VIPs and Gandhi has appointed Milind one-time Lok Sabha member Deora had said: “In a city like incentives and commission will insist on discussing ter- its nose. There has been a crim- brought in those suitcases that non-VIPs with different sets of Deora as president of MRCC. from Mumbai North. Nirupam Mumbai, we need to bring peo- payments. The NCP said it was rorism, the NCP said it “will inal failure of intelligence in pre- the Kolkata Police had to "ter- rules and laws. Mamata The party appreciates the con- had over the past several months ple together. The Mumbai Cong committed to provide ade- continue to be responsive to venting such attacks. No respon- rorise" customs officials to pre- Banerjee is deliberately trying tribution of outgoing president come in for severe criticism for cannot become a cricket pitch quate attention to promote the newly elected Sheikh sibility has been fixed. No one vent them from checking them, to provoke a constitutional cri- Sanjay Nirupam”. Nirupam, a his “ad hoc” style of f*unction- for sectarian politics, with lead- agriculture growth, productiv- Hasina Government in is held accountable”. he said. He also alleged police sis, he added. journalist-turned-politician who ing and his “failure” to take ers pitted against one other”. # P          ,  ! ?41#  **  ?       41  R >:  )   *)  $  '4 He is contesting from the same seat for the second time.   1)2)(3 accounts. Gautam Khaitan has f you don’t vote for Prime In 2014, Dr Singh had Mumbai: In a major relief to a Pakistani Karadia (53) had approached the HC card, a ration card, a PAN card and even created structures viz companies IMinister Narendra Modi, defeated Congress heavy national living in India for over 50 through his counsels Ashish Mehta and a voter ID card, but no passport. he Enforcement Directorate which are under his control to you will commit a sin and weight Ghulam Nabi Azad by years, the Union Ministry of Home Sujay Kantawala after his LTV expired His citizenship application too has T(ED) on Monday alleged launder the Proceeds of Crime waste your vote. It is time to a margin of over 60,000 votes Affairs told the Bombay High Court on and a deportation notice was issued been pending before the government for that Delhi-based lawyer and related to criminal activities isolate anti-nationals, Pakistani in his maiden outing in the Lok Monday that he will be granted Indian against him. over seven years. accused in the VVIP chopper such as kickbacks of defence supporters, terrorist sympa- Sabha polls. citizenship within 10 days. Karadia told the HC that he did not He, thus, urged the court to ensure scam Gautam Khaitan, has also deals, the ED said in a statement. thisers and all those who con- In the absence of Ghulam Asif Karadia, whose parents are of have a Pakistani passport or any other the deportation notice against him was been a beneficiary of 850 crore "Khaitan has held beneficial sider 'abusing' Indian Army is Nabi Azad in the fray Dr Singh Indian origin, had approached the HC in valid identity documents issued by the stayed, and his LTV extended till the gov- slush funds generated out of interest/ownership in foreign their religion. They have is in the commanding position December 2016 when his previous long- government of the neighbouring country. ernment decides on his citizenship appli- Defence deals. assets/ company/ account, and ganged up together. They want but facing numerous chal- term visa (LTV) expired and the author- The petitioner said though he was cation. The ED statement came did not disclose the same in his to defeat Prime Minister Modi, lenges as the electioneering is ities refused to extend the visa unless he born in Karachi, he was brought to India In 2016, another HC bench had after the agency filed a prose- return of income filed before the defeat BJP and defeat Jitendra peaking. produced a Pakistani passport. by his mother when he was a just a few denied him any interim relief, observing cution complaint (charge sheet Income Tax Authorities for Singh. Both Congress and the Following much litigation and several days old and has stayed in Mumbai ever that even if a person was entitled to an in police parlance) against assessment year 2009-11 to This is the message Dr National Conference have orders of the court, the ministry finally since. Indian citizenship, he or she could not "at Khaitan before a Special Court 2019-20," the ED alleged. Jitendra Singh, BJP's candi- fielded Vikramaditya Singh, confirmed before a bench of justices A His father and mother were born in any given time, be authorised to reside here under the Prevention of Khaitan holds bank date from Udhampur-Doda son of Congress stalwart Dr S Oka and M S Sanklecha on Monday Gujarat before the Partition, and his wife in the country without valid papers". Money Laundering Act accounts either singly or in Lok Sabha seat, is taking to the Karan Singh, against him. that Karadia will be granted Indian cit- and three children are all Indian citizens, However, in January 2017, the court (PMLA). joint names of his family mem- door steps of electorate in his Peoples Democratic Party izenship. according to the petition. observed that Karadia's case was "unique" "On the analysis of his for- bers as well as corporate struc- parliamentary constituency (PDP) is also lending its sup- The bench accepted the statement as Karadia said he had been living in and in an interim order, directed eign bank accounts, it was tures with beneficial interest in while building up his campaign port to him to consolidate an undertaking given by the ministry India, earning a living by working at a the Maharashtra Government and the revealed that 850 crore approx- three banks in foreign jurisdic- in the run up to the voting day, 'secular' votes and ensure defeat under oath, and disposed of Karadia's peti- local restaurant, paying taxes and had Centre to not take any coercive action imately in foreign currencies are tion namely, Barclays Bank, April 18. of BJP candidate. tion. 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Lucknow: An ultimatum has also dared CM Yogi to throw      been given to the BJP by its dis- him out of the Cabinet. gruntled ally and chief of The SBSP has been    %  Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj demanding the implementa- Party, Om Prakash Rajbhar, to tion of a sub-quota for Other  #   40'3 I shall win with a record margin finalise the seat-sharing process Backward Classes (OBC) ahead $#    able TNCC head quarters at and strengthen the hands of in 24 hours for the Lok Sabha of the Lok Sabha elections. “I $)11'3 Chennai said there were no wo Union Ministers, Nitin Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. elections in Uttar Pradesh. will continue my fight for the major issues in the party as on TGadkari and Hansraj Aher Gadkari takes on Patole in Rajbhar has demanded five poor. I am the only 72-year-old he Congress in Tamil Nadu, Monday. “These are all initial of BJP, Congress leader and bit- Nagpur. It may be recalled that seats out of 80 LS seats. Minister who is fighting against Twhich is facing the wrath of hiccups which would be ter Narendra Modi critic Nana in December, 2017, Patole had Rajbhar, who is a Cabinet a Chief Minister,” the disgrun- the Christians for non-inclusion resolved in days to come . While Patole were among those who resigned from BJP and his Minister in the Yogi Adityanath tled Minister had said. in the list of candidates selected the campaign picks up, the party filed their papers, as the nomi- Bhandra-Gondiya Lok sabha Government, slammed the BJP Moreover, Rajbhar had also for the Lok Sabha election, suf- leaders would put up all these nations for the Phase-1 of the seat, citing 14 reasons which for failing to decide on the NDA announced that his party may fered another setback on issues behind them and focus on Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra include 14 reasons including the seat-sharing with all of its allies Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. go solo on all the 80 seats in UP Monday as a senior leader of the Sabha election had forfeited his winning the election,” said ended on Monday. increasing number of farmer in UP. “We are fighting for our Then why are we kept waiting,” in the general elections if the party went public and aired his security deposit and had fin- Meyyappan, former president of Seven constituencies in east- suicides, demonetisation and rights. We were called for a Rajbhar added. BJP decided to keep SBSP out displeasure for denying him the ished fourth in the race. Tamil Nadu Youth Congress. ern Maharashtra — Wardha, GST. Before and after his res- meeting with Amit Shah along Further, when asked about of the coalition. The SBSP has Sivaganga seat. Karti, the one and only son He the Congres High Gadchiroli-Chimur, Ramtek, ignation, Patole had criticised with Apna Dal and our chances of joining the four MLAs in the UP Assembly. Sudarshana Nachiappan, a of Chidambaram and Nalini Command has done a tight Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Modi. Former Shiv Sena MLA demands were asked. Seat- Congress, Rajbhar said his The Minister has been a fre- popular Congress leader, who Chidambaram, is facing inves- rope walking while selecting the Chandrapur, Yavatmal-Washim Suresh Dhanorkar, who was sharing was decided for the party can go “anywhere” as “all quent critic of Yogi Adityanath had represented the Sivaganga tigations by the CBI and the ED ten candidates. “Since our party – will go to polls on April 11 in given the Congress ticket after Apna Dal, but we are still being options are open”. The party’s and has time and again claimed constituency during 1999 to in a series of cases including is too democratic, leaders the first of the four-phased elec- resigned and joined the Rahul kept in the dark. I have given 24 decision to stay with the BJP that his party was not getting 2004 alleged on Monday that he money laundering in the INX express their disappointment tions in the State. Accompanied Gandhi-led party, filed his nom- hours to the BJP to take a deci- will be revealed on Tuesday, the the ‘due respect’. He had also was not considered for the con- Media scam. He had told in public. There is no need to by Maharashtra Chief Minister ination for the Chandrapur seat. sion on our seats else we will go Minister added. attacked the UP Government stituency this time because of reporters that there were no worry as we are all united in Devendra Fadnavis and other He was a last-minute nominee our way,” Rajbhar said. Earlier in February, for renaming the cities of the pressure exerted by senior criminal cases against him and ensuring the victory of the senior leaders from the BJP-Shiv after the party on Sunday hacked The SBSP has demanded a Rajbhar had handed over the Mughalsarai and Faizabad. Congress leader P he faced no case in any court. DMK-led front in the State,” said Sena alliance, Gadkari filed his the name of Vinayak Bangade list of five seats including charge of the backward class- “They say they (the cities) were Chidambaram. “There are only unfounded alle- Meyyappan. nomination papers in his home following huge Opposition. Chandauli, Ghosi, es welfare department to Chief named after the Mughals. They The Congress High gation against me and no courts The Bishop Council of town of Nagpur. Former Union Minister and Ambedkarnagar, Jaunpur and Minister Yogi Adityanath. In have national spokesperson Command had on Sunday nom- has framed charges against me,” Tamil Nadu had expressed their Talking to media persons ex-Chief Minister Sushilkumar either Machlishehar or Lalganj. his letter to CM Yogi, he had Shahnawaz Hussain, Union inated Karti Chidambaram as said Karti while speaking to displeasure over the Congress after filing the nominations, “I Shinde filed his papers from “If Apna Dal was assigned cited non-payment of dues minister Mukhtar Abbas the party candidate from reporters. High Command ignoring the am overwhelmed by the Solapur, while former state seats then why a decision could and discrepancies in scholar- Naqvi, UP Minister Mohsin Sivaganga. The junior C D Meyyappan, senior plea of the Church that com- response from the ordinary Congress President Manikrao not be taken on our demands? ship to students hailing from Raza, three Muslim faces of the Chidambaram who had con- AICC member from the State munity members be included in Nagpur citizens and the party Thakre filed his papers from They (BJP) finalised alliances backward castes as the reason BJP, change their names first,” he tested the seat in the 2014 Lok who was the only leader avail- the list of candidates. workers… I am confident that Yavatmal-Washim. in Maharashtra, Goa, Bihar, behind his decision. He had had said. AGENCIES    * ' &   ?   >    Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister and Sikkim      Democratic Front (SDF) pres- ident Pawan Kumar Chamling, the longest serving Chief Ahmedabad: A Gujarat Vasava said. Minister of the country, on Minister on Monday tapped "If he survives like Lord Monday filed his nomination into controversy by asking Shiva after consuming poison, papers from two Assembly Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to we will all believe he is the true constituencies. consume poison to check if he reincarnation of Lord Shiva" Chamling, who has been in was indeed an 'avatar' of Lord Vasava claimed. power since December 12, Shiva as claimed by his party The BJP minister's Shiva jibe 1994 will fight to retain office workers. incensed the Congress which for the eighth successive term. Addressing a gathering at called it "extremely unfortu- The 68-year-old chief min- Bardoli in Surat, Gujarat Tribal nate" and reflective of that party's ister is seeking re-election to Development Minister Ganpat "true character" and stemming the state legislative assembly Vasava said Gandhi's "Shiva from the fear of poll defeat. from Namchi-Singithang and reincarnation" can be consid- "Such comments about our Poklok-Kamrang seats in his ered true only if he survives after leader are extremely unfortu- - ,     * *      89    &*2 # native south Sikkim. PTI having "500 grams of poison". nate. This shows the true char- "People from the Congress acter of BJP and its leaders. They claim Rahul Gandhi is an avatar are making such statements of Lord Shiva. Now, since Lord out of frustration as they are see- :  ?    @  Shiva used to consume poison ing defeat in the Lok Sabha to save people, I want Congress polls," Gujarat Congress workers to make their leader spokesperson Manish Doshi Ahmedabad: If the Congress's the Opposition party after it ported us overwhelmingly in the home state of Prime drink 500 grams of poison," said. PTI performance in the 2017 drew a blank in the 2014 Lok the 2017 elections, as a result Minister Narendra Modi. Gujarat Assembly polls was Sabha elections and the BJP of which we won a significant The renewed enthusiasm any indication, the BJP may won all 26 seats in the State. number of seats in the region. of the Opposition party comes have to sweat it out in at least Congress leaders are con- This is clearly going to be a from the fact that it had seven Lok Sabha seats, most of fident that the party might factor in the Lok Sabha elec- bagged eight out of the nine them in its bastion Saurashtra. wrest at least four Lok Sabha tion," Congress spokesperson assembly seats in Junagadh In the Assembly elections, seats in the Saurashtra region Manish Doshi said. and Gir-Somnath districts in the Congress won 77 seats, — Amreli, Junagadh, Botad "We expect to gain four- Saurashtra. improving its tally by 16 seats and Surendranagar — from five seats from that region," he By highlighting issues like in the 182-member House. the BJP. said. farm distress and Patidar agi- The BJP was restricted at 99 The Congress is also bet- In Saurashtra, the BJP is tation, the Congress won all — the party's worst perfor- ting big on Anand in central struggling with the perception the five assembly segments in mance in the last two decades. Gujarat and Banaskantha and that it failed to reach out to Amreli parliamentary con- The Congress bagged 30 Patan in north Gujarat. people affected by 2016 stituency in 2017. of the 54 seats in the It is also eyeing Dahod, floods. Surendranagar is another Saurashtra-Kutch region. Chhota Udepur, Sabarkantha Doshi said the Congress Lok Sabha constituency where The Assembly poll results and Patan. hopes to win at least 12-13 agriculture issues remain a came as a shot in the arm for "People in Saurashtra sup- Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat — dominant factor. PTI )"$)* +(*,.$ + */ 0*,%"12 1345 /#/ $9 8)%+&%!#80!  # % 5    <     ! % 5   5 007,#90-"    -        5 !       :         =                      #  1 .      #  #   #    O          5     )      !        !%1#    #   $ O       +S    S   6            (                         )   (                + (                 9  /           he shrill and abusive attacks P Q        3         .  launched by Congress presi-                 dent Rahul Gandhi on Prime  $   5           Minister Narendra Modi and his oft-repeated diatribe         5       “TChowkidar Chor Hai” has brought the                  S political discourse to a new low. By doing                    ( so, he carries on the family’s tradition of disrespecting democratically-elected         +    $     political leaders who do not belong to it.    9                    It also brings to the fore the debate on                   ( corruption, an issue which no member of the Nehru-Gandhi family has the           +       moral authority to talk about. So, here is  5                ( a quick look at how the Nehru-Gandhis                   ( have funded their politics. During the Nehru era, the Congress                $S collected funds from Indian industrial- +  * . 6 5      -  ists and businessmen and sometimes this   * ) )               landed the party and the Government in trouble. For example, Mundra, an indus-                     ( trialist owning many companies and     5  $   :;    businesses, who had funded the Congress #    $S         + )  in the 1950s, ran into financial problems and signalled to the Government that it    5(      +       was payback time. The Nehru          +           Government obliged him by directing the       $           Life Insurance Corporation to buy his (*                ( companies’ shares at inflated prices. The then Finance Minister, TT *      .  5  )        Krishnamachari, who was obviously act-                     ing on orders from above, lost his job for the party was a more transparent deal the Congress was safe?” Rajiv said, “All denied this charge in Parliament.                    %   when the truth came out in what came and business houses were also permitted they found in the almirahs of the However, the Nehru-Gandhis have never to be known as the LIC-Mundra scandal. to make open donations.” Congress office was 20 lakh.” Nehru been able to explain why Bofors remit-  .          