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Opinion
BJP manifesto likely to promise abrogation of Articles 370, 35A Terrorist kills 49
Poll pledge tugs at J&K status
Manan Kumar
in New Zealand
At least 9 Indians missing after the attack
China acted in pursuance of [Link]@[Link]
its national interest which
New Delhi: Cruising on the
manifesto to be
forced it to be out of sync
with global sentiment, writes wave of nationalism after the
Balakot air strikes, the BJP is
released soon
Syed Ata Hasnain  P6
all set to show its toughened J&K special status could go
approach to the constitution- „„According to sources, the party is
City al status of Jammu and Kash- looking to play up the issue of total
Seniors to juniors, everyone mir in its Sankalp Patra, or integration of J&K in India in Sankalp Patra
in BJP queues up for two election manifesto, that is
Lok Sabha seats — expected to be released soon. „„It is expected that the manifesto will lay
Ahmedabad East and According to sources, the down that if the party comes back to power,
Ahmedabad West P2 party is looking to play up the it will remove or amend Article 370 and
issue of total integration of Article 35 A
J&K in India in its Sankalp
india Patra. It is expected that the „„Article 370 gives autonomous status to
Hope glimmers for jailed manifesto will put down, in the state of J&K; Article 35 A empowers the
RJD chief Lalu as Supreme unequivocal terms, that if J&K state legislature to define ‘permanent People outside the mosque after a shooting at the Al Noor mosque in
Court agrees to consider his the party comes back to pow- resident’ of the state Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday —Reuters
bail plea before LS polls kick er, it will remove or amend
off on April 11 P4 Article 370 and Article 35 A „„In 2014, the BJP, in its manifesto, had Christchurch: The quiet
said that J&K was, is and shall remain an
of the Indian Constitution
that guarantees J&K its Jammu civic body employees remove banners of political parties after the model code of integral part of the country; and that the
New Zealand city of Christch-
urch was struck by two dead- Close shave for
ballot ballet
With allies back, BJP
unique status, thus fully inte-
grating the conflict-ridden
conduct came into effect, in Jammu, on Friday —PTI territorial integrity of India is inviolable ly attacks on Friday, with 49
people killed and another 20
B’desh players
emerges as frontrunner state with the country. seriously injured after gun Bangladesh’s Test crick-
in the North East, which

Cong manifesto will emphasise

If the BJP says it in so that gave powers to the central assaults on mosques as Mus- eters were just a few min-
sends 25 elected many words, it will be a quan- government would be applied lims worshipped. utes from being caught up
representatives to LS  P5 tum jump in party’s stated to J&K, but only with the con- At least nine Indians are in the massacre when
position in 2014 manifesto. In currence of the state’s con- reportedly missing after the they arrived at the
sports
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will
return to Camp Nou as his
2014, the BJP, in its manifesto,
had said that J&K was, is and
shall remain an integral part
stituent Assembly. This has
been confirmed by various
rulings of the Supreme Court.
on universal primary education shooting. The Indian High
Commission has been con-
tacted for missing persons.
Christchurch mosque as
shooting began, a team
spokesman said. The fi-
of the country. That the terri- Article 35 A empowers the No official list of missing nal Test between New
Manchester torial integrity of India is in- J&K state legislature to de- Amrita Madhukalya drinking water, etc. The persons has been released Zealand and Bangladesh
United is drawn violable and BJP will pursue fine “permanent resident” of [Link]@[Link] party also promises to raise so far. has been called off.  P8
to face Barcelona an agenda of equal and rapid the state and provide special the number of Kendriya During afternoon prayers
in Champions development in all the three rights and privileges to those New Delhi: The Congress Vidyalayas and Navodaya on Friday — Islam’s holy day
League regions of the state — Jammu, permanent residents which has pledged to bring in uni- Vidyalayas around the coun- — a gunman opened fire in- of the mosques saying he saw
quarters P8 Kashmir and Ladakh. are excluded for non-perma- versal primary education in try. Going forward, the party side the Masjid al-Noor someone shot in the head.
On Article 370, the BJP nent residents. its 2019 manifesto. Fol- also plans to increase spend- mosque in central Christch- He described shots fired in
Afterhrs  had reiterated its stand that BJP sources said lowing the dictum of ing on education to 6 per urch, killing 41. Another quick succession and scenes
it will discuss this issue with that after the Pul- education being a cent of the GDP in the com- seven were slain at a second of panic as people started run-
I’ll take the comparisons as all stakeholders as it remains wama attack and “public good”, the ing years. mosque five kilometres away ning out “covered in blood”.
a responsibility: Nutan’s
granddaughter
committed to the abrogation
of this article, while it re-
Balakot air strikes,
the mood changed
vows party promises to
provide free and
Congress candidate Nana Patole in
Nagpur on Friday —PTI
To bring succour to college
goers with educational loans,
in suburban Linwood, three
of them outside the building.
“It is clear that this can
now only be described as a
Pranutan Bahl, to keep
mained silent on Article 35 A. and added that the compulsory school the party also plans to come It is unclear where the re- terrorist attack,” Prime Min-
debuting with Article 370 gives autono- people are looking at education in public party also promises to equip up with a system where inter- maining victim died. ister Jacinda Ardern said,
Notebook, talks mous status to the state of the party to accord parity schools in the country, re- classrooms till Class 10 with est on such loans is waived off Witnesses said some vic- noting many of the victims
about her legacy J&K as it stipulates that other of status by treating J&K at moving fees of any form. amenities like library, labo- till the students get a job or tims were shot at close range, could be migrants or refu-
articles of the Constitution par with other states. In addition to that, the ratory, playground, toilets, start earning.  Turn to P4 with a Palestinian man at one gees. —AP  Related report, P7

Mum bridge collapse: prez roots for innovative cause

France to impose financial Top court lifts
2 officials suspended sanctions on Masood Azhar life ban on
Amit Srivastava
New Delhi: France, which
had made a fresh bid at the UN
ary 14, 2019, claiming over 40
victims from the Indian po-
Sreesanth
[Link]@[Link] auditor blamed to get Masood Azhar banned, lice forces.
has decided to impose finan- The Jaish-e-Mohammed,
Mumbai: In a series of reac- „„Audit firm failed to take cial sanctions on the JeM which the United Nations
tions to Thursday’s foot- into account 2013 repairs chief, asserting that it has al- has deemed to be a terrorist
bridge collapse outside Mum- that added 1.43 tons of ways been by India’s side in organisation since 2001, has
bai’s main train station, civic steel to the structure the fight against terrorism. claimed responsibility for
chief Ajoy Mehta suspended France, along with the US this attack,” said a joint
„„Firms that audited, fixed
two engineers who super- and UK, had moved a proposal statement by the French
bridge to be blacklisted and
vised its structural audit in the UN Security Council to Ministry of Europe and For-
FIR to be filed against them
work in 2017-18 and repair designate the Pakistan-based eign Affairs, the French Min-
work in 2013-14; ordered a de- „„Payments to both terror group Jaish-e-Moham- istry of Economy and Fi- New Delhi: The Supreme
partmental enquiry against the companies to be med chief as a “global terror- nance, and the French Minis- Court on Friday set aside
three other officials; and de- put on hold ist”. However, the bid was try of the Interior. life ban imposed on former
cided to blacklist a structural blocked by China which put a “France has always been India fast bowler S Sree-
audit firm as well as file an President Ram Nath Kovind during the 10th biennial National Grassroots Innovation Awards at National Innovation technical hold on the proposal. and always will be by India’s santh for his alleged involve-
FIR against it. Foundation, Amrapur, in Gandhinagar on Friday —PTI “A deadly attack took side in the fight against ter- ment in the 2013 IPL spot-
On Friday, the Brihanmum- place in Pulwama on Febru- rorism,” it said.—PTI fixing scandal.
bai Municipal Corporation A bench comprising jus-
(BMC) commissioner directed tices Ashok Bhushan and KM

BJP keeps Oppn guessing over PM’s seat

the Chief Engineer (Vigilance) Joseph ruled that BCCI’s dis-
to submit an enquiry report on ciplinary committee may re-
the tragic incident at Chhatra- consider, within three
pati Shivaji Maharaja Termi- months, the quantum of pun-
Condolence meet at GT
nus within 24 hours. The re- ishment to be given to the
Hospital for 3 employees Team DNA
port submitted on Friday, a To add to the confusion, When tension over the Sa- Kerala cricketer.
who lost their lives when the correspondent@[Link]
copy of which is available selective leaks have come out, barimala temple issue was at Sreesanth said he now
footbridge collapsed
with DNA, said structural au- intermittently, about PM its peak, some even ventured hopes to return to the cricket
dit was conducted in an irre- New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Modi’s preference of fighting out say that PM Modi could field. “I hope that the BCCI
sponsible and negligent man- quiry, two have already retired The constituency from where the elections from several fight from Kerala. The ru- respects the verdict of the
ner. “It appears to have com- and one was a chief engineer. Prime Minister Narendra seats. While seats in Varanasi mour was, apparently, spread country’s highest court and
pletely overlooked the critical The then chief engineer SO Modi will be fighting the Lok in Uttar Pradesh, Puri in Odi- to add traction to the BJP allows me to at least get back
elements of the bridge and Kori, who is now retired, dep- Sabha elections continues to sha and one seat in Gujarat votes and send a message of to the cricket field.
their condition, which lead to uty chief engineer RB Tare puzzle the Opposition, politi- are plausible options, ru- his acceptability in deep “If Leander Paes can win
this tragedy,” the report noted. and executive engineer AI En- cal pundits, and the general mours of PM fighting from South India where BJP is vir- Grand Slams at 42, I can at
Among the officers who gineer of Bridge Department electorates as well. Tamil Nadu and Kerala are a tually a non-entity. least play some cricket at 36,”
face suspension are AR Patil, face a departmental enquiry. Knowing PM Modi’s trac- far cry. However, such specu- Then came another spec- he said.
the executive engineer who Audit firm DD Desai’s Associ- tion value in several states, lations are still in circulation. ulation in January this year However, he can do so only
had supervised the audit work ated Engineering Consultants especially northern and west- Ask any BJP leader about sition should feel happy one to fight from either of the two from BJP MLA from Odis- if cleared by the BCCI om-
in 2017-18 and SF Kakulte, the & Analysis Pvt. Ltd and ern India, and that not much the same and the stock reply candidate can contest from a Tamil Nadu seats, Kanyaku- ha’s Padampur Assembly budsman retired Justice DK
assistant engineer who super- repair firm M/s RPS Infra- time is needed for prepara- is, “Modi ji can be a candidate maximum of two seats.” mari in South and Coimbatore constituency Pradip Puro- Jain, who will go through the
vised repair work in 2013-14. structure will be blacklisted tions to ensure his victory, from any seat. His popularity Until recently, BJP sources and Tirupur in the Western hit, that the PM could con- report of the board’s discipli-
Among the three officials who and all payments to them will the BJP has chosen to keep is such that he can defeat were not discounting the pos- part of the state, where BJP test elections from Puri con- nary committee, which is yet
will face a departmental en- be stopped.  Turn to P4 quiet over his choice of seat. anyone anywhere. The Oppo- sibility of PM Modi choosing has a fair presence. stituency.  Turn to P4 to be constituted.  Report, P9
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HC quashes stay on Former MP, ex-MLAs among BJP

in brief

ticket aspirants for two A’bad seats

The Bhavnagar Railway
Barad’s conviction DNA Correspondent
correspondent@[Link]
wide range
„„A senior leader from
Museum, which is home
to a narrow gauge steam HC allows state’s plea to set aside lower court order Gandhinagar: Ahmedabad
East and Ahmedabad West,
the BJP said, “BJP
has a wide range of
locomotive, a narrow gauge both Lok Sabha seats falling in options for reserved
hydraulic locomotive, and DNA Correspondent Ahmedabad city have seen a category candidates too.
different heritage equipment, correspondent@[Link] THE CASE huge demand for tickets in the We received over 20
was opened for public on Barad was accused past two days. applications. The party
Friday —DNA photo In a major setback for former of stealing limestone At least 20 aspirants made high command would
Congress MLA Bhaga Barad, worth Rs2.83 crore their representation personal- have chosen a candidate
the Gujarat High Court on through illegal mining ly or through their supporters but we have a chance
`9.45L worth of Friday quashed the stay on
his conviction and sentence
in government land in
Sutrapada, according to
to present their claims for a
ticket. The names which were
to analyse the political
equations. We will
liquor seized from by a sessions court in Gir
Somnath in a case of illegal
an FIR lodged against put before the observers
showed a great range as senior Workers prepare BJP party flags ahead of General Elections 2019 —PTI
suggest a few names.”
him in 1995. He was
Hebatpur road mining. pronounced guilty under leaders and junior workers of
Justice Sonia Gokani al- Section 379 of the the party try their luck. CK Patel and many more. The by his supporters. Aspirants The names that have ap-
On Friday early morn- lowed the state government’s IPC, which deals with For the Ahmedabad East observers met the aspirants on such as Vadhwani, Bhushan peared are former minister
ing, a team of Preven- plea to set aside order of a punishment for theft. seat, the names that appeared Thursday for the seat. and CK Patel sought the ticket and Speaker of Gujarat Assem-
tion of Crime Branch sessions court in Gir Som- Ex-Congress MLA Bhaga Barad before the panel of the three One of the observers said saying their community bly Ramanlal Vora and Atmar-
(PCB) seized Rs 9.45lakh nath, which had stayed observers include former un- on condition of anonymity, should get representation.” am Parmar, former MLA RM
worth of Indian made Barad’s conviction and jail ion minister Harin Pathak, “There was a buzz in the media The Ahmedabad West seat Patel and Jitu Vaghela, former
foreign liquor (IMFL)
from a truck parked on
Hebatpur road. A total
term of two years and nine
months awarded by a magis-
trate’s court of Sutrapada.
Hardik plea: HC asks former minister in the Gujarat
government Nirmala Vad-
hwani, former MLA and son of
that actor and sitting MP
Paresh Rawal will not get the
ticket and therefore we had as-
that is reserved for the sched-
uled caste community saw a
similar demand. Dalit leaders,
municipal councillor Darsha-
na Vaghela and others. Natu-
rally, sitting MP Dr Kirit Solan-
of 260 boxes of liquor
were recovered from the
truck and further inves-
In her order, Justice Go-
kani asked the sessions court
to hear Barad’s plea afresh
state to file affidavit senior minister Ashok Bhatt,
Bhushan, Bollywood actor
Manoj Joshi, Patidar commu-
sumed that he would not pre-
sent the claim for a ticket
again. However, surprisingly,
including former ministers,
ex-MLAs and some former and
present municipal corporators
ki also sought the ticket again.
However, his name is believed
to have been dropped.
tigation is on. As per po- “without further loss of DNA Correspondent nity leader and former MLA his proposal also was brought on Friday demanded the ticket. Full report on: [Link]
lice officials, they got time”. correspondent@[Link]
specific information She noted the sessions
from their source that a
huge consignment is go-
court “should once again ap-
ply its mind” while hearing
The Gujarat High Court has
asked the government to file Guj Cong site Ex-MLA Chhabil Patel sent to 10-day
hacked, pics
ing to enter Ahmedabad Barad’s petition challenging an affidavit in connection

