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The count- Wednesday rejected demand and 56(D) are complete dif- with EVM data before count- For the first time in Lok ing will involve the matching of of 22 Opposition parties for ferent things,” he said. ing of votes. Sabha polls, the EC will tally VVPAT slips in five polling VVPAT slips’ check before the Reacting to the EC deci- The grueling and bitterly vote count on EVMs with voter booths picked at random for counting, the Opposition par- sion, CPI(M) general secretary fought seven-phase polls that verified paper audit trail slips each Assembly segment at the ties hit back saying the poll Sitaram Yechury tweeted, began on April 11 concluded in five polling stations in each end of counting. As per proce- panel has lost its credibility and “This goes against the spirit of on May 19. Barring Jammu & Assembly segment of a parlia- dure, postal ballots so far were dubbed the electronic voting the Supreme Court Order on Kashmir and West Bengal, vot- mentary constituency. the first to be counted. machines (EVMs) as “Election VVPATs delivered before ing has been largely peaceful. It will effectively mean that As per EC, the exercise of Victory Machines”. polling began. If the process Security has been tightened out of nearly 10.3 lakh polling counting postal ballots manu- ! #$ % & # Congress spokesperson has been so long drawn for the across all the polling stations in stations, the EVM-VVPAT ally will itself take a couple of Abhishek Manu Singhvi said sake of integrity of the electoral the county with the Home matching will take place in hours at least as the number of the EC has rejected their process, why is (the) EC not Ministry directing extra-secu- 20,600 such stations. In case of service voters stands at 18 lakh request to check the VVPAT adhering to the basic principle rity around sensitive con- a mismatch, the results based and these include personnel of slips, “which we came to know of testing the sample first?” stituencies. on paper slip count will be con- the armed forces, Central through the media” reports. TDP general secretary Most of the exit polls have sidered as final. police force personnel and ./$ /01* polls, which have predicted a Upendra Kushwaha that peo- “The interesting thing is we Nara Lokesh tweeted, “A gen- predicted that the BJP-led Meanwhile, a day after 22 State police personnel who are comfortable victory for the ple can take up arms and resort have not received any formal uine and fair demand for National Democratic Alliance Opposition parties claimed posted outside their con- JP president Amit Shah on BJP-led NDA. “How can you to violence, he said such com- orders yet,” he said, adding ear- transparency is chucked out (NDA) is on course to retain they don’t trust EVMs and stituencies. Diplomats and sup- BThursday accused the question EVMs credibility on ments have no place in democ- lier the poll panel had declined the window without a reason. power for a second term, rid- demanded VVPAT slips be port staff posted in Indian Opposition parties of “disre- the basis of exit polls,” he asked racy and questioned them for 15-20 requests of the party A dark day for Indian democ- ing on Prime Minister matched with EVM data before embassies abroad are also specting” people’s mandate by in his tweet. challenging democracy. without giving any reason. He racy!... By ignoring the genuine Narendra Modi’s charisma like counting, the three-member counted as service voters. Out questioning the credibility of He also termed as uncon- The Opposition in Bihar said the EC means “Eradicated demand of the majority of par- the way he did in 2014. EC on Wednesday rejected of the 18 lakh registered voters, EVMs and “tarnishing” Indian stitutional the demand of 22 on Tuesday had alleged that Credibility” and EVMs have tiesto, the EC has shown once However, the Opposition their demands saying there 16.49 lakh have sent their democracy in the face of its Opposition parties that the attempts were being made to become “Electronic Victory again whose side it wants to parties have trashed results of will not be any change in postal ballots to their respective “likely defeat” in the Lok Sabha Election Commission change manipulate the Lok Sabha poll Machines” for BJP. take.” the exit polls, claiming that the counting procedures. returning officers as on May 17. elections. its counting protocol and count results in favour of the NDA, The Congress Rajya Sabha AAP leader and Delhi BJP will suffer severe drubbing The EC had made it clear Earlier, the Supreme Court Suspecting Opposition’s VVPAT slips first, saying any and warned that “blood may MP said the EC, for “confi- Deputy Chief Minister Manish due to rising unemployment, to the parties on Tuesday that had rejected Opposition’s motives in raising doubts about decision in this regard is not spill on the streets”. dence building”, should have Sisodia tweeted if all the argu- farm distress and slowdown in the old protocol would con- demand for at least 50 per cent EVMs, Shah said they started possible without an all-party Opposition to EVMs accepted the request of 22 ments of EC were accepted in the economy. tinue. The top officials of EC VVPAT verification protesting against EVMs only consensus. amounts to disrespecting peo- Opposition parties that “rep- past also, then no reform in Around 67 per cent of the also met on Wednesday and saying it is “not inclined to after the sixth phase of polling Referring to the statements ple’s mandate, resent 75 per cent of the pop- election process was nearly 90 crore voters exercised decided to continue with interfere”. and intensified it after exit of some Opposition leaders like Shah said. ulation”. “During our talks needed. . / BHUBANESWAR: Even as announcement of the election -- $ results is eagerly awaited on Thursday, a broad impression has settled down in Odisha that ./$ /01* %12%"./ $"' tions. the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Rout’s reaction came after Naveen Patnaik is set to achieve he 59,000 crore Rafale day before the elections Niranjan Patnaik told media, an absolute majority of the 146 Tfighter jets deal, which has Aresults were to be rather candidly, that the Assembly seats, for which polls been in the centre of a bitter announced, the Congress in the Congress is “not hopeful” of were held, and form political slugfest between the State was embroiled in intra- forming Government in the Government in the State for a Congress and the NDA party bickering with two of its State though it would get more fifth tenure in a row. Government, is back in the leaders attacking PCC presi- seats this time than in 2014. %12%"./ $"' And as for the Centre, the news after some unidentified dent Niranjan Patnaik for his The party would do well in general perception in the State persons made an attempt to alleged failure in leading the the State’s southern and coastal hile intense heat wave is that the Bharatiya Janata break into the Paris office of party in the elections. regions but not in the western Wconditions continued to Party (BJP)-led National to gain an almost half of the The biggest notable factor Indian Air Force (IAF) project Senior leader Jagannath belt in the elections, the PCC grip most parts of the State, the Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary seats which in this election, one must management team Patnaik resigned from party president said. Regional Office of the Indian headed by Narendra Modi is would be a big jump for it com- admit, is a rather pro-incum- supervising the Rafale project. posts such as convener of coor- Patnaik further said the Meteorological Department going to form Government for pared to its lone Sundargarh bency vote in Patnaik’s favour Espionage angle is not ruled dination committee alleging Congress may not be the main (IMD) here on Wednesday a second consecutive term. win in the 2014 elections. even after his four long tenures out. mismanagement in election opposition party this time. If issued a heat wave warning for All this has been con- This is clearly due to a pro- of rule. The BJD’s Assembly The incident took place on matters. the BJD and the BJP merge, the six districts. firmed by the exit polls, the Modi wave in the wake of the tally would have been still Sunday last and reports indi- He called a Press confer- Congress would emerge as the The warning was issued for results of which came out on Indian Air Force’s airstrikes on higher had not the Modi wave cated that no hard disk or any ence in Sambalpur to blame the leading opposition force, he Balangir, Nuapada, Boudh, May 19 after the conclusion of terror outfits in Pakistan’s had also resulted in the BJP other sensitive documents were State party leadership for the " said, adding that the BJD is Deogarh, Bargarh and the protracted phase-wise elec- Balakot following the terrorists’ winning some Assembly seats stolen. The local police regis- mess in the conduct interested in being part of a Nabarangpur districts for tions across the country. attack on Indian jawans at too to improve upon its num- tered a case and is investigat- of polls. new NDA Government at the Thursday. In a never-before scenario Pulwama in Jammu and ber of 10 in the last polls. ing about the motive, sources Another senior leader, Centre. Interior and western parts in Odisha, though the ruling Kashmir. For the first time in The Congress is likely to said here on Wednesday. Sarat Rout, was more scathing He observed that BJD chief of the State are the most-affect- BJD is believed to win a major- Odisha, large numbers of vot- retain more or less its previous However, the IAF and the in criticising Niranjan Patnaik Naveen Patnaik would not ed. Titilagarh recorded tem- ity of the Assembly seats for yet ers, particularly youths, pre- Assembly seats numbering 16 Defence Ministry here refused stating that the PCC chief attend a meeting of the leaders peratures above 45 degree. another term, it may not get a ferred a split voting, one for besides winning a couple of to comment on the issue. betrayed the trust of party " of anti-BJP parties called by State capital Bhubaneswar commensurate number of Lok Modi in Parliament and the Lok Sabha seats which would The IAF project team is president Rahul Gandhi and UPA leader Sonia recorded a temperature of 37.7 Sabha constituencies out of other for Naveen Patnaik in the be a vast improvement of its headed by a Group Captain, State party rank and file in the manner he conducted the elec- Gandhi. degree and Cuttack 37.6 degree. the total 21 as the BJP is likely State Assembly. zero achievement in 2014. PNS aided by three other officers.
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The will be accepted by God. mons either himself or through 2 US had asked Pakistan to check The exit polls that project- his audio messages are played free access to Makki across ed a clear cut win for the rul- at various mosques in the areas - 2 4 + universities in Pakistan as his ing National Democratic of JeM influence. 4 sermons were specifically Alliance (NDA,) led by Prime Sources said the idea 2 * * directed against US besides Minister Narendra Modi, behind such sermons by Azhar India and Israel. Ironically, the comes close on the heels of is aimed at uplifting the morale seek donations from million- against JeM has also squeezed Pakistan Army-Inter Services ing perspective. Task Force (FATF) against servers of the social media United Nations’ sanctions of the cadres who are yet aires in the Middle East coun- the finances of the outfit for the Intelligence (ISI) to effectively Post the ban on Jaish chief Pakistan for failing to check ter- sites of the Pakistan-based against the JeM boss under the emerge from the setback of the tries during the month of time being till it devises ways hoodwink the international by the UN and the ongoing ror funding, Islamabad is under groups are based in the US, Al-Qaeda Sanctions List ban- Balakot strikes by India and to Ramzan. They said the UN ban and means in collusion with the community from terror fund- actions by the Financial Action considerable pressure to act sources added. ,$ 7 = .* * " ! +$$P O7$P * " # ./$ /01* ./$ /01* ./$ /01* tent. A ‘news and current affairs light Lieutenant Bhawana ith Rashtriya Lok Samta head of the counting of TV channel’ means a channel FKanth has become the first WParty (RLSP) chief Avotes for the Lok Sabha which has elements of news woman pilot to qualify as full- Upendra Kushwaha warning of polls, the Ministry of and current affairs in its pro- fledged fighter pilot. She can “bloodshed” if the ruling BJP Information and Broadcasting gramme content. now take part in operations and its allies tried to manipu- on Wednesday issued an advi- News channels are man- along with her male counter- late results, NDA ally and Lok sory to all private satellite TV dated to carry news and cur- parts. She and two other Janshakti Party (LJP) chief channels, asking them to strict- rent affairs content, while non- woman pilots namely Avani Ram Vilas Paswan on ly comply with their respective news and current affairs chan- Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh Wednesday hit back cautioning undertakings of carrying news nels are not mandated to carry were selected in 2016 to under- a “tit for tat” response in case or non-news content. any news and current affairs go training as fighter pilots. All of any such act. The LJP chief In accordance with the content. At the time of apply- of them underwent the made the statement in front of 2011 policy guidelines for ing for a non-news TV chan- demanding training for near- Home Minister Rajnath Singh uplinking of television channels nel, the applicant company ly two and half years but during a dinner meeting of from India, the ministry gives gives an undertaking that the Kanth became the first to be < $ + $ $ $ NDA allies hosted by BJP pres- permission for uplinking under proposed channel is purely an selected to become opera- 7 :8 9 $ $ $ 7 ident Amit Shah. two categories — non-news entertainment channel and tional. ? 7 $ , “Dekhiye, PM ne kuch nahi and current affairs, and news does not have any news or cur- All the three pilots were kiya hai. Prastav me bhi kuch and current affairs. rent affairs-based programme. the first batch of woman offi- Bison for the first time from major step for becoming a nahi hai. Lekin humlog...ye The ‘non-news and current “All TV channels may cers to be selected for flying Ambala air base last year, fighter pilot. Only selected (Rajnath) bhi kuch nahi affairs’ channel means a chan- strictly ensure that there is no fighter jets. Prior to that, thereby, becoming the second countries including Britain, kahenge...Lekin hum kahna nel which does not have any violation of the conditions of woman pilots only flew trans- woman pilot besides the United States, Israel, and chahte hain tit for tat element of news and current the guidelines,” the I&B port planes and helicopters. Chaturvedi to do so. Solo fly- Pakistan have allowed women hoga...samajh gaye na...