5    ( However, things changed after Indira Indira Gandhi, he says, was in dire then asked Rajiv Gandhi how much ted $ 7.30 million into the account of      )  ,       -   Gandhi engineered a split in the party in need of funds to fight elections and estab- Sanjay had. To which he said, “He (Rajiv) Maria and Ottavio Quattrocchi soon after                    1969. Soon after the break-up, she began lish herself as the undisputed leader of the held his head in his hands and said crores India sent the first tranche of payments relying heavily on the communists and Congress. For this, she depended on loyal and unaccounted crores.” to the company. The Quattrocchis moved          +        5   ( so, naturally, the Soviets came to her res- supporters like Rajni Patel and Vasantrao Two more equally unimpeachable this money around several banks in sev-       +              5 cue. Vasili Mitrokhin, who was in-charge Naik. “Later, when she had established witnesses to this era are former President eral locations and it was finally traced to    S     $ #      5 of the KGB archives, made explosive rev- her supremacy in Indian politics, she R Venkataraman and industrialist JRD the Channel Islands in the UK. elations of the KGB’s activities around the decided that a far better way to collect Tata. In his autobiography, My The Vajpayee Government got the         #    !  <    (  world. He talked about how the KGB funds for the party was through claim- Presidential Years, Venkataraman UK Government to freeze the account             ;=(;>  funded the Congress in the 1971 elections ing cuts from foreign deals. Sanjay recounts a conversation he had with JRD but the Manmohan Singh Government        5         )  and of how they even had moles in her Gandhi perfected and refined this still Tata when the latter called on him in asked the UK Government to withdraw Cabinet. further from 1972 onwards.” August 1987. Venkataraman said their the order, resulting in the         5 ! / #       Many honourable citizens of the Deshmukh said when Indira Gandhi conversation veered round to the state- Quattrocchis eventually getting away  5            + #   S country, who have held key positions in came back to power in 1980, he was ment Rajiv Gandhi had made in with the loot. $S             ( politics, Government, bureaucracy and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Parliament a few days earlier on the Why did this Italian knock off a com- industry in the post-1970 era, have pro- Home Affairs. “My colleagues told me Bofors bribery scandal. mission when we bought field guns for 3       +          vided us invaluable evidence of how the that in January 1980 itself, Sanjay Gandhi “Tata said that though it was quite our army? Why did ?                  Congress went about the business of called senior officers from certain con- possible that neither Rajiv nor members get the Manmohan Singh Government to +   ,   .     $     funding its activities and election cam- cerned ministries for giving orders, mak- of his family had received any consider- de-freeze the account? These questions paigns. These witnesses to that era say ing deals and clearly and firmly told them ation in the gun and other defence will continue to haunt the Nehru-   $S                that the Congress decided on a new mode how they should be finalised. Trusted deals, it would be difficult to deny the Gandhis.    "   + ;=:;  $ .    ! * of raising funds — via commissions col- senior officers were posted to Ministries receipt of commissions by the Congress. And as if this was not enough, there              6   lected on mega international defence and such as the Defence and also to the That was because he (Tata) felt that since are the Volcker Committee’s conclu- $                     other contracts. A very respected witness Department of Defence Production. 1980, industrialists had not been sions on the “non-contractual beneficia- to this era was BG Deshmukh, who was Even the death of Sanjay Gandhi approached for political contributions ries” of Iraqi oil sales under the United              #    Cabinet Secretary between 1986-89 and in the mid-1980s did not change this and that the general feeling amongst Nations Oil-for-Food Programme, which          5       $S   ( his autobiography — A Cabinet Secretary practice.” them was that the party was financed by said that the Iraqi dictator Saddam             S              Looks Back — is very enlightening. The second unimpeachable witness commission on deals.” Hussein had funded the Congress. Also, Deshmukh says, “The genesis of the is BK Nehru, a distinguished civil servant, Since this was the established mode it seems Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was just Bofors affair lies in the practice initiat- Ambassador and Governor and uncle of of fund collection, Bofors was certain to one of the two nations that had support- ed by Indira Gandhi and further refined Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi. In his autobi- happen. In this scandal, Rajiv Gandhi and ed Indira Gandhi’s dictatorship during by her son Sanjay Gandhi for collecting ography, Nice Guys Finish Second, he others were accused of taking kickbacks the Emergency!    funds for the Congress. Till the middle recalled that at Sanjay Gandhi’s crema- when India purchased field guns for its Do we need to say more? of the 1960s, during the regime of Pandit tion, he asked Rajiv Gandhi “whether the army from the Swedish arms manufac- (The writer is Chairman,     #  !         Jawaharlal Nehru, the collection of funds money Sanjay had collected allegedly for turer, Bofors. Rajiv Gandhi vehemently Prasar Bharati)       !   @         (   <                3     3          3  .0  )  # #  ! #        !   # . ###                       *  !      ! %           /  LE          !     !      "  "      # .                %  !  %       %   !!   %           & , !>*'  @, !9 !!)*  ,      +      ( K /  K'0  K  '   K; '#                          (               < <   < <<    <                                    The menace has started assum-      ing enormous proportion to   ,              ( engulf the youth of this country.              -  .  Sir — This refers to the editori-        "L)'   M  Youth are the asset of the nation.      /                al, “India firm on terror” (March 6-%0        "    !  A ban is unlikely to be an 25). India’s refusal to attend ;  "   ! #     . effective solution. Its imple-    +               "( Pakistan’s National Day celebra-       0    (E'    . mentation will not only require                       tions to protest the Pakistan   %3          3   a consistent effort but will also       #         0  )     High Commission’s invite to   !   !     !   push the sale underground. A Jammu & Kashmir separatist    %     #  . better option, therefore, for the                    leaders for the event is not only !   !       % Government is to focus on rais-     S            a step in the right direction but '    !   !    ing awareness.      $               has sent a clear message to      ! %  "      ! TK Nandanan Islamabad that terror and peace     !(  #  " 0  . Chennai       R*   %  S   + R cannot co-exist. Further, the !  !          "  .   S  R     S           ( Centre’s ban on the Yasin Malik- !     %   0"#     !"            ,          led Jammu Kashmir Liberation      #      ! #   #    %?  + . Front (JKLF) — a dreaded terror-         #!             ! "    "    +  O           3   ist outfit responsible for merciless   !          !     %   "  #  %3   0"    Sir — The 2019 Lok Sabha elec-                     killings and mass exodus of ;   "   O       !%  C7  M7" #     % tion will decide the future course )                   ( Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley $      " ! ##  & >  for our country. Post the Pulwama before and after 1989 insurgency   3 %3        .   incident, circumstances have                   — though late is welcome. changed. The Opposition is more           /  +      Even as Pakistan has explic- divided than ever. Only a united                  itly assured the international resulted in heavy casualties of      Territories of India have written force can change the present sit- community that it will ‘firmly’ our civilians and security forces. to Prime Minister Narendra uation. One only hopes that vot-                  ( deal with terrorists housed in its Unless Pakistan proves its Modi to enforce a ban on ers exercise their franchise in a way         -  .            soil, the rogue nation has been sincerity and shows concrete evi- Sir — As modern technology Electronic Nicotine Delivery that ensures the protection of the                        bluffing its way by not only dence that terror has been root- continuously strives to make Systems (ENDS). rights of citizens, the Constitution            S        allowing Jaish-e-Mohammed ed out of its soil once and for all, our living more comfortable A steep rise in the use of and, most importantly, India’s chief Masood Azhar to roam India telling in clear terms to and enjoyable, advanced tech- electronic cigarettes has made identity as a democracy.                   free but is also continuously Pakistan that there would be no nology, too, has found ways India the second largest popula- Sunita                         engaging India in a proxy war India-Pakistan dialogue is apt and means to entertain people. tion of smokers in the world. Via email       4             and has resorted to indiscrimi- and appropriate. This often at the cost of their Doctors have warned of serious nate firing and shelling across KR Srinivasan health. More than 1,000 doctors consequences if the Government   2,?                the Line of Control. This has Secunderabad from 24 States and three Union fails to ban its use immediately. **)*':!'B9!(>'9 )"$)* +(*,.$ + */ 0*,%"12 1345 ! $; 8)%+&%!#80! 6 < . '*0    <     $ &C       1        1     !*0%          @D     D    #  $D  =#       ( 3     !      ! 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He called Goyal the best connected          $    person in the Indian aviation sector and swore                ( that Air Deccan would still manage to soar.             ( In fact, Gopinath reiterated these allega-               tions in a column for The Economic Times last               week as the Jet Airways crisis reached its end-     O      "    ( game. This is not for the first time that Jet  9          (      Airways is faced with an existential crisis. This         could, however, be the first time that Goyal and his airline will not survive unscathed with the            airlines’ very existence in doubt.                 ( This was certainly not how Goyal or Jet    +          Airways employees had thought their silver           ( Jubilee year would come to an end. After all,         ,    the airline faced it all — change in ownership,           ( regulations, Governments and even rivals —                 and survived everything. Jet is the only airline          #       from the mid-1990s aviation boom — when                the Government opened domestic services to        private carriers — to have survived. This despite an almost public humiliation by Vijay /             ( Mallya when the bombastic businessman              spoke of a potential Jet-Kingfisher merger after                Jet laid off thousands of cabin crew amidst a which went bust last year and surrendered its be stuck with expensive last-minute fares today.               payments crisis. Goyal and Mallya had a stake in Alitalia that is currently on life-sup- With many travellers also having paid for    + +            ( famous late night press conference where the port in not a very different situation to Jet 23'3//'&)( hotels and other trip features in advance — and              latter almost lorded over the former. Airways. With Etihad’s losses totalling over $4 other airlines refusing to accept Jet Airways              Yet, the reticent and media-shy Goyal had billion, there has even been murmurs that the 0;;3131313' tickets, and in some cases being unable to can-             ( the last laugh when Mallya came crashing airline will merge with Emirates. '1'3/(31)4$ cel their tickets due to egregious fees — they         %       down to earth harder than Icarus. But his bat- That said, Etihad did initially express a are in a lose-lose situation.              ( tle with Mallya is what doomed both men as desire to take control of Jet Airways, or as '313;4??)/31 So, should the Government and lenders they went for ill-advised decisions to buy Air much as the Government’s Foreign Direct step in? After having lost billions of dollars              Sahara (Goyal) and Air Deccan (Mallya). Investment rules would allow. But Etihad )&)/)/;2 during the collapse of Kingfisher Airlines and +              These financially profligate decisions destroyed demanded that Naresh Goyal step down from learning that a grounded airline is worthless,       O          ( the finances of both the companies. the board of the airline and cut his stake down '1")'3/2'= the banks want to protect some amount of their         $         A decade after buying Air Sahara, Jet to under a quarter in perpetuity. On that front, 3'1'3;1'(')% money to find a suitable buyer for Jet Airways,           / ( Airways was unable to fully integrate the air- they were little different from the Indian banks, which is what the provisional resolution plan                line into its operations, not for any fault of its which have a major exposure to the airline, and )0'1E40) suggested by the banks want. +       #  +    own but the way the airline industry is regu- who demanded the same: For Jet to survive, 2'/=;?2';; But can the banks find a proper profession-              ( lated in our country. But as Mallya and Goyal Goyal must go. Finally, he did. al to run the airline? With Jet’s pilots refusing              fought, new entrants to the Indian aviation Jet has been unable to pay its staff or even 1)>04)= to fly until their dues are cleared, with salaries         #    ( market, particularly Indigo, that flooded the the leasing companies from whom it borrows not having been paid for months, even with market with capacity and lower fares, was what planes. Over the past few years, Jet has been ;4(0)23((31 Goyal’s departure, the sun, which features          +      sounded the death knell for Kingfisher at first gradually selling its planes to these leasing ;'E)''3/$4 prominently on Jet Airways’ tail logo, is not %               and also likely doomed Jet Airways into a long, companies before renting them back. This shining brightly.            slow decline. allowed them to generate a certain amount of ;1)3/(;'1 However, it remains a great asset. With air 5                  One white knight that Jet Airways found cash upfront. But now, with little money in the travel booming in India and airlines such as             /     ( was the Abu Dhabi-based airline, Etihad. Early back and no rescue plan, the airline has failed 0)$'4)3?)=; IndiGo suffering severe growth pangs, Jet               ( in 2014, Etihad pumped in money into Jet to make payments and barely 35 aircraft out 1;")'3/(31) Airways still has potential. The banks must be          4     + Airways and made the Indian airline part of of a fleet of over 140 are at one-time fly. This wary of what to do next but they should be               ( an ambitious global alliance of airlines that means that over a million seats have sudden- 31)&)/ willing to take a haircut on their loans because               ( included the German carrier, Air Berlin; ly disappeared from the Indian market in less /)$;&)/'1) if they do not, the airline might never recov-            +   Italian national carrier, Alitalia; Serbian than a month with cancellations rife. er and the Indian taxpayer will end up hold- national airline JAT; and some other So, while the Jet Airways crisis did not 313'1'>'=)/ ing the can for the airline industry once again,                 ( small airlines across the world. This was all part impact the passengers in the past other than just like they did for Kingfisher Airlines and         .      of a scheme to build traffic through the occasional withdrawal of lounge access and 23(()14;(31 continue to do with Air India.               its hub in Abu Dhabi to compete with the the end of free meals on board, the spate of The bottom-line is that Jet Airways                +  Dubai-based Emirates airline in a seeming cancellations has meant that commuters are )$'1?;/) must survive for the healthy growth of the avi-                clash of egos. directly impacted with refunds being held up. '3/(31)314/= ation sector in our country and as a corollary,             Since then though, Etihad has bled money Worse still, several travellers, who booked their the Indian economy.             ( and has shuttered many of its routes. It travel on low, cheap fares several months in (The writer is Managing Director, 3  refused to sink more money in Air Berlin, advance, find that even with refunds they will The Pioneer) $                         6  D                  