police custody in Bhanushali case

from the Hebatpur road the magistrate’s order. Citing with a petition moved by
and the consignment be- judgements by the Supreme Patidar agitation leader
longs to a bootlegger
identified as Manoj
Court, she noted that lower
courts should stay convic-
Hardik Patel seeking a stay
on his conviction by a Gujarat High Court —file photo from Hardik’s
sex CD posted
Dantani, a resident of tions in only rare cases. Mehsana court in connection DNA Correspondent
Shilaj. Barad, who was MLA from with a case of rioting in 2015. Sabha polls but the provisions correspondent@[Link]
Talala constituency, was con- The court gave time to the of The Representation of the
Conference on victed in a 24-year-old case of government to file the affida- People Act prevents a person Former MLA Chhabil Patel,
AI held at ILNU illegal mining on March 1, vit after the state counsel convicted in a criminal case DNA Correspondent arrested in connection to the
and sentenced to two years sought time for the same. from contesting elections. correspondent@[Link] murder of ex-MLA Jayanti
The Institute of Law
and nine months imprison- Further hearing in the mat- The petition further stated Bhanushali, was remanded to
Nirma University
ment. His conviction was ter will now be held on March that all cases against Hardik Unidentified hackers police custody for ten days by
(ILNU) hosted an
stayed by the sessions court 19. The court also stated that were politically motivated. It breached the website of Gu- a court on Friday.
international
on March 8, even as he was a copy of the said affidavit said that while Hardik was jarat Pradesh Congress Com- Patel, a prime accused in
conference on justice
disqualified as MLA by as- should also be given to the fighting for a social cause, the mittee (GPCC) on Friday and the Bhanushali murder case,
education on the theme
sembly speaker Rajendra petitioner. cases against him were out of posted a picture of Hardik was arrested in the early
of ‘Artificial
Trivedi on March 5. It should be noted that ear- political rivalry. The petition Patel with a woman from his hours of Thursday as soon as
Intelligence and Its
Barad had moved the high lier Justice RP Dholaria had also stated that prior to him infamous sex scandal case. he landed at the Ahmedabad Former BJP MLA Chhabil Patel was arrested in the early hours of Thursday
Legal Implication’ on
court on March 11 challeng- recused himself from hear- taking up the reservation Gujarat Congress said it International Airport. when he landed at Ahmedabad International Airport —PTI
Friday. Retired
ing his disqualification alleg- ing the petition when it came cause, no criminal cases have will lodge a formal complaint The Special Investigative
Supreme Court justice
BN Srikrishna said at
ing it was politically moti- before his court. been registered against with the Election Commis- Team (SIT) probing the case background
vated. He also challenged the The matter then came up Hardik. A sessions court in sion of India and the Cyber- produced Patel before a court „„According to police, and joined the BJP, but lost
the conference that he
announcement of by-elec- before Justice AG Uraizee. Visnagar had in July sen- crime Department. in Bhachau, Kutch, and sought political rivalry between the by-election in 2014.
believed that law is a
tions to Talala seat by the Counsel for Patel, Rafik tenced Hardik to two years’ GPCC shut down the web- 14 days’ remand of the ac- Bhanushali and Patel led Patel also lost in the 2017
profession which would
Election Commission. The Lokhandwala and IH Saiyed imprisonment for rioting and site and said that it will soon cused. The SIT said the re- to the former’s murder.
not be replaced
plea is pending before a divi- had stated through the peti- arson in the town in 2015, be restored. Tejinder Pal mand was necessary to get Bhanushali was elected to „„According to police,
completely by the AI.
sion bench of high court. tion that Hardik wanted to when the Patidar reservation Singh Bagga, spokesperson further details in the case, col- the Assembly from Abdasa Patel held Bhanushali
 —With inputs from agencies contest the upcoming Lok stir was at its peak. of Bharatiya Janata Party, lect further evidence, ascer- seat in 2007, but Patel had responsible for his
asked Congress president Ra- tain if more people were in- defeated him in 2012 polls. losses, and had a grudge
hul Gandhi, if the party in- volved in the crime, and other Later, Patel quit Congress against him
tends to garner votes by pro- grounds.
moting people like Hardik. The court, however, grant-
In a statement, Manish ed remand for 10 days. train in the wee hours of Janu- Apart from Patel and his
Doshi, spokesperson of state A police official said that ary 8. Patel had gone to Muscat son, police have arrested four
Congress said that the video the former MLA would be on January 2, from where he other persons so far, including
of Hardik was prepared questioned to piece the entire went to US on January 10. two sharp shooters, and two
when he was spearheading puzzle. He said that Patel and DGP (CID-Crime) Ashish caretakers of Patel’s farm-
social movements. At that his son Siddharth, who was ar- Bhatia said on Thursday that house in Kutch. Bhatia said
time, politically motivated rested earlier, would be ques- Patel had confessed to his that three other accused, in-
elements had prepared the tioned together. Bhanushali role in the Bhanushali mur- cluding a woman named Mani-
video to discredit him. was shot dead in a moving der case. sha Goswami, are still at large.
“Hardik officially joined Con-

Reshma Patel quits BJP, to

gress on March 12 in pres-
ence of party president Ra-
hul Gandhi and elements in-
dulging in dirty tactics are

contest LS as independent
deeply disturbed and playing
foul games,” said Doshi.
He said that the party will
lodge a formal complaint
with the Election Commis- DNA Correspondent against the public’s interest.
sion of India and Cyber-crime correspondent@[Link] I am going to contest polls
Cell of the local police. He from the Porbandar seat if
also said that even in the past, Gandhinagar: PAAS leader any party gives me a ticket.
such elements had leaked a Hardik Patel’s former col- Otherwise, I will contest the
fake copy of Congress’ candi- league, Reshma Patel, who LS polls independently. I have
date list ahead of Assembly worked with him during the started my poll-related work
elections in December 2017. quota agitation, quit the BJP and campaign. I have been
on Friday. approaching the heads of vil-
Reshma had joined the Reshma Patel lages in the Porbandar con-
BJP before Assembly polls in stituency.”
Gujarat in 2017, along with Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Va- “I also declare my full sup-
another Hardik aide, Varun ghani. After giving her resig- port to Hardik Patel and would
Patel. An ambitious Reshma nation, Reshma addressed a also campaign on his behalf,
wished to contest the polls press conference at Rajkot. wherever he contests the polls
but failed to convince the BJP “In my mind, I had quit the from,” she added. Reshma had
to give her a ticket. BJP a long time ago as the expected a ticket during the
The image of Hardik seen on the She tendered her resigna- party failed to meet people’s Assembly polls too, but was
Gujarat Congress’ website tion through a letter to the expectations and worked denied one by the party.

hopes dashed forest officials confirm no other tiger in guj

Tiger pug marks turns out to leopard’s

DNA Correspondent
correspondent@[Link] traps show leopard
„„A forest officer in the
Almost a month after a tiger, know said immediately
spotted for the first time in Gu- after the news of ‘pug
jarat after three decades, was marks of tigress and her
found dead under mysterious cubs’ started doing the
circumstances, footprints rounds, they checked
found near Lunawada gave the camera traps which
rise to buzz about the presence showed a leopard moving
of a tigress and her cub. in the same area.
Forest department officials,
however, clarified that the foot- „„“The pug marks are
prints belonged to a leopard of a leopard and not a
and not a tiger. tiger,” said the officer
The photographs of the A camera trap picture of the leopard in the area where pug marks were seen
footprint even got Rajya Sabha
MP Parimal Nathwani excited tigress & cub,” tweeted also been spotted in Lunawada “This is because sometimes
with the lawmaker tweeting Nathwani. in the forests of Mahisagar. leopards can also grow to a
that the forest department will However, SK Srivastava, After the tiger’s presence was huge size. Unless the pug
take necessary steps to locate Chief Conservator of Forest, confirmed, there were ru- marks are in wet earth, it is
the tigress and her cub and Vadodara Circle said that the mours that a tigress and her also difficult to get its dimen-
ensure their protection. footprints are those of a leop- cub were also present in the sions from a mere picture. Sev-
“Exciting news for #nature ard. “The footprints belong to same forests. At that time, the eral measurements need to be
lovers as footsteps of tigress & a leopard. There are no tigers. forest department officials had taken before one can be sure
cub have been found near We have also checked the cam- denied the existence of such a whom the pug marks belong
Lunawada, #Gujarat hinting era traps and it is confirmed tigress. to,” said Thakor. He said often,
at #Tiger presence in Mahisa- that it is a leopard,” Srivastava Vishal Thakor, who has in excitement, people who end
gar #forests. I hope that forest said. worked on human wildlife con- up with photographs of pug
officials will quickly carry out It should be noted that the flict mitigation said that peo- marks spread it on social me-
requisite steps to locate & en- first tiger to be spotted in Gu- ple often mistake pug marks of dia adding their own twist and
sure the conservation of this jarat after three decades had leopards for that of a tiger. knowledge.
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City police arrest four Support innovators,

in brief
IIMA to host 54th
convocation
Prez asks entrepreneurs
for violating PUBG ban
today
The Indian Institute of
Management DNA Correspondent
Ahmedabad will host correspondent@[Link]

Following negative feedback, police say ban on the game to be reviewed

its 54th annual convoca-
tion on Saturday. Prof The president Ram Nath Ko-
Kaushik Basu, profes- vind on Friday advocated for
sor of economics and DNA Correspondent the dimension of a disease. support from entrepreneurs
Carl Marks Professor correspondent@[Link] The ban is targeted solely to innovators. He was ad-
of International Stud- against such individuals,” dressing at an event ‘FINE
ies at Cornell Universi- On Friday, Ahmedabad police the city police said. 2019’, the Festival of Innova-
ty, will address the con- arrested four people from Ra- It that a large number of tion and Entrepreneurship
vocation. Degrees khiyal and Satellite area of people handle gaming con- held at Gram Bharti San-
would be conferred the city for playing PUBG. The tent for recreational purpose sthan near Gandhinagar.
upon the graduating arrest was made for violating with balance and discretion. The president also gave
students at the convoca- the notification on ban of the “We are evaluating your away awards to grass root
tion, which is slated to popular video game PUBG. feedback and will factor in level innovators. Speaking at President Ram Nath Kovind at FINE-2019 on Friday held near Gandhinagar
take place from 6:00 pm The game was banned after it your concerns in future deci- the gathering, he said, “We
to 8:15 pm. was blamed for increasing vio- sions. Since we are in the need to build an ecosystem good,” the President Kovind Areca nut peeler and a Bam-
lence among children. middle of examination sea- for converting innovations added. boo splitting machine.
GCCI organises A total of four accused son, the ban on PUBG does into enterprises. These could The president suggested The president also said
seminar on trade, were arrested from the city, service a direct useful pur- be commercial or social en- to all the people present at that the NIF has been work-
tourism in Nepal out of which three were held pose,” it said. terprises, the form does not the event to scale up the im- ing on the philosophy of Ma-
Gujarat Chamber of by Satellite police from SG Picture for representation The note also said that po- matter as long as the enter- pact of innovations on na- hatma Gandhi to strengthen
Commerce and Indus- highway and while one was lice would do a serious re- prise enables innovation to tional and global levels. He the nation through making
try and Embassy of Ne- arrested by Rakhiyal police The notification said that The ban announced two thinking before any further actually make an impact. also said that when innova- villages self-reliant by the
pal recently organised from Urbannagar crossroad. the ban would be in force days ago, drew criticism from renewal of the ban which This necessarily requires tion is supported by an en- concept of Gram Swaraj.
a seminar in the city to MB Zala, Inspector of Sat- from March 14 till the mid- various quarters, and raised expires on March 28. support for start-ups and for terprise, it benefits the na- He said, “Gandhiji strongly
promote Nepal as a des- ellite police station said, “We night of March 28. concerns about intrusion in “Even when we discontin- incubating young innova- tion at large creating more advocated finding local solu-
tination for tourism, have arrested three people for Apart from that, in Himat- citizens’ privacy and freedom ue the ban there would be a tors.” employment. He also pushed tions to local problems. This
trade and investment. playing PUBG. While two of nagar, seven college students of choice. The police clarified slew of affirmative actions to “It is critical to connect for innovation based educa- thought was inherent in his
Nepal has set a target the accused are 25-year-old, were arrested from outside that this was not its intent, enhance awareness about the all the links of incubating tion system in schools. idea of Gram Swaraj. It is a
of attracting two mil- another is a 35-year-old man.” the Himatnagar polytechnic and in a note on Twitter, justi- harmful side of such content. innovations into enterprises The event organised in matter of immense satisfac-
lion tourists and ex- On March 13, Ahmedabad college for violating the noti- fied the reason for banning We will work with experts to by providing financial, men- Rashtrapati Bhavan every tion that this festival sees
pected that of these, police commissioner, AK Sin- fication. the highly addictive game. provide psychological help toring and policy support. year decided to hold it out- participation from several
about two lakh will be gh issued a notification plac- Amid severe criticism of “There is ample anecdotal and counselling services to We need to strengthen our side the venue this year. The grassroots innovators who
from Gujarat. Nepal ing an immediate ban on the ban on PUBG, the evidence that in several in- rehabilitate victims and capacities to connect sci- awards were conferred to the have been inspired to find ef-
boasts of a low-cost but PUBG. Even a ban was placed Ahmedabad police said Fri- stances, gaming disorder in- wean them away to healthier ence, technology and innova- innovators who developed a fective solutions to problems
dedicated and hard- on the popular MOMO chal- day that it would review the duced by addictive games recreational pursuits,” it tion with market, commer- new variety of cauliflower, that they experienced in
working work-force. It lenge. ban. such as PUBG has acquired added. cial success and public Pomegranate Deseeder and their communities.”
has investments and

State govt to announce RTE

trade opportunities in
food processing, textile
and tourism.
upping the ante 53 more swine
Valuables worth flu cases, one
`79K looted in Vatva
A complaint of a break-
in was lodged with Vat-
admission process next week death reported
va police station on Tanushree Bhatia DNA Correspondent
Thursday by the victim [Link]@[Link] correspondent@[Link]
Premila Chauhan, a
resident of Vatva. She After a long wait, the Gujarat Swine flu cases in the state
stated in her complaint government has decided to touched 4,168 with 53 more
that on Thursday after- announce the process of ad- cases coming to light on Fri-
noon an unidentified mission under the Right to day. One patient succumbed
person broke into her Education (RTE) Act next to H1N1 virus taking the
house and looted valua- week. The state government death toll to 122.
bles worth Rs79,000 has been receiving a lot of The state health depart-
comprising of gold and flak from various stakehold- ment said in a release that 12
silver ornaments and ers to delay in the process new cases of swine flu were
cash. Regarding the year after year, which many reported in Ahmedabad and
matter, the police have years ago was not the case. Surat cities each. Four cases
registered a complaint Admissions then would be came to light in Sabarkantha,
and further investiga- announced by January end. while Vadodara city and Ba-
tion on the matter is in Members of Consumer Protection & Action Committee set Chinese goods on fire in Ahmedabad on Friday to protest With the admission pro- naskantha reported three
progress. against China vetoing action against terror mastermind Masood Azhar —Pravin Indrekar/DNA cess going online, it is much Picture for representation cases each.
easier to complete the pro- Two cases were reported
cess in line with regular ad- CBSE and ICSE schools begin their academic in Kutch, Anand, Rajkot city,
mission processes followed Ahmedabad rural, Patan, and

Fire breaks out in commercial complex by schools.

session by April. If admissions are over by April, Surat rural, while one case
In February, the Associa- it would enable the students to begin their classes was confirmed in Mehsana,
tion of Progressive Schools on time along with others and can catch up faster. Rajkot, Amreli, Junagadh,
(AoPS) had requested the gov- Kheda, Botad, and Dwarka.
DNA Correspondent gency Service(AFES) were ernment to begin the admis- Manan Choksi, President, AoPS “Since January 1, 3,617 pa-
correspondent@[Link] called for help. sion process from March and tients have recovered, while
A total of nine fire fight- allot seats by April this year. 429 are under treatment,” the
On Friday morning, a major ing vehicles and 50 firemen A total of 40 schools are mem- When DNA spoke with Vi- year. “If the government sched- health department release
fire broke out in a complex rushed to the spot to control bers of the AoPS, which was nod Rao, Principal Secretary, ules the admission process said.
located on Relief road. the situation. After 2 hours formed in 2016 to improve ed- Primary and Secondary edu- with private schools, it will be Swine flu cases have been on
Three shops inside the com- of continues operation, the ucational standards of mem- cation, he said, “RTE admis- a step forward to reduce dis- the decline in the past 10 days
plex were reduced to ashes.
Pravin Indrekar

fire was taken under control. ber schools and support them sion process will be announced crimination against RTE stu- or so, as prior to that nearly 100
Primary investigation re- MF Dastoor, Chief fire of- in promoting best practices. next week. The process has not dents. The demand for schools cases were being reported on a
vealed that the fire sparked ficer, said, “Most of the Not just schools, Zubeida been delayed, in fact, last year completing admissions in time daily basis. The decline is
off due to a short circuit in shops located on the fourth Seva Ghar, an NGO that assists the process began in April. We is justified and with the online mainly because of rising tem-
one of the electric wires of a floor are illegally running. RTE parents in filling admis- are very much in time.” process, the delay could have perature. Gujarat has reported
shop. Fortunately, no casu- The shops are mostly built sion forms wrote to the govern- Ishu Gupta, a research as- been avoided.” Experts also felt the second highest number of
alty was reported in the in- Shop owners , passers-by outside the complex after a fire broke out this morning on the terrace and the walls ment on February 26 to expe- sociate at the Indian Institute that last year, because of the swine flu cases in the country
cident. are constructed using ban- dite the admission process and of Management, Ahmedabad delay, the first round of admis- this year. Rajasthan tops the
The incident took place at out in one of the mobile shop After the incident came to ners. The fire broke out due announce dates so that parents who has been working on the sions were declared much later list, while Delhi is third. Guja-
around 11.45am in the Mur- located on the fourth floor of light people rushed out of to a short circuit in a wire who lack certain documents, implementation of RTE in the after the schools had begun rat is also second in terms of
timant complex located on the complex and soon started the complex and the and got easily spread due to needed for admission, can state of Gujarat feels that the their session in June. death of swine flu patients this
Relief road. The fire broke spreading to adjacent shops. Ahmedabad Fire and Emer- the banners of the shops.” avail those in due time. process has been delayed this  Full report on [Link] year after Rajasthan

Kenya warns against 2,650 pay to travel by Metro on day 1 Tax dept seals 1,033
falling bilateral trade commercial units DNA Correspondent
correspondnent@[Link]
fact box
The train at present runs
parel Park covering over 6
km for which Rs10 is charged.
After it first began its run,
Passengers taking the metro between Vastral gam and the metro service had to be DNA Correspondent The department had also col-
dropped by 26.5% on the first Apparel Park covering stopped twice owing to a tech- correspondent@[Link] lected Rs5.86 crore as tax. High-
day of the actual commercial over 6 km for which Rs10 nical fault. The first halt hap- est commercial units were
operations of the metro train is charged. After it first pened on the second day of the The tax department of the sealed in the north-west zone –
in Ahmedabad. It should be began its run, the metro free ride when a problem with Ahmedabad Municipal Cor- 220, followed by south-west zone
noted that after being inaugu- service had to be stopped the air conditioning forced the poration (AMC) on Friday in which 180 properties were
rated by Prime Minister Nar- twice owing to a technical train to be stopped for 15 min- sealed 1, 033 commercial prop- sealed. In the east zone 164
endra Modi, the government fault. utes. It had to be stopped once erties. The units were sealed units, 142 in the north, 119 in
had announced free ride on again for more than an hour after they failed to make pay- west zone, 106 in the south while
the metro for 10 days. The after the service developed ment of property tax. This 102 commercial properties were
free ride period ended on from Friday onwards. over 10000 who hopped onto technical faults for the second time the department is not sealed in the central zone. So far
Thursday with authorities Officials said that on Fri- the service on the first day time. The authorities had also allowing partial payment and more than 17,000 commercial
charging money from passen- day 2650 people took the met- when the service was free. provided for a women-only asking for full payment of properties have been sealed and
Kenyan High Commissioner to India, Willy Bett (C), and Mrs Faith Bett (second gers for a ride between Vas- ro ride after buying a ticket, The train at present runs drive as part of the Women’s property tax. Earlier, partial the department has recovered
from right) with AMA team tral Gam and Apparel Park a sharp drop compared to the between Vastral gam and Ap- Day celebrations. payments were accepted. around Rs70 crore tax dues.

