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The the mediator, in what is being alliance’ mainstay RJD will 0      .    seen as a last-ditch attempt to contest 20 seats, seven less PNS: BJP Lok Sabha MP forge a pre-poll alliance than it fought in 2014 thus    Shatrughan Sinha may be pit- between the two parties in paving the way for the accom- 0  ted on a Congress ticket from to take on the BJP, which modation of other smaller par-  # Patna Sahib against Union holds all the seven Lok Sabha ties in the grouping. $ ## #  Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. seats in the Capital. Upendra Kushwaha’s RLSP      The confusion over After a series of flip-flops will fight on four seats and Jitan 5   Darbhanga seat is also under- between both the parties,  P    Ram Majhi’s HAM on three /02    stood to be cleared as Kirti sources said Congress Central             seats. RJD leader Tejashwi Azad will be the Congress leadership has started a rethink     Yadav, who is spearheading  #  candidate from the seat. While on the insistence of their the formation of the much-     Azad was suspended from alliance partners’ tallest leader  hyped grand alliance, has BJP and he joined Congress, Pawar, who met Congress chief        rushed to Ranchi to brief and Sinha has kept it a secret on his Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun      further deliberate with RJD part but has made his inten- Kharge first and then AAP’s !  P  patriarch Lalu Prasad, cur- tions obvious by criticising his Sanjay Singh, also a Rajya  " # rently cooling his heels in jail parent party BJP and Prime Sabha member. The Maratha $ % &!  in a multi-crore fodder scam. by RJD, which had field- what the other was Minister on strongman had last month P%   "( The Mahagathbandhan in ed him on its ticket five to get. The cur- several occasions. hosted a mega Opposition Bihar formally acknowledges years ago but expelled rent impasse sur- meeting that starred Rahul Congress, RJD, RLSP, HAM, him later on disciplinary joint Press conference by rep- faced following Tejashwi indi- Gandhi, and her party colleagues at her the leadership to spell out its Sharad Yadav’s Loktantrik grounds. resentatives of all the grand cating “fissures” as crisis over Mamata Banerjee. home to reconsider a tie-up stand to avoid confusion Janata Dal and Mukesh Sahni’s “RJD is to contest on 20 alliance partners. seat-sharing deepened in the Following Pawar’s media- with AAP — an idea that she among party workers. Vikasheel Insaan Party as its seats, Congress on 9 seats, Sharing of seats in the Bihar Mahagathbandhan. tion, Delhi Congress president has resisted vehemently so far. While Sheila has strongly constituents. While Congress RLSP on 4, HAM on 3, LJD Grand Alliance was hampered Amid hard bargaining by Sheila Dikshit convened an Sources said 13 former opposed a tie-up with the AAP, wants to take on board and VIP on 2 seats each,” said by squabbles between smaller smaller parties, the major play- urgent meeting with the three Congress district presidents Congress incharge of Delhi Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav, AICC sources, adding that a partners like the RLSP and the ers — RJD and Congress — working presidents — have written a letter to party PC Chacko made it clear on whose wife Ranjeet Ranjan is a formal announcement would HAM with each party demand- locked horns over the seat Devender Yadav, Haroon Yusuf chief Rahul Gandhi asking for Tuesday that “Delhi leaders Congress MP, it was opposed come up on Wednesday at a ing a share that was bigger than sharing arrangements. and Rajesh Lilothia — of Delhi an alliance with the AAP. have to follow the Congress’ Pradesh Congress Committee Sheila, a three-time CM policy decision to go for (DPCC), which had opposed an whose rule ended with AAP’s alliances with parties opposed alliance with AAP. The leaders rise in Delhi, had on Monday to the BJP”. Even after Pawar’s R did not divulge any details and warned in a letter to Rahul and intervention, Sheila said she   ,-    only stated that the meeting was UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was against the alliance but will over decision of candidates for that an alliance with the AAP follow whatever the party lead-   the Lok Sabha elections. will hurt the Congress in the ership decides. Sources said Sheila met long run. She had also urged Continued on Page 7 The Pioneer wishes its readers and patrons Happy          Holi.  R The press and offices of   0,0'  ! %'*+ The Pioneer will remain  P    " closed on March 20 he BJP-led Government in    (Wednesday) and March  "!   TGoa will face the floor test !,! %'!' )   21 (Thursday). The next +     on Wednesay, a day after it was issue of the formed. Governor Mridula   ,-.&- /'1232(0' newspaper will appear on Sinha has convened a special Saturday, March 23, 2019.   &   session of the Assembly on #!  )'- n more trouble for cash- ,-.&- /' Wednesday at 11.30 am to Istrapped Jet Airways, an enable Chief Minister Pramod   ,-.&- /' umbrella body of its domestic  n a major decision, the BJP Sawant to prove his majority in pilots on Tuesday threatened to Ion Tuesday announced it the House, an official said. he all-powerful GST stop flying from April 1 if will drop its all 10 incumbent             P     Sawant on Tuesday said his TCouncil on Tuesday their dues are not paid by     MPs from Chhattisgarh and           ! "     Government had sought a floor allowed builders an option to March-end even as aviation      replace them with new faces in  #     % &   &' test on Wednesday to prove its choose between old tax rates regulator DGCA said only 41     the Lok Sabha polls, a decision strength in the Assembly. The and the new ones for under- aircraft of the airline were in       that comes in the wake of the that Union Minister Vishnu 2019 LS poll but that seems Government in the coastal construction residential pro- operation and more attrition is   party’s drubbing in the recent Deo Sai and seven times Lok highly unlikely given his pre- State claims support of 21 jects to help resolve input tax likely soon.      O State Assembly elections. Sabha member and former occupation with the strategis- MLAs — 12 from the BJP, three credit issues. As situation at the belea-   !  "  According to reliable Union Minister Ramesh Bais ing and campaigning. each of allies Goa Forward The council, headed by builders — who were worried guered airline deteriorated, # !  sources, the Central Election will not be fielded in the polls. The announcement under- Party (GFP) and Union Finance Minister Arun about loss of input tax credit in Civil Aviation Minister Suresh   $ % Committee’s (CEC) scrutinised There is also question mark scores the BJP’s bid to wrest Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Jaitley and including repre- the new tax regime. Prabhu directed senior officials party’s first list of candidates for as to who would contest from Chhattisgarh from the Party (MGP) and three sentatives of all States, at its The new tax rate of 1 per of his Ministry to continuous-       the Lok Sabha polls for the sec- LK Advani’s constituency Congress, which handed it a Independents. 34th meeting here laid out cent for affordable houses and ly monitor developments relat-      ond time in last one week for Gandhi Nagar or from that of massive defeat in the Assembly The strength of the 40- transition rules for the imple- 5 per cent for others, without ing to the crisis.     several hours at the meeting Murli Manohar Joshi’s LS seat polls last year. The Congress member House has been mentation of new tax rates for ITC, will apply on new projects. In a related development,    &  O called on Tuesday night. Kanpur. Sources said Gandhi had won 68 seats, reducing the reduced to 36 due to the death the real estate sector. The move will help address the Jet Airways’ Aircraft      Constituencies of a number of Nagar seat may go to someone tally of the BJP, which was in of Chief Minister Manohar Builders will get a one-time apprehensions as well as poten- Maintenance Engineers’ Union  #' MPs have been planned to be whose name BJP patriarch power in the State for 15 years, Parrikar, BJP MLA Francis option to continue paying tax tial disputes on various com- wrote to the DGCA on Tuesday #(   # changed, sources said. Advani may suggest. Advani's to a mere 15. The difference in D’Souza and resignations of at the old rates (effective rate of putational and transitional morning saying they were not   !  BJP general secretary Anil daughter Pratibha has been the vote share of the two par- two Congress MLAs Subhash 8 per cent or 12 per cent with issues such as the loss of input paid salaries for last three      # Jain, also the party affairs active in Gujarat for some ties was a huge 10 per cent. Shirodkar and Dayanand Input Tax Credit or ITC) on credits and pricing that were months and that their “adverse  # % incharge for Chhattisgarh, time. Gujarat ex-CM Anandi The BJP is also considering Sopte. ongoing projects (buildings bound to arise on account of psychological” condition has made the announcement as the Ben Patel’s daughter’s name is not fielding any family mem- The Congress is the single where construction and actu- the change. “GST Council put flight safety at risk. !    "  BJP’s CEC, which includes also doing the rounds for this ber of these sitting MPs, largest party in the State with al booking have both started today has approved transition However, the Aircraft     Prime Minister Narendra Modi prestigious seat. sources said. If the party indeed 14 MLAs. There is also an NCP before April 1, 2019, but which plan for the new rate structure Maintenance Engineers’  #$%$    and other top leaders. “We have Former Himachal Pradesh adopts this criterion, the like- legislator in the House. will not be completed by March for real estate residential pro- Union issued a clarification       decided to fight the elections Chief Minister Shahta Kumar ly candidature of former Chief Sawant, 45, who succeeds 31, 2019), Revenue Secretary A jects... From April 1, builders hours later saying Jet  "  " with new candidates and new may also not be fielded by the Minister Raman Singh, whose Parrikar, was sworn in along B Pandey told reporters here. have to choose either of the Airways aircraft are safe to fly    #     zeal (in Chhattisgarh),” said party, sources said. There was son Abhishek Singh is a sitting with 11 other Ministers in the Real estate industry hailed options for which they will get and are being maintained at  & +  Jain, as reported by PTI. some speculation that Shah Member of Parliament, will wee hours on Tuesday the GST Council’s decision, time,” he said. highest levels of safety stan-  !  % The party decision means should also be taking plunge in also be in question. Continued on Page 7 saying this will give relief to Continued on Page 7 dards. .) %! ' #/  Q' .'  #$'R

  ,-.&- /' Prasad, who addressed a     Lok Sabha elections. Her ally Press conference here, said Social media is abuzz with chief tweeted s the “Chai pe Charcha” Modi would be stationed out- witty take-offs on the cam- in Hindi, “Is there any chowki- Aand “Abki Baar Modi side Delhi while speaking with  R  paign. In one instance people dar to check the theft of fer- Sarkar” struck a chord with the people from 500 destinations. posted photographs of eco- tiliser?” In another tweet, Yadav voters in 2014, the BJP, five Replying to a question if    nomic offenders and abscon- appeared to be referring to the years down the line, is now try- the campaign was a counter to ders — Nirav Modi, Vijay controversial Rafale jet deal. ing to enlarge and intensify its Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s   ,-.&- /' Mallya, Lalit Modi — with a “Has the chowkidar responsi- “Main Bhi Chowkidar” cam- “Chowkidar chor hai” barb, he caption “Main Bhi Chowkidar”. ble for the theft of file from the paign in the run-up to the rejected the suggestion and iming to check fake and Opposition parties in Uttar Ministry been punished,” he tough Lok Sabha polls with asserted that Modi in his cam- Aprovocative content being Pradesh also took a dig. asked. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paign for the 2014 Lok Sabha spread on social media plat- Leading the Opposition On Monday, Congress’ interacting with people who polls had projected himself as forms during the upcoming attack, Mayawati said on incharge of eastern Uttar have pledged their support to the “first servant” and “chowki- Lok Sabha polls, social media Twitter, “After BJP launched Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi the campaign on March 31, dar” of the country. giants and Internet and Mobile ‘Mai Bhi Chowkidar’ cam- Vadra said, “Unki (the Prime from 500 places across the On Saturday, Modi had Association of (IAMAI) paign, PM Modi and others Minister) marzi apne naam ke country. urged his supporters to take the will come up with a “code of added the prefix ‘chowkidar’ to aage kya lagaen. Mujhe ek More so, since it is buoyed chowkidar pledge, saying he is ethics” by Wednesday evening. their Twitter handles. So now kisan bhai ne kaha ki ‘dekhiye by the massive response to the not alone in the fight against This was decided in a high- Narendra Modi is Chowkidar chowkidar toh ameeron ke “Main Bhi Chowkidar” cam- Chowkidar” hashtag has been of Holi. The campaign is in a way graft and social evils. level meeting convened by the and no more ‘chaiwala’ which hotey hain, hum kisan toh paign launched by the Prime tweeted 20 lakh times and had The BJP has sensed that the aimed at deflating Congress Following his appeal, all Election Commission (EC) on he was at the time of last Lok apney khud chowkidar hotey Minister on March 16. Senior 1,680 crore impressions. “Main Bhi Chowkidar” cam- president Rahul Gandhi’s BJP leaders, including party Tuesday with representatives of Sabha election. What a change hain” (I met a group of farm- BJP leader and Union Law Prior to the mega show, paign could be a winning riposte “Chowkidar chor hai” chief Amit Shah and Union Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, India is witnessing under the ers...Potato farmers of western Minister Ravishakar Prasad taking the social media connect proposition in the multiple as also to appropriate and Ministers, prefixed the word Google, Sharechat, BigoTV BJP rule. Bravo!” Incidentally, UP. One of them told me, Minister said the campaign to the next level, the PM will cross-firings of slogans and include one and all in its gamut “chowkidar” to their names in and Tiktok. Mayawati has only recently chowkidar is for the rich. We has become a “people’s move- also address 25 lakh “chowki- catchy shouts of electioneering and render it an egalitarian their Twitter profile as they Detailed report on P5 joined the twitter fraternity farmers are our own ment” as the “Main Bhi dars” on March 20 on the eve from a range of political parties. colour. sought people’s support in the after shunning it for long. chowkidar).  )*  !! $#( )#%*+,*+-. &  "&-./   .        !" $%

  " '  3 +,9.   " '  3 +,9. Minister said. knows that the river route has enjoying political patronage. Talking to media persons in been developed and hence they laiming that the BJP gov- “Mafia was looting the hief Minister Yogi Lucknow on the occasion of the have decided to take it for cam- Cernment had transformed state’s resources as illegal min- CAdityanath said that second anniversary of his gov- paigning." from a BIMARU ing was rampant during SP- Congress general secretary ernment in UP on Tuesday, When his attention was state to investor-friendly state BSP regimes. Criminals enjoy- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should Yogi said: "Priyanka did 'achman’ drawn to a petition by a lawyer in the last two years with ing political patronage in at least thank Prime Minister (a ritual) with Ganga water and in Varanasi to stop Priyanka improvement in law and order Akhilesh raj were responsible Narendra Modi for his effort to it is itself a proof that now peo- from entering Kashi Vishwanath and instilling a sense of secu- for the exodus in Kairana. The clean Ganga river because of ple can drink water from Ganga temple as she was a Christian, rity leading to people returning days of signboards yelling 'Yeh which she was able to undertake river and its credit should go to Yogi said that every Indian had to their native places, who had ghar bikau hai (this house is up a Ganga yatra. PM Modi." the right to enter any temple or earlier left the state due to fear for sale) is over,” the CM said. "It would have been much "Priyanka should also know religious place in the country. of criminals. Yogi said that the confi- better if Priyanka had taken her what PM Modi had done to "We should not discriminate on “The high point of our dence of UP police force had brother and Congress chief clean Ganga which could not be religion, caste or creed for entry two-year rule has been gone up as there is no inter- Rahul Gandhi along with lead- done by four generation of the into a temple," Yogi said while improvement in law and order, ference in their functioning ers from the SP-BSP alliance on Congress rule," he said. adding that the UP govern- increase in the pace of develop- from his government. "There her Ganga sojourn. That way, Elaborating on the Ganga ment was not interested in ment and ensuring social secu- is zero tolerance for crime and they could themselves witness yatra undertaken by the doing politics on the issue as it rity to all sans discrimination. criminals,” Chief Minister how successful Namami Gange Congress leader, Yogi said: "It is was focusing on development of This is reflected in employment said. project has been,” the Chief evident that the Congress also the state. opportunities increasing in the The celebration of the state and farmers getting good second anniversary of Yogi Raj remuneration for their pro- on Tuesday was a simple affair    .    !"                  duce,” Yogi said at a press con- sans grandeur with the model          &    ference at the BJP office in code of conduct coming into Lucknow on the completion of force in the wake of general claiming that his government To boost industrial devel- part of the state (Prayagraj). two years of his government in elections from April 11. had provided 15 lakh jobs in opment of east UP This expressway will pass the state on Tuesday. “In the last two years, 73 the government and private (Purvanchal), about 341 km- through Meerut, Amroha, The CM asserted that exo- hardcore criminals were elim- sectors in just 24 months. long Purvanchal Expressway Bulandshahr, Budaun, dus of people from Kairana and inated and over 1000 injured The CM also spoke about was under construction using Shahjahanpur, Farrukhabad, Kandhala area of west UP had in 3500 encounters. In the Kumbh Mela where over 24.20 the state’s own financial Hardoi, Kannauj, Unnao, Rae stopped and those who left process, six policemen were crore pilgrims took dip in the resources. Besides, a decision Bareli, Pratapgarh and were now returning home. also martyred. Around 8000 holy Sangam. He also referred has been taken to construct 91 Prayagraj districts,” the CM "This is proof of changed law criminals were arrested. The to 'Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas' km- long Gorakhpur Link said. and order situation in the silver lining is that not a sin- organised in Varanasi where- Expressway to link Gorakhpur Yogi also said that UP state," he said. gle riot occurred during this in 5000 foreign delegates took with Purvanchal Expressway. Foundation Day was celebrat- The exodus of Hindus period whereas over 900 riots part. "Similarly, 296-km-long ed for first time after 68 years from Kairana became a major took place between 2012 and Yogi said that after attract- Bundelkhand Expressway will of independence in 2018. State poll issue for the BJP in the 2016 in the state,” the CM said. ing investments of around Rs also be constructed,” he said. BJP president Mahendra Nath 2017 Assembly poll in UP. In his 90-minute speech, 5 lakh crore, foundation of “Survey work has also com- Pandey and two Deputy CMs Then BJP MP Hukum Singh Yogi attributed his govern- projects worth Rs 65,000 crore menced to construct 600-km- Keshav Prasad Maurya and claimed that over 300 families ment’s success to Prime were laid in ground-breaking long Ganga Expressway in Dinesh Sharma were also pre- had left Kairana following Minister Narendra Modi and ceremony because the confi- order to link western part of the sent at the press conference. machination of a criminal, BJP president Amit Shah dence of investors was back. state (Meerut) with the eastern &&0+1  &  &

  " '  3 +,9. “I am trying my best to set Dargah of Ala Hazrat, , up a secular morcha to fight and several others have ragtisheel Samajwadi Party against the BJP and several par- expressed their support to his P(Lohia) founder Shivpal ties have joined the alliance. party. Yadav on Tuesday announced Soon leaders of these parties After the alliance was that his party would contest the will discuss seat-sharing formu- announced, Peace Party chief Lok Sabha elections in alliance la," Shivpal said. Dr Ayub said that smaller par- with Peace Party-led by Ayub Referring to elder brother ties were seeking participation Khan. The PSPL also and SP patron, Shivpal said that in the morcha rather than giv- announced to join hands with if his mentor Mulayam Singh ing support. “It is unfortunate Rashtriya Krantikari said anything, it would be the that some secular parties are Samajwadi Party of Gopal Rai final decision for him too. "I creating confusion which is for the general elections. have never disobeyed Netaji weakening the morcha," he While Shivpal said that and will follow his instructions said. “We have joined hands to the alliance would contest all 80 in future too," the PSPL chief prevent the BJP from retaining Lok Sabha seats in UP with the said. power at the Centre as it is objective of defeating the BJP, Accusing the Congress, SP spreading hatred in the name the PSPL and its two alliance and BSP of weakening the of religion. Several smaller partners were yet to work out anti-BJP secular alliance by parties have joined us and seat-sharing formula among refusing to join hands with more are to join soon," Ayub them. PSPL, Shivpal said: "I favoured claimed. Shivpal Yadav is set to try a strong alliance of secular Meanwhile, the PSPL his poll luck from Ferozabad parties but some parties pre- announced its first list of 31 Lok Sabha seat and will be pit- ferred their narrow political candidates for Lok Sabha polls ted against his nephew and sit- interests rather than the destiny on Tuesday. Prominent among ting MP Akshay Yadav. Akshay of the country.’’ them were Sanjay Saxena from is the son of Samajwadi Party The PSPL chief added: Rampur, Rajiv Mishra from general secretary Ram Gopal "Farmers, youths and minori- Kanpur, Haji Mohammad Yadav. Presently, Shivpal is an ties have been ditched by the Ubesh from Saharanpur, Dr SP MLA from Jaswantnagar BJP and it is a high time that Omveer Singh from Assembly segment which is the the country get rid of the rul- Muzaffarnagar and Chaudhary part of Ferozabad Lok Sabha ing party. Muslim cleric Ilam Singh Gujjar from seat. Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan of Bijnore. P $" () %Q%$  %"$ ,%   3 +,9.