profits for three years to issue of investment, the former may even financial investors bring in funds, er is best suited to run (merely This is done with an aim to enable shares with differential voting rights acquire majority stake, reducing the the promoter gains due to increase because he set up the company) is all existing promoters to get into the (DVR) subject to a cap of 26 per latter to minority. The intent behind in business prospects and phe- an untenable argument. drivers’ seat wherever the majority cent of the total share capital. The issuing DVR is to nullify this out- nomenal growth in his personal Even so, nothing prevents the shares have slipped into the hands lobby group wants the MCA to dis- come. wealth. Then, for him to also strategic investors (albeit with of strategic investors. pense with this caveat. Alternatively, A share having differential right remain in the driver’s seat — in so majority stake) to vest the promot- Letting the promoters have /;&;$'3;1;1 the Ministry may consider allowing bestows its holder voting power that far as the management and control er with powers by passing necessary shares up to 26 per cent with DVRs companies, who meet certain rev- is greater than what is available to goes — sounds like having the cake resolution in this regard. That — already allowed under the );('1 enue threshold, to issue shares with an ordinary shareholder. As a result, and eating it too. indeed is the way forward instead Companies Act, 2013 — was bad  O     9  < DVR without having to meet the even with lower share in the total Third, in some cases, the pro- of the founder-promoter wanting to enough. To raise the cap to 51 per  4  profitability criteria. equity capital, the promoter will be moter either exits or sells a portion ride piggyback on law-makers and cent as demanded by the advocacy 3      n advocacy group, IndiaTech, IndiaTech has also asked for able to hold on to the driver’s seat of his/her shares at huge premium regulators to indulge in group, would substantially aggra- representing some of the increasing the current cap on shares (major beneficiaries are expected to raking in the moolah (for instance, muscle-flexing. vate the imbalance.   !     Amost high-profile entrepre- with differential rights from exist- be the so-called ‘unicorns’ — an in Flipkart, one of the co-promot- In their obsession to remain at This could be counter-produc-  3      neurs, has made a submission to the ing 26 per cent to at least 51 per cent acronym for start-ups which have ers sold his stake making billions of the helm, come what may, the pro- tive for none other than the start- '     K Ministry of Corporate Affairs of a company’s post-issue, paid-up a market capitalisation of over $1 dollars). In such a scenario, he has moters of startups want the ups themselves. This because faced !% " ! (MCA) and the markets regulator, equity share capital. It has also billion). The idea is flawed. to necessarily get reconciled to Government to even dispense with with the denial of voting rights in   . " Securities Exchange Board of India sought conversion of ordinary First, a fundamental tenet of reduced or no control over the com- the profitability track record crite- sync with their share holding, (SEBI), seeking a dual-class share shares into equity shares carrying corporate functioning is that the pany. ria. This is bizarre. It means that strategic investors will be disin-  #     structure along with differential vot- DVR and equity shares with DVR voting power of an investor has to Fourth, what makes one pre- even when a promoter pushes the clined to pump in capital, thereby  #    ! ing rights for founder-promoters of into ordinary shares. be proportional to his investment or sume that the promoter alone is best company into losses continuously nipping the chances of their growth  #  .3  start-ups that can encourage the Typically, startups work on an the shares held by him in the com- positioned to run the affairs of the and despite being reduced to a in the bud.  !  '  country’s most valuable compa- innovative idea that holds the pany. This applies to all investors, company in a manner so as to minority shareholder, he/she should To sum up, the idea floated by %3 O    nies to get listed on the domestic potential for huge business oppor- including the promoter. Yet, any achieve the stated objectives? In have the eternal right to remain in high-profile entrepreneurs is stock exchanges instead of overseas tunities. Seeing this, ‘strategic’ attempt to give disproportionate fact, for strategic investors having command and control. flawed. The Government should   #     ! exchanges such as Nasdaq and investors pump in equity capital, voting rights to the promoter, which made substantial investment, the In the same vein, they want to dismiss it with the contempt it '    New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). which in turn leads to an increase can only be at the cost of other sheer need to protect and grow it have the flexibility of conversion of deserves. There are better ways of    O   ! At present, the Companies Act in their shareholding and corre- investors, will be ‘unfair’ and ‘dis- will make them eligible to take ordinary shares into equity shares giving support to startups.    1   % 2013, permits firms having consis- sponding reduction in the stake of criminatory’. charge. carrying DVR and equity shares (The writer is a freelance jour- tent track record of distributable a promoter. Depending on the scale Second, when strategic and To expect that only the promot- with DVR into ordinary shares. nalist)    )"$)* +(*,.$ + */ 0*,%"12 1345 /:$

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iti Aayog Vice-Chairman    40'3 NRajiv Kumar on Monday    said Congress party President he rupee ended almost flat 40'3 Rahul Gandhi’s promise of at 68.96 per US dollar on  T providing 72,000 annually to Monday as participants pre- ood infla-   '!         five crore families if voted to ferred to wait on the sidelines Ftion in  ) , 2  )!"     A3 * 2! power will create strong to see the outcome of RBI’s the country '"    8"9'!   '" '  3 incentives against work and first-ever rupee-dollar swap is likely to go  " *  !   B   "   C   " bust fiscal discipline. auction. up to 2 per- "  A       *   A3     At a press conference The forex market senti- cent in fiscal  '  *   '2,  '       here, Gandhi announced that ment revived towards the fag- year 2019-20     * ,  A 20 per cent families belonging end, offsetting early losses amid from the 0.7 to the poorest category will be increased selling of the green- percent esti- given 72,000 each annually back by exporters, traders said. mated for as minimum income if his At the Interbank Foreign FY19, a party comes to power. Exchange market, the rupee report said “True to its past record of opened on a weak note at on Monday. sharply unless there is some promising the moon to win 69.09 then fell further to 69.17 It can be noted that the low shock related to weather events, elections, Congress President against the US dollar. The local food prices have been one of it said. announces a scheme that will unit, however, erased the initial the prime factors which has “Food inflation is likely to bust fiscal discipline, create Council to the Prime Minister @sumedhbhagwat pointed gains and finished at 68.96, aided the RBI to be more remain subdued going for- strong incentives against (EAC-PM) also criticised the out to EAC-PM members down by just 1 paisa over its accommodatory in its rate set- ward,” it said, adding average work and which will never be pre-poll announcement by that the tweets were in viola- previous close. ting recently. food inflation will go up in the implemented,” Kumar said Gandhi in a series of tweets, tion of the model code of con- On Friday, the rupee had In the report, foreign bro- 1.5-2 percent range in FY20 in a tweet. but later deleted them after it duct, Council’s Chairman ended lower by 12 paise at 68.95 kerage Goldman Sachs attrib- from the 0.7 percent in FY19. In another tweet, he said was pointed by a Twitter user Bibek Debroy deleted the against the American currency uted the low food prices in the The brokerage said the the cost of the minimum that they were in violation of messages on the micro-blog- on rise in demand for the last few months to the prices focus has now shifted to farm- !"&+*    * ;D   income guarantee scheme at the model code of conduct. ging site. greenback from importers and of cereals and vegetables ers who are protesting against  *  !  /  )    2, 2 per cent of the gross domes- EAC-PM had tweeted “Tweets being deleted. sell-off in domestic equities. which have been low for some low food prices and demand-  2    tic product and 13 per cent of that in the last five years, a lot Thanks for pointing out,” The rupee-dollar swap auc- time. ing higher returns on their the budget will “ensure” that of hard work has gone into Debroy said in a tweet. tion announced by the RBI ear- Deregulation of markets, crops. real needs of people remain striking the right balance EAC-PM member lier in March will infuse which saw delisting of vegeta- It can be noted that in the unsatisfied. between economic growth, Shamika Ravi also tweet- 35,000 crore into the system. bles from the Agriculture last year of the current regime, Kumar also said the inflation and fiscal discipline. ed,”The ONLY detail that The auction of $5 billion for a Produce and Marketing there have been multiple Congress party had promised “INC’s income guarantee matters: will this be BUDGET tenure of three years will be Committee Act (APMC) in 14 marches by farmers, especial- ‘Garibi Hatao’ in 1971, ‘One scheme (as of 25/03/2019) NEUTRAL? In plain English: conducted on Tuesday. states, has helped the vegetable ly the one in national capital as Rank One Pension’ in 2008, would either upset this bal- Are we to replace “The currency, sovereign- prices, it said. well as one at the financial cap- food security in 2013 to win ance or severely cut critical FOOD+FERTILISER+FUEL debt and credit markets are in In the case of cereals, ital to voice their concerns. elections, but could not fulfil government spending. Both subsidies?.” the waiting mode to see the “active food management” poli- The Government respond- any of those. options dangerous,” it said. Ratan P Watal, Rathin result of this new swap auction. cies have helped, it said, adding ed first by assuring to double The “same unfortunate The proposed income Roy and Ashima Goyal are The move is largely being seen the Government released farmer income in five years, fate” awaits the populist and guarantee scheme fails the also members of the council. as one of RBI buying dollars to buffer stocks in large quantities then promised a return of over opportunistic promise of economics test, fiscal disci- About 900 million are eli- create domestic liquidity,” said and went in for higher imports 150 percent to farmers and also minimum income guarantee, pline test and execution test, gible to vote to elect the next V K Sharma, Head PCG and on this front. announced income support of he added. it added. Lok Sabha in seven-phased Capital Markets Strategy, Going forward, the food 6,000 per year for the small     "B   ,   2&   The Economic Advisory When Twitter user polling beginning April 11. 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       :B      2    ' <"7-"7 *'*    $ F 1 #  1 #            4    1)2)(3 from the Public Health Engineering #       Directorate, Government of West New Delhi: India’s industrial production is expected to stay muted in the    40'3 some extent. The benchmark 2.11 per cent, ICICI Bank 2.07 nfrastructure company Larsen & Bengal, for the design and construction near term, owing to weak exports, rural distress, credit constraints and uncer- finally ended at 37,808.91 -- per cent, HDFC 1.95 per cent, IToubro (L&T) Monday said it has of intake well, water treatment plant, tainty over the election outcome, a report said on Monday. According to Dun enchmark Sensex spiralled down by 355.70 points or 0.93 Kotak Bank 1.92 per cent, Sun won various contracts across India, intermediate pumping station, ground- and Bradstreet's (D&B) latest Economy Forecast, the Index of Industrial Production Blower for the second straight per cent. Pharma 1.91 per cent, Axis including for construction of hospitals water reservoirs, overhead reservoirs, (IIP) is likely to have grown by 3-3.2 per cent during February 2019. As per the session Monday and cracked The 50-issue NSE Nifty too Bank 1.78 per cent, SBI 1.44 per in Jharkhand, a commercial complex in transmission mains, water distribution IIP data in January released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the growth below the key 38,000-mark, cracked below the 11,400-mark cent, RIL 1.26 per cent, L&T Hyderabad and a manufacturing facil- network and metering works in various in industrial production declined to 1.7 per cent as against 7.5 per cent a year with banking and realty coun- and hit a low of 11,311.60, 1.21 per cent and Bharti Airtel ity in Gujarat. blocks of Bankura district in West ago, owing to subdued performance of the manufacturing sector, especially cap- ters taking the biggest hit amid before finishing 102.65 points, or 1.09 per cent. The company said the orders fall Bengal. ital and consumer goods. “Given the headwinds in the global economy and domes- a global sell-off triggered by 0.90 per cent down at 11,354.25. HCL Tech, Asian Paints, under "large" category which ranges The business has also secured tic structural bottlenecks, the concerns to growth remain heightened,” said Arun renewed fears of a recession. Meanwhile, domestic insti- Hero Motocorp, IndusInd Bak, between Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 5,000 another repeat EPC (engineering, pro- Singh, lead economist, Dun & Bradstreet India. Singh further noted that in the The BSE Sensex tumbled tutional investors (DIIs) sold TCS, Infosys, ITC Ltd, Maruti crore as per its classification of contracts. curement and construction) order from short term, the risks remain accentuated as the concerns on the global front are 355.70 points to end at 37,808.91 shares worth Rs 657.37 crore, Suzuki, Tata Steel, HUL and “The construction arm of L&T has the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region growing while, domestically, the uncertainty on the outcome of the election will while the wider NSE Nifty while foreign funds remained Bajaj Auto too ended lower with secured orders from prestigious clients Development Authority for the inves- tend to keep the investment activity subdued. On the prices front, the report said, plunged 102.65 points to net buyers, pumping in Rs fall of up to 1.04 per cent. across different states in India,” L&T said tigation, design and construction of reversal in food prices that have remained unusually low are likely to push up 11,354.25. The Sensex has now 1,374.57 crore in Friday's trade, In contrast, ONGC spurted in a statement. water supply, sewerage, roads, drains, inflation. Moreover, the election-related spending and expected lower kharif crop lost over 575 points in two ses- provisional data showed. 3.90 per cent, Coal India 2.09 The buildings and factories business culverts, utility ducts for power, reuse output would exert additional inflationary pressures. D&B expects the CPI infla- sions. Investor sentiment damp- “Lingering concern on glob- per cent, PowerGrid 1.56 per has secured an order from the waterline for Krishnayapalem(P) and tion to be in the range of 2.6-2.8 per cent and the Wholesale Price Index-based ened after weaker-than-expect- al economic slowdown dragged cent, NTPC 1.19 per cent, Bajaj Jharkhand State Building Construction Venkatapalem (P) in Amaravati City. inflation to be in the range of 3-3.2 per cent during March, respectively. According ed economic data from the US down the domestic indices, the Finance 0.56 per cent and Corporation Ltd to construct two 500- Another EPC order has been to Singh, some of the key risk factors for the Indian economy are stressed assets and Europe last week stoked consolidation was broad based HDFC Bank 0.15 per cent. bed hospitals at Jamshedpur and secured from Faridabad Smart City Ltd in the banking sector, decline in tax mobilisation through GST, ailing rural econ- fears of a global slowdown. The where mid and small-cap under- Sector-wise, the BSE realty Dumka, respectively, it said. for laying of civic infrastructure, con- omy and concerns in key sectors such as telecom, power and real estate. He also trade worries between the US performed. US bond yield has index emerged as the worst per- It has also secured an order from a struction/upgradation of roads net- said, "We hope that the recent efforts to strengthen the balance sheets of the bank- and China too added to the wor- fallen as risk appetite of investors former by sliding 1.83 per cent, leading developer to construct a 108- works (Phase 1&2), underground ing sector and corporates turn the wheels of the domestic investment activity. ries, brokers said. to equities reduced due to fear followed by metal 1.30 per cent, metre tall commercial complex at cabling of HT/LT transformers, street Further, the business and consumer confidence could get an impetus once the Most other Asian markets of US recession. bankex 1.29 per cent, teck 1.12 Raidurgam in Hyderabad. lighting and landscaping works, among uncertainty over the election outcome gets over.” ended sharply down, while “Consolidation may extend per cent, auto 1.10 per cent, cap- “Spread across a built-up area of 3.6 others. European shares were trading in the near term. However, ital goods 0.96 per cent, IT 0.86 lakh sq mt, the project will comprise The company said it has also # $     $1    lower in their opening sessions. domestic macro-economic sen- per cent, FMCG 0.83 per cent, leasable area, high street retail frontage, secured an order from Patna Smart City $  271233     6  Besides, investors preferred timent remains strong. Stability healthcare 0.48 per cent and grand retail plaza, recreational activities, Ltd for retrofitting and re-development New Delhi: Hyundai Motor India Monday said it has signed a wage set- to keep their portfolios at a low in oil prices and increase in FII consumer durables 0.46 per landscape areas, and amenities like of storm water drains, development of tlement agreement with the workers of its Chennai plant, under which the tech- ebb ahead of fiscal 2018-19 inflow in expectation of earn- cent. multi-level car parking spaces. The smart road network as per urban street nicians will get an average salary increase of Rs 25,200 per month spread over coming to an end, they added. ings revival and formation of On the other hand, oil and scope of work includes civil, structur- design principles, development of foot- three years. The three-year wage settlement will be implemented with retrospective The 30-share Sensex, after stable government reflects the gas gained 1.40 per cent, PSU al works, architectural finishes and paths, utility corridor, streetscaping, effect from April 2018 and will remain effective until March 2021, Hyundai Motor opening lower at 38,016.76, strength of the market,” said 0.91 per cent, infrastructure MEP works,” the statement said, adding vendor and parking zone creation, India Ltd (HMIL) said in a statement. The wage settlement agreement was signed stayed in the negative territory Vinod Nair, Head of Research, 0.70 per cent, PSU 0.47 per cent the project is to be completed in 32 installation of street furniture with between the company's management and the recognised union, the UUHE (United through the session and slipped Geojit Financial Services. and power 0.46 per cent. months. smart street lighting, smart bus stops Union of Hyundai Employees), it added. “As per the agreement, technicians will below the 38,000-mark to touch Vedanta Ltd was the top The broader markets saw The company said it has also and allied works in Patna. receive an average salary increase of 25,200 per month spread over three years," a low of 37,667.40 on mounting loser in the Sensex pack, falling investors cutting down their secured an order from a renowned con- L&T is an Indian multinational the company said. Technicians will receive 55 per cent of the increased salary selling pressure in sync with the 3.28 per cent, followed by Tata exposure, which pulled down struction machinery manufacturer to company engaged in technology, engi- in the first year, 25 per cent in the second year and 20 per cent in the third year. global sell-off. Motors at 2.31 per cent. the BSE small-cap index by 1.16 construct a manufacturing facility in neering, construction, manufacturing This would mean a monthly salary raise of 13,860 will be given in the first year, However, fag-end buying at Other laggards included per cent and the mid-cap gauge Gujarat. The water and effluent treat- and financial services with over USD 18 6,300 in the second year and 5,040 a month in the third year,” HMIL said. lower levels trimmed losses to Yes Bank 2.18 per cent, M&M by 1.06 per cent. ment business has received four orders billion in revenue.