DNA Correspondent (AMA), led by AMA president

correspondent@[Link] Rajiv Mehta, will visit Kenya go green solid Waste Management Dept collected over 1200 kg of banned plastic last month
and Tanzania between April 14

Civic body yet to begin work on ‘single-use plastic’ ban

Kenyan authorities, on Friday, and April 21 to give a boost to
warned India against falling Gujarat’s trade and investment
exports to the African country, in the region. Vaccine-maker
while the exports from China Hester Biosciences has invest-
are rising. They are seeking ed $16 million to set up an ani-
more Indian investments in mal vaccine manufacturing Gargi Raval Harshad Solanki, director sol- the banned items. To prevent the usage of
the field of agriculture, food unit in Kenya. Production will [Link]@[Link] id waste management, AMC. On Friday, the health de- inferior quality plastic, dif-
processing, healthcare, afford- start by the end of 2020, said “Meanwhile, we are keeping partment of the civic body ferent teams of the civic body
able housing and manufactur- company CEO and MD, Rajiv A week after the direction of a tab on the usage of banned has served notices to 94 res- are reaching out to the mass.
ing sector. Gandhi. Orthopaedic surgeon the state government, the plastic. Last week we have taurants and food chains and “Our teams are going to
“India’s bilateral trade and founder of Samved Hospi- Ahmedabad Municipal Corpo- sealed two plastic manufactur- asked them to stop usage of parks, malls, markets and
with Kenya has dropped from tal said that of late hospital ration (AMC) has still not tak- ing units in Odhav who were banned plastic. The estate de- public gathering places and
$3.4 billion in 2014 to $2.05 bil- infrastructure has improved en any action over the ban on producing banned material. We partment had seized 8 kg of asking people to stop usage
lion in 2018. In the same peri- in African countries and in- single-use plastic. The civic have seized 1236 kg of banned plastic bags from the street of the banned items.” added
od, Chinese bilateral trade has stead of African patients com- body on March 8, 2019, admit- plastic in last one month,” the vendors. Solanki.
increased from $2.8 billion to ing to India, Indian doctors are ted before the state govern- officer added.
$3.9 billion,” said Willy Bett, going to Africa to provide treat- ment and Gujarat Pollution Under the banned
High Commissioner of Kenya ments. Bett said that Kenyan Control Board (GPCB) that plastic waste drive,
in India while talking to me- government is providing in- they will ban single-use plastic the department has
dia persons in the city. “India centives in four sectors that are in the city. inspected 13,278 units
has lost its first-mover advan- its top priority. These include However, so far, no action Picture for representation and had served notice
tage in Kenya. It is possible to universal healthcare, manu- has been taken on the same to 7447. They have
regain it. India is our long- facturing sector, universal food line. On the other hand, the from the city last month. banned. We have started with levied a charge of
standing friend,” said Bett. and nutritional security and Solid Waste Management De- “Single-use plastic like some big food chains already. It Rs50 lakh from the
A delegation of Ahmedabad affordable housing. partment has collected more straw, glass, plastic spoons and will take some time to launch commercial units
Management Association  Full report on [Link] than 1200 kg of banned plastic fork even some pouches will be a full-fledged campaign,” said who were found with
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Lalu hopes for release so ED to question lobbyist on

in brief
SC refuses plea in
rape case against
Airbus aircraft deal in jail
he can ensure ‘fair polls’
Arunachal CM
New Delhi: The apex
court declined on Friday DNA Correspondent
to entertain a plea filed correspondent@[Link]
by a woman seeking po-
lice protection and per- SC agrees to hear bail plea, which says his presence crucial for ‘free, fair election’ New Delhi: The Enforce-
mission to approach the ment Directorate has been
Delhi HC for legal reme- DNA Correspondent allowed to quiz corporate lob-
dies regarding her com- correspondent@[Link] state-graft byist Deepak Talwar who was
plaint of gang rape — 10 „„Lalu Prasad has been liaising for the purchase of 43
years after the alleged New Delhi: Hope glimmered convicted of conspiracy aircraft from French compa-
incident — by four peo- for Rashtriya Janata Dal in misappropriating funds ny Airbus in 2005.
ple including Arunachal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, from the state treasury Talwar is currently in ju-
Pradesh CM Pema who is in jail following his while he was chief dicial custody and the court
Khandu. A bench led by conviction in the fodder scam minister of Bihar. has allowed the agency to in-
CJI Ranjan Gogoi asked cases, as the Supreme Court terrogate him on jail prem-
her to approach the ju- agreed on Friday to consider „„Besides offences ises from Monday to Friday
risdictional high court his bail plea before the first under the Indian between 9 am and 6 pm. Corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar —File Photo
and seek protection phase of Lok Sabha elections Penal Code, he is also Talwar obtained benefits
from authorities there. kicks off on April 11. convicted of corruption for Airbus Industrie and
Admitting his petition, a under the Prevention of some other foreign compa-
Caused `1,000-cr loss to exchequer: ed
Defamation: Delhi bench of Chief Justice Ran- Corruption Act nies for a huge sum of funds ‘EGoM approved purchase centre worth Rs 1,000
CM summoned jan Gogoi and Justices Deep- Former Bihar CM currently serving time for stealing funds meant for cattle received in the accounts of of 43 aircraft in 2006 on the crore. But the condition was
New Delhi: A court in ak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna various entities directly or condition that Airbus will fraudulently deleted when
Delhi summoned CM sought the response of the Lalu was complaining of se- The plea for his release on apex court. indirectly controlled by him. establish training and repair purchase order was placed.’
Arvind Kejriwal and Central Bureau of Investiga- rious health issues, he said. bail further stated, “The pres- Lalu has so far been con- The ED told the court Tal-
others in a defamation tion (CBI) within two weeks. But Lalu’s petition, filed ence of the president of the victed in three cases where the war exploited his connections
case filed by BJP over Arguing for the former Bi- by advocate Jayant Mohan, RJD is absolutely essential evidence against him is com- with government servants, arrested in the Airbus case. meeting held by the Empow-
his comments on dele- har chief minister, senior cited the real reason why he for the conduct of free and mon. He was punished with which gave him pecuniary But the court asked them to ered Group of Ministers
tion of voters’ names advocate Kapil Sibal said the is seeking bail. “The Lok fair elections.” prison terms of three-and-a- advantage in conspiracy with question him in jail instead, (EGoM) in September 2005,
from the rolls in the na- 70-year-old politician had Sabha elections are to take Earlier, Lalu had ap- half years in one case, 14 years Airbus Industrie, while caus- following which ED with- where representatives from
tional capital. It directed served half the sentence in place... the presence of the proached the Jharkhand (two concurrent sentences of ing a corresponding loss to drew the warrant applica- the French company were
Kejriwal, RS member the three cases, and there was petitioner is essential for the High Court seeking suspen- seven years) in another, and the government in carrying tion. The court later passed also present.
Sushil Kumar Gupta, no possibility of his appeals party in view of require- sion of his sentence and five years in the third case. out the purchase of 43 craft by an order permitting the agen- The public prosecutor told
MLA Manoj Kumar and being disposed of in the near ments such as preparation grant of bail, but failed to get He has served 22 months Indian Airlines from Airbus. cy to grill him on weekdays. the court that Talwar
AAP’s Atishi Marlena to future. Besides, after going and strategisation for, and any relief. The HC dismissed in the first case, 20 months in The ED had earlier moved The ED informed the court received Rs 92 crore from Air-
appear on April 30. under the knife for an aortic conduct of, the elections,” his petition on January 10, the second and 13 months in an application for his produc- that the negotiated for the bus in one account and Rs 142
valve replacement in 2014. the petition said. forcing him to appeal the the third case. tion warrant so he could be aircraft were finalised in a crore in another.

O2: Bihar’s go-to cow sheds and cafes Terrorists strike in Valley BJP keeps
Oppn guessing
Vithika Salomi
[Link]@[Link]

Patna: An agrarian cam-

before polls; kill 1, injure 1 disease, and therefore, prici-
er to maintain, he says.
Singh says some 50 people
including high court judges
over PM’s seat
From P1
paign has been conceived in and bureaucrats are already DNA Correspondent and shot dead,” he said. “There is 90 per cent pos-
Bihar to popularise breeding associated with the move- correspondent@[Link] A case has been registered sibility of Prime Minister
and rearing of indigenous ment after doorstep delivery and a probe is under way. Narendra Modi contesting
milch cattle, as opposed to of milk commenced earlier Srinagar: Terrorists killed On Thursday evening, the from Puri seat,” Purohit had
foreign or hybrid breeds. this month. a civilian and injured anoth- National Conference block said, adding that PM had
‘Oxygen Goushala’ hopes to “We plan to cater to about er in the last 18 hours in president Mohommad Ismail sought blessings of Lord Jag-
create a social model for pre- 1,000 people, who will become Kashmir, in an apparent bid Wani was shot at in Bijbhera annath and won from Vara-
serving homegrown cows by brand ambassadors of our to instil fear before the parlia- area in Anantnag district. nasi in 2014.
popularising the benefits of cause. While our capacity is mentary polls in the Valley. The terrorists surfaced at BJP sources concede PM
consuming pure milk pro- ter mother’s milk. It is not just also has medicinal value,” limited, our ultimate aim is to Police said militants ab- NC’s Ismail Wani at hospital —PTI Bopatyar village and fired at Modi would never leave his
cured from ‘desi’ cows such higher on vitamins, nutri- says Vinod Singh, the force create a market for desi cow ducted Manzoor Ahmad Lone, Wani, who was then rushed home state Gujarat and will
as Gir and Sahiwal. ents, amino acids and Omega behind Oxygen Goushala. milk, that will get milkmen 40, from his home at Pulwa- dead by the terrorists,” said a to hospital. “My colleague definitely fight from there. But
“Milk given by indigenous 3 fatty acids when compared Crossbreeds and exotic and suppliers to switch to in- ma’s Dogripora village on police spokesman. Ismail Wani has been shot & which seat he would choose is
breeds of cows is the best af- to Jersey or other breeds, it cows are more susceptible to digenous breeds,” he says. Thursday night. He was taken The police said the body injured,” tweeted Omar again anybody’s guess. BJP
Singh says each member to neighbouring Gulzarpora would be handed over to the Abdullah, NC vice-president. leaders see possible seats as
of the Goushala will have to where he was shot dead. family after medico-legal for- This is the first attack on a Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Ra-
visit it at least once a year to “Police attended the terror malities. “Initial investiga- political worker since the an- jkot, and Surat, though they
connect with the bovines. crime spot and learnt that an tions reveal he was forcibly nouncement of the Lok Sab- also say that it can be any of
The Goushala itself is be- individual had been shot taken away by the terrorists ha polls for J&K’s six seats. the 26 seats in Gujarat.
ing developed as a place for Most leaders agree that PM
the locals to picnic at, with Modi will definitely contest
cottages and halls.
As part of a related initia-
tive, Students’ Oxygen Move-
Cong manifesto will emphasise from Varanasi because Uttar
Pradesh is a key state that the
party is looking at to ensure a

on universal primary education

ment, schoolchildren in Pat- second term and his presence
na are being made aware of there is necessary. Moreover,
the benefits of drinking desi leaving Varanasi will give a
cow milk. Some O2 milk par- psychological advantage to
lours and cafes have also From P1 rates. In the discussion is moment, and the party is the Opposition to claim a
been planned for tastings. “The party’s manifesto is also a National Election likely to make an announce- moral victory over BJP.
As part of the preservation drafted with the idea that Fund, aimed to bring in pub- ment soon. The party’s In the case of Gujarat, BJP
initiative, the Goushala’s aim education should be provided lic funding and credibility to 22-member manifesto team leaders claim that PM Modi
is also to provide shelter to the for every child, and the na- the election process. closed in the consultation will not leave his home state
quadrupeds that are past ture of education provided Apart from that, digital process in February after Gujarat. Party observers,
milking age. “We will raise should be of uniform quality rights to every citizen and free holding 176 consultations looking at two seats — Va-
male bovines and won’t sell across the country,” said a access to the internet also fea- across 56 cities in 24 states dodara and Rajkot — said
the cows after they stop giv- party leader working on the ture in the draft manifesto. To and Union Territories. Sourc- that the PM may contest the
ing milk. Around 10% of the manifesto. The party also reach out to their Northeast- es said that an email ID, cre- polls from these two seats.
funds will saved to take care plans to bring in the idea of ern voters, the party is prom- ated for manifesto sugges- Senior leader Narhari
of ageing cattle,” he says. using digitised methods of ising minimum wages for tea tions, elicited 31,000 emails, Amin said PM Modi could
education in classrooms. workers in the region. and 1.6 lakh signatures were contest polls from Rajkot.
The party also plans to People involved in the garnered on online petitions Same words were reiterated
outlaw electoral bonds, manifesto process said that floated by the public to en- by the chief whip in Gujarat
which allows for unaccount- the final draft of the mani- sure certain suggestions in Assembly BJP Pankaj Desai,
ed donations from corpo- festo is being vetted at the the manifesto. an observer for Vadodara.

tenders & Notices Mumbai bridge collapse... From P1 ever, officers failed to notice
The report highlights that the this. The chief engineer in
structural audit report had charge of Friday’s assess-
said the bridge was in good ment reported that there is
condition and only needed mi- indication of lack or absence
nor repairs. However, it of supervision of the audit
should have taken into ac- work, and suggested the su-
count repair work undertak- pervising engineers should be
en in 2013 which added 1.43 held be responsible.
tons of steel to the structure, The report also calls for a
in addition to polymer mortar Bridge Inspection Authority
and hand-railing work. How- to be set up in the city.
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ball t
MLA seats up for grabs across Seats won by BJP (of 4,230) in Seats won by Congress in these

05
all states as well as Delhi and these Assembly elections held polls. Barring BJP & Cong, only Maharashtra Chief
Pondy since 2014 LS polls, in- since 2014. This is comfortably formation to win seats in as Minister Devendra
cluding those held with LS polls more than any other party many as 12 states was the Left Fadnavis with Shiv Sena

ballet
chief Uddhav Thackeray
and Union Minister Nitin
Mohabbat karne wale kam na honge, teri mehfil mein Gadkari during the first
lekin ham na honge (you may perhaps have no dearth of joint election convention
admirers, but I would not be among them) organised by BJP and
Shiv Sena for party work-
Shatrughan Sinha, Dissident BJP leader ers in Nagpur on Friday.

