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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY UN Security Council designates 15 jawans killed as Maoists Masood Azhar as global terrorist trigger IED in Gadchiroli SC reserves verdict on They were on their way to provide security at police station changes to SC/ST law Reasons for the decision however do not mention the Pulwama attack NEW DELHI Sharad Vyas The Supreme Court on Sriram Lakshman/ months — on March 13. This Mumbai Suhasini Haidar Wednesday reserved for was the fourth such attempt In one of the worst attacks Washington/New Delhi judgment a batch of petitions to designate Azhar, over a on the anti­naxal security challenging the Scheduled Jaish­e­Mohammad chief Ma­ decade, that had gone awry. forces in the last 15 years, Castes and the Scheduled sood Azhar was listed as a At the end of March, the Maoist insurgents blew up Tribes (Prevention of designated terrorist by the U.S. circulated a draft resolu­ an Improvised Explosive Atrocities) Amendment Act UN Security Council 1267 tion (to sanction Azhar) Device (IED) killing 15 jawans of 2018 which nullified a Committee on Wednesday. among the UNSC members, and a civilian in Maharash­ controversial March 20 Significantly, the reasons for i.e., outside the 1267 Com­ tra’s Gadchiroli district on Supreme Court judgment listing did not mention the mittee, presumably to pres­ Wednesday afternoon. diluting the stringent Pulwama attack of February sure China into either sup­ A unit of the Quick provisions of the Dalit 14, for which the JeM had porting the listing or having Response Team protection law. claimed responsibility, and to take a stand in open pro­ (QRT) of the Gad­ NATION Ī PAGE 10 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD which found mention in the ceedings and risk being seen chiroli police was latest (February 27) listing as supporting terror. on its way to pro­ Curbs on civilian request for Azhar. Earlier this week, China vide reinforce­ The mangled remains of the police traffic in J&K lifted Nevertheless, the listing is had said “some progress” ments to the pol­ vehicle blasted by militants. * PTI SRINAGAR a victory for India in a de­ had been made and indicat­ ice station in the Under immense pressure cade­old diplomatic battle ed it was willing to change its Kurkheda taluk, previous cadre of the rebels, Manku from various quarters, the waged primarily by it and decade­long position. nearly 60 km north of night in Norate and Manu Dasru, by Jammu and Kashmir supported by its friends at Welcoming the decision, Gadchiroli, when the blast which naxals the anti­naxal forces in an administration on Wednesday the UNSC, as it would mean India called it a “step in the was triggered near Lendali had torched 36 vehicles encounter in the forests of announced complete a travel ban, arms embargo listing request at the Com­ access to, reads, “…JeM right direction.” Nullah, in Jamburkheda vil­ meant to assist road con­ Etapalli taluk, South Gadchi­ withdrawal of restrictions on and asset freeze on Azhar. mittee on February 27, claimed responsibility for a lage, six kilometres from the struction work in Dadpur roli, on April 27. civilian traffic movement AZHAR LISTING NOT A VICTORY between Srinagar and The P­3 or group of three weeks after the Pulwama at­ suicide attack in Pulwama”. police station. village. FOR INDIA: PAKISTAN PAGE 10 Baramulla. permanent UNSC members, tack that killed over 40 se­ However, China placed a Ī The police said security The latest ambush seems ‘GOVT. LEARNT NO LESSONS LIFTED ‘HOLD’ BASED ON REVISED FROM PULWAMA’ PAGE 7 NATION Ī PAGE 6 the U.S., the U.K. and curity personnel. That re­ hold on the request — which had been intensified in the to be in retaliation for the Ī DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD France, had co­sponsored a quest, which The Hindu has normally lasts for three REQUEST: CHINA Ī PAGE 10 taluk following an attack the killing of two senior women PROTOCOL IGNORED Ī PAGE 7 Woman doctor found dead in Delhi home NEW DELHI Record GST revenue EC places bar Chief Justice A 25­year­old woman doctor Odisha, A.P. brace for ‘Fani’ landfall was found dead with her on Pragya’s 8 lakh people being evacuated as storm heads towards coast appears before throat slit in her rented collections in April accommodation in the Ranjit campaign Staff Reporter centred about 610 km south­ Bobde panel Nagar area of Central Delhi, Bhubaneswar/Vijayawada/ south west of Puri was omi­ police said on Wednesday. Amount touched ₹1,13,865 crore Special Correspondent Hyderabad nously rolling towards the Legal Correspondent DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 Special Correspondent crore of which CGST is NEW DELHI Defence forces are on high Odisha coast