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  " '  3 +,9. Banthra police station answered the call. Rahul was told that his father was mur- nidentified miscreants killed an dered in Narera village and was asked UUber driver when he was ferrying to reach there. passengers to Unnao on Monday night. When Rahul reached the scene, he The incident came to light when some found Ajeet lying next to the driver’s commuters spotted the driver lying in seat and there were blood stains every- a pool of blood in the car in Narera vil- where in the car. The police said they lage (Banthra) on Tuesday morning. were called by some commuters. The victim was identified as Ajeet “When the police team reached the Awasthi (50) of Bagariya locality scene, they found that victim’s face cov- (Kakori). He left his house for work on ered with a towel. When we removed Monday morning. Around 8 pm on the towel, we saw that his throat was Monday, Ajeet called his wife and told slit. The team recovered two mobile her that he was ferrying passengers to phones and Rs 1,500 in cash from the Unnao and would return by midnight. car,” the police said. Inspector Ramesh However, when he did not return, his Singh said a case of murder had been family contacted him on his mobile registered and further investigations phone but the call went unanswered. were underway. “Ajeet was killed appar- Around 6.15 am on Tuesday, Ajeet’s ently over some personal rivalry,” the son Rahul Awasthi aka Shivam called inspector said while denying the loot him but the call was not received angle. Sources said the car was initial- again. A little later, Rahul called on the ly spotted in Soharmau police station number again and this time, a cop from area of Unnao.

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  " '  3 +,9. Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia said she had issued directions for unin-      he state capital is all set to terrupted water supply on the day celebrate Holi on March 21. of Holi so that people did not face TOn Tuesday, city markets any problems.   " '  3 +,9. remained choc-a- block with peo- Managing director of LMRC ple who stepped out in large num- (Lucknow Metro Rail ailways will be running Holi bers for making last-minute pur- Corporation) Kumar Keshav said Rspecial trains to clear extra chases. There was huge crowd in Metro would not operate on rush of passengers during the fes- sweet shops, garment shops and all March 21 till 2 pm. “We have clear tival. As per an official commu- makeshift shops selling colours instructions that no passenger niqué, Allahabad- Anand Vihar and sprinklers. Traffic snarls were will be allowed on Metro with Terminal- Allahabad Superfast also witnessed in almost all the colours because trains are very Holi Special (04117/04118) will prominent markets because of expensive and care needs to be depart from Allahabad on March the festive rush. At Khatu Shyam taken for the same,” he said. 23 and March 24 at (8.30 pm) to temple, Holi was played with flow- Media incharge of UPSRTC reach Anand Vihar Terminal and ers on Tuesday. (Uttar Pradesh State Road it will run between Anand Vihar Meanwhile, the Met depart- Transport Corporation) Anwar Terminal- Allahabad on March 24 ment has forecast clear skies on Anzar said that huge rush was wit- and March 25. Terminal at 12.45 pm on March made by the railways proved Holi day. “The day will be warm nessed at Kaiserbagh and The train (04213/04214) run- 24 and March 26. The train inadequate and passengers had to but it will be cooler in the morn- Alambagh stations on Tuesday. ning between Varanasi and New (01067/02068) between Mumbai face a lot of hardships in buying ing and evening because of the “Although we had made Delhi will depart from Varanasi at CSMT and Varanasi – Mumbai tickets and catching trains. north-westerly winds,” Met direc- arrangements for the buses from 9.20 pm on March 22 and March CSMT will depart from Mumbai Railways spokesman explained tor JP Gupta said. March 17 onwards in view of Holi 24 and between New Delhi- CSMT at 5.10 am on March 19 to that additional ticket counters Director of National Botanical rush, the crowd peaked on Varanasi on March 23 and March reach Varanasi. In return direction were opened to facilitate the pas- Research Institute (NBRI) SK Tuesday,” he said. 25. The train (04215/04216) run- (between Varanasi and Mumbai sengers. Besides, several passen- Barik advised people to use only Officials said that in Lucknow, ning between Lucknow and CSMT), the train will depart gers had to opt for other modes herbal colours as synthetic colours 215 extra buses are running to Anand Vihar Terminal will depart from Varanasi at 1.55 pm on of transport as they did not get could cause a lot of damage. He cater to the rush. “These buses are from Lucknow at 11 pm on March 20. their confirmed seats in different said the herbal gulal which NBRI coming from Delhi and will be March 23 and March 25. In return Meanwhile, a huge crowd of trains. Some of them said they had had produced was getting a good going towards Gorakhpur, direction (between Anand Vihar passengers was seen at Charbagh purchased the tickets 20-25 days response from people. Sultanpur and Azamgarh,” he said. Terminal and Lucknow), the train and Lucknow junction stations on in advance but the same could not “The two companies to which The officials said incentives will depart from Anand Vihar Tuesday. The crowd management be confirmed. we have transferred the technolo- were also being given to bus dri- gy are hardly being able to meet vers, conductors and others work- the demand,” he pointed out. ing on all eight days from March Meanwhile, old-timers   '  allowed to move from Nakkhas- Meanwhile, arrangements 17 to 24. “The drivers working for recalled as to how Holi was cele- The Traffic department Akbari Gate towards Tudiaganj were made by different depart- seven days will be given Rs 2,100 brated in the city. “There was noth- announced diversions for Navroz and Medical College crossing, ments to facilitate city residents on and those working on all eight days ing vulgar about Holi unlike today which will be celebrated by the and will be diverted towards the occasion of Holi. The district will be given Rs 2,800. The staff in when people use cowdung and Shia community on March 21. Rakabganj. Vehicles will not be administration officials said that the workshop will be given Rs 700 mud and behave in an uncivilised The festival, like Holi, is celebrat- allowed to move from Tudiaganj adequate security arrangements for seven days and Rs 850 for eight manner. In Lucknow, Holi used to ed with colours and coincidental- tri-crossing towards Girdhara were in place for the festival. days. “The depot workers will be be celebrated with nafasat. People ly, Navroz is coinciding with Singh Inter College, and will be “Police force has been given Rs 40 each day as an incen- would sprinkle itar, gulab jal and Holi this year. The traffic diver- diverted towards Haiderganj. The deployed and magistrates will also tive if they work during these days kevra before hugged each other. sions will be implemented from traffic from Haiderganj will not be there in the field,” a senior offi- and the miscellaneous staff doing Pink and tesu colours were the early morning till 2.30 pm. be allowed to move towards cial said. He said that the most exemplary work will be given most popular,” Lucknow chronicler Vehicles will not be allowed to Nakkhas, and will be diverted trouble-prone areas were in Old incentives by assistant regional Yogesh Praveen recalled. He said move from Medical College towards Bulaqi Adda. Vehicles City. “These areas include Chowk, managers. The miscellaneous staff people used to go out in tolis and crossing to Akbari Gate and will will not be allowed to move Nakkhas, Bazaarkhala, Saadatganj at the bus stations doing exem- a variety of dishes, including kanji, be diverted towards Chowk from towards Hussainabad from and Kaiserbagh. We all will be on plary work will be rewarded by papad and other savouries, were where it will move on their Tehseenganj, and will be divert- duty on Holi day,” he said. regional managers,” he added. served to them. course. The traffic will not be ed towards Koneshwar crossing.  ! ! $#( )#%*+,*+-.  ), .  3   1$01 1 2%$ !

  " '  3 +,9. 2016, when Mulayam Singh sacked son Akhilesh Yadav as  &3  amajwadi Party patron the state SP chief. Then, SMulayam Singh Yadav's Mulayam was the national SP brother Shivpal said in president.   " '  3 +,9. Lucknow on Tuesday that he In a swift retaliation, would not attend traditional Akhilesh divested senior min- ontinuing his tirade against Holi festivities this year with his ister and his uncle Shivpal Cthe Congress, Samajwadi family at Saifai in Etawah. Yadav of important posts. Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Holi festivities in native Mulayam Singh ultimately accused the former of weaken- Saifai have been bonding time sided with his son even after ing the fight against the BJP by for the Yadav clan wherein SP the humiliating defeat in 2017 spreading confusion. His leaders, including Shivpal, Assembly poll. response came after Congress Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam Though Shivpal Yadav general secretary Priyanka Singh, Dharmendra Yadav and contested the 2017 UP Gandhi Vadra reminded the SP others used to assemble and Assembly poll on a Samajwadi and BSP chiefs that their com- soak in the festival of colours Party ticket from Jaswantnagar mon objective was to defeat the with workers, kin and friends. in Etawah, his nephew and BJP. “Earlier there used to be a Samajwadi Party sources then Chief Minister Akhilesh lot of time, almost a year for said Akhilesh was also unlike- Yadav campaigned against his fighting elections and cam- they did not need the help of The SP chief's remarks ly to go to Saifai to celebrate uncle. Later, in September, paigning. But at a time when the Congress. “It is really dif- were directed at BJP leaders like Holi. They said that Mulayam 2018, Shivpal after floating his elections are around the corner, ficult to say how much the Narendra Modi, Amit Shah Singh would, however, follow own party Pragatisheel Samaj your creating confusion weak- Priyanka factor will work in and Piyush Goyal, who pre- the tradition and celebrate Holi Party (Lohia), Shivpal had said: ens the fight against a common Uttar Pradesh. The Congress fixed ‘chowkidar’ to their in his native town, now a tehsil "It's no longer uncle and enemy, an enemy who is an might have a separate strategy names on Twitter on Sunday. headquarters. Differences with- nephew and Akhilesh Yadav is expert in diverting people from for defeating the BJP, but their Akhilesh also slammed the in the Yadav family emerged in just a political rival for me.’’   .  2 3         !  &     core issues,” Akhilesh said in candidate selection tells a dif- ruling party for weaving a nar- Lucknow on Tuesday. ferent story,” said Akhilesh. rative around the recent The SP-BSP alliance has The former UP CM also hit out Pulwama attacks and the 2 !'' !'   been at loggerheads with the at the BJP saying that merely release of Wing Commander       -" 1% 3 !% Congress ever since they prefixing ‘chowkidar’ to party Abhinandan by Pakistan 'for % )%  announced their tie-up on leaders' Twitter handles would political gains'. $%  $ % "%$ January 12, leaving only not yield political dividends for “It is unfortunate that so    , 2 Amethi and Rae Bareli for the the ruling party. many soldiers were martyred, ) ' grand old party. The situation “The BJP has done intelligence agencies failed,   " '  3 +,9. the ground to ensure better $ $!%3$% aggravated after the Congress absolutely nothing in the past RDX was used in such a huge coordination with alliance Lucknow (PNS): The returned the favour on March five years. When you call your- quantity, but the BJP is busy ven as the SP-BSP-RLD partners. Currently, the Election Commission on   " '  3 +,9. 17 and announced that it would self a 'chowkidar' then you building a narrative out of it for Ealliance will formally alliance is working on the slo- Tuesday issued notification for not field candidates on seven should also work like one. political gains. The BJP govern- launch its poll campaign from gan ‘Ek bhi vote na batne the second phase of polling for fter prolonged confusion seats to be contested by impor- However, during the BJP ment lathicharged former sol- Deoband on April 7, the lead- denge, ek bhi vote na ghatne eight Lok Sabha seats where Aover the candidate for the tant leaders of the SP and BSP. regime, the work done has diers demanding 'One rank, ers of these parties have denge’, coined by SP chief polling will be held on April 18. Mathura seat that led to a fis- Mayawati dismissed the been contrary to what they one pension'. They should tell stepped up efforts to tighten Akhilesh Yadav. As per the EC, 1.40 crore vot- sure in the party, Rashtriya Lok Congress offer saying that the claim. The meaning of what they have done for the the loose ends at the grass-root The idea is to increase ers, including 64.92 lakh Dal (RLD) vice-president alliance was competent to Akhilesh is God of Gods. Will Army personnel in the last five level. The BSP, SP and RLD awareness among party cadres females, are expected to exer- Jayant Chaudhary declared the defeat the BJP on its own and that make me one,” he quipped. years,” the SP chief said. brass are going down to the and voters, the importance of cise their franchise in the sec- names of candidates contesting brass tacks to ensure that every casting their votes for the ond phase of polling at 16,162 Lok Sabha polls from Baghpat, vote is transferred to one of the alliance and defeat the BJP. polling booths from 7 am to 6 Muzaffarnagar and Mathura. alliance partners as their Since the RLD has a lot at stake pm. There will be 2,61,221 As per an RLD commu- delay in announcing the names  ' )  %%  chances of winning depend on in west UP, party leader Jayant voters in the age group of 18- nique, party chief Chaudhary created confusion among party this arithmetic. Chaudhary is leaving no stone 19 years, while 2,50,470 voters Ajeet Singh will contest from cadres and even threatened to   " '  3 +,9. Uttar Pradesh. As part of the Yadav's Pragatisheel Samajwadi The grand alliance is unturned to make the alliance in this phase are above 80 Muzaffarnagar, Jayant split the west UP unit of the seat-sharing agreement, Apna Party (Lohia) appeared on focusing on the first phase on work. “Jayant is holding a years. Nominations for the sec- Chaudhary form Baghpat and RLD. Sources said that senior ithin 48 hours of inviting Dal was allocated two Lok social media, Shivpal Yadav April 11, when eight Lok Sabha dozen small meetings everyday ond phase will continue till Kunwar Narendra Singh from RLD leaders later convened a Wcontroversy by stitching Sabha seats --- Basti and announced that besides Peace seats of east UP will go to polls. where workers from all three March 26 and scrutiny of Mathura. While the names of meeting and the contestants an alliance with Babu Singh Pilibhit --- in the presence of Party, Apna Dal-led by Krishna “In the first round, we have parties SP, BSP and RLD are papers will be done the next candidates from Muzaffarnagar were decided on Tuesday. Kushwaha's Jan Adhikar Party Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. Patel, would be supporting his completed Lok Sabha-wise joining to make it a success,” day. Candidates can withdraw and Baghpat were clear from “Contestant for the Mathura (JAP), the Congress was up Congress leaders in party in UP. Krishna Patel is the meetings of party workers said an RLD leader. their nominations till March day one, there was confusion seat Narendra Singh is a com- against yet another embarrass- Lucknow shied away from widow of Apna Dal founder from all three parties. For the On April 7, the first joint 29. Constituencies going to over the Mathura seat. There monly acceptable candidate in ment when Apna Dal-led by commenting on the develop- Sone Lal Patel, who had died in second phase, we have started rally of top leaders of the polls in the second phase of was widespread speculations the party and the decision will Krishna Patel distanced itself ment. The Congress also did a car crash in 2009. The party Assembly segment-wise meet- alliance will be held in polling are Nagina, that Jayant’s wife would contest check the fissure in party line," from the party and extended not clear the air whether anoth- later split between his widow ings of party workers,” said Deoband (Saharanpur) in west Bulandshahr Aligarh, Amroha, the election. party sources said. They said support to Shivpal Yadav’s er ally Mahan Dal was still and elder daughter Anupriya Sudhir Pawar who contested UP, which