0!! 1 @' !A A A '()*'+ ,-./ RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 "!& 2'' 344 5"( #% -./ *%'+$, &%'() N71<O $;17<('7(=*=$ 1:("1;71('";*7( ($0*6('77 '*"7($;71 ): *=1$=*)"';;%;7(>-(';$8(7" 689,*('" !" 0 $ $ 10 23,45 -6/ ? $ %'( $) ", ")- ' R (,($0* he high-pitched cam- Tpaigning for the fifth phase in 51 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across seven States M Q ended on Saturday with the BJP Democratic Alliance (NDA) which caused large-scale M trying hard to keep the steam had swept all five seats of destruction in neighbouring ! "# on and repeat 2014 magic and Bihar. Congress could win only Odisha. $%# && the rival Congress seeking to the Rae Bareli and Amethi — A high-decibel campaign && retrieve ground it had lost in out of the 80 seats in the entire for seven Lok Sabha con- ) * " the last general elections. State. stituencies in the Bundelkhand & * & & In 2014, BJP had consoli- State-wise distribution of region of Madhya Pradesh +%Q & " dated on its gains from the fifth Lok Sahba seats in this poll ended at 5 pm on Saturday. P phase onwards to single-hand- round is: UP (14 constituen- Polling for Tikamgarh, Damoh, edly cross the majority mark. cies), Rajasthan (12), Madhya Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, "# For the Congress, its president Pradesh (7), West Bengal (7), Hoshangabad and Betul seats, & & Rahul Gandhi would be in the Bihar (5), Jharkhand (4) and all held by the BJP currently, & & " fray against BJP’s Smriti Irani Jammu & Kashmir (2). The will take place on May 6. This , "- from his pocket-borough phase would see conclusion of will be the second phase of ./! " Amethi but where the contest voting in all 29 seats of polling in Madhya Pradesh, the && & seems to be tougher this time Rajasthan which were won by first phase having been held on & && given the BJP’s focus on the seat the BJP in 2014. April 29. Union Minister * / "- for the last five years. Rae In contrast to previous Virendra Kumar Khatik is the Bareli, Congress leader Sonia rounds, poll campaigning in BJP candidate from Tikamgarh Gandhi’s constituency, would this phase has been peaceful while former Union Minister "* & & Q also be one of the 12 Lok Sabha * + $ - %! $ % & even as electioneering during and sitting MP Prahlad Patel is * seats which would go to polls the last couple of days was the party’s Damoh candidate. M " in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Sabha poll, yielding a duck for election from key Lucknow Singh of Pragati Sheel marred by the panic over Fani, Turn to Page 4 0 The other seats in the elec- the BSP and only six seats for constituency which has been Samajwadi Party (Lohia). In the "% torally important UP are the SP. represented in the past by the Faizabad parliamentary con- & & "0 Dhaurahra, Sitapur, The BSP is contesting on BJP patriarch Atal Bihari stituency, under which the & & Mohanlalganj (SC), Lucknow, five seats - Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Vajpayee. Rajnath Singh is fac- temple town of Ayodhya falls, & & & Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi Mohanlalganj, Fatehpur and ing Samjawadi Party’s nominee sitting BJP MP Lallu Singh is "*& (SC), Barabanki (SC), Faizabad, Kaisarganj. Its ally Samajwadi Poonam Sinha, wife of actor- taking on Nirmal Khatri of the & $1 Bahraich (SC), Kaiserganj and Party is fighting for seven seats politician Shatrughan Sinha. Congress. Khatri is a former $2 & & "3 Gonda. SP-BSP-RLD has — Lucknow, Banda, Former Union Minister Uttar Pradesh Congress " & emerged in UP as the main Kaushambi, Barabanki, and Congress candidate Jitin Committee chief. & M rival of the BJP and banking on Faizabad, Bahraich and Gonda. Prasada is contesting from In 2014 elections, 12 of 14 & & its combined vote bank share Union Home Minister Dhaurahra against former seats of this phase in UP were , M & which was divided in last Lok Rajnath Singh is seeking re- Chambal dacoit Malkhan won by the BJP while National & , " % ) . 