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198.45 200.00 IPCALAB 929.05 929.05 909.00 918.40 IOC 156.70 165.25 156.00 164.10 HINDALCO 206.15 206.15 201.90 204.95 GMRINFRA 17.20 17.55 16.95 17.10 PARAGMILK 264.90 264.90 252.55 253.40 BAJAJ-AUTO 2934.80 2965.60 2915.25 2960.35 10.60 MARUTI 6533.90 6621.45 6491.35 6523.45 BAJAJELEC 510.00 540.00 510.00 528.10 NESTLEIND 10599.95 10599.95 10303.15 10521.05 SCI 35.90 35.90 35.00 35.15 ADANIPORTS 358.90 363.00 353.15 361.20 0.45 PFC 112.40 121.40 111.85 119.10 CANBK 269.00 272.20 266.40 270.65 CASTROLIND 160.20 161.00 158.75 160.40 MMTC 27.60 27.80 27.10 27.20 HDFCBANK 2260.00 2287.85 2253.00 2278.00 1.85 RELIANCE 1330.10 1336.75 1317.15 1325.25 CGPOWER 43.50 44.95 43.15 44.15 SOUTHBANK 15.82 15.87 15.60 15.69 SOBHA 460.50 463.00 448.00 452.35 TECHM 792.00 795.45 786.40 788.20 -0.55 IDEA 31.80 32.00 30.05 30.20 MGL 965.05 983.80 942.20 971.75 BASF 1397.80 1467.40 1397.80 1443.45 VGUARD 218.00 218.30 213.10 213.70 HINDUNILVR 1674.00 1687.50 1660.00 1676.00 -2.05 DHFL 129.00 131.20 127.50 130.30 JAICORPLTD 108.50 108.60 106.00 106.65 GRUH 263.90 264.05 258.00 259.25 ISGEC 5525.00 5625.00 5475.25 5574.85 CIPLA 525.60 528.70 516.20 526.00 -0.80 RPOWER 10.49 10.78 10.35 10.50 ESCORTS 802.80 802.80 783.00 788.75 RBLBANK 633.95 639.00 627.25 636.75 KRBL 358.00 358.50 344.00 346.30 TITAN 1102.00 1106.50 1090.40 1100.15 -2.40 ZEEL 434.00 439.95 414.90 417.25 FORCEMOT 1670.00 1670.00 1632.30 1652.20 GUJFLUORO 1066.05 1084.00 1055.00 1064.05 INDHOTEL 147.00 149.40 146.20 148.40 BAJAJFINSV 6942.70 6969.20 6881.00 6938.70 -21.35 SBIN 294.90 295.00 292.40 293.80 TITAN 1104.00 1114.00 1092.05 1100.90 ECLERX 1173.95 1173.95 1150.00 1154.95 RNAM 187.50 192.45 185.65 189.05 TATASTEEL 512.80 517.70 507.05 515.90 -2.50 RELINFRA 127.80 132.75 125.90 128.45 MPHASIS 974.95 975.00 946.15 949.65 NHPC 24.55 24.85 24.30 24.40 DEEPAKFERT 136.90 137.50 133.00 134.00 MARUTI 6515.00 6621.00 6491.20 6520.00 -32.70 PNB 89.95 91.25 89.10 90.35 TATAELXSI 962.50 976.30 952.00 956.65 HEXAWARE 336.90 336.90 327.65 329.60 MINDAIND 351.95 355.55 338.00 346.35 BIRLACORPN 511.10 511.10 501.80 507.30 GRASIM 815.00 817.00 808.00 815.00 -5.10 INDIGO 1436.00 1452.05 1377.10 1385.40 SUNTECK 457.00 470.95 447.80 470.35 ADANITRANS 220.60 223.95 212.40 215.10 CARBORUNIV 367.00 379.80 367.00 374.45 ASTERDM 158.00 161.30 155.00 159.30 HCLTECH 1029.00 1029.00 1011.85 1017.70 -7.15 TCS 2007.00 2010.00 1979.30 1986.90 SUVEN 252.45 263.45 251.95 259.95 MANPASAND 118.50 118.50 113.05 114.35 REPCOHOME 444.50 446.15 435.20 438.75 SHOPERSTOP 466.00 466.00 453.55 460.00 ASIANPAINT 1465.10 1475.60 1451.50 1460.00 -11.25 TATAMOTORS 174.40 174.40 171.00 171.35 RAIN 100.20 100.20 96.30 97.00 BAJAJFINSV 6880.00 6961.80 6880.00 6909.35 WABAG 331.65 331.85 320.30 324.10 APLLTD 539.00 541.00 533.20 536.20 INDUSINDBK 1682.10 1699.95 1675.00 1682.90 -15.70 OBEROIRLTY 512.00 525.10 504.25 511.80 HCLTECH 1029.00 1034.95 1011.95 1016.20 OMAXE 208.70 208.70 206.35 206.90 TIMETECHNO 99.20 102.60 98.50 99.55 KPRMILL 551.60 553.15 543.30 548.65 RELIANCE 1330.60 1336.85 1316.70 1328.00 -13.75 AXISBANK 753.85 754.20 741.00 743.85 GRASIM 815.00 817.90 807.95 816.05 MAXINDIA 68.65 69.95 68.15 69.40 BAJAJHLDNG 3333.30 3345.00 3250.50 3258.50 MRF 56019.30 56287.95 55837.20 56031.55 EICHERMOT 21390.00 21390.00 21050.95 21191.40 -255.45 IBULHSGFIN 722.95 722.95 701.00 714.05 AUROPHARMA 770.00 779.00 758.80 775.40 TORNTPOWER 250.00 256.00 250.00 253.55 PRSMJOHNSN 87.70 89.00 86.80 87.30 COROMANDEL 471.15 483.80 467.95 478.10 HEROMOTOCO 2594.00 2608.80 2537.05 2572.00 -31.30 BOMDYEING 141.80 141.80 134.40 136.10 GLENMARK 633.00 641.25 629.75 636.25 EICHERMOT 21400.00 21400.00 21085.00 21182.00 INDOSTAR 350.10 353.20 346.65 349.00 ZYDUSWELL 1332.15 1357.00 1305.20 1328.20 INFY 742.40 742.40 730.55 733.95 -9.15 LT 1388.00 1391.30 1370.00 1377.20 TATAMTRDVR 86.30 86.30 84.95 85.10 INFRATEL 318.00 318.00 305.00 307.15 CHAMBLFERT 158.50 160.25 156.85 159.25 GRINDWELL 576.60 588.95 560.00 565.25 TCS 2007.80 2007.80 1977.20 1980.80 -24.85 BHEL 67.25 70.00 66.60 69.20 TVSMOTOR 475.00 475.00 458.25 463.10 KEC 297.00 297.00 288.00 290.30 EMAMILTD 391.75 397.00 389.60 391.60 GSKCONS 6945.00 6945.00 6868.00 6925.20 ITC 297.00 297.00 293.20 294.25 -3.95 HINDUNILVR 1675.00 1684.80 1661.25 1673.00 IDBI 42.15 42.35 41.80 41.95 SYNDIBANK 38.30 38.80 37.45 38.55 PHOENIXLTD 655.00 695.00 648.80 662.85 DBCORP 186.00 193.20 183.60 191.15 NTPC 134.00 137.40 133.70 135.65 SPARC 190.05 190.05 186.10 188.05 AARTIIND 1489.00 1489.00 1435.80 1450.20 ADANIGREEN 35.55 35.90 34.70 35.05 BHARTIARTL 332.90 334.90 323.20 327.15 -4.40 GMDCLTD 82.95 82.95 81.00 81.70 ICICIBANK 388.90 388.90 382.60 383.50 KEI 401.85 418.35 398.80 407.75 INTELLECT 199.95 201.95 197.95 200.05 VMART 2568.00 2618.35 2523.00 2564.50 IBULISL 286.00 290.00 278.90 279.65 WIPRO 262.00 262.00 256.00 257.00 -3.55 TATASTEEL 513.55 518.00 507.00 515.65 FSL 47.50 47.50 45.50 45.80 JSLHISAR 87.90 87.90 84.70 86.20 ANDHRABANK 25.75 25.80 25.35 25.45 TNPL 211.00 211.00 206.30 206.80 SBIN 294.00 295.45 292.20 293.95 -4.10 KOTAKBANK 1329.45 1329.45 1303.35 1308.80 APLAPOLLO 1393.00 1445.00 1392.95 1425.90 LEMONTREE 79.70 81.05 78.10 79.05 HSCL 117.90 117.90 114.30 115.15 LT 1387.00 1389.00 1370.10 1375.10 -19.60 HDFCBANK 2269.75 2287.70 2257.30 2282.00 MAGMA 108.95 109.35 102.65 107.70 LINDEINDIA 497.95 497.95 481.00 482.40 IFBIND 939.55 964.85 919.95 926.20 AXISBANK 752.70 755.00 741.15 745.35 -11.70 SAIL 51.70 51.70 49.75 49.90 HINDCOPPER 48.10 48.50 47.20 47.60 OFSS 3365.70 3385.50 3333.20 3349.20 LAOPALA 202.00 206.00 197.60 204.75 ULTRACEMCO 3911.00 3911.00 3850.00 3869.00 -60.75 HINDPETRO 267.90 275.45 266.70 274.40 MUTHOOTFIN 596.95 596.95 585.00 589.65 MOTILALOFS 595.50 614.15 595.50 607.95 CENTRUM 32.10 32.70 31.50 31.80 SUNPHARMA 468.50 469.45 461.20 465.00 -8.25 ASHOKLEY 89.00 89.05 87.20 87.45 BBTC 1264.05 1267.00 1234.80 1246.65 FRETAIL 448.00 448.00 436.20 439.00 CCL 281.50 291.15 278.40 288.15 IBULHSGFIN 718.95 721.80 707.00 714.20 -12.80 JUBLFOOD 1435.00 1459.25 1428.95 1454.70 JSWENERGY 63.00 66.40 63.00 64.25 LAURUSLABS 375.05 385.45 372.00 374.50 SOLARINDS 1042.50 1059.00 1002.00 1046.90 HDFC 1976.90 1976.90 1938.20 1944.65 -36.90 WOCKPHARMA 427.90 438.70 413.00 419.80 WELCORP 116.40 120.60 115.50 119.90 GESHIP 286.10 289.30 276.00 280.85 NESCO 452.00 456.55 450.15 455.00 KOTAKBANK 1325.95 1330.85 1303.20 1309.00 -27.25 EDELWEISS 193.80 193.80 184.30 185.70 GSFC 100.55 102.30 98.90 99.20 TATAMETALI 619.55 638.70 614.95 628.45 LAXMIMACH 6164.75 6185.00 6095.00 6110.00 YESBANK 250.00 250.40 246.10 247.40 -5.20 MOTHERSUMI 146.05 146.30 142.90 144.35 BANDHANBNK 498.00 499.75 488.00 489.15 FORTIS 135.50 137.75 134.80 136.65 DCAL 208.00 208.50 204.00 204.75 HINDALCO 206.50 206.50 201.90 204.75 -4.35 HDFCLIFE 362.05 362.05 355.45 358.70 ISEC 246.95 251.55 244.40 247.25 GUJGAS 147.35 149.20 145.10 147.45 SHILPAMED 356.85 359.10 351.00 352.75 ICICIBANK 387.95 387.95 382.50 383.40 -8.40 BANKBARODA 119.65 119.65 116.60 118.20 AMARAJABAT 716.10 716.10 703.95 706.70 RALLIS 160.00 161.70 160.00 160.95 AEGISLOG 201.60 204.70 200.95 201.60 M&M 672.00 675.00 663.40 663.80 -15.00 LUPIN 743.00 745.25 726.00 729.10 DCBBANK 196.45 197.00 193.10 196.40 PTC 75.50 76.50 74.60 75.00 NBVENTURES 102.95 104.60 102.35 103.10 UPL 930.00 931.70 905.80 913.85 -21.10 BEML 964.00 974.30 940.00 968.45 NAVINFLUOR 698.00 719.60 690.45 705.45 COCHINSHIP 381.00 385.40 374.15 380.40 ENDURANCE 1139.65 1151.75 1138.00 1146.85 TATAMOTORS 173.70 173.80 170.55 171.00 -4.40 RCOM 5.18 5.18 5.06 5.06 EQUITAS 131.20 132.70 128.45 129.05 TRENT 360.05 362.40 355.80 360.25 JKLAKSHMI 345.00 350.85 341.70 347.10 JSWSTEEL 282.00 282.00 276.00 276.95 -8.80 LTI 1659.25 1669.75 1626.00 1663.10 AUBANK 562.95 562.95 552.00 554.05 ALKEM 1712.00 1749.00 1693.00 1714.10 FDC 176.20 177.35 171.05 173.10 VEDL 170.70 171.00 167.75 168.20 -5.70 HDFC 1978.80 1978.80 1937.80 1945.75 GODREJAGRO 489.00 489.85 480.00 482.45 GUJALKALI 498.00 498.00 480.80 482.80 SHARDACROP 360.60 366.00 359.00 363.85 INFRATEL 314.55 314.55 304.75 304.95 -11.15 VEDL 170.80 171.15 168.00 168.25 MRPL 73.30 75.05 72.20 73.70 COFFEEDAY 283.00 285.60 278.00 280.20 BLUEDART 3461.50 3488.00 3358.65 3380.15 HEROMOTOCO 2599.90 2609.00 2544.50 2580.20 NOCIL 141.70 141.70 138.10 139.15 LUXIND 1290.00 1323.00 1280.00 1313.70 ZEEL 431.00 439.80 414.05 416.25 -18.60 GEPIL 829.50 832.80 799.15 815.45 TECHM 791.00 795.70 786.80 789.60 ABFRL 223.00 223.70 218.75 219.20 JBCHEPHARM 340.00 340.00 325.65 338.35 BAYERCROP 4290.00 4320.00 4265.85 4307.85   M&M 679.10 679.10 662.00 664.30 TRIDENT 66.50 66.50 65.10 65.35 MAHLOG 489.50 496.15 480.85 494.55 NILKAMAL 1393.05 1417.00 1375.85 1383.60 BAJFINANCE 2823.70 2865.00 2800.00 2852.85 TAKE 129.00 129.00 123.50 124.90 SWANENERGY 103.00 106.05 102.20 104.45 MHRIL 238.00 238.00 232.55 233.75 IDFCFIRSTB 52.45 52.45 51.35 51.65 MFSL 449.50 451.75 441.75 444.45 DEEPAKNI 263.00 268.25 258.00 259.15 FORBESCO 2305.00 2309.00 2270.00 2283.90 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE COALINDIA 232.15 238.50 231.50 236.80 ICICIPRULI 329.90 329.90 320.60 322.35 IDFC 43.50 43.80 42.80 42.90 SHK 155.00 156.40 152.40 153.10 GILLETTE 6431.55 6685.00 6373.60 6528.20 NIFTY NEXT 50 27606.70 27607.50 27353.00 27423.25 -336.75 IBREALEST 88.75 88.75 85.95 86.70 SRF 2450.00 2476.40 2420.10 2430.30 EVEREADY 198.90 198.90 193.80 194.70 KNRCON 263.20 264.70 253.15 258.20 JKCEMENT 829.75 836.05 812.05 824.10 OIL 172.10 177.40 172.00 176.80 4.75 SUNPHARMA 468.90 469.10 461.30 464.20 TATACHEM 580.50 581.00 570.50 572.85 ULTRACEMCO 3891.15 3897.65 3852.25 3872.30 CENTRALBK 33.50 33.50 31.20 32.10 IOB 13.70 13.70 13.51 13.54 BHEL 67.10 70.10 66.55 69.20 1.65 JUBILANT 749.00 749.00 721.00 724.95 UPL 932.80 932.80 906.60 913.80 NLCINDIA 78.85 78.85 77.70 78.00 MOIL 155.40 155.40 153.55 154.15 CAPPL 406.00 409.60 398.55 404.60 AUROPHARMA 767.00 779.00 758.25 777.45 9.15 ICICIGI 994.95 999.10 980.00 994.10 GAIL 350.00 353.25 343.25 351.30 SADBHAV 251.80 257.00 243.45 249.15 GREENPLY 154.90 154.90 149.50 153.15 GET&D 267.00 278.80 267.00 274.60 BEL 90.50 93.10 90.00 91.90 0.85 GRAPHITE 432.70 432.70 420.00 421.55 JSL 40.00 40.85 39.00 39.95 SYMPHONY 1324.75 1350.65 1319.55 1345.95 ASTRAZEN 1932.85 1981.50 1932.85 1968.40 SUPRAJIT 231.20 239.00 225.20 235.70 SRTRANSFIN 1191.30 1209.95 1181.20 1202.35 3.80 PCJEWELLER 80.05 80.05 77.30 78.70 RAJESHEXPO 653.50 678.90 649.50 654.00 BLISSGVS 166.70 168.25 165.00 166.90 BHARATFIN 1069.95 1082.05 1063.85 1074.65 MONSANTO 2573.90 2619.00 2573.90 2606.10 CADILAHC 332.65 334.00 325.05 333.00 0.15 BANKINDIA 97.40 99.20 96.40 98.55 ALBK 54.10 54.10 52.25 52.60 SHANKARA 416.35 418.00 401.10 404.35 CORPBANK 28.50 28.50 27.75 28.20 MAHLIFE 360.05 362.30 354.80 355.65 ACC 1566.30 1592.00 1563.00 1583.50 0.55 NCC 108.90 110.95 107.90 108.90 CANFINHOME 320.00 330.05 316.05 327.80 TV18BRDCST 34.70 35.20 34.20 34.55 ITDCEM 132.00 132.00 127.60 128.40 SUPPETRO 223.80 224.25 222.00 222.10 BRITANNIA 3074.75 3099.00 3061.10 3094.00 -4.60 JINDALSTEL 165.00 165.00 160.50 161.50 PETRONET 244.00 244.00 236.15 238.65 WELSPUNIND 60.50 60.70 58.40 58.95 BLUESTARCO 675.00 685.50 666.20 669.50 ITDC 276.50 282.00 275.10 276.15 PIDILITIND 1177.00 1185.00 1167.00 1183.00 -2.00 INFIBEAM 42.50 42.50 40.55 41.30 APOLLOTYRE 214.00 217.95 212.10 213.60 GICRE 245.00 251.00 240.40 242.15 FINOLEXIND 508.00 508.00 485.00 491.45 ATUL 3322.20 3354.75 3322.00 3340.20 AMBUJACEM 229.00 232.20 226.30 229.00 -0.85 ABCAPITAL 102.00 102.00 98.60 99.90 AJANTPHARM 1003.90 1007.65 987.55 1000.70 BRITANNIA 3100.00 3100.00 3065.00 3093.30 REDINGTON 95.30 98.30 95.30 97.45 TATAINVEST 833.05 833.95 830.00 830.50 ABB 1337.90 1340.00 1320.95 1335.05 -4.95 SUNTV 587.80 590.90 573.35 581.30 BALKRISIND 911.90 932.00 904.40 926.05 CENTURYTEX 888.00 894.60 879.90 886.50 TEJASNET 165.30 185.00 159.40 160.45 TIMKEN 565.50 570.35 557.00 557.70 SBILIFE 602.05 616.95 602.05 613.00 -2.50 UNIONBANK 86.00 88.40 84.55 87.65 NATCOPHARM* 585.00 592.65 560.00 572.30 FCONSUMER 44.95 44.95 44.00 44.15 SCHNEIDER 104.00 105.00 101.10 102.00 UNITEDBNK 10.60 10.83 10.60 10.68 BOSCHLTD 18256.00 18300.00 18069.10 18200.00 -87.05 BEL 90.05 93.05 89.85 91.75 AVANTI 407.55 407.55 397.00 399.10 SYNGENE 570.00 570.00 560.00 565.35 EIHOTEL 188.90 188.90 185.90 187.05 CRISIL 1500.00 1500.00 1473.00 1483.35 ICICIGI 999.70 1000.00 976.55 995.00 -4.95 DLF 195.00 195.00 188.15 189.40 CEATLTD 1115.25 1115.25 1080.00 1087.65 SIS 828.90 879.50 828.90 857.75 SREINFRA 29.85 29.85 28.05 28.20 PGHH 10950.00 10950.00 10283.40 10395.70 SIEMENS 1039.10 1057.80 1035.00 1043.30 -5.75 NBCC 63.85 65.60 63.05 63.75 COLPAL 1250.00 1256.30 1227.05 1235.05 INOXWIND 68.10 68.55 67.35 67.75 PFIZER 3164.50 3198.40 3138.15 3187.65 STARCEMENT 100.00 100.00 96.45 96.45 NHPC 24.50 24.85 24.35 24.45 -0.15 DELTACORP 241.00 242.60 237.10 240.65 THERMAX 989.10 1016.00 985.95 1007.55 EIDPARRY 212.20 212.20 203.05 204.25 LALPATHLAB 1073.00 1095.00 1055.05 1072.75 KALPATPOWR 434.15 438.70 433.30 433.75 OFSS 3389.50 3389.50 3333.00 3352.20 -21.05 POWERGRID 198.10 203.05 196.90 201.90 KANSAINER 443.95 447.00 438.60 439.80 GODREJCP 697.00 697.00 686.20 689.30 BAJAJCON 320.00 322.65 316.20 322.05 SCHAEFFLER 5369.50 5428.85 5350.00 5405.40 NIACL 181.00 183.80 178.00 183.00 -1.45 TATAGLOBAL 196.00 199.10 193.80 196.05 TIINDIA 357.65 370.00 347.60 366.15 ALLCARGO 114.65 115.30 111.15 111.50 FLFL 473.10 483.40 470.00 475.75 MAHABANK 13.16 13.29 13.12 13.15 MRF 56310.00 56320.00 55895.15 56050.00 -497.75 ITC 297.00 297.00 293.45 295.20 BATAINDIA 1368.40 1368.40 1324.15 1333.60 NIACL 183.45 183.45 177.70 180.00 HSIL 261.10 261.10 253.00 255.95 SANOFI 5530.00 5605.30 5518.35 5560.70 BIOCON 614.20 616.00 608.20 610.80 -6.15 DIVISLAB 1670.00 1712.00 1650.90 1707.15 HAVELLS 751.00 753.20 736.95 738.50 CYIENT* 665.00 673.00 659.05 665.95 BDL 284.30 286.75 282.00 284.15 GULFOILLUB 823.00 830.00 809.30 812.60 HDFCLIFE 360.90 362.50 355.40 359.15 -3.90 STRTECH 221.00 221.00 217.00 