lok sabha election 2019 back in fold: Apna dal seals alliance with the BJP, to contest two ls seats in Uttar pradesh

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Many suitors for Northeast’s Seven Sisters

With allies back, er’s votes. What could also cut
away from the anti-CAB votes
ernment in Meghalaya. Inter-
estingly, Conrad was the first

BJP emerges as
is the entry of Conrad Sang-
ma’s NPP, which is contesting
prominent leader to slam BJP
over CAB, leading to out- state of the northeast
for the first time. The BJP is bursts from both BJP CMs
front-runner; NE going strong in Barak Valley
after the introduction of the
Pema Khandu and Manipur’s
Biren Singh. The main fight
dust yet to settle in the region over centre’s Citizenship Amendment Bill

accounts for 25 Bill as it has a majority of

Hindu Bengalis.
for Meghalaya’s two seats will
be between Congress and NPP. ASSAM
Lok Sabha seats Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram
No of voters: 1,50,85,883
The state, which has seen The Mizo National Front
Amrita Madhukalya many crossovers in the last (MNF), which formed the gov- Voter turnout in 2014: 79.88%
[Link]@[Link] few years, has a firm coalition ernment in the state in Decem- No of assembly seats: 126
in place. For instance, current ber after ousting the Congress,
New Delhi: Northeast states CM Pema Khandu of BJP was was a NEDA constituent till ARUNACHAL PRADESH MIZORAM

5,96,956 4,33,201
– consisting of seven states earlier with Congress as well before the elections. It fought
and 25 Lok Sabha seats – have as the People’s Party of the elections alone and won a No of voters: No of voters:
the reputation of going along Arunachal (PPA). For the up- thumping majority. However,
with the party that rules the coming Lok Sabha elections, the MNF seems to have be- Voter turnout in 2014: 78.61% Voter turnout in 2014: 61.69%
Centre. This traditional Con- under the BJP-led Northeast come further disillusioned No of assembly seats: 60 No of assembly seats: 40
gress bastion now has BJP or Democratic Front (NEDA), with the BJP following the in-
its allies in power in all the the BJP along with the Conrad troduction of the CAB. The MANIPUR NAGALAND
states. The region is going to
be crucial this time – both for
Sangma-led National People’s
party will contest the two
party has declared that it will
contest against the BJP, mak- No of voters: 14,12,637 No of voters: 10,38,910
the BJP as well as the Grand seats together. They are pitted ing it a three-cornered fight
Voter turnout in 2014 : 77.5% Voter turnout in 2014: 87.82%
Old Party. The BJP is looking against Congress, which ex- with the Congress in the fray.
No of assembly seats: 60 No of assembly seats: 60
at neutralising some of its ex- pects to capitalise on protests
pected heartland losses from over Citizenship Amendment Nagaland
here with Amit Shah setting a Bill (CAB) and Permanent The lone LS seat was earlier MEGHALAYA TRIPURA
target of winning 22 of 25 seats.
The Congress, on the other
Residency Certificate (PRC).
Manipur
held by CM Neiphiu Rio be-
fore him contesting the 2018 No of voters: 10,78,058 No of voters: 20,23,859
hand, needs to retain seats for elections after floating a new Voter turnout in 2014: 68.79% Voter turnout in 2014: 84.72%
its survival. The introduction In Manipur, the introduction party, the Nationalist Demo- No of assembly seats: 60 No of assembly seats: 60
of the Citizenship Amendment (Top) File photo of PM Narendra Modi with Arunachal CM Pema Khandu; of the CAB has proved to have cratic Progressive Party
Bill (CAB) has rustled up mat- (Above) Rahul Gandhi during one of his campaign in the Northeast cost dearly. The introduction (NDPP). Interestingly, the
ters, with the party looking at of the Bill saw a sustained former state government was
playing up its role in stalling faith in India and nullifies did in the region in terms of spate of protests against the run by the TR Zeliang-led Total LS
the Bill in the Parliament. Its much of the work put in by electoral acceptance. BJP, which was brought to Naga People’s Front, a con- seats from Party-wise
president Rahul Gandhi has the National Register of Citi- But with the announce- power in the state following stituent of the NEDA. With the region breakup
asked the region’s leaders to zens, updated in the state. ment of polls, AGP, one of the the deft stitching of a coali- Congress decimated fully in
take it to people that it was The BJP’s poll plank in the key allies to break ranks over tion. In the Assembly polls, the the state, the fight is now be-
Congress that stalled the Bill, 2016 Assembly elections in CAB issue, has made a U-turn NEDA has declared a coalition tween the BJP-backed NDPP
State Seats Congress 8
as the regional parties have no Assam was that outsiders and is back in BJP camp. of the BJP, the NPP, the Naga and Congress-backed NPF. Assam 14 BJP 7
presence in the Upper House. will be identified and sent With years of anti-incum- People’s Front (NPF), and LJP
Tripura
Manipur 2 AIUDF 3
The BJP has been a fast away. Consequently, the NRC bency and a depleting political along with an independent Tripura 2 CPI (M) 2
mover, stitching up alliances was updated in Assam under class – its biggest loss was candidate. Barring NPF which The Indigenous People’s
with smaller parties, to undo a Supreme Court-monitored Himanta Biswa Sarma to the left the NEDA after the Naga- Front of Tripura (IPFT), Arunachal 2 NDPP 1
the damage of CAB. But in a process, identifying over 40 BJP – the Congress is strug- land Assembly polls, the BJP which helped BJP come to Nagaland 1 NCP 1
region where identity politics lakh people. The immediate gling to reclaim its base. How- has an alliance with the NPP. power in state has since split Mizoram 1 Independent 1
reigns supreme, it could be an aftermath was the BJP’s ris- ever, alliance with the All In- ways with the BJP. It has de-
upward trudge for the BJP. ing popularity in Assam. BJP dia United Democratic Front Meghalaya clared that it will contest the
Meghalaya 2
forming the government in could help the Congress, as the Meghalaya’s ruling party, the Lok Sabha elections alone.
Assam the state led to a domino ef- state has 34.2% Muslims. The Conrad Sangma-led NPP, is The Congress, which saw a
What was earlier an easy win fect in the region, catapulting vote share of the BJP front in one of the NEDA’s most huge erosion of leaders to the
for the BJP in Assam, which BJP to power in Manipur, the 2016 Assembly elections prominent constituents, BJP, is gaining ground. This
Assam Assembly Elections 2009 Ls elections
sends 14 seats to the Lok Sab- Tripura and Nagaland, and was a combined 41.5%, while helping the BJP form and be will be a four-cornered fight, Party Seats won Vote (%) Congress  13 AIUDF  1
ha, has now become a compli- as a ruling partner in Megha- Congress had 31% and AIUDF a part of governments in the with the BJP and the Left vy- BJP+AGP+BPF 86 41.5% BJP  4 BPF  1
cated fight. The reason is the laya. The CAB led to wide- 13%. A Congress-AIUDF alli- entire region. NPP’s MLAs ing for the Bengali votes, and
introduction of the CAB. The spread protests in Assam, ance could translate to a 44% helped the BJP come to power the Congress and the IPFT Congress 26 31% CPM  2 NCP  1
Bill seeks to provide citizen- and then in other NE states, vote share but has the danger in Manipur as well as Naga- vying for the tribal votes. AIUDF 13 13% AGP  1 NPF  1
ship to refugees of the Hindu undoing a lot of work the BJP of cutting away into each oth- land, and be a part of the gov-  Full report: [Link]

Pawar’s grand nephew Parth, Poll code: TN

orders inquiry
NC-Cong seat-sharing hits a roadblock
Bhujbal’s nephew in NCP list on Rahul meet
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu
Ishfaq-ul-Hassan
h_ishfaq@[Link]

Srinagar: Talks between Na-

Cong optimistic
“Talks are going on. We
that they will contest all the
three seats of the Valley while
Congress should focus on
Ladakh and Jammu region.
National Conference leader.
Under the 2014 seat-shar-
ing arrangement, Congress
had contested two Jammu
are hopeful. In politics,
Sanjay Jog jbal, who had lost to Shiv government has ordered an tional Conference (NC) and one should always be “We had a preliminary and Ladakh parliamentary
[Link]@[Link] Sena nominee in 2014 elec- inquiry on how a college here Congress to negotiate a seat- hopeful. Talks are being round of discussions. Con- seats while the National Con-
tion, had strongly recom- gave its approval for Con- sharing arrangement have held in a very good gress was pressing for one ference had contested all the
Mumbai: The Nationalist mended Samir’s name for the gress President Rahul Gan- hit a roadblock after the lat- atmosphere,” said GN seat in the Valley and wanted three seats in the Valley.
Congress Party has given party nomination. dhi to interact with its stu- ter demanded to contest one Monga, PCC vice-chief. us to take Jammu which we Both parties, however,
tickets to young faces, sidelin- Parth’s entry into electoral dents when the Model Code of three Lok Sabha seats believe will simply hand over drew blank as BJP swept
ing the old guards, in its sec- politics is quite significant as of Conduct is in force. from the Kashmir Valley. the seat to BJP. We have told Jammu and Ladakh while
ond and final list of Lok Sab- he represents the fourth gen- The Congress leader, in in- Sources said Congress seats and give them one seat them it is unacceptable to us. Peoples Democratic Party
ha candidates announced on eration of the Pawar family. teraction with students of wanted National Conference in lieu in the Valley. National There have been no further (PDP) won all the three seats
Friday. The move is seen as a His father Ajit Pawar and Stella Maris College here on to contest one of the Jammu Conference, however, insisted discussions,” said a senior of the Valley.
bid to cash in on anti-incum- Sharad Pawar and state NCP chief mother Sunetra aggressively March 13, promised 33% res-
bency against the sitting Jayant Patil at the press meet pitched for Parth’s nomina- ervation in government jobs
MPs. The list has Parth, son tion which made Pawar senior for women and answered sev-
of senior NCP leader and for- jarang Sonawane against Pri- to withdraw from contesting eral of their questions.
Sanskruti Sanraksha Charitable Trust Managed
mer Deputy Chief Minister tam Munde, BJP’s sitting MP from Madha citing that he was Director of Collegiate Edu- Ipcowala Education Campus, Petlad-Khambhat Road, Dharmaj-388 430,
Ajit Pawar, as the candidate and sister of state minister against fielding three mem- cation, R Sarumathi directed
from Maval constituency. Pankaja Munde, from Beed. bers of his family in the gen- an official to inquire “immedi- Ta: Petlad, Dist : Anand, M : 9099063458, M : 9099063141
The party is fielding TV se- NCP insiders said the elec- eral election. Ajit Pawar has ately” on the matter and sub- Recruitment Of Faculties For Academic Year 2019-20.
rial actor Dr Amol Kolhe tive merit and the local caste already launched campaign mit a report, official sources
against three-term Shiv Sena combinations were the major for his son and had hinted that said. In a communique (dated Last Date of Receiving Application : 10/04/2019
MP Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil deciding factors in the nomi- NCP would be able to cash in March 14) to the Regional
in Shirur, former MP and for- nation of these five leaders. on the division between Shiv Joint Director, Chennai Zone, Ipcowala Institute of Engineering & Technology
mer deputy chief minister The only exception is Samir Sena and BJP in Maval seat. the director said in view of LS BE / ME Diploma
Chhagan Bhujbal’s nephew Bhujbal, who had won in 2009 In Shirur, NCP was strug- polls the MCC was in force and
Sr. No. Subject/Branch Prof. Asso. Asst.
Prof. Prof. HOD Lecturer
Samir Bhujbal from Nashik, election from Nashik seat, is gling to find a new face to take under such circumstances, 1 Mechanical/ AUTO Engineering 2 4 8 1 3
former Shiv Sena legislator currently on bail following a on sitting MP Adhalrao Patil. sought to know “how permis-
2 Civil Engineering - - - 1 3
Dhanraj Mahale, who migrat- two-year money laundering Pawar had initiated talks with sion was granted” by the col-
ed to NCP, in Dindori and Ba- case. His uncle Chhagan Bhu- Dr Kolhe three months back. lege for the event. —PTI 4 Computer Engineering 1 2 6 - -
5 Management - - 1 - -
6 Mathematics - - 2 - -
v for vvpat demand for 50% paper trails in each Assembly seat 7 Physics - - 1 - -
8 Communication Skill - - 1 - -

SC dials EC over Oppn demand

Ipcowala Institute of Diploma Studies
Sr. No. Subject/Branch Prof. HOD Lecturer
1 Principal 1 - -
2 AUTO Engineering - 1 3
DNA Correspondent other parties’ leaders said
correspondent@[Link] this rule defeats the very pur-
3 Computer / IT Engineering - 1 3
what ec had said pose for which the SC had in- 4 Electrical - 1 3
New Delhi: The Opposition n EC: Mandatory checking of troduced the VVPAT system 5 Communication Skill - - 1
campaign against Electronic EVMs and VVPAT will be done in EVMs. While this will be 6 Physics - - 1
Voting Machines (EVM) got a on basis of one polling station the first Lok Sabha polls hav-
short in the arm in the Su- ing VVPAT fitted in all EVMs,
7 Chemistry - - 1
for each Lok Sabha seat
preme Court which on Friday the guideline would ensure 8 Mathematics - - 1
decided to hear a petition by n Oppn wants 50% VVPAT that only 0.44% of EVMs
slips of each assembly seat Indubhai Patel College of Pharmacy & Research Centre
leaders of seven national par- would get checked. The peti-
ties and 15 regional parties be checked randomly tion said, “the EC Guideline Sr. No. Subject/Branch Prof. Asso. Prof. Asst. Prof.
seeking random counting of amounts to taking away from 1 [Link](Pharmaceutics) 1 1 2
minimum 50 per cent paper the left hand what was given
trails generated from EVMs in mission to depute a suitable tion Commission that re- by the right and reduce the
2 Pharm D. - 1 2
each Assembly constituency. officer to assist the Court quired counting of the voter- safeguards and substantive 3 [Link](Pharmacognosy) - 1 -
The bench of Chief Justice when the matter comes up for verifiable paper audit trail essence of the judgments of Interested Candidates may applied by sending their latest C.V. and all self
Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deep- hearing next on March 25. (VVPAT) slips of only one this Court to a nullity.”
ak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna Senior advocate Abhishek randomly selected polling sta- The petition sought at least attested copy of mark sheets & Degree Certificates with two passport size
issued notice on the petition Manu Singhvi who appeared tion in each Assembly seg- 50% of VVPATs be counted in photographs at above address. Qualification & Pay Scale As per AICTE, GTU &
filed by the 21 political leaders for the petitioners condemned ment in the Lok Sabha polls. each assembly segment to en-
and asked the Election Com- the Guidelines issued by Elec- Chandrababu Naidu and 20 sure transparency. GOG norms. Chairman
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Azhar & China’s New Great Game

daily news & analysis China acted in pursuance of its national interest which forced it to be out of sync with global sentiment

Lest we forget
No doubt a UN ban
on Jaish e Muham-
mad (JeM) leader
Masood Azhar and
Guilty in the bridge crash must face serious charges designating him an
international ter-

