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Carrying medical bills, tariat. 1,82,890 Form-6 were received Jain, who is a Rajya Sabha He said the kind of atmos- this farm labourer from Senior CPI-M leader and under continuous updation of MP and is also In-charge of phere prevailing in Haryana and Chopal in Shimla district is legislator Rakesh Singha on electoral rolls till Friday, Haryana BJP, was talking to other parts of the country, it is seeking a financial assistance Friday lashed the state BJP Additional Chief Electoral media after the filing of nomi- clear that the people are inclined of Rs 200,000 from the Chief government over its failure to Officer D.K.Rattan said here on nation papers for the Hissar Lok towards the BJP to ensure return Minister's Relief Fund. Her announce compensation for Saturday. Sabha seat by the bureaucrat for a second term to accelerate son is suffering from a conge- the growers whose fruit and He said these forms will be turned politician Brijendra the process of development of nial heart disease. vegetable crops were dam- disposed of by the ERO con- Singh. various sections of the society. On an average, over a aged extensively by hailstorms cerned (Electoral Registration Brijendra Singh’s father Asked which party was the hundred people from across in Shimla district on April 18. Officer) by April 29 and the Union Steel Minister Birendar main competitor for the BJP in the state come on a daily basis He claimed the farmers applicants whose forms will be Singh, MP D P Vats and Haryana, Jain said that there is to meet the Chief Minister has suffered a loss of Rs 7 accepted by the EROs will be Haryana BJP President Subhash none. The opposition has not with some problems. Five to 10 crore. In a letter to Chief eligible to cast their votes on Barala were also present. been able to announce their visitors are those who gen- Secretary B.K. Aggarwal, he May 19 in the Lok Sabha elec- Brijendra was a senior IAS offi- candidates so far; he said that uinely come for some financial demanded immediate assess- tions. cer of Haryana cadre who the opposition parties were fac- assistance, officials admit. ment of crop loss and release Rattan said, in addition to recently took voluntary retire- ing internal bickering. The other beneficiaries of compensation. it, 69 forms for enrolment as ment to contest from Hissar. ism, casteism, nepotism and atmosphere of chaos and uncer- of filing of nominations for the He said on the other hand include students who need Himachal Pradesh will go electors have also been received Jain said that BJP was say- dirt. The issues before BJP and tainty in the grand old opposi- May 12 Lok Sabha elections is the BJP is clear on its issues and money for higher studies. to the polls for the four Lok from the overseas citizens ing Garibi Hatao (remove its intention are clear, he added. tion party which is also in a state currently on, the Congress has has many achievements of its Most of the bureaucrats Sabha seats -- Shimla, which will also be processed poverty), increase the security of The BJP leader targeted of confusion. not been able to announce all five year rule to detail before the are stationed outside the state Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi and decided by April 29. the nation, eliminate terror- Congress saying there was an He said though the process the 10 candidates because no masses. to manage parliamentary polls -- on May 19. The official stated that 15,803 forms for deletion received before the date of announcement of elections B        4  have already been decided. He said after special summary revision, final publication of   -6036& Chetna Party and Independent candidates, and Anup Mehta, filed their Kumar of SUCI (Communist) Mandhir of BSP, Bijender Party and Independent can- electoral rolls was made on 21 Independent candidates, Dharamvir Singh and Jagat nominations. and Independent candidate, Kumar Kasana of Bharatiya didate, Manoj Kumar filed January and at that time, n Haryana, 41 nomination Sachin Gabba, Balbir Singh Singh filed their nomination From Gurugram, Raes Virender filed their nomina- Kisan Party, Mahesh Pratap their nomination papers. 50,96,869 electors Ipapers were filed by 39 and Ramesh Chander filed papers. Ahmed of BSP, Shravan tions. From Faridabad, Sharma of Rashtriya Vikas were registered which included candidates from 10 Lok Sabha their nomination. From Sonipat, Rabala 25,84,183 male, 25,12,627 constituencies for the Lok Similarly, from Sirsa Saini of Lok Tantra Suraksha female and 59 third gender. At Sabha elections, taking the Parliamentary Constituency, Party, Sukhminder Singh the time of final total number of nominations Ashok Tanwar of Congress Kharab of Rashtriya Jaatigat publication, the number of first to 78. party, Nirmal Singh of Jan Arakshan Virodhi Party, time electors was 88,127 which Joint Chief Electoral Nayak Janata Party, Janak Raj Mahabir of Rashtriya has now increased to 1,33,083. Officer, Haryana Inder Jeet on of BSP, Rajesh of People’s Majdoor Ekta Party, Surender This number will further Saturday said that from Party of India (Democratic), Kumar and Babita of Indian increase when forms received Ambala Parliamentary and Jaswant of Bharatiya National Lok Dal filed their will be decided and Constituency, Bahujan Samaj Chetna Party filed their nom- nomination papers. disposed off by the EROs upto Party (BSP) candidates, ination. From Hisar, Brijender April 29. 