at a speed of 6 NEW DELHI DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD NEW DELHI ₹21,163 crore, SGST is The Election Commission alert, educational institu­ kmph, the India Meteorolog­ Chief Justice of India Ran­ Revenue collections from ₹28,801 crore, IGST is on Wednesday put a 72­ tions ordered shut and over ical Department (IMD) said jan Gogoi has appeared be­ the Goods and Services Tax ₹54,733 crore and cess is ₹ hour bar on the campaign­ 8 lakh people in coastal dis­ in a bulletin. fore the Justice S.A. Bobde hit a record ₹1.13 lakh crore 9,168 crore,” the govern­ ing by BJP candidate for tricts are being evacuated as Heavy winds and dark clouds ‘Fani’ has also kept And­ in­house inquiry panel exa­ in April 2019, according to ment said. Bhopal Pragya Singh Tha­ Odisha braces for cyclone signalling the approaching hra Pradesh officials on edge mining sexual harassment official data released on “The revenue in April kur for her comments ‘Fani’, the extremely severe Fani at Jalaripeta in as it is expected to move charges made against him Wednesday. The govern­ 2018 was ₹1,03,459 crore against late IPS officer He­ cyclonic storm likely to make Visakhapatnam on close to Srikakulam, Vizia­ by a former court em­ ment had collected ₹1.06 and the revenue during mant Karkare and on her landfall near Puri on Friday, Wednesday. * K.R. DEEPAK nagaram and Visakhapat­ ployee. lakh crore in March. April 2019 is a growth of role in the demolition of officials said. nam districts A letter of request was “The total gross GST reve­ 10.05%,” it added. the Babri Masjid. It is expected to cross the winds up to 175 kmph before (With inputs from PTI) issued to the Chief Justice. nue collected in the month It cautioned her against holy town of Puri in the after­ landfall. The storm over the DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES of April 2019 is ₹1,13,865 TAX BASE INCREASING Ī PAGE 10 such misconduct in future. noon of May 3, packing Bay of Bengal that lay FISHERMEN WARNED Ī PAGE 5 FULL REPORT ON Ī PAGE 7

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Peerzada Ashiq Omar Rashid Lok Sabha constituency, said Srinagar LUCKNOW Mr. Yadav’s nomination was Sacked BSF constable Tej Ba­ rejected as it failed to meet Cash­strapped DD Kashir, a hadur Yadav’s nomination as Section 9 and 33(3) of the Re­ J&K­specific television chan­ a Samajwadi Party candidate presentation of the People nel of Prasar Bharati in Varanasi, where he would Act, 1951. launched by Prime Minister have faced PM Narendra Mo­ Mr. Yadav’s nomination Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2000, di, was on Wednesday reject­ from Varanasi was deferred has received a shot in the arm ed on grounds that he did not after a discrepancy over his with the launch of the local submit proper documents dismissal was found in the language version of the ‘Kaun explaining his dismissal. two nominations he filed, Banega Crorepati (KBC)’ to Varanasi District Magis­ first as an Independent and win the “hearts and minds” A screen grab from the trate Surendra Singh said Mr. then as the SP candidate. A in the conflict­ridden State. show on DD Kashir. * Yadav had failed to submit notice was then issued to him The inaugural episode of the necessary certificate is­ to submit the EC certificate ‘Kus Bani Koshur Crorepati’, a It would be the first such sued by the Election Com­ by 11 a.m. on May 1. vernacular name of the show entertainment programme mission that he had not been produced by Sony Entertain­ on DD Kashir, where fund al­ dismissed for corruption or Conspiracy, says Yadav ment Television, was aired on location was slashed in 2012 disloyalty to the state. Mr. Ya­ In his reply to the notice, Mr. Monday evening at the local following the CBI raids on lo­ dav was given “a chance” till Yadav said he had not been Doordarshan centre in Srina­ cal producers in an alleged 11 a.m. on May 1 but he did dismissed for disloyalty or gar. In a major revamp in over embezzlement case. not submit the certificate corruption and that Sections a decade, Prasar Bharati has In its wake, Prasar Bharati within the stipulated time, 9 and 33(3) did not apply to allocated ₹40 crore for DD changed rules, “which made Mr. Singh said. him. His lawyer Rajesh Gupta Kashir, a quantum leap from it difficult for local private