(see, affairs in its programme con- Ministry order said. Kanth flew solo a MIG-21 ing a fighter jet is rated as a in the role of fighter pilots. PM has not done anything. There is nothing in the resolu- tion. But we...he (Rajnath) will > <4 $ $ 0 ! not even say...but I want to #$ % & # $ , 7 say...there will be a tit for tat... understand,” Paswan said. the results of Lok Sabha elec- to manipulate Lok Sabha poll %& ' Taking a dig at the opposi- tions. Addressing a Press con- results in favour of the ruling $ 7 :@ tion parties, Paswan said they ference in Patna, Kushwaha,, a NDA, which will have serious are seeking excuses for their former NDA ally and now consequences. ./$ /01* notice to the ministry of on Verma’s petition to the gov- imminent defeat and raising part of the opposition “Earlier, we used to hear defence to furnish all the doc- ernment within three weeks. doubts over EVMs only to hide Mahagathbandhan in Bihar about booth loot. This time, it ./$ /01* taken against the petitioner n a major development in the uments based on which the While rejecting Verma’ s their failure. “When they see said, “If anyone tried to tamper is suspected that attempts may (Arjun Singh) for a period Iissue of Vice Admiral Bimal selection of next navy chief is plea, the ministry said during their defeat is imminent, they with the results, then there will be made to loot the results. he Supreme Court on commencing from today till Verma challenging the appoint- done, Verma’s lawyer Ankur selection process, it was found raise doubts about EVMs, but be bloodshed.” These could be through manip- TWednesday granted pro- May 28 with regard to all the ment of his junior Vice Chibber said. that Verma, though being the when they won in three states, Kushwaha, said that there ulation of the EVMs or any tection from arrest till May 28 cases registered against him,” Admiral Karambir Singh as the The Defence Ministry last senior most eligible officer, then they didn’t say anything on was tremendous public anger other measures at the counting to Arjun Singh, a BJP candidate the Bench said. next Navy chief, the Armed week rejected Verma’s petition in was unsuitable to hold the EVMs. Why did they not raise after alleged exit polls’ predic- centres. from Barrackpore constituen- After having dictated the Forces Tribunal (AFT) on which he had challenged Singh’s post of the Chief of the Naval doubts after they won in tion of NDA winning 30 or The leaders of the NDA are cy in West Bengal, in various order, Justice Mishra remarked: Wednesday directed the appointment as the next Navy Staff. Ministry also said a thor- Punjab,” he said, adding that the more seats in Bihar out of 40. hereby warned not to indulge criminal cases lodged against “People who indulge in arson Government to submit all the Chief. Verma, at present, is the ough selection process was LJP will win more seats than “The exit poll surveys were in such a misadventure. There him by the State police. and rioting do not belong to a records related to the selection commander-in-chief of the conducted under which over- predicted by exit polls. aimed at causing demoralisa- is tremendous public anger The top court said that no party. They join the party in of the next chief by May 29. Andaman and Nicobar all service profile of all the con- On Tuesday, Kushwaha tion among our cadres, with a and blood may spill on the coercive action will be taken power to commit violence.” Singh would take charge on Command and also the senior- tenders for the top post was had threatened his political mala fide intent,” he alleged. streets, for which we shall not against Singh, a four-time Senior advocate Ranjit May 31 after incumbent Navy most naval commander while examined. opponents of bloodshed, if The RLSP chief stressed be held responsible,” Kushwaha MLA, as it took note of wide- Kumar, appearing for Singh, Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba Singh is heading the Eastern The Government listed they attempted to tamper with that attempts were being made had said. spread violence in the politi- alleged political vindictiveness retires the same day. naval command. He was select- reasons for overlooking Verma cally sensitive West Bengal on the part of the State While directing the gov- ed as the next chief on March 23. for the top job. They included during the Lok Sabha polls. Government and said that 21 ernment to submit the related Last month, Verma had a severe letter of displeasure A vacation Bench com- cases have been registered documents as sought by moved the tribunal questioning during Navy War Room Leak .* " prising Justices Arun Mishra against him from April 4 to Verma, the AFT also said if the government’s decision by case when he was posted in and MR Shah made it clear that May 20. He said that in five of found merit, then new appoint- overlooking his seniority. The Naval Ops Directorate and the Singh will not be arrested by the cases he has been granted ment of Singh can be put on tribunal on April 25 directed fact that he never commanded / " the state police till May 28 from bail but more cases have been hold. The AFT has issued the defence ministry to decide any operational command. today and granted him liberty registered against Singh after he New Delhi: Former Union The trio is seeking review and arguments, had “stated a to approach the appropriate joined BJP. Ministers Yashwant Sinha, of the apex court’s December series of untruths”. forum for bail after the apex Counsel for the West Arun Shourie and activist 14 verdict which gave a clean “It (Centre) suppressed the court’s protection ceases to Bengal government said that , advocate Prashant Bhushan chit to the Rafale deal to pro- truth and thereby insinuated exist. cases for rioting and arson alleged in the Supreme Court cure fighter jets from Dassault. utter falsehoods: facts and doc- While granting protection were lodged against him. on Wednesday that the Centre In their written submis- uments of the greatest signifi- to Singh, who has left the rul- The Bench told the coun- “wilfully and deliberately” mis- sion, brought by them into cance, which have direct and ing Trinmool Congress party to sel for State Government that ("- led the court in the Rafale public domain a day before the overarching bearing on the contest Lok Sabha polls on BJP it was inclined to grant pro- fighter jet case and this counting of votes for the Lok matter that the court was con- ticket, the Bench took note of tection from arrest to the peti- amounted to “wholesale fraud”. Sabha polls, they said that sidering, and which were avail- ongoing indefinite lawyers’ tioner (Singh) to enable him to ./$ /01* tion in hotels,” Shrivastava told tion, telephone facilities, and They claimed that the officers who have misled the able with the Government were strike in the state since April 25 be present for counting of reporters. Medical posts will their other preliminary require- Centre suppressed relevant apex court should be held suppressed from the court,” which has paralysed the judi- votes tomorrow as he was a ewly elected members of also function on round the ments. The new members, she facts from the court during the accountable for perjury as the they said in the 41-page sub- cial work. candidate for the Lok Sabha N17th Lok Sabha will not clock basis in Parliament House said, have been requested to hearing in the case. government, through the notes mission. PTI “No coercive action be polls. get accommodation in five star and Western Court, she added. bring with them the certificate hotels this year. Instead, they The Secretariat has also set of election, in original, issued will be put up in the Western up guide posts at the Indira to them by the returning offi- Court premises, bhavans of Gandhi International Airport’s cer concerned when they visit .* ' " " various states and its annexe (IGIA) terminals one, two and the Parliament House. building. three to receive the newly- For the first time, the With the counting of votes elected members, she said, advance copy of the docu- for the Lok Sabha polls sched- adding similar posts have also mentation, containing various 8 ./$ /01* main event and sensitise the uled for Thursday, the newly- set up at New Delhi, Old Delhi, forms, has been forwarded to masses about the grand func- elected members are expected Hazrat Nizamuddin and the returning officers for the himla, Ahmedabad, tion on June 21,” the official to start arriving in the nation- Anand Vihar railway stations. use of the members, she said. SMysuru, Ranchi and Delhi- said. “Like every-year, Yoga al capital from Friday. MPs The guide posts will func- The members can register these five cities have been will be promoted in a big way,” were often lodged in hotels ear- tion on May 23 from 6 p.m. to online with regard to forms in shortlisted by the Government he said. lier, which at times invited 11 p.m. and thereafter on May part one such as oath or affir- for holding the main function The United Nations criticism for the money it cost 24 from 5 am to 11 pm. mation, specimen signature, of International Yoga Day this General Assembly, heeding to the exchequer. These guide posts are basi- transit accommodation and year on June 21st. a call by Prime Minister Modi, Lok Sabha Secretary cally reception centres where declarations under different According to a senior had made a declaration in General Snehlata Shrivastava members will be received on rules. Union AYUSH Ministry offi- December 2014 to observe on Wednesday said the newly- their arrival in Delhi, she said. As part of the outreach cial, the shortlisted five cities June 21 every year as IDY. Last elected members of the Lower As in the past, Srivastava said, plan, 56 nodal officers have have good potential to hold the year, the main event of the IDY House of Parliament will no Room No 62 of the Parliament been assigned around eight to yoga event on mass scale. was held in Dehradun in Uttar longer be lodged in hotels but House will function as the 10 constituencies each to get in “These names will now be sent Pradesh in which Prime in state bhawans, Western facilitation centre for these touch with the newly-elected to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister Narendra Modi par- Court, a transit hostel for par- MPs, and it will be functional members, and to guide them (PMO) which will select one ticipated. liamentarians, and its annexe from May 23 to May 28. about the various formalities. city and then finalise the venue The first IDY celebration building. “ As many as 300 According to Shrivastava, The Secretary General said of the main function of was organised at Rajpath in rooms have been arranged returning officers in all parlia- that the members, for the first IDY to be held on June 21,” he New Delhi on June 21, 2015, in along with other extensive mentary constituencies had time, will be immediately said. This time the theme of the which representatives of 191 facilities to render all possible already been informed about issued permanent identity yoga day will be the ‘Festival of will be ensured that the pro- sories. 2 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium countries took part. In 2016, assistance to the MPs. the arrangements being made cards on their arrival in Well-Being’ while an year-long gramme is eco-friendly ie In the lead-up to the main in the national Capital. “The the main function was held in Thus, the Lok Sabha sec- by the Lok Sabha Secretariat for Parliament House. Earlier, the yoga programmes will be held focus will be on promoting eco- event, an international yoga fes- aim is to build an atmosphere Chandigarh while in 2017 it retariat has done away with the the newly-elected members in members and their spouses across the country. 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Chief Minister only till May 24 he 2019 General Election is to Sabarimala, the Holy Shrine against the entry of women in political violence post declara- Even as the police went on morning. 91/.."* Tlikely to open a new battle atop the Western Ghats where Sabarimala. The Supreme tion of election results on a maximum alert apprehending Gowda, a former front in Kerala’s bi-polar poli- Lord Ayyappa is the presiding Court agreed to hear the review Thursday. escalation in political street Karnataka Chief Minister, also ntire Tamil Nadu is waiting tics, hitherto monopolised by deity, led to the consolidation petitions filed by the devotees While the Election fights violence continued in said the stage would be ready Ewith bated breath as the the CPI(M) and the Congress- of Hindu votes. The devotees against the Constitution Bench Commission took extra pre- areas like Bhatpara in for the formation of a new counting officials are all set to led Left Democratic Front and stood united against the verdict is proof of the serious- caution by requisitioning 200 Barrackpore Lok Sabha con- Government in the state after open the Electronic Voting the United Democratic Front Government move to facilitate ness of the situation,” said K companies of central forces in stituency where a person died that. Machines at 08.00 am on in the State council of Ministers respectively. If the mood of the the entry of women in the age Ramkumar, senior lawyer, addition to the 82 companies while the crude bomb he was "Kumaraswamy will be Thursday to count the votes cast was sentenced by a court for his electorate is any indication, group of 10-50 and they were Kerala High Court. deployed at 58 counting centres making exploded leaving three the Chief Minister of in election to the 38 Lok Sabha alleged role in riots which auto- Kerala may see the BJP winning beaten up and incarcerated There has been an increase for 42 Lok Sabha seats spread others grievously injured. Karnataka till tomorrow seats as well as the 22 Assembly matically disqualified him from one or two seats in the State for slapping charges inder the non- of eight percent polling at across 22 districts, including Following continuing vio- evening only. Tomorrow constituencies. being a member of the House. the first time in the history of bailable sections of the IPC. Pathanamthitta this year as 74 Kolkata. lence in the area the ECI took evening or by day-after- This is the first time in the Tamil Nadu Assembly has the Lok Sabha election. The appeasement police per cent of the voters cast their Much to the chagrin of the extra precaution by deploying tomorrow morning, because if recent history that a general a total strength of 234 members. “I am sure the BJP will win of the CPI(M) and the polls this time compared to 66 ruling Trinamool Congress, the additional central forces outside he does not get to sleep in the election has generated this kind The ruling party should have a at least one seat in the State and Congress towards the minori- per cent in 2014. Besides stay of the central forces had the house of BJP candidate night...So day-after-tomorrow of anxiety and expectation in the minimum of 118 seats to claim that is going to be precursor of ties too came handy for the BJP Pathanathitta, the BJP leader- been extended by 4 days till May Arjun Singh who had just before morning, hundred per cent State. What has made this elec- absolute majority. The many political possibilities in which had some pockets of ship is hopeful of bagging two 27 following concerns, expressed the elections quit Trinamool Kumaraswamy will step tion crucial in Tamil Nadu is the AIADMK had won 136 seats in Kerala. The State would not be strength in the State. The first more seats from the State and by Union Minister Nirmala Congress to join the saffron out- down," he said. by-elections which were held in the 2016 Assembly election the same afterwards,” said P time the BJP could enter the this include Sitharaman about the ongoing fit. A bunker was erected for the Speaking to reporters here, 22 Assembly constituencies in while the Opposition DMK Rajan, seasoned political com- Kerala Legislative Assembly Thiruvananthapuram and violence in the State. CAPF jawans outside his house. the BJP leader said, "The stage the State. The bypolls were and its allies have 98 members. mentator and former editor of was in 2016 when O Rajagopal, Thrissur. But in a politically One example of an Earlier senior BJP leader will be set for the formation of necessitated because 18 MLAs, TTV Dhinakaran, the lone Mathrubhumi. The septuage- the party veteran won from a and communally divided State increased police pro-activeness Kailash Vijabargiya apprehend- a new Government." belonging to the AIADMK, member of the AMMK, a narian author is a close associ- suburb in like Kerala, everything would was a heated exchange between ed threat to Singh’s life saying Speculation is rife that an were disqualified by Speaker P breakaway faction of the ate of Congress leaders like Thiruvananthapuram. become clear only after the North Bengal Development Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee adverse outcome in the Lok Dhanapal under the provisions AIADMK , would extend sup- Panampalli Govinda Menon “The adamant stance of EVMs are opened. The feeling Minister RN Ghosh and the could even get him killed in an Sabha polls would impact the of the anti-defection law when port to the DMK to pull down and KC Abraham , the region- chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan is that the Lotus would bloom Coochbehar SP who directed encounter. Singh a former TMC stability of the coalition they wrote to the Governor the Palaniswamy Government. al satraps of Kerala. that women devotees