will be followed by Hatras, Mathura, Agra and Later, the rumour mills that Ajit Singh had good hold Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party going with them or had part- Patel. The BJP has already the 2017 Assembly elections a rally in Badaun on April 13 Fatehpur Sikri. propagated that west UP chief on voters in Baghpat and that (Lohia). ed ways after the former gave finalised a seat-sharing deal from Shamli. and in Agra on April 16. As per Notification of election for of RLD Anil Chaudhary would way he would be able to ensure Earlier on Saturday, Apna 7 seats to lesser known Jan with Anupriya-led Apna Dal The SP has deputed its the schedule released by the SP the first phase was issued on contest from the seat. However, his son Jayant's win while he Dal (Krishna Patel group) had Adhikar Party. (Sone Lal). Anupriya Patel fac- senior leaders as incharges of and BSP, Mayawati and Monday, while for the third Chaudhary later claimed that would use his political acumen sealed an alliance with the While a letter of Krishna tion of Apna Dal will be con- Assembly segments and they Akhilesh will address 11 rallies phase, it would be issued on he had turned down the offer to come out victorious from the Congress for Lok Sabha polls in Patel supporting Shivpal testing on two seats. are already meeting voters on together across the state. March 28. due to some reservation. This Muzaffarnagar seat. .'56*'  ,   3    !34 Lucknow Obgyn Society is organising annual national        72   conference ‘Gestosis 2019’ in association with Gestosis India Chapter, Indian Society   " '  3 +,9. of Hypertension and Indian Society of Pediatrics, at istrict Magistrate Kaushal Scientific Convention Centre DRaj Sharma held a meeting (KGMU) on March 23 and 24. for identification of different- The conference will be inaugu- ly-abled voters in various rated by director of Ram Vidhan Sabha constituencies at Manohar Lohia Institute of his camp office on Tuesday. Medical Sciences Dr AK The DM said people with dis- Tripathi, who will be the chief abilities should be identified guest on the occasion. The and training for them be car- guests of honour will be Chief ried in the next three days or of Staff, Central Command else departmental action would HQ, Lt Gen JK Sharma be taken against the officials Lucknow and chief medical found to be lax. officer of UNICEF (Lucknow) )      & + '     The DM said that all Ruth Lascano Leano. A public ‘khand vikas adhikaris’ and health rally will also be taken across all the variants. To on January 20-21. The second Tuesday. The programme executive engineers should pre- % 5   ) 6        &   out on March 24. The seminar enhance the design, roof rails supermoon occurred on started with ‘Vaidik’ and pare the list of differently- will include scientific sessions have been added in the Zeta February 19 and now the a ‘Loukik Manglacharan’ by the abled voters in their respective ment said they had nine quate facilities have been pro- polling booths were covered and presentation of 100 and Alpha variants. IGNIS third will follow on March 21. students. The programme was areas along with their mobile booths. Earlier, there were no vided. Electric connections are under ‘Chunavi Pathshalas’ research papers by senior already comes equipped with The moon’s orbit around the presided over by principal numbers and complete the ‘she’ toilets in the booths but required in some of the booths conducted by the district obstetricians and gynaecolo- dual front airbags, ABS and Earth is not a perfect circle. It Vijay Kumar Jain. Gaya work by Wednesday. He said this time, arrangements had and arrangements will be made administration on Tuesday. gy & PG students on March 24. EBD seat belt pre-tensioners has an average distance of Charan Tripathi was the chief they should also appoint ‘mat- also been made for separate toi- for the same shortly. Chief development office with force limiters and ISOFIX. 238,000 miles from the Earth. guest on the occasion. dan mitras’ to help the differ- lets for men and women, and The DM, who is also the Manish Bansal said the local    ‘Spring Equinox’ is also occur- “Sanskrit philosophy is ently-abled voters. there was only one booth district election officer, said all population was brought to the In the final auction process   " ring on the same day. This is enriched with so many knowl- The district administra- where there were no proper the departments should ensure polling centres and taught for unique registration num- Residents will be able to the last supermoon of 2019, yet edge and information which tion also held a meeting on the arrangements for electricity. that all the 23 parameters were about the use of EVMs, ethi- bers for vehicles, a sum of Rs view celestial phenomena it is not very notable but attrac- any other philosophy cannot additional minimum facilities According to the Basic looked into while making the cal voting, how to become a 3,10,500 came as the final bid ‘Supermoon’ on March 21. tive for young and amateur convey. This is the duty of required for the polling booths. Education department, in the provisions for minimum facil- voter and the importance of for the number ‘KP000’. The Educator, Planetarium, Sumit astronomers. “Anyone can Sanskrit scholars to preserve The Social Welfare depart- 1,432 booths under them, ade- ities. Meanwhile, over 1,400 voting. next highest amount was Rs Srivastava said ‘Supermoon’ watch it with naked eyes,” the knowledge and informa- 99,000 for ‘P070’. Other num- happens when the full moon Srivastava said. He pointed tion gained by scriptures and bers fetched Rs 12,500, Rs coincides with the moon’s clos- out that this year, the time dif- transmit it to the next gener- '"# # $ %  2 3 4  8 35,500, Rs 11,000, Rs 3,500 and est approach to Earth in its ference between ‘Spring ation,” he said. Speaking on the Rs 2,500. orbit. “Supermoons make the Equinox’ and ‘Supermoon’ was occasion, Azad Mishra said Lucknow (PNS): Scores of a peo- flames also had the residents scared. moon look a little brighter less than four hours. since prizes were limited, all  #  # (" ple had a providential escape after a The hotel workers shifted the     and closer than normal, students could not be award- massive fire broke out in two rooms of LPG cylinders stored in a room first. Techno Group of although the difference is dif-    2 ed with prize but each and %) ' ! $ a hotel situated behind a school on However, they looked dissatisfied Institutions organised a rain ficult to find out with naked The Lucknow campus of every student should accept Station Road in Hussainganj on Tuesday with the response of fire department. dance party on Tuesday. eyes. The first Supermoon of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan that they had been honoured Lucknow (PNS): In a tragic incident, two daily afternoon. Around 1 pm on Tuesday, They said the team reached 40 min- Students rocked the dance 2019 was the ‘Super Blood Deemed University celebrated as they all got the honour of wage workers sleeping under their makeshift shops some hotel staffers saw smoke billow- utes after the complaint was made. floor with peppy numbers. Wolf Moon’ which took place Annual Day function on studying Sanskrit. close to the footpath were crushed to death by a ing out from the second floor and they “We had almost doused the fire after Students like Ayushi, Yash, speeding truck near Koneshwar crossing under reached there to check out what was rescuing the guests,” they said. CFO Astha, Parth, Manav, Sumit, Chowk police station early Tuesday morning. wrong. They later alerted the police and VK Singh said three fire tenders were and others attracted the atten- The deceased were identified as Rajan (30) of fire station. In the meantime, the rushed to the place and the flames tion of audience with their Dubagga and Mahadev (31) of Ayodhya. panic-stricken hotel occupants started were doused within an hour. energetic performance. According to police, the mishap occurred around rushing to safety due to which there was Hussainganj SHO Anil Singh said Chairman RK Agarwal, man- 6 am when Rajan and Mahadev, who had come a stampede-like situation. However, no nobody suffered injuries or burns in aging director Rishi Agarwal, to the city to sell colours on Holi four days ago, one was injured in the incident. In the the incident while the property loss president Vidhi Agarwal, direc- were sleeping under their makeshift shops adja- densely-populated area, the raging had yet to be estimated. tor PK Arora, dean Renu Mittal cent to the footpath. Early Tuesday morning, a and other faculty members speeding truck ploughed into the makeshift and staff were present on the shops while trying to swerve the vehicle to avoid .4%%+.! occasion. collision with a school van. Eyewitnesses said the truck dashed against the road divider before mow- '        " " ing down Rajan and Mahadev. Other vendors City Montessori School’s  2   woke up after they heard the noise and caught hold Rajendra Nagar Campus II and Maruti Suzuki has intro- of the errant truck driver, who was later identi- RDSO Campus organised Divine duced IGNIS with new safety fied as Jitendra Kumar of Ferozabad. The mob Education Conference on Tuesday. features. The 2019 IGNIS thrashed the driver before police could reach the Both the functions witnessed excit- comes with reverse parking scene. The police said Rajan and Mahadev were ing educational-cultural presenta- assist system, co-driver seat belt taken out of the rubble and rushed to KGMU tions. 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The strike was car- Lok Sabha polls, social media post leaves our platform with political advertisements in the seven-phased 2019 Lok said India has neither forgot- ried out by the Indian Air giants and Internet and Mobile the original creator's user ID India. WhatsApp — a social Sabha elections, kicking off 0'&/- 93 & ten nor will forget the Force (IAF) in retaliation to Association of India (IAMAI) ShareChat can easily identify messaging platform with over the process of filing of nomi- &923 / Pulwama terror attack and the the Pulwama terror incident, will come up with a 'code of who has originally shared the 200 million users in India — nations for another 97 con- country's leadership is "capa- which was one of the worst ethics' by Wednesday evening. content. introduced product changes stituencies across 13 States and (--5', ble and courageous" to for- attack on security personnel in This was decided after a high- "Everyone who signs up on and undertook roadshows after Union Territories. mulate effective responses to Kashmir in the three decades level meeting convened by the ShareChat's platform requires false messages circulated on it Voting in the second phase (9 6.99& such acts. of Islamist terrorism in the Election Commission (EC) on a registered mobile number. As fanned communal tensions will take place on April 18, said While speaking at a CRPF State. Tuesday to discuss social media per request, ShareChat can and sparked mob violence. the notification, which comes 0,&.93 & function in Gurgaon, the NSA The Pulwama attack was content post implementation of assist local low enforcement Twitter has also overhauled its a day after the poll panel noti- /07- -/' also asked the paramilitary a "very sad incident", Doval the Model Code of Conduct. authorities and to identify indi- policies to boost transparency fied the first phase covering 91 force to "constantly" enhance said, adding that the country The EC had summoned viduals if they are proved to be and rein in misinformation. constituencies. ',&- '( - their professionalism, training, will always be indebted to the representatives of Facebook, involved in spreading any kind By the evening of March physical capabilities and quick martyrs and their families. WhatsApp, Twitter, Google, of fake news or hate speech," 29, a clear picture on the num- 205+',0 ', response skills. He asked CRPF to "not Sharechat, BigoTV and Tiktok said the sources. 2    ber of candidates in each of the New Delhi: India may not see "What should we do? look back" as they have a gold- for the meeting. "Representatives of Google 97 constituencies will emerge. another election if Narendra What should be our way, our en future ahead. The issues discussed assured the poll body that it can   All parliamentary constituen- Modi is re-elected as Prime that he was a "master in mar- aim and our response and "If your morale is high, included the appointment of set up a system to fight fake cies in Tamil Nadu (39 seats) Minister, Rajasthan Chief keting false promises". time to respond? The coun- then the country's future is dedicated grievance channel for news in 24 hours," sources    and Puducherry (one seat) will Minister and senior Congress "If people re-elect Modi, try's leadership is both capa- safe," Doval, a former chief of expeditious action by the added. go for polling in the second leader Ashok Gehlot has then there is no surety on ble and courageous to (do) Intelligence Bureau, said. organisations, pre-certification Besides installing safe- PNS: The Election Commission phase. claimed, suggesting that the whether elections will be held that," Doval said. World history is replete of all political advertisements guards, the EC wants social on Tuesday issued a show-cause Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and country may go the way of in the country or not. 'Chunav "The country will tackle with examples when weak on social media platforms by media platforms to voluntari- notice to Union Minister Babul West Bengal will see polling in China and Russia. honge bhi, aur nahin bhi all such challenges and we internal security mechanisms the Media Certification And ly inform users about the con- Supriyo for putting out a cam- all the seven phases. In the sec- Gehlot also said both honge...Jaise China, Russia have the courage to do this," led to loss of independence, Monitoring Committee of the sequences of indulging in paign song, composed and sung ond phase, eight UP con- democracy and the country mein hota hai' (Elections will he said while addressing 80th constitutional crises and col- EC and the "evolution of a "unlawful conduct during the by him, without prior permis- stituencies including Agra, were in danger under Modi, be held in the country and yet raising day celebrations at the lapse of Governments, he said. mechanism by social media elections and, in particular, sion and against which TMC has Aligarh and Mathura, three in who he said would "do any- not be held, like what happens Group Centre of the CRPF Doval said after World platforms to prevent abuse on the 48-hour silent period" submitted a complaint. The West Bengal, including thing" to get back to power. in China, Russia)," Gehlot said Gurgaon. War II, out of the 37 nations their platforms". Sources in the immediately preceding polling music-video was posted in social Darjeeling and five in Bihar will People felt he could even go to during an interaction with Doval began his 16- that faced constitutional cri- EC said the meeting also day. It has also asked social media and some local TV news go for polls. war with Pakistan to achieve PTI. minute speech by paying trib- sis, 28 suffered it because of focused on evolving a notifi- media intermediaries to adopt channels aired it without certi- UP has 80 seats, while this goal, the Congress leader He was suggesting that utes to the 40 personnel who internal security problems. cation mechanism by social a general code of ethics in view fication from the EC. "The West Bengal and Bihar have 42 said. polls will be held on the lines were killed when a suicide As the lead internal secu- media platforms for acting of the electoral contest. singer-turned-politician, who is and 40 Lok Sabha seats respec- Dubbing Modi a "good of those in China and Russia, bomber of Jaish-e- rity force of the country, the upon the violations of Section According to sources, an MP from Asansol, has been tively. The Srinagar and actor", Gehlot said he could do where only one party rules and Mohammed (JeM) collided CRPF has an important role 126 of Representation of the social media platforms, for asked to reply within 48 hours Udhampur seats in Jammu & much better in Bollywood and who becomes the president or his explosives-laden vehicle and onerous responsibility in People Act, 1951 and prevent- their part, have taken various of receiving the notice," the EC Kashmir will also go for polling would have left his indelible the Prime Minister is decided with a bus of the paramilitary ensuring peace, and law and ing misuse of these platforms. steps to curb the circulation of said. in the second phase. mark in acting. He also alleged beforehand. PTI convoy on February 14. order, he added.  !     85      !       4 !!