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A“present generation of defer the scrutiny of his nom- Amethi against Congress pres- sources said the returning offi- Under Indian law, one dynast” in Congress, Union ination papers from the seat till ident, the BJP also raised ques- cer is the final authority on ceases to be a citizen of the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley April 22, giving the BJP a han- tions on Rahul’s citizenship such a matter, but he cannot country if he gets citizenship of attempts to suppress facts” in inquiries show that one Raul on Saturday claimed that it has dle to hit out at him as it asked and educational qualification, check the veracity of whatever any country, he said and asked Rahul’s affidavits filed during Vincy and not Rahul Gandhi become a liability for the him to come clean on the and asked him to come clean is written on an election affi- the Congress president to different elections from 2004 to got the degree in that particu- Congress party and hoped issue. on the matter. The returning davit. answer the questions raised in 2014. lar year. that the “aspirational India” An independent candidate officer (RO) has fixed Monday “If someone approaches the complaint. If the British The Congress chief had “We will like to know if would find it increasingly dif- fighting from Amethi has as the next date of hearing on an RO raising objections, he company made a false state- said that he did M Phil in Rahul Gandhi goes by multiple ficult to accept “dynasties”. raised doubts over Rahul’s the matter. must hear the affected party. If ment, then did Rahul act development economics from names in different countries,” “If the Congress’s dynast Indian citizenship, leveled alle- BJP spokesperson GVL anyone has any objection to against it, he asked. Cambridge University, but later Rao said. He also wondered if has only an ability to deliver 44 history going to witness some- gations of non-disclosure of Narasimha Rao told reporters whatever is recorded in an Referring to the complaint, claimed it was in development the Gandhi scion’s qualification seats or 60 seats in Parliament, thing wholly unprecedented? assets and properties of the UK it was “stunning” that Rahul’s affidavit, the person should the BJP spokesperson said studies, Rao alleged. was like Congress manifestoes what then is the incentive for Are we going to witness the company whose documents lawyer sought time to reply to approach court. The EC has no there are “discrepancies and The BJP spokesman said that change every five years. conventional Congressmen to rejection of caste based and bear humiliation of subjecting dynastic parties? 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Saturday ordered the transfer of watchdog had transferred some Narendra Modi’s leadership. their generation”, adding that Commenting on the first the Malda police chief in West senior police officials, state The 80-year-old leader was this could happen only in two phases of polling for the Bengal, just days ahead of the Chief Minister Mamata inducted into the party by BJP merit-based parties and not general elections, Jaitley said April 23 Lok Sabha polls in the Banerjee had accused it of leader Anil Baluni and dynastic ones. the momentum was clearly district. working as a “tool” of the BJP- Shahnawaz Hussain at the “A relevant question with with the BJP and Prime The Commission asked led government at the Centre. party headquarters here. this changing socio-econom- Minister Modi. the state government to shunt Rejecting the allegation, Kumar said Modi has been ic profile of India is — Are “In terms of national out Arnab Ghosh as SP, Malda, the EC had said it was well working to develop India and dynasties an asset for a party leadership contest for a Prime and replace him with Ajoy within its rights to transfer offi- he should continue to lead the or are they a liability? 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He is the sixth and present   " )  E  Indians, it is my privilege to ple in Abu Dhabi was approved over the world as these temples up on a 14-acre piece of land at Bharatiya Janata Party, said, Swami Maharaj is the spiritual guru of the BAPS 6 ) 0  , convey our greetings to my by the Abu Dhabi government spearheaded by BAPS are Abu Mureikhah, close to the “It’s very significant and sym- Spiritual Head of over 1,200 Swaminarayan Sanstha. @     %    Q            /                P   Q   + @  ,   :8 In an interview   6?8 11:40 am (0710 GMT), fol- with Bloomberg pub-   ?0& defeated”. lowed by sporadic gunfire for senior North Korean official lished on Wednesday, Six IS fighters were killed in uicide bombers and gunmen more than an hour afterward. Aslammed US National Bolton urged slamic State group jihadists have the clashes, the Observatory said. Slaunched an attack near a “The information that we Security Advisor John Bolton on Pyongyang to give a Ikilled 35 pro-Damascus fighters Amaq said that IS had Government Ministry in cen- have is four attackers