should be this time in the State. “If we fail both the TMC and the BJP to MLA on Tuesday secured a Government in Karnataka. declaring their Opposition to If the DMK manages to win 20 What has happened in the allowed to worship at to win at least one seat this remove their respective party Supreme Court order prevent- Exit polls have forecast Chief Minister Edappadi seats out of the 22 seats where State is the consolidation of Sabarimala under police pro- time, it is the end of the road camps beyond 100 metre radius ing the State from arresting that the Congress-JD(S) Palaniswamy. Three legislators polling was held, it would be Hindu votes, at least in some tection has caused heartburn- for the BJP in Kerala,” said of the counting centre, sources him for five days within which alliance is likely to perform including former Chief Minister curtain for the AIADMK constituencies where the ing among ardent believers in Sudhakaran, a party activist at said adding the Minister was he could approach a lower court badly in the parliamentary M Karunanidhi died while regime under the leadership of Hindus are in a majority. The traditions and customs. K Perumbavoor. heard reminding the SP that the for anticipatory bail. polls. PTI Balakrishna Reddy, a Minister Palaniswamy. ' " 4B+ $ 5 /0 $ 7 Bengaluru: As the debate over EVMs hotted up, former Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir PDP president Mehbooba Karnataka Chief Minister Governor Satya Pal Malik on Mufti supported by the National Siddaramaiah on Wednesday Wednesday said his adminis- Conference and the Congress said it was BJP spokesperson G tration wants the President's staked claim for government for- VL Narasimha Rao who has Rule to end in the state at the mation on 21 November, 2018. authored a book questioning earliest but the final call on the Within minutes, People's about electronic voting timing of assembly elections Conference chairman Sajad machines 10 years ago and will be taken by the Election Lone, who had just two MLAs, party veteran LK Advani had Commission. also staked claim for govern- written the preface of it. Asked if some officials with- ment formation. In a tweet in Kannada, in his administration were not Assembly elections in the State The governor decided to Siddaramaiah wrote, "BJP was keen on transfer of power to an was the prerogative of the dissolve the assembly on the the first to raise doubts about the elected Government in the State, Election Commission but indi- grounds that he wanted to pre- EVMs. The spokesperson of the Governor said there was cated a decision could be vent horse-trading. that party had even written a nothing like that in his notice. announced after the completion The state was brought under book. Supporting the doubt, L K "We want this (President's of the Lok Sabha polls. President's Rule on December Advani had written the preface Rule) to end as soon as possible. Jammu & Kashmir was 19, 2018 for a period of six of the book. What's the reason The final call on holding assem- placed under Governor's Rule months as elections could not be behind BJP's change in stand in bly elections in the state will be on June 19, 2018 after the PDP- held within six months of impo- the last 10 years?" The book taken by the Election BJP coalition Government fell as sition of Governor's Rule in the 'Democracy at risk due to EVMs' Commission," Malik told the BJP decided to pull out of the State. The President's Rule will was written by Rao, a psephol- reporters after inaugurating the alliance. have to be extended again on ogist-turned politician, after second phase of the Jehangir The State Assembly was June 19, 2019 as assembly elec- 2009 elections. A poster Chowk-Rambagh flyover. kept in suspended animation to tions have not been held so far. Siddaramaiah tweeted says, Recently, Union Home allow for the possibility of any The order for extending "Concerns about EVMs are legit- Minister Rajnath Singh also new combination of parties to President's rule will have to be imate when raised by BJP!" PTI said a decision on holding form a Government in the State. ratified by Parliament. PTI --, $ 7 % , . 0/ " " " A 0 ( $$ # + $ 1-2 , 7 ' !! " Ahmedabad: Election author- hours...Trends will be out by tain," Rupani told reporters in $ = ities said on Wednesday that afternoon. Only formal decla- Gandhinagar. declaration of results of 26 ration would get delayed. Final Gujarat Congress chief New Delhi: Union Minister EVMs want to drag India back , Thalassery (Ker): Five RSS Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat results may come late in the Amit Chavda claimed his party and BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan to the time when money and workers were sentenced to life may get delayed by around 3 to evening," Krishna told PTI. will win at least 10 Lok Sabha on Wednesday dubbed the muscle power decided elec- imprisonment by a local court 4 hours due to counting of Counting of votes for 26 seats in the state. Opposition "sore losers" and tions. The Supreme Court has Chennai: The DMK on VVPAT slips at the end comes Wednesday in a case related to voter-verifiable paper audit Lok Sabha seats and four "The results of Gujarat will claimed that their "desperation" heard the issue four times Wednesday wondered if the despite as many as 22 the murder of a CPI(M) activist trail (VVPAT) slips. Assembly seats (where by-polls surprise all," he said. over the VVPAT issue was an already. They are now con- Election Commission's move Opposition parties urging the here in 2006. VVPAT slips of five ran- were held) in the state will start In the 2017 state Assembly indication of their defeat in the cocting stories in the face of to stick to counting VVPAT slips slip count in the beginning. Additional Sessions Judge R domly selected Electronic across 28 centers from 8 am, polls to 182 seats, the Congress Lok Sabha polls. impending defeat. They are at the end of the counting "The distinction between L Byju convicted Shankaran Voting Machines (EVMs) will involving over 8,000 counting won 77 seats while the BJP Leaders of 22 opposition just sore losers," he said. process was a democratic act, the Election Commission and Master (48), his brother be counted in every Assembly staff. bagged 99 and retained power parties met the Election "When you win, EVMs are ignoring demands by 22 the Central government has Manoharan (42), Vijesh (38), segment after EVM votes are Polling was held in a single with a slender majority. Commission on Tuesday ahead alright. But when you lose, alle- Opposition parties against it. gone," he told PTI when con- Prakashan (48) and Kavyesh counted, said the state's Chief phase on April 23, recording a The main contenders from of the Lok Sabha election gations about EVM manipula- The main opposition party tacted for his party's stand on the (40) of murder, rioting and other Electoral Officer S Murali turnout of 64.11 per cent, the the BJP in Lok Sabha polls this results and demanded verifi- tion arise. This kind of pes- in Tamil Nadu hit out at the poll EC's decision. offences under the Indian Penal Krishna. highest in the state since 1976 time are party chief Amit Shah cation of VVPAT slips of ran- simistic attitude of the body, saying its decision has The top party leader alleged Code. Awarding rigorous life Each of the 26 Lok Sabha when there was around 63.77 (from Gandhinagar seat) and domly-selected polling stations Opposition will hurt the blurred the distinction between that the incumbent election imprisonment to the five seats has six to seven assembly voting. Union minister Jaswantsinh before the counting of votes Constitution and also the an independent institution and commissioners have forgotten accused, the judge also imposed segments. Chief Minister Vijay Bhabhor (Dahod). begins Thursday. The EC on Indian democracy," Paswan the Central government. that the EC is an independent a fine of 50,000 each on them. If the slips and EVM data Rupani expressed confidence The Congress has fielded Wednesday rejected the said. "Is this democracy...? Will body. The Opposition parties The court acquitted 11 other do not match, count of VVPAT that the BJP will retain all the former Union minister demand. To a question on the future the Election Commission listen had approached the EC on accused, including RSS worker slips will be taken into consid- 26 seats in the state. Bharatsinh Solanki from "I have been saying for of his son in an NDA only to Prime Minister Narendra Tuesday demanding VVPATs be Valsan Thillenkeri. According to eration, said Krishna. "There is a Modi 'wave', Anand and its leader of oppo- many months now that when Government, the Lok Janshakti Modi..? senior DMK leader counted first —prior to count- the prosecution, a group of men "Due to this exercise, dec- people of the state are enthusi- sition in the Assembly Paresh the opposition heads towards Party (LJP) chief said that Chirag Duraimurugan asked. ing EVM votes votes— and in fatally attacked CPIM activist K laration of final results may get astic to make Modi prime min- Dhanani from Amreli Lok defeat it starts complaining Paswan had all the capabilities He pointed out that the case of problems or mismatch, K Yakub with bombs on June 13, delayed by around 3 to 4 ister again. The results are cer- Sabha seats. PTI about EVM. Those opposing to be a Union Minister. PTI EC's reported move to count all VVPAT slips be counted. PTI 2006, due to political rivalry. PTI 03-, 4 " + + - -0 -
4 +2+%"* Bandra residence “Matoshri” Beed residence of Kshirsagar NCP,” Kshirsagar said. party in the coalition govern- in north-west Mumbai. to personally invite the latter Kshirsagar was an influ- ment. head of Lok Sabha poll Welcoming Kshirsagar from the Congress to his party. ential minister in the previous Kshirsagar’s influence Aoutcome, the NCP suf- into his party fold, Uddhav Talking to media persons Congress-NCP government. within the NCP eroded Thiruvananthapuram: Chief directions to ensure that police ment. fered a setback on Wednesday, tied a red thread on the for- after joining the Shiv Sena, He was the PWD minister and markedly, after the entry of Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on personnel deputed for poll This ordeal was just after as its former Minister and mer’s hand symbolising ‘Shiv Kshirsagar said: “My decision chairman of the State-run the late BJP leader’s estranged Wednesday demanded that duties are provided all neces- they had completed their offi- senior leader from Beed dis- Bandhan’ and handing him a to join the Shiv Sena has noth- Maharashtra State Road nephew Dhananjay Munde, the Election Commission and sary facilities, including for cial work without any rest. trict in Marathwada region, miniature party flag. ing to do with the exit poll Development Corporation also from Beed district, joined the Central Reserve Police their return journey," Vijayan After being stationed in Jaydutta Kshirsagar, joined Uddhav said that with the projections. I had taken the (MSRDC) in the Ashok the NCP. Force (CRPF) ensure that nec- said. Lakshadweep, many of the the ruling Shiv Sena, after entry of an experienced leader decision to join the Shiv Sena Chavan cabinet. In fact, he had Dhananjay, who formally essary facilities were provided Those deploying police police personnel were sent to saying that he was feeling like Kshirsagar to his party, the a long ago. I had also courted a controversy by invit- joined the NCP after resigning to Kerala police officials being personnel for official duties Bihar for poll-related work, the “suffocated’ in the Sharad Sena’s organisational base announced my open support ing Bollywood actor Amitabh as the BJP MLC on July 2, deputed to other states for poll have the responsibility of release said. Pawar-led party. would be strengthened further to the Sena-BJP alliance can- Bachhan for the the inaugu- 2013, was re-elected to the duties. ensuring the pride of the ser- During the deputation of After days of intense spec- in Marathwada in general and didates in the Lok Sabha polls. ration of the second carriage- Maharashtra Legislative Vijayan shot off letters to vice personnel is upheld. such personnel, either a spe- ulation about his possible Beed in particular. Having been associated with way of Bandra-Worli Sea Link Council on September 2, 2013. the Commission and CRPF It is unfortunate that some cial bogey should be attached entry to the Shiv Sena, Kshirsagar’s exit from the the NCP since the formation (BWSL) –known officially as It may be recalled that Ajit following reports that police times it was not being imple- or some sleeper berths set Kshirsagar formally resigned NCP should be seen in the of the party, I contributed to the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link on Pawar had encouraged personnel from the state had mented, he said. apart, which unfortunately did from the primary membership context of the fact that he had its growth in my district” March 24, 2010. Dhananjay, a BJP MLC then, faced hardships during their The police personnel, who not happen. of the NCP and also quit as an been associated with the “Beed district has given six Kshirsagar’s decision to to rebel against his uncle return journey after partici- were deputed for election duty, Vijayan urged the Election MLA from Beed, before join- Sharad Pawar-led party, ever MLAs to the NCP. Still, my invite Big-B without consult- Gopinath Munde in the run pating in Lok Sabha polls in did not have railway berths or Commission and CRPF to ing the Sena in the presence of since it was founded 20 years supporters and I were feeling ing the chief minister had not up to the December 2011 Bihar. seats reserved for them and conduct a probe into such its president Uddhav ago on May 25, 1999. It was suffocated in the NCP. That’s gone well with the Congress, presidential poll in the Parli "The Commission and were forced to travel in a incidents and take steps to Thackeray, at the latter’s Pawar who had gone to the why I have chosen to quit the which was the principal ruling Municipal Council. CRPF should give necessary crowded general compart- ensure they do not recur. PTI !" #% #& ' ' ()(*+, -