217.55 IRB 143.65 144.40 137.60 139.35 NIITTECH 1320.00 1334.40 1313.00 1316.80 MAHINDCIE 240.10 240.10 227.85 229.00 CERA 2680.00 2680.00 2622.35 2655.10 PGHH 10365.00 10463.95 10303.00 10350.65 -114.40 TATAPOWER 72.95 73.10 71.25 71.90 PNBHOUSING 848.00 866.00 820.00 831.45 ABB 1331.50 1342.10 1323.45 1338.35 TORNTPHARM 1860.00 1876.60 1850.95 1863.50 TVSSRICHAK 2190.00 2200.00 2180.80 2193.10 PEL 2599.00 2599.00 2553.00 2570.00 -30.70 WIPRO 261.30 261.50 256.05 256.65 MEGH 64.00 64.00 62.05 62.70 ASHOKA 128.70 128.70 123.00 123.70 RELAXO 769.90 769.90 746.75 757.30 HONAUT 21699.60 22070.00 21560.00 21927.25 DABUR 420.55 423.90 416.20 420.00 -5.05 LTTS 1488.00 1488.00 1433.00 1446.20 TTKPRESTIG 7987.60 8288.00 7981.20 8210.70 HIMATSEIDE 200.00 206.75 197.50 203.70 SONATSOFTW 328.55 329.85 324.05 326.70 ESSELPRO 116.00 116.90 114.00 114.95 L&TFH 145.40 145.40 142.35 144.25 -1.75 UBL 1360.00 1360.00 1309.65 1321.20 NMDC 106.75 106.75 103.20 104.75 NAVKARCORP 39.90 39.90 38.70 39.45 SHREECEM 18000.00 18118.25 17747.05 17896.85 ASAHIINDIA 266.75 266.75 261.55 263.80 LICHSGFIN 527.75 527.75 516.65 521.50 -6.65 JSWSTEEL 285.00 285.00 276.00 278.75 GODREJPROP 843.00 843.00 814.40 829.25 PVR 1605.00 1611.55 1580.05 1583.80 SUPREMEIND 1073.00 1079.70 1050.00 1066.05 TEAMLEASE 2948.00 2984.80 2941.00 2967.30 HINDZINC 273.00 273.00 268.10 271.00 -3.50 ENGINERSIN 112.00 114.75 111.00 112.75 HEIDELBERG 176.90 180.00 176.00 177.35 TATACOFFEE 94.80 94.80 90.20 90.50 SJVN 24.20 24.30 23.90 24.10 SUNCLAYLTD 2898.95 2898.95 2781.00 2821.00 CONCOR 512.60 512.60 502.00 507.00 -6.70 GNFC 301.90 301.90 290.00 290.75 BIOCON 620.00 620.00 608.65 611.05 TATACOMM 595.00 597.45 590.00 592.65 MERCK 3372.95 3372.95 3330.00 3348.80 NAVNETEDUL 109.00 109.00 107.20 108.00 BANKBARODA 118.90 118.90 116.40 118.30 -1.80 INDIACEM 99.00 99.00 95.55 96.15 RADICO 400.05 400.05 393.00 394.65 PERSISTENT* 630.00 648.80 628.40 633.10 BOSCHLTD 18235.00 18267.00 18100.00 18181.05 WABCOINDIA 6210.00 6251.00 6200.00 6205.95 MARICO 338.80 339.00 330.50 334.50 -5.15 DRREDDY 2755.00 2794.75 2731.10 2779.25 KTKBANK 124.90 126.05 123.75 125.20 MCX 785.35 794.10 780.75 793.00 JYOTHYLAB 183.00 187.85 182.15 184.60 NH 215.95 223.00 215.00 217.40 PETRONET 239.00 241.40 236.00 238.00 -3.75 BHARTIARTL 332.05 334.80 323.50 327.20 VENKYS 2259.90 2308.70 2234.85 2246.25 HINDZINC 274.95 274.95 268.60 270.70 HERITGFOOD 533.00 533.00 519.55 527.20 GALAXYSURF 1111.05 1111.05 1100.00 1100.45 LUPIN 743.80 745.95 727.00 731.00 -12.20 ASIANPAINT 1466.50 1474.80 1452.30 1456.60 PEL 2600.00 2600.00 2555.00 2574.05 SUNDRMFAST 535.00 557.10 535.00 550.25 BALMLAWRIE 187.45 188.85 185.50 185.95 RATNAMANI 880.05 881.05 860.20 865.55 SHREECEM 18138.00 18138.00 17740.30 17800.00 -318.25 LICHSGFIN 528.00 528.00 516.35 521.55 CUMMINSIND 752.80 752.80 715.05 720.10 INOXLEISUR 294.60 304.40 292.35 294.30 AKZOINDIA 1737.50 1789.95 1724.65 1763.80 SKFINDIA 1946.00 1946.00 1926.05 1933.35 GODREJCP 697.00 697.00 687.00 687.25 -12.50 IBVENTURES 281.85 281.85 272.15 273.85 BAJAJ-AUTO 2932.00 2968.95 2918.65 2958.10 GODFRYPHLP 1113.75 1125.00 1110.05 1120.25 UFLEX 212.20 217.90 209.25 211.10 GAYAPROJ 159.35 159.35 150.50 151.80 GICRE 246.15 251.45 240.05 242.80 -4.50 M&MFIN 408.10 414.85 406.15 412.40 INDIANB 263.70 263.70 252.20 254.65 PIIND 1013.00 1023.00 1003.10 1010.70 ZENSARTECH 227.70 229.65 226.00 227.40 THYROCARE 541.00 542.00 536.00 538.75 ICICIPRULI 327.00 329.65 320.20 323.10 -6.20 JISLJALEQS 60.65 60.65 57.15 57.40 OIL 173.00 177.50 172.00 176.05 ITI 91.55 93.30 91.35 91.75 NETWORK18 33.45 34.05 32.95 34.00 SOMANYCERA 389.65 392.20 388.15 391.75 NMDC 105.85 105.85 103.30 104.85 -2.10 DISHTV 36.80 36.80 34.40 34.80 NAUKRI 1910.95 1926.55 1881.20 1901.25 HFCL 22.15 22.15 21.60 21.80 JAGRAN 110.00 113.15 110.00 112.10 AIAENG 1702.00 1722.00 1702.00 1708.60 MOTHERSUMI 145.55 146.40 142.85 144.00 -3.00 BHARATFORG 493.00 493.00 482.30 487.90 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   (;1;1 And this weekend, after yet serious problem after a disas- nations of a string of high-pro- another bruising Brussels sum- trous snap election in June file Brexit supporters, notably ccused of presiding over an mit for the prime minister, 2017, when May lost her par- former foreign secretary Boris *D   Aunprecedented national British newspapers were full of liamentary majority. Johnson, and has endured con- humiliation in her chaotic han- moves by her colleagues to oust She was forced to strike a stant sniping from MPs on the dling of Brexit, British Prime her. deal with Northern Ireland’s sidelines. Minister Theresa May has all In an editorial, pro-Brexit Democratic She won a leadership chal- but lost control of her party and Conservative-supporting Unionist Party (DUP), and lenge within her own party in # %=  her Government. Spectator magazine suggested since then has struggled to keep December, a victory that made The Conservative leader May was the “worst prime her party and its allies togeth- her immune from a similar has in the past won praise for minister in our history”. er. challenge for a year, even if she her determination and ability It condemned her “lack of Naturally reserved and had to promise to quit before     to survive what has often felt imagination, inability to lead a reliant on her husband Philip the next scheduled election in like one long political crisis team or solve complex prob- and a few close aides, May 2022. since the 2016 referendum vote lems” -- although it also often says she is just quietly As a result, it is not clear    0/4)( to apply overnight, threatening to leave the European Union. accused the ruling party itself “getting on with the job”. how MPs might depose her havoc in almost every domain But her approach to the for failing to find a better But in the last election, she now if she refuses to quit. he EU announced on of life. May has been seeking endgame, refusing to accept leader. struggled to engage with voters May’s critics are deeply TMonday it has completed to rally support for her twice- MPs’ opposition to her divorce May’s former director of and was dubbed the “Maybot” divided, and their inability to its preparations for Britain rejected deal, but there is spec- deal and agreeing to delay communications, Katie Perrior, after churning out the same unite behind a rival candidate crashing out of the bloc with- ulation that if she fails, she Brexit to try for a third time to wrote in The Times newspaper tabloid also embraced this plan, the EU, embraced the cause answers and speeches over and has foiled previous attempted out a divorce accord, as fears could allow MPs to vote on get it through, has prompted that the prime minister was “a praising May’s “remarkable with the mantra “Brexit means over again. coups. Her finance minister, of a chaotic “no-deal” Brexit what happens next. frustration and anger on all passenger at the time when the resilience in the face of repeat- Brexit”. May’s legacy from her pre- Philip Hammond, condemned grow. The commission outlined sides. country needed a rally driver”. ed humiliations, but saying it Her promise to leave the vious role as interior minister any talk of replacing May as “As it is increasingly like- measures in 13 key areas, from Ministers from both the She backed a suggestion was ‘time to move on’.” EU’s institutions and end free has also been called into ques- “self-indulgent”, warning that ly that the United Kingdom rules on flying and road trans- pro- and anti-Brexit camps in made by some MPs that May “She has lost the backing of movement of workers delight- tion in recent months, with the problem remained what to will leave the European Union port to travel regulations, fish- her cabinet have in recent offer to quit if parliament backs much of the country and now ed eurosceptic MPs, but caused growing criticism of her crack- do about Brexit. without a deal on 12 April, the ing rights and banking -- weeks joined scores of her divorce deal, allowing her party,” the paper said. dismay among many pro- down on irregular migration. “This is not about the European Commission has while stressing that they would Conservative MPs in defying someone else to lead the next May took office after the Europeans. However, May has been prime minister or any other today completed its ‘no-deal’ only reduce the disruption, not the government in parliamen- stage of the EU negotiations. 2016 referendum, and despite The splits in her written off before. individual, this is about the preparations,” the commis- prevent it altogether. tary votes. The top selling The Sun having campaigned to stay in Conservative party became a She has survived the resig- future of our country,” he said. sion, the bloc’s executive arm, “The EU’s contingency said. measures will not — and can- The gloomily worded not — mitigate the overall 0        = %  %  %  statement, just days after impact of a ‘no-deal’ scenario, 7(B 5 !  Brussels agreed to postpone nor do they in any way com-        Brexit from its previous March pensate for the lack of pre-          29 deadline, piled fresh pres- paredness or replicate the full 9%    &   .  sure on Prime Minister benefits of EU membership,”    3(''0' %  Theresa May as she gathered the commission statements %0: 9%  0 her cabinet to discuss the way said. akistan’s military has reject- >E :    forward. “These proposals are tem- Islamabad: The Pakistan Ped India’s claim that it used    (';/) Unless British lawmakers porary in nature, limited in Government on Monday US-made F-16 fighters jets    2'31;1    13$)?/'1$) approve a withdrawal agree- scope and will be adopted approved a proposal to estab- against India in retaliation to its t least seven people, includ- ment to ease the country out unilaterally by the EU. They lish a corridor that will allow pre-emptive strikes on a JeM Aing a man who assisted in S President Donald Trump rance’s Emmanuel Macron of the bloc, EU rules and are not ‘mini-deals’ and have Hindu pilgrims from India to terror camp in Balakot, saying solemnising the wedding of Uwould have no problem Fwas accused Monday of agreements built up over 46 not been negotiated with the visit Sharda Peeth, an ancient that JF-17 Thunder combat two teenage Hindu girls after with the release of the Mueller lacking empathy after criticis- years of membership will cease UK.” Hindu temple and cultural site aircraft developed jointly with their alleged abduction and report into Russia’s meddling in ing an elderly “yellow vest” pro- in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, China were used in the opera- forced conversions, have been the 2016 US election, White tester who was badly injured according to a media report. tion. detained in Pakistan, amid House press secretary Sarah during a demonstration in      The Sharda Peeth corridor, Pakistan Army spokesman reports that the victims Sanders said on Monday. Nice at the weekend. < << when opened, will be the sec- Major General Asif Ghafoor approached a court seeking “I don’t think the president Macron has repeatedly ond religious tract after said the Indian jets violated the protection. has any problem with it,” however, concluded that there been accused of harbouring an   Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan- Pakistani airspace on February The two girls, Raveena Sanders said on NBC’s Today was insufficient evidence to arrogant, dismissive attitude   #  controlled territory that will 26, dropping payloads without (13) and Reena (15), were show. bring obstruction of justice towards ordinary people who   $   -2 connect the two neighbouring inflicting any casualties or allegedly kidnapped by a group “He’s more than happy for charges against Trump. complain about having diffi-   3   &  nations. 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"L3 Indian politics that would Coincidentally or we can say    !   require the combined skills of ironically, the death of Bose is   E  " Agatha Christie, Alfred another incident of modern Indian Hitchcock and Sherlock history that is still shrouded in mys- 0   Holmes,I Prime Minister Lal tery despite several commissions '  Bahadur Shastri’s suspicious death and enquiry. Singh asks, “Isn’t it   P  in Tashkent on January 11, 1966, really surprising that the death of     would certainly qualify as one. the second Prime Minister outside Maybe given the international the country is not questioned by   %3 P ! angle that the conspiracy has, since anyone, including journalists, and "H   he died in what was the former his own party members?”   #!   Soviet Russia during the Cold War, But irrespective of his short   %M a Robert Ludlum might even be tenure and untimely as well as mys- ' +    summoned to shore up the forces. terious death, even 53 years after his The Tashkent Files, a film by death, Lal Bahadur’s name is spo-   director Vivek Agnihotri, is the first ken with nothing short of awe.   % one to be dedicated to the attempts While other Indian Prime   " of “honest journalists” to answer Ministers might have been divisive #  some questions related to his death. figures with their loyal band of sup- ! To be released on April 12, in the porters and dissenters, Lal Bahadur thick of the election season, the continues to evoke nothing but     !% trailer launch saw the late Prime praise. “He is very difficult to       . Minister’s family turn out in full emulate for the simple reason that #'  force. Sunil Shastri, his son, was just anything he preached, he practised   % 15 when Lal Bahadur was sworn in on himself and his family first. as Prime Minister on June 9, 1964 During Shastri Vrat, the entire and can recollect his death clearly. family, including my then two-year- O<&/1 “There was always a doubt in my old sister, did not eat,” he says refer- . ( mind about the manner in which ring to the famous austerity drill he died. As a teenager, it really had where, in order to battle the chron- ./()/ an effect on me. Of course, much ic food shortage that the country "/#/ of it has to do with my mother, faced, he gave up eating one meal " Lalita Shastri, who spoke about it in a week before asking the coun- /1/& at length in an interview in a week- try to follow suit. He even motivat- )//1 ly Hindi newspaper and also in her ed the country to maximise the cul- book, Mere Pati Mere Devata,” tivation of food grains by plough- "/12 says Sunil. ing the lawn himself at his official DF There are many things that residence. /1*/1 have given rise to the belief that the      !  