have placed Saturday, accusing him of mak- “real indication” it is in Syria, in what a monitoring launched its assault on Thursday tral Kabul on Saturday, officials themselves near the communi- ing “stupid” comments on willing give up group described on Saturday as evening after government forces said, in an ongoing assault that cation ministry and are engaged stalled denuclearisation talks nuclear weapons. their deadliest operation since the tried to track down its fighters. destroyed weeks of relative in gun battles with the Afghan and warning “nothing good” In comments fall of the “caliphate”. The vast Syrian desert, known calm in the capital. security forces,” Amanduddin would come of them. cited by North The Syrian Observatory for arate attack in neighbouring Deir in Arabic as the Badia, stretches all The attack near the com- Shariati, a security official in Bolton is the second, top Korea’s official KCNA Human Rights said four senior Ezzor province on Thursday night, the way from the capital Damascus munications Ministry occurred Kabul told AFP. On Twitter, the ranking US politician to be criticised by news service, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Syrian army officers were among the Observatory said. and the cities of Homs and Hama one day after planned talks Ministry of Information said Pyongyang in recent days, after it labelled Son Hui said Bolton’s remarks may have the troops and allied militiamen The attack targeted a desert vil- to its north to the Euphrates Valley between the Taliban and three suicide bombers had Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as “reck- showed a “lack of understanding about the killed in the desert east of Homs lage south of the city of Mayadeen, near the Iraq border, where the Afghan representatives were attacked a post office building at less” Thursday, demanding his removal intentions of the two leaders”. But, “they province over the past 48 hours. upstream from the stretch of the “caliphate” was defeated in the vil- cancelled. the communications ministry. from talks over the North’s banned nuclear all sound uncharming and stupid to me”, The Amaq propaganda arm of Euphrates Valley where IS made a lage of Baghouz last month. No one claimed immediate General Sayed Mohammad programme. she said. “Nothing good would come to IS, which lost the last vestige of its desperate last stand for its Commanders of the US-led responsibility for the assault, Roshan Dil, the Kabul police Those comments came hours after the you if such insensitive remarks persist.” “caliphate” to Kurdish-led forces “caliphate”, the Britain-based war coalition, which provided air and which left people stranded in the chief, said four attackers had isolated state claimed to have tested a new In the Bloomberg interview, Bolton last month but retains desert and monitor said. artillery support for the Kurdish- tall building. Six people were been wearing police uniforms kind of weapon. said that for a third Trump-Kim summit mountain hideouts in both Syria Observatory chief Rami Abdel led operation, have warned repeat- injured, according to a Health and had targeted a shrine near Pyongyang and Washington have been to take place, “a real indication from North and Iraq, said its fighters carried Rahman described it as the edly that the jihadists’ loss of their Ministry spokesman. the ministry. One of the attack- at loggerheads since the collapse of a sum- Korea that they’ve made the strategic deci- out the operation. Another eight “biggest attack and the highest last piece of territory did not Initial reports were con- ers was killed, he told Tolo. mit between Kim Jong Un and Donald sion to give up nuclear weapons”, would be soldiers and militiamen, including death toll among regime forces mean their elimination as a fight- fused, with officials from dif- Local television footage Trump earlier this year. needed. two officers, were killed in a sep- since the caliphate was declared ing force. ferent agencies saying three or showed a small plume of smoke four attackers were involved. It near the ministry, and people was not clear how many were climbing out windows on a suicide bombers and how many lower level. On Facebook, a man % A  ;      -   5R4 were gunmen involved in a fol- named Syed Jaillani Jallan said low-up assault. AFP journalists he was trapped inside the   6&0 tycoons while their own demands heard one big blast at around Ministry. remain largely unmet and they strug- 406 '# -% rench Yellow Vest protesters gle to make ends meet. Fmarched on Saturday to remind the Some 60,000 police officers were   &63 Government that rebuilding the fire- mobilised for Saturday’s protests ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn’t across France as the interior minister zech billionaire Prime Minister the only problem the nation needs to warned of the risk of resurgent vio- CAndrej Babis said on Saturday he solve. lence. would not resign if indicted for his Security was extra-high in Paris as The movement is largely peaceful alleged role in a two-million-euro EU authorities braced for resurgent Yellow but extremists have attacked treasured subsidy fraud. Vest anger, and Paris police said some monuments, shops and banks and Police this week