<5 7 7 $ $ $ = ,& % Patna: The absence of RJD that the result would be "sur- mood is also not quite clear at the people are "unhappy" with all communities along. In fact, chief Lalu Prasad during cam- prising". the moment". sitting BJP MP Ram Kripal he would make us brothers sit >0 paigning in Bihar for the seven- "My father has always been "We (the RJD) have done Yadav. and teach the way to reach out phase Lok Sabha polls was a the voice of the poor and the our work and reached out to Elections were held in to the masses. "very big challenge", but the downtrodden and that is the the people and made them Bihar in all seven phases, from "He would ask us to fold - A party has put up a "good fight" legacy he handed over to me aware of the economic and Gaya on April 11 to Patna hands in front of people as nonetheless, his son Tej Pratap and my brother (Tejashwi political situation in Bihar and Sahib on May 19 spanning 40 'janta is our malik', tell us to Lucknow: With Opposition 1,R , Yadav said. Yadav), to fight for them and to in the country. If fortune is in Lok Sabha seats. wear kurta-pyjama, mostly parties expressing doubts over Known for his signature bring equality and justice in our favour, we should get 20- As per seat sharing in the khadi, and talk in local parlance the security of EVMs, the one-liners and trenchant wit, society," the RJD leader and 23 seats as per our prepara- 'mahagathbandhan' in the state, as much as possible to better Election Commission officials / 025 6 injuries. He is survived by his this was for the first time, former Bihar health minister tions," Tej Pratap said. the RJD fought on 19 seats, connect with the masses," Tej said all arrangements have wife. Prasad was not present in the said, ahead of counting of votes The Mahua MLA, how- Congress on nine, RLSP on Pratap said. been made for smooth count- * Defence spokesman said, elections as he is serving sen- on Thursday. ever, said he himself was on five, VIP and HAM three each. The RJD leader said he and ing of votes on Thursday for 80 "the army authorities are car- tences in connection with fod- "His (Lalu's) physical the "horns of a dilemma" as One seat was left by RJD for the Tejashwi have to merely keep Lok Sabha seats in Uttar rying out detailed investiga- der scam cases. absence in this election was, far as the number of seats the CPI (ML). the field "irrigated" that was Pradesh. ,"++2 tion of the incident to take cor- The former Bihar chief indeed a very big challenge for party could win was con- RJD banks hugely on "tilled by my father". Security personnel have rective measures". minister is currently admitted us," Tej Pratap told PTI in an cerned, adding that it will Prasad's legacy as his riveting Notwithstanding exit polls been deployed in large num- joint team of security forces Meanwhile, sharing details at a hospital in Jharkhand cap- interview. have a "element of surprise" speeches during poll cam- forecasts, Tej Pratap hit out at bers across the state for the Aon Wednesday eliminated of kulgam encounter police ital Ranchi on account of his Asked, what is the number this time. paigns are known to energise the BJP, saying it is a "party of counting process, which will two more terrorists in South spokesman said, "a cordon and poor health. of seats the 'mahagathbandhan Tej Pratap also said he was voters and attract mediaper- businessmen (vyapariyon ki start at 8 am, with entry of Kashmir district of Kulgam. search operation was launched The "lantern (RJD poll (grand alliance)' in Bihar is eye- hopeful that his sister Misa sons in big number. party)" who have "done noth- authorised people inside the In another incident, one by police and security forces at symbol) will be lit" at many ing in the just-concluded polls, Bharti would be able to pull off "Laluji would talk to peo- ing" for farmers or youths in counting centres being allowed army jawan, injured during a Gopalpora of DH Pora area in places in the state on May 23, Prasad's elder son said that "the a win from the Pataliputra ple of all strata and sit and eat the five years of its only on valid passes, said elec- training activity at one of the district Kulgam on the basis of Tej Pratap said, though he felt numbers could swing as voters' constituency and claimed that with people of all caste. He took Government. PTI tion officials. PTI forward posts in Mendhar, suc- credible intelligence input". cumbed to his fatal injuries "During the search opera- while two others were rushed to tion, the hiding terrorists fired a nearby military hospital for on the search party. The fire was - 7 $ advanced treatment. In addi- retaliated leading to an tion, security forces in Rajouri encounter. In the ensuing also recovered huge quantity of encounter, two terrorists were arms and ammunition includ- killed and the bodies were < 8* $ ing 4 AK Rifles, 9 pistols, 2 retrieved from the site of modified guns and 900 rounds encounter", police spokesman Itanagar: A massive combing The Army deployed heli- tion as a National People's Party of AK rifle. said. operation has been launched by copters on Tuesday night to (NPP) candidate from the con- Defence Spokesman in The killed terrorists have security forces to trace the sus- search the area, which is covered stituency. Jammu, Lt-Col Devender been identified as Irfan pected NSCN militants who by dense jungle. "So far, no arrests have Anand said, "around 9.15 a.m Manzoor Bhat of Poniwah gunned down MLA Tirong The suspected NSCN rebels been made, but the operation when soldiers were carrying out Kulgam and Zahid Ahmad Aboh and 10 others near gunned down Aboh, his son has been intensified by the a training drill with live ammu- Mantoo of Ferripora Shopian. Khonsa in Arunachal Pradesh and nine others in the 12 Mile security agencies by cordoning nition at a forward post in According to the police on Tuesday, an official said on area, 20 km from Khonsa, the the area," the DC said. Mendhar sector, a live grenade records, the killed terrorists Wednesday. district headquarters town of The bodies of the victims got actuated accidentally and it were affiliated with proscribed The Army, the Assam Rifles Tirap, on Tuesday, when the have been handed over to their went off causing grievous terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. and the state police have lawmaker was on his way to relatives after conducting post- injuries to instructor and others. They were wanted by law for launched the operation to nab Khonsa from Dibrugarh in mortem. Out of these injured soldiers, 34 their complicity in terror crimes the perpetrators involved in Assam. Defence sources at Dinjan year old Naik Shreeshailappa including attack on security the crime, Tirap Deputy Aboh (41) had won the in Dibrugarh confirmed the Balabatti,hailing from establishments and civilian Commissioner P N Thungon Khonsa West Assembly seat in involvement of NSCN(IM) in Karnataka, succumbed to his atrocities. said. 2014 and was seeking re-elec- the killings, stating that a group of about 10 to 15 rebels were involved in the shootout. The militants had also set ablaze one of the vehicles in Aboh's convoy, the sources said. $ $ & , % , While a police personnel and a civilian had sustained bul- let injuries in the attack, a woman and another police per- +&+ sonnel had escaped unhurt. The civilian and Aboh's PSO were shifted to a Dibrugarh hospital, Director General of 7 ( Police (DGP) S B K Singh had said. The DIG (East), the IGP Ballia (UP): The Suheldev BJP in succeeding in its On Monday, Chief (Law & Order) and the SP Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) designs." Minister Yogi Adityanath rec- from neighbouring Changlang dismissed all speculations on SBSP general secretary ommended the sacking of Om district moved to Khonsa on Wednesday that its legislators Arvind Rajbhar pointed out Prakash Rajbhar from the cab- Tuesday to supervise the oper- might desert the party after the that even though Sonkar was inet for his outbursts against ations and coordinate with var- dismissal of its president, Om allegedly harassed by state the BJP. ious security agencies. Prakash Rajbhar, from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Governor Ram Naik This is the second such inci- Uttar Pradesh cabinet. president Mahendra Nath accepted the recommenda- dent in Tirap district in recent "There are reports in the Pandey during the Rajya tion and relieved the SBSP times, after two supporters of media about our three SBSP Sabha election, the legislator chief from his post of the Aboh were killed by NSCN(IM) MLAs. All the three — Triveni did not support the saffron backward class welfare minis- militants in March. Union Ram, Ramanand Baudh and party and, instead, cross-voted. ter. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Kailash Nath Sonkar — are "Even if the BJP offers Adityanath had also rec- his deputy Kiren Rijiju and solidly with the SBSP," Rajbhar allurements and also cabinet ommended that all SBSP Arunachal Pradesh Chief said. "All have struggled berths, our MLAs will not members holding the rank of Minister Pema Khandu have together (for the party) and no come under pressure," Arvind a minister of state be removed condemned the attack. PTI amount of effort will help the Rajbhar said. immediately. PTI 89 81 (
Palghar: Eighteen people, ers and as many customers, a including 13 women dancers, police spokesman said. were arrested from a bar in Besides, 13 women were Palghar district of Maharashtra also nabbed for allegedly per- for allegedly indulging in forming obscene acts, he said. obscenity, police said on Those arrested were Wednesday. booked under various Indian Acting on a complaint, Penal Code sections, including sleuths of the local crime 294 (indulging in obscene acts branch raided the bar located and songs), and provisions of in Vasai area on Tuesday and the Maharashtra Police Act, he arrested its manager, two wait- added. PTI += 0 $
Manjeri (Kerala): A doctor in occurred due to the similari- Kerala's Malappuram district ty in their names. performed a hernia surgery on State Health Minister K K a seven-year-old boy instead Shylaja ordered a probe and of removing a growth in his suspended the doctor, A nasal passage after an appar- Suresh Kumar. "Patients must ent a mix-up of the names of not suffer due to the negli- two patients. gence of the hospital staff," the The boy, Mohammed minister said, adding that the Danish, was operated for her- boy would be given free treat- nia on Tuesday at a medical ment. college in Manjeri town, 175 The state human rights km north of Kochi, sources commission has registered a said. case in connection with the The incident came to light incident. when Danish's parents, who "There is serious are from Karuvarakundu town negligence on behalf of the in the district, saw their son staff including the doctor," operated in the stomach, rights panel member K instead of removing his nasal Mohan Kumar said in his polyps. interim order. Kumar asked Hospital sources told PTI the medical college superin- that there was another patient, tendent to submit a report named Dhanush, who was with the statements of all the supposed to undergo surgery staff present inside the oper- for hernia, and the mistake ation theatre. PTI !" #% #& ' ' ()(*+, . ! 5 3- 4 ! 5 5 '4'/ 563* '4$$678 3 -, * $ ( *"* " * ( 4 : / = - 6 % ( . ! 3/ @ ( ( * ! 1ABC 9 O $ / 3 # 3 = 3 S # S 3 $ ? ,3$?- ? ( 3$? ( ) " . n politics, there is little difference between love and sycophancy — the 3 D21A 1ABCE case of Nepal is particularly telling. : ) " The social media was recently * @ buzzing with news that some TibetansI had protested “against an utter- + 5 ( ly ridiculous demand from Nepal’s China 3 sycophant politicians to ban the use of the = / # ( khata, the traditional Tibetan white scarf, because it was hurting the feelings of the ) 3 $ Chinese people.” Whether true or not, the F22( 9 ( 3 ( sensitivity of “hurting the feelings of the #D2 3$? ( Chinese people” is nowadays prevalent all over the world with Nepali politicians at the vanguard of the movement. . The “love” has increased further after # Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari spent nine days in China on a State visit. ( S ( The invitation had come from Chinese # " ( President Xi Jinping himself. The first part 9 ( 3 E 3 of the visit coincided with the Second Belt D22( #D2 and Road Forum in Beijing on April 27. President Bhandari held high-level meet- " ( E ings with the top Chinese leadership; they 5 3($ ( “exchanged substantive views on further ( strengthening and consolidating the ties of co-operative friendship and mutually : = / beneficial partnership subsisting between # the two countries,” according to an offi- / = / S ( ( cial communique. More importantly, the Himalayan to make a “Prosperous Nepal, Reuters that his Government Chinese Government will con- Samajbadi Party and Iqabal . nation signed seven agreements with its Happy Nepali.” Before return- will ask India to use the struct the dry port on five Miya of the Rastriya Janata = 3 ( giant northern neighbour; it included a ing to Kathmandu, the Nepali Chinese gauge: “Standard hectares of land provided by Party, two Members of the (# = / protocol for an Agreement on Transit President spent a day in Lhasa; gauge is less expensive,” was Nepal; a parking yard with a Nepali Parliament, recently Transport; an accord on Cooperation the main purpose of the visit the rationale. capacity to park 350 trucks and participated in an event organ- and Mutual Administrative Assistance in was re-emphasising Nepal’s Even Nepal’s borders with containers will be built. ised by the Latvian 3 ) . 3 ( Customs Matters and one on strengthen- commitment to the “One Tibet are looked after by In another news, more on Parliamentary Support Group 3$? + ing assistance and cooperation in the field China” policy. Beijing. According to The the ridiculous side, according for Tibet and the International of livelihood in the Northern Region of As the Japanese newspaper Kathmandu Post, Kathmandu to The Kathmandu Post, Network of Parliamentarians : = / Nepal (ie the border with Tibet). The Nikkei wrote, “The price is has permitted the China Nepal’s leading English lan- for Tibet. 3 / / The ruling Nepal Communist Party paid in diplomatic support for International Development guage newspaper, three jour- The convention in Riga / " = chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Beijing: The Nepalese con- Cooperation Agency nalists working for the Rastriya was attended by Lobsang Prachanda, was quick to assert that a rail- sulate in Lhasa, the only for- (CIDCA) to provide develop- Samachar Samiti (RSS), Nepal’s Sangay, president of the # ( #D2 9 ( 3 way line will connect Kathmandu to the eign diplomatic mission in ment assistance in 15 north- national news agency, are Central Tibetan # S ( Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) “with- the Tibetan capital, recently ern districts of Nepal “to meet being probed for disseminat- Administration, along with 3 ( in his lifetime.” Prachanda also affirmed reiterated unwavering support their developmental needs”; ing a news item regarding the other members of the Tibetan that the railway will be later extended to for Beijing’s claims to both these districts share a com- Dalai Lama. Parliament. Soon after, an offi- * @ Lumbini and Pokhara. It will be “a mile- Tibet and Taiwan.” mon border with Tibet. The What is their crime? The cial at the Parliament stone in Nepal’s economic development Incidentally, India had a agency was set up in August journalists “translated and dis- Secretariat pretended that “the and growth of the tourism sector”, he said. full-fledged mission in Lhasa 2018 in order to strengthen seminated” a wire report about two leaders said they were / The Government of Nepal had till 1952 and a Consulate- “the strategic planning and the Lama’s return to visiting Latvia for personal announced earlier that technical studies for General till 1962. Today, overall coordination of the Dharamsala on April 27, after reasons and they did not dis- the construction of railway lines linking Beijing adamantly refuses to Chinese aid to Nepal.” he was discharged from a hos- close the details and purpose : * " Nepal with India and China have been reopen it, wanting India to go One unsaid objective is to pital in New Delhi. Minister of their visit.” But finally, the ;( completed. Bhandari specifically told the through Nepal authorities for stop Tibetans fleeing their for Communications and Nepali parliamentarian Parliament: “The Rasuwagadhi- trans-border trade. Examples native land and taking refuge Information Technology “regretted” their participation Kathmandu railways will be started with- abound to show the ongoing in India. It has been remark- Gokul Baskota confirmed to and declared that they inadver- ) * + in two years.” Rasuwa is the border post love story. Nepal has chosen ably efficient. On May 12, the The Post that an investigation tently attended the conference % town with Tibet (Kyirong). The line a railway track gauge used by Nepal Intermodal Transport was on; Baskota said that the because of misinformation and ,)*+- between Shigatse and Kyirong was much China as standard for its net- Development Board signed Tibet issue was sensitive for it was a “mistake.” delayed due to the 2015 earthquake but work; Kathmandu justifies with Tibet Fuli Construction China and dissemination of a China scored one more now it is expected to be completed by 2023. the choice by the lower Group, a Chinese company, an report regarding the Dalai goal; but for how long the love In May 2017, Beijing had already Chinese costs. The move is a agreement to construct the Lama’s health by a state-run story can continue is difficult ( signed a Memorandum of Understanding serious setback for Delhi, inland container depot in news agency was against to say. Buddha had said “every- . S with Kathmandu for roads, railways, ports which has failed to limit Timure in Rasuwa district. Nepal’s commitment to “One- thing is impermanent” …even and aviation as well as hydropower and Beijing’s control over Nepal. Built with Chinese aid, the pro- China policy.” Sycophancy of China’s great “loan” energy projects, finance and tourism as Minister for Physical ject is expected to cost $20 mil- the first order! friendship? )*+ part of the Belt and Road Initiative. Infrastructure and Transport lion and is expected to be com- Also in the tragi-comedy (The writer is an expert on Xi assured Bhandari of China’s support Raghubir Mahaseth told pleted in 30 months. The category, Pradip Yadav of the India-China relations) ) / ,)/- ( ( .0$ / / ) ( <A% B * !