A
foot overbridge connecting the most important railway sta- rorist would have
tion collapses in Mumbai and six people die. The bridge been the culmina-
collapses because a civic officer thinks adding granite to a tion of an energetic
decades-old bridge will beautify it, not thinking of the weight. Syed Ata Hasnain diplomatic cam-
paign that India
A stampede kills 23 people at Elphinstone Road railway station undertook after the Pulwama outrage.
after rumours of a short circuit goes off. The stampede hap- However, the inability to achieve this must
pens because the railway administration has not thought not be counted as a failure. In fact, it
about adding more FoBs to ease the crowd. A footpath on a should be looked upon as a defining mo-
railway overbridge collapses as the callous authorities keep ment when China has been isolated in its
on piling up the weight on it, totally ignoring the load-bearing singular obstinacy out of sync with the
international sentiment. It should also be
capacity of the rest of the structure. Two die and the railway considered the moment to trigger urgency
traffic on Mumbai’s suburban rail network comes to a halt for in internally resolving J&K to better effect
almost seven hours. All these in the space of two years. In a and thereby discount any further strategic
city that is being governed by so many different authorities vulnerability. China earlier blocked the
that it has now become convenient for all of them to blame the same resolution in the UN Security Coun-
tragedy on any one of them. Passing the buck begins as soon cil three times and now a fourth time it has
asked for it to be placed on hold awaiting
as the city witnesses flooding, building collapse, or a major more evidence. The sentiments of those
fire. The city where the civic body has a budget of Rs 30,692 three attempts were transactional, but this
crore. The city that also receives funds from the Mumbai Met- time it was different. The outrage over
ropolitan Region Development Authority through a budget of Pulwama and the early claims made by
Rs 16,909 crore. The city that is the capital of Maharashtra, a JeM in taking ownership for the car bomb
state that boasted of having a $1 trillion economy by 2025. This attack have created a different flavour
which could play strategically to India’s Prime Minister Modi rightly invested much time and energy in Wuhan summit to stabilise the post-Doklam relationship which was threatening to go out of control
is the city that the late Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had advantage. China has reportedly acted in
said he would turn into Shanghai. This is the city of so-called pursuance of its national interest. and fears that Pakistan’s diplomatic iso- threatening to go out of control. There is no
dreams. This has now become the city of deaths caused by What is China’s national interest lation will reduce the chance of the final doubt that the Wuhan spirit cannot receive
callous and ignorant babus who care about nothing but saving which forces it to be out of sync with in- fructification of the CPEC, especially as the same positivity when a crucial part of
their skin, and by netas seeking their pound of flesh. The ternational sentiment and stand by its financial strictures against it would initi- India is under threat with the support of
strategic partner, Pakistan at this junc- ate unprecedented unpredictability. This China. It would thus be best for India to
promises by the powers that be have now become jokes, really.
ture? In fact, what is Sino-Pak joint inter- is where China perceives that by support- withhold positive gestures and let the Wu-
The guilty will be punished, no one will be spared, we will est in the prevention of the proscribing ing Pakistan and giving Masood Azhar han spirit be partially mothballed for the
overhaul the infrastructure, fresh audits will be conducted of of a terrorist the world at large has con- another lease of life it is warding off un- moment. Let realistic realpolitik play its
all bridges, roads, restaurants, high-rises, fire preparedness demned, including many Islamic coun- predictability. Given Pakistan’s crucial role to communicate to China that two pro-
(depending on the latest mishap)…so on and so forth. There is tries? At earlier times the negative per- geo-strategic position China possibly cesses, one friendly and the other decidedly
no shame left. Our babus don’t care. Our netas are busy po- ception about the JeM leader was never considers that Pakistan with Chinese unfriendly cannot go hand in hand. China
as intense and Indian diplomacy too support can weather the current storm. is most sensitive to India’s active role in the
liticising the grief and sufferings of the people and will come
wasn’t energetic enough about carrying Once the US is out of the region, the op- Quadrilateral of Nations (Quad). It’s the
to us seeking votes, offering fresh promises of transforming this through. However, the prevailing tions for China would become manifold. ests of China. It would translate into dis- Wuhan spirit which was holding India back
the city, state, country as the General Elections loom large. We international strategic environment is By having expected potential Chinese advantage Pakistan. Chinese interests from giving it unequivocal support to the
don’t ask questions to our leaders, our administration. We altering by the day and much is depend- support for the resolution India may actu- with reference to Jammu & Kashmir Quad. In real terms the proscribing of
don’t insist on accountability. We forget. The 26/7 rains that ent upon the status of things in the cru- ally have been linking its situation to Chi- (J&K) revolve around promoting instabil- Masood Azhar, even if not achieved, would
drowned the city for over three days were unprecedented and cial Af-Pak region. In reality, the status is na’s suffering from the ills of its self-creat- ity there which allows the larger Sino Pak make little difference. The wayward ways
utterly confused with the US threatening ed terror problem in Xinjiang. However, game plan of containing India. India may of Pakistan’s deep state remained intact
the authorities could not have prepared for it for all practical
a full and final pullout of its 14,000 troops China’s strategic thinking is only from the have imagined that with the Wuhan spirit even after Hafiz Sayeed was placed under
purposes. But not Thursday’s FoB collapse, not the Kamala from Afghanistan without any clarity head and rarely from the heart. Weakening a period of rapprochement with China UN ban ten years ago. However, given Paki-
Mills fire, not the Marol hospital fire, not the Andheri rail about which way post pull out Afghani- the Imran Khan government can only be was unfolding. However, the New Great stan’s continuously enhancing strategic
overbridge collapse. Deaths caused in these and many such stan will go and who will fill the strategic catastrophic as Pakistan has run out of op- Game to the west is far too crucial to China significance we should be prepared for
accidents should be treated as culpable homicide not amount- space being vacated. While China is play- tions in terms of leadership. Pakistan because the future of its imagined empire more surprises such as grant of the IMF
ing to murder and both the administration and netas respon- ing a limited role in this, it is clear that could have helped itself considerably by lies through the connectivity gained there. loan and greater delay in the Financial Ac-
its national interests will be met through banning Masood Azhar internally. That Giving India any leverage through the tion Task Force strictures.
sible for them should be brought to book, that too via fast-track
Pakistan emerging the nodal centre with would be wishful thinking and may have strategic downsizing of Pakistan would be All the above would lead to greater Pa-
courts. That’s the only way to resolve this. full control over the Taliban and the fu- led to some degree of turmoil internally to China’s disadvantage. Masood Azhar is kistani propensity to run the risk of tar-
ture dispensation in Afghanistan. Its sup- within Pakistan once again leading to po- really not the issue for China as people geting India in J&K, in particular, through
proxy actors. India which will have to

The world of hatred

port to the resolution would have meant litical instability; much against Chinese may imagine, it’s the far more important
an international diplomatic defeat for interests. Anything leading to even part dynamics of the strategic space around calibrate better its hold over J&K and re-
Pakistan and thus a potential downscal- failure of the CPEC could also have a severe Pakistan which concern China. solve to go beyond just the military ap-
ing of its significance in the Afghanistan impact on the other projects of the Belt & Has India overestimated the Wuhan proach, to finally engage with the people
Social media is turning out to be a dangerous place imbroglio. No doubt China gives much
importance to its investment in the Chi-
Road Initiative.
A diplomatic victory achieved by India
spirit? Prime Minister Modi rightly invest-
ed much time and energy in it to stabilise
and mainstream them with rest of India.
The author commanded the 15 Corps

T
he Christchurch terror attack at two mosques that killed at na Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would militate against the strategic inter- the post-Doklam relationship which was in Jammu and Kashmir
least 49 people is yet another grim reminder of how much
hatred can be filled into an otherwise benign gentle person.
Not that we are served them from across the world, but this QUOTE HANGER slowburn
coming from New Zealand that saw 35 murders in 2017 despite
having 1.2mn guns has taken the world by surprise. Brenton
Tarrant, the 28-year old Australian born man who killed the
Bill Gates Ratan N. Tata Facebook readies AI to fight ‘revenge porn’
@BillGates @RNTata2000
F
innocents at the mosques proclaimed himself as someone acebook Inc said on Friday it would are sometimes targeted by former part-
whose political view on race aligns with China’s the most. Me- If you want to discover Voting is the most use artificial intelligence to combat ners. Facebook will also launch a sup-
the spread of intimate photos shared port hub called “Not Without My Con-
dia reports also indicate that he had visited Pakistan and had what makes a school great, there’s powerful right of every citizen and it is without people’s permission, sometimes sent” on its safety center page for people
praised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. It is not yet clear no substitute for spending time in our duty to exercise our vote. Please called “revenge porn,” on its social net- whose intimate images have been
where and how this man, who was said to be working at a gym the classroom vote, our future depends on it! works. The new technology is in addi- shared without their consent.
and training kids for free, became radicalised. There are clear- tion to a pilot program that required
ly so many dots that remain unconnected in this picture. It’s trained representatives to review of-
horrific that as he went around shooting people at random, he Harsha Bhogle fending images. “By using machine
learning and artificial intelligence, we
Heat-induced heart
@bhogleharsha
was whistling as well as live-streaming the assault. The live-
streaming went on for 17 minutes which is astonishing and We don’t own this world, We may sometimes feel can now proactively detect near nude
images or videos that are shared with-
attack risk on the rise
that we can’t do much as
T
something that should make tech giants pause and think how we are merely tenants. How many of us out permission,” the social networking here has been an increase in heat-in-
they are mainstreaming extreme hatred and violence directly giant said in a blog post. “This means we duced heart attack risk between 2001
onto our phones and laptops. Tarrant’s views are chillingly
are thinking about whether we are individuals, but humanity is made can find this content before anyone re- and 2014, a study analysing data over
similar to Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik who killed 77 handing it over to the next tenant in the up of individuals; we can make a ports it.” A member of Facebook’s com-
munity operations team would review
a period of 28 years has found. The study,
published in the European Heart Jour-
people, mostly teens, eight years ago. Breivik, too, was fed by form we got it in. #ThatKindOfMorning difference. As the content found by the new technology, nal, looked at more than 27,000 heart at-
the outrage that now fills the social media space that rarely and if found to be an offending image, tack patients between 1987 and 2014. The
allows sane conversations. The social media, by its very defini- individuals we remove it or disable the account respon- average age of the patients studied was
António Guterres
tion, is meant to connect people across multiple cultures and
@antonioguterres
can influence sible for spreading it, the company add-
ed. “Revenge porn” refers to the sharing
around 63 and 73 per cent were men.
About 13,000 heart attacks ended in the
societies, and yet it eventually ends up polarising the world. A
survey carried out in New Zealand in 2017 had shown that 7 in I am inspired to see young our nation of sexually explicit images on the inter- death of the patient. The individual heart
net, without the consent of the people attacks were compared with meteoro-
8 Kiwis relied on newspapers and radio for trustworthy news. people across the globe march to —Tenzin depicted in the pictures, in order to ex- logical data on the day of the attack and
The terror attack in Christchurch tells us how no nation or show leadership for #ClimateAction. Gyatso, His tort or humiliate them. The practice adjusted for a range of additional factors,
society can remain immune to this hatred and violence that is Holiness the disproportionately affects women, who such as socioeconomic status etc.
being propagated through social media. We need to heed their call! 14th Dalai Lama
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Paradox of powerless: Why the cause of Tibet refuses to die

I was in Dharam- Liberation Army. Several thousands, make a costly misjudgement. Tibet, a President of Botswana. Indian leaders Later that afternoon, we were privi-
sala on Sunday, some put the figure as high as 85,000, vast territory, as big as India, was gob- also attended and addressed the meet- leged to be received by the 12th Tai
March 10. It was a were killed. China had already taken bled up Chairman Mao Zedong. The six ing. The atmosphere was charged with Situpa, Pema Tönyö Nyinje, in the
sunny day, with control of Tibet in 1951, but Tibetans, million or so Tibetans, vastly outnum- positive energy, even if the cause of Ti- beautiful Sherabling Monastery, near
the majestic snow- though vastly outnumbered, had re- bered by the billion-plus Han Chinese, bet seemed bleak, with growing Chi- Baijnath. As one of the highest
capped Dhaulad- sisted this takeover of their home- lost their homeland. During the Cultur- nese clout all over the world. Rinpoches in Karma Kagyu lineage,
har mountains, land. After the failure of the revolt, al Revolution, many thousands of mon- A reporter from a French news with followers in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal,
not only clearly the Dalai fled to India, then a young asteries and temples were destroyed, agency asked me to comment on Ti- Mongolia, China, Russia, and else-
visible, but loom- man of twenty-three. along with priceless treasures and man- bet’s diminishing prospects. I replied where, the Tai Situpa is venerated
Makarand R. ing so close over Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru gave the uscripts. Tibetans in exile number less that the cause of Tibet was not merely throughout the world. He said some-
Paranjape McLeod Ganj. Dalai Lama and the fleeing Tibetans, than 200,000. But despite the tremen- political, but moral and spiritual. thing unexpected about China’s “para-
This was the head- exile in India. But he failed to heed the dous odds stacked against them, they Therefore, it would not die. Looking at mount core leader” and President for
quarters of His Holiness, the 82-year latter’s warning that China would at- have not only survived, but thrived. Ti- the young Tibetans in exile, it was evi- life, Xi Jinping. Perhaps, Xi, secure in
old 14th Dalai Lama and his Tibetan tack India next, from recently-occupied betan Buddhism has spread all over the dent that thought they had lost their his power, would have the sagacity to
Government in Exile. All roads Tibet. In the Indian Parliament, world as have supporters of Tibet. This country, their faith in their culture, re- transform China, leading it to freedom
led to his residence-cum-temple Soft Dr B. R. Ambedkar had criticised incredible miracle can be attributed to ligion, and traditions was strong. Es- from within the system, rather than
on top of the hill, with colourfully Nehru as early as 1954 for failing the personal genius, tenacity, wisdom, of course, several parts of India. In chewing violence, but refusing to bow merely striving to make it the world’s
dressed crowds flocking peaceful-
Power to read the Chinese designs: “By determination, and charisma of the Da- Dharamsala, young Tibetans, born and before a vastly superior adversary, they number one power.
ly to the large, covered courtyard allowing the Chinese to take pos- lai Lama himself. His peaceful struggle brought up in India, raised slogans, had scored a significant ethical victory. Yes, we could not afford to give up
adjoining the beautiful Avalokitesvara session of Lhasa, the Prime Minister for the rights of his land and people waved the snow lion flag of Tibet Might be not always right. As my part- hope in the human capacity to receive
shrine. It was a historic day, the 60th has practically helped them bring their won him the Nobel Prize in 1989 and banned by China, and painted their fac- ner and I threaded our way through wisdom and act in accordance with its
anniversary of the Tibetan uprising border down to the Indian border… Ag- worldwide recognition. es “Free Tibet.” Lobsang Sangay, the the assembled monks and nuns, one of directions, no matter how adverse our
against the Chinese aggression and oc- gression might well be committed by The 60th anniversary of the failed Harvard Law School-educated Tibetan the latter reached out to her, held her circumstances. That was my lesson on
cupation of Tibet in 1959. people who are always in the habit of uprising against Chinese occupation prime minister, addressed the impres- hand and stroked her face. So much the 60th anniversary of Tibet’s “failed”
Of course, the uprising had been committing aggression.” was observed in many parts of the sive but disciplined crowd. The digni- love, compassion, grace, and solidarity uprising.
crushed brutally by the vastly superi- Unfortunately, himself a Fabian so- world, including Tibet, Japan, Taiwan, taries from abroad included parliamen- were exchanged in that silent and un- Author is Director, IIAS, Shimla
or and heavily armed Chinese People cialist, Nehru, enamoured of China, United States, Germany, Australia, and, tarians from 10 countries, including the expected exchange. Views are personal

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‘World has been idly watching hostility towards Islam’

Turkish President Erdogan joins global leaders in condemning New Zealand mosque killings, urges the West to take immediate measures
Tech companies scramble
Paris: Attacks on two Norwegian Prime Minister
mosques in New Zealand Erna Solberg urged the inter- houses of worship as a target
which left at least 49 people national community to com- Houses of worship around the bomber detonates his explosives
dead on Friday -- the Muslim
day of prayer -- have sparked
horror, revulsion and dismay
bat all forms of extremism
after the Christchurch at-
tacks, which revived painful
to remove shooting video world, a place of reflection and
peace, have been targeted for
attack by extremists. Here are
vest among the devotees at the
shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in
Pakistan’s Sindh province, killing 98
around the world. memories of the 2011 mass London: Internet companies some of the deadly assaults
“It is clear that this can killings in Norway by right- say they’re working to re- April 9, 2017 Twin suicide
over the last decade: bombings rock churches in the
now only be described as a wing extremist Anders move video filmed by a gun- October 31, 2010 Al-Qaida in
terrorist attack,” said Prime Behring Breivik. “It’s obvi- man in the New Zealand Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria
Iraq militants attack Our Lady of and Tanta, killing at least 45 people.
Minister Jacinda Ardern, de- ously very sad. It recalls pain- mosque shooting that was Salvation Catholic Church in Bagh-
scribing the attacks in the ful memories of our own ex- widely available on social The attack was claimed by the IS
dad during Sunday night mass,
city of Christchurch as “one perience with July 22, the media hours after the hor- killing 58 people in the deadliest November 5, 2017 Dressed in
of New Zealand’s darkest most difficult moment in the rific attack. assault targeting Christians since black tactical-style gear and armed
days.” Some countries have post-war period in Norway.” Facebook said Friday it the 2003 US-led invasion there. with an assault weapon, 26-year-
stepped up patrols around took down a livestream of the Al-Qaida in Iraq later became the old Devin Kelley opened fire at the
mosques following the ram- Grieving members of the public following a shooting at the Al Noor mosque Not in my daughter’s shootings and removed the Islamic State (IS) group First Baptist Church of Sutherland
page. Here is a summary of in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday —Reuters name shooter’s Facebook and Insta- Springs, Texas, killing 26 people
global reactions. The mother of a Swedish girl gram accounts after being A 2014 picture of the Al Noor Mosque January 30, 2015 Suicide and wounding about 20 others
dogan. “If measures are not religions and of none, a red killed in a 2017 jihadist attack alerted by police. At least 49 on Deans Avenue in Christchurch, bombing at a Shiite mosque in
the Pakistani town of Shikar- November 24, 2017 Militants
Muslims face ‘mass taken right away, news of oth- line has been crossed,” Is- condemned the New Zealand people were killed at two New Zealand —Reuters kill 311 worshippers in a mosque
killing’ er disasters will follow this raeli President Reuven Riv- massacre, after the attacker mosques. pur kills 71. Jundullah claims
responsibility attack in north Sinai, the deadliest
“With this attack, hostility to- one... I am calling on the world, lin wrote on his official Twit- claimed in his manifesto that The gunman reportedly company is “also removing such terrorist attack in Egypt’s
wards Islam that the world has in particular the West, to take ter feed. Official Palestinian he wanted to avenge the girl’s broadcast 17 minutes of the any praise or support for the March 20, 2015 IS sui- modern history
been has been idly watching quick measures,” he said. news agency WAFA quoted death. The attack on two attack. Twitter and YouTube crime and the shooter or cide bombers attack a pair of
mosques in Yemen’s capital, October 27, 2018 A gunman
and even encouraging for Palestinian president Mah- mosques on Friday in owner Google also said they shooters as soon as we’re
unleashing monstrous blasts that believed to have spewed anti-
some time, has gone beyond ‘Deprave & despicable’ mud Abbas as describing the Christchurch “goes against were working to remove the aware.”
ripped through worshippers and Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social
the boundaries of individual “Murder of people at prayer, shootings as a “horrific and everything Ebba stood for,” footage from their sites. She said Facebook is work-
killed 137 people media entered Tree of Life Con-
harassment to reach the level in their most holy and sacred heinous criminal act”. Jeanette Akerlund told Swed- Facebook New Zealand ing directly with New Zea-
gregation synagogue in Pittsburgh
of mass killing,” said Turkish place, is a depraved and des- ish public television SVT. spokeswoman Mia Garlick land police as they carry out February 16, 2017 Suicide and opened fire, killing 11 —AP
President Recep Tayyip Er- picable act. For people of all ‘Painful memories’  —AFP said in a statement that the their investigation.  —AP
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GYMNASTICS Dipa Karmakar fails CRICKET JP Duminy has announced his

to make it to the balanced beam finals after intention to retire from ODI cricket after the 2019
finishing a lowly 20th in the qualifying round ICC cricket World Cup in England. The left-handed
of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku batsman says he will be available for T20Is

