https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official follow us: friday, april 19, 2019 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 36 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu If they are chaiwale, William Barr defends Jet employees take to Mumbai Indians post we are doodhwale, Trump ahead of release the streets after airline a convincing win says Akhilesh Yadav of Mueller probe report shuts operations over Delhi Capitals page 11 page 12 page 13; Editorial: page 8 page 15 Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY 67% turnout in second phase of LS poll Govt. suspends cross-LoC trade after ‘misuse by Highest polling of 78% recorded in Puducherry; 71% exercise franchise in T.N. Assembly bypolls Special Correspondent Speaker M. Thambi Durai arms, drugs smugglers’ NEW DELHI (AIADMK); former Union Mi­ Shoe hurled at BJP The second phase of the Lok nisters A. Raja, T.R. Baalu, ‘Routes being used to move fake currency’ spokesman at press meet Sabha election on Thursday Dayanidhi Maran and S. Ja­ NEW DELHI for 95 constituencies regis­ gathrakshakan (all DMK); BJP MP and spokesperson tered a tentative voter tur­ Anbumani Ramadoss (PMK); G.V.L. Narasimha Rao was at nout of 67.6% across 11 States and E.V.K.S. Elangovan the receiving end of a shoe and one Union Territory, (Congress). thrown at him by a man with sporadic incidents of Election to the Tripura identified as Shakti Bhargava, violence. (East) seat was postponed to while he was addressing a The overall figure was April 23 because of security press conference at the party 69.62% in 2014. concerns. headquarters in New Delhi on The highest turnout of There was an increase in Thursday. 78% was reported from Pu­ voting percentage in the five NORTH Ī PAGE 2 ducherry, followed by Mani­ Lok Sabha constituencies of DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD pur with 77.86% and West Bihar from 61.93% in 2014 to Bengal with 76.42%. 62.52%. In the eight consti­ The decision will impact 300 traders and more than 1,200 Tamil Nadu, which voted tuencies of Uttar Pradesh, people. in the first general election the figure stood at 62.06% till without Dravidian stalwarts 6 p.m., compared to 61.87% Peerzada Ashiq concerns engaged in the Jayalalithaa and M. Karuna­ the last time. Srinagar trade are being operated by nidhi, recorded an average Besides, an average of outcome in these seats, surviving on a thin majority. The Ministry of Home Af­ persons closely associated CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 turnout of 71.11% in the 38 71.62% voters turned out to along with four other consti­ Prominent candidates in fairs (MHA) on Thursday sus­ with banned terrorist constituencies. Polling in exercise their franchise in tuencies that will have bye­ Tamil Nadu who were in the NAXALBARI RECORDS pended the cross­Line of organisations. OVER 90% POLLING Ī PAGE 10 FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 12 PAGES Vellore was earlier cancelled the 18 Assembly seats, where lections on May 19, will de­ fray included Union Minister Control (LoC) trade in Jam­ It also pointed out that CPI MP REFUSES TO RECORD (IN TABLOID) due to the alleged use of mo­ byelections were held simul­ termine the fate of the of State Pon Radhakrishnan mu and Kashmir, citing “fun­ the government of India af­ DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES POLL SPEECH FOR DD Ī PAGE 10 ney to influence voters. taneously in the State. The AIADMK government that is (BJP); Lok Sabha Deputy nelling of illegal weapons, ter the Pulwama attack with­ narcotics and fake curren­ drew the Most Favoured Na­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC cy” as reasons. tion status to Pakistan and Plea to bar Pragya Singh The decision will imme­ “inputs suggested that in or­ A day for monuments diately impact around 300 der to evade the consequent traders, and more than higher duty, the LoC trade from Lok Sabha poll 1,200 people who are direct­ was likely to be misused to a ly and indirectly associated much larger extent.” Blast victim’s father moves NIA court with the trade on this side. “The action has been ta­ Barter system Special correspondent the Supreme Court.” ken after reports that the In a major confidence build­ Mumbai Special NIA cases judge cross­LoC trade routes are ing measure, cross­LoC A day after the prime ac­ V.S. Padalkar sought replies being misused by Pakistan­ trade was started in 2008 by cused in the 2008 Malegaon from both the NIA and Pra­ based elements for funnell­ setting up two Trade Facili­ blasts case, Pragya Singh gya and posted the matter ing illegal weapons, narcot­ tation Centres located at Thakur, was named as the for Monday. ics and fake currency,” said a Uri’s Salamabad in Baramul­ BJP