% * - !* : 2 . !' !+ * 9 ,**$#- S ( ! ! ! ! # ( '&"7'9%6& )$"6 9&"6 7"7 7$&6 "7>6$$')6 )/ 122 ( **$# K"( K 6 K ( K - . )/ 3 " ) ) ) )) 0 /) 4 5 3 )*+ ( )/ # )*+ S ( Sir — This refers to the article, /@+ Sir — The exit poll results have “United colours of Opposition a deterred the Opposition so much P Q /$8 9 pipedream?” (May 22) by ' that all ‘chair’ greedy politicians Kalyani Shankar. The entire !* / 9 A/9B are running from pillar-to-post to + nation and the media have been /@+ ensure ‘defeat’ of the Modi waiting with bated breath for ! Government. Truly speaking, )*+ May 23. Ahead of the exit polls /@+ /@+ none of the leaders or political and opinion surveys, many non- N O !- party is interested in serving the NDA allies teamed up to form nation. The ‘unquenchable’ thirst strategies for a post-poll alliance. " /9 for power and money rules their : ( The move by Opposition parties !- L @@4"- minds. In fact, politics has almost ( )*+ seems to have been inspired by M L /@+ L M L become synonymous to corrup- R S the exit poll results. The scenario MLM !M" ;KK tion. God save the country. !7 @@4"- ! 3 ( has led to intense speculation Hansraj Bhat but this is yet another a learning Mumbai " ( curve for the media. /@+!- /@+ 3 )*+ It should be noted that in a 7 ! democracy, any party can form a L 4') &"7 Government either through a !M O # = )*+ ( majority or coalition. There is no Sir — Post the exit-poll predic- = % harm in some Opposition party tions, Opposition parties have ( 9 leaders calling for a meeting to alliance and projecting a leader as Commissioner TN Seshan was demonstrate its credibility in pun- once again started to put the form a possible post-poll alliance. a prime ministerial candidate. revered by almost everyone for his ishing those parties and leaders blame on electronic voting 3 ( ( The moves of various Opposition Varun SD efforts to level the playing field for violating the Model Code of machines (EVMs). This only > parties should be accepted as fair, Bengaluru the conduct of free and fair polls. Conduct but it remained a mute proves the fact that they have not especially by the media since the His reforms in election norms spectator to shoddy electioneer- come to terms with reality. The results are yet to be declared. For made him a legend. He was pop- ing. The EC’s failure to act is real- Opposition needs to analyse the a voter, however, it will be inter- ular because of his unprecedent- ly sad. The country definitely scenario and rework strategies. ? esting to see how various ed efficiency in protecting the needs a dynamic and unbiased Rati Seghal Opposition parties scramble to Sir — This refers to the report, electoral process. In times when electoral body and certainly offi- Via email find a quick solution post the “Seshan, the ultimate Chief the political discourse has plunged cials like Seshan. )/ announcement of results with Election Commissioner” (May to such a low, it was expected of Akhil Pradhan 7 = 3 regard to both forming a post-poll 21). Former Election the Election Commission to Dhenkanal &&6$&"<"76=>?'#9"? !" #% #& ' ' ()(*+, 1 )2 " !"#$)!"#$ O 4 ! % A ! ! O . ! A 8# 4# " * 2 L4 L @ 4! 8 ! !* &'## /3 - <+ $ ;& 8 5 Q ! / ( ( $ $ ( " ( = > # D22G $ S 85 3 85 # D22A 85 + % # H 3 P Q P3 3 " Q P S 3 Q D211 + + 3 S 3 P Q # = ( 3 3 $ ( ( ) + # D21C > ! mid escalating tensions between the US ! D21I and Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s S 3 S AForeign Minister, made a brief visit to New 1I ) Delhi on May 14 to hold talks with his Indian " ( counterpart Sushma Swaraj on the impact of US # D21I sanctions on his country’s oil industry. His trip 3 > S = # came soon after he visited the United Nations. Post + = : his visit, Zarif gave an interview to Fox News Sunday, which is being seen as an attempt to reach # # 5 ,# out to US President Donald Trump, whose dis- P 3 Q dain for the media as peddlers of “fake news” is 5 5 - . not hidden. Zarif then headed to Qatar to attend a ministerial meeting of the Asia Cooperation 3 Dialogue and then to Russia and Turkmenistan. # * $ + $ 5 5 While Zarif was in Russia, President Hassan + $ ( Rouhani announced that Iran would cease to 85 3 9 abide by certain nuclear limitations but stopped -1/'2 *". 5 0 . short of violating its 2015 nuclear deal. In this con- +"'6/-1" " 3 text, it is important that the fourth trip of Zarif in this leg is to India and the third after the US 12?/47-/.-*"0 , S - 5 cancelled our sanctions waivers for import of 7'*. *". 85 3 5 3 Iranian oil. %2 *./ / ". 12 E 3S During his visit, Zarif held discussions with **. *"9". D2 Swaraj on issues of mutual interest, including the 97../9-*- 3 #S situation in Afghanistan, the development of '* *.?/97.7+< " " 3 S B2 Chabahar port, cooperation in various fields and $*-1".7-1/' 3 , 85 3 regional and international issues. Regarding the %*?/97.7+< ( - 3 ( ongoing US-Iran tensions, India made its stand 0*6/'2 *"*- clear that any decision on oil purchase from Iran $*00%/"?'/"- the “Chabahar is a mega project but it’s already a dominant country in this geo- making possible the transportation of all . 85 3 3 will have to wait for the new Government in Delhi. too early to judge the success or failure economic scene. The Russian market, on India’s merchandise to the above-men- But here, we will focus on issues concerning the 7447'-2.*-<-7 of this project.” Speaking about the the other hand, has a huge potential for tioned countries through Chabahar implementation of the Chabahar port project — /.1".9/ Mumbai-Mundra-Kandla-Chabahar- Indian businesses and if India can con- port, the so-called exemption of this port 3 those as a result of the latest round of sanctions, 9774/'"-*7. Bandar Abbas shipping line, that con- nect its rising economy with another big does not make any noticeable change in , R S - 3 S though the port is out of the immediate purview %/-$//.*'". nects the Indian city of Mumbai to economy like Russia, it will be a great India’s trade. Therefore, Chabahar port’s # 85 of bans, and in general. ". *. *""07.? Iranian southern port cities of Chabahar opportunity to enhance cooperation exemption will only be a competitive 3 S ( To clear the air, the purpose of the Chabahar -1/91"%"1"'! and Bandar Abbas and which was between Iran and India along the advantage for India if all our merchan- R S port to be developed by India is entirely differ- 97../9-*.? inaugurated only recently, he said that Chabahar. In my assessment, connect- dise for Afghanistan, Russia and CIS ,# 3 ent from the Gwadar port in Pakistan being devel- ,2 -*. *".". the main problem with this project was ing just Indian and Russian economies countries could be transported through - oped by China. The Chabahar is strictly an eco- '2 *". about financial resources. The Rouhani will create enough economic justifica- the port without any restriction on # nomic project and not a not a strategic-military /97.7+*/ $*00 administration does not have enough tion for INSTC and Chabahar project. banking transactions and insurance. ( one. On the other hand, China does not need money and the private sector has no This writer spoke to Behrooz Aghaei adds that the noteworthy Gwadar to trade with Central Asia or Russia — 9'/"-//.72?1 economic motivation to invest in this Aghaei, ports and maritime director point about Afghanistan is that the 3 ( it has shorter land routes to conduct business. /97.7+*9 line. If the two countries can reach an general of Sistan and Baluchistan exemption of Chabahar port will only # 3 ( Moreover, the “String of Pearls” theory on poten- ,2 -**9"-*7. agreement on financial resources, a province. Chabahar port comes under be useful if there is no prohibition on . tial Chinese intentions in the Indian Ocean Region 7'*. -9". major issue would be resolved. his jurisdiction. He said that despite vessels carrying merchandise entering 3 3 isn’t taken seriously by either the bureaucracy or -1/91"%"1"' Shariatinia added that beyond the what appears at first glance, the and leaving it as well as on commercial $ in think-tank circles. It is seen as an American 4'7,/9- Indian Government, creating the eco- “Chabahar port’s exemption from sanc- transactions of cargo owners, mer- % , 3 / attempt to sow India-China tensions and the term nomic justification of Chabahar for tions” granted by the US is not going to chants and shipping lines. Particularly 0- 3 S ( itself is coined in a US Army War College paper. Indian companies is also very impor- help the people of Afghanistan. In fact, banking transactions should be done C222 Though the Chabahar project is a potential tant. If they can access Central Asian it increases transit expenses of its com- without limitation. 5 S game-changer as it offers a getaway to Central Asia and Russia markets via the International modities by imposing sanctions on The US may not agree to it. Its aim P Q H and Europe but as of now, its potential remains North–South Transport Corridor ports (which could have been better to provide a sanctions waiver to largely untapped. Additionally, the US sanctions (INSTC), they can motivate investment alternatives economically) and puts Afghanistan is to allow imports into that . 3 S regime has not just delayed the project since the and participation for this project. The further restrictions on Afghan mer- country. It is not concerned with the 4 85 " early 2000s but has also been stifling its growth. future of Chabahar will depend on the chants. Analysis reveals that imposing profits made by the Chabahar port. But 12 4 85( It is going to take a few years for Chabahar to reg- political will of the Iranian and Indian sanctions on Iran’s ports as the most it definitely will have an impact on the 3 " 3 1AB2(BB 3 : ister success and it is, perhaps, too early to sing Government on the one hand and eco- secure and less expensive routes for growth of the port. While Iran is under = 3 E 9 paeans about it. To cite an example, the ambitious nomic justification of Chabahar for Afghanistan implies imposing sanctions sanctions, Chabahar can never realise its + 3 S plan suffered a blow with manufacturers shying Indian and Iranian companies on the on Afghanistan itself. full potential of being a route for Indo- # 85 away from supplying essential equipment like other. Aghaei says that as far as India is Russia trade and trade to Europe via ( cranes and forklifts for the construction of the Shariatinia added that in his assess- concerned, the significant point is that INSTC. Gwadar got a headstart over # # 3 Iranian port even when US sanctions had not ment, the importance of the Russian Indian commodities that transit to Chabahar, which was planned earlier, kicked in late last year. Indian promises to deliv- economy is much more than Central Afghanistan don’t have enough trade due to the US-Iran tensions and sanc- ery ratio, too, have been dismal during this Asian economies. If one takes a look at volumes to rationalise marine and road tions. Will we see Chabahar lag behind 12 3 85 Government’s tenure. Further, while greater recent developments in Central Asia, transportation expenses. Bearing in in trade due to it? " ( funds were promised, much smaller amounts have one will notice that China is the biggest mind the trade volume of Afghanistan, (The writer is an independent jour- 3 ( * been released. player and that there is no crucial capa- Russia and CIS countries, which alto- nalist working on cyber security and the 85 5 S S This writer spoke to Mohsen Shariatinia, an bility or opportunity within the central gether is more than 16 million tonnes, geopolitics of India’s neighbourhood, 3 assistant professor of regional studies at Shahid Asian economy to be filled by India, Iran and the insignificant share of focussing on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran Beheshti University in Tehran, when he said that or other countries because China is Afghanistan, it can be said that without and Bangladesh) =( *3
est emitter in the world. also occur during the refining damaging to human health. actually recycled worldwide in reduce our demand for plastic. Insatiable demand for plastic is process itself — the “cracking” of As plastics take centuries to 2015. Although each recycle process According to the study, simply fuelling the almost endless pursuit larger hydrocarbons from petro- degrade, disposal in landfill makes requires a small amount of new reducing the annual growth in to procure all things made out of it chemicals into smaller ones suitable only a small contribution to emis- plastic, we can greatly increase the plastics demand from four per cent and the bad news is that this bur- for making plastic releases carbon sions in theory. However, as much life cycle of the material by efficient- to two per cent could result in 60 geoning demand is all set to grow. dioxide and methane. According to as 40 per cent of landfill waste is ly reusing what we make. But the per cent lower emissions from the +< -/'*72 At 380 metric tonnes a year, we pro- the study, about 61 per cent of total burnt in open skies, dramatically dismal global recycling statistics do sector in 2050. *.".9/ duce 190 times more plastic than we plastic greenhouse gas emissions speeding up the release of otherwise make us wonder whether we will While a life without plastics did in 1950. If the demand for plas- comes from the resin production locked-up carbon. ever efficiently adopt 100 per cent may seem unimaginable, it’s worth *O )!$ 4 tic continues to grow at its current and transport stage. If we are to combat climate recycling of plastics. To counter this, remembering that their prevalence % O rate of four per cent a year, emis- A further 30 per cent is emitted breakdown, reductions in plastic a more fundamental solution is to is a relatively recent phenomenon. lastics have for long been sions from plastic production will at the product manufacturing stage. emissions are clearly needed. switch to making plastics from The first artificial plastic, Bakelite, C associated as an environmen- reach 15 per cent of global emis- The vast majority of these emissions Thankfully, the solution with the biodegradable sources such as was developed in 1907, but it was- !* Ptal contaminant. Slowly but sions by 2050. This toxic increase in come from the energy required to biggest potential is already in wood, corn starch and sugarcane. n’t until the 1950s that the age of irretrievably, rampant use of this the use of plastic will surely send the power the plants that turn raw plas- motion, albeit slow. In showing that The materials themselves are plastic began. If we show a genuine material is adversely impacting the environment and climate into a tic materials into the bottles, bin transitioning to a zero carbon ener- carbon neutral, although renewable appetite to address plastic pollution, climate system. This is apparent shock unless measures are taken to bags and bicycle helmets we use gy system has the potential to reduce power is essential to eliminate the the world could change again just from the fact that our once pristine bring down the plastic exposure. today. The remainder occurs as a emissions from plastic by 51 per climate impact of energy costs dur- as quickly and so will the environ- habitat and fragile ecology, the More than 99 per cent of plas- result of chemical and manufactur- cent, the study provides yet anoth- ing production, transport and waste ment — for the better. flora and fauna, are getting increas- tics are manufactured from petro- ing processes — for example, the er reason to rapidly phase out fossil processing. However, a massive Governments, corporations, and !