!        ,-.&- /' Jammu & Kashmir respec- tively.  (!  '' n one of the rare instances, During the intervening IPresident Ram Nath night of October 16-17 of  " Kovind on Tuesday awarded 2017, terrorists cordoned off Shaurya Chakra to 16-year- the house of Sheikh. His   " !"% New Delhi: The Supreme A bench of Justices S A old Irfan Ramzan Sheikh father Mohammad Ramzan Court has sought to know Bobde and S K Kaul told the for fighting terrorists who was an ex-sarpanch with affil-   ,-. &- /' Officials said, in normal from the relatives of miners, petitioner to ask the family attacked his residence in iations to the People's case Holi is celebrated a day who were trapped in an illegal members of the trapped min- Shopian district of Jammu & Democratic Party (PDP). s mark of respect to the before the actual observance of mine in Meghalaya three ers as to whether they want to Kashmir. Shaurya Chakra When Sheikh, the eldest Acasualties suffered by its the festival and the seniormost months ago, whether they get the bodies recovered. is usually awarded to armed son of Mohammad Ramzan, personnel in Pulwama, the official of the force in all the wanted to recover the bodies "The petitioner is directed forces and paramilitary opened the door, he found CRPF has decided against offi- formations meet all the per- which might have been to ascertain from the relatives personnel for "gallantry oth- three terrorists in the veran- cially celebrating Holi this sonnel under his or her com- "decomposed" by now. of the deceased if they wish to erwise in the face of the dah of the house armed with year and directed all the for- mand, wishes them and offers 15 miners were trapped on have the bodies recovered enemy". rifles and grenades. Sheikh, mations across the country not sweets and snacks. December 13 last year in an having regard to the fact that This apart, Kirti Chakras who was 14 years old then, to celebrate the festival of However, the programme illegal coal mine at Ksan in they may be already in a com- were awarded to Sowar Vijay put a brave fight with the ter- colours. has been cancelled this year as East Jaintia Hills district of pletely decomposed condi- Kumar of the Armoured rorists by pouncing on them, "As a mark of solidarity a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide Meghalaya, about 3.7 km deep tion," the bench said in its Corps and Constable Pradip which led to the terrorists to with the families of our 40 bomber hit his explosive-laden inside a forest, when water order. Kumar Panda of the Central run away from area. brave jawans who attained car into a bus of the CRPF con- from the nearby Lytein river The top court also direct- Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Currently, studying in Class martyrdom in Pulwama on voy on February 14 killing 40 gushed into it. ed Dr Sudhir Kumar, The two died in two separate X, Sheikh aspires to become 14/02/2019, the Competent men which triggered air raid by Only two bodies have Hydrologist of Roorkee's operations in Jammu & an Indian Police Service (IPS) Authority has desired that the Indian Air Force in Balakot been recovered from the mine National Institute of Kashmir. Besides Sheikh, rifle- officer. there will be no official Holi at the terror group's facility. so far. Hydrologist to visit the site and man Jaiprakash Oraon and The terrorists resorted to celebrations this year in all our Union Home Minister The top court is hearing a after re-appraisal, submit a Sepoy Ajay Kumar were also indiscriminate firing, result-   )  5      !    ' )  formations," reads an internal Rajnath Singh has also decid- plea which had sought urgent report pointing out if pumping awarded Shaurya Chakras for ing in severe injury to !  85      !"       message circulated to all the ed to skip Holi celebrations as steps for rescuing the miners of water being done there for their role in counter terror Sheikh's father, who later  :-,; %  '    0'' )         formations of the CRPF on a mark of respect to the trapped in the rat-hole mine. de-watering is adequate. PTI operations in Manipur and died. % &   &' Tuesday. Pulwama martyrs. ,   %!' * % '%6 '7%'%! $) %%%% " #9  New Delhi: Former Supreme 2017. He is a member of the for meeting of the selection ceedings, a meeting of selection #:;;    Court judge Justice Pinaki National Human Rights committee. panel was held on March 15. !%$Q1$ % $ Chandra Ghose was on Tuesday Commission (NHRC) since A bench of Chief Justice The Supreme Court had on      appointed as the country's first June 29, 2017. Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A January 17 set up a February- Lokpal, the anti-corruption These appointments are Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna was end deadline for the Lokpal 4$ ombudsman, according to an likely to trigger a political con- on March 7 informed by search committee to send a   ,-.&- /' official communique. troversy as Congress leader Venugopal that the Lokpal panel of names who could be   ,-.&- /' state with due diligence.Talking Former Sashastra Seema Mallikarjun Kharge, who is search committee headed by for- considered for the appointment about Parrikar's tenure as he Enforcement Bal (SSB) chief Archana member of the Lokpal selection mer apex court judge Ranjana as its chairman and members. SS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Defence Minister, Bhagwat said TDirectorate (ED) on Ramasundaram, ex- panel, had boycotted its latest Prakash Desai recommended According to rules, there is RTuesday paid tributes to late he guided the defence estab- Tuesday said it has attached 13 Maharashtra Chief Secretary Rashtrapati Bhavan said. meet on Friday. three panels of names to the provision for a chairperson and BJP leader and former Goa lishment in a new direction. properties worth 1.22 crore Dinesh Kumar Jain, Mahender These appointments were The Lokpal and Lokayukta selection committee for appoint- a maximum of eight members Chief Minister Manohar "Amiable, studious, strong- owned by Mohammad Shafi Singh and Indrajeet Prasad recommended by Prime Act, which envisages appoint- ment of chairperson, judicial in the Lokpal panel. Of these, Parrikar describing him as a willed, work-oriented and some- Shah and six other terrorists Gautam have been appointed as Minister Narendra Modi-led ment of a Lokpal at the Centre and non-judicial members in the four need to be judicial mem- political personality who always one who had no other thought of Hizbul Mujahideen in ter- non-judicial members of Lokpal, selection committee and and Lokayuktas in states to look anti-graft body. bers. worked for national interest. in his mind except national ror financing case against it said. approved by President Ram into cases of corruption against The attorney general had Not less than 50 per cent of Parrikar was diligent, com- interest, Manohar Parrikar was, Pakistan-based chief of the Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Nath Kovind. certain categories of public ser- told the bench that he will ask the members of the Lokpal shall mitted and focused in his goals, indeed, a rare public figure," outfit Mohammad Syed Pradip Kumar Mohanty, "The above appointments vants, was passed on 2013. the secretary of the Department be from amongst the persons Bhagwat said in a statement Bhagwat said, adding that he will Salahuddin. Abhilasha Kumari and Ajay will take effect from the dates The Appointments comes a of Personnel and Training to belonging to the Scheduled issued by the RSS. always be remembered as an The ED said the proper- Kumar Tripathi have been they assume charge of their fortnight after the Supreme ensure that the meeting of the Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, He said Parrikar, the former ideal social, political worker. ties belonged to Mohammad appointed as judicial members respective offices," it said. Court asked Attorney General K selection committee is con- Other Backward Classes, head of Sangh's Goa unit, was a Parrikar, 63, passed away on Shafi Shah, a resident of in the anti-corruption ombuds- Justice Ghose, 66, retired as K Venugopal to inform it with- vened as early as possible. minorities and women, the rules leader who dedicated every- March 17. He was battling with Bandipora, and six other res- man, the communique issued by Supreme Court judge in May in 10 days about a possible date Following the court's pro- say. PTI thing for development of his cancer for more than a year. idents of Jammu & Kashmir, who allegedly worked for the terror outfit. &".""/""0/" The agency said it filed a 6 '% ! %  ' % 56 criminal case of money laun- dering after taking cogni- 6 '$ !  '  sance of a National Investigating Agency (NIA)   ,-.&- /' for Hilly regions. June," the IMD report said. tropical cyclones all over the like conditions will prevail over charge sheet filed against !$%'% %%'%% % The regions falling under According to report, there world, while the long term the country's core heat wave Salahuddin, Shah and others he India Meteorological the core heat wave zone are were many underlying mech- average is 53. Due to impacts zone. Central and northern under the Unlawful Activities New Delhi: India and in the follow up to the deci- TDepartment (IMD) has Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, anisms which contribute to of warmer surface tempera- India are generally considered Prevention Action (UAPA) Pakistan on Tuesday held a sion reached on the March 14 found that in 2018 citizens Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, the development of a heat tures and more ocean heat the core heat wave zones," and other sections of the meeting of technical experts meeting, the sources said. across a vast swathe of India Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, wave. "It can form when a will be greater occurrence of IMD officials said. Indian Penal Code. to discuss issues related to the India has been seeking suffered from heat wave for Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, warm high pressure system extreme weather events such as The past four years, from "Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, the Kartarpur corridor, includ- this meeting for long time and over 50 days spanning April, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, stalls in a region. The high and tropical cyclones, heat waves, 2015 to 2018, were the warmest most active terror outfit in ing its alignment, coordinates, had even suggested to hold it May and June. The heatwave West Bengal, Orissa and the associated anti cyclonic floods and droughts. ever recorded years. In fact, the Kashmir, has been responsible and other engineering aspects on February 15, 2019. days were 25 in May and 17 in Telangana, and meteorological flow cause a sinking motion The IMD has predicted 20 warmest years on record for funding terrorist and of the proposed crossing Pakistan, however, had linked June. Interestingly, April also subdivisions of Marathwada, which leads to increased sur- the average temperature in have occurred in the last 22 secessionist activities in points, sources said. it to the meeting on the draft reported 12 days of heatwave Vidarbha, central Maharashtra face temperatures due to adia- most parts of north India years. This trend also sits in Jammu & Kashmir. The meeting comes days agreement. last year. The IMD had forecast and coastal Andhra Pradesh. batic compression. The out- northeast regions, northwest perfectly with the emission "Headed by Syed after the two countries held The experts discussed the last year that in 2019, along "The heat wave was report- ward anti cyclonic flow makes India and southern parts of rates of greenhouse gases Salahuddin, its self-styled talks to finalise the modalities alignment of the corridor, the with expected increase in the ed over some parts of it difficult for other systems to west coast to remain higher (GHGs), which were at a record commander based out of for the corridor linking coordinates, and the engi- duration and frequency of heat Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, enter the area. Variations in jet than normal by 0.5-1.0 degree high in 2018 according to the Rawalpindi in Pakistan, it Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in neering aspects of the pro- waves, numbers of hot days are Vidarbha, northeast, Jammu & stream, flow of air that steers Celsius during March, April, World Meteorological funds terrorism on Indian the Pakistani town of posed crossing points, the also expected to increase. Kashmir, Odisha, cCoastal movement of high and low May this year. The rest part of Organisation (WMO). soil through monies organised Kartarpur with the Gurdaspur sources said. As per the IMD, heatwave Andhra Pradesh and along pressure areas which trans- the country is expected to see As per latest Global climate by a trust called JKART district in Punjab. The outcomes from is considered if maximum tem- west coast. Over some parts of ports hot dry air into a region normal temperature during risk index 2019 report, the (Jammu & Kashmir Affectees The technical meeting at Tuesday's site visit and survey perature of a station reaches at Kerala, maximum tempera- were favorable conditions for summer. "The heat wave is world lost more than 5 lakh Relief Trust) in alleged con- the level of experts, including would be further discussed at least 40°C or more for plains, ture was greater than 90th per- development of heat wave," it expected to hit 16 States due to people to such events in the last nivance with the ISI and other engineers and surveyors, was a meeting on April 2, they 37°C or more for coastal sta- centile for more than 50 to 60 said. various reasons in 2019. 20 years along with an economic Pakistan-based entities," the held at "proposed zero points" said. 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he coalition partners     TCongress and the JD(S) in Karnataka announced a slew of measures to take on the BJP, in Karnataka. In a joint Press con-     0223 know about his custodial death. ference in Bengaluru on Strongly condemning the Tuesday the Congress and JD(S) ustodial killing of a private incident several Kashmir based leaders decided to work togeth- Cschoolteacher, picked up by political parties, including the er to decimate the BJP. Former the police in pursuance of a ter- National Conference, Peoples prime minister and JDs chief ror case investigation few days Democratic Party, People's HD Devegowda who was part ago, sparked off fresh protests Conference, the CPI-M, of the discussion on working in Awantipora area of South Congress, Awami Attehad out strategies to counter BJP has Kashmir's Pulwama district on Party and others have demand- vowed to reduce them to a sin- Tuesday soon after news of his ed exemplary punishment to gle digit. The leaders including death spread like wild fire in those found guilty in the cus- former chief minister and chair-   0%230        the area. todial death of the youth. man of coordination committee 5  !          !  %23 4% Large number of local res- The Separatist conglomer- Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister %+ 2)3 5  !    4%5    idents took to streets and raised ate, Joint Resistance Leadership HD Kumaraswamy and other !   6        &   &' 'provocative' slogans. )    (JRL) headed by Syed Ali leaders jointly announced a To contain public anger, a Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq slew of measures to ensure So if I'm able to do even a bit myself about my usefulness in Amid lack of clarity on might retain Hassan where he magisterial probe was In this matter while following and Yasin Malik have called for their alliance worked without for this country under the lead- Delhi, I'm watching it…I will contesting polls, speculations is confidant of sailing through. announced in addition to sep- the procedure laid down in sec- a Valley-wide protest shut- any glitches. ership of Rahul Gandhi, I can decide," Gowda said. are rife that Deve Gowda, who Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha arate police investigation in the tion 176 of CrPC a magisteri- down on Wednesday against Maintaining suspense stand along with him… Still I Pointing out that a few days has conceded his constituency seats and will go to polls on April case. al enquiry is underway. the custodial death. about contesting Lok Sabha have not made up my mind. I'm ago while speaking in the Hassan to grandson Prajwal 18 and April 23. As part of a pre- Clashes, however, contin- Separately, police investigation Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, polls, JD(S) patriarch H D still thinking, from other states Parliament, he had indicated Revanna will be contesting poll alliance, the Congress will ued in the Awantipora town has also been initiated in the district magistrate Srinagar has Deve Gowda said he is yet to also leaders are saying- you are that it was his last speech, he from either Bangalore North or contest 20 seats and the JD(S) between the security forces jurisdictional area of incident". said that the magisterial inquiry decide, and was thinking about an elderly person, having the said, but a few friends had Tumkur constituency. His eight. He said "Nominations and stone-throwing youths for Meanwhile, local reports is being held by additional his "usefulness" in the nation- experience of governing the asked him to contest this time. another grandson and Chief have started and time is very less. several hours. and family members of the deputy commissioner Srinagar al capital. The 85-year-old for- country- it is a different mat- "I'm yet to decide." Minister Kumaraswamy's son Whatever misunderstanding we In a statement, police deceased school teacher who has already visited the spot mer Prime Minister citing his ter, we will sit and decide…." . On deciding to contest, he Nikhil Kumaraswamy is con- have between us, we have to spokesman said, "the school claimed local police officers where the youth was held in age said, he lacks the strength "From where should I be along with coalition leaders testing from Mandya Lok Sabha resolve them now without letting teacher identified as Rizwan had picked Rizwan Pandit from custody. that he had in 1996, when he contesting or not to, I think I including Chief Minister HD seat, another party bastion. them to continue." Asad Pandit, was in police his house few days ago.They The district magistrate has became the Prime Minister, but have that much of basic free- Kumaraswamy and former There is also speculation in the However senior dalit leader custody in pursuance of terror said, Tuesday morning when said the inquiry would be com- there is "enthusiasm". dom to decide….let's decide on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah political circles that he may not and deputy chief minister G case investigation. The said they went to see him in the pleted soon and its findings will He said “Our opponents it within a few days, there is no will decide on the constituen- contest at all. JDs sources say Parameshwara was conspicu- person died in police custody. police station they came to be made public. today are not Congress, it is BJP. problem. But, I'm thinking to cy, he added. that in view of the backlash he ous of his absence. 0   P     '%5%5            Mumbai: The Samajwadi Party and on Tuesday announced they     would contest all 48 Lok Sabha /-,,0' seats in Maharashtra in alliance. Announcing the alliance, SP ith just 30 days remain- MLA Abu Asim Azmi said the Wing for the April 18 elec- two parties together represent tion to Lok Sabha from Tamil about “85-90 per cent” of the Nadu, the AIADMK and the society and provided a third DMK, leading the two rival front for people let down by the fronts in the State came out on BJP and Congress. Tuesday with their election “Secularism is about to end manifestos which are enticing in the country. Those who call and capable of creating irre- themselves chowkidars can go to sistible temptation in the minds any length, and peddle lies, to of the electorate. cling on to power,” he alleged. He The AIADMK, contesting claimed only the SP-BSP alliance in 20 Lok Sabha seats from the was strong enough to stop the State, has declared that if elect- BJP from winning over 5-7 ed, the party would ensure the seats in Maharashtra. implementation of Amma %     5   2%53  5      <     Attacking the Congress, National Poverty Eradication    ! "      &   &' Azmi said the main opposition Initiative (ANPEI), a scheme by party had made Muslims, Dalits which all needy families in the undergraduate and post grad- Christian - converted SCs/STs, and the backward classes “help- country would be paid Rs uate medical courses in the BCs and MBCs and the      5   )       O>   <"     + %  O4<"     less”, as there was no third alter- 1,500 per month as direct country. The demand to do Muslim-converted &   &' native available for people. transfer to their bank accounts. away with the NEET comes at SCs/STs/BCs/MBCs as regular The party wants the poor a time when the Centre is seri- SCs/STs/BCs/MBCs and pro- and the deprived people living ously mulling over the possi- vide them with all concessions below poverty line, destitute bility of bringing a common now provided for the regular (9- 7 81$% /      women, widows without entrance examination for SCs/STs/BCs/MBCs. income, differently-abled, land- admission to engineering col- The DMK’s manifesto, less agricultural labourers, rural leges too. release by party chief M K   #>//  and urban manual labourers, The DMK assured the vot- Stalin said it would ask the %% " % destitute senior citizens should ers that if voted to power, the Centre to appoint 10 million   232(0' that he would continue to not contest Lok Sabha polls be the beneficiaries of this party would abolish the present youth who have studied upto probe to find out more. anymore. But we had request- scheme. pricing system of petroleum 10th standard as road workers     Para Special Forces of the enior NCP leader Hitting out at the ruling ed him to fight the 2019 polls It has also promised to products and revert to the to maintain roads in the coun-   Army, told reporters here. SDhananjay Munde Tuesday BJP for "politicising" the mar- to send a strong message, waive off all educational loans Administered Pricing try. The DMK also wanted the "The surrender was possi- hit out at Maharashtra Chief tyrdom of soldiers, Munde which he had said he would availed by students and agri- Mechanism. Income Tax limit to be raised &234 !  ble because of our operation on Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the party was taking cred- consider," Munde said, terming cultural loans availed by small Catering to the demands to Rs 8 lakh. 5&2++ !  March 7 that was based on spe- for "covering up" corruption it for the brave deeds of the Pawar's decision to withdraw and medium farmers of the raised by the minority com- The DMK also demanded &2-1 !  cific intelligence," he said. charges against "16 of his min- armed forces personnel. from Lok Sabha polls as right. country. munities in the country, the that 60 per cent of the total tax Karki, however, declined to isters". On Amit Shah's claim, at On queries that the "maha- Though the AIADMK and AIADMK said it would impress revenue of the Centre should share the location of the exer- He was speaking at a func- some political rallies, that 250 gathbandhan" had no face the DMK are in the diametri- upon the President not to be shared with the States. The   ',3+'0B002C cise and said that 15-20 tion "Rashtra Maharashtra" terrorists perished in the (prime ministerial candidate) to cally opposite poles of the amend the constitution to bring party manifesto insists that columns were engaged. organised by the BBC Marathi February 26 IAF air strike on challenge Prime Minister political spectrum and known in Uniform Civil Code. The only the Inter-State Council even hardcore ULFA(I) mil- "We got information that News Service. a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Narendra Modi, he said, "Please for their hatred towards each AIADMK also promised the should decide the terms of Sitants surrendered in the ULFA cadres were hiding at "We have nailed 16 minis- Balakot in Pakistan, Munde don't forget even the NDA has other, there is convergence of electorate that it would urge reference of the constitution of Tinsukia district following a a place. We persuaded them ters in the Devendra Fadnavis wanted to know where the lost several alliances which raise thoughts in their offers to the Government of India to enact the Finance Commission. Also, joint operation by a team of and recovered the arms. government on corruption BJP chief was getting such fig- question marks over Modi's electorate. Both the parties due legislation to enable the the criteria for allocation of tax Assam Police and the Indian Ultimately, they surrendered," charges with clinching evi- ures which even security agen- acceptability. This is Modi's have assured the voters that implementation of Reservation revenue should give equal Army, a senior official said on the Army official said. dence. However, Fadnavis has cies were not privy to. incompetence. Besides, several they would pressurise the Policy in Private Sector also, in weightage for performance and Tuesday. Karki said the security per- tried to cover them up and has, Against the backdrop of parties in different states have Centre to release from prison order to provide social justice equity so that States such as The militants joined the sonnel recovered three AK-81 therefore, committed a sin," NCP chief Sharad Pawar with- started uniting themselves." the seven accused in the Rajiv to the SC/ST, MBC and BC cat- Tamil Nadu get their due share mainstream on Monday, while rifles, two HK-33 rifles and one Munde, the Leader of drawing from the April-May He also refuted talk that he Gandhi assassination case serv- egories of our people. that will encourage further a huge cache of arms and AK-56 rifle and 17 magazines. Opposition in the Maharashtra Lok Sabha contest, Munde refut- was part of dynastic politics by ing life term. Both the parties The party also said that it growth. ammunition were also recov- Besides, 617 rounds of Council, claimed. ed insinuations that all was not claiming he had broken ties in want the abolition of National would urge the Government of The AIADMK manifesto ered from them during the ammunition and one hand Munde said there were no well in the Pawar household. 2012 with the family of BJP Eligibility and Entrance India to accept the recom- was released by Chief Minister operation, Col S Karki, grenade were also seized from charges of corruption against "Pawar saab had stalwart late Gopinath Munde, Examination (NEET), the qual- mendation of Justice Sachar Edappady Palaniswamy and Commanding Officer of 21 the militants, he added. Fadnavis, though he added announced long back he would who is his uncle. ifying test for admission to Committee to treat the his deputy O Panneerselvam.