candidate for the Bhopal Mr. Bilal had earlier also MHA spokesman. la, and Chakkan­da­Bagh in Lok Sabha seat, a man who filed a petition before the “The trade has changed Poonch. The trade took lost his son in the terror at­ Bombay High Court as an in­ its character to mostly third­ place four days a week. It party trade, and products was based on barter system #70929 tack filed an application be­ tervenor opposing Pragya’s fore the special NIA court, bail. In his plea before the from other regions, includ­ and zero duty basis. seeking a direction to stop NIA court, he said, “She was ing foreign countries, are “The move was made her from contesting. enlarged on conditional bail finding their way through without any intimation to Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, and she is not attending this route. Unscrupulous the traders. Around 300 59, father of Sayyed Azhar hearing of this court on the and anti­national elements traders, 1,000 truck drivers Nisar Ahmed, who died in pretext that she is unwell are using the route as a con­ and 200 labourers are di­ the blast on September 29, and has ‘breast cancer’ but duit for hawala money, rectly involved. They will 2008, said on Thursday, on the contrary she has been drugs and weapons, under lose their livelihood imme­ “Pragya should be restricted seen participating in various the garb of this trade,” the diately,” Samiullah Bhat, from contesting in the parlia­ programmes and giving ob­ MHA order said. vice­president, Cross LoC mentary election as she is jectionable and instigating A probe by the National Traders Association, told Tourists visiting the historical Jantar Mantar in Jaipur, on the occasion of International Day For Monuments and Sites, on facing trial for a terrorist act speeches since her release Investigation Agency (NIA), The Hindu. Thursday. The day is meant to highlight the diversity of cultural heritage of humanity and the efforts required to protect it.* PTI and a petition challenging from jail.” the MHA said, suggested CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC her bail is pending before CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 that a significant number of Voters split over issues in Mathura Poll panel Congress­AAP talks on alliance fail warns Naqvi Special Correspondent ers from both parties con­ ing an alliance with Con­ While some rue lack of development, others swear by Prime Minister Modi NEW DELHI/GURUGRAM firming that there was no gress after a final on remark Talks between the Congress further scope for it. understanding over the seat Damini Nath RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary, the turned out to be lies,” he and the Aam Aadmi Party Congress leader P.C. sharing in Delhi was reached MATHURA sitting MP at that time, by a said, questioning her track special correspondent for an alliance ended on Chacko said AAP had back­ between both the parties. From unemployment margin of 3,30,743 votes in record over the past five NEW DELHI Thursday with senior lead­ tracked on the issue of forg­ DETAILS Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1 among the youth and lack of 2014. years.. The Election Commission development on one side to At the end of the day, the Another voter in the vil­ (EC) on Thursday warned nationalism and making Election Commission tenta­ lage, Anita, a self­employed Minority Affairs Minister sure Prime Minister Naren­ tively put the turnout at tailor, said the benefits of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi for dra Modi retains his post on 59.88%, down from 64.10% many of the BJP govern­ using defence forces for the other, Mathura voters in 2014. ment’s schemes had not political propaganda. were split on issues that Voters at a booth at Diwana reached people like her. “We The warning follows his were foremost on their Kalan village of the False promises haven’t got money to build “Modiji ki sena” remark in minds as they cast their Mathura constituency on Among those lined up to toilets or homes. Forget Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur on votes in the Lok Sabha elec­ Thursday. * R.V. MOORTHY cast their votes early in the about latrines, we did not April 3. The EC asked him tion on Thursday. morning in Diwana Kalan even get the cooking gas cy­ to be careful in future. Part of phase two of the majwadi Party alliance can­ village in Mathura was Jiten­ linders promised,” she said. At a rally, Mr. Naqvi poll process, Mathura saw a didate Kunwar Narendra der Chauhan, a farmer. “I’ve For many young voters in made the statement, fol­ fight between incumbent ac­ Singh. The Congress' Ma­ never seen Hema Malini in the constituency, the pro­ lowing which State poll of­ tor­turned­BJP leader Hema hesh Pathak was also in the Mathura.