recommended 70 people were detained by mid- clashed with police. that Babis be indicted over the case cals and media holding to make it eli- morning. The heavy police presence meant which could see him and several oth- gible for a subsidy awarded to small Multiple protest events are being rich. subway stations and roads around ers, including family members, companies before eventually putting held around Paris and other cities on Yet another group is trying to Paris were closed Saturday, thwarting spending five to ten years in prison. it back. Saturday for the 23rd weekend of the demonstrate yellow vest mourning tourists who converged on the French “I would not resign because I have Charged by police in 2017, Babis Yellow Vest movement against wealth over the Notre Dame blaze while also capital for an exceptionally warm been saying from the beginning that and several others — including his inequality and President Emmanuel keeping up pressure on Macron. spring day. this is a political process,” Babis told wife, brother-in-law and daughter — Macron’s leadership. The group wanted to march to “Paris is very difficult right now,” the DNES broadsheet which he are suspected of subsidy fraud and One group of about 200 people Notre Dame itself, but were banned by said Paul Harlow, of Kansas City, owns. harming the EU’s financial interests. tried to march on the president’s police, who have set up a large secu- Missouri, as he looked sadly at the The 64-year-old agro-chemicals “If I weren’t in politics, nobody Elysee Palace in central Paris, but riot rity perimeter around the area. damaged Notre Dame. mogul pegged by Forbes as the sec- would have heard about the Stork police blocked them at the neo-clas- Many protesters were deeply sad- He and his wife Susan are in Paris ond-wealthiest Czech is suspected of Nest,” Babis told DNES. sical Madeleine Church. dened by the fire at a national monu- only for a few days, and didn’t make abusing EU funds to build the luxu- “People keep plotting affairs Another group gathered around ment. it in time to see the cathedral — and ry Stork Nest resort and farm near against me, delving into the past. This the Finance Ministry in eastern Paris But at the same time they are their efforts to visit museums Saturday Prague in 2007. affair is 12 years old,” he said, calling to demand lower taxes on workers and angry at the USD 1 billion in Notre were derailed by closed subways and He allegedly took the farm out of charges against his family “incredi- pensioners and higher taxes on the Dame donations that poured in from barricaded roads. his sprawling Agrofert food, chemi- ble filth”.       ,  P   
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In his debut IPL season for the along when AB is not here, as being Ambati Rayudu and Eden Gardens here on Saini is also gaining continue to under-perform. having defended 24 in the final Hyderabad-based franchise, the opener a senior player. AB was disap- sions by (Marcus) Stoinis and Rishabh Pant. Saini will also Friday. from the vast experience of No doubt, RCB will be over. has scored 365 runs so far in eight games pointed for not making it for then Moeen in the end. I think be travelling with the World On his World Cup South African great Dale fired up after the win against On the the other hand, at an average of 52.14, including a hundred the game tonight and I told him the way Stoinis bowled those Cup squad as one of the four preparation, he said: "We Steyn who has come on KKR at Kolkata on Friday CSK will fancy themselves and a half-century. that I'll give him a hug if we win two-three dot balls, it was very net bowlers alongside talk during the matches but board as a replacement for night when they finally man- against RCB and sail into the "We get back after the Chennai game on tonight," Kohli said at the post- crucial," Kohli said of Stoinis Khaeel Ahmed, Avesh Khan the most important thing is Nathan Coulter-Nile. aged to defend despite a brutal play-offs. Dhoni, who has April 23. Then we've got the World Cup match presentation on Friday. penultimate over. and Deepak Chahar. to pay full attention at the "I had a discussion with assault from Andre Russell and scored 230 runs in eight games camp. We then play Pakistan in the five-ODI RCB finally managed to "They (Moeen and Stoinis) "Absolutely (I'm nets. If you do well at the him on the eve of the match. Nitish Rana. It was only their including two half-centuries, series and then we've got two warm-up defend a total after posting 213 both showed composure and ready)... The confidence of nets, you will do well in a He just told me to bowl the second win in nine games in will hold the key once again. matches in which we play Afghanistan and for four at the Eden Gardens. that's what you expect from doing well in IPL will give match as well. same way and not try any- the season so far though they The star bowler for CSK Australia. And then we go into the World "There's no point in pan- your teams mates. Our com- me a big boost. If I get a "My dad has always told thing different," Saini said. it still kept them mathematical- this season has been 40-year- Cup. icking in these types of situa- munication during second chance in World Cup, I me to give your 110 per cent Saini returned with fig- ly alive in the tournament. old Imran Tahir, who has taken "It's a lot of cricket leading into the tions, you got to leave it to the time-out was to get 170-175, we hope to do well," the shy lad effort wherever you play. I'm ures 1/31 taking the prized- RCB could also take a cue 13 wickets. The South African World Cup. And then we've got five Ashes bowlers to decide what he didn't think we could get 200- from Haryana told reporters putting in that extra effort scalp of the explosive KKR from a similar situation in import has executed his skip- Tests after that," Bairstow told reporters. wants to do. 