- . <$$ !" *'" =%$#$ $'" =%$#$ = "$./01 / 0$ -$' 12 131 /$ " $! ##$" !+&! , &!() * %& ' ; 0 6 7 . 77 4 7 0 4 5 6 89:: 67 6( !" 232 4 #3 5 5.6#78.69 /:13 $ %'( $) ! # fter engaging in bitter and ! ! Augly spats with his politi- " ! cal adversaries for more than " #!$! six weeks during the Lok Sabha &'(#& election campaign, Prime )!+ ! " # Minister Narendra Modi on L ! &)&! will go to polls on Sunday in $ % & Saturday landed at Kedarnath !&($ the shadow of controversial " " " shrine for a spiritual retreat. urtain will come down on “Hua to Hua” comment of $ ' After walking at a red car- Opposition. The Congress Cone of the most bitterly Sam Pitroda. Polling will also ( $% # pet to arrive at the temple flayed the Prime Minister for contested parliamentary elec- be held on as many as 13 seats )# !* where he offered prayer and walking on a “red carpet” in tions on Sunday when polling in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West # " $% inspected the progress of the God’s abode, while other will take place on 59 seats Bengal, eight seats each in + # # " construction activity, Modi Opposition parties also spread over eight States in the Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, L # " withdrew himself in a special mocked Modi for posing for seventh phase. Prime Minister four in Himachal Pradesh, - # $%Q + " meditation cave located about picture at the shrine. Narendra Modi is seeking three in Jharkhand and the lone " /& " 1.5 kms from the shrine. There “The true devotees sacri- reelection from Varanasi. seat Chandigarh. " " # & 0 " he is seen sitting on a bed and fice their ego and arrogance As many as four Union Over 10.01 crore voters ! # $% + propped up by a pillow while before going to the abode of Ministers — Ravi Shankar are expected to decide the fate " being lost in his meditative God, not after laying a red car- Prasad, Ram Kripal Yadav, RK of 918 candidates. 1 # trance. pet. Modi ji, hope you know Singh and Ashwini Kumar The Election Commission 2 " Modi who caught the that much,” Congress Choubey — are among the 157 has set up more than 1.12 lakh # " " attention of people by wearing spokesperson Randeep candidates in Bihar. Seven of polling stations for smooth # a grey long suit, along with Surjewala tweeted. these seats were won by the conduct of polls. "1 1 $% " Himachali cap and saffron Aam Aadmi Party’s Sanjay NDA last time, five by the BJP On Sunday, a bypoll will be " ! + " cloth, wrapped around his Singh tweeted Modi’s picture and two by the RLSP, which is held in Panaji, necessitated due waist covered himself with a taken as he gestured to pay ! " # now with the to the death of former Chief & " ## saffron shawl while entering obeisance to the deity. “Hail the $ #% “Mahagathbandhan”. One was Minister Manohar Parrikar in ## the cave. Here he sat on a long God of Camera,” he quipped, bagged by the JD(U) headed by March. Bypolls will also be held " # & 0 meditation in complete isola- referring to the PM. lates the MCC brazenly with morning. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in four Assembly constituencies $% tion, but , the ‘photo op’ was not CPI(M) general secretary footage of his Kedarnath reli- Modi arrived at the who h then fought separately of Tamil Nadu — Sulur, " # missed. The picture of the PM Sitaram Yechury alleged that gious activity over TV channels Dehradun airport, Jollygrant but is now back with the NDA. Aravakurichi, Ottapidaram (SC) $% " performing meditation was Modi’s visit was a violation of during silent period before on Saturday morning where he By-poll will also be held for the and Thiruparankundram. " $ aptly released and-expectedly the model code of conduct. polling. And EC continues to was accorded a warm wel- Dehri Assembly seat. Counting of votes will be taken " went viral. “Religion is a matter of per- sleep on the job,” he tweeted. come by Uttarakhand All the 13 seats of Punjab up on May 23 The PM’s Kedarnath visit a sonal faith and EC has reiter- After spending the night at Governor Baby Rani Maurya, & # 0 day before polling has come ated that it cannot be used for Kedarnath, the PM would visit Chief Minister Trivendra Singh ## - under attack from the garnering votes. But Modi vio- Badrinath temple on Sunday Rawat and others. " ! " #$ # ( $% % # # # " # %%' # $( # "$ ## ! * $ # $ # L # $ . # !! $ " %% $ L lmost a year after Rifleman %$ ! % "" # ! " AAurangzeb, who was returning home to celebrate %$%O # # Eid with his family in Poonch #"$"' ## & was killed by terrorists in June 2018, a joint team of security # "$ $ * # # forces on Saturday avenged $ !!