Pooja, Singh’s wife, recalls her / death, which was attributed to a mother-in-law cooking the peels of 1 heart attack, was not normal. Minister’s Office. But Sunil wants Beyond the Lines that was published two countries, India agreed to every vegetable. “Karela (bitter “Initially, my mother and the rest to know, “How will the revelation in 2012. But what is even more N)('(0''4/3 return the strategic Haji Pir pass to gourd), tori (snake gourd) peels */ of the family were not allowed near of the truth affect these?” telling is that Nayyar, towards the Pakistan which it had captured in were cooked. The skin of singhada (( his body. When we were, his face There were other issues that end of his life, did tell the family that &)/=3??3$4(; August 1965 against heavy odds (water chestnut) was used to (2/ was smeared with sandalwood indicate a cover-up. Two people, his he believed that the Prime Minister )4(')?;/) and at a huge human cost. This make pickle. I came from a fairly )!!/(F paste but it was apparent that his personal physician, Dr R N Chugh, died mysteriously. move was unpalatable to most affluent family and I was sur- body had turned blue. There were and his assistant, Ram Nath, who Rumours swirled at the time of 3()/)';1' Indians. prised. My mother-in-law told me !/ white marks and he had bled from had accompanied him to Tashkent, his death about the involvement of However, Sanjay Nath Singh, that the family had seen poverty "/*!"// his nose and back. Yet no post were killed in road accidents. his powerful rivals in the Congress '1=31) the son of Suman, Lal Bahadur’s and nothing was wasted.” &#)!*/)/1 mortem was conducted,” he says. “Before his death, whenever we who, supposedly along with Russia’s /)'$)") daughter and Vijay Nath Singh, says Interestingly, for the strong (/"")!*2P The concerns of the family questioned Ram Nath, who my help, eliminated him as within the /'$3);1 that unlike the popular theory spine he possessed, he was not dour L1# revolve around not just the lack of father treated like a son, he always 18 months that he was the Prime that the last person that he spoke and did have a sense of humour. an autopsy but the fact that all the cried and seemed to be under a lot Minister, his popularity was 3)(?'13 to was his mother, it was his father “When leaving for Tashkent, my ' $ #$ documents related to his death have of pressure. The mystery deepened unprecedented and growing. Of ?'3(=?3/%4/31 that the late Prime Minister talked father, a diminutive man who         not been made public. There is the when he met with one accident course, another theory attributed to as he wanted to discuss the reac- stood at 5’2”, was asked how he correspondence between the where he lost his legs and then the deed to the CIA which wanted ( ()*+) ") tion to the agreement among the would stand up to the towering    !  Ministry of External Affairs and the another where he completely lost to arrest India’s march towards countrymen. “He told my father physical presence of General Ayub $!   Indian Embassy after the death of his memory. Dr Chugh too died in becoming a nuclear power. )13/)?'3(=" that ‘when I come back, I will put who was one feet taller than him?   # the Prime Minister that is classified. an accident while going back to his However, Sunil refuses to agree or 31$(431=)1 before my countrymen something He replied, ‘The Indian Prime The entire lot of papers related to house along with his family,” he dismiss any of the theories. “Let the that would make them forget the Minister would look up while the   !   2;.=)'/.;(     . the Raj Narain Committee, consti- says. film be released and we will talk Agreement.’ The decision was taken Pakistani President would have to tuted by the Janata Party in 1977 to Veteran journalist Kuldip about it,” he says with a laugh in a 3)/"31;)'O in consultation with other people look down while talking to each   (  look into the mysterious death, Nayyar, who was the Prime grandfatherly tone. and was not done under any pres- other,’ ” says Sunil. '!  % remain untraceable from the Minister’s press advisor from 1960 The family does feel that there sure.” The trailer hints that the sur- But even his opponent had     Parliament’s library. Despite repeat- to 1964 and travelled with him is a lot in store for it with the release prise here was none other than the nothing but praise for him. General       ed attempts by the family as well as extensively, including on the fate- of the film. “We approached every According to the Tashkent Indian National Army leader Ayub believed that he was the per- others, documents related to his ful Tashkent tour was one of the government, Congress and non- Agreement signed with the Subhash Chandra Bose. He or son “who could have brought India  "  #!   %3 accidental death remain classified first people to see his body and cov- Congress, including the one led by Pakistan President General someone who bears a striking and Pakistan closer.”   !"      as under Section 18 (1) of the RTI ered it with the Indian flag. Lalita Chandrashekhar, but no action Mohammed Ayub Khan and medi- resemblance to him is standing Clearly, they do not make men        Act they can cause “national unrest Shastri did tell him about the was taken. The film has given us the ated by Soviet premier Aleksey behind the Russian premier in a or statesmen like him any more. Or #   % and upheaval and international marks and cuts on Shastri’s body, only ray of hope as we are yet to get Kosygin on January 10, for the photograph that was clicked after even when he was alive. ?,+*     "L'   embarrassment” as per the Prime which he documented in his book a closure,” he says. ceasefire of hostilities between the the signing of the agreement       %%%   % #!   % t took just a single tweet for I depended on them.” /  !  A7"6767%M director and filmmaker It was then the idea of Q '&&%$ !         IVivek Agnihotri to get the 5    crowd-sourcing came to his  % idea of creating a film on mind and called out the pub- India’s second Prime Minister, lic to reach to him in case they *%+ $ ! L3 P         P Lal Bahadur Shastri, and his ?   &3&)E'13;/3 $''E 3'(    have any related information.      "  fateful demise. “It was October Well, surprisingly, “within oing down memory lane and reminisc- !  !    "M 2, 2017, and I had tweeted, ‘It’s       A7   +  hours so many people wrote to ing his journey in the film industry,      % Shastri’s birthday too.’ That us that the server got jammed. GKaran said, “I don’t like taking it slow. was the time when somebody            That’s where I found a new I’m the happiest on a film set because where else commented that why don’t direction.” can I sing, dance, laugh, cry and still be at work? you make a film on him?” says            However, in this social- You are god when you’re a filmmaker, you can O &*/ he. media, fake news-led world, create a world, destroy or re-create it, you can The film, The Tashkent web of questions about how how to differentiate between do whatever you want.” (((P Files, comes with a hashtag India and its democracy facts and fiction? “I am intel- When Karan was notified about his statue '        ! question — Who killed became a victim to the Cold ligent,” laughs Vivek and goes being made at Madame Tussauds, he said he Shastri? More than half a cen- War between USA and USSR? on to add that they tried to first informed his mother about it. He was over-    2    ! tury after that fateful morning What were the policies of our “cross-reference” the overlap- whelmed by the news and spoke of the connect     #  !% in Tashkent and the question leaders and the government ping facts and figures. He he shares with his 3     " &  still remains unanswered — and how were they correct for explains, “If a hundred people mother. He said,  #    P Did Shastri really die a natur- the country? How would have are on side A, and the other “I share a close   ! al death or was it an assassina- India shaped up if Shastri was hundred people on side B, bond with her. I tion birthed from political dis- alive? A lot of things opened up then we struck out the com- feel more  N O  agreements? and helped me understand monalities between both the engaged with the   % Well, Vivek could have India better,” he says. sides and dug out the real mat- parental aspect of  "L P % chosen the easy way after the With the film, the director ter. We kept finding the com- things. Now I  P P tweet and just made a biopic on says, he also aims to question mon lines and counter ques- have a new gaze ! %3  his life and suspicious death. unjustified. The youth is taking At that time, no one, including the democracy and people’s tioning each thing.” on everything my However, he felt that there have interest in the country. Why do the journalists, officers or even right to information. While The film, he says, proceeds mother went   "  been numerous chapters in his- you think all these big star- other people in authority ques- going through the research exactly in the way that the through.” 3 # ! tory textbooks talking about based films are not working? tioned the manner of his sud- for the film, there was a stage research happened — one Turning the  %3 ! what life did the man live. People are preferring more den death. Imagine, a PM of frustration when he wasn’t thing gets added to the other conversation    However, “not a single one realistic elements and con- goes on an international able to find any way out. It was the moment it’s discovered. around his persona, he was asked that how does   answering or making the youth tent that can relate to the trip for a political treaty, and indeed tough to get the right Well, the film’s release date he manage to keep cool with all the ups and realise the importance of ques- real life stories of the com- just dies... Even an autopsy data. “I filed a number of RTIs (April 12) too raises certain downs in life. He said, “We’re in the kind of pro-  # %2   tioning that how did he die so mon man,” says Vivek. on the body was not con- and received no response. I questions given that General fession where everything is in front of the #   ! abruptly?” As a filmmaker, he ducted. Isn’t it question- checked the records, Elections are round the corner. media. Paparazzi follows you every where. They    3 The director feels that felt that he could able? The silence approached national archives However, the director counter capture your airport look, gym look, even out   "  India’s youth and audience are bring it back to around it made me and read books from public questions that why are dates of the bed look. If you’re in the show business, maturing with a great pace as people’s conscience curious.” libraries, and didn’t find any assigned to directors and you have got to show yourself and therefore look !  %3   questioning almost everything. now that reaching For Vivek, answer. It was the most shatter- actors? “Nobody questions good.”  #  !%M Hence, he says that the film is them is easier, once he picked up ing and frustrating moment in why Salman Khan only releas- In one of the segments in the show, Karan    ! dedicated to all the “honest especially due to the project, it tran- the whole journey,” he tells us, es his film on Eid or Akshay received a special video message from actress )#  ! N O journalists and truth seekers” social media. He scended to more adding, “All the evidence was Kumar on August 15 or Alia Bhatt as she talked about Karan’s “flawless”   in the country. “Sometimes says, “Now is the than just a film. “It destroyed. Hence, we didn’t January 26. If they have a rea- character. Alia asked Karan, “Now that you have they even question certain right time when became my right have much information that we son, here, it’s a political season, Yash and Roohi in the Johar family, who are my "   things which are better to be they could ques- as a citizen of India could have referred to. Things so why not? Such a film would siblings too, the only question I want to ask is P  !   left as they are. However, this tion the manner of to know what hap- were beyond forensic control anyway have grabbed equal have you forgotten that I am your daughter? Am ! #  is a sign that they are maturing his death again. It is pened to the second now. Documents and many eyeballs irrespective of when it I still your daughter?” As a reply, he said, “Of    and realising what their duties something that had PM of India. It was not files from the Parliament itself releases,” he laughs as he signs course. How can I forget that Alia is my first    % and rights are. 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rancis Newton Souza’s Last Howl from the Cross, two works by Akbar Padamsee, a landscape by Ram Kumar, a fervent figurative from Jogen Chowdhury, and NandalalF Bose’s Arjuna are a few works that hold their own. Among sculptures, it is the venerated Himmat Shah’s sculp- ture that extols the modernist mood in myriad ways. All these stellar works, which are iconic in symbolism and the transcending trajectory of artistic evolu- tions, are being auctioned at the Asta Guru’s Modern Indian Art auction.