- ingly eroded. The damaging impact chemicals, most commonly from production of plastic foams uses fuels. However, beyond urgently ramping up in the production of individuals must make research into is clear not only on land but also on petroleum and natural gas. These HFCs, particularly potent green- required global decarbonisation, we bioplastics — which currently make alternatives a priority and support the oceans. Newly published raw materials are refined to form house gases. The remaining carbon need to reduce our seemingly insa- up less than one per cent of total their use to needless plastic waste. Of research calculates that across their ethylene, propylene, butene and footprint occurs when plastics are tiable demand for carbon-based plastic production — would require course, any of these solutions alone " ! life cycle, plastics account for 3.8 per other basic plastic building blocks, thrown away. Incineration releases plastic. Increasing recycling rates is vast swathes of agricultural land. will not be enough but if we man- cent of global greenhouse gas emis- before being transported to manu- all of the stored carbon in the plas- one simple way of doing this. With the population set to rise dra- age to do all of this, then we can cut ! sions. That’s almost double the facturers. The production and tic into the atmosphere, as well as The highest-quality plastics can matically, increasingly coveted plastics emissions to just seven per % emissions of the aviation sector. If transport of these resins require an air pollutants such as dioxins, be recycled many times, and near- arable space may not be able to sat- cent of current levels. % ! it were a country, the “Plastic awful lot of energy — and, there- furans, mercury and polychlorinat- ly all plastic can be recycled to some isfy demand. The bottom line, (The writer is an environmental Kingdom” would be the fifth-high- fore, fuel. Greenhouse gas emissions ed biphenyls, which are toxic and extent — but only 18 per cent was therefore, is that we will need to journalist) !" #% #& ' ' ()(*+, 5 648 / 9$/$ 34.,$ 98./$$ 9$ $*75$ Q/$'/3; ) # # % $ -/1'". 2 * N 2 * ! #7 ranian Foreign Minister, IMohammad Javad Zarif, has ? $" 1*.?-7. equipment giant Huawei. said that his country won't :4 China has promised to negotiate with US President S President Donald retaliate against American Donald Trump unless .'$7>&"7 - 2 4 -: UTrump's administration is industries. Washington shows Tehran * .'$7>&"7 4 considering blacklisting a Hikvision is one of the “respect” by honouring its 9 ! -: Chinese video surveillance world's largest manufacturers commitments under the dis- L- !$ M - LC M giants from buying American of video surveillance products puted nuclear deal. " 4 * technology, in a latest attempt and is central to China's ambi- In an exclusive interview + 4 ! ? to counter Beijings global eco- tions to be the top global with CNN on Tuesday, Zarif 2 nomic ambitions, a media exporter of surveillance sys- warned that the US was “play- * ! report said. tems. ing a very, very dangerous 4 D $ L$ " ! The move would effective- The company has said game” by boosting its military " M ! -- ly place the company, that its products enable their presence in the region. Instead, he called for an (JCPOA), the 2015 deal L7 * !$ Hikvision, on a US blacklist. It clients to track people around The Minister's remark immediate end to the “eco- designed to limit Iran's nuclear M ! * would mark the first time the the country by their facial fea- comes after Trump in a series nomic warfare” waged by the capabilities in return for the lift- 4 * Trump administration pun- tures, body characteristics or of tweets on Sunday asked US on Iran, saying that sanc- ing of sanctions. LDK M ;LML* 9 ished a Chinese company for its gait, or to monitor activity Iran “never to threaten” the US tions were “depriving citizens “We acted in good faith,” $ 2 role in the surveillance and considered unusual by offi- and warned Tehran that if it of their means of livelihood”. Zarif told CNN of the deal, ! mass detention of the Uyghur cials, such as people sudden- wants a fight, it would be “the “All we want to do is sell which was signed by the US, - 2 Muslim ethnic minority, ly running or crowds gather- official end” of the Islamic our oil,” Zarif said, adding that Iran, Britain, China, France, 4 - ! informed sources told The ing. nation. the US was “just a bully pre- Germany and Russia. “We are : ! + 4 New York Times on Tuesday. The Commerce “Iran never negotiates with venting people from buying not willing to talk to people who L* 2 L The development is also Department might require that coercion. You cannot threaten our oil”. have broken their promises.” M % M likely to inflame the tensions American companies obtain any Iranian and expect them to He said the US sanctions, Iran has announced it that have escalated in President government approval to supply engage. The way to do it is which have hit the Iranian would be partially withdrawing ! * C @ 2"/ Trump's renewed trade war components to Hikvision, lim- through respect, not through economy hard, “amounts to from the deal on the one-year L* * with Chinese leaders. iting the company's access to threats,” the Minister said. terrorism” on the country's anniversary of the US's depar- * C!M " ! Trump, in the span of two technology that helps power its Zarif said there “will be citizens. ture from the accord. It gave the weeks, has raised tariffs on equipment. painful consequences if there is Zarif also accused remaining signatories until July iation. strike group and a bomber task itself prone to accidents,” Zarif $200 billion worth of Chinese Administration officials an escalation”, but added that Washington of walking out 7 to ease restrictions on Iran's The Minister also criti- force to the Persian Gulf. said. “Extreme prudence is goods, threatened to tax all could make a final decision in Iran was “not interested in first on the Joint badly hit banking and oil sec- cized the US for sending the “Having all these military required and the US is playing imports and taken steps to the coming weeks, the sources escalation”. Comprehensive Plan of Action tors, or face unspecified retal- USS Abraham Lincoln carrier assets in a small area is in of a very, very dangerous game.” cripple the Chinese telecom said. 9 " 7 - " $ *+, - " , . $ 7 ;E 9' Tokyo: Ahead of a series of important international events in " . - . Japan, including the G20 summit in June and the Rugby World 2%"* Cup later this year, Japan has requested the English-speaking 0" 16"'?"1 %/*,*.? it of which 61.6 per cent were demand for products (52.1 per world to call its Prime Minister as Abe Shinzo, not Shinzo Abe. emen's Iranian-allied Houthi A"?1".* -".B 9"4/-7$. manufacturing-related, 25.5 cent), higher manufacturing In Japanese, people are referred to by their family name first, Yrebels attacked a Saudi air- ore than seven out of 10 per cent were service-related, costs (42.4 per cent) and high- followed by a given name, the same pattern as used by Chinese port and military base with a s many as 16 Taliban mil- outh African lawmakers on MUS companies in China 3.8 per cent retail and distrib- er product sales prices (38.2 per and Korean. bomb-laden drone Tuesday, an Aitants, including one of SWednesday re-elected Cyril (74.9 per cent) are being ution-related, while 9.6 per cent), Efe news reported. For almost a century and a half, however, Japanese names assault acknowledged by the their local leaders, were killed Ramaphosa as the nation's adversely affected by the ongo- cent belonged to other indus- To address the impact of have been written in English the opposite way round, with the kingdom as West Asia tensions in a series of air-strikes in president, two weeks after the ing trade war between China tries. tariffs, the survey reported that given name first. This practice was adopted during the Meiji remained high between Tehran Afghanistan's Helmand ruling ANC party returned to and the US, according to a sur- The survey was carried companies are taking mea- Era (October 1868 to July 1912) as a part of broader attempts and Washington. There were no province, officials said on power in legislative elections. vey released on Wednesday by out after US President Donald sures such as delaying or can- at internationalization. immediate reports of injuries or Wednesday. Ramaphosa was “duly the American Chamber of Trump issued a tariff increase celling investment decisions As it entered the new “Reiwa” era with the arrival of a new damage. The air raids took place in elected president of the Commerce in China. from 10 per cent to 25 per cent (33.2 per cent) or adopting a emperor, the Japanese government has said it would like to set- The attack on the Saudi city the Marja and Sangin districts Republic of South Africa,” chief “The negative impact of on $200 billion worth of “China, for China” strategy tle the matter once and for all. of Najran came after Iran of Helmand on Tuesday, leav- justice Mogoeng Mogoeng told tariffs is clear and hurting the Chinese goods on May 10, (35.3 per cent) which seeks to Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Japanese Foreign announced it has quadrupled its ing 16 Taliban militants, parliament after Ramaphosa competitiveness of American escalating the trade war establish manufacturing and Minister Taro Kono said the government hoped going forward uranium-enrichment produc- including one of their local was the only name nominated companies in China,” accord- between the two countries. sourcing within China to main- that the Prime Minister's name “would be written Abe Shinzo, tion capacity, though still at a leaders named Mullah Hamza by lawmakers in Cape Town. ing to the report which The survey was carried ly serve the Chinese market. just like Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean level far lower than needed for alias Dulgay Mishar dead, MPs from the African includes the findings of the out after the rise in tensions “Such strategy constitutes a President Moon Jae-in”. atomic weapons, a year after the provincial governor's National Congress, which won survey of member companies unleashed by Trump, which in rational choice for many com- “I am planning to issue a request to the international media,” US withdrew from Iran's spokesperson Omar Zawak 230 out of 400 seats on May 8, made by AmCham China and turn triggered a reaction from panies to insulate themselves Kono said, adding he hoped Japanese English-language media nuclear deal with world powers. was cited as saying by Xinhua choose the head of state in the AmCham Shanghai. the Chinese authorities with from the effects of tariffs while would follow suit, CNN reported on Wednesday. Underlining the tensions, news agency. parliament's first post-election The survey was carried new tariffs. maintaining their ability to The request comes as Japan is set to host a number of major Iranian President Hassan Five militant hideouts were sitting. out from May 16 to 20. About The impact of the tariffs pursue domestic market oppor- events, including the G-20 summit of world leaders in June, fol- Rouhani is seeking expanded also destroyed in the raids, the The ANC won the ballot 250 companies participated in has been felt through lower tunities,” the report added. lowed by the Rugby World Cup in September and the Summer executive powers to better deal official said, adding the oper- with 57.5 percent of the vote, its Olympics in 2020. with “economic war” triggered ation targeting militants' hide- thinnest majority since the end Also, US President Donald Trump will arrive in Japan for by the Trump's administra- outs would continue. of apartheid. 4 4 ' a state visit on Saturday, when he will become the first foreign tion's renewal and escalation of Zawak said no casualties Ramaphosa will be sworn leader to meet Emperor Naruhito since his coronation. sanctions targeting the Islamic were inflicted on the govern- in on Saturday and name a " : It was unclear whether the US government will conform Republic, the state-run IRNA ment forces or civilians during deputy president and cabinet at to Kono's request. 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Institutional Trading Platform, A $ > 4 $ has a total exposure of 3,004 Core fee income rose 27 he Enforcement has been created to facilitate crore to IL&FS Group, of which per cent to 1,419 crore from TDirectorate on Wednesday listing of start-ups or new-age 2,000 crore is to the holding 1,113 crore in the same carried out fresh searches in ventures in sectors such as e- company and 1,004 crore to quarter last year. Mumbai in connection with commerce, biotechnology and operating companies/ special Gross NPAs stood at 2.10 its money laundering probe in data analytics. purpose vehicles. per cent as against 1.17 per the multi-crore IL&FS pay- In a circular, Sebi provid- The entire exposure to cent, while net NPAs were ment default crisis, ed framework including eligi- IL&FS was classified as non 1.21 per cent compared to officials said. bility criteria and procedure to performing asset (NPA) in 0.51 per cent. The residences and offices be recognised as an accredited the fourth quarter. The bank’s special men- of at least four directors of the investor (AI) and also men- “While the bank wit- tion accounts-2 (SMA2) firm are being raided in tioned the validity of accredi- nessed robust growth in its exposure was 641 crore as at Bandra, Khar, Nariman Point ./$ /01* unit, it touched an intra-day tation. topline as well as in operat- March-end 2019. and Goregaon area of the high of 165. Regarding the eligibility, ing profits, aggressive one Its advances and deposits metropolis, they said. hares of grounded Jet In terms of equity volume, Sebi said “any individual with time provisioning for IL&FS grew 29 per cent each to Some documents have SAirways advanced over 5 over 3.9 crore shares were trad- a total gross income of 50 lakh depressed the bottom line,” 1,86,394 crore and been recovered during the per cent on Wednesday, a day ed on the bourses. annually and who has a mini- the bank’s MD and CEO 1,94,868 crore as on March searches, the officials said. after the diversified Hinduja “Hinduja Group is evalu- mum liquid net worth of Rs 5 Romesh Sobti told reporters. 31, 2019. The central agency had Group said it is evaluating the ating the Jet Airways opportu- crores or any corporate with ! $ $ $ During the quarter, it It is looking at a loan first carried out searches in opportunity to invest in the nity,” the group said in a state- net worth of 25 crore” is eli- $ $ $ $ :: 7 made a provisioning of growth of over 25 per cent in this case in February after it airline. ment Tuesday. gible to be an AI. +$ $ - 1,253 crore towards IL&FS the current financial year. filed a criminal case under the On the BSE, the airline’s The grounded carrier shut- While laying down the pro- 7 $7$ #$ Group. For the full year, pro- The announcement of Prevention of Money scrip jumped 5.17 per cent to tered its operations on April 17 cedure for accreditation, Sebi # 9 + $0 - E! $ -F visions stood at 1,803 crore. results was delayed as the Laundering Act (PMLA). close at 158.55. Intra-day, it and the lenders, led by State said the investor having a demat $ 9 , , It has a 70 per cent pro- bank was waiting for a final The searches are aimed at touched a high of 164.90. Bank of India, are still scouting account with a depository needs 8:* G$ 8H* G$9 ,$ - $ visioning for exposure to the approval from National collecting additional evidences The stock has gained 27.75 for investors to revive the air- to make an application to the $ ? $ :: 7 holding company and a 25 Company Law Tribunal and documents, they said. per cent in the past three ses- line, which has a debt burden exchanges or depositories in the per cent to the SPVs. (NCLT) for its merger with The debt crisis at the sions. On Friday, it had closed of over 8,000 crore. prescribed manner for recog- Sobti said the bank has microfinance company infrastructure lender came to at 124.1 per share. On Tuesday, the scrip nition as an AI. made a sufficient amount of Bharat Financial, Sobti said. light following a series of On the National Stock closed with a 14.73 per cent Exchanges and deposito- provisioning for the exposure The proposal has been defaults by its group compa- Exchange (NSE), the stock set- gain at 150.75, while on ries shall be responsible for ver- to the IL&FS Group. approved by the RBI, CCI nies beginning September, tled at 153.80, gaining 1.96 per Monday, it rose 5.88 per cent to ification and maintenance of “We have good reason to and Sebi. 2018. cent. After opening at 152 a settle at 131.40 on the BSE. the AI data, Sebi added. 4P 4 .4! 1 & 4! !