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The issue before the intelligence information inputs $  2!  people is not to vote for Modi- received ahead of the Pulwama  2     ,-.&- /'  9   Amit Shah duo and in effect terror attack and apprehended not to vote for the BJP,” Raj that one more Pulwama-like ommuting will become     said. attack would be “engineered” in Ccomfortable for the people Slamming the ruling BJP the middle of Lok Sabha polls living in National Capital      232(0' for whipping nationalist fer- and the ruling BJP would try to Regional (NCR) areas, as for vour among the people using exploit the incident by whip- the first time a proposal have ooting for “Modi Mukt the Pulwama terror strike and ping up patriotic sentiments. been moved to connect Noida RBharat”, MNS chief Raj subsequent air strikes on terror Addressing party workers and Ghaziabad via metro ser- Thackeray said here on camps in Pakistan, Raj said: at Rangsharada auditorium on vices and operations to Tuesday all the Opposition “Here’s government that asked the occasion of 13th anniver- improve the transport facility. should come together to show partyworkers: “But whatever ple from the destruction that 3 lakh crore from the RBI and sary of his party, Raj said: “I Also, this will be the first the door to Prime Minister the election rallies I will hold Modi has wreaked in the coun- received 28,000 crore. Then have a strong hunch that in the time that Delhi Metro Rail Narendra Modi in the 2019 Lok will be against Modi and Amit try during the last five years. RBI Governor Urjit opposed next month or two—right in Corporation’s (DMRC) Red Sabha polls and exhorted the Shah. Even whatever you say or The BJP wants you to get the Government’s demand and the middle of Lok Sabha elec- Line and Blue Line will be voters not to fall into the “trap” do anything, it should be trapped in this campaign. But, resigned from the post The tions, one more Pulwama-like connected with each other. of "Main Bhi Chowkidar” cam- against Modi-Amit Shah and I am advising you and all oth- Government tried to create a attack will be engineered... I The proposed corridor’s paign which has been launched the BJP”. ers not to get carried away by bogie of war with Pakistan. You repeat the attack will be engi- revised Detailed Project by the BJP to divert the atten- Ridiculing the ruling BJP this campaign”. need money for the waging a neered. Once again, the atten- Report (DPR) has been sub- tion from the “failures” of the for launching the "Main Bhi “I am appealing to the tra- war”. tion of the people will be mitted to the Ghaziabad Modi Government. Chowkidar” campaign ahead of ditional voters of the MNS “The Government does diverted and we will once again Development Authority Addressing his party work- the Lok Sabha polls, the MNS that the country is currently not have money and it is beg- to get see speeches on patrio- (GDA) on Saturday last by the ers two days after his party chief said: “What is "Main Bhi passing through a critical peri- ging the RBI for assistance. tism”. DMRC. The proposed route announced that it would not Chowkidar”? Are we witness- od. It is important that we Where would it have mobilised Attributing the need to will connect Mohan Nagar- contest the Lok Sabha polls, Raj ing elections in India or Nepal?. should get over this phase. money... No wonder the atmos- create a war-like situation in the Noida Electronic City. said, “I have all along told the How can a Prime Minister The BJP workers will come to phere of war is no longer there country to the Modi govern- Currently, there are two metro Opposition parties that I have have such a tiny mindset?. The you with money bags. You may and no one is now speaking ment’s “failure” to deliver on its networks in Ghaiziabad i.e, no interest in contesting the Prime Minister should have a take the money from these about either Pulwama attack or various promises, Raj charged extension Red Line from Lok Sabha but whatever I do larger vision for the country people. After all they looted the the subsequent air strikes. that the BJP was trying to Dilshad Garden to Shaeed will be beneficial to you. This instead of going around and country for the last five years. Modi realised that the BJP will “divert” the attention of the Stahl (New Bus Adda) and the election is: Modi-Amit Shah vs calling himself as a chowkidar”. It is time for us to loot them. not get votes by whipping people from its failure on var- other one is Blue Line that the entire country. Like I had Advising his party workers Mind you, this is not my direc- nationalistic fervour. That’s the ious fronts. “The BJP has connects from Anand Vihar to earlier in my Gudi Padva rally, not fall into the “trap” of "Main tive to you,” the MNS chief said. BJP stopped campaigning on realised now that it has failed Vaishali. the country should be become Bhi Chowkidar” campaign, Raj “This election is not about these issues,” the MNS chief to deliver on all its promises— According to officials, the ‘Modi Mukt Bharat’ and for the said: “I am telling all of you not any political party. Even the said. be it “Make in India”, “Start up proposed corridor will be 6 purpose, all the parties should to get involved in the whole people in the BJP are fed up Raj, who devoted his entire India”, or “2 crore employ- kilometres (KM) long and will come together". thing. This campaign is a farce with the happenings within the speech to castigate the Modi ment a year promise” etc ..... fall on Red Line in Mohan Reiterating that his party and a trap. The BJP has party. The moment these two government and the BJP, said The BJP could not use the Nagar to Noida Electronic would not field candidates in launched this campaign to persons (Modi and Shah) are that he would speak at length Dawood deportation issue and City on Blue Line. “The main the Lok Sabha polls, Raj told his divert the attention of the peo- removed from the political at his Gudi Padva rally. Ram Mandir issue.....” purpose behind the plan is to serve the people living on the bordering areas of Delhi where transport facility is very less. The population living in these       areas such as Vasundhara, Indirapuram and sections of Saibabad, donot avail the    ))) tinue to be eligible for input tax said the council giving devel- the vote share in the capital. tenure. public transport and are large- On the time-frame for credit in a mixed project,” an opers an option would be ben- The findings were shared with Sawant was sworn in as the ly dependent on auto rick- transition, Pandey said the official statement issued after eficial for those who had the Congress president. new chief minister of Goa just shaws and cabs that too on council has agreed on provid- the meeting said. already factored the entire “There was no talk of an before 2 am on Tuesday, after exorbitant rates. With this ing reasonable time to devel- Pandey further said that input credits of the project alliance during the meeting. An hectic parleys between the saf- section becoming operational, opers. The matter would be the decision will help the while arriving at the sale price urgent meeting was called and fron party and its allies to put large number of population decided in a next few days in builders in clearing inventories. and in many cases these bene- it was decided that the selection a new Government in place in will be benefitted through this consultation with the States, he “This go-ahead by the GST fits may already have been of candidates should begin,” the State. corridor,” said an official. The said, adding that it could be 15 Council brings quite a relief for passed on to customers. said a working president, The Governor also admin- upcoming stretch will have six days or one month. this sector in handling transi- “Further, the new compo- adding that there were around istered oath to 11 other minis- elevated stations at Mohan The council also clarified tion issues in specific,” EY sition rates would be manda- 70 applications received by the ters, including those from BJP’s Nagar, Vaibhav Khand, that projects with up to 15 per India Partner Abhishek Jain tory for all projects for which party from Delhi Congress allies MGP and the GFP. Indirapuram, Shaktikhand, cent commercial space will be said. construction starts after 1 April leaders for seven seats in Delhi. As per the power-sharing Vasundhara Sector-5 and treated as residential property. For upcoming projects, 2019 and hence, such tax AICC general secretary in- arrangement reached with Saibabad. The estimated cost This will resolve issues faced in reduced rates of 5 per cent and blockage would need to be charge of Delhi Congress PC allies, an MLA each from the of the project is 1786 crore. cases where buildings have 1 per cent will be applicable factored at time of budgeting. Chacko said, “I am in consul- two smaller parties backing the Currently, people living in commercial amenities such as beginning April 1. On the next “In such case, the council tation with Congress party BJP will be made Deputy Chief these areas travel to Vaishali, clubs and restaurants as well as GST Council meeting, the has mentioned that the credit leaders in Delhi on the possi- Minister, party sources said. Dilashad Garden or travel to in case of residential-cum- Revenue Secretary said that is reversal would need to be done bilities of forging an alliance They are GFP chief Vijai NH-24 to reach Noida sector commercial projects. unlikely till the election process proportionate to area space, the with AAP. “The Congress Sardesai and MGP legislator 62 and to reach Delhi. Additionally, a condition is over. details of which are awaited. Working Committee has decid- Sudin Dhavalikar. has also been imposed that 80 He, however, said that if The developers would need to ed to align with like-minded After multiple postpone- per cent procurement by devel- any emergent situation arises work out the amount of input parties across the country to ments of the oath ceremony on opers should be from registered then a meeting could be called credit for various projects defeat the BJP in Lok Sabha Monday, Sawant, legislator dealers to avail the composition with the permission of the (where certain projects are elections. I hope Delhi from Sankhalim in North Goa, scheme. The new tax rates of 1 Election Commission. On covered under composition Congress leaders also go by this was sworn in as CM at Raj per cent (on the construction apprehensions being raised on and certain under normal sentiment and decide on an Bhavan at 1.50 am. of affordable houses) and 5 per possible price rise due to new scheme or projects having both alliance with AAP, but a final BJP president Amit Shah cent (on other than affordable tax structure, the secretary residential and commercial decision will be taken by the and Union minister Nitin houses) shall be available sub- said if prices escalate, the segments),” he said. Congress president very soon,” Gadkari played behind-the- ject to the condition that input National Anti-profiteering These changes made by the Chacko said. scene roles in ensuring the tax credit shall not be available Authority will look into it and GST Council would have sub- party retained power in Goa, and that 80 per cent of inputs take appropriate action. stantial impact on real estate ' 'P))) after the death of Parrikar, and input services shall be Deloitte India Partner M S sector, he said, adding the He said his priority was to sources familiar with the devel- purchased from registered per- Mani said the pragmatic move industry will have to work out complete projects undertaken opments said. sons. Any shortfall in pur- to segregate under construction which option works best and by Parrikar. The State The impasse over chases according to these projects from new projects come up with the revised price Government will build a Government formation, which norms would be levied a tax of would provide relief to builders structure quickly. memorial in Parrikar’s name at included dealing with stubborn 18 per cent. Tax on cement who were worried about the Panaji’s Miramar beach, where allies wanting to extract their purchased from unregistered loss of input tax credit. "   ))) he was cremated, he added. pound of flesh, was resolved person shall attract a 28 per “This would also enable Congress had declined Sawant exuded confidence with deft handling of the situ- cent duty. The council them to price the loss of input AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s that the BJP-led alliance would ation by the two senior BJP approved the formula for cal- tax credits in the new projects. proposal for an alliance for the remain intact, adding BJP’s leaders, party sources said on culating ITC. Reversal of Input tax credit on Lok Sabha elections and Rahul allies are backing him. “I will Tuesday. “ITC rules shall be amend- a proportionate basis would Gandhi too had said that the try to ensure that the alliance In 2017 also, after the BJP ed to bring greater clarity on a entail significant computational Delhi unit of the party was remains intact. I will deal with failed to get a majority in the monthly and final determina- issues for builders as each pro- opposed to the idea and him- people the way Parrikar used state Assembly polls,Gadkari tion of ITC and reversal there- ject would be in various stages self announced for a no to,” he said. had flown in here to help the of in real estate projects. The of construction and have dif- alliance. Sawant said ministers BJP in cobbling up an alliance change would clearly provide a fering pre and post-completion An internal survey of the sworn along with would be with smaller parties in the procedure for availing input tax sale patterns,” Mani said. Congress reportedly showed allocated portfolios soon. He coastal state, after which a credit in relation to commercial Pratik Jain, Partner & the BJP ahead of both AAP and expressed confidence that his Government was formed under units as such units would con- Leader, Indirect Tax, PwC India Congress with 35 per cent of Government will complete its Parrikar’s leadership.  !! $#( )#%*+,*+-.   )3 :"1 %: 3 #%1   8&   %1  1 && *)'54&'%!    !( $  '!  !' : 9'!$ %( '('' "  ( !  ' !  # )!6 'R% %! ' ' %'"%)'!( ' %:       8S 3+     # #   ! =                      !   <       /   (       "       -               !   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Parrikar’s indis- Goa as Parrikar battled illness, sess. In his demise, the nation indiscriminate shooting on In Manohar Parrikar’s untimely pensability was showcased when even on the day before he has lost a true nationalist par              #         Facebook. The terrible attack death, the national polity has lost the BJP persuaded him to contin- breathed his last. Parrikar’s death excellence.  Bhthxv7r‡v               indicates the rising tide of violent an able leader. Parrikar has left ue in office after he was diag- leaves Goa in political uncertain- Tharcius S Fernando       2                Islamophobia. The world must behind a fragile Government in nosed with a pancreatic condi- ty that it needs to emerge from Chennai take note of this as well. Goa, which survived this long tion and had to move between at the earliest.            0 /       Padmini Raghavendra solely because he acted as the glue hospitals in multiple cities. 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A pall of gloom Tv€ƒyr H‚‰vt 6‰r htr 46/5C /        descended over the country as                ! soonG as President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted       +,   ?,    +,,   <    about his sad demise. The entire nation is              "      mourning his untimely death at a comparative- ly young age of 63, leading to an outpouring            8     of condolences from people from all walks of           "    ! life and even his political opponents. For he                  represented what politics needs most today, an       6/      #    6/  honest sense of mission.           '         In an era when all and sundry join politics 6/                after failing in many ventures, Parrikar,             D       Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak    6/             8  6/ and a brilliant IITian, was pushed into politics          8           in 1988 when he was asked to join the Bharatiya H‚‰vt 6‰r htr 8‚‰r trpr 9v‰r trpr 4/0=5C "  Janata Party (BJP). Ever since he joined poli- tics, he followed his conviction of becoming a                    true servant of the people by practising what        "         he believed. He was a staunch nationalist and  6/          8       a true patriot with a secular mind, groomed in       /0=         pure Indian culture of respecting the feelings >      "           of all religions, caste and creed without any trace               =    ! of bias and hatred against anyone.             /0=       Parrikar’s simplicity, humble nature, hon- =              esty, straightforwardness and good ethics of gov-     "            ernance, including his no-nonsense attitude in     /0=    >       administering what he believed, is necessary for the larger good of people and was writ large on Advisory Committee (FAC), to Panaji for As Defence Minister, he was responsible   >         6    /0=      his smiling face all the time. People will never deciding the mining cases of Goa. This was a for bringing professionalism, removing deci-   >       '         forget the Chief Minister and the workaholic rare occasion when this committee held its sion paralysis in procurement and trans- >         presenting the budget in the Goa Assembly on meeting outside Delhi. parency in the overall working of the crucial Sryh‡v‰r T‡ rt‡u Dqr‘ 4 685C "       January 30 this year with a nasal tube on, a cap This writer was the Member-Secretary of Defence Ministry. He will be remembered by                and assisted by his staff. During his political FAC by virtue of working as Inspector- 055'+05.' (- ex-soldiers among others for allowing one rank       !     !    sojourn, he exuded hope and unbound energy General of Forests in the Ministry. The then one pension for the defence personnel.          "       >   -,, in his personal gaiety which made him Director-General of Forests and other mem- 5-2-2(-5-&95 The Rafale procurement was one that he      !      E,   ! immensely popular all over the country. bers were having dinner in the hotel garden 0 9,'2-95 very deftly handled, including killing the note     F, "             ! He outgrew his tiny State of Goa and in Panaji when we noticed one informally engineered by his then Defence Secretary. The          "            became a colossus in Indian politics. He served dressed man coming towards us along with one /'95-'/', deal was sealed ultimately. However, he will be Goa with full dedication and made it a very of his colleagues and before we could guess most remembered for providing astute lead-                 well-administered State by setting personal who he was, he walked straight to us and shook 35,',/- ership during the 2016 surgical strikes by the         8      examples like riding pillion on scooters, hands with all of us even as he said as the Chief Indian Army across the Line of Control             68 " standing in queue at the airports, shops and Minister of Goa, he had come to welcome us &-',69 against Pakistan-sponsored terror camps.        68           collecting his own baggage from the airport to his State. He was none other than Manohar ',&'0O9 ''  Parrikar had personally monitored the surgi-   " 68         !     belt and elsewhere. These were some of the Parrikar, accompanied by his Forest Minister cal strikes. His conviction as the country’s       8            high marks of his belief in disdainfully trash- Vinay Tendulkar. 