NANDALAL BOSE’s ARJUNA Nandalal Bose’s Arjuna, a magnifi- cent tempera on silk, painted in 1944, is %!  !  a national treasure and it is the first time it is being showcased to the public. It 6 /1P JOGEN CHOWDHURY’s DANCER of dense cross hatched lines, fleshed out belongs to a freedom fighter and one of /!1/#"3 1999 with a hint of colour added with a soft the pioneers of modern art in India. The One artist who has always stood apart dry pastel. “We did not have electricity painting was inspired by Tagore’s dance "/"*/)P in figurative splendour is Jogen in our houses and I had to read by the drama Chitrangada based on the "1")/(( Chowdhury. His Dancer 1999 is a splen- hurricane lantern. I had to fall back on Mahabharata. The painting shows a !/!" did creation in contours curves and cohe- black and white because we did not have reclining Arjuna in the forest with an sive beauty. Jogen has often included ref- enough light. We had a miserable state intriguing expression on his face. #2< erences to popular visual culture in his of living when we came to Kolkata as Historian R Siva Kumar says, “We never *1## work and this is one of them. Over the refugees. The criss-crossing lines, too, thought that the later version would ever */E13 period of 1970s onwards, he developed may be carrying traces of the environ- be seen. We thought that the 1938 one at his own unique approach for the treat- mental and mental complications of NGMA was the only one that we would )*'!&3" ment of his subject. He drew inspiration that time.” &,2 *  (*!(3 see. Every piece of Nandalal Bose is a rare   from folk art sources, including Kalighats gem and bears the tag of a ‘national trea- Human and the Divine Predicament, #&( and Battala woodcuts. Jogen references HIMMAT SHAH sure.’ this canvas resembles Souza’s contentious local traditions and popular visual cul- Himmat Shah’s sculpture is a joy to 1959 painting, Crucifixion, which is cur- rather than piety, recalling medieval ture to comment on the complexities and behold. Spartan primal and deeply philo- F N SOUZA’s LAST HOWL FROM rently part of the Tate’s permanent col- scenes of heretics burning at the stake. contradictions of Bengali middle-class sophical Himmat’s sculpture is a blend of THE CROSS 1963 lection. under a night sky, it is the shades of dif- society. He combines fantasy with real- the smoothened aesthetics of Brancusi Souza used to attend Mass with his In this revolutionary piece, the icon- AKBAR PADAMSEE’s CITYSCAPE ferent dark colours and the work an ity to produce subjects that are often and the cubist flavour of the yesteryear. grandmother every day and as a little boy ic image of Christ’s crucifixion is ren- AND METASCAPE incandescent aura. Padamsee’s Metascape grotesque, distorted and caricatures but Himmat has always admired both he would watch the priests closely and be dered with malevolence rather than Akbar Padamsee’s Cityscape 1957 too is a rare delight that conveys a rest- they revel in the fluidity of finesse. Brancusi and Henry Moore and created fascinated by the rituals of Catholicism empathy. The gaunt martyr appears and his Metascape are two riveting fulness, a depth and richness that is Jogen Chowdhury’s subjects are usu- works that are born of modernist idioms. including the crucifixion and the stained grotesque with his bared, fang-like teeth, works. Cityscape is a meditation on the immediately striking. As the word ally rendered against a black back- This work too belongs to the solitude that glass windows. But over the years his vacant eyes and tangled, spiked hair. Like beauty of nocturnes in myriad colours on Metascape suggests, in these paintings ground, their fluid contours tightened is Himmat’s own leitmotif. It has about admiration also turned into deep criti- the figure they supposedly mourn, Souza line, form and movement. Painted from Padamsee is concerned with the mythic with cross-hatching and heightened with it an aristocracy and a signature that cism of the orthodoxy and the practices has disfigured and distorted the men and top to bottom, it has cubist geometry, it or archetypal landscape, which is touches of colour. The absence of a back- harks back to early ages even as it of the church and its many clergy. This women at the base of the cross, who is also a meditation on the very act of expressed visually by a stringent order- ground allows the viewer to focus pure- speaks to us as a canticle of contempo- work, Last Howl from the Cross 1963 was appear to be heckling rather than griev- painting. This early cityscape has only a ing of timeless elements, such as the ly on the central character, evoking a rary wisdom. exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, ing for the crucified figure. Thus, the few buildings at close range but in the earth, the sun and the moon, in tempo- sense of human alienation. His figures are (The auction will begin from March London, in 1964 in a show titled The mood set by the artist is one of revulsion vertical clusters of geometric shapes ral space. woven into a shape with a spidery web 27 to March 28 in Mumbai.)

it is as if we are looking at differ- ing life forms and how we impact 7    nature in a destructive way.” ' !*$ + BIRD HEADS AS A SUBJECT Anjali Jaggi’s rooster heads,   !   .   "! .     "   done in transparent glaze with red '3    slip, were a candid stoneware set '13E';;/     ! " 41'3/ that also spoke of the spirit as well   ) #  as the technique. It is an inspira- urner Prize winner, Anish   tion that hold’s one attention. Not Kapoor creates elegant minimal- all the works were worthy of Tist sculptures that combine sim-     scrutiny or intensity. Whatever the ple materials, geometric shape and cause of the exclamations, whether organic form to generate maximum      a neatly turned bowl or a sculptur- impact. al entity, what entices is the   #   endearing quality of ceramics and ELEGANT MINIMALIST SCULP-      stoneware. TURES After first establishing his reputa-   " LIVELY VISUALS tion in the 1980s with biomorphic There were lively visuals of sculptures in limestone and other  41'3/ decorative ceramic artworks, and natural materials, Kapoor began to a myriad of colours and designs explore the theme of “the void” in that would tingle your senses. large-scale stone works, some with our galleries full of the viewer is mesmerised by the the pensive beauty of the lotus Among the simpler creations, one defined insides and outsides and oth- stoneware and ceramic soft transparent glaze that has leaves that have always been a work was Manoj Kumar’s small ers that clearly delineate empty spaces. Fniceties that stemmed from strips of various lengths ringing subject of great interest and fish, made of stoneware and high In 2006, he installed Sky Mirror at humble pots to platters and a few the sheep’s bodies. They have a intrigue to artists of different fired in transparent glaze with red Rockefeller Center, a 23-ton, three- tly transcends changing appearances as Split’s success is its highly polished items of sculpture. The AIFACS Biblical perfection and are born mediums. and black slip. The small plate held story stainless steel sculpture that humans who walk in front of the steel mirrored surface that replicates the and Delhi Blue Pottery Trust of a different spirit, and one its own because it ascertained to reflected the New York skyline. He coalesce into slim gradients of animat- human figure in all its intricate lesser presented the All India Studio readily reckons that she must be MAN AND NATURE the truth that this is a highly described the massive work as a “non- ed legions. Kapoor revels in his crafts- or greater than magnitude. Pottery Exhibition 2019, which discovered in depth of details and If there was a well-crafted, cal- expressive way of working and at object” because its reflective surface manship, and you know that he has a Indeed we all know that mirrors was a treat for tired eyes. There compositions; pieces like this are culated work, it was that of Aarti its most basic relies solely on the allowed it to disappear. deep understanding of physicality to are seductive and Kapoor revels in giv- seemed to be more work in incredibly hard to fire, as all Paliwal. Likewise, as a represent- hands as tools. On display one saw give the sculpture’s concave centre the ing his viewer’s a narcissist’s treat. But stoneware, you could not help but kinds of accidents can occur in ed ceramicist she is highly skilled, a varied working range, from DRAWING THE HUMAN lustre required to turn it into a mirror. the sculpture is also about light and stand and gaze quietly at the buff the kiln like cracking, warping and reflects a certain sophistication intricate and intimate processes to IMAGE IN Kapoor invites the silent spectator to space, time and tide that waits for none. shades that is soothing to the and running of glazes, but here in her cup that speaks of man and a whole body experience. An understanding of the shiny morph into a mirrored spectator who Kapoor’s exploration of infinite sight. were four sheep that alluded all nature. Each detail that she evokes Stoneware varies greatly in steel as well as the physicality of the remains strongly three-dimensional, space, over the years creates islands of kinds of parts and places includ- in her pieces is sheer perfection. scale and style: from figurines del- concave sculptural circular, oval or belonging at once to a hologram-like reflections within and without. He con- STONEWARE SHEEP ing the snow-filled mountain This being so, there are a few signs icately modelled with thumb and elliptical creations becomes an expres- ecstatic effect. tinues to explore the notion of endless It is called stoneware due to tops. of the ecological aesthetic that forefinger in the palm of the sionist and experiential vertiginous The effect is a new remoteness that space, the void, as he pointed to, in his its dense and stone-like character. regards such ‘flaws’ as stone bursts, artist’s hand, to vigorous works depth which draws viewers who walks is born of the shiny luminosity and the Boston show years ago “The idea of After being fired, this type is TWO PLATTERS cracked lips and unevenness as produced by hurling wet clay at toward his works to understand the humans that become part of the place has always been very important impermeable (waterproof) and There were a number of plat- part of the beauty of imperfection a structure to build up form, and sensorial impact of nothingness. reflection become the insignia of the to my work. A place has to be origi- usually opaque. In its natural ters on view too, but it was that in her magnificent cup and saucer. everything in between. Creating Kapoor has said that he “wishes to sculpture and therein lies the delight. nal. The word original means that it has state, stoneware clay is grey but of of Archana Singh and Bipasha “My ceramic work is inspired with clay can be fast and imme- make sculpture about experience that It was at the Hong Kong Art Fair 2010 to do with ‘first’ and I think that is to the process of firing turns it into Sengupta that stood out for their by humans, natural forms and tex- diate, also small and expressive, is outside material concern,” and he that I experienced the purity as well as do with centering oneself, allowing a light-brown or buff coloured, simplicity and patterns of both tures — trees, rocks, mushrooms, conjuring up images of the first always manages to succeed in stirring the juvenile delight Kapoor could thing to occur specifically rather than and different hues may then be minimalist moorings as well as the human figure, modern sur- figures of ancient times, whose multiple human responses to his work give his spectators with his lush high- in general. A lot of my works are about applied in the form of glazes. the eternal lotus leaves. Archana’s faces and the fusion of traces of features were squeezed out of wet as he cuts through class, barriers and ly polished steel sculptures. passage, about a passing through, and Generally speaking, stonewares deft architectural drawing done human activity in relation to clay to resemble animals and time. that necessitates a place. The place of are fired at temperature between by ceramic pencil on stoneware, nature,” Paliwal explains. “I see my human forms. STEEL AND COLOUR action. It is the moment of contact 1,100-1,300 degree celsius. high fired at 1,280 degree celsius, work as a personal journey explor- In subtle and varied hues MODERNIST He also engages and revels in his between the thing and the world. The And so back to the most and was finished with a transpar- ing identity, connecting to roots this was an exhibition that Split as a sculpture is striking, it sculpture — the steel and the colour spatial questions it seems to ask were loved pieces for this critic. On top ent glaze. It was softly stirring to and expressing the process of evo- showed deft handling and unend- carries within a Zen auratic mood give us an amalgam of the raw and not about deep space but about present of my list is Chitra Sharma and the senses while Bipasha lution and the layering of human ing passion and one must remem- within its stainless steel sculptural fer- refined, and like one critic in London space… and they seem to be very her small quaint sheep, hand- Sengupta’s stoneware platter with destruction that makes up a whole. ber yeoman’s service done by ment, and it must be seen apart from said “he has fine-tuned the tension active, to be in various states of moulded and curious in terms of resplendent lotus leaves and flow- My forms are a reflection of man’s Ravi and Leena Batra for the the “transcendentalisation” of the between the opposites, creating an becoming,” says Kapoor. Art Dubai will the many details and the impec- ers done as an outline in black slip relationship with natural forms. inspiration and infrastructure viewer. What entices and enchants is opportunity for reparative unity that celebrate the deeper understanding of cable nature of her composition. with transparent glaze spoke at What attracts me to the universal that Delhi Blue pottery provides the vivid materiality, the modernist cel- the ready-made unity of his globes — a universal language in simple elements Small and immaculately thrown, once of the spiritual fervour and world is the changes that happen; potters of all ages. ebration of geometry, even as it sub- the foreordained unity of the circle.” of time and its creator.