5 &M / & M ') & "0! ) 1* "# bus ferrying 42 female % Aemployees of a private & company overturned after it * + & was hit by a speeding truck, + ' - & resulting in injuries to passen- %! % & gers in Noida Sector 93 on , " Saturday around 6 am. % ('0* BJP slamming the Congress “The bus had 42 passen- for taking the segment for P &Q" gers, all women employees of a he last day of the Lok granted with dynasty politics. "# private firm, who were on their TSabha poll campaigning Campaigning for her & & ! way to work when their vehi- in Amethi turned interesting brother, Priyanka said, “Smriti * " cle overturned after being hit with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Irani comes here and distrib- 3 "# by a truck,” Phase 2 SHO and Smriti Irani locking horns utes shoes and sarees. She - ! 5 Farmood Ali Pundir said. on several issues. should come and beg for votes "751 The injured were rushed to Sitting MP and Congress rather than distribute you % a nearby hospital, while those chief Rahul Gandhi is seeking shoes. I also want to ask if the & critically wounded were taken to defend his turf for the BJP is so concerned about &8 "2 7 ! to Kailash Hospital, he said. fourth time against Union Amethi, why did they wind up * * 9 “The truck involved in the Minister Smriti Irani, who projects which Rahul Gandhi 5 incident has been impounded had brought down Rahul’s initiated.” &"1 & and its driver detained,” the victory margin to just over a On the other hand, Smriti & " SHO said. lakh in 2014. mocked Rahul in a rally, say- ) % * " He scotched rumour of Charges have been flying ing, “Absentee MP has already 0 & the law and order situation at thick and fast with the given up on you and run away : & 7 P ! ! the accident site, and said Congress accusing the BJP of to Kerala.” && * / "0 # $ ! % & probe is underway. trying to bribe voters and the Turn to Page 4 & && Q* "0 * & & "07 & & & / & " (,($0* Government informed about flight operations resumed at 0 ;* " heavy rainfall and some dam- Kolkata and Bhubaneswar air- ## ! 0 eople of West Bengal age to crops and roads in ports on Saturday. “Flight oper- "- & < Pheaved a sigh of relief as Srikakulam district. ations to and from % "#$ = severe cyclonic storm Fani In Bengal, the storm lashed Bhubaneswar airport has & : = weakened on Saturday morn- Digha, Haldia, Tajpur, resumed. Alliance Air flight Prime Minister Narendra Modi The UN agency for disaster ",Q ing which wreaked havoc in Mandarmani, Sandehskhali, from Ranchi is the first flight on Saturday discussed the sit- reduction has commended the ! "! & Odisha leaving 12 persons Contai, Diamond Harbour, to land,” tweeted the Ministry uation with Odisha Chief India Meteorological 7 & Q dead. However, Fani killed at Bankura, Sriniketan, Asansol, of Civil Aviation. Minister Naveen Patnaik and Department’s “almost pinpoint least 14 people in Bangladesh Dumdum and Alipore, The Eastern Naval assured all support from the accuracy” of early warnings "0 as it barrelled into the nation on Kharagpur, Kolkata, and Command has launched a Central Government. Modi that helped authorities conduct "> ? Saturday. Burdwan. Trees were uprooted, massive rescue and rehabilita- will visit Odisha on Monday to a well-targeted evacuation plan O P & ? North-East States — power and telecom lines tion effort in Odisha. take stock of the situation. and minimise the loss of life. ! "O & Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, snapped, metal hoardings Turn to Page 4 " " Meghalaya, Nagaland, blown away as the storm swept " " * 7 & Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura through Bengal. However, no & Q — have witnessed intermittent loss of life was reported from " "0 & & & rain since Friday due to the the State. $! % " * && impact of Fani. As many as 79 According to Bengal Chief N O 9 flights were cancelled at dif- Minister Mamata Banerjee, the "! & ferent airports in the Northeast entire administration was 7 * region due to bad weather. awake the whole night. “We / Q According to the National were very worried about the " #$ "0 Crisis Management Committee cyclone Fani. There were not % % / (NCMC), headed by Cabinet much damage in the State. At '( / Secretary PK Sinha, the cyclone least 850 mud houses in the " has caused extensive damage to districts were partially dam- "0 telecommunications and power aged while 12 were complete- ) * infrastructure in Puri, ly destroyed,” she said. The *@" Bhubaneswar and some other Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) also * ) 7/ areas of Odisha while the West resumed its routine operation ! ! M Bengal Government has on Saturday morning at both & M )"0 reported mild impact of the Haldia and Kolkata docks. ' & 9 cyclone. The Andhra Pradesh As Fani has moved away, ! ' (') " $ % & + ,- ./01