0,&/09/- Defence Minister can be best explained in his            "  ! ing the thriving VIP culture in our country. He We could never imagine that the Chief (O(6 own words. He once said, “I gave instructions      -G! 68     68      fought his pancreatic cancer, which was Minister of a State would walk in his Kolhapuri to the armed forces personnel to shoot at any                 detected in an advanced stage, with courage slippers with his untucked half-sleeve shirt and 599',/- one possessing an AK-47 machine gun as it is                and fortitude not seen in ordinary mortals, and of course, without the customary security of obvious that they do not have any good inten- till his last breath was fully engaged in running a VIP. He never talked about any proposal of ,02-9 tions.” It is this conviction that made Prime * *  0 6          the state administration. the State and was with us for half an hour, hav- Minister Modi’s task easy to conduct the sur- "         !      Parrikar was the saving grace of Indian ing just a glass of water. ,05-,&5029&' gical strike. His death is an irreparable loss for                polity in which many politicians have scant Parrikar will be remembered for a long 0/-056O the country and more so for Prime Minister                ! regard for probity and genuine welfare of peo- time for his foresight in turning the destiny of Narendra Modi and his party. His successor to   6            ple and the country. His death has created a India’s politics and that of the BJP’s by propos- 5'2- the Goa Chief Minister’s chair, Pramod Sawant,      "            big void which will be difficult to fill. Erudite ing the name of Narendra Modi as the party’s 2','-5'0 will have very large boots to fill.             4  5 and brilliant politicians like Manohar Parrikar prime ministerial candidate in the BJP’s Apart from other achievements, this    6        !     ! with exceptional charisma are born once in a September 2013 National Executive meeting 0,&'&0-%0,& four-time Goa Chief Minister brought the                     century. They are the saving grace for their in Goa. It has been a history since then. 0 9 95 /' State’s Christian lobby in the BJP’s fold, which        "          ! class as people’s hopes and aspirations hinge As soon as the BJP won the 2014 election, is not a mean achievement. It was also his on them rather than on lesser mortals in their he was uprooted from Goa and made the coun- ', 3'7'6 charismatic personality that was largely respon-              fraternity. try’s Defence Minister, an anointment which sible for arresting the infamous Aayaram- 1    !         ! This writer had a personal encounter with spoke how the Modi-led team held him in high Gayaram political culture in Goa for a while.                 ! his simplicity and ethics in 2003 when Parrikar regard for his integrity and simplicity. But all The entire country is in shock and tears on  *                was the Chief Minister of Goa and the then the while, his heart was in Goa where he the departure of this prodigious son of India.             Environment and Forest Minister, TR Baalu, eventually went back ultimately in 2017 as the Rest in peace Manohar Parrikar. Uur v‡r v†6††v†‡h‡Q ‚sr††‚ 6€v‡’Vv‰r †v‡’ took the Ministry’s statutory body, Forest Chief Minister. (The writer is a retired civil servant) +'))' ) ' !%    ! /' ! " Eˆy††y„wq‰ƒ‘sxxus ƒy„wwu„uˆq‚u‚usy „wu‰† ‚yysq‚†qˆyu‰ƒ‘‰†q•xuut xu vu„ /"0#;= „uw‚usutr‘q‚“q•‰u•vqs ˆ‰xqsq„‰“y„w‰uq‰y„xuyˆvq’ ‘ˆ

Anti-incumbency can be an important be wooed and cajoled if Modi wants to Congress has set aside 41 per cent of factor for Modi as his report card is not come back. the seats while Congress chief Rahul very flattering. The bottomline is Jobs might be yet another determi- Gandhi has announced 33 per cent whether people are willing to give him nant as the youth are disillusioned reservation for women in one more chance or not. ahead of polls. Modi has not been able Government jobs. The BJP, too, is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the latest to provide the number of jobs he had wooing the women through many entrant into politics as the Congress’ promised in 2014. The unemployment Government programmes. 5--5-,&32 general secretary, has also emerged as rate rose to a 45-year high during 2017- World over, many leaders have a significant factor. There is a kind of 2018. This issue could overtake all other won and lost the election on the econ- - 9-5 ; - 5;&" newness and untested quality about her issues for young people. omy factor. In fact, Modi came to power -(  and through her articulation, pre- Then the 130 million first-time vot- riding on economic issues. However,   '#   ith high-stake polls round the sentable persona and the Gandhi fam- ers are crucial. In 2014, about 150 mil- initiatives like demonetisation and corner, several important fac- ily’s mystique, she can play a disruptive lion first-time voters chose Modi. GST did not go down well with the    Wtors come into play for an role. However, political analysts feel About 1.5 lakh first-time voters have electorate. The Opposition is hoping to 3+"-3     electoral victory for any party. These Priyanka Vadra will have a “limited ministerial ambitions. months as the Opposition wants to registered for each seat and most of pin him down on economic issues.    !  components often influence the voters impact” as political arithmetic, caste Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu bring back real issues like jobs, demon- them are not tied to any ideology. Most Caste is a reality in every election     but are not constant as they keep chang- politics and alliance challenges might Prasad, though serving his sentence in etisation, Goods and Services Tax and political parties have made them their and the electoral arithmetic is mainly   % ing according to the political situation make the going tough for her. Also, she Ranchi jail, is an astute player in Bihar. agrarian distress among others. focus group for the coming polls. based on this. Most parties select their at a particular period of time. joined politics too late. Feedback from the State is that the jail Rural distress is expected to tilt the Women voters, too, have become candidates based on their caste. Above  #   ! As in every election, several impor- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supre- sentence has created sympathy for the scales too. Though the BJP is seen as important for political parties. all, social media has become an impor-        tant aspects are emerging in the com- mo Mayawati has been in politics for leader and using this, he is planning to an urban party, rural voters played a big According to data from the Election tant factor for the campaign and influ-   ( # ing polls, too. For instance, the ‘Modi decades now but she has emerged as a turn the tide in favour of the RJD- role in 2014 and endorsed Modi. But Commission of India, the average encing voters. All parties used this  %!   factor’ could play a key role. The BJP force this time because the BSP is being Congress alliance. they all stand disenchanted with the turnout in general elections increased medium in 2014 and more so now. The      believes that ‘Modi magic’ will work this touted as an important player. Many National security has become a party after five years. Agrarian distress significantly in 2014 and the gender interplay of these factors or a combi- time too as India is gradually accept- parties are turning to Mayawati because crucial factor, which the BJP wants to is an equally important component in gap in terms of voter turnout was also nation of them would be important for #%,LM4N!  ing of personality politics. However, the the BSP’s votes are transferable. In Uttar milk to the full extent as Pulwama and view of the increasing number of lowest in the last general elections the results of the poll. Parties have to  !  Modi of 2014 was a relatively new phe- Pradesh, if the gathbandhan wins a size- the retaliatory Balakot air strikes have farmers’ suicides. This was said to be since independence. Significantly, develop a multi-pronged strategy to !# nomenon. After five years of the BJP’s able number of seats, she will play the become the pivot of the party’s poll nar- one of the reasons for the BJP’s defeat the BJD has announced 33 per cent emerge victorious.   ( % rule, the people have seen him, heard role of a king-maker in case there is a rative. However, it may be difficult to in the three States in the Hindi heart- reservation for women in the com- (The writer is a senior political com-     him and assessed his performance. hung Parliament. She also has prime sustain the momentum for the next two land in December. The farmers must ing Lok Sabha polls. The Trinamool mentator and syndicated columnist)  !! $#( )#%*+,*+-.  4)

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There student-to-student interaction, lis- and empowering teachers is the key Today a jour- has been a robust growth in dig- tening and aptitude skills but also for change and improvement. Co- nalist has to be able to ital news with over 200 million people enhance students’ involvement. learning should be encouraged keep up with the incredible speed with consuming news online. Owing to the This will effectively help them to education across few states, people across the Indian states, students’ rather than hyper-competitiveness. which readers access news. In the age of explosion of digital technology and grasp and understand the concept. have been losing faith in public performance in these exams seems Apart from learning, school should big data, it is imperative that aspiring upon logic, imagination, intuition, and social media, the growth is promising in The following benefits will help schools. Inadequate infrastructure awful. 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n international gathering of scientists (RSTMH), UK, aimed to provide a com- Prof V Samuel Raj, insisted on the need that one should only concentrate on, but Aand researchers at the SRM mon platform to research communities, of scientists to collaborate to seek solu- the scientific society should also work on University Delhi-NCR, discussed the policy makers, students, and pharma- tion and enhance surveillance of the development of vaccines. Prof Simon probable solutions regarding the menace ceutical industries to exchange experi- pathogens non-responsive to antibiotics. Croft of the London School of Hygiene of antimicrobial resistance and its rele- ences and challenges related to the Furthermore, he added that the problem and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United vant and effective drug discovery development and discovery of reliable of AMR pathogens is not a future men- Kingdom, reiterated the need for devel- The recently held second and effective AMR drugs and vaccines. ace, but it has already penetrated our opment of novel drugs and new treat- International Conference on The vice chancellor of SRM environment. ments. ‘Antimicrobial Resistance, Novel Drug University Delhi-NCR, Dr P Prakash, Prof Ada Yonath in her inaugural The inaugural function also saw the Discovery and Development: Challenges pointed out that this conference is a land- address highlighted the problem of the presence of the registrar of the universi- and Opportunities,’ was inaugurated by mark in the history of the SRM upsurge of antibiotic resistance and ty, Dr Manish Bhalla, as the international Prof Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate in University where eminent scientists gath- emphasised the need of research insti- conference on the very first day, marked Chemistry (2009). The three-day con- ered to discuss and find solutions regard- tutions along with pharmaceutical com- a significant moment where an array of ference, organised by the SRM University ing the menace of Antimicrobial panies to take active initiative, to com- eminent scientists from all around the Delhi-NCR, at the IIT Delhi, Sonepat Resistance (AMR). The Dean-Academic bat this global issue. Padma Bhushan, globe gathered under one roof to discuss campus, in association with the Royal Affairs at the university and also the Legion of Honour Prof GP Talwar, sug- the scope and find solutions to the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene organising secretary of the conference, &    )/         "    gested that it is not just the AMR drugs existing problems of AMR.  !! $#( )#%*+,*+-.   44  3  9     

  9,&9, government motion if it ward a new proposition that is on March 29. The UK gov- before that meeting. However, remained “substantially the neither the same, nor sub- ernment can ask the EU to the likelihood of the EU n a fresh blow to embattled same” after it was defeated by stantially the same as dis- delay Brexit but all 27 EU agreeing to a short extension IPrime Minister Theresa a huge 230-vote margin in posed of by March 10, this leaders would need to give under the current scenario May on Brexit, House of January and a smaller 149- would be entirely in order,” he their permission. Bercow’s will prove tricky, and any Commons Speaker John vote margin last week. said, adding that the new latest ruling comes as a fresh longer extension would mean Bercow, in a surprise move, He said parliamentary motion could not be “the blow to May, who had been the UK contesting the disallowed any attempt to conventions dating back to same proposition or substan- hoping she may get third-time European Parliament elec- hold a third vote on her with- 1604 meant MPs could not be tially the same proposition”. lucky if she could win over tions scheduled towards the drawal deal with the EU asked to vote on precisely the The Speaker, who is in enough rebellious MPs by end of May.The many oppo- which has already been reject- same subject twice, indicating charge of selecting the warning that Brexit itself was nents of the British Prime ed by MPs twice. that he had allowed the sec- motions and amendments that in jeopardy unless she can go Minister’s Brexit deal wel- Prime Minister May will ond vote as the government the Commons votes on, said back to the EU with a sub- comed the Speaker’s ruling, meet her Cabinet later as she had claimed some changes to the second meaningful vote stantial deal in place. while others feared it had considers her next steps on the controversial Irish back- motion on May’s Brexit deal She is set to head to triggered a constitutional cri- quitting the European Union, stop clause offered an held last week did not fall foul Brussels later on Thursday for sis just days ahead of the after her plans were thrown improved deal for Britain’s of parliamentary convention a European Council summit March 29 deadline. 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It is unclear how long the erman Chancellor Angela “I am as of now unable to say OBhutto Zardari Tuesday The three federal ministers the ministers who he claimed ern Syria, confining holdout unknown number of holdout GMerkel said Tuesday she what my position will be on demand the sacking of three are “hands-in-glove” with the were associated with the jihadists to a tiny pocket on the jihadists could last but Bali said would struggle until the last Thursday because it depends on ministers in the Imran Khan- terrorists. I don’t want to dis- banned outfits. PTI Senator edge of Baghouz village, the some of them were still fighting possible moment to achieve an what Theresa May presents, what led Pakistan government who close their names, but will do Faisal Javed, reacting to the force said Tuesday. back.“Clashes are continuing as orderly Brexit, saying the inter- the situation looks like, (and) he said backed “banned outfits” so if the government fails to allegations, said Bilawal was The US-backed Syrian a group of ISIS terrorists who are ests of Germany, Britain and the what may still happen in parlia- and their training camps, even take action against them,” he “busy in portraying Pakistan in Democratic Forces said those IS confined into a tiny area still fight EU were at stake. “I will fight to ment,” she said. Merkel stressed as the ruling PTI accused him said last Thursday.During the a negative light”. fighters who had not yet surren- back,” Bali said in English, using the last hour of the deadline on that avoiding Britain crashing out of portraying the country in a weekend, Bilawal raised the “Bilawal should be dered had been forced out of their an alternative acronym for IS. March 29 for an orderly exit (of of the EU without an exit deal “negative light”. issue while addressing the ashamed of trying to please main encampment and cornered AFP reporters in Baghouz Britain from the European was in the fundamental interest Bilawal, Chairman of the PPP’s Sindh leaders while anti-Pakistan elements. He into a very small area on the saw IS jihadists moving across the Union),” she told a conference in of all sides.“We, together as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairing the party’s provincial should tell the nation whose banks of the Euphrates edges of the now mostly desert- Berlin. “We don’t have a lot of other 27 (EU member states), will has been pressing the govern- council meeting. language he has been speaking,” River.“SDF is in control of the ed encampment, and fighting time for it but still have a few react in an adequate manner and ment of Prime Minister Khan demand to sack ministers asso- He demanded the he said. “Pakistan has emerged Daesh encampment area in taking place in an area closer to days.” Merkel admitted she had the less people play guessing to dismiss the ministers who ciated with banned outfits by removal of three federal min- as a symbol of peace for the Baghouz,” spokesman Mustefa the river.Backed by warplanes been surprised by the bombshell games, the easier it will be,” she backed terror outfits amidst declaring me anti-state, issuing isters for their alleged connec- world,” Javed claimed. Finance Bali said on Twitter in English, from the US-led coalition, the announcement on Monday by said. May is still hoping she can intense international pressure death threats & National tions with the banned outfits Minister Asad Umar, when using the Arabic acronym for the SDF launched their final assault House of Commons speaker get the divorce agreement she on Pakistan to rein in the mil- Accountability Bureau (NAB) and accused Khan’s Pakistan asked by a reporter what he jihadist group. on Baghouz on February 9. John Bercow that he could not struck with the European Union itant outfits operating in the notices. “None of this deters us Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of win- thought of the allegations, said But SDF fighters have not The offensive, the last phase put Prime Minister Theresa through parliament before March country after the Pulwama ter- from our principle stand; form ning general elections in 2018 that the parties that supported taken up positions in the so- of a broad operation launched May’s Brexit plan to another 29, despite MPs having rejected ror strike. joint NSC parliamentary com- with the help of proscribed him during election campaigns called encampment, a jumble of more than six months ago to vote in its current form. it twice. Bilawal said he had been mittee & act against banned organisations. “have themselves been victims mangled vehicles, makeshift wipe out the remnants of a “I must confess that I was not But weeks of chaotic politi- declared “anti-state” over his outfits,” he tweeted. He warned the govern- of terrorism as well.” berms and tents on the edge of “caliphate” declared in 2014, has familiar with the rules of order of cal deadlock in parliament have demand to sack the three min- “I demand a joint parlia- ment that it will not get any “There has been a policy of Baghouz village. been slowed by the presence the British parliament from the already forced May to concede isters, whom he said, were mentary committee for imple- support from the PPP on any making excuses for a long time “This is not a victory inside the IS redoubt of a large 17th century,” she said with a wry that Brexit must be delayed, associated with the banned mentation of National Action move if it did not take serious now... If he [Bilawal] doesn’t announcement, but a signifi- number of civilians. Tens of smile. And she stressed ahead of amid fears of an economic shock outfits. The 30-year-old oppo- Plan and removal of all three action against such elements believe in this policy then he cant progress in the fight against thousands of people — jihadist a crunch EU summit in Brussels if Britain ends its 46-year mem- sition leader has not yet named federal ministers for their con- within its ranks and implement should change it,” the close aide Daesh,” Bali said.After another fighters, their relatives and other Thursday and Friday at which bership of the EU with no new the three ministers.