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H * ?+ *2 secure the women's title after receiving the Praneeth, who had clinched the 2017 top billing following the pullout of Chinese Singapore Open for his first maiden Super top seed and reigning All England champi- Series title, is coming into the tournament    1)2)(3 leg injury at the 2017 Senior on Chen Yufei due to medical reasons. after securing a final spot at the Swiss Nationals and ever since he The absence of Japanese players will also Open and he will look to extend his good ndian ace Kidambi Srikanth has been troubled by small help Sindhu's case. run. Isaid it was irritating to lose injury woes, especially relat- Sindhu had a decent start to the new sea- The other half of the men's singles close quarterfinals in a title- ed to his ankle, which affect- son with a quarterfinal finish at the draw will have HS Prannoy, Subhankar less season and stressed on ed his performance. Indonesia Masters but a first-round exit at Dey, Ajay Jayaram and Parupalli Kashyap. the need to get physically "I'm working on my fit- the prestigious All England Championship Prannoy is coming to the event after and mentally tougher to win ness, I had too many injuries came as a major jolt. competing at the Asia Mixed Team cham- medals at the World in late 2017 and 2018 and so The Indian ace however will draw inspi- pionship and will take on Thailand's Championship and Olympic if I can keep working on my ration from her performance in the last two eighth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen. Games. fitness then I will have a editions where she had reached the finals and Subhankar, who had stunned Asian Srikanth, who had great chance to win titles," he claimed the title in 2017. Games champion Jonatan Christie of clinched four titles in 2017, said. Sindhu will open against compatriot Indonesia on way to a quarterfinal lost nine quarterfinals "That is what worked for Mugdha Agrey and is expected to face fast- finish at the Swiss Open, will open and two semifinals me in 2017, because I could rising Danish Mia Blichfeldt, seeded eighth, against fourth seed Indonesian while reaching the sustain an hour and half hour. in the quarterfinals. A win is likely to pit her Tommy Sugiarto. finals only once at the But 2018 and early 2019, I had against Chinese third seed He Bingjiao. Ajay and Kashyap, two Commonwealth some injuries and withdrew Youngsters Vrushali Gummadi and Sai careers marred by injuries, will Games in the last 15 from tournaments. Uttejitha Rao Chukka will also be in the fray look to continue their comeback months. Srikanth said he just in women's singles at the World Tour Super with first-round matches against "I think the series of wants to focus on improving 500 event. Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei and Hong quarterfinals are more irritat- the little things and maintain The tournament will hold a lot of Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu respectively. ing for me than losing in the his momentum to do well at prominence for third seed Srikanth, who has In doubles, sixth seeds Manu Attri and first round," Srikanth said on the Olympics. endured a title draught for the last 17 B Sumeeth Reddy will lead the challenge the eve of the India Open. "I couldn't produce the months. in men's doubles, after Satwiksairaj "I think I have been con- results that I wanted to but With defending champion and top seed Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty withdrew sistent against a few players still I'm happy with my Shi Yuqi pulling out, Srikanth will be at the with the former still recovering from a and then not able to get that improvement. So I am in that forefront along with former world champi- shoulder injury. win against a few others at process now," he said. on Viktor Axelsen, who had claimed the title Arun George and Sanyam Shukla will quarterfinals and semifinals, "I'm not desperate, I just in 2017 after three back-to-back finals. also be a pair to look out for after they that is what I'm working on want to improve on different The 26-year-old Srikanth, who clinched stunned World No 14 pair of Liao Min — to last the whole week. things, to be able to pull out the title in 2015, will begin his campaign Chun and Ching Heng last week at Hong "Probably, if I can do well crucial points in tough against familiar foe, Hong Kong's Wong Kong. in next 3-4 months before the matches and be more consis- Wing Ki Vincent, and might come across fel- In women's doubles, Ashwini World Championship. If I tent. 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Gayle and Mayank Agarwal (22) then with their spin troika of Harbhajan, after his man of "You have to respect so Fleming was all praise for struggled to hit big shots against Kings XI's Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra the match performance against many players in the tourna- senior spinner Harbhajan disciplined bowling as they gar- Jadeja and Imran Tahir having RCB, will be relishing the chal- ment and he is one of them. Singh and said that the off- nered just 32 runs in the pow- between Gayle and Agarwal after the as Sarfaraz too joined the party and togeth- already hit the straps in the low- lenge of bowling to a left-hand- But there are others as well. spinner will definitely be con- erplay overs. 0)3) latter was holed out a long-off by er with Gayle punished the bad deliveries. scoring opener against the Royal ed batsman, who loves to play Have to be sure you don't sidered for Delhi game. The dou finally broke Kulkarni. 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That was discussed in the opening over. 0'(('(;('=) left-arm pacer for three con- ball of the same over. the youngster, will love to exploit dug-out way. One thing is to find a weak- RCB game as well. We will Gayle then opened ';;'1 secutive fours and then a Gayle and Sarfaraz added 84 runs for the chinks in his armoury. While CSK will expect their ness, but have to use it well. look to consider that. It is up his arms again and hit ?;/E>3 straight six over the bowler's the third wicket and in the process gave The Kotla pitch, which gets batsmen to score more freely at You must focus on own about the skill sets we have. It Krishnappa Gowtham for a head to bring up his fifty in 33 Kings XI the much-needed momentum. slower with passage of play, the Kotla, Capitals would want strength," he explained. was a compliment to not maximum in the first ball of balls. 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It feels good when your team poor track record in IPL but start- feels India's 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh. wins. I always play according to the situation most ed on a bright note with a half-cen- Yuvraj's comments came after Pant showed of the time.” tury for his latest franchise Mumbai his heroics with the bat once again and played #    leading up to the World Cup. Hopefully "This time I Indians. a match-winning unbeaten 78 off just 27 balls I get some game time here and can con- needed to increase "When the time comes, I will be for Delhi Capitals against Mumbai Indians in  #   $  tribute to some good performances. the run rate for the the first one to hang my boots," the lung opener between the two sides. And then hopefully the England selec- team, and I took my Yuvraj told mediapersons after MI's "I can't really say about (World Cup) selec- KOLKATA: Iconic all-rounder and tors will be watching them," said Denly, chances, and it came 37-run defeat. tion but Rishabh was outstanding today," 37- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head who recently made his Test debut for off today. Especially However India's 2007 World year-old Yuvraj said at the post match media coach Jacques Kallis on Monday said England in the lost series against the in T20, you have to T20 and 2011 World Cup hero did conference. that Andre Russell is one of the most West Indies. do something differ- admit that at times he felt indeci- "He (Pant) had an outstanding season last powerful hitters he has seen. Russell ent. When the sive about carrying on. year as well. He is playing well in Test matches walked in to bat when KKR needed 68   $     bowler cramps you "The last two years, have been as well. To score two hundreds overseas at such off 27 balls against SRH on Sunday and for room, you need up and down (for me). And I could an age (21 years) shows his character. It is impor- the big-hitting Caribbean all-rounder F    to make your own not decide on what to do," said the tant that we groom him well and hopefully he first hit Siddharth Kaul for 19 runs in room." 37-year-old. is the next big thing for us," said Yuvraj. the 18th over and smashed 21 more off NEW DELHI: Lasith Malinga is like- The Delhi daz- Yuvraj said that when he did a Yuvraj said that skipper Rohit Sharma's early Bhuvneshwar in the 19th to steer KKR ly to be available for the next two IPL zler's seven towering self introspection, he found that he dismissal had an effect as they were chasing a home with two balls to spare. "In terms matches for Mumbai Indians after Sri sixes and as many is still enjoying the game just as he big total. of finishing, he is one of the most pow- Lanka Cricket (SLC) softened its stance fours at the did as an U-16 cricketer not think- "Losing Rohit early (was one of the reasons). erful hitters that I have seen," Kallis said. on the participation of the veteran pacer Wankhede Stadium ing about national team selection. de Kock was going well but (we) lost his wick- "It was a good knock. He timed it well. in a domestic ODI tournament. SLC left the Mumbai "The main thing for me was et. (Kieron) Pollard came and quickly lost his And there were issues, the light wasn't had earlier announced that only those Indians bowlers why I played the game when I start- playing for India. I was playing for wicket. We really couldn't get partnerships going. incredible. But it was some of the best traumatised and gave rechristened Delhi Capitals the ed off. I played the game because I U-14s and U-16s. So till the time, The wicket was more of 180-190 wicket, 215 ball striking I have seen in a long time," fresh beginning they longed for. enjoyed playing cricket. When I I enjoy playing cricket, I am going (213) was quite a match-winning score," said said the former South Africa all- Lauding Pant's knock, Mumbai Indians captain enjoyed playing cricket, I was not to play." Yuvraj, who also lauded Delhi's bowling attack. rounder. Rohit Sharma said he would change the team com- bination in the next game.      "First game is always a bit of a challenge for most of the teams. Lot of new players in the squad as well. ?  %      !  #  We made a lot of mistakes today, as simple as that. We were pretty much in the game in the first 10 overs KOLKATA: England all-rounder Joe when we were bowling, but the way Rishabh batted,    1)2)(3 Denly is looking at the ongoing Indian you've got to give him credit. Premier League to impress upon the players would be eligible for selection Leading the perennial slow starters, he added, llaying fears about India's pace national selectors and guarantee his in the World Cup squad, who would "The combination might change for the next game. Aspearhead Jasprit Bumrah's shoulder place in this year's World Cup squad. compete in Super Provincial One-Day We want to see what combination the opposition injury, a BCCI official on Monday said Denly's form in white ball cricket for domestic tournament, slated from April plays and then decide. The ball was still coming on there are no major concerns since the Kent in 2018 has 4 to 11. The diktat had forced Malinga well when we batted. We ended up getting 180, still. scans have come clear. brought him on the to make himself unavailable for Nobody went on to get a big score. A vital cog in India's World Cup selectors' radar for a Mumbai Indians' first six matches. "Yuvi batted brilliantly, and there were a few plans, Mumbai Indians' Bumrah landed spot in England's However, according to a report, the SLC cameos. If one of the top three or four had scored awkwardly on his left shoulder while World Cup squad. has changed its stance after a few calls 70-80, things would have been different." fielding during Sunday's IPL contest Denly hopes to get by BCCI. SLC Chief selector Ashantha Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer said, "To be honest, against Delhi Capitals, causing concern selectors' attention by de Mel said that Malinga's place in the I was really well prepared to take on the captaincy. in the Indian camp. doing well for World Cup bound squad is guaran- I've been leading India A as well as my domestic side. The national team relies heavily on Kolkata teed, so he is free to participate in It's been a great experience so far, we've been bond- Bumrah, who has earned the reputation Knight Riders the IPL. "We have no issues if he ing and training really well. of being the world's best bowler in death in the IPL. "I goes to IPL — the board had given "(Pant) is a really destructive batsman. Over the overs. done in the morning and BCCI was kept When asked why Bumrah was still want to play him a no-objection certificate years I've seen him maturing a lot. He faced a few The Gujarat pacer did not come out in the loop. His scan reports were okay. in Mumbai while the team has already as many already, so he's free to go. Anyway dot balls early on and then suddenly his strike rate to bat in Sunday's match, which added The tests that were done were all those left for Bengaluru, the official said," Since games as I he has been one of our best bowlers was 250. Amazing batsman, great to have him on our to the concerns about his injury. recommended by the BCCI," the official the reports came late and the team has can. It's in one dayers, so there's no question team." "Bumrah had some shoulder scans said. already left, he is travelling separately." important about his place in the team," Mel said.