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Speaking about the film with, ! $ “The actor we all talked Jimmy Choo. Ahead of the premiere, DiCaprio recalled one of the “most about. Just to be able to Tarantino, whose Pulp Fiction won ominous and sad” experiences he " have that, and I remember the Palme d’Or in 1994, issued a has had in the entertainment indus- extending my hand ? statement to the festival audience try. The actor was one of the last out... And then two + imploring them not to spoil the film people in Hollywood to see actor people came in for future moviegoers — a request River Phoenix alive. “I grew up front and when I ' repeated before the film’s press revering River Phoenix as the great looked back, he ? ! screening. Journalists lined up actor of my generation. I wanted an wasn’t there.” hours in advance. opportunity to shake his hand. And L !" #% #& ' ' ()(*+, 99 .6"( 0 #&6 6!7 !7"# $"!# * # * ■ ?2$"1"-* "I can't express in words the have to watch both," Panghal, who amazing feeling. The crowd was all had clinched a Gold in his new t was a spectacular homecoming at their toes and it was about living weight category in the Asian cham- for World championship Bronze up to their expectation," said Thapa, pionship beating Dusmatov again, 6 Imedallist Shiva Thapa, while who last month became the first added. Asian Games Gold medallist Amit Indian male boxer to claim four con- Panghal will take on reigning Panghal also lived upto his billing secutive Asian medals with his national champion Prasad in the $ reaching the semifinals in 52kg cat- Bronze at the Asian Championship semifinal, while the other half will egory at the second India Open box- in Bangkok. see Siwach face-off against Bidhuri. ing tournament here on Wednesday. Ankit and Manish Kaushik also Fresh from a Bronze at the ■ ."..*.? Five other Indians also pro- had 5-0 wins over their respective GeeBee Boxing tournament Finland, gressed to the semifinals at the opponents making it a three-Indian Siwach did his homework well to ndia crashed out of the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi lineup in the 60kg category. exact revenge on world champi- ISudirman Cup mixed team Indoor Stadium. In the 52kg category, Indians onship Bronze medalist Rogen badminton championships - Three years after he was crowned ruled the roost with Panghal, nation- Ladon of Philippines. after losing 0-5 to 10-time national champion at the same al champion P L Prasad, former The two-time former Olympian champions China in the sec- ■ ."..*.? venue, a matured Thapa returned world youth champion Sachin had defeated Siwach by a split-deci- ond and final group match, stronger as he clinically executed his Siwach and reigning Commonwealth sion in the President's Cup quarter- here on Wednesday. eventeen-year-old South plans to outwork his taller Mauritius Games champion Gaurav Solanki finals in Astana last year. After going down 2-3 to SKorean schoolgirl An opponent Hellene Damien 5-0 and making it an all-Indian lineup. Siwach rectified his mistake and Malaysia in their opening Se-Young stunned Taiwan's set up a semifinal clash against D Panghal, who claimed the 49kg waited to capitalise on the Filipino's Group 1D match, India need- world number one Tai Tzu- Krystian Sczepanski of Poland in the gold after defeating reigning mistakes to go for the kill as he won ed an extraordinary effort to ying to burnish her fast- 60kg category. Olympic champion Hasanboy 4-1 via split decision. get across the mighty Chinese growing reputation. "I was facing a taller opponent Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in the "Last time I went for an allout but the shuttlers yet again Rising star An, who is like him for the first time in my cat- Asiad final in Jakarta last year, opted attack that did not pay off. I watched produced a below-par perfor- ranked 50th in the world, egory," said Thapa, who will switch to play a waiting game against videos of the bout and this time I mance to go down in a lop- roared back to defeat Tai to 63kg after the tournament keep- Thailand Chakapong Chanpirom in could rectify my mistakes," Siwach sided contest. 14-21, 21-18, 21-16 in 66 ing in mind of the approved weight the first round. said as he also got the support of his thrilling minutes. categories for Olympic qualifica- Having moved up to Olympic father and uncle who had come all Taiwan and title-hold- tion. category 52kg after winning Gold at the way from Haryana to support ers South Korea were "He had a better reach so my the Strandja meet in Bulgaria earli- him. already into the quarter- strategy was to hit him from the close er this year, Panghal then stepped up He will next face Solanki, who finals of the mixed-team range and then quickly go out of his his pace to win 5-0. had it easy against Louis Fleurot of world championships, but reach. It worked out perfectly." "It took sometime for me to Mauritius to seal a 5-0 win. The gap between India's this was further evidence of All the buzz of the day was about assess him and get a grip of his style "We never faced in a competi- mixed doubles pair of An's precious talent. the 13th bout of the day as hordes of of play but I'm happy that it paid off," tion. But I've been his sparring part- Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N The teenager An, who school children, Shiva's family mem- Panghal said. ner in the camp. We all know each Sikki Reddy and Chinese also won the New Zealand bers including his father Padam "It's a tough category. Many new others strengths and weaknesses. I'm combination of Wang Yilyu Open said: "My strategy Thapa waited anxiously for the local boxers will come in to meet the 100 per cent confident of an easy and Huang Dongping was was to defend in the begin- favourite to come inside the ring. Olympic qualification standard. I win," Siwach said. evident once again as they ning of each rally and then went down 5-21, 11-21 to take my opportunity. against the world No 2 pair to "My coach advised me trail 0-1. to pay attention to the front Sameer Verma, whose and keep the rally going. Q+ ( $ " % ) straight-game loss to Lee Zii "I'm surprised I could Jia proved to be vital against beat her." Malaysia on Tuesday, once The 24-year-old Tai 3450 again took the court after said that she had a niggling B R Kidambi Srikanth suffered injury but did not use that an injury during practice ses- as an excuse. 8 The Indian women's hock- sions here. "She's tall, powerful ■ ./$ /01* ey team came from a goal down to eke "Won't be playing today and has very good foot- out a close 2-1 win over South Korea in due to an injury caused dur- work," the Taiwanese said ndian footballers Rahul Bheke and the second game and take an unassail- ing practice. Will be backing of her young opponent, IBrandon Fernandes says newly- able 2-0 lead in the three-march series, the team for today's all- who only turned 17 in appointed chief coach Igor Stimac here on Wednesday. important match," Srikanth February. wants the team to be one of Asia's best. The Indians had earlier defeated had tweeted ahead of the "She's good in all Stimac's appointment has been Korea by identical margin in the open- clash. aspects of the game. She greeted with much optimism by the ing game of the series. In Srikanth's absence, will be an outstanding play- players, with as many as nine debu- India will take on Korea in the Sameer fought for an hour er in future for sure." tants having got a call-up to the inconsequential last match of the series and 11 minutes in the men's national team camp. on Friday. singles tie before losing 17-21, 21-18, 15-21, 17-21 to allow Bheke, who scored the match- On Wednesday, skipper Rani Sjoerd Marijne said after the game. 20-22 against Olympic cham- China take an unassailable 3- winner in the Indian Super Legaue Rampal (37th minute) and Navjot Marijne said good results here pion Chen Long as India 0 lead. final for his club Bengaluru FC against asks of me and keep trying to work my us," Brandon said. Kaur (50th) scored for India after Lee would boost the team's confidence slumped to 0-2 deficit. Saina Nehwal then went FC Goa stated that "Stimac wants us socks off in his pattern of style of play- Stimac has been conducting fit- Seungju gave South Korea the lead in ahead of the important FIH Women's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, down 12-21, 17-21 to All to be one of the best teams in Asia". ing football." ness tests, along with some footballing the 19th minute through a field strike. Series Finals in Hiroshima later this year. who recently made a come- England Champion Chen "We have had a couple of session FC Goa player Fernandes also drills, which the players enjoyed. "Our performance was much bet- "I am happy with the adjustments back after recovering from a Yufei in a 33-minute women's under him (Igor Stimac), and he is highlighted Stimac's desire to be The squad will be training in the ter than the first match. Our skill con- the team made. It is nice we have won shoulder injury, and Chirag singles match, while World really apprehensive of our abilities as "among the best in Asia". capital till June 1 and leave for trol in today's game was much better two matches in this three-match Shetty were then given the No 3 women's doubles pair of a team. He wants us to target doing "He comes with a rich experience. Buriram, Thailand the following day. and the quality was good and consistent. series. This will surely boost the task of taming the world No Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan well in Asian tournaments, and be one With his experience, I feel it was the India have been drawn to play I believe we could have scored more team's spirit ahead of the FIH 7 pair of Han Chengkai and beat Ashwini Ponnappa and of the best teams in Asia," Bheke said. right choice to appoint him. He has Curacao in their first match of the goals but the intensity and effort was Women's Series Finals Hiroshima Zhou Haodong but the Sikki 21-12 21-15 as India "I will keep doing what the coach already shared that he wants us from King's Cup on June 5. good from the team," India's chief coach 2019," he added. PTI Indian men's doubles pair lost sunk without a trace. O = @ " 0 ■ 07. 7. BBC. "He (Hazard) is a guy to Munich, said he wanted to inspire look up to and what I would love young American footballers. $ 5 & hristian Pulisic says he wants to become. "I don't want to be looked at Cto make the same impact that "It is definitely a goal. Any as someone who is the youngest Eden Hazard has had at Chelsea player would be dumb not to to do this or that," said Pulisic, Solskjaer oversaw a 15-match unbeat- and hopes to play alongside the want to be in the same team as who is both the youngest player en domestic run and led United to a stun- Belgium superstar at Stamford him." to captain the United States and ning Champions League last 16, second leg Bridge. But the £58 million ($73 to score for them in a World Cup win over Paris Saint-Germain. The US international signed million) signing appears unlike- qualifier. But United's form dipped dramatical- a five-and-a-half year contract ly to get his wish to play along- "I just want to be an estab- ly once Solskjaer was hired on a permanent with Maurizio Sarri's team in side Chelsea's star man, with lished player and someone peo- basis in March and a run of six defeats from January but was immediately Hazard persistently linked with a ple respect, who is successful in their last 10 games shattered their top four loaned backed to Germany to fin- move to Real Madrid. this league. hopes. ish the season at Borussia Pulisic, who scored four "It is completely new to me Solskjaer's problems have mounted Dortmund. times in 20 league appearances and something not a lot of amid claims that United midfielder Paul "It is incredible to see what last season for Dortmund, who American players have experi- Pogba wants to join Real Madrid, while the Eden can do," Pulisic, 20, told the finished as runners-up to Bayern enced." boss is reportedly unhappy with the fitness levels and commitment of some of his squad. The 46-year-old, whose only other ,$ . & # 4 4 " managerial spells came at Cardiff and Molde, needs to make a flying start to next ners-up in the Bundesliga this sea- season if he is to avoid calls for his dismissal. son, with only the details of the ■ %2/.7 "*'/ But Dutch forward Van Persie, who transfer to sort out. ■ +".91/ -/' scored 58 goals in 105 games for United, "I am grateful for five great years arcelona superstar Lionel says his old team need to let the Norwegian at Borussia Moenchengladbach and BMessi and the returning obin van Persie has urged Manchester grow into the role rather than panicking the wonderful memories," said Sergio Aguero headed the 23- RUnited to keep faith with Ole Gunnar at the first sign of bad results. Hazard in a statement on man Copa America squad Solskjaer after the under-fire manager's tur- "It's funny because when he started Dortmund's club website. announced by Argentina bulent end to his first season in charge. everyone was so positive, they were win- "Now was exactly the right coach Lionel Scaloni. Solskjaer presided over a miserable ning and they made a miracle by beating point in time to take the next step Paris Saint Germain conclusion to a campaign that saw United PSG," Van Persie said. in my career. winger Angel Di Maria was fail to qualify for the Champions League "Everyone was screaming like, 'Give "I am proud to be able to play also included but there was no after finishing sixth in the Premier League. the guy a permanent deal'. And then since for Borussia Dortmund — it is a top place for striker Gonzalo However, Van Persie, whose goals that permanent deal the luck went away club with unbelievable fans." Higuain, who is on loan at helped United win their last Premier a little bit; they've been losing more Germany's top-selling daily Bild Chelsea from Juventus. League title in 2013, is adamant Solskjaer games than they want to." says the transfer should cost about "These are the best players deserves more time to get the club back on Van Persie, who retired at the end of 25 million euros ($28m) plus add- in an important time for the track. this season after a spell with Feyenoord, ons. national team," said Scaloni on "I think it's the perfect match, it's just doesn't think United's problems will be The Belgium international Tuesday ahead of the tourna- absence following the World Another high-profile they're having a bad spell," Van Persie told solved only by splashing out on new sign- ■ 7'-+2. scored 46 goals and provided 44 ment hosted by Brazil, which Cup in Russia, will turn 32 omission was Inter Milan for- BBC Sport on Wednesday. ings. assists in 182 appearances for begins on June 14. during the competition. ward Mauro Icardi, who has "Back in the day it was normal for a "If a player has a couple of bad games, orussia Dortmund confirmed on Gladbach. Argentina will play in Di Maria, like Messi, made been left out of the Italian manager to get time. Nowadays if you lose 'OK, sell him!'