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The taboo during wartime was not an easy one. words, according to the order, were They stayed and were briefed together “Japanese invasion of India”. when they were covering organised Mankekar wrote the following cable, theaters of war, and this left little scope faithful to the letter of the law: for individual scoops. In an already difficult situation, the operation of cen-        sorship added a further complication.    -12 $    Sending news out from the war front       E was no easy task either: It could be sent Lt Col Thompson was puzzled, then re- out on a plane, or via army signaling read the rules. Mankekar threatened to equipment, in which case the word report the delay to the SEAC headquar- limit was severely restricted. ters in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Thompson In his memoir titled Leaves From A picked up his rubber stamp and War Reporter’s Diary, Dinker Rao stamped the cable ‘passed’. The 9.30 pm Mankekar, who served as Reuters’ cor- All India Radio bulletin carried the report about the lifting of the formed the respondent first in Colombo and then news. This report gave Mankekar an siege of Imphal. Mankekar had feat of recap- on the Burma front, recalled that as he international byline for the first time, exclusive access to this news as turing what they The story was the only correspondent to stay and the next morning, he found him- all other correspondents had had themselves was killed by the with the British Second Division till self on the front page of many newspa- left the town during the mon- been valiantly defend- censors, and it later the end (in the Burma front), they — pers. The GOI was furious and soon months, but he had stayed ing all that time! turned out that Sikh jawans of not unmindful of the benefits of pub- launched an investigation. As on with the 33 Corps. What was worse for the the Indian National Army dry- licity — allowed him use of their Mankekar put it: “The rules of the Another example of the colonial state was that in the ing their hair, when seen from wireless transmitter with a daily word game were fully accepted by the counter-productive nature of meantime, Japanese radio had afar, had been mistaken for limit of 600. This was transmitted to Government, under which the corre- censorship: War correspon- been broadcasting news of the women. The conflict between the closest signaling point, either spondent’s duty is to get his story dents had been forbidden from arrival of Subhas Chandra journalists and censors was, in Calcutta or Comilla. On the other through and that of the Censors is to reporting the fall of Kohima, Bose’s Indian National Army in his opinion, mainly over the hand, the American sector provided see that the wrong story did not escape even when almost all of Kohima, the ceremonial terms ‘security’ and ‘morale’. better facilities, and General Stilwell’s their lynx-like eyes, and if any did, Kohima was captured by the unfurling of the Indian flag on Censors applied rules mechani- Headquarters in North Burma even then it is the Censor and not the corre- Japanese except for a tiny hill Indian soil, and the establish- cally, and war correspondents carried a mobile wireless transmitter spondent that is to blame. Col holding a British garrison. ment of the Azad Hind interpreted them more flexibly. for the use of the press. In his opinion, Thompson, I can never forgive myself, Consequently, when the British Government in that area. Here The GOI, especially in the soldiers (via letters from family) became Major Thompson, as a sequel army began reclaiming the was a case where censorship India-Burma theater of war, received press cuttings featuring their — which was far from my intention.” town, a problem arose. Having left a vacuum easily filled by was inclined to be inflexible activities, and this had a positive This incident contains at least two maintained that they had never rumours. Some journalists (or about allowing any information impact on morale. important insights into the nature of lost Kohima, the military at least the British ones) even that they considered could And then there were the censors. censorship. One, that even rigorously authorities had to explain what had the luxury of seeing the dampen morale. The problem, In her memoir, Portrait of Myself, enforced censorship could not stand they were attacking in Kohima. lighter side of censorship. The in Mankekar’s opinion, Margaret Bourke-White, accredited as between a determined journalist and Hence, they re-christened nine- GOI had asked newspapers not occurred