“The gov- nection with the extremist the National Action Plan of Prime Minister Khan was night of fighting and the surren- civilians — have poured out of Brexit is to take centre stage that arrangements in place. ernment has responded to my organisations. If our demands (NAP) with true spirit. quoted as saying by Geo News. der of yet another batch of the IS pocket in recent weeks. N,+     O +    A+    + 7 O    -93  long pushed engagement with He stressed that he speaks  (-5 ', Pyongyang to bring it to the for himself and not the presi- orth Korea should take negotiating table, but his secu- dent — as an adviser, he is out- ermany launches its auction  !+P N“actual action” towards rity adviser backed US side the formal policy-making GTuesday for the construction giving up its nuclear weapons Secretary of State Mike process — but his comments of an ultra-fast 5G mobile net- Washington (AFP): The annu- to break the deadlock in talks Pompeo’s assessment that “talk may suggest the South will work as a transatlantic dispute al Templeton Prize, which recog- with Washington, a top secu- is cheap”, saying that the North press the North harder to nar- rages over security concerns sur- nises outstanding contributions rity adviser to the South’s had given “words and com- row the gap with Washington rounding giant Chinese tele- to “affirming life’s spiritual president said, suggesting mitment, but no actions”. on nuclear talks. coms equipment maker Huawei. dimension,” was awarded Seoul’s patience with Kim had told the South The breakdown in Hanoi The United States has threatened Tuesday to Brazilian Marcelo Pyongyang may be wearing Korean leader that he had meant a mooted trip by Kim to end intelligence sharing with Gleiser - a theoretical physicist thin. President Moon Jae-in dismantled 30 per cent of the to Seoul was off the table for Berlin if it does not exclude hard- dedicated to demonstrating sci- was instrumental in brokering Sohae missile test site, includ- now, Moon said, but added it ware made by Huawei from the ence and religion are not ene- the negotiations between ing “about 20 per cent of the was vital the two Korean lead- infrastructure, arguing that mies. A physics and astronomy Pyongyang and Washington, launching pad - but he hasn’t ers met again for more talks. Chinese equipment could help professor whose specialisations seizing on the 2018 Winter shown us”, Moon Chung-in The South is pushing an “all Beijing spy on Western compa- include cosmology, 60-year-old Olympics in South Korea to torium is crucial.A launch of said. for all” agreement, as demand- nies and governments. Gleiser was born in Rio de catalyse a rapid diplomatic any kind by the North would “That still needs some ed by the US, combined with Attempting to play down the +    !    <+"    <   Janeiro, and has been in the rapprochement after a year of be a “disaster”, said Moon’s kind of observation or inspec- Pyongyang’s insistence on a row on Monday, Jochen + &  1  United States since 1986. missile tests, threats and ten- special adviser on national tion.” Similarly, Pyongyang step-by-step process to get Homann, chairman of the An agnostic, he doesn’t sions. security Moon Chung-in. The claimed to have demolished there, described by Moon German Federal Network pany specialising in internet ser- US ambassador to Germany believe in God - but refuses to But the first summit “outcome will be catastrophic”, “two-thirds” of its nuclear Chung-in as “incremental Agency (BNA), said: “No matter vices. Chinese firm Huawei is not Richard Grenell last week warned write off the possibility of God’s between the North’s leader he told AFP. In Hanoi, US testing ground at Punggye-ri, implementation with an whether a supplier comes from one of the bidders but provides that Washington could stifle Kim Jong Un and US officials said, Trump urged but that too “needs verifica- acceptable road map”. Sweden or China, companies the four German companies intelligence cooperation unless President Donald Trump in Kim to “go all in” and that “the tion”, he said. “North Korea That would require com- must meet certification require- with essential hardware - such as Berlin agreed a Huawei ban. Singapore in June produced weapons themselves need to should take further moves to promise from both sides. ments and security checks.” ‘5G’ antennas and routers. In a letter, Grenell told Peter only a vague commitment to be on the table”. In return, they really dismantle all of them,” Moon has met Kim twice and - ‘fifth generation’ - is the latest, The US has accused Beijing Altmaier, Germany’s economy “work toward complete denu- were “prepared to go all in as he stressed. “It is now the says the North Korean leader high-speed generation of cellular of using Huawei’s 5G network minister, that intelligence-sharing clearisation of the Korean well”.But it was not clear exact- North Korean turn to show has a “mastery of issues”. mobile communications and gear as a Trojan horse, forcing cooperation could cease if Berlin peninsula”. Their second meet- ly which facilities at the actual action to make (the) US “He’s young, much more Berlin will require winning bid- operators to transmit data to the allows the Chinese firm to be part ing in Hanoi last month broke Yongbyon nuclear complex move.” Openness was crucial, willing to talk” than his father ders to offer 5G service to at least regime, but Washington has not of the 5G network. up without agreement, or even the North was willing to give he added. There are many and predecessor Kim Jong Il, 98 percent of German house- provided evidence to support The threat escalated last a joint statement, as the two up, while they wanted “basi- competing estimates of the “kind of entertaining”. holds, motorways and rail lines. their suspicions. Huawei has week when NATO’s Supreme failed to come to a deal over cally all the sanctions except North’s nuclear arsenal, and Kim understands that Germany, Europe’s biggest strenuously denied allegations its Allied Commander in Europe, sanctions relief and denu- for armaments” lifted, the offi- Moon places the most faith in “complete denuclearisation” economy whose wireless net- equipment could be used for US General Curtis Scaparrotti, clearisation. cials said. figures of 30-35 weapons from includes his existing stock of works rank 46th in the world for espionage. warned Germany that NATO existence completely. “Atheism is Since then, Pyongyang has For its part the North’s US expert Siegfried Hecker, weapons, and the missiles that download speeds, wants to close Chinese Foreign Minister forces would cut communica- inconsistent with the scientific said it is considering sus- foreign minister said it only who has been to Yongbyon. can reach the US mainland the sizeable digital gap by mak- Wang Yi on Monday lashed out tions if Berlin works with method,” Gleiser told AFP pending the talks and images wanted some of the measures “But still we never know,” and other targets, he said. ing the shift to the ultra-fast 5G at what he called “abnormal, Huawei. Monday from Dartmouth have emerged of rebuilding eased, and that its proposal to he added. “That is why we The North Korean leader was system. immoral” attacks on Huawei “We’re concerned about their College, the New Hampshire works at the Sohae rocket close “all the nuclear produc- need the process of declaration — like any negotiator — look- The BNA starts the auction and demanded a “fair and just (Germany) telecommunications university where he has taught launch facilities. That trig- tion facilities” at Yongbyon was and inspection. It’s like a blind ing to minimise risk while in Mainz at 0900 GMT on competition environment” for backbone being compromised in since 1991. gered international alarm that its best and final offer. man touching (an) elephant.” maximising benefits, Moon Tuesday and the process will allo- Chinese firms. the sense that, particularly with “Atheism is a belief in non- North Korea might be prepar- Moon’s goal, his adviser A retired professor of politics, said, and “hedging” because cate 41 different frequency US-led attempts to encour- 5G, the bandwidth capability belief. So you categorically deny ing a long-range missile or said, was a “nuclear weapons- Moon Chung-in has been “regime survival is at stake”.But blocks. Four operators are in the age other nations to ban Huawei and ability to pull data is incred- something you have no evi- space launch, which could put free, peaceful and prosperous involved with policy towards he must have been “very running, among them Germany’s equipment from their telecoms ible,” Scaparrotti told the House dence against.” “I’ll keep an open the whole negotiations process Korean peninsula” - and he the North for decades and was shocked” when Trump walked three main mobile network infrastructure suffered a setback Armed Services Committee last mind because I understand that at risk - Pyongyang has not would not accept a peaceful one of the architects of the out of the Hanoi meeting, providers - Deutsche Telekom, when Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Wednesday.“If it also is inside of human knowledge is limited,” he carried one out for more than accommodation with a “Sunshine Policy” of engage- Moon said. “I think that was Vodafone and Telefonica government decided against their defence communications, added. The prize is funded by the a year and Trump has repeat- nuclear-armed North. The ment with Pyongyang under a very important learning Germany (O2) - plus United imposing company specific- then we’re not gonna communi- John Templeton Foundation - a edly said its continued mora- South Korean president has president Kim Dae-jung. process for him.”\ Internet (1&1), a German com- restrictions on the 5G auction. cate with them. philanthropic organisation named after the American Presbyterian who made his for- tune on Wall Street, and who set O/       ( . P on “seeking proofs of divine agency in every branch of sci- Washington (PTI): Is your from Florida State University in tion where trolling, identity theft from seeing physical cues that identify language cues that they used more decorative words ence”, as The Economist put it. Tinder date trustworthy? the US who wants to shed those and phishing for credit card indicate whether someone is unmask deceivers and per message. They displayed Gleiser joins Desmond Tutu, Scientists are developing an blinders.“The future of my numbers snag an increasing telling the truth or lying. truthtellers.The game random- more negative emotions and the Dalai Lama and dissident online polygraph that could spot research is an online polygraph number of online users.The The experiments revealed a ly assigned players to play the appeared more anxious when Soviet author Aleksandr liars from the words they write that could be used many differ- study, published in the journal person could spot lies in mes- roles of “The Saint” and “The they communicated with Solzhenitsyn as recipients of the on their internet dating profiles, ent ways,” Ho said in a statement. Computers in Human Behavior, sages about 50 per cent of the Sinner.” truthtellers. Deceivers also took prize, first awarded in 1973. At Facebook messages or Twitter “You could use it for online detailed the findings of an online time, while a machine-learning As sinners and saints inter- less time to respond and used USD 1.5 million, the prize money posts. dating, Facebook, Twitter — the game that she created to measure approach could identify decep- acted via computers, researchers more words of insight, such as well surpasses that of the Nobels. It is tricky enough to iden- applications are endless. I think truthful and deceptive commu- tion with an accuracy rate rang- captured those conversations “think” and “know,” and they The physicist focuses on at mak- tify a lie in face-to-face conver- the future is unlimited for an nications between two peo- ing from 85 to 100 per cent.“This and used machine-learning tended to use more words of cer- ing complex subjects accessible. sations that offer facial expres- online polygraph system,” she ple.Ho parsed the words in those basic research offers great poten- technology to scrutinise pat- tainty, including “always” or He has written on climate change, sions, gestures and tone of voice said. Ho envisions a future where conversations, hoping to extract tial to develop an online poly- terns of words and writing. “never.” Conversely, truthtellers Einstein, hurricanes, black holes, because those physical cues add technology can identify liars context from millions of bits of graph system that helps protect Some fascinating language ten- used more words of speculation, the human conscience - tracing context. Spotting a liar gets even and truthtellers based on the data in many messages — our online communication,” dencies emerged from that such as “perhaps” and “guess,” the links between the sciences tougher in blind computer con- words they write in electronic Her research dove into the described as language-action Ho said.Researchers created analysis. 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I just want to the elite of women's tennis. enjoy this moment because "Crazy," Andreescu her- I don't want to take any- self called it, after gritty 6- thing for granted. >%B ((5>()>)4&)& 4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over "You never know what three-time Grand Slam the next week brings," champion Angelique Kerber added Andreescu, who made her the first wild card now heads to Florida for !$ %1 " 11!1!% "  $  % % to win the prestigious the Miami Open this week, Indian Wells WTA title. where she will be unseed- Andreescu is the tour- ed. !$$$3$% " 3%" nament's youngest winner Kerber, a former world since Serena Williams in number one who had  ■ ,&'0,.-  Double" of Indian Wells and Miami. ment. uncertainty. 1999 and just the fourth slipped to eighth in the But Federer, the 20-time Grand "I have been playing every single "Now it's totally different," Federer unseeded player to lift the rankings as she searched oger Federer departed Indian Slam winner who claimed a remarkable /'-2!L>!&-,'-& day for the last three weeks. I can be said of the tournament moving from its trophy after Williams, a for a first title since she won Wells empty-handed for a second 100th career title in Dubai last month, -&-5-505- 95& very happy and proud of that fact." longtime home on Key Biscayne to the returning Kim Clijsters in Wimbledon last year, was Rstraight year, but the Swiss great can afford to take the defeat in stride As at Indian Wells, Federer could Hard Rock Stadium — home of the 2005 and Japan's Naomi up a break in the third set sees no reason he can't get back on track — especially when he's playing well and '</',&'0,.-  meet fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka in the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Osaka last year. when Andreescu powered at the Miami Masters. feels his 37-year-old body is fully fit. third round in Miami. A new stadium court inside the Reminded that Osaka's through fatigue and cramp- "Sure, it's frustrating and disap- "It's just not as dramatic," he said ' -0,&5-35,-& Federer is a three-time winner at actual stadium is the centerpiece of the breakthrough 2018 win was ing to seize the victory. pointing and sad to some extent," of falling to a player who was "just a bit 9/' 05--5"/'/ Miami, but he lost his second-round new venue, which also features a sec- swiftly followed by two It's the kind of triumph Federer said after falling 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 better when it mattered". opener last year after falling to Juan ondary grandstand court and two Grand Slam titles and a rise Andreescu has pictured to Austrian Dominic Thiem in Sunday's "Whereas, when you're hurt and 9935/',/- Martin del Potro in the final at Indian smaller show courts and practice to No 1 in the world, before, in her daily practice final. things are difficult, maybe those hurt .95 &K(32', Wells. courts. "Everybody's got to get used to Andreescu was asked if she of creative visualization Thiem, 25, denied Federer a record more. With that in mind, Federer shied center court or the conditions at the found that inspirational. which she uses to maintain sixth Indian Wells title and returned to "I'm going to Miami. The body is -&-5-5&9.,9 away from predicting he would bounce new site," Federer said. "I'm eager to find No pressure," she said her calm and focus. his career-high of fourth in the world perfectly fine. That also always keeps back in a big way from his loss to out how it's going to be like. There are with a smile. But when the moment — bumping Federer down to fifth going me upbeat, and I feel it's a privilege '/ Thiem, with the Miami event's move to still a lot of open question marks. Right "It's totally fine," she arrived for real, she said, it to the second leg of the "Sunshine when I feel this way leaving a tourna- a new venue adding to his sense of now I feel really good." said of the comparison. was "surreal". '!+  &8   - $%"'"( $' ! ! )- ' 1 2      *32 New Delhi: 'F             L>!     +   ■ ,-.&- /'   #    F  ■ 2'02'     '  .  #  oung Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and   0 ! 2% 2       n-form Prajnesh Gunneswaran has YRiya Mookerjee Tuesday broke into $   F   %   Imoved into the final qualifying round the top-100 to be placed 76th and 94th   ! 4M?!  of the Miami Masters with a straight- among men's and women's singles play-  >M     %  OJ! set win but Ramkumar Ramanathan fell ers in the latest world badminton rankings.   2     at the first hurdle, here. In the latest BWF rankings, Lakshya  ON!       ,   5  Prajnesh who reached the third made a massive jump of 28 places while 0 'B,50'C  %  round at the Indian Wells Masters after Riya climbed up 19 spots. $      #   coming through qualifiers, got the B Sai Praneeth, who stunned Olympic        %     LMLM better of Spain's Adrian Menendez- champion Chen Long before losing in the $    #  %/!  Maceiras 6-2, 6-4 in the opening final of the Swiss Open against China's Shi F    #     '   round. Yuqi at Basel on last Sunday, also moved     B'C % The 84th ranked Indian won five up three places to 19th. of the six break points he faced against Kidambi Srikanth remained static         world number 141 and broke his rival and is the best placed Indian in the men's Oeiras:   5       four times in the one hour and 14- rankings at seventh, followed by Sameer "            -  minute match. Verma (14th), H S Prannoy (24th), LMLM $        "  He next faces British wild card Jay Subhankar Dey (43rd), Parupalli Kashyap !              #      %  PO""  Clarke. (48th), Ajay Jayram (52nd) and Sourav        #     It was curtains for Ramkumar, who Verma (53rd). Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying is top- and B Sumeeth Reddy have dropped a    3 lost 4-6 1-6 to Lorenzo Sonego, the Japan's Kento Momota is the leading ping the women's singles list ahead of rung to 27th. #!            Italian world number 106. the men's chart followed by Yuqi and China's Chen Yufei and Nozomi Okuhara The women's doubles combination of LM4Q.  %5      Rohan Bopanna is the only Indian Chinese Taipei's Chou Tie Chen. of Japan. Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy are               # featuring in the doubles main draw, yet In the women's singles rankings, P V In men's doubles, the pair of static at 23rd spot, while the mixed dou-        5  2    % again partnering Canadian Denis Sindhu and Saina Nehwal are static at sixth Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty are the best bles pair of Ashwini and Rankireddy have -   !    Shapovalov. and ninth positions respectively. placed Indians at 24th, while Manu Attri managed to hold on to their 24th position. 3-0,     !   (  # 3 #  #  2 L>% A    $     %' F      4%$  5 ! % > 3?32+  F       !A       !5 F "    !   '  2   2    %  ,"; Dhruv Cricket Academy defeated REPL Crusaders by 10 runs to win the 15th BBD Cricket ‘B’ Division League       2   ■ 0/0,'0, at Parth ground on Tuesday. Batting first, DCA piled up Mumbai: 0    #   226 runs for the loss of five wickets in the stipulated 40 2 #      " !  railblazing bowler Rashid Khan overs with Ansh Yadav slamming 111 runs. He was well              Tsaid Afghanistan will fear no one supported by Prashant (60). In reply, REPL could man-      #!    when the World Cup starts in May after aged only 206 runs for the loss of nine wickets from their      #% 0  !        a maiden Test win enhanced the repu- quota of overs.   !   tation of the rising cricket nation. BRIEF SCORES:       / '      Khan, who is one of the world's DCA: 226 (Ansh 111, Prashant 60; Anand 46/2, Kritgya      %'  2  !   leading bowlers in short-form cricket, 45/2) #              " said Afghanistan's confidence was REPL: 206 (Sarvesh 60, Kritgya 29; Milan 39/5)  # # %'    # growing after beating Ireland on            Monday in just their second Test match.    &  F   !     #" J  #    % The 20-year-old leg-spinner, who Northern Railway, Lucknow crushed    #   # !    tops the world Twenty20 bowling rank- Cricket Association by 10 wickets in a league match of the , #    #      " ings and lies third in the 50-over 12th Choudhary Asif Ali Memorial Prizemoney State  !2         #F %' standings, took five for 82 as Cricket Tournament at Barabanki on Tuesday.   !     Afghanistan beat their fellow Test new- BRIEF SCORES:   23,' / enth straight league title. #            "    comers in Dehradun. MCA: 155 (Parth Jain 35, Wasiq Khan 28, Uvais Ahmed "Obviously they will have %ON"      Before an expected starring role for 24, Shivam Sharma 24; Bharat 25/3, Hasan 38/3, Priyanshu ayern Munich forward noticed that we are winning   #!    F F     F Sunrisers Hyderabad when the 2019 "And that's how we should be in the 25/2) Thomas Mueller has warned games by big margins," said #      % B Indian Premier League (IPL) begins at World Cup." NR: 159 (Anshul Kapoor 80, Ravikant 71) title rivals Borussia Dortmund Mueller, who has scored six the weekend, Khan said Aghanistan's War-torn Afghanistan only gained that they cannot afford to slip up league goals this season with 3             dUBAI: G    0# &# cricketers now need only to believe in one-day international (ODI) status in as a nail-biting Bundesliga title eight assists. # 4M   ! themselves. 2009 and Test status in 2017, but their Lucknow District Chess Sports Association is organ- race enters the final stretch. "We are happy that we have       LM4J % 0#  &#  "We have the talent and we have the recent rise has coincided with Khan's ising district under-13 selection tournament for boy and "They know they can't bent the goal difference num- B0& C!    0# &#     skills," he told AFP in an interview. emergence as a world-class spinner. girls at Bengali Club on March 28 and 29. Top two play- afford to make any mistakes, bers in our favour. It's never a B0& C &     " At last year's Asia Cup, Afghanistan He made his ODI debut in 2015 as ers from each category will be selected to represent because we are in really good bad thing to have that up your 0#  &# B&  0#  &#C!    " made a breakthrough by topping their a 17-year-old and credits fast-paced Lucknow in the forthcoming UP state chess championship shape," Mueller told Germany's sleeve."         4M  group in the 50-over competition ahead Twenty20 tournaments such as the IPL at Gorakhpur . Interested may contact 9532666712 or top-selling newspaper Bild on Bayern host Dortmund at  %            # of established Test nations Bangladesh for developing his bowling repertoire, 9451247160. Tuesday. Munich's Allianz Arena on       G     %  and Sri Lanka. which includes a mesmerising googly. Having been six points April 6, in what promises to be "The IPL gives you lot of motiva-    behind Dortmund at the begin- a pivotal fixture in the title race.           !  4M O'  2  A    0# &#F tion. Once you play in these leagues, it Naman Kumar picked four wickets to help Team B lift ning of the year, Bayern are now "The game against  !   4M    '! 0 "How we played in the Asia Cup gives you confidence playing with big the 10th Inter-Directorate Cricket Tournament, beating level on 60 points with eight Dortmund will be an indicator    5#  #% was totally different and we showed that players," said Khan, who cost RDSO Sports Association by eight wickets at RDSO games to play, but the defend- of where things are going, but A4M ! !  !   we can beat any side," said Khan, Hyderabad $597,000 in 2017 and took Stadium on Tuesday. ing champions top the table it won't decide the title," said whose side even tied a match with 21 wickets for them last year. with a superior goal difference. Mueller.     30-!A00 " "   0!  0# &#     % heavyweights India in the last-four "And then you perform there on flat In recent weeks, Bayern "There will be a long way to    4M  LM4J #  stage. wickets like the IPL and that gives you Indian Olympic Association treasurer Anandeshwar have nudged their way into first go after that, and a lot can hap- 9 #LP%  :* "The only thing is to believe in your a kind of satisfaction and confidence Pandey has been elected as smember of standing commit- place on goal difference, having pen. Especially in the away skills. Just to be relaxed in big match- that I can deliver when I am in the tee of Olympic Council of Asia. Pandey is the first from scored 17 goals in their last three games, we need to make sure we es and enjoy your game," he said. national side." Uttar Pradesh to be elected in the committee. games in their bid to win a sev- keep winning."  41  !! $#( )#%*+,*+-.

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Just ODI series against Australia, the find a way to get fresh," Ganguly said debate continues on who will during an event organised by IPL fran- finally board the flight to England chise Delhi Capitals. when the Indian team leaves for Ganguly was recently appointed the World Cup. advisor of the rechristened Delhi Delhi Capitals advisor Sourav Capitals. Ganguly said skipping match- Ganguly and coach Ricky Ponting es is not the way to go. believe that Rishabh Pant could be "... Because I have always said there the answer to India's woes as he is limited time to play this sport. has the temperament and talent to Getting opportunities at the internation- do the role in England. al level, at the IPL level, this will never "Look at how Pant played in come back, so find a way to get rest, find the last IPL. In ODIs, Pant is com- a way to stay fresh and keep playing. ing in and going out because MS "Not playing is not the solution, Dhoni is there and that doesn't even our generation played a lot of crick- help. Pant is your future. For the et. Yes IPL was not there as it came next 10 years you will see a lot of towards the end of our career but, crick- him. He will be a huge asset for et-wise, it was same. the Indian team," Ganguly said. "I keep saying that before you Echoing the sentiments, realise, you will see 10-12 years have just Ponting added: "I would be pick- flown away. Just make the most of it and ing him in the Indian team as the play every possible cricket match you batsman for No 4 as he can win can," Ganguly advised the present-day you the game with his talent. We )  "                 %     )!     +  !     cricketers. Skipper Virat Kohli recent- want him to focus on IPL because ly said it is up to the players to realise if the boys do well they will get a Commenting on Kohli's posi- (Jasprit) Bumrah, and others. I Ponting feel that he is bowling his the kind of load they are taking, and the call for the World Cup." tion in the line-up, he said: "Kohli have no advise for this team, I just best right now. iconic Sachin Tendulkar on Monday Ganguly said the Indian can play at any position and will 20,6 /9' -05-/-5-(3'/',+ hope they play freely. "Ishant is bowling his best at agreed with him. Premier League (IPL) will decide score runs. But I prefer No.3 for "Kohli is huge and all gener- the moment, the way he bowled According to Ganguly, the cricket the No 4 slot. "Many choices are him." /-' .' ',0.06&- '&-./9 ations have had such class players. in England and Australia. He is boards would be better off with a little there but I think the IPL will in a Ganguly went on to add that .' -/09''9,%'/0&0'& Every generation has produced working really hard. Test bowling bit of flexibility, leaving the decision on way decide who will get that this Indian team doesn't rely champions and Kohli is a cham- is the highest level you have to players. "Decision should be left to the position. I had said (Cheteshwar) heavily on the skipper. "These 3050(- 03-/-/0(--,',99& pion but I honestly believe that achieve. Ishant has the ability to players. It's their career, you play at the Pujara because he has been in guys are really good. We didn't this Indian team has the arsenal adjust. You can see he is someone top level consistently and you can get good form. I saw (Rahul) Dravid think we will lose the final in the 952'0.&507'&&9/-59 -./-, apart from Kohli to do well. This who is looking to turn it around," injured. And there is no guarantee that do the role when I was captain. If Champions Trophy. This team has '.0 00',%'693&9,F/07-0, is a very good side which doesn't the former India skipper said. when you play for the country you won't you don't have an option you can a lot of talent. They will be have too many weaknesses," he Ponting echoed the senti- get injured. try him. Pant or (Ambati) Rayudu favourites to win the trophy even 9'9,693 0,56/'2%0,95 said. ments. "I think Ishant is bowling "So there is no hard and fast rule. I could be an option. We can give though I don't believe in the tag. 5063&3 93 &(-0,9'9, Delhi bowler Ishant Sharma as good as ever. He is more believe in one thing, as a player, when our opinion, but somewhere I feel You have (Shikhar) Dhawan, has been on a roll in red-ball mature and slightly refined. He is you get an opportunity, play, never say Kohli knows who it should be." Rohit (Sharma), Dhoni, Kohli, cricket and both Ganguly and physically looking good," he said. 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he schedule of the group stages of    ,-.&- /' Tthe 12th edition of the Indian    ,-.&- /' four batsmen fighting for the Premier League (IPL) is out with all ational team skipper Virat Kohli, No.4 slot. In fact, coach Ravi eight teams playing seven home match- Nsenior batsman Rohit Sharma and fast oing into the last ODI series Shastri has even spoken of the es at their respective home venues. bowler Jasprit Bumrah have been includ- Gbefore the upcoming World option of having Kohli at 4, but The schedule is balanced in terms ed in the top most category of the Board Cup — against Australia — that then depends on conditions of afternoon matches/weekend match- of Control for India's (BCCI) list of central India skipper Virat Kohli had and match situation. He won't es and travel. The board has factored the contracts. said that Indian players' perfor- go into the tournament as 2019 Lok Sabha elections dates/phas- These three players in the A+ catego- mance in the IPL wouldn't have India's no.4," the source told es in the respective states and cities and ry receive 7 crore each. Kohli, who any bearing with selection in the IANS. clearance thereof. became the fastest to reach the milestone squad for the showpiece event. Interestingly, both Rahane Defending champions Chennai of 10,000 One-Day International (ODI) But with none of the batsmen and Iyer are ready for the chal- Super Kings (CSK) runs last year, reportedly earned an estimat- managing to secure the No 4 lenge and feel that a good show will take on Royal ed $20 million from brand endorsements. slot post the five ODIs against in the IPL will definitely make Challengers Rohit Sharma, who recently crossed the the Aussies, the players' perfor- them contenders for that No.4 Bangalore (RCB) in 8,000-run mark in ODIs, reportedly makes mance in the IPL will have a spot that has had players com- Chennai in the IPL around $8.6 million from brand endorse- bearing on the minds of the ing in and going out without opener, which will ments. selectors when they pick the consistent success. begin on March 23. Bumrah, the top-ranked ODI bowler in squad for the World Cup mid- "The approach won't be The schedule of this year's edition the ICC rankings, claimed 78 Test wickets, April. any different with the World has been released in parts by the Board 22 ODI wickets and 8 T20I wickets in 2018. The four primary con- Cup spot looming because at of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Introduced for the first time last year, tenders for the No 4 slot are 5      the end you are playing crick- in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha Kohli, Sharma, Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati et, be it the IPL or any other polls that would be a staggered process and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have made it to Rayudu, Shreyas Iyer and KL the squad for the World Cup. Cup," the official said. tournament. You have to score in seven phases stretched across April the 'A+' category in 2018. Kumar and Rahul. And it all now boils "With all the chopping and Echoing the sentiments, a runs and do well for the team. and May. Dhawan have now been demoted from the down to a consistent showing in changing and experimentation source in the team management The most important thing will Earlier, the BCCI announced the top bracket to the 'A' category. the first half of the cash-rich T20 and recent performances of the said that there are technically be to think about the Rajasthan schedule of the first 17 matches that will Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, league. A good run here and team, the No.4 slot is not yet four batsmen who will be fight- Royals rather than thinking be played during the two-week period Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, C 5     one of these four will be reward- sealed and if you ask me, a cou- ing it out for the slot and a good too much about the road ahead. from March 23 to April 5 across the Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mohammed ed with a ticket to England. ple of other positions are also IPL for one of them will defi- If I do well in the IPL, the World eight home venues of the respective Shami, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav and Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Speaking to IANS, a senior open since some players have nitely make that player a Cup (slot) will automatically franchises. Rishabh Pant are the other players in the Hardik Pandya. BCCI official said that recent not developed as well as one favourite to seal the position. come. I feel it is important to All teams are playing a minimum 'A' category. Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Ambati performances have meant that hoped over the last year. With "It was thought that the express yourself and not take of four matches with the newly-chris- The players in this category are paid 5 Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Hanuma Vihari, the first month of the 12th edi- the team selection slated for Australia series would help any undue pressure thinking tened Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal crore per year. Khaleel Ahmed and Wriddhiman Saha are tion of the IPL will have to be around April 20, the first month cement all spots for the World about things which aren't in Challengers Bangalore (RCB) playing The 'B' category, which is worth 3 in the 'C' category and take home 1 crore looked into when MSK Prasad of the IPL will be crucial for the Cup. But that hasn't happened your control. The focus is the five matches in that phase. crore annualy, includes Lokesh Rahul, each. and his team sit down to pick team selection for the World and technically you now have IPL," Rahane told IANS. 4$$1 % !$ 3$ = '  7!(  ) !  ' '!5*('

" $% $ 2$3 , 3$   ,-.&- /' "He has been a part of RCB, and captaining RCB for the last seven to "Playing alongside Buttler irat Kohli is not a "shrewd captain" eight years, and he has been very lucky will be great, batting with him Vwho could be compared to his and should be thanking the franchise makes things easier for me. He's national team deputy Rohit Sharma or that they stuck with him. Because not an exciting player and one of the former skipper Mahendra Singh many captains have got such a long most destructive batters around Dhoni, who have won three IPL titles rope where they haven't won a tour- the world. I'm really excited to each, feels former KKR captain nament," said Gambhir, who had to play with him," Smith said dur- Gautam Gambhir. part ways with KKR in 2018 after ing a live interaction on fran- The former India opener, who led seven long years and two titles. chise's social media platform on Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL tro- Gambhir's last IPL season was Monday. phies in 2012 and 2014, feels that in with Delhi Daredevils where he Smith returned the side result oriented franchise environ- stepped down from captaincy midway after serving out a one-year ment, Kohli has been "lucky" to have after his run in the tournament went international suspension for survived despite Royal Challengers from bad to worse. ball-tampering scandal. His Bangalore (RCB) never winning the However, another former skipper Australian teammate David coveted title in his eight years as skip- Sourav Ganguly, who had a tumul- Warner, who is also involved in per. tuous time as KKR captain, felt that the scandal, joined his respec- "I don't see him as a shrewd cap- there should be no questions about tive team. tain. I don't see him as a tactful cap- Kohli's captaincy.    ,-.&- /' destructive batsmen around Rajasthan will be playing tain (tactician). And he hasn't won the "If you talk about Virat Kohli and the world. their league opener against IPL. So ultimately, a captain is only as keeping him as a captain, just look at ajasthan Royals' Steve Smith, who has played two Kings XI Punjab at the Sawai good as his record," Gambhir told on what he has done. What he has done RSmith, who is gearing up for seasons for the Rajasthan Royals Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on host broadcasters' Star Sport show C 5 +  + "        with the bat in every format of the the upcoming edition of the in the past and led them in March 26. 'GamePlan'. game. Absolute champion. Indian Premier League (IPL), 2015, said he is excited to play "The Rajasthan Royals are Gambhir's comments is specific to And he deserves to be captain of praised his teammate Jos Buttler alongside the prolific wicket- a great franchise... Great people Kohli's success as a leader in IPL since "There are people who have won way to go. You cannot compare him to RCB for whatever period of time. I am saying the England interna- keeper-batsman as he makes and hopefully we have a great he is the first captain who has led India the trophy three times. MS Dhoni and someone like Rohit or Dhoni at this sure he will turn it around," Ganguly tional is one of the most things easy in the middle. year," Smith said. to a Test series win on Australian soil. Rohit Sharma. So I think he has a long stage," Gambhir said. said.