The DM, also the Return­ said they would approach A vehicle stuck on a road due to heavy snowfall at Rohtang Pass in Kullu district on Wednesday. * ANI ₹1 to ₹1.5 crore annually. “Of producers to compete for ing Officer of the Varanasi the Supreme Court. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC the amount allocated, ₹20 producing any entertainment crore will be spent on the lo­ programme in J&K”, a pro­ cal KBC,” said an official on ducer told The Hindu. the condition of anonymity. Studio Next, a production BJP offered ₹10 crore each to 7 MLAs to quit party: AAP Clean chit to “The show gives us the op­ house of Sony Pictures Net­ portunity to highlight the lo­ works which holds the li­ Modi on Latur cal unsung heroes and bring cence of the format, has pro­ Sisodia claims party offering money to more AAP legislators, but won’t be successful their untold stories to the rest duced more than 1,800 speech too of the country,” said Director episodes of the show in eight Staff Reporter have told us,” he said. but people taught the BJP a riwal, who took out his first General, Doordarshan, Supri­ languages so far. New Delhi “I want to tell the BJP, lesson. If you have any agen­ election roadshow in Delhi Devesh k. Pandey ya Sahu. “We are extremely happy The Aam Aadmi Party on [party president] Amit Shah da to change the country, on Wednesday, said, “In the new delhi The show is hosted by to bring the show to the peo­ Wednesday alleged that se­ and [Prime Minister Naren­ then fight the election on it,” last three days seven of our The Election Commission Kashmiri actor Rayees Mohi­ ple of J&K. We have main­ ven of its MLAs were ap­ dra] Modi ji, don’t try to buy Mr. Sisodia said. “Modi ji, if MLAs have said that BJP peo­ on Wednesday said Prime uddin. “A diverse set of con­ tained the same ethos of the proached with an offer of ₹10 AAP MLAs and fight election; you have done anything for ple have contacted them and Minister Narendra Modi’s testants have been drawn show as in other languages, crore each by the BJP to if you have courage, fight the people in the last five offered ₹10 crore to break speech at Latur in Maha­ from all corners of the State. followed strict and transpa­ leave the party before the election on issues. You will years, then fight the election them. This is not becoming rashtra on April 9, in which It is about the people of Kash­ rent process for contestant Lok Sabha election. try to buy them and they will Manish Sisodia on it,” he added. of a Prime Minister.” When he had appealed to the mir and its identity. It will selection. The show will cele­ Deputy Chief Minister tell us [about it]. You can't AAP leader Gopal Rai said asked whether AAP had any first­time electors to dedi­ bring out tear­jerking peo­ brate our society via know­ Manish Sisodia claimed that buy AAP MLAs,” he asserted. buy 40 MLAs. He should be the alleged attempt to buy le­ proof, Mr. Kejriwal said, cate their vote to Pulwama ple’s stories,” said Mr. Mohi­ ledge,” said Indranil Chakra­ the BJP was talking to more Mr. Sisodia said Mr. Modi ashamed. There [West Ben­ gislators showed that the “Will give all proof on time.” martyrs and to the soldiers uddin. borty, head of Studio Next. AAP MLAs, but insisted that should be “ashamed”, refer­ gal] he wants to buy TMC BJP’s seven candidates in Delhi BJP president Manoj who carried out the Bala­ DD Kashir has been the on­ its mission would not be suc­ ring to the latter’s earlier MLAs, in Delhi, the BJP Delhi are going to lose. “The Tiwari dismissed AAP’s kot air strike, did not vio­ Runaway hit ly official station in J&K to cessful. “People from the BJP comment that 40 Trinamool wants to buy AAP MLAs,” the BJP’s actions show that it claim as a “joke”. “Are they late the Model Code of The programme evoked im­ promote local languages contacted seven AAP MLAs Congress MLAs in West Ben­ AAP leader said. does not believe in democra­ the same seven [AAP MLAs] Conduct. The Commission mense response on the social through serials, short movies and said that if they leave the gal were in touch with him. He said the BJP has no is­ cy. Delhiites will reply like who beat up Kejriwal a week had earlier received multi­ media platforms from the lo­ and documentaries. The plat­ party before the [Lok Sabha] “Is it right for the Prime sues to fight the election in they did in Bawana [bypoll ago,” he said, denying any ple complaints seeking ac­ cals. The DD had stopped form was also used to wean election, they will give them Minister to say that? He is Delhi. “They were able to get which AAP won by a huge such attempt by the BJP to tion against Mr. Modi for al­ producing Kashmiri language away the alienated popula­ ₹10 crore each. They are talk­ saying it openly that to wea­ one of our MLAs from Bawa­ margin],” he said. poach seven AAP legislators. legedly violating the code. serials or songs nearly for a tion by focusing on a counter ing to more, but the seven ken democracy he is going to na before the MCD elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kej­ SEE ASLO Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1 DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 10 decade now. narrative.

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