. If he doesn't score a few BWednesday they have signed Hazard is the third new signing Group B alongside Colombia, his post-World Cup return in team's line-up for the last two six games, you're out. Is that the solution? goals, 'OK, he's out, he's finished'," he Thorgan Hazard, the younger broth- to join Dortmund for next season. Paraguay and guests Qatar, March ahead of friendlies months over a dispute regard- "Give someone time, especially if it's a added. er of Chelsea star Eden, on a five- Germany international Nico the 2022 World Cup hosts against Venezuela and ing a contract renewal. kid from the club." "Back in the day you used to get time, year deal form Borussia Schulz will arrive from Hoffenheim and current Asian champi- Morocco, but Manchester "Keeping everyone happy Former United striker Solskjaer had you can make mistakes, you can learn. Moenchengladbach. in a deal worth 27 million euros, ons. City's Aguero had not been is difficult," admitted Scaloni, made a positive impact after replacing the Now I get the feeling that time is less. The 26-year-old winger while teenage defender Mateu Messi, who only returned called up since Argentina's 4- who said he'd had "doubts sacked Jose Mourinho as interim boss in Ideally, you would get time — as a play- announced in April that he was join- Morey, 19, is joining on a free to the Argentina squad in 3 last 16 defeat to eventual right until the end" over the December. er, as a coach." ing Dortmund, who finished run- transfer. March after an eight-month champions France in Russia. final squad make-up. !" #% #& ' ' ()(*+, 9 (" $ !# #;$ "# $ # ) $ B $ +$ %- ■ ./$ /01* lenges that batsmen faced. But Q*-1*.6<72$*00 now the ball remains hard and tacking up staggering num- "0$"< 1"@/" the bats are getting better," bers with monotonic regu- lamented Tendulkar, who played Slarity may have become a 97240/7 six World Cups. day job for Virat Kohli, but he *. *@* 2"0 According to him, wrist can in "no way" win a World Cup spinners are the one breed of 1 without support from his team- -/44*.?24 bowlers who will do well, and mates, feels Sachin Tendulkar. India have two in Kuldeep and "I think you will always have /@/'<?"+/%2- Chahal. : a couple of individuals stepping $*-172--/"+ The Australians read the up every game but without team duo quite well during the home * + support, you can't do much. 2447'-<72 series in India but the maestro Just because of one individual, 9".:- 7+291! said that it won't matter much in ■ ./$ /01* you can't win a tournament. No England. way. Unless, others chip in at ,2 -%/9"2 /7 "Let's understand this. There slew of match-winners coupled with Mahendra every crucial stage. If that does- 7./*. *@* 2"0 are a number of bowlers who ASingh Dhoni's expertise make India favourites n't happen, there will be disap- have been read well by batters to lift the upcoming ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, pointment," Tendulkar said <729".:-$*." but yet they end up getting a lot believes Mithali Raj, captain of national women's when asked if Kohli will carry -72'."+/.-M of wickets. So Kuldeep and ODI team. the same burden like he did, Chahal shouldn't be too worried "The Indian team has a lot of match-winners specifically during the 1996, about Australia series," he said, now," Mithali said in a video posted on Twitter. 1999 and 2003 editions. introduction of two new balls adding both will play a massive "Of course, the captain (Virat Kohli) leads from Tendulkar is hardly worried and flat pitches have made lives role during the middle overs. the front with the openers Rohit Sharma and that India doesn't have a settled of bowlers much more difficult. "Agreed the Aussies read Shikhar Dhawan, but we also have fast bowlers like No 4, saying the slot can be kept One team is scoring 350 and the them well but does that mean Jasprit Bumrah and the spinners," she said. flexible as per requirement and other is chasing down inside 45 they wouldn't be committing "But overall I think, the team which posts a big match situation. overs," Tendulkar said in refer- mistakes or can't be forced to total and the bowlers who are able to do the job to "I think we have batsmen, ence to the recent England ver- commit mistakes." contain those runs, is the team which is going to who can do the job. Number four sus Pakistan series where bowlers What Tendulkar liked about win. But then we do have a lot of depth. We have is just a number and it can be had a nightmarish time. the composition of the World the expertise of Dhoni in the side. So, I can't pick adjusted. I particularly don't see What Tendulkar finds even Cup-bound India team is the one player, but India definitely has a lot of match- No 4 as a problem. Our boys more disappointing is that blend of youth and experience. winners." have played enough cricket to reverse swing had been taken out "There is a good balance in Asked which team has a better chance to lift know their roles whether it is No of equation with two new balls. the side. We have a number of the trophy, Mithali said, "India is absolutely going 4, 6 or 8. Situational awareness "The ball is staying hard. I guys with 8-10 years of experi- in as favourites because they have been doing very is the key," the world's highest mean when was the last time you ence and at the same time we well in the one-dayers and in other formats in the run-getter in Tests and ODIs saw reverse swing in ODIs?" have talented youngsters like recent past." said. questioned the iconic batsman. Kuldeep, Rahul, Chahal, Hardik Mithali, however, also picked hosts England as However, Tendulkar is not "When we played and there (Pandya) and Jasprit (Bumrah) another team who can go on to clinch their maid- entirely happy with how the was one new ball, it would start with a couple of years of inter- en 50-over World Cup title. balance of ODIs is skewed reversing from 28th or 30th national cricket. "But I cannot rule out the home team (England). towards batsmen, taking bowlers over. Some teams could get it to "So it's a perfect blend with Even they have done very well. They had some 10 out of equation in white ball reverse even earlier. At the death, all the makings of a wonderful to 15 victory streaks in the one-dayers. They will cricket with every passing day. the ball would go soft, even get team. I rate our chances very also play on home conditions. Having said that, I "It's become one sided with discoloured. These were chal- high," concluded Tendulkar. think as an Indian I will root for India," she said. 5 = $ 9 ■ +/0%72'./ % "Q ( ngland boats of a number of Ematch-winners in their 15-man ■ 07. 7. World Cup squad, but former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has n-form England have the "best opportu- handpicked Jos Buttler as the danger- Inity" to break their title jinx in the ODI man for the hosts in the showpiece. World Cup and they will be at the heart of "The dangerman for England is what promises to be a "special" showpiece gonna be Jos Buttler. I just watched event, said former captain Michael him develop over the last 2 or 3 years. Vaughan. I had a chance to coach him at "It's the best opportunity in my time for Mumbai Indians 3 or 4 seasons ago England — I remember 1992 as a young- when he was really sort of starting ster, watching that final at college," Vaughan to make his mark in international said. cricket," Ponting was quoted as say- "They got to the semi-finals of the ing in a video posted at Cricket Champions Trophy two years ago but did- Australia website. n't get over the line on that occasion. "What he has done in the last 12 They've got to see that as a real positive to 18 months whether in a T20, One- experience and if they get into the semis heart of it," he said. Day game or a Test match for again, play smart cricket." England included pace sensation Jofra England, it's really outstanding. So, skipper Eoin Morgan, Jonny their top-order to play probably Vaughan also termed England's 15-man Archer in the squad besides all-rounder Jos Buttler is England's dangerman Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes and with more freedom than most other World Cup squad as the best he has ever Tom Curran and Hampshire off-spinner for me." Jofra Archer to name a few. teams," Ponting said. seen. Liam Dawson in place of David Willey and "He (Buttler) might not take the The two-time World Cup win- "Someone like a Buttler or (Ben) "This England squad is the best I've Joe Denly, who were named in England's gloves but his middle-order batting ning skipper said England's depth in Stokes or Moeen Ali coming in at 7, seen. They have earned the right to be provisional squad. is out of this world. He scores 360 the batting department makes the 8, 9, allows their top-order to go favourites," Vaughan was quoted as saying "I feel for Willey, he hasn't really let degrees around the ground, hits the hosts a force to reckon with in the hard. They are a really confident out- by BBC Sport after England named their 15- England down, but it's the nature of inter- ball incredibly hard, hits the ball a upcoming World Cup. fit. They have got great depth in their man squad for the tournament. national sport that you have to be ruthless," long way as well," he added. "I think England's great strength squad and obviously would be play- "I think we're in for a special World Cup Vaughan said. Besides Buttler, England's team right now in their One-Day team is ing in conditions they are very — world-class players, world-class teams — "You have to pick who you feel is the comprises of match-winners like how deep they bat. That allows all much used to." and I think England will be right at the right 15 and I feel they've got it right." 7 3( " heading to England. ( "To get a positive result against them won't be easy." ; - Bangladesh twice beat eighth-ranked West Indies in the tri-nation warmup tournament, including in Friday's final. ■ 07. 7. ■ 72-1"+4-7. Mashrafe said the win had heightened expectations of Bangladesh fans, along with other recent triumphs including the elf-proclaimed 'Universe Boss' Chris Gayle on etter known for his side's semi-finals appearance at the 2017 Champions Trophy. SWednesday boasted that bowlers across the Bhard-hitting abilities, "In the last five to seven years, people have started to come world are "scared" of him but would not admit it Glenn Maxwell has set his to watch us with expectations that we will win," he said. on camera. sights on becoming an Gayle said off camera though, the same asset for Australia with his bowlers would say, "he is the man, he is the man". part-time off-spin in the Gayle, who amassed 424 runs at an average upcoming ICC World Cup. of 106 in four matches against tournament Maxwell has averaged favourites England earlier this year, has arrived five overs per match since in the United Kingdom for his fifth and final Aaron Finch took over as World Cup. skipper, compared to just "Youngsters coming at my head — it's not as 2.4 overs under Steve easy as it was like one time before. I was quicker Smith's captaincy. then. But they'll be weary. They know what the He also completed his Universe Boss is capable of. I'm sure they will have full quota of 10 overs three ■ 1"6" it in the back of their mind, 'Hey, this is the most times in the recent tours of dangerous batsman they've ever seen in cricket," India and the UAE. coming out consistently. bowl I just try and limit angladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has Gayle told cricket.Com.Au. "That's probably the "You need that as a boundary balls. If they Bpoured cold water on fan hopes for this Asked if his opponents are still scared of him, clarity I have with my role," part-time bowler to have (batsmen) hit good shots month's World Cup, warning that the seventh- Gayle said: "Can't you tell? You go ask them. Go the Victorian told reporters that consistency and time off my bowling then I'm ranked team was facing an uphill battle in the group ask them on camera. They're going to say, no, when asked about his role at the crease. Just get the not too fazed. But if I'm stage. they're not scared. But you ask them off the cam- as a bowler. cobwebs out a bit," Maxwell limiting boundary balls Supporters were jubilant after a tri-nation series era, they going to say, 'Yeah, he's the man. He's "It's something I did a added. and giving myself the best win against Ireland and West Indies on the week- the man.' They're going to say, 'he's the man.' little in Dubai and India, I Maxwell's effectiveness chance to squeeze a few dot end handed Bangladesh its first ever multi-team "But they won't say it (on camera), they won't started to get a few more with his part-time spin can balls and some tight overs tournament trophy. be frank and upfront and say, 'Listen to me straight overs and get that consis- be assessed from the fact it might create some pres- But Mashrafe's side start the Cup race with a up, Chris Gayle is the man. tency. To have that contin- that he finished as sure at the other end," he bracing fixture against South Africa, New Zealand "But I'm enjoying it. I'm always enjoying the ue into my time at Australia's third-most eco- said, emphasising his role and top-ranked hosts England in their first three battle against fast bowlers, it's good. Sometimes Lancashire where I got nomical bowler in the 10 as a bowler. matches. those things actually give you extra drive as a bat- plenty of time at the bowl- games against India and "I think it's important "It will be difficult for us because our oppo- ter. When you have a battle, I like those chal- ing crease, you get that Pakistan on the sub-conti- for me to bowl in a part- nents in the opening three games are extremely lenges." rhythm and feel of the ball nent."A lot of the time I nership with someone." strong," Mashrafe told reporters late Tuesday before