FOOTBALL Luis Enrique names a much-changed Spain squad as Isco, Saul Niguez and Koke are all left out for two qualifiers this month 08
Ball Game
Afghanistan bowl
l Bangladesh cricket team escapes unhurt l Team manager says shocked players l Bangladesh Cricket Board says players,
narrowly from Christchurch terror attack witnessed ‘bloodied’ people from bus support staff to return home tonight

‘Saved by 3-4 minutes’

Ireland out for 172
Afghanistan lost their
openers and reached 90-2
after a half-century by
No. 11 batsman Tim
Murtagh carried Ireland
to 172 on the first day of
the one-off Test in Deh-
radun on Friday. On an
eventful day of each
team’s second Test
match, spinners bagged
nine of the 12 wickets. Christchurch: Bangladesh’s When terror hit sports
Brief scores: Ireland
172 all out in 60 overs (T
Murtagh 54*, G Dockrell
39; M Nabi 3/36, Y Ah-
Test cricketers were just a
few minutes from being
caught up in Friday’s massa-
cre in New Zealand when
Final Test called off 1972 Munich
Olympics
2002 New Zealand tour of Pakistan (cricket):
New Zealand’s cricket team was touring
madzai 3/41) vs Afghani- they arrived at a Christch- new zealand, bangladesh boards arrive at joint decision to cancel christchurch test due to The most gruesome Pakistan in 2002 when a bomb went off
stan 90/2 in 31 overs (M urch mosque as shooting be- begin on saturday, saying ‘it’s inappropriate to play cricket at this time’ incident of targetted outside their hotel, killing 12 people. The
Shahzad 40) gan, a team spokesman said. violence against players were unscathed but the Black Caps’
In a chilling account, Christchurch: The third sportsperons Board decided to call back the team.
PCB condemns Khaled Mashud described and final Test between New happened on
NZ terror attack how most of the Bangladeshi Zealand and Bangladesh September 5,
The PCB condemned the team drove up to the Masjid has been called off, with the 1972. Eleven
terrorist attack in al Noor in a bus just as the at- Bangladesh Cricket Board Israeli athletes
Christchurch that left at tack got underway. (BCB) tweeting that the en- and coaches were
least 49 people dead. The At least 49 people died in tire visiting contingent will taken hostage and
PCB expressed its grief attacks on two mosques dur- be back in Dhaka on Satur- eventually murdered
and shock over the inci- ing Friday prayers in what day. New Zealand Cricket by terrorists during
dent with the Peshawar appeared to be the worst as- chief executive David a 16-hour ordeal,
and Islamabad franchise sault on Muslims in a West- White said there had been a during which the Sri Lankan team airlifted from Gaddafi Stadium
teams wearing black ern country. “joint decision” to call off world was witness
armbands during their “We were very close, we the third Test, which was to chilling images of 2009 Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan (cricket):
match in the Pakistan could see the mosque. We scheduled to start on Satur- athletes held captive On its way to play a Test at the Gaddafi
Super League. PCB were maximum 50 yards day in Christchurch. “On on gunpoint. Stadium in Lahore, the Sri Lankan team bus
chairman Ehsan Mani away. I would say we are very behalf of New Zealand *1987 New was intercepted by at least a dozen terrorists
said: “On behalf of the lucky,” Mashud told report- Cricket heartfelt condo- Zealand tour of Sri who fired at the bus, resulting in injuries to
Pakistan cricket frater- ers in Christchurch. lences to those affected,” Lanka (cricket): six Lankan players and the death of the bus
nity, I would like to con- “If we were there three to White said. “I’ve spoken to It was to be a driver. The Lankan team returned home and
demn in the strongest four minutes earlier, we my counterpart at Bangla- three-Test tour Pakistan have not hosted an international
possible way the coward- would have been in the desh cricket — we agree it’s but New Zealand match since then.
ly, uncivilised and inhu- mosque, massive thing might inappropriate to play crick- abandoned it after
man terrorist attacks on have happened.” et at this time. Both teams just the first match 2010 African Nations Cup Football
the innocent worship- Mashud said about 17 are deeply affected.” New when a bomb Tournament: Togo’s national football side
pers in Christchurch Bangladeshi players and Zealand Cricket said all planted by separa- was travelling through the Angolan province
mosques.” team staff on the bus watched players and support staff tists exploded near of Cabinda for the African Nations Cup when
as blood-soaked victims stag- were “safe and accounted the team hotel in the team bus came under gun fire from
Ishant excited to gered from the building. for.” The BCB tweeted on Colombo, killing separatists. The side’s assistant manager and
play IPL at home “It looked like video, what Friday: “Nineteen mem- 113 civilians. media officer were killed in the attack.
Excited to play for his we usually see in a movie. bers including all the 15
home team for the first From the bus we saw blood- players of the Bangladesh
time since IPL’s incep-
tion, Ishant Sharma said
ied people coming out of the
mosque,” he said. “We were
National Team and sup-
porting stuff are expected
How they reacted
it is always a “special” in the bus about eight to 10 to reach Dhaka at 22h40 to- Shocking and tragic. My heart goes out to
moment for him to be re- minutes. We kept our heads morrow (Saturday).” Inter- the ones affected by this cowardly act at
turning to the Feroze down in the bus, in case of national Cricket Council Christchurch. Thoughts with the Bangla-
Shah Kotla stadium any firing (towards them). chief executive David Rich- desh team as well, stay safe.
from where his journey “Later we realised terror- ardson said the sport’s gov- —Virat Kohli
started. “For me, Kotla ists could come out and at- erning body “fully supports
is something more than tack us, they would get then the decision to cancel the I have nothing to say about the active
a ground. Right from the the lot of us in the bus and test match.” “Our thoughts shooting in New Zealand that took place all
under-17 level, I have big incident would happen. and sincere condolences go I want to say is I’m grateful to almighty Al-
played all my matches Then we all decided to leave out to the families and lah for saving my brothers my teammates!
here. I have a number of the bus,” he added. friends of those affected by Alhamdulillah
memories here,” Ishant A Bangladesh cricket re- this horrendous incident in (Top) Bangladesh Cricket Board tweeted a statement with a picture of some Bangladesh players walking Entire team got —Shakib Al Hasan
said in a video post on porter posted footage of grim- Christchurch,” Richardson away from the terror scene through a park minutes after the shooting in Christchurch on Friday; (above) saved from ac-
Instagram. faced players walking briskly said on Friday. Police cordon off the area around the Masjid al Noor mosque after the attack —Twitter/@BCBtigers/AFP tive shooters!!! Noooo man !!! So sad to see what’s hap-
from the scene as a police car Frightening experi- pened in New Zealand .. Sending my love
on the tube with sirens wailing speeded
in the other direction. We need security assurances for tours, says BCB chief ence and please
keep us in your
to everyone there in Christchurch and the
families affected. #loveoverhate
(All Live) prayers #christch- —Faf du Plessis
‘Heart is hurting’ Dhaka: Bangladesh’s (in Christchurch) was globe to change the urchMosqueAttack
CRICKET Sony Six- 16:30 cricket board head said on nowhere near what we perception about security. —Tamim Iqbal
Bangladesh Cricket Board Horrifying tragedy #Christchurch. I found
South Africa vs Sri Lanka spokesman Jalal Yunus said Friday its players will now usually provide. It’s not “We have always NZ one of safest, most peaceful places,
5th ODI the team was “shocked” but only travel with proper just here, wherever we go, maintained that this kind Alhamdulillah people are friendly. Spoke to Tamim big
unharmed and had been or- security assurances. we don’t get that much of incident can happen to Allah save us today relief B’desh squad/staff is safe. World
FOOTBALL FA Cup: Sony security,” Nazmul Hassan
dered to stay in the team hotel. The Bangladeshi team any country. Every country while shooting in must together! stop hatred!Terrorism has
Ten 2- 17:45 Watford was visiting Christchurch said in Dhaka. has to be careful. Every Christchurch in
“They are safe. But they are no religion! Prayers for bereaved families.
vs Crystal Palace, 22:50 mentally shocked. We have for the final Test of a Starting Friday, he added, team has to be alerted,” the mosque...we r May Allah bless the departed.
Swansea City vs Man- asked the team to stay con- three-match series “we need to be assured he said. extremely lucky... —Shahid Afridi
chester City, 01:25 (Sun) fined in the hotel,” Yunus said. against New Zealand and about minimum security... Australia’s cricket team never want to see
Wolves vs Manchester Opening batsman Tamim Bangladesh Cricket Board arrived at one of the city’s otherwise it’s not possible boycotted a tour in this things happen So saddened about the attacks in Christch-
United Iqbal called the near-miss chief Nazmul Hassan Papon (C) mosques for Friday prayer to go.” Bangladesh in 2015 citing again....pray for us urch today. My heart and duahs go out to
Star Sports 2 & 3- 17:00 & “frightening”, while team- speaks to the media in Dhaka when shooting began. Nazmul urged cricketing a lack of security in the —Mushfiqur all the victims and their families
20:30 Super Cup mate Mushfiqur Rahim on Friday —AP “The security arrangement authorities across the country. —AFP Rahim —Usman Khawaja
Star Sports Select 1- 20:30 tweeted: “We r extremely
lucky...never want to see this
EPL: Bournemouth and

‘We were told to lie down quietly on floor of bus’

things happen again....pray
Newcastle United for us.”
Star Sports Select 2- “Just escaped active shoot-
22:46 Bundesliga ers!!! Heartbeats pumping
badly and panic every-
TENNIS Sony ESPN-
23:15 ATP Indian Wells
where!!” posted Bangladesh New Delhi: The plan was to It was a few metres away from the mosque and denly heard gunshots. Nei- where and suddenly we were
high performance analyst offer the Friday namaaz and ther the players nor me ini- all told to lie down quietly on
semifinals Shrinivas Chandrasekaran. then head for practice, but the
we suddenly heard gunshots. Neither the tially realised what was hap- the floor of the bus. I don’t
HOCKEY Star Sports Select As condolences poured in Bangladesh players ended up players nor me initially realised what was pening. Suddenly we saw know for how many minutes
1- 11:30 FIH Pro League: for the victims and their fam- praying for their own lives as happening. Suddenly we saw this woman fainting on this woman fainting on the we lay on the floor of the bus.
ilies, All Blacks centre Sonny they narrowly escaped a ter- road. We thought it was a Once we understood, every-
Australia vs Argentina Bill Williams, a devout Mus- ror attack inside a mosque
the road. We thought it was a medical emergency medical emergency and one was calm and did what
BADMINTON Star Sports lim, said his “heart is hurt- close to the Hagley Oval —Shrinivas Chandrasekaran, Bangladesh team’s analyst some of the boys wanted to was told,” said Shrinivas.
1- 16:30 BWF World Tour ing” and posted an emotional ground in Christchurch. get down from the bus and “It was some time before
video tribute. The team bus was barely help the lady,” said Shrini- the police arrived and they
BASKETBALL Sony Ten 1 “Inshallah (God willing) metres away from the scene rified worshippers pouring pened to all of us,” Bangla- based software engineer who vas, his voice still quivering were escorted out of the
& Ten 3- 08:00 NBA: LA everyone who’s been killed of the carnage when the out of the mosque, some of desh cricket team’s perfor- works as a video analyst as he recalled the the team’s backdoor of the team bus
Clippers vs Chicago today... you guys are all in players first heard gunshots. them covered in blood. mance analyst Shrinivas with the Bangladesh team, close shave. and taken to the ground.
paradise,” he said, wiping Moments later, they saw a “We couldn’t react initial- Chandrasekaran, who was said that initially they didn’t “However, we realised that “It is obvious that all the
MMA Sony Six- 01:30 away tears as he spoke. woman collapse. Some of the ly. In such a horror situation, in the bus, said over tele- even realise that it was a ter- it was something much big- players and support staff are
(Sun) UFC Fight Night: Till “Just deeply, deeply sad- players wanted to help the your brain automatically phone from the team hotel in ror attack. ger than what we had thought. in a state of shock. They are
vs Masvidal dened that this would happen distressed woman but just freezes as you are terrified. Christchurch. “It was a few metres away We saw people running for all too shocked to react,” he
in New Zealand.” —AFP then they saw a horde of pet- That’s exactly what hap- Shrinivas, a Mumbai- from the mosque and we sud- their lives and blood every- added. —PTI