because this covered a war correspondent with the US Air his readers. Two, while in times of tenths of Kohima, which was in to carry information about the “almost everything in those Force in 1942 (and best known in peace, journalists were the ones who the hands of the Japanese as weather so as to deny this infor- tense days of external war-cum- India for her photographs of Partition were prosecuted, in times of war, when the ‘Naga village’, and renamed mation to the Japanese. One internal-nationalist struggle”. refugees) described censors thus: censors took on enlarged powers, their the remaining one-tenth, com- day, The Pioneer (then edited by The line dividing the politi- “Censors are a peculiar breed of responsibilities also increased. As this prising a small hill on the edge its last British editor, HEB cal from the military was not mankind. They are born with red incident shows, the journalist merely F&03:&: 8> of Kohima town, as ‘Kohima’! Catley) carried a news item to thin, but invisible. According pencils in their mouths, and they went to his next assignment; the censor /:&-- :& 0 Mankekar himself had great the effect that there were leaves to Mankekar, it was for reasons simply have to use them…” was the one who was penalised. difficulty while trying to on the streets and the electricity entirely political and not mili- Mankekar’s account of life as a war Mankekar’s memoirs are full of -6O 6?5 “explain to readers why British supply was disturbed. The col- tary that it was considered correspondent is replete with accounts examples how censors’ decisions were troops were attacking a British- umn asked if there was a storm, advisable by the powers in of dealing with military censors, and of often counter-productive. During the 6&.0 held town”! In his opinion, this and concluded, “Hush, the cen- Delhi that the Indian public the irrationality of censors and of cen- Japanese siege of Imphal, for example, @:&680 60 censorship was self-defeating: sor is listening.” Although cor- should not know about sorship, generally. For example, when he when newspapers were forbidden from Japanese radio could easily be respondents usually got the best Kohima’s capture, or about the wrote a profile of Naga warriors that calling it a siege, Mankekar took &6& %5080 listened to in India and it broad- of the censor, even Mankekar Japanese invasion in the referred to their poison-tipped spears, recourse to an indirect strategy: In his cast exaggerated reports of their acknowledged that there were Manipur sector. Corroboration the war office censor deleted the term report, he described the topography of 0. :/6- military successes in Indian ter- times when an intelligent censor of this statement is provided by poison, on the grounds that internation- the Imphal valley in great detail, as @:&680  5& ritory. By censoring news, this was of great help in pointing examples cited by journalist al law forbade the use of poison in war. well as the fact that there were only propaganda could not be coun- out errors. The censor during Kedar Ghosh in his memoirs The report was passed only after the three land outlets from it. He then &: - 00. tered. Furthermore, even when war-time was thus also editor titled No Apology. Ghosh’s journalist assured the censor that the mentioned the distance of the Japanese Kohima was re-captured by the and proof-reader. Occasionally report on a strike in a steel fac- reference was not to the present war. from Imphal on each of these outlets. :/56&K5 British after two months, the — if unintentionally — the cen- tory engaged in war production Between 1942-43, the army in Nowhere was the term ‘siege’ men- - :& ::: British army was unable to make sors did get it right. was not passed by a press cen- Burma was a forgotten army, as British tioned. In his words, this roundabout the most of this victory in terms Mankekar recounts an inci- sor. 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His it to the next. Well, this is the Nizam, owes its origin to Mir mining stretched to parts of Exalted Highness Nawab Sir glimpse of the past in all its Qamaruddin Chin Qilij Khan, Andhra Pradesh and Mir Osman Ali Khan, who shimmering glory for you at better known as Asaf Jah-I. Karnataka during the 16th- was the last Nizam, is remem- the Nizams’ jewellery exhibi- This dynasty ruled the State of 19th Century. bered for being the staunchest tion curated for public display Hyderabad in Deccan for The Nizam and the princes ally of the British in India. The at the National Museum in seven generations (1724- would wear ceremonial regalia 86 0K6.O Nizam made a gift of diamond New Delhi. It is a “never seen 1948). It was one of the lead- to attend official functions. 