$"$ ! his killing by eliminating # " Showkat Dar of Panzgam $ ! %$"$ ! %( # ! " along with two other terrorists "$ ! # ! of Hizbul Mujahideen # in a pre-dawn operation in # " " % " ) South Kashmir’s Pulwama ! -# ! " " " district. ! day before the last phase of " Apolling on Sunday, leaders # " 1 # of Opposition parties stepped #" # up efforts to cobble up a coali- 3& #" " tion for the formation of the ! " # 4 next Government. TDP chief " Chandrababu Naidu met with # leaders of Congress, CPI, NCP # and others in the national # # # Capital and also called on BSP " # # chief Mayawati and SP presi- #+ & # # 56( dent Akhilesh Yadav in ## # Lucknow. About 30,000 street ven- 11, according to the package. # " # Naidu met Congress pres- dors in 11 urban local bodies To revive the broiler units # ident Rahul Gandhi and dis- (ULB) will be provided with damaged due to the Fani, each & 0 cussed with him the possibili- monetary assistance of Rs farmer would be provided with + # ties of all Opposition parties 10,000 each. an assistant of 75 per cent # ! # uniting and forging a joint While extensive damages subsidy, limited to Rs 1 lakh per # Opposition alliance. Sources #& ! have been caused to coconut unit of 500 birds. By this, 2,000 + & # said Naidu told Rahul to have $' ) $ #% trees, cash assistance of Rs 500 small poultry units would be # ! 2 a strategy ready, in case the per tree would be given to the benefitted. # NDA falls short of the major- Minister also met CPI leader G on Akhilesh and Mayawati hief Minister Naveen affected farmers, subject to a This special package would & $% ## " ity mark and still stakes claim Sudhakar Reddy and D Raja separately. CPatnaik on Saturday limit of 25 trees per farmer. cost about Rs 100 crore, the # # # to form the Government. over breakfast, asking them to The SP, BSP and RLD are announced livelihood assis- This assistance would be given expenditure of which would be 2 Naidu’s TDP had been a part of “come together”. Also, Naidu in alliance in UP, taking on the tance for the street vendors, apart from agriculture input met from the Chief Minister’s # ) the NDA, but quit the alliance met NCP chief Sharad Pawar BJP in the politically crucial coconut growers and subsidy and support for tree Relief Fund and the State’s # " # " & 1 a few months ago. and LJD leader Sharad Yadav. State that sends 80 MPs to poultry farmers affected by plantations and seedlings own resources, said the Chief % # " The Andhra Pradesh Chief In Lucknow, Naidu called Parliament. Cyclone Fani. already announced on May Minister. #" # # & # # + + " # ! # # # # "# # " - " ) op Maoist leader # ## L TSabyasachi Panda was other decisions taken by the # awarded life imprisonment by Government. 5 $% + #" the Additional District Judge According to preliminary assess- ! # " (ADJ) Court here on Saturday. ment, the loss to public properties has nder fire from the Opposition parties over # + Panda was produced in been estimated to be Rs 6,167. 26 crore Uits “biased” approach in conduct of the $' the court of Sanjay Sahu, who and requirement of funds for expendi- ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the Election & ## ! found him guilty on the charge ture on relief and response account is Commisison of India has come under attack # " of sedition under Section 121 he State Cabinet on Saturday rec- estimated to be Rs 6767.56 crore. from one of its own three members. ## !* of IPC. The judge also ordered the assassination of Hindu seer Tommended to Governor Prof About 5,00,000 houses have been Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa is " # " him to pay a fine of Rs 10,000. Laxmanananda Saraswati in Gameshi Lal dissolution of the 15th damaged due to the cyclone. The learnt to have written to the Chief Election