Did Johri clear DDCA prez’s name for presentation? Solskjaer in Camp Nou return
Chander Shekhar Luthra
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cleared the suggestion, which
is said to have come from the
local body head, before leav-
tion held by Rajasthan Roy-
als, which has turned into his
defence to questions raised
more critical in his views.
“It is about strictly adher-
ing to the clearly established
off by stating that he had left
the venue early to be at a Ra-
jasthan Royals event and was
as United draw Barcelona
New Delhi: Did Board of ing the Ferozeshah Kotla. by the secretary on Friday. protocols. For example, will not aware of what led to the Paris: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United face Barce-
Control for Cricket in India BCCI acting secretary Am- In his letter marked to we agree to a proposal that issue. This, despite the fact Quarterfinal line-up lona in the Champions League quarterfinals while Manches-
(BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri itabh Choudhary and treas- Johri and all the three mem- the IPL trophy be presented that at least four senior BCCI ter City and Tottenham Hotspur clash in an all-Premier
Liverpool (ENG) vs Porto (POR)
clear the suggestion to allow urer Anirudh Chaudhry have bers of the Committee of Ad- by a nominee of the host as- employees were on the ground League tie following Friday’s draw.
Delhi & District Cricket As- now raised concerns over ministrators (COA), Choud- sociation (TNCA this year) at that point of time and had Totttenham (ENG) vs The second leg will take Solskjaer back to
sociation (DDCA) president how the board president was hary questioned the conduct rather than a sitting office- tried to salvage the situation Manchester City (ENG) the Camp Nou, where in 1999 the Norwegian
Rajat Sharma to break crick- ignored in a BCCI event. of DDCA officials by asking bearer?” Chaudhry said. by offering Khanna a chance won United the Champions League by coming
Ajax (NED) vs Juventus (ITA)
eting tradition? DNA has learnt from an “whether the India-Australia The BCCI treasurer also to perform his duties. off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner
According to sources, insider that Johri instructed series was a BCCI event or confirmed DNA’s story dated “COA has to find out the Manchester United (ENG) vs against Bayern Munich.
Johri gave the nod to Sharma a senior member of the offi- that of the DDCA?” March 15 and has written real culprit. If the matter is Barcelona (ESP) With City and United not allowed to play
to present the winners’ tro- cial TV production crew He also directed Johri to about a video that is being wrapped under the carpet their home leg in the same week, United will
phy to Aaron Finch after the about the line up on the po- find out “whose decision was circulated where Sharma like many other times in the semifinal line-up entertain the leaders of La Liga at Old Trafford on April 10,
final India-Australia ODI dium and who will be pre- it to exclude the concerned and Khanna are seen arguing past, then future presidents with the return six days later.
Tottenham/City vs Ajax/Juventus
here instead of BCCI acting senting the trophy almost 10 BCCI office-bearer from mak- just before the presentation. should be ready to face simi- United’s bitter rivals Liverpool will meet FC Porto, while
president CK Khanna. The overs before the last over. ing the presentation”. While replying to the mail, lar embarrassment in the Manchester United/Barcelona Ajax’s reward for eliminating the holders Real Madrid is a
source added that Johri Johri then left for a func- Treasurer Chaudhry was Johri has washed his hands future,” Chaudhry said. vs Liverpool/Porto two-legged tie against Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus. —AFP
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‘I hope BCCI
What lies ahead for Sreesanth
hot on heels
India to host FIFA
U-17 Women’s
World Cup
India will host the 2020
respects verdict SC sets aside BCCI’s life ban on disgraced India pacer but he is not out of the woods yet
FIFA U-17 Women’s World
Cup, it was announced on
Friday. “We are delighted
to announce that India
of highest court’ Chander Shekhar Luthra
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New Delhi: The Board of

struck down the life ban im-
posed by the BCCI on former
India captain Mohammad
Azharuddin on charges of
the BCCI Committee of Ad-
ministrators (COA) chief to
commit that the “issue will
be taken up in the next COA
Sreesanth said that he hopes
to come back to the cricket
field soon. “I hope BCCI re-
spects the verdict and allows
has been confirmed as New Delhi: “If Leander Paes can win Grand Slams at 42, I can Control for Cricket in India 2000 match-fixing scandal. meeting after going through me to at least get back to the
the host of the FIFA U-17 at least play some cricket at 36,” India cricketer S Sreesanth (BCCI) has one more head- In May 2013, Sreesanth, the judgement copy”. ground,” said the speedster,
Women’s World Cup in said after the Supreme Court set aside the life ban imposed on ache to tackle. On Friday the who was playing for Ra- adding: “I don’t know what
2020,” the All India Foot- him by the BCCI for his alleged involvement in the 2013 IPL Supreme Court set aside life jasthan Royals, and his On weak ground life has in store for me after
ball Federation tweeted. spot-fixing scandal. ban imposed on former In- teammates Ankit Chavan However, many in the BCCI all these years. It’s six years
India hosted the FIFA Sreesanth, along with Mumbai spinner Ankit Chavan and dia fast bowler S Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila were ar- are of the opinion that Sree- and I haven’t played cricket,
U-17 Men’s World Cup Haryana’s Ajit Chandila, were suspended for life by a BCCI for his alleged involvement rested by the Delhi Police for santh stands on a weak which was my life.”
in 2017. disciplinary committee in 2013, a decision that the player had in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing their alleged involvement in ground and even apex court Sreesanth cited the case
challenged in court. scandal. the spot-fixing controversy. has refused to accept his of Inda’s legendary tennis
Lahiri placed tied Speaking after a favourable verdict by the This is not the first time A bench comprising jus- pleas that “he should not be player, Leander Paes, who at
35th in Florida apex court on Friday, a relieved Sree- that a court of law has over- tices Ashok Bhushan and punished at all because he 45 is competing at top level.
Indian golfer Anirban santh said: “I don’t know what life has turned BCCI’s ban on a KM Joseph ruled that BC- was acquitted in the spot- “If Leander can win
Lahiri came back to in store for me after all these years. cricketer. In 2012, the CI’s disciplinary committee fixing case”. Grand Slams at 42, I can at
complete his unfinished It’s six years and I haven’t played Andhra Pradesh High may reconsider, within A senior official told S Sreesanth speaks to the media least play some cricket at
opening round, that was cricket, which was my life.” “I Court three months, the quantum DNA, “He (Sreesanth) was after the Supreme Court verdict 36,” said the Kerala cricket-
just one putt and inch hope that the BCCI respects the of punishment to be given to acquitted in the spot-fixing in New Delhi on Friday —PTI er.
short of four feet, to be verdict of the country’s highest Time Sreesanth. case as there is no law in In- All his hopes now lie on
placed tied 35th with a
score of two-under 70 at
court and allows me to at least
get back to the cricket field. I
line This led dia to prosecute on such
grounds. But BCCI has a
mer India batsman Ajay
Jadeja and he was rehabili-
March 18, when COA meet-
ing is scheduled to discuss
the PLAYERS Champi- hope that at least now I can walk strict policy regarding the tated by Delhi & District the anti-doping policy issue
onship in Ponte Vedra to a school cricket ground and May 16, 2013 cheats and this has been fol- Cricket Association after between BCCI and the Inter-
(Florida). train there without being told lowed till date.” his five-year ban expired. national Cricket Council.
Delhi Police arrests Rajasthan Royals
that I am not allowed. I just want Similar charges The official said: “Jadeja Going by how Rai has react-
Mookerjee bows players S Sreesanth, Ankit Chavan and Ajit
to play whatever cricket I can,” were also made was banned for five years ed, there is every possibility
out in quarters Chandila - on charges of spot-fixing. The players’
said Sreesanth, who has been a against for- and not for life. Right now, that Sreesanth’s matter may
arrest leads to eleven bookies arrests including Amit Singh
India’s Riya Mookerjee part of the 2007 World T20 and 2011 it’s only COA who is calling be taken up on the same date.
who had played for Rajasthan Royals before. BCCI suspends all
crashed out in the wom- ODI World Cup winning squads. the shots and we in BCCI, And according to the new
three of them
en’s singles quarterfi- But age is not something that he just hope that better sense BCCI constitution, approved
nals of the Swiss Open feels will be a factor in trying to make a will prevail while dealing by the SC, Sreesanth cannot
badminton tournament comeback to competitive cricket. May 17, 2013 with such cases.” be cleared by the COA. Rath-
with a straight game “Your age is as much as you feel. I would Sreesanth confesses to alleged spot-fixing during his five-day judicial Sreesanth fought Kerala er, the matter will be for-
loss against top seed again like to play club cricket in Scotland. I custody, says Delhi Police in its official statement elections on BJP ticket warded to the ombudsman
Chen Yufei of China in wanted to play last year but didn’t get permis- from Thiruvananthapu- (retired Justice DK Jain),
Basel (Switzerland) on sion. I can’t play club cricket in England at the ram in 2014 elections, who will go through all the
Friday. The unseeded moment as I have not played first-class cricket June 11, 2013 but lost to VS Sivaku- available material placed be-
Mookerjee was no match for six years now,” said Sreesanth, who has Sreesanth gets bail from a Delhi court as BCCI’s mar of Congress by fore him, along with the re-
for her fancied Chinese represented India in 27 Tests, 53 ODIs and Anti-Corruption and Security officer Ravi Sawani 10,905 votes. port of the Disciplinary
rival, losing 10-21 8-21 in 10 T20 Internationals, respectively. submits his interim report Committee, which is yet to
just 25 minutes to bow Sreesanth said in his “dark days”, it Next battle be constitued.
out of the competition. was the unshakeable faith of his par- After the SC If Sreesanth’s name is
ents, wife Bhuvaneshwari, in-laws
September 13, 2013 verdict on cleared by the ombudsman,
Kamalpreet, that kept him going. Sreesanth & Chavan banned for life while Amit F r i d a y, only then just as Jadeja re-
Shivpal qualify “I want to thank my in-laws, Singh gets 5 year suspension. Siddharth Trivedi is turned to play Ranji Trophy
Kamalpreet Kaur the Shekhawats. They trusted banned for a year for not reporting an approach for cricket, Sreesanth, too, can
grabbed the spotlight by me and let their daughter mar- spot-fixing. Harmeet Singh cleared with no evidence make a comeback and play
winning a gold medal in ry me when the whole world for his home state Kerala,
the women’s discus didn’t trust me. My parents any of the IPL franchise, the
throw event and also have gone through a lot during
August 7, 2017 Indian team etc.
qualified for the Asian all these years. Trust me it Single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court That’s the technicality.
Championships in the wasn’t that easy all these quashes BCCI’s decision to impose life ban on But one has to look at it ob-
process on the opening years,” said Sreesanth, who is Sreesanth. BCCI decides to appeal jectively, and the chances of
day of Federation Cup in still in touch with some of his him making it back to Indi-
Patiala on Friday. Shiv- Indian teammates. October 17, 2017 an team or any IPL team re-
pal Singh also booked a “Yes, I do get calls or what- main woefully slim — given
berth in the April 19-24 sapp messages from some of BCCI’s appeal is successful as Kerala High his age and the new crop of
Asian Championships in them. Bhajju paa (Harbhajan Court restores life ban on Sreesanth high quality pace bowlers in
Doha in men’s javelin Singh) has spoken to me, Viru Indian cricket.
throw by crossing the bhai (Virender Sehwag), Suresh May 15, 2018 Also, if his name is
qualifying standard set (Raina) have kept in touch. I keep cleared by the ombudsman,
by Athletics Federation speaking to Robin (Uthappa) who BCCI turns down Sreesanth’s plea to Sreesanth can take up the
of India (AFI). is a dear friend,” he said. —PTI relax the ban and allow him to play role of an expert commenta-
county cricket. Supreme Court refuses tor on BCCI controlled offi-
Advani zooms permission and asks Delhi High Court cial panel and also be eligi-
past Panchal to decide by July an appeal challeng- ble to take up positions of an
Top-ranked Pankaj Ad- If Leander Paes can ing a trial court order discharging administrator, expert, coach
vani of ONGC showed win Grand Slams several cricketers, including him etc in the BCCI or any of its
his class as he uncorked at 42, I can at least affiliated unit.
champagne stuff con-
play some cricket at 36 March 15, 2019 For the maverick cricket-
structing a magnificent er, the biggest battle has
131 clearance as Friday S Sreesanth, The Supreme Court sets aside the life ban been won but the war is far
he went on to record a and asks BCCI to reconsider punishment for from over.
comprehensive 4-0 win
former India cricketer Sreesanth
against Manav Panchal
of Mumbai in the best-

Bencic pips Pliskova to enter final

of-7-frame round of 64
match of the CCI All In-
dia Open Snooker Cham-
pionship in Mumbai.
Minerva boycotts
Super Cup opener Indian Wells (USA): Resur-
gent Swiss Belinda Bencic
crack the top 10 by virtue of
reaching the semis here. Raonic ends
1 Bhubaneshwar: The coun-
try’s premier knock-out foot-
and the Punjab side also did
not take the field on Friday
toppled another top-10 player
Thursday, downing fifth-
“I’m not putting pressure
on myself even now,” the lucky loser’s run
ball tournament, Super Cup, against Indian Super League ranked Karolina Pliskova to 22-year-old said. “I’m just Indian Wells: Milos
was on Friday thrown into side Pune City FC. set up an Indian Wells playing. The less I think on Raonic made sure Miomir
jeopardy after Minerva Pun- Gokulam and Aizawl, who WTA final against Angelique the court the better it is. Kecmanovic’s good luck
jab did not turn up for the first are to play on Saturday Kerber. “When you’re confident finally ran out at the BNP
match of the qualification against Delhi Dynamos and Bencic, a former world you can just trust your in- Paribas Open.
2 round, prompting the national Chennaiyin FC respectively number seven whose ranking stincts and you don’t have to Raonic beat the 19-year-
federation to describe it as a under the schedule, did not slumped as injuries stalled her think about it at all. I’m defi- old Serb 6-4 6-3 on Thurs-
“crazy” and “unacceptable” turn up for pre-match press career, showed no sign of a let- nitely playing how I feel it, day to reach the semifi-
move. conference on Friday. Aizawl down after her fourth-round and it’s going so well I’m not nals and improve to 19-4 at
A cloud of uncertainty had FC said that they will not play victory over world number planning on changing that.” Indian Wells since 2014.
already hung over tourna- against Chennaiyin FC on Sat- one and defending champion Pliskova launched her sea- Raonic fired 13 aces
3 ment after eight I-League urday. “As of now, we are not Naomi Osaka, out-lasted son with a 12th career title in against no double faults
clubs decided to pull out, cit- going to play against Chennai- Czech Pliskova 6-3 4-6 6-3. Brisbane, and shocked Sere- in putting away Kec-
ing unfair treatment by the All yin on Saturday. Nothing has She stretched her WTA na Williams to reach the Aus- manovic in 72 minutes on
India Football Federation come from the side of the match winning streak to 12 tralian Open semifinals. a sunny, windy and cool
(AIFF). AIFF and it seems nothing is — six of those wins coming After dropping the first set day in the Southern Cali-
But interestingly, three of going to happen also. We against top-10 players with she came back strong in the fornia desert.
the eight protesting clubs — (eight clubs) will remain unit- No. 8 Kerber coming up. second, winning the first four Kecmanovic was the
Minerva, Gokulam Kerala ed and we will take a collective Germany’s Kerber defeat- games as she forced a deci- first lucky loser to reach
and Aizawl FC — which were decision,” Aizawl FC’s Techni- ed seven-time Grand Slam sive third set, although not Switzerland’s Belinda the quarterfinals at the
to play in the qualification cal Director and Team Man- champion Venus Williams 7-6 before Bencic saved four set Bencic plays a tournament since it be-
round (on March 15 and 16) ager D Hmingthana said. (7/3) 6-3. points. Close games marked backhand against came a Masters 1000 event
had come here with their full AIFF general secretary “Of course I’m very confi- the start of the third, with Karolina Pliskova of in 1990. Ranked 130th in
Send in your answers to strength teams. Kushal Das said Minerva’s de- dent,” said Bencic, who rose Pliskova fighting off four the Czech Republic in the world, the Serb lost in
sportsdna@[Link]. Names Minerva did not turn for cision to boycott the match to 23 in the world with her break points in a game that Indian Wells on Friday qualifying, but his for-
of the first 10 winners will be
the mandatory pre-match would harm the game in the first WTA title in four years at went to eight deuces to hold —AFP tune soon turned.
published tomorrow
press conference on Thursday country. —PTI Dubai last month and will for 2-2. —AFP

Hamilton on top as Ferrari struggle in season’s first practice Under pressure, MCA
Melbourne: Lewis Hamil-
ton made a mockery of his
marginally ahead of impres-
sive new teammate Pierre
gramme really well, there
were no issues on track.
have no idea how much per-
formance the other teams
selection panel resigns
claim that Ferrari would be Gasly, who was promoted this There’s plenty of stuff that can still bring.” Mumbai: All members of
half-a-second quicker at the year from Toro Rosso. we can improve on, but this Mumbai’s senior selection
Australian Grand Prix by Sebastian Vettel, who has was not a bad start.” Hamil- A bit wobbly committee have resigned, it
easily clocking the fastest won in Melbourne for the ton is gunning for a third There was some speculation was learnt, a few hours be-
times in the season’s opening past two years, could only world crown in a row to close in the paddock that Ferrari fore the Mumbai Cricket As-
practice runs Friday. manage fifth, nearly a second in on Michael Schumacher’s may have been sandbagging, sociation’s (MCA) ad-hoc
The Briton led a Mer- adrift of arch-rival Ham- all-time record of seven. or deliberately holding back committee met here Friday.
cedes one-two in the ilton, while Ferrari Much had been made of ahead of qualifying on Satur- The committee was head-
second session as he partner Charles his insistence after pre-sea- day. ed by former India pacer Ajit
powered round Mel- Leclerc struggled to son testing in Barcelona that Vettel slid onto the grass at Agarkar and also comprised
bourne’s Albert Park ninth, straddling the Ferrari were much faster, but turn one early in the after- former India spinner Nilesh Ajit Agarkar
circuit under clear F1 kerb and spinning as he quickly put that fallacy to noon run. Kulkarni, Sunil More and
skies with a best of he pushed hard late in bed as he angles for an 84th “Check the car in turns Ravi Thakkar. ed Thursday night in Indore.
one minute 22.600 sec- the day. pole position. one and four. Feels quite All the four members had The selectors were under
onds. The man Leclerc replaced, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action during practice ahead of the Australian Bottas said the car felt bet- odd... Seems to be something sent in their resignations in pressure after a Special Gen-
It bettered his pace-setting Finnish former world cham- Grand Prix in Melbourne on Friday —REUTERS ter than during testing. “We wrong. Box,” he said on the the afternoon Friday, accord- eral Meeting of the MCA
1:23.599 in the opening prac- pion Kimi Raikkonen, didn’t bring a lot of new parts team radio. He recovered but ing to MCA sources. member units had passed a
tice as he kick-started his bid pushed his Alfa Romeo — for- enth respectively. place to where it was in Bar- to the car, but we were able to later told the team his car Incidentally, the selectors resolution to sack them.
for a sixth world title. Valt- merly Sauber  into sixth. “I have a positive buzz celona, which is positive com- optimise the package that we was “still a bit wobbly”. have resigned a day after the The matter had then come
teri Bottas was second The Renaults of Nico from driving the car today — ing to a different track,” said have,” he said. “We have an The German said after- conclusion of the domestic up to the Cricket Improve-
(1:22.648) with Red Bull’s Max Hulkenberg and Daniel Ric- this is what I love doing. The Hamilton. idea of how much we can im- wards it had been “a tricky season after the Syed ment Committee which
Verstappen third (1:23.400), ciardo were sixth and sev- car feels like it’s in a similar “We got through our pro- prove for qualifying, but we day”. —AFP Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy end- backed the selectors. —PTI
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represent diversity, kindness, compassion.
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This is not 2009, world Visa fraud case

snapshot
‘Pak must be
more amenable against Infosys,
Apple quashed
now behind us: Sushma
on Kartarpur’
New York: A US district court
in California has reportedly
dismissed lawsuit filed
against Apple and Infosys al-