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       ! extremists and the generals to Khartoum must continue so as people gathered outside the mation of a military-led play their roles to exploit the to avail aids from global agen- Army headquarters in Transitional Council that will the military intelligence during appropriate response to the the Sudan’s Army must incor- clear that military rule is not current situation. Finally, the cies as leaders of Bashir’s stature Khartoum, demanding his res- rule the country for the com- the conflicts in Darfur which challenges facing Sudan and porate civilians into the new the solution and what Sudan common people will again had offered safe haven to glob- ignation. In fact, on April 6 the ing two years. forced the US Government to the aspirations of its people”. transitional government and demands is a representative come back to the same irre- al jihadists like Osama bin anti-Bashir mobilisation When Auf declared the put him in the list of targeted Further, Mahamat recalls two years time for transition is government without any delay. versible cycle of pain, poverty, Laden in the 1990s. reached to its zenith that transitional Government, peo- financial sanctions. Therefore, the 2000 Lome Declaration on too long. Robert Palladino, the Meanwhile, top most inter- and primarily misrule. Hence, the post-Bashir marked the anniversary of a ple heard in his declaration his the moot point is what is in the unconstitutional change of State Department spokesper- national organisations such as Peace and stability in Sudan is to see that civil and symbolic non-violent move- “master’s (Bashir) voice”. Auf is store for Sudanese people? Government and the African son, said Washington would the European Union and the Sudan is crucial to the rest of political rights are widely ment which in 1985 brought a career soldier very much Will Bashir be replaced by Charter on Democracy, elec- continue to “call for those UN have called for an inclusive North Africa as it is bordered respected. A nation in tatters down the regime of Jaafar like his former boss who was some new face with the system tions and governance that responsible for the horrific government in Sudan that will by globally significant areas and after long autocratic rule of Nimeiri. made the Defence Minister of intact or a new leader will strongly condemn any uncon- crimes that were committed in meet the democratic aspira- countries such as the Red Sea, Bashir sincerely demands bud- Though people from all Sudan by the latter. When emerge to bring in changes giv- stitutional change of Darfur to be held accountable tions of its people. All these Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central getary transparency, end of walks of life raised voices Bashir declared a year-long ing relief to Sudanese. Government and commit for those actions” without spec- show that both the interna- African Republic, South Sudan, corruption in high public against the economic hard- state of emergency on February Is that all a call enough member states to the respect of ifying whether Bashir or Auf tional agencies and respective Ethiopia and Eritrea. Therefore, offices and the ouster of the old ships faced by them because of 22 this year in response to evoked by millions of populace rule of law, democratic princi- should be extradited in due national governments of vari- mismanagement of affairs in clusters of the ruling National years of sanctions imposed by months of protests nationwide for a civilian government in ples and human rights. course of time. ous countries simply want a Sudan might spread like wild- Congress Party from key posi- the US Government, it was the and calls for his resignation, Sudan: Certainly not. The While reiterating these Also, the US is publicly air- popularly elected government fire to the rest of Africa and can tions in the country. This will Sudanese Professional Auf was promoted to serve as Chairperson of the 55-member crucial documents and provi- ing the view that the Sudanese in Sudan. It is very clear that no simply add to the misery of the finally ensure offering breath- Association (SPA) that finally Vice-President, indicating that pan-African Union sions, he is looking forward to people should be given free one wants to trust the same old already disadvantaged neigh- ing space to the common peo- led the protests against the he can become the President of Commission, Moussa Faki meet the commission’s Peace hand in deciding who will military generals in a new bours. In fact, Sudan itself is ple, indicating political repre- Bashir regime. The SPA is a the country once Bashir’s con- Mahamat, who has been close- and Security Council to take an lead them in future and they design. Clearly, though military sensitive in its ethnic mosaic as sentation to them, for which conglomeration of doctors, stitutional term comes to an ly monitoring the crisis in urgent decision to prevent a are quite clear that they need a swung into action in the name it has a large number of diverse they are yearning for decades. health workers and lawyers end by April 2020. Sudan from the beginning has catastrophe in the resource civilian administration to come of preventing chaos, its hidden ethnic groups living across the who have pinned down an But now the problem is expressed the conviction that rich African nation. to Khartoum. British Foreign intensions are very clear: They country like Sudanese Arab (The writer is an expert on intractable regime whose that Auf was also the head of “the military takeover is not the What the US stated is that Secretary Jeremy Hunt made it just want to cling to the levers (approximately 70 per cent), international affairs)
 

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