Foreign minister explains setback at UNSC is no longer a diplomatic failure leging visa fraud by both the
companies.
The lawsuit was filed in India has over 5,000 Jan Aushadhi stores that cover a list of 800 plus drugs
Sidhant Sibal desh, Italy and Japan - non- 2016 by a whistleblower alleg-

Capt Amarinder Singh,

correspondent@[Link]

New Delhi: Days after China

blocked the listing of JeM
members of the Security
Council,” tweeted Swaraj.
China has blocked all the
proposals from 2009 to 2019,
ing that the iPhone maker
Apple and Indian IT company
Infosys conspired to bring
two Indian nationals for
Jan Aushadhi
Chief Minister of Punjab

1
It was good the two
founder Masood Azhar as a
global terrorist by the United
Nations Se-
curity Coun-
even as a growing number of
countries have agreed with
New Delhi on the issue of ter-
ror and on the listing of
training on B-1 visa instead
of more expensive H1-B visa.
According to a report pub-
lished on website Apple In-
plan may disrupt
pharma market
countries remained
on track with the pro- cil, External Azhar. sider, Apple and Infosys had
ject deadlines, but Pakistan Affairs Min- The JeM orchestrated the both asked the court to dis-
needs to go a step further ister Sush- Pulwama suicide bombing miss the lawsuit brought by
to make the initiative truly ma Swaraj last month that killed 40 contractor Carl Krawitt for
meaningful for pilgrims, par- on Friday CRPF personnel. the US government, under the Mumbai: The Jan Aushadhi
said India is Swaraj’s communication False Claims Act and the scheme, under which the gov- `6K-crore blow
ticularly the Sikh community,
which has been deprived of not alone in JeM founder Masood Azhar is currently in Pakistan comes in the backdrop of Con- court on Tuesday approved ernment provides quality „„The size of branded
‘darshan’ at the Kartarpur its fight gress president Rahul Gandhi appeal of Apple by dismissing medicines at affordable rates pharma market is Rs
gurdwara for over 70 years against terror in 2019. In 2019, the proposal was moved by US, France accusing the Centre of failing the case, while Infosys motion may disrupt around 20 per- 25,000-30,000 crore.
In a series of tweets, to get Azhar listed despite good was denied as moot – meaning cent of Indian pharmaceuti-
The limitation of 500 Swaraj highlighted how from and UK & supported by 14 of the 15 UNSC ties with China. Gandhi also no impact on the case. cal market sales, says a report. „„The affordable
2 pilgrims a day, as
proposed by Pakistan,
2009 to 2019, a growing num-
ber of countries had backed
Members and also co-sponsored by referred to the informal Wu- The court accepted Ap-
ple’s appeal that the trainers’
The scheme aims to pro-
vide the highest quality drugs
drug scheme could
disrupt nearly 20% of
is insufficient to cater to
Australia, Bangladesh, Italy and Japan han summit between Prime
the domestic sales of
India in its efforts to get list- Minister Narendra Modi and work under the B-1 visa was at affordable prices, at almost
the aspirations of the large ed Masood Azhar as a global Sushma Swaraj, Foreign Minister Chinese President Xi Jinping acceptable, and that neither 50-90 percent discount to their medicines in India
number of devotees desirous terrorist under the United to jibe at the government. Apple nor Infosys were at- branded counterparts.
of paying obeisance at the Nations’ security council’s Swaraj said, “Leaders who tempting to commit fraud, The report by Edelweiss crore sales in FY18 at maxi-
gurdwara (UNSC) 1267 committee. year, the US, UK and France moved by USA, France and describe this as our diplomat- the report said. B-1 is a visi- expects that around Rs 6,000 mum retail price, which cor-
While India was the lone moved a proposal against UK and supported by 14 of ic failure may see for them- tor visas that is nonimmi- crore of the Bureau of Phar- responds to approximately Rs
Pakistan’s response
3 to India’s demands
on Kartarpur cor-
proposer in 2019, its proposal
was co-sponsored by UK, US
Azhar. By 2019, several coun-
tries backed India.
the 15 UN Security Council
Members and also co-spon-
selves that in 2009, India was
alone. In 2019, India has world-
grant and for persons who
want to enter the US tempo-
ma PSUs of India (BPPI)
drugs could adversely impact
600 crore of branded products,
versus Rs 33 crore in FY17 and
and France in 2016. The next “In 2019, the proposal was sored by Australia, Bangla- wide support.” rarily for business — PTI around Rs 25,000-30,000 crore Rs 12.4 crore in FY16.
ridor is totally inadequate.
branded sales, assuming an “We believe this two-
The corridor won’t serve
average price differential of pronged focus will enable the

Jet Airways’ pilots move Labour Min over salary

its true purpose with such
five times. BPPI to expand to over 10,000
limitations... It needs to
India has over 5,000 Jan stores by FY21. With each store
allow more people everyday,
Aushadhi stores that cover a achieving monthly sales of
including from overseas
list of 800 plus drugs, both around Rs 5 lakh, the scheme
Special permits New Delhi: The pilots’ union to extreme tension and frus- ary arrears. “The company chronic and acute, across is set to top Rs 6,000 crore by
4 should be good for
identity and the visa
of crisis-hit Jet Airways has
approached the government
‘Persistent delay in payment’
„„The pilots have said that „„This has led to
tration amongst our mem-
bers, hardly an ideal situa-
remains committed to meet
its salary obligations towards
therapies like anti-cancer,
anti-infective, reproductive
FY21,” the report said.
It added that as unbranded
requirement needs to be flagging concerns about sal- there has been persistent extreme tension and tion for pilots in the cockpit... its employees and clearing all and gastro intestinal medi- generics and Jan Aushadhi
waived. Pakistan has to be ary arrears, saying that the delay in payment of their frustration among the All pleas to the management pending dues,” the spokes- cines. gain steam, there will be fur-
more responsive on this situation is leading to ex- salaries pilots, says the union in this regard have fallen on person said. By 2020, the government is ther pressure on volume,
issue treme tension and frustra- deaf ears,” the letter said. Jet Airways has been look- eyeing opening of another leading to lower revenue
tion, according to a letter. A Jet Airways spokesper- ing at various ways to raise 2,500 stores. growth for branded market.
Pakistan should show
5 much more flexibility
in this regard as a
The cash-strapped full ser-
vice airline has been making
Against this backdrop, the
National Aviator’s Guild
In the letter, dated March
6, the grouping has raised
son said it has not received
any such communication.
funds amid acute liquidity
crunch that has forced it to
Jan Aushadhi stores
clocked aggregate sales of Rs
It further said that brand-
ed revenue growth will be-
delayed salary payment for (NAG) – a grouping of over concerns about persistent de- The response came to a ground aircraft, cancel flights 150 crore in second half of come a challenge in the com-
mark of respect to the Sikh the last few months and has 1,000 pilots of Jet Airways -- lay in salary payment of query regarding the pilots’ in large numbers, shutdown FY19, according to the Depart- ing years as generics market
community also defaulted on loan repay- has written to Labour Minis- member pilots. union approaching the la- stations and delay salary pay- ment of Pharmaceuticals. share will keep on increas-
ments. ter Santosh Gangwar. “This situation is leading bour ministry regarding sal- ments to its pilots. —PTI BPPI posted around Rs 120 ing. —PTI

Delhi police seize US regulators

sue VW over
Govt plans to buy 10L Make-in-India grenades
83 kg heroin worth exhaust scam
New Delhi: The Defence
Ministry is likely to consider
a proposal to buy 10 lakh mul-
home-grown
The over Rs 500-crore
sault rifles from an American
firm has been signed, while a
joint venture has been formed
selected to manufacture them
in large numbers.
Hand grenades are among

`332 cr in one week

timode hand grenades for the proposal is critical as the with Russia to make 7.5 lakh the few critical weapons that
Washington: US stock regu- Army under the ‘Make in In- government has already modern AK-203 assault rifles. soldiers need during wars as
lators have sued Volkswagen dia’ programme. taken care of the rifle The new hand grenades they can be used to cause
over the emissions cheating “A proposal for buying 10 requirements of soldiers will replace the existing HE- heavy damage to enemy posi-
Sakshi Chand scandal, alleging the German lakh hand grenades from an through two contracts 36 grenades manufactured by tions or bunkers apart from
[Link]@[Link] automaker committed fraud Indian firm would be consid- the Ordnance Factory Board. taking out their soldiers.
by raising billions in corpo- ered by the defence ministry The new explosives have Tensions between India
New Delhi: In one of the big- rate bonds while lying to in- at a high-level meeting,” said ment has already taken care modern rifles. been developed by the De- and Pakistan have been
gest drug hauls in the recent vestors about the environ- government sources. of the main personal weapon In the first case, a contract fence Research and Develop- heightened after the Pulwama
past, the Delhi police have mental impact of its cars. The over Rs 500-crore pro- requirements of soldiers by worth over Rs 700 crore for ment Organisation and a attack on February 14 in which
seized 83 kg of heroin worth In a filing on Thursday posal is critical as the govern- signing two contracts for around 75,000 Sig Sauer as- production agency has been 40 soldiers were killed. —ANI
Rs 332 crore in three different night in California, the Secu-
operations in the past eight rities and Exchange Commis-
days and have arrested 10
people.
In the first operation, a Delhi-based woman, Sha-
sion said that from April 2014
to May 2015, Volkswagen is-
sued more than USD 13 bil-
school cool
UGC reference list
of quality journals
44.5kg of contraband worth muta Banu, as one of the key lion in bonds and asset-
Rs 180 crore was seized. The operators. “Shamita Banu backed securities in US mar-
other two operations yielded with the help of Dhanji Gupta kets while senior executives
36 kg and 2.5 kg of heroin, and other associates used to knew that more than 500,000

before March 31
said the cops. The police say further process crude heroin vehicles in the US grossly ex-
all the three seizures are into fine quality heroin with ceeded legal vehicle emis-
linked to a global syndicate. some chemicals in Bihar and sions limits.
While some of the narcot- then she used to supply the By hiding the emissions
ics were sneaked in from Af- prepared heroin to various scheme, Volkswagen reaped Chhavi Bhatia
ghanistan and were to be persons in North India, Silig- hundreds of millions of dol- [Link]@[Link]
transported to various mid- uri in West Bengal, Bihar, UP. lars in benefit by issuing secu-
dle-east and European coun- She used to get above precur- rities at more attractive rates, New Delhi: Faced with the
tries, other consignments sors from a person of Jhala- the SEC complaint alleges. challenge of substandard
had been brought through war in Rajasthan and she “Issuers availing them- academic journals affecting
Myanmar for sale in the do- further supplies heroin to selves of American capital institutional image, the Uni-
mestic market. him,” said DCP Kushwah. markets must provide inves- versity Grants Commission
According to Deputy Com- The arrested persons have tors with accurate and com- has set up a committee to
missioner of Police (Special told the police that the syndi- plete information,” said Steph- chaff credible, high-quality
Cell) Pramod Singh cate has links with suppliers anie Avakian, co-director of research papers. Loss of face
Kushwah, who led one of the in Manipur who procure nar- the SEC enforcement division. A Consortium For Aca-
operations, the carriers of cotic drugs from Myanmar. “As we allege, Volkswagen hid demic Research Ethics „„UGC is the primary
the heroin brought from Af- They have disclosed that its decade-long emissions (CARE) has been established funding body of research
ghanistan had stuffed it in there is widespread illegal scheme while it was selling bil- to refine and strengthen the work in higher education
capsules and swallowed them cultivation of opium in bor- lions of dollars of its bonds to UGC-approved list of jour-
after lacing them with honey. dering areas of Manipur, said investors at inflated prices,” Students walk to school on a snow covered path after fresh snowfall at Kufri near Shimla on Friday —PTI nals by creating and main- „„It has been grappling
The police have identified the police. the complaint said. —AFP taining ‘Reference List of with the problem of
Quality Journals’ for disci- substandard journals
plines like Humanities, So- that publish papers
green signal director of Bhobishyoter Bhoot had apparently made an anti-Mamata comment cial Sciences, Language, without peer review
Arts, Culture, Indian Knowl-

Top court tosses away ‘ban’ on film by Mamata govt

edge System etc.
The first CARE list is ex- journals is reported to be
pected to be published before high in India, which has af-
March 31, 2019 which will re- fected its image,” the UGC
place the existing UGC-ap- observed in a meeting held in
Arshad Ali screen theatres. Dutta echoed similar asked why there were hoard- proved list of journals. November 2018 where the pro-
[Link]@[Link] Director’s jib The movie’s producers views. “Once the censor ings carrying huge photos of For other subjects like Sci- posal for CARE was mooted.
had earlier alleged that it board okays it, a film should the CM at the state secretari- ence, Engineering, Technol- The journals enlisted in the
Kolkata: The Supreme Director Anik Dutta had was taken off theatres at the be left to the public for ac- at, where most of the films ogy, Agriculture, and Bio- Reference List will go through
Court on Friday ordered the made an anti-Mamata behest of the state govern- ceptance or rejection.” were screened, instead of Medical Sciences, research stringent quality assessment.
West Bengal government to comment at the recently ment. Citing the SC order, A day after the film was filmmakers. journals covered in globally The protocol mandates due
ensure smooth screening of concluded Kolkata one of them – Kalyanmoy released on 60 screens on Despite the SC ruling, accepted database like SCO- diligence, verification and
a political satirical film that International Film Chatterjee – said, no one February 15, it was taken off state BJP general secretary PUS and Web of Science critical appraisal of the paper
was earlier abruptly taken Festival. Dutta had asked could stop the film from play- abruptly, prompting intellec- Sayantan Basu said, it was (WOS) will be considered for submitted. The UGC has clear-
off the theatres across the why there were hoardings ing once it had been cleared tuals to term it an unofficial likely that theatre owners all academic purposes. ly directed that at any stage a
state. carrying huge photos of by the Central Board of Film ban. Opposition leaders from would be pressured against According to the govern- journal found to be giving false
Bhobishyoter Bhoot, CM at state secretariat, Certification. the state had been vocal in screening the film. Congress ment, CARE will comprise or misleading or incorrect or
which translates as “the where most of the films “I am happy with the or- favour of the makers of the MLA Abdul Mannan called government bodies and statu- insufficient information or
ghost of the future or the were screened, instead of der. We had put in a lot of ef- film. the order “a slap on the face tory councils and will be unsubstantiated claims will be
past of the future”, ran into filmmakers. fort making the film and now While the filmmakers of the state government”. headed by the UGC chair- disqualified. The UGC, the
trouble apparently over some Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee that the hurdles have been kept mum, sources said, the The Opposition in Bengal man. “The problem of dubi- primary funding body of re-
remark by director Anik Du- taken care of I hope it will be ban was the fallout of an has been repeatedly accusing ous/sub-standard journals search work in higher educa-
tta that was perceived to be tices DY Chandrachud and eral of police to ensure that played at multiplexes and “anti-Mamata” comment by the Mamata Banerjee gov- has become a serious concern tion, has been grappling with
critical of Chief Minister Hemant Gupta directed the there was no obstruction to theatres across the state and Dutta at the recently con- ernment of muzzling dissent all over the world. The per- the problem of substandard
Mamata Banerjee. state chief secretary, home the screening of the film at people would be able to enjoy cluded Kolkata International through every means possi- centage of research articles journals that publish papers
A division bench of jus- secretary, and director gen- multiplexes and single- it,” said Chatterjee. Film